C’mon Kanye Stop Doing Dumb Stuff!
Ok, for those of you that haven’t heard about what happened with Kanye West and Twitter, here’s the short versions…
Kanye West decided he was going to follow a single person from his Twitter account, so he made a random selection. The problem is that the person that he selected got bombarded with traffic and the media and he doesn’t like it. If you would like more details about the story you can read it all here.
And this is what I think…
read moreUh Oh Not the iPad!
As you guys probably the Apple iPad is finally here! I pre-ordered mine a couple of weeks ago and I am still waiting to receive mine, but it will be here soon enough. But one thing that I noticed by checking out the Apple forums is that there are complaints literally pouring in about Wi-Fi connectivity issues. Uh oh…
As I read more and more about, what I thought was a small issue, I realize it is much bigger than I thought. Now only is this a problem for the iPad but it was also a problem for other Apple products. Back in 2007 it was said that the iPhone had issues with poor reception as well as dropped signals. Then in 2008 there was a problem with the Ultra-Thin MacBook Air. People were had weak Wi-Fi connections when the lid of their MacBook was closed (but who connects to the internet with the lid closed?).
read moreStart Selling Your Digital Products without a Website
I didn’t know how many people there were that had an anxiety towards creating a website or sales copy for their digital goods. In the last week or so I have receive over 20 emails concerning this issue and it was shocking. Well, you know I am that “do it yourself” type of person so I like to learn how to do these things for myself, but I do have options for those of you that would like to eliminate this step all together.
There are quite a few websites that will allow you to sell your digital products without having to design a website or sales copy. Here is a list of a few that are really good to use for this:
Option #1 – Gazhoo is a good for selling your written content, images, or even templates. So if you have created some business documents that other people can use for their own business, this would be a great place to sell them.
Tips for Working From Home with Children
As you know children can really be a blessing, but when it comes to working from home and tending to the children your house can turn into a disaster zone rather quickly. This is especially true if you have really young children. So if you are one of those work from home parents that are ready to pull you hair out because your home has turned into a disaster zone, I’ve got some options for you:
Learn how to work around your child’s natural sleeping schedule. People have always said that the perfect time to get things done is when the children are sleeping and that’s true! Take note of your child’s sleep pattern and use that time to get your most important tasks done.
Keeping your children entertained. It can be a little more complicated working from home with younger children than school aged children because they require a lot of attention and nurturing. But that doesn’t mean you can’t pull out your baby’s swing, put her in her favorite jumper, let her play in your play pen, etc. Utilize your baby’s favorite activities to free up your hands and proceed to get work done.
read more8 Ways to Increase Attention with Your Headlines
Capturing the attention of your readers through your headlines is not always as easy as you may think. But it is crucial that you learn how to because if not, your content will never get read. So here are some ways that you can improve your headlines and draw attention to your content.
1. Appeal to your reader’s senses. Regardless of what you are writing there are thousands of ways that you can appeal to the senses of your readers. If you are writing about food talk about the taste, or if you are talking about losing weight talk about how the person will look and feel. These are just some examples, but I think you get what I am saying. Make
2. Build your reader’s curiosity. A headline that makes your reader’s curious will get you that initial click and from there it is your content that has to keep them interested. Your headline is like fish bait, you want it to be so appetizing that your reader’s can’t resist it…and then they are hooked!
3. Use as many descriptive words as you can. Now you definitely want to keep your headlines short, but you want to also make room for descriptive words. Descriptive words are very appealing to the readers and it usually helps you to appeal to their senses. Don’t just say “Drive good blog traffic” say something more like “Drive STEAMY traffic that will set your blog on fire!”
read more13 Websites That Will Pay for Your Advice
Giving advice on the Internet is a great way to build your credibility in your field or niche. Even if you only take about 1 hour a day to do this it can do a lot for your credibility. Now keep in mind it is not necessary for you to have a website, but these website can build good traffic for you if you do. You can filter your traffic through each website to your own blog or website and increase your blog readers and customers.
Here are the 13 Websites…