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Archive for September, 2009
eHow/Demand Studios: Opportunity for Non US Writers?
I want to start this off by saying thanks to Arvind who posted a heart-felt comment on my eHow One Year Later post. In essence, he inquired about why Demand Studios and eHow were opportunities limited to US writers only. As a result of his comment, I sent an email to Demand Media (the parent [...]
Monetizing a Blog with OIO Publisher Software
If you look on the right-hand side of this blog you see ads in little squares of 125 x 125. I’m able to display those ads because I purchased a software called OIO Publisher. It’s an ad management software. I came across the software because as I mentioned before I want to take this blog [...]
Writing for eHow – One Year Later
Time sure flies when you’re having fun. It’s been one year since I signed up for eHow. I placed my first article on their site on September 25, 2008. Since then it’s been an interesting journey. I’m going to share with you a few things I’ve learned in the year that I’ve been writing for [...]
Commenting on Blogger.com Blogs
Often times I visit blogs hosted by Blogger.com and find that I have a difficult time commenting on them. It’s not because I can’t think of what to say, it’s because the blogger, in an attempt to fight spammers, has elected to only accept comments from readers with a Google account or an OpenID profile. [...]
Writing – The Mind/Body Connection
Last night I had the pleasure of attending parents’ night at my daughter’s school. It’s my annual chance to follow my daughter’s class schedule to undergo a condensed version of her day. I started out in her homeroom and then walked around the school going to all nine of her classes. At the end of [...]
NJFM Gives Birth to a Newsletter
I decided to bite the bullet and create a newsletter. This is something I’ve been toying with for a year or two. Successful bloggers and marketers all say, “Success is in the list.” They may be absolutely right, but I never took the time to make a list. I was to busy blogging, writing and [...]
Water or the Internet
What would you do if someone held a gun to your head and shouted, “Give me your water or your internet?” Which would you hand over? Sounds silly, but this weekend I had the opportunity to test it out. Last week I discovered a leaking pipe in the basement. Apparently it had been leaking for [...]
What the Heck Happened to My RSS Feed?
Sometimes I have to venture into uncharted territory. I usually hope for the best and prepare for the worst. This time I had to enter the uncharted territory of RSS feeds. I don’t know much about RSS feeds and didn’t really want to know much about them. All I know is that I’ve got one [...]
Blogging for Families.com
In wandering around the internet, I came across Families.com, another paid blogging opportunity. Apparently Families.com has a network of over 30 family oriented blogs. Their blogging topics range from from marriage, to home & gardening to frugal frugal living and much more. The Application Process Families.com requests two sample pieces of at least 300 words [...]
An Update to My Unscientific Experiment
A month ago I performed a little experiment. I wrote three articles using the same keywords on three different sites (Suite 101, eHow and HubPages) to see how much ‘Google Favor’ affects the success of each article. The purpose of the experiment was to ensure that I was spending my time wisely. Maria (aka WriterGig) [...]
