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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Article Writer For Hire – Lyn Lomasi & Jaipi Sixbear

 Article Writer for Hire is one of the most helpful and user-friendly online web sites dedicated to helping fellow writers that I have found.

Begun by the eco-friendly mother-daughter team of Lyn Lomasi and Jaipi Sixbear in May of 2008 (the blog began in January of 2009), Article Writer for Hire is one of the most comprehensive informative writing sites around. And the Lomasi-Sixbear writing team is very accessible. You won't find a better informed team willing to help fellow writers than the two of them.


Want to make money from your blog? Visit Article Writer for Hire. From SEO information to how to maximize your earning potential as a writer, Article Writer for Hire helps writers learn about how to make a living as an article writer.

Everybody begins a blog or a web site for a reason and I asked Lyn why she started hers. "Fellow writers, as well as clients, are constantly asking me questions, so I thought this would be a good way to share tips and updates."

Who is most likely to read her blog and/or web site?

In Lyn's own words: "I would say the majority of my readers are writers from Associated Content and other writing sites."

How can you benefit from reading what Lyn Lomasi and Jaipi Sixbear have to say?

According to Lyn, "I am constantly sharing advice on how to succeed as a freelance writer, especially on Associated Content. Anyone who is writing for pay or to optimize their own website can learn from my posts. Each time I learn something new, I like to share it with others doing the same thing."

Lyn is committed to satisfying her readers and always takes suggestions and questions at Ask Lyn. Her mom answers questions at Ask Jaipi.

If you are a writer, you will be doing yourself a huge favor by enlisting the help of Article Writer for Hire created by the mother-daughter team of Lyn Lomasi and Jaipi Sixbear.

(As an aside, if any of you would like to join Associated Content, a site I highly recommend because it allows you to make money from writing and you can set your own schedule, I placed my link to get you started. Just click on Associated Content. And if you would like to read Associated Content articles written by Lyn Lomasi, please click her name. Please do the same for Jaipi Sixbear. Both of them are fellow Associated Content writers.)

My thanks to Lyn Lomasi for allowing me to interview her and to promote something I KNOW will help writers who are serious about writing. If I haven't linked it enough, please visit Article Writer for Hire for information on how to write better, get paid for writing, and learn more about the craft of writing.

And for those of you who have thought about writing but who claim you don't know what you would write, please check out this link from Amazon.com. If you have a passion for writing, write, and ask Lyn and her mother, Jaipi, for advice.

Monday, March 22, 2010

Showcasing ROI Analytics & The Success of YOUR Business

As an article and blog writer, I'm always interested in knowing the marketing analytics of promoting my work. Blogs and articles are my "business" and the goal is to get as many people as possible to read my work, which will hopefully increase my chances of making money.

Who reads my work? Are Twitter and Facebook the only promotional tools I can use to promote my writings? Are my marketing efforts paying off?

Anybody interested in marketing their product, their business, or their web site wants to know what their ROI (return on investment) is. You put a lot of work into creating and marketing your business, but is your marketing program working for you? Do the strategies you have incorporated into your marketing analytics result in profits?

ROI Analytics provides concrete measurable statistical information for businesses that provide RFQs (requests for quotes). ROI Analytics is designed to guide you in making intelligent marketing analytics decisions, and they help you discover the effectiveness of your advertising campaign by demonstrating, through graphs and other marketing analytics, ways to improve your advertising campaign.

If you offer a product that includes requests from potential customers, this marketing analytics tool can help you locate which keywords are working for you, who your potential customers are, and what changes you should probably make to improve your changes of competing in the world of marketing.

And the really nice part of ROI Analytics is that they are free. Check them out by clicking on any of the links in this blog. They offer so much more than I can cover in a blog.

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Divorce Help and a Writing Mentor All in One Person



Donald Pennington is a, shall we say, unique individual. Just to give you an example of how unique, I display for your eyes, comments he made to the questions I asked him when I wanted to know a little bit about why he created his divorce blog. Here they are:

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He does have a great sense of humor, and he actually did respond with some useful comments, so for your blogging pleasure, I introduce to to Donald Pennington and his divorce blog.

About a year ago he came up with the idea of creating a divorce blog but didn't actually implement the blog until about five months ago. He wanted to help others who were going through a divorce because he wanted to make money.

OK, that's only part of the reason he wanted to write his divorce blog. He also wanted to help others who were going through the same thing he went through. And he wanted to offer a place where people could vent their frustrations and find healing.

The only annoying thing about Donald's blog is the popup ad that appears when you first visit the site. However, if you are interested in the ad, definitely click on the link. Otherwise, go to the upper right hand corner and click, "Skip this ad."

You'll have to get on him to update his blog. He is admittedly lazy. "I'm a greedy little throw away Dad who wants a lazy man's income from helping others going through a divorce."

He encourages other divorced writers to contribute content, so if you are a writer, or if you just want to vent, you can pitch your stories to him.

Donald's plans for the future? Opening a discussion forum, though how far into the future his plans will materialize is questionable. Remember, he is lazy.

Topics he covers, besides divorce support, is child support and single moms.

But Donald Pennington is not just about divorce. In addition to helping those hit with divorce, he also mentors writers at his web site, aptly entitled Welcome to DonPennington.info!

So click on his web site and his blog to meet the man who will help you through your divorce or with your writing.

Donald also writes articles for Associated Content. Find his articles HERE.

Friday, December 11, 2009

Do You Care About The Way You Look?

Do

You

Care




About The Way You Look?


Enough to post questions about your looks online and get some honest feedback?


How many times have you stood in front of your mirror and said, "Hmm, something is not quite right."


"Maybe I should do something with my hair."


"I wonder how I would look blonde."


"Would that red dress look good on me?"


"Should I change the shape of my glasses?"


Those types of questions prompted the developer of MyLooksOnline to open a web site in search of the TRUTH. Why? Because you don't always know what types of responses you'll get when you ask friends or family members, "How do I look?"


Can you trust their loving replies?


Maybe everybody is just trying to be nice, or maybe they don't want to hurt your feelings, but family members and friends don't always tell the "whole" truth.


So how do you know if that hairstyle makes your nose look too big? Who will tell you honestly if you look too fat in that white pant suit?


For an absolutely honest opinion from people who are just trying to help, try mylooksonline.com.


You send in your photo and wait for people to respond. Every time somebody offers a comment, you get a response in your email.


The nice thing about MyLooksOnline is that uploading your photo is FREE, and the responses you get are FREE. You do have an option of ordering a detailed summary that breaks down the replies into age and gender (costs only $2.99), but, other than that, the questions and responses are completely free.


Categories where you can submit your photo and question include: General Looks; Hairstyles; Makeup; Body Shape & Weight; Fashion, Clothes & Accessories; Skin & Complexion; Facial Features; and Piercings & Tattoos.


Don't be afraid to post your photo. The sight is geared toward honesty and does not accept obscene or rude responses. What you will get is a quality reply to your question. Be prepared though, because sometimes the opinions may be brutally honest. You wanted the truth though, right?


You can read more about what initiated the website owner's desire to help others by reading her blog HERE.


In the meantime, take a photo of yourself, upload it to MyLooksOnline and get some honest feedback about your looks. Or, offer your own opinions to people who are waiting to hear your honest response.


As an aside, after I lost all of my hair due to chemo from breast cancer, I posted a photo of myself without hair at MyLooksOnline asking for opinions about what I should do now that I'm bald. You can read the opinions I received HERE. I would appreciate more comments if you care to make them.



Monday, November 2, 2009

Money and The Australian Dollar


The Business Spectator is an online news magazine that covers everything related to the Australian Dollar – journalism at its finest. It reveals stock market results for the Australian Dollar and consistently updates the value of Aussie Dollar.

Along with listing the latest market values, it discusses a wide range of industries from advertising and marketing to transport and logistics.

With a slew of information concerning the Aussie Dollar, including blogs and commentary, The Australian Dollar web site covers everything from the global economy to the currency trade. It even offers videos on mergers, acquisitions, capital markets, and more.

For intelligent conversation about the state of the economy, and updated results on the Aussie Dollar, check out The Business Spectator on The Australian Dollar web site.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

New Living With Cancer Blog


Mayo Clinic is a source I consult often – for a variety of reasons. They are comprehensive and informative and, let's face it, reliable. If you have any problem whatsoever, you can check out their diseases and conditions list, their symptoms list, their drugs and supplements list, and so much more.

As you might imagine, with the onset of my own breast cancer diagnosis, I have researched as much as I can read about the subject. When I looked online to find blogs about my particular form of breast cancer, I discovered a blog about all forms of cancer. And it was where I expected it to be – Mayo Clinic.

As Nicole Engler, Mayo Clinic's cancer education specialist writes, the American Cancer Society "estimates there are more than 10 million cancer survivors in the United States alone." That number gives me hope – lots of it. I have no doubt I will beat this invader. My tumor has already shrunk to the point where the doctor couldn't even feel it today (I'm writing this during a chemo treatment) – and it had been an obvious protrusion at 4cm wide!

The Living with cancer blog is dedicated to cancer survivors, their caregivers, and their love ones. I assume it is also written for people like me who are going through the cancer process.

This newly created Living with cancer blog, was begun on October 13, 2009. How appropriate. It began during Breast Cancer Awareness Month just after my first chemo treatment.

I wanted to share it with others whose friends and family members were or are suffering from a cancer diagnosis. Join in the discussion. As of this writing, Nicole has over 120 comments.

The American Cancer Society, by the way, offers numerous blogs as well.

Friday, October 16, 2009

FREE HOROSCOPES – FREE ASTROLOGY PROFILES






You've seen those web sites that offer FREE this and FREE that, but when you click on them you discover that you have to pay for SOMETHING. And sometimes, with free trials, you discover (too late) that you have agreed (unwittingly) to pay for monthly fees that can end up costing you THOUSANDS of dollars. (For more on fraud and scams click HERE.)

Well THIS site actually charges you NOTHING. It doesn't ask you for you debit card number, for your paypal account, or even for your address or phone number.

It asks you only to read. Yes, read. Read articles and blogs, comment on the articles and blogs, send your information to an email address posted at the end of the page, and get in return over 20 pages of information about YOU.

I didn't just FIND this web site – I created it. Did I have an ulterior purpose? Yes. I want you to read my blogs and articles – not all of them, mind you, just some of them. The more you read, the more you get.

Wouldn't you like a sneak peak at the personality your baby is likely to develop? Have you wondered about how your new partner will relate to you? Through horoscopes, personality profiles, relationship profiles, and more, you can discover things about yourself you might not already know. They make great birthday gifts, too.

If you believe that energy affects the people around you, you might consider that the energy from planets affects you as well.

So what are you waiting for? If you haven't tried it, what do you have to lose? You might even enjoy some of the articles and blogs you read. And hey! You can use this blog and the link above as two of your reads!

To access the Astrology and Horoscope web site, click HERE.