Do not go gentle into that good night

February 20, 2009

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

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Article Writing 101: Don’t Bury The Lead!

February 11, 2009

Don’t bury the lead. To construct a proper post, open with a sentence explaining the point lickity-split, then follow it with three supporting ideas, and close by re-stating the lead. When you are done, write a headline that boils it down to a short phrase. Do not stray from this formula, and your blog will be a success.

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5 tips to improve your content when writing a blog

February 11, 2009

Writing for the web is different than writing for books or magazines. A study by John Morkes and Jakob Nielsen found that Web surfers “do not actually read: instead, they scan the text.”

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The Open Directory Project

February 10, 2009

Do you want more readers for your blog? If so, I have a helpful tip to share. I have been off researching all the hottest websites, trying to learn what exactly they are doing right. Well, One of the things they do is apply to the Open Web Directory at DMOZ.

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Great Writing: Of Tweets and Twits

February 8, 2009

I do a Google search and find Twitter users exceed 200,000 per day, firing out 3 million Tweets – a mind-blowing average of 15 Tweets per Twit. It’s like the invention of the machine gun. No one is safe any more.

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Miss Applesassy is Amused

February 7, 2009

101 Reasons to Stop Writing.com. Miss Applesassy is amused.

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Good Writing is all in the Editing

February 6, 2009

Epic novelist James A. Michener, (books by this author) once said, “I’m not a very good writer, but I’m an excellent rewriter.”

That is the key to the art of writing: EDIT, EDIT, EDIT.

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Make Money in the Recession

February 5, 2009

If you are looking for ways to make money these days, your best bet might be to set up a little website and sell products on-line.  According to the latest article on All Things Digital, e-commerce “could emerge as a winner” in this period of economic recession: A new report by Forrester Research (FORR), e-commerce [...]

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Chris Pearsons Premium Thesis Theme for WordPress: The Best Premium WordPress Theme Ever!

February 4, 2009

Chris Pearson is the designer behind the Thesis Theme, and his work is taking the web by storm. Not only does it make your site look great, but it allows people like me who know next to nothing about html, css, or php codes to actually get in the game and play with the big dogs.

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Twitter: 17 Reasons you need Twitter to Grow Your Business

February 3, 2009

If you still don’t have a grip on the Twitter phenomenon,there is a very long and detailed business analysis of Twitter and Facebook on the PBS website Mediashift, which basically confirms how hot both of these platforms are, while also cautioning that their reign at the top of the social media heap will be fleeting, as people tend to herd from one platform to another as the next big thing appears.

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