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I have a wide range of interests, and in order to try and appease them all, I've taken up writing and blogging. My interests include coaching, sports, cars, web development, investing/personal finance and politics.

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  • Social Money Magnet - How to Make Money With Twitter
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Social-Media] Social Money Magnet is with out a doubt one of the best software packages out there for Twitter. It will cut days off of your Twitter list building and will have you turning a profit on Twitter in no time at all. Social Money Magnet consists of two distinct software.


  • Why Hummingbird is the Right Twitter Following Software For You
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Social-Media] Hummingbird is one of the best programs currently available to help you quickly and easily grow your followers on Twitter. The program is amazingly simple, yet incredibly effective and completely minimizes the amount of time and effort you need to spend in growing a targeted list of followers. Essentially, all you need to do with Hummingbird is install it and enter in your Twitter account information.


  • How to Cut Your Commute and Carbon Footprint With One Simple Device
    [Communications:GPS] According to a recent study, the average U.S. driver would benefit greatly if they used a GPS system that included real-time traffic updates. The study, which was done by NAVTEQ, found that U.S. drivers, on average, would be able to cut roughly 4 days off of their yearly commute as well as decrease their carbon footprint by over 21% if they traveled with a real-time traffic enabled GPS device.


  • Don't Act Dependent and You Can Win Your Ex Back
    [Relationships:Conflict] Having someone you love with all of your heart break up with you and end your relationship is one of the toughest things any of us could ever go through. The pain and the feeling of rejection can last for years and leave us jaded, afraid to enter into another relationship, and unable to let go and move on. That being said, the end of a relationship should hurt.


  • Ending a Relationship? Not All Hope is Lost!
    [Relationships:Conflict] Having to deal with the end of a relationship - whether it's after just a couple of dates or after years of marriage - is one of the most hurtful things anyone could ever go through. Being rejected by the person you love the most is a pain that can last a lifetime. While the pain may feel unbearable at the time, please remember that hope is not lost.


  • Outsourcing Method - Is it Right For Your Online Business?
    [Business:Outsourcing] Outsourcing is one of the easiest ways you can increase your efforts and return on profits. Is it really worth it to spend an hour writing a single article and then posting it on social networking sites when you could spend that same hour having someone write 30 new articles, and working with your team to design a couple new sites?


  • How to Know Which Twitter Software to Buy
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Social-Media] Having quality Twitter software is one of the best things you can do if you're trying to grow your business by using Twitter, one of the fastest growing sites on the internet. These programs can help you quickly grow a targeted list while helping you save hours of work. How do you know which software is worth buying and which is worth passing on?


  • Does Twitter Have Financial Viability Or is it a Passing Fad?
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Social-Media] There has been a lot of talk recently regarding the long-term viability of Twitter and whether or not it truly belongs as one of the "social media giants" with MySpace (whose status is now debatable as well), Facebook and YouTube. Sure Twitter is very limited in its capabilities, because after all there's only so much you can do in 140 characters or less. But it also has an addictive quality that most of these other social media sites seem to lack.


  • Great Free Date Ideas
    [Relationships:Dating] Given the tough economy, it's likely that your dating life has taken a bit of a hit. It's not like you don't want to go out with your boyfriend or girlfriend, rather you're both being better about what you spend your hard earned money on. Thankfully, there are so many free things the two of you can do together that going out and having a good time shouldn't be a financial problem at all.


  • Clickbank Code Review - Why It's a Must Buy For Any Affilate Marketer
    [Shopping-and-Product-Reviews:Internet-Marketing] If you're serious about wanting to make money online but don't know where to start, Clickbank Code is the perfect program for you. It walks you through a step-by-step process of how to make money using Clickbank, the world's largest digital product "clearinghouse."


  • Blogging to the Bank Review - Why This is Great For Beginners
    [Shopping-and-Product-Reviews:Internet-Marketing] Master blogger Rob Benwell is finally back with the latest version of his Blogging to the Bank franchise, after having released Blogging to the Bank 3.0. This amazing ebook picks up right where the others left off, and shows you great ways to begin creating your own online money making empire.


  • Cell Phone Cash Review - Why It's Worth Your Money
    [Shopping-and-Product-Reviews:Internet-Marketing] Mack Michaels of Maverick Coaching has released his Cell Phone Cash program, a system that makes him over $328,000 per month. Think you could live off that?!?


  • Get the Most Out of Twitter When You Follow These Strategies
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Social-Media] It seems as if everyone is talking about Twitter and how important it is to your business. Here are some simple ways to maximize your Twitter investment.


  • Blogging to the Bank 3.0 Review
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Blogging] Blogging to the Bank 3.0 is a great program by Rob Benwell if you're interested in making money online. Here is a good review of the product and why you should buy it immediately.


  • Cell Phone Cash Review - Why This is a Must Buy Program
    [Shopping-and-Product-Reviews:Internet-Marketing] Mack Michaels, founder of Maverick Coaching, has released a revolutionary new program called Cell Phone Cash. This program gets you in on the ground floor of a market of nearly 4 billion people.


  • Why Twitter Software is a Good Investment For Your Business
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Social-Networking] Over the past year or so as I've learned more about Twitter and how it can help to grown a businesses, I've also learned about how time consuming the whole process of Twitter can actually be. There are only so many hours in the day to sit there and Tweet and add relevant and interesting followers!


  • How Twitter Can Help You Grow Your Business
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Social-Networking] Twitter has quickly grown into one of the most important tool for almost any business that markets itself online. Whether it is a multi-billion dollar businesses like Comcast, Home Depot or Whole Foods, or typical "mom and pop" small businesses, it has become very apparent that Twitter is something you must take advantage of if you're looking to gain new customers and grow your company's bottom line.


  • What is Twitter Exactly?
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Social-Networking] Over the past year and a half, it seems no matter where you go someone is talking about Twitter. Whether it's some celebrity like Aston Kutcher, a big company like Whole Foods, or a little person like you or me, it seems as if everyone and everything is sharing themselves on Twitter.


  • Top 10 Easiest Ways to Increase Gas Mileage
    [Automotive] With the recent drop in oil and gas prices, I'm sure many of us have forgotten the good driving habits we learned when we were paying $1 more a gallon of gas. It's amazing how quickly we forget to pay attention to our gas mileage when our gas bill is cut by a third.


  • Money = Time, So Spend Them With Care
    [Finance:Personal-Finance] For us working stiffs that have to go out each and every day and earn our money, we are essentially trading our time (the eight or however many hours you work in a given day) for a day's pay. So, when you spend that money, you're trading your time (bits and pieces of your life) for whatever it is that you're buying.


  • Switch to Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs Right Now!
    [News-and-Society:Energy] Well, according to Energystar: "If every American home replaced just one light bulb with an ENERGY STAR [compact fluorescent bulb], we would save enough energy to light more than 2.5 million homes for a year and prevent greenhouse gasses equivalent to the emissions of nearly 800,000 cars."


  • Who Killed The Electric Car?
    [News-and-Society:Energy] Back in the 1990s, the electric car was all the rage and was poised to revolutionize transportation in the United States. So far, it has yet to happen. Where did it all go wrong?


  • Is This the Lowest Oil Prices Will Ever Be?
    [News-and-Society:Energy] While the world has enjoyed the recent downturn in oil prices, are we turning a blind eye towards future triple digit oil prices?


  • Environmentally Friendly Investing
    [Finance:Personal-Finance] A couple of years ago, if you would have asked someone about "green investing" they probably would have told you that you were just trying to make some cash. Today, "green investing" not only means investing to make money, but to invest your money in an environmentally friendly way.


  • How Much Do Your Bad Habits Cost You?
    [Finance:Personal-Finance] Our bad habits - drinking, smoking, overeating, over spending, etc. - cost us hundreds, if not thousands of dollars each year. We know we shouldn't do what we’re doing (or at least not to the excess that we do it), yet for some reason we keep on keepin’ on...


  • Why Your Car Gets Worse Gas Mileage in the Winter
    [Automotive] Have you ever wondered why it seems that you get worse gas mileage during the winter and/or that you're filling your car up more often? For one, it's amazing how quickly your good driving habits can change with a 50 degree drop in temperatures!


  • The Easiest And Hardest Way to Save Lots of Money
    [Finance:Personal-Finance] With thousands of Americans racking up billions of dollars of debt each year, it seems like the solution to this problem should be pretty complex. Fortunately, the solution may come down to one simple question.


  • House of Representatives Repeals Many Tax Breaks for "Big Oil"
    [News-and-Society:Politics] After years of tax advantages it appears the Democrat controlled Congress has decided to put its foot down. While this won't bring about an end to billion dollar quarterly profits, hopefully the days of "Big Oil" taking advantage of cheap taxes are over.


  • A Mathematical Look at How Gas Companies Rip Us Off
    [Finance:Personal-Finance] Why is it gas prices shoot up at the first hint of an increase in oil prices but they take forever to come back down long after the price of oil has dropped? Here's one explanation.


  • Has Oil Caused Americans to Become Isolationists?
    [News-and-Society:Energy] Thanks to the two year run up in the price of oil, it appears more Americans are beginning to feel a sense of urgency to come up with new ways to lessen our dependence on foreign oil. Are we on the verge of another period of isolationism?


  • The Lotto Is Not A Retirement Account
    [Home-and-Family:Retirement] Unfortunately, many people don't start saving for retirement because they are under the belief that they won't need to worry about to retirement thanks to the fact they're bound to win the lottery. With odds approaching 1 in 150,000,000, it appears you'd have better luck saving your money and applying the savings towards a 401(k) or IRA savings account.


  • Is Pet Insurance Worth It?
    [Insurance:Pet] There are over 48.5 million Americans without health insurance, but last year Americans spent over $100 million on pet insurance. Something's wrong with this picture.


  • Price of Gas Falls Just in Time for Elections?
    [News-and-Society:Politics] Many people are crying foul over the timing of the 25% decrease in the price of gas, saying prices are being manipulated to help the Republican party. Other people are claiming it's just a coincidence or it's the cyclical nature of commodity pricing. Which argument is right?


  • Simple Ways to Save on Utility Bills
    [Finance:Personal-Finance] Utility bills can take up a large chunk of your household income, even though that doesn't have to be the case. With a little bit of planning, mixed in with some will power, you can cut your utility bills in no time!


  • Start a Savings Account
    [Finance:Personal-Finance] It's amazing how many people still don't have a savings account. While keeping your money in a savings account isn't going to net you a huge return, it will still earn you some interest and keep your money in a convenient place.


  • Save Money By Bringing Your Lunch to Work
    [Finance:Personal-Finance] It's amazing how much money you can save by simply planning ahead and bringing your lunch to work. Over time, that $10 a day is going to add up!


  • For Better Gas Mileage, Stop Using Drive Thrus
    [Automotive] Whether it's at a fast food restaurant or at the back, the drive thru has become part of the American shopping experience. Unfortunately, it's also a great way to ruin your car's gas mileage.


  • If It's Safe, Let Your Kid(s) Walk to School
    [Home-and-Family:Parenting] With childhood obesity becoming more and more of a national health crisis, and with gas prices slowly coming down off their record highs, it seems like a win/win situation to encourage your kid(s) to walk to and from school - assuming it's safe for them to do so.


  • For Better Gas Mileage, Adjust Your Commute Time
    [Automotive] Now that school is back in session, it probably takes you longer to get to work thanks to the extra traffic. By adjusting your commute time by just a few minutes, you may be able to shave even more time off of your drive in to work.


  • Never Pass Up Employer Matching on Your 401k
    [Investing:IRA-401k] It's amazing how many people pass up free money at work by not taking advantage of their employer's 401k matching. Potentially, this could be leaving hundreds of thousands of dollars on the table when it comes time to retire.


  • Don't Pay ATM Fees
    [Finance:Personal-Finance] Nothing is more asinine than having to pay to have access to your own money. Here are some simple ways to avoid paying the fees, which could help you keep $200 or more of your own money.


  • How to Start a Ride Share Program
    [Automotive] Starting a ride share/car pool program is one of the most effective ways to save gas and money. Unfortunately, this is one of the most under utilized ways, too. Here's how you can start your own ride share program at your work.


  • Get Hybrid Gas Mileage in Your Regular Car
    [Automotive] Even with the recent decrease in prices for gasoline, it is still important to maximize your car's fuel economy. This article contains a comprehensive list of driving habits you can change in order to get the best gas mileage possible.





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