I have read lots of blogs in my time who talk all about ways to make money. Even my blog gives multiple ideas and venues to generate revenues online. Its sort of the MMO trait, and only those with accurate info seem to make it and be successful.

This brings me to the point of this post, instead of trying a bunch of new things why not sit back and look at what your doing already. Whats working? Is selling banners working? Text Links? What about paid blog posts and reviews? Services related to blogging?

What is your current No1 income source? Lets say its Text Links (like it is for me) instead of trying other new techniques I should be exploiting this one and becoming more of an expert at doing it to sell for the best price and getting return payers.

That’s my challenge for Feb 2010! I am going to try and get 4 new text link customers who are on auto renew! Hoping to generate Approx $200/mo from that! Why don’t you all join me or exploit your current income source that is working! Im pretty sure we will all like the results!

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To days post is simply a list of whats most important in my life these will change one day soon (mostly #2 and #3).

1. God

2. Parents

3. Girlfriend

4. Work / Business

5. Responsibilities / Paying Bills / Fixing Problems

6. Blogging

I believe this order is ideal for life to go smooth, this is of course my own opinion but it works out pretty well for me.

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Wow has it been a long time since I have posted here on IBB! I am sorry to all of you who have been waiting for your comments to be approved. I had over 2,000 waiting in the Que! All have been approved now and I am finally here with an informative post for you all!

I was browsing digitalpoint today and came across a guy who is starting his own SEO company and he wanted some tips / advice on how to do it. I wanted to explain my thoughts on the proper way to start your own company are and a few rules of thumb to follow Here we go!

Rules Of Thumb

Be passionate about what you want to do:  If you dont have more passion then the next guy then he will eventually beat you out no matter what you do. Passion is key!

Know your product / service: If your going to own the company nobody should ever know more about it then you. Your the head honcho, act like it!

Be ready for some heartache: Owning your own company is not all its hyped up to be. It sounds great until you realize you may be working 50+ hrs a week on it and throwing loads of cash into it with no return on your investment in the beginning “fair warning, these waters are tuff”.

Never back down: Once you get it going even if its not perfect simply stick to it, eventually things will fall into place!

I think if you can follow those simple rules of thumb anyone can own a successful business. Its not perfect but itll work right?

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So today I want to get back to a little old school post type, I used to make list posts like all the time and you seemed to like them. I really need to post more here on IBB but I’m so busy these days with other things I can’t seem to find the time!

However today I am going to list off 5 must have tools of our blogging trade. Its up to you all to get in on the goods and start making money of your own! Not all these tools are money makers but they are worth having and doing regularly!

1. Twitter – Believe it or not a ton of bloggers have never heard of twitter or they have simply not found the time to fill out the 25 second form to get there twitter account. Granted twitter is time consuming and aggravating at times it really is a great tool that over time you can use and build up into a great advertising tool as well as a money maker! Be sure and follow me @shblogger today!

2. Facebook - Believe it or not but facebook is now for more then just your friends and family to connect! As a blogger you can use it to your advantage and create an account or page for your blog on facebook that people can become a fan of! Its easy to setup and well worth the few minutes of time, just be sure to update it every now and then so it doesn’t look dead!

3. Aweber – I have said it before and I will say it again, aweber is the best email marketing tool out there. Its easy to setup and use, not only that but I have seen significant growth since starting to use the hover pop up that it comes with! It seriously is worth the $20/mo and I suggest everyone get in on the goods!

4.  Wordpress - Really do I even need to list this? If your not using wordpress for your blog then your either Stupid or completely have no idea what your doing…. Seriously use wordpress people!

5.  Flip Mino HD, Mac & iMovie - If you ever want to get your name out there on sites like YouTube or Vidler then you need a flip vid cam, a mac and imovie for video editing and of course a little spunk to get noticed! I have made lots of posts on video blogging that you can checkout

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So in the last couple of week a lot has changed for me and today I want to encourage you all to take notice of what is happening and capitalize on it!

Magazine, tv and other publications are starting to go out and the internet is just getting bigger and bigger as you read this!

The internet can’t be stopped and its just waiting for the next big invention to hit!

You could be the next big thing on the net so what are you waiting for? NOW IS THE TIME PEOPLE! Get To It!

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Is your dream to make big money? Online or off it all comes down to two things “desire” and “working hard”. Nothing in life comes easy and if you want to make it big you need to prepare yourself for hard work and lots of it!

I have come to realize that I am a slacker of sorts, I need a good kick in the pants every now and again.

That’s were desire comes in, if you have desire or you are working towards something then you will most likely be able to achieve it if you set a goal and stick to your daily plan to get there.

For instance, I now have a girlfriend and I want to treat her right, take her out to eat, to the movies, spend time with her, pay for gas to drive to her place etc… How am I going to do this? WORK HARD!

I am going to work more hours and try to be more productive in those hours.

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See I was blogging along and all was fine and dandy, I had money in the bank, a new bike and paintball gun to play with and I thought life was great!

It was until I got my bill from the IRS for over $300…

I made out the check (even though it hurt) and within 1 week they took the money. I was down to my last dollar before I made any more, luckily I am back up to where I should be but I still have to be careful with what I spend.

The moral of the story is I should have been ready for a blow like that, I half way was and that’s the next part of this story…

The day I made out the IRS check I emailed an old advertiser that had stopped advertising with me. I simply emailed them asking if they would like to grab an add on my site for a cheap price since my audience has grown since they were last with me. They quickly agreed to a $50/mo deal and paid me for 2 months in advance. Basically I made $100 that day and I now have them hooked in as a monthly customer!

Its a great feeling and I am now generating over $700/mo online from my various businesses and blogs.

I am super excited for the next couple of months and years to come with you all but I really need ideas to make posts about. So please send your ideas to me or I may just have to ask some buds for guest posts or something.

God bless guys and keep the juices and green stuff flowing!

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Today I want to talk a little bit about ways to maximize click traffic on your blog. There are several tools you can use to help and today were going to reveal ways you can convert those visitors into $$$ every time!

See the problem isn’t that we don’t get traffic, in fact nearly every website on the net gets some traffic. The problem is turning the traffic we do have (even if its only a little) into either a paying customer or some form of $$$ maker.

Its the art of click persuasion I am talking about, you need to somehow be able to persuade your visitors to click on something and in turn generate a commission from that (affiliates are pros’s at this).

Some general things to remember are:

- Ad positions on page, they matter more then you think!
- Use multiple spots and track how they do with diff color ads, especially if your using adsense!
- Encourage companies to grab more then one spot for max benefits, this works if you word it right!

Keep those tips in mind and you should be converting those visitors into cold hard cash in no time!

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So today I want to talk a little bit about how cluttered my desk and twitter account has become. I think its important to note that I don’t always practice what I preach but I am getting better and following through with all the things I start.

Today I was looking at my new twitter account and I realized I had 27 DM’s sitting there in my account, only two of them were real messages from actual twitterers, the rest were all auto DM’s I get from the people I have started following.

That brings me to my point for this post, de-cluttering your life and DM’s is a good thing, there is nothing worse then a messy twitter account or garage that needs organizing!

Note: I know this was a rather short post but that doesn’t make it not very important! Take time out today to complete one of the clutter tasks on your to-do list, whether that’s around the house or on your twitter account!

Decide, commit, its as simple as it gets!

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So today I decided to make a video for IBB thanking all of my readers (you), I am very blessed to have you all as readers to my blog and I hope I can continue to bring useful content to you for years to come! Obtaining readers has been a tough journey to say the least and everyone of you is special to me, if there is ever anything you need or want my email box is always open to you! I check every email and always reply so send me a letter even if its just to say hi!

I saw a few of you commented on my mac post yesterday about seeing pics of the mac laptop (I’m writing on it right now) so I decided to video it and hopefully you all enjoy it! So far I really like the mac laptop, especially since I got a wireless mac bluetooth mouse for it, along with video editing on it (the video below) I have fully loved my experience with it so far.

I just love Apple products and now I have the laptop a desktop and an iphone, what other apple products am I missing out on?

Note: I am considering opening my blog audience some and starting to do some more product reviews (laptops, devices, phones etc) would you all be interested in that or should I focus on MMO only topics? It really is up to you all!

With that I just wanted to say thank you once again for being a reader of my blog!

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