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&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amyradfar.com/mortgage-loan/central-florida-home-mortgage-loans"&gt;How Mortgage Loans Work&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
Amy&amp;#039;s site is more than just a set of listings. There is a lot of free information for anyone who wants to move into the Lake Mary, Heathrow, Orlando, and surrounding areas of Florida.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~4/BgeSzCgvRBw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://del.icio.us/gracepub#2009-10-21</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Write What You Know</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~3/qrltVZ5gKbw/write-what-you-know.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (WHAM! - It says it all)</author><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:12:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759908.post-8150521192252733623</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2009-04-13T00:38:57.812-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">I've been working with writers for 10 years. I've told authors to write what they know. Everyone has heard this. Unfortunately, very few writers do it. I have one friend who did. She took a trip to Britain. She spent the whole time staying at old hotels, castles, and visiting museums.I do have one friend who listened to this advice. Less than 10 years later she has 9 books in print and is the </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~4/qrltVZ5gKbw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://inspiredauthor.blogspot.com/2009/04/write-what-you-know.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Links for 2008-09-24 [del.icio.us]</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~3/QYo0fGyk47A/gracepub</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://del.icio.us/gracepub#2008-09-24</guid><description>&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.business.com/guides/promotional-golf-items--more-than-just-golf-balls-for-golfers-1846/"&gt;Business.com - The Business Search Engine and Business Directory for Business Information&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.business.com/guides/the-win-win-of-tradeshow-giveaways-and-promotions-1817/"&gt;Business.com - The Business Search Engine and Business Directory for Business Information&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.work.com/advertising-your-business-with-promotional-gifts-2348/"&gt;Advertising Your Business With Promotional Gifts | How-to Guides for running your business from Work.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.liftpromos.com/"&gt;Lift Promos Custom Logo Promotional Products &amp;amp; Trade Show Giveaways&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
Promotional products with your company logo imprinted. Promotional products with corporate logos, promotional items and custom promotional gifts, trade show giveaways, and logo corporate apparel from Lift Promos.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.deluxepassportexpress.com/"&gt;US Passport processing, information and applications online&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
Get your passport and visa quick. Fast and easy online instructions. New passport, passport renewal, child passport, name changes, add pages, lost passport, renew passport. Get it passport express for your trip.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.popularhardware.com/"&gt;Door Locks and Commercial Door Hardware&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://steinerdoors.com/"&gt;Custom Aluminum Architectural Doors and More :: Steiner Doors&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
Custom aluminum doors, windows and storefronts designed and manufactured to architect specifications. High quality and exceptional service from Steiner Doors and Windows. Local delivery and installation; Nationwide shipping.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~4/QYo0fGyk47A" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://del.icio.us/gracepub#2008-09-24</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Links for 2008-08-21 [del.icio.us]</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~3/GX0jRmySDRg/gracepub</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://del.icio.us/gracepub#2008-08-21</guid><description>&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://madisontomain.com/2008/08/three-common-mistakes-internet-business-survival/"&gt;Three Common Mistake: Internet Business Survival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
This is one of the best articles I&amp;#039;ve seen on this topic&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.virtualadagency.com/logo-design/logo-design.html"&gt;The Facts About Professional Logo Design&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
This is one of the best articles I&amp;#039;ve seen on this topic. I never realized that so much goes into a logo - and that it can have such an impact on sales.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~4/GX0jRmySDRg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://del.icio.us/gracepub#2008-08-21</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Links for 2008-06-07 [del.icio.us]</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~3/BcGRTDtHR_s/gracepub</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://del.icio.us/gracepub#2008-06-07</guid><description>&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://wealthy-writer.com/2008/06/07/paypalcom/"&gt;Great Review on Paypal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://writer-writer.com/"&gt;great site to read author interviews by published authors&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.inspiredauthor.com/v3/15-predator-editor"&gt;Inspired Author&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
A great learning portal for anyone who wants to learn how to get published, or get paid to write. A great member&amp;#039;s blog with fun moderators&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://wealthy-writer.com/2008/06/07/problem-with-social-bookmarking/"&gt;Social Bookmarking Links and Tips&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
This is an excellent look at the relationship between bookmarking and search engine placement. The goal is not target, but building an organic traffic generation campaign.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~4/BcGRTDtHR_s" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://del.icio.us/gracepub#2008-06-07</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Office Air</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~3/Zhk_FOLzzz4/office-air.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (WHAM! - It says it all)</author><pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 20:32:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759908.post-3343649149095883259</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2008-05-26T20:38:29.500-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">It is kind of frustrating. I turn the heater off just in time to turn the air purifiers on. I have such a hard time breathing. I've looked at some new air purifiers such as IQAir, just to get enough relief I can work all day without taking medication. The quality of air cleaner is important. I use to have a brand name from a local store that promised to clean hundreds of gallons of air. Maybe it </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~4/Zhk_FOLzzz4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://inspiredauthor.blogspot.com/2008/05/office-air.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Getting Started With Alexa Rank PT2</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~3/kMG1j9JCCw4/getting-started-with-alexa-rank-pt2.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (WHAM! - It says it all)</author><pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 20:26:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759908.post-7600776792016221600</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2008-05-26T20:26:52.202-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">Step 4: Download the ToolbarIE    http://www.alexa.com/site/download/FireFox  http://www.quirk.biz/searchstatus/  The firefox version Step 5: Join Social groups such as Digital Point, Stumble upon, and technorati. These sites send visitors to your site, and build ‘inbound’ links. Do not limit yourself when building exposure. I’ve even used yahoo answers!Step 6: Set your website as your homepage. </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~4/kMG1j9JCCw4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://inspiredauthor.blogspot.com/2008/05/getting-started-with-alexa-rank-pt2.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Getting Started With Alexa Rank</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~3/P1zHDaTYvrE/getting-started-with-alexa-rank.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (WHAM! - It says it all)</author><pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 20:25:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759908.post-7331823650779600139</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2008-05-26T20:27:35.653-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">Step one: You need to understand that Alexa rank is skewed towards blogs with a large techie audience. (Much the same way digg is) because the techies are the ones with the toolbars.  If you want to increase your page rank, then you need to convince your blog members and RSS subscribers that the Alexa toolbar is an important download.Is this a defect? Well, you can look at it two ways. If you can</atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~4/P1zHDaTYvrE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://inspiredauthor.blogspot.com/2008/05/getting-started-with-alexa-rank.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Buying Gifts For Men</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~3/qrFgBuK6PiM/buying-gifts-for-men.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (WHAM! - It says it all)</author><pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 20:24:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759908.post-7641056368180955129</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2008-05-26T20:31:27.773-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">Have you ever tried to buy a gift for a man? I've tried everything. This year I'm looking at watches, but what ones. There are so many different brands. Some of them are familiar. Others, such as Glashutte, are top of the line - expensive. The one I looked at was $18 000. Not something I want for my son, but it would make a great gift. If nothing else, it would be something you'd 'win' with just </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~4/qrFgBuK6PiM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://inspiredauthor.blogspot.com/2008/05/buying-gifts-for-men.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>A Baby Boomer Turns 50 Every Eight Seconds</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~3/KJ14C74Fd-0/baby-boomer-turns-50-every-eight.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (WHAM! - It says it all)</author><pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 20:23:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759908.post-8428878517180331129</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2008-05-26T20:24:00.536-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">Despite the statistics, no baby boomer is interested in becoming ‘old.’ They changed the world, and built empires. Why should they succumb to the maladies of age when they can change the medical world the way they changed the stock market, cyberspace, or the concept of entrepreneur ventures.Exercise, diet, and a good skin care regime can help keep people healthy as well as healthy looking. </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~4/KJ14C74Fd-0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://inspiredauthor.blogspot.com/2008/05/baby-boomer-turns-50-every-eight.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Review: www.wealthy-writer.com</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~3/pV8fJMaFU2Q/review-wwwwealthy-writercom.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (WHAM! - It says it all)</author><pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 20:22:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759908.post-1851442072361602410</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2008-05-26T20:23:17.813-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">Review: www.wealthy-writer.comThere is a new website built for writers who are trying to turn their part-time work at home writing venture into a viable home based business: www.wealthy-writer.com.This is one of the best sites I’ve found. First, it is truncated, this basically means that it is broken up so that readers can surf several posts on the home page and follow topics they want to </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~4/pV8fJMaFU2Q" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://inspiredauthor.blogspot.com/2008/05/review-wwwwealthy-writercom.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Advertising</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~3/r4GIGmpKEqo/advertising.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (WHAM! - It says it all)</author><pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 20:16:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759908.post-7494877331246152546</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2008-05-26T20:20:59.275-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">I've been working with a NY Advertising Agency in the last few weeks. At one time I would never have thought of spending money with the big boys. Now I understand what it means 'you need to spend money to make money.' My logo is so beautiful. It is 10x better than any thing I've ever made myself.I've thought of a trip and a bit of New York City travel where I can get to meet some of the people </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~4/r4GIGmpKEqo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://inspiredauthor.blogspot.com/2008/05/advertising.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Increase Alexa Rank</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~3/0kKkM1w_StM/increase-alexa-rank.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (WHAM! - It says it all)</author><pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 20:15:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759908.post-793648928451154938</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2008-05-26T20:15:45.006-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">Most people do not realize that Amazon owns Alexa. The Alexa rank is measured based on the amount of users who visit the blog or web site – but only if they have the Alexa toolbar on their browser. As Google becomes an unreliable tool for measuring Page Rank – face it, every time the webmasters learn how to use the algorithm, Google changes the rules restoring the elite positions of their </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~4/0kKkM1w_StM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://inspiredauthor.blogspot.com/2008/05/increase-alexa-rank.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Increase the Alexa Page</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~3/Cr86kWD5V2c/increase-alexa-page.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (WHAM! - It says it all)</author><pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 20:14:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759908.post-5584726614921646027</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2008-05-26T20:14:34.664-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">Web fans (who have the alexa toolbar installed) love to read about ways to increase traffic. If you review friend’s Alexa page, write about Alexa, and build a site that attracts alexa fans – then your alexa rank will increase. You will also help spread the ‘good rank’ tool that is Alexa.Write for webmasters. If you write content for webmasters and exchange reviews with bloggers who use sites like</atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~4/Cr86kWD5V2c" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://inspiredauthor.blogspot.com/2008/05/increase-alexa-page.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Do You Work Outdoors?</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~3/2ZGVDw19Fzk/do-you-work-outdoors.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (WHAM! - It says it all)</author><pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 20:11:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759908.post-6433232832190690823</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2008-05-26T20:11:18.541-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">If you work from the computer and want to go outside, it is easy. Just use a USB drive. These are simple little plugs about the size of a lighter. They work like a mini hard drive. I have a usb flash drive. I stick it into my laptop, go into the garden and work. When done I just stick the usb drive into my PC and download everything ... and yes - they work with Vista! USB hardrives work with any </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~4/2ZGVDw19Fzk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://inspiredauthor.blogspot.com/2008/05/do-you-work-outdoors.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>IZEA's Standards?</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~3/vxI19jLNYAg/izeas-standards.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (WHAM! - It says it all)</author><pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 20:10:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759908.post-1749209037952992470</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2008-05-26T20:12:57.492-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">I’ve been confused about the new ‘Did Google Spank You’ campaign. Yes, I am furious at Google. After all, what is the difference between selling an ad link in a blog post or putting google ads in a blog post? What I’m having a hard time understanding is why IZEA also spanks bloggers who lose their Google Page Rank – especially when IZEA has their own ranking system?  I’ve talked to several </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~4/vxI19jLNYAg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://inspiredauthor.blogspot.com/2008/05/izeas-standards.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Increase Technorati Rank</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~3/xOzpWOi4fWk/increase-technorati-rank.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (WHAM! - It says it all)</author><pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 20:10:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759908.post-7319346277797551343</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2008-05-26T20:11:50.363-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">What is Technorati authority? It is the number of blogs that link to your website in the last six months. Many new blogmasters believe they can increase their Technorati rank by linking dozens of times between different blogs. This doesn’t work. Technorati only gives 1 to each blog linking – not the number of links. A blogmaster needs at least 3000 different websites to link to their blog – in </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~4/xOzpWOi4fWk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://inspiredauthor.blogspot.com/2008/05/increase-technorati-rank.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Rent a Laptop</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~3/rQ13OHLQcYQ/rent-laptop.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (WHAM! - It says it all)</author><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 22:47:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759908.post-1781434690436645581</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2008-05-14T22:51:01.129-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">Most people need a laptop, especially when going to a conference or travelling, but they never thing about a laptop rental service. Face it - taking along the old laptop when you need to send files to your home PC, or working on a hotel's Internet connection is a great way to sabotage your success. It is fairly easy an inexpensive to lease a top of the line laptop for a week, or a few months, to </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~4/rQ13OHLQcYQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://inspiredauthor.blogspot.com/2008/05/rent-laptop.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Is Google Losing Its Power?</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~3/YzDuz-VV8uI/is-google-losing-its-power.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (WHAM! - It says it all)</author><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 21:56:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759908.post-7082081828877531084</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2008-05-14T22:37:26.341-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">The net is full of reports by bloggers who have gone from making a good living to zip because of Google's last move. What Google didn't take into account was the fact that most bloggers do not rely on Google for the bulk of their income.http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1422253744/bclid1425858176/bctid1425858171The above video shows the irreverance that bloggers have for Google. In </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~4/YzDuz-VV8uI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://inspiredauthor.blogspot.com/2008/05/is-google-losing-its-power.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Get Started as a Pro Blogger</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~3/786LKdSqFaM/get-started-as-pro-blogger.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (WHAM! - It says it all)</author><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 21:55:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759908.post-8508243338934963700</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2008-05-14T22:01:21.876-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">There has been a major change in the blogging world. Paid Posts are becoming more accepted as bloggers learn how to improve their blogs and networks. There are several different Paid Post ads. I have written reviews and posted on most of them, at least the ones I’ve found.The problem with pro blogging is that it is a full time job. Pro Bloggers need to stay online.Smorty normally posts jobs </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~4/786LKdSqFaM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://inspiredauthor.blogspot.com/2008/04/get-started-as-pro-blogger.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Don't Crash</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~3/UVRFjJgfo0g/dont-crash.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (WHAM! - It says it all)</author><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 21:53:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759908.post-805561702636909162</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2008-05-14T21:59:39.478-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">I've chatted with several of my friends lately who are on the verge of crashing. This is a common threat for people who work from home. There is a lot of pressure. Sometimes it is difficult to cope with the stress. I've been sick for the last few weeks. One of my friends asked if I'd been to drug rehab . At first I was offended then I realized that this is a fact of life for many independent </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~4/UVRFjJgfo0g" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://inspiredauthor.blogspot.com/2008/05/dont-crash.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>My First Take on SocialSpark</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~3/TvX4AJL4QE4/my-first-take-on-socialspark.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (WHAM! - It says it all)</author><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 21:51:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759908.post-3340107643611357285</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2008-05-14T22:00:00.220-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">I’ve been watching social spark for about 2 months. I was not one of the ‘selected’ for the beta release, but I’ve been moving around the web looking for information. I jumped the gun and enrolled in SocialSpark as soon as it opened last week. I’ve read the blogs. I’ve chatted with other bloggers. I’ve explored the site. Now I have some advice to pass one.What is SocialSpark?SocialSpark is </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~4/TvX4AJL4QE4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://inspiredauthor.blogspot.com/2008/05/my-first-take-on-socialspark.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Advertise Your Business</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~3/-9ZtzNLvy5g/advertise-your-business.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (WHAM! - It says it all)</author><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 21:50:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759908.post-4369436861989140013</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2008-05-14T21:53:43.931-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">Everyone knows that building links is one of the hardest parts of ecommerce business management. Anyone who wants their domains to receive traffic need to earn a profit and watch your business grow, knows that web advertising can be impossible. This problem doubled for tens-of-thousands of business owners when Google doubled their price.Google hates paid linking, but for many websites, the only </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~4/-9ZtzNLvy5g" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://inspiredauthor.blogspot.com/2008/04/advertise-your-business.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Vacation Time</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~3/pOss76Uj6u4/vacation-time.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (WHAM! - It says it all)</author><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 21:46:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759908.post-5845310015355610795</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2008-05-14T21:50:25.563-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">It is time to look for a vacation. It has been a long time since I've had the time to enjoy one of the luxury vacations that are being offered by the online discount websites. There are tons of budget sites on the web....why?  If I go on vacation then I want to enjoy it. I don't want to be living in a place with no room service and where I have to wait 30 minutes to get an outside phone line. I </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~4/pOss76Uj6u4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://inspiredauthor.blogspot.com/2008/05/vacation-time.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Cheap Internet Marketing</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~3/XuxIhrRyPHs/cheap-internet-marketing.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (WHAM! - It says it all)</author><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:41:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759908.post-7783233341137141053</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2008-04-29T17:38:52.476-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">Buying Web TrafficThere are several ways for a small business to buy web traffic. I examined several different methods and found a couple that will work for the work-at-home freelance professional.Buy HitsThis is very tricky. Some companies say they sell hits but there are a few things to ask. First, a hit may not always mean viewing your web page. One company that I worked with charged for every</atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~4/XuxIhrRyPHs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://inspiredauthor.blogspot.com/2008/04/cheap-internet-marketing.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Buying Web Traffic</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~3/A2isEgCP-vY/buying-web-traffic.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (WHAM! - It says it all)</author><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:39:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759908.post-3655427323914810488</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2008-04-29T17:38:14.093-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">There are several ways for a small business to buy web traffic. I examined several different methods and found a couple that will work for the work-at-home freelance professional.Buy HitsThis is very tricky. Some companies say they sell hits but there are a few things to ask. First, a hit may not always mean viewing your web page. One company that I worked with charged for every ‘load’ meaning </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~4/A2isEgCP-vY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://inspiredauthor.blogspot.com/2008/04/buying-web-traffic.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>What does Web 3.0 Have In Store?</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~3/fnApSSVCv5k/what-does-web-30-have-in-store.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (WHAM! - It says it all)</author><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:12:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759908.post-259226492792883855</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2008-04-29T17:37:42.586-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">The short definition of Web 3.0 is simple. It puts control of search and content into the end user’s hands and cuts down the noise.  If that sounds a little vague then don’t worry – it is. After months of surfing the pundit’s reports and conference minutes I’ve come to the conclusion that no one is quite sure what Web 3.0 is.Web 2.0 was easy to define. It was an algorithm created in a casual </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~4/fnApSSVCv5k" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://inspiredauthor.blogspot.com/2008/04/what-does-web-30-have-in-store.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Review: Web Analytics from IWebTrack</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~3/ulcSujZ-u9w/review-web-analytics-from-iwebtrack.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (WHAM! - It says it all)</author><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:17:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759908.post-8699553162788352633</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2008-04-29T17:36:11.474-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">IWebTrack released a new service in Betta. This offers the web analytics that are needed for increasing traffic and page rank. There are hundreds of articles that tell webmasters how to get higher rank, traffic, and earn more money - but the web analytics software that comes with web-hosting do not offer the information needed to build a solid platform.  Website Traffic Tracking is a powerful </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~4/ulcSujZ-u9w" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://inspiredauthor.blogspot.com/2008/04/review-web-analytics-from-iwebtrack.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Ping Your Blog to Google</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~3/ZtFUBcxi_0w/ping-your-blog-to-google.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (WHAM! - It says it all)</author><pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:53:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11759908.post-7126167644465404190</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2008-04-26T15:08:58.445-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">Google has a new tool that pings blogs. This may be a way to get your blog pinged by Google. It may help you get indexed. However, if you are having trouble then make sure you write a good, original, relevant content article with content and headings that matches the website's meta tags.Only ping the best articles. This will gain Google's respect and help your website and blog get indexed.</atom:summary><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mOEmJAs2IZo/SAracPm7siI/AAAAAAAAAm0/JORPYkg6jJQ/s72-c/StokesHill.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/tPbh/~4/ZtFUBcxi_0w" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://inspiredauthor.blogspot.com/2008/04/ping-your-blog-to-google.html</feedburner:origLink></item></channel></rss>

