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I mentioned a couple of months back that I’m on a big project at work. It’s even more hectic than I first expected. Even though I’m recognized for my input, I’m spinning my wheels and wondering how much other people’s ass covering I can stomach in the future. Not for long.

Which brings me to my point. I think it’s time to ramp up my wealth generation so I can escape the dreary confines of my daily prison – aka my office cubicle.

This blog has always served a two fold purpose for me:

  • to document my views in the wacky financial industry
  • to play around with web technology as I am in IT

I never had illusions that I’d be able to make money online but a few bucks wouldn’t hurt. I wanted to learn what was going on at the grass roots level as what was “hot” in blogging. I must admit that it has been helpful in my job as an “intangible” skill. And it was a good idea to kill two birds with one stone as I’d finally learn how to be responsible with my money and to put it to good use.

I read a lot of make money online sites and wrote about my experiments with the products they were promoting like the Million Dollar Wiki and Teaching Sells. In all honesty, I made friends through the forums of these programs. However, did they make me money? That would be a no. The truth is, a lot of these make money online schemes are scams. I’m just glad I didn’t spend a lot of money on these pursuits.

So, when one is a new blogger and has flirtations with making some money online, how does one recognize these scams? Drumroll please… ripping the scammers a new one is Vic Franqui of Blogger Unleashed.

Vic is a straight shooter and holds no prisoners in calling people out for scamming unsuspecting newbies. A word of warning, the language of his blog is harsh. As a Canadian, and thus predisposed to being politically correct, I admit I cringed when I read / watched some of his posts. But if you can get past that, there is so much substance in his words that you cannot dispute. Quite frankly, he admits that the use of his colorful language is an attention grabber and effective in communicating his message. And his message is good, folks. Vic specializes in SEO and blogs about the techniques and the tools he uses to make money online. These are real how-to tips which is much appreciated in a market saturated with MMO blogs that have all converged in a single mind-meld, devoid of independent thought.

So, if you have ever contemplated making money online, I’d give Blogger Unleashed a try. I finally do believe that it is possible and not the pipe dream that other internet marketers sell for their own self interests. As you dig more into each posts, you’ll find that there’s a lot of sincerity in Vic’s desire to help people. Don’t judge a book by it’s cover and this unleashed blogger is a welcome change.