Archive for the 'Writing' Category

Here’s how to put your Gmail account on Steroids You’ll find ideas here for how to * How to turn Gmail into a massive personal database (Gmail + the Google Toolbar) * How to get real-time news updates in Gmail (Gmail+ Google Talk + Twitter) * How to automatically store your bookmarks in Gmail (Gmail [...]

Associated Content will pay you to write on the following topics (if it’s good of course) 10th Anniversary Celebration Ideas Best Valentine’s Day Date Last-Minute Travel Deals for Valentine’s Day Best Valentine’s Gift Wedding Reception Locations in Your City 2008 Trend Watch Engagement Photographers in Your City Stock Market Predictions for 2008 Reviews of High-Tech [...]

Reuters is reporting on Words to Avoid for Wordsmiths in 2007. Anyone writing, blogging, or marketing online in text or audio or just posting on a forum online is a wordsmith of sorts, so THIS MEANS YOU! The offending phrases vary by age and genre, but here are some samples you may care to “avoid [...]

It’s true, you can get paid to review movies at SquidFlix through this link! When you sign up as a Squidoo lensmaster, your log in details automatically allow you to get paid for your movie reviews. The Squidflix reviews don’t require all the tweaking and building skills of a Squidoo lens… you pick the movie [...]

SwypeFile is another way to use your Google Adsense Account to make money online. By publishing internet marketing related tips and ideas, you can get paid when people view your content and click on the ads. They bill themselves as a “collaborative digital swipe file” of ideas you can borrow and adapt to your own [...]

In the internet era, publishing your own book is amazingly easy. So is shooting yourself in the foot. There’s a reason that many people earn a living in the publishing industry and take a cut of the profits from the printing to the bookshelf. And that’s because it’s not as easy as it looks. If [...]

I wanted to pass this along to you. I got it from WriterLance.com today. It’s a short time special offer so check it out fast if you’re a writer looking to work online. We’ve got some new and exciting changes at WriterLance.com. We’ve just sealed a deal that will promote the site to hundreds of [...]

Helium is frequently contacted by press and publications looking for writers in certain geographic areas. One day it’s a publisher in Miami, Florida. Another day it’s a journalist from Liverpool, UK. They offer great opportunities for good writers, and we want to help create the connections. To do that, we need to know where in [...]

According to USA Today best selling author Karen Kingsbury just wanted to work at home. That’s why she got into writing in the first place. Her first book deal tripled her reporter’s salary. Read the whole article at USA Today Image Courtesy USA Today

Did it take Seth Godin to tell you that? (You must be slower than I am if it did!) Seth Godin via Plug Your Book There are more than 100,000 published authors in the US. Most of them have publishing houses (and at least a tenuous connection to a publicist). What a great marketing problem. [...]