The Thursday Tip

This time of year is mosquito season and the United States is a hotbed for West Nile Virus which is common among mosquitoes. While West Nile Virus is rarely deadly, there is no treatment for the disease, only prevention methods. Ward off harmful mosquitoes using mosquito repellent.

The Thusday Tip

For those of you expecting some vital financial, political or social advice, today you are not going to get it. This Thursday Tip is a bit different than the other ones :P I hope you like it nonetheless.

The Thursday Tip:
If you live in a glass house, always wear pants.

Thursday Tip

Affiliates aren't all they are cracked up to be.

There are several telecommuting jobs that provide legitimate ways to make money online in the comfort of your home. Such include journalism/photography/online surveys. However, be weary of affiliate websites that promise to make millions - many are scams. These affiliate sites often require paying a large initial deposit with the claim that you will easily make the money back even if you won't. The money back guarantee does not necessarily work because often times the sites are a pain to get a hold of and well not respond to your queries. Prefer websites that provide free registration and do not ask for any of you personal information, these are often preferable because even if they do not work out as you would like, you didn't lose anything in the end.

Thursday Tip

Despite what many people consider to be an unproductive way to spend your time, sleeping should be thought of as being incredibly productive. Sleep is absolutely paramount and goes hand-in-hand with productivity. Only with adequate sleep can you perform daily functions at your fullest ability.

According to Professor William Dement, a sleep expert nothing can change an individual's sleep requirement, not even caffeine. Caffeine and energy drinks merely prolong your drowsiness for a later time, but one way or another it will come back to you.

According to a Gallup poll, 56% of Americans experience daytime drowsiness due to lack of sleep and over one-third are dangerously sleep deprived. Therefore, you should never be ashamed of getting a little extra sleep.

So next time you think to yourself, "Oh gee I can't believe I slept in." you should take that as a sign that your body was in need of additional sleep.

The Thursday Tip

Now is an ideal time to invest in stocks and the housing market with the economy down and low prices for shares of stock. In the United States, expect to see a turnaround in January in that both Obama and McCain have clear plans for the economy and either should be able to instill consumer confidence back into Americans. I have a feeling stocks will soar upwards when a new U.S. President is elected.

The Thursday Tip:
Every Monday I will try to feature a new blog/website and every Thursday I will try to provide some advice, this advice may or may not be relevant to Expand for Free and may be entirely for comedic value!

Today's Advice:
Tell your friends about Expand for Free! Remember there is no obligation to get into the database. I just need your URL and Web Page Name. Expanding your website could never be easier. Plus, there are tons of features that will be added to Expand For Free (the site is right now brand new). Every website that gets sent to me will go into my database; however, you will also see one Featured Blog every week! This website will soon have a Search Engine so you can make this page your homepage and search the world wide web right from here!