SCAMPER stands for:

S = Substitute
C = Combine
A = Adapt
M = Magnify = Modify
P = Put to other uses
E = Eliminate
R = Rearrange = Reverse

According to our source, SCAMPER is based on the notion that everything new is some addition or modification of something that already exists. You take a subject and change it into something else. (E.g., drilled petroleum becomes chemical feedstock becomes synthetic rubber becomes automobile tires. Natural gas becomes polyethylene becomes milk jugs. Mined ore becomes metal becomes wire becomes parts of a motor.)you can take anything that exists and change it into a new idea. – Psychology Today

Simple isn’t it? Now, think of how you could apply these recommendations to the idea you want to work with. Ask yourself how you can substitute a current process to a new one or perhaps combine it. Using this techniques I’m sure you can come up with new ideas for you blog.

Happy SCAMPERing :)

While I was blog hopping, I stumbled upon the site of Sean Patrick Si. It is SEO-Hacker.com. My interest got focused in an image of a “Chemistry liked” periodic table. To my surprise, it’s a periodic table of SEO ranking factors. According to Sean, it came from searchengineland.com/seotable/. Nice researching, huh?

In the table, there are 4 major factors that affect the ranking. These are; On The Page SEO, Off The Page SEO, Violations, and Blocking.

For the complete reading of the article, click here.

But before that, check out some of my best articles - Enjoy!

• A day in the life of Louie as a Problogger
• 20 powerful tips to become a better blogger
• What is the Secret Formula in Making Money Online?
• Why I want to pursue an online business from blogging
• What do you want to achieve in life? – Just do it
• Limiting my online hours to become more productive
• Things You Can Do If You Don’t Know What to Write
• 7 Habits of Highly Effective Blogger
• 25 Things You Want Your Visitors to do on Your Web Site
• Blogging tips for beginners

Why should you be aware?

• Ideas for your articles. Some bloggers stop writing because they ran out of ideas to write or to blog about.
• Be aware of breaking news then share. Is is important to know updates especially if you follow certain trends or buzz. This can make your readers know of what the latest on your stories as well.
• You are perceived as expert. Bloggers who are aware of what’s happening are most often perceived as experts or someone in authority in their industry.
• Connection. Monitoring alerts can enable you to make connections and build relationships with through constant discussion and exchange of information with the involved people.

Here how you can easily create alerts in Google. Go to: http://www.google.com/alerts

Monitor the Web for interesting new content

Google Alerts are email updates of the latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.) based on your choice of query or topic.

Enter the topic you wish to monitor, then click preview to see the type of results you’ll receive. Some handy uses of Google Alerts include:

• monitoring a developing news story
• keeping current on a competitor or industry
• getting the latest on a celebrity or event
• keeping tabs on your favorite sports teams

Forums are fantastic places for bloggers to participate in because of numerous reason. Here are my 3 tops reasons:

1. You can build your profile. Setting a consistent time into a fair sized forum on your topic can significantly build profile reputation in your niche. Through forums, you have available audience to showcase expertise and provide value ad to the group. You can also earn respect every time you give solutions to a member’s queries or questions. Eventually, you will develop fans among other forum users.

2. Better understanding of your niche. Forums are great places to get ideas and knowledge about your topic. It is a healthy two way communication with other users. You also learn from their experiences and expertise. At the same time, you can have an understanding what your niche requires. In some forums, questions are repeatedly asked without a satisfying solution. It is now your chance to better understand what potential readers of your blog needs.

3. Drive enormous traffic. If you are respected and constantly provide essential solutions to your forum, you have a potential to drive enormous traffic to your blog. Traffic is the life source of a blog. And because your fans believe almost everything you say, it can drive traffic to your site.

Spend some time searching for a forum on your niche. I suggest you to have at least 2 communities joined. Consider one really large forum and another with fair size. Let me explain why. In a large forum, I assume there’s enough available information to understand your niche, but you will have tough time building your profile because of the existing tenured members. On the other hand, a fairly sized forum can easily build your reputation because of the small number of members.

So there you have it. All the best on your conquest.

Here is what the site looks like at the front end:

Primarily, I strongly encourage Kapampangan bloggers, website owners or even people who owns business in Pampanga to join this advocacy. It is free to submit your profiles to us. If you’re interested, submit here.

Allow us help you promote your business through this directory.

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Are you burdened with debts?
Are you ashamed and afraid to open your credit card bill when it comes?
Do you and your family quarrel about money?
Can you still save in the bank?
Is your job secure?
Is money a daily struggle?

There are numerous question that you can ask when you talk about financial freedom. Though I am not yet a financial expert guy to tackle this in details, but when you talk about being financially free, it always interests me.

The reason I put up this blog is to test and expose that Filipinos can really make money online through blogging, SEO, freelancing and other internet activities. Since I love surfing the net, I wanted to figure our how to be more financially productive while enjoying the things I love most.

Here’s a fact I learned over the past 6 years as an employee. That – “You and no one else are totally responsible for your financial situation.” These images below from http://www.financialfreedomtrail.com/ can clearly illustrate how financial freedom is differentiated between taking control of money and your money controls you…

Where does blogging come to the picture?

Are you aware of the types of income? The two most common types of earning are Active and Passive income.

Actives income is simplyexplained this way. You trade your hours in exchange of a salary. You earn by the hours you spend working. So the longer time you work will equivalent your salary. But if you don’t work, you will not earn the day’s payout. This is commonly known as a job.

While passive income is the money you get from an asset you purchased or created. For example, if you were to buy a house and rent it out for more money than it costs you to pay your mortgage and other expenses, the profit you make would be considered passive income. Blogging typically falls under passive income. To know more about this, read http://dreamhousewebsolutions.net/why-i-want-to-pursue-an-online-business-from-blogging

Why does Google consider this? When your website loads slow, it thinks that there is something wrong on your site. Probably poor coding, or excessive unnecessary contents, and Google hates this stuffs. Here are some of my practical tips on how to speed up your blog.

• Remove unnecessary plugins. Don’t just deactive your unused and unnecessary plugins, delete them. This can cause clutter to your site so remove them.
• I suggest to use enable WordPress Gzip Compression for WordPress Blogs. The gzip handler compresses output before it is sent to the user’s browser so the user downloads less data and the browser then processes the compressed data.
• Get rid of widgets and badges if it’s needless. Be wise to use these features. Remember that these things are just add-ons so use them wisely. Not unless you earn from it or for SEO purposes, remove them.
• Optimize your images. Avoid BMP or TIFF image formats. I usually use PNG for screenshots while JPG for photos. If possible use an application to zip the file size.
• Monitor your speed test. Click here

Tell us about your technique. How do your speed up your site?

That is, if Google will not burst the bubble for Mark Zuckerberg. For internet geeks and tech reporters, this week has been a front page for Google+. Apparently,  the “Big G” has launched it’s own social networking site with a small number of people.

To view the official teaser, check out this video.

If you want to get the latest update or receive an invitation to test this project, click here.

nice one!:)