As you may know, I’ve started trying out PayPerPost, a new blog marketing service. One of my main questions going into it was: How profitable is this going to be for me? It takes a good amount of time for me to write a post on average, and my standards are pretty high for which opps I’ll take from PPP. Based on these two facts, I was concerned about how much return I could get from the program. My starting out goal was to average $10.00 a day. So how did it turn out so far?

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A little off topic here, but do you have opinions that you would like to express to a larger audience than just your dog? Do you want to work on your writing skills? Do you want to help people with a certain topic? Do you want to make some money on the side? =). If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions, a Blog might be the way to go for you.

Contrary to popular belief, it’s easy to start (emphasize “start” here, maintaining is a different matter =) ). For example, this site is Blog. It’s not free, but I use a free backend called WordPress that is very simple to setup. They also offer FREE Blog hosting through this site, which is great if you are just getting started.

If you have any questions about setting up a Blog of your own, feel free to email me. While I’m not an expert, I’d be glad to give you what help I can.

Also, I’ve found that ProBlogger is probably the definitive source of information on this topic. This guy makes a living off of his sites, so I think he knows what he’s talking about =).

Today’s Tip of the Day puts to rest the myth that small change is not worth keeping. Make every penny count!

Also, here are some interesting reads for you to take a look at:

• Why can’t the IRS make tax filing simpler? - Interesting read (tax season is still on my mind), MSNBC answers some reader questions about various tax topics.
• Problogger.net - Interested in starting your own blog and want to make some money along the way? This guy knows pretty much everything there is to know about the business, he actually does it for a living and makes six figures.