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Submit Your Blog At Baidu.com 2007-12-11 04:55:00 With over 1.3 billion people, China has the world's largest population and according to a Forbes report, China surpasses US in internet use. Reaching over 162 million internet users as of June 2007, China has the world's second largest internet population. A statistics that can't be ignored by online entrepreneurs.Given the enormous number of internet users, it is therefore not surprising to find out that Baidu.com, China's most popular search engine, is ranked as the 5th most popular website in the world. The fact is, there are more people who are using Baidu, than Yahoo, MSN Live and Ask to search the internet. Hence, appearing from Baidu's search result is a great potential source of traffic to your blog.Today's post answers why and how you should submit your blog at Baidu.com.Why Should You Submit Your Blog To Baidu.com?Probably, you don't care submiting to Baidu for several reasons. Firstly, Baidu.com is a Chinese search engine and most Chinese don't understand English. Si ...

Promote Your Blog For Free Through Social Bookmarking Sites 2007-12-10 03:27:00 If you are running short of budget to promote your blog, try Social Bookmarking Sites. Below is a list of FREE Social Bookmarking Sites where you can submit your blog posts for additional exposure. Additional exposure would mean additional traffic and if your contents are good enough, you might experience an increase in your subscribers.When submitting your blog posts to these social bookmarking sites, do not spam their system. Spamming will only risk your blog from being blocked or you might end up irritating your potential readers. To submit your post to these social bookmarking sites, you will have to register and agree to their terms of service. Make sure you take some time to read and understand it.Popular Social Bookmarking SitesDigg - Digg is one of the best social bookmarking sites in terms of traffic referrals. Once your post gets to the front page of Digg, expect a spike of traffic. Traffic from Digg is known to crash websites so make sure you have enough bandwidth to handle ...

Freelance Writer, Editor and Transcriber 2007-12-07 01:54:00 Grammatical errors could be a turn-off to your blog readers and buyers. Therefore, presenting your service in the most professional light positive, and correct grammar usage is a vital part of a professional online image. Since not all bloggers are good writers, editors, freelance writers and transcribers comes in handy.I personally recommend the services of April Gilford.April Gilford has fifteen years of experience in business and freelance writing. Her work has been published in newspapers, magazines, and online sites. She has written and designed business documents for many types of services, and has written product captions for catalogues. She also offers transcription for businesses, organizations, interviewers, and behavioral health specialists. April's full services and experience can be seen at www.aprilfreelance.com . ...

Buy and Sell Blog Reviews at BuyBlogReviews.com 2007-12-04 04:38:00 NO! BuyBlogReviews.com is not just another review site. It's the newest review site that offers the HIGHEST commission rate to bloggers or publishers. You read it right! BuyBlogReviews.com pays their publishers the highest commission rate compared to all other review sites. While other review sites offer 50% commission to their publishers, BuyBlogReviews.com gives bloggers a whopping 70% share of the profit. Now, bloggers can make money blogging without ever complaining about doing most of the job for half the pay.BuyBlogReviews.com is not only a haven for bloggers but for advertisers as well. Advertisers buy reviews at a competitive price from the growing number of blogs registered at BuyBlogReviews.com. At BuyBlogReviews.com, advertisers do not have a minimum order limit. In contrast, other review sites normally require a minimum order limit, which deprives a lot of advertisers of the chance to create buzz for their business.No review site allows Bloggers and Advertisers to negotiat ...

Qualities of a Reliable and Credible Review Site 2007-12-02 02:51:00 There are two perspectives when we talk about Review Sites. One is the Bloggers' or Publishers' perspective and the other one is the Advertisers' perspective. For bloggers, review sites provide an opportunity to monetize their blogs while for advertisers, review sites help them generate the needed buzz for their websites, products and or services. Whether you are a blogger who wants to monetize your blog or an advertiser looking for a buzz, you definitely need a reliable review site.What are the qualities of a reliable review site to look for? Today's post takes a closer look at the qualities of a reliable review site both in the eyes of a blogger and advertiser. If you're a blogger, you would want to be paid for your works and if you're an advertiser, you surely don't want to pay for mediocre reviews. By making sure that you do business with reliable and credible review sites, you'll be able to significantly reduce cases of unpleasant experiences. Before going any further, her ...

Where To Get Free Wordpress Themes 2007-12-01 03:07:00 With the phenomenal success of Wordpress, the demand for Wordpress Themes have dramatically increased. Today's post provides a short review of the different websites where you can get Free Wordpress Themes for your blog. The links are opened on a new window so you don't have to hit back and forward. I've also ranked the sources according to my own standard with 10 being the highest and 0 being the lowest.Wordpress Themes 2.3 Compatible - Provides a long list of free Wordpress themes that have been tested to be compatible with Wordpress 2.3. The Wordpress themes have been organized alphabetically based on its theme making navigation a great experience. From the list, you can also find compatible plugins to Wordpress 2.3. I'll rate this source a 9/10.Free Wordpress Themes - Free Wordpress Themes offers a really huge collection of quality Wordpress themes. You can find 3 column templates, 2 columns, rounded, themed, widget ready and a lot more. I'll give this source an 8/10.WP Themes ...

How To Improve Your Alexa Traffic Rank? 2007-11-29 06:16:00 Although a lot of bloggers and webmasters will argue that Alexa Traffic Ranking is not an accurate representation of your blog's actual traffic rank, it's still very important because most advertisers depend on it to measure the value of a blog. If you are one of those people interested in monetizing your blog, then you should work in improving your blog's Alexa Traffic Rank.Recently, I made a challenge to all bloggers who are monetizing their blog to improve their Alexa Traffic Rank in the coming months. In my post, I've linked to some useful articles discussing how a blog's Alexa Traffic Rank can be improved. You can also use Google to search for tips on how to improve Alexa Traffic Rank and you'll certainly find plenty of it. Sometimes, you can even find articles on how to cheat or manipulate your Alexa Traffic Rank but I would suggest that you stay away from these tricks as it may adversely affect your blog instead. Since most of the tips on improving Alexa Traffic Rank are s ...

AIMPromote - Your Better Customer Relationship Management Software 2007-11-28 02:51:00 With the huge selection of Customer Relationship Management Softwares available in the market, it pays to be meticulous about the product that you choose. Based on studies conducted, most of the features provided by most CRM software are not practical and useful. Not to mention the unfriendly interface of these CRM softwares that often times become a huge problem to the users. At the end of the day, the Customer Relationship Management Software that is suppose to help improve sales management and customer relation has barely done a good job. This is a waste of time, money and resources.AIMPromote is a promising Customer Relationship Management Software that provides better services, which are more practical and renders more useful features. Compared to its counterpart, AIMPromote gives you the most advantages in terms of lead and customer relationship management. These features ultimately translate to a more profitable business and a more cost efficient business operation.Why Choose AI ...

Get Paid To Blog With Smorty 2007-11-27 01:20:00 I've submitted my blog with Smorty two days ago and I've just received a notification from them that Blogging Mix has been officially accepted. This is exciting as it gives me another opportunity to monetize Blogging Mix. At the same time, Blogging Mix will have a broader list of advertisers to choose from.Smorty is a website that offers opportunities for Bloggers to earn money from reviewing blogs and products offered by advertisers. Advertisers on the other hand are given an affordable option to create buzz or reviews about their blog, website or products. Get paid for blogging about the things you like by taking this time to register your blog at Smorty now.Why Monetize With Smorty?Like SponsoredReviews, PayPerPost and ReviewMe, Smorty has a huge number of advertisers and publishers. This means, a wide range of product to choose from and a higher chance of successfully monetizing your blog.Smorty offers weekly payment through paypal. Other website offering the same service pay on ...

Blogging With a Voice Recorder - Get Your Voice Recorder at SaveBuckets 2007-11-25 19:50:00 Austing Long, the new blogger at onemansgoal.com, recently made a post about blogging with a voice recorder. It's quite an interesting post and Austin made some great points as to why bloggers should try to use a voice recorder to create content for their blogs. The only problem is Austin did not refer bloggers to a cheaper stores where voice recorders can be bought at a much lower price and still have the same quality product.I've discovered Save Buckets when I was searching Smorty for a good product to review. Save Buckets is an online shop where you can find really cheap voice recorders. You can check the prices at Save Buckets and I'm sure you'll be surprised at how cheap their voice recorders are. Other than voice recorders, you can also purchase other products ranging from computer hardware, electronic games, computer accessories and even clothing and home furnishings.Save Buckets also offers a search tool on their homepage that allows you to browse their product list conveni ... Blogging

SponsoredReviews.com - Get Paid For Your Reviews 2007-11-24 09:03:00 Another option if you want to monetize your blog is Sponsored Reviews. SponsoredReviews is another great websites that pays you to review blogs, goods, services etc. Around November 10 after Blogging Mix has been approved by PayPerPost, I've submitted my blog at SponsoredReviews.com. The approval process was rather quick as it took them only 3 days before I've received their confirmation that Blogging Mix was accepted. So far, I've done 4 sponsored post with SponsoredReviews and I was already paid $78 two days ago via PayPal. In contrast, the money I've earned from PayPerPost has not yet been paid considering that my paid post was done earlier.Why Monetize Your Blog With SponsoredReviews?SponsoredReviews.com's requirements for a blog, like PayPerPost, is not as difficult to meet compared to ReviewMe.com. What's more, as a blogger, you have the the full control over the products that you review. You can choose to review products that are related to your niche or products that you ...

How Do You Celebrate Your Blog's Anniversary? 2007-11-22 14:09:00 November 7, 2007 marks the 5th month anniversary of Blogging Mix. Although that is 15 days from now, I'm already thinking about ways to celebrate it. In today's post, I have decided to write about my thoughts on ways to celebrate your blog's anniversary. Here are my suggestions.Make a Post About Your BlogA simple way to celebrate your blog's anniversary is by making a post about it. Tell the rest of the world how old your blog is? Broadcast to the blogosphere your blog's achievements, create a list of your best articles or tell your readers what to expect on your blog in the coming months. Alternatively, you can write a post about the challenges you've encountered as blogger and how you've managed to overcome those challenges.Your blog's anniversary is also a great chance to thank all your blog readers and subscribers for their continued support. You should not forget to thank your mentors and critics for their contributions in the improvement of your blog. A link love is proba ...

Handy Folders : Fast and Direct Access to Your Folders 2007-11-22 08:47:00 Working with a computer is usually time consuming especially when you're looking for specific files or when you're trying to access your favorite folders in an overcrowded 'My Computer' and 'My Document'. It's like searching for a needle in a haystack. Even worse when your folders are not properly labeled and well-organized.If you are tired of constant roaming around your folders to get to the folders you want? Or if you wish to cut your way short to the folders you need without going through 'My Computer' or 'My Documents' then HANDY FOLDER is what you need.Handy Folders developed by Resort Labs is a smart utility providing a quick access to your folders and files, to a disk on your PC or LAN, or to a predefined folder anywhere, including FTP or websites. It is a flexible and neatly organized structure, which makes working with it easy and pleasant. In order to save precious time you can form a list of your frequently accessed folders. What's more, the opportunity of insta ...

Watch Videos On Your Mobile Phone (YouTube, Google Videos, DailyMotion Etc.) 2007-11-21 02:29:00 The introduction of video sharing websites in 2005 made it possible for the netizens to share and exchange videos online. At about the same time, sharing videos through mobile phones has become increasingly popular but the available videos to choose from is limited and the quality is often times poor. On the other hand, videos available online have grown tremendously and the number of video sharing websites have grown as well giving the netizens endless collections of videos to choose from. Unfortunately, watching these high quality videos was only available through a computer.That was two years ago... Now, if you are looking for ways to watch high quality videos from various video sharing sites like YouTube, Google Videos, 5min, DailyMotion etc. on your mobile phone then Avot Media has just the right solution for you... the Avot mV (Beta). The best part of it is it's FREE!Avot mV is a solution that allows you to search videos from various video sharing websites and watch your favorit ... Google  Youtube

Build Your Social Network With WireClub.com 2007-11-20 02:54:00 The growth of Social Networks over the past years tremendously influenced the Blogging Community. Some Bloggers even rely more on the benefits of social networks over search engines and this has been proven to be the more successful option considering the erratic behaviors of search engines. Social networking has now become a must for every blogger to become successful. To do that, you need reliable social networks and one of them is WireClub.com.Today's post takes a look at WireClub.com and the goodies available for you when you join.What is WireClub.com?Wireclub.com is another social network that allows you to do a lot of things in one place. It's a place where you can get together with other people online and chat, share photos, blog, make friends, find old acquaintances and socialize.Joining WireClub.com is fast and easy. You can create your account in 3 minutes and start using the following services:WireClub.com - Interest ClubsPerhaps the most useful service I've found at Wire ...