Give Yourself a Raise

If you follow this blog or know me personally then you’re probably aware I’ve been trying to make money off the internet in my spare time the past few years. I’ve enjoyed a lot of success recently, making over $3,000 the past two months. I want to help others have the same success I have had so I created a how to report I am giving away for FREE! The free ebook report is called “Give Yourself a Raise: How to create a residual income from the internet in your spare time.” The main topic of the book is how to create a website, blog, or ebook to earn extra income. It’s a lot easier to do then most people think. The hardest part is thinking of a good idea (and I give out a free idea in the book). I can honestly say one of the best decisions I've ever made is starting my own website. 

Making money online is easier than you think. Believe me - if I can do it, anyone can! But if it’s so easy why aren’t more people doing it? Because humans are inherently lazy. Not all of us, but generally speaking we like to find the easy way out. Those who don’t know much about the concept of making money online can open up their minds and take initiative to learn and understand it. The problem is that most people won’t even do that. It takes effort and most folks are lazy, except you of course because you are spending time reading this report when you could be eating potato chips slouched on your couch watching Honey Boo Boo reruns.


The FREE eBook Includes:
-why make money off the internet
-misconceptions about making money online
-writing blog posts for people and search engines
-monetizing your blog or website
-much more!

Download the Free report here or visit my new website http://www.need-a-raise.com

How to create more income streams for yourself

 Residual Income

If you’re not making any money off the internet – why not? You very well could be. It’s extremely easy to make something. It’s a lot harder to entirely make a living off of the internet. But having a residual income stream is always a great idea, especially if it's also a mostly passive income stream.

Recently, a friend emailed me, “I have done very limited amounts of html coding so yeah, building a website, buying a domain and web hosting all seems so daunting.  It's hard to make that initial plunge.”

Yes, it is hard but unless you’re planning on doing something completely custom, starting a web site isn’t that hard. I register my domains with NameCheap. I use Wordpress for my CMS – content managementsystem- automatically installed through Host Gator, my hosting service. Then I bought the Socrates theme so there’s no html involved other than copying and pasting my Google Adsense code. The most confusing part for me was pointing the domain name to my hosting service. Luckily, there are plenty of YouTube videos to walk you through all that.I build all my websites myself but I do use oDesk to outsource some of the content creation and writing. I do my own marketing too but most of it is automated – RSS feed automatically posts toFacebook which automatically sends to Twitter. There’s an app for everything!

Currently, I have a couple blogs where the main source of income is ads and one niche web site selling an ebook. Last month I made about $1,150. Not a millionaire yet but it will pay my rent and a few bills. I’m currently working on creating two other niche sites. The best way to mm online is by selling a product – whether it’s physical or digital makes no difference (though you can probably make more with digital due to no manufacturing costs.

Coming up with a good idea, especially one with little or no competition is probably the hardest part of the whole process so if you have one then you’re well on your way to success!

2012 NCAA Tournament Bracket Download

Click here to learn how to dominate your March Madness bracket pool!

March Madness has finally arrived which means it's time to fill out your tournament bracket!
Visit my Excel Spreadsheets Help blog to learn how to complete your NCAA tournament bracket Excel file. Below I've provided the download links for the Excel bracket and office pool manager. Or you can print the bracket above and fill it out by hand.

2012 NCAA Tournament Bracket spreadsheet.xls download
2012 NCAA Tournament Bracket Pool Manager spreadsheet.xls download

Comment below if you wish to join my pool!

Blog Status Monthly Report: January 2012

My online income blog, My Make Money Mission, is failing horribly so I thought I would post my monthly blog update here for a change, until I figure out what to do with that site (keep it or blow it up). Right now I am currently using five primary methods to monetize my blogs. Here is the list of my five income sources and how much they made for the month of January, 2012:

Adsense: $57.97
Kontera: $44.03
Amazon: $2.72
Inbox Dollars: $1.38
Share Cash: $81.05

Total: $187.15

Not a fortune but it will help pay some bills. Click on the links to start monetizing your blog today.

Share Cash is doing awesome based on all the downloads of my Super Bowl square spreadsheet. In fact, my Excel spreadsheets help blog got almost 27,000 unique visitors last month! (Anyone want to pay for advertising on it?) I've been trying to get better at time management and profit maximization by deleting low traffic / low income blogs and focusing more time and energy on my successful blogs to make them even better.

I'll write a separate post later about my foray into self-publishing. Interesting enough, I think my paperback books sales are surpassing my ebook sales. More on that later.

I'm Published!

I self-published my first paperback book today through CreateSpace as well as an eBook version through Kindle Direct Publishing. Have you ever wondered how to design a roller coaster? Coasters 101: An Engineering Guide to Roller Coaster Design examines the numerous diverse aspects of roller coaster engineering, including some of the mathematical formulas and engineering concepts used. This technical guide is the most detailed roller coaster design book to date and will take you through the entire process, from concept to creation. A must read for every enthusiast and aspiring roller coaster engineer!


Shout out to John Stevenson for designing the nifty cover.

Order the paperback version here.

Purchase the eBook version here.

View a free preview of the book here.

Holiday Gift Idea Links

I put together a holiday gift idea post for each of my blogs. Here is a link to each article for your enjoyment.

Holiday Gift Ideas for At Home Crafters
Holiday Gifts for Bloggers and Money Savers
Gift Ideas for CAD and 3D Modelers, Designers, and Engineers
Holiday Gift Ideas for Zoo and Animals Fans
Holiday Gift Ideas for Theme Park Fanatics
Holiday Gift Ideas for Microsoft Excel Users
Holiday Gift Ideas for Drummers and Percussionists

Check out our new home crafts blog

My wife loves making home made crafts and Christmas cards so we started a blog, Crafting Made Simple. The point of this blog is to teach you how to make simple crafts like creating greeting or holiday cards and decorations for your house. It's all about fun crafts to make at home. The number one tool to use is the Cricut cutting machine with its numerous Cricut cartridges filled with thousands of designs to cut out. If you like at home crafts or are looking for any other craft ideas then Crafting Made Simple is for you!