I am still thinking of some small business opportunitites to help me in making more money to pay off my credit card debt.

I guess I can sell pink gifts online since I am so obsessed with pink stuff. Or I can consider selling short stories.

But for the time being, I must also write more reviews and sell more Amazon products.

Tags: Pink Gifts, Pink Stuff, scrap books, short stories, small business opportunities

I told hubby that we need to install extra ram for our computers so that I can grab more online assignments.

Funny, right? But it’s true. There are certain networks that do not assign tasks to the bloggers. Instead bloggers have to be there are certain hours to grab the assignments. The faster your computer speed is, the easier for you to grab the tasks.

If your computer speed is slow, by the time you reach the network and get ready to click the Accept button, it’s too late. So speeding up the Windows computers is a must for me.

Tags: computer speed, online assignments, ram, tasks

I envy my buddies who can enjoy vacations every year. Their investments in stocks, penny stocks, mutual funds and property bring in passive income that is more than enough for them to have family vacations once a year or twice a year.

When is my next vacation? I have no idea, perhaps 3 or 5 years later. I am still loaded with tonnes of credit card debts that may take a few years to settle.

Tags: family vacation, investments, passive income, stocks, Vacations

Although it’s easy to find a silver coin dealer, finding an honest, qualified one is a lot harder. You want a silver coin dealer who knows his topic well, is financially stable, respected by his peers, has demonstrated care for ethics, and from whom you have recourse in case of a dispute.

Let’s take a closer look at these 4 Tips on how to evaluate coin dealers.

1. Is the coin dealer experienced? There’s an old saying around numismatics that goes, “Buy the book before you buy the coin.” While this is excellent advice, and I strongly recommend following it, the fact is that not everyone can become an expert.More…

If you are buying coins, especially for investment purposes, you want a knowledgeable, reliable coin dealer who can give you accurate advice. Would you go to a novice for advice on investing in the stock market? If not, then don’t go to a coin dealer unless he has solid credentials.

2. Does the coin dealer have any assets? Although the overwhelming vast majority of coins on the market are genuine, there are occasionally some fakes that turn up.

You want to know that the dealer is likely to still be in business five years from now. A coin dealer’s financial stability is a good indicator of the likelihood that he’ll be around for a long time and financially able to provide recompense.

3. Is the coin dealer known among his peers? One of the best safeguards you can get is from using a dealer who has been vetted by his peers before being permitted to join a guild.

After all, if the coin dealer has a bad reputation, or isn’t respected in his own community, he’s probably not a good choice to do business with. Especially when that business involves investing for my (or my kids’) future.

4. What are the coin dealer’s ethics? There is nothing more disheartening to me than standing at a dealer’s table at a coin show, and watching some little old lady approach the dealer with a jar of old U.S. coins, to have the dealer barely glance at them and say, “I’ll give you 10% over face; that’s all they’re worth and I’m being generous.”

A coin dealer such as this isn’t just being lazy; he’s hoping to make a score. He’s hoping that there’ll be something in that jar that will spell a big payday for himself. Would you like to do business with someone who treats his customers that way?

Although most coin collectors hope their collections will increase in value over time, serious investing in gold or silver coins requires careful planning.

Learn about coin collecting as an investment — what types of coins to buy, and why, and how to avoid the costly mistakes that many new rare coin investors make.

It is important to save money for emergency funds and investments even though I am loaded with credit card debts. According to money experts, we must also save money besides paying off credit card debts. No matter how small the amount is, it is still savings.

I will consider investing in unit trusts or bullion. My mom has kept a few gold coins since she was young. If she ever thinks of selling the coins, it’s going to be a considerable sum of money.

I think it’s time for me to read more investment tips and updates. By the time I settle my credit card debts fully, I will have all the investment information at my finger tips.

Tags: bullion, emergency funds, investment tips, save money, unit trusts, updates

The price of gold is set to remain high in 2008, putting it on track to break $US1,000 an ounce for the first time, as the yellow metal continues to offer investors a safe haven from volatile financial markets and supply remains tight.

During 2007, the price of gold has traded in a $US243.50 range, from a low of $US601.90 in January and a high of $845.40 in November.

In 2008, gold is tipped to rise to a 28-year high of $US850 in the first quarter as financial markets jitters prevail. And according to market watchers, it could reach as high as $US1,100 by December.

You can take gold anywhere in the world and there will be a buyer, which can’t be said for many other commodities. Investing in gold as a part of your investment portfolio is not only good way to reduce risk, it’s also a great way to increase the overall power of your financial force.

Tags: , financial markets, investing in gold, investors, price of gold

I am happy that most of my domain names have been transferred to HostGator. Only 2 domain names are on the way.

Once all my domain names are with HostGator, I am going to use WordPress for all the blogs. I should have moved all my niche blogs to WordPress earlier. There are simply too many beautiful themes and plugins for WordPress.

Before I turned Pink Poison Store into a travel blog, it was a sexy lingerie store. Yap.. it was an online store. I had another online store selling handmade handicrafts, but was turned into a shopping blog later.

I used Google Adwords to drive more target traffic to my online stores and in fact there were traffic and visitors. Unfortunately, there were no sales. No sales mean no income, right ? So, after some time, I had to wind up my online businesses.

I also didn’t have the money to hire SEO experts who know all the tricks of the trade to make campaigns successful. They charge a lot of money for their services.

I was recently told that I can learn all of the secrets of running Google ads successfully, completely free of charge . I was skeptical like you …;D “Free guide ? Is it possible ?”

So out of curiosity, I hopped over and checked out the Ultimate Guide to Google Adwords which was written by full time PPC professional Steve Baker. It is a comprehensive and completely free guide to using Google Adwords.

This resource gives everyone the opportunity to make their campaign profitable, and turn Adwords into a level playing field. If you have something to sell, you can use this guide to make money online.

As for me, I may use it when my online stores are set up again in near future. I think I am more prepared for online stores now if compared to half year ago.

While flipping through my travel magazines trying to search for featured destinations that can be used for my travel blog, my cousin called up for help.

He would like me to help him write custom research papers for him. Huh ? Apparently, he has been tied down with a few assignments which are going to due and they are all related to tourism industry.

Too bad that I had to turn down his offer and referred him to Custom-writing.org which provides professional custom writing service. The professional UK and US writers provide writing, editing and proofreading, and 12-hour delivery to students all over the world .

Recently, I have been thinking of learning options trading as another stream of income. Even though I am making money from writing assignments to pay off my credit card debts, I would like to have various multiple streams of income.

I have been recommended by a blogging buddy to consider iron condors that can bring consistent 10% monthly return with just 10 minutes a week. If my purpose is to generate steady monthly income, then iron condor are definitely less volatile than individual stocks, thus bringing in steady income every month.

Iron Condor is totally unlike stock trading, forex, futures where I have to be in front of the computer all the time. This definitely suits me because I don’t really have much time. Most of my time has been occupied by blogging and writing assignments.

I am impressed by Condor Options’ One Trade, One Month meaning which I won’t be bogged down with complex variations of options strategies and confusing trades to implement. The iron condor positions require very little adjustment, plus Condor Options does all the market-watching for me.

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