So, I’m sure you guys should know what Twitter is by now. Well, I decided to start a brand new Twitter account strictly for DatMoney and I’m going to let you guys follow how to get more Twitter followers quickly with me.

I had my own account previously but I barely used it. Matter of fact, I’ve only been using it lately to enter random Twitter contests. I decided that I would start one to try to brand DatMoney a little more. Unfortunately for me, when I signed up for Twitter (again), the username “DatMoney” was taken by some random loser who wanted to sign up for it, leave 3-4 updates and never go back to it.

What a waste of branding for me!

Now I’m officially @DatMoneyDotCom for those of you guys that want to follow.

This is a test and since I just created this new account about 5-10 minutes ago, you guys will see I have absolutely no followers when this post becomes live. But that’s a good thing, I’m going to show you guys how to get more Twitter followers quickly and easily. I don’t know how quickly it will be but I’m guessing if these methods work, I should probably have a few hundred within the next week or so.

But just a heads up, there are a few techniques I will be trying out and supposedly all of them work just fine.

One of the methods I’m going to use is the basic promotion – letting people know the Twitter account for DatMoney actually exists, hold a contest, follow others, leave comments, etc. But since you guys already know that basic stuff, I won’t get into that unless someone requests that I do. (A lot of people still have no idea what Twitter is and how it can benefit them in a lot of different ways).

Now the other method I will be trying is somewhat automated and a lot of people may consider it unethical. But I’m the type to test things out just to see how it works. Although, I probably won’t do it for the long run.

Again, I’ll be doing it just for testing purposes to see how it works and if it actually does. There are various Twitter tools that can help in the process as well. But in the meantime, I’ll just sum it up and write a more detailed post sometime in the future when and if I see a large increase in followers.

The quick summary would be:

1. Sign up for Twitter
2. Sign up for the free Twitter tools (I’ll post the details later)
3. Do a search on Twitter for your targeted audience (for instance, make money online)
4. Let the Twitter tools get the followers for you

That sounds pretty easy, right? I’m sure a lot of you guys already know this method, if not, you can follow me @DatMoneyDotCom and see if this works and if it does, you can do the very same thing!

More to come on how to get more Twitter followers… stay tuned!

Hey, I like it when people hit me up to let me know what I write on here actually works for them. I mean, I already know it does since I use these methods myself but it’s always nice hearing other peoples’ success stories. And another reader left a comment telling me the mini success they had on their first day!

This time around, I didn’t get a message telling me they made $2,000+ in one day like a previous reader did but they did in fact make some money. And what makes it even better was the fact that it sounded like they tried it for the very first time and made $19 that day.

Now I know that doesn’t sound like much but nowadays it seems as though a lot of bloggers are struggling to make $100/month. And if you do the math, $19/day for one month equals $570! I can guarantee you a majority of people who try to make money online barely make that amount. I think even John Chow wrote some post regarding how a majority of bloggers struggle to make $100/month. Are you one of those?

Of course, my technique varies a lot each day and each month and it gives different results for everyone. Nothing is a guarantee but if you’re actually willing to work for the money instead of expecting things to come so easily then you should have no problem making more than $100/day.

I’m lazy myself but whenever I’m in need of some extra cash, I implement my method to get some money. It’s not exactly “quick” cash or anything because Google takes forever to send you a check but at least you can expect something in the mail.

If you have any success stories based on what you’ve learned or found here at DatMoney, please let me know. I would love to hear about it and possibly write about it.

And for everyone else, you should consider checking out my $100/Day from Adsense post because as you can see, people are trying it out for themselves and it’s showing some quick results!

Just recently, I became a credit card fraud victim and even though I was protected by the company, I was also extremely annoyed by the situation and how it went down exactly. Matter of fact, the credit card company wasn’t too helpful but it looks like in the long run, I’m somewhat protected.

I’m sure you guys are wondering why I’m writing about this credit card fraud, well, nowadays everyone has a credit card. And if you’re an online entrepreneur, it’s almost guaranteed that you have one. This is how we purchase things online and save.

For instance, if you have a credit card that you use to purchase ads with Google Adwords for affiliate marketing and your credit card gives you rewards back of five percent on your spending, you’re saving quite a lot of money in the long run.

But then again, you also have to be cautious on where you use your credit card as well. And if this happens to you, I hope you don’t have to go through the same hassle I went through.

Anyways, let me tell you what happened to me and how it went down.

This past Saturday, I decided that I would check how much I racked up in my spending for the past few weeks. But when I tried to log onto my online banking system, it was giving me an error message of:

“There are no open eligible accounts to display for this Online ID. We are unable to to service your request. If you need further assistance, please call…”

I found it weird that I couldn’t log into my account, especially the fact that I used my credit card just the previous night. So, I decided to chat with an online representative. The first one was useless, couldn’t tell me anything but informed me that I should contact the number provided to me.

So, I was forced to because at this point I was a little worried that there was no “eligible accounts to display” so what happened to it? How am I going to pay for the balance?

When I called, the entire thing was an automated voice messaging system. After being frustrated for a while, I was trying to get a hold of a live person.

No such luck.

When I finally thought I got through to a live person, it contacted me to a invalid number. So, I went back to chat online with a different rep and they basically told me the same crap as the previous person – they couldn’t help and I needed to call for further assistance.

But this time I was given a different phone number. So, I called it and basically asked what happened to my account and why can’t I log in.

The live person on the phone responded like “Well, if you didn’t cancel your account, more than likely there was fraudulent activities going on so the fraud department probably canceled it for you.”

And then he transferred me to the fraud department.

When I spoke to the gentleman on the phone, he wasn’t very helpful but at least I figured out what happened. Apparently, some “merchant” that I used a credit card with was compromised and all credit card information was taken from them. That’s what the person on the phone told me.

He didn’t tell me which “merchant” or any other information besides the fact that they are issuing me a brand new credit card. And he basically told me they were going to give me more information when they find out more.

Are you serious?! I laughed a little bit especially the fact that no one informed me till this very day. It was just a coincidence that I tried to check my account online on the day it was being canceled.

For the record, this was through Bank of America and honestly, I’ve never been a fan of theirs. Unfortunately for me, I had this credit card for years before they were bought out by them so I just kept it.

So, in a way, I was protected by the company which is always a good thing. Unfortunately, the downfall to all of this is the fact that I had to find out on my own, I went through the frustration of dealing with all this (especially the bad customer service), I now need to change anything that my credit card is linked to, the company probably won’t give me any incentive for inconveniencing me and issuing me a credit card and now I won’t have one for the next 5-7 business days if I need to purchase anything.

Thanks a lot to the hacker, the merchant who still remains unknown and thanks to the lovely credit card company. (I’m being sarcastic, of course!)

Have you guys been through such hassles before?

This is part two of the site flipping series and you guys should all know this one: How to pick a domain name and registrar. I’m sure a bunch of you guys still use dot blogspot blogs but technically you can’t sell those sites. And when I say “technically”, I think it’s actually against their TOS to sell it so accepting money then transferring is still illegal.

There are plenty of domain registrar sites to buy your domain name from and people prefer ones over others for whatever reason. I tend to go with reputable sites because I’m a name brand type of person (most of the time). I feel as though you get what you pay for. It’s almost equivalent to cheap hosting, in the long run you’re probably going to get screwed.

You guys should all remember my post “This is Why You Should NOT Get Cheap Web Hosting.”

Which Domain Registrar Do I Use?

Personally, I usually go with GoDaddy but with all the additional things that come with it, it gets expensive. I mean, keeping your information private, business stuff, etc. But the good thing about them is the fact that they always have coupons and discounts to save money.

The other one I started using half way through last year was Name.com. The reason why I started using them is because they started off at like $5.99 for dot com names. Next thing you know it just keeps inflating until $8.99.

Though, that’s still pretty cheap especially the fact that the private WHOIS (where they keep your information private) is completely free. In addition, you can use Google accounts with it as well at no additional charge.

So in the long run, you pay $8.99 and not $8.99 + $4.99 + $6.99.

How to Pick a Domain Name

Honestly, this all depends on the person. You can use just about any domain name if you know exactly what you are doing but essentially, you want to pick a domain name in which people would remember. You want it to be brandable and if you have a specific keyword/niche you’re trying to target, you might want to try to include that within the domain, if you can.

There are a bunch of ways and methods I use to pick a good domain name.

Use your Main Keyword as the Domain - Let’s say you already did your keyword research and say your main keyword is “Xbox 360 Cheats”, you would try to get “xbox360cheats.com”.

Of course, this is extremely hard because most of the highly searched for keyword domains are gone. But there are still a lot of them left. Plus, you can always try to go with something like “BESTxbox360cheats.com” that way you’re still including your targeted keyword within the domain.

The reason for this is because having the keyword in the domain name could potentially help you rank in search engines. I’ve done it a bunch of times on smaller sites and it actually works with very minimal linkage.

Shorter = Better? Not necessarily but if you can get a domain name with four characters or less, that is pretty rare. Honestly, if you can, I would consider just selling the domain name instead of creating a site for it. I’m sure you can get some decent money just off of that.

Brandable and Easy to Remember Domains - If you are creative (or lucky), you should have no problem with this one.

Like I mentioned, if you can get a short domain name then that’s golden. Unfortunately, nowadays you won’t be able to find a three letter or even a four letter domain name that is available. If you can, then you are one of the lucky few!

But just because it’s not short, it doesn’t mean you can’t get a easy to remember or brandable domain. You want to come up with something catchy, that sticks in people’s heads. Who cares if it’s corny or cliche, they will still remember it.

You guys remember “ListLunatic.com”, that was pretty brandable and easy to remember.

You Want to Avoid Words that Connect with Each Other with the Same Letter – For instance, “gamecodessite”. Notice how there are two S letters right next to each other. More often than not, when someone is typing that into their web browser, they’re going to forget about that second S. Which could possibly have you lose out on another visitor, subscriber, buyer, etc.

A majority of the time, I go to instantdomainsearch.com because it’ll tell you if it’s available or not instantly. Though, sometimes they aren’t 100 percent up-to-date but for the most part it’s pretty handy.

When it comes down to it, you don’t really have to have a great domain name to flip a site. Though, I almost always try to get a brandable domain name simply because it’s just another good selling point to convince your buyer on the worth of your site.

Anyways, how do you guys pick domain names and registrars? Let me know!

Now this isn’t a guarantee but I figured I’d just write a post on it because of the chance and initiative I took. And by taking this chance and initiative, I may get $500 for 10 minute of my time.

I’m sure you guys are wondering how in the hell I may possibly get $500 for 10 minutes of my time. Well, honestly, it wasn’t hard. But then again, I’m not even guaranteed it.

Last night I received an e-mail from my contact form titled “$500″ on the subject line. Naturally, I thought it was going to spam until I saw who was e-mailing it to me. It was Tyler Cruz of tylercruz.com whom is a pretty cool entrepreneur and successful one at that.

He was basically informing me of his weight loss competition and the status of it.

So, what does that have to do with me getting $500?

Well, do you guys remember when I wrote that post titled “Working as an Online Entrepreneur = Weight Gain?” That post was written to also enter in the competition/contest to win $500. And just by taking 10 minutes to write that quick post, I have the opportunity to win some cash.

But the best news was the fact that my chances of getting that $500 increased drastically. I also found out by reading Tyler’s lastest weight lose update that I’m the only person who actually took the initiative to vote against his opponent, Jonathan Volk.

It was quite surprising too because only two total people voted for this competition (one for Tyler and one for Jonathan). So, in essence, if Jonathan doesn’t lose 6.5 pounds within the next 30 days, I’m going to be $500 richer than I was.

I know what most of you guys are thinking, this is all based on luck. But the purpose of this post isn’t about hoping to win or luck, it’s more about taking action, taking chances with your online projects and if you have nothing to lose (besides some time) and everything to gain, you should jump on that opportunity when it arises.

Honestly, I wasn’t even going to enter the contest because I was being lazy and I didn’t think I would win. But I just decided to take a shot at it because I wanted to cover the topic on weight gain and living as an online entrepreneur and of course, the chance to win $500.

I hope this is a lesson for all of you guys, if you see a great opportunity, take a chance but more importantly, take action! Because who knows, you may end up with better rewards than just $500!