Money Posts
334 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
How does a young entrepreneur pivot from selling peep holes door-to-door, to creating a local magazine that turns in to Angie's List? Listen to my interview with Bill Corbin (my dad) on this Fathers Day edition of 8iFY. My dad and I also talk about our adventures trying to work together, and how as an entrepreneur you'll lose your ass the first time - so do it quickly.
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Mentioned in this Episode:
Enfront
Bill on Twitter
Appendant Marketing Group
Fortran, Basi...
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341 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
No show this week due to a killer vacation in Gulf Shores Alabama. Instead here's an audio reading of my short book Whore It Up - the Developers Guide to Shameless Promotion.
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359 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
How does a pre-bubble dotcomer go from creating a successful job board network (DashJobs), to being one of Indianapolis' premiere startup attorney?
Listen to my conversation with Brian Powers and find out.
We also talk about how Brian's startup was generating $10,000 a month with a FrontPage website, and how raising money destroyed it.
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Also mentioned in this show:
Verge
IndianaStartup.com
Ohio State
WordPress
Beyond.com
DeveloperTown
The Innovatio...
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376 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
How do you turn your code in to cash?
In this Interview I talk with Binpress.com's Marketing leader Adam Tal. You'll hear how Adam got his start making money online, creating revenue generating machines and landing at Binpress.com, a new source code market place that's going to make a lot of good coder a lot of cash.
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We also talk about / mention:
Adam's MoneyMachineFactory
How it cost him 14 partners before he saw his ideas turn in to money online.
Finchsells....
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380 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
Making money online schemes have turned in to some of the biggest scams on the internet. Most claims are flat out lies in order to fool consumers in to buying some book, crappy software or video tutorials.
Today I offer a handful of methods to actually make money online. Sure these services won't afford you a Bentley and/or beach house in Hawaii, but they can add a little relief from your West Coast Tacos addiction.
Giggil
Giggil makes it insanely easy to turn your old books, cds a...
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407 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
1994 Power Macintosh
Apple Cube Commercial 2000
Powermac vs. Intel
Then Apple went in Intel.
PowerBook - early 90's
Corporate Mac
The greatest commercial ever aired
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415 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
It's important to know how much you can spend in online advertising (Google AdWords, Facebook Ads) and still come out net positive. To do this you'll need to calculate the EPC (earnings per click) for a given offer.
Story Time: Let's say you're promoting an ebook called "Billy Bob's guide to Goat Milking" as an affiliate.
Bob claims that his ebook gets a 6 to 9% conversion rate.
Bob's book pays out $44 for each sale an affiliate brings in.
We first have to be realistic on the conversion rate...
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432 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
Doug Rowe and I talk about a few of my favorite products and services in a pseudo-Oprah style, minus giving things away.
MacBook Pro, DropBox, Audible, My Daughter, Kim Crawford, Brewhouse, Roku, Netflix, Hulu, Dexter, Amazon Prime, GarageBand, GetClicky, Prycast and [shameless plug] JobExpose podcast.
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438 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
I wanted to share some changes I'll be making to 8IFY over the next few weeks. I've been absolutely ecstatic with the traffic, the response and the outreach of the 8iFY readers and listeners - however, I need to make some changes to the 8iFY format in order to maintain my sanity, which is fragile at times :).
Each weekend I spend 10 hours coming up with 5 blog posts covering ways to generate money online using technology. Then, on Sunday I would record and produce the 8iFY podcast, ta...
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465 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
eBooks might seem passé, but I assure you they are a great way to get more sign ups for your mailing list, to drive traffic to affiliate links or drive more people to your website.
I used my eBook Whore IT Up, as a freebie if people signup for the 8iFY Mailing list. While this book isn't long (only 30 pages or so), it took me about 120 hours to write, edit, design and bundle. Since I value my time at $200 an hour, Whore IT Up ultimately cost me around $24,000 to produce, and while it h...
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466 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
![Make money online with a targeted Marketplace [wordpress]](http://8ify.com/wp-content/themes/8ify3/timthumb.php?src=http://8ify.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/marketplace-forms.png&w=100&h=100&zc=1&cropfrom=)
In my never ending quest to generate cash from this blog, I decided to build a marketplace where individuals and companies could actively promote their goods and services for a small fee. So far the results are looking very promising. In addition to allowing people to place ads in the marketplace, I also will give away free ads to help promote friends, or in exchange for discounted or free products. I also include a free spot in the marketplace for all of the 8IFY Podcast sponsors.
Here are t...
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472 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
![Make money online by finding a niche, creating an email list and building a landing page. [members only]](http://8ify.com/wp-content/themes/8ify3/timthumb.php?src=http://8ify.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/google-keyword-tool-dragon.jpg&w=100&h=100&zc=1&cropfrom=)
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477 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
![Make money building a hosted LESS Service (CSS) [idea]](http://8ify.com/wp-content/themes/8ify3/timthumb.php?src=http://8ify.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/less-logo.jpg&w=100&h=100&zc=1&cropfrom=)
LESS is a technique that makes CSS insanely more powerful, using Variables, Mixins, Operations and Nested Rules. It does this by incorporating a little server side code and is available for virtually all popular development platforms.
If you're looking for a new product to generate a little money on the side, this type of service would be incredibly valuable to web designers who don't want to mess with server side code, and are looking for a way to off load their CSS on to a CDN.
Example:...
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492 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
![Part 2: How to sell products online [ecommerce]](http://8ify.com/wp-content/themes/8ify3/timthumb.php?src=http://8ify.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/amazon-webstore.jpg&w=100&h=100&zc=1&cropfrom=)
Part 2 of "Selling online" consists of getting your products listed so people can buy your goodies. If you missed Step 1 I suggest you read "How the hell do I find products to sell online" first.
Most people don't think about the amount of time and money required to move from one eCommerce platform to another — but I assure you IT'S HUGE. So really look at the options and choose carefully. Which eCommerce Platform you pick to power your online business is a big decision; hopefully t...
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494 days ago
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Produced by Brandon Corbin
LESS was originally a ruby gem for Ruby on Rails that made CSS significantly more dynamic. Now there's been ports in PHP, Javascript, and even .NET. None-the-LESS (pun intended), it's worth checking out! This could change the way you write CSS foreva!
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