Are you in over your head?

Are you in over your head and don't know where to turn?  Many people are looking for relief from their debt.  You are not alone.  


A debt relief company can be a vital lifeline when trying to deal with a financial hardship such as medical bills, job loss or divorce.

I recently looked into a program with Sheila Cockburn.  She is with the law office of Cockburn & Associates, llc.  I was intrigued by Sheila because of the various choices available all in one place.    From debt consolidation, debt relief and yes, even bankruptcy... and more choices still.

The main thing to remember is that you don't have to deal with your debt alone.  Consider Sheila Cockburn, a professional, who can get things done for you.

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debt relief

Many people in this economy are struggling with the amount of their current debt.  There are good companies that can help relieve your stress when it comes to your debt, like  the Law Office of Cockburn & Associate LLP located in Canada.  Sheila Cockburn is an experienced attorney at Cockburn & Associate LLP who will help you throughout the process with a customized plan to debt freedom.

After enrolling in the debt settlement program, Sheila works with your creditors to reduce you total debt.  And rest assured that your private, personal information will be kept confidential.  Since every situation is unique, Cockburn & Associate LLP reviews your situation and tells you how much you can save.

In these hard times, it is nice to have companies that are safe and easy to work with

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Rainy Day Fund

I think it is time for me to find new electricity providers. the one that I am currently with is breaking the bank. Last month, our energy bill was so high that we had to actually tap into our savings so that we could afford to keep the lights on. I am so glad that we had money in savings for an emergency like this. I think that it is important to always keep some money tucked away for a rainy day. 

The Author of this post is Solomon Dejesus

You never know what may happen and you may have to tap into that rainy day fund. People get sick, cars break, appliances need servicing or a myriad of other things. We have been saved by our little bit on more than one occasion. Last year my car needed a new transmission and it would have been impossible for us to come up with thirty five hundred on the dime. However, I hate that we had to spend it on a monthly bill, I would rather keep that money in savings for a real emergency.

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Make Money with Keen.com

Keen®, Your Personal Advisor, provides live, immediate advice for your everyday life. At  KEEN, you browse the listings of people selling their advice to find the right advisor for you. After choosing an advisor, you'll be connected to that person live over the phone. Your privacy is ensured because Keen makes the call--your phone number and other personal information are never revealed.

Anyone with knowledge and advice to share can become an advisor by selling what they know, on topics ranging from personal advice to computers and taxes. Advisors can create listings (on the website) and personal greetings (on the 800 number) to describe the information and advice they have to offer. Advisors set their own per-minute fee for each listing they create, keeping 62%.

Quality advice is ensured through Keen's consumer-based feedback and rating system, as well as through the credential verification service.

Concept: Get Paid to Advice Online and Make Money in Home

Availability: No geographical restriction, anybody can join.

Payment Type: You'll receive payment via Express Pay, direct deposit or check.

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Work From Home at a Virtual Call Center

I work from home as a CCP for a Virtual Call Center - I is a great way to make extra money - you can work for a company as an employee and get paid by the hour, work for a company as an independent contractor and get paid for the minutes you are on the phone.

Alpine Access

Put me as a reference Laura Ludwig - and send me an email so I can put a good word in for you lauralei143@gmail.com

Position type: Employee
Costs: $45 background check; possible equipment costs; more on home offices for call center jobs.
Duration, hours: Requires a minimum commitment of 20 hours per week with up to full-time available
Home-based agents take in-bound customer service and sales calls for various clients. Reps are paid an hourly rate of around $9 and training is paid. Only after a position is offered, applicants pay $45 for a background check. Hiring process for these call center jobs is online and by phone. It includes a pre-interview screening with a technical skills test, voice audition and phone interview. Bilingual skills a plus; languages include Spanish, Mandarin and Cantonese

1-800-FLOWERS

Position type: Employee, temporary
Costs: No fee; possible equipment costs; more on home offices for call center jobs.
Duration, hours: Full time, temporary
Geographic restrictions: Must live in the following states Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas
New York-based floral company regularly hires for at-home call center jobs on a temporary basis for seasonal employment. It does occasionally hire permanent (particularly bilingual), at-home call center agents as well. The 1-800-FLOWERS.COM’s customer contact call center handles calls for other brands such as Cheryl & Company Gourmet Cookies, The Popcorn Factory and Fannie May Chocolates. 

Accolade Support Call Center Services

Position type: Independent contractor
Costs: Possible equipment costs; more on home offices for call center jobs.
Duration, hours: Full time, part time
Geographic restrictions: United States
Hires technical support agents for work at home call center jobs doing desktop troubleshooting and software support. Pay is $10-$12 per hour. Apply by emailing resume.

Advanis

Costs: No fee; possible equipment costs; home offices for call center jobs.
Duration, hours: Must be able to work during these hours: Monday through Friday 3 - 10 pm MST (5 - 12 pm EST) and Saturdays 10 - 5 pm MST (12 - 7 pm EST)
Geographic restrictions: Must live in Canada for call center jobs. Considers residents of other countries for mystery shopping.
Canadian market research company based in Edmonton, Alberta hires for virtual call center jobs and mystery shopping jobs. Call center agents perform surveys (selling). Being bilingual in French or Spanish is an asset. Paid train, set wage. 

AdviseTech

Costs: Possible equipment costs; home offices for call center jobs.
Duration, hours: Looking for people available 2-6 hours per week
IT solutions provider hires for work at home call center jobs. Experience with PCs in a business setting required.

Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.

Position type: Employee
Costs: Possible equipment costs; home offices for call center jobs.
Duration, hours: Part-time
FORTUNE 500 company, owned by Xerox, provides business process outsourcing (BPO) and information technology solutions. Company offers part-time employment (paying $10/hr) for home call center agents, bilingual (Spanish) preferred. Use "work at home" a keyword in company's careers database.

Alpine Access

Put me as a reference Laura Ludwig - and send me an email so I can put a good word in for you lauralei143@gmail.com

Position type: Employee
Costs: $45 background check; possible equipment costs; more on home offices for call center jobs.
Duration, hours: Requires a minimum commitment of 20 hours per week with up to full-time available
Home-based agents take in-bound customer service and sales calls for various clients. Reps are paid an hourly rate of around $9 and training is paid. Only after a position is offered, applicants pay $45 for a background check. Hiring process for these call center jobs is online and by phone. It includes a pre-interview screening with a technical skills test, voice audition and phone interview. Bilingual skills a plus; languages include Spanish, Mandarin and Cantonese

Amazon.com

Position type: Employee
Costs: No fee; possible equipment costs; more on home offices for call center jobs.
Duration, hours: Part-time
Geographic restrictions: WV, KY, WA, ND, NY
Search "CSA" or "work from home" in Amazon's job database. Jobs pay $10-11/hour.

Apple at Home

Position type: Employee
Costs: Possible equipment costs, however Apple provides a computer and phone.
Duration, hours: Part-time with the possibility of full-time during busy periods
Geographic restrictions: Office must be within 100 miles of specific cities in AZ, CA, FL, GA, LA, MO, NM, NV, OH, OK, TX, UT, and Ontario. Students must be enrolled in the college from which Apple recruits, which are in the states listed above.

Apple at Home is a work at home call center program from Apple that hires both college students and non-students. It is part of the company's AppleCare department. Use the keyword "home" in the company’s job database.

American Express

Position type: Employee, independent contractor
Costs: Possible equipment costs; more on home offices for call center jobs.
Duration, hours: Full-time, part-time
Geographic restrictions: U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia
American Express hires virtual travel agents and call center agents with experience in reservation systems. Bilingual agents needed also. Use "virtual" "telecommute" or "work at home" as keywords to find a job online in its 

Cloud 10

Position type: Employee
Costs: Possible equipment costs; more on home offices for call center jobs.
Duration, hours: 32-40 hours per week
Hires telephone customer service reps, sales agents and technical support people for work at jobs. Paid training.

Convergys Home Agent Program

Position type: Employee
Costs: Possible equipment costs; more on home offices for call center jobs.
Duration, hours: Schedules with 16 to 40 hours per week available 
Geographic restrictions: Most U.S. states, Canada and United Kingdom
Virtual call center agents receive incoming calls and provide services that may include customer service, sales or technical support. Convergys offers paid training and benefits.

Cox Communications

Position type: Employee
Costs: Possible equipment costs; more on home offices for call center jobs.
Geographic restrictions: Arizona
Cable and telephone company allows some Arizona-based customer service reps (CSR) to telework. Unfortunately the a search of work at home keywords in its jobs database doesn't necessarily does return results. Better to find CSR jobs then to see if telecommuting is allowed.

CRUISE.COM

Position type: Employee
Costs: Possible equipment costs; more on home offices for call center jobs.
Internet cruise seller hires home-based call center agents for sales positions. Bilingual in Spanish required for some positions.

Denihan Hospitality Group

Position type: Employee
Costs: Possible equipment costs; home offices for call center jobs.
Geographic restrictions: Must train in NYC office before working from home.
New York City-based hotel management and development company whose brands include The James and Affinia Hotels hires work from home reservation agents.

Enterprise

Position type: Employee
Costs: Possible equipment costs; home offices for call center jobs.
Duration, hours: Full time
Geographic restrictions: Must live in Missouri, Oregon or Utah.
Car rental company offers remote call center positions for reservation agents for Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Alamo Rent A Car, and National Car Rental. On-site training is required. Call center training locations are in St. Louis, MO, Eugene, OR, and Salt Lake City, UT. Pay starts at approximately $11/hour.

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Get Paid to be an E Juror

I have recently signed up at a few sites where you can be a juror and actually make some money.

Just like on the the courtroom programs on TV, but you can make money while determining verdicts as an online juror. Lawyers deciding whether or not to accept a case or looking for preliminary feedback on cases they're currently handling use various web sites as a cost-effective tool for research and focus groups before heading into a real courtroom.

Sites including eJury.com, OnlineVerdict.com, and TrialPractice.com pay nominal fees to home-based e-jurors, ranging from $10 to $60, depending on the length of the e-trial.  It seems to be worth a try.

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he Risky Business of the Foreign Exchange Market

There is no doubt that the foreign exchange market is a risky place. This is because it is all about risk. Banks and other institutions trading in Forex online must learn how to assess, price, and manage risk -- their success in the foreign exchange market depends on it.
One of the risks of trading foreign exchange is called market risk. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York defines market risk as the price risk or exposure to price change. When it comes to market risk, dealers in foreign exchange may face exchange rate risk and interest risk. These are defined as risks of adverse change in a currency rate or in an interest rate. In order to stay on top of the latest forex tips it is important to understand all of the risk involved. Generally, the risks involved in trading foreign exchange are no different from those in selling other financial products. In addition to market risk, other risks that apply to forex trading via Etoro and other online software include credit risk, liquidity risk, legal risk, and operational risk.

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Forex Tips for New Traders

Are you ready to invest in the largest market in the world? Now that you have mastered your demo account, it’s time to begin trading in the real foreign exchange market. Whether you’re trading forex online or through a broker, you will want to start small.  After all, you don’t want to lose your grandmother’s life savings in one bad move. Since you’re still a novice trader, the best way to begin trading is to only invest the amount of money you’re willing to lose. Here are a few tips for new traders who do not want to risk a lot of money. 

Before you read the latest forex news and make your move, set a budget for yourself. Whether it is $50 or $50,000, it is important to set a budget and stick to it.  However, don’t assume you’re kissing that money goodbye. Instead of risking your budget on a single, high-risk trade, consider trading the assets you’re most interested in and try keeping your leverage as low as you can.

Another rule to remember when you’re trading for the first time is to pay attention at all times. Because you’re still learning forex trading techniques, remember to consider different trading styles. For example, instead of simply trading the euro/dollar, try both sides of the market. This way you can discover which style you prefer best. For more forex tips or Daily FX news, please visit http://www.forexcurrencypro.com/.

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Major and Minor Currencies

Major and Minor Currencies
Big brokers give investors the opportunity to trade any national currency. Two currencies are always at play in each transaction at the forex. Invest after you’ve done your homework. Currency symbols are made up of three letters. The first two refer to a country name and the last to the name of the currency itself.
The major FOREX currencies are the following: USD (United States, Dollar), EUR (Euro members, Euro), JPY (Japan, Yen), GBP (Great Britain, Pound), CHF (Confederation Helvetica, Franc), CAD (Canada, Dollar), and AUD (Australia, Dollar). A currency trading broker will tell you that “minors” is the designated term for all other currencies.
Foreign exchange rates are gauged as one currency’s price in terms of another currency. But there are other rates to consider, like a country’s interest rates. Broadly speaking, one country’s currency gains strength in comparison to other currencies when it (the first country) raises its interest rates and assets get moved to obtain greater returns. However, the effect is felt differently in the stock market, where interest rate hikes cause investors to withdraw their money. Money leaves and weakens the currency but the wise investor must discern if the overall effect on the currency will be one of added or diminished strength. 

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Intro to Forex Trading

Intro to Forex Trading

If you have been looking to make a few extra bucks here and there you have obviously considered the options of selling items on eBay, or at a garage sale, or maybe even playing around a bit the stock markets. One thing you may not have considered though was using your money to, well, buy more money. It may sound like an oddity at first but the biggest banks out there have been investing in foreign currency for years, and have earned themselves a rather large profit from it as well. This is also known as forex trading, but what does that mean exactly?



Forex trading is making an investment in the currency of another country and seeing how your money fairs as the other countries economy increases, dives, and equalizes out at the end of the day. The reas! on many people, including major banks, choose forex trading, over tradition stock market trading, is because over a good period of time, as prices rise and fall, one’s investments can really make a mean profit. The reason this market is so well unknown is because it can require a bit of research time and effort, but there are many sites and programs, like the forex webtrader, that can help teach you how to trade in foreign currency online. It might take a while to get the hang of it, but with the proper research and diligence, anyone can earn quite a lot of money.



The easiest way to break into the market is to do the research first, and then set up a fake account, which a lot of websites provide now, so that one can practice in the trade for a while. It is always best to start off small and to keep up on the research, but in no time at all anyone can easily ! learn the forex system. Forex may not be for everyone, but it is for everyone that’s hard working and willing put in the effort for a maximum return.

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The Best Way to Learn Forex in 3 Easy Steps

So, you want to learn forex?  It’s a great way to make substantial profits – if you know what you’re doing.

The best way to learn it is by following these 3 steps:

1.  Research, research, research
Before you even think about getting a broker or making an investment, take time to study forex.  Learn how the process works and what some of the experts say about it.  If you understand the basics, you’ll be much further ahead of people who just jump in thinking they can be a millionaire by next week!
2.  Open a practice account
When it comes to forex, invest only when you’re really ready.  Since forex trading is so intense, you probably won’t be ready to trade real money right away.  Luckily, there are websites out there – like eToro – that will let you do just that. In the world of forex trading, eToro simply can’t be beat.  They encourage you to start with a practice account – so that none of your real money is at risk until you feel more comfortable!
3.  Start small
After all of your research and practice, you may feel ready to conquer the forex world.  However, you! ’re still new to the game.  Start off by i! nvesting small amount – instead of your entire life savings.  You’ll learn as you go, but you don’t want to have to learn a very expensive lesson right off the bat!

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Make money answering questions on the computer!

Finally a REAL job you can do at  HOME!

The best part about this job is that you work as much or as little as you like - part time or full time - you chose - log in when you want and log out when you want, as often as you want.

Become a ChaCha guide and get paid to answer questions.

 Become a part of my team - being a part of a team helps you in so many ways - Our team can help you pass the test and get hired, provide you with extra money making techniques and help you maximize your internet to get more money an hour.

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Enter my email address as a referral to get the SPECIAL money making tips from me – if you do not do this when you first sign up we cannot change this later

DO NOT copy  and paste the email – right click and copy or type it in – otherwise it does not usually count

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email me and let me know when you are ready to take the test and when you have passed it!

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Facebook as a social media to make money

Facebook is the biggest social networking site today and there are already more than 250 million users using this service to make new friends and promote their businesses. If you can leverage on this huge and relatively untapped market, imagine what kind of traffic it can bring to your business! Even if you are not registered in it (which is most unlikely), you can start from somewhere, create an account and most importantly apply the information given here to generate traffic for yourself.

Facebook is no longer what it used to be. In addition to the college students and teenagers who are engaged in this frenzy, adults and professionals have also joined in the party. However, many marketers do not know how to use Facebook to their advantage. There are many marketing channels on Facebook and you need to identify the best marketing solutions for your business.

The Facebook marketing Bible is the only guide that you ever need to market your brand inside Facebook. This guide is designed for both newbie and experienced marketers. There are also tools for advertisers and webmasters alike. You can go to the Facebook marketing Bible site to preview it. It is easy to use and helps a lot. But this is not just all about the power of Facebook. There is actually more to just the Facebook marketing Bible, especially for an affiliate sales manager and indeed there are more sophisticated methods and strategies to ensure success even for a newbie. For more details and information which would help you not only outsmart your opponent, but as well be a successful Affiliate promoter, click on the link below.

I am Funom Theophilus Makama. A medical student, as well as an internet affiliate marketer. For more information about affiliate marketing, and how to become an unstoppable, successful and genuine internet affiliate marketing guru, go to the link below

http://thegreatestandunstoppablelifecha.blogspot.com/2010/04/affiliate-marketing-schoolbook-use-it.html

Thank you, and I hope this would be useful.

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Blog Terms - definitions of blogging terms - Make money with your blog

BLOG TERMS

Ever wonder what some of the common blogging terms mean.  I do so I compiled a list of some of the common blogging terms.

Anonoblog – by an anonymous blogger
Blammer- Blog spammer
Blargon - Also called Blogssary. Blogging slang and glossary
Blawg – blogged by lawyer / related to legal stuff
Blego - Blog+Ego. Measuring blogger worth
blog -  a website that is often updated with content called “blog posts”
Blog Carnival – Links to other articles covering a specific topic
Blog Day – 31 August - Find 5 new Blogs that you find interesting and tell them
blog hop - groups of bloggers that post links so readers can hop from one blog to the next
Blog of Note – a recommended blog
Blog Tipping – Compliment 3 blogs on day 1 of every month
Blogathon - update your website every 30 minutes for 24 hours straight. Maybe collect sponsorships
Blogcasting - the blog and the podcast merged into a single website
blogger - a person who blogs
Blogger bash - a blogger party
Bloggerel – the same opinion posted repeatedly on a blog
Bloggies- Annual blogging awards
Blogiday- you get fed up and take a holiday from blogging
Blogoholic - addicted to blogging
Blogophobia – Fear of blogs and blogging
Blogopotamus - A long long blog post
Blogorrhea - unusually high output of articles
blogoshere - the online community of all blogs
Blogroach - A commenter who rudely disagrees with posted content
Blogroll - list of links to other blogs in your sidebar
Blogspot - free Blogger hosting blog at name.blogspot.com
Blogsnob – refusing to respond to blog comments from “not-friends”
Blogstar- blogger running a popular blog
Blogstipation - writer’s block for bloggers
Blogstorm – a large amount of blogosphere activity due to particular controversy. Also called Blog Swarm
Blogther - a fellow blogger
BlogThis - a function allows a blogger to blog the entry they are reading
Blogvertising - Also called blogvert. Advertising on a blog
Blook - a book created from a blog
Celeblog – focused on a celebrity
Celebriblog – maintained by a celebrity
CEOBlog – run by a chief executive officer
Kittyblogger – writing about cats.
Klog - used by company knowledge workers
Metablog – a blog about blogging
Metablogging - writing articles about blogging
microblog - blog with very short posts - mini posts
Milblog - a military blog
Moblog - A blog posted and maintained via mobile phone
Movlogs - mobile video blogs
niche blog - blogs that talk about one specific topic - like "make money" or "dogs"
Photoblogging - a blog predominantly using and focusing on photographs and images.
Plog - a project blog. Also for Amazon.com personalised weblogs 
Problogger - professional blogger
Progblog - A progressive blog
splog - spam blogs - blogs with no real content, just advertising
Spomments- Spam comments
Vlogging - blogging with videos

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Google Wonder Wheel - Best Keyword Search Tool - SEO adsense

In May of 2009 Google offered a new feature to assist in finding the best keywords for your website and blog.  It is a great, new, totally free feature.  It is called Wonder Wheel.

The Google Wonder Wheel is a wheel of relevant search terms and provides a visual display of these terms.  In the middle of the wheel is the keyword you searched and radiating from that center point are the most searched keywords.  You can click on any of those keywords and another wheel will be displayed.



Here is how you find this great tool.  Go to google.com and type in and work like "apple iphone" in the search bar.  Then click on the “show more options” link on the top left side.  The Google Wonder Wheel will be displayed on half of your google screen.  As you continue to play, and click on any of the keywords displayed your graphic will grow and grow - along with your creativity.

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Make Money with your blog with Adsense keywords - SEO traffic

 Google adsense is one of the best affiliate sites to use.  Whenever anyone clicks on a link at your site, you get paid.


The appearance of your ads can affect the amount of click throughs you get. You can choose the color and borders of your ads to fit right in with the color scheme on your site if you wish, but it’s worth experimenting with having no borders at all around your advertisements since this makes them blend in with your content more seamlessly and may encourage more click in a subtle but effective manner.

Even when you integrate Google Adsense into your current blog or website, there is  a limit to the amount of money you can make from one site. If you get tons of people visiting your site then you can expect to get a good income.  If don’t get a big number of visitors you will need a separate strategy to try and up your numbers.

In this case you can go to the advanced level of Adsense income and think about starting several sites, all based around a different yet popular subject. You will find that you can get lots of traffic to a site but people aren't clicking on the ads.  You then place a different kind of site and notice more results.  It will take experimentation on your part.

Remember, even if you are not get clicks on your ads, you can direct the traffic you are getting from that high volume site to one of your other sites that is performing better.  5% CTR is considered to be very good.



Types of google ads:

• Google AdSense for Content - A variety of size and shape ads for placing in your content are available. These can be text or image ads or both - you specify what you'll allow. Ad units are full ads. Link units are simply a strip of text links that your visitors might want to click. Google allows you to put up to 3 Ad Units and 1 Link unit on each page of your Web site, provided you follow its policies - both for AdSense and for Webmasters.
• Google AdSense for Search - This places a search box on your Web site. When a user enters a term and conducts a search, a search results page opens, that hosts more pay-per-click ads. You can customize the color scheme of the search results page to harmonize with your web site.

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Market your website - Ping your blog Posts - RSS feeds - facebook - twitter

There are a lot of ways to market your website on the internet including search engine submission, ping your blog, social networking sites like twitter and facebook.  Here is an overview of these different methods.

Submit your site to Search Engines - Search engines send robot "spiders" to index the content of your webpage.  You can go to each search engine individually and manually input your website information or use submission sites - many are free and submit to numerous sites at one time.

META Tags and keywords - This describes your website. The description should be a sentence or two describing the content of the web page, using the main keywords and key phrases on this page. Add to your websites html.

Ping your Blog -to improve the popularity of your blog and make sure the search engines can find you.  There are many free websites that with a click of a button will send you blog or website out to dozens of internet sources were you will get lots of exposure.

WHY:  to make sure your website shows up on searches

WHEN: only ping when you have added new content to your site or a new post



RSS (Rich Site Summary) - is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. Many news-related sites, weblogs and other online publishers syndicate their content as an RSS Feed to whoever wants it.

Basically RSS is what is used when you subscribe to a website or blog - you get notified anytime there is new content on their site.

Headlines - Headlines are very important - use important keywords in your title of each post or entry - instead of "Home sales are rising" put "Home sales are rising - St. Louis, Mo Jefferson County Real Estate".  Make your Titles unique and expand on your theme.  This gives the search engines more words to pick up on.

Links - Links to your site from other sites drive additional traffic and increase your page rank with the search engines, getting your higher on the page.  The more the links are related to your site the better.

Social Media - chat about your website on social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, etc.

Comment - Search other sites that are similar in content to yours and leave a comment.  When you do this you also leave your name and the URL of your website.  This is one of the best ways to drive pertinent traffic to your website.  You make new friends too.

Bookmark - Have a bookmark on your site, so that you and others visiting can quickly share your post with others. When visitors click the button on your page, they are automatically taken to a page that allows them to choose which bookmarking service they prefer, and then pre-populates the appropriate form with the title and URL of your webpage.  Try it out now.    

Signature - use a signature in your email with the link to your website, blog, facebook, twitter, etc.

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Make Money at home with ChaCha - Internet Income - Work from home

 I have recently started working for ChaCha - it is a legitimate way to make some extra spending money from home.

 What is a ChaCha Guide?

ChaCha Guides are curious, professional, Internet-savvy people, just like you, who enjoy learning new things, sharing their knowledge with others, and being part of a fun, diverse community. Sharp minds are important, but you do not actually have to be a ‘know-it-all’ to be a Guide.
Guides may be Generalists skilled at navigating the Web, Specialists with lots of passion and knowledge on a particular topic,Expiditers with a knack for fast-paced puzzle solving, or Transcribers who make ChaCha the smartest voice service in the world.

What do Guides do?

ChaCha Guides help answer questions from customers in a fun and fast-paced environment. You provide the brainpower to analyze the question and craft high quality answers, we provide professional search training and custom tools to turbo-charge the process. Once you’re onboard as a Guide, simply log in whenever you want to contribute.

Why Guide?

Guiding for ChaCha is a great opportunity to expand your mind, share your knowledge and expertise, and surf the internet with a purpose.

Log in anytime you want, for as long as you want, from virtually wherever you want! (All you need is a fast Internet or WiFi connection.) There is no required schedule, so guiding for ChaCha can fit any lifestyle.

You have a much greater chance of being hired if you have a referral - you can put me as a referral at my email address    Lauralei143@gmail.com   .....check it out here start now

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Ten Rules for Better Blogging - blog Etiquette

American Dietetic Association Times publication: Ten Rule for Better Blogging.
A must-read, indeed. And here’s what ADA author Jacqui Cook suggests to bloggers:

1. Pick one topic and stick to it

2. Update early and often — followers want material at least once daily, and internet traffic is highest in the morning and lunch time hours.

3. Keep it short. Posts longer than 400 words lose reader’s attention.

4. Link early and often — link to resources, allowing them the in-depth explanation

5. Tag and categorize your posts.


6. Don’t get too cute. Search engines cannot recognize humor, so it’s best to keep the cute to a minimum

7. Encourage comments.

8. Respect your host

9. Have realistic expectations. The more you blog, the better chance you have at building an audience.

10. Take the plunge. Just do it! Blogging is a wonderful outlet for leisure, learning, friendship, and beyond!

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