
Photography: coxy
But that doesn’t mean they can’t also turn their photography skills into a source of income.
Here’s how you can do it…
Moonlight at Evening Weddings
For most professional photographers, events are their bread and butter, the one sort of job they can rely on for high-value sales. But many events take place in the evening and at weekends, making them an opportunity for part-time photographers who aren’t available from nine to five.
The time limitations might mean you have to be a little selective — photographers are usually the first to reach the aisle so you might have to be quick out of the office door — and you’ll need enough talent and good samples to compete. But if you don’t mind the odd late night followed by an early morning for work the next day, wedding photography could make a fun second job.
Take a Little Extra with Microstock
If the idea of spending your spare time drinking Champagne and eating salmon or chicken doesn’t thrill, then microstock could be a good alternative.
We talk about microstock a lot here because it’s an easy way to make your first image sale. Remember though that to get the multiple downloads and permanent customer base that top microstock photographers rely on, you need to shoot commercial images that sell, not offer your top artistic shots and hope someone will buy them because they’re nice.
That’s the bad news. The good news is that you can shoot microstock whenever you want. While top-earning microstock photographers shoot full-time, you can generate some useful extra income by shooting at the weekends and editing and uploading in the evenings.
Sell Photography Products
Photos aren’t the only things that photographers can sell. Put your images on t-shirts, mousepads or magnets and you’ll have a whole new way of converting your talent into income. Zazzle and Qoop are two places that let you create photography products but you should also be able to find local printers that can produce at a high enough quality for you to start marketing at craft fairs, stores and online.
You could even team up with a designer and put your photos to a truly original use.
Write a Book
It’s the dream of almost every photographer — professional or amateur: to create a photography book that contains their images and which people are actually prepared to buy. Low-cost, print-on-demand services like Blurb have now made that possible.
But the same principle that applies to microstock applies to creating photography books — if you’re as interested in selling them as you are in making them, they need to be commercial. The easiest way to do that is to think about the subject matter as well as the composition. Local landmarks could sell well in nearby bookstores; cuddly animals tend to sell well.
You’ll still be able to take the shots you enjoy in the time you have available but you’ll be getting paid for them too.
TAKEN FROM blogs.photopreneur.com
When you mention patterned/tiled backgrounds, people immediately think of horrid MySpace pages and web designs circa-1990’s. It is therefore a worthy achievement when an artist is able to use this technique to make a website look stunning and attractive. An effective background design pattern can leave a memorable and positive feeling on the people who view these works of art.

Here I’ve compiled 20 beautiful and artistic websites that use tiled patterns to set their webpage apart from the ordinary.
These are all designs I feel have truly achieved a unique look by using a background pattern instead of going the safe route with a solid color.
Do you have any other websites to add to the list? Did I miss a website that belongs here? Be sure to leave the links on your comments.
Special Thanks & taken from sixrevisions.com
Are you an advanced JavaScript coder looking for more sites to sharpen your coding prowess? Maybe you’re a web designer wanting to double as a developer (or at least know enough to add a bit of rich content into your designs). Either way, if you’re looking for more information on the topic of JavaScript, the following resources are worth a gander.
DevGuru - JavaScript Quick ReferenceDevGuru provides an extensive list of JavaScript syntax, alphabetized similar to a glossary for easy scanning and searching.
TechCheatSheets.com - Javascript Cheat SheetsA roundup of 10 JavaScript cheat sheets in one place; includes cheatsheets for frameworks such as jQuery and Prototype.
Google Groups - comp.lang.javascriptIf you’re looking for a community of JavaScript’ers comp.lang.javascript is an active and helpful community of developers.
jQuery for DesignersjQuery for Designers is geared towards designers who want to learn about the jQuery library to add more dynamic content in their designs.
Freetechbooks.com - Free Online JavaScript BooksIn this collection, you’ll be able to download 5 excellent e-books on the topic of JavaScript, all for free.
DZoneAlthough not purely a JavaScript resource, DZone regularly features articles, tutorials, resources, and news about JavaScript.
W3Schools - JavaScript TutorialW3School’s section on JavaScript offers beginning to advanced JavaScript topics.
15 Days Of jQueryStraight off the home page, 15 Days of jQuery has “Fantastic tutorials and example code that takes you from zero to hero in no time flat“.
The “Mootorial”//clientside’s tutorial on the mootools framework has a built-in console for you to try out JS code.
AjaxDaddyA collection of downloadable DHTML scripts. AjaxDaddy provides a demo for the featured scripts.
MiniAjax.comAnother site with a collection of DHTML and Ajax code, similar to AjaxDaddy.
JavaScript KitHere, you’ll find downloadable scripts, as well as tutorials and guides on JavaScript.
Dynamic Drive JavaScript code libraryDHTML scripts organized into 16 categories including Calendars, Image Effects, Links & Tooltips, and more.
DHTMLgoodies.comYet another place to get your fix of DHTML/Ajax scripts. They also have a fairly nice and straight-forward Ajax basics tutorial.
4umi useful JavascriptA “database” of useful scripts and code snipplets that are updated fairly often.
The Most Complete AJAX Framework and JavaScript Libraries List(124+)The title pretty much says it all — it’s a huge list of JS frameworks/libraries.
The seven rules of unobtrusive JavaScriptThis excellent article outlines seven things to keep in mind when trying to develop unobtrusive JavaScript solutions.
How simple is making your javascript unobtrusive? Easy as Pie.A basic introductory article on “unobtrusive JavaScript.
The Top 40 Free Ajax & Javascript Code for Web DesignersA list of scripts geared towards web designers (i.e. not a lot of manual coding involved).
How to choose a JavaScript frameworkOutlines a few considerations when deciding which JS framework is right for you.
Efficient JavaScriptAn article on quick tips for optimizing your JavaScript code.
Ten Javascript Tools Everyone Should HaveA list of JS code snipplets recommended to have in your coding arsenal; among them are numeric sorting and working with cookies.
Serving JavaScript FastOptimal tips for serving/loading your JavaScript libraries quickly.
The Great Browser JavaScript ShowdownA comparison of the top 4 web browsers (IE7, Firefox 2, Safari 3.0.4, and Opera 9.5) when it comes to handling JS.
Quick guide to somewhat advanced JavaScriptA guide on Object-Oriented JavaScript coding.
John Resig - BlogJohn Resig is the creator/lead developer of jQuery and author of “Pro Javascript Techniques“.
Ajaxian - JavaScriptAjaxian is a news site about Ajax and Rich Internet Applications. Over 850 stories have been tagged under the JavaScript topic.
Snook.CA - JavaScript CategorySnook.CA is Johnathan Snook’s site on the topic of web development. He writes about JavaScript, as well as other web dev topics.
AjaxlinesAjaxlines provides news and resources on the topic of Ajax. It currently has 140+ posts tagged under JavaScript.
QuirksBlogQuirksBlog is part of JavaScript guru/web developer Peter-Paul Koch’s QuirksMode.org. His book ppk on JavaScript is an excellent book to own.
Ajaxonomy - BlogsAjaxonomy is a wonderful resource for JavaScript’ers interested in Ajax and other web technologies. It has many posts tagged with JavaScript.
Ajax Bestiary - A JavaScript Field GuideAjax Bestiary is a regularly updated blog on JavaScript.
Prototype JavaScript frameworkPrototype was one of the first popular frameworks. Several libraries and frameworks are based on Prototype (or still require it).
jQueryjQuery is lightweight, elegant, and touted as one of the easiest JS frameworks to use.
mootoolsMy personal favorite.
The Yahoo! User Interface Library (YUI)A big and extremely robust JavaScript toolkit by Yahoo!.
JavaScriptMVCJavaScriptMVC is a relatively new but very promising framework that offers a lot of unique components and features not found in other frameworks.
script.aculo.usA robust effects library that’s been used by top websites such as Digg, Feedburner, and Apple; requires the inclusion of Prototype.
Ext JSAnother solid framework; it does have a restrictive license for commercial purposes. Check out the Web Desktop demo.
MochiKitMochiKit is a robust library that offers a lot of utility functions and effects classes.
DojoDojo is another framework to consider. visit the Spotlight section on the website to see real companies using Dojo.
Author’s note - April 16, 2008. After the publication of this article, I recieved several recommendations from readers about additional resources that didn’t make the list. I’d like to add even more excellent JavaScript resources worth taking a look at. I’ll add more as suggestions come along.
Got any other resources you’d like to share with us? Make sure to talk about it in the comments section!
Special Thanks & taken from http://sixrevisions.com/
The Crystal Project, has more than 1300 icons in six different sizes, divided into the following categories: Actions, Apps, Files Systems, Devices and Mime Types. You can just download and use them free of cost but dont forget to read the license to use them.
The Crystal Project icons are presented in PNG, the standard file format for icons on Linux. The files can be opened in any image editing software and converted to any other file format required.
Taken From http://www.smashingapps.com/

Easily turn wordpress into an e-commerce solution. As someone who has used WP-ecommerce in the past, this was a lot easier!
Jesse Stay is a social media guru. He is the co-author of I’m on Facebook–Now What???: How to Get Personal, Business, and Professional Value from Facebook with Jason Alba. This book helps individuals and business owners better manage their lives through Facebook. I asked him to provide ten Facebook power tips:
Jesse has many more tips, so keep checking here to stay at the cutting edge.
Taken From http://blog.guykawasaki.com
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Coregistrations - Custom Lead Generation
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I’ve been reflecting this week about the amazing diversity of opportunities that are opening up for bloggers to make money from blogging.
I’ve long advised that bloggers seeking to make money from blogging spread their interests across multiple revenue streams so as not to put all their eggs in one basket.
The wonderful thing is that this is becoming easier and easier to do 2005 has seen many options opening up. I thought I’d take a look at some of the methods that bloggers are currently using to make money through blogs.
Advertising Programs - Perhaps the most obvious changes in the past few months have been with the addition of a variety of viable advertising options for bloggers looking to make money from their blogs. The most common way bloggers seem to earn money online is via the contextual ad program from Google - Adsense. A more recent addition that many are using successfully are Chitika’s eMiniMalls and WidgetBucks, Text Link Ads.
Azoogle Ads, Intelli Txt, DoubleClick, Tribal Fusion, Adbrite, Clicksor, AdHearUs, Kanoodle, Pheedo, TextAds, Bidvertiser, Fastclick and Value Click (to name just some of the options) and there is a smorgasbord of options. Of course there is more to come with MSN Adcenter and YPN both in beta testing and with a variety of other advertising system currently in development (YPN is only available to US publishers).
Lastly there’s BlogAds - one of the first blog specific ad networks.
RSS Advertising - The past 12 months have seen some advances in RSS Advertising also. I’m yet to hear of any bloggers making big money blogging through it to this point - but as improvements are made to the ad programs exploring this I’m sure we’ll start to see examples of it being profitable.
Sponsorship - In addition to the array of advertising programs that are available to join there is a growing awareness in the business of the value and opportunity that exists for them to advertise directly on blogs. I’m hearing more and more examples of this and have been fortunately to have a couple of ad campaigns of my own in the past month - one with Adobe a couple of weeks ago and another just completed with Ricoh for a new digicam over at my Digital Camera Blog. These are not isolated cases - as I say I know of many blogs exploring sponsorship with advertisers at present and suspect we’ll see more of it in the year ahead. Sponsorship is also happening on a post by post basis with some bloggers being paid to write on certain topics by companies - either in one off or a regular fashion - and they are able to make big money from their blogs doing so.
Affiliate Programs - There are larger affiliate programs like Amazon, Linkshare, Clickbank and Commission Junction but also literally thousands of others from the large to the very small.
Digital Assets - Increasing numbers of bloggers have been developing other digital assets to support and add revenue streams to their blogs. By this I mean that I’m increasingly seeing e-books, courses and tele-seminars being run by bloggers. My recent foray into this with the first series of the six figure blogging course that Andy and I ran a few weeks ago and have just released the study version of. This type of activity will only increase in future - in fact this week I’ve seen numerous examples of bloggers running courses.
Blog Network Opportunities - with the rise in popularity of Blog Networks - bloggers are also being presented with more places to earn an income from their blogging - by writing for and with others. While it might be difficult to get a writing gig with one of the bigger networks - there are plenty who are always asking for new bloggers to join and who are willing to pay bloggers using a variety of payment models. While there are distinct advantages of blogging for yourself - blogging for an established network who will handle a lot of the set up/promotion/admin/SEO etc has it’s advantages also. More and more bloggers are combining writing for themselves on their own blogs with taking on blog network blogs as additional income streams.
Business Blog Writing Opportunities - as blogging has risen in it’s profile as a medium more and more businesses are starting blogs. Many of these companies have internal staff take on blogging duties - but an increasing number of them are hiring specialist bloggers to come on and run their blogs. I know of a number of bloggers who in the past month or two have been approached for such paid work. Check out Bloggers for Hire if you’re looking for this type of work.
Non Blogging Writing Opportunities - Also becoming more common are bloggers being hired to write in non blogging mediums. Manolo’s recent coup of a column in the Washington Post is just one example of this as bloggers are increasingly being approached to write for newspapers, magazines and other non blog websites. Along side this is the rise of bloggers as published book authors - this is to the extent that one blogger I spoke with this week complained to me that they were one of the few bloggers than they knew who didn’t have a book deal!
Donations - Tip Jars and donation buttons have been a part of blogging for years now but this last year saw a number of bloggers go full time after fund raising drives. Perhaps the most high profile of these was Jason Kottke of kottke.org who through the generosity of his readership was able to quit his job and become a full time blogger.
Flipping Blogs - Also more common in 2005 was the practice of ‘Blog Flipping’ - or selling of blogs. This has happened both on an individual blog level (I can think of about 20 blogs that sold this year) but also on a network level (the most obvious of these being the 8 figure sale of Weblogs Inc to AOL).
Merchandising - My recent attempt to sell ProBlogger.net T-shirts wasn’t a raging success, but it is an example of how an increasing number of bloggers are attempting to make a few extra dollars from their blogs by selling branded products through programs like Cafepress. While I didn’t have a lot of success with merchandising - quite a few larger blogs are seeing significant sales - especially blogs with a cult following. I’m not at liberty to discuss details - but I know of one largish blog which will see sales over $20,000 in merchandise for the calendar year of 2005.
Consulting and Speaking - While it has been popular for established consultants to add blogs to their businesses we’re also starting to see bloggers with no consulting background able to make money by charging readers for their time in consulting scenarios BECAUSE of the profile that their blogs have built them. Blogging has the ability to establish people as experts on niche topics and we all know the value of being perceived as an expert. I spoke to one blogger last month who charges himself out at over $200 an hour for speaking and consulting work - his area of expertise was something that he knew little about 18 months ago - but through his blog he’s become a leader in his field and a minor celebrity in his industry.
As time rolls on there are more and more ways that bloggers make money from their blogs opening up. Feel free to suggest your own ideas and experiences in comments below.
Taken From http://www.problogger.net/

We used dnScoop to gather the data for all these sites. This is what the dnScoop data is based on:
Page Rank- Google PageRank
Inbound Links- The total number of pages that contain links to www.sitename.com
Site Value Report - This value is calculated based on several factors shown above, including: Links, Traffic (Alexa), age of the domain, site category, domain keyword popularity, and overall occurrences of the domain name on the web.
The list was based on this social bookmarking list . We added a few more sites, such as, Shoutwire.com, Plime.com and PixelGroovy.com.
The dollar value of the sites are a bit misleading (is Simpy.com really worth $302,332,960 more than Digg?), but this list should hopefully provide you with some data on social news and bookmark that you haven’t seen before. If anybody knows of any better online tools to roughly estimate the value a site then leave a link in the comments section and we’ll update this list over the next few weeks and compare the data.
|
Site |
PR |
Inbound Links |
$ Value |
|
9 |
28,018,962 |
$25,787,200 |
|
|
8 |
370,943,962 |
$521,172,000 |
|
|
8 |
148,233,993 |
$276,243,000 |
|
|
8 |
137,000,000 |
$215,992,000 |
|
|
8 |
132,924,191 |
$178,934,400 |
|
|
8 |
59,888,074 |
$39,723,400 |
|
|
8 |
3,272,642 |
$11,241,440 |
|
|
7 |
99,028,154 |
$188,853,100 |
|
|
7 |
49,881,588 |
$35,890,400 |
|
|
7 |
47,039,214 |
N/A |
|
|
7 |
13,766,114 |
N/A |
|
|
7 |
7,171,958 |
$13,336,150 |
|
|
7 |
3,694,298 |
$11,226,880 |
|
|
7 |
2,593,905 |
$9,965,880 |
|
|
7 |
2,503,342 |
$13,613,600 |
|
|
6 |
34,419,253 |
$32,200,000 |
|
|
6 |
23,405,771 |
$518,324,960 |
|
|
6 |
9,672,510 |
$10,667,840 |
|
|
6 |
7,481,362 |
$14,925,880 |
|
|
6 |
6,095,828 |
$11,243,680 |
|
|
6 |
3,987,085 |
N/A |
|
|
6 |
1,536,589 |
$4,281,340 |
|
|
6 |
808,351 |
$2,237,900 |
|
|
6 |
733,144 |
$2,463,550 |
|
|
6 |
315,219 |
$459,980 |
|
|
6 |
309,115 |
$3,691,950 |
|
|
6 |
284,654 |
$216,910 |
|
|
6 |
270,738 |
$100,000 |
|
|
6 |
261,216 |
$197,160 |
|
|
6 |
141,521 |
$2,305,350 |
|
|
6 |
59,146 |
$75,210 |
|
|
6 |
15,661 |
$245,204 |
|
|
5 |
998,006 |
N/A |
|
|
5 |
890,014 |
$3,090,150 |
|
|
5 |
559,084 |
N/A |
|
|
5 |
547,675 |
$1,377,760 |
|
|
5 |
505,338 |
$1,457,890 |
|
|
5 |
448,091 |
$474,360,000 |
|
|
5 |
363,661 |
$529,000 |
|
|
5 |
322,076 |
$442,900 |
|
|
5 |
238,271 |
$227,900 |
|
|
5 |
57,701 |
$38,160 |
|
|
5 |
49,341 |
N/A |
|
|
5 |
34,057 |
$424,020,140 |
|
|
5 |
30,719 |
$20,600 |
|
|
5 |
27,015 |
$29,536 |
|
|
5 |
25,443 |
$29,468 |
|
|
5 |
12,618 |
$17,222 |
|
|
5 |
11,756 |
$6,322 |
|
|
5 |
7,095 |
$1,600 |
|
|
5 |
6,017 |
$8,236 |
|
|
5 |
739 |
$1,039 |
|
|
4 |
588,860 |
$1,313,340 |
|
|
4 |
192,408 |
$111,180 |
|
|
4 |
169,135 |
$120,772 |
|
|
4 |
112,111 |
$115,000 |
|
|
4 |
99,808 |
$107,744 |
|
|
4 |
93,751 |
$74,200 |
|
|
4 |
59,588 |
N/A |
|
|
4 |
55,414 |
N/A |
|
|
4 |
41,778 |
$19,080 |
|
|
4 |
41,654 |
$29,664 |
|
|
4 |
27,567 |
$12,900 |
|
|
4 |
27,251 |
$13,100 |
|
|
4 |
18,872 |
$7,434 |
|
|
4 |
17,084 |
$6,650 |
|
|
4 |
13,188 |
$16,274 |
|
|
4 |
11,959 |
$5,600 |
|
|
4 |
10,564 |
$5,668 |
|
|
4 |
10,518 |
$8,618 |
|
|
4 |
9,218 |
$6,500 |
|
|
4 |
8,427 |
N/A |
|
|
4 |
3,962 |
$2,507 |
|
|
4 |
2,926 |
N/A |
|
|
4 |
2,236 |
N/A |
|
|
4 |
2,236 |
$3,193 |
|
|
4 |
2,196 |
$1,792 |
|
|
4 |
1,914 |
$848 |
|
|
4 |
1,329 |
$368 |
|
|
4 |
1,097 |
$1,397 |
|
|
4 |
1,049 |
N/A |
|
|
4 |
874 |
N/A |
|
|
4 |
399 |
$339 |
|
|
4 |
269 |
N/A |
|
|
4 |
135 |
$458 |
|
|
3 |
559,683 |
$1,854,160 |
|
|
3 |
43,855 |
$56,180 |
|
|
3 |
35,627 |
$7,500 |
|
|
3 |
17,204 |
$27,772 |
|
|
3 |
11,934 |
$11,124 |
|
|
3 |
8,545 |
$1,620 |
|
|
3 |
7,742 |
$42,728 |
|