The more I read in the Internet about becoming self-employed, the more I feel I will succeed. Why? Because becoming an Internet entrepreneur is like quitting cigarettes or losingweight – gather more people around you with similar goals and it will be easier to reach your targets together. I regularly feed myself with articles and ebooks of people who have developed their own business or are on the way to it. Not only makes me feel more confident about my efforts, but also there is something else – I feel that we all do this together, especially that most of this people want to share their knowledge, support you and guide you because they know how hard it is in the beginning.

A friend of mine went to the USA for summer holidays and while doing some sightseeing, she met a guy and started to have a chat with him. They were talking friendly for a while and then she said she would like to come to America to continue her studies but can’t afford that. And like in the American dream, he offered her financial support to cover all the costs. He said that somebody helped him in the same way when he was young. After graudating from university she is now studying MBA while working as a stock market analyst in one of the companies in North Carolina.

Probably you have heard a lot of stories like this and they are indeed nice to read but what is my purpose of writing about that?

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I finally decided to reorganize this blog and start writing regularly. Thank you for all positive feedback I received. I appreciate your support and I can promise that from now on you will see more serious content.

After my first months in blogging I found my way in doing this and I hope you will like it.

Redesign needed

My first decision was to change WP theme. I didn??Â?Â?t like the previous one and I couldn??Â?Â?t improve it as easy as I would expect. So I was looking for some well-prepared theme and, lucky me, I found it ??Â?Â? Copyblogger theme! While reading different blogs I stopped on Pearsonified.com and it took me just a few seconds on the site to realize this page is going to end in my Blogroll.

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I like tools that make my life easier. I was already writing about Docs & Spreasheet application from Google. I have been using it for a while and the function I really like is sharing documents with others. It is very useful for me as I can work with my colleagues on different projects and there is no longer need of sending documents over emails back and forth. And with the latest updates you can organise all your documents in folders. It is not a rocket science – just a functionality that works for me.

I would like to recommend you three very good posts I have found recently.

First one, is a solid article describing gold rules to run a rebliable internet business with a focus on surrviving the affiliate evolution.

Second one, is very interesting as the author in the beginning emphasise that earning money in the Internet these days it is all about hard work. Instead of selling cheap advices how to become rich, he explains the mechanisms how to build an affiliate site you can sell for $1m. Great piece of content.

The third one, also very good editorial, this time about Click-Per-Action and 4 models to make money on it.

I hope you can find valuable information in the articles described above. Drop me a line in the comments if you do.

If you can’t, have a read about Michael Arrington, a former attorney and entrepreneur who is now 37 and two years ago nothing seemed to show what is coming. He became famous because of his TechCrunch blog and now has a whole farm of different kind of tech blogs with a few people taking care of them. Working 16 hours a day and living in one of the richest places in the USA he is one of the most influential tech journalists. Find out why he didn’t want to sell TechCrunch for $8.5 million, what are his plans for the future and what is so special about this guy.

On Tuesday, May 18th at 9am PST / 12pm EST Chris Guillebeau one of the most famous travelling bloggers launches another edition of his Empire Building Kit that received stunning attention more than a month ago. This time it will be open only for one day.

EBK is about building your own empire, your freedom in 1 year. Chris offers a lot of great content for people who plan to switch to the new life. Sign up for a rockstar lifestyle design resources.

I also recommend a wide range of Uncoventional Guides by Chris Guillebeau.

Google has just introduced an upgrade to the well known Google Maps – My Maps. Now you have an opportunity to create your own personalized maps with marks, lines, shapes, texts, photos and videos. When they are ready you can publish them to the web and share with your family and friends.

What a great tool to prepare a tourist guide, tell a story about an interesting place or just go and learn something about places you have never been to from other users and the maps they have created.

Have you ever been to Kauai, the oldest Hawaiian island? No? Does not matter, now you have a chance to explore it.

Time Magazine has published 51 ways to save the environment. Global warming is a very popular topic recently and so we should ask ourselves – “what can we do?”.

Read more here:
51 Ways to Save the Environment
“Here is our guide to some of the planet’s best ideas, with an assessment of their impact and feel??Â?Â?good factor.”

It is tempting. Very tempting. You work for the Man and dream about being on your own, working flexible hours, choosing projects you like, calling yourself a full-time webdesign freelancer. Before you make your decision to “jump”, living your current employer, find out what professionals have to say about realities of being a freelancer. Maybe it is not the right moment for you? Maybe you are not good enough yet? Or maybe you don’t see great advantages of your current workplace? Good research is the key point so you can base your decision on facts not feelings and expectations.

Here are a few links that should be useful:
Cameron Moll - http://cameronmoll.com/
- Full-time freelancing: 10 things learned in 180 days (Cameron Moll)
- Full-time freelancing: 10 more things in 360 days (Cameron Moll)
- Farewell to freelancing: Final lessons learned (Cameron Moll)

Digital-Web – http://www.digital-web.com/
- Redesigning the ExpressionEngine Site (Jesse Bennett-Chamberlain)
- To Dance the Dance of Freelance (Matthew D. Jordan)

You Suck at Web Design – http://www.yousuckatwebdesign.com
- The Freelancer Employee Handbook (Matthew D. Jordan)
- Seven Ways to Get Your Client to Pay (Matthew D. Jordan) – don’t read it at work because you won’t be able to stop laughing!

Mainframe.gr
- 24 Freelancing tips (or the alphabet of a freelancer)

Do you know any other useful link? Feel free to leave them in the comments.

Personal finance

One of the biggest areas next to gambling. In this category the most successful Affiliate Marketers make money online from people looking for:

• debit cards,
• credit cards,
• loans,
• mortgages,
• debt consolidation,
• insurance packages.

Hotels & Holidays

Contrary to porn and drugs (medicines), hotels and holiday packages is a legal category without any ethical issues. It is a very competitive industry, like personal finance, but it is worth to grab a chunk of such a big market. Cheap hotels and luxury hotels are one of the most popular phrases. When it comes to holidays, holiday deals and cheap holidays is what people are very often searching for.