It happened to me again today. I innocently opened up my Feedly to check out the latest posts of blogs I'm subscribed to and I became completely distracted, lured into the vortex of time-suck. Before I knew it, a good hour had gone by and as usual, I'm very happy about it.

I was recently skimming through my FriendFeed and Robert Scoble retweeted a tweet that mentioned Twitterfall. Always curious, I went to check it out and I was really thrilled at this amazing free tool for viewing Twitter trends.

You've built your website or your blog and you've been furiously posting new and relevant content, adding optimization and generating links but you still haven't quite squeezed the full Google juice potential. You're frustrated! Well, it may be time to take a closer look at your competitors and see just what tricks they've done to get high up in the Google SERPs. In this post, we're going to discuss how to find your biggest competitors and do some research on what they're doing right - so you can add their tricks to your SEO bag.

Rachel Rasmussen of the Virtual Assistant blog, Rescue Desk has a terrific post on her blog about Virtual Assistance. If you're thinking about starting a Virtual Assistant business, this may be an eye opening post - a must see! Rachel mentions, "But, if I read one more article that focuses on the “home-based” part, or that it’s a great “part time” work, or advises would-be VAs that all they need is “an Internet connection, organizational skills, and MS Office,” I think I’ll hurl." Ha! How can you resist? Run on over to Rachel's blog and check this out - oh, and subscribe to her feed!

What you really need to know about becoming a virtual assistant

You don't have to sign up for a ponzi scheme or buy into some goofy MLM scam to make some extra cash from your website.  In this post, we'll cover a few ideas to help you generate added income from your website

Create & Sell a Product

Back when search engine optimization was in super high demand by real estate agents (about four years ago), I was getting flooded with requests for the same basic SEO services; link building, keyword optimization, maintaining link directories. Since that was all that many of these clients wanted, I decided to create an 'SEO Maintenance' package and offer it on my website. It included a set number of hours per month that I would handle their SEO and detailed monthly tracking reports of links, ranking, etc. Since I had invested in top of the line SEO software, I was quickly able to sign several new clients to the service. It was a win-win on both sides.Do you have a particular skill set or knowledge that you could use to create a product? Perhaps if you're a wiz with MS Publisher or Photoshop, you could create graphics or templates to sell on your website. Are you a terrific copywriter? Perhaps start a Newsletter service where clients pay a monthly fee for your custom newsletter content. The possibilites are endless.