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This guide first appeared on johnonody.com . Summer is when a lot of electric bills jump, and it can feel like the only choices are sweating it out or paying whatever the meter says. There's a better middle ground. Learning how to lower your electric bill in the summer mostly comes down to three things: keeping heat out of your home, helping your air conditioner work less, and not creating extra heat inside. None of the tips below ask you to live in a hot house. Most of them are free or cost very little, and many work just as well in an apartment as in a house. I've grouped them by where they happen: the thermostat, your windows, airflow, appliances, air leaks and the AC unit itself. After that you'll find tips for renters, a couple of things to skip, a simple first-week plan and answers to common questions. You don't need all 22 at once. Pick three or four to start this week, and add more as you go. Small changes add up over a long, hot month. Why is my electric b...

This guide first appeared on johnonody.com . Grocery prices keep climbing, and it can feel like you have to choose between eating well and paying your bills. You don't. Learning how to save money on groceries and still eat healthy comes down to a handful of habits: planning before you shop, knowing where stores hide the deals, cooking in batches and throwing away less food. A lot of people assume healthy eating means organic labels, protein bars and the fancy aisle with the soft lighting. In reality, many of the cheapest foods in the store are also some of the most nutritious: beans, lentils, oats, eggs, rice, potatoes, cabbage, carrots, bananas and frozen vegetables. The expensive part is usually the packaging, the processing and the convenience, not the food itself. In this guide I'll walk you through 25 practical tips, grouped by when you use them: before you shop, in the store, at home in the kitchen, with apps and tools, and when you share a kitchen with roommates. You...

This post contains an affiliate link to Book Bolt. If you buy through it I may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you. This guide first appeared on johnonody.com . Puzzle books are one of the easiest kinds of book to publish on Amazon KDP. You don't need to write a story or hire an illustrator. You need a theme people already search for, clean puzzle pages, a cover that reads at thumbnail size, and a listing that matches what buyers type. I publish word search, crossword and sudoku books on Amazon, including a Christmas word search, a horror word search, Bible scripture crosswords and sudoku for seniors. This guide is the process I actually use, step by step. Quick answer: how to make a puzzle book to sell on Amazon Pick a narrow theme that buyers already search for. Check the competition on Amazon's first page of results. Choose your trim size, paper and font size. Build at least 50 puzzle pages plus an answer key. Set the margins and bleed to KDP's rules. ...

This post contains an affiliate link to Mangools. If you sign up through it I may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you. This guide first appeared on johnonody.com . A keyword with 100,000 searches a month is worthless if you can never reach page one for it. A keyword with 4,000 searches that you can actually rank for is worth far more. The trick is finding the ones with real demand and weak competition. This guide is the method I use for my own shop and blog, with the real numbers from a keyword lookup I ran in October 2026. Quick answer: how to find high-volume, low-competition keywords Start with a seed topic you can cover well. Pull related keywords with their search volume and keyword difficulty. Keep the ones with real volume and a difficulty your site can handle. Check the search intent: does the searcher want to learn, compare or buy? Look at page one yourself for weak spots. Group the winners so each page targets one intent. What "high volume, low comp...