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.

Affiliate and Marketing News

• Brian Terry presents 5 Hot Tips For A Big Selling Squeeze Page posted at Big Selling Website Design, saying, “Less is more—”Non multum sed multa” That’s true even more on the Internet where the attention span and the patience of the average prospect is under 8 seconds. This is the reason why—despite the fact that everybody’s talking about them—the elementary essentials of good squeeze pages are often forgotten. And those squeeze pages will squeeze no money nor leads.”
• David Weeks presents The 5 Phases Of Network Marketing: Online Marketing Methods That Work posted at The 5 Phases Of Network Marketing, saying, “The author of this article is Jeff Beale”
• Greg Nemer presents Honest Internet Marketers posted at INTERNET MARKETING WITH PURPOSE, saying, “How To Know If An Internet Marketer Is Honest Or If He’s Just Out To Take Your Money”
• HowToMakeMyBlog.com presents Two simple tips to recover unverified email subscribers posted at HowToMakeMyBlog.com, saying, “The percentage of unverified email subscribers can be very high, all depending on your blog target audience, so you could end up losing many would-be blog email subscribers. Two simple tips to decrease the number of unverified newsletter subscribers…”
• Cindy King presents International Article Marketing posted at Cindy King, saying, “Visibility Is Not Marketing. The internet does provide an opportunity for international visibility. But people still try to have an international business without any business activities.”

Investing

• Contrarian Profits presents Financial advice | The Five Keys To Value Investing Profits – Contrarian Stock Market Investing News – Featuring Bargain Stocks posted at Contrarian Profits, saying, “Even the most conservative value funds have been whacked this year. But Keith Fitz-Gerald says following a value-investing discipline is the smartest thing to do right now. That’s where the big recovery gains will be. He gives five tips on how to seek out “real value” in the market.”
• Investing School presents 401(k) Retirement Plans posted at Investing School, saying, “Everything about 401(k) retirement plans! Benefits, details and more!”
• Lauren Rose presents Practicing in the Forex Market posted at Stock Markets Investment, saying, “Why you should start practicing forex trading by playing many online games and simulations where you can learn many of its tips, tricks, and pitfalls.”
• Ned Carey presents How do I Make Money in Real Estate? posted at Baltimore Real Estate Investing Blog, saying, “Thank you for hosting the carnival. I appreciate the opportunity to participate.”

Personal Finance

These days, personal finance is playing a bigger role in people’s perceptions than before, so we are including this special section of posts that cover the gamut of articles from debt to inspiration.

• Cory Albertson presents Erase Debt and Live With Less Stress posted at Debt Relief, saying, “It’s sad but true; people with more debt have more stress in their lives and people with more stress in their lives have shorter life spans. Erase debt to elongate your life!”
• Dorian Wales presents Review: The Gone Fishin’ Portfolio by Alex Green posted at The Personal Financier, saying, “The Gone Fishin’ Portfolio offers a framework for saving, sound investment wisdom and no less important a step by step approach to their practical application up to a detailed asset allocation.”
• Jessie presents [Mostly] Wordless Wednesday posted at My Investing Blog, saying, “So in today’s tough economic hiccup, I still try to keep my sense of humor and sometimes find a gem that gives me a chuckle. In following with Vered’s Wordless Wednesday approach, I thought I’d leave you with a quick laugh (or frown)… I don’t go to the mailbox but once a week, thanks to Greendimes and my recent cancellation of Netflix, but I found a good laugh in today’s mailbag in regards to my T-Rowe Price 401k that leaves me wondering if they were actually being clever or just confused with the recent market “slump”… [click image to enlarge] Yep, I’ve checked it, and it ain’t pretty, that’s for sure. Are you mocking me? Gee, just what I need these days! Thanks a bunch marketing/mailing team at T-Rowe Price! Right back at’cha folks, keep up the good work!”
• Jayson Gibson presents Hope for Homeowners Act of 2008 ?What’s At Stake? posted at New Homes Section Blog, saying, “Information about the Hope for Homeowners Act of 2008. Details about problems in our current economy and how each problem relates to the Hope for Homeowners Act of 2008.”
• Tony Huynh presents Money: What Steps I Have Taken to Save It posted at LimitlessUnits.com, saying, “This article is about patching up the leaks and keeping all that money you make.”
• KCLau presents Top Money Tips for Malaysian Book Review posted at KCLau’s Money Tips, saying, “Two reviews had been posted about my new book Top Money Tips for Malaysian. Read on to find out more.”
• Lawrence T. presents Margin Loan | Types Of Loan – Types Of Loans posted at Types of Loans, saying, “A margin loan may be a good way of paying off credit card or as a source for other financing needs. Margin loans need to be used carefully though, since you want to avoid a margin call.”

Web 2.0

• Helen Trump presents YouTube Sponsored Video How To posted at Social Marketing by Michelle MacPhearson, saying, “A cool blog that will encourage you how you will make fun and earn money through YouTube Sponsored Videos.”
• Ian Richardson presents How to create and run an ezine for profit, Part 3 posted at Make Everything EzyAs123, saying, “Part 3 in a series on creating an ezine”
• Mama Bear presents I’ve Got A Little Space To Fill: PayPerPost Update posted at I’ve Got a Little Space to Fill, saying, “PayPerPost may not make you a blogging millionaire but I’ve made $640 in opportunities plus another $120 in referrals since I started up with PayPerPost in March of this year – it’s extra cash for little work.”
• Khan presents Stay at Home Mom Earnings Secrets posted at Higher Education and Career Blog, saying, “It can be difficult to live off one income. While some may find the balancing act invigorating, others may earn for a few extra bucks.”

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. 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