Dian Schaffhauser Archives

Web Worker Payoff: Virtual World Business Owner

By Dian Schaffhauser May. 30, 2007, 5:18am PT 6 Comments

Britanyj Crimson earned 34,000 dollars last month online through the sale of jewelry she designed and created herself. That doesn’t include what her shop took in as donations for Relay For Life. Not bad for a business that didn’t exist before February 2007. Britanyj is selling… Read More »

Web Worker Payoff: Webinar Emcee

By Dian Schaffhauser May. 22, 2007, 6:00am PT 4 Comments

If you have expertise in a specialized business area, can keep your cool when hundreds of people are hanging on your every word, and know how to show good humor when technical snafus arise, you may have a bright future as a webinar host. And the potential… Read More »

Web Worker Payoff: Online Community Manager

By Dian Schaffhauser May. 17, 2007, 6:00am PT 10 Comments

The web isn’t the free-for-all that some of us believe it to be. Many sites, especially those catering to niche audiences, use the skills of online community managers to nudge the conversation, seed chat forums with threads, recruit others to take a lead in various topics,… Read More »

A Look Inside Virtual Company MoveOn.org

By Dian Schaffhauser May. 15, 2007, 2:30pm PT 5 Comments

MoveOn.org is a poster child for virtual companies. Its staff is entirely distributed. It holds no scheduled meetings. And when it decided to gather for a retreat, it did so virtually. In a panel during Software 2007 in Santa Clara, CA, MoveOn co-founder Wes Boyd… Read More »

Make Money as a Paid Search Expert

By Dian Schaffhauser May. 8, 2007, 6:00am PT 5 Comments

This week in Bonita Springs, Florida, during Search Insider Summit, 100 search marketing experts will pay major bucks to network over pinot gris and spanakopita. These insiders understand how to exploit search engine optimization (SEO) to make money for their companies and… Read More »