I am not going to turn this into a 'learn how to work at home' blog. If you want to learn how to work at home then visit one of my home based business blogs. www.wealthy-writer.com is a new blog that I am setting up to help writers turn their hobby into a paid career. http://work-at-home-guru.blogspot.com/ is written to help writers overcome some of the basic problems associated with working at home, and help them make money faster. http://divanetworking.blogspot.com/ is designed to help bloggers learn how to increase traffic
I teach work at home skills and offer advice at these blogs. Not everyone is able to work independently, so I have always suggested this site: http://www.teamdoubleclick.com/freelance.html for people who want to be trained to do full time work from home. Team Double Click has been around for years, has received major awards and accolades in the business world and are 'reputable.' They do not want you to 'buy into' a program. Instead, they want you to complete work in a timely manner.
Drinking Increases Cancer Risks
Women who drink above the government's recommended limit are 50% more likely to develop breast cancer, the UK Department of Health has said.
The health department report, claims that more than 14 units of alcohol a week will increased risk, with alcohol caused cancer causing 2,000 breast cancer cases a year.
Public Health Minister Dawn Primarolo said: "Women who regularly drink too much are 50% more likely to develop breast cancer. And many drink too much simply because they have no idea how many alcohol units they are consuming.
"After the campaign no-one will be in any doubt as to how many units they're drinking and the impact that can have on their health."
Stronger wine of up to 13% alcohol and larger 250ml glasses can make women think they are drinking less than they are.
Ms Primarolo said:
"It's fair to say that most women don't know how much they're drinking," she said.
"They don't know how many units they drinking. And don't know that, at 3.5 units, that large glass of Rioja they drank last night actually took them over their daily amount."
The group of women who are most compliant are the middle aged professional group of women.
Alcohol-related deaths have doubled in 10 years. Doctors are increasingly concerned at the growing number of women with liver damage, pancreatitis and cirrhosis.
Government figures show that 20 per cent of women in the UK (4.9million) drink 14 and 35 units a week, pushing them in the hazardous drinker category.
The health department report, claims that more than 14 units of alcohol a week will increased risk, with alcohol caused cancer causing 2,000 breast cancer cases a year.
Public Health Minister Dawn Primarolo said: "Women who regularly drink too much are 50% more likely to develop breast cancer. And many drink too much simply because they have no idea how many alcohol units they are consuming.
"After the campaign no-one will be in any doubt as to how many units they're drinking and the impact that can have on their health."
Stronger wine of up to 13% alcohol and larger 250ml glasses can make women think they are drinking less than they are.
Ms Primarolo said:
"It's fair to say that most women don't know how much they're drinking," she said.
"They don't know how many units they drinking. And don't know that, at 3.5 units, that large glass of Rioja they drank last night actually took them over their daily amount."
The group of women who are most compliant are the middle aged professional group of women.
Alcohol-related deaths have doubled in 10 years. Doctors are increasingly concerned at the growing number of women with liver damage, pancreatitis and cirrhosis.
Government figures show that 20 per cent of women in the UK (4.9million) drink 14 and 35 units a week, pushing them in the hazardous drinker category.
Warning: Do Not Use ‘Full Disclosure Badge’
This is only my warning, based on my experience, but the sites I did put a disclosure badge on have dropped from PR3 and PR4 to PR0 and have never climbed back up.
This includes PayPerPost and non PPP blogs. I don’t find the tracking image bother’s Google at all. I’ve found that blogs with site wide PPP tools and ‘blog ethics’ tags that alerted Google.
I did find that putting the small tag ‘Proud PPP Blog’ did not appear to effect Google’s page rank.
I have put the IZEA tag onto a couple of my blogs to see what happens. No one has figured out whether Google will be happy to have competition in the page ranking field.
The thing is, the full disclosure badge means nothing. I have several blogs, and I do not write any post I don’t want to. If the sponsor doesn’t inspire me to write a post, then I don’t. The disclosure blog is the result of amateur writers stopping the flow of their blog to write an ad.
Honestly, I am guilty. I remember the days when we would write posts and end with an ad, or write ‘horridly’ slanted articles. Blog ads were new, and no one knew the rules. Today, I am sure there are people who cannot write around their blog.
I will use the tag SPONSORED or put the word REVIEW in my tags or title to let my readers know the site is affiliate or paid post slanted. It is fairly easy if you know how to do it.
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This includes PayPerPost and non PPP blogs. I don’t find the tracking image bother’s Google at all. I’ve found that blogs with site wide PPP tools and ‘blog ethics’ tags that alerted Google.
I did find that putting the small tag ‘Proud PPP Blog’ did not appear to effect Google’s page rank.
I have put the IZEA tag onto a couple of my blogs to see what happens. No one has figured out whether Google will be happy to have competition in the page ranking field.
The thing is, the full disclosure badge means nothing. I have several blogs, and I do not write any post I don’t want to. If the sponsor doesn’t inspire me to write a post, then I don’t. The disclosure blog is the result of amateur writers stopping the flow of their blog to write an ad.
Honestly, I am guilty. I remember the days when we would write posts and end with an ad, or write ‘horridly’ slanted articles. Blog ads were new, and no one knew the rules. Today, I am sure there are people who cannot write around their blog.
I will use the tag SPONSORED or put the word REVIEW in my tags or title to let my readers know the site is affiliate or paid post slanted. It is fairly easy if you know how to do it.
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Your First Novel - What Are Your Publishing Options?
If you've already written your first novel, you should be proud of yourself. This is a significant accomplishment that so few other aspiring writers can accomplish - even if they have been writing for years. But once you're done with this masterpiece, what can you do then? That's the part that has many written novels languishing in the desks of their writers, just hoping to be seen by someone else besides the writer's friends and family. Every writer wants to be published and see their words in print, but what are your options?
Get a Literary Agent
What you may not realize is that even if you're not a famous writer, you can go out and get yourself a literary agent. This is a person that will contact publishers on your behalf to try to get your book read and possibly picked up by a major publishing house. In exchange for their services, you don't necessarily have to pay them, but you will have to give them a percentage of the profits of your book once it is sold to a publisher.
You can find a literary agent by going online to find agents that are current accepting new clients. Just be sure to look to see what kinds of books the literary agent is currently accepting as you want to work with someone who is already knowledgeable in your genre of expertise.
Each literary agent will also have their own set of submission rules, so you will want to look for these or call their office to see what they need from you in order to evaluate the possibility of you becoming their client. Most of the time, you will need to write a cover letter, include a resume of writing experience, and your manuscript.
Find Your Own Publisher
Or you could skip the middle man that is the literary agent and do this work on your own. This will mean that you need to send your manuscript to various publishing houses to see if anyone is interested in learning more about you. The good news is that there are a number of great reference books available that can help you find suitable publishing houses for your genre, as well as listings of those publishing houses that are accepting new manuscripts right now.
Sending out your own manuscript is much more time consuming and may even be problematic as some publishing houses only like to deal with agents. However, it does allow you to remain in control of what happens to your book, who sees it, and who gets paid for it. If you should get a publishing deal on your own, you will still want to call in a lawyer to oversee the final contract process.
Publish it yourself
If you're not looking for literary glory or if you just want to see your work in print for no other reason than to show your family and friends, you can always publish your manuscript yourself. There are a number of new self-publishing websites and companies that can help you put your words into print, and even sell them on some online booksellers' websites.
All you need to do is to input your manuscript into their website or send your manuscript directly to these publishers. This will allow you to create an e-manuscript that can then be printed on demand or you can simply sell your manuscript as an e-book.
All of these options will help you get your words into print, but the best piece of advice if you are going for the publishing agency route is to be patient.
Grant Eckert is a writer for Maccaca. Maccaca is a leading http://www.maccaca.com/ Art and Photography Social Network
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Get a Literary Agent
What you may not realize is that even if you're not a famous writer, you can go out and get yourself a literary agent. This is a person that will contact publishers on your behalf to try to get your book read and possibly picked up by a major publishing house. In exchange for their services, you don't necessarily have to pay them, but you will have to give them a percentage of the profits of your book once it is sold to a publisher.
You can find a literary agent by going online to find agents that are current accepting new clients. Just be sure to look to see what kinds of books the literary agent is currently accepting as you want to work with someone who is already knowledgeable in your genre of expertise.
Each literary agent will also have their own set of submission rules, so you will want to look for these or call their office to see what they need from you in order to evaluate the possibility of you becoming their client. Most of the time, you will need to write a cover letter, include a resume of writing experience, and your manuscript.
Find Your Own Publisher
Or you could skip the middle man that is the literary agent and do this work on your own. This will mean that you need to send your manuscript to various publishing houses to see if anyone is interested in learning more about you. The good news is that there are a number of great reference books available that can help you find suitable publishing houses for your genre, as well as listings of those publishing houses that are accepting new manuscripts right now.
Sending out your own manuscript is much more time consuming and may even be problematic as some publishing houses only like to deal with agents. However, it does allow you to remain in control of what happens to your book, who sees it, and who gets paid for it. If you should get a publishing deal on your own, you will still want to call in a lawyer to oversee the final contract process.
Publish it yourself
If you're not looking for literary glory or if you just want to see your work in print for no other reason than to show your family and friends, you can always publish your manuscript yourself. There are a number of new self-publishing websites and companies that can help you put your words into print, and even sell them on some online booksellers' websites.
All you need to do is to input your manuscript into their website or send your manuscript directly to these publishers. This will allow you to create an e-manuscript that can then be printed on demand or you can simply sell your manuscript as an e-book.
All of these options will help you get your words into print, but the best piece of advice if you are going for the publishing agency route is to be patient.
Grant Eckert is a writer for Maccaca. Maccaca is a leading http://www.maccaca.com/ Art and Photography Social Network
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Vacations for Singles
One of the fastest growing vacation programs is the Singles Travel Service . I went on one of these vacations when I was single and loved it. Of course, there are the 'rovers' who are looking for temporary companionship, but there are some really nice people.
I went because I wanted to have fun for a few days without being asked, 'where is your husband,' or 'no husband? Oh!' You know the tone of voice. There is nothing wrong with being single. There is nothing wrong with 'not' looking for a new spouse.
There aer travel wholesalers who focuse on solo traveler looking to explore the world, or enjoy a week with other singles.
Trips range from ski trips, cruises, explorations, safaries and camping. If you use a 'guide' such as Singles Travel Service then you get professionally hosted events that include socializing and meeting. Visit http://www.singlestravelservice.com/ for their complete list.
Why Buy Web Traffic?
If you want to make money, you need to buy traffic. I operated websites that earned millions of hits a year, and earned less than $500 from those sites. That was because my traffic was not ‘pre sold.’
I didn’t start making money until I started buying traffic. However, you cannot buy any traffic, and it won’t work for any product, blog, or website. You need to find the right company to work with the right campaign.
That said, don’t expect your first traffic selling company to be your best. The company I use sells me 10 000 hits for $12.00. This earns about $50 - $70 per campaign. I do this on 10 blogs, earning $28 - $58 each, $280 - $580 a month.
This is one of the best passive income streams I have created. I can put 3 different campaigns on a single blog, at the same time.
I run Adsense ads on some blogs, and others have a combination of Adbrite.com and commissionjunction.com ads. The traffic I buy is ‘international untargeted’ but it works because people click to my site to read information, then click on to a ‘service provider.’
I also have a good level of users subscribing to my feed. This is increasing the PR rate of my site. I’ve also found that the extra traffic is increasing my RealRate and my Google Page Rank.
The objective is to start small and build slow. This isn’t a scam, or a secret. All the big SEO marketers buy traffic.
The problem is, there is no ‘one solution for all.’ My company is helping me earn lots of money from my health blogs, but it performs poorly on my business sites.
This doesn’t mean that the program doesn’t work on small business websites. It may mean that my set up is wrong for the target audience, it may mean that my articles are not relevant. The fault is not always the service providers.
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I didn’t start making money until I started buying traffic. However, you cannot buy any traffic, and it won’t work for any product, blog, or website. You need to find the right company to work with the right campaign.
That said, don’t expect your first traffic selling company to be your best. The company I use sells me 10 000 hits for $12.00. This earns about $50 - $70 per campaign. I do this on 10 blogs, earning $28 - $58 each, $280 - $580 a month.
This is one of the best passive income streams I have created. I can put 3 different campaigns on a single blog, at the same time.
I run Adsense ads on some blogs, and others have a combination of Adbrite.com and commissionjunction.com ads. The traffic I buy is ‘international untargeted’ but it works because people click to my site to read information, then click on to a ‘service provider.’
I also have a good level of users subscribing to my feed. This is increasing the PR rate of my site. I’ve also found that the extra traffic is increasing my RealRate and my Google Page Rank.
The objective is to start small and build slow. This isn’t a scam, or a secret. All the big SEO marketers buy traffic.
The problem is, there is no ‘one solution for all.’ My company is helping me earn lots of money from my health blogs, but it performs poorly on my business sites.
This doesn’t mean that the program doesn’t work on small business websites. It may mean that my set up is wrong for the target audience, it may mean that my articles are not relevant. The fault is not always the service providers.
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What Is Internet Marketing?
Internet marketing is complicated. Most small businesses end up buying the wrong services, then are left jaded, believing that most internet marketing programs are scams.
Internet marketing involves anything that attracts visitors to a website, increases the sites’s exposure on search engines, and increases the site’s chances of generating revenue.
Buy Traffic
Buying traffic is good. Expect to waste a few campaigns until you match the websites with the traffic. Low performance numbers does not mean a problem with the service provider or the website. There are several factors that can ruin an internet marketing campaign.
Blogging
Blogging is a type of Internet Marketing. Multiple blogs can be used to build inbound links, pre-sell visitors, and can attract traffic. But, that is the ‘amateur version.’
Every time an article is published, the blog search engines ‘ping’ the blog search engines. This increases the site’s exposure. A blog can also be submitted to blog directories, which increase their page rank, in turn, increasing the rank of the main site.
Blogs can also be submitted to social networks. A website can be submitted once. A website that is networked to blogs, can be submitted 11 times.
Article Submission
This is a great method of building links- if you use a paid submission service such as www.isnare.com. The problem is, after a while the articles are so deep in the system that they are no longer registered by search engines. That means that the articles must be rewritten, and resubmitted, at least once a year.
The only site you should manually submit to is www.ezinearticle.com and a couple of the top ranking sites, as long as isnare doesn’t submit to them.
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Internet marketing involves anything that attracts visitors to a website, increases the sites’s exposure on search engines, and increases the site’s chances of generating revenue.
Buy Traffic
Buying traffic is good. Expect to waste a few campaigns until you match the websites with the traffic. Low performance numbers does not mean a problem with the service provider or the website. There are several factors that can ruin an internet marketing campaign.
Blogging
Blogging is a type of Internet Marketing. Multiple blogs can be used to build inbound links, pre-sell visitors, and can attract traffic. But, that is the ‘amateur version.’
Every time an article is published, the blog search engines ‘ping’ the blog search engines. This increases the site’s exposure. A blog can also be submitted to blog directories, which increase their page rank, in turn, increasing the rank of the main site.
Blogs can also be submitted to social networks. A website can be submitted once. A website that is networked to blogs, can be submitted 11 times.
Article Submission
This is a great method of building links- if you use a paid submission service such as www.isnare.com. The problem is, after a while the articles are so deep in the system that they are no longer registered by search engines. That means that the articles must be rewritten, and resubmitted, at least once a year.
The only site you should manually submit to is www.ezinearticle.com and a couple of the top ranking sites, as long as isnare doesn’t submit to them.
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A Great Resource For Event Organizers
I found a stacking chairs and folding table manufacturer that hires for conferences and dinners.
Almost every successful work at home writer I know is involved with charity events and public speaking. This is one of the best promotion tools and networking venues they can find.
Most events need equipment for dinners and conferences. Unfortunately this company is in the UK with outlets around Europe. If you have an event to plan there, then you now have a place to find everything from staging and dance floors to chairs and tables. There is a distributor in Michigan, but I am not sure if you'll find all the neat equipment that you can in the UK.
I've wished I had a 'one stop' place before. Once I was left 'up the creak' so to speak because I didn't think of renting coat racks. Who thinks of renting coat racks?
The design, navigation easy, and images on this site make it easy to create your 'need' list and calculate in your 'wants.' Image is everything, and this site gives event organizers the chance to compare everything from luxury to basic at the click of a button. You can also request a quote without having to go through the standard 'marketing survery hijack' that most shopping carts force their customers to endure.
Almost every successful work at home writer I know is involved with charity events and public speaking. This is one of the best promotion tools and networking venues they can find.
Most events need equipment for dinners and conferences. Unfortunately this company is in the UK with outlets around Europe. If you have an event to plan there, then you now have a place to find everything from staging and dance floors to chairs and tables. There is a distributor in Michigan, but I am not sure if you'll find all the neat equipment that you can in the UK.
I've wished I had a 'one stop' place before. Once I was left 'up the creak' so to speak because I didn't think of renting coat racks. Who thinks of renting coat racks?
The design, navigation easy, and images on this site make it easy to create your 'need' list and calculate in your 'wants.' Image is everything, and this site gives event organizers the chance to compare everything from luxury to basic at the click of a button. You can also request a quote without having to go through the standard 'marketing survery hijack' that most shopping carts force their customers to endure.
Review: Netfirms
There are a lot of web hosting companies out there. Many of them are good, have been in business for a long time, and are reputable – but they will not help an ecommerce business that is growing.
There is more to web management than storage and bandwidth. I’ve hosted with ‘good’ webhosting companies. However, if you create a good ‘customer friendly’ content management system, with all the features needed to keep users, then you run into problems.
The servers can only handle so many queries. A single web page can have 20 – 30 database queries, especially if there is advertising on the page. This increase the ‘time’ needed for the server to handle the page.
Some of the common web hosting sites will start limiting the site as soon as more than a dozen people start hitting the site. One night they closed my website down when 5 people entered the chat room.
Netfirms has ‘shared servers.’ If one site cannot handle the weight of the queries on a server, it merely borrows more from the next server. This means that I can now have 50 people in a server without problems.
This doesn’t mean I can have my sites on the $4.90 a month service. I use the $12.99 business service, but I can host multiple websites with individual domains, without worrying.
The important thing is that I can ‘upgrade’ to managed servers at a later date, if needed, and still keep the shared servers.
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There is more to web management than storage and bandwidth. I’ve hosted with ‘good’ webhosting companies. However, if you create a good ‘customer friendly’ content management system, with all the features needed to keep users, then you run into problems.
The servers can only handle so many queries. A single web page can have 20 – 30 database queries, especially if there is advertising on the page. This increase the ‘time’ needed for the server to handle the page.
Some of the common web hosting sites will start limiting the site as soon as more than a dozen people start hitting the site. One night they closed my website down when 5 people entered the chat room.
Netfirms has ‘shared servers.’ If one site cannot handle the weight of the queries on a server, it merely borrows more from the next server. This means that I can now have 50 people in a server without problems.
This doesn’t mean I can have my sites on the $4.90 a month service. I use the $12.99 business service, but I can host multiple websites with individual domains, without worrying.
The important thing is that I can ‘upgrade’ to managed servers at a later date, if needed, and still keep the shared servers.
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A Bad Literary Agent Can Be Worse Than No Agent At All
Types of things to watch out for with agents:
* Charging the author a fee up front, to be accepted as a client. Can be called a reading fee, or a monthly "office expenses" charge. The best agents, and most successful ones, only charge a percentage fee of royalties the author earns, typically 15%. Suppose a realtor charged you a fee to come over and tour your house before getting the listing? How quickly would you show that realtor the door. . .
* Charging back unusually large "postage and copying fees" to send out an authors' work. One crooked agency accepts almost every client that contacts them, but in the fine print of the contract they charge "postage and handling" of up to $10 per submission they send out on your behalf. It doesn't cost $10 to send a letter and a sample chapter of a book to a publisher. This company makes a fortune from these fees whether or not they actually successfully market any of their clients work.
* Directing authors toward specific editing services or giving authors' names to these services. Sometimes they even own the editing service. Some agents make a significant portion of their income from referral fees from these services.
* Terms in Agency contracts with writers vary widely. Must be read carefully. Not standard at all.
* The agent contacts publishers pretty much at random. The agent's value to you is in the relationships they have with publishers, so that if the publisher hears from them, they know the book is worth taking a look at. Ask to see copies of rejection letters that come back from publishers. If it looks like just a form letter response, rather than a letter you would send to an acquaintance, you can bet the agent may be just picking names out of a directory of publishers.
* Puts forth a weak effort or gives up on the client's project after a few months. You have a right to ask how active the agent is going to be. How many publishers are they going to contact, how will they follow up? You also have a right to periodic reports as to whom they have contacted and the results. You must determine how much time and attention they are really going to give you.
Another reason it is imperative to have a reputable agent is that the publishing house typically pays the agent, who deducts their "cut" and sends the remainder it to the author. It's a frightening thought that a less than honest person gets their hands on the money you've earned from sweat, blood, and even tears.
Find out more about agents
Dee Power is the author of several nonfiction books, the latest is The Making of a Bestseller. Find out more about her and how to get your book published at http://www.BrianHillAndDeePower.com
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* Charging the author a fee up front, to be accepted as a client. Can be called a reading fee, or a monthly "office expenses" charge. The best agents, and most successful ones, only charge a percentage fee of royalties the author earns, typically 15%. Suppose a realtor charged you a fee to come over and tour your house before getting the listing? How quickly would you show that realtor the door. . .
* Charging back unusually large "postage and copying fees" to send out an authors' work. One crooked agency accepts almost every client that contacts them, but in the fine print of the contract they charge "postage and handling" of up to $10 per submission they send out on your behalf. It doesn't cost $10 to send a letter and a sample chapter of a book to a publisher. This company makes a fortune from these fees whether or not they actually successfully market any of their clients work.
* Directing authors toward specific editing services or giving authors' names to these services. Sometimes they even own the editing service. Some agents make a significant portion of their income from referral fees from these services.
* Terms in Agency contracts with writers vary widely. Must be read carefully. Not standard at all.
* The agent contacts publishers pretty much at random. The agent's value to you is in the relationships they have with publishers, so that if the publisher hears from them, they know the book is worth taking a look at. Ask to see copies of rejection letters that come back from publishers. If it looks like just a form letter response, rather than a letter you would send to an acquaintance, you can bet the agent may be just picking names out of a directory of publishers.
* Puts forth a weak effort or gives up on the client's project after a few months. You have a right to ask how active the agent is going to be. How many publishers are they going to contact, how will they follow up? You also have a right to periodic reports as to whom they have contacted and the results. You must determine how much time and attention they are really going to give you.
Another reason it is imperative to have a reputable agent is that the publishing house typically pays the agent, who deducts their "cut" and sends the remainder it to the author. It's a frightening thought that a less than honest person gets their hands on the money you've earned from sweat, blood, and even tears.
Find out more about agents
Dee Power is the author of several nonfiction books, the latest is The Making of a Bestseller. Find out more about her and how to get your book published at http://www.BrianHillAndDeePower.com
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