If you are anything like me, it is all too easy to get distracted while working on schoolwork or internet based projects outside of school. Perhaps this is because procrastination syndrome makes it so easy to enable and justify wasting time, but fear not internet time wasting pro’s, there is a fix for your mental meanderings. While there are many websites and add-on like stumble upon that make searching and wasting time a whole lot easier; STAY FOCUSED, however, makes it easier for Google chrome users to stay on task.

The Stay Focused add-on for Chrome is an incredibly thorough tool. It allows you to choose which websites you would like to block (ex: facebook, youtube, etc.) and then allows you to set when you want to block them, how long you want to allow the website to be available throughout the day (the default time limit is 10 minutes total per day for all your blocked sites). This feature is very helpful because it allows you a way of weening yourself from the time wasting instead of completely blocking the sight like most other blocking add-ons do, but if you need to quit cold-turkey, this program also allows you to do that as well. It even provides a way to stop you from reversing your decision to waste less time by making you go through a time consuming, yet doable, process of unlocking the blocking mechanism. (It’s similar to getting your password changed on facebook when you forget it, only you have to type a paragraph and do other frustrating things that actually help deter the user from changing the settings on Stay Focused). When your time runs out on the blocked sites, Stay Focused posts a page that jokingly says “shouldn’t you be working” on your blocked sites that does not allow you to enter the website.

I have found that Stay-Focused has actually been an immense aid in staying on task and wasting less time while doing work. If you do struggle to pay attention to your tasks at hand due to internet A.D.D. then give this add-on a  try and start being more efficient today.

Donny Ouyang is not the only young entrepreneur making large amounts of money through opportunities on the Internet. Josh Buckley is a 19-year-old that achieved financial independence by designing and selling websites.

Buckley sold his first website for around $200 at the age of 15. Since then, he has created and sold a number of websites. Menewsha.com was Buckley’s most well-known project to date. Basically, Menewsha allows members to create and customize avatars to their liking. In an interview, Buckley said he has always been interested in virtual communities. It’s this interest and knowledge of how important social networking is that has allowed him to create websites people enjoy and keep coming back to. Social networking is a factor so many websites are taking advantage of today, and rightly so.

In the same interview, Buckley said perseverance was the single factor that helped him become successful. It’s what drove him to success. We saw that same perseverance in Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network during class today. Perseverance is a quality entrepreneurs need. Perseverance drives people to push past the tough times – criticism, tedious hours of work, etc.

Josh Buckley has reached success at such a young age, and he did it through persevering through tedious hours of work. He knew what he wanted and didn’t allow himself to become distracted or discouraged. Perseverance is a must for entrepreneurs.

Internet entrepreneurship is not just for people that have studied business and have obtained a degree. The Internet is open to people of all ages and backgrounds. This is evident by some of the young entrepreneurs that have found success through unique services and products.

Donny Ouyang is earning $6,500 a month at the age of 16. Just how is a 16-year-old making that kind of cash in just one month? Don’t worry, I’ll tell you.

Donny has created several websites – Kinkarso.com (a web consulting company), BattleForums.com (one of the largest online gaming communities), & Live.TV.ws (online TV).

Donny earns a lot of his money through advertising, but he also makes a lot of money by trading in websites – “web site flipping.” What does that mean? Well, basically Donny buys websites and then sells them for more money after a little tweaking.

Discussing the potential of the Internet, Donny stated, “The Internet is growing at such a huge rate. It is impossible to ignore the potential. Never before have we been able to use such mediums to communicate with our visitors, customers, clients, and prospects. With the Internet, anyone of any age, gender, nationality, race, or financial situation can profit huge. The Internet equals the future.”

Donny is spot-on. Any business not using the Internet to its advantage is at risk of extinction. People even younger than Donny are taking advantage of the Internet’s capabilities. You should be too.

Just launched, the company Aereo has plans for television as we know it.  Right now we can sit down and have any channel live, but we pay a monthly fee that is bundling many things together that we may not necessarily use.  We don’t watch every channel all the time, or every show on a specific channel.  Aereo’s vision is changing this.  They are building a DVR in the cloud that when completed will be able to stream live television to your iPad, computer, or television.  The company Slingbox tried a proposition somewhat like this, except Aereo is tuning into a television antenna in the cloud rather than into your own television.

Aereo knew that people would hardly go for getting another box with more cables and remotes, so they decided to utilize the cloud instead.  They are going to build boxes that contain many arrays of tiny television antennas inside.  There can be only one video stream per viewer at a time, but these antennas will be the way the programs are sent to viewers over the internet.  Aereo’s system will also allow the viewer to record any available show.  As of now, no cable channels are available, only stations such as ABC, NBC, and FOX.

The starting cost will be $12 a month for a virtual DVR with a dual tuner and 40 hours of storage.

To see a video of the launch and more information on Aereo, go to: http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/14/diller-aereo-dvr-cloud/

With the prevalence of easy DIY website applications, starting an online company can be really easy, and thousands of people – without any coding knowledge or experience – are becoming internet entrepreneurs! That’s just awesome. Everyone who has internet access and basic computer knowledge can start an online business – so can you!

But wait, it can’t be that simple… can it? Not quite. Even the quickest research on how to start an online business will at some point mention search engine optimization (SEO). However very few sites about internet entrepreneurship really dissect what SEO is or how to do it.

You’re in luck! You have stumbled upon a thorough and complete guide to internet entrepreneurship, including SEO! The term search engine optimization refers to the process of selecting keywords and optimizing your site so that you will rank well on Google for those keywords.

For more information, please visit the other blog I contribute to:

http://www.gccwebsites.com/seo/

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Questions? Leave them in the comments below or email me at dabonz413@gmail.com

Ever wonder how a so-called “social network” website is making so much money?

I mean think about it… There’s no charge to join, no subscription fee, no new hardware or software to buy… How on earth are they pulling in millions and millions of dollars??

It’s simple really. ADVERTISING.

Facebook charges companies to place ads on the site. Ya know, those annoying things that are the side panel of every page, yeah those. Facebook has created a quick and easy way for companies to target their ads. By collecting all kinds of data about its users (through profile information, places they visit, likes, etc.) Facebook can place ads in just the right place at just the right time. Because of this pinpoint accuracy, advertisers flock to them for ad space!

That’s how they make money. They charge for ad space, and thousands of companies are willing to pay large sums for it.

So don’t overlook the potential of selling ads on your site!