Hello and welcome to Rim Digest, the ezine for
"Responsible Internet Marketers".
Striving to be the BEST resource for Small Biz Owners...
January 21, 2010 volume 10-issue 3
Your editor: Jan Tallent,
rimdigest@usa.net
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Today's Issue Contains:
Publisher's Spot
Featured Article:
Beginners Guide to Blogging
Positive Quote
Fun Tip or
Site
Feedback
Recommended eZines
Publisher's Goodbye and Legal
Stuff
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After that horrendous single digit and
below zero week
of temperatures, we sure got a blessing this past
one!
30's and 40's were a miracle BUT Tuesday got up to 60
and yesterday
it got up to 70! Today it is rainy and
dreary and 40's BUT still WAY better
than the week
before. I was really worried, as February is usually
our
worst month, and, of course, is not yet here,
but hopefully the below zero
and single digit part
of the winter can forget to come back
here.
My son, Justin, will be 22 tomorrow. I
still remember
bringing that little preemie - 7 weeks early - home-
in ice
and snow and temps of about 0 to 10. Our water
froze up completely and
luckily my brand new neighbor
up the hill from me had water and kept us in
milk jugs
full of it until ours thawed. It sure was a nightmare
with a
brand new preemie baby AND we burned wood in
a barrel stove at the time and
the wood guy could not
get here to deliver due to ice. Anyway, Happy
Birthday,
Justin. Funny, when I brought him home the hospital
warned that
I would need to feed him every 2 hours,
I had no idea they meant for 22
years, lol.
I finally got a "fan page" for my Virtual
Assistance
business and would be honored to have my subscribers
join me
there: http://tinyurl.com/TallentAgency-Jan
and since my old YM account got shut down
for non use,
LOL, I opened a new one, that is YaHoo
Messenger:
jan_tallent1954 and you can reach me there as well
:-)
My latest news and tips, etc. are on my
blog
http://jantallent.com/blog/
remember me if you ever need any
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or other VA services: http://tallentagency.com/ and PLEASE
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Featured Article
Beginners Guide to
Blogging
A blog is basically an online journal
where you can
digitally type in your thoughts, ideas, opinions
and
practically anything that you want people to read.
Blogs come in different styles, formats,
and settings,
depending on the preference of the user. Many blogging
sites
offer built in features such as hyperlink,
straight texts, pictures etc. Some
blogging sites
even allow you to put video and mp3's on your
blogs.
Instead of writing articles or using text,
some bloggers
choose to make their blogs more audio friendly,
by using
spoken word entries.
This is called audio blogging.
Want to own your own video site like
youtube.com?
Get the YouTubeClone script and run your own video
site.
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Video sites are making tons of
money.
Vsocial, Youtube, Videomotion and
Thatvideosite do, and now you can
too.
Just run the site and put Google ads on
it.
You'll see the revenue coming in!
Basically a blog contains these features:
Title- which allows you to label your
post
Body- this is the content of your post
Trackback- other sites can be
linked back to your blog
permanent link- every article that you write has an
URL
Comments- this allow readers to post comments on your
blog.
One of the advantages of blogging is that
it is made
of only a few templates, unlike other websites that are
made up
of numerous individual pages. This make it easier
for blog users to create
new pages because it already has
fixed settings that include: slots for
title, body of the post,
category, etc.
This is especially useful for first time
users, since they
can start blogging right away. They can chose from a
number
of templates that blogging websites provide.
Anyone who wants to start a blog can do so
by becoming
a member of a blogging website of their choice. Once
they've
become members, they automatically become
a part of that particular blogging
community.
They can browse through other bloggers' pages and link
them
back to their own blogs. They can also make comments
on other members'
blogs.
Blogging is not just limited to personal use.
There are a lot of blogs that follow a
theme such as:
sports, politics, philosophy, social commentary, etc.
These
blogs offer information and insights on their
specific themes. This way
blogging becomes a medium
in which people can share their knowledge and
opinions
about a variety of themes and topics.
Some bloggers even use their blogs as a means to advertise.
Some authors advertise their books on
their blogs, while
other bloggers use their blogs to shed light on
current
issues, events, news and catastrophes.
Blogs can also play an important part in
education.
Professors use blogging to document the lessons that
they have
discussed and taught. This way, students who
who have missed classes can
easily catch up with their
assignments.
A lot of entrepreneurs benefit from
blogging by promoting
their businesses on their blogs. With millions of
people
logging onto the net everyday, blogging has become
a lucrative
move. Some bloggers who run online businesses
promote their merchandise
online, while others profit
through advertisement.
But by far, the most popular blog type is
the one
that takes the form of a personal journal. This is
the kind that
is usually used by first time bloggers.
Individuals who want to document the
daily struggle
of their everyday lives, poems, rants, opinions, etc.
find
that blogging offers them a medium in which
to express
themselves.
One of the appeals of blogging is that it
creates
a community of people sharing their ideas, thoughts
and comments
with each other.
Blogs varying in topics, themes, and
set-ups, can be found
in blog directories. First time users who want to get
an idea
of what the blogging world is all about can browse through
a
number of blogs using these directories. This way they'd
get an idea of what
these blogging communities are like.
Blogging is popular all over the world.
Blog is short for
the term weblog. There are no rules when it comes to
blogging.
Bloggers have the freedom to express themselves in any way
that
they want to, and the best thing about blogging is that
most blogging sites
are free.
There are numerous blogging websites to
choose from.
This give first time users the option of joining
a blogging
community that appeals to their interests.
Just search any blogging directory and
you'll get
a listing of a lot of blogging sites that are available
on the
net. It's easy to search a blogging directory,
because it is organized
according to category.
This way you would get exactly what you
are after.
Blogging is really for everyone.
It can be fun, is usually
simple and is the "NOW"
way to communicate.
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Positive Quote
Nothing ever becomes real until it is
experienced.
-- John Keats
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Fun Tip or Sites
One of my favorite de-stressors is
this site:
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it has jokes and cartoons and different
types
of funnies but what I LOVE is the Babies.
They are cartoonish babies
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