In The Sphere: Arbitrage, WAHM, and Life Balance
Posted on August 31st, 2007
Well, this is the last weekend before most students have to file their way back to school. What this means is that either the kids are going to rest up as much as they can over these next three days (hurray for Labour Day) or they’re going to try and cram as much activity in there as possible. And then there are the geeks who’ll spend several hours in front of their computers reading blogs. That’s where I step in with some quick links from the blogsphere.
Brian Heys needs to stay organized, but he wants to have things available to him even if he’s not at his home computer. That’s why he uses web-based contacts and calendar management. Plaxo keeps all your pertinent information in one place, and then you can synchronize it with your Yahoo! address book, Google Calendar, Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird, or mobile phone.
Sharon Hurley Hall of Get Paid to Write Online is a work at home mom, and as such, she’s all too familiar with the WAHM writer balance. She reminds us that it’s perfectly acceptable to take some time out of your hectic work schedule to spend a few quality moments with your family and friends. The world will not come to a screeching halt.
Jason from Foximus took an extended break from blogging recently, leaving the site relatively untouched for the entirety of August. And now he’s suffering from the consequences, because not updating your blog will kill it fast. Whereas Foximus.com got 299,481 hits for July 2007, it only received 71,345 hits for August. That represents a difference of 228,136 page views!
King Nomar is always on the lookout for new ways to make money online. One of his latest adventures was an experiment in arbitrage. Basically, he started an AdWords campaign that pointed to a landing page, hoping that these visitors would click on the ads found within to net a profit. In the end, he scored a profit of $11.11. I’ll let you come to your own conclusions.
Cameron from Career Ramblings is following the same sentiment as Sharon above, emphasizing that you should enjoy your life and separate work from home. You’ve got to ask yourself, are you living to work or working to live?
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Well, although it was not exactly the way I wanted to go about it, it turned out to be a great case study for others wondering what happens if you leave your blog too long
Thanks very much for the link.
Plaxo is great, but the trouble is, many companies block access to it through their corporate firewall, so it may not be for everyone.
Thanks for the link love. Just back from an afternoon at the beach. School starts next week, so I’m having a family weekend before I write till my fingers drop off.
Thanks for the link! I already stopped the arbitrage though, not worth the risks I guess…