Affiliates: HIDE That Link!

If you earn money from affiliate programs, you could be losing up to 30% of your income. That is a commonly quoted statistic for the rate of affiliate link hijacking. Why does this happen? Well, what would you do when faced with a link like this: http://www.leaddogbiz.com/cgi-bin/t.cgi/your-number

Looking for a Happier Work Place This Year?

If you're into professional development, you've probably come across the name of Martin Seligman, Ph.D. He's the Optimism guru, the man who developed the theory of Learned Optimism. Optimism is the facilitator of all the emotional intelligence competencies, which increases our success. Seligman's rigorous research has established that optimists are more productive and accomplish more and this is important knowledge for the workplace.

Restoring Faith in Your Freelance Writing Business

With all of the talk about "consumer confidence" and people around the US returning to "faith" in these troubled times, it's easy to feel, as a writer, insignificant -- and "unneeded." It's even easier easy to feel uninspired on the topics you normally write about. How can a contruction writer write about forklifts in a time like this? How can a content writer continue to…

Benefits of a Filing System

It seems that the process of gathering information for preparing taxes is almost as painful as writing that check to the IRS! However, if you have an effective filing system the process it may not hurt quite as much, and it will certainly help cut down on the time spent searching for receipts if you are currently throwing everything in a drawer.

Lowering Your SQ: Spamminess Quotient

Spam is unsolicited commercial email. And its use by unethical or ignorant marketers has risen dramatically during the past two years. In fact, spam has become such a nuisance that most Internet Service Providers now use anti-spam filtering software. A good thing, right? Not completely. You see, as a conscientious newsletter publisher or Internet marketer, you work hard to create useful and interesting content. Now,…