Do you ever dream about the perfect job?  Maybe  it involves working from home.  Maybe you’d like to spend more time focusing on your hobbies and passions.  It could be that your perfect job involves connecting with people who share your interests. If any of those apply to you, I think blogging would be a [...]

Darren Rows, of ProBlogger, has written three articles dealing with making money online using the Amazon.com Associates Program.  Some of Darren’s tips deal specifically with the Amazon program.  However most of the advice in this series applies to anyone trying to make money online. 11 Lessons I Learned Earning $119,725.45 from Amazon Associates Program 10 [...]

Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.  That’s what business diversification is about.  It’s a great idea, but how do we do it?  Gina Maddox has written a wonderful post on the topic that shows us it may be as easy as looking at what’s in front of our noses. Share this:

State governments across the country are looking for ways to increase state revenues.  North Carolina is one of the states considering taxing online revenue as a way to increase state coffers.  However their imminent legislation has had some unexpected results.   The Motley Fool states, Amazon is fighting back. It’s threatening to eliminate relationships with all [...]

One way that people monetize their blogs or websites is by using a donation button.  You might have seen them.  Typically they’ll say something like, “If you read this blog help support us by making a donation.”  It’s not that different from what PBS or NPR does. I don’t  know about you, but I’ve never [...]

The Simple Dollar is a financial website that I visit every day.  I’m not alone.  This blog is so popular that it gets about a million visitors a day.  That’s some serious traffic! This is an interesting situation on so many levels.  Trent Hamm, the author of The Simple Dollar, dispenses good, common-sense financial advice.  [...]

The other day I typed a URL into FireFox, my favorite Internet browser, and I mistyped.  Instead of seeing the usual “address not found” display there was a strange message from my Internet service provider, Qwest. Qwest has launched a new service Qwest Web.Help Qwest Web.Help will help you quickly find a destination website that [...]

Wife in the North is a blog that was so popular that Judith O’Reilly, aka “the wife”, was offered a book deal.  The blog chronicles Judith’s life as she adjusts from her posh life in London to living in country of Northumberland.  The book, as well as the blog, is funny, touching and fills one [...]

Well, for some people it does.  There were reports last week that Bankaholic was purchased by Bankrate, Inc for $12.5 MILLION dollars.  There is said to be another $2.5 MILLION dollars available to the founder if the blog attains certain performance goals during the next year of operation. Wow!  Congratulations to John Wu the founder [...]

It’s been a busy week here at Perry Internet Consulting.  In addition to the website getting an updated look I also installed a new ad server for my other sites. As you may know, I publish three literary websites.  One site is on Charles Dickens.  Another website features Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.  Last but not [...]