Squirrelers is a clever guy. Instead of settling for a free lunch at a local lunch joint every seven visits, he’s cut that down in half. With the “buy six, get the seventh free” deal, the shop gives a starter stamp when they hand out the card. So, practically, it’s actually buy five, get the … Read more
J. Money culled ten web domain names from his portfolio in an effort to clean out some of the mental financial clutter from his life. He had a bit of a domain-buying binge last year so there was room for culling. I have thirty-two domains in my Namecheap account. Some are for my wife’s projects … Read more
Easy: Plan A can go away without notice. J Money of Budgets Are Sexy was relieved of his Plan A. He was fired from his ~$70k/year job with basically no notice. The good news is that he was going to give his two weeks’ notice the next day. How’s that for timing? He had been … Read more
Michael Masterson, author of Automatic Wealth, Seven Years to Seven Figures, and most recently The Pledge, is very rich. (Selling books is only part of why he’s very rich.) In his latest book he writes about reading effectively for maximum return on investment. In each piece of reading, it pays to hunt for one good … Read more
A couple of weekends ago, a guy was walking around the subdivision looking for customers. He was painting house numbers on the curbs in front of people’s houses. He was a bit older than I was. Under typical circumstances, painting house numbers on a curb isn’t an unusual job for a teenager. But it isn’t … Read more
Our county had our annual Fall Festival today. After trying in futility to corral all kinds of parade traffic, and after doing some hearing tests for the Lions Club, I went around to the vendors inside. I ran across someone I had done some website work for before. It speaks to my lack of self-confidence … Read more
Circuit City is preparing to close its 567 remaining stores as efforts to find a buyer have failed. Liquidation of the remaining inventory will be part of this closure. Like most other things in business, a problem for one person is an opportunity for another. All-sales-final, everything-must-go sales can bring monster deals for entrepreneurs. I’ve … Read more
I was revising the prices of some of my items on my eBay store and noticed that eBay has taken keen notice of inflated shipping charges. EBay charges sellers fees based on the final sale price of the item but not on the shipping, so it has taken aim at sellers who inflate their shipping … Read more
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