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How to select a free WordPress theme

August 31st, 2010 | Add a Comment

Have a look at some free WordPress themes This second link to free WordPress themes is probably the better one to choose and we give you details below on how to use the search filter there – and this is important for if you get your WordPress blog hosted with us Check off one colour choice under the colours heading, and don’t check off anything else, for starters. Then you need to click the “find themes” box, and scroll down to free theme results that show up. (do some more searches like this, unchecking the colour box you chose before, and checking a new colour – don’t forget to always then click “find themes” and scroll down after each search you do, to see the options that come up in the results.) Now … Read entire article »

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Getting a website or blog: where do I start?

If your website is only 4 to 8 pages, and does not have too many images, the cheapest R360 per year hosting package would probably be fine. Our main site homepage link In the top right hand side area of our main site homepage are 5 links in a brown square that if you follow can give you a lot more detail about our services, and about having a website, in general. We have 4 pages on our site related to the prices and details of the services we offer. On the third page scroll down to the “website hosting” title to see the prices and what you get for the price. Basic costs for a website are the domain … Read entire article »

Write ten short articles a day to earn over R10 000 per month in 3 years time

Okay this is based on the fact that I currently have about 300 web or blog pages and am earning about R300 per month from Google Adsense. I cannot guarantee that 10 articles a day will earn you over R10 000 per month in 3 years time, but, it doesn’t seem impossible either. If you’re keen to earn over R10 000 (that’s about $1 362) per month from home within the next three years, and are prepared to try write 10 articles a day, of say 300 words each, hear me out! It’s what I’m aiming at anyway. My oldest website is already 2 years old, so why am I not yet earning R7200 … Read entire article »

Step by Step for South Africans to receive money via PayPal

I’m set! I’m a South African living in South Africa and can now receive payments via PayPal from online writing sites etc I belong to. Now I will be able to join a few more of these online writing sites that pay only via PayPal. And it wasn’t so difficult afterall. I really thought it would be difficult, but it wasn’t. I used to get excited when I found a nice site from which I could earn some extra income, only to end up miserable when I saw that the only way the site paid was via PayPal – and South Africa was not yet allowed to receive monies via PayPal. Now us … Read entire article »

Make money bookmarking web pages you did not even write

It can take up quite a lot of time writing articles and submitting or publishing them to ad revenue sharing sites in your efforts to earn some extra income online. Then, it doesn’t end there – to get a decent amount of traffic to your articles you have to be active in the community of the online writing sites you have joined, and use social bookmarking sites like twitter, facebook, stumbleupon, digg and reddit to get more people noticing your articles, visiting the articles, and hopefully clicking on the ads if there’s something in the ads that interests them. To get a decent amount of traffic, a writer may join quite a few social bookmarking sites and, … Read entire article »

Adsense Revenue Sharing sites: Xomba, HubPages, and Triond

Xomba, Hubpages, and Triond are just three of many Adsense Revenue sharing sites on the Internet. What is an Adsense Revenue Sharing site? An Adsense revenue sharing site is a site where you have articles you’ve written published, and the owners of the site share the revenue they earn from Google Adsense adverts (displayed within or next to your articles) with you. Often, these sites (and articles on them) receive quite a bit more traffic than most “stand alone” blogs. When thinking of earning some extra income from freelance writing, what is the main difference (in my opinion) between writing for an employer on a freelance site like oDesk and writing articles for your own blog or an ad … Read entire article »

What’s nice about Triond?

Triond is an Adsense revenue sharing site, that also shares it’s revenue earned from other ads on the pages of a variety of niche sites displaying YOUR articles. What’s nice about Triond? (besides the above) There are at least 18 different sites that the Triond articles appear on, and these are mostly niche sites, giving your articles a greater chance at being found by people searching for those kind of topics on the Internet. One can write on just about any topic, and the articles are generally quite easily accepted first time round. All 7 of mine, so far, were. I submitted 7 articles to Triond in a period of three days – An 8th was not quite … Read entire article »

How long before Google Adsense ads appear on Triond?

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE BEFORE YOUR APPROVED AND ACTIVE GOOGLE ADSENSE INTEGRATION INTO TRIOND ALLOWS YOUR ADSENSE ADS TO ACTUALLY APPEAR NEXT TO YOUR ARTICLES ON THE TRIOND SITES? I joined Triond 4 or 5 days ago, and am enjoying it at Triond. It is an advert revenue sharing site, like Xomba and HubPages, where revenue shared from ads clicked on next to articles you write is shared between Triond and you, the article writer. Triond is by no means a get rich overnight program, but more of a site where you can enjoy interacting with other people who enjoy writing, but at the same time you can earn a little from your efforts. You can … Read entire article »

Lemoen Konfyt (orange marmalade) resep

(The English recipe is below the Afrikaans recipe) Lemoen Konfyt resep Was die lemoene goed af en skil of rasper baie dun af. Sny dan elke lemoen middledeur en haal die pitte uit, sonder om die husies to veel to beskadig. Hou altyd die lemoene teen die lig want dan is die pitte mooi sigbaar. Nadat die pitte uitgehaal is, weeg die lemoene en sit hulle in water. Laat die lemoene oornag so bly. Gooi die water die volgende more af en plaas die lemoene in skoon water. Herhaal die uitvarsing van die lemoene vir sewe dae. Na die sewende dag, sit die lemoene in ‘n kastrol met genoeg water om dit te dek. Kook totdat ‘n mens ‘n … Read entire article »

Making paper gift bags to sell

What’s particularly great about possibly approaching shops with your homemade paper gift bags (for them to sell for you) is that there are LOADS of shops you can approach – just about any shop that sells items that could be thought as of gifts, and that are small enough to fit in one of your gift bags should be on your list of shops to approach. Of course one can also sell gift bags at a fleamarket, hire people to sell them for you (where they earn a commission), or start a blog or website where you display the gift bags (photographs of them) and take orders for packs of ten different ones, ten identical ones, … Read entire article »

Just how determined are you to make money online or from home?

The article that was written about us that appeared in the Go! local free weekly had quite a few errors (that probably only we were aware of) including the wrong link to our website address. Our main web address is 1pic4twenty.co.za The whole aim of the article was meant to be that it’s possible for anyone to make an income online (if they have Internet access) if they are only determined enough to try hard, and work hard, and LEARN LEARN LEARN. There’s a ton of information to learn from, all over the Internet, for free. We do also have loads of work from home IDEAS on our sites, to get people thinking about what they can do OFFline, if that’s … Read entire article »

Using totally free Blogger as a way to earn an income

I know I usually rant and rave about having your own domain name site or blog being seen as more professional, but if you don’t even have money for hosting or a domain registration, and at least have Internet access, then a totally free Blogger blog may be at least the start you need to start making an income online – whether this income be from a product you’re selling (that you promote with various articles on your free blogspot.com site), or from services you offer (that you write related articles about on your (Blogger) blogspot.com blog), or from using Amazon and Google Adsense ads on your blog. (Or even from promoting other affiliate products … Read entire article »

Make money from organizing activities at kiddies parties

Ok, this is not exactly “work at home” as organizing activities at kiddies parties generally means you go to the house the party is at. If you’re pretty good with kids, or have at least helped occupy your little brothers or sisters, or your nephews or nieces, or little second or third cousins, or your own kid’s friends when they visit your house, or even helped out at school athletics days, you can organize activities at kiddies parties. Before the first time you actually go to a kiddies’ party, get yourself a little organized and prepared. It will help to have some sort of theme in mind, that you will generally always stick to. Let’s … Read entire article »

Recipe for pickled mustard veggies

Ingredients for the pickled mustard veggies recipe 6 pounds of prepared mixed vegetables 2 quarts of vinegar half a pound of sugar 1 ounce of cornflour 1 ounce of turmeric (borrie) 1 ounce of dry mustard 1 teaspoon of ground ginger a pinch of cayenne pepper Method Make a boiling brine with a quart of water and 1 or 2 ounces of salt Place the prepared vegetables in the brine and boil for 4 minutes Drain the vegetables and then spread them roughly onto a cloth to help them dry Boil about three quarters of the vinegar and mix the remaining quarter with the turmeric, ginger, cornflour, cayenne, mustard and sugar in a bowl Stir in the boiling vinegar and then return to the pan and stove, and boil … Read entire article »

Why we feel our work from home ideas are different

It’s not that we feel our work from home ideas on our various blogs and sites are different from any other work from home ideas on other sites, so much, it’s just that we’ve been there – been in a situation where we desperately need to improve our income – or even get some income in the first place! We’ve been desperate enough to make the effort to actually try something out, to do it, instead of merely just reading about work from home ideas, and think about “one day” starting something like that. We’re also proud that we write fairly well, and are detailed. We describe what people can do, in detail, and hope that … Read entire article »

Selling salad rolls and other rolls at a fleamarket

Or, a fleamarket is not the only place you can sell salad rolls and other rolls from – sell them to shops, big or small – just open your mouth and ask shops if they’re interested, or ask if you can sell the rolls close to the shop (give them a small cut of your profits, or pay the small fee they might charge you) – or stick a homemade sign on your door or front gate, or put some rolls in a basket and go walking from office block to office block, or leave a menu at work places within walking distances from where you live, and take orders, or charge for delivery if … Read entire article »

The making and selling of beverages from home

Making and selling beverages like ginger beer, lemon beer, pineapple beer and lemonade is extremely interesting and rewarding. I include several recipes below. Generally, doubling your cost per litre, and then rounding that figure off is accurate enough, as this can be a profitable side-line. Obviously the fruit flavours will fluctuate seasonally, and I recommend that when you are able to get your fruit at a lower price, you do not drop your selling price too much. The recipes below should be regarded as single batches, and when making in bulk, multiply in batches. I have found that working with 20L drums is convenient. I did once try a 210L drum. Never again. Cleaning and handling was … Read entire article »

PPPPP Plenty of Pips in a Paw-Paw equals Pots of Profit

  Okay, a paw-paw (papaya) is not the cheapest fruit around, but buy just one paw-paw, eat it and enjoy it, and then enjoy it further – and profit from it – by making money from its pips. How? There are loads of pips in a paw paw. Each one can grow into a paw paw tree, bearing more paw paws that you can sell. Don’t want to wait that long? Then sell little pawpaw trees in pots! The pots for your pawpaw trees don’t even have to be real pots – they can be plastic plant bags you purchase at a nursery or at some hardware stores. Short on cash? Then just plant the pips in regular plastic packets you already have … Read entire article »

Make and sell custom chess sets for extra income

At some time or another everybody has at least tried to play chess. For some it remains a life long involvement, and for others, it is merely a pastime. Very few people totally escape the magic and allure of chess. Most people who play chess have chess sets, but these are generally plastic, with cardboard boards, and as such have no place of importance, and it often becomes a chore to have a quick game. If you are skilled in one or more crafts, you will be able to make chess sets for resale. Wooden or stone chess sets with the traditional figures are no longer all that is considered a valid chess set, and no matter … Read entire article »

Determining your selling price of homemade pickled onions

Determining a selling price for your homemade products does not require a degree in mathematics. Not even matric maths. In fact, you probably won’t even need a calculator! A home based manufacturing business making, for example, pickled onions, would have the following scenarios. A small operation, making 20 bottles a week, to sell at a flea market on the weekend, would have the following costs. Flea market fee R30 Fuel to Flea market R20 Bottles 0 Cleaning bottles R6 Onions R25 Vinegar R25 Pickling Spice R12 Chilies R5 Labels R2 Total R125 There you are. 20 bottles of pickled onions, at a cost of R125.00 divided by 20, a cost of R6.25 each. In the manufacturing fields, a … Read entire article »

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