Blog and Ping Tool 10 Stupid Mistakes Made by the Newly Self-Employed Having been a non-employee for about 14 years now, I’ve made my share of stupid business mistakes. I’ve also coached a number of people to start their own businesses, and I’ve seen many of them make similar mistakes. This advice is geared towards small business owners, particularly people who are just starting (or about to start) their own business. 1. Selling to the wrong people. While sales are important to the survival of any business, you don’t need to push your business on everyone you meet, including friends and family. Selling to the wrong people includes trying to sell to everyone. Just because someone is interested in doing business with you doesn’t mean you should accept. 2. Until you have a steady cashflow coming in, don’t spend your precious start-up cash unless it’s absolutely necessary. In 2004 I started this personal development business with only $9 cash even though I could have spent much more on it. 3. It’s also a mistake to be too stingy with your cash. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Essential Writing Habits for Strengthening Your Skills :Writing Forward Develop better writing habits. Great writing requires an extensive skill set. You have to understand language, syntax, and context. A firm grasp on grammar is essential. Each piece of writing must be organized and its sentences well structured so it reads smoothly. A vast vocabulary, a talent for puns, and a knack for storytelling are all skills that will benefit any writer. Sure, some people are born with a talent for word craft. Better writing is not something that happens overnight. How to Develop Better Writing Habits There’s no better way to consistently improve your work and knowledge of the craft than by adopting good writing habits. Read. Better Writing Isn’t For Everyone Improving your writing is hard work. What separates a hobby from a lifestyle or a career is that we have made a serious commitment to follow our passion, even if there’s a lot of hard work involved. Some people are perfectly content with being mediocre, and that’s fine too.
Increase Google Page Rank Google page rank is an elusive term that most bloggers don't completely understand. In fact, there are probably few people in the world who completely understand it, because Google keeps the secrets of its page rank algorithm very guarded. Boosting your Google page rank isn't something you can do in a day. If it were, everyone would have a Google Page Rank of 10. Keep reading to learn a few of the tricks to increase your blog's Google page rank that are fairly easy to implement over time. 1. The best way to increase your Google page rank might not make a difference over night, but it will make a big difference in time. For example, if you write a blog about finance, getting a link from The Wall Street Journal website would give your blog a big boost. 2. Search engine optimization is an important part of increasing Google page rank. 3. Do not copy content from another site. 4. 5. If you write great content, people will want to link to it, particularly high quality websites.
10 Tips for College Students After writing the time management article Do It Now, which was based on my experience of graduating college in three semesters with two degrees, I received many follow-up questions from students asking for more advice. Here are 10 tips to help you create a productive and memorable college experience… and most of all, to deeply enjoy this time in your life. 1. Many college students really don’t have a clear reason for being there other than the fact that they don’t know what else to do yet. As I’ve stated previously on this blog, the three-semester deal wasn’t my first time at college. That experience sent me into a bit of a tailspin. Your goals for college will likely be different than mine. 2. Once you know why you’re going to college, imagine your ideal outcome. Before I returned to school, I spent hours visualizing the kind of experience I wanted to have. This was a really important step. Visualization allows you to make mistakes in advance. 3. What about prerequisites? 4. 5. 6. 7.
Offline Blog Post Editing on Mac OSX - Part 5: MarsEdit | NooTriX MarsEdit developed by red sweater is a commercial software which license costs $40 approx. We’ll be reviewing here MarsEdit version 3.4.2 which can be tested freely for 30-days. It runs on Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) and 10.6 (Snow Leopard). Owners of Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) or earlier need to get an older version of Mars Edit. On install, MarsEdit does not ask the blog system. Picture 1: Main Window Lists Posts and Pages for Every Registered Blog One difference with competitors we reviewed so far is that after install, MarsEdit downloads not only recent posts but also pages. Picture 2: Formatting is Accessible Only Through a Drop Down List The post editor looks rather poor (Picture 2). Setting post options are straight forward. Picture 3: Defining an External Editor An editor preference allows to select an external editor (Picture 3). Among features we like is the ability to customize the text font. Regarding the integration with the system and other apps, MarsEdit is perfect.
Top 15 Most Popular Social Bookmarking Websites Here are the top 15 Most Popular Social Bookmarking Sites as derived from our eBizMBA Rank which is a continually updated average of each website's Alexa Global Traffic Rank, and U.S. Traffic Rank from both Compete and Quantcast."*#*" Denotes an estimate for sites with limited data. 1 | Facebook3 - eBizMBA Rank | 900,000,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors | 3 - Compete Rank | 3 - Quantcast Rank | 2 - Alexa Rank | Last Updated: July 1, 2017. The Most Popular Social Bookmarking Websites | eBizMBA 2 | Twitter12 - eBizMBA Rank | 310,000,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors | 19 - Compete Rank | 8 - Quantcast Rank | 8 - Alexa Rank | Last Updated: July 1, 2017. The Most Popular Social Bookmarking Websites | eBizMBA 3 | Pinterest23 - eBizMBA Rank | 250,000,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors | 29 - Compete Rank | 13 - Quantcast Rank | 26 - Alexa Rank | Last Updated: July 1, 2017.
How to Build a High-Traffic Web Site (or Blog) Since posting my 2005 traffic figures recently, I’ve received many questions about how I was able to start this web site from scratch and build its traffic to over 700,000 visitors per month (Jan 2006 projection) in about 15 months – without spending any money on marketing or promotion. Building a high-traffic web site was my intention from the very beginning, so I don’t think this result was accidental. My traffic-building strategy isn’t based on tricks or techniques that will go out of style. It’s mainly about providing genuine value and letting word of mouth do the rest. Here are 10 of my best suggestions for building a high traffic web site: 1. Is your content worthy of being read by millions of people? When I sit down to write, I sometimes imagine myself standing on an outdoor concert stage before an audience of a million people. Think about the effect you want your writing to have on people. Strong content is universally valued. 2. 3. 4. 5. This “why” is what drives me. 6. 7. 8.
New Version of MarsEdit And I Just Installed It | Blog For Profit As you may or may not know, MarsEdit is my favorite blog post editor out there. It is a Mac only program, sorry PC users. And they just released a new update that is just amazing. In fact, I am using it now to type this post and I am using their new feature, Rich Text Editor too. Here is a list right from their site on what is new in MarsEdit 3.0: All New Rich Text Editor: No HTML Required! I have always felt that MarsEdit was the best blog editor out there. You can check it out at this link.