the 9 to 5 alternative

Wad of Turkmenistani Manat
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 11/08
If there’s anything I’ve learned since stepping outside the college bubble and into the real world, it’s that financial literacy in America is piss poor. Every day, personal budgets are neglected, debts are magnified and irrational decisions are made. Did you know that at the end of 2008, the average [...]

What is a Niche Market?
One of my 2010 goals is to make at least $500 in supplemental income. While there a million and one ways to do this, I thought it would be an interesting (and ultimately beneficial?) experiment to focus on online niche marketing.
The core idea, from what I’ve come to understand, is a [...]

What do you want to be when you grow up?
At age seven, the answer was easy. I was a dreamer. I want to be an archaeologist! I want to wear a cool hat and creep through cramped tunnels! I want to chase bad guys and speak funny languages and eat monkey brain soup! You should [...]

Well folks, this is it. The beginning of a new year and decade, for many of us a refreshing reminder to reflect, realign and re-motivate. I spent New Year’s Eve amongst close friends, sequestered from the snow in my apartment. It was just the kind of subtle and low-key night I needed to ring in [...]

Astana, Kazakhstan Cityscape
Last week’s idea:
Calling all blog ideas! Get those creative juices flowing. Don’t think about the vision, think about the basic idea. Find your content. You can always market an idea behind the content. Start with these two:

Email From Grandpa – a blog that posts quirky emails from family members. Patriotic, religious, comedic – [...]