When this blog was first founded, it featured stock market advice and sportsbook tips in addition to ways to make money online. Over the past few years of operations, I have drastically narrowed the focus on blogging… but I believe that the new year will be the perfect time to implement a change in policy.

Two New Post Categories for the New Year

Those of you that have been long-time readers probably know that I absolutely love the financial markets. I’ve managed a $400K stock portfolio to a 18.5% outperformance over the S&P 500 in 2008 (nearly a 40% nominal gain), worked in investment banking at a major bulge bracket firm and presided over a mutual fund with assets under management (AUM) of over $4 million. On the side, I manage my personal portfolio which continues to beat the overall markets year after year… and I think that I want to shine a light on my stock picks when I buy and sell.

Additionally, some of my older posts are sportsbook recommendations and gambling picks every week. While I am more successful on NFL Football games than anything else (and the season it winding down), I am going to pick up in 2011 and begin sharing my thoughts on weekly props. In particular, I’ve had records over .500 for quite some time, and if you can manage this kind of track record you will make money over time if you bet proportionately. Therefore, I think this fits well with the investment theme and I would like to start to keep a running tally of my successes and failures on the blog.

Is this going to change everything?

I wouldn’t worry about this blog changing too heavily from what my core competency is. The goal here is to diversify what we are talking about… as I believe having numerous ways to invest is key in this economy. And heck, I really enjoy writing about the stuff.

Hope everyone has a great New Years… tons of great material to come in 2011!
-Jimvesting.com

Going through a lot of my methods of making money online, you may have noticed that a majority of the techniques involve buying a domain name at some point. True, when you are dealing with online businesses it is essential to have that winning website address that is going to sit on top of the Google search rankings and ring in your customers’ heads when they visit.

The only problem? Most good domain names are taken.

Our old solution to this method was to manually go to a website like GoDaddy.com, NameCheap.com or 1and1.com and search the name’s availability one by one. However, more recently I have come across a website called PC Names that let’s you do everyone in one shot — without even reloading the page!

As you can see by the video, PCNames.com is a very cool tool that will save you a boatload of time. Let’s get into a few of the pros/cons below.

Pros

I think that this service has a lot to offer, but a few of the best features are:

• Real-time search engine results
• Quickly see what is available / taken / for sale
• Keep track of your results, history and favorites with a interactive list
• A free and extensive database of reviews for all of the major domain registrars
• Additional tools like Bulk Lookup, Mobile App and Domain Generator

Cons

There aren’t a whole lot of drawbacks, but a few that I found are:

• The mouse-over feature on domain names doesn’t always load correctly
• The website is packed with affiliate ads (though heck, it is a business)
• Some of the additional “tools” on the site could be more expansive

In all, I was really excited when I came across this website as I think it is going to save a lot of my clients a TON of time as they try to build their own media empires or place investments online. It is 100% free to use and as long as you can avoid over-paying through their affiliate links… I think that this could be the one-stop shop for people looking to do a little late-night domain name research.

Stay bullish my friends.
-Jimvesting.com

The following is a sponsored post brought to you by Jimvesting.com. The opinions in this article are entirely unbiased and reflect my own views.

If you are an avid reader of this blog, you know that I use and recommend HostGator as your primary web host. However, I like to be unbiased and try to get you the best solution to make your business tick — so I welcomed the opportunity to take a look at an up-and-comer, Web Hosting Hub! Let’s get into it.

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Bottom Line: Web Hosting Hub is a pretty new web host, but all the reviews I have seen have been incredibly positive. The support is terrific and the features are plentiful — if you want hosting at the right price, take a look at the Hub.

-Jimvesting

Well ladies and gentlemen… every dog has his day, and I guess mine was today!

A bit earlier this evening, I received word that I had amassed a huge affiliate sum from my account at Aweber Communications (the folks that handle my email newsletter). Turns out, I am doing much better than I expected — thank heavens they decided to set up my preferences in order to alert me every time I get a payment in any form!

“Cheers” is right Tom Kulzer, I’m going to be buying all of the finest aged whiskey I can get my hands on with my shiny new thirty cents. Thank you everyone for your love and support. It’s been a great run! If you’d like to reach me, I’ll be in SkyMall buying a new G-6 jet.

-Jimvesting