Welcome back to our series on five steps to creating a winning $25k blog. Last time we covered step 1, how to determine your strategy. I'm going to break this step in two parts, otherwise this post would be massively long (it's already going to be long and I'm just covering half the points). Today we'll cover a few pre-development decisions you need to make before … [Read more...]
Five Steps to Creating a Winning $25k Blog, Step 1: Determine Your Strategy
In Five Steps to Creating a Winning $25k Blog I gave an overview of the steps vital to starting a successful blog. Today we'll build upon that by getting into the specifics of step 1, determining your strategy. It's a critical and often overlooked part of creating a winning blog, but if you put the time and effort into it, it can lay the groundwork for your future … [Read more...]
Five Steps to Creating a Winning $25k Blog
Over the course of a few posts, I've mentioned that this site has turned into a nice side hustle (if a retired person can have a "side" hustle). Specifically, it's on track to make $20k to $30k this year, and that's if I don't push it. Given that the site has been around for just over two years, one of which I wasn't focused on doing much, that's a pretty good … [Read more...]
2017 Credit Card Rewards
As I noted in my annual budget review, we had 2017 income of $3,980 from cash back credit cards. This puts us at $17,525 earned since 2006 (including 2016's amount). It's not going to change the world financially, but it's money we earn for doing nothing differently (we'd still spend on the same purchases), so why not? Today I'll detail how we were able to get to this … [Read more...]
Ten Ways to Find Time for Your Side Hustle
One of the key objections I often hear about starting a side hustle (or growing your career for that matter) is "I don't have the time." I don't buy that. Very few people literally "don't have the time." What most who say this mean is "I don't want to make the time." And to me, that’s a money excuse. Of course, that's their choice. They decide what to do with … [Read more...]
Why I Bought Rockstar Finance
It's my pleasure to announce that I have purchased Rockstar Finance. If you're a blogger or deep into the personal finance blogosphere, you likely know what Rockstar Finance is. If you're simply kinda interested in personal finance and reading a few blogs, you might not. So in this post, I'll tell you what Rockstar Finance is, why I bought it, and where it goes from … [Read more...]
The Paradox of a Career’s Impact on Financial Independence
Please, please, please do yourself a big favor, open your mind for just a couple minutes, and read this post. Doing so and taking action on it could net you millions in extra net worth and cut your time to financial independence (FI) substantially. That's worth a read and consideration, right? Yes, I'm Begging So why did I begin this post by begging you to read it? … [Read more...]
The Difference a High Starting Salary Can Make
We've talked several times about the value of growing your career, which then allows you to earn better than average annual increases. There are seven steps you can take to earn higher increases and when you do, you can literally earn millions of dollars more over the course of your working lifetime. But there's another important piece to maximizing your career earnings. … [Read more...]
Investing in Your Career Can Pay Off Big-time
Though I'm retired, I still have LinkedIn as one of the tabs that comes up when I open my browser each morning. I usually look at a few articles as well as check notifications to see what's happening with people I know -- just to keep in the loop a bit. Just like on other social media platforms, people often post inspirational or thought-provoking comments. A few … [Read more...]
How to Earn Extra Income: Side Hustle Ideas Worth Considering
Now that I've shared how a side hustle can get you to financial independence in 10 years, I wanted to offer some suggestions on side hustles for your consideration. Of course there are thousands of ways (maybe more) to earn some extra money on the side, so I took the approach of "what would I consider doing if I wanted to start a side hustle"? I figured that if I would be … [Read more...]
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