Selling 'The Swing'...

We've all seen it before. It's the cartoon where the the customer orders the swing and it starts something like this picture of "How the customer explained it":

Of course, the order is doomed from the start. The internal process is going to wreck it.

Back somewhere in this blog I posted this cartoon after much Googling, but can't find the post now. Well now you can create your own at Project Cartoon (thanks LifeHack.org). Use the pictures you want and create your own captions with a slick Ajax tool.

Sample cartoon
Make your own cartoon

Its a uniquely B2B joke that we now can make the most of. Bookmark it!

Hints for making a little money on the side

Starting a new site to earn money requires time in the beginning. The easiest to start is a home affiliate business site, I think. It will require research to be carried out to see which companies offer good products and nice referral fees. But before you can start, domain registration and website hosting research has to be done. The best web hosting packages can be easily located online. I'd also consider running through companies that are offering reseller hosting so you can have more than one domain, if needed.

If you don't have it already, get a wireless internet service so the site can be uploaded and maintained conveniently wherever you are. Actually creating the site itself will take some work, but there are some neat free tools that make it easier, like WordPress. By learning to constantly manage SEO and search engine submission, the site can do well in search engine ranking and develop enough traffic that proposals will fly in for banner advertising on the site.