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Sometimes, we have a bad month

Sorry it's been so long since an update -- no excuses here, other than being insanely busy with work. So let's get on to it: this past month (October) was a really shitty month for me, earnings-wise. I earned less across the board on all of my programs, and my main money maker (DreamHost) totally dried up for me this month with effectively no incoming money. But ...

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Tips to success: amass content

One of my biggest flaws as a designer/developer is the rate at which I tend to abandon projects. I find that I'll crank through a thousand lines of code in a caffeine-fueled weekend and make something from scratch to launch in under forty-eight hours. But then as time passes, I neglect the project and it dies a slow, painful death. One tip to combat this I've ...

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Nine days from launch to page 1 of Google

People often times over-analyze SEO (Search Engine Optimization). I am here to tell you how easy it is to rank high in Google without any shady or blackhat methods. I launched this blog nine days ago on August 18. Today on August 27, I find I'm getting referrers for money from open source (you'll notice personal web search is turned off in that url). ...

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Tools of the trade: Hardware

I get a lot of people asking what I use to create all of my sites, so I'm going to go over my setup at home now. I'm very fond of the setup I have right now, and I really think it helps me be more productive when I want to. I've spent a lot of money on the setup I have now, but I can ...

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Starting a new blog

Starting a new site is a really difficult thing to do. Over the years, my sites have accumulated a large amount of inbound links and traffic -- so now when I want to start a new site, it's no problem. I put up a few links and posts about the site and it instantly gets a big traffic boost. But for this site, I wanted to ...

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About this site

Studio Rockstar is a site dedicated to those internet entrepreneurs out there. Stick around and learn how K makes his money, and tips for how to build your own online empire.

Got a question you want to ask K? Email him at k@studiorockstar.com.

The Goal

K's trying to make enough to quit his dayjob. He thinks there's two ways to this: saving or earning.

EARNING: He figures he needs to be making about $83 per day.

$19.08

SAVING: He figures he needs to save up $20,000 (one year's living).

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