Slacker Day Trading At Home
Posted by Jacques - July 19, 2009
It takes a special kind of personality to be able to sit at home for a few hours each day staring at a charts and tick marks, watching money go up and down without flinching, and ultimately being able to sit back and make rational decisions in a industry driven by irrational behavior.
I’m talking about day trading. While it can be stressful and sometimes overwhelming, day trading can be done at home, with months not years of education, and can be a source of full time income. Keep in mind that is not investing, but a job, so it must be treated as such. I have compiled a short list of beginner tips for getting started from other extremely successful day traders, but keep in mind, all of these strategies work but they can easily fail if applied the wrong way. While I’m certainly not an expert, the experience that I have proves that it can be a very lucrative business with very little time investment. Check out this list and then see if you’re still interested before diving in.
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Buy and Sell Domains Online with Slacker Business
Posted by Jacques - July 6, 2009
What’s easier than making money on your couch with your laptop while watching your favorite tv show? Domaining is the business of buying and selling domain property, in other words, it’s about making money off of selling .com names. This business is very simple and I know from experience that it can be somewhat lucrative if you are careful with your choices. I’ve recently sold a domain for $300 that I purchased for $8. All I had to do was register the domain name but there are other ways to increase your profit margin.
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Online Slacker Income Through Monkey Jar!
Posted by Jacques - June 13, 2009
We all know that online businesses have the greatest potential for slacker glory. Setup a website just right and the internet will throw money at you, right? Wrong! I’ve participated in many online businesses that have actually generated losses, usually due to advertising costs. This is why I have not recommended them as a source of slacker income in the past. However, when you have right combination of elements and opportunity, some online businesses will work. Once that happens, there’s no limit to how much goofing off you can do while your business generates cash.
Monkey Jar is the best of the online affiliate programs to date. It essentially is a huge affiliate consolidation program into one affiliate revenue source. Just add the stores you want in your “mall” and voila, you can make money shopping at the places you already shop at, such as Itunes, Amazon, StubHub, etc. The key to this is you invite your friends to open their own personal mall with whatever stores they already shop at. You get a piece of their sales as well, and if they invite members, you get theirs too.
I normally do not participate in affiliate programs as they usually benefit the company selling the product than the affiliate. However, one of the things I’ve learned is that the most successful affiliate programs have some kind of an edge that attracts explosive growth, and combined with a multiple level commission structure it is hard for me to ignore. Plus, MonkeyJar is new, which is the best time to get into an affiliate program.
Slackers Make Money Hanging Out At the Beach
Posted by Jacques - June 6, 2009
Another week has gone by, and the recession doesn’t seem any closer to being over as before. Nevertheless, a slacker will always find the laziest ways to make money regardless of the economic condition. If you like the idea of making money, while getting ripped and tanned from all that beach walking, then you’ve definitely got to check out beachcombing.
Beachcombing is simply a term for searching the beach for something of value. Then you can sell it, keep it, or trade it for something else.
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Sidewalk Money for Slackers
Posted by Jacques - May 16, 2009
There’s a lot of money on sidewalks. I don’t mean that shiny penny on the ground, I mean all the people walking by you have money in their pockets and it just as easily could be in yours. No, I don’t recommend pit pocketing for it as that would require lots of “effort” which frankly slackers like to avoid. I’m talking about street performance for money. It’s a little bit more fun than pan handling and a bit more profitable especially because the cops won’t make you move quite as often.
You could do anything you want to really, as long as it isn’t offensive. Music is an obvious choice, but that would require having some skills as well as a significant catalog of music to play. You’d also have to be wary of the type of instrument as moving a keyboard is a lot more hassle than an acoustic guitar. Singing while playing earns twice as much.
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Earn Slacker Money With Bottled Water
Posted by Jacques - May 9, 2009
Every Saturday is money day here at The Slacker Method, and this time, I’m putting my money where my mouth is by working my own idea.
You see, remembering to bring bottled water with you saves you one dollar. Remembering that a hundred people will forget to bring water to the community garage sale this weekend, will save you one hundred dollars.
My good friend Lily @ purechocolateliving.com reminded me of this good fact as I prepared to sell many of my unneeded trinkets and gadgets (by the way, the chocolate stuff is fantastic!).
So without hesitation I thought of us slackers, needing another way to make money without actually doing anything at all. I bought some water at a wholesale club about $10 for 70 bottles, and then marked them for sale @ one dollar each. I nearly sold out after selling water for only a couple hours. It’s certainly a healthy alternative to selling your body fluids.
Here’s a few things I learned about this method of making cash:
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What MacGyver and Slackers Have in Common
Posted by Jacques - March 27, 2009
MacGyver, for those of you who don’t know, was a show back in the day about a guy who used his brain power to solve problems. In truth, he has a lot in common with slackers. In fact, I would say if you watch him closely on the show, he really is a slacker. Just one who happens to be caught in life threatening situations and whose day to day responsibilities include saving the world. Of course, he does his best to save the world with the least amount of effort possible, usually involving a paper clip and some explosive chewing gum.
One of the most important lessons we can draw from this, is that when life is constantly handing you lemons, you have to make lemonade… then lemon chiffon cake…. then you use it as a disinfectant. The point is, you will rarely find yourself equipped with the perfect tools on hand when a problem passes by, so you need to be prepared to MacGyverize.
For instance, today, I had a lot of cleaning to do, but I didn’t want to have to run to the store and buy carpet stain cleaner, floor cleaning solution, etc. so I made do with normal household items. I had a lot of vinegar, so for the carpet, I mixed half a cup of baking soda with a little bit of vinegar, rubbed it into the carpet stains, and vacuumed it up when it dried. For floor cleaner, I used a few drops of dish soap with 2:1 water and vinegar. Finally, I was hungry, so I added some vinegar and mayo to some Tuna, and ate it. Continue reading What MacGyver and Slackers Have in Common…
9 Ideas for Living Portable and Disaster Proof
Posted by Jacques - February 25, 2009
Not only can it be a pain to setup everything in your life from your address book to your filing system, but moving or changing that setup can be a nightmare. Sometimes a process is so dependent on all the right conditions, that if a little thing changes, such as your computer catching fire, you have no way of being able to function. And it isn’t just limited to technology, it can be as simple as needing a change of clothes.
The solution to this is to design your life to be completely fluid. I’m almost there, and when I’m done I will be able to relocate anywhere in the US and survive various small disasters and still get things done. For example, a computer breaking down is something that will probably happen to everyone. If that happened to you right now, could you deal with it? Would you lose something precious?
Here are some concepts for how you can streamline your life to be completely portable, disaster-proof, and easy.
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TheSlackerMethod.com Featured With Top 100 Productivity Blogs
Posted by Jacques - February 6, 2009Well some of you may know that Chinese New Year’s just passed. On their astrological calendar, I would be an Ox, and this is the year of the Ox, so hopefully, this is a good year for me and for the blog.
Things are looking up but just wanted to share with you a post that features our website along with 99 other productivity blogs. Some of my favorite blogs are listed there like Zen Habits and Lifehacker. There seems to be a trend where Lifehacker and Zen Habits are mentioned, I get a mention too! Guilty by association. =)
Slacker Method for Sounding Smart (Please Don’t Use Big Words)
Posted by Jacques - February 5, 2009
I do not consider myself to be smart. People like Tim Ferris, Warren Buffet, and Leonardo Da Vinci are the truly smart people. I’m content just appearing to be smart (relative to others).
Sounding smart is an important skill to have nowadays. While this isn’t something you can master in a day, there’s definitely a few shortcuts you can take short of actually knowing everything. Pretending to be smart, as it turns out, is a lot easier than actually being smart.
Sounding smart is useful because it means people will listen to you, you’ll get promotions, you’ll get your way, and you won’t be ridiculed. I know you’re going to roll your eyes at some of these so called “tips” but I promise you, if you can employ all of the strategies I list here, people will perceive you to be at least one standard deviation above the average intelligence (see what I did there?!). These can be used at work, or when having conversations with friends or potential business partners.
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