January 7, 2010 issue of Rim Digest eZine Hello and welcome to Rim Digest, the ezine for "Responsible Internet Marketers". Striving to be the BEST resource for Small Biz Owners... January 7, 2010 volume 10-issue 1 Your editor: Jan Tallent, rimdigest@usa.net Rim Digest ezine: http://www.rimdigest.com   ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Today's issue is sponsored by:   This is still my number one selling digital product: http://www.jtdhealth.com/helluva.html Sharon McPherson and I put together the most complete and profitable package we could to help marketers present a HUGE collection of health related downloads which can be sold as a package, complete with the reseller site OR can be separated and sold as stand-alone products or packaged into categories like weight loss, stress management, etc. If you have ever wanted either a digital business or a health related web presence, this is the one for you.     ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Today's Issue Contains: Publisher's Spot Featured Article: Using Blogs As Sources In Articles Positive Quote Fun Tip or Site Feedback Recommended eZines Publisher's Goodbye and Legal Stuff ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Happy New Year and I can hardly believe it is 2010! We had flurries last night and woke up to between 5 and 8 inches of that glorious white stuff, depending on where we live in town. As my house is down a little hill that gets drifts and over-blow, I guess it would be called, I was the lucky winner of the 8 inches, lol. Strangely, as, I suppose, snow acts as an insulating factor, although it is only 11 degrees outside so far today, it is warmer in my house than when it was in the 20's the past week. After months of missing them all terribly, I finally got to see my oldest daughter, Crystal, my son-in-law, Chris and my almost four year old grand Princess, Madison and now nine month old grand Prince, Aiden on Christmas Eve: http://tinyurl.com/122409JanTallent Needless to say, this was the highlight of MY Christmas :-) Madison will be four on January 11 - I really can hardly get my mind around that. My son, Justin, will be 22 on the 22nd and it seems like just a few years ago that I brought that preemie home from the hospital. With my *baby* being 17, I can actually say that my kids are grown up now and am really and truly starting to feel my age, lol. Rim Digest and I will be celebrating TEN YEARS together on February 10. This is another milestone that is just mind-boggling to me. As far as I can find, we are the longest running marketing ezine left. I find that so awesome and even more is the fact that so many of you, my beloved subscribers, have been with me for 4, 6, 8 or even the whole 10 years. Thank you all so much, I love my subs! My latest news and tips, etc. are on my blog http://jantallent.com/blog/ remember me if you ever need any editing / proof reading help or other VA services: http://tallentagency.com/ and PLEASE pass the word if you know of someone who NEEDS a VA :-) remember, you can follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/jantallent and connect with me for business at linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jantallent and, of course, I have a Facebook account: http://www.facebook.com/jan.tallent ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **   Featured Ads I have limited this space to TWO ads in any one issue for the past 5 or so years. I do not plan on ever turning this ezine into a huge ad sheet and do my best to find some value to bring you with each issue. This said, the featured ads, again, limit two in any issue, are $20.00 each or 6 for $100.00 AND are archived on the web site for at least two, if not three, years, in the archived issues. http://www.rimdigest.com/ads.html   ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Featured Article Using Blogs As Sources In Articles   Depending on what type of blog that you have, it might be a good idea to advertise your blog using articles. For example, say you know about jewelry and gemstones, and your blog is a place where you post information for people to read about jewelry. Submitting an article to a website such as Associated Content can be very instrumental in bringing people to your blog. A good example of this would be if you wanted to talk about the common misconceptions about the colors of gemstones. You could write about the fact that people assume that gemstones such as emeralds, sapphires and rubies are each ONE color, when, in fact, the truth is that those stones come in a variety of colors and hues. Then you can use your blog as a source for your information, as you have already blogged about those gemstones. The great thing is that some places, like Associated Content, will pay you for the articles that you write. So, if you sell jewelry on your blog, it's like being paid twice for your knowledge. Of course, this is just an example of the way you can use articles to advertise your blog. When you are writing an article, be creative. You don't have to be an expert at what you do. If you enjoy writing stories, you can say that posting stories on blogs is a new and different way to share your stories with others. Then, post your blog link as your source and you have people checking out your blog and your stories. start 2010 out with perfectly edited blogs & web pages, spelling & grammar errors DO hurt your biz, I can help! http://www.tallentagency.com   calling all writers, I need some good marketing or business articles. Not big ads and those will just be deleted- if you have one or more you want to share, please send to me: mailto:rimdigest@usa.net?subject=Article plain text only, about 400 to 600 words, wrapped here: 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 or shorter lines, please :-) also make sure you send a signature box like mine above   ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Vote for this Ezine at the Cumuli Ezine Finder: http://www.cumuli.com/ezines/vte.html?ez=rimdig OUR ezine is listed here: http://www.rimdigest.com/iCop-Desktop.pdf and here ... http://new-list.com/?id=16278 and here ... http://www.TheNewsletterList.com   ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Positive Quote It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him. -- John Steinbeck (1902-1968) American Novelist   ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Fun Tip or Site Now this has possibilities.  Ever want to come up with a slogan or advertising blurb and get hung up and need a word that will rhyme? This is super easy website. Just type a word. highlight it, hold down the ALT key and click your left mouse button. Voila! a bunch of words that rhyme - even broken down by syllables. http://www.writerhymes.com/ from my friend, Deneen, the Typing Bug http://www.typingbug.com ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Proofreading and Editing Service $5 per web page, document, etc. - guaranteed! Get those pages and docs ready for 2010. 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