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Sep 28

In 3 days I will announce the winner of a $10 Starbucks Gift Card that can be used anywhere you find a Starbucks. That means you have 2 more days to enter. How do you win? If you read this post you will find all the details you need to know.

Why am I giving this away?

It’s my way of rewarding loyal readers of this blog. It’s actually a common practice of the more successful blogs to give prizes away. Of course, I am only getting this blog started and can’t afford the big prizes others are giving away, but you have to start somewhere and why not reward readers who have been with you since the beginning.

If you are a bigwig advertiser or you want to promote your company or product, or to hold your own giveaway on this blog, contact me. This blog has moved from an initial Alexa ranking of over 7 million to 700k in less than six months. Traffic levels are increasing and you will get good exposure if you have a good prize to give away.

This is actually the 3rd successful contest I will have held here on Million Dollar Portfolio. Previously I gave away a $5 Starbucks Gift Card and a $20 Amazon.com Gift Certificate. Both prizes went to the same person because he was the only entrant! How is that for good odds?

Odds like that are far and few between. Right now you can find odds like that and a nice prize by buying a page on the Million Euro Wiki. Enter code “Flagusco” to get 10% off your purchase. The bonus here is for every 25 pages sold, they are giving away a brand new 16GB Apple iTouch (the newest iPod featuring the same screen as the Apple iPhone). They’ve already given away one to none other than John Chow. I don’t know how one guy can be so lucky…

The best way to keep up with these contest and other posts is by subscribing by email or RSS. Use the links in the sidebar to do either.

Good Luck!

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Sep 28

So as you can see, the new theme is up.  I quite like it.  I think its speaks more about what this blog is about, and is much more pleasing to read.

After searching and searching for something I liked (I am using Wordpress) I couldn’t find anything that really grabbed me.  Most of the themes out there are whimsical or dreamy, with flowers, trees, fields and other images in the header with layouts to match.  There are also a lot of dreary themes out there, dark and brooding.  Not at all what I was looking for.

To that end I found the simplest theme was the best to work with and proceeded to tweak and tweak.  Fine tuning the theme to just my liking.  It took a couple days of hard worn elbow grease but I think it was worth it.

The biggest issue I had when working on the theme is I couldn’t have a live view of it (I use Dreamweaver to edit code) because I couldn’t get any kind of test server running for php development.  Instead I just kept uploading and refreshing the page and then make a change, rinse and repeat until everything worked the way I wanted it to.

If you have never built your own theme before, it’s a really good thing to do because you get a real grasp on CSS and understand the PHP a lot better.  You will also be able to differentiate yourself from the rest of the bloggers out there.

At this point I would normally begin talking about SEO strategies again, but I am still working on my second entry for my SEO series.  Stay tuned for the second installment soon.

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Sep 26

We are hard at work developing a new theme for this blog, so please excuse the mess or changes you see temporarily.  It has been decided that building out our own theme will be best for our readers and for what we expect out of this blog.

Thank you for continuing to support Million Dollar Portfolio.

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Sep 24

Building a million dollar business takes work, a lot of work. It also takes people. Behind every millionaire is a team of people that helped get that millionaire to where they are now.

That being said, I am looking to build out my team. One of the things we talk about on this and other blogs is the necessity of multiple streams of income. It’s not unlike diversifying your investment portfolio. You can actually think of it the same way. Creating multiple streams of income is one of the ways millionaires become billionaires. Warren Buffet wouldn’t be a billionaire if all he did was sell t-shirts…there are only so many you can sell before you saturate your niche market.

Are We Hiring Employees?

In short, no. What I am looking for are 2-3 people that are motivated and willing to learn a business system that has literally unlimited profit potential. In fact, this system is based on performance instead of placement. What that means for you is you have the ability to completely surpass me and make more money than I do if you want. The best thing about this business is anyone can do it. It’s home based, easy to learn and the products are great. This is NOT A GET RICH QUICK SCHEME. This is a serious home based business opportunity.

Is This One of Those Marketing Scams?

Absolutely not. I will teach you everything I know about this business and even send you some sample products. I am really only looking for serious inquiries here. Please don’t email me asking for free stuff because you won’t get it. After all, nobody ever got rich by giving all their product away.

Business conduct rules prevent me from disclosing exactly what the business is, but if you are interested in this opportunity, contact me and we can discuss this further.

I personally know someone very successful in this business (which has been around since the 1970s).

Happy Monday to you all, time for a pint!

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Sep 24

Million Euro Wiki

The dollar is falling. For a long time now I have had my investments in foreign markets like the Europacific Growth Fund which has had a 20+% return over the last 3 years. Why? Simply put, the US economy is in trouble and has been for some time. Your money is best invested in Europe right now, even as housing market worries reach those markets.

One way to make that investment is to purchase a page on the Million Euro Wiki. We did and you can read our Investing page.

Million Euro Wiki Layout

The main difference between the MEW (as I will refer to it from now on) and the MDW (million dollar wiki) is they aren’t waiting for 10,000 pages to be sold at MEW. You can buy your page and sell it immediately if you wish.

The big cheeses at JohnCow.com are responsible for this brainchild and I think it’s a great idea. Of course, they can’t take all the credit because the MDW started it all but still good ideas stick around.

Get 10% off your purchase

You can get started on your own MEW page and don’t forget to use discount code “Flagusco” to get 10% off your purchase.

Win 1 of 20 iPod Touch

iPod Touch

To make buying a page on the Million Euro Wiki even more enticing, you could win one of 20 iPod Touch 16gb models they are giving away. For every 25 pages sold, a brand new 16gb iPod Touch will be given away to a random page owner. The earlier you buy a page the more chances you have to win!

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Sep 21

In just over a week I will announce the winner of my $10 Starbucks Gift Card.

What? You didn’t know I was having a contest?  Maybe you should subscribe to my feed so you can keep up with all the contests and giveaways I have on this blog.

On October 1st I will be giving away a $10 Starbucks Gift Card to one lucky winner.  All you have to do to enter is comment on the post.  Of course, if you blog about the contest on your site you will get an extra entry as well, so it’s a good idea to comment and post about it!

It may not sound like a big deal, I mean it’s not a Wii or a Playstation 3 but $10 is enough to buy you coffee for a couple days or get yourself some decent food and snacks and Starbucks are everywhere.   Get your fingers walking over to that post and comment!  Good luck.

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