Make Time To Think Differently + MORE

Applying Warren Buffett’s 7% Figure to Your Retirement – thesimepledollar.com A few weeks ago, I discussed a Bloomberg article about Warren Buffett’s projections for the stock market over the long term. Here’s a refresher on what Buffett said: “The economy, as measured by gross domestic product, can be expected to grow at an annual rate of about 3 percent over the long term, and inflation of 2 percent would push nominal GDP growth to 5 percent, Buffett said… Continue Reading On thesimepledollar.com » Make Time To Think Differently – financialsamurai.com The stock markets surged to new highs on May 3,...

5 Ways to Cope With Crazy College Expenses

If there is one thing of absolute certainty, it is that college is expensive. If you think about it, it doesn’t really make much sense. You spend upwards of $30 thousand dollars a year on tuition, you won’t have an income from a regular job and you might even put yourself in debt with student loans. Yes, college is a crazy gamble, but if you work hard and deal with the stresses of having no money whatsoever, chances are that you will make it out on top in the end – you might even laugh about the experience later in...

Photo apps for fun and profit: Comparing the successes of Instagram and Camera+ + MORE

Experiencing Life Away From Your Computer Screen – mashable.com/social-media/ With technology so ingrained in our daily lives, it’s easy to forget to interact with others in real life (and, in some cases, to even leave the house). SEE ALSO: More Comics on Mashable In this comic, Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies riffs off of a quote from White Stripes frontman Jack White: “Getting out of your chair at home to experience something in the real world has started to become a rare occurrence… Continue Reading On mashable.com/social-media/ » Social Media News: LinkedIn Profiles, Twitter Ads, Promoted Page Likes – sproutsocial.com/insights...

Social Media Platform Allows Users to Crowdsource Relationship Advice + MORE

Social Media Platform Allows Users to Crowdsource Relationship Advice – entrepreneur.com Can’t just let it be?WotWentWrong.com offers assistance for the dumped. Continue Reading On entrepreneur.com » Tipping Its Hat to a Younger Generation, Pukka Headwear Finds Success in the Golf Industry – youngentrepreneur.com After years of struggle, the golf cap company stands out in a crowded market with a customized approach to selling. Continue Reading On youngentrepreneur.com »  

5 Links You Can Thank Me For Later … + MORE

Meet Lewis Howes from LewisHowes.com – bloggingtips.com To be success in the world of online marketing and blogging, it’s best to become an authority figure within your niche. This is exactly what Lewis Howes has done with his brand and business over the past few years. While every knows about LinkedIn, not many people know how to use it to their advantage and this is where Lewis has built his name and success… Continue Reading On bloggingtips.com » Optimizing Google+ Posts For Offsite SEO – blogherald.com There have been a lot of jokes made at Google’s expense when it comes...

Weekend Reading – May 3, 2013 + MORE

mREITs Facing Attack From Regulators – dividends4life.com Yield-starved investors unwilling to accept a 90% reduction in income have been forced to look elsewhere for yield. One sector that still provides double-digit returns is mortgage REITs, known as mREITs. While yields on fixed income instruments have plunged, the mREIT sector has provided excellent returns to income-seeking investors for the past several years… Continue Reading On dividends4life.com » Weekend Reading – May 3, 2013 – dividendmantra.com Dow Jones 15,000. S&P 500 1,600. What is going on?? After the DJIA briefly crossed the 15,000 mark today I think it’s safe to say the...

5 Tips to Consider Before Starting an Online Business + MORE

Google Search App With Google Now Breaks Into iTunes Top 10 – searchengineland.com When Google first released its updated Google Search app last October, it never made the iTunes top ten and, last week, wasn’t even in the top 100. But the addition of Google Now helped the app make the top ten in less than a week. Google relaunched its app last October with Siri-like voice… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article… Continue Reading On searchengineland.com » 5 Tips to Consider Before Starting an Online Business – searchenginepeople.com/blog In today's tough economy, more people are turning...

Weekend Favs May Four + MORE

Weekend Favs May Four – ducttapemarketing.com/blog/ My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week. I don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you check them out if they sound interesting. The photo in the post is a favorite for the week from Flickr or one that I took out there on the road… Continue Reading On ducttapemarketing.com/blog/ » The Beal Deal with Janet Driscoll Miller (@janetdmiller) – marketingpilgrim.com What is up with this weather? The midwest is getting snow and here in Raleigh, NC,...

Set Up the Ultimate Home Theater This Weekend + MORE

How to Make Your Home an Oasis of Calm – selfhelpzone.com Now that the weather’s finally heating up and the sun is streaming through the windows, our homes can start to feel as stuffy as our winter coats. Thoughts of barbeques, cocktails and ice cream take over, but the mounds of mess and clutter most of us find ourselves steeped in does not summon that summer [… Continue Reading On selfhelpzone.com » Brain Food: The Importance of Playing Mind Games – theselfimprovementblog.com/ By Ashlynn T Morris – How to Give Your Brain the Proper Mental Workout! It has been a...

Murphy Doesn’t Care if You’re Trying to get out of Debt + MORE

Book Review: Who Moved My Cheese? – theamateurfinancier.com/blog/ There are some books in the business world that are considered absolute classics, books that provide insights into modern business expressed in the best possible way.  Good to Great, The World is Flat, and How to Win Friends & Influence People are all among these business books, the ones that any businessperson should read… Continue Reading On theamateurfinancier.com/blog/ » Top Personal Finance Articles #12 – monsterpiggybank.com We had a pretty fun week –not. Our little man has started to get his first tooth and he is none too happy about it. I...

A Huge Untapped Investment Opportunity + MORE

Microsoft and Nokia Ready to Change the Game – dailyfinance.com Filed under: Investing When well-known entities like Nokia  and Microsoft  hitch their respective wagons together, there’s bound to be high expectations. In this instance, with its steadily declining market share, Nokia literally put its corporate life on the line with the introduction of its high-end Lumia 920 running Microsoft’s Windows phone OS… Continue Reading On dailyfinance.com » Dollar Haters Look for New Alternative Currency After Gold Crash & Bitcoin Bust – http://slant.investorplace.com/ Bitcoin took the financial blogosphere by storm in April as the electronic currency soared — at one point tacking...

8 Common Tax Deductions for Job Search Expenses + MORE

What to Expect When You’re a Life Insurance Beneficiary – moneyning.com/ While we all know the importance of having life insurance to protect our families in the event of our death, the details of being the beneficiary of a life insurance policy are a little less clear. Here’s what you need to know about collecting life insurance benefits, so nothing comes as a surprise during a stressful time: Filing a Claim A recent troubling investigation of insurance practices has shown that insurers will often fail to pay death benefits to beneficiaries, even if they know that the individual who purchased...

Top U.S. Cities for Women Entrepreneurs (Infographic) + MORE

What I've Learned About Surviving the Start-up Cycle – inc.com In a rare moment of reflection, one founder shares two important lessons that have helped him get through the toughest days.My good friend, Travis Truett over at Fireplug and Ambition, recently penned some wise words about the cycle of success that every entrepreneur should read. Here’s Travis in his own words:I think about success a lot… Continue Reading On inc.com » Top U.S. Cities for Women Entrepreneurs (Infographic) – entrepreneur.com A look at which major U.S. cities are the best for women business owners, and seven tips to help them...

Facebook hires and departures: CAO steps down; partner development roles filled + MORE

Facebook careers: Arabic language specialist, DR strategist, marketing communications and more – insidefacebook.com Facebook added 34 new positions to its careers page this week, including a number of openings on the engineering, account management and user operations teams. The company is looking for a number of administrative assistants in different departments, including one to work directly for COO Sheryl Sandberg… Continue Reading On insidefacebook.com » Facebook hires and departures: CAO steps down; partner development roles filled – insidefacebook.com Facebook removed 27 job listings from its careers page this week, likely after making hires in the areas of measurement, strategic partner development, communications and others....

How to Get Your First 1,000 Email Subscribers When Nobody Knows You + MORE

How To Sell Without Selling – copyblogger.com/blog/ If you want a simple way to make your emails more profitable, without any hard pitching or looking even remotely “salesy”, then give me a few minutes here, and let me show you how to do it in this article. Here’s the story … One problem a lot of people have with writing effective emails is they think they’re writing a sales letter… Continue Reading On copyblogger.com/blog/ » How to Get Your First 1,000 Email Subscribers When Nobody Knows You – problogger.net This is a guest contribution by Marya Jan, blogging coach from Writing...

High-Yield Stocks with Strong Buy Rating + MORE

High-Yield Stocks with Strong Buy Rating – dividends4life.com I’m often asked if I would recommend to buy high-yielding stocks. I answer them that it makes sense to buy stocks with a yield over five percent but don’t expect that they will pay the dividend to the end of your lifetime and don’t expect that they will hike their payments each year or with a higher growth rate… Continue Reading On dividends4life.com » Dividend Link Time – thedividendguyblog.com Let’s jump right into the links: 1. Spotting the Red Flags of Investment @ The Passive Income Earner. 2. Will You Sell And Go Away? @ Dividend...

Moving Forward With a Broken Compass: A Plea to SEOs + MORE

Moving Forward With a Broken Compass: A Plea to SEOs – searchenginewatch.com/seo The people who pay your bills put a lot of trust in you. They need your direction, guidance and expertise. Take pride in your work or don’t do it. Always remember there are real people behind the numbers you put into your spreadsheet. Continue Reading On searchenginewatch.com/seo » Study: PLAs Buck Post-Holiday Trends For Google Shopping, Traffic Nearly Doubles in Q1 – searchengineland.com The momentum of Google’s PLA program didn’t slow after the holidays. After seeing Google Product Listing Ad traffic jump 82% in Q1 over Q4, CPC...

Making Eye Contact With Your Webcam + MORE

Let Marketing Pilgrim Help Your May Job Search Effort! – marketingpilgrim.com Turning the calendar page and starting a new job search in May? Don’t forget to check into the Marketing Pilgrim Internet Marketing Job Board. If you are looking for a new job then find the full listings here. If you are looking for that perfect hire you would be hard pressed to find a better audience than ours for just $27 / per month per listing as well… Continue Reading On marketingpilgrim.com » Infographic: Social Ad Spending Forecast – marketingtechblog.com Social media ad revenues expected to grow to $11 billion...

Pay the Rent! + MORE

How to Hack Relationships: 3 Ways Physical Touch Helps – dumblittleman.com It is astonishing how little one feels alone when one loves. – John BulwerEveryone says moving in with a significant other is difficult, but the first week of my life playing house was more difficult and emotionally challenging than I ever expected.When my husband and I returned from our honeymoon, we moved in together for the first time and a newfound silence fell upon our apartment… Continue Reading On dumblittleman.com » How Resilient Are You? – theselfimprovementblog.com/ By Michelle Wynn – Resilience refers to an individual’s capacity to withstand...

Does Paying Rent Improve Your Credit Score? + MORE

How to Make Frugal Fun – doablefinance.com It’s not true that you have to spend a lot of money to have fun. Many people find themselves racking up debt by dining out every night or spending too much money on entertainment. Going over your entertainment budget is a very slippery slope that can lead to dangerous emergency loans, such as payday loans … Continue Reading On doablefinance.com » Financial Planning in 5 Easy Tips – dinksfinance.com Good morning Dinks.  Let me ask you a question – how many of you manage your finances yourself and how many actually have a...

How to Profit From the Apple (AAPL) iBond Announcement + MORE

Warren Buffett Makes Shareholders Sweat – http://www.smartmoney.com/ Want to meet the Sage of Omaha? Run — in his 5K race. Continue Reading On http://www.smartmoney.com/ » How to Profit From the Apple (AAPL) iBond Announcement – http://www.investmentu.com/ There was big news from Apple this week. And investors are eager to uncover exactly what it means and… most important… how to play the situation. The strategy is simple. On the latest Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) earnings call, Tim Cook announced that the existing share buyback program would be increased to $60 billion from the original $10 billion… Continue Reading On http://www.investmentu.com/ » Are...

How I Bank In Grenada + MORE

The Debt Movement is Over. Or is it? – debtmovement.com/blog/ The 90 days has come to end and the Debt Movement is over.  Or is it? I had a VERY ambitious goal to help people pay off $10 million of debt in 90 days.   I really believed we could pull it off. I never doubted it for a second. But we missed our goal. I could be upset that we came up short.   I could make myself believe that I failed… Continue Reading On debtmovement.com/blog/ » Your budget isn’t working. Here’s why. – getrichslowly.org/blog This post is from staff writer...

The Best Software and Tools to Use When Creating the Perfect Presentation + MORE

Starting a Business: 5 Checklists You Might Have Missed – bizpenguin.com Are you ready to turn your ideas into real business? Well, hold your horses… first things first: You need to know how to start right. You need a plan; or better yet, you need a checklist and follow-the-dotted-line guide. While you are searching for resources, this blog post will enlighten you with 5 startup checklists you might have missed during your search… Continue Reading On bizpenguin.com » Sam Adams Founder Helps Craft Brewers Grow Via Microloans – foxsmallbusinesscenter.com Boston Beer Company founder Jim Koch, the maker of Samuel Adams...

Instagram gets face-tagging with ‘Photos of You’ feature + MORE

Following acquisition by Avis, Zipcar makes its cars available at 8 more US and Canadian airports – thenextweb.com/socialmedia/ Zipcar, the car sharing service that recently was acquired by Avis, announced on Thursday that it was bringing its vehicles to eight more airports in North America. As a result, travelers can rent a vehicle at their leisure from one of 11 airports around the world making it easy to get around. The new airports are spread across the continent with seven in the US and one in Canada… Continue Reading On thenextweb.com/socialmedia/ » Stephen Colbert Asks Snapchat Founders if Their Profit...