It’s been a tough few months on the stock market in 2009. Many portfolios have been reduced by 50% or more. In times likes these we need advice and support on how to keep going if we are seeing our sources of income dwindle. Hopefully you will find some inspiration in today’s articles. This article is simultaneously published at http://www.makingrealmoneyblog.com/.

Food for thought

For two blogs, who focus on helping you find higher interest rates, I’m suggesting you take a look at Mr. Banker who presents High Interest Money Market Accounts (MMA) posted at Best Interest Rate Banks and jim who presents » Top 5 Online Banks: Savings or Checking Accounts on Blueprint for Financial Prosperity posted at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity. It’s tough to find decent rates these days. Perhaps these resources will help.nickel also presents DollarSavingsDirect Review and Account Opening Process posted at fivecentnickel.com, saying, “If you’re making real money, you need a place to stash it! This is a review of one of the best online banking deals currently available.” Do check these resources out… after all every nickel helps.

Economics, Markets and Real Estate Tips

1. Ella Moss presents New Economy, or Buy American, Stupid! Zodiac Times posted at Zodiac Times, saying, “So, the new stimulus package is passed, hopes are up, markets are down, and recession deepens. Everyone is blaming the housing market, unscrupulous bankers and inept previous administration. But very few seem to understand the true roots of our woes, and how deep our economic problems go.”
2. Burak Bilgin presents The Simple Rule of the Economics Game posted at Distiller’s Corner, saying, “How does game theory apply to economics, and how can you can benefit from a simple rule derived from it?”
3. Roshawn Watson presents Is There Any Room For Economic Optimism? posted at Watson Inc, saying, “Fixing our current economic woes is a top priority for many Americans, so the fact that US economic hardships is getting tons of media attention is not wholly unexpected. However, a recent sobering and fear-inducing article by Forbes columnist Tom Riper might have pushed the limits with respect to responsible reporting.”
4. Adam presents Swing Trading Strategy: Touch and Go! posted at Pimp My Trade, saying, “This article outlines a winning swing trading strategy that I use over and over again to pull in money from the stock market.”
5. Heather presents Commodity ETFs: When Will the Trend Come Back? | ETF Trends posted at ETF Trends, saying, “In May 2008, commodities and their related exchange traded funds (ETFs) were booming. Oil and gold seemed unstoppable; food prices were causing people to hoard rice and it wasn’t unusual to see someone softly crying while they filled up their gas tank.”
6. NetBiz presents Understanding The Stock Market: How To Make Money Even In A Bear Market posted at Money Galaxy – Make Money | Save Money | Invest Money.
7. George L Smyth presents One Minute How-To – How To Invest In Real Estate While Having A Full Time Job posted at George L Smyth, saying, “Paul Hochanadel explains the basics of his successful method of purchasing real estate while maintaining the security of a full time job.”

Budgeting, Bartering, and Base Rates

• Relax presents The happy way to spend money posted at The Wise Curve, saying, “we are happier when we spend money to gain experience than buying material goods”
• Leaving The Folks presents Basics of car buying posted at Real World Advice, saying, “Going to take advantage of low interest rates and good deals to buy a car? Here are some tips.”
• MoneyNing presents Counter Intuitive Way of Lowering Your Spending posted at Money Ning, saying, “It might not make sense at first but it absolutely works! Curb your spending today.”
• KCLau presents How to Refinance your Home Loans Smartly posted at KCLau’s Money Tips, saying, “Lists several reasons why home owners would benefit from switching their loans to a new loan with lower interest rates”
• Buck Weber presents Offer Your Services for Barter or Cash posted at THE BUCK LIST, saying, “Offering basic services to neighbors, friends and family is a time honored form of making some side cash, bartering for something you might need or trading a skill for a skill.”
• Lauren Rose presents Never Use Copy Paste for Your Credit Card Number and Internet Explorer | No Debt Anymore .org posted at No Debt Anymore .org, saying, “Under certain circumstances, your clipboard contents from a copy and paste command can be stolen from the Internet. And that includes your credit card number!”
• PFCreditCards presents 8 Reasons Why You Hate Credit Cards posted at PF Credit Cards, saying, “Do you hate credit cards? Maybe this is why!”
• The Dough Roller presents The Balance Transfer Index™ | How Does Your Card Rank? posted at The Dough Roller, saying, “The balance transfer index shows the total cost of 0 APR credit card balance transfers.”

Online Riches

• Robert Hazlewood presents How To Get Started Finding Legit Survey For Money Websites posted at Ways to Survive Life, saying, “Article on getting started with making money online aking surveys”
• Greg Nemer presents How to Install and Design a Website in 5 Easy Steps posted at INTERNET MARKETING WITH PURPOSE, saying, “Here’s how to install your very own website, complete with web design and customization in 5 easy steps.”
• ListBuilderLee presents List Building – 3 Breakthrough Steps To A Responsive Subscriber List posted at Build Your List For Free!, saying, “List Building – 3 Breakthrough Steps To A Responsive Subscriber List I’ve always been impressed with those people who could build a list of 5,000 subscribers then give up their day job. All because their list was so responsive to any offer they made them. Then I figured out their secret and boiled it down into 3 easy to follow breakthrough steps.”
• Locke Dauch presents Ways to Make Money Online posted at Your Blog Is Money, saying, “This is an article about making real money.. It is advised that you turn away now if you’re not interested in making money…”
• Joshua Lee presents Make Money Online With HubPages: A Detailed Step-By-Step Guide posted at The Brainy Money Blog, saying, “What I hated most about trying to make money online was the number of people who tried to scam me constantly. I made this website to show people that there are truly legitimate methods to make money online. I want nothing from you and it won’t cost a penny, so give my blog a try.”
• Tiffany Colter presents Making money when the magazines aren’t buying posted at Writing Career Coach , saying, “How do you make money writing when magazines aren’t buying? This blog will tell you how.”

Last Thoughts for March

• MyMaria presents Taking a Day Off: Passive Income Proof posted at Residual Income Web, saying, “How about making REAL MONEY when you’re not even working? Read about how I earned $171 in residual income on a day I didn’t even turn on the computer.”

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of carnival of making real money using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

Technorati tags: carnival of making real money, blog carnival.

Update: In an effort to create something more useful, I’m reducing the number of articles in each issue by providing as much variety of content. With so many articles on “making money online blogs”, sales and letter writing, I’m now reducing the number presented to balance the other content. So make sure your writing is sharp and to the point if you want to submit! Articles on how to blog, how to sales copy, etc. are best suited for other carnivals.

Notes on Submitting Articles

It seems that a number of people don’t bother to follow the policy. Oh, well, that’s a pity because I left out some great articles this time around! The policy is still enforced. If you have any questions, just see the most recent Carnival for what’s accepted. So hurry! get your submissions in!

I’m definitely looking for articles that are readable, inspiring, and well-written for readers who may or may not have much investing or financial knowledge. Articles will cover making money in the real world, as well as online; being in business; making investments; making money through smart decisions; and aspects of personal finance. It is NOT about dieting, surveys, drugs, selling things, what you ate last night or any of a myriad of irrelevant topics. If you are not sure what is accepted, read the previous carnivals.

As such, …

• Your article must be original and previously unpublished in this carnival. I like to maintain a variety of sources and topics, I will only accept one article per person per blog. — If you submit MORE THAN TWO articles to any edition of this carnival, ALL your submissions will be eliminated without hesitation. Repeated multiple submissions to this carnival will mean that your articles and/or your behavior are spam-enough to blacklist your blog from this carnival.
• In short, submit ONE article from one blog once only.
• Spam: Articles must be unique, ideally hosted on a full-blog (not on a subdomain of blogspot, blogger, etc.), and cannot have been published in more than two other carnivals. If you are serious enough about your blog, then find a real blog host on a real domain.
• Comments MUST be enabled on any post submitted to the carnival and registration must NOT be required: I’m hoping that we generate interest in the submissions and that traffic generates comments. Let’s not frustrate our readers.
• Additional reasons for not inclusion: popup/popover/popunder windows, URLs that time-out, missing articles or moved pages, articles that make NO sense, any music/tracks/voice-overs that auto-play, articles that REQUIRE registration before reading and/or commenting.
• All editorial decisions are final. I will not answer questions about why a particular article was or was not included. If you didn’t get in, submit again for the next issue. Articles that are rejected twice will be excluded.
• In short, I run this blog carnival in my free time, I receive no money for this activity, so I’d appreciate as much consideration as possible. It would be nice if you acknowledge the blog carnival somewhere on your website! Anywhere, it doesn’t matter: in a post, in the post you submitted, in the blogroll, etc.. or you can do a separate post when the post is published. This helps to drive traffic to the carnival, where people can find your posts!

Stay healthy, stay wealthy

Kenneth from Carnival of Making REAL Money

This is the 26th edition of the Carnival of Making REAL Money Online. I’m proud to offer this limited list of top quality articles that are vetted from the original list of submissions. It’s always a pleasure to read through these submissions.

There are articles by four great bloggers in the carnival.

• Jim from Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.
• KCLau from KCLau’s Money Tips
• MoneyNing from Money Ning
• nickel from fivecentnickel.com

These four bloggers have all had articles in previous editions of the Carnival and maintain excellent blogs. Do check out the blogs and don’t forget to subscribe to their feeds. There are also lots of extra articles in the “In The Biz”, “On The Web”, and “In The Market” sections of the carnival.

Check out the Carnival today

Best Wishes

Kenneth from Carnival of Making REAL Money

Just wanted to let you know that we’ve chosen carnival of making real money to be our featured carnival on Sunday, January 18th. You’ll see it splashed on our homepage all day.

We recently added featured carnivals to highlight and acknowledge carnivals we really like. Congratulations!

Regards,
Denise
blog Carnival

There are changes afoot, as you may have surmised.

I’m now working on separating several sub-blogs on this blog to separate blogs in the near future. To that end, and to prevent further incessant spamming on this blog, all commenting has been turned off. The spamming of this blog is getting ridiculous. I don’t have adequate anti-spam tools in place at the moment, so it’s easier not to deal with the problem.

• blogging Travails has moved to its own blog @ eeeblogger.com.
• PF has moved to dollartraveler.com
• Carnivals and Top-20 has moved to makingrealmoneyblog.com (which is already PR1).
• Sticky Rice has been discontinued for the time being and merged with Obblogatory.com

InvestorBlogger Dot Com will remerge the existing posts from the sub-blogs into its primary thread. Then posting will continue as before. There is much to discuss and much to discover. Additionally, the ‘new’ blog will be converted to WordPress 2.7 and will be much easier to maintain as a result. WordPress MU was an interesting experiment, but not really worth the hassle and the limitations. WordPress original now makes file and plugin much easier than ever obviating the need for WordPress MU for those of us who maintain several or more blogs.

So, that’s it until 2009. Best Wishes, Keep Warm and have a happy holiday. Apologies for the break in posts in the meantime. But I hope it will be worth it.

I’ve finally moved these two sub-blogs back to their own full-domain site. It just didn’t seem that things were working out on InvestorBlogger Dot Com. Having minor blogs like those just didn’t seem to be adding much to the blogs main site, and was destroying any intrinsic value they had in their own right.

So I decided to move them to their own domain.

You can now find both Top 20 Money Making Feeds and Blog Carnivals (Both DotCom and Making REAL Money) on their new (and permanent) home.

So visit them now. They’re pretty good. I’ll be moving several of my other blogs in a similar fashion over the next few weeks.

This is the 25th edition of the Carnival of Making Money Online. I’m proud to offer this limited list of top quality articles that are vetted from the original list of submissions. It’s always a pleasure to read through these submissions.

Recommended Reading

TheMoneyHawk presents Reality Check: The President Can’t Save Us, Nor Should He posted at The Money Hawk, saying, “Everyone in the country needs to read this article, period.”

Other Reading

1. Alex_Sysoef presents Allow Google Tell You What Search Results To Dominate posted at WordPress Web 2.0 How-To Spot-er, saying, “In this post I want to share a very simple tip that will help you not only determine what to write about but also show you how to allow Google to tell you what search result pages they WANT YOU to dominate! It is not a lesson in SEO, although it partially covers the point, but a strategy to help you get more targeted traffic to your blog. And if you are like me – you wouldn’t mind to get a few more visitors to your blog, would you?”
2. Carlos Sera presents A Positive Tale; Financial Tales posted at Financial Tales, saying, “This is a fun tale; it might be better suited for “In the Money,” – feel free to change categories if you believe it to be a better fit. Enjoy.”
3. ChristianPF presents How NOT to become rich posted at Money in the Bible | Christian Personal Finance blog, saying, “These are 10 things NOT to do if you want wealth”
4. Denis Dobrochasov presents Taken for a Ride posted at Chasov blog – Your World Insight, saying, “Chasov blog publishes professional and quality content discussing a wide variety of subjects and providing contrasting points of view on different subject matters. Some topics of interest include business creation, network marketing, life events, relationships, money, banking, news, television, movies, travel, education, biking, gardening, fitness and a variety of others.”
5. FMF presents Why I Sold My Mutual Funds posted at Free Money Finance, saying, “A benefit of the market downturn.”
6. Greg Nemer presents Having Purpose in Business will Change Your Lifestyle posted at INTERNET MARKETING WITH PURPOSE, saying, “Having purpose will determine your success in all areas of your life. Purpose in business will have it’s best foundation if you practice it in every area of your personal life.”
7. Jim presents Dave Ramsey Is Brilliant posted at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity as he examines the debt snowball idea presented by Ramsey.
8. Joe Manausa presents Dave McCormick On Restoring Global Stability posted at Tallahassee Real Estate blog, saying, “Under Secretary David H. McCormick made the following remarks about the current economic turmoil while speaking at Wharton’s Eleventh Annual Investment Management Conference. He identified how the chaos basically got started and acknowledged that we are now paying the price.”
9. Kevin Dawson presents The 10 Commandments of Direct Marketing #2 – Your USP posted at Kevin Dawson’s Copywriting & Traffic, saying, “Value of a USP”
10. One Family presents Frugal Living – Skiing Story posted at One Family’s blog, saying, “The post looks at how average American families can ski on a budget using frugal strategies.”
11. Ripe Trade presents 401k strategy Best seasonal period posted at Ripe Trade, saying, “I have noticed a couple of longer term signals that I believe are indicative of an important longer term buy signal. The 1st is the bullish seasonal I will describe here. And 2nd Is identifying bear market bottoms explained in the post below.”
12. sherin presents Economic Recession and Preparing for a Recession posted at Investment Internals, saying, “A study on the preparation for recession time. Focused on Savings, Portfolio and Job security. An educational article for ordinary person to help self to build a self defense against problems from economic slowdown i.e. recession”
13. The Shark Investor presents Alternative Income: Writing posted at The Shark Investor, saying, “Can you earn by writing? Sure, you can”
14. Zach Scheidt presents FCStone Group, Inc. (FCSX) – Risk Management?? posted at ZachStocks, saying, “FCStone Group, Inc. (FCSX) has some serious risk management issues despite the fact that the company specializes in helping clients manage their own risk. However, the stock is less than a quarter of its IPO price from last year and should rebound.”

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of carnival of making real money using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

Technorati tags: carnival of making real money, blog carnival.

Update: In an effort to create something more useful, I’m reducing the number of articles in each issue by providing as much variety of content. With so many articles on “making money online blogs”, sales and letter writing, I’m now reducing the number presented to balance the other content. So make sure your writing is sharp and to the point if you want to submit! Articles on how to blog, how to sales copy, etc. are best suited for other carnivals.

Notes on Submitting Articles

It seems that a number of people don’t bother to follow the policy. Oh, well, that’s a pity because I left out some great articles this time around! The policy is still enforced. If you have any questions, just see the most recent Carnival for what’s accepted. So hurry! get your submissions in!

I’m definitely looking for articles that are readable, inspiring, and well-written for readers who may or may not have much investing or financial knowledge. Articles will cover making money in the real world, as well as online; being in business; making investments; making money through smart decisions; and aspects of personal finance. It is NOT about dieting, surveys, drugs, selling things, what you ate last night or any of a myriad of irrelevant topics. If you are not sure what is accepted, read the previous carnivals.

As such, …

• Your article must be original and previously unpublished in this carnival. I like to maintain a variety of sources and topics, I will only accept one article per person per blog. — If you submit MORE THAN TWO articles to any edition of this carnival, ALL your submissions will be eliminated without hesitation. Repeated multiple submissions to this carnival will mean that your articles and/or your behavior are spam-enough to blacklist your blog from this carnival.
• In short, submit ONE article from one blog once only.
• Spam: Articles must be unique, ideally hosted on a full-blog (not on a subdomain of blogspot, blogger, etc.), and cannot have been published in more than two other carnivals. If you are serious enough about your blog, then find a real blog host on a real domain.
• Comments MUST be enabled on any post submitted to the carnival and registration must NOT be required: I’m hoping that we generate interest in the submissions and that traffic generates comments. Let’s not frustrate our readers.
• Additional reasons for not inclusion: popup/popover/popunder windows, URLs that time-out, missing articles or moved pages, articles that make NO sense, any music/tracks/voice-overs that auto-play, articles that REQUIRE registration before reading and/or commenting.
• All editorial decisions are final. I will not answer questions about why a particular article was or was not included. If you didn’t get in, submit again for the next issue. Articles that are rejected twice will be excluded.

In short, I run this blog carnival in my free time, I receive no money for this activity, so I’d appreciate as much consideration as possible. It would be nice if you acknowledge the blog carnival somewhere on your website! Anywhere, it doesn’t matter: in a post, in the post you submitted, in the blogroll, etc.. or you can do a separate post when the post is published. This helps to drive traffic to the carnival, where people can find your posts!

Best Wishes

Kenneth from Carnival of Making REAL Money

This is the October 19th edition of the Carnival of Making Money Online. I’m proud to offer this limited list of top quality articles that are vetted from the original list of submissions. It’s always a pleasure to read through these submissions. With apologies for the delay in publishing this carnival!

1. Aussie Investor presents Stock Market Education For Beginners – Learning From Your Mistakes posted at Stock Market Investing For Beginners, saying, “We all make mistakes with our investments. This article describes how you can learn valuable lessons about investing by going back and analyzing your stock market losses.”
2. Contrarian Profits presents 4 Ways to Play the Coming Stock Market Rally posted at Contrarian Profits, saying, ““When chaos rules, invest in chaos” says The Sovereign Society’s investment director Eric Roseman. Eric’s chaos portfolio is thriving in the current market volatility. And he says anyone can make huge gains in the coming stock-market rally by applying a simple-to-follow strategy. Eric’s strategy is four-fold: 1) Hold plenty of cash in FDIC-guaranteed accounts; 2) Use it to buy up distressed assets at multi-year lows; 3) Sell into strength; 4) Invest at least 10% of your portfolio in gold.”
3. Investing Angel presents Is Trading For You? » Free Stock Market Investing Tips posted at Stock Tips, saying, “Find out if the life of a stock trader is for you.”
4. Joe Manausa presents Bailing Out The Banks? Actually Bailing Out America! posted at Tallahassee Real Estate Blog, saying, “While mainstream media refers to this as the “fat cat” bailout for Wall Street, you might be surprised who really needs this bailout to occur. What would happen to your job if the credit market stopped for even 1 week?”
5. KCLau presents The Malaysian Insurance Planning Guide by Meshio.com [REVIEW] posted at KCLau’s Money Tips, saying, “A review about an ebook on insurance planning. The book is specially written to guide Malaysians on their next insurance purchase.”
6. sherin presents How do you prepare for losing your job posted at Investment Internals, saying, “A strategy to build a financial shield to overcome all the financial problems that can affect your smooth life. It is a must article for those who fear about losing of job”
7. Silicon Valley blogger presents Make Money Blogging: Top Bloggers And How Much They Earn posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “I’m a problogger, and I make money blogging. Here’s an article I wrote about it too!”
8. Terence Gillespie presents How To Sell Your House Without Using A Realtor posted at Your Optimal Blog, saying, “This is the story of what I did to sell my own house; how it happened, what worked, and what didn’t. I’ll tell you what I would do differently the next time, problems that had to be solved and tips I would offer other sellers who want to sell their house without using a realtor.”
9. Wilfrid presents Making Money Online, Ten Things I Wish I Knew As A Beginner | Your Finish Rich Plan – A Personal Finance Blog posted at Your Finish Rich Plan, saying, “Had I had this information when I was starting out, it would have saved me a lot of time (and money)”

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of carnival of making real money using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

Technorati tags: carnival of making real money, blog carnival.

Update: In an effort to create something more useful, I’m reducing the number of articles in each issue by providing as much variety of content. With so many articles on “making money online blogs”, sales and letter writing, I’m now reducing the number presented to balance the other content. So make sure your writing is sharp and to the point if you want to submit! Articles on how to blog, how to sales copy, etc. are best suited for other carnivals.

Notes on Submitting Articles

It seems that a number of people don’t bother to follow the policy. Well, that’s a pity because I left out some great articles this time around! The policy is still enforced. If you have any questions, just see the most recent Carnival for what’s accepted. So hurry! get your submissions in!

I’m definitely looking for articles that are readable, inspiring, and well-written for readers who may or may not have much investing or financial knowledge. Articles will cover making money in the real world, as well as online; being in business; making investments; making money through smart decisions; and aspects of personal finance. It is NOT about dieting, surveys, drugs, selling things, what you ate last night or any of a myriad of irrelevant topics. If you are not sure what is accepted, read the previous carnivals.

As such, …

• Your article must be original and previously unpublished in this carnival. I like to maintain a variety of sources and topics, I will only accept one article per person per blog. — If you submit MORE THAN TWO articles to any edition of this carnival, ALL your submissions will be eliminated without hesitation. Repeated multiple submissions to this carnival will mean that your articles and/or your behavior are spam-enough to blacklist your blog from this carnival.
• In short, submit ONE article from one blog once only.
• Spam: Articles must be unique, ideally hosted on a full-blog (not on a subdomain of blogspot, blogger, etc.), and cannot have been published in more than two other carnivals. If you are serious enough about your blog, then find a real blog host on a real domain.
• Comments MUST be enabled on any post submitted to the carnival and registration must NOT be required: I’m hoping that we generate interest in the submissions and that traffic generates comments. Let’s not frustrate our readers.
• Additional reasons for not inclusion: popup/popover/popunder windows, URLs that time-out, missing articles or moved pages, articles that make NO sense, any music/tracks/voice-overs that auto-play, articles that REQUIRE registration before reading and/or commenting.
• All editorial decisions are final. I will not answer questions about why a particular article was or was not included. If you didn’t get in, submit again for the next issue. Articles that are rejected twice will be excluded.

In short, I run this blog carnival in my free time, I receive no money for this activity, so I’d appreciate as much consideration as possible. It would be nice if you acknowledge the blog carnival somewhere on your website! Anywhere, it doesn’t matter: in a post, in the post you submitted, in the blogroll, etc.. or you can do a separate post when the post is published. This helps to drive traffic to the carnival, where people can find your posts!

Best Wishes

Kenneth from Carnival of Making REAL Money

Welcome to the October 13, 2008 edition of dotcom carnival.

1. Jack S. Keifer presents Tweaking Your Inner Game for Internet Business posted at Jack S. Keifer.
2. Leorita Seneres-Velasquez presents Money-making Methods for Blogs (or Websites) posted at Money Matters.
3. Investing Angel presents Is Trading For You? » Free Stock Market Investing Tips posted at Stock Tips, saying, “Find out if the life of a stock trader is for you.”
4. KCLau presents How Fundsupermart will Revolutionize the Unit Trust Industry in Malaysia posted at KCLau’s Money Tips, saying, “About iFast Capital, the future of unit trust investing in Malaysia. As well as how the company would revolutionize the unit trust industry.”
5. Big Cajun Man presents Post Number 1000 posted at Canadian Personal Finance Blog, saying, “You need to make sure your posts are in front of readers so they can enjoy them, and with that in mind my 1000th post is effectively a list of my “pillar” posts on my web site.”
6. Card blogger presents The Best Chase Credit Card Offers posted at Credit Card Blog.
7. Alvaro Fernandez presents The Brain Fitness/ Training Market: An Executive Summary posted at SharpBrains: Your Window into the Brain Fitness Revolution, saying, “An overview of the growing brain training market.”
8. Cade Krueger presents Getting Started On eBay For Internet Home Business Opportunities posted at Write To Right.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of dotcom carnival using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page. Do check out our submission requirements, before you submit!

Welcome to the September 22, 2008 edition of dotcom carnival.

• Ace Elliott presents Avoiding Mortgage Foreclosure posted at Care on Credit, saying, “As the home mortgage market sways find out what you can do to anchor yourself and weather the foreclosure storm.”
• drew presents How Does Your Blog’s Template Design Affect Your Blog’s Traffic and Appeal? posted at Templatize, saying, “We all know that a blog’s content is important in generating traffic to the blog, but what about its template design? How can it make or break the blog’s readership?”
• Jack S. Keifer presents Top 10 Internet Marketing Web Design Mistakes posted at Jack S. Keifer.
• KCLau presents Frugal living doesn’t mean cheap posted at KCLau’s Money Tips, saying, “List of benefits of being frugal and what frugality is about”.
• Leorita Seneres-Velasquez presents Money-making Methods for Blogs (or Websites) posted at Money Matters.
• Online Dividends presents Passive Income as of 07/31/2008 posted at Track Monthly Passive Income, saying, “Here’s my monthly alternative income for July 2008 broken down by source.”
• Richard Adams presents How To Select The Best Freelancer On Elance posted at No More Compromise.
• Robert Phillips presents How to Fix Boring Copy posted at CYBERCA$HOLOGY.
• Samir Bharadwaj presents Blog Ads by PerfomancingAds posted at SamirBharadwaj.com, saying, “blog ads are the most lucrative way to monetise your blog. The new PerfomancingAds takes the effort out of selling advertising and managing inventory, so here’s a detailed guide to the whys, hows, pros, and cons of the service.”
• texasdave presents 5 Ways To Improve Your Adsense Earnings posted at Make Cash Online.
• The Shark Investor presents Alternative Income: Selling Illustrations, Photos or Videos posted at The Shark Investor.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of dotcom carnival using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page. Do check out our submission requirements, before you submit!

Welcome to the September 16, 2008 edition of carnival of making real money. Apologies for the delay, but I was away traveling. Now I’m back and the Dow Jones just dropped more points than ever before, living in these financial times makes for interesting reading:from Investing to Personal Finance. Enjoy!

Personal Finance

• KCLau presents How not to Spend that Money? posted at KCLau’s Money Tips, saying, “This article examines how to prevent spending unnecessary money and provides 3 methods on how to do so.” *Recommended Reading*.
• Ralph Jean-Paul presents 15 ways to save money during a recession posted at Bugs Munny, saying, “Investing money wisely should be a practice that you are taking part in whether the economy is good or slow. Here are some ways you can save some extra bucks so that you still have the opportunity to use your money to grow your wealth.”
• Nicholas Powiull presents How to Attract Money into Your Life & Get into the Mind-Set of Abundance (My Personal Experience): by Nicholas Powiull posted at Conscious Flex, saying, “This is the ultimate Millionaire Mind-Set to Abundance! A MUST READ!”

Stock, Property and Finance

1. The Stock Teacher presents Short Squeeze On The Horizon For Luby?s (LUB)? posted at Stock Investment, saying, “Could good quarterly earnings spark a short squeeze among Luby’s shares?” *Recommended Reading*.
2. MoneyNing presents Buy an Investment Property or Dividend Yielding Stocks posted at Money Ning, saying, “Should I buy an investment property or just own stocks?”
3. Greg Swann presents Introduction to “A consumer’s guide to the divorced real estate commission” – the eBook posted at BloodhoundBlog, saying, “By far the most significant “secret” issue in residential real estate is the way that buyer’s agent’s are compensated. The current system virtually assures the betrayal of both the buyer’s and the seller’s interests, with this fate being avoided only by accident.”

Online Revenue, Products and More

1. Brice Hogan presents Independent Profit Center The Review posted at My World | Independent Profit Center, saying, “This is a review of a great online business that was started by Dan Miller in which many people have been successful. Enjoy”
2. Serge presents Comparing 10 most essential microstocks posted at turcanu.net, saying, “Making money by selling photographs to microstock agencies. Top 10 most essential microstocks reviewed.” *Recommended Reading*.
3. Jimmy Adames presents Article Marketing Strategies – 4 Practical Steps To Success posted at Internet Business Building, saying, “Promoting your business on the Internet can be financially costly if you use paid advertising, but there is a great way to increase traffic to your website without the high costs by using article marketing strategies that work.”
4. Allison Nazarian presents Vermont Offers VAs Virtual Business Benefits posted at CopywritingForVAs, saying, “There’s news coming out of Vermont that suggests more opportunities for virtual entrepreneurs are on the horizon.”
5. Alex_Sysoef presents Extending Blog Into Info Product posted at WordPress Web 2.0 How-To Spot-er, saying, “As a blogger writing in a specific niche you might already have nearly everything you need to create your very own first product… an eBook, report or a guide in any other format. Successful info product does one of the two things (well, perhaps more but we concentrate on the 2): * Addresses a burning need by providing solution * Saves time”

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of carnival of making real money using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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Update: In an effort to create something more useful, I’m reducing the number of articles in each issue by providing as much variety of content. With so many articles on “making money online blogs”, sales and letter writing, I’m now reducing the number presented to balance the other content. So make sure your writing is sharp and to the point if you want to submit! Articles on how to blog, how to sales copy, etc. are best suited for other carnivals.

Notes on Submitting Articles

It seems that a number of people don’t bother to follow the policy. Well, that’s a pity because I left out some great articles this time around! The policy is still enforced. If you have any questions, just see the most recent Carnival for what’s accepted. So hurry! get your submissions in!

I’m definitely looking for articles that are readable, inspiring, and well-written for readers who may or may not have much investing or financial knowledge. Articles will cover making money in the real world, as well as online; being in business; making investments; making money through smart decisions; and aspects of personal finance. It is NOT about dieting, surveys, drugs, selling things, what you ate last night or any of a myriad of irrelevant topics. If you are not sure what is accepted, read the previous carnivals.

As such, …

• Your article must be original and previously unpublished in this carnival. I like to maintain a variety of sources and topics, I will only accept one article per person per blog. — If you submit MORE THAN TWO articles to any edition of this carnival, ALL your submissions will be eliminated without hesitation. Repeated multiple submissions to this carnival will mean that your articles and/or your behavior are spam-enough to blacklist your blog from this carnival.
• In short, submit ONE article from one blog once only.
• Spam: Articles must be unique, ideally hosted on a full-blog (not on a subdomain of blogspot, blogger, etc.), and cannot have been published in more than two other carnivals. If you are serious enough about your blog, then find a real blog host on a real domain.
• Comments MUST be enabled on any post submitted to the carnival and registration must NOT be required: I’m hoping that we generate interest in the submissions and that traffic generates comments. Let’s not frustrate our readers.
• Additional reasons for not inclusion: popup/popover/popunder windows, URLs that time-out, missing articles or moved pages, articles that make NO sense, any music/tracks/voice-overs that auto-play, articles that REQUIRE registration before reading and/or commenting.
• All editorial decisions are final. I will not answer questions about why a particular article was or was not included. If you didn’t get in, submit again for the next issue. Articles that are rejected twice will be excluded.

In short, I run this blog carnival in my free time, I receive no money for this activity, so I’d appreciate as much consideration as possible. My patience is running a little thin with certain submissions, and if I keep getting these I will publish a blacklist of bloggers who are not permitted to publish here.

It would be nice if you acknowledge the blog carnival somewhere on your website! Anywhere, it doesn’t matter: in a post, in the post you submitted, in the blogroll, etc.. or you can do a separate post when the post is published. This helps to drive traffic to the carnival, where people can find your posts!

Best Wishes

Kenneth from Carnival of Making REAL Money