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Skype For The Classroom And Other Interesting Tidbits
Blogging Although the situation in the Middle East and the revolutions going on there has put a focus on social media specifically and the Internet in general as a set of tools that is changing our social and political landscape, there are other online revolutions that are going on that don’t require the overthrow of autocratic governments. A recent article about one of the new uses for Skype is a good example of how fast technology continually ...
Continue readingSeveral Reasons To Avoid Writing Free Samples
Blogging I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel like a crow that’s obsessed with picking up anything shiny when it comes to the free samples that people ask us content writers to provide to get the work that pays our bills. It’s hard to discern between the people who will rip you off and take the sample and never return any of your subsequent emails, but I’ve found there are certain criteria that can be helpful when trying to separate the ...
Continue readingThe Financial Cost Of The Egyptian Revolution
Blogging While everyone around the world was concerning themselves with the quest for freedom by the Egyptian revolutionaries, there were other matters that needed to be taken into account. There was some quiet talk about the financial fallout from the uprising by those reporters who wondered what happens to any economy when the web goes down, but the real consequences weren’t known until recently. Now at least some of these numbers are coming in and ...
Continue readingIs There A Cloud Bill Of Rights On The Horizon?
Internet News Everyone is waiting to see if The Cloud will be the next big thing or just another idea that falls by the wayside as the Internet rumbles along. One thing is for sure either way, the smart internet based business owner is waiting to see what kind of Cloud there is on the horizon by staying informed. Although there have been many positive reports about what this shared resource will be able to do, there are already a few misgivings and concerns ...
Continue readingBumps And Starts in The Tech World and Getting the Cart Before the Horse
Internet News Reading about the lightning speed the tech world evolves at can sometimes be deceiving. The latest trend about smartphones and tablets that are forecast to take over from PCs as the number one selling devices this year doesn’t tell the whole story. Experts who watch these things like Deloitte are telling us in their most recent technology forecasts that although the PC isn’t the only kid on the block anymore, it’s a little premature to ...
Continue readingThe Times They Are A Changin’…Again
Blogging, Search Engine Optimisation People who do business on the Internet or actually run a company in cyberspace soon get used to the idea that what’s the norm one week will crumble and blow away like dust the next. There are no other traditional values on the web except for maybe the fact that the only way to get really good leverage with any search engine optimization techniques or other kinds of advertising you use is with good content. For those of you who think I’m ...
Continue readingTop Internet Marketing Techniques
Making Money, Writing Anyone who works in business on the Internet knows the landscape is always shifting and changing so you need to keep on top of new developments to make sure you’re current. At least that’s the way it goes with a lot of the latest techniques that are coming along like social media, but there are some more traditional values in the Internet marketing world that hold true and can still be considered old standbys. Like everything else you ...
Continue readingBig Good Tips From A Little Book And Other Stuff
Blogging, Promote your blog There’s lots of advice for writers out there today—books on how to write and what to write about, where to submit your work and how to get your literary foot in the front door when you want to be published. Some of the advice you can get is helpful and some is just thinly disguised advertising designed to get you to buy something someone has to sell. It all comes around full circle in the end to a little book that I got way back in the day ...
Continue readingWhy Written Content Won’t Be Replaced
Social Media The other day I was putting together another news article for Big4.com and it occurred to me there’s a big difference between solid Internet advertising techniques and fads that come and go. The thing that really caught my eye happened when I was writing an article based on a Deloitte press release about social media and how business is moving toward it tentatively. The research that I did states although 65 percent of respondents plan on ...
Continue readingWatching Out For Shoddy Business Practices
Blogging Anyone that works on the Internet will be able to tell you that while there are virtually limitless business possibilities available for writers and bloggers, there are also a lot of people who do shoddy business on the web and are out to take your work away or pay you nothing for it. Last year I noticed there were more than a few of these snake oil salesmen out there and even though I’ve learned over the years a few things to avoid, ...
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