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Archive for January, 2009

Bugaboos of Article Marketing in Web Content Management Systems (CMS)

Monday, January 19th, 2009

One of the most common blunders by those using article
marketing to distribute free reprint articles is to include
periods after domain names at the end of sentences. Surely
those authors who have made this blunder realize that if that
period gets included in the URL, the link will lead to a 404
error or “Page Not Found” message any [...]

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White Sun – Wisdom of Life

Monday, January 19th, 2009

To be able to realize our own ignorance is to be wise. Some people say that they know a lot and they are good at poetry, literature and art. But the wise may say, in fact they know is just a smattering of everything. I have met people in the spiritual field claiming that there [...]

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Embedding Story Ideas in Action

Friday, January 16th, 2009

Every storyteller begins a story with a particular issue to deal with: what to reveal, when, and how, to set a story into motion. The trap is that to be obscure is to have a dramatically weak opening; an obscure opening risks failing to offer a reason to enter or stay in a story’s world. [...]

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Breathe Life Into Your Characters

Friday, January 16th, 2009

As a novice writer, I was told I had two choices when writing fiction; my stories could be character driven or plot driven. No one ever told me they should be both.
I began to weave really strong plots; I put as much depth, and twists and turns as I possibly could. In the process I [...]

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Public Speaking: Bloopers

Friday, January 16th, 2009

Bloopers are clumsy mistakes that are usually made in public. The television show ‘TV’s Bloopers and Practical Jokes’ and many blooper books are indicators of the interest we have in other people’s goofs.
Here are two from ‘All Time Great Bloopers’ by Blooper Snooper Kermit Schafer and one from ‘More Press Boners’ by Earle Tempel, and [...]

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Basic Web Design Principles

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

Home Page
Home page should clearly indicate what the site is about. Provide top level navigation on the first page, your logo, and tell to the visitor what he can found on your web site. Your home page should be informative, and should call your visitor on action. Home page is the place where the visitor [...]

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Cheap Ghost Writing Isn’t Easy — But It’s Worthwhile

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

You might think that selling yourself short is a sure way to not be a success in the ghost writing field. And your eyes are probably dancing with the very large figures of money that you’ve heard ghost writers pull down, in yearly figures such as $60,000 to $100,000, or amounts such as $15,000 to [...]

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Disrespect on Internet Forums and Purpose Miss Spelling of Your Name; Lance Rants

Sunday, January 11th, 2009

If you are an Internet Person and spend any time at all on the Internet you have no doubt watched people who disagree with you belittle your name, purposefully miss spell it or make it into another set of words which in very unbecoming of any sense of professionalism.
Now then if you remember back in [...]

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Let Your Customers Redesign Your Website!

Sunday, January 11th, 2009

When you purchase a new item from a Yahoo! Store, you are asked if you’d like to provide feedback on the transaction. About two weeks after the initial purchase, an email from Yahoo! Stores shows up, asking you to provide feedback for the vendor. Whether your experience was good or bad, the opportunity is probably [...]

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Trends in Browser Resolutions and Usage Statistics

Saturday, January 10th, 2009

Staying on top of the ever-changing browser world is not easy, but it’s key to outstanding web site design. That’s why Visionefx puts the time and effort into understanding the latest developments. Following is an update on the state of the browser, and some important information to consider when designing a web site or hiring [...]

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