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What’s the Big Deal?
Hey Californians, did you hear? Our <sarcasm>beloved</sarcasm> Governor Schwarzenegger has cut 100% of domestic violence funding from the 2009/2010 budget. Money that helps protect the lives of battered and abused women (and their children) all across the state. This isn’t a reduction or an IOU, this is a permanent annihilation of the [...]

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As spoken word artist and author Gil Scott-Heron once said:
You will not be able to stay home, brother
You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out
…Because the revolution will not be televised
The revolution will be no re-run brothers
The revolution will be live
That was 1971. In a time [...]

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An affiliate friend of mine called me a couple days ago, concerned with the issues of hiring a part-time employee and not giving away all of his wonderful affiliate secrets in the process. Basically, How do I hire someone and ensure they don’t steal my business formula for themselves? Here was my advice to him.
Why [...]

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Whenever January rolls around, I usually don’t involve myself in creating New Year’s resolutions, but this year something different happened. As I reflected on 2008 I came to a few realizations about how the year went (or actually flew by) and how I’d not achieved what I thought I would have during the 12-month span. [...]

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Are geeks sexy? Heck yea! Hmmm…I know you’re thinking, what is she talking about? But I am here to prove that from a woman’s point of view, geeks are super sexy. I’m not talking about the Revenge of the Nerds crew here, I’m talking about real geeks, there’s a difference. Here are my top 5 [...]

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This is just a simple reminder to register to vote if you haven’t done so already. OK, still not convinced?
A good friend of mine told me he wasn’t going to vote, and that he hadn’t voted in the previous two elections. When I asked why not, he said, “I don’t really know what’s going on.”
I [...]

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I think the first time I heard about affiliate marketing was when I was recruited for my first job as PPC Manager. “They’re making how much money?!” was my initial response to finding out how affiliate marketing worked, and how much money was going into the company of my soon-to-be boss and mentor. At that [...]

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This is Sharp’s commercial slogan in Japan — referring to how solar energy can and will provide all the energy needed for consumer daily life. I was immediately intrigued by the sound and visuals of the commercial’s ominous yet inspiring tone, my first reaction being, Do we need saving?
As someone who’s not a Sharp enthusiast, [...]

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As for myself, Yes. Some people can juggle 20 million things and not be distracted while tending to any one particular thing. That’s not me. Let me tell you why.
When I was a kid, I was a pretty good student. For the most part, I got A’s, but it wasn’t easy for me. I tried [...]

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Did any of you receive PayPal’s monthly “newsletter” today? I was cleaning up my inbox and was shocked that they’re emailing their recipients with affiliate deals. Here’s the email in its entirety:

Here are the reasons this irks me:

I am to receive their “PayPal Periodical newsletter and Product Updates,” which should (in my opinion) contain PayPal [...]

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