Archive for the 'Writing' Category

Non Profits sometimes have a hard time marketing. They consider themselves professional and benevolent so while they really want money, they don’t want to appear greedy. Blogging is the perfect vehicle for them to raise awareness of their causes.
The same problem plagues people like attorneys, consultants, accountants, etc who want to maintain a level of [...]

In the future, will blogs be created by computers?
Or will humans still be blogging?
I’m still scratching my head. The “blog” created by this “computer” sounded more like a soap opera script. It taled about some kind of story with character tension…
I thought blogs were about humans sorting through all the junk on the internet?
Decide for [...]

Here are some great insider tips if you want to start a blog.
1. What to do ON your blog.
2. What to do OFF your blog.
3. Essential Registries and Directories
4. How to check your progress
5. How to get noticed
6. Books on blogging.
Here’s another I wrote that focuses on getting paid to blog.

AssociatedContent.com is now about to offer an ongoing Performance Bonus to content producers starting March 15th.
Starting March 15th, AssociatedContent.com will begin paying out performance bonuses.
As you may know AssociatedContent.com writers are paid on a per article basis depending on a variety of factors.
As of the 15th they are testing a program to pay out additional bonuses to writers.
Every [...]

Here’s a new lense I’m creating called How To Write A Resume In The Digital Age
My eyes go bleary looking at resumes.
So many of them are bland, boring and look like everyone elses’s resume, it must drive potential  employers nuts.
My approach uses direct marketing theory and takes advantage of the computer. I don’t believe in [...]

Want some free promotion for your squidoo.com lense?
1. If you don’t have one, build a Squidoo.com lense.
2. When that’s done, go to my work at home business lense
3. On the right margin, click “Lensroll” to add my lense to your best squidoo Lense’s “Lensroll” (It’s like a blog roll).
4. Scroll down to the section titled [...]

French Bloggers beware. You may soon be breaking the law by reporting on or videotaping acts of police violence unless you are a ‘Professional Journalist’ . Does one Google Adsense click on your blog make you ‘professional’?
From MacWorld
The French Constitutional Council has approved a law that criminalizes the filming or broadcasting of acts of violence [...]

Should you have a newsletter, blog or tips booklet? Paulette Ensign says “yes”. As she points out, these are not mutually exclusive answers.
Do you have a blog? Check out your biggest categories and see which of the gems in the largest categories can be turned into a tips booklet(s) or information product?
Do you have a [...]

When the mainstream media isn’t bashing the blogosphere for being the non mainstream media, it seems they’re hiring bloggers.
According to BloggerJobs.biz  the New York Times is looking for a “News/Blog Metro Producer”.
The New York Times is looking for a news producer to join our Web newsroom and help in the development of blogs on NYTimes.com. [...]

What’s selling well in the low cost info product (ebook and software) market recently?It’s good to check the titles at least to remind yourself whether there’s an ebook or software product lurking inside your brain trying to get out.
Remember, these work best when they are used to create a customer list for backend or future [...]