Work, love and play are the great balance wheels of man's being.

~Orison Swett Marden~

Monetizing with out AdSense…

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Jeff Davidson in Niche Marketing 2 Comments

For those that have known me for awhile know of my personal photography project thefemalecanvas.com. I started this website many years ago before I started shooting portraits. Quite simply it is a galley site of my photography of women with tattoos. It also includes articles and covers of my work with Skin& Ink magazine. I used to have adsense on the site many years ago (before I ever read the terms) but the site was banned for some nudity on some of the images. Site was young and I didn’t really think twice about it [...]

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Oct 2011 Income/Wealth Report

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Jeff Davidson in Income Report, Reports 10 Comments

Well its the end of another month and time to run all the reports and stats to see where I am and how I did. Each month I post how I made my secondary income, as well as how I spent, saved and reduced my debt. Photography Business This month was right on the money with 16 sessions (plus a toddler halloween photo party) and made it above the comfy mark income wise. Ending the month with still about 6 orders to fulfill, keeps getting harder to catch up. Would really like to get to [...]

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Weekend Weekly Wrap Up #1

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Jeff Davidson in Weekend Weekly Wrap up, Weekly Wrap Ups 7 Comments

Week went by fast, except during that damn blackout. In case you missed any of it here is my WWW report wrapping up the events of the week for me Blogs I have enjoyed this week. Measures of Fiscal Fitness by Cash FlowMantra The Internet is Like High School by My Multiple Incomes I’m So Over Coupons by So Over Debt 13 Instantly Frugal {& Savvy} Actions: by Frugal Beautiful iPods, Star Wars and Budgets by Master the Art of Saving You Too Can Make $1 Million a Year with Your Website by Big Dogs Internet Marketing Swamp soup by Daily Money [...]

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Quote of the Week – Is your money working for you?

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Jeff Davidson in Motivation No Comments

The harder you have your money working for you – The less you have to work for it Heard this on a radio talk show today on the way to the studio. Are you living paycheck to paycheck? Money only in a non-interest bearing checking account? Time to make a plane to start putting money away and investing to work FOR you so you don’t have to work for it in the future. Every little bit helps What are you doing to make your money work for you?

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The Money Pit, Home Ownership

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Jeff Davidson in Bathroom Remodel 1 Comment

Remember that movie back in the 80′s ‘The Money Pit’ with Tom Hanks and Shelly Long (favorite scene was when the tub went through the floor). Well home ownership can be much like that movie. It can be repairs such as J Money’s ACK! Our Water Heater Went Bust!, regular upkeep or new remodel projects. Seems like a constant stream of money flowing out of our pockets and why many choose renting over owning. For me its just a part of life I’d rather be paying for a house I own in the end and putting [...]

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Update on My Dividend Investing

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Jeff Davidson in Investing, Streams of Income 3 Comments

Spent a good deal on Adsense last month thought Id turn the page and do some talking about my investing for secondary income. Awhile back I did a post on Drips and Dividend investing so its time I do a little update. As of that post I had restarted my BuyandHold.com account and had started purchasing my stocks. In this account I only purchase dividend bearing stocks and do so with the mindset I will be holding them for the long run. I am not a trader, I do not have the time to be [...]

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March 2012 Wealth and Income Report

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Jeff Davidson in Income Report, Reports 3 Comments

Its April 1st and I wish this report was a joke, but it is quite real and is sobering me up a bit on my spending this past month or two. Besides photography income being up quite a bit, every thing else has gone way down and April is not looking like a fun month. Photography Business Well it was a great month income was, exceeding the comfy levy by a great margin, but session wise there were only 12-13. This is not boding well for April as with fewer sessions means fewer ordering sessions [...]

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In With Seadrill

Posted on July 28, 2012 by Jeff Davidson in Investing 1 Comment

A while back when discussing my dividend stock portfolio I had mentioned that I was looking to add a new company to the portfolio. Yesterday I finally pulled the trigger and started my position in Sea Drill (SDRL). Not much but it’s a start. Seadrill is a company that builds and aquires, operates and lease out various oil rig platforms and ships, currently sporting 66 vessels for operations in shallow to ultra deep water. Each rig earns upwards to $500,000.00+ a day for the operations of these rigs and with demand increasing worldwide more rigs [...]

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Save on Shaving: Dollar Shave Club

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Jeff Davidson in Savings No Comments

Ok I know many of you have heard of this before, but I’m just catching on. Thanks to a klout perk I was introduced to Dollar Shave Club Thoughts on the Products First a little history… I hate shaving! Some may call it lazy but I don’t shave unless I am having clients that day other wise I’ll go days with out shaving (went two weeks once). The price of razors also contributes to that. I’ll make a razor last a month sometimes (painful but true) and then buy the cheapest I can find (just [...]

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Saving Money with Rain Water

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Jeff Davidson in Budgeting, Savings, Ways to Save No Comments

I have gone all in with growing my own food lately and doing most of it hydroponically. Growing this way it is best to use dechloronated water and the easiest way to do this is to use rain water or if from the tap let it set around for at least 24 hours. So I started doing researchIn building my own water storage system and this lead me to rain water collection. Free Water Being Wasted As I did my morning walk I was looking around at homes and all the rain gutters just flow [...]

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Do You Spend More for Convenience?

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Jeff Davidson in Budgeting, Savings No Comments

While shopping for some wood for a shelf in the greenhouse I got to thinking how much more do I spend for convenience? Let me fill you in. I needed to put in a shelf in the back of the greenhouse for buckets (which are 12″ wide). I could go one of three routes. 1. The cheapest would be to just get a 4′x8′ sheet of plywood, muscle it into the truck and cut it when I got home. This also would have given me a lot of left overs. 2. Lowes also has pre-cut [...]

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Hydroponics are Cool

Posted on April 6, 2013 by Jeff Davidson in Health, Life in General No Comments

In an interest to work on my health issues the natural way I have been doing my best to eat more fruits and fresh veggies. This means at least 2 if not 3 trips a week to my local health food store or farmers market.this gets time consuming, costs cost and the veggies are not cheap. This lead me to thinking about doing the backyard garden again, except for a few minor things: Having to clean the backyard Having to put in raised beds Having to buy or condition soil Planting Weeding Bugs Bending over [...]

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An Answer to my Health Issues?

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Jeff Davidson in Health No Comments

Well I went to see the specialist again this week to go over the last batch of test results. Apparently all normal, so he says the last ANA test was a false positive (2 in a year though?). So the good news that everything says no autoimmune disorder. So the docs diagnosis at this time is Fibromyalgia. What is Fibromyalgia? I still have some doubts about it, from what I have read I don’t meet all the requirements, but my mom has it as well and she didn’t have all the markers early on either. [...]

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How to Choose the Right Pair of Headphones for You

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Jeff Davidson in Guest Posts No Comments

How to Choose the Right Headphones for You

Choosing headphones can be fun, but it’s certainly no fun when you realise you’ve been through around five pairs in the past year. Searching for the right pair of headphones can seem like an epic, never-ending quest. It doesn’t have to be that way, though. There are certain things you have to think about before charging into a store and picking out a pair of headphones that look cool or ‘have great bass’. If you’re looking for the real deal, you might have to sell some of your stuff to save up – visit www.musicmagpie.com [...]

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