So, you work hard. You tick those boxed on your To Do List one by one.

If you work for someone else, you might get your reward in the form of bonuses or extra pay or praise. But, if you’re working for yourself, where do you get your reward for a job well done?

What kind of rewards do you give yourself? Time off? A new gadget? Some pampering?

When you work to make money online, it’s good to have a list of ways (and things!) to reward yourself.

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Open Mic Monday: How Do You Reward Yourself?

Like most folks, I like having stuff for free. But, when I actually enjoy a service or a site, I don’t mind sending donations. Especially those that I find useful in my online business.

What about you? Have you used free (“donateware”) sites and services that help you to make money online? Have you sent donations to people who make those sites and services happen?

If you’re a site or service provider, do you make a “donate button” available for your readers and users?

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Open Mic Monday: To Donate or Not to Donate?

Money means different things to different people. For some, it means a way to pay the bills. For others, it means motivation. Or success.

Some may look at money and be excited with it. Some would rather not think about money at all, if possible.

What about you? What does money mean to you?

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Open Mic Monday: Money Means…

First of all, thanks to everyone who promoted their online business and work in last week’s Open Mic. This week, I’d like to ask you to talk more about you and your work. Perhaps, you can respond to the following:

1) Your name (pseudonyms, welcome)

2) Blog or Site URL (if any)

3) Age? 20s, 30s, 40s?

4) How long have you been using the Internet?

5) Why do you want to make money online?

6) How long have you been reading JMMO? And, how did you find out about this blog?

7) What do you want to read more about here at JMMO (more tips, more advise [Q&As], more tutorials, etc)?

Anything else you’d like to share?

Looking forward to your responses!

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Open Mic Monday: Tell Me About You

Many successful people claim that part of their success is due to the fact that they managed to envision good things for what they were trying to achieve. What about you? Do you have a vision for your dreams/goals in life? What’s your vision for your online work/business? Where do you see your work/business, 3 to 5 years from now? In ten years?

I started working online over 10 years ago. I began my online adventures late in 1997. My initial goals were:

• to ‘get my name out there’
• to connect with people
• to find an audience for my writing
• to make extra money

Eventually, as I met those little goals, I ended up making bigger and grander goals. Now, here I am, making money online and living a full time income from my web work. Plus, getting recognised as one of the top performers in this field.

So yes, it does help to have a vision. No matter how simple it may be. Perhaps, you’d like to share YOUR VISION here with us.

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Open Mic Monday: Vision for Your Online Business

The months of late-June to August tend to be known as the “Slump Months” in the online world. Most businesses on the Internet find that things get slower during these months. Sales are lower… Not a lot of blog readers and commenters… Freelance work slows down.

So, what do online workers need to do to keep productive during these months?

Some ideas might include:

• Researching upcoming trends for Spring/Christmas, etc.
• Doing inventory
• Fixing site problems
• SEO Optimization
• Creating better content
• Brainstorming new ideas

Anything else you might want to add to this list of ideas?

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Open Mic Monday: Ideas for Battling Slump

It has been a while since I last opened this blog for questions from readers. So, if you have any burning questions about making money online that you wish answered here at JMMO, start asking away. I’ll do my best to respond to all of them. And if I can’t answer them, I’ll go find someone who can. Looking forward to your questions!

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Open Mic Monday: Ask Questions About Making Money Online

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Open Mic Monday: Why Do You Want to Make Money Online?

A survey of JMMO readers’ involvement in making money online showed that majority are doing this only on a part-time (or less) basis. So, it made me wonder what everyone does in their “day jobs”?

What exactly do you do when you’re not trying to make money online?

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Open Mic Monday: What Do You Do?

Since I just celebrated my birthday yesterday, I thought I’d lead this week’s Open Mic on to the subject of birthdays and making money online. The main question: Can you think of different ways to make money online using the theme of birthdays?

When I started a blogging network 3 years ago, one of the first blogs that I launched was The Birthday Blog. It’s no longer online, but I can say that it was an interesting topic to cover. And, it actually did well in advertising and some affiliate sales.

Other than that, other ways people make money online with the birthday theme may include:

• Selling ecard club memberships.
• Selling birthday-related items on eBay, etc.
• Letter, greeting card, or poetry writing services.
• Selling personalised items and ecards as birthday gifts.
• Birthday party organising services.
• Selling pre-packed birthday themes.

Any other ideas?

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Open Mic Monday: On Birthdays and Making Money Online