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10 signs that the Internet hates you

mrshannigan — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:33:46 +0000

What- did I really just say that? The entire internet itself can’t hate someone, and why would it pick on little old me? Please, say it ain’t so.

It might be… If you’re not ‘feeling the love” from the energy you put into your niche blogs, there might be a reason.

Over the past 3 [...]

In Defense of Schizophrenia in the Online Workplace

mrshannigan — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:36:18 +0000

So- I found a great website about working at home. The articles were informative, relevant and interesting. I decided to follow the site’s owner on twitter, because there was an icon in the sidebar.

Once I saw her twitter homepage, though, I changed my mind.

Her twitterstream was filled with horrific news stories, not helpful [...]

Philosophical Niche Blogger Battle

mrshannigan — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:58:55 +0000

And I don’t mean to use the word “battle” in a war-like sense, I just mean that there are two different philosophies niche bloggers should be aware of, and maybe they’re wrong and maybe they’re right, but the speculation is interesting. And I want to add mine so that there’s really three.

OK so today [...]

Q- How much time should you spend promoting your articles?

mrshannigan — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:54:17 +0000

A- none.

I know there are advocates out there for massive article-promotion campaigns, but I’m not one of them and I’ll tell you why.

#1- your article is REALLY only interesting to a few people- people who SEARCH google, yahoo, bing, etc for that information. If your SEO is on target, they will find it. [...]

Hubpages & Squidoo

mrshannigan — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:37:53 +0000

I got a message from a facebook friend, asking me if I knew anything about Hubpages. here’s my lazy-@$$ pasted answer:

I have an account there but I haven’t written anything yet. It’s very similar to Squidoo in the way it’s laid out. I have an account at Squidoo, too. Both of those sites have [...]

Purpose of a Business Plan for Writers

Lisa Russell — Sat, 16 May 2009 06:24:20 +0000

The purpose of a business plan is to keep a company focused on its objectives and to provide a record of goals and show the plan for reaching them. A business plan shows investors and lenders that you’ve got your act together.

For a writer, going through the process of [...]

How to Sweep Away the Competition

Lisa Russell — Sun, 10 May 2009 08:08:30 +0000

Hmmm- this wouldn’t violate the rules or anyone’s contracts, but it would suck.

I write for Demand studios and for eHow

I picked up a strange title at demand Studios, and I googled it because that’s usually a good way to figure out what the strange titles mean.

The first result was an eHow article.

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Saved by the [browser,bell]

Lisa Russell — Thu, 07 May 2009 01:27:20 +0000

Ok- that weird symbol thing in the title can be explained. When a client asks you to “spin” an article, you’re supposed to give them interchangeable words in brackets, so that they can turn your article into an infinite number of identical-ish articles just by spinning it.

Here’s an example:

I went to the mall [...]

WAHM Writer Message Boards

Lisa Russell — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:41:36 +0000

Maybe I’ve already made a post like this somewhere, but the topic came up again today on one of my favorite WAHM writing message boards, so I just had to share. Here are some message forums that you can use to network with other wahm writers. Share leads, talk about the wahm writing industry, and [...]

Sites That Pay Writers Weekly

Lisa Russell — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:26:27 +0000

Most of the sites I write for pay monthly, and while it’s nice to look ahead and see that next month I’ll get paid so much more, it’s frustrating to wait a month between paychecks. There have been times in life where that was OK, and right now is not one of those times. So [...]