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Let’s keep going anyway
I’m currently reading and enjoying Phil Knight’s Shoe Dog. My favorite part so far: I thought back on my running career at Oregon. I’d competed with, and against, men far better, faster, more physically gifted. Many were future Olympians. And yet I’d trained myself to forget this unhappy fact. People reflexively assume that competition is always…
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Earning $2 for every website visitor
That’s Sa El’s website: SimplyInsurance.com. He reported in a recent interview that the site is earning $50k per month from only 25k visitors, an outstanding conversion rate 😲 Even more impressive: the site has more than tripled its monthly revenue in less than a year (ref). See my list of affiliate marketing websites for more sites like Sa’s.
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No degree, no problem
Fun fact #1: one of the biggest tech companies in the world hires software engineers even if they don’t have a computer science degree. From Google’s “How We Hire” page: Do I need a computer science degree to be a Google software engineer? No, a CS degree isn’t required for our software engineering or product manager…
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Gladys Estolas – Founder of Stoxart
Gladys turns stock market charts into art and sells the prints online. Learn more about her business and how she makes money online.
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The common denominator of success
Here’s a speech delivered in 1940 by Albert E. N. Gray, an official of the Prudential Insurance Company of America. The entire thing is worth a read – it’s a fairly short speech – but the parts about “doing things when you don’t want to do them” especially resonated with me: The common denominator of…
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5 ways to make money on Facebook
Facebook lists four here: A fifth announced recently: paid online events A couple of profiles we’ve done of people making money on Facebook:
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Local Newsletter > Local Newspaper
Andrew Wilkinson shares on Twitter how he started a newsletter in Canada 🇨🇦 to cover local news stories. Started about a year ago and now has 40k subscribers, which works out to about 1 in every 10 people in the local area being subscribed to the newsletter. We are now bigger than The Times Colonist, the 100 yr…
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How to find consulting clients
Lots of good tips in this article by Chris Achard. My favorite part: Go to the local people who you’ve met and say: “I’m starting to look for companies who need help with [X] – do you know of anyone I should talk to?” The phrasing of that question is important. If you just ask…
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$85 million for an Instagram meme page
From The Hustle: Warner Music Group just ponied up ~$85m for one of the internet’s most successful meme factories. The deal was technically for IMGN Media, a network of popular esports, comedy, and ASMR accounts. But the biggest IMGN prize is Daquan, an Instagram account followed by Drake, The Weeknd, Justin Bieber, and 15m+ others. An…
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Jerry Jenner – Remote Software Engineer
Profile of a remote software engineer. Find out how to find a remote job as a software engineer, and see salary info for this kind of remote job.
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Matt Scott – Dropshipper
Matt Scoot makes money online via dropshipping. That’s a form of e-commerce where suppliers ship products to Matt’s customers on his behalf.
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How To Make Money Online
A definitive guide on how to make money online. Dozens of ideas and real examples for earning a few dollars to millions per month on the internet. Plus my #1 recommendation (not what you think).
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How to Find Remote Jobs
Here are seven legit ways to find a great remote job, so you can ditch the commute and work from home. Number six is a bit weird, but it might work for you.
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Multi-Level Marketing Online – 5 Things To Know
With this type of online business you’d be a salesperson for an MLM company that sells physical or digital products. The big earnings come from recruiting other salespeople and getting a percentage of their sales.
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Online Gambling – 5 Things You Should Know
Gambling is playing games of chance for money. You can’t influence the results; they’re totally random. (As opposed to betting, where you do have some influence.)
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