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Welcome to the February 10, 2008 edition of carnival of making real money. There are 22 fine articles for you to enjoy. Let me know which is your favorite!

Recommended

• Ed Rivis presents More Content = More Sales. posted at Ed Rivis. He comments on how websites tend to focus on the companies themselves rather than their customers. Websites that are only about the company tend to be very ego-centric, regarding customers almost as an inconvenience. Read it.
• Phillip Lyon presents Want to Make Real Money Investing With Play Money? posted at Intelligent Speculator, saying, “How would you like to make real money investing with play money? You can at UpDown.com. You get one million dollars in play money and you make real money by beating the return of the S&P 500.” This is a great way to learn about the markets and play with other people’s money!

The Plan

• InvestorBlogger presents A Man With A Plan: Ways to create additional income posted at InvestorBlogger , saying, “Everyone needs a plan: I have written ten different ways I’m planning to explore to create additional income.”
• Wenchypoo presents Do-It-Yourself Fair Tax Plan (Super L-O-N-G) posted at Wisdom From Wenchypoo’s Mental Wastebasket. This post explains why the rationale for a DIY fair tax is so compelling and so impossible.

In Business

• Colleen Palat presents Starting Your Own Online Tutoring Business Can Be Simple |Colleen Palat, saying, “Learn how to start your own online tutoring business while using online technology to help students succeed in school.”
• Mark Riffey presents Righting a wrong: How business owners show they give a rip.Business is Personal .
• Michel Fortin presents Give Your Joint-Venture Offer An Extra Punch posted at The Michel Fortin Blog. Michel points out some top-notch advice for those interested in JV partnerships.
• DotLobby presents What is a Recession? 4 Signs and Symptoms posted at DotMakeMoney, saying, “Of course, you probably could have looked that up yourself, so let’s look at the subject in a more “How does this affect me?” way…”

Investing

• LIVING OFF DIVIDENDS presents How Not To Bid On Prosper posted at LIVING OFF DIVIDENDS, saying, “Here are some obvious tips” and amusing ones at that!
• Ryan Healy presents Option Trading: Textbook Breakout Example posted at A.J. Brown’s Options Trading Blog, saying, “Recently, we witnessed the perfect breakout. One member confided that she had invested ~$15K and was walking away from the trade with over $60K+. This video explains what happened.”
• Investing Angel presents Understanding Margin Trading posted at Stock Tips, saying, “Almost all stock brokers offer margin trading, which is essentially borrowing money from them to purchase more stocks. Investors do not understand margin trading or whether or not it is good for them. Deciding whether or not to borrow on margin is a business decision like any other.”
• Ryan presents Catch a Falling Knife – Buying the Housing Slump posted at Building Millionaire Money Habits, saying, “Thanks for hosting the carnival. Here’s a summary of my post: For someone who has some extra cash they are anxious to invest, it’s tough to find a safe place to invest as the stock and real estate markets are taking a beating. Here’s a look at what the better investment is – stocks or real estate.”
• Jed Norwood presents Forex Tips and Market Strategies posted at Forex Strategy Secrets , saying, “Developing a sense for the forex market can only come with dedicated practice and time set apart for learning.”
• The Investor presents How to harvest wheat and mine gold using ETCs posted at Monevator.com, saying, “By buying commodities you can diversify your portfolio over the long-term so it’s less dependent on the returns from shares. You might also hope to trade commodities, if you think you can buy when they’re priced low and sell when they’re high. (Far easier said then done, and plenty of boys in braces will hire you if you manage it regularly).”
• KCLau presents Withdraw EPF Money for Home Loan Installment: How it affects your Retirement Fund posted at KCLau’s Money Tips, saying, “An article on using EPF money for financing a home loan in Malaysia.”
• Jonny99 presents a last minute addition called How to Buy Foreclosed Homes: A Quick Guide To Home Foreclosures posted at Smart Money Daily. He adds the following: “The reality is, because of the current housing slump and credit crisis, many more foreclosed and could soon be foreclosed houses are being sold at steeply discounted prices. And someone is going to buy them. If you are considering purchasing a foreclosed home there are some things that you should know.”

Online Success

• Ruchir presents Monetizing Your Blog: 9 Proven Money Makers posted at TechnoMoney. He finds nine ways that bloggers can and do make good money.
• Marcus Hochstadt presents 5 Key Steps To Internet Business Success posted at Marcus Hochstadt, saying, “So you want to be a successful Internet business entrepreneur? Do you know the steps to take in order to achieve your goals and success? Marcus Hochstadt has listed 5 key steps everyone should take when wanting to achieve Internet business success.”
• Dave Origano presents The Growth Stages Of My Online Business posted at Online Marketing & Exponential Business Growth Blog.
• Simonne presents AdSense Channels Tracking And Reporting: Case Study posted at EzMoneyOn.Net, saying, “Online success has a very important component: testing. You’ll see how tracking can increase your AdSense earnings for the same amount of traffic.”
• American Entrepreneur presents How to Start Your Own Freelance Writing BusinessAmerican Small Business News. This is a very practical way to get started, hone your craft and find out how to run this business.
• Stephen Dean presents B.S. Excuses For Not Using Scarcity In Your Sales Copy posted at Stephen Dean’s Copywriting And Internet Advertising Blog – Copywriter. Stephen suggests some good and bad ideas for implementing scarcity.

Good luck to…

• Derrick Markotter presents Time For A Change posted at Online Business Blog. I’m wishing him luck on his new adventure! He quit his job!

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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• Your article must be original and previously unpublished in this carnival. One article per person/blog only. I like to maintain variety of sources and topics. Additional articles may be resubmitted in the next edition. Multiple submissions to the same blog will be deleted, possibly including the first instance. So submit ONE article from one blog once only.
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• Please make sure that you aren’t posting irrelevant articles! Or if you think it’s relevant, or off-beat, highlight its relevance to this carnival.
• 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.
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Best Wishes
Kenneth

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