Write and Earn a Living

Transcribing Audio Files With ExpressScribe

2012-05-27T10:20:00.000-03:00

If you've decided to join Scribie, you may be wondering about how to use ExpressScribe, the free transcribing tool you'll need for transcribing audio files. ExpressScribe is easy to use but you can save yourself so much time if you use it to best advantage. ExpressScribe has keys that you can configure and one of the most important of these is the Pause Between Playing keys. This eliminates the need for a foot pedal and is, in my books, one of the best features of ExpressScribe. After...

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5 Ways to Earn Money With Scribie

2012-05-19T21:31:00.001-03:00

As most of you know, I've recently branched out into transcribing and thought I would share my insights as to what it is like and answer some questions you all might have. I joined Scribie back in March but didn't do much until April. I was getting to know my way around their system and figuring out how it all worked. Now that I've been transcribing for close on two months, I have a much better idea of what it entails and am willing to share my insights with readers. Show Me the...

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What I Do to Earn Money Working From Home

2012-05-18T19:52:00.001-03:00

In today's post, I'm going to share with you! my readers, what I do the earn money working from home. Years ago, working from home was a mere pipe-dream. Not so, the case today. In fact so many of us have wanted this dream that we've worked damn hard to embrace it and make it a reality. And it makes sense, really, because we are reminded, each time we log-on, that if we are just persistent enough and work hard enough, we can make our computers spit out a flow of virtual cash. I thought I...

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HubPages Affected by Google's "Wildlife"

2012-05-14T12:42:00.001-03:00

Man, the algorithm changes have decimated so many sites. Suite 101 and Triond, to name a few, were just some of the many victims and are now mere shadows of what they once were. Now it seems that HubPages has been affected, as well. This month has been the worst, so far, in terms of earnings. When is it going to turn around--if ever? ((Because of this, please see my links to the right. The first link opens to an index of articles offering a wealth of good information on how to increase your...

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What is Transcribing?

2012-05-10T11:22:00.002-03:00

What is transcribing and how do you get started? I mentioned in my last post that I'd been forced to diversify and had hunted up transcription work. Now, that I've gotten on to it, I find transcribing very easy and flexible. I can do as little or as much as I want in a day and still spend part of the day working on my other writing projects. If you are like me, you may have heard about transcribing or transcription, as it is called, and you may have known that it involved typing...

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Panda's Impact on Triond and HubPages

2012-05-07T16:44:00.002-03:00

In past posts, I've mentioned how Triond was a good little opportunity if you were looking to supplement your earnings online. Sadly, it recent months, Triond revenues have plummeted. Triond was a consistent earner for me for a long time, but lately, it has been darn well awful. At one time, I was making over $200.00 per month, now my earnings are a fraction of that. I can no longer recommend that readers sign up for Triond or, if you do, you may want to wait to see if things turn around. So...

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Article Payment Rates at Article Sites

2012-04-18T15:10:00.004-03:00

Today, I'm going to vent about one of my pet peeves. I recently joined a site that pays writers for articles. I joined after having read about decent article payment rates; however, once I had registered and could actually go into the site, I found a far different scenario: they were offering their writers $5.00 per 500-word article. And their top rate, after someone had slaved away and produced a set number of articles, was a few dollars higher. Now, the thing that really got me was...

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Saying Good-Bye to Google

2012-04-17T22:58:00.011-03:00

Today, I read a post by Jennifer Ledbetter commonly known as PotPieGirl and I couldn't agree more with her sentiments about saying good-bye to Google. So many of us have watched helplessly as revenues have plummeted after algorithm tweaks. Many writers and online entrepreneurs spent years building up passive income, only to see it vanishing; then they jumped through hoops trying to bring their articles/sites into conformity with Google's latest to try to recover lost revenues. I've seen...

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An SEO Tip for Online Articles

2012-02-24T20:20:00.013-04:00

What's a good SEO tip for online articles? One that's not hard to do, that doesn't take too much time, and that can make a real difference to article views and earnings. Many writers have hundreds of online articles working away in the background and earning passive income for them each month. If this is true of you, have you found yourself wondering if there is anything more you can do to make your articles work harder for you? With revenues plummeting in the wake a Panda adjustments and...

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Article Marketing Automation and HowToee

2012-02-24T12:28:00.004-04:00

This month I decided to take advantage of HowToee's article marketing automation capability and create a 2500-word pillar article. What do I mean when I use the term "article marketing automation" and how does it apply to pillar articles on the Howtoee site? Howtoee has a built-in system whereby those who get in on the ground floor and submit pillar articles win certain keywords. What this means, in real terms, is that all other articles on the Howtoee site, containing those same...

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How to Earn One Hundred Dollars for Each Online Article

2012-02-22T12:10:00.019-04:00

One hundred dollars for each online article . . . would that it were possible . . . it IS! To beat the February blahs, I'm going to suggest a little experiment to all my readers. If you are struggling to earn real money from your online articles, I invite you to join with me this month in a planned maneuver to wring more from one of your online articles. SEO: Step-by-Step = Higher Article Earnings What we will be doing is utilizing proven SEO methods to generate higher article...

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How to Create Static Pages in Blogger

2012-02-20T13:31:00.014-04:00

If you have a Blogger blog, you may be wondering how to create static pages. You will have seen on many websites and blogs, tabs to stand-alone pages. These tabs appear at the top of blogs or along the side in the sidebar. You'll notice, at Write and Earn a Living, I've created static pages and their related tabs along the top of this blog where you see: Home, About--My Blogger Experiment, How to Create a Free Blogger Blog, Writing/Editing Services, and so on. Static pages are a...

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One Critical Feature Triond Offers That Other Sites Do Not

2012-02-18T17:08:00.009-04:00

If you've been writing articles and submitting them to content sites, in an effort to generate passive monthly income, sooner or later, you'll wish there was a way to track which articles earn you the most. This type of information is invaluable. While some sites offer views of each article and you can get an idea that a given article is performing reasonably well--or, if you are particularly motivated, you can master Google Analytics and set things up so that you can monitor, at least,...

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How to Get Your Own Domain Name for Your Blogger Blog

2012-02-18T02:10:00.010-04:00

If you've registered for a new blog at Blogger.com, you can also get a domain name right here at Blogger. This is an incredibly convenient offering that makes the whole process that much easier--especially for someone who may have never purchased a domain name before. You don't have to worry about any technical wizardry. Blogger and thus Google have partnered with domain name registrars (eNom and GoDadddy) so that this process is a seamless integration. Your new domain will be pre-configured...

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Why Pillar Articles are Powerful Business-Building Tools

2012-02-15T19:07:00.028-04:00

Pillar articles are emerging as powerful business-building tools. Those looking to create buzz and build their brand and who hope to generate backlinks and increase their website traffic (which attracts prospective clients and leads to sales conversions), do well to consider the sheer power of pillar articles. Pillar articles have come into their own. Gone or almost gone are the days of low-quality content, slapped up on webpages to turn a quick profit. One Frankensteinian face of this was the...

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HowToee Writing Site Looks Promising

2012-02-10T10:59:00.018-04:00

Writing for HowToee.com After writing about How To or HowToee.com the other day, I decided to give it a whirl. I normally do not join new revenue sharing sites these days because my writing schedule is so full already, but after checking it out further and emailing back and forth with HowToee admin, Peter, I jumped in. The site uses WordPress, so it is easy to create a how-to article and publish it. The only "bug" at this point is that you cannot go back in and edit your article, once...

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Why I Love my Laptop

2012-02-09T21:27:00.002-04:00

Some musings as to why I love my laptop . . . I remember back in the "good old days" when I sat squirreled away in my upstairs office. It was my cozy get-away, my quiet corner to write . . . until, in August, it got so hot up there that working became unbearable. I basically had to wait it out until the weather cooperated. Even in those early days, I liked the concept of a laptop computer. The thought of NOT being tied to a computer chair for hours on end was so tempting. Now, I'll...

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Make Money Writing for HowToee.com

2012-02-07T21:30:00.013-04:00

Today, I came across another revenue share site that offers writers the chance to make money by submitting 400-word how-to articles. The site is aptly named How to or HowToee.com Earning Revenue at HowToee.com Writers stand to earn 50% revenue on their pages. A website link is allowed in the bio at the bottom of each article, which is good for promotional purposes, re: outbound and thus inbound site links. As indicated at HowToee, additional monetization methods will be implemented in...

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Squarespace Offers Hosting Solutions for Blogger Blogs

2012-02-07T11:47:00.008-04:00

If you have an established Blogger blog and are considering having it hosted, Squarespace may be the perfect fit. Why Squarespace? If you've investigated hosting options, you may have found that transferring your Blogger blog to a hosting provider is not possible or it's tricky, at best: you may have been told that you might lose some blog elements/media or you might have been instructed to manually copy/paste all your posts . . . right. Squarespace offers hassle-free transfer of your...

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January Musings

2012-02-06T10:11:00.002-04:00

Well, I must say, January slipped by in a wink. The month was spent optimizing and restructuring my sites. So many of us are trying to regroup in the wake of Panda and, with a new year in front of us, assessing what to do to continue to forge ahead online. Moved Bedbug Books Back to Blogger I moved Bedbug Books back to Blogger and am so pleased I did so. The new Blogger templates/features have made Blogger far more competitive in my books and the "new" site has received lots of views in...

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Suite 101 Group at Facebook

2012-02-05T00:11:00.002-04:00

I have to say, I'm really enjoying this one! The new Suite 101 group at Facebook is so darned convenient. While I'm at Facebook, I pop in and read posts from other Suitees. It just doesn't get any easier. I'm finding of late that I'm using Facebook as a sort of Twitter. I drop in and add short updates to my pages. It's so convenient having it all at Facebook. And now, with this new Suite 101 group, networking and discussing Suite 101 writing stuff is easier than ever. We've all gotten to...

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How to Use the Job Board for Article Writing and Blogging Job Leads

2012-02-01T11:39:00.002-04:00

I've added a number of writing and blogging job feeds to the left sidebar. These feeds update continually so you'll see when writing and blogging jobs become available. These feeds provide the latest info. about writing and blogging jobs that have been posted across job sites. Now, one thing I've done is to set the visited link color, so if you are scrolling down the column and notice certain links that stand out and you are wondering why they are thusly colored, this feature has been set so...

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Blogger Has Gotten Better Than Ever

2012-02-01T11:05:00.005-04:00

With a host of new features Blogger is becoming a serious contender in the blogosphere. You can monetize and tweak, tweak, tweak! Blogger has seen some exciting changes, of late, which have taken it to a whole new level and made it far more competitive. Because Blogger was and is free, it garnered a bad rap, in some cases. Opinions were varied but the consensus was that because it was a free platform, it was not to be taken seriously. Personally, I love the ease of use with Blogger....

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Writer Showcase at Facebook

2012-01-28T15:43:00.007-04:00

Our Writer Showcase has sparked a flurry of activity, with new members adding their photos on our Facebook Wall. Image: Any Duchemin If you are a writer and would like to include your photo and showcase your writing accomplishments, please join us at Facebook, where we network, swap insights and tips, post links and discuss anything writing-related. The Write and Earn a Living Facebook Page is a place to drop in to check for up-to-the-minute writing job leads, info about new revenue...

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New Facebook Page Proving Popular

2012-01-25T18:14:00.005-04:00

The new Facebook page is drawing comments, views and followers! This is encouraging as it gives us all a chance to help one another, network, forge friendships, swap links, promote our writing and all the other good stuff that an online writing page/community can accomplish. I liked the idea of a Facebook Group because when users are logged into Facebook and part of a group and a discussion is happening, a box pops up, but--and here's the big BUT, Facebook Groups do not have the power of...

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