First, a quick announcement. Our October book club pick of the month will be Damn! Why Didn’t I Write That? by Marc McCutcheon.

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September 2010 Book Club Discussion – The Wealthy Freelancer

The CFO charged with analyzing the pros and cons of a new product line wonders whether it’s time for her to stop facilitating — and start leading. Editors’ Note: This fictional case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. If you’d like your comment to be considered for publication, please be sure to include your email address

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Case Study: Time to Take a Stand?

This is part IIa of the series on Reverse Engineering Affiliate Traffic . Product: The Rich Janitor Mission: Find Affiliates promoting The Rich Janitor Technique: Informal Reconnaissance If you're already familiar with a market, a reasonable (but not systematic) way to start finding affiiates is through informal reconnaisance.

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Reverse engineering affiliate traffic – Part IIa Informal Reconnaissance

One entrepreneur has gotten really niche recently with his up and coming business, Hockey-Mama , reports StarTribune.com . Minneapolis ad man Doug deGrood has developed an Internet retail site devoted to hockey moms called, not surprisingly, Hockey Mama (hockey-mama.com). The apparel includes stocking hats, beanies, baseball caps, jackets and fleece vests bearing the Hockey Mama logo

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Targeting Hockey Moms

From an Aug. 16 article ” Industry pushes meaningful use through incentives ” in Modern Healthcare (signup unfortunately required): …

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American Board of Medical Specialties to "incorporate tools to promote meaningful use of health IT into its maintenance-of-certification…

Setting up a blog is not difficult; however making money with it is another story. The route that is most often chosen is to decide on a theme for the blog and then add some Adsense advertising and some affiliate links with the expectation of attracting lots of targeted traffic and earning extra income through commissions and click through rates.

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How to Earn Extra Income with Your Online Business Blog

Does your organization suffer from subpar operational performance? Have your costs, response times, or reliability slipped relative to competitors or versus customer expectations? Maybe your organization has Process Attention Deficit Disorder.

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Does Your Company Suffer from Process Attention Deficit Disorder?

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The Wall Street Journal reported on a study in Health Affairs entitled ” A Progress Report On Electronic Health Records In U.S. Hospitals ” by Harvard researcher Ashish Jha and colleagues.

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Similar Conclusions on Health IT Via Observation and Via Research: Is HIT ‘Mission Impossible’?

If you want to make more money, you need to manage your time very carefully and avoid anything which distracts you and takes you away from the primary focus.  It is important to develop a clear methodology. Here are some suggestions. Avoid the shiny objects syndrome.  Many people who want to make money online get distracted with all the ads they see for the next big deal which promises instant wealth with no work, etc

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Time Management to Make More Money

Guest Post: by Abigail of BuyTemplates People nowadays believe in fast money and easy earning techniques. Despite having a proper income source they want to have a side source for which they won’t have to invest any effort or time. This kind of income is recognized under the USA government as passive income.

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PPC: The Best Among Passive Income Ideas

When you see dozens of copywriting formulas promising “the perfect sales page,” how do you know which ones to trust? After all, each formula seems to have a successful direct sales superstar behind it, and each one looks like a solid plan. What do you do in the face of these wildly different sales letter styles

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The 10 Essential Ingredients of Successful Sales Pages

Dear Jodee, I’ve been writing for magazines for a long time, but with the print media struggling to retain readers gigs are harder to get, so I thought I’d investigate writing for on-line sources. From reading e-books and “pro” Blogger sites it seemed that a reasonable income could be earned this way. Some of the professional writer sites (not just bloggers) decry the skill levels of most Blogger forums and state that participating in them will actually hurt a good writer’s ability to get assignments from more reputable publishers.

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Can I Make Money Blogging? – Does This Close the Door to More "Reputable" Writing Opportunities?

I’m feeling motivational today.  You might think that motivation is for wimps and losers.  You might think that motivation is cheesy.  You might want to think again.  Affiliate Marketing can be a very isolated industry.  Communication is all done over wires and screens, and it’s every man for himself out there.  You don’t have a manager telling you what to do.  You don’t have anyone setting goals for you.  If you aren’t careful, you can slip into a downward spiral very quickly when things go wrong. I’m a firm believer in goals.  You have to set them, write them down on paper, and put them somewhere you can see them every day.  I have never missed a goal that I have written down this way.  Try it, you might surprise yourself.

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Getting Down To Business

I’ve been preparing a presentation for an Australian Marketing Institute conference this week and have been a bit perplexed by the representation of the use of Facebook and Twitter by young people. Twitter stats are difficult but there seems to be general acceptance that young people are underrepresented on the platform.

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Young people on social networks

When you began your career as a freelance writer, you probably did so knowing that you were giving up some level of job security (assuming you left a full-time job to pursue freelancing). But if we’ve learned anything in recent years it’s that very few “real jobs” are actually secure. That’s often a myth

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How to Make Freelance Writing the Most Secure Job Opportunity Around

Effective marketing requires a knowledge of both search engine optimization (getting your web site ranked on the first page of Google and other search engines) as well as Pay-Per-Click marketing. If you haven’t strengthened your knowledge in each of these areas, I recommend that you consider doing so. This past week, both Google and Yahoo! made pretty significant announcements

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SEO Changes From the Leaders

Also available at: http://danielwrasmus.wordpress.com/ As America grasps for innovative ways to exit the recession, we have forgotten a fundamental business reality: measurement determines behavior. Ask any sales person if their bonus structure determines which products they lead with or not. The problem with America’s national investments is that they say green, but they shout industrial age thinking

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Strategic Measures–Toward New Measures for a Sustainable, Knowledge Economy

I’ve known Rae Hoffman , aka Sugarrae, for close to a decade. She’s a highly respected SEO and Super Affiliate, a successful consultant, and now the owner of both Outspoken Media and MFE Interactive .

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Candid Interview with Super Affiliate “Sugarrae” aka Rae Hoffman

Since the rebill crash there has been a general sense of panic among affiliates.  It’s as if there was only one way to make money in the industry, and now that it’s practically dried up, everyone is scrambling.  Funny thing is, that’s absolutely untrue!  There were affiliate offers long before Acai Berries came on to the scene, and there will continue to be offers that make money. Official Vehicle of Affiliate Marketing: The Conversion Van So what are some of the things that are making money still?  Here’s what I’m seeing do very well right now

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What Offers Are Still Working?