Wednesday, September 10, 2008

History Of Identity Theft Advances With Technology by Franck Pasquet

The hot topic concerning online use is old news according to the history of identity theft in the United States as well as other countries.

While the victim still loses their money, their credit score and their reputation, at least they still have their health. In the early days in the history of identity theft the thief would usually kill the victim and assume their identity.

Looking alike was only worrisome if someone had known the person since there were not too many requirements for a photo identification card.

As time passed, criminals learned they could obtain enough information about a person from the trash without the need for killing the victim.

“Dumpster diving” as it is most commonly called, allowed them to obtain bank statements, credit card information and most everything else they needed to represent themselves as someone else. As the history of identity theft matured, thieves took to stealing directly from the mailbox, keeping an eye out on days bank statements usually went out. This method was just as successful but did not share the dirt that was evident in dumpster diving.

Telemarketing brought another wave of criminals into the history of identity theft as they could call people telling them they won a prize or were from a charitable organization calling about a donation.

When they first started it was easy to convince people to give out personal information for verification purposes and then use it to open credit card accounts, buy houses and other forms of illegal financial transactions.

Internet Opens Doors Wide For Identity Theft

When people first started conducting transaction online, criminals found a new, more convenient method of stealing an identity. When hacking into banking sites became tougher due to stricter security controls, the history of identity theft was advanced by the most basic concept ever to plague the public �" greed.

The fear of not being able to conduct transactions online as well as correcting possible problems with an account, also make some people willing to share their personal information with identity thieves.

Internet service providers rarely conduct background checks on people who host a website, and many emails are sent telling people their bank account has been compromised and they need to click on a link to take them to the security department, which will verify their information and fix the problem.

Even with the history of identity theft people still fall for this phishing scam and willing turn over their information without realizing what is going on until their account balances reach zero.

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8 Tips to Create a Blog Post That Gets Your Reader's Attention by Mark McCullagh

The biggest challenges facing most bloggers is not only creating content on a regular basis, but also writing posts that will actually get read by your target audience.

Have you ever landed on a blog and found yourself looking at a huge amount of text that looked like one big sentence? My guess is that you didn't bother to read that post.

Here are 8 helpful tips to write blog posts that get attention:

1. Perform keyword research but don't overuse your keywords.

Make a list of the keyword phrases that have the most search volume in your niche and write posts relevant to those keywords.

Include the keyword phrase you have selected in your headline and in the first sentence. Use variations of the keyword in the rest of the post and write naturally, avoiding repetition.

2. Use headlines that are catchy and arouse curiosity.

Your headline is the most important part of your post and is the most crucial single factor that will determine whether your post will get read.

It is a good idea to copy headlines that catch your eye and create a swipe file that you can use as a reference.

Your headline should appeal to the emotions of your reader, which leads us to the next point:

3. Know your reader.

This point is illustrated wonderfully by internet marketing expert Eben Pagan who said that when you write, try to picture your reader at home alone, sitting in front of their computer.

* What is this person thinking about? * What are their problems, frustrations, fears, and needs? * What solutions can you offer them?

There is a conversation already going on inside your readers' mind, try to enter into it by:

4. Writing to your reader as an individual.

Imagine that the person is sitting beside you and you are having a conversation. Simply record this conversation.

Or, think about how you would address a good friend if you were sending them an email offering advice or telling them about something that you thought was really cool.

5. Be clear and concise.

Most people read posts by quickly scanning so it is important to cut all unnecessary words and get to the point as fast and obviously as you can.

The important issue here is to proofread your posts with a fine-tooth comb. Always try to look for the briefest and most direct way to get your message across.

6. Make your posts easy to read with formatting techniques.

* make your sentences and paragraphs shorter * use bullet points and numbered lists * break up the text with graphics * bold important points

7. Check your spelling and grammar.

Your credibility is at stake and nothing makes a poorer impression than spelling mistakes and poor grammar.

Remember that your writing is a reflection of you and this will directly affect your readers' opinion of you.

8. Use lots of links.

Providing your readers with additional resources will add to your credibility and authority in your niche.

Linking to other sites will also help you build a network within your niche as these sites will often end up linking to you as well.

The whole purpose of blogging is to have your posts read.

I hope that you find these tips helpful and I invite you to share any tips that you have found effective.

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Beginners Guide to Blogging Online by Terry Detty

A blog is basically an online journal wherein you can digitally pen down your thoughts, ideas, opinions and practically anything that you want people to read. Blogs come in different styles, formats, and settings, depending on the preference of the user. Many blogging sites, offer built in features such as hyperlink, straight texts, pictures etc. Some blogging sites, even allow you to put video and mp3's on your blogs.

Instead of writing texts, some bloggers choose to make their blogs more audio friendly, by using spoken word entries. This is called audio blogging.

Basically a blog contains these features:

title- which allows you to label your post body- this is the content of your post trackback- other sites can be linked back to your blog permanent link- every article that you write has a URL comments- this allow readers to post comments on your blog.

One of the advantages of blogging, is that it is made of only a few templates. Unlike, other websites that is made up of numerous individual pages. This make it easier for blog users to create new pages, because it already has a fix setting that include: slots for title, body of the post, category, etc.

This is especially useful for first time users, since they can start blogging right away. They can chose from a number of templates that blogging websites provide.

Anyone who wants to start a blog can do so by becoming a member of a blogging website of their choice. Once they've become members, they automatically become a part of that particular blogging community. They can browse through other bloggers pages, and link them back to their own blogs. They can also make comments on other members' blogs.

Blogging is not just limited to personal usage. There are a lot of blogs that follow a theme such as: sports, politics, philosophy, social commentary, etc. These blogs espouse on their specific themes. This way blogging becomes a medium in which people can share their knowledge and opinions about a variety of themes and topics.

Some bloggers even use their blogs as a means to advertise. Some authors advertise their books on their blogs. While other bloggers, use their blogs to shed light to currents issues, events, news and catastrophes.

Nowadays in education, blogs also play an important part. Professors use blogging to document the lessons that they have discussed and taught. This way, students who who have missed classes, can easily catch up with their assignments.

A lot of entrepreneurs benefit from blogging by promoting their businesses on their blogs, with millions and millions of people logging onto the net everyday, blogging has become a lucrative move. Some bloggers who run online businesses promote their merchandise online. While others profit through advertisement.

But by far, the most popular blog type is the one that takes the form of a personal journal. This is the kind that is usually used by first time bloggers. Individuals who want to document the daily struggle of their everyday lives, poems, rants, opinions, find that blogging offers them a medium in which to express themselves.

Bloggers usually communicate within themselves. This is one of the appeals of blogging. It creates a community of people sharing their ideas, thoughts, and comments with each other.

Blogs varying in topics, themes, and set-ups, can be found in blog directories. First time users who want to get an idea of what the blogging world is all about can browse through a number of blogs using these directories. This way they'd get an idea of what these blogging communities are like.

Blogging is popular all over the world. Blog is short for the term weblog. There are no rules when it comes to blogging. Bloggers have the freedom to express themselves how ever way they want, and the best thing about blogging, is that most blogging sites are free.

There are numerous blogging websites to choose from in the net. This give first time users the option of joining a blogging community that appeals to their interests.

Just search any blogging directory and you'd get a listing of a lot of blogging sites that are available on the net. It's easy to search a blogging directory, because it is organized according to category. This way you would get exactly what you are after. Blogging is really for everyone. It is fun, simple and easy.


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Requirments For Successful Blogging by Antonio Seegars

In the beginning there was websites, now there are blogs. If there was an internet bible that's how it would go in the new testament. Because blogs have become powerful marketing tools and unlike websites there free. Soon there will be more blog owners then website owners on the internet and for most people just starting a blog and advertising it to their friends is all they need to do but if you started a blog for internet marketing/business purposes you need to know a few things about blogging if you want to be successful.

First, before you sign up for a blog you need to think what the content of your blog is going to be. Content is what holds blogs to together and keeps visitors coming back for more. Without good content no matter how many blogs you have you don't really have anything. So before you start blogging you need to think about what the subject of your blog is and you need to find information to provide to your blog visitors.

Fortunately, information is free on the internet and there are a variety of places where you can get topics for your blog post. If you do a search in Google for the subject of your blog you can find tons of free information to use in your blog. Once you find this information you have the choice of taking it as is, or rewriting it and putting your personal spin on it.

If your not the creative type and you can't really think of any subjects for your blog, just think about what the category of your blog is and use that to find information for your blog. If your blog is in the category of internet marketing for instance, you can do a search for internet marketing in article directories such as Ezine Articles or you can visit Internet Marketing Forums such as the Warrior Forum and these places will provide you with topics for your blog, you just have to pick one that you find interesting. It's possible to own a blog and provide years worth of content for it without every having to create content yourself.

Once you've got your content it's time to promote your blog. I only use one form of marketing promotion and that's article marketing.

With article marketing you can submit articles to article directories and wait for traffic to come in. Articles are a great source for free promotion because you can write about whatever you want and you can include a link to any site that you wish as long as it's within the guidelines of the article directory that your using. Article directories are used by blog and website owners to find content so if you write a good article your article can be spread around the internet with a link back to your blog on multiple websites and blogs, so you get all of the traffic that they attract. Articles are also viewable in search engines such as Google so you can get organic traffic from people searching for information.

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Antonio Seegars is a successful website owner.

Align Yourself with a Winning, Affordable System! by Mike

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This incredibly appealing program has been designed to be affordable for everyone! Millions of people are looking for financial change in their lives and as you may know, it is getting tougher everyday to make ends meet!

This ethical, upstanding program is within everyones reach, and yet can make a profound difference in the lives of everyone you know! In todays economic climate, you would be hard pressed to be able to approach someone you know or care about and get their attention or interest in a program that would require them to have an extra $500 to $3500 to risk that their financial futures could change with a gifting program.

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Fun Blogging by Jyoti Bisht

Phone calls, text messages, emails, instant messages - these are our high-tech modes of staying in touch with friends and family and pursuing that coveted other.

I am going to suggest another way to stay in touch and make new friends: blogging.

That‘s right, blogging.

First, what is a blog? The word blog comes from the combination of the terms web and log: weblog, which was shortened to blog. A blog is an online collection of thoughts, ideas, reflections, responses, and opinions, or simply a means of communicating with an audience.

Blogs have become a hot business tool, used for grass roots communication between companies and their various publics.

However, blogs actually originated as online diaries. The traditional hand-written diary segued into electronic form, especially among techies and computer geeks. Now blogs are mainstream, and a tremendous political, business, and personal force. Some say blogging is the catalyst for the re-enactment of true democracy.

Okay, democracy, politics, and business aside, what can a blog do for you in making new friends?

Lots.

Let‘s take a look at a few aspects of blogging to help you get started:

1.Setting up 2.Deciding what to write about, and 3.Making connections

Setting Up

Please forgive me if you already know this stuff, but I‘m sure some of you may not, and so to the others: please bear with.

There are a number of free online sites where you can set up your own blog. Three of the most popular are:

www.blogger.com

www.livejournal.com

www.wordpress.com

The setup for all three is pretty straightforward and the instructions are clear. The main challenge you‘ll have is in coming up with a name for your blog that hasn‘t already been taken.

Deciding What to Write About

Now that you‘ve got this thing set up, what do you write about? Okay, the premise that brought you here was to meet people, right? Preferably people of the opposite sex?

Well, most of the tools and techniques we‘ve been talking about relative to dating and relationships hold true here as well.

First, write about stuff that interests you, stuff about which you are passionate. You want to be you on this blog, not some fabricated Don Juan or Lilly Lolita.

Now, you can approach a blog in one of two ways. You can:

1.Write about a single topic, say the upcoming presidential election, or your passion for horses.

2.Keep a reflective blog where you comment on a variety of issues, problems, and your daily life.

Making Connections

Now, here‘s where you‘ve got to do a little work. Your goal is to make connections. So to do that, you need to find other blogs with topics that appeal to you and/or are on topics that you‘re also writing about. When you come upon these blogs, you should comment on entries that inspire you in some way. Go back to the same blogs on a regular basis, leaving more comments, as well as a link to your blog.

After keeping in contact with selected bloggers on a regular basis, you will find yourself developing new friendships and relationships based on topics of mutual interest or passion.

What better way to meet and develop a romance?


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SEO Blogs- The Most Cost Efficient Web Promotional Tool by Articles Manager

Online business is being preferred over the traditional ones by the modern entrepreneurs due its easy & fast accessibility. Though preferred over the traditional ones, online business needs to be promoted. Through search engine optimization, your website which is a launch pad of your business & its products & services, is updated & optimized. Out of the many web promotion tools, blogs are a dynamic source of web promotion. They are online diaries in the form of website comprising of text, photographs etc. It is like any other web marketing tool like press release, newsletter etc. Apart from being search engine friendly, blogs are considered to be the cheapest marketing tool. They increase the search engine visibility of your website thus driving the traffic to your site. Blogs therefore play a vital role in search engine optimization.

1. Benefits of Blogs:

* It is simple to update & maintain a blog.

* They are a cost effective way to higher search engine ranking, sale of product & services.

* They serve the purpose of online newspaper for the readers.

* Keyword & back links rich content serve as a powerful search engine optimization tool.

* Blogs help in building online communities.

2. Techniques for optimizing the Blog:

* Off site techniques- It involves optimizing your website with factors outside the website. One such important factor is the inbound links. They not just improve the search engine ranking of your website but also generate quality traffic to your site. The back links which are related to the topic, include relevant keywords & are from top ranked sites are considered to be good quality links. These links could be generated to your website by writing quality content, by directory submission & by informing appropriate bloggers about your content.

* On site techniques- Are the modifications which you do within the blog to enhance the search engine ranking of your website. Techniques like keyword rich content emphasize on including targeted keywords in the content in a strategic way & at the same time avoiding keyword stuffing. Others include site design which should be simple, well coded and laid out to have higher search engine ranking. Moreover content duplication should be avoided & exclusivity should be maintained. Also regularly updating your website helps the search engine to send crawlers to index your site, that too at the earliest. An unique domain name & search engine submission of your site would increase the ranking of your site.

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Making money online using Blogs for beginners by Sree

If you are serious about making money Online,then the right way to go about is using blogs.Creating a Blog is very simple.But the main thing is to keep your Blog updated with fresh information.Most beginners haven't got a clue as how to go about it.

Maintaining the Blog with updated information is a big challenge.It could be so grueling that a new blogger might find it daunting or quit blogging and ends up doing some other scam.In order to avoid that i got two choices that i would recommend.

First option is to build an authority Blog.Let me give you an overview of its functionality.It gives you very good content in no time and more importantly it is very easy to use.It gets your Blog to the top of google very quickly.To know more in detail check it out here.Keeping your Blog updated

Second option is to create large number of Blogs.Firepow is a software that is used to build large number of Blogs and allows you to manage the efficiently.You can find lots of tips on my Blog on Online money making.Check it out.Online money making for beginners


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Sree's Blog is all about money making Online using Blogs

Earning Money Online through Blogging by guruji

There are many online money making methods available for people. Among these methods, blogging is one of the popular one now you can use to make money online. Blogging allows you to produce income without leaving your home.

Some bloggers may not realize the earning capability of blogging. But if you’re a professional blogger, you can earn more or less $10,000 per month just by writing blog posts online and doing blog marketing.

Both bloggers and advertisers were benefited from blogging to a great extent. This is a high rewarding Internet business venture especially if you know how to do things right in the whole process. It is vital to build trust and credibility among your readers. Without your faithful readers to support you constantly, it is hard for you to succeed as a blogger.

If you are passionate about a subject or topic and able to write content, you can take advantage of this opportunity and become a blogger. Paid blogging is getting more and more popular nowadays and I‘m sure it will absolutely going to stay in the market for a long time.

Making money at home with blog marketing does require you to build and grow blogs that are interesting. Sharing all your favorite topics, ideas or personal experiences aren‘t good enough. If you want to achieve success in blogging, you must also think about the interests of your readers and subscribers. You must be able to publish the content that exactly your readers want to read in order to keep your readers interested and returning back to your blog regularly.

If you want to make a living by creating blogs, make sure that you’re making enough money to cover all your monthly expenses. Otherwise, you can start searching for a much better career.

If you can drive good amount of traffic to your blog, you’re a good blogger and you can make money out of it. You can make some nice extra cash during the process of building your blog to become a success. Besides that, if advertisers find your blog right for their marketing campaign, they will directly contact you and request to advertise on your blogs. That way you’ll be earning consistent amount of money.

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There are many online money making methods available for people. Among these methods, blogging is one of the popular one now you can use to make money online. Blogging allows y

The art of Blogging by Franklyn Jacobs

If writing is an art, then, blogging is one way of using words to come up with an art. This is because people who are into blogging are the ones who are artistic on their own sense, carefully choosing words that would best describe their feelings, sentiments, wishes, desires, and everything.

Basically, blogs were first introduced as weblogs that refer to a "server's log file." It was created when web logging hit the virtual market. Since its inception in the mid-1990s, web logging gradually saturated the virtual community making the Internet a viable source of greater information.

However, with web logging, you still need a web site and domain names, but with blogging, you do not need anything just an account with blog providers. Simple, isn't it? In most cases, these kinds of blogs are free of charge as well.

With the onset of blogging in the industry, personal journaling had been a common ground for people who wish to be known all over the world. However, not literally famous as this is not a case on being popular or well-known personality.

Generally, blogs are created for personal use. Like a journal, people can write their daily adventures, sentiments, and whatever ideas they want to express online.

Nevertheless, with the advent of the online businesses, blogs had gradually taken the limelight in providing businesses a chance to boost their productivity online. This is where the business blogs have taken the limelight.

Business blogs are, basically, created to advertise the services or products of a certain web site or online business in order to increase online sales.

Moreover, business blogs are also one way of promoting the company so that the other readers will know that a certain company exists online. With blogs, entrepreneurs are able to establish a name in the virtual market through articles that can be very useful in the reader's life.

From there, you can make money out of blogs by simply syndicating it to your business' web site. This can be done through the RSS technology.

So, if you are thinking to create a blog, whether for business or for pleasure, you need to know some tips that could help you get through and make your blog one of the interesting blogs online.

Here's how:

1. Consider your audience

Even if your blog is generally personal, still, it would be better to consider the minds of your readers. You have to think of something that would interest them.

After all, most of the reasons of people who write blogs are not at all confined to their own personal motives. Most of them would love to be "heard" (or read) and would love to be known, in some way or another, even for just a minute. Hence, it is very important to come with a write up that everybody can understand, not necessarily that these people can relate to it but they can understand it.

2. Pictures speak a thousand words

To make your blogging worth the browsing effort of your readers, it would be extremely nice if you will put some pictures in it. It does not necessarily mean you have to place a picture of yourself. Any photographs will do as long as it does not pose danger or insult to anyone who will be reading your blog.

3. Make constructive and beneficial blogs

Even if you are free to write anything you wan to say to the world, still, it would be better to create some write-ups that would be beneficial to your readers.

After all, its information technology that you have there so better be inclined to provide information rather than sheer quirky entertainment.

4. Avoid making multifaceted and complicated blogs

In order to have an interesting blogs, try not to use some highly technical and highfalutin words. After all, it is not a science discourse or a debate that you are making, so better stick to simple facts and short blogs.

Bear in mind that most people who use the Internet usually do more scanning than scrutinizing each site word for word. Therefore, it would be better to come with blogs that will not bore your readers just because you have these lengthy articles.

5. Make it interactive

As much as possible and if your capacity will allow it, make your blog interactive. Yu can do this by placing some video or audio clips in your blog.

You can even place an area for comments or for some feedbacks. In this way, you can get some impressions or reactions of other people. Who knows, you might even gain some friends just by making them feel at home in your blog site.

Indeed, blogs are not created just for the mere fun of it. It also has its own purpose in the world of the Internet. Therefore, for people who wish to harness their craft, as far as writing is concerned, blogs are the best way to do it.

As they say, blogging is the contemporary term of creative and commercial writing.

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Blogging Enhances Your Marketing Strategy by TJ Philpott

Most anyone that experiences any measurable sales success online usually uses one than one marketing strategy to both promote their products and generate traffic. A particular method growing in popularity is blog marketing. Due to the relative ease of setting up and maintaining a blog many are coming to realize the effectiveness blogging can have as part of their overall strategic marketing plan.

This particular platform can not only be used as a method to generate website traffic for other sites of yours in which products are offered for sale but can also generate profits directly from the blog itself. Thru the proper placement of banner ads that are consistent with your blog theme you can earn money every time a visitor clicks on one of these ads. Careful thou not to clutter your blog up with too many ads since the appearance will be unappealing and the affect on your visitors will be overwhelming causing them to unsubscribe.

Remember your blog is for the use and enjoyment of your visitors first, and for you to earn a profit second. By maintaining your blog correctly you can tremendously boost your internet presence while also helping to develop your reputation as an authority figure within your niche. Frequent posts to your blog with useful and interesting content for the readers is one sure way to generate website traffic from visitors who return.

Another neat aspect of blogging is there's always other blogs within your niche and/or community that you can visit for ideas and camaraderie. By interacting with these other blogs is yet another way to boost your presence within the niche. Due to the ability to leave comments when visiting a blog enables you to also leave a link back to your blog in your signature file. This opens the door to additional traffic back to your site. Be sure to participate in a positive fashion by leaving only constructive and appropriate comments. Don't leave comments just for the sake of leaving your signature file for this will be noticed thereby making future comments unwelcomed and tarnishing your reputation within your niche.

If you want to market products directly off your blog be sure your content is not devoted exclusively to selling. You want your readers to feel comfortable when they visit and not expecting to get continuously 'hammered' by different sales pitches all the time. Trust me, they'll leave your site never to return!

If used correctly within your marketing strategy your blog can be a great 'gathering' spot for your readers while also serving as a 'jump point' to other sites you may want your visitors to see. As a rule you don't want to be too pushy with any sales efforts on the blog. Leave that aggressiveness for other web pages you have dedicated to that purpose.


About the Author

TJ Philpott is an author and Internet entrepreneur based out of North Carolina. For additional success tips and a free guide that demonstrates how to find both profitable markets and products visit:http://blogbrawn.com/

About Blogging....Exactly? by TilakRajOberoi

A blog is a bit like an online journal, although it can be written by various people, or by just one individual. It's written on a website in chronological order, although usually appearing in reverse order. Blog or 'blogging' are also used as verbs to imply an action - in other words, the action of making a comment on a blog somewhere.

The term 'blog' is derived from Jorn Barger's term 'weblog' and is said to have sprung into being when Peter Merholz separated it into the two words 'we blog' on his site as a joke.

When many people communicate using a blog, they are likely discussing a specific topic of interest for them. Thus, if someone desires to know what's the best blue widget to buy for his office, others will post with their comment on how that particular widget worked - or didn't work. Blogs are perfect for discovering what other folk's experiences have been with whatever you can imagine.

If someone is knowledgeable on some topic with plenty of experience that other people can benefit from, then he might start up a blog about it and offer advice. They might in addition offer links to other sites that promote products applicable to the area of competence. Also he may offer links to other articles or other blogs regarding the same subject.

Blogs utilize both images and text, but some blogs emphasize art (artblog), videos (vlog), images (photoblog) and audio, that is, podcasting or MP3. Blogs can be long or short, but those that are very short are referred to as micro-blogging. Blogs are typically updated frequently and the technology utilized today permits people who understand very little about it to become competent bloggers with just a tiny learning curve.

Early on, bloggers called themselves diarists, journalers, or even escribitionists. A comment or article placed on a blog is called a post, a blog post or an entry. Aged blogs on a topic are sometimes referred to as 'archives' and may be maintained on a different page or pages that are accessed via a hyperlink. There are at times a variety of links - like the index at the end of a book and they are found on the left or right of the blogging page.

The great thing about blogging is that individuals who have the same interests can all come together and talk about, getting to know each other (so to speak) at the same time.

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Increasing sales for make money online newbies by Jophil Nocudajam

Having your online business makes big bucks that you can even drop your regular job to focus on it. One thing that you have to focus is driving traffic since it is the bloodstream of making money online. Basically increasing your traffic means you have to do effective strategies. Increase in traffic results to increase of sale, sale to profits.

The internet of course has been an open venue of loads of information on how you will do it. But here's easy way to do it especially when you're a newbie.

a. Have your official list. Develop a page where interested visitors can subscribe to your list and send them emails about your products and services, as well as newsletters.

b. Go joint ventures. Try doing joint ventures with other people on your list. You can have a portion of their profits in joining them.

c. Help of webmasters in mailing your list. This consolates the work and works excellent to related niche markets of your pick.

d. Article marketing. Writing article is very effective. Submit them to article directories. They should contain two or more links of your website so that they can visit and increase your traffic.

e. Use ads. Put them on your website or blogs. Effective way is to put your ads on every page of your site where your main products and services are showcased.

f. Advertising. With the help of webmasters, you can place your ads to other related sites of which more customers are visiting.

g. Buy advertising. In doing this one, you need to develop a catchy headline or opening statement. There are many methods you can use online, pick one that suits your objectives and targets.

Easy right? If you really want to make money online, you can note these pointers. They might be easy but if you follow then you will see how money flows in to your account.


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Glenn Fraley and Michelangelo Lopez get down to blogging basics by gcf marketing

Glenn Fraley and Michelangelo Lopez explain the ease and versatility of the blog. Glenn Fraley shows that it can be used as a make shift website when starting out and lacking a great deal of funds to invest in hosting and domains. Michelangelo Lopez says another advantage of blogs that Glenn Fraley tells us about is that they can be crawled easy and being used in a forum style of commenting on other bloggers blogs will help gain links to your site and boost ratings with search engines.

Many people always want to know what exactly is a blog, and how can it help their business, if at all. Glenn Fraley says this is a common question that people ask me as I make big money on the internet with blogs, but before you can make big money with blogs you must first understand what blogs are all about, because many people simply don't know.

Glenn Fraley says the blog has been around for years, however Michelangelo Lopez tells us it just came into major popularity in the last three years. The weblog or blog is simply an application that allows users to post written text that gets immediately posted to the web, like an online journal of sorts. The blog is something that is meant to be as easy to use as the word processor application on your computer. While most websites take hours to update, a blog can be updated in real time, as quick as one would save a file to a computer. This is partly what makes blogs magical Glenn Fraley tells us.

Blogging is a great way to get information on the internet inexpensively with friendly results, such as high search engine ranking, and free advertising. The blog, with its variety of keyword heavy posts allows people to make money off of the high return result on a search engine like Google. Glenn Fraley tells us this means is that if you are selling home security systems, and you create a blog about good deals on such systems, chances are people looking for a security system will come across your blog in the search engine. This added exposure will surly help more people notice your business, and make purchases, thus creating greater business for you.

Glenn Fraley tells us blogs are most commonly found on the internet via the World Wide Web, and can be published for free by some of the biggest names on the internet. The fact that the blog is free is the main reason why people can so easily profit from using them, because there is no real upfront investment with blogs, and thus there is only one way to go from zero dollars invested, and that's to profit.

http://gcfraley.blogspot.com/ or Google me now: {Glenn Fraley}

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GCF Marketing is the online marketing grind house of Glenn Fraley that is focusing on web 2.0 concepts and low cost budgeting for advertsing campaigns. The other focus is affiliate and product marketing in the online market and work from home business reviews.

Blogging guides can help you create a blog that is successful. by SUNNY KATARIA

They provide all of the tips you need to design the best blog. You can learn about creating, designing, and managing your blog. Guides teach you everything you need to know. You can find out about discussions and you can also learn the best techniques you need to know in order to promote your blog properly.

Blogging guides can help you learn everything necessary to have a successful blog. You'll learn why blogs are so popular today, and what they're used for. You'll learn how you can integrate blogging into your site so that it becomes more successful, too, and attract more traffic.

Blogging guides will help you choose the proper blogging platform for your blog. You can add a hosted or self hosted solution to your site. You should figure out the design of your blog and you can hire someone or choose through a list of blog designers customized to fit your needs. There are many logo designers you can hire and premium websites with amazing blog designs.

The platforms for your blog can be found in just about every price range. And you'll need an FTP client so that you can upload files to your blogs. You'll also need a text editor, so that you can design and code your site. Of course, there are many options available where you don't need to know any HTML at all. It's also easy to add photos to your site. You can use your own or find free photos available online. Make sure that you're not infringing on any rights when you use photos you find on the Internet. Blogging guides can show you everything you'll need to know to create the most successful blog you can have.

In addition, blogging forums are becoming popular today. They are a way for people to get together, discuss hot topics, and chat with like-minded people. Of course, you can also chat with people who oppose your views, because it may give you a different perspective. You can create your own forms, and blogging guides will show you how to do this. You can also create chat areas; blogging guides will help you get the most out of them.

Blogging guides can also help you find useful tips and information on promotion. You can submit your blog to RSS feeds, communities, galleries, web promoters, directories, and many more places. Blogging guides can help you glean useful information on blog promotion, so that you can promote both your blog and your website successfully. You'll need to know what sites online will allow you to submit your blog. In addition, you'll need to submit your blog to RSS directories so people can find your feed. These methods can provide many benefits, especially when it comes to generating large amounts of traffic to your site.

In short, blogging guides tell you what you need to know in order to properly both create a blog and make it successful. If you don't know anything about blogging, you can start by getting a guide and then following what it says.

It is simple to get started and you can do it yourself. You will learn how to properly build an effective blog, how to create and design successful forums, and even how to successfully promote your blog. A guide is the only resource you need to get your first blog up and running.

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Natal Horoscopes Vs. Magazine horoscopes by Karima Lachtane

Do you know what the difference between the Natal Horoscope and the Magazine Horoscope.

Normally people tend to open their favorite magazine, and read their Horoscope sign. But what you read will always be short and very general, because it has to fit a lot of people. I quit like these Magazine Horoscopes, but I very rarely pay them extra attention. There is absolutely nothing wrong in magazine horoscopes or in reading them, but one must remember how general they really are. A Natal Horoscope is the precise horoscope which fits one's individual. This is done through the calculations of people's birth place and date. But to be even more precise an astrologer has to have the persons Time of birth, which adds even another layer to their horoscope. I had a teacher once who explained it in such a lovely way: "You should see your horoscope as a layered cake, each layer has its own content, and so does astrology." So adding the time of birth will give a deeper insight to your being. Natal Horoscopes can actually be pretty long, but many contain the same content in more than one place, this is because it is computer made, and not handled afterwards by an astrologer. Yet another misconception to this field, many believe that the computer version is valid, which it is for an astrologer in themselves. But the real person /astrologer can something which no computer can; we are able to read more than two connections between planets, the computer only has the 'basis' of the calculation system, and in many cases a short description to each combination. Everything else has to be handled by the astrologer, who uses all their humane capability to interpretive a person's individual chart. And they will also fill all the pages, but with no repetitions.

From: http://historyofastrology.blogspot.com/

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Karima Lachtane is the author of the books "The Secret of Anubis, The Winter Triangle" and the Egyptian Temple Guide book "A Magical guide to Luxor Temple." www.windblower.dk - Authors Private web site. http://historyofastrology.blogspot.com/ - Astrology Blog http://myworld.ebay.com/windystoretm - Private Store

Make Money with Blogging by Jyoti Bisht

Lets face it starting a blog is fairly easy. There are thousands of we hosts out there who are ready and willing to offer you blogging services. Also you can use free hosting services such as Blogger or Wordpress. Many people start a blog with the intention of making income, but unfortunately they approach the game with a completely erroneous mindset.

There is an important element that must be understood, A blog is not a business. A blog is simply put a self promotional tool assisting you in making your business a success. Therefore thinking like a blogger is no good if your intention is to build income or in fact build a business. In order to earn significant income from blogging you have to start thinking like an entrepreneur. It is not enough just to be able to right compelling new content you have to look for ways of making this content pay.

I am running several blogging businesses at the moment, this one being my newest and really it is still a baby. Even though I have these businesses only around 20 percent of my time is spend writing new content. I guess your thinking to yourself what the hell is this guy doing with his time. It generally varies from week to week but I try and engage in all of the following

The most important people in anybodies business are the customers or potential customers. If you are blogging these are your visitors. I spend a lot of my time replying to emails or comments and attempting to contact new people within my niche. I have a blog based on a niche beauty treatment and have spent a lot of time communicating with a company about advertising a new skincare product. I would say the majority of my income comes through this channel. It is important to answer comments or emails from readers as these are the people you are trying to help, without them you do not have a business. This in my opinion should be a priority.

As mentioned above I spend a lot of time reviewing products, on this site I have already reviewed an e book which I though gave a great insight into affiliate marketing. I do not put everything on my site which I review, but if I find something which I think is honest and offers real quality I will usually offer it to my readers, sometimes with a discount. I will then take a reasonable commission from each sale. On my older blogs I can sometimes be put under quite a bit of pressure to review products but I will never review anything that I did not think would be of real benefit to my readers.

Just a quick example I had a request from a guy for this site just 2 days ago asking me to review his site which was based on credit management and showing people their way out of debt. I didnt go for it for 2 reasons 1 I didnt think my readers would connect with it 2 I felt the site lacked real quality and was mainly just a financial affiliate tool.

Figuring out What to Write, This plays a big part of my daily activities. I dont just pick a random topic I happen to know something about. I base a lot of what I write on comments or emails I have received. When I am starting a new blog I try and give a broad overview of what the topic will be based on concentrating on niches after the 6 month period.

Even though must of the writing I do is for the visitors I also have to consider the dreaded search spiders and give them a little something too. I spend time looking at keyword trends and seeing what I might be able to dominate on. For this blog anything around personal development or internet businesses will usually be where I start, however I have quite a few niche words I like to home in on.

I really dont use any particular tool even though I have tried quite a few. I really dont think you can beat Wordtracker if you really want to narrow down the most profitable keywords, but it is really up to you.

Whatever I write with the intention of building traffic and making visitors stick. This site already has an average visit time of 25 minutes which shows people who are visiting are really connecting with my content. I would never simply write for the search engines, even though if the free traffic comes it is very nice.

The most important thing is to give your visitors real quality, write article which they can apply in there life and really feel the benefit of them, not only will this increase your visitor loyalty it will also be a more fulfilling experience for you, as starting an online business should not just simply be about making money.

Building Links, Like any other website, in order to be noticed and receive traffic you have to get links to your site. It is an absolute must that you do this correctly. I spend a lot of time writing short articles, articles that give a taste of the information which can be found on this site. I try and write everyday and submit to article directories. This really has a three fold benefit.

Its helps me gain backlinks from relevant site, Increases my traffic, Helps me gain recognition for the expertise I can provide. I try and make my articles between 400 600 words long about half the size of the articles I write for this blog. I have to say that article marketing is one of the best ways to increase traffic and increase your PR. I use Article Marketer and find within 3 4 articles my page rank seems to increase, however this depends generally on the popularity of the keywords.

I also submit some of my favourite articles to social book marking sites and to blog carnivals, however this usually only in the early days of my blog until my traffic builds up. It is also a good habit to be part of the social network surrounding your topic this means you should make comments on other blogs. Remember youre not just looking for leads your looking to make an honest contribution to the discussion, if you do this you will gain more respect in your field and gain more visitors.

Blogger or Entrepreneur, This is what you now have to decide. Are you just going to be a good blogger. Are you going to create great content but have no real strategy to generating income from it. There is nothing wrong with this approach, but if your looking to gain income you have to be more strategic in your approach.

Dont get me wrong updating your content and making sure it is of sound quality is important but it is only part of the puzzle. You must have a plan for making sales or ultimately making money. A lot of bloggers do not know how to deal with the hidden complexities of making a substantial income from their blog. There are many aspects to deal with if you want to give your business and income longevity.

Decide what products meet your target audience and how you can pitch them. Do you want to make a product of your own. Do you want to advertise on your site What ever your plan is work your blog around it. Neither consumers or advertisers will not want to invest in a product which is only half right. Content does not generate income, just as a new electronic devise does not create sales. Marketing, pitching, reviewing and targeting are all needed to make any product sell.

Final Thoughts. Just before I finish up here I just want to extend a short word of warning. When people find out you are trying to create an online business there will be a certain amount of cynicism.

People will accuse of joining the dark side by trying to make a living from home. Peoples general perception is that it is a lazy way to make money when in reality it is anything but. Think of all the work you do to keep you content up to date, deal with the format of your site, promotion, article writing, researching, all this to give people the information they are searching for and to give them it with such quality requires tremendous effort and patience.

There are also those who do not understand the potential for making money online, do not understand the concept of blogging for money and accuse you of dreaming or wasting your time. I am here to tell you not to listen, because there are thousands of people out there all making money in exactly the same way as how I have described. YES you have to be patient, YES you have to work hard, but isnt having a job where you set your own hours, wake up and your there, create a substantial amount of income worth it. If not stick to the 9 5.

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Want To Get The Introduction of Blogs and Blogging? by Jyoti Bisht

A weblog, commonly truncated to blog, is basically a website carrying published items, including articles, photographs, videos and audios.

A typical blog is an information hub comprising of text, images and weblinks related to other web pages and blogs, along with other media related to the topic.

Meanwhile, in layman language, a blog is essentially defined as a frequent, chronological publication of personal thoughts and web links.

The act of authoring and maintaining a blog, or adding an article to an existing blog is known as blogging. Individual articles on a blog are referred to as "blog posts" or "entries" and the person who posts these entries is called a "blogger".

History

The pre-digital electronic community witnessed many forms of electronic communications including the likes of wire fights of AP wire, usenet, e-mail lists and bulletin board systems (BBS), going on to "threads", the running conversations created by WebEx.

The concept of a blog as we know it today evolved from the system of online diaries where people would keep a running account of their personal lives. The term "weblog" was coined in 1997 by Jorn Barger and abridged to "blog" by Peter Merholz.

Functions

A blog has one or more of the following functions to perform:

To focus on a particular subject, such as food, politics, news etc. To function as an online diary for various thought groups. To disseminate information.

Making of blogs

Specific server-based systems are used to create and maintain blogs. The users use tools such Ecto, Elicit and w.bloggar to maintain their web-hosted blog without being online while composing or editing posts.

Besides, blog creation tools and blog hosting services are also provided by many of the web hosting companies, internet service providers, online publications and internet portals. Some of these service providers include Tripod, America Online, Salon.com, Yahoo! and Google.

Some of the blogging software are b2evolution, geeklog, blogger, bBlog, LifeType, Nucleus CMS, PostNuke, Serendipity, TypePad, Typo, WordPress and Xanga.

Blog Composition

A blog entry has two types of components .i.e. vital and optional. The vital components essentially include:

Title: main title or headline of the post. Body: main content of the post. Permalink: the URL of the full, individual article. Post Date: date and time the post was published.

The optional components include:

Comments: comments added by readers. Categories / Tags: subject that the entry discusses. TrackBack / Pingback: links to other sites that refer to the entry.

Types of Blogs

A weblog is designed as such that it can be used for a wide range of possible uses. Normally, a blog is identified by the purpose or the main subject it is used for.

The main forms of blogs include business, cultural, science, political, spam, topical, travel blogs, link blog, moblog, photoblog, shockblog and vblog.

Role of Blogs

Blogs have come to play an important role which benefits the community on a whole. Here we've discussed a few of them:

Information dissemination Many times, bloggers have to their credit leading the way in bringing key information to public light and breaking and shaping news stories. This leaves the mainstream media with the task of reacting to this news, instead of it being vice-versa. One of the major instances is the furor created by the blogs of the left-swing and right-swing bloggers during the Iraq war.

Mobilising public opinion Blogs have played a major role in bringing the common man's opinion to the forefront and raising the magnitude of its effectiveness and influence. The incident in year 2002 when the U.S. Senate's Majority Leader Tent Lott's infamous comments carrying a tinge of racial segregation were brought to the limelight by the onslaught of bloggers is a major example. Lott was eventually forced to step down owing to the public pressure built this way.

Public Contact Blogs have also come to act as a major link between the politicians and leaders and the general public. Blogs are increasingly used by these leaders to express their opinion on wars and other issues, acting as major contact between them and the common man. This has made blogging an important tool for outreach and opinion forming.

Common Terms Here we list a few terms out of the blogging jargon, which are the most common in the world of blogging:

Audioblog: A blog where the posts consist mainly of voice recordings. Blaudience: The audience or readership of a blog. Blawg: A blog focusing on commentary about law, normally written by a law professor, law student or a lawyer himself. Bleg: A blog entry which is a request to the readers Blog client: Software to manage blogs from an operating system with no need to launch a web browser. Blog feed: An XML-based file in which the blog hosting software places a machine-readable version of the blog for syndication to allow further distribution to the web. Dark Blog: A non-public blog. Flog: A blog that's ghostwritten, for instance by the marketing department. Multi-Blog: Creating, maintaining and running multiple blogs. Ping: The alert in the TrackBack system that notifies the original poster of a blog post. Splog: Spam blog. Troll: A commentator who has the job of attacking views expressed in a blog and incites a flamewar. Vorage: Act of foraging for video on the internet and sharing it with others.

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All you need to know about NYC Fashion by Anne Harvester

You almost can't discuss the Big Apple without at least touching on NYC fashion; although Paris may have historically been the center of the fashion world, Manhattan's Garment District has long been home to some of the top names in NYC Fashion.

In fact, NYC fashion virtually sets the tone for the rest of the country, and contributes some $14 billion to the local economy every year. The Garment Distric is still home to legendary and influential figures in NYC fashion including Oscar De La Renta, Calvin Klein and Liz Claiborne. Despite the fact that most of the actual production has been shipped to China, Indonesia and Pakistan (resulting in an alarming decline in the quality of assembly and materials), the trend-setting designs still emmanate from Manhattan's NYC fashion district.

The NYC Fashion district had some dubious beginnings; during the first part of the 19th Century, it was a center for the production of clothing worn by black slaves on plantations in the South. Those who owned slaves found it was more economical to buy clothing than having their slaves make their own - which is what most average Americans did prior to 1820.

Before that time, only the weathy could afford to have ready-made garments. Industrialization, the invention of sewing machines and economies of scale started to change during the years leading up to the American Civil War. Before long, tailors in Manhattan were producing ready-made clothing that was increasingly affordable for average working Americans.

An abundance of federal contracts for uniforms during the Civil War caused a boom in Manhattan's Garment District. By 1870, more Americans were wearing clothing purchased at the General Store than were sewing their own.

The fact that NYC Fashion became so prominent however was due to the influx of immigrants from Germany, Russia, Austria, Hungary and other European countries who had experience in both the business end and/or the production of clothing.

The history of NYC fashion is also one of labor unions and violence. Most garment workers during the decades on either side of 1900 worked under appalling conditions; attempts to unionize were met with harsh retribution from management, backed by local government. By 1920, the United Hebrew Trades Union, having nowhere else to turn, went to organized crime bosses. One prominent leader in what was essentially the "Jewish Mafia" was Dutch Schultz; part of this colorful, but ultimately tragic chapter of NYC fashion was the inspiration for a novel by Harry Grey entitled The Hoods, which was the basis of the 1983 Serge Leone film Once Upon a Time in America.

Ultimately, garment union's association with organized crime was nearly the undoing of the NYC fashion industry. Between 1957, when crime boss Carlo Gambino virtually took over the Garment District, until the early 1990s, mobs siphoned off tens of millions of dollars every year. This was a major cause of much of the removal of manufacturing to overseas factories over the past twenty years.

Today, the City of New York is making heroric efforts to revive the NYC fashion industry in terms of production as well as design as well as preserve its colorful and fascinating history. One advantage that Manhattan's Garment district has is its ready access to several railroad terminals, including Penn Station and Grand Central; coming decades may yet see the revitalization of NYC fashion production as well as design. Meanwhile, NYC fashion's rich heritage is celebrated with a Walk of Fame along 7th Avenue, and a bronze statue of the unsung hero of NYC fashion - the garment worker.

About the Author

Anne Harvester writes about Social News,Culture, and Interest Stories from the big apple.

NYC Fashion is at the center of cool by Anne Harvester

Here's an interesting twist on the "Kevin Bacon Game" for you: what is the connection between NYC Fashion and the reign of the 16th-Century Russian Czar known to history as Ivan The Terrible?

You may never have heard of Roman Petrovich Tyrtov, but if you enjoy old movie musicals from the 30s or are a devotee of early Broadway theatre, you know him by his initials, "R.T." - or as it was pronounced in French, "Erte."

Czar Ivan IV (who was probably no more or less "terrible" than any of his contemporaries) was notable for transforming Russia from a small medieval kingdom into a vast, multi-ethnic empire; Erte's earliest known ancestors were part of this ruler's court and inner circle. Erte's father, Pyotr Ivanovich, was a Russian Fleet admiral and headed the Russian Ministry of the Navy under Czar Nikolai Romanov just prior to the Russo-Japanese War.

It was into this remarkable family that a boy who would grow up to define NYC fashion during the Art Deco period was born in St. Petersburg on 23 November 1892.

As you might imagine, Erte's father had other ambitions for him than that of a fashion designer. However, the young man named Roman had no desire to pursue a naval career, and left home at the age of 18 to go to Paris and become a designer of fine women's clothing. Nonetheless, sensitive to his father's pride and his family's military tradition, he started going by his initials in order to spare the Tyrtov family any embarassment.

Erte's influence on NYC Fashion was soon to be felt; in 1915, only twenty-three years old, he was hired by the first American fashion magazine, Harper's Bazaar - a publication which still reports anything and everything you want to know about NYC fashion.

Although first hired by Hollywood, prominent New York producers Florenz Ziefield and George White soon took note of Erte's designs. Erte was the creator of the lavish, Art-Deco themed costumes that adorned Ziegfield's girls in his Follies of 1923 as well as George White's Scandals.

Sadly, Erte's contribution to NYC fashion over the course of his 97-year lifespan is largely forgotten today; in fact, the largest collection of Erte's work is to be found not in New York, but in Tokyo. Nonetheless, Erte's sleek designs continue to influence the world of NYC fashion well into the 21st century. And for modern women who feel pressured to measure up to a corporate definition of beauty in a commercialized world, here is some advice from the master himself: "A resourceful woman who is almost downright plain can achieve the reputation of a beauty simply by announcing to everybody she meets that she is one." That could be one philosophy behind NYC Fashion.


About the Author

Anne Harvester writes about Social News,Culture, and Interest Stories from the big apple.

How a Blog Help Me Quit My Day Job by Diane Sweeney

It wasn't all that long ago that I was still working at a 9-to-5 job, barely making ends meet. As a matter of fact, I was almost the poster child for the person that lived paycheck to paycheck. Unfortunately, my paychecks were so small at times that it was difficult to make it stretch until the next one came in. Like most people, I started looking for a way to earn a little bit of extra money and the Internet seemed like the perfect opportunity. After all, I had a little bit of free time in the evening, even though I was limited to a certain extent.

I had heard about how a lot of people were making extra money on the Internet without putting any effort into it at all. Unfortunately, those rumors turned out to be a little bit skewed but the simple fact of the matter is, it is possible to make money on the Internet. You need to understand that doing so is a business, much the same as any other business where you earn money. If you work at your Internet marketing business, you're going to make money. If you just sit back and wait for the money to come to you, you're going to end up disappointed.

Fortunately, I started out on the right foot and the first thing that I did was to put up a WordPress blog on my own domain. It was a little bit of a risk, but to tell you the honest truth, I only spent about $20 in order to get the whole thing done so it wasn't as if I was really putting my neck out on the line. I joined an online tutorial website that helped to walk me through the entire process of setting my WordPress blog up properly from the start. I am really glad that I took the time to do this because I couldn't imagine going in and making all of those changes after I had already been posting information for quite some time.

By teaching me the right way to go, the website that I had joined help me to get traffic to my website on the very first day that I began posting information. This was amazing to me and my first sale came within 24 hours of starting. If you want to make money on the Internet as well, put a little bit of work into getting your WordPress blog set up. Just make sure that you have it set up properly from the start so you can begin making money quickly instead of waiting for it.

About the Author

Diane Sweeney is a successful internet marketer who specializes in promoting affiliate products with WordPress blogs.

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Is Your Blog Set up Properly? by Diane Sweeney

If you are already using WordPress as your online blogging system, I'm sure that you are familiar with how effective it can be. Even so, many of us are missing a few simple steps that can make all of the difference between us earning a little bit of hobby money with our blog and earning a living. It doesn't matter if you have been writing to your blog for quite some time, making the changes in the settings that are necessary to increase its profitability can make a difference in how much it is earning you as well.

Of course, it is always a good idea to make sure that the blog is set up properly from the start. After all, this will help keep you from having to make any changes that are necessary in order to bring it into compliance. There are several settings that exist in the backend of the blog that make a difference in the linking structure as well as how successfully the blog will be recognized by the search engines. Don't allow these things to chance if you want to earn as much as possible from your blog. Step-by-step guides are available to walk you through the process, make good use of them.

I've seen a lot of blogs lately that just tend to use the default WordPress theme. Although it certainly is possible for you to make some money by having your blog set up this way, you are really only about two minutes away from increasing the profitability of your blog many times over. There are hundreds of different themes that are available for WordPress and almost every one of them is free to download. All you really need to do is upload them and then check one setting in the backend of the blog in order to enable this feature. You may also be able to configure it to a certain extent but make sure that you have some direction before you decide to do this.

Finally, you should be making good use of the add-ons that are available within the WordPress system. I'm talking about stepping outside of the boundaries a little bit and going beyond the Hello Dolly add-on that is available by default. There are plenty of these little scripts that help to automate a lot of our blogging chores, freeing us up to be able to take care of other marketing responsibilities. As long as you are adding the proper add-ons to your blog, you would be surprised with how much more you can accomplish.

About the Author

Diane Sweeney is a successful internet marketer who specializes in promoting affiliate products with WordPress blogs.

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How a Simple Blog Can Earn You Money by Diane Sweeney

You would be surprised with the number of people who come on to the Internet on a daily basis in order to find out how to make money. We are living in difficult economic times and many of us tend to live from paycheck to paycheck. With the rising price of gas, along with the price of groceries, it can make it very difficult for those same paychecks to stretch as far. It is possible for you to set up a Internet-based business that will supplement your income, even if you have never worked online before. As a matter of fact, you can have a blog up and running tomorrow that will be putting almost instantaneous money into your pocket.

Before you run off and try to figure out what I'm talking about, let me put one word into your head. That word is WordPress, and it is simply the best moneymaking content system that is available on the Internet today. It also has several other things going for it that make it the system of choice for people just starting out as well as those who have been at Internet marketing for quite some time.

First of all, WordPress is a free system and you can run it on your own servers quite easily. As a matter of fact, if you choose the proper server, the entire setup of WordPress to its basic format is going to be automatic. The only thing that you need to worry about from that point is setting up the backend of the blog, something that you should really have a guide to help you with. If you have your blog set up properly, something that really only takes five minutes, it can begin making you money from the first day that you start posting to it.

Secondly, the WordPress blogging system is totally configurable and there are plenty of themes and add-ons which are free and enhance the system for profitability. All you really need to do is know the ones that you should upload and then begin posting your content. It really is that simple.

Having a WordPress blog is the easiest way for you to begin making money on the Internet and to continue making it for quite some time to come. It only takes a few minutes for everything to be set up properly once you understand the basics. Every day that you put off starting your own WordPress blog is another day that you will not be earning money from it.


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Diane Sweeney is a successful internet marketer who specializes in promoting affiliate products with WordPress blogs.

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Making Money with WordPress by Diane Sweeney

There certainly are a lot of different ways that you can make money on the Internet. As a matter of fact, a number of individuals have started earning money in a very unique way, even though they were not familiar with Internet marketing previously.

The way that they are doing this is by using WordPress blogs, possibly one of the easiest ways for you to begin earning money on the Internet in a short period of time. What is it that makes WordPress such a perfect catalyst for earning money? The fact of the matter is, it works in so many different ways that it is sometimes difficult to pin down just a few.

The entire blogging concept, along with the free WordPress software was not necessarily designed in order to make people money on the Internet. Believe it or not, whenever blogging was very young, it was considered taboo to have any advertisements attached to a blog at all.

This has certainly changed in the past several years, however, and it is very common for people to make a decent living, just by running several WordPress blogs. Although it was not designed to earn any money at all, WordPress actually is the perfect environment in which to make it happen.

Even a basic WordPress blog, if it is set up properly is going to be popular within the search engines. One thing that far too many people have a difficult time with is making sure that all the settings are established from the start.

Things such as creating the proper link structure within the blog to pinging your blog to the proper engines is all going to make a difference with how well your blog does in getting free traffic. Missing one of the settings whenever you start writing your blog will make it difficult for you to get the traffic that you desire and it may actually make it very difficult to ever get the traffic to it, even if the settings are changed.

The same is also true with the WordPress theme and a variety of different plug-ins that you can use on your blog. Having the right theme is going to pull the attention to your advertising, something that is important if you want to generate a high click through rate. Using plug-ins is also going to help you in a number of different ways, including formatting your content and a number of different timesaving tools that allow you to focus on your marketing rather than cleaning up your blog on a regular basis.

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Diane Sweeney is a successful internet marketer who specializes in promoting affiliate products with WordPress blogs.

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The Cash Leveraging System, Crushing All Records! by Mike Staples

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Luxury bath towels, or decorative bath towels? by Demetrius Lawson

That is the question. Spa towels? Hotel towels? This comes to mind when feasting the eyes on such elegance and feeling such softness. Could you possible let them hang their as decorative bath towels.

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In essence decorative bath towels should be luxury bath towels to live in. Stylish and sensible. The ultimate personal gift for anyone.


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5 Blogging Suggestions for Internet Newbies by Terry Detty

Blogging is a concept that started in late 90s. It used to be a way to comment on an existing webpage, an opportunity for visitors and readers to react or voice out one’s opinion on the page. What started as a single-sentence commentary has evolved into pages of personal take on just about anything and everything under the sun. As it continues to move forward, online advertising has tapped into the blog’s potential. Here are 5 reasons why you should use blogging as an Internet Marketing tool.

1. Blogging is simple. The simplest way to get your piece on the net is through blogging. No skills are necessary… an average adult can read and type, or at least click a mouse. It’s like having a virtual piece of paper and you just write your ideas, experiences, new products, and hope that the truth behind your articles comes out and entices your readers to also try your product. If you have a PC and an Internet connection (who doesn’t?) then you can blog and advertise.

2. Blogging is authentic. In this day and age where advertising saturates our lives, we question the credibility of promoters’ claims. However, in blogs, real people share their real-life experiences, unscathed by paid internet advertising. Reading blogs about first-hand products use is like talking to people about their first-hand experience. You definitely want to buy a tried and tested product.

3. Blogging is free. Because blogging is yet to be proven as a mainstream online advertising media, most sites see it as something to augment current marketing tools and thus offer it for free. Any opportunity for free webtime is definitely a bonus especially to internet businesses that are just starting up. Needless to say, paid blog pages can generate more income for your serious growing business.

4. Blogging builds credibility. As you get more and more into writing your experiences on a particular product or industry, your readers come to realize that they can depend on your posts for their own information needs. As such, you become an expert on it; as a consequence, more readers visit your site and more bloggers link to your blogs. As companies and professional organizations notice the growth of your readership base, they may soon get in touch with you for advertising on your blog page, or make you an affiliate, which pays for every referral generated from your blog site.

5. Blogging builds your market. Unless you are a Hollywood star, chances are, only your Mom reads your posts. Mom has a lot of friends, so she lets her friends know how interesting your blog site is. But you need not depend on Mom to increase your readership base. Look into the following ways to build your market through blogging:

-By using your e-mail. Today, blogging is overcoming the e-mail’s popularity in quickly and effectively reaching and expanding a market. In this age of speed and quick access, logging in and downloading e-mail is simply taking longer than clicking into a blog site. Let them explore your site by using a short e-mail message as teaser to your blog site. If your e-mail is on an entirely different subject, use your e-mail signature to give a link to the site.

-By using subscription. An easy way to get your readers e-mail is to give them an opportunity to subscribe to your blogsite. Keep some exclusive information for your subscribers to entice readers to subscribe and give their e-mail address. Just be responsible in using their e-mail address, as the last thing you want is a comment on your blog that you are a spammer.

-By understanding your readers. Conduct a simple survey for your readers to understand their profile and advertising preferences. Ask consumers to give you feedback on a post, an ad link, or a trial that you shared. In this way, it is like interviewing your readers without the commitment and intrusion of a face-to-face interview.

-By joining a blog network â€"A network of blogs maybe a collection of blog sites that share the same industry, interest, readership base, payment mode, etc. Consumers find credibility and convenience in clicking one link to several real bloggers about a single subject. Clearly, more bloggers are better than one.

-By using RSS. RSS is the fastest growing technology on the Internet today. As such, having RSS feeds to your blog is definitely another means of generating awareness for your readership base. Having a variety of feeds can add interest to your blog site.

Give your business a boost by effectively using blogging as an Internet marketing tool.


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Terry Detty knows Press Release Services and Targeted Traffic leads to higher rankings.

Flixya - Share Videos, Photos, Blogs, Make Money by Tatya

There are several social network on the web. According to thefreedictionary.com, social network is any website designed to allow multiple users to publish content themselves. The information may be on any subject and may be for consumption by (potential) friends, mates, employers, employees, etc. The sites typically allow users to create a "profile" describing themselves and to exchange public or private messages and list other users or groups they are connected to in some way. There may be editorial content or the site may be entirely user-driven. Content may include text, images (e.g. http://flickr.com/), video (e.g. http://youtube.com/) or any other media.

Flixya is the one of social network on the web. Via Flixya you can share your videos, photos, and blogs for free. You can make friends, earn money, network and more. If you want to earn money, you must registered on Google Adsense first. You can join with Flixya now.

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The Importance of Blog Design by Lina Eng

Blogs have increased popularity over this past months. Many people have started to create their personal blogs to express their thoughts and feelings. Internet companies have also started their blogs to inform consumers on the latest product news and reviews.

Because of this, blogs are also being used as internet marketing media. Before, internet marketing is done by placing banners and links on popular websites, such as news and information sites. Links were also included on newsletters and marketing letters sent to the members of their mailing lists.

Many people spend time reading blogs. People read their friend's blogs, their favorite author's blogs, blogs on topics that they are interested in, and blogs on product reviews. With the increasing popularity of blogging, it is even feared that people rely on blogs to get the latest news.

While getting news reports from blogs isn't reliable, some people look for product reviews through blogs. In some cases, this is more dependable. While it is true that some media persons are being paid to write good reviews about a certain product, blog writers write about their actual experiences on products and services from a company.

Since there are many people who read and start their own blogs, blogs are a good medium to market a product. With the increasing blog traffic means increase in product sales.

Blog traffic can be increased by joining affiliate programs and sites, which will list your blog under a certain search category or name. You can also have your blog advertised in popular websites. This, however, will cost some money and is not advisable if you have just started blogging.

A writer who has just launched his/her blog will want as much traffic as possible to increase advertisements on the site. Also, some advertisers pay every time their link is clicked or the page that has their link is viewed.

When you have increased traffic on your blog, you should try to keep you visitors coming back and recommending your blog to friends and colleagues.

This can be done by having informative or amusing content and good blog layout and design. You may develop your blog's content or you can also acquire the services of a web content writer to provide you with the blog articles.

The blog's layout and design also plays a big role. While most of the companies offering free blog hosting offer pre-selected templates, there are also some that allows customization that if you utilize this feature correctly can increase your blog's traffic.

Here are a few tips to make your blog stand out from the millions of blogs out there that have standard designs.

* Customize the banner

The banner usually has the most generic designs that are common to the blogs from a blogging company or service.

You can personalize this banner by having a graphic with the dimensions of the banner. You can also edit the graphic so that it will also include the title of your blog.

In this case, you can create your own graphic or you can purchase professional looking graphics online for less than $10.

* Personalizing photos

Of course, most of the photos that you will be posting will be your own. However, if you don't customize the photos before posting them, you may miss maximizing the enhancing benefits graphics can add to the page. Adding photo borders can help the photo stand out from the page.

It can also add to the design of your blog. You can choose a standard border or you can also create your own border which can be associated with your blog's templates.

* Add a favicon

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Blog Software For All Your Blogging Needs by Lina Eng

Today anyone who has writing ability or is dreaming to be a writer has written a blog in the net. There are blog soft wares that are simple and easy to use and a technically inclined and challenged individuals can easily acquire a blog online.

For some individuals, blogs are their projects of every day living, as they talk about their daily episodes as well as make tribute to friends and family. Furthermore, blogs assume a profound meaning written to compose and assemble political statements, endorse a product, supply information on research, and even offer tutorials. Any subject that are of your interests, you can be sure that someone has written a blog about it.

Blogs are now being written by musicians, politicians, sports figures, novelists, newscasters as well as other known figures. It is this blog fever that has raised controversy. The fact that anyone can compose and regarding any subject matter under the sun, complaints about certain write-ups are an issue. In a lot of blogs, names are being mentioned; do bear in mind that although you are entitled to write anything that interests you in a blog, you have to be very careful and take in a lot of responsibility. Do not make any statements which can become controversial; or else, be very prepared.

Why a Blog?

1. For personal acquaintances, relationships and hobby. A person can write a blog about his daily activities, what's going on with his life as his way of telling his family and friends the things that goes on in his life. Likewise, one may also write a blog just so he can express what he feels about himself, or about a certain subject matter that is of interest to him.

2. Topical. Some blogs are committed to a precise topic, like computer hardware or politics. These are frequently read like magazines.

3. For marketing. Corporations are too, into blogging; when well written and implemented, this kind of blog can be a powerful instrument for business communications, forming eagerness and anticipation regarding their products and services offered, or used as tool within the company, keeping employees well informed about company issues and news.

Why someone else's software?

A lot of Web designer and creators will laugh at the belief and idea of utilizing the software of someone else. This is can be correct especially when each software greatly differs from the particular requirements that a client may have. Yet on the other hand, when it refers to a Weblog software, there is no reason for apprehension in the use of a package that is pre-written, as most packages were developed through years of study; not just knocked together over a couple of days.

In addition, one may study its feature set. For a developer, it would take a lot of time and effort to write and compose from "nothing at all" every single feature in the Weblog software packages of today. For most people, a blog is there for the main reason that chooses to publish or make known your literature and texts on the Web, so you want to spend your time more on writing than coding.

Hosted Services

If one wishes to start broadcasting on the Web, yet does not have web hosting, one can consider looking into a hosted service, which includes Blogger, TypePad, Live Journal, and more.

These services are operated or handled for an individual, so there is no need to concern one about technical upkeep of one's Weblog; instead, one can concentrate on his blog's appearance and content. In just minutes, after signing for an account, one can readily start his own blog. Many such services are offered free, such as blogger. TypePad charges a minimal amount for monthly service fee.

Self-Hosted

When one has Web hosting on hand, or is eager to buy hosting, in which one feesl that the advantage will prevail over the problems of keeping up your own blog connection and installation, then you may want to take into account a package that is self-hosted, which includes Movable Type, Textpattern and WordPress.

Other hosting companies did construct the process of installation easier, permitting installation with just a click from a control panel that is browser-based. It is important that you check with a hosting company so you can view if this function is offered. Similar to hosted services, some self hosted packages are made available either for free or for a certain fee which is dependent on the type of package that you choose as well as the basis why you are using it.


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Blogging: The Best Online money making method. by RAVINDERJIT SINGH

There are many online money making methods available for people. Among these methods, blogging is one of the popular one now you can use to make money online. Blogging allows you to produce income without leaving your home. It is a good opportunity you should consider if you want a home based income chance.

Both bloggers and advertisers were benefited from blogging greatly. This is a high rewarding Internet business venture especially if you know how to do things right in the whole process. It is vital to build trust and reliability among your readers. Without your faithful readers to support you continuously, it is hard for you to succeed as a blogger.

Some bloggers may not realize the earning potential of blogging. But if you’re a professional blogger, you can earn more or less $10,000 per month just by writing blog posts online and doing blog marketing. It is outstanding, isn’t it?

If you are passionate about a subject or topic and able to write content, you can take benefit of this opportunity and become a blogger. Paid blogging is getting more and more popular nowadays and I‘m sure it will absolutely going to stay in the market for a long time.

Making money at home with blog marketing does require you to build and grow blogs that are interesting. Sharing all your favorite topics, ideas or personal experiences aren‘t good enough. If you want to achieve success in blogging, you must also think about the interests of your readers and subscribers. You must be able to publish the content that exactly your readers want to read in order to keep your readers interested and returning back to your blog frequently.

There are a few popular sites that can help you make some nice extra cash during the process of building your blog to become a success. PayPerPost, ReviewMe, and SponsoredReviews are some of the popular sites that can help you. You can visit PayPerPost to find the latest paid blogging Chances. After finding the right blogging opportunities posted by advertisers, you can offer the advertisers for writing a paid review about their services or products on your blog. If the advertisers accept you, you will be paid for every reviews posted on your blog.

However, ReviewMe is different from others. Instead of the bloggers contacting advertisers, it is the advertisers who will look for their desired bloggers. So Reviewme is more for those people who have a popular and established blog as advertisers will prefer to choose the quality bloggers to review their products or services.

If you want to make a living by creating blogs, make sure that you’re making enough money to cover all your monthly expenses. Otherwise, you can start searching for a much better career.

If you can drive good amount of traffic to your blog, you’re a good blogger and you can make money out of it. Besides that, if advertisers find your blog right for their marketing campaign, they will immediately contact you and request to advertise on your blogs. That way you’ll be earning regular amount of money.

It’s not that difficult. Just make use of the resources you can find on the Internet and you can begin your business blogging career the soonest.

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