Archive for April, 2006

I am again running into issues where my online life and money making ventures are affecting my offline life.  I see so many opportunities that I find myself over extending.  Bought 2 new projects in the last week and will not really have time to promote them properly, and therefore they will most likely just sit until I find the time. 

 I can’t really complain, I am currently making enough money to pay for my “hobby” and then some so the only draw back is the time, and unlike some any income that I make is secondary. 

That is good to get off my chest, not sure why you would like to know, but hey isn’t this what a “Blog” is for ;)

Water Makes the Body Good

Many people don’t realize how important drinking water and fluids in their diet can be.  Water can increase your health in many ways.  Water is absolutely essential to your bodily functions and is necessary in just about every bodily process.  Being well hydrated can help digestion, your cardiovascular system, as well as your mental functioning.  Here are some tips on being well hydrated.

Most health professionals agree that each person needs to be well hydrated.  Well hydrated usually means about 8-8oz. glasses each day of water.  Many people don’t drink water, but either their beverages or foods such as fruits contain water.  The best way to make sure you get enough water is to drink a glass of water or juice in the morning, two glasses of water during each meal and a glass of water in the late evening.  Following this regiment will keep you well hydrated.  Many people prefer to drink juices, sports drinks, coffee or tea.  These drinks are fine as long as they are in moderation.

Nothing is as perfect as water. Water has 0 calories and helps practically every process in your body.  Another great fact about water is that it can help your skin look great.  A well hydrated body, means well hydrated skin.  So if you are looking to live a healthy lifestyle, make sure your body is well hydrated.

Opt-In Email and YOU

Looking for a great way to monetize the traffic that visit your sites, opt-in email can help.  Opt-in email is a form of email, where a visitor has consented to receive communications from you on a wide variety of topics or on one specific topic.  Opt-in email is not spam and is totally legal.  Here are some tips on building your own opt-in email lists.

Opt-in lists are extremely easy to build.  Many people create web sites with the capability of opt-in lists already built in.  You can easily leave a place on your web site where people can submit their email address to you in order to receive a free newsletter, gift, bonus, or more information.  While the percentage of people that submit their email address to you depends on the traffic, topic and product being offered it is very reasonable to build up a list of hundreds of people over the course of a few months.

Using your opt- in lists can be extremely advantageous.  You can market your products to this list of people many times per month.  However keep in mind that sending out too many messages each month might irritate some of your list members.  A good rule of thumb is usually once a week or twice a month.  So if you want to grow your business and customer base, use opt in email.

I have finally have everything set up for my new hosting business.  This wil be my second foray into the world of Web Hosting.  Currently the site does not look like much, but I have all of the back end working.  I have two different plans a Starter and a Basic.

The Starter package is a true starter, 100mb and 2000mb of bandwidth.  The cost is a low $2.50 per month.

The Basic is 250mb and 5000mb of bandwidth, for a cost of $5 per month.

After I receive a few more sign ups I am going to set up a referral benfits.  Wish me luck everyone, and check out the very sparse site at www.bluenoserhosting.com

If you have an auction site business or ecommerce web site, you are probably dealing with many items each day that need to be shipped.  Shipping items can take a lot of hard work and can be very time consuming.  If you want to save valuable time each day while increasing your businesses organization, you should look into shipping software.

There are several types of shipping software available and most software is very easy to use and affordable.  Many people love the convenience of shipping software.  Most shipping software integrates with payment processors such as Paypal and can automatically print out shipping labels for items that were sold.

Another great shipping software feature is that you can buy postage online and print out shipping labels which include the postage fee.  These shipping software options allow you to print out professional labels with postage already paid for the item.  Many shipping software programs can even mask the amount of postage you pay on the label, so the sender doesn’t know exactly how much you paid for shipping.  This is a great feature for Ebay sellers that charge for handling and other services in their shipping fee.  So if you are looking to automate your ecommerce or auction site business, use shipping software to save time and money.