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Money Making Ideas - Suzanne Franco

Mom, WAHM, Business Owner, Internet Marketing Extraordinaire ...

Wrap Up 2008 ~ Move Forward to 2009Today

I hope everyone had an amazing Holiday season this year … We sure did and I’m so happy to be back to “work.”

Well … I must say … 2008 was an AWESOME year for me and I’m rolling into 2009 and ready to go crazy!

Everything seems to be falling in place for me and I’m so grateful for the year I had. Life went pretty smoothly … both business wise and personally … and I know 2009 is going to be even better.

As far as business goes … I invested a ton of time and energy into my online education and it was well worth it. I’ve learned so much this past year and I’m truly happy to get up and go to “work” for the first time in ages. I’m even ready to start teaching others what I’ve learned and I want to help as many people as possible become truly successful online too.

I must say, winning Blogging Idol was one of the highlights of my year! There are so many reasons for this but first and foremost was proving to myself that I can do anything I set my mind to … and I’ll be carrying that lesson forward into my future.

Personally, I’m also very happy. The kids are all doing so well. We had a great summer, a great football/cheerleading season and school is going very well for everyone … what more could I ask for? Ken and I are managing to w

Holidays Stressing You Out? This Will Make You Laugh … I Promise!December 22 2008

Holidays Stressing You Out? This Will Make You Laugh … I Promise!

OK … I’m home with kids (our five and we have a friend over) and it’s freezing outside. For those who work from home with kids you know how hard it is to concentrate on work and be there for your kids at the same time … so this is as close as I can get to getting both done. The Holidays can be so stressful that I thought it would be nice if I gave all of you a little break and hopefully a good laugh! Watch us bust a move …

The image below will link to a video that is hosted on the Office Max website and then the video should play automatically after you click (with music so it’s a warning to be ready).

If you didn’t already know I’m crazy … now you will! Hopefully my boys won’t hate me for this … well, not for too long anyway. LOL

Once on the site click "Try Another Dance" and see the country one too!

 

Need a good laugh? Did you give it a try yourself? If so, share the link here in the comments. Do you have any other fun ideas to break the holiday tension? Please share them with us! *SmiLes* Suzanne

Make Some Extra Money … Buy Low ~ Sell HighDecember 19 2008

Make Some Extra Money … Buy Low ~ Sell High

 
Buy Low ~ Sell High

Want to make some extra money? One way to make some extra cash is by buying stuff at a low price and reselling it at a higher price. Sounds simple enough right? Well, this idea falls into the category that I call “simple ~ not always easy” but if you’re willing to put in the effort it can be lucrative.

Where to Find Stuff

Some of the best ways to do this is to get familiar with eBay, Craig’s List, and your local classified ad sources (online and print). If you’re in a good area for flea markets and garage sales those work well too.

Know or Research

You should try to stick to the type of products you know something about or you’ll need to get really good at researching the selling price of the items you want to pick up.

Be Prepared

You might be surprised at some of the good deals you can find if you

Web 2.0 What Is It?December 16 2008

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Web 2.0 What Is It?

Web 2.0 … undoubtedly you’ve heard the term but do you really know what it means? Well, I’m going to share what it means to me and how I use it to grow my businesses. 

So … back in the early days on the internet (Web 1.0) we mostly used our websites to “broadcast” our message. Whether we were providing free information or selling something we were simply “telling” our readers something by providing them information (brochure style) and it was truly a one-way conversation. When you think about early websites they were pages and pages of information with lots of navigation to … yet more pages and pages of information and so on … right?

With that said I’d say the main difference in Web 1.0 and the Web 2.0 concept is that even though we are still broadcasting our message and information to others we also want to be able to interact with our visitors and readers. By interacting I mean we want to be having conversation with them … two-way conversation … in an environment where we actually encourage our visitors and readers to tell us what they’re thinking and what they want from their online experience with us.

Using Web 2.0 techniques is a great way to really get personal with your readers and build rapport and build credibility. Remember … people do business with those who they know, like, and trust.

Let me share my favorite Web 2.0 tools available on the internet.

 

Google Friend Connect ~ What Do You Think?December 8 2008

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Google Friend Connect ~ What Do You Think?

Google Friend Connect, in beta, is now available to webmasters. I don’t know a whole lot about it but as soon as I saw it had a “comment wall” I wanted to give it a try. I’ve been wanting to put up something just like this where my readers could communicate with me and with other readers without having to leave the message on a specific post … or without having to email me directly.

Of course you will still want to make comments on a specific post when your comment pertains to that topic and I still love getting emails from all of you … but this is just for brief questions or comments.

I’ll leave it on and see how it goes. Things I’ll be watching for are: (1) is anyone interested enough to actually use it, (2) are there so many that I can’t keep up with reading/replying to you, and (3) will some use it to junk up the blog with spam (now … I know none of you reading this would do that … but it could invite drive-by spammers that I’ll have to moderate and such).

If you do give this a try, either here or own your own site, be sure you fill out our profile page and put links (with anchor text) on your profile page to your websites/blogs.

So … what do you think of the concept? Is it something you’ll enjoy? Should I match the colors to the blog or leave the standard colors? Will you be adding it to your blog? Why or why not? Can’t wait to hear what you have to say … so please leave your comments below and maybe “join” our community and leave something on the “comment wall.” *SmiLes* Suzanne

P.S. Here’s Google’s YouTube video that explains Google Friend Connect