I Have a New Toy!

January 21, 2009 By 1 Comment

HP Pavilion DV5 Laptop I got a new toy yesterday. An HP Pavilion DV5-1160US Laptop , and I am loving it. I said in a previous post that I had money set aside for this from my online business. Well, I finally found the laptop I wanted.

I’ve been busy “mucking it up” as my son says with all the Internet tools and programs that make my life easier. Most are free downloads, so I’ll be back on another day to let you in on some of my favorite tools to help make working online a little easier.

It’s a totally sleek machine with Windows Vista Premium, 4GB RAM, and a 320 GB hard drive. And I’m now in the new century with a wide screen. Woot! Way faster than my old laptop!

Now I have both laptops (old and new) connected to the router, and I’m switching from one to the other. Yeah I’m addicted.

For now I have to get back to playing working. I just had to tell someone about my new toy.

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Are You a Part of Generation G?

January 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment

sharing According to Trendwatching.com’s February trend briefing, we’re heading toward Generation G. That’s G for generosity… not for greed.

According to the report, here are some of the trends pointing us in the direction of Generation G:

  1. Consumers are fed up with overspending, and are disgusted with big business.
  2. They’re looking for businesses and institutions that care about their customers.
  3. Sharing is the new giving. More people than ever are sharing their photos, videos, thoughts, etc. via Youtube, Flickr, Wikipedia, millions of blogs, Twitter and of course Squidoo.

So what is Generation G? According to Trendwatching, Generation G is about:

“passionate, empowered individuals (if not entire generations) being more willing and able to give, to share, to collaborate; to be more ‘generous’ in many ways.”

I agree with the article, I think we’re going to see a big change in the way big business conducts itself in the upcoming years.

Check out the full article at Trendwatching.com.

Image via Stock.xchng

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Playing With Squidoo’s New Twttrstrm

January 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment

I’m playing with Squidoo’s cool new Twitter application TWTTRSTRM (TwitterStorm).

My first attempt? So, what’s your favorite party planning tip, or idea? Please feel free to share. I’m still working on the lens, I ran out of play time tonight, so I’ll have to work on it a little more tomorrow.

Here’s the scoop:

TWTTRSTRM is a very cool new Squidoo application that lets you ask a question, or make a statement.

From Squidoo:

This is a tool that helps you to “Ask a question of your Twitter followers and easily gather all their answers in one spot.”

Here’s how it works:

  1. Simply ask a question
  2. Enter your Twitter ID
  3. Create a tracker keyword
  4. Pick a category, and a tag
  5. Build your TWTTRSTRM, which is a Squidoo lens that hosts the conversation.

Very cool! Have you made your own TWTTRSTRM yet? If you have feel free to add a link in the comment section.

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The Christmas That Was Paid For By My Online Business

January 12, 2009 By 1 Comment

gifts Our Christmas was paid for this year completely from my online business. Not a dime was charged on credit cards, and I didn’t have to scrape and cut out gifts. We did cut back a little, but not much.

Actually I should be a little more specific, I used one month of my online business earnings to pay for Christmas this year. Thanks to Squidoo, my niche sites, and blogging, I could afford to buy a Wii Fit for the family, a Sony 32-Inch LCD HDTV (not a big screen, but plenty big for our little family), several Wii games for my son, a guitar for our budding music artist, gifts for parents and grandparents, neices and nephews, and a new lap top (which I have the cash set aside for, but hasn’t been purchased yet). All…paid…with…cash, it was such a wonderful feeling.

I don’t usually like to talk about my earnings, I don’t do the print screens with shots of my earnings screens. Who can believe them anyway, since so many Photoshop the results to make them look better.  But I want people to know it’s possible to earn an income online, if I can do it so can you.

I would really like to help all of the people out there who have been struggling, and/or are finding themselves recently unemployed victims of our current economy.

My plan is to share with you my journey for the last year and a half, and show you how you can go from making nothing online to making a regular income.

We’ll definitely talk about Squidoo, because I looooovvvveee Squidoo! I think it’s a necessary part of any online business plan, whether you have an Etsy, Zazzle, Cafe Press, or eBay store Squidoo can help you build your business. If you have niche websites, are an affiliate marketer, or blogger (or all of the above), Squidoo can help you take it all to the next level.

I haven’t posted here for a little while, but one of my new years resolutions is to help others achieve what I’ve been able to achieve, and make a regular income from home with their online business.

It breaks my heart to see people losing their jobs, their homes, and their pride, if I can help just one person succeed it will be worth it, so stay tuned in the next couple weeks and I’ll share as many Online business ventures with you as I can.

I’d also love to hear from anyone who’d like to do a guest post related to their own online business ventures (or Squidoo ventures) to share with Lens Author’s readers. Leave a comment or contact me directly to share your story.

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