As most of you are aware, I run and operate quite a few websites on many different platforms. Surprising though it may be, some of my most profitable works are hosted on FREE websites, or written work done on sites which are freely accessible.
If you do not have much money in which to start a [...]
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My Top 4 Free Money Making Websites
October 14th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Affiliate Payments · Affiliate Programs · Free · Google · SEO · Site News · Work For Yourself · Writing
Quit My Day Job, Leaving the Uk - Nearly Time!
April 8th, 2009 · No Comments
In my earlier post I announced the new that I had handed in my notice at my day job to move to America and become a full time freelancer. my last day will be the 24th of April and I have to admit that I am just a little nervous!
In the next couple of weeks [...]
Tags: Freelance · Misc · Personal News · Work For Yourself · Writing
The English Language
January 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
Being an Englishman I sometimes find it hard to understand why many people of other countries say our language is confusing, until I saw this..
1. The bandage was wound around the wound.
2. The farm was used to produce produce.
3. The dump was so full it had to refuse more refuse.
4. We must polish the Polish [...]
Tags: Writing
When is a Niche not a Niche?
November 5th, 2008 · No Comments
All too often now you see sites for sale, services for offer and content available for the Gardening Niche, the Golf Niche or the Technology Niche. Time and time again you see these niches advertised as something spectacular, intrinsic and competition free.
Unfortunately however these are not infact niches, categories, yes, areas, yes, subjects definitely. They [...]
Tags: Articles · Building a Website · Maintaining a Website · Writing
Freelancer Advice – Set Yourself Deadlines and Penalties
November 4th, 2008 · No Comments
As a freelance writer it is all too easy to fall into the trap of continuous procrastination. Days drift by watching a multitude of random DVDs and streaming nonsensical TV shows. All too quickly you can find your lack of work affecting your income; whether it is work you do for others or yourself.
I find [...]
Tags: Articles · Freelance · Work For Yourself · Writing
Where Do You Get Your Ideas?
October 20th, 2008 · No Comments
Without a doubt one of the most frequently asked and not to mention horrendously dreaded questions faced by authors (be they fiction or sales speelers) is “Where do you get your ideas?”
Answering this question is nigh on impossible for most. Some may revert to quoting a favorite classical book as inspiration, others may talk [...]
Mix and Match Your Sentence Length
September 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
The great thing about writing is that variation helps you. If you are doing the same work over and over again every day then you are doing something wrong! But there are all kinds of variations that you can use in your writing, be it dialect, vocabulary or length.
Today I am going to have a [...]
Tags: Articles · Sales · Writing
Humour (Or Humor for the Yanks)
September 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
Using humour in your writing is a dangerous, yet well worthwhile aspect of a writers job. Humour itself can help to hold an audience, sell a product and bring in repeat visitors. It is infact one of the best ways to make people enjoy what you write.
The problem is of course that one mans Joke [...]
Be Your Own Editor
September 19th, 2008 · No Comments
When you write for yourself you often forget that sometimes your writing is not perfect. This was never thrown in such bright relief to me as the day i put up this site for review on the Digital Point Forums on which my website was taken apart piece by piece and blasted by a multitude [...]
Tags: Personal News · Writing
Residual Income - The Key to Freedom from Work
July 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Residual Income is key to many Freelance Writers and Website Managers income streams. Simply put Residual income is the income generated through one piece of work that keeps on arriving for weeks, months or even years after the original article was written.
Getting a decent amount off residual income is definitely not easy, the article [...]
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