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ejs9 / Getty Images/iStockphoto Everything is more expensive these days. From the cost of housing, utilities, groceries and more, we’re all feeling the pinch. Luckily, passive income can help supplement earnings from your 9-to-5 so you can make ends meet. Earning passive income means earning money with little to no effort. The more passive income you can earn, the more your money will work for you. This summer, there are many different ways you can start earning passive income to boost your financial standing. Here are five ways to earn $1,000 a week or more in passive income this summer,…
In this episode of the Affiliate Marketing Podcast, Vana Han, Head of Global Affiliate for TikTok Business, joins Lee-Ann. Vana discusses the affiliate program that TikTok for Business has and how it targets SMB advertisers. Vana also shares strategies for scaling an affiliate program, including narrowing down the focus on key partners and growing existing partners. Talking points include: Challenges in the content creator ecosystem Balancing AI and human creativity in marketing Ensuring transparency without compromising security. Vana will be speaking at our ELEVATE Summit in London, this September. Get your ticket now to hear Vana speak on emerging…
The Freelance Worker Protection Act went into effect in Illinois on July 1. The act regulates the relationship between non-construction independent contractors (“freelance workers”) and their contracting entities. Under the new law, contracting entities must provide freelance workers with written contracts. The written contract must be provided either physically or electronically to the freelance worker. If the written contract does not specify the date payment is due for the contracted services, the contracting entity must pay the freelance worker no later than 30 days after the completion of the contracted services. The written contract must contain: “The name and contact…
OpenAI just announced a brand new search engine, SearchGPT, that could be poised to take on Google and AI rival Perplexity. SearchGPT is an AI-powered search engine with real-time access to internet-based information.Currently a prototype, SearchGPT starts as a large textbox that asks, “What are you looking for?” Unlike Google’s Search, OpenAI’s engine doesn’t just return pages of links. Instead, the tool attempts to organize the information and provide summaries. (Image credit: OpenAI)In an example that OpenAI provided in their announcement, SearchGPT summarizes a query on music festivals and produces short descriptions of various festivals with an attribution link. A sidebar…
Former President Donald Trump wants you to know he loves Bitcoin now.Trump spoke at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville on Saturday, calling cryptocurrency “the steel industry of 100 years ago.””I think you’re just in your infancy,” Trump told the meeting of crypto industry leaders. “I can see it happening. In just 15 years, bitcoin has gone from merely an idea posted anonymously on an internet message board to being the ninth most valuable asset anywhere in the world.”Trump said he’d lay out a plan “to ensure that the United States will be the crypto capital of the planet and…
It only takes a few minutes before Futurama’s new season starts explaining non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, a concept most people probably haven’t thought about for more than a year.Despite being set in the far future, Futurama has always been comfortable commenting on modern life. There have been episodes about smartphones and 3D printers that use sci-fi nonsense to complicate the concepts in a way that makes them funny. That has largely continued to be true over many years (and cancellations). But in its Hulu revival last year, the show really started to mess up the balance, and its topical jokes…
The USA BMX New England Nationals is underway at Indian Lodge Park in Trumbull. Hundreds of BMX riders from all around the world are hitting the tracks for the competition. Local riders are excited to have it in their backyard. “Home turf, definitely know the lands,” said Matthew Hortsches, of Ansonia. He started riding as a toddler. The three-day event has brought in people from over 30 states and eight countries. Connecticut Convention and Sports Bureau said the event is expected to generate $2.35M in revenue. “It’s a lot of hotel nights, it’s a lot of restaurants full, so it’s…
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The gig economy is still big in the U.S. and growing.More than a third (36%) of U.S. adults are working a side hustle – earning money in addition to their main source of income – according to a new Bankrate survey. They are earning more than they did last year, with the average side hustler making $891 a month, up from $810 last year.Though the number of respondents who said they had a side hustle was down slightly from last year’s 39%, it is way up from 2019 when Bankrate first started surveying respondents about their extra gigs, Ted Rossman,…
[GETTY IMAGES] In the animal kingdom, vultures feed off corpses, while in Korea, “cyber wreckers” feed off people’s misfortunes — and humans’ affinity for gossip. Heartbreaking revelations by YouTuber Tzuyang surrounding four years of mental, physical and financial torture from her ex-boyfriend filled headlines ever since her emotional livestream on July 11. The horrible story quickly garnered reactions, ranging from sadness to rage. But what infuriated people more were the so-called cyber wreckers who learned of the news and demanded money from her in exchange for their silence. Cyber wreckers are YouTubers who specialize in posting videos…
