Comments on: Value of a Dollar Earned

By: Learning How to Make a Budget — P2P No Bank

Learning How to Make a Budget — P2P No Bank — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:19:59 +0000

[...] Value of a Dollar Earned I've been thinking about my Alternative Income Streams recently. I'm trying to put them in context with the earnings from my day job. I'm at a bit of crossroads where I'm not sure what to make of this income stream. A large number of you leave comments about how well…… [...]

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:25:44 +0000

I must say someting. The concept of passive income confuses many many people around the world and many start a second business to build a passive income… but totally ignoring the term ‘passive.’ A passive income should be a stream of income that requires little work. Not full time job.
Remember that when start.

By: Brip Blap

Brip Blap — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:47:23 +0000

Tremendous article that you linked to. There is something about alternative income. My wife makes about 1/100th with her web business than she did at her job now that she stays home with our son, but she is infinitely happier with each penny than she was with each dollar!

By: The Financial Blogger

The Financial Blogger — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:12:06 +0000

Alternative income makes the difference between making good money, and living the good life. Hopefully I’ll find my way through and my wife can quite her job. Man, it is good to dream!
Lazyboy ;-) , you are definitely a source of motivation for most of us!
Keep it up !
FB.

By: Argonautica

Argonautica — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:09:08 +0000

Lazy Man, I follow your alternative income streams progress with great enthusiasm because I love the idea of establishing a “passive” (or at least something other than 9-5 job) income. You’re already beyond 1/3 of the way to your goal and your rate of increase is changing rapidly. If you want a little encouragement, plot a curve based on your monthly alternative income over time and see where the curve leads you. I’m not saying you’ll actually get there that quick, but I bet the projections will be encouraging.

My personal goal is very similar: use my current salary to pay off all my debt (hopefully including the house) over the next couple/few years while building alternative, preferably passive, income streams that will actually be something I could live on once the debt is paid off.

By: At The Bottom

At The Bottom — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:05:36 +0000

I know what you mean. I made around $1250 from 4 months on MoneyBlogSite. Not a lot of money when you think about it, but when it comes to supplemental income, it is a ton. I think that might be the way you see it, as I am going down the road where I want to become a Web Entrepreneur. I am a long ways away from being able to live off internet money, but the dream of being able to keeps me going.

I have also been recently selling my old stuff, like I just got $60 for a surround sound system I bought 6 years ago for $400, or my PS2 I played for 6 years than sold for $100. When I got that $60 in cash, it was a lot to me because it was extra money. $60 coming in my paycheck every week is nothing because I know I am always going to get it. But this extra $60 for nothing was awesome, and I wanted to go out and spend it right away.

My point is that MY Blog Money wass supplemental, and the fact that it was, made it that more special.

By: Lazy Man

Lazy Man — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:12:18 +0000

You should see the software I write. It really stretches the definition of “art”.

By: J2R

J2R — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:28:02 +0000

Brother, you’re a software engineer. Writting software is an art. Don’t put yourself down like that.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:46:10 +0000

I will stop and smell the roses more often!

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:32:17 +0000

What a great article, thanks for the link. :)

I think everyone has a common need: validation. Blogging is an extension of you, and earning income from blogging is a validation that what you do brings value to your readers. When I get a nice comment on one of my posts, or see that I have new subscribers, I feel that same feeling of validation.

By: RateLadder.com

RateLadder.com — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:51:16 +0000

What does U Comment I follow mean?

By: RateLadder.com

RateLadder.com — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:48:24 +0000

Wow!!! I probably would have walked right past as well… What a shame.
I wish I could have been there and known. But I guess that defeats the purpose.

By: Brad

Brad — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:45:31 +0000

That article was remarkable. Thank you for posting the link. I actually feel guilty after reading it, fairly certain that I have not been “stopping and listening” nearly enough in my day-to-day life. I may make an effort now to appreciate things more– not that I’ll ever get a free concert from Joshua Bell on my way to work or anything, but there is much out there that we just ignore when we should be soaking it in.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:24:32 +0000

You are one of the reasons I developed “Thriving in a Global Economy” as a seminar/workshop. You can earn more from alternative income, but you need multiple revenue streams.

[editor: I judged this to be a comment to market a service so I de-linked it... If you are interested go to cheapogroovo.com.]