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Archive for December, 2008

Writing a book – tips from an author #9

Thursday, December 25th, 2008

Writing specific Genres
What is a ‘genre’? It’s a fancy French word for ‘type’ or ‘kind’. A ‘Thriller’ is a ‘type’ of story. Thrillers therefore make up a ‘genre’. Some genres have become so ‘reduced to practice’ that they are actually cliches of themselves. The detective story, for example, or the bodice ripper. This is not [...]

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Winter Holidays for the Environmentally Aware Snowboarder

Thursday, December 25th, 2008

Countless skiers will shortly be searching for their ski equipment and dashing forth seeking the biggest snow.

And doubtless the impact of our carbon footprint will be about as far down the list of vacation essentials as a xmas cracker after the Christmas holidays.

But last winter, a late snowfall was in the broadsheets and tourists were [...]

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Write Rite” – How to Write Creatively (‘Here, There and Everywhere’) and perhaps even have Inspirati

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

Article Title: “Write Rite” – How to Write Creatively (‘Here, There and Everywhere’) and perhaps even have Inspirational Books Published Author: Craig Lock Line Space: 65 characters Web Site: http://www.kompuwiz.com/kompustore
Other Articles: http://www.soulful-writer.com and http://www.bridgeniche.com
Category (key words): Writing, Writing Hints/Tips, Inspirational Books, Writing Course
Publishing Guidelines: We hope that the following article (which is an early lesson [...]

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Article Submissions Your Key to Traffic Success!

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

Webmasters every day are trying to get as much traffic driven to their own websites as possible. Some methods that they are using to attain high levels of traffic include search engine optimized web pages, purchased links, directory submissions, and of course pay per click campaigns, otherwise known as PPC. PPC campaigns take within Overture’s [...]

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How Much Money Do Archaeologists Make | Get Paid USD75/Survey!

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

Free Paid Survey List: Naturally you might think you would have to buy this information – nothing good in life comes free right? Wrong

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Sales Objections: Don’t Let the “I Need To Think It Over” Objection Stall You Out

Sunday, December 21st, 2008

Have you ever been sitting at a stop light and when the light turns green, you step on the gas and your car stalls? That’s the same feeling that you get after you’ve gone through your entire sales presentation with a potential customer, crunched some numbers and asked for the sale, you hear, “Well, it [...]

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The Real Me

Saturday, December 20th, 2008

We are into a new year. Sometimes that means it’s time for cleaning up. Out with the old stuff and in with the new. Here’s what you can expect from me for 2009. Get To Know The Real Me.Without the roots of tree it simply will not grow.To all the Non Roots who ever tried [...]

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The Advantages of Making Your Broadband Wireless

Saturday, December 20th, 2008

Making your broadband wireless is a sure fire way to clean away that jumble of wires in your home as well as making life easier for yourself and with the amount of advertisements in the media at the moment, there has never been a better time to start thinking about utilising wireless broadband for your [...]

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Four Things Every Writer Needs to Do to Make a Full-time Living from Their Writing

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

It’s a sad fact that the average writer only makes about $1,500 to $4,000 a year unless that writer is a business writer.
What about everyone else? Shouldn’t other writers have a chance to make money writing, especially a full-time income?
Before the Internet, writers didn’t have many options. You could try to publish your poetry, fiction, [...]

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Set Yourself up for Trade Show Success

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

Of the many mistakes small business owners make, a big one is participating in trade shows and business expos without a strategy for turning those marketing opportunities into sales. Here are five tips to get you started.
1. Have a goal. What do you want to get out of the event? Most small business owners think [...]

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