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Archive for August, 2009

I tried to write like Enid Blyton once because I love Enid Blyton books….I love them when I was five and I still love them today. There’s something very endearing about gnomes, pixies, brownies (I thought they were the edible kind at first) and also those naughty little boys having their faces frozen mid-scowl when the wind blew – mind-blowing. You remember that one? Yeah, it’s fantastic and out of this world. The world could end and Enid Blyton books would still be selling like mad cakes out of the oven.

I also tried to write like John Grisham because he’s really up there and I am a law graduate. I understood (sort of) all the procedures and lingos that he was using in all his books. I got all of those stuff covered. And then when I do that, I sound like a half-baked college student trying to impress her teachers and school mates and the next door neighbor’s dog.

Avid readers of love stories would definitely, positively try to write a romance novel. Those Mills and Boons stuff? Yeah, you’ve got to try writing them….but after a while, you’re afraid that you don’t know enough about all those ‘stuff’ to write them and when you try to get it published, people will laugh their faces off.

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Editor’s Note: Generally speaking, I hate all types of ad-filled articles with links everywhere but I made an exception for this one. Because? The information is useful. So there. One exception. Click on links at your own risk. I did not check all of them - Marsha Maung

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Tips and recommendations for successful of any Blogging

Blogging has become very popular lately. People use them as journals, diaries, and/or sales pages…

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There are 2 kinds of blogs. One kind is hosted on your own server/hosting account and is created by installing a script and then customizing the template and then adding your own content.

The 2nd type of blog is hosted by a service and all you have to do is sign up for a free account and start adding content.

If you have a budget that is very small or zero, and you are looking for a way to start making money on the internet, blogging is a great way to get started. You can make money with a free blog by adding Google Adsense, and promoting affiliate products.

The following are 10 online safest techniques, suggestions and tips for Blogging

1. first think of your goals and your resources.

2. Go to http://blogger.com and open an account. It’s free…

3. Once your account is open, create a new blog using your chosen key phrase as you Blogger sub-domain. Select a template to use.

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Google’s adopted some babies in the past and it’s really interesting. I can’t name them all but I sure can name you the biggest few. YouTube (of course), Blogger (another of course!) and Picasa.

Google bought up these baby companies and have been babysitting them, raising and nurturing these little ones for a long few years and I am sitting here, wondering how Google’s trying to bring back those BILLIONS or at least, not lose any more MILLIONS. It was mentioned here that Google’s losing more or less (perhaps MORE) four-hundred-and-seventy million bucks on YouTube alone. Every year.

We all love YouTube. Who doesn’t? My kids love YouTube. You find loads of interesting stuff on YouTube. You learn to cook on YouTube but it’s funny because Google’s big enough to run their very own Google video which makes the acquisition a little nonsensical. I think the purpose of the purchase was the initial hope of turning those jaw-dropping page views into an ass-kicking jaw-dropping money-making machine monster Godzilla!

Based on reports, it’s quite clear that they’re still a little off-mark but can we blame it on the economy? Can we blame it on the fact that not as many people are interested in clicking on advertisements that actually LOOK like adverts?

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Author: Marsha Maung, a freelance writer, ghost blogger and online social networking consusltant

Every now and again, I get emails or have people adding me on my Facebook account asking me if it was possible for them to become a freelance writer because:-

1. They’re a mother who is looking for extra income
2.  They’re a fresh graduate and is looking for a job
3. They think they’re bored with their current work and think they can string a couple of words together to make a living
4. They’ve just got laid off and is in the middle of a financial crisis

I would love to say that it’s possible for ANYONE to make it as a freelance writer, no, seriously, SERIOUSLY, I would. But honestly, it’s not true. I would be lying to you and at the end of the day, you’re going to hunt me down and spew curses down my throat for misleading you.

Freelance writing, much like anything else in life, needs skills and talents. Stringing a couple of words together does not a writer make. Hang on. I need to rephrase that. Stringing a couple of words together not a SUCCESSFUL freelance writer make. Freelance writers need, not only talents and skills, but he or she needs to WANT to be a writer.

Allena Tapia of about.com explained it at length about what makes a freelance writer a successful one and she has been spot on. During the early days, writers like me offer encouraging words to aspiring writers to spur them on so that they don’t despair. But it’s wrong.

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