Today, I become a truly full-time blogger. I have been preparing for this day for eight months (and dreaming of it for several years). Now that it has arrived, I am both excited and petrified, but I am confident that anything without risk is not worth doing. [...]

It’s been the mantra of entrepreneurs for generations: “You can’t get rich on a salary.” Is it true? With scant exceptions, even top-paid execs, doctors, and lawyers make less than $1 million a year. And you can certainly grow rich earning six figures a year if you play your cards right. But what about the rest of us? If we aren’t interested in following one of a handful of professional tracks that lead to big paychecks, there are two options: Accept our income level and spend and invest wisely to protect the little money we earn or become an entrepreneur. The way I see it, we can become financially comfortable on a salary, but not rich. [...]

I recently started using Outright to record the income and expenses for my blogging “business”. In a word, I’m blown away! As a budding entrepreneur, Outright provides everything I need to track income, expenses, and taxes, but nothing I don’t. [...]

My biggest regret about how I spent my college years is that I didn’t apply some—or all—of my free time to entrepreneurial pursuits. If you’ve got time between classes, your college dorm room is a great place to start a business. After all, Microsoft, Dell, Apple, Facebook, Netscape, and FedEx were all started by college students. If you want to start a business at college, here are a few tips: [...]

Maybe you’ve got a killer business idea and a bullet-proof business plan, or maybe you’re already raking in some cash, either full-time or on the side. If you’re an entrepreneur, eventually you’ll need to decide how to structure your business. [...]

Business credit cards are the credit card industry’s best-keep secret. They feature lower APRs, better rewards, and better introductory terms than consumer cards—and anybody with good credit can get one. No business? No problem. Here are five reasons to swap your current plastic for a business card.

Better balance transfers

The number one reason to get a business credit card? Many feature longer 0% balance transfer offers than consumer credit cards. At the time of this article, Advanta—a leading credit card issuer for small businesses—offered a 0% balance transfer for 15 months on the no annual fee Advanta Platinum Card.

Better 0% introductory offers

Want to make a big, new purchase and pay it off over time—for free? Most consumer cards only feature intro APRs for six or 12 months, but some business cards offer 0% APRs for as long as 15 months.

Useful rewards

Credit cards marketed to consumers with excellent credit

If you’re serious about making money blogging and already have your blog topic and your blog set-up, the next step is to get eyeballs on your site! Here’s how you can begin to write great content and utilize several unique strategies to begin to build traffic on your blog. [...]

Continuing our series on how to blog for profit, this post looks at how to start your blog for less than $20 – or even for free. [...]

With plenty of bloggers making a steady part-time income from their sites and some even earning a full-time income, I thought I would share the strategies I employed to turn my blogs into a significant source of extra income each month. [...]

“Startup” by phitar.

Astute readers of this blog will know that I advocate increasing your income more often than reducing your spending. It’s time to put my money where my mouth is with ten real business ideas (not cheesy work-at-home ideas) that require little or no money to start up.

I’m not saying these ideas will make you rich, but with a little hard work you might end up with a nice second income. [...]