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Recommended Articles

Both of these articles present interesting viewpoints and challenge our ideas about making money, so I’ve decided to recommend these articles to readers.

Brandt Smallwood presents Think and Invest Like Warren Buffett: Are We In the Eye of the Storm? posted at Value Investing and Other Warren Buffett Techniques, saying, “he economy is currently in the midst of a recovery, however, because of the “buyers are high, sellers are low” effect, the stock market has been climbing too high too quickly. Thus, within the next few weeks, we should expect to see a correction effect, in which the economy sinks back down to a more sustainable level. No need to fear, though, for the method of value investing already takes this type of “emotion driven” effect into account, and your true value investments will, in the long run, be profitable.”

Glendon Cameron presents A Inside View of the Storage Unit Auction Business | posted at A Inside View of the Storage Unit Auction Business, saying, “I was a storage auction junkie for six years, can you dig it?”

MoneyNing presents 10 Reasons to Have a Library Card posted at Money Ning, saying, “Your local library is still one the best way to spent your time. Here are 10 reasons why you want a library card.”

Personal Finance

1. Nate Kragness presents My Free Cash | 10 Easy Ways to Save Money in Today’s Economy posted at My Free Cash | Your Guide to Money Management, saying, “With the current state of the economy, saving money can be as important to your portfolio as making prudent investments. This article highlights ten easy ways to save money and maximize your savings.”
2. Faizal Nisar presents Top Places to Build Wealth posted at Be Truly Happy, saying, “First step to building great wealth is know where the money is at. This article shows you just that.”
3. Harold presents Cash for Clunkers – An Uncertain Future posted at The Car Enthusiast, saying, “Although the Cash for Clunkers program has been quite popular, it has faced its fair share of challenges and criticisms.”

Investing

1. Smac20 presents General Growth Properties Inc – Takeover Target posted at Investing in Canada: Best Investment Blog, saying, “General Growth Properties was the second largest REIT in the USA before the recession. They are now under Chapter 11 Bankrupcy; however, there are many companies now stating in the media that they are encouraging a take over. Find out more here.”
2. Stock Trading Brokers presents Investing Basics – Work With an Online Broker For The Right Reasons posted at Stock Trading Brokers, saying, “Remember to know why you are using an online broker.”
3. 20smoney presents Using Target Dividend Yields To Identify Entry Points posted at 20s Money, saying, “An interesting way to look at dividend yields when it comes to determining when to buy a stock.”
4. Dan at Everydayfinance presents Swine Flu Stock Mania – Just Wait ’til Fall posted at Everyday Finance, saying, “This article highlights the recent triple digit gains in several so-called ‘Swine Flu Stocks’ and questions whether the hype has gotten ahead of the fundamentals.”
5. Mike Johnson presents Trading System Part 2 posted at System Trading | Stocks Trading Systems, saying, “Now we covered a large form of protection in the exit strategy. There are stops, exit strategies to secure your gains, and stop losses to prevent losses, there are also puts that you can buy to protect yourself against large declines. However, there is a form of protection that works towards investments from stocks to real estate to protect you personally from losses beyond what you put in. If you use leverage this is important… In other investments, there is usually not as much overlap. However you probably want to learn a lot about forming a business entity…”
6. Finavigation presents The Right Mindset for Financial Success posted at Finavigation, saying, “For many people, the main thing holding them back from achieving the things they want in life is the way they think. People who are able to build wealth and accomplish the goals they set for themselves continuously think about the world differently than people who are complacent and find themselves stagnant instead of accelerating toward the life they want.”
7. GeoffG presents Technical Analysis and Market Timing Update for 10/22/09 posted at Market Timing and Top Stock Picks, saying, “Free stock market technical analysis, market timing, top stock picks, blog, forum and more, all free.”

Online Tips

1. Wealth-Ed presents Tired of coming up short in your money making adventures? posted at Gold Paved Road, saying, “I believe everyone should have an equal opportunity at making money online. As I take my journey towards financial independence, I will relay all of the information I uncover, to you, as I go along.”
2. Huddson presents Rich Schefren Presents Six Key Factors To Online Success posted at Marketing Online Can Be Enjoyable & Profitable, saying, “Rich Schefren presented his Six Key Factors To Online Success which were exactly the knowledge that I needed as I had been trying to piece the puzzles together.”
3. Martin Pharos presents Internet Business Requirements – Know Them First posted at Internet Business Make Money Online With Welly Mulia, saying, “Considerations for a new internet marketer to remember.”
4. U.S. Common Sense presents When the government and internet advertising collide posted at U.S. Common Sense, saying, “Looking at the Federal Trade Commissions possible increase in authority over online advertising.”

That concludes this edition. Past posts can be found on our blog carnival index page. Future editions will be handled entirely at this blog on our new submissions page.

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]]> http://www.makingrealmoneyblog.com/the-last-blogcarnival-35th-carnival-of-making-real-money-for-november-december-2009/feed/ 2 http://www.makingrealmoneyblog.com/34th-carnival-of-making-real-money-for-august-2009/ http://www.makingrealmoneyblog.com/34th-carnival-of-making-real-money-for-august-2009/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:35:48 +0000 InvestorBlogger http://www.makingrealmoneyblog.com/?p=132 Continue reading →]]> This is the 34th edition of the Carnival of Making Money Online. I’m delighted 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.

So enjoy, and thrive in summer 2009~! It seems my reputation is getting around! I screen posts rigorously for spammers, non-blogs, repetitive entrants… So out of over 220 entrants, I am presenting the top 10% of submissions to this month’s Carnival of Making REAL Money. We’ve decided to look at two very interesting discussions of popular beliefs, and are presenting these as our featured items for this month.

Feature Articles

• There is a lot of speculation about the inflation/deflation situation at the moment and many are heralding the return of hyperinflation in the US and UK, but Silver Investor disagrees and makes an interesting case that Debt Doesn’t Always Mean Inflation: Remember Japan posted at Gold Investing Info, saying, “The mammoth amount of government debt about to be issued does not guarantee inflation is inevitable.”
• Go to school, do well, get a good job? That’s what your parents taught you, right? Well, KCLau presents Why the worse classmates are wealthier than you? posted at KCLau’s Money Tips, saying, “Discusses if there is a correlation between academic success and financial well-being”. What’s your take on this topic?

Investments

If you are putting your money in the bank or lending it, it’s wise to increase the amount you put away. Both nickel highlights ways to Reinvest Automatically With Lending Club posted at fivecentnickel.com in which he says, “Regular reinvestment is an important part of maximizing your Lending Club returns”; and Tom Drake describes how to Use Your Raise To Increase Your Savings | The Canadian Finance Blog posted at The Canadian Finance Blog, saying, “By simply increasing your savings by the amount of your raises, you can quickly build up a nest egg without noticing any change in your lifestyle or spending habits.”

In the world of investments, Banker Saver asks us How Safe Is Your Retirement Fund? posted at Banker Saver, saying, “We discuss just how safe our 401ks and retirement funds really are,” while Heather presents Special Report: 401(k) Plans, ETFs and You | ETF Trends posted at ETF Trends, saying, “Your 401(k) is killing you. What’s the solution?” With these contrarian views, Carlos Sera suggests A Large Tale; Turn on the Air posted at Financial Tales, saying, “This tale is very short and has one purpose and one purpose only. It is to recommend that when you work with an advisor that you meet face to face with the advisor and preferably in your home.”

In purchasing stockes, puneetkapoor2000 presents THE ART OF SELECTION – PART 2 posted at KuberKhana -Indian Stock Fundamental Analysis, saying, “A discussion on how to select stocks through fundamental analysis,” while Praveen looks at two recently featured Stocks: ATVI and WOOF posted at My Simple Trading System, in his analysis of two growth stocks. With the recent gains in oil pricing, though, The Investor looks at How to invest in oil posted at Monevator.com, saying, “Alternative assets can diversify your portfolio and boost your returns. Here’s how to gear up by investing in oil ahead of a resurgent global economy.” Of course, purchasing any stocks or commodities is a risky activity, so do your due diligence.

Making Money Online

Having had a little success on Amazon, I was intrigued by this article: ChristianPF presents Step-by-step guide to selling books on Amazon and actually make some money! posted at Money in the Bible | Christian Personal Finance Blog, saying, “Many newbies try to sell on Amazon only to LOSE money. If you follow these tips you will sell your items quicker and with more of a profit!” Then Emilio Guarino looks at Legitimate Ways to Make Quick Money on Craigslist: The No Overhead Moving Company posted at Big Fiddlin’ Time, saying, “quick money that pays a significant amount per week.” Finally, riswan presents How To Earn Money From Video Game Website posted at Easy Ways To Make Money From Blog And Get Profit, saying, “Video games in fact is a billion dollar industry. How can you make a single website that will keep giving and generating you lots of extra money?” While FMF provides Ten Online Marketing Success Tips posted at Free Money Finance, saying, “Tips for those looking to make some extra money online.”

Business

If you are a business owner or planning to buy a business, Kevin Blank asks Should I Buy an Existing Business posted at Integrity First Associates, Inc Blog, saying, “Buying an existing business could actually be the safest bet when it comes to owning your own business.” Once you have bought or set up a business, MoneyNing advises business owners in these challenging times on the Side Hustle, Self Employed, Entrepreneurship posted at Money Ning, saying, “There are really not many overnight successes. Work hard and take it one step at a time!” And Ian Richardson presents Marketing Techniques Are More Important Than You Think posted at Make Everything EzyAs123, saying, “On the surface, most marketing campaigns appear alike. They mainly rely on the same advertising vehicles, involve the same types of agencies and tend to cost a fair amount of money no matter what.Why is it then that some campaigns turn companies into near overnight successes and others just fail to make the grade?” Without marketing, what business can survive? Of course, there comes a time to sell most businesses, Patrick @ Cash Money Life presents When Should You Sell Your Small Business? posted at Cash Money Life, saying, “Should you sell your profitable online business? If so, when?”

And if you’re interested in having your blog featured, remember to … submit your own work ONCE only, with a suitable comment to the carnival. Chances are you’ll be accepted. It always amazes me how many people fail to follow that simple rule.

Good luck to you all,

Kenneth from Carnival of Making REAL Money

Personal Wealth

Four Pillars asls the obvious question about Dave Ramsey: Is Dave Ramsey A “Financial Expert” and then goes on to provide “a discussion of Dave Ramsey and his methods.” On a similar note, KCLau looks at Why Robert T. Kiyosaki is a best-selling author? which is posted at KCLau’s Money Tips. He reckons “Robert T. Kiyosaki is the best personal finance author I follow. I started reading his books back in 1999. Although some reviews you found written by readers on Amazon say that he keeps repeating most of the points, I still find them interesting every time. It works as a revision whenever he repeats.” Of course, not all pundits agree.

Relax provides some notes on How to become rich at The Wise Curve. Indeed, “…the door to become rich elite is open to us…”, though he fails to state anything more than the most obvious. Now if we can only find one of the keys to open it! To which MoneyNing provides a simple ‘key’ in his post Turbocharge Your Savings with Certificate of Deposits (CDs) posted at Money Ning saying “Certificate of Deposits are boring but it’s a guaranteed way of capital preservation!”

Investing

Patrick @ Cash Money Life looks at the age-old question: What is investing? posted at Cash Money Life, and examines “The differences between investing, saving, and trading,” whilepuneetkapoor2000 presents THE ART OF SELECTION – PART 1 at KuberKhana -Indian Stock Fundamental Analysis. He reckons “Stocks beat every asset class in the long run. However the question of choice is confounding. This article attempts to demystify the process.” The Smarter Wallet presents Investing In The Stock Market? Rules To Help You Sleep At Night posted at The Smarter Wallet , though his rules appear pretty simplistic.

Glowing Face Man looks at Short Term Assets vs. Long Term Assets which you can find at Glowing Face Man: Awaken the Badass Within. He comments “Longterm investment and passive income are all the rage these days, and for good reason. But it’s also possible to go too far. Sometimes, short term beats long term.” Jae Jun from Old School Value takes on The Art of Selling Stocks. Jae Jun writes “Buying a stock is only the first half of the equation. It is the easy half. Knowing when to sell and having a strategy to lock in gains is even more important.” Praveen looks at some of the trading rules he uses in Sometimes You Bend Your Trading Rules… from My Simple Trading System. He suggests, “Taking an early profit to ease your comfort in a volatile market.” AndInvesting School presents The Rule of 72 posted at Investing School, saying, “A neat mathematical trick to calculate when your investment will double!” It’s a pretty useful rule of thumb to figure out your returns!

In the current markets, thoughMichael Cohen tells us Don’t Bet On A Soft Landing Into The New Normal from his blog at Debt, Economics, Boom and Bust. He notes, “There are those predicting a new normal of 1-2% economic growth. We will likely not ease our way into that sort of situation.” This is a theme picked up on other blogs, already. MeanwhileSilicon Valley Blogger suggest some of the Best Online Stock Brokers For Cheap Stock Trades posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “Make money by investing and using the best brokers around!” Oh, if only it were that simple!

Online Riches

This week’s online riches section turned out to be rather weaker than I first though. However, four writers made the grade.

FitJerk presents Fit Jerk Talks SEO Techniques, Internet Marketing & Laws To Run A Business Online posted at FlawlessFitness, saying, “Why isn’t your website getting any traffic? Why isn’t your online business making money? And why does your Google ranking SUCK? The 4 secrets to online success revealed…” I wish it were that simple getting traffic, but it isn’t! Robert Alan also provides some good advice in his post Guide to Marketing and Advertising Your New Website posted at Bill Hazelton , saying, “Guide to advertising and marketing your website the first 90 days after you’ve launched.”

If you’re making money online,Jason G presents Drop shipping and Ecommerce posted at The Powersellers Union Blog, saying, “The Power Sellers Union is a drop shipping wholesale site that helps its members to learn how to start an e-commerce business from home with little or no experience.You can learn to make money on Ebay or your own website in no time dropshipping products at below wholesale price using real wholesale dropshippers.” AndPeter OBrien suggests 5 Ways Niche Review Templates Can Make You More Affiliate Income posted at Free Internet Marketing Tips , saying, “A great way to make more affiliate income is to increase your chances by promoting more than one affiliate product. With Niche Review Templates, you”

And if you’re interested in having your blog featured, remember to … submit your own work ONCE only, with a suitable comment to the carnival. Chances are you’ll be accepted. It always amazes me how many people fail to follow that simple rule.

Good luck to you all,

Kenneth from Carnival of Making REAL Money

Personal Wealth

Four Pillars asls the obvious question about Dave Ramsey: Is Dave Ramsey A “Financial Expert” and then goes on to provide “a discussion of Dave Ramsey and his methods.” On a similar note, KCLau looks at Why Robert T. Kiyosaki is a best-selling author? which is posted at KCLau’s Money Tips. He reckons “Robert T. Kiyosaki is the best personal finance author I follow. I started reading his books back in 1999. Although some reviews you found written by readers on Amazon say that he keeps repeating most of the points, I still find them interesting every time. It works as a revision whenever he repeats.” Of course, not all pundits agree.

Relax provides some notes on How to become rich at The Wise Curve. Indeed, “…the door to become rich elite is open to us…”, though he fails to state anything more than the most obvious. Now if we can only find one of the keys to open it! To which MoneyNing provides a simple ‘key’ in his post Turbocharge Your Savings with Certificate of Deposits (CDs) posted at Money Ning saying “Certificate of Deposits are boring but it’s a guaranteed way of capital preservation!”

Investing

Patrick @ Cash Money Life looks at the age-old question: What is investing? posted at Cash Money Life, and examines “The differences between investing, saving, and trading,” whilepuneetkapoor2000 presents THE ART OF SELECTION – PART 1 at KuberKhana -Indian Stock Fundamental Analysis. He reckons “Stocks beat every asset class in the long run. However the question of choice is confounding. This article attempts to demystify the process.” The Smarter Wallet presents Investing In The Stock Market? Rules To Help You Sleep At Night posted at The Smarter Wallet , though his rules appear pretty simplistic.

Glowing Face Man looks at Short Term Assets vs. Long Term Assets which you can find at Glowing Face Man: Awaken the Badass Within. He comments “Longterm investment and passive income are all the rage these days, and for good reason. But it’s also possible to go too far. Sometimes, short term beats long term.” Jae Jun from Old School Value takes on The Art of Selling Stocks. Jae Jun writes “Buying a stock is only the first half of the equation. It is the easy half. Knowing when to sell and having a strategy to lock in gains is even more important.” Praveen looks at some of the trading rules he uses in Sometimes You Bend Your Trading Rules… from My Simple Trading System. He suggests, “Taking an early profit to ease your comfort in a volatile market.” AndInvesting School presents The Rule of 72 posted at Investing School, saying, “A neat mathematical trick to calculate when your investment will double!” It’s a pretty useful rule of thumb to figure out your returns!

In the current markets, thoughMichael Cohen tells us Don’t Bet On A Soft Landing Into The New Normal from his blog at Debt, Economics, Boom and Bust. He notes, “There are those predicting a new normal of 1-2% economic growth. We will likely not ease our way into that sort of situation.” This is a theme picked up on other blogs, already. MeanwhileSilicon Valley Blogger suggest some of the Best Online Stock Brokers For Cheap Stock Trades posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “Make money by investing and using the best brokers around!” Oh, if only it were that simple!

Online Riches

This week’s online riches section turned out to be rather weaker than I first though. However, four writers made the grade.

FitJerk presents Fit Jerk Talks SEO Techniques, Internet Marketing & Laws To Run A Business Online posted at FlawlessFitness, saying, “Why isn’t your website getting any traffic? Why isn’t your online business making money? And why does your Google ranking SUCK? The 4 secrets to online success revealed…” I wish it were that simple getting traffic, but it isn’t! Robert Alan also provides some good advice in his post Guide to Marketing and Advertising Your New Website posted at Bill Hazelton , saying, “Guide to advertising and marketing your website the first 90 days after you’ve launched.”

If you’re making money online,Jason G presents Drop shipping and Ecommerce posted at The Powersellers Union Blog, saying, “The Power Sellers Union is a drop shipping wholesale site that helps its members to learn how to start an e-commerce business from home with little or no experience.You can learn to make money on Ebay or your own website in no time dropshipping products at below wholesale price using real wholesale dropshippers.” AndPeter OBrien suggests 5 Ways Niche Review Templates Can Make You More Affiliate Income posted at Free Internet Marketing Tips , saying, “A great way to make more affiliate income is to increase your chances by promoting more than one affiliate product. With Niche Review Templates, you”

And if you’re interested in having your blog featured, remember to … submit your own work ONCE only, with a suitable comment to the carnival. Chances are you’ll be accepted. It always amazes me how many people fail to follow that simple rule.

Good luck to you all,

Kenneth from Carnival of Making REAL Money

For your business

Gregory E. Rouse presents Hobby Money posted at Best-Home-Business-Opportunity Blog, saying, “I remember the first time it dawned on me that I could be making money playing in the outdoors and doing what I love.” With a passion for his own hobby, a business could be the natural result! Ishan B presents Work At Home: Home Day Care Business posted at Save Few Bucks, saying, “This article explains the concept of Home Day Care Business. It is one of the best work at home opportunities in this economy.” ChristianPF offers encouragement to all of us in the article, 23 ways for teens to make money and maybe adults too! posted at Money in the Bible | Christian Personal Finance Blog, saying, “23 unconventional ways for teens or adults to make some extra money”, while jim presents Guide to Social Lending Networks posted at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity. There are many social lending networks now, but it’s pretty difficult for me to register as a lender as I’m overseas. And Andrew Peel asks How Will You Manage Your Money After The Recession? posted at APeel Solutions Blog, saying, “President Obahama has endorsed them, Donald Trump has so has Robert Kiyosaki. What are they? Small businesses is the answer. In particular online home businesses. The main reason some heavy hitters back them is because they have a global reach from your home PC. But do you know how to get wealthy and stay wealthy?”

Online World

While EE presents 5 Things I’ve Learnt About Making Money on the Internet posted at Web Career Girl, saying, “A few important lessons learnt on my road to making money online through writing and blogging,” Joshua Seth presents How To Write Your Book In A Month posted at Joshua Seth Blog, saying, “I don’t have to convince you that writing a book can really boost your business do I? A lot has been written about that already. You know that writing your own book will give you instant credibility in your field, opportunities for publicity in your business, and a way to presell your customers with educational content that will lead them back to you as the person they know, like, and trust to solve the problems you address. So why haven’t you done it yet?”

If you’re over the writing hump, Kathleen Gaga presents A hidden reason you are likely not generating online revenues posted at Street Smarts Marketing & Promotions, saying, “Why are some people making money online while others are not?” and Alex_Sysoef presents 5 Steps To Practical WordPress Security posted at WordPress Web 2.0 How-To Spot-er, saying, “Protecting your blog from idiots like that is a MUST but to be quite honest absolute security simply doesn’t.” Then Alicia Sheering presents Home Base Business Ideas and 4 Steps to Internet Marketing Success posted at Startup Business Online by Alicia Sheering, saying, “If you are looking for home base business ideas, Internet Marketing would be a good solution. You may be asking – Is this the right place to start?” Of course, it is.

Personal Finance

With changes in the US Credit Card Law BrandonLaughridge presents New Credit Card Law Likely to Hurt Markets posted at Mortgage Loan Place Blog, saying, “An interesting take on the next meltdown. Credit card companies appear to be the culprit.” And KCLau examines The Most Common Habit of Rich People posted at KCLau’s Money Tips, asking “Which habit is really important?” Then FMF presents Ten Steps to Becoming a Millionaire posted at Free Money Finance, saying, “10 steps to seven figures.” If you have already got to seven figures, that’s probably because of the role discipline plays. Ralph Jean-Paul presents Building Self-Discipline posted at Potential 2 Success, saying, “The most disciplined business people are usually the most organized, efficient and successful. They are also the people that make the most money. Learn to build self-discipline in your personal and professional life and see the difference it will make.” Of course, you won’t be worrying about where to stash your cash. Money Tipper presents Monitor Bank Safety Online posted at Money Tipper, saying, “If you’re making real money, you need a safe place to keep it.”

Until July. Be careful out there!

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

Trading the markets.

For those looking for good markets to invest, Dana presents Four Reasons I’m Bullish on Canada posted at Investoralist, saying, “Canada’s sound banking system, plentiful commodities, liquid social welfare system, and favourable demographics make it attractive amidst the global downturn.” While Canada may provide opportunities or not, Jae Jun presents Best Small Companies Fair Value Estimates posted at Old School Value, saying, “fair value estimates of 42 small good companies. Select the cheap ones to make money.” Buying cheaply valued or undervalued companies is usually a good bet. Adam from How to Trade with Fibonacci Retracements posted at Pimp My Trade, saying, “An article that describes how and why Fibonacci retracements work and how to make money by applying them to your trading.” And Zach Scheidt presents VMware Cloud Computing Casts a Shadow on Growth Prospects posted at ZachStocks, saying, “VMware Inc. (VMW) reported earnings that beat expectations, but managements guidance for the second quarter and the rest of the year disappointed investors. The stock could still be an attractive short opportunity.” Would you be buying this stock right now?

Funds, ETFs and more.

If investing in particular markets or stocks is a challenge or difficult, Frank Vertin presents Just Buy Index Funds Directly posted at NO LOAD INDEX FUND, saying, “Buying an S&P 500 index fund through an investment counselor can substantially increase your initial purchasing costs and and drive up your annual management expense fees. Unfortunately, the vast majority of individual investors buy mutual funds and ETFs through brokers and investment advisers. Rarely do financial advisors recommend that you buy index funds with low fees. This is because low cost, no load mutual funds do not pay them as well as loaded, high fee mutual funds.” Or perhaps Walter W. Fouse who provides 7 Ways to Pick the Best Noload Mutual Funds and ETFs posted at Best No Load Funds, saying, “The vast body of investment research studies show that there really are better approaches to buying and owning mutual funds and ETFs. You do not need to frantically chase fund performance. Performance chasing simply does not work.” However, Ripe Trade presents Ripe Trade: Leveraged and inverse ETF pitfalls posted at Ripe Trade, saying, “This post explains the underperformance of leveraged and inverse ETFs because they are designed to track the underlying index based on a 1 day performance, these ETF’s wont track well over longer periods of time.”

For all of these, nickel presents The Best Brokers in the Land posted at fivecentnickel.com writing about the top three brokers according to Consumer Reports. My broker only made it into the top 10!

Investing Wisdom.

Holding on to your financial assets, common sense and peace of mind in these markets has been challenging, Larry Russell presents Most Individual Investors Are Poor Personal Portfolio Managers | Personal Investment Management posted at THE SKILLED INVESTOR Blog, saying, “To make money, don’t waste it! Investors more easily understand investment costs that are directly measurable, such as fees deducted on investment statements. However, many investors ignore or are unaware of the opportunity costs of their sub-optimal investment behaviors. Opportunity costs are usually much more difficult to measure directly, but these investment costs can be even higher than more visible investment fees,” while lifestyles presents Del Walmsley’s Three Rules of Investing posted at Lifestyles Unlimited Real Estate Investing and Mentoring, saying, “Del’s rules are so fundamental, it’s amazing that everyone doesn’t use them. But once you do, you’ll see your wealth grow!”

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

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Hopefully, this will produce some interest in the carnival, and some good submissions! Check out the Carnival Submissions Policy for how to submit. We’re a bit pickier than other carnivals, but it’s worth it!

We’ve gone simple this month, and just focused on personal finance stuff.

1. Jed Norwood presents Safe Banking posted at Forex Course | ForexStrategySecrets.com, saying, “Getting a safe bank is top priority of any investor. This article has a table about the safety ratings for banks. It is worth the read.”
2. Vera Lang presents How to Sell Your Jewelry in Art Galleries posted at Fine Craft Guild .com, saying, “If you are going to make money, you might as well make and sell something you love. This article is to help artisans get their head straight and make it a business.”
3. TasJack presents How to Avoid Home Foreclosure posted at Stop and Avoid Foreclosure Resources, saying, “In these tough economic times, more Americans than ever are finding it difficult to pay the home loan notes they signed several years ago, or even more recently. The housing seller”
4. Steve Patterson presents Use your Home Office as a Tax Deduction in 2009 posted at 2008 Taxes, saying, “When your home business is creating too many tax liabilities take a look at the office in the home tax deduction.”
5. MoneyNing presents The Stress of Having Supersized Lifestyle posted at Money Ning, saying, “Not everything need to be supersized.”
6. Buck Weber presents Sell Your CDs & DVDs posted at THE BUCK LIST, saying, “Tape cassettes are down to fifty cents each, usually, and VHS tapes have fallen from a used price of $4 to $5 to an average of around a dollar now. Can CDs and DVDs be far behind in the face of Blu-ray and MP3 formats?”
7. ifvat presents Junk Silver Coins – How to Purchase Silver Bullion Under Spot | ifvat.com posted at ifvat, saying, “I’m going to tell you about a certain type of coins that you can purchase under the spot price of silver.”
8. KCLau presents Save money the stupid way posted at KCLau’s Money Tips, saying, “Simple ways to save money”
9. Bank Savings Review presents FNBO Direct Online Savings Account Review posted at Bank Savings Review, saying, “FNBO Direct is one of the best banks out there. I especially love their bill pay feature”
10. farid presents How To Make Money In 3 Easy Steps With Forex posted at Easy Ways To Make Money From Blog And Get Profit, saying, “I am going to tell you The Secret of Easy Money. How to make money just by clicking mouse buttons? The answer is simple “
11. Jacquelyn presents Financial Housekeeping When You Are Laid Off posted at WParent.com – Wise Parenting Guide, saying, “When you are laid off or facing retrenchment, financial matters must be taken care off. This article suggests some of the areas to look into.”
12. Matt Sherberg presents Choosing the Best Debt Solution posted at Debt, saying, “When you have mountains of debt piling up and you have debt collectors waiting at your doorstep, it is time to get off the couch and find a debt solution that will work for you. The right debt solution can help you reduce your debt.”

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

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

Top Bloggers In the Carnival

• Jim presents The 50-50 Mutual Fund Rule on Blueprint for Financial Prosperity posted at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity. Jim offers some insight on how to choose more efficient and cost effective funds.
• KCLau presents Procrastinator, plucker, plotter, and prober posted at KCLau’s Money Tips, saying, “Recently I was reading the book titled “The Number: What do you need for the rest of your life and what will it cost?” A rundown on what the book has to offer”
• MoneyNing presents 50 Ways to Budget Travel and Save Money on Vacations posted at Money Ning, saying, “Being a frugal traveler can save you so much money!”
• nickel presents Social Security Taxes in 2009 posted at fivecentnickel.com, saying, “Did you know that, if you’re making real money, you can get out of paying social security taxes on at least a portion of your earnings.”

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.

In The Biz

This section introduces business building tips for bloggers and business people everywhere.

1. Heather Jumah presents Market Plan Checklist for Small Business posted at Wealth Success and Women, saying, “While it can be exciting to try to get your small business off the ground, it’s important to slow down and take things step by step.”
2. james presents Opt-In List Building: Grow a List, Grow Your Business posted at Blog promotion tips | Blog promotion, saying, “building your biz list”
3. Joshua Seth presents How To Make More Money This Year posted at Joshua Seth Blog, saying, “What is your income goal for this year? Don’t know? Then how will you achieve it? If you don’t target a specific goal then how will you ever be able to hit it? Take a minute right now and figure it out. What do you want to earn this year? And here’s a little secret… that number is almost entirely based on your self-esteem.”
4. P.L. Frederick presents You’re On My Mind, For $1,000 posted at Small and Big, saying, “Advertising ain’t for the faint of heart. It’s for the big of head.”
5. Kevin Dawson presents Case Study: Controversy in Marketing Part 1 posted at Kevin Dawson’s Copywriting & Traffic, saying, “Using controversy in marketing”

On the Web

Making money online is still a challenge for us. So these three bloggers present some useful advice on doing it successfully.

1. BlogMeTheMoney presents Money Making Bloggers posted at Blog Me The Money, saying, “Inspiration for those wanting to make money online or those wanting to make more. Everyone loves success stories. These are some of the big money making bloggers who earn real money and what they do.”
2. Jesse presents Why You Shouldn’t Flip Blogs When Starting Out posted at insideWebmaster, saying, “How to successfully get into the business of website flipping.”
3. millionaireblog presents Making Money On Your Blog By Selling Ad Space posted at millionaire blog.co.uk, saying, “If you want to monetize your blog you can use several different strategies including: Google Adsense Ads, Affiliate Programs (such as Amazon, Ebay and MarketLeverage), Text Link Ads (such as Inlinks or TNX), Sell your own Product (such as ebooks, software or a service), Donations from readers (via a donate link on your blog), Sell your own Ad Space (Banners or Advertiser Blog Posts / Product Reviews)”

In The Market

It’s a disaster in the markets: portfolios are down by many tens of percent, markets are uncertain, businesses are laying off staff, cutting orders and closing down. What can you do? Read these blogs for ideas.

1. Heather presents 14 ETFs to Keep in Mind for 2009 posted at ETF Trends, saying, “Which ETFs are poised to outperform in 2009?”
2. Bill Spohnholtz presents Stock Market 101 posted at Learn The Stock Market And How to Trade, saying, “Sometimes when I review the basics I think of my best new strategies. Whether refreshing or learning for the first time I challenge you to not have at least one “ah ha” moment while reading through these.”
3. Doug Ragan presents How YOU Can Help Save The Economy posted at I’m A Pundit Too, saying, “Who’s going to save us from our failing economy? Do you really think that Congress can save both big business and you at the same time? It is obvious to everyone that the economy is in big time trouble. But what everyone doesn’t understand is how to put it back together. There is much debate about fixing the economy, bank bailouts (thanks Paulson), auto manufacturer bailouts (thanks Bush), freezing foreclosures (thanks Fannie), expansion of government programs that take jobs from the private sector(thanks Obama), the list goes on. One of the interesting things about this very long list is that it mostly seems to be about what the government can do to fix the economy, instead of what the individual can do. The government has a habit of trying to tell business what to do, then trying to prop business up to keep it from failing. This has created problems that won’t be fixed by more of the same. If you really want to talk about “Change” then you need to talk about what individuals can do to put the US economy back on track instead.
4. Jed Norwood presents Important Points about Trading Systems posted at Forex Strategy, saying, “Forex trading is a unique way to invest because you get more control then ever before. Learn what you need to have in a trading system in order to be successful”
5. PatrickCML presents free stock trades – a review of Zecco Discount Brokerage posted at Cash Money Life, saying, “A comprehensive review of Zecco Discount Brokerage.”
6. Roshawn Watson presents Thrift Paradox – Is Frugality Hurting Economy? posted at Watson Inc, saying, “Many “families hope their new found frugality will see them through the economic downturn. But this same thriftiness, embraced by families across the U.S., is also a major reason the downturn may not soon end”"
7. Silicon Valley Blogger presents Learn How To Invest: Steps For The New Stock Investor posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “Thank you!”
8. Patrick @ Military Money presents 2009 Retirement Plan Contribution Limits posted at Military Finance Network, saying, “Information on 2009 Retirement Plan Contribution Limits for those who plan on maxing out their retirement accounts this year.”

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.
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

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Recommended

This articles takes you through some of the bet online financial and investing resource sites on the web. Well worth the read.

• Investing School presents 9 Terrific Investing Websites That is Sure to Suck Up Your Time posted at Investing School, saying, “If you are into investing at all, you need to take a look at these great websites for your research needs!”

Investing

There are many opportunities these days for hardier investors looking for better than average returns.

• Jim presents Bull Moves in Bear Markets by Peter Schiff posted at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity noting that “… Schiff outlines multiple ways to take advantage and build wealth in what seems like a wealth-destroying environment.”
• One Family presents CanRoys (ENT, AAV, BTE, HTE, PVX, PGH, ERF, PWE) – A Comparative Analysis posted at One Family’s Blog, saying, “A comparative analysis of Canadian Royalty Trusts that provide a way for energy exposure along with high monthly dividends, but comes with a caveat.”
• Relax presents Let’s talk about money posted at The Wise Curve, saying, “The good news is that being rich is not really difficult because it is just a state of mind.”
• Ripe Trade presents Best asset allocation posted at Ripe Trade, saying, “When constructing a portfolio for a balance of maximum reward and minimum risk its best to find the asset classes that have a low correlation to each other. Historically, since 1972 an optimal asset allocation mix for high returns and low risk would have averaged 14.82% in returns annually with a low 10.89% standard deviation”
• Zach Scheidt presents Focus Media Holding Limited (ADR) (FMCN) – Signs of the Times posted at ZachStocks, saying, “Focus Media is likely to trade higher in coming months as investors gain confidence in the Chinese economy. The stock is lower, discounting low advertising rates in China, but investors can now buy this profitable company on the cheap.”

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.

• ChristianPF presents Another thing I didn’t know about credit cards posted at Money in the Bible | Christian Personal Finance Blog.
• financefanatic presents Planning For The Future – What To Buy For My IRA? posted at Crash Market Stock – Stock Tips To Make Money During A Recession, saying, “The basics and good strategies for investing in your IRA.”
• Investing School presents 25 Ingenious Ways to Spend Your Time in the Current Financial Crisis posted at Investing School, saying, “A fun piece during these trouble times!”
• Joe Manausa presents Real Estate Supply And Demand | Tallahassee Real Estate Blog posted at Tallahassee Real Estate Blog, saying, “It really isn’t that hard to tell where the real estate market is heading. All we need to do is take a quick re-examination of Economics 101 and realize that Supply and Demand actually do matter in the real estate market.”
• MoneyNing presents Value Added Tax Refund (VAT) for Vacation Shopping posted at Money Ning, saying, “Remember not to leave money on the table!” – wish I had followed that advice!
• JCL presents Why Real Estate? posted at The Real Estate Investing Journey, saying, “A primer on why real estate is still the premier investment vehicle.”

Web 2.0

• Amanda Dry presents How I Make Money On the Internet posted at Ashley’s Picks, saying, “Ways to earn online. Lots of jobs available for making money on the internet.”
• Buck Weber presents Selling Through A Consignment Shop posted at THE BUCK LIST, saying, “I wrote this post detailing how I sell through a consignment shop.”
• Enigmatic Enquirer presents Chinavasion posted at Wholesale Dropship Reviews, saying, “A review of Chinavasion, a provider of wholesale and drop ship electronics.”
• Eras Mokei presents Create Your Elevator Speech posted at Integrity Business Blog by Terry Dean, saying, “Creating your elevator speech is essential to marketing what is unique about your website or web business.”
• Darryl Kimball presents Just Give Me a Home Based Business that Makes Money! posted at Just Give Me a Home Based Business That Makes Money, saying, “This article takes an honest look at the home based business industry and some of the pitfalls waiting for the person starting a new home based business. Many of us have started a new home based business filled with excitement and hope, only to be left with frustration and dismay. After all, we just want a home based business that makes 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 write sales copy, etc. are best suited for other carnivals. Read the rest of the carnival policy, too!

I do 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

On this site you will find three sources of information and inspiration in your quest to make money online.

Top 20 Money Making Feeds

Top 20 Money Making Feeds also contains 20 of the most interesting money making feeds I can find. These are feeds that I read regularly and cover such diverse areas as investing, personal finances, making money online, affiliate marketing, and much more. I’ve recently updated the file for 2009.

Uberaffiliate’s own website provides remarkable value and insight into online affiliate marketing and is well worth inclusion. Check out the site, the download is here.

NetBusinessBlog was one of the first 12 sites I included, but due to poor article writing it just got boring. Well, Matt is finally back, the articles are now edgier again and I’m reincluding it.

DotCom Carnival

This carnival focuses on online ways to make money ONLINE! This carnival will only publish the best ten posts in each set of submissions! We are striving for quality, as we will feature not just the article, but also the blog on which it’s hosted. So welcome to “Dot Com Carnival”.

Carnival of Making REAL Money

In Carnival of Making REAL Money, we deal with the real world of making money in investing, finance, banking, business, and much more. Articles provide indepth and unique perspectives on these different areas of making money.

In the next few days, I’ll be producing the first Carnivals for 2009, stay tuned or just subscribe to the feed !

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.

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

1. Justin McGill presents Internet Marketing with Forums posted at I Do Web Marketing, saying, “A blog dedicated to the discussion of web marketing. It is run by Justin McGill, the owner of Novel Concept Studio.”
2. KCLau presents Buy term and invest the difference posted at KCLau’s Money Tips, saying, “In this post, I will share my view about the reality and practical part of making use of this well-known strategy of buying term and investing the difference.”
3. Melanie presents Financial Help for Small Business Owners posted at Rembrandt’s PR and Writing Blog for Startup Success, saying, “Learn how to use the power of public relations to boost sales, awareness and credibility. And check out these sites for help with your small business budget.”
4. Raymond presents Credit Card Offers For People With Bad Credit Or Poor Credit History posted at Money Blue Book, saying, “Those in need of a way to build and repair their credit actually have options aside from despair”
5. Skyler Reep presents Buy Domains posted at Skyler Reep’s Blog, saying, “If you ever think of a business idea, BUY THE DOMAIN for it. Even if you never pursue the idea, $10/year is a small price to pay for E-real-estate.”
6. Wilfrid presents How To Become A Millionaire: The Best Ways posted at Money Galaxy – Make Money | Save Money | Invest Money, saying, “My personal take on the best ways to accumulate wealth and claim millionaire status”

That concludes this carnival. If you wish to submit your blog article to the next edition, please consider the alternate carnival: Carnival of Making REAL Money. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page. Always check out our submission requirements, before you submit!

Thanks to the excellent contributors in this series of posts. Perhaps I’ll try to bring back the Dot Com Carnival in another incarnation but it’s been frustrating since so many submitters treat the finance carnivals as places to throw their spam articles and/or fail to follow the requirements of the carnival (which are hardly onerous). Needless to say, I avoided publishing these articles.

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

Unfortunately, Tim Schroeder’s Emonitized which was recently added stop publishing just a few weeks later.  Blog focuses on affiliate marketing, blogging, and much more. He’s got a lot of great posts about this and I’ll hopefully be featuring much more on his blog. It’s still worth searching his archives, but I frequently have PageLoadErrors on his site.

The other site that is gracefully making an exit from this list is JohnCow. I must confess as a former regular reader of that blog… I have totally lost the conversation. I don’t know what JohnCow is on about most of the time, I no longer read his blog on a regular day, so I feel that this is not one I can recommend any longer. Worse, the blogging style has gone from one thing to another. I’m wondering if Jason has now sold or outsourced the entire blog to someone else. Traffic is still holding up there, though.

Any suggestions on who can replace these? I’ve got some good ones in my bookmarks, but I’d like some suggestions… So comment away!

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

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!

• 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!

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