FAP695: Earn some beer money
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Student Financial Aid News
+ No news, unless you want to hear about the Student Loan Network company party
Scholarship Update
+ The Mineralogical Society of America announces the MSA Grant For Student Research In Mineralogy And Petrology from an endowment created by contributions from the MSA membership. The grant comprises two awards of up to $5000 each for research in mineralogy and petrology. Students, including graduate and undergraduate students, are encouraged to apply. However, all proposals are considered together. The award selection will be based on the qualifications of the applicant, the quality, innovativeness, and scientific significance of the research, and the likelihood of success of the project.
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Beer Money Update
+ A request from Chris Wilson to update a presentation about beer money
+ College scholarship search still the best way to short term finance college
+ Money comes from value
+ Revisiting a popular topic - earning discretionary income
+ Beer money is extra money for fun, not from your day job
+ The other side of the one page budget
+ Long tail, evergreen content sales
+ iStockPhoto, Fotolia, Shutterstock - check out Microstock Diaries
+ Sell music online
+ Snocap, CD Baby
+ Affiliate programs that offer tiering and recurring revenue
+ The key with affiliate programs is to sell stuff you already buy, own, or want if you’re going to be personally marketing the products
+ Old school model - build a popular web destination, sell ads
+ Adsense, Pay Per Post, Adbrite
+ Build a strong, powerful network and it in itself becomes valuable after a point
+ Christina Dolce, Tila Tequila
+ The key to building good discretionary income is to have stuff that you don’t have to attend to - it’s evergreen and available always, making money (or at least potentially making money) even when you’re not working
+ Beer money is not an endorsement of underage consumption of alcohol, just jargon. Drink responsibly at a legal age in your local jurisdiction.
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