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Busy Building Up Affiliate Niche Blogs To Make Cash Online November 17, 2008

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I have been pretty busy building up affiliate niche blogs and stores to make cash online that I have not written any post here since September.

Since signing up as a member of The Niche Blogger, I have been building a few niche blogs and stores using Amy Bass’ powerful method, especially the marketing tools. I mean FREE marketing tools to promote and draw organic traffic to my multiple affiliate niche blogs.

Of course, not all of the marketing tools are free. There are a few marketing tools that require monthly payments if you want to speed up your link building and drawing tonnes of organic traffic from Google, Yahoo, MSN and other search engines.

As a work-at-home mom who is still loaded with credit card debt, I can only opt for FREE marketing tools. Although they are free to use and may take a bit time to draw more traffic and increase search rankings for my niche blogs, I am fine with them.

My goal is still making $5,000 per month from multiple niche blogs and stores. After two months’ learning from The Niche Blogger Amy Bass, my confidence in building my blogging empire and $5,000 monthly has increased tremendously.

It’s definitely possible to hit $5,000 per month provided you follow Amy Bass’ method step by step and most important of all, give yourself a few months’ time to build up your affiliate niche blogs slowly. It takes a bit time to let your blogs grow steadily, get ranked in the search engines, generate consistent traffic, and finally bring in passive income consistently.

I won’t tell you tonnes of passive income because I am not there yet. But I am getting $9 per day consistently now from my niche blogs and stores, mostly from 3 niche blogs.

Imagine if my other niche blogs are old enough some time later! I am sure my earnings will leap from $9 per day to $18 to $50 per day. I am excited to see my online income multiply exceedingly soon.

If you still rely on paid posts to generate you cash online, I think you should seriously consider building up affiliate niche blogs and stores to make cash online. Niche blogs and stores can generate you passive income for months and years to come.

Credit Card Debt Moms Want To Make $5,000 A Month To Pay Off Credit Card Debt Fast September 10, 2008

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www.TheNicheBlogger.comI am not contented with my current income made from Google AdSense and niche blogs.

Making $1,000 a month online is not sufficient for me to pay off my credit card debt in 3 years’ time.

I want a great leap from making $1,000 a month to $2,000 a month, and then to $3,000, and then to $5,000. But how to make so much money online?

Well, it’s best to learn from niche bloggers and marketers who really make $5,000 a month if I really want to make $5,000 a month.

To be exact, I want to learn from working mamas who have also been in deep debt trouble but managed to pay down their credit card debt through blogging and online business.

If they can settle their credit card debt successfully with the money they earn from blogging and online business, it really spurs me to make more money online to reduce credit card debt fast.

A few days ago, I finally signed up Amy Bass’ membership site — The Niche Blogger. I said ‘finally’ because I did consider for some time if I should sign up as a basic member.

I am pretty sure that her way of building niche blogs will be more or less the same as mine. But why is she making more than $5,000 a month while I am only making $1,000?

I want to find out her secrets of making more than $5,000 a month. I want to know if I am on the right path in building niche blogs. I want to know if my way of building niche blogs is right.

So, I signed up as one of The Niche Blogger members.

If you are a newbie working mom, stay-at-home mom or work-at-home mom who wants to build your own blogging empire and later be your own boss, learn from The Niche Blogger Amy Bass.

The Niche Blogger Amy Bass was once loaded with $72,900 credit card debt but able to pay down her debt to $22,466 in less than one and half years through niche blogs and websites. I would love to do what she is doing now.

Work-At-Home Moms Can Also Make $30, $50, $100 Or More Google AdSense Earnings A Day On Multiple Niche Blogs August 30, 2008

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A few months ago, I lamented how I wished I could make $30 Google AdSense earnings every day and how difficult it was to make money from Google AdSense.

Apparently, it’s possible to make $30, $50, $100 or more a day from Google AdSense on multiple niche blogs. Though I am not making $30 a day yet, I am able to make more than $100 a month now.

It used to take me 7 months to make $115.03 from Google AdSense. From making $115.03 in 7 months to making $100 a month every month, I think this is a huge leap for a work-at-home mom who is deeply in credit card debt.

Due to my credit card debt, I have no spare money to invest in Google AdSense e-books. So to optimize my Google AdSense niche blogs, I have to resort to learning AdSense optimization through free tips and tutorials online.

Yes, there are many good make money internet marketers who are willing to teach you how to make money from Google AdSense for free provided you are willing to take your time to learn and you don’t mind going through trials and errors and making money from your niche blogs only after 3 months, 6 months or even longer.

If you really want your niche blogs to make money faster, in 3 months of even shorter, perhaps you may consider learning on how to make money online from the best internet marketers by investing in their e-books or joining their membership sites.

Of course, always read FREE reports and tutorials that are available online for some time before investing in any make money online ebooks or memberships.

6 Reasons Why Work From Home Moms Make Money From Affiliate Niche Blogs August 6, 2008

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I am a work from home mom who has recently given up my teaching career and plunged into affiliate marketing world. To be exact, I am setting up dozens of affiliate niche blogs to make money online.

There are 6 reasons that prompted me to try out affiliate marketing to earn multiple income streams. I am sure some work-at-home moms will agree with me they are also driven by these 6 reasons to set up their affiliate business websites or affiliate niche blogs.

1. You do not need to buy products first before you can promote them, so it’s basically zero cost to start.

2. You do not need to create your own product. Not needing to start creating anything from scratch greatly reduces the start up capital needed for setting up an online business and saves you a lot of time doing research on whether your product will be popular or whether it can even sell.

3. You do not need to keep inventory. If you need to buy and store some goods before you start selling them, you bear the risk of not being able to sell your products and end up stocking more and more stocks.

4. You do not need to handle customer service issues. As customer support is provided back end by the affiliate program owners, you are free from sticky customer service issues. I am a work from home mom who isn’t good at building close personal relationship and dealing with customer complaints, so affiliate business suits me best.

5. You do not need to worry about the technical bits of creating a website. You just need to build an informative blog to attract buyers to your affiliate niche blog. It’s very easy to create a blog using WordPress or Blogger.

Setting up an affiliate niche blog saves you a lot of time when you are just starting out your own online business if compared to setting up a website.

6. It’s FREE to join all kinds of affiliate networks and their affiliate programs. Since they are free to join, you can promote as many affiliate niche programs as you like through your affiliate niche blogs and thus generate multiple income streams.

Affiliate marketing is definitely an ideal work from home opportunity, either as a full time or part time venture for most stay-at-home moms and work-at-home moms. However, you must be well-prepared that you need to pump in your time and efforts before seeing sales or commissions appear in your bank account.

Always read extensively tips, advice and reports on affiliate marketing, making money blogging and building affiliate niche blogs. Read free reports and tutorials that are available online before investing in any make money online ebooks.

How A Blogger Mom Turns To Affiliate Marketing To Make Money To Reduce Credit Card Debts July 31, 2008

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I am a blogger mom who managed to reduce credit card debts from $20,321 to $12,916 starting April 2007.

To speed up paying off my credit card debts, I started trying out affiliate marketing a few months ago to make more money online.

Prior to plunging into affiliate business, I was one of the many blogger moms who was happily bidding or grabbing paid reviews to write to make fast money. The easy money generated from paid posts did help in paying down some of credit card debt.

I am sure most busy blogger moms will agree that getting paid to blog about products or services is the easiest and fastest way to earn money online. Many stay-at-home, single or work-at-home mothers are able to earn a decent income by blogging for many blog advertising networks.

But after all my paid post blogs were smacked by Google and given PR0, I decided to stop relying on paid blog posts to generate income. Depending solely on paid posts is like putting all my eggs in one basket and this is definitely dangerous.

Thinking of not being able to write any paid reviews when I am sick lying on my bed for a few days is really scaring too. It means no income flowing into my bank account! No work, no money.

That’s why I want multiple income streams to provide me ceaseless passive income. And affiliate programs fit the bills.

My initial efforts on affiliate programs didn’t earn as much money as I am earning now, but I was very quickly seeing some sales coming in and commissions rolling in my account. Seeing some sales and commissions does give me encouragement and motivation to keep going with affiliate marketing.

Joining Amazon,  ClickBank, Commission Junction and PepperjamNetwork affiliate programs is free.

Not needing to stock my own goods or merchandise saves me time, money and hassle.  I simply sell other people’s products, goods or services and in return, receive commissions by doing so.

The best part about affiliate marketing is that, once I get my affiliate business going, it really can continue to operate on “auto-pilot,” producing passive income for me even when I am not actively working on maintaining and growing my affiliate business income.

For the time being I am using Search Engine Optimization (SEO) to drive traffic to my affiliate business. It still is the most effective way to get traffic directly from the free search engine listings to my multiple niche blogs.

People who go to search engines such as Google and Yahoo to search for something in particular are already predisposed to purchase the products. Working on SEO to rank highly for keywords in a particular niche helps in getting highly qualified people to my niche affiliate blogs without even spending any money.

Earning extra money with Amazon, ClickBank, Commission Junction and PepperjamNetwork affiliate programs is not as difficult as you think. But you must be prepared to work diligently and persistently on finding niches, setting up niche blogs, learning SEO and other marketing strategies, and promoting affiliate products.

Make Money With Affiliate Marketing; Make Money With PepperjamNetwork July 29, 2008

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It seems that I mention a lot about ClickBank, Google AdSense and Amazon Associates Program, except Commission Junction.

The main reason is that I promote them through all my multiple niche blogs, but only ClickBank, Google AdSense and Amazon Associates Program make me money.

Yes, my multiple niche blogs do make money from ClickBank, Google AdSense and Amazon Associates Program. Being able to generate money and passive income from affiliate marketing has spurred me to work even harder on promoting affiliate products.

It’s true that I haven’t made any sales from Commission Junction yet. One of the reasons is that only a small number of advertisers approved of my applications. Not being approved of selling products which I was very interested in made me pay more attention to ClickBank, Google AdSense and Amazon Associates Program.

Another factor is that Commission Junction pays by check. I prefer networks that pay through PayPal. I want to get my commissions fast via PayPal. As for checks, they take one month to reach my home and then another month to see the money in my savings account. Too slow.

It’s very lucky that Google AdSense pays via check or Western Union. Receiving cash via Western Union at my bank is fast and in a matter of a few minutes.

A few days ago, my blogging pal referred me to PepperjamNetwork, one of the most popular and fastest growing new affiliate networks right now.

At first I was reluctant to join PepperjamNetwork. The reason is simple. If I can’t make money from Commission Junction, I don’t think I can make money from PepperjamNetwork.

What made me sign up? PepperjamNetwork pays via Check, Direct Deposit or PayPal. Yes, the moment I was told of PayPal, I quickly signed up. And guess what? PepperjamNetwork pays out every two weeks.

Like Commission Junction, I joined as many affiliate programs as possible. Some accepted my applications automatically while some declined automatically. Those approved of my applications are programs that I am interested in. So it makes joining PepperjamNetwork a more pleasant experience than Commission Junction.

I signed up this month, therefore there would be $10 sign on bonus in my account. You get to be paid $10 sign on bonus if you sign up now.

PJN July Promo

A Work At Home Mom Focuses On Affiliate Marketing To Make Cash & Money Online July 27, 2008

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I used to be one of those work at home moms who was busy bidding and grabbing product reviews to write to make money online last year.

Life was so meaningful and wonderful at that time because I could tell people proudly that I made money online. I was a work at home mom who made US dollars at the comfort of my home in Malaysia.

For your information, US$1 equaled to RM3.4 last year. Now US$1 equals to RM3.20.

Unfortunately, Google hates people getting paid to blog. Whoever writes product or service reviews shall be punished.

One day in November, my paid post blogs were all slammed by Google and given PR0. In most blog advertising networks, having PR0 for your blogs means that you are fired. You will not be assigned with reviews anymore.

After the PR of my paid post blogs were all smacked with big fat zero, my online income dropped from more than $1,800 a month to less than $1,000. There were months that I barely made $800.

Like most work at home mama bloggers, I felt infuriated and depressed. I was pissed off because Google destroyed my stream of online income. I needed the money to pay my expenses, home mortgage, car loan and most important of all, credit card debts.

It’s been more than 9 months since I lost the PR for all my paid post blogs. Am I still angry with Google for ripping my stream of online income?

No. Indeed, I am grateful. If not because Google penalized my paid post blogs , I wouldn’t have tried internet marketing and affiliate marketing.

I am making much money from Google AdSense recently, thanks to make money online internet marketers’ free SEO tips.

I am starting to see sales generated from ClickBank products. The commission for each product sold is simply amazing. Imagine if I only sell 3 to 5 e-books a day! I can easily make more than $100 a day. But you must be prepared to work hard if you want to sell ClickBank products.

The Amazon Associates Program generates the least income so far. But I won’t give up this program. It still brings in moo, so I want to go on.

Make $115.03 From Google AdSense Before Using Google AdSense Optimization Tips July 9, 2008

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I cashed out $115.03 Google AdSense earnings last week. It took me 7 months to earn $115.03!

But my earnings from Google AdSense will only get better and better. My latest earnings is $115.42. From making $115.03 in 7 months to $115.42 in 1 month, I think this is very encouraging.

I am eying my goal of $30 Google AdSense earnings per day now. If I keep on practicing make money internet marketers‘ free Google AdSense optimization tips, I have confidence I can make it.

Multiple niche blogs do make money if you do what the money making internet marketers’ teachings.

Make Money From ClickBank - $35.86 Commission In June June 22, 2008

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Malaysians get to join ClickBank after waiting for so many years. Yes, ClickBank is open to Malaysians (again).

I joined ClickBank the end of April and have made 2 sales ($35.86) so far. I use money making experts‘ instructions when setting up new niche blogs for ClickBank and Google AdSense. They work!

It’s easy to start new niche blogs. But discipline and persistence are needed when it comes to Writing Articles, Submitting Articles and Building Quality Links.

My Multiple Niche Blogs Do Make Money blog is not an MMO or Make Money Online blog that teaches people how to make money online. I set it up for the purpose of recording my earnings from Google AdSense, ClickBank, Amazon Associates Program, Commission Junction and other affiliate programs.

This is the only blog that I can vent out my personal feelings as my niche blogs contain only articles promoting ClickBank’s affiliate programs.

Poor Conversion Rate For Amazon Associates Program - Make $0.30 June 22, 2008

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It’s been more than 6 months since I stopped giving tuition. I am currently a full time blogger managing multiple niche blogs. Though my income is still less than $1,000 monthly, I have faith that I can make more than $1,000 in near future.

I still have faith and hope in Amazon Associates Program even though I made only $0.30 in June! In May, I managed to make $30.99.

$0.30 … unbelievable! There were hundreds of clicks, but there was only one sale. I guess there are 3 possible reasons that explain the poor conversion rate (0.56%):

1. My traffic of various niche blogs has gone down tremendously these few weeks.

2. With the current slow economy, people’s spending habits have changed. A lot of people have maxed out their home equity credit lines, and are spending cash only and earlier in the month, and then trying to pinch pennies to get by.

3. I may have targeted the wrong group of people.

I will keep on embedding product links into my blog posts. Who knows? Maybe my traffic picks up again or my SEO skills improve. Don’t give up too soon.

Multiple Niche Blogs Do Make You Money If You Know The Secrets For Blogging May 25, 2008

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ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income (Paperback)This month, my Amazon income is much lower than last month. I made $30.99 from Amazon last month, but this month - only $11.04.

I haven’t made any money from Amazon for this make money blog. My Amazon income mainly comes from multiple niche blogs that sell bedroom accessories, kitchen appliances, weight loss products, to name a few.

Multiple Niche Blogs Do Make Money from Amazon if you try out and be persistent. It takes time to see results.

Is it true that make money blogs don’t make money from Amazon? Well, it depends. I think if you sell ebooks written by famous bloggers, there is possibility that you can make money from Amazon.

A good ebook that you can sell is Darren Rowse and Chris Garrett’s ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income (Paperback). Both Darren Rowse and Chris Garrett are successful and profitable probloggers that anyone new to blogging wants to learn their secrets of making money online.

ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income provides results based on the authors’ own experience of what really works through practical, tried and tested advice. You will learn:

* How Bloggers Make Money
* Direct Income Earning vs. Indirect Income Earning methods
* Why Niches are Important
* Using 20 critical blogging tools
* 20 Ingredients for a successful blog post
* Optimizing advertising
* Which advertising platforms work best
* Expert analysis of Technocrat’s Top Blogs – why they work

Multiple Niche Blogs Do Make Money If You Learn From Make Money Online Experts May 21, 2008

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To make more money from multiple niche blogs through Google AdSense, I decided to follow tips and methods taught by 2 make money online experts — Internet Marketing School’s Courtney Tuttle and How to Make Money Online for Beginners‘ Griz.

Multiple niche blogs do make money if I target the right keywords, write good content articles, submit articles to article directories, and build quality inbound links. Target the Right Keywords, Write Good Content Articles, Submit Articles to Article Directories, and Build Quality Inbound Links.

I have made some changes to my multiple niche blogs so that they are geared towards making money from Google AdSense. Most of my time now has been spent on finding the right keywords, writing good content articles, submitting articles to article directories, and building quality inbound links.

I have confidence in finding the right keywords, writing good content articles, and submitting articles to article directories. But for building quality inbound links from the most relevant sites, I know I need to put in tonnes of efforts.

To optimize my multiple niche blogs for better paying AdSense ads, I need to repeat the steps of finding the right keywords, writing good content articles, submitting articles to article directories, and building quality inbound links.

Make Cash & Money Daily From Google AdSense Is Difficult May 4, 2008

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The other day I mentioned how I wish I could make $30 in cash daily from Google AdSense. Just now, I was at Paula Neal Mooney’s blog reading her recent posts on how to make cash daily when I saw her post about her Google AdSense earnings.

Her Google Adsense pay-per-click earnings have dropped from $30 a day to merely $5 a day. Gosh! Paula, an expert sharing with readers on how to make cash and money from Google AdSense, makes around $5 a day! What about a new bie like me? I guess it’s kind of frustrating to see that making money from multiple niche blogs through Google AdSense is getting more and more difficult.

Guess that I should explore other money making revenues to increase my income.

Make $30.99 In Cash From Amazon Associates Program On Multiple Niche Blogs May 3, 2008

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I made $4.84 in cash from Amazon.com in March. But in April, I managed to make $30.99 in cash from my multiple niche blogs. Is it sheer luck or hard work? I guess both.

My buddy asked how I made it. Honestly, I just keep sowing seeds on my multiple niche blogs. I sell all types of products ranging from Jessica Simpson boots, Feed shopping bags, fresh pearl necklaces, to baby diapers, home security alarms to waste baskets.

But I can tell you who inspired me to give Amazon.com a try. I picked tips on how to make cash and money from her — Paula Neal Mooney. She made more than $2,000 from Amazon.com in 6 weeks! You know, $2,000 means RM6,280 in Malaysia.

Be prepared to work hard, though. You need to do research, analyze keywords, sign up Amazon Associates programs around the world, and think globally.

I have already signed up Amazon Associates US, UK and Germany. But I haven’t started my money making projects for the Amazon UK and Germany yet. Why?

The main reason is that I am very busy trying out ClickBank at the moment. I have been waiting for more than 5 years for ClickBank to reopen to Malaysians!

How To Make $30 In Cash Daily From Google AdSense? Share With Me, Please April 30, 2008

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Sometimes I do admire webmasters who make hundreds of dollars in cash from Google AdSense daily. I would be happy to death if I could make $30 in cash daily from my multiple niche blogs.

I know some Malaysian bloggers can achieve $30, $50 or even more than $100 in cash daily. But I feel that they don’t share with people how they make cash daily from Google AdSense. There seems to be some hidden secrets or techniques that they are not sharing with people. Correct me if I am wrong, okay?

From February till today, I have only made $45.00! How to make $30 in cash daily? When can I start making $30 a day to help speed up paying off my credit card debts?

Malaysians Can Make Cash & Money Daily From ClickBank Affiliate Products April 29, 2008

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I was told that ClickBank is open to Malaysians again to make cash and money daily. Yeahoo! I can join now. In fact, I have joined.

I have heard how people have generated hundreds or thousands of dollars from selling ClickBank affiliate products all these years. And also how lucky Malaysians who joined ClickBank more than 10 years ago can make cash and money daily.

For your information, Malaysia was one of the countries banned by ClickBank more than 10 years ago. Correct me if it’s not more than 10 years, okay?

At last, Malaysians can take part in this affiliate program network again to make cash daily. There are thousands of niche products that I can sell on my multiple niche niche blogs. Yes, I have dozens of multiple niche blogs for Amazon Associates Program and also ClickBank.

Don’t I want to make money from writing paid posts with all the niche blogs? No way. You know how fast Google can catch your blogs and kill the PageRank of your blogs filled with paid posts? I am sick of building up new multiple niche blogs, and then being killed the PageRank.

Anyone Buys Jessica Simpson Boots From Amazon? April 25, 2008

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My buddies were surprised that I managed to hit 6% in referral fees this month. What have I done? Well, I just keep on sowing seeds, keep on embedding Amazon products links into my blog posts on my multiple niche blogs.

Of course, I hope that I can reap as much commissions as possible. Do I target any specific products? No, I try every sort of products: Jessica Simpson boots, Marc Jacobs sunglasses, Gucci handbags to Calvin Klein’s men briefs, electric toothbrushes, kitchenwares to wastebaskets.

I don’t know which item will sell, so I just place whatever item I like on my multiple niche blogs. What about Jessica Simpson boots? Honestly, I haven’t sold any Jessica Simpson Boots yet.

Sell More Than 6 Items, Get 6% In Referral Fees April 18, 2008

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I am so happy that I managed to sell more than 6 Amazon products. What does it mean? It means that I can earn 6% in referral fees instead of 4%!

Last month, I made only $4.84 from Amazon Associates Program. I guess I will make more cash and money this month. To date, I have made more than $10. There is possibility that I can hit $20 for April!

So far, picking products from Amazon.com to be placed in my multiple niche blogs is a very pleasant daily task. Sometimes, I focus on jewelry and handbags. There are times when I just feel like finding men’s briefs, fragrance or kitchenwares.

There are simply too many products to choose from Amazon.com that I haven’t felt bored yet.

Make $4.84 In Cash From Amazon Affiliates Program On Multiple Niche Blogs April 2, 2008

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I managed to make only $4.84 in cash from Amazon Associates Program in March. I guess February was better - $5.75. A bit disappointed, though. Anyway I still want to go on.

The main reason is that for every US dollar I make, I can get RM3.16. Imagine if I make USD$100! That means RM316. I could make more than US $1,500 from multiple niche blogs last year! US $1,500 = RM 4,740.

For the time being, I can only make less than $800 monthly online. My goal is to make more than $1,500, $1,800 or even more.

Buy Books Online - The Power Of Positive Thinking Still Works For Me! February 17, 2008

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I told hubby yesterday that I am happier now. I am happier because I don’t have to give tuition anymore. Life without tuition classes is more relaxing and yes, happier!

I pray quite often these days. “Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.” - Proverbs 16:3

I commit to the Lord whatever plans I have to earn income online. But of course, the money making plans must go according to Lord’s will.

Flipping through Norman Vincent Peale’s books is still one of my favorite pastimes.

I wonder if there are still people out there who love Norman Vincent Peale’s books as much as I do!

For me, The Power of Positive Thinking still works for me.