Forgotten Things Can Make A Difference
A Leaking Water Main What has a water leak got to do with making money online you might ask. Probably not a lot in practical terms but if you take a more generalised view there are some lessons to be learned. So it all started with a letter from the local council telling me I […]
Selling a Physical Product Online
It Often Seems Like A Good Idea One of the attempts I made in the past was to sell a physical product online with Amazon. While it was not a complete failure there were certainly challenges and issues that are specific to that means of generating an income. My first tentative attempts with products was […]
3 Blogging Challenges To Be Beaten
Been a Bit Lost It has been a while since I was here to make another blog post and there are several reasons (excuses) for that. But we will get to them shortly. In the interim I have been ‘wandering around’ in the IM world investigating things that were looking attractive but were really diversions. […]
Some Thoughts On Y2K, 2020 and PLR
Dates, Time and Growing Older Welcome to my first post for 2020 When I was very young I thought that dates somehow repeated themselves over time. Not sure where that idea came from but I guess as I grew older my understanding of how things worked improved. A little further on down the track – […]
Are You Getting Lost Along The Way?
What Do Lost and Loss Mean Lost and Loss are two words that frequently get used and for good reason. They are able to be used in numerous circumstances and for many reasons with subtle variations in their implied meaning. The dictionary defines Lost in two ways 1) unable to find one’s way; not knowing […]
Are You Looking At Things the Wrong Way Round?
My interest in making an internet income started about 10 years ago when I saw a TV commentator claiming anyone could make money online. Having just ‘retired’ from a job looking after the computer systems on a minesite this sounded very appealing. Here was something that might use my previous experience and supplement my income […]
The Hidden Gem of Product Selection
Choosing a Product or Niche One of the tasks that comes up early in the learning process for any online budding ‘entrepreneur’ is selecting a ‘product’ or niche. There are as many suggestions as there are ideas offered for this activity. For a newcomer these can be overwhelming as they devote hours, sometimes days and, […]
How To Avoid Password Paranoia
Passwords, passwords. They are everywhere! These days every time you turn around and interact with something online you are asked to create a password. Often you are given direct instructions on how it should be structured. For example you may be told at least one capital and one lowercase letter, a number and perhaps a […]
3 Fundamentals to Help You Grow
Had a call the other day from my cardiologist’s nurse asking if I could fit in a visit to him on a Saturday morning. Most unusual but, as Christmas was fast approaching, it appeared that he was wanting to take a break. I was lined up for an echocardiogram and a stress test. This set […]
The Allure of ‘Shiny Things’
‘All the glitters is not gold‘ One of the favourite sayings of my long deceased father. In fact he was full of cautionary and advisory sayings and proverbs. So much so that I would chide him on the fact that some of them were contradictory – ‘Like too many cooks spoil the broth’ as opposed […]