I received an email today from a reader of my blog named, Tony Sheppard. He did not leave me a URL in the email so I can’t provide you with a link to his blog or site. Tony seems to be a very motivated and determinded person with the desire to push forward with making money online. My advice t...

It has been awhile since I wrote my last niche blog tip. Here is a niche topic that can really make you a lot of cash. It is the topic of quitting smoking. Believe me there is a lot of money that you can make online running a quit smoking blog. Here is a screen shot of the keyword phrase “Quit...

The other day when I posted about breaking the 2,000 subscriber mark, Breaking Free reader Caleb, of http://www.thesoldiermillionaire.com/, asked a very good question that I thought deserved some more attention: Brian, You say it took you about a year before your blog picked up momentum. If you were...

A thought-provoking post by JS on DovBear has prompted a long discussion about platonic relationships and their connection to Judaism. "Modern" Jews see no problem with male-female friendships. I accept that all of us are born with a yetzer ha-ra and it is up to us to learn how to control ourselves...

Snap Shots is a nice little plugin for blogs and sites that . They sent out an email on Feb. 13 that stated, “Unbelievably, 99 of you had nothing better to do with your lives than to create nearly 200 different badges for Snap Shots–and we love you for it.” Well, apparently they go...

Starting a blog is no easy task.  The easy stuff is buying a domain, finding hosting and setting up blog software.  The hard part is to figure out what to write about.  On the internet you will see two main types of blogs, one is a personal blog and the other is about a subject.  I dont read per...

I was thinking the other day about the niche of Internet marketing. It’s one of the most crowded niches on the Internet, yet so many people generate an income selling products related to making money on the world wide web. The reason is obvious - there’s a hungry crowd out there eager to...

Fall 2007 brings us a new batch of student digital portfolios and resumes. Graduation was yesterday and three of these students said goodbye to Auburn. The other 11 will graduate at the end of this coming semester. Always love my students and very proud of them. This group was particularly fun and p...

Rabbi Maryles wrote a wonderful post about how praiseworthy it is to be a BT, yet we/they are treated as "defacto second class citizens" by many in the FFB world. For example, in our community, there is this FFB named "Golda". Golda is the youngest child in a family full of rabbis, educated in a top...

This post was inspired by a conversation I had today with one of my high school English teachers. She has since retired and is an adjunct professor in Holocaust Studies (as well as frum). I partially give her credit for where my life headed, as she was one of the first frum people I met that showed ...