I have my salary nor - am I making A living online exchanged?

Written by George Manty · August 9, 2010

It has been just over a year since I was released from my full-time job at Hewlett Packard Corporation. I was a JAVA Developer there a beautiful living it hard on my own to leave.This means that my lay off as a big surprise for about 6 months released before my boss come me said I was not satisfied with the work I was assigned and I was not sure, when I went to bleiben.So I was very blessed to last out the door in July, pushing, because without this push it hard, although you are ready to go this job wanted to leave.

As well, in July of last year I started this time full of "online thing" to do.

I know you could questions:

So how did, that worked for you from?

Have you replaced your beautiful regular paycheck at HP?

Well, yes I have!

Well, actually it's "Yes, we have"!

My wife Jill and I run a Web design and Web marketing company, and we have my salary complete ersetzt.Wohlgemerkt is now a lot of work. We both have about 30 hours work per week, which is a total 60 hours a week between the two of uns.Es is so no cake walk by all means.

Right now, Jill handles sales and networking, and managing our Web design contract much and most of our Web design client interaction.If that wasn't enough, busy always our social media Experten.Ich is am responsible for SEO, PPC, Internet marketing plans, our Internet marketing contractors, dealing with the business and manage the client interactions for our marketing clients.We do quite a bit of overlapping work when it comes to interacting with clients, acquisition of joint venture partner and building relationships.Has it work really well for us and the future is pretty amazing looking.

So, yes we able to make money online was, and so can you! in the coming months I will speak a lot more about some of the factors that have helped us build a successful business.

Before I go!

Before I leave, I just wanted to say that I really to succeed, want to help you, but every day I get want free advice, and my wife questions from people not I have the time to answer everyone's questions personally.If I have answered every question I would have not offended no time to run a business and no time with my family to verbringen.Also, please if us an email and no answer in reply to get.

We posted the comments in response to a post answers many questions.Questions also sometimes especially unique in a blog Post.Und, of course, kostenlos.Aber is the content we create for this site if you need a load for our expertise and want to have our personalized help in building your business, you can to hire us for phone or in person advice or training .Telefonberatung is currently $200 per hour (after August, 2010) but we can help you hours looking for an answer online and trying to figure out to save things on your own.

If you are anything like my wife probably think "Whoa, Nelly!$ 200 for the"privilege"speak one Mantys for an hour?"Let me explain funktioniert.Wenn as the process you contact, become a 4-5 questions send us, that can be answered with us to provide telephone advice, in an hour (ranking you in order of importance if time runs out) .we are we not then calculate the answers to your questions research - your can for the former Zeit.So "one hour" phone consultation in fact so many as four or five hours take our time.

Of course, if you have a business and setting us design of a website or are considering for marketing services, offer a free consultation from a Stunde.Allerdings we is not a time to answer all konzipiert.Es your questions first and foremost a time that is where we judge can we can help you best and our services are you most benefit. While you get some useful tips and information when you "do it yourself" and need only direction to, are overpay for a telephone consult better.

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The hard parts of being A solo e-business owner to make easier

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I love working from home. It is the best decision that I ever made in my life career. But I do not love everything about it. What I want, I don't have to do? Paperwork / accounting / tax and all these things that are involved in all that Ugh. Ick. Sheet metal. This are things I put off as long as I can, and then I wish I had kept it up with better because I end up stuck with a huge amount of paperwork receipts to sort etc., and type on my computer. And I will not do an accountant, no, for me to rent it. A virtual assistant may be a good choice for me, and I have to, from and intended for this specific business task.But I could try something else instead.(I said could - I don't have meaning yet).

I was told recently about shoeboxed.com. Incredibly, I hadn't seen all articles already written about it in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, etc. I'm surprised it had to be specifically pointed to me.I am usually more aware of all the coolest services out there, irgendwie.Ich slipped past me signing up for the free trial version, probably the Lite version am but this one planning because I can't imagine I would need any the bigger plans. I'm pretty sure this sort of thing is the hard parts have make my own business much easier, but since I'm still in the mode "this stuff set off as long as possible", I'm not 100% sure.

All have used it before? thoughts? If you have or if you end up with the free trial before I do, I love to hear what you think about it. Oh, and since I forgot to actually mention, what the hell is this service, here is a list:

ShoeBoxed will let me in receipts and business cards with either pre-paid envelopes, e-Mail or phone to senden.Dann Shoeboxed scans, the data types and then organized you by category (15 common tax categories and I can also define my own custom categories). The data, you me back can with all kinds of programs how to integrate Excel, Quicken, QuickBooks, EverNote, FreshBooks, Bill.com, etc..Shoeboxed meet IRS requirements for the electronic storage of receipts.All these things are exactly the things I do, it seems like it would be really useful hate.

So, let me know what you think.Try? liked it? planning on signing up for the free trial version of shoeboxed.com? I am looking for your feedback on this.

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How: Customize and brand PayPal checkout for your site

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Use PayPal donations or sell products?Did you know that you can customize the PayPal checkout process with your own logo (s) for a more consistent, branded experience for your customers? you can, and here is how to do it.

The first thing you do want is to create 2 logos. You should not be greater than 190 × 60 pixels and you should not be greater than 750 × 90 pixels. I suggest using just the dimensions but also ok is less.Next you choose a later as a border color to time.you need your main logo colors the HTML value for that color as (# FFFFFF for white) and # 000000 for black. Your image editor (GIMP, Photoshop, etc.) can give you this information.

Now that you have created your two logos, you must upload you to a secure server. Because PayPal secure (SSL)- used Web server must use secure images for your logo. Your first question is probably "Why?"If your logos are on a non-secure (http) Server (a, usually on your site is), in contrast to a server secure (HTTPS), warns your customers of browser you that your PayPal checkout process page contains"both encrypted and unencrypted elements." Your customers will probably think you are on a malware site, your payment is not completely secure. He or she often decide to proceed with the payment.

If your Web host using a secure server option, use make of it. You must host your instructions for the consequences. May be able see how your host shared SSL to use if you have your own SSL in your host's FAQ.If your host have the option, you can secure hosting services specifically designed for this purpose. Such host is securepixels.com. for only $4.95 per year you can up to 3 pictures on your secure server host.Since you only need to host 2 (small and large logos), this plan is adequate.Regardless of where you your logos host must you just a note to make so you can give your URLs those URLs to PayPal, if you asked should be something like this look: https://www.yoursecureserver.com/yourlogo.jpg-(notice the "s" in HTTPS).

OK, now you are ready to Rollen.Sie have your two logos designed and uploaded to a secure server and know what border color to use.Time to give this information to PayPal.

Report Overview.Choose should be in to your account at Paypal.Sie profile from the top menu.

Below the list, select the settings for selling custom payment pages.

Add a new page style and name want it, what.If you're already a page style, select the option then change for this style.

Under the logo image URL section, type the URL for your logo that is not greater than 190 × 60 pixels.Make sure that the image on a secure (HTTPS) server resides.

Under the section cart area, provide the gradient color of your selected color gradient border.Under header image URL section, type the URL for the large logo the not greater than 750 × 90 pixels space.verify you sure that the image on a secure (HTTPS) Server stored any ist.liefern color for header background color, border color header and payment flow background color.(FFFFFF works for white if you already have a plan in my head) .click on save and choose your new page style as the default for your new Checkout.Here's what my logos look as if the donation and check out.

Now that you have selected your new page style as the default, probably not need buy now to you, to change in the shopping cart or you have more than a page style donations form code on your Website.Allerdings (for multiple sites and maybe), you must add one line code to your PayPal form on your site add. Add this line:

where the name of the page style "YourStyle" is above in step 4 erstellt.stellen you sure use the exact same name as the name selected.

You're all done!

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Make it count: your brand, your network

Posted by Sherry Shaffer · October 18, 2010

Day 2 of the BlogWorld Expo 2010
Now that I'm recovered somewhat from the Convention, I am excited to share more about the Expo.

Had the best and the worst aspect to all types of meetings will participate konnten.Es were always at least 12 different themes of podcasting up to eat Blogging.Ich controlled way of specializations such as real estate and military blogging, but I still missed great stuff of tons of. That being said here a bit is what I got to see:

Standout sessions for me on Friday were Mari Smith's "the brand you: how to build a profitable social media based business", and a panel discussion with Wendy pier all, Cecilia Mecca, Bridgette Duplantis and moderated by Jeremy Wright, "harnessing the power of numbers: create a blog network."

Mari Smith is a master of personal Marke.Mari's brand is Mari, spoke of your signature "Turquoise and bling" on everything - including the podium, as you – with your lovely Scottish Canadian accent. Their main advice is to really interact with your audience. Out and respond to blogs, answer questions on your Facebook page, tweet about interesting topics. She advised everyone to use your name and the image as far as possible, so that people feel which you interact with a real person. The exception would be if you want to sell a company brand, maybe in the future, and even then are you a human face behind the name want to deploy.

Now, does not get out there and natter on about nothing. Make your commitment worthwhile for those who interacts with. "There were two things that you said that stuck with me," don't shout look at me, screaming, "How can I help you?" "and"It is better to have not giving a hoot what you say 100 highly dedicated fans/trailers 10,000."" Engage with other words, to help you with purpose and an eye for others. Can thousands of fans and followers, but if you listen to are not, it does not matter.And you do not hear when they provide you with a good reason.

But the most remarkable thing about Mari is that the speech is going.She was very gracious to those who came to speak with her.Anybody got kind words and helpful advice with a real Lächeln.Sie sat listening to meetings with their counterparts and participated.There is nothing about Mari Smith inaccessible;It wants to help honest.

The three women from the session to create a blog network were also very helpful.In fact, were the networks you created - double duty divas Bridgette and Cecilia - Wendy Sparkplugging all over those that participated to promote.Their attitude is that those are the blog in your niche no competition, but opportunities for support and mutual benefit. during the divas reward promotion and consolidation of advertisers and bloggers, Wendy-, which sold before recently Sparkplugging - you paid aims, home contractor blogger for your time and posted more content.

A network of bloggers compilation can be a rewarding experience, but all three recommended that you join the screen, you well müssen.Leitlinien from the outset to dictate the tone and style of your network and the network remains honestly and transparently ensure (the divas do a lot of product reviews that full disclosure is required.)Adhere to these guidelines and lean not. Finally, it is your network's - and ultimately your - call on the line.

Whew! This is a lot of information, and I hardly on the surface gekratzt.Stay tuned for my next installment for day 3.

Thanks for reading!
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How to build A successful home business

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This is a guest post by Annie Wallace.

Finally did it, your thought of a way to escape the drudgery 9-5 job and from real money from home to machen.vielleicht have discovered a new talent, perhaps you've discovered some amazing retail opportunity that nobody else on in your area before acted. Whatever it is, has the control over your own destiny, ready, remember that you have a to succeed in the long term, to lay solid foundation for creating your future business.

The first step in building a successful home business is coming up with a solid action plan. Need not necessarily becoming a real business plan in the traditional sense (although it would probably help), but it is very important that you achieve, promotional strategy and costs that have clearly mapped out for use as personal reference. At this stage, you should also check what are the legal requirements for the operation of your particular business model, since you most likely need to register your business or purchase a license of some species to operate.

It must be absolutely no unresolved details links to find out once you start trading.If this your first business is useful, it may well prove someone more experienced to mentor to find.A mentor must be necessarily someone who worked same exact market where planning are at the entrance, but it should be to succeed someone who has a record of to need a successful home business at least you can give basic advice.

Locally unsure who can act as your mentor someone, it may then, worth looking for someone online.Ein good place SCORE, is a Web page to provide advice and support for small business startups. SCORE can also help to put people in contact with other similar organizations both locally and nationally that lean for advise can. If you find a mentor by score, will try to your specific area of interest as it has committed to covering the forums, or two out there covering things you need to know.

Use the time before you start your business to achieve, as many successful companies, government agencies, associations and communities which can related to your niche as you. ask many questions and learn about the industry, you have to step in.

Finally before throw full time in any new undertaking, keeping bills make sure you have enough money to way to see you through at least six months, bare essential House.It takes time for companies to start, one generate reliable income, while poverty and despair is a way to stay motivated, where able to pay your bills without Moreover, lead to much greater success.

Once the company from the ground is sure to take advantage of every opportunity, you have come to your brand to promote this means competitive and provides excellent levels of customer satisfaction to stay.A lot of new companies rely on references to you to help grow so you take care always encouraged customers to spread the word, perhaps offer incentives in the form of rebates or rewards for new recommendations.

Make sure keep always top of your market.Visit measure network with other entrepreneurs and analyze thoroughly not only competition, but also your own business to, sowie.Ist it possible for you more in pricing be competitive? have a range in Excel on your competitors, that can be exploited for profit? is there a service which you can deploy your new contacts, which in thought not? by regularly issues with these questions (and others like you), should see able ways, to continuously be growth from strength to strength.

Finally, not ever make the mistake by all the eggs in a basket.While tempting to snatch it, one can be pretty juicy contract from a well paying client, sit back and focus all your attention only on you, if you do, your entire income at a moments notice disappear. for your own protection it is always advisable to try to secure several different clients, so if a project to end or if something goes wrong for a specific contact, you have other sources of income access.

Setting up a successful home business takes a lot of planning and hard Arbeit.jedoch when you are ready in time and effort to set you happen, then there is absolutely no reason why you can join the thousands of people who like to work from the comfort of your own home.

This is a guest post from Annie Wallace, a Mom Blogger who loves social media and cook.

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In honor of 10/10/10-ten top ten lists

Written by Jill Manty · October 10, 2010

Today is 10/10/10 and we will not be as exciting as this until 11/11/11, another day, so here ten could enjoy top ten lists or is of learning.

10 Social media metrics your business should monitor - a fairly simple Artikel.Ob you agree, calculate ROI for social media can (or must), I believe, only a few of us will not agree with that track the blog interactions is a good thing.

Top 10 expectations of social media in 2010 - This is fun because it can almost the end of the years, so you see, if you were right.

Top 10 SEO myths of all time-# 8 is my favorite because I deal with this all the time.

Client: I got a call last week from a company that guarantees my first page ranking.

Me: for pay-per-click?

Client: No, I'm pretty sure that it does not pay per click.

Riiigggghhhhtttt.

Top 10 Google SEO ranking factors - of course this assumes, that Google has changed nothing in the past ten months or last ten Minuten.Aber there is still a pretty good list.

10 Ways to reduce friction in your purchase process - there is nothing frustrating than to lose a client on the Warenkorb.Grundlagen to reduce these opportunities.

Top 10 ways to drive traffic to your blog using linked in-LinkedIn is an untapped gold mine for viele.Es worth learning a bit more about it and use that knowledge to your advantage.

Top 10 ways to tweak your WordPress theme – that are easy to do for everyone.

Top 10 social bookmarking plugins for WordPress-what is your favorite? I like get social.

Top 10 funniest fail blogs - all top 10 list needs a little levity.

The 10 best top ten lists and, of course, what is a best top 10 list without a top 10 list of the top 10 lists

I make big money online is back!

Written by George Manty · July 5, 2010

I chose, I can bring make money online big back this month.In the course of the next year see more changes, but the biggest change is that my regular contributors, Trent Brownrigg, Internet marketing business strategies and How to Make Money Online (and many other sites) you are with me to give you some of the best advice on money on the network partnership sein.Trent has a lot of money online and I am sure you will enjoy his writing.

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Dominate the search engines with these 5 link building services

Posted by Trent Brownrigg · August 31, 2010

Get your site rank high on the major search engines for your keyword phrases, one of the best ways to targeted visitors bring and to earn money.As you get this high rankings? one of the most important parts of getting it is anchored by building keyword backlinks to your site.

There are many ways to build links, one of the most popular use of services that help you, it to tun.Sie come in various forms but is content (articles) as a rule, what you do is to distribute, in directories, blogs, Web 2.0 properties and other sites for schreiben.Sie can work really well as part of your overall strategy backlinking.

Here are 5 of the most popular of these link building services for you to consider:

Free traffic system-I have this a first, because it is completely free, easy to use and works surprisingly well. It is certainly not the best service of its kind, but it works, and can not beat the Price.Es is definitely a try.

Unique article Wizard – This is one of the most famous of all the link services building (article marketing). It is also one of besten.Sie make sure get a lot of link volume with UAW so you, need not to overdo.

Linxboss - it takes the least amount of work, all services on this Liste.Sie have not to write or to rotate all articles, how to do with the other.All you do is close in your link information and the system does the rest.It is relatively expensive and get a ton of links, but it can be very useful and must write with no extra time to spend.

Backlink solutions - here is one that is balanced between each other as regards price, cost and usefulness.Were the first link building services of this kind, and have its ups and deep, but have a solid choice blieb.Sie are new members but, right now, accepting that you set your waiting list, if you want to use you in the future.

Linkvana - it probably requires the most time/effort and it is the most expensive, but it can work really well.You used to the place to go for this type of link building service, but many others have caught up and still one of the best is even to übertreffen.Es you but not nearly so much to recommend as it once was.

Using one or all of the services your search should help search engines rankings if you wisely and correctly you not go verwenden.Strahlen a million links to a new site from each service, see can. things to do can do more harm than good like that.

I would also point out that not necessarily any kind of service to use, you need to create back links, and you should rely not only on you, if you can time.you it no money, and you do everything themselves without spending your should links distributed among many different strategien.Es are many free ways to it to tun.Allerdings can help certainly quite a bit with a service on the list above and make things easier for you.

Okay, this is es.Gehen on your link building in one way or another right now.Ihre website traffic statistics and bank account will thank you!

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Kajabi and the death of email marketing.

Written by George Manty · October 14, 2010

There are two really interesting started happening right now that I wanted to speak.

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It should be interesting for you if you want to launch a membership site.It could be overkill for you, especially if you are not in video marketing (which should be you).

Next, the "death of e-Mail Marketing" is really interesting to read.I will be for the program registration because it fits well with my current business plans.Click here to download the book.(my affiliate link)It's written by Scott Boulch the the original "death of" ebook "The Death Of Adsense" wrote.

So when you start a membership site with mainly video marketing are interested Kajabi check out .If you find out what may interest the technique replaced email marketing in which are not also then look future in the death of e-Mail marketing.

Tips to the effectively use an offshore Virtual Assistant

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This is a guest post by Nitin Aggarwal.

To have a virtual assistant your working life make more efficient, by secular but important daily tasks to liberate and leave focus, with the large and important work on set.However, it happens the perfect candidate for your virtual assistant on the other side of the world to •devices 9 AM your time is 12 AM in your part of the Welt.Daher how both effectively collaborate?

Here some tips above all ready for first-timer, to effectively use your new virtual assistants.

First we recommend that all communication you meaning keeping instructions as simple as possible, and that information, concise and logical delivered.Point A to B point reached C instead of many more page travel in an effort to the thing inside erklären.Wenn more detail to complete the task requires, contain no further explanation. In addition to that effective it also saves time, if your virtual assistant of a 1,000 page book instead of a summary, it also time food is a page reads what it less efficient.

Although it may seem overly redundant, confirm always understood a task you have mapped statements. Also, always take or provide a provisional timeline as to when you expect delivery.

Most Virtual Assistant businesses have project management system for all your communication with your virtual assistant.We recommend the use of ClockingIt. However, if you work with a single freelancers, then recommend we set up a private area like a forum on your site as a means of communication. Google's threaded email format seems much besser.versuchen forums are to work, but in our experience so well you to use forum software, e-Mail integration.This helps you clear communications, including what is to do, materials, had a specific task and when completed sein.Allem with your own private Web space can a task you all keep your associated files in one place. In addition is a private Board also let these questions and provide timely progress reports.

We recommend using chat programs like Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger and Skype, to keep in the loop on an hourly basis if necessary.A great advantage is that IN the usually much faster e-Mail is based communication.

Must also provide alternate ways to stay in contact if the Internet is much less VoIP is not possible down from either end and e-Mail, booking, and chat.We suggest that your voicemail number and let you know that it be used if you are unavailable.

When dealing with new tasks should also to its ability to handle, while a million other things as well really do sein.Virtuelle Wizard usually experts of multi-tasking, including adding new skills to your repertoire only, as long as it is in your area of expertise.For example, a virtual assistant who probably know an expert at word enough about PowerPoint presentation together but expect that to program in JavaScript overnight.

Finally is like in the real world, virtual assistants become error machen.Probleme between you and your new virtual assistant be auftreten.Ehrlich, but also understanding be loosing criticism rather than your temper when handing off negative Feedback.Konstruktiver and go overboard go a long way in not only problems resolve but in your future work report glätten.Identifizieren you any communication problems could then led the problem be absolutely clear on what you expect in the future.

Realistic expectations about your virtual assistant, you have to a trial and error period at the beginning you break in established and regularly and clear these tips to kommunizieren.Befolgen and before you know it, you will while as ever without questions seeking more time, to lead your company help survived.

Nitin is founder of offshore ally - a virtual assistant and call center Unternehmen.In of his spare time is he in his blogging outsourcing tips blog-where he offers the view from the other end of outsourcing.

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10 Takeaways from day 1 of the BlogWorld Expo 2010

Posted by Sherry Shaffer · October 14, 2010

Good evening from the first day in Las Vegas!

How my own blog is still pretty young, thought I have today, I would the ProBlogger track and sit on the four connected sessions by Darren Rowe and Chris Garrett.Covered creating killer content, readers, community and monetization to finden.Im why everything you must know a successful blog %s.keeping is a good deal of rave reviews about these guys, and now I know why.

Without going into the deep information and trying several hours worth of new material I thought that I would give you my 10 biggest takeaways from the sessions.

1. Make every post count echo Garrett of morning keynote speaker, Scott Stratten, when he stressed that if you have nothing to say, try not to force filler meaningless on people. Remind your readers your last post;Killer can their earlier stuff, but if that last post was not good, you can not come back.

2. Knowledge your audience-if you don't know who to write, find out.Take a look around, he started his photography blog some of Forschung.Wenn, Rowe sat down and wrote BIOS for three kinds of readers that he expects that to get, then wrote for you.It changed over the years so he BIOS tweaked and writes still with you in mind.

3.Don't write for SEO, write for people - nobody is going to your stuff to read, just because there are a lot of keywords in it.Not popular searches to find and write around you.Do you have a good post, you can perhaps use it to refine and work some keywords, but keep in mind, it must be interesting and easy to read.

4. Rising you your blog - if you want to read people and to reading online your blog where you hang out and interagieren.Kommentieren on other blogs, use social media, maybe a guest blog little.

5. Enter you back to your reader - if someone has made a comment on your blog, answer back. confirm your readers check out your blogs and recommend to the other.We thank you for your participation.Can a powerful tool and it is only polite, damn it.

6. Invite interaction-set little challenges for your readers questions, opinions, questions for your tips and Ratschläge.Mit in other words, one community build.

7. Start small with advertising-haben a little blog? little advertisers to finden.Team with bloggers in your niche who offer a new provider a package deal, then grew as your audience.

8. Monetize gradually not be stingy - a really helpful eBook give away.(Yes, don't hold back all the good things.)You have to know you are not blowing smoke, have really valuable information.)If you people like it for a low cost product gehen.Arbeiten you your way to this large consulting contract, service or product.

9 Trust is key people only business with whom do you trust. don't lie, don't overdo it, are up front and direkt.Seien you no jerk (this was stressed quite a bit today, several different words use synonym.)

And the biggest takeaway for me today:

10.Don't give up - create a good blog needs Zeit.Mit exceptions most blogs overnight success gewinnen.Rowe's first blog took a year and a half to really a good readership and start, is to build a lot of bloggers out there; it can a readership hard, money to verdienen.Es, when so many people trying same really can sein.Aber if you keep and have good, valuable content, have a successful blog.

There are two more days of the Expo, if something like today, I'm definitely getting my money there Wert.Bis blogging!

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Starting a website? Things to note.

Written by Jill Manty · October 7, 2010

I have many readers can make big money online of the technical chops to your own Web site to create. But what if you do not? What happens when you have to rent, SIP, a Web Designer?Here are a few things check wollen.Sie need some decisions about your domain hosting and hire a website designer.

When a domain you are, there are a few statements go can. can a domain, the brand of your company to appeal to search engines or sometimes can combine the two. George wrote a pretty extensive article on selecting a domain some time ago, and there is not much I can add what he said.

Here is one thing, however, in his original article was not included.Choosing an extension domains opt for a top level domain versus .info, if available is while most people for domain names you type in a .com extension look it, quite successfully with a .net or .org extension can be. It is not uncommon for website owners to buy multiple versions of their domain names with different extensions. If multiple extensions are available, should you keep competitors later to buy from you and benefit from your success to buy.

No matter which domain you select it by your own hosting servers gehostet.Dies contributes to repeat.Use your own hosting. Preferably paid hosting on a friend's server in his mom's basement. Think are money save by going this route, but in the long term potential headaches are not value to save the less than $100 per year, you're going.

"Some people try a different"endorse"route for hosting." The free website builder hosting offering "Free". Typically, this means that you will have your own domain name.For example, if you were with Cole.de, it would be freewebs.com/andyourname here. This domain name is not professional look and it is too hard to remember .If (plus you someone are advertising undertaking, each time you promote your site) for your potential customers looking to save money, use the free domain name registration offering some Web hosting packages.

If you are looking for great, recommend reliable hosting at a reasonable price, we always HostGator.Yes, thats an Affiliate Link.Im years have we had our websites hosted by various companies. HostGator is our favorite by far.

A further note on domains - ensure that your domain name on your behalf, not in your site-designer's name in the name of your hosting company is registered. Even if your hosting company offers register your domain for you, make sure you are listed as technical contact. Maybe you want to register if you are treated any doubts about how to register even if means to pass on a "free" offer. If you ever want to change hosts or designer, you will be glad that you spent ten minutes and $20, vs the effort and the potential costs will reclaim attempting a domain if it was registered in your name not.

Finally, if you're not comfortable, need a website designer to find of course we are designing your site partially MantyWeb designs, but whatever you choose, make sure you ask to see some examples of the Designer work.Might want to find, some websites you like and see who is the designer of the site.

Speak jemand.In of fact with the company before, talk to you a few times.Make sure that you explain things in a way you understand that you are probably talking with you and you feel return messages in a timely manner.If you have an idea of the technical requirements of your site (as you know you want a blog), make sure that the company has experience with this kind of site.Different areas of expertise have different designers.Just because a company really pretty makes websites does not mean that you want to design your e-commerce site.

While trying to instantly with the cheapest designer can go nicht.stellen sure choose someone who completed the project in a timely manner and who will not disappear before the project completed Island.all happens all the time! having to with a new designer start your time and money simply wasted.

So those are the basics,. Select a good domain, hosting, choose which satisfy the requirements of your site and find a website designer, you work with genießen.Nun, I would like to hear from you unten.Haben by the Web design process gone? how were your experiences? additional tips?

Go to the blog world?

Written by Jill Manty · October 12, 2010

Yeah, me neither.We hope to make it next year but this year we have the next best Sache.Wir have a guest blogger as a blog world correspondent.

We are pleased that Sherry Shaffer, the fresh start at forty, blog world this week in Las Vegas participate running.make will post with great information here, what are the rest of us verpassen.So make sure check - in to get your blog world update.

So, without further ADO - meet Sherry!

I'm Sherry Shaffer, author, Blogger and social media Geek.Mein man and I went through financial upheaval and links Memphis, TN for Pittsburgh, PA to fresh in my brother-in-law's attic to start I am not tweeting and posting for my work, copy writing or trying a new novel, I record our (hopefully) triumphant rise from the ashes on my blog, www.startingfreshatforty.com.Ich'm excited make his guest blogging for can I big money online from BlogWorld new media Expo and look forward to dishing about all the great information and innovative concepts.

Why I not really'm A blogger

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Someone recently commented on a post that his was not topic "only for bloggers".The result was that I had booked the information only on blogger, if in fact I can not hatte.Ich only notice that the commenter thinks of me as a blogger, and by extension, assumes that what I write about "for bloggers" is.

Unless expressly said that a post office "for bloggers", you can expect is for anyone who is involved in the implementation of online business.

I blog, Yes. I think that automatically entitles me to wear the BLOGGER hat, but I much wear more hats.My biggest hat, we call it my Sombrero, (because they tend rather large hats), is that ONLINE ENTREPRENEUR.Ich think the a beautiful all-round comprehensive title is. Some conditions may SOLO ENTREPRENEUR (though, that doesn't mean an online business) or INTERNET MARKETER. When I talk about online business ventures, I often just there to shorten and call it EBUSINESS.

I'm pretty sure that by "You do what the hundreds of times I was asked", I never once said, "I'm a blogger".Is not simply, as denken.Blogging me I is only a piece of a whole online business cake for me. And honestly, if I think blogging I think of WordPress, and I, think of WordPress, I think the CMS, and I think of CMS I think which uses only a tool to create content.

I agree that blogging is tending to more casual cumbersome, and more time and sensitive as Evergreen - but that's just how it is used most frequently.Blogging can cumbersome and it can Evergreen if it so chooses to make it.

Why I feel the need to explain this at all?Because I restrictions on me or even place someone wollen.Mein aims in my work to be not a blogger.My goal is to earn a living online.I can that lives in many ways, but the basics are:

Create good content.Monetize that content in any way.

Of course there are many details, the links of this process, but the broad aspects.Achieved in many ways can and blogging is just one way.

I confine myself, not to achieve my goals with only a Methode.Wenn only works a method, which is great, but I want not only share information only targeted to people, that a method like verwenden.Ich reach someone trying to make a living online whether you choose to do so about blogging or otherwise have nothing against Blogging.Ich etwas.Ich I love love Blogging.Aber all the hats that I wear and blogger alert is not even close is the largest of the group.

So please do not read my posts, who think that only on Blogger section.this addressed unless the post that says, then probably it is targeting anyone who uses each method of a living online.

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What I learned about Twitter

Written by Jill Manty · September 7, 2010

So, I am working on FourSquare, etc. BUT I have become active on Twitter. Today is day 15.I 7 followers on nearly 300 gegangen.Hier is what I've learned.

1. Twitter may not be declared.

You really have to learn by doing. I saw at George's Twitter account, I don't even know how many times and thought "I don't get it". Now, I'm on Twitter and I get it. I think it is my ability to focus-for more than 45 seconds each time when I log on, but at least now I understand. So, if you set since "do Twitter", dont get because you it, just go ahead and diving. There is no Twitter police.No one is screaming to do it wrong.Sign up to get an account and follow me zu.Dann give me a shout and I'll follow you zurück.Das is the hard part. From there, it will be easier.

2. There are people I follow, won't.

People have no tweets haben.Menschen write each Tweet in languages other than English (no bias here, I just can not follow if I can not read what you're saying) .Menschen regularly use language which will be a problem when my children read my Twitter stream over my shoulder, though you not supposed to do, because it is rude. If I'm going to consider, decide whether you follow your site and it looks like the script a Quentin Tarantino Movie, I'll probably not, to follow you. People who described themselves as "Visionary" - no real reason. It bugs me only.

(3) A quick way I use to determine who I am to follow.

When someone follows me, and I say an email get that someone new follows me, I'm going to your profile and scan your tweet stream. If I offended at the bottom of the page, and I'm not, it is a good sign. But if I get to the bottom of the page and don't see, one thing that I would be interested in retweeting this is a bad sign.So, this is a lesson that you can use to help you determine who to follow is also a lesson in someone who others want to follow - will be interesting.Or people who are at least retweet.

4. HootSuite is my friend.

HootSuite has been very helpful in the position to scan, what happens to my Twitter account.There are a few things which I do not really me for care.And I really need to do a bit more diving.But overall it is a necessary tool for me with Twitter to be successful.

So, this is es.Das is what I learned habe.Zum largest Teil.Jeder of you there to Twitter new? fight with Twitter? do you Twitter have questions? how we noticed I am no Experte.Aber if you leave a question in the comments, will I do my best to answer to finden.Und the main question - have followed me yet?

Confessions of a late users of social media

Written by Jill Manty · August 22, 2010

I have a secret. For someone who writes a lot about social media, I am not usually an early adopter. I don't know whether this is because I really had no natural fit such as mobile phones, to platforms such as Twitter and FourSquare. Or because I am addicted to technologies, so I'm trying to avoid so no more time out of my day long as possible, so that you suck.But the truth is George pursued me for about a year to Facebook join.(And I am not even to mention how long it took for me to "get blogging".)

I did not want to. It was lame. I didn't need it. Why should I? Then I came about 18 months ago.As life I ever without Facebook? and now I think a monumental Miss from undertaking without a Facebook page is! Want to exclude Google to you from the search results?

I use a lot not yet Twitter.Oh, I feed sure our Facebook page, to it, but I leave most of the interaction to George.Allerdings probably coming to an end at some point in the next few months. As soon as I a firm grip on linked in and I need that four square - for specific clients. But Twitter of the next.

So, why I say all this? because I want you know it's not too late. If you have a Twitter or Facebook account, it's okay. You missed the social-media parade. In fact it is really only started.

For companies it isn't often that beneficial to be an "early adopter".The best time for companies to adopt a technology is around it's peak.It remains training generally easier (and cheaper) at this time.Your customers and potential customers already informed about technology, so you don't have to convince that you want to "like you on Facebook," should you.And there are many people who are already knowledgeable, where sections of the social media can outsource you don't like or have not time to keep up with.

So if you was avoided social media have, some still need tun.Es is very simple and very effective uses of Facebook, Twitter, blogging, linked in and more that will help you make online money and won't keep your company actually ausgeführt.Ich will werden.Also introduced some simple tips and tricks in the coming weeks and months, make sure back often to überprüfen.Aber for now, go sign up for Facebook and Twitter - and take in LinkedIn, while you're at it sind.Lassen a note below below, if you signed up recently, or if you have not yet and let me know what was / is holding back.

Piggyback traffic on holidays and special occasions

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We have entered the last quarter of the year again, and that means it's time to holiday and special event use traffic.Of course, this same strategy can be used in the course of the year, but the impact you for most people between October and December increases. How can on these special searches piggyback, everyone is now perform?

The first what I would do a search on your own site for a word holiday related words is run that you used in your content you can start with the obvious: Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas .If you your own search form on website who can only go to Google and search for:

Halloween site: www.yoursite.com

The Google search give you a list with all your pages, the word "Halloween" in you. Select one or two of the strongest sides and a little advertising for you to do. Some social love you throw a link or two to get you and do some general marketing for you which goes beyond what would normally do for a page of content. While you do this, of course, you will try to bind the holiday or special event in your niche in any way.This can be as simple as getting a link with the anchor text "my niche of loves Halloween" sein.Beispiel? Let's say your niche is golf. If you some promotion one your golf-related content pages, the Halloween mentioned actions, it might promote the words "Golfers Love Halloween". Have not you to do much to come up with, that tie, you have?

The key here is access new traffic that could not otherwise get.People do special searches in this time of year and phrases you are including the holiday and special event.There is much less competition for the longer tail phrases, your niche and holidays included, to become one of the few who dare to compete for it.If you already have some content that uses the phrase (and most likely do even if only everyone a Merry Christmas wanted last year), then most of the work is already done.You need a little extra work to do it a little more attention that there is a better chance of ranking.

If you've never written content that contains some special holiday formulation, now is the time, some to erstellen.Das takes a little more work, but it also allows you, no need to adjust more kreativ.Du, what you already written can go now use in any direction! let us some examples of our fictitious niche Golf.Erstellen content on refers:

Halloween costume ideas for golfers
Haunted hotels in close to or above place golf courses
Use a Turkey machines ensure, Miss not tee off time.
Wife lonely Christmas gift ideas for the golfer's.
Place Christmas wallpaper on your golfing hubby's computer so he remembers shop!

If you have followed me over the years, you know that I love, to creative.I have even a whole Creativity exercises category here if you don't believe me.My point in all of these contributions, so that your thoughts to expand you to process.Restrict nicht.finden connections that inspire create new content or use creative content of the old more search traffic anziehen.Diese kind the idea on expanded, but this should be enough loszulegen.Dieser thread of creative thinking and follow es.Lassen you it to more and more ideas lead. run with it, and capture your share of the traffic that's Buzz at this time of year.

Make sure that once you successfully from the holiday search traffic, piggyback have, you know something in store for your new visitors appreciate hast.Wenn on your page, make sure you with something useful to schlagen.Machen go count to messages.If at all possible to konvertieren.Nun,! this three months gegangen.Verpassen won't you very soon.

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BlogWorld Expo day 3: the bad news (includes the answer!)

Posted by Sherry Shaffer · October 20, 2010

As so often with large conferences, on the third day the BlogWorld Expo was slower. This was partly because I wanted to thoroughly go through the exhibition ground, but mainly because I was quite tired. I visited more niche type not interesting for all meetings;in particular "manage blog groups" and the "Science of social media marketing."The morning keynote was well attended despite the late at night, many of the participants celebrate and for good reason.

"7 Hard realities of blogging for bucks" was a pretty open format round table with Darren Rowse of ProBlogger, Brian Clark of Copyblogger and Sonia Simone Copyblogger / remarkable communication. While it outlines the harsh realities, more on the solutions to these problems focuses you. It is difficult to distill your message down and I'm sure others have tried the same thing out there, but I'm going to give it a try:

1. Free is not a business model you can earn money if you give it all have to give away a lot of good content, people way but you to win your premium content or your products. The balance, can be hard, but the Panel found that the more away you confidence that your premium content/products actually be worth the more people are.

2. Choose Internet cash machine is on the Fritz - with few exceptions, you quickly get money as a blogger. Like most worthy ventures, it takes time and effort to build something that will bring in an income. Many bloggers treat it as a sideline.Don't expect to make a six figure income overnight, and'll probably be fine.

3. Can speak to everyone - it's easy to get caught up in trying to grow your blog so quickly lose sight of the real connections.Their advice was real about how many meaningful connections you can make in a day. The keyword is "meaningful".Strecken too much too fast and you will be lost in the shuffle.

4. No one wants that much authenticity - Don 't are, but don' t get too personal. You don't have all of your life to teilen.Haben you some borders; You do not want to crawl or someone of the hole.

5. Social media hates sell – but have content to verkaufen.Ihr "Marketing" is to love .Menschen share content, so let your awesome write sell itself. Consider your readers offer something valuable, you not only one deal pitching.

6.A blog is no business many bloggers out there have no intention of making money.You can a blog with no business plan and be perfectly happy with it.But if you want to make money, you need a business plan.Treat your blog as a business where you go and be ready to grow with the company plan.

7. No one is reading your blog - it may be several reasons that no one reads your stuff.
You don't have something talk a.Maybe which you care about.If your niche too dark, it's only may not be much audience for your Gegenstand.Oder maybe talk about just one aspect of the subject and need to expand your horizons.
b.You still not been giving, it at the Zeit.Es takes time a readership to bauen.Die most bloggers start with your friends and family who took your blog on lesen.Darren Rowse there where it had a good readership almost two years to his photography blog to get the place and began money of verdienen.Teil of this is, that you spend at any time to speak in a different way, can spread like a strong social media presence.
C.You have a good theme, but not frisch.Es are new blogs come every day, and the hot topics get behandelt.Wenn first present a new way, a popular topic can find have half the gewonnen.Aber, if you copy you what everyone else do battle, she could be sentenced to the obscurity.

I've learned, a ton of this very knowledgable Panel.Ich hope get a somewhat from my summary.
Thanks for reading,
Sherry
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I was not planning to move to Philadelphia,

Browse > home / blogging / not, that I had planned to move to Philadelphia, somehow

Written by Jill Manty · August 27, 2010

Have you seen the News Philadelphia would a business fee for bloggers in the city of brotherly love? It's a nice summary of the online discussion it over on WordStream. I guess my only question is - do home against all companies this "fee"?Mary Kay repetitions, babysitter, who has to pay? if you are charging the 16 year old who mows your lawn, then I guess blogger numbers should.If not, what exactly to bloggers in particular targeting led?

What do you think? at what point does a blog become a business and have paid the required fees?

Automatic direct messages or not?

Written by Jill Manty · October 21, 2010

Have you noticed that sometimes when you follow someone on Twitter, you get back a direct message?As you may know, many of which are automatically generiert.Wie with many things in the social media world, there are different opinions on this practice.

Some say that you should definitely use, an automatically generated "thank you for following message" but, that you exactly the message as you write carefully his müssen.Andere claim that this is a step away from spam. Personally, I'm not sure.

On the one hand, when I received this direct messages you really (except those) bothers me obviously trying to follow me on Facebook or buy your product to rekrutieren.Auf of the other hand, I pretty much ignore. Not make me feel warm and fuzzy or recognised or anything. I just think "oh look, an autogenerated direct message".

At this point I don't use a direct response message.But I wonder if I should.What do you think? are you disturbed by Auto dm news? impressed by you? you would rather get an automatic response no response at all? I'd love your thoughts below.

Raven tools review

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I've been hearing tons of great things about Raven internet marketing tools the last few months, so I finally decided to run their free trial and see why everyone what so crazy about it.So first, what do these tools do?

Raven tools let you research, gather, organize, manage, track, report, and analyze most of the internet marketing tasks you probably already implement (or should implement).Some examples include:

Research and manage keywordsGather, analyze, and competitive analysis link building research and managementManage SEO and social media manage campaignsContent and blog managementMonitor social media engagementCheck organic search engine rankingsReport on site analytics and performance

So, after running the tools through their paces for about a week, I've decided that it's well worth the fee as long as you're committed to actually using the information.See, that's the thing about tools. No. matter how great they may be, at some point, it's up to you to take action on what you discover. If you're just itching to have information at your fingertips that will help you determine what your next step should be to market your site, then Raven tools is a fantastic choice. It gives you tons of information and makes daily tasks easy to organize and manage.

There's no doubt in my mind that any marketing agency should check these tools out.It's ideal for agency work. It may be a bit of overkill for many bloggers or site owners who only manage a couple of their own sites, but even for that group of folks, it's worth at least checking out the free trial.At only $19 / month for the basic plan (which lets you manage 3 sites), it's affordable for many bloggers. (Yes, there what to handle certainly a time when $19 / month would have been too much for me, so I know not EVERYONE can afford even that).

So, the bottom line is, if you can pay at affordable fee, or you're an agency that handles clients, you should at least give the trial a freet run, to see if it will help you or not.

Instead of listing all the benefits of the tools, I think it's best to just have you check out a couple of videos that explain it really well in a short time frame. Then, I'll tell you about the one thing that really bugged me about the tools.

The biggest issue I had with the tools was trying to figure out how to create reports.Yes, the tools comes with a report wizard, so how hard could it be? Well, it's not hard, but it's not all that obvious either. See, if you don 't know what kind of reports you CAN create, you don' t know where to start. For instance, pretty much the first thing you see when you go to create a new report is a form field wanting you to name this report. Um…OK…UM…I got stuck right there. I was wishing for a dropdown or multiple choice selection of some recommended basic reports. Since I had no idea what types of reports I could * create, I had no idea what to name the report.

The solution of course is to RTFM. Once I read the manual (which is 101 pages long), and watched a video on creating reports, I had a better idea where to start. I'm * still * not 100% sure that I know everything that might be possible with reports though, so I think this is an area that could use some improvement. I should note that I did attempt to use the contextual help for this, but it didn't do me any good - for this particular issue. The contextual help is great to have though for most of the other tasks.

As you can see from the screenshots below there's a little HELP icon next to the menus, and depending upon which section of the tools you're currently using clicking that icon will reveal help notes for the very task you're working on. Unfortunately, that contextual help didn't solve my "What Reports Should I Make?" dilemma, so perhaps that's a good place to throw in some extra help for reports. Sure, the contextual help for reports "existed", but it didn't give me any additional clues as to the types of reports I might be able to create.

Other than that one issue I had with sitting there with a dazed look on my face and saying, "ummmm…" to the report name question, I can certainly see huge amounts of value in using these tools.But again, I have to reiterate…you need to be willing to take action on the things you discover. Merely running reports and gathering information won't do a darned thing for your site. Acting upon the information is vital. Seems obvious, I know, but it's an important point that I think a lot of people tend to ignore when using tools.Anyway, there's nothing lost a run by giving the free trial and since you've made it all the way through this review, I have a surprise for you.

I'm giving I've given away a 6 months free trial for Raven tools. The normal free trial is only for 30 days, but if you tweet about this post, I'll enter you in a drawing. One winner on October 15, 2010, will receive received a 6 month free trial.Here are the rules:

UPDATE: Lea de Groot won this giveaway. It's over now, so please don't enter.

1. Tweet a link to this post and use the hashtag # DDraven.So like a tweet "@ DonnaFontenot is giving away (one 1) 6-month free trial for Raven tools."Get in on it!"http://bit.ly/ddraven # DDraven"

2. Come back here to this post and comment.Put a link to your tweet in the comment, making sure that you supply a real email address in the comment form where it asks for that.(Do not of put your email address in the comment itself).On Friday, I'll draw a name from those who tweeted and that person will win.I'll email you with instructions to get your special 6 month trial.

For those of you that are wondering, that link at the beginning of the post is NOT an affiliate link.I do, however, have an affiliate link, if you prefer to let me get some credit for referring you over.[big grin]So, the link in the first sentence of this post is NOT to affiliate link.The link in the second-to-last sentence of this post IS an affiliate link this is my aff link.Use whichever one you prefer.

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Online-shops - 5 common mistakes that kill your company can

Posted by Trent Brownrigg · October 5, 2010

So, you have just opened the figurative doors to your online store and you are to wait for the money to services.when roles all have great products, it is so only their wallets, right start flinging open a matter of time until customers?

Unfortunately it is not so easy.

If you do one of the following 5 errors, your online business may never get off the ground:

Do what you want instead of what will your target audience

Your target market alles.Sie is have to address your needs, desires and questions over the Internet. If you get caught up in what you instead of whatever your target group, may, will never succeed in your business.

Annoying visitors with too much flash

Want to secure, catch people's attention, but unless you sell used Pinto's skip the bright red letters and flashing graphics.You don't want to miss, profits because people find offensive your site.

There are many E-commerce templates out there that can help you design your layout.Stick to the basics - prices, product descriptions, product photos, related items and your online Warenkorb.vermeiden templates, too much to offer, or otherwise be switch off people, you.

After too many categories

Unless, selling millions of items, keep the categories on a Minimum.Nachdem too many categories can be overwhelming sein.Beispielsweise instead of "white baseball caps", "black baseball caps" and "Gray baseball caps", only a category - "Baseball Caps".

After a checkout process, the only rocket scientists can be decrypted

When people give your hard-earned money are, make it easy on Sie.Wenn you too many questions or by too many checkout pages, are all buying you rather too frustrated and just scrap.

To expecting customers domain names to remember long

If you want that return business, avoid domain names as "BestComputerPartsInTheWholeWideWorld.com".If not remember the name of your Web site customers, you cannot come back and spend more money!

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Do you have online money making mindset?

Posted by Trent Brownrigg · August 5, 2010

There is a certain mentality, needed for a living online. It can make the difference between very successful and wasting your time and money for a while before the end finally be. It is not easy to make online big money and anyone who tells you differently is flat out lying to you!Therefore you need to know really deep in themselves, you never no matter what be place need a burning desire to be successful at any price.

Too many people think that making money online easy or you go to buy to get rich just by signing up for some program or an eBook. I can't blame you really most of the time, because it is, what you're led to believe by shady marketers and flat out Betrüger.Aber the truth is the complete actually it is very difficult to earn a living online!

Sure, a little money without much effort can earn. But if you are looking to actually create a full time income on the Internet then you better be ready, learn a lot a lot of hard work and spend much time before to get you there. With some money to invest in your online business is very helpful as well.If it were easy then everyone would be doing it, and nobody would no money problems the world haben.Leider doesn't work that way.So, not go into quickly or simply with the attitude of the first rich.It will not happen!

What really matters is your mindset money verdienen.Wenn you really believe you will succeed and are more than ready in time and effort, and all errors get up, you will be able themselves to earn online.Wissen, that you work hard, to get, but done kann.Nichts can stop when fully you believe in yourself and never give up!

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Water - what we can do to bring it to everyone

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Let's start with a few figures:

1. 3.6 Million people die each year because you clean drinking water.
2. 4,000 Children under 5 die every day from preventable water-borne diseases.
3. 1 Billion people have no access to clean, safe Wasser.Das is 1 in 8 of us.
4. $25 can provide a person with water – for life.

If you're like me, life in a place where are these statistics only numbers to shock you for a moment. You life with this reality, every day of your life.

Do millions.

Each one of us can help.

No, you have to spend a single penny anyway spent talk would nicht.Let's about, a little.

Each bottle of water you purchase costs money, you have to pay the nicht.Ein should one-third of all bottled water is sold in the United States the exact same water as the water coming from your tap. And yet, gets placed in a bottle up to several hundred percent and sold to us marked.I go even to the environmental aspects which everything, what from plastic or tons oil needed to produce these bottles. These are questions, for an other Tag.Mein point here is simple:

Set instead of paying for bottled water that is exactly the same water from your tap in many cases, that the money aside to help communities to drink water, not to have.Here are just two simple inventions, we help fund the millions of people who die each Year…don don't ensure.

Just imagine: play merry go rounds, equipped with simple taps clean pump water in tanks to communities with water supply by children.This is what can do a play pump.

Now check out this interesting National Geographic video to play pump water systems

If play pumped is not handy, here is an invention that kann.Der be always useful roller Hippo helps women and children carry the water the you transport now much easier and much faster could take hours.Instead of carrying water on their heads or back in small quantities and with much pain, you can water simply quickly and easily - and in larger quantities roles.Check out the video, what impact this may have.

There are more inventions like this, you can help fund.Find for you, meaning macht.Dann instead of these 10 bottles to buy water, specify someone specify with 10 years water instead is richtig.Es needs much of our money to that tun.Und all we have to do is throw stop away on ridiculous bottled Wasser.Wie we can not our money?

Find a way to support the efforts to safe, clean water to everyone to bringen.Es a Menschenrecht.Lassen is us make sure that everyone gets the right.

Either at the play pump or roller Hippo donations or donations in water.org.

I know for some of us, a donation not only possible is that in Ordnung.Es are other ways than also contribute can start efforts to clean by signing the petition to support the United Nations, safe water for millions to bringen.Klicken below, the tun.Und then others say blog post and the blog action day 2010 about this-initiative.

This will cost you a cent, but it can save someone's life.

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To make life easier with online accounting software

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This is a guest post by James Hampton.

Accounts can be a real problem for companies, but there is a solution on the market - online accounting software.There is an issue, but how safe it is to do accounts on line? well, the evidence in fact very sure beats.By online doing accounts there is less risk of things that wrong crashes as computer and lose information, laptop, stolen or destroyed, and most importantly it no longer need is to make manual backup accounts how online accounting software automatically regularly backs up and stores the information on highly secure servers.

Flexibility is the main advantage of online accounting software - login accounts from any computer, any part of the world and at any time of the day or the Nacht.Diese contemporary kind of accounting software is so very different from the more traditional Sage and QuickBooks software, but there are real benefits to small and medium-sized Unternehmen.Einige accounting software vendors offer a subscription package, so there is no need, online accounting for almost all companies make available large amounts of capital to verbringen.Dies.

What is actually happening in the world of online accounting software that with an important development in Web-based technologies, software designers and developers the power of the Internet for the benefit of the companies are use by providing accounting software, the:

is more efficient than more traditional accounts Packagesis that is completely flexible and accessible Effectiveand costs.

There are also other benefits - online accounting software can companies trade allow selecting accounting software of this type at a rapid rate rising in many countries to invoice and transactions in various currencies together with able, to share information with offices in other areas, and there is evidence that it is good for businesses today.Companies, with online accounting software have commented that decided to more traditional desktop packages due to the risk of fire or theft secrets and, in particular to change because unsure about in-house back-up methods were. for small business accounting software, you backed up the secure automatically on servers in multiple locations once more the need to spend capital on in-house IT solutions.

If you consider financial processes to streamline online accounting software that gives it a couple of things to help a package select for you arbeiten.Betrachten you accounting software, the:

monthly Subscriptionoffers provides secure storage of information encrypted and secured Upautomatically upgrades regularly, so you don't have to download program of Upgradesallows for several access from multiple Locationsand more importantly, the ability to access levels for different employees has set

Also looking for accounting software, which is flexible to your needs, comes with jargon free procedure and has the support of excellent support Team.Online accounting software is a new phenomenon for small and medium-sized enterprises SMEs and one of the most important considerations for the selection of such accounting software now is to reduce the risk of lag.

James Hampton has moved worked as an accountant for a number of years, the packages but more recently using traditional accounting Software for online accounting flexibility and security for the modern business.

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Be prepared for down times

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To happen in business downtime. Regardless of the reason you pass. Perhaps your sites are seasonal. Perhaps your niche offers an amount that is more active during certain times of the year. Your income of economic changes may be affected. Maybe your great search engine rankings disappear. Much of the reason but can cause a downtime, matters less than reality.Down times passieren.Seien ready for you.

Aside their best to put a portion of your income as often as possible, so that you can leave the money socked way have if the time getroffen.Meine is a rule of thumb down 2-3 months worth of Bill money should be available at all times. I have had times when I don't have much available and the resulting tension is difficult to treat.

I know that every summer is a time for me and some summers more down than other sind.Ich try to ensure that I've got covered summer.Obviously, sometimes force out-of-the ordinary expenses, in your down time Fund diving and a rough patch it mean when it happens trifft.Wenn happening, but can avoid having to use your savings down-time for some other reason, I recommend it.

There is not much else to say about this Thema.Es is pretty easy, but I think it bears mention once in a while as a reminder...

Down times Happen.Sein prepared.

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