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Is anyone attending the Affiliate Summit 2010 that is taking place in Las Vegas? Well, it starts this weekend and I heard it’s going to be a blast. Unfortunately, I will not be attending (again) because I have other responsibilities. Though, who wouldn’t want to go to Sin City?
I’ve had plenty of chances to go to previous Affiliate Summits particularly the one that was held in Boston, where I currently live. The unfortunate part is I don’t plan ahead too often and there’s a reason behind that. Most of the time when I plan far in advance, those same plans just collapse and nothing goes right.
On top of that, I have a busy schedule to begin with. Remember I still work full-time at my day job as well as try to keep up with all my online stuff. And of course, I try to balance that out with somewhat of a social life to keep myself sane.
But if you have never been to an Affiliate Summit, such as myself, then I heard you’re missing out. Every single time a new summit comes around the number of attendees just continue to increase. And since this time around it’s going to be held at Las Vegas, I would assume that they will have even more people attending.
I heard they have a lot of events that sound interesting enough to join. This year, in particular, they are going to have a charity poker event on top of the expo halls, interviews, dinners, etc. I’m sure you guys know that I’m a big poker fan and I’ll play when I have a chance. Unfortunately, I haven’t had as much time to go dedicate myself to playing poker as of late.
Besides going to Las Vegas, enjoying the scenery and events, the other primary reason why I would go is the simple fact of networking and finally getting a chance to meet a bunch of other online entrepreneurs. I’ve been networking more and more and it’s always nice meeting people, learning new things as well as teaching.
Plus, meeting people in person is completely different from meeting online. They will actually get a chance to see who you are, talk to you and get to know you. I’m a goofy/funny guy who almost always has a smile on my face and if there are some people like me, it’s always good to see who that person is behind the computer screen.
Anyways, are any of you guys attending the Affiliate Summit West 2010 or have you ever attended one before? Let me know and I’d be interested in your experience with it.
So, I’ve run into various places in which you get paid for your ideas but to me, it’s all on an honor system and believe it or not, a lot of people are not honest.
There are plenty of websites like this. The very first one I ran into was a website in which you come up with domain name ideas for potential clients and if your domain name idea gets picked, you get paid.
The one I noticed most recently was on Sitepoint. They have a new section on their website entitled “Name My Thingy” in which people post what they are looking for and you guys come up with the idea and get paid for it. The thing I’m not a big fan of is the simple fact that you really have no way to prove an “idea” is yours.
Of course, you can go through the whole legal system, create a blueprint of your idea and get it copyrighted but then again, who really wants to go through all that hassle to get paid a few dollars? A few hundreds? Okay, if it were thousands, then I would definitely consider getting my “idea” copyrighted.
As internet entrepreneurs making money online or running a business, you’re going to need to budget and deal with taxes. Since I’m getting more into the business aspects with my online entrepreneurship, I figured I would get you guys a list of tax deductions for 2009 so you can deduct as many things as you can to save money.
I already mentioned on previous posts Tax Deductions for Self Employed and Tax Deductibles for Self Employed Online Entrepreneur a few of the big things you can deduct but below is a bigger list that I tried to get together for those of you guys that will be doing your taxes for your online businesses.
On this post, I will try to list as many things as I can that you should be able to deduct mainly regarding your online stuff. This is to help you guys out especially if this is the first time you’re doing taxes for your online business… or maybe you just want to find out more things you can deduct. 
Okay, so here we go…
- Office Rent
- Utilities for your work space (electricity, internet, work phone)
- The interest on business loans
- Work supplies (for instance, you need a desk, chair and computer to work online)
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Another year over and since I just reflected on how I did with my 2009 goals, I figured I would go over some of the best posts on DatMoney incase you guys missed it and some of the best things that came from DatMoney in 2009.
The Best Things That Came From DatMoney 2009
A lot of good things have come from DatMoney in 2009 but probably one of the best was failing in various aspects. I think you can’t fully succeed without failure and when I first started my online entrepreneurship with a former business partner, we failed miserably but we learned a lot from these failures.
Anyways, here are some of the best things that came from DatMoney in 2009:
I Did Not Sell My Blog – I’m sure you guys remembered when I put DatMoney for sale and I got a mixed review from people. Of course, the reason why I was selling in the first place was to have financial backup incase my day job didn’t work out. I had a few serious bidders but I never hit my reserve so I stayed with my blog so unfortunately for you guys, you’re going to have to continue to deal with me. 
But I’m hoping to provide good content, things you guys can take and learn from and hopefully build relationships. Speaking of relationships…
Built Great Relationships – One of the best parts of having a somewhat reputable blog is the fact that you end up networking with a ton of people and build great relationships. Yes, a lot of them are business relationships which help you develop for the future but more importantly, the friendship. And although this may sound cheesy but friendships last a long time and sometimes having a friend is better than just a business partner.
It’s always a good thing to revisit your goals and of course, analyze your stats. Well, around the same time last year I decided that I would actually set some goals for myself for 2009. I didn’t set too many as I didn’t want to overwhelm myself but even this short list made me really think.
Let’s go over the five main goals I set for myself and see how I have progressed.
Increase my RSS Feed Count to 1,500 - Obviously, I didn’t succeed but then again, I didn’t push as much as I should have. I believe I started the year around 700, give or take, and I’m currently sitting somewhere around 1,050ish.
When I came up with that goal, I figured I could easily double up my numbers over a span of a year. Unfortunately, so many things happened this year which also included the fact that I was going to sell this blog! Of course, that didn’t end up going through which is a good thing.
Technically, it was a failure but I did increase my RSS Feed count by 150% over the course of the year. so, although I didn’t meet my goal I did make good progress.
Make $1,000/month from this Blog Alone - Another fail! Like I mentioned previously, I considered selling this blog and even put it up for auction which seemed to have hurt my value a little bit. Of course, it started to pick up a little more of late as I get back into the swing of things.
When I came up with that goal, I was figuring I would make somewhere around $12,000 within the year. I just figured if I could average $1,000/month I would meet that goal especially given the fact that with online entrepreneurship, revenues tend to fluctuate month to month. And things come up that sometime require your attention too which takes you away from the entrepreneurship.
