So most of my stories up until now have been about how I make an online mistake and lose some money. This post will be about how I lost money offline and how that applies to losing money online.
It happened easily enough. As I was out and about running some errands, I found myself at […]
I recently completely overhauled one of my sites. One of the last parts of the site to get back running was my link list that I had established very early on in the development of that site. This cost me dearly in traffic. The reason I lost so much traffic is because […]
If imitation is the sincerest of flattery then thanks Gobala.
25 Mar
Posted by Papa Bear as Internet
That original famous saying about imitation being flattery were words written by Charles Caleb Colton. If I believe those words then I guess I should be flattered by today’s events.
As I am trying to build some buzz for this site I have been making the usual rounds of self-promotion (how NOT to self-promote is a […]
I think a part of me was really hoping when starting this site (I make NO money.com) that I was going to focus on discussing my past grievances and blogging mistakes. I was expecting to do everything right here. This was going to be the site where things were going to go exactly how it […]
There is a great movie that was released in 1997 starring Jodie Foster called “Contact”. In the movie Jodie Foster plays the character of Dr. Eleanor Ann Arroway, a scientist who after years of studying finds proof for the existence of extraterrestrials after they send plans (the “contact”) to build a space travel machine. […]
Let a drunk guy publish as a guest blogger
19 Mar
Posted by Papa Bear as Don't do this, Losing Money Online
I enjoy the occasional microbrew or craft beer. It’s true. On the weekend it is nice to stop by a local place that carries beer like Shiner Bock, Abita TurboDog, Flying Dog Pale Ale and the like. I’m not saying it’s an obsession just an occasional indulgence. I thought it would be […]
Just from the title you know this is going to be good. But first, a quiz:
Please name the appropriate state for for these 2 letter state identifiers:
“FL” is the 2 letter identifier for which state? “Florida?” Correct!
“NY” is the 2 letter identifier for which state? If you said “New York” great!
“MO” is….
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I love ironies and this one is a good one that very accurately describes this site’s philosophy in a very real way.
It all began with asking my daughter what she wanted for breakfast…
“Life, please,” she says. So I went to the pantry to get her a box of her requested cereal. I also grabbed […]
So about a year ago I was sure I was going to get rich from creating niche bid word or link sizzler directories by purchasing a script that generates a list of words people could bid on. I’ve never seen an official count, but I bet 99.9% of the people who bought those scripts never […]
Start a website with a topic you know nothing about
16 Mar
Posted by Papa Bear as Losing Money Online
People are usually attracted to the idea of making money “online” because they know someone personally “offline” who has been successful. In my case, it was an associate of (again) my brother-in-law. My brother-in-law had listed his lumber business with someone who ran a online lumber directory. I can’t remember the exact […]