photo credit: left-hand I woke up this morning got myself a gun (dangit, now I have Alabama 3 playing in my head) and went to my desk. I checked my email first: no new sales (pout), comments to reply to. The weekly Google Analytics spreadsheet… my visitor numbers have been flatlined for the last month….
Monthly Archives: August 2010
Monday Mischief
It’s Monday and I do NOT have Friday on my mind, because I like my job. Even if it does keep me awake a lot with to-do lists. photo credit: M31. Really really important: I did a 10km (that’s 6.2 miles for people on wacky measurement systems) walk yesterday in the Bridge to Brisbane with…
Mike Reeves-McMillan and Hypno NZ
Hooray for Showcase Sunday! And all hail Hypno Mike! *womwomwom* What is your name and website? Mike Reeves-McMillan, hypno.co.nz. My blog is called Living Skillfully. Who is your website for and what does it do? My website is for people who know they want to deal with ways of thinking, feeling or behaving that are…
Why you’re smarter than yourself
photo credit: Living in Monrovia You know that there are lots of people who have genuinely believed they were psychic and offered to have skeptics test their abilities, and it turns out under scientific investigation that they’re not really psychic? (Which would be a bummer, really. Imagine going home after the test to all your…
How you actually make money online
photo credit: ElizabethHudy I made a fuckton of money this week. Well, it felt like that much because I covered half my monthly expenses in one week. The majority of that money did not come from the new and exciting Awesome Website Extravaganza… I’ve only made one sale of it in its first four days….
Review: Earn More by Finding Freelance Writing Jobs Online
It’s Review Thursday, where I talk about the nifty products that people send me now I’m super-famous. (Ha!) No affiliate link this time. photo credit: aurelio.asiain One of the many, many things I love about my peeps is the unexpected offers. One of them was an email from Matt from Leverage the Web, who I…
Goodbye, Wrong People
All hail Guest Post Wednesday and the excellent Gareth! photo credit: jurvetson There is a lot of talk about finding your Right People, or, if you’re trying to impress your mother-in-law*, your target demographic. Why you need to know this is easy to understand: once you have an idea of your Right People, you can…
Lessons from a launch
So, my New Shiny Thing is live and I shall tell you about it in a few paragraphs, but first here are some lessons learned: 1. You better love the crap out of your idea if it’s a big project, because that will leave you with some shreds of enthusiasm after weeks of grinding. If…
Monday and meanderings
photo credit: faith goble Hola, dearests! So it’s Monday and according to the new system I’m not writing a real post. Instead, I’ll be directing you to an old favourite, and adding a few minutes of rambling because all my other posts are structured (really, they are!) and I love to let the stream of…
Kathleen Jaffe and Biznicillin
It’s time for the very first ever Showcase Sunday, featuring the bravest of the Awesomes (or at least the fastest typer!), Kathleen. What is your name and website? Kathleen Jaffe at Biznicillin Who is your website for and what does it do? My site is for small business owners who want to grow their businesses…