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If you’re considering joining or already have joined Blogrush, you may want to read this article and it’s sources before you continue to possibly damage the reputation of your blog. It seems Blogrush is an old school pyramid scheme, updated for the web.
(h/t seobook)
Aaron Wall shares some thoughts on short term opportunism & online economic trends. It’s well worth a read if you are thinking about making money online via blogging.
Freelance Switch, a relatively new but useful website, just started a series on the The Business of Freelancing.
The first post touches on withholding taxes. If you’ve never worked for yourself before, make sure to read this article and then seriously consider making an appointment with a CPA.
J. Alan Maguire shares some ideas on financial survival and the Survivorman tv show. What kind of lessons would we learn after surviving our own financial fast?
Survivorman is a one man show. Les Stroud (no relation) is dropped off in remote locations with only the most basic, and often random, supplies and approximately 60 lbs of camera gear. He then has to survive for seven days until he is able to travel to civilization or is rescued.
Plagiarism is a huge problem for content creators seeking to make money online. Jonathan of PlagiarismToday writes some of the best commentary on internet plagiarism and provides strategies and guides to combat plagiarism.
His primary guide on stopping internet plagiarism comes in six parts:
Professor Boudreaux shares a letter to the editor, explaining the concept of trade-offs in a way that really hits home.
Leo Babauta from Zen Habits guest blogged about focusing on the bare essentials today at Problogger.com.
Leo makes some interesting points, without dragging his argument out (again, focusing on the bare essentials of his point).
Home Insurance Guide has a lot of good information on home owners and renters insurance. The blog also covers other aspects of disaster preparedness like this series on the types of safes : fire resistant and burglar resistant safes. Don’t forget to figure out if your safe is waterproof.
The website’s design is refreshingly clean/sharp as well.
Darren Rowse is one of the most well known bloggers. Recently, he shared a screen cast in which he answers two questions. (1) Should you start one? And, (2) How to choose a profitable topic.
If you’re considering blogging about making money online, you should watch this video!
Scott Karp challenges the traditional view of publishers regarding “… the future of news — the assumption is that newspaper subscribers used to PAY for NEWS, and online they get it for free.”
It’s a useful read if you’re interested in blogging professionally.
