So a mixture of updates about what I’ve been doing for a change. Today’s update includes my foray into outsourcing to reduce the amount of time I spend in front of a PC, a new domain that I’ve purchased and the progress of my new sites EnviroGadget.com and DailyEcoTips.com. (more…)

I’ve alluded to the point that trying to earn some extra cash from a venture online is not that difficult, and that you can start with virtually zero investment. Assuming you aren’t making excuses for yourself, have you got what it takes to start an online venture? Exactly what skills do you need for an online business?

In this article, I highlight some of the useful skills you need to be successful when trying to earn some extra cash from a website or other online venture. I’ll also explain where I think my own skills fit into the picture, or where I need to develop my skill-base. (more…)

There’s a bit of a dirty word in business that I don’t particularly like, but I know that it holds significant value and that’s networking. I must admit, I’m not very experienced with networking, but I’m quickly starting to realise the benefit of such a skill when starting a new venture.

Something that I am more experienced with is how to avoid burning bridges. i.e the metaphor that relates to breaking potentially useful business relationships. Relationships are vital in business, so I’ll share some of my thoughts and tips to avoid tarnishing relationships. (more…)

A little cocktail of links today, based on a few things that have interested me recently. The odd photo of fruit was meaning fruit cocktail, and link cocktail. A tenuous link, but I liked the photo.

These tips include a NoFollow/DoFollow indicator tool for Firefox, news about context-advertising in PDF documents, issues with Google and Feedburner transfers, how to forge your earnings without using photoshop (and why you shouldn’t trust ‘proof’ of earnings), plus a few other resources from blogs I read regularly. (more…)

I’ve been finding, particularly with having a rather painful RSI, that trying to do everything with my websites is increasingly becoming an impossibility. I have way too much to do in the time that I have available to do computer work (i.e. a limitation created by pain). One of the more time consuming aspects of website creation is link building. Choosing a link building service is a nightmare too, as there are many link building companies offering many similar services! (more…)

I’ve recently been contacting other bloggers who have green or eco blogs, and I’ve found a couple things that really bug me. Firstly, only 25% responded to my email. And of the blogs I contacted, about 40% didn’t have any way of getting in touch with the blog owner, except via a comment! (more…)