This post is mainly for me but also for you.

These are things I think might be handy.


1-100k.blogspot.com
doublersden.co.uk
fortuneseekers.wordpress.com
therichestmaninatherstone.co.uk - double £15 in a day.
Random Title Generator - for when you have no idea what to use
domain name generator for when the first and second choices are all taken
doubleyourwaytoamillion.blogspot.com

One great way to earn some cash into the pot is to enter competitions. If you enter them anyway or like the Readers Digest Prize draw they select you to enter then the "rule" suggest this is just your money not the money for the pot. But each person has to interpret the rules for themselves.

Here is a competition I would not have otherwise entered. A review to get £50.

Well here we go.

Financial independence: My Review.

The site is a classic example of a blog run on drupal (a platform I personally think is too powerful and chunky for most uses and too flaky for others).

It's focus is on being independent money wise.

That means no debts and no credit card bills controlling you.

The site itself has recently had a makeover and now looks quite smooth although the content to advert ratio is not quite there yet. The side bars need to reach a better ratio of content to linkage. As this is drupal side bar parts like recent comments, recent posts and recent recentness are all good options should all be there and early on at least one side.

I think in adding adverts he has lost site of the reason the side bars are added to a site - to help users navigate. The loss of one advert to the gain of more internal linking is no loss at all.

Further content I would consider would be the listing of "land mark posts" nice and early.

Actually I think that is more the issue - both side bars push adverts high up quite quickly. What is needed is navigation and basic framework then advert one side and then a centre aligned advert the other side. Those tall adverts are good but small squares ad so forth allow more range for the same space.

Bigger is not always best.

If he is serious he would also consider using an adserver like OpenAds or if he would like stubsie 9the host) can cut a deal for free ad server hosting with me (private message at MyBlogLog for that one).

For all the work he has put in tot he site (and it has been very good work) the site still feels just a little disjointed to me. I can not put my finger on it.

No, I lie I think I do know where the issue is - the advert banner at the top. It looks crap and it spoils an otherwise great site. It might convert well but I think the site would retain better without it.

Also headlines should be easy to get to and the site feed should be pushed as hard as those adverts.

Ideally your advert spaces want to have self adverts in rotation to. This way people grow used to looking at the adverts to see what you have to say. Have fun with short run funny content and other playful fillers. (See me about those ad servers I mentioned).

When it comes to written style Stubsie has come a long way. I don't think he has that high an academic education (so what) which is suggested to me by his written style.

This is a massive shame as his niche is a bit funky about written style. But I'll give the guy this he is better than me when I started and he makes less mistakes less often than I still do.

My tips for greatness would be then:

- loose the top advert, it smells.
- link to flag ship content
- Get an adserver (see me...)
- Work like stink on written style. Read sites like copy blogger and just keep writing. Write write write alright. The more you write the better you get at it.

Good points

+ You can create an account and get a free blog there. If you wanted to have a go at doubling there are far worse places to open your account. (blogger for example being a bad choice).
+ It looks nice.
+ The main host is a nice guy
+ It has massive potential that in the next six months I think we will see a lot more clearly.
+ I've been a guest blogger there.

Any time you can get a discount you have less return to earn before you make your target.

Globally Local are offering 5% off orders over $25. While this is not a fortune it does mean that you are going to be subject to less effort when using that investment.

On that same train of thought GL have another offer where they encurage you to be your own boss and actually give you the tools you need to make it happen.

While not every person seeking money will be suitable for this offer (or is that the otherway arround) I think it is worth a mention.

I have been too busy for words these past few days so I have no update for you.

I have been writting a booklet which will be about 10,000 to 12,000 words in sze on the subject of websites and business.

Now I did not set out to write lots of text but I did set out to write down the most important points.

For those of you doubling a quality eBook can be a great little earner.

There are two great ways to earn money from an book:

Number One: Sell the book - instand money (simple)
Number Two: Give it away - money from people who click links (harder)

In both of these cases the book needs to be good enough to be used for both methods. The rason being is that a free book that was not good enough to be sold is not good enough to be read.

But anyone can write an eBook.

Here is an over view.

Start by writting down five headings which are the main poitns of the area you are going to write about. Add introduction at the begining and conclusion, sources and notes at the end.

You can also put an about the author in there somewhere too.

Now try to write about a page on the topic in question.

Some headings you will find that you have laods to say and it will go on for more than one page. That's great. Go with it. Add subheadings if you want to break it up a bit.

Keep those paragraphs short too.

Now some headings you will find that you have nothing to say at all.

So write a sentance to introduce the topic and then think of some sub headings.

If you can not think of anything to write under your sub headings (or worse no sub headings at all) then you need to research this area. Read about it and collect some juciy quotes from lots of sources.

Make it clear what is quotes ad what is your text. This is called fair use when you cite your scoureces and give links or URLs where ever they exist. Fair use has it's limits so don't grab masses of text. You text is what people are going to want to read so try to say everything int he quotes in your own words too.

The wikipedia is a good source so use it.

This blog is going to strive to be quotable so use it.

Use all your resources.

Now you shuld have at least five plus four pages (nine). Make sure every source you mention or quote from is on the sources section and that your bio and link is in the about section in the notes at the end. Most software supports endnotes (like footnotes but at the end) so make use of them when there are extra snippits of information to share that don't flow well.

Now if like me you will have come up with loads of other headings and your nine pages will soon grow.

Export as PDF and get rady to use your ebook.