We kept on Discussing about how to make money online.
But here are tips on how you can save and make more money -while making passive income online...
Some of you may be looking at more revenue streams when looking to make more money, but there is a way to make even more money and it doesn’t involve finding another excellent revenue stream. In fact, its a stream that goes the other way and takes money from you each month. I’ve noticed a lot of bloggers report their monthly earnings, but they make no mention of the costs that are associated with running their businesses.
One of the easiest ways to knock some numbers off your cost streams is by saving energy. A lot of people scoff at the idea of saving energy (hey, even I speak out against being energy efficient sometimes) but its no different than making more money each month and everybody is more than willing to do that! So, for those of you who are already thinking this is stupid, just turn it around and read this based on the fact you will be “earning” more money each month, because the end result is the same.
1. Let Food Cool Down Before You Place Into Your Fridge - Placing warm food into your fridge causes your fridge to have to work overtime to cool the food down. This is a no brainer, placing hot food into a refridgerator is no different than trying to heat your home in winter while leaving the patio door wide open. While we’re at the fridge, adjust the temperature settings so they are not maxed out (coldest).
2. Replace Light Bulbs With Fluorescent Bulbs - You don’t need to change over every bulb in the house, but try to change the ones that are on the most. Some people (me!) have stayed away from these energy-efficient fluorescent bulbs because they give off very harsh white/blue type light as opposed to the warmer yellowish light of regular bulbs–THIS IS NOT TRUE anymore. Most modern fluorscent bulbs give off very similar light.
3. Remove Dust - This one may sound like it does nothing in terms of saving energy, but dust makes many electrical devices inefficient. Remove the dust from your power supply on your computer and you’ll find that the power saving variable speed fan will actually slow down more often because it can cool itself more efficiently now. The dust traps the heat and makes you waste more power. Dust off your amps, televisions, fridges, furnaces, etc.
4. Get an Electronic Thermostat - This sucker will pay itself off within a month if you buy a simple one. Lower the temperature that your home is heated to while you are out at work, or away from home. For added savings, lower the temperature when you are asleep and have it warm up your home just prior to when you wake up.
5. Wrap your Water Heater - Go touch the side of your hot water tank. If its not insulated you’ll probably feel that it is pretty warm. All that heat is escaping away from the hot water where it should be. Head down to your local hardware store and get an insulating blanket for your tank to trap the heat inside the water. While you do this, check to see what setting you are on. Some have it set to the hottest setting by default. Adjust it one notch down. Now you just might need to mix less cold water into the mix when showering.
6. Skip the Heat Dry Option on Your Dishwasher - Theres no need to incinerate your dishes after washing. If you give everything a light rinse before placing into your dishwasher, they will be clean. Just let it air dry and save on the costs to run the heater.
7. Your oven door has a window, USE it - I’ve seen this countless times when people are preparing something in the oven. They open the door to look inside every 2 - 3 minutes to monitor the progress of their food. Either learn to cook without having to check every 2-3 minutes, or use the window on the oven door. After you are done baking, keep the oven door open to let the radiant heat escape to warm up your home. Oh and last thing about the oven, Don’t use the self cleaning feature. Get off your lazy ass and clean it by hand.
8. Turn off the Master Power switch on your powerbars - If you are leaving on an extended trip away from home, don’t just shut off your computer monitor and have all your stereo equipment on standby. Shut everything off, then turn off the master power. When your stereo equipment is on standby mode, it is still using electricity. Unless you need to access your computer while you are away, shut it off completely.
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This one is last because its painfully obvious. I’ll include it anyway…
10. Close your doors, windows, patio doors, etc when it is cold outside - If you’re going to leave your windows open when its cold outside, you might as well just throw money out the window and let it blow away.
Notice I didn’t include stuff like: Take shorter showers, or use less water when brushing your teeth, etc. These 10 items do not impact your lifestyle and it will save you money. You should continue to shower like you normally do, unless of course you’re in there for an hour! If thats the case, then you’ve got other issues that this list just is not designed to help with ;)
There, by following this list of energy saving tips you will end up making more each month. Take that extra cash and invest it and make even more money. Better yet, take that money and run some revenue generating Ads on your blog!
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