Archive for November, 2007

Get Your Children in Debt to Keep Them Out of It!

November 27, 2007 | Author: Rob | Filed under: Money Matters

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This is an interesting title isn’t it? Have you ever heard of putting your children in debt to make sure later in life they don’t fall into it? I believe that most people get into debt trouble at one point or another in their lives only to learn to live within their means. Why not teach your children that at an early age? Chances are you’ll be a lot more reasonable than Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Dinners Club etc…

You can get into debt as a child, in your teens, in university, afterwards etc… Bottom line is until you’ve bought something and gotten sick of it but still had to continue paying for it you don’t know what being in debt is like. It’s also a ball and chain that enslaves you and keeps you working. How can you even consider quitting your job and following your dreams if you have …

Money Saving Tip – Work the Percentages

November 23, 2007 | Author: Rob | Filed under: Money Matters

Money is often an enigma to many people. You never get enough and it never lasts long enough to be productive. Money doesn’t have to be an enigma! One of the easiest things you can do to start having more with what you already have is looking at the percentage price difference between comparable items instead of just dollars and cents.

When I’m shopping if I need product X I’ll go to the aisle and look at all the competition. You only need to do this once or twice in the beginning and then you’ll instinctively know for next time which product is best for you. Let’s say item X has a price range of $2.69 – $3.49. Often times you will think who cares it’s only an extra $0.50 - $0.80. The reality is that $3.49 is actually ~30% more expensive (2.69 * 1.3 = 3.497).

Would you pay 30% …

Feedburner Stats All Over the Map

November 22, 2007 | Author: Rob | Filed under: Blogging

Like most bloggers I check my feedburner stats daily. I’m interested in lots of the stats I can pull from the site and obviously in my subscriber count.

Nothing can be more demoralizing than coming in and seeing a large drop in your subscribers from day to day. You can start to doubt yourself and ask yourself questions like was it because I did or didn’t’ do something? What am I doing wrong?

When I first bought this blog the very next day after the deal had been done the subscribers dropped to 117 from 199. I was thinking to myself wow what have I done wrong already? What’s going on here!? Sure enough the very next day it went up to the high 190’s.

I’m here to tell you to relax and that feedburner seems to be all over the map. I did some quick searches online and I’m not the only …

Tis the Season for Giving to Goodwill

November 21, 2007 | Author: Rob | Filed under: What I am Doing

As I woke up today I was thrilled to see a fresh white blanket as far as my tired eyes could see. Not sure if my sarcasm is apparent but I”m really not that thrilled at all. Sure it’s fun but the novelty quickly fades. I don’t mind snow on ski slopes or in the mountains but when it happens in the city its just ugly. You have to scrape your car, you have no traction, and did I mention it’s cold?

With Christmas around the corner now is a perfect time to give your closets a quick trim and find whatever you don’t need anymore to give to goodwill. Unfortunately this time of year is very tough for those without the means to purchase winter clothing let alone Christmas presents if they celebrate it. When the deep cold hits it’s a system shock even for lifetime residents let alone new …

MyBlogLog Contest - Grow Your Community!

November 20, 2007 | Author: Rob | Filed under: Blogging

I’ve just recently started using MyBlogLog.com despite the fact that my account was supposedly registered in 1999! I’ve been playing around with it and was quite pleased to see that Eve had grown a solid community for this blog. I’d like to thank everyone reading this who has joined or who plans on joining.

It’s a great feeling for any blogger to see an increasing community of people interested to hear “their voice” amongst the constant overwhelming noise in the blogosphere. Although communities offer no direct financial benefit they do a lot for getting the word “out there”. They also have messaging features and can do wonders for the morale of the blogger in question. Even simple comments help reassure you that you’re blog is getting read and as a result that will fuel you to blog more and hopefully better. This is one of those times where financial incentives …