http://dailygrindescape.com Exploring How to Create Passive Income, Find Your Purpose, and Escape the Daily Grind Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:21:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Month two boasted a tripling of revenue.  I veered again from the plan and wrote an article for Associated Content to see if that venue may be better than one of the others I've been using.  I like Associated Content because it provides both active and passive income. I was able ... http://dailygrindescape.com/passive-income/february-2010-online-earnings-report/ When I first started looking to earn passive income online I quickly gravitated towards blogging because I love to write.  I'm not sure how I wound up hearing about Yaro Starak but I did and I downloaded his free report, Blog Profits Blueprint which gave me a very realistic perspective ... http://dailygrindescape.com/daily-grind-escape/earn-passive-income-follow-this-blueprint-to-blogging-success/ Image via CrunchBase Xomba.com is a revenue sharing site that shares 50% of its Adsense revenue with its users.  Xomba users aree allowed to add two types of posts:  Xombytes and Xomblubs. Xombytes are ordinary articles that must contain at least 100 words.  Xomblurbs, on the other hand, are ... http://dailygrindescape.com/passive-income/passive-income-series-xomba/ I've been looking at various ways to generate passive income online.  As I've been doing so I've noticed five prevailing categories of passive income that are worth exploring further: Selling affiliate products through article marketing; Writing for revenue sharing sites; Product creation; Blogging; and Tier II affiliate referral. Within each broad category there are many sites ... http://dailygrindescape.com/daily-grind-escape/passive-income-series/ We were created to glorify God.  "Each person is given something to do that shows who God is."  I Corinthians 12:11 (Message Translation)  The reward for fulfilling your purpose is great; however, there are consequences for falling short of the mark.We all play a different role in fulfilling the purpose ... http://dailygrindescape.com/life-purpose/your-life-purpose-why-its-crucial-that-you-fulfill-your-purpose/ I've been blogging off and on for a couple of years and it just hit me...I've had the wrong mindset about blogging.  There is more than one form of income that I break down in my mind into four categories:  active (sometimes called linear), passive, active/passive combo, and windfall. Active Income Active ... http://dailygrindescape.com/passive-income/is-blogging-income-passive-or-activewhy-some-bloggers-quit-blogging/ Image via Wikipedia This was my first month of concentrated effort in online marketing; but I must confess I allowed myself to get sidetracked a few times looking a various tools to help in my effort.  One good tool I picked up was the One Week Marketing Plan ... http://dailygrindescape.com/passive-income/online-earning-report-january-2010/ When I think about generating passive income, two passages of scripture come to mind:  I Kings 17 and 2 Kings 4.  Of course when these events took place the dollar bill was not the medium of exchange but the premise is the same. In I Kings 17 there was a widow ... http://dailygrindescape.com/passive-income/is-earning-passive-income-just-a-good-thing-or-a-god-thing/ In the post Making Plans for the New Year I talked about my passive income goals for 2010.  I wanted to do a quick post to show what I already have in place so January won't appear skewed.  Here are the lenses, hubs and eHow articles I have already created: Lenses: Rosetta ... http://dailygrindescape.com/passive-income/preview-of-my-articles-lenses-and-hubs-previously-created/ A few years ago there was an informercial for a Ronco rotisserie machine that emphasized the simplicity of the machine by repeating the slogan, "just set it and forget it".  The host would set the timer ("set it") press the starter ("and") then walk away ("forget it!").  After a few ... http://dailygrindescape.com/passive-income/my-set-it-forget-it-passive-income-strategy/