Business

Make Extra Money, Part 5: Domains and Hosting

In this installment of the Make Extra Money series, I’m going to show you how to pick a domain and a host. If you remember from the last installment, I’ve decided to promote The Master Wedding Planning Guide. Since then, I have bought the product and read enough to decide that’s it worth promoting….

Make Extra Money Part 2: Niche Selection

If you want to make money, help someone get healthy, wealthy or laid. This section was quick. Seriously, those three topics have been making people rich since the invention of rich. Knowing that isn’t enough. If you want to make some money in the health niche, are you going to help people lose weight,…

Make Extra Money Part 1: Introduction

Today, I’m launching a new series on how I make extra money online. Right now, I have 7 sites promoting specific products, or “niche” sites. When those products are bought through my sites, I get a commission, ranging from 40-75%. Of those sites, 5 make money, 1 is newly finished, and 1 is not quite…

Business Failure: Learn From My Mistakes

I am a failure. Ten years ago, I started a small web-design company with a friend. I had a larger-than-average stack of geek points and the ability to build a decent website. We lacked two things. Design talent. For me, design-whether graphic, web, or print-is a very iterative process. I build something, even if it’s…