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The power of blogging. by Tristan Jud

First and formost what is a Blog? A blog is basically a journal that is available on the web. The activity of updating a blog is “blogging” and someone who keeps a blog is a “blogger.”

The growth of blog usage over the last year has been incrediable. Blog readership increased from 17% of internet users to 27% in just 9 months. The number of blog authors has increased from 3% in July 2002, 5% at the beginning of 2004, and 7% by late November 2004.

A quick search on the net for blogs and you find that not only are the general public using them as a way of electronically noteing their feelings and thoughts but also businesses are using them as an informal way of updating their clients of products and services.

It seems that when it comes to blogging big businesses and small businesses are on the same playing field. A blog offers any business the opportunity to communicate with employees, and customers, sharing knowledge and expertise.

As you may or may not have realised is that blogging is a big plus and if used correctly can provide an interesting and effective way to increase brand identity and awareness.

My personal web design company (Able Net Design) has seen an increase in interest of blogs and its use with our own customers. It seems that everyone is jumping on this new system, as a cheap and effective way to spread the word.

A quick google search for the term “business blogging” returns 11,200,000 results. There are even companies poping up everywhere as blog consultants, which can help set up a blog that you will get the most out of.

Is blogging really as good as everyone thinks, well i am certainly having some fun with it and am sure if it didn’t work it would have died by now.

But what are people blogging about? Well people are blogging about everything and anything and there are some reports that people are making a nice little income from it aswell.

Income off a blog how can that be? That is the same question i asked when i first heard about it. I would have thought that the process to making money of a blog would have been quite involved however I have discovered that it is quite the opposite.

It seems that with the use of strategicly placed advertisements and a large amount of traffic bloggers are utilising the paid to click type of advertisements, to earn profits.

Now i thought this has to be tested, so i impletemented a few different paid to click advertisements on my blogs to see how they go. It took me little over 10 minutes to change my blog templates and implement these advertisements.

So with the ads up and running i decided to continue posting as usual to see what happens. Well i can say that im not going to get rich quick. However i assume that the more traffic you have the more clicks you will get, and since my blogs are relatively new i didn’t have high hopes. But all in all it is a fun way to keep the bloging interesting.

The blogging revolution just seems to keep on getting bigger and bigger with Google and Yahoo releasing its on Blog search engine and others like Technorati which would be the most well known blog search engine. Technorati claims to be tracking 20.1 million sites, and if you view their top 100 blogs you will see that the topics which are being blogged about are endless and unique in every category you could think of.

For more information on blogs and how you can get one check out our site (ablenetdesign.com) or read my online marketing blog (ablenetdesign.blogspot.com) there will be more information on blogs posted in their as time goes on im sure of it.

About the Author

Able Net Design, located in Perth, Western Australia, Able Net Design provides web design and development solutions for both large and small clients, from complete website design to basic site maintenance. Able Net Design – web design perth

Blogging Your Way to Benefits by R.G. Srinivasan

While there is a lot of debate about blogs replacing emails in the future, I would rather look at blogs in a different perspective. The purpose of all technology is to make life easier for the user. Blogging is an evolving technology which when harnessed by an individual could make it very easy for anyone to communicate effectively. It empowers the individual in ways hitherto not available so easily.

Blogs are dynamic web pages which can be created by anyone without any hassles of technical knowledge about web design or HTML. It is an easy to use program like the email. Just type and click to be visible as a web page. All major email players like Yahoo, MSN and Google now provide a blogging service. Just sign up for free select a template and follow the customization instructions and within moments you are online with your web page.

How can an individual use Blogging for benefit?

Use it as a Method of Personal or Public Communication

Use it to post your communications to a select group of people or widely and publicly to communicate within your specific area of expertise or business.

Use It As Your Journal

We all know the importance of writing a journal. You can make a journal of events and thoughts which you may feel will help others. You can write about your life and work, the society, your views on everything which you feel counts and others must know about it. In a evolving society individual expression and the freedom to self publish can bring about a global social revolution by shaping opinions jointly with the community and spreading like a viral.

Knowledge Sharing

Use your blog to write articles, views and comments on your industry. Use it to share knowledge about your industry. This will project you as an expert improving your business and career.

Networking

You can link to others in your area of expertise or industry by linking with similar blogs. This will help you network and create a wider context as well as content for your blog. With a comments feature added to your blog you can make it interactive with more joining your blog, adding fresh perspectives to issues.

Business Tool

It is the most cost effective tool for small business or professionals working independently. You can use the blog to promote your business, interact with your customers, give advice and develop business with an interactive web page where your readers can post their own comments and feedback.

Linking to Content

No more the hassles of book marking WebPages. You can simply put a link in your posting along with your comments which could be accessed by you as well as your community and social network.

There are also simple technical aspects like using RSS, which can create immense exposure.

An individual can put a blog to good use in ways only his own creativity and needs would limit. It is still early days. Just register and start blogging for your own self development.

About the Author

This article is copyright © of R.G. Srinivasan a managerial professional, Writer and Author. He writes a regular blog on home-business resources http://www.home-businessresources.blogspot.com for online marketing tips, small and home business resources, opportunities and online promotional strategies.

Pheedo started to help thousands of bloggers, micro-publishers and large media outlets which are in need of a flexible advertising solution. Its aim is to provide publishers and advertisers the tools needed capitalize on the business opportunities surrounding weblogs and syndicated content feeds. Pheedo creates tools that help individuals, organizations and corporations to promote, analyze, and optimize their weblogs and content feeds with simple, but still robust software and services. Pheedo provides solutions to the publishers and advertisers.

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Pheedo provides tools to publishers which help them in increasing the traffic and monetize their content. It focuses on RSS and weblog publishers, understands their business and develops tools according to their needs. This software has three parts Pheedo feed manager, Pheedo blog network and Blogsnob traffic exchange.

Pheedo Feed Manager

It helps web publishers of all sizes efficiently manage, serve and report on ads in RSS/Atom feeds. Create an instant revenue stream by inserting ads from partners or sell ads directly from the site. Its intelligent system specifically built to understand how each aggregator thinks. It serves the appropriate ad based on the unique characteristics of the feed reader.

Features

1. This software provides different kinds of reports like revenue reports, real time campaign optimization reports, and campaign performance reports for advertisers and agencies and feed statistics like unique users, click through stats etc.

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3. This tool helps in smooth and continuous ad delivery through spikes in traffic or natural business growth.

4. It allows for creative adjustments to be made immediately and parameters can be defined by time, date and click-throughs.

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4. No need to build costly infrastructure. Provide anytime, anywhere access through the Internet. Enterprise version is also available.

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This software provides the tools and control which helps in creating an instant revenue stream from your weblog by leveraging our advertising partners or selling ads directly from your blog. Its focus is on helping weblog publishers monetize their content. Its cost-per-click solution and category targeting helps in tapping into new revenue streams.

Features

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Leading SEO Expert Aaron Matthew Wall Author of SEO Book Sued over Blogging Free Speech Issue.

Blogging has come a long way as it relates to becoming a part of mainstream media. Blogging has more recently been credited with breaking major news stories and influencing major political campaigns.

One of my favorite sources to read on current SEO developments is leading search engine marketer Aaron Matthew Wall. He has recently been commenting on a law suit from a company called Traffic Power.

Quite frankly I don’t know all the issues involved, but I know young Mr. Wall (only 25) to be a straight shooter on what works and doesn’t work in SEO work. People like Aaron are becoming personal brands online because of blogging.

This legal action is some what setting a standard on legal rights and actions brought against bloggers. The right of a blogger to express their opinions about businesses has caught the attention of the Wall Street Journal (obviously not owned by Aaron Wall).

I am a reader of SEO Book and have emailed Aaron Wall on occasion. I even have a review of his book on my site.

From Aaron’s blog I knew this was brewing for some time. Aaron will praise useful services and also tell others when something is a scam.

As a blogger it is hard to tell where to draw the line. There are so many rip-off traffic companies out there you feel obligated to tell your subscribers.

I don’t know all the issues in the Traffic Power law suit, however I think a person should be able to express their opinion about their business experiences and outlook online.

I see sites advertising and have even experienced some services telling you they will run your ad and get you millions of impressions. Then you discover their Alexa ranking is 3,500,000 and they are putting your ad in rotation with 16 other advertisers.

It would take them forever — and they still couldn’t get you a million impressions! They are just rip-offs and when you let others know to avoid these traffic fraud type companies they get mad and want to sue.

I am doing a lot of testing of different ways to drive lots of targeted traffic to my sites, but 60% of the companies I try are total rip-offs. Many of them I suspect generate traffic bots and not actual people. When we blog our readers expect us to have a personality and give them the inside scoop and our opinion on things. Legal action like this will really make our jobs more challenging to say the least.

Not only are companies trying to sue bloggers for their commentary, but they are also attempting to sue bloggers for feed back left by others on their blog. What is unbelievable about this law suit is Mr. Wall is not only being sued just for his remarks, but also for remarks left by others on his blog!

I think Aaron is courageous in taking a stand for the ability to express his opinion, and the right of his blog users to also state theirs. He is helping to keep the Internet a media of free speech.

I wish Aaron Wall well in his decision to not take his personal or critical commentary down on Traffic Power. He shouldn’t have to feel afraid to state his opinion on web marketing matters, even when some companies don’t approve of their reviews. These companies would do better improving their product and put less time into suing and other forms of intimidation.

About the Author

Kamau Austin is publisher of http://www.eInfoNEWS.com and runs http://www.SearchEnginePlan.com. He is author of Always On Top “How to Get the Highest Search Engine ranking for your website. See more about his strategies at http://www.AlwaysOnToptheBook.com

Guide to Start Your Own Blog by yousaf FAYYAZ

Why start a blog? How to start a blog? These are the first question a person who likely to start blog asks, so I have decided to write it up here.

As Running a Blog hosting company myself these question were ask more frequently by people around the globe when I ask someone to come and start a blog with my company he/she asks why start a blog? I am not into internet business. Blogging is not only about business, it is every thing from daily event to sharing moments with your family friends loved ones; I quoted it in simple words:

“Start a blog because some things really can’t be said well in other media”

On page 150 of Hugh’s book he says:

“The advantage of blogging is that it will oblige you to live in the world of ideas and debates and to do so at the modern pace.” (Page 150, “In, But Not Of”)

Internet has no boundaries you can reach millions and millions of people by using simple software that is FREE, no popup ads, no hidden charges and you can even make some money from your blog. How can we start a blog that is FREE and even earn from it? the answer is simple the Blogger Team provides you the platform in just 1 minute your own blog is ready and you are preparing your first writing to be presented in front of millions and millions people.

Is that attracts you to start a blog? Signup before reading further.

Congratulations, you have prepared yourself for your first online presence you’ve got a blog up and going, I recommend that you pick a topic and kind of stick to it. A good way to start a blog is by referencing and quoting material from other blogs and Web sites you read and then commenting on them as you see fit. Eventually you will start to mix in longer essays that express a thought that you want to develop. Write about what interests you, not what you think your readers want. If you just try to guess what people want and write about that, you’ll get bored with writing. Follow the directions and I promised you will enjoy your blogging experience with Blogger Team.

When you write something interesting that you think someone would enjoy reading, feel free to point it out in an email. I’m not recommending SPAM, just an email to a few people you know that asks them to read what you’ve written and provide feedback. When people post encouraging comments on what you have written, gives you encourage and gear you up for the next blog entry if you receive some negative comments don’t look down, these comments will help you write even better.

I also recommend you to creating an “About” page to list biographical data and let people know who is the author of this blog. I hate going to blogs and not being able to find out something about the person writing. Being able to know the person, at least a little, is part of the blog experience for me.

Blogger Team will help you in each and every step, and leads you to never ending successful journey to blogger’s world.

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yousaf FAYYAZ is the Seninor member of blogger team, and doing research on blog industry. Start your own blog with Blogger Team

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How To Purchase A Mural Online For Your Child

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Jesus is calling you…

Hannes Wessels

I have such a sense that 2005 is the year we choose to respond to the call of Jesus Christ to move on to new and greater things. It is a choice we all have to make. Yes or no. No maybe or in between.

The Spirit of the Living God is calling men and women to follow Jesus to a higher place. Jesus himself is calling you…. Are you going to follow Him or are you going to think up some valid sounding reason why you can’t this year…

We will discuss:

The call of Jesus to follow up the mountain

What to expect going up the mountain.

What awaits you at the top of the mountain.

1. THE CALL

Mark 3: 13: ”And He went up on the mountain and called to Him those He Himself wanted. And they came to Him.”

What an amazing scripture. There are a few main points in this that struck me.

Where was Jesus going?

Jesus was going up a mountain. He was moving in a specific direction. He was leading. He had a purpose in mind that would change history.

‘He called to Him’

Jesus is calling us to Himself. To come with Him on this journey up the mountain. To follow Him for who He is. Jesus is today calling you. He is saying the following:

“Come Son / Daughter, come to me – walk close with me and I will lead you up this mountain. There will be difficulty and challenges but I am calling you to come close to me. In being close to me I can show you the view from the top, I can release you to achieve more than you ever dreamt of for me.”

I can almost picture Him ahead, looking back at you with His hand held out saying – come.

‘Those He Himself wanted’

Jesus wants you. He really really wants you. Today as you hear this word, your heart is tugging because THAT is Jesus calling you BECAUSE He Himself WANTS you. He has chosen you because He loves who you are and wants you to be part of His journey up the mountain – to the top. He wants your company. Your past does not matter, what matters is your choice today to say: Yes Jesus, I will come to You!

2. GOING UP THE MOUNTAIN

Okay… so now you want to follow Him up this mountain. What does climbing up this mountain entail:

Commitment:

You cannot decide to climb a mountain without some cost involved. Your commitment will determine if you achieve the top or not. Are you going to push thru even when you have lost sight of the top, even when all your buddies or family tell you that you are stupid, even when you can’t seem to see Jesus. Do you give up when the going gets tough? Or are you committed to follow the call of Jesus no matter what?

Training:

In your Christian walk are you training to follow Him or are you content to stay in the valley of existence and dull living? Are you doing whatever ‘fitness’ training you can so that you are able to climb. In the same way a natural trainer has to physically train his body for climbing a mountain, so you must train your soul by having intimate time with Jesus on a regular basis. He is your leader. Your rope attached to Him will determine tour survival. Other important training aspects are: REGULAR attendance of prayer meetings, church etc. Prayer meetings are the place where Jesus Himself trains you.

Cost:

Yes this will cost. To follow Jesus will cost you sometimes family and friends. Comments may sound like this: “you are mad, your team leader expects to much of you, they want to control you, you do not need to be at church(training ground) so much. Etc etc. These are normally voiced by those who cannot see Jesus calling, or they themselves are stuck in the valley and want all to stay with them their so that it will justify their mediocrity. It will take up your ‘personal time’ But the voice of Jesus is still calling “COME!”

3. THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN

At the top of the mountain the view is awesome. You have won! The prize is worth it all.

Mark 3: 14 -15: “Then He appointed twelve, that they might be with Him and that He might send them out to preach and to have power to heal sickness and to cast out demons.”

At the top the following happens:

Jesus Himself appoints you to be WITH HIM – you have a personal new relationship closer than ever – closer than the people in the valley. You encounter Jesus in a life changing intimate way.

Jesus Himself appoints you to go do something WITH POWER! Not woesie Christianity, but a real supernatural demonstration of Jesus being with you.

Matthew 17: 2-5: “Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James and John his brother, led them up a high mountain by themselves.

And He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became white as the light.

……Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him.

…….behold a bright cloud overshadowed them; and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud saying: “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!”

At the top of the mountain you encounter the glory of God the Father and Jesus, the Son, in all His might, power and splendour.

Jesus is calling…. Will you follow?

Pastor Hannes is the senior pastor for Eastcoast Christian Centre, a Church in Port Elizabeth. Feel free to redistribute this article, but please include this About section with an active link to our website.

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‘Jesus Juice’ to be bottled in Michael Jackson jibe (AFP via Yahoo! News)

An ingenious US couple is moving to bottle and sell pop icon Michael Jackson’s high-profile child sex trial — in the form of an irreverent brand of wine dubbed “Jesus Juice”.

Baby Jesus found safe in his manger (The Advertiser)

IN THE absence of Moses, the baby Jesus will simply have to wait for the floodwaters to subside.

Jesus Juice to be bottled in Michael Jackson jibe (Hindustan Times)

Jackson’s spokeswoman, Raymone Bain, said the plan to use the name Jesus Juice and the image depicting a Jackson-esque Christ figure was “outrageous and offensive” and may trigger legal action by the singer.

Waiting for Jesus Juice (AdJab)

All good wine must have a bold color, a nice bouquet, and a label that profoundly insults an entire religion. That’s pretty much the case with Jesus Juice, a new wine trying to make its way onto the market. The creators of the beverage are Dawn Westlake and Bruce Rheins. Bruce was in charge of CBS’ coverage of the Michael Jackson trial, and the name “Jesus Juice” comes from the phrase Michael

Jesus Juice coming to store near you (Independent Online)

An ingenious American couple are moving to bottle and sell pop icon Michael Jackson’s high-profile child sex trial – in the form of an irreverent brand of wine dubbed Jesus Juice.

Jesus House celebrating anniversary By Steve Arney (Pantagraph)

BLOOMINGTON — At Jesus House, the people who are given aid aren’t called clients or customers. Bonnie Lentz just calls them friends.

Novelist Anne Rice turns to Jesus (Myrtle Beach Online)

After stupendous sales for her tales of vampires, witches and lust, novelist Anne Rice has turned to Jesus – personally and literarily.

‘Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic’ (The Village Voice)

Sarah Silverman’s cartoon bunny rabbit smile could make her the poster child for orthodontia, but it’s her timing that’s the real thing of beauty. Silverman’s quasi-concert doc Jesus Is Magic opens with the star tediously regaled by a pair of . . . read more (By J. Hoberman)

Jesus is Magic: the movie, the party, the new feature (Cinematical)

Filed under: Movie Marketing , Comedy , New Releases , Independent , Music & Musicals I’m not very good with celebrities. It’s not that I’m too intimidated to deal with them – in fact, it’s more that I’m not intimidated enough. I treat celebrities like regular people … but I’m not very good with regular people, either. So at some point last night, at the Jesus is Magic party at

Jackson spoofed with ‘Jesus Juice’ wine (UPI)

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 8 (UPI) — A Los Angeles couple is trying trademark “Jesus Juice” wine with a label that looks a lot like Michael Jackson being crucified.

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“Personal Protection Issues”

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In today’s society one never knows what may happen to your safety. Therefore you should follow some simple rules to help protect yourself from a possible situation that you could be harmed by. Now everyone knows that you can not protect yourself 100% of the time. But you can follow simple guidelines that will give you a fighting chance if something does go wrong.

1.Always stay alert to your surroundings. Know who is around you and what they may be doing in your area.

2.When leaving stores, work or home, look around, see who is nearby, look confident and the criminal will usually look for another target that is not paying attention.

3.Have your keys already out before you get to the car. Fighting with packages, kids and keys at the car is an invitation to distraction, then you become a likely target.

4.Don’t give blind trust to a stranger for any reason.

5.If you see something that doesn’t seem right, it probably isn’t, go a different way to avoid the situation.

6.If it is suspicious to you, then report it to the police and have it checked out, don’t wait to be a victim.

7.Take a protection course for you and your family. There are a number of good ones out there. I recommend CDT™, Training For Life™ or a good martial arts program that you are interested in.

8.Keep doors locked when your home, keep the curtains closed so the criminal can not see what you have inside from the street.

9.Make sure your lighting is adequate around you home and in use.

10.Landscaping can be nice or it can hide a criminal, check it out and make necessary adjustments to eliminate hiding spots.

These are just a few ideas on how to keep you and your family safer in these troubles times. There are several other ways to get personal protection issues under control. But you have to know about them before you can plan for them.

There are several books and organizations out there to help you be safer, use them. Even your local police department can give you the right advice. You are ultimately responsible for your safety, think before you do and act accordingly with the information you gather.

Children are the most important thing we have and yet we very seldom train them on how to be safe while they are out in the public eye. You need to start training your children to be safe before they become a victim and you need this also. Waiting to become a victim and then saying you should do something is asking for more trouble than you need.

www.cdt-traiing.com and www.trainingforlife.tv will help give you some information on training to keep you safe, martial arts can be found in your local phone book. Take action now or become a victim and pay the price, it is up to you and know one else as to if you become safer or not!

About the Author

Gary Cunningham is a Certified Protection Officer with over 30 years experience in High Risk Security, Law Enforcement Special Operations, Specialized Training and Military Special Operations. For more information on his services to business owners, check out www.cmbizinfo.com or e-mail him at mailto:secuone@aol.com!

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When you’re thinking of starting a website, you have a few problems. Where will you get content from? How do you keep visitors coming back? When you make your website an online community, though, you can solve all these problems at a stroke.

The Advantages of Communities.

On a community website, people come there mainly to communicate with the other visitors – your role is to set up the software that makes this possible, handling the technical side of things. Once your visitors make friends and find that people posting give them useful information (or just amusing writing), they will keep coming back, day after day, often even making time for it when they really ought to be doing something else. Even better, you don’t have to pay anyone to produce content, because the members of your community are producing more content for each other than you could ever hope to commission commercially. The only rewards they ask for are the replies they get from other members.

Altogether, this adds up to an attractive proposition. Even better is the fact that the owners of online communities tend to quickly acquire cult leader-like status thanks to their ability to make the final decision when it comes to deciding who can be part of the community and who can’t. Members don’t even slightly resent supporting them, and will donate over and over again to make the website better – not only will they tolerate ads, but they’ll click on them more in an effort to support you. There are forums out there that run entirely on community contributions: the Something Awful community forums and Metafilter community weblog, for example, charge $10 and $5 respectively per membership, and yet both have tens of thousands of members.

What You Need for Your Community.

Of course, thousands of members don’t just appear overnight. To get people to start coming and writing in the hope of getting a response, you need to give them a reason to come to your website in the first place.

In many cases, your software will be what differentiates you. You’re likely to be competing with other, similar community websites, and providing better features than the next guy can drive a surprising number of visitors to your website. If you listen to and act on every request, you can’t do far wrong – find out the visitors’ ideal features, and go out of your way to provide them, whatever they might be.

Another excellent way to build initial traffic to your site is to provide some data that’s rare or difficult to get elsewhere, or to organise data in a way that will be especially useful to a certain community. You could, for example, compile live stock price data in a way relevant to a certain business sector, or organise TV listings so that they show all the times a certain show can be seen, whatever channel it’s on. If you can find something unique, people will flock to it and love it.

Advertising a Community Website.

One thing to note about this kind of website is that they don’t respond well to traditional promotion – few people will respond positively to an ad asking them to join a community. Why should they write for you when you’re obviously only in it for commercial gain? Instead, you should make sure your community relates to something you have a genuine interest in, and then promote it casually in other relevant communities. An ideal situation is one where the owner of an existing website doesn’t have the time for it any more, and you can move their community over to your site – this kind of ‘evacuation’ can give your site a thriving community overnight.

Once you’ve got a community, of course, don’t underestimate how much promotion its members will do themselves: they will link it from everywhere they get a chance to put links, email things from it to friends, show it to people they know and get them to join – the possibilities are endless. If you care for your community properly, it will pay you back many times over.