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SEO Guerilla Marketing

Living On Dividends — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 23:42:38 +0000

Some people are simply geniuses. And like watching Olympians do their thing, it brings a smile to your face just to see them in action. Matt Inman is an SEO genius. He is the former CTO of SEOmoz.org. Matt built the free dating site Mingle2 in 66.5 hours! He designed, coded, and launched within 66.5 [...]

A First-Hand Expatriation Guide for Americans (V) – Q&A

Living On Dividends — Mon, 17 May 2010 22:02:52 +0000

The following question and answer session is based on what I think people might ask after reading this guide. Some of them are questions I asked myself during my own expatriation process, so I hope the answers will be of benefit to you. Q: You wrote this guide anonymously, so why should I trust anything [...]

A First-Hand Expatriation Guide for Americans (IV) – How-to

Living On Dividends — Sat, 15 May 2010 16:25:30 +0000

Here’s an overview of the five steps to renunciation: 1.) Get a second passport from another country. You must have one before you expatriate. 2.) Carefully review the State Department’s renunciation forms and prepare DS-4079. 3.) Book an expatriation appointment at a U.S. embassy or consulate. 4.) Go to the appointment, complete all the forms [...]

A First-Hand Expatriation Guide for Americans (III) – Major Misconceptions

Living On Dividends — Fri, 14 May 2010 16:30:44 +0000

Because reliable advice about renunciation is difficult to find, it’s easy for inaccurate, misleading information to spread. Here are five major misconceptions some people have about expatriation: 1.) “Even if I expatriate I’ll still have to file U.S. tax returns for the next ten years.” Believe it or not, this USED to be true. However, [...]

A First-Hand Expatriation Guide for Americans (II) – 10 Benefits of Expatriation

Living On Dividends — Thu, 13 May 2010 17:05:43 +0000

Everybody has their own personal reasons for expatriating, but here are some of the benefits: 1.) Freedom from the global U.S. tax net. Taxing you no matter where you breathe on this earth is wanton American exceptionalism. What other nations don’t dare do to their citizens, the U.S. government doesn’t think twice about. Once you [...]

A First-Hand Expatriation Guide for Americans (I)

Living On Dividends — Wed, 12 May 2010 15:31:02 +0000

The following is a guest post by a former U.S. citizen, now global citizen, who I consider to be a true patriot but wished to remain anonymous given the topic. Remember that America’s founding fathers were expatriates as well. Introduction Greetings U.S. citizen! I’m writing to you as a former U.S. citizen who was born [...]

12 Old Money Secrets to Successful Investing

Living On Dividends — Wed, 05 May 2010 22:53:54 +0000

From the Zurich Axioms, which is based on investment advice handed down to the author from his father, a successful Swiss banker. 1.) On Risk “Worry is not sickness, but a sign of health. If you are not worried, you are not risking enough.” Adventure is what makes life worth living. Every occupation has its [...]

How to Run a National TV Ad for $100 (VIDEO!)

Living On Dividends — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:44:12 +0000

I’ve always wondered how to buy a national TV ad spot. It’s been mostly impossible for small entrepreneurs to do so until now. But now Google is poised to shake up the TV advertising market and make it accessible to you and me. It looks exciting! And as much as I don’t want any one [...]

How to Send Encrypted Email with FireGPG

Living On Dividends — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:06:40 +0000

Encrypting email to secure your deal making–or just to avoid Big Brother’s invasive eye–just got a whole lot easier. FireGPG is a Firefox add-on that acts as an easy-to-use interface for the fantastic–and normally fantastically difficult to use–GnuPGP encryption. GnuPG is free, open source, military-grade strength ‘public-key’ encryption for email. It’s truly par excellence. In [...]

Porn 2.0 (VIDEO!)

Living On Dividends — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:36:43 +0000

Turns out, even porn moguls are struggling these days. Widespread piracy and free online videos create Ron Jeremy sized challenges for producers. Yet some entrepreneurs are creating bigger successes than ever. They’re pushing boundaries of how people experience porn. Who would have thought that porn dictates the leading edge of media technologies? But it’s true. [...]