Archive for the ‘things i wish i invented’ Category

Alternative Income Ideas

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

I’ve been thinking for a while that I should be starting some sort of website (other than a blog) to bring in some outside income.  My employer is happy with my work but they are in a declining industry so it’s time for me to be looking around.  Anyway, I’ve had some thoughts but ran across another site today that seemed interesting. 

It’s a site that sells term papers and such.  Check them out and see what you think. It’s quick and easy to sign up, and then they bill you a fee per month ($29.95) until you cancel. I like the idea of setting up something that will produce a stream of income, and the monthly charge is a pretty good idea. I’m not in school anymore (nor in a business where I need to write any sort of position paper) so the site itself isn’t that useful to me, but it’s a really good idea. I didn’t join so I can’t vouch for the quality of any of the papers.

If you do join, come back and leave a comment about the site so we’ll know it’s worth it.  I wonder if they pay for nicely written papers.

Article: In Small Packages, Fewer Calories and More Profit

Monday, July 9th, 2007

I think I want to start a series of posts entitled “things I wish I invented”.  Convincing consumers to pay more for less stuff is brilliant.  The NYTimes has an article on the “100 calorie” packs.  I think I first noticed them in stores a year ago.  I chose to buy the regular snack packs of crackers (140 calories) which were less expensive.  Yes, I could pay less and get 40% more!  I guess for easy counting 100 is a good round number.  I do buy the snack packs over the large container if I’m traveling or trying to watch my consumption of something.  There is a psychological barrier to opening three or four packages.

In Small Packages, Fewer Calories and More Profit