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Introduction Starting an online business is one of the most intelligent and quickest ways women in today’s world can make money.   There are many reasons why women should consider working online.  Women are always busy and continually on the go and under much pressure to be SuperMom, SuperWorker, SuperWife, etc. that it is hard to juggle everything. […]

15 Ways to Improve Motivation & Concentration Are you a college student is finding it hard to study?  Are you self-employed?  Maybe you are an entrepreneur and are you finding it hard to stay motivated and full of concentration.  I know how hard it can be focus and concentrate on your work. I don’t know about you, […]

Holidays are Crazy – Yep! I know! Yep!  I know how the holidays are a crazy time of the year—you’re busy cooking, baking cookies, cleaning, getting the ready for in-laws, traveling, shopping and then eventually you celebrate your specific holiday be it Hanukkah, Christmas, etc .  So, if you are a blogger, where do you […]

Introduction to Instagram Have you heard of Instagram?  I will be surprised if you have not, but no problem if you have not.  That is one of the purposes of this website – for all of you newbies out there to learn how to become successful affiliate marketers and build a website. Gone are those very […]

Spring is in the air  and with the arrival of the season there is always a feeling of freshness and newness that fills us with high promise.  That does not just apply to getting our houses and yards ready for the new colorful season.  We can use the concept of spring cleaning to refresh our businesses, gain a new […]

Wanting a Seasonal Job? Are you sitting around thinking it would be nice to have some extra cash this holiday season? Are you wondering if it is too late to get a season job? The answer is  Not at all!  Seasonal jobs are excellent ways to earn extra money for the upcoming holidays.  It may also lead to a […]

8 Things to Read if You Have Ever Designed a Website If you have ever designed a website or thinking about designing one, you have no doubt felt the pressures, frustrations and uncertainty of whether or not others will find value in your work.  I received my certification in website design in 2004 and I know […]

Learning the Terminology When you are brand new to affiliate marketing, it can be rather confusing to learn all of the terminology that exists for affiliate marketing.  I have provided you with a list to help you to know more of the vocabulary surrounding the business of internet marketing. So below I have provided in […]

Apple 15.4” MacBook Pro with Retina Display (Refurbished) – Great Deals on Groupon The MacBook Pro offers an unbelievable sharp Retina display, quad-core processor and separate graphics processor into its slim and lightweight aluminum chassis, making even tough tasks to include video editing and programming more efficient on-the-go. This is a perfect computer for small businesses, […]

PRODUCT NAME:  BlueHost  Overall Ranking: 70 out of 100 – OVERALL A DECENT COMPANY, BUT THERE ARE ISSUES Price:  Starter Member $3.95 per month (must be paid in advance for 3 years) Owners: Started by Matt Heaton.  In 2010, Endurance International Group (EIG) bought BlueHost and Matt Heaton resigned as CEO shortly after. Website:  www.BlueHost.com INTRODUCTION BlueHost started in 1996 by […]

Introduction With so many people wanting to create video and utilize YouTube and Vimeo, how do you best try and decide which video screencasting software is the best choice for your skill level, needs and of course, your pocket book.   I am a huge believer of discovering tools that are either free or cheap […]

One of the first things many web designers forget to do when they are develop their sites is to think of how they are going to reach out and touch the hearts of their readers through their content. Too often I see websites which focus only on the bottom line – making money – but […]

Introduction When first learning how to develop websites, it is easy to overlook some basic information.  In this tutorial, I will cover page titles and the importance of selecting good page titles for your web pages.  Your page titles will be your first impression on your readers and is essential you give some thought to […]

Define Ponzi Scheme: Charles Ponzi The definition Ponzi scheme comes from Charles Ponzi who in 1920 swindled numerous investors totaling $420,000 which in today’s terms is nearly $5 million American dollars. To define Ponzi scheme refers to using monetary investments acquired from new investors and give them to earlier investors instead of from the actual […]

Definition of Niche A Niche is something that you have a high interest or passion for.  Everyone is unique.  We all have unique skill sets.  We all like different things.  We each like to eat different things.  We each have unique tastes in food, music and clothing.  We use different ways of saying something too. […]

Introduction: Reason for Keyword Research If you are building a blog or a website and need to generate traffic to your site, you will need to do what is known as Keyword Research.  A keyword is a word or a phrase that your blog post or webpage is indexed through Google by.  When you go […]

Introduction to FeedJit Live Traffic Feed I recently discovered FeedJit Live Traffic Feed and I am now using it on this site as well as a few others.  FeedJit is a real-time log which appears as a widget on your sidebar of your website that keeps a record of your most recent 10 visits to […]

Storing Your Videos and Images Are you creating videos and screenshots to display on your website or social media sites?  Is your memory on your computer hard drive filling up quickly with tons of videos?  If so, there is a software tool which offers free online video storage.  It is called Screencast.com. I have created […]

Have you Ever Wanted to Learn HTML? I have been designing websites since I received my certification in web design in 2004. Much has changed in regarding to since I completed my schooling 11 years ago in web design.  The historical evolution of web design began with Tim Berners Lee inventing the web as a way […]

Many of us have things laying around our homes that we no longer need. Perhaps you are preparing for a move or need to downsize. Or you are just sick and tired of feeling like a hoarder and you want to unload some of your belongings. My father recently passed away leaving behind his massive […]

Introduction: Google Analytics Are you familiar with Google Analytics? It is a Google product which allows bloggers and webmasters to view how many visits their sites receive in a given period of time. You can also see how long an average visitor remains on your site. Google Analytics is FREE and something everyone who manages […]

Airline Hassles Have any of you ever flown anywhere on an airplane?  Most likely you have.  Have you been frustrated with hassles and stresses resulting from airline delays, flight and baggage restrictions, or any number of other unexpected problems?  There are so many hassles and stressful situations that can come up with the airlines these […]

Black Friday Groupon Bonanza This weekend the online shoppers such as yourself can get great deals on savings through Groupon’s Black Friday Bonanza!  Click on the image below or along the side to discover just how much you can save this weekend.  Groupon Basics Have you heard of Groupon?  This is a deal-of-the-day discount service for online consumers.  Every 24 hours, […]

Happy New Year – 2017 Have you been trying for a long time to create an online business?  You see the potential.  You see how so many others are working from home, making money from the Internet and you want to know how you can get started doing the same.    Let’s make 2017 your […]

Happy New Year to All! I wanted to take this moment to wish everyone a Happy New Year as we ring in the new year.  I wish everyone to have a fabulous 2016 and as millions of people usher in 2016 across many time zones, I hope all of you will take time to wish […]

What is CSS? CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets that is a part of the HTML code within your website.  Often times when  building your website, you will need to made modifications to the code in order to get the results you want.  WordPress is a useful tool for developing your website, but you will […]

Why Backup your Website? Whenever you begin creating and growing your website, you might start to wonder about your content and data you have stored on your site.  You might begin to worry about data restoration in the case of a mishap.  Some of your thoughts and questions might include: What happens if my computer crashes? How can […]

Introduction to Selecting a Twitter Username On Twitter, your username, or handle as it is called, is your identity. My recommendation is if you can, sign up for Twitter by using your name or a variation of it as your username. This is, of course, assuming someone else has not already grabbed that particular username. […]

Bookmarking in Google Chrome With so many websites to visit and fall in love with, how do you create a way to save those websites and manage them all?  Your answer lies in creating bookmarks.  The below video tutorial walks you through the process of how to create bookmarks in Google Chrome.    The bookmarking […]

This video walks you through how to set up a Facebook Business Page. If you do not already have a Facebook account you are strongly encouraged to create one so to help build your social networks. With a FB business page, you can leverage yourself within the social media platforms. It is simple to create […]

SERP: A FREE Tool for Checking Your Rank in Google Do you have a website?  Have you just recently began building a website and how want a better idea of where your website ranks?  SERP is a free tool which will allow you to do just that.  The other thing I like about this free […]

What is DNS? DNS is an acronym for the Domain Name System. The memory of all the DNS lookups which your computer has performed is called the ‘DNS cache’. Purpose of this Tutorial This tutorial walks you through the process of showing you how to flush your DNS.  Sometimes, for various reasons, the DNS cache […]

Introduction to this Tutorial on Connecting Twitter to Your Facebook Business Page In this tutorial, I will walk you through how to link your Twitter account to your Facebook Business Page. This will allow for every time you tweet on Twitter your posts will automatically appear on your Facebook Business Page. We know how time […]

Discussing Negative Comments on Your Website Have you given any thought to trying to start a business in which you stay home? It is possible in today’s world with the Internet becoming more and more of a daily lifestyle for us.  If you do decide to take the plunge and start your own online business, […]

Introduction to Mobile Usage Unless you have been living under a rock for the last six years, you probably are aware that mobile is something that people cannot stop talking about. More and more businesses are being strongly encouraged to ensure their website is mobile-friendly.  More than half of the Internet surfers are accessing the web via their mobile […]

What is the Rehabilitation Act of 1973? Stephen “John” Brademas is an American politician and educator originally from Indiana who served as the 13th president of New York University and was the principal sponsor of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (also known as the Rehab Act). Enacted in September 26, 1973 by US President Richard […]

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What is CSS? CSS stands for cascading style sheets. In combination with HTML, it is the language which creates a consistent look and feel to your website.  With CSS you can choose your own look for your navigation menu, your headings, images, etc.   CSS defines how HTML elements are to be displayed on the […]

Legitimate Resource for Writers If you are a writer and you are looking for assistance with moving your career in a forward direction, check out First Writer. This website provides resources finding literary agents, book publishers, writing competitions, magazine publishers, editorial services, and more.  The mission of the website is to provide you with all […]

Create Passive Income in 2016 How much money are you crrently making in your 9 to 5 job?  I imagine you are probably struggling to make ends meet.  Am I right? You may not know it but you have options which you might not have known about.  I am not talking about those get rich quick […]

There exists an updated version of this review. PRODUCT NAME:  Miss Hosting Overall Ranking: 50 out of 100 Price:  Basic Member $1.25 per month (must be paid in advance for 1 year) plus domain registration Owners:  Alexandra Linnusta Website:  www.MissHosting.com INTRODUCTION Miss Hosting is a startup hosting company which is advertising cloud-based shared hosting at a low monthly rate.  The concept […]

PRODUCT NAME:  NameCheap Overall Ranking: 60 out of 100 Price:   $3.98 – $12.88 per year for domain registration / Additional cost for hosting: $16.97 per month approx. / Additional cost for SSL Certificates: $7.95 per year and on up / Possible to also purchase dedicated servers beginning at $89 per month Owners:  Richard Kirkendall Website: www.NameCheap.com INTRODUCTION NameCheap […]

No Election-Related Cyber Attacks Thus Far With all of the election hype going on today as Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump face off in the presidential race with so many voters going to the polls, it is no wonder why officials are particularly guarding against incidents that could occur when states start reporting vote totals […]

PRODUCT NAME:  One.Com Overall Ranking: 70 out of 100 Price: Get 1 Year FREE at One.com  After the first year, it can be anywhere from $13.00 – $115.00 annual fee depending on the storage size you select and it is only FREE if you select the smallest storage space (15GB) Owners:  Jacob Jensen Website: www.one.com INTRODUCTION One.com is […]

Introduction: Reasons to Be Concerned Many of us to try and keep things simple by using the same password for multiple websites and logins.  Although understandable, it is not wise to do so.  According to CNN Money, online hackers have infiltrated abut 110 million Americans.  That is about half of the US adult population.  That does not include […]

Define Pyramid Scheme A pyramid scheme is an illegal hierarchical business model encouraging investors to recruit new members to the business model by requiring them to invest massive sums of money and then using the money from those new members to pay earlier investors. The base of the pyramid scheme consist of all the new […]

Why Cloak Your Affiliate Links When you sign up to become an affiliate marketer and begin learning how to generate your affiliate links, one of the first things you will notice is how long and ugly your affiliate links look.  Your affiliate ID is a long string of random numbers and letters. Notice the two […]

PRODUCT NAME:  Affilorama Overall Ranking:  7.5 out of 10 Price:   Free to join to explore a limited amount of training;  Affilorama Premium: $67/month; Upsales to different programs within Affilorama ranging in price from $97 to $997  Owners:   Mark Ling Website:  www.affilorama.com INTRODUCTION Headquartered in New Zealand, Affilorama is an affiliate marketing training platform that has been around […]

PRODUCT NAME:  ClickBank University Overall Ranking:  7 out of 10 Price:  $47/month Upsells:  $297 per year for the Website Builder from ClickBank and another $97 one time fee for the Advanced Master Class Owners:  Adam Horwitz and Justin Atlan   Website:  www.clickbank.com MY VIDEO REVIEW OF CLICKBANK UNIVERSITY INTRODUCTION  ClickBank University is an online learning platform […]

PRODUCT NAME:    Excel Cash Flow Overall Ranking: SCAM Price:  $97 initially followed by numerous upsales, one after another Owners:  Debbie Jones or Cami White (assuming they really exist which they probably do not) Website: https://excelcashflows.com/  INTRODUCTION  Excel Cash Flow is another link posting scam.  It is a fairly new program which began earlier this year and run supposedly by […]

PRODUCT NAME:   Herbalife International Overall Ranking: 30 out of 100  Price: $49 initially to sign up, but has endless upsells going upwards to the thousands of dollars Owners:  Founded by Mark Hughes in 1980. He passed away in 2000 from mixing his anti-depressant medicine with an excessive amount of alcohol. His alcohol level was reported to […]

PRODUCT NAME:  IBOToolBox (Internet Business Owner) Toolbox Overall Ranking:  9 out of 10 Price:    Free (option to pay for additional ad space at $19.95 per month) Owners:   Paul Williams   Website:   www.ibotoolbox.com INTRODUCTION Internet Business Owner Tool Box (IBOToolBox) is a community of online business owners who work together to help grow […]

PRODUCT NAME:  Jaaxy Overall Ranking: 85 out of 100 Price:  Basic: FREE / Pro: $19 per month / Enterprise: $49 per month Order Today for Special Pricing Owners:  Kyle & Carson Website: Jaaxy.com INTRODUCTION Jaaxy is an online tool which aims to provide quick and easy to follow ways of finding critical keywords which will boost your rankings.  I […]

PRODUCT NAME: Web Hosting  UK (WHUK)  Overall Ranking:  9 out of 10 Price:  Personal Hosting: $4.25 per month / Business Hosting: $16.71 per month /  Enterprise Hosting: $61.31 per month  Owners:  Andrew King Website:  www.webhosting.uk.com   INTRODUCTION Web Hosting UK (WHUK) was established in 2001 with a registered office in Leeds in the UK (United […]

PRODUCT NAME:  Affiliate Blogger Pro / Rosalind Gardner  Overall Ranking:  7 out of 10 Price:   $27 / Month  – no free trial period  Owners:    Rosalind Gardner  Website:   https://affiliatebloggerpro.com/  INTRODUCTION Affiliate Blogger Pro Community is a an affiliate marketing training platform run by Rosalind Gardner who has been in the affiliate marketing business since 1998 before […]

Introduction Regardless of the method you use to obtain photos whether you shoot them yourself or purchase them you will most likely need photo editing tools at some point in the development of your online business and social media marketing campaigns. You may simply need to crop a free stock photo or remove a red-eye […]

How do you get your friends to understand you do not work for free? I am sure this is a situation anyone can relate to. Friends will seem to forget that we all work for a living.  I have recently run into this in my professional life.  I work from home as you can guess […]

University of Phoenix, a for-profit online university, is under fire by the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) for misuse of GI Bill funding. The GI Bill (of Rights), also called Servicemen’s Readjustment Act, was passed by United State Legislature in 1944 to provide educational benefits to returning veterans. Through the Veteran’s Administration, the GI Bill […]

This is an update from my original Miss Hosting Review. PRODUCT NAME:  Miss Hosting (updated version)  Overall Ranking: 90 out of 100 Price:  Basic Member $1.25 per month;  Professional Member $2.50 per month’; Ultimate Member $3.75 per month ( all plans must be paid in advance for at least 1 year) plus domain registration Owners:  Alexandra Linnusta Website:  www.MissHosting.com INTRODUCTION Miss […]

PRODUCT NAME:  Wealthy Affiliate University, an open education project Overall Ranking: 96 out of 100 – LEGITIMATE ONLINE OPPORTUNITY Price:  0$ for Starter Membership – Yes, FREE  /  Premium Membership $47 per month  (Join Here for FREE) Owners: Kyle & Carson Website: www.WealthyAffiliate.com INTRODUCTION Wealthy Affiliate (WA) is an open education project which teaches members how to design […]

Why Affiliate Marketing? As we near the end of another year, if you find yourself not liking anything about your current life and wish to make a change.  That change can be your job, your finances (or lack thereof) or perhaps you work so hard you are discovering your children are growing so fast, you […]

Web Accessibility Defined Web accessibility refers to making websites accessible to all types of users.  This include users with disabilities who require assistive technology to view and read content on websites, elderly users, users with temporary disabilities, such as a broken arm, as well as users in rural areas, slow internet connection, and certain third world countries. […]

What is WordPress? WordPress is one of the most common web building platforms out there today.  WordPress can be daunting at first to learn, but as is the mission for my website, I want to help people with the tools, tutorials and resources needed to create a successful online business.  Once you learn how to […]