Archive for the ‘Making Money’ Category

Six great ways to slam the door on your customers

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

Businesses need to do everything in their power to weather this downturn.  It should be a great time for customers to get great deals because of this: they need to keep the cash flowing in.  Customers should expect deals, and they should be treated with respect, because customers can go ...

Work is work

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

I have a lot of respect for this guy. He's probably not getting paid that much.  He's working a job that just about anyone can do, but most of us wouldn't want to do.  If it's like the guys doing the same thing in Fredericksburg, he's cold, and he's breathing exhaust ...

Get-rich-quick schemes are great!

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

A few days ago I got an e-mail from a visitor with the subject: "How do you sleep at night?"  The message: Your site advertises get-rich schemes!  How can you do this and sleep?  You write on a frugal site for God's sake!  Have you no shame? (I corrected some spelling errors ...

What is wrong with taking a second job?

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

Not a single thing. The thought that a fully-employed person should feel bad for taking another job for additional income is absolutely preposterous.  This discussion over at Get Rich Slowly was prompted by this question from one of his readers: As someone who is still fortunate to be employed, is it morally ...