I just wanted to thank everyone who emailed me last week to let me know that one of my articles was hacked. Thanks to all of you, I discovered the problem article and was able to take action immediately. While this wasn’t the first time that I’ve been hacked, this was the first time that the intrusion had nothing to do with my server at all.
What Happened Exactly?

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Shortly, after publishing my last article on How Our Online Business Needs To Be Improved, I received a flood of emails letting me know that my article was flagged as malware by Google. When I went to see the article myself, I was greeted by a sea of red with the words “This Is A Reported Phishing Website!!”.

At first I panicked, because I was worried that my online store had also been compromised. But luckily the …

I just wanted to take the time to thank you all for your emails and your comments. They really are what keeps this blog going and motivates me to write more often. In fact, I look forward to answering questions each and every morning! The other day I received an excellent question from a reader asking me whether there was anything left to improve with our business and whether my wife and I were satisfied with where we were at.

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First off, I just want to say that there’s always something that needs improvement. There are many things about our business that need to be fixed and we are currently at a crossroads in terms of where we want to go next. Second of all, the moment that you become satisfied with what you have is when you leave an opening …

The other day, a friend and I were chatting about our wedding linens business and the topic of Groupon came up in our conversation. For all of you who are not familiar with Groupon, Groupon is a service that offers a really great deal for a product or service once per day. They have an email list of over ten million people and if you contact Groupon to be included on their “deal-of-the-day”, you can get the word out about your business to millions of people you would otherwise never be able to reach.

There are usually huge discounts involved (50% or more) to incentivize buyers and the general idea is that by offering a big discount on your products or services, people will try out your offerings and keep coming back for more. On the surface, it sounds like a great way to market your business …

Every now and then, I take a look at all of the different terms that people search for to find my little blog. I do this for a few reasons. One, it helps me to do research on what topics to write about and to get an idea of what information people are looking for. And two, some of the search terms that people use to land on my blog are downright hilarious. Here are some of my favorite search terms that will land you on my blog.

How convince my wife not to quit her job
How can my wife make money while I stay at home
My wife is lazy. Sell my wife
Wife wants to stay at home crap
Home business for lazy wife
How to play mind games with your wife
How to motivate a lazy wife
Wife lazy piece of crap

Sure sounds like many husbands …