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[19 Sep 2009 | No Comment | 1,048 views]
Learn About WordPress

Have you wanted to start a blog, but are not sure that you can handle using WordPress? Starting your own blog can be a bonus to your existing business. It can help keep your customers informed about new products, policy changes, and even tidbits of information about your particular business. Unfortunately, a lot of people are intimidated by WordPress, the preferred blogging platform.
If you want to learn more about Wordpress before you delve into your own blog, or if you have a WordPress blog already and want …

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[11 Apr 2009 | No Comment | 928 views]
Elance

Elance is an online source for businesses to contract with independent professionals. If you are looking to find freelance work, Elance is a great place to start. They offer many different kinds of employment from web designing, graphic design to freelance copywriting. Elance makes money by keeping a portion of your fee. They also make money by charging extra for an Individual or Team Plan that gives you more searching options and other benefits.
A paid membership will include submitting up to 20 proposals per month, compared …

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[27 Feb 2009 | No Comment | 509 views]
Scam Alert - Rebate Processing Jobs

Although I seem to be getting less emails for Rebate Processing Jobs in my Inbox, the scam does still exists.  This scam claims that you can make $15 for each rebate you process.  Some websites charge as much as $129 for information about this home job.  Most others charge $29-$39 for information.  The sites make the following claims:
You can make money just by filling out online forms
You can make $15 per rebate processed
You can make as much as $75,000 per year or more
Hurry now because positions are limited
Actually, what you …

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[24 Feb 2009 | 29 Comments | 2,875 views]
Scam Alert - Star Position Search

I have been getting a number of emails from Kathleen Daigle who claims the following:
I represent a company called Star Position Search & Navigation Solutions,
a company that does what’s known as advanced search engine placement.
We reach a Network of over 33 million people who are predominantly US
based. Our Network is entirely opt-in, and the users on our Network allow
us to present them with a preferred choice whenever they are looking for
anything on the top sixteen search engines. (GOOGLE, YAHOO, MSN
and thirteen others.)
I seek one source to send the users on …