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Make Money Blogging. A Million Blogs - How To Blog Like A Pro. Logitech dominate the Webcam market, and for good reason.

A Million Blogs - How To Blog Like A Pro

They’re making great Webcams, and below, we’ve compiled the best webcams that are currently available in the market for bloggers. Apart from the Logitech options, there are some great alternatives to consider. Top 5 Webcams Review – 2014 Webcams For Bloggers[...] How Do I Ping My Website To All Major Search Engines And Directories? As soon as you have published your blog or made a change to your website, you need to let the worlds search engines and blog registries know that there is an update. You can spend hours writing the best blog post, researched meticulously, written with great style, but if you don’t have good Search engine Optimization (SEO) implemented on your site, you’re missing out on a huge opportunity for your site.

Exploring the craft of living simply. How to Blog and Get Paid. Want to make money blogging?

How to Blog and Get Paid

Here's advice from someone who's been there, done that -- and turned the effort into an enviable full-time living, while never veering from her mission of helping people live more simply. Meet Tsh (pronounced "Tish") Oxenreider, whose online introduction includes the line "no, my name is not a typo," and whose self-description reads, "Writer. Editor. Entrepreneur. Drinker of fine beverages. " Fast-forward to 2012. Breaking news from the world of science. Posted on behalf of Declan Butler.

Breaking news from the world of science

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced plans on 24 October to produce millions of doses of two experimental Ebola vaccines by the end of 2015. The Ebola virus has caused about 5,000 deaths in West Africa during the current epidemic. Hundreds of thousands of doses should be available to help affected countries before the end of June, the WHO said at the conclusion of a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. Vaccine makers, high-level government representatives and regulatory and other bodies gathered to discuss the design and timing of planned clinical trials, as well as issues of supply and funding for mass vaccination programmes.

Phase I trials of two vaccine candidates have started, and as many as five other vaccines could begin testing by 2015, says Marie-Paul Kieny, WHO assistant director-general for health systems and innovation. First clinical trials under way Advanced testing. 10 Ways to Build Your Personal Brand. When it comes to starting and growing a business, there's one kind of equity that can't be measured in dollars: brand equity.

10 Ways to Build Your Personal Brand

It has nothing to do with cash on hand, real estate, inventory or any other tangible assets, but it's more important for the health and sustainability of the enterprise than any of them. A strong personal brand that dovetails seamlessly with a business has the power to turn customers' perception into profits. This is most important for entrepreneurs who often start businesses with nothing more than an idea and a firm handshake. Unfortunately, there's no single secret ingredient that makes one brand succeed over another. Should You Start a Business Blog? In just a few years, blogs have become a phenomenon.

Should You Start a Business Blog?

Every day, an estimated 175,000 new blogs and more than 1.6 million blog updates go online, according to Technorati, a blog tracking firm. As of late January 2007, Technorati was tracking 63.2 million blogs. This explosive growth raises the question: Should your small business start a blog? I believe you should, if for no other reason than to take advantage of an effective marketing tool. In a recent survey of business technology marketing executives by research firm MarketingSherpa, blogs were voted the No. 4 tool for generating sales leads.

Like any other marketing tool, blogs are most effective when used properly. The Backstory on Blogs The word "blog' is derived from the term "web log.' In most cases, blog entries are short and might include photos or links. Create a Blog to Boost Your Business. Blogging is the latest innovation to take the web by storm.

Create a Blog to Boost Your Business

According to blog tracking firm Technorati, there are currently 14 million blogs with 80,000 more being added every day. And 30 percent of all 50 million internet users are blog readers. In short, a lot of people are reading and writing blogs. 6 Ways to Make People Believe in You. Why should anyone believe in you or your company?

6 Ways to Make People Believe in You

Even if you have a great idea and a fantastic team, why should anyone trust that you'll build those resources into something great? In short, how can you convince customers, investors and employees to take a chance on you? A classic bit of psychological research suggests the answer—or, rather the six answers. The book is Influence: the Psychology of Persuasion, in which renowned psychologist Robert Cialdini identified six key principles of building personal credibility.

12 Ways To Make The World Fall In Love With Your Brand. On February 16, 2011 The Borders Group announced that it had filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection, listing $1.275 billion in assets and $1.293 billion in debts.

12 Ways To Make The World Fall In Love With Your Brand

6 Strategies for Launching a Successful Blog. This excerpt is part of Entrepreneur.com's Second-Quarter Startup Kit, which explores the fundamentals of starting up in a wide range of industries.

6 Strategies for Launching a Successful Blog

In the book Start Your Own Blogging Business, the staff at Entrepreneur Press and marketing expert Jason R. Rich explain how to start a profitable business as a blogger by generating income from advertisers, subscribers, merchandisers and more. In this edited excerpt, the authors reveal the six steps you must take if you want to create and maintain a successful blog. The following are basic blogging strategies every professional blogger should implement to help ensure success: 1.

Focusing on a niche audience and developing appropriate content specifically for those people helps to ensure there will be strong interest in your blog's content, plus it makes promoting the blog easier. The target market or audience you identify for your online content can be defined using one or multiple criteria, or various demographic characteristics, such as: Chris Bliss: Comedy is translation.