Green Web Hosting – ThinkHost Is No Longer My Choice

UPDATE: Due to so many complaints, I’m no longer recommending ThinkHost. However, lucky for us all, my past and still present favorite hosting company, HostGator, has gone green, so I can continue recommending it while knowing there’s an extra goodness in its greeness! So, ignore the rest of this and just know that I love HostGator. * A few days ago, a friend of mine had web hosting issues... read more

Revolution Money Is Possible PayPal Replacement That Has Real Merit

UPDATE: Forget what I said below. Later, much later, it’s obvious that this never took off, and in fact it’s being sold to American Express. It won’t exist in this form at all soon. So…never mind. A new payment network, called Revolution Money, is poised to take PayPal’s place. I personally have never had a problem with PayPal but because they are not a bank, and can’t... read more

We have a winner!

Eric P. Martin of The Blog Novice just won the 26 Week Internet Marketing Plan that I’m giving away. He submitted an entry by suggesting this question: How do I put advertising code in the sidebar in a php file? in this post. I’ve emailed Eric and am waiting to hear back from him so I know where to ship everything. Thanks to everyone who entered the contest, and special thanks to the 26 Week... read more

Win 26 Week Marketing Plan Worth Approximately $800

You may recall that I reviewed the 26 Week Marketing Plan, and I thought it was very well done and very informative. Because I reviewed it, I have a copy that I’m willing to give away to one lucky contest-winner. In that review post, I mentioned that if you checked it out and read the material, you would have the chance to win this prize. But I’ve decided that it would be too difficult to... read more

Fill In The Blank For A Chance To Win

I’d like to do an informal poll and I would sincerely appreciate it if you would participate. I promise it is very easy. Keep in mind that the broad subject matter of this blog is primarily centered around making a living online, and the various methods of accomplishing that goal. With that in mind, would you please submit a comment that fills in the blank to the following: How do I... read more

I Am Now Available As An eBusiness Coach

Although the written word is extremely powerful, it can’t compete with a one-on-one conversation. Beginning today, I am launching a new aspect to my business, in which I can be hired as an eBusiness Coach / Consultant. What does that mean? That means, one-on-one conversations with people looking to transition to making a living from home and succeeding with an online business. It means providing... read more

The Blogosphere: Power Of The People

Think blogging and participating in online communities cannot bring about powerful change? Think again! After reading one short forum thread post, a blogger was able to pick up a big story, tell his readers about it, thereby causing a cascade effect that changed the way, not one, but TWO huge companies practiced business. For quite some time now, registrars were required to allow a 5 day grace period, in... read more

The DazzlinDonna Blog Celebrates Its First Year

Wow, the first birthday of this blog almost snuck right past me. I was checking out the past entries for another reason yesterday, and noticed that the first entry was almost exactly one year ago. But as fate would have it, I noticed, and so today, we celebrate the first birthday of this blog. I guess I should go ahead and give a slight history of the blog. It started because I didn’t have a place... read more

Black Friday Fun and Deals, Deals, Deals

It’s Black Friday, folks, but instead of fighting the crowds at the malls, you can find all the on-sale stuff online too. What a fun, fun, fun, fun day to be able to shop and get bargains, bargains, bargains! I’m going to be doing a lot of shopping at Amazon’s Black Friday Sales Event. Amazon will be offering hourly deals from 6am to 6pm PST along with thousands of products on sale for... read more

That Which You Should Spend Carefully

How are the following numbers related? 3653 315,619,216 5,260,320 87,672 521 Stumped? Ok, I won’t make you think too hard. Those numbers are all related to a specific amount of time – 10 years in fact. 10 years is: 3653 days or 315,619,216 seconds or 5,260,320 minutes or 87,672 hours or 521 weeks How long have you worked for someone else? Hit the 10 year mark yet? More? Time spent... read more