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Need help with your blog? 2007-12-23 11:41:00 If you are just starting out blogging and don't want to wait a year or more to become popular (yes is can take that long and longer) I have a few tips and links for some very good technical information. As you blog you find that you need to be able to get visitors to read your blog. Without visitors you are just talking to yourself, and if that is what you want then so be it, but most of us want
Keywords to use in promoting your blog or website 2007-12-22 17:52:00 Do you know what keywords to put in your website
pages or blog posts to get people coming in from everywhere? You might know a few but I am going to list the words that have generated the most page views on this blog as well as my few other websites. Not only am I going to list them but let you know how to use them. OK so here is the list:
FREE
DOWNLOAD
MUSIC
SOFTWARE
GAMES
iPOD
MYSPACE
LAPTOP Read more:Keywords
Saving money on your grocery bill 2008-03-10 21:58:00 Here are 2 articles that I wrote recently for Associated Content. They are both about saving money - what else? The first one lists several websites that offer free online grocery coupons you can print out. The second article lists many ways to save on your monthly bills.
Free online grocery coupons
Money saving tips Read more:Saving
Ripoff artists and scams 2008-03-09 12:08:00 Whenever the unemployment rate rises the scam artists come out of the woodwork to prey on those people that are unemployed. A few years back, around 2002, there was a scam involving talent scouts. What would happen is that a "talent scout" from an agency would approach people and remark "you have the look we are looking for", "have you ever thought about modeling or acting?". The scout would then
The gas crunch 2008-03-05 23:15:00 Everyone is feeling the gas crunch. I am at the point of having to think about replacing our little commuter car. It has about 150K miles on it and it will soon be wearing out. It is the first car that I have ever owned that I have never had a problem with. It gets great gas mileage and I can commute to work on $20 to $25 of gas each week. I work 18 miles from home. Because of the gas prices I am
Making money as a freelance writer 2008-03-05 23:04:00 I really love to write. I have been writing short stories and articles for pay for about 5-6 years now. Most of them had been for small time print magazines that only paid about $20.00 or less, but hey, I was in print! It is a big ego boost to me to have someone read my work and enjoy it. I really like writing for Associated Content since I now just write something that I know or like and submit
Do you have a blog you need to promote? 2008-03-04 14:24:00 Getting traffic to your blog can be an interesting challenge. Have you heard of Buzzfuse? This is a newer content marketing site that can help you promote your blog. You simply create an account and link your blog to photos you host. It gives you another way to drive traffic to your blog and extra links pointing to it too. Signing up is free. Find out more about Buzzfuse.com
Your rebate check 2008-03-03 20:38:00 So how are you going to spend, or save your rebate check from Presedent Bush?
Is the mortage crisis as bad as the media says it is? 2008-03-03 14:23:00 The media
seems to be blowing the mortgage crisis way out of proportion. Here are the figures to set your mind at ease:
93% of all mortgages are being paid on time3% of mortgages are in foreclosure4% is the left over amount from the above amounts. It might be the margin of error or might consist of mortgages with late payments. Your guess is as good as mine.
What the above figures boil down Read more:mortage
Pay off your credit cards - NOW 2008-03-01 10:43:00 The credit
card issuers are pulling a fast one. Some of them, BofA for one, are jacking up the interest rates of their cards without informing the credit card holders. Customers are only finding out the new interest rate when they open their bill up. Some have jumped from 8% to 25% overnight. I have been getting offers in the mail for credit card that have a credit line of only $1000.00 for 25%.
Have you considered a service type of business or career? 2008-02-28 19:29:00 Thinking about what type of business to start can be tricky especially in a down economy. Businesses that provide a service rather than a product have the advantages of not having to buy stock or need to ship or store it. Overhead start up costs are much lower too.
Here is an idea for a service business: one that caters to Infant Specialized Care . The link I have provided takes you to a website
Are you ready for $4.00 a gallon gasoline? 2008-02-25 21:47:00 The news reports on the TV have been predicting $4.00 for a gallon of gasoline by early spring. Early spring is only a matter of few weeks away. I know I am trying to squeeze every trip I make in my car into a do my shopping on the way home from work and other errands on the same trip. I am lucky in that I have a small commuter car that I can fill up for $25.00 a week. When the price goes to $4+ Read more:ready
4% increase in the price of food 2008-02-24 23:12:00 Have you wondered why you can't seem to make your dollar stretch? Because the stretch is almost gone! The price
of food has gone up 4% in the last 12 months, that is the largest increase in 17 years. Milk alone went up 13%, eggs 12%. Isn't it a wonder how we manage to eat? Yet as a nation, the USA has the largest population of obese people in the world. Some how those 2 facts are not making sense
Saving money on your heating bill 2008-02-21 13:10:00 Heating your home is one of the most expensive winter bills you will have. Many people have installed wood burning fireplaces as an alternate to the more expensive electric heating sources. Gas heating has always been a cheaper alternative to electric heaters and can be a more cost effective choice for those who are unable to install a wood stove or fireplace. I have found an informative site for Read more:Saving
Blog posts and comments 2008-02-20 20:54:00 It is no secret that I occasionally do paid blog posts
. I am often asked if I let people make comments on those posts. My answer is a big YES! The advertisers want comments. That is the only way they know that their products or services are being talked about. Even bad press gets people talking and often clicking on a website to check it out for themselves. Gossip is what the bloggers want to
Saving money on your food bill to pay your credit card bills 2008-02-18 20:41:00 It's that time of year again, the credit
card bills from Christmas are coming due or in some cases over due. Here is an article on how to save on your food bill to help pay off those other bills. Read more:Saving
eBay is raising it's fees - yet again 2008-02-16 20:18:00 I use to sell items on eBay. I even had an eBay store last year. I closed it in early September 2007 after only having it for 5 months. The fees that eBay charged for listing each item and then charging another fee once the item sold was eating up all my profits. After doing the math I shut the eBay store down and sold off the rest of my items in my online (not on eBay) store.
Well I am glad I
Saving money in California 2008-02-14 10:30:00 California has got to be one of the most expensive places to live in the USA. Finding affordable housing is the first priority. Second is affordable health insurance if you don't have insurance through your place of employment. Third is car insurance. In order to be able to drive a car in California you are required by law to either have car insurance or have a large sum (I think it is about $5K) Read more:Saving
, California
Saving money and the middle class 2008-02-13 13:14:00 I am frankly fed up with the accusations that the middleclass
is better off financially today than 20 years ago. Where are these so called experts finding out their info? I bet none of them actually are middle class
, they are either upper class (read "rich") or upper middle class (read "well off"). The wages over the past 20 years have NOT kept up with inflation. I for one have a wage almost 1/2 Read more:Saving
Security in your network 2008-02-11 18:15:00 Having more than one computer for your business means having a network
. Some people know about home networking 2 or more of their home computers but what about remote access? Do you have that type of knowledge? If your business grows beyond just the home computer you will have to think more about networks and above all - a secure network. Find out how to manage the security of your information
Which is better - a blog or a website? 2008-02-11 18:03:00 If you are just starting out to sell online and need a web presence, which is better
, a blog or a website
. Most people will tell you to start a website. I am going to tell you to start a blog. Yes you can sell from a blog. Here are the advantages to having a blog rather than a website to start your online store.
Blogs are easier to mantainBlogs are indexed faster than websites by the search
How to capture and get your customers to come back 2008-02-09 22:37:00 Online selling is an art. Grabbing and keeping your customer's attention for more than 5 seconds is the key that will make your business a success. People that surf the internet in search of an item to buy are in 2 catagories. One is the bargain shopper, looking for a great deal on a well known item. The other one is the shopper looking for the hard to find item or a part to an out of stock or Read more:capture
, customers
Try a different kind of business 2008-02-08 14:39:00 I you are looking for a more of an unusual type of business to start, I have found a few good articles on different
types of start up business.
Start your own balloon businessStart your own ghostwriting businessHow to start a publishing company
I have been a busy lady 2008-02-07 14:18:00 I have not had much time to write on this blog as of the past few days. Why? Because I am making money on my other blogs and lots of it. So far I have earned almost $300.00 with Smorty in less than 3 weeks. My secret is that I have 6 blogs listed with them and that 3 of them are PR5 blogs. For the PR5 blogs they pay very well for the paid blog posts. My highest paid blog posts are $24.00 for 150-
Google frowns on linking to friends sites 2008-02-03 12:04:00 Did you know that according to the guidelines that Google
has set for Page Ranking it frowns on link exchanges? Here is a direct quote from their webmaster guidelines: "However, some webmasters engage in link exchange schemes and build partner pages exclusively for the sake of cross-linking" "This is in violation of Google's webmaster guidelines and can negatively impact your site's ranking in
Gas powered cars versus the hybrid 2008-03-16 02:15:00 Are hybrids the better deal? I have found an interesting article below for your information. In my humble opinion the hybrid does not get good enough MPG or MPE. I still remember experimental cars getting 100+ MPG several years ago. What ever happened to them? Read more:versus
The high price of paradise 2008-03-16 01:45:00 The gentle soft breezes, the warm tropical water and the high price
s are all part of the new island paradise of Hawaii.
This week went fast!! 2008-03-14 21:59:00 I have not had much time to even check on this blog, I was so busy this week. Yes I was making money, so it was a good type of busy. I had started several small part-time ventures last year to make some extra money. The reason I started several different types of ventures was to see which one would have more success and pique the interest of more potential customers. The silver jewelry sales
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