Blogging is an advanced way of making money by writing. This practice evolved as a simple peer-to-peer writing, gradually changing from one form to another. Some people traced its origin to early 1990s when some journalists started to use a form of online diary to keep a running account of their personal lives. Others argue that blogging was started by young people and college students to exchange ideas among their peers. Those who uphold this line of thought usually make reference to Justin Hall, who was reported to have began to make a personal blogging of eleven years while he was a student at Swarthmore College,

Whatever may be the origin of blogging, the fact remains that the practice has gained general acceptance in the online community. It has become a source of income to many as some internet  marketers are even doing it as a full-time business.

Whether you are doing it to make money, or to express yourself or present your thought to the world or to simply establish your presence as a player in the online community, blogging can pay off in many ways as a means of personal satisfaction and goal attainment.

Steps to Successful Blogging

To be a successful blogger, there are certain things you must take into consideration. Ignore these things and you are bound to fail. It wold have been easier if you were writing for yourself. But this is not the case. You are actually writing for others and this is where the problem lies. Below are the important things to consider.

Planning

Every endeavour of a man requires proper planning. As the popular adage goes, whoever fails to plan plans to fail. You need to plan your blog properly before you embark on the project. What is your main objective for the blog? What have you set out to achieve? Do you have any target and how do you measure your achievement? Who are your target audience? Are you blogging for profit or trying to make an impact in your locality or a particular segment of international readership? These some of the questions you may want to ask yourself before you proceed.

Not only that. You need to think of the financial cost. Are you ready to spend some money on your blog to make it stand out in the crowd? How much are you prepared to spend or how much have you set aside for your blog? You should think about continuity. You don’t want to cut and run do you? A serious blogger will want his blog to outlive him; to be a legacy that he will like to leave behind even after he passes away. If you do not have the wherewithal to maintain a bogus blog, think of the options available for you. If you are struggling with cash, you may consider hosting your blog free at places like Blogger.com, wordpress.org or other free platforms.

Promoting your blog

There are billions of blogs on the internet and as you are reading this article, thousands of new ones are being created. What that means is that the internet is getting richer every second as thousands of contributors make inputs to the largest information database on earth. But the unfortunate part of it is that millions of these blogs are not going to be read by anyone except the writer. This is so because there are too many competitions going on.

Now what is the point of spending your time and energy writing articles and beautifying your blogs with cool and cute themes if they are going to sit on your domain with no people interested in reading them. It can even be more painful if you try all SEO tactics to drive traffic to your blog; blasting emails through your auto responder accounts, buying leads, buying traffic, building thousands of backlinks, uploading videos and all sorts of traffic getting strategies and nothing seems to work. You need to consider certain things to turn things around. These are the things you must do and those you must avoid if you really want to have a successful blogging experience In other words, these translate to the best practices that constitute ingredients to successful blogging and the bad practices that lead to failure. We will look into these practices in our next post.

Enjoy!

Article marketing is not the only method of making money by writing. There are so many other ways to make money online by simply writing on any subject that you are interested in.Whether you need emergency cash on demand or you want a to make a regular income stream from your writing endeavours, the opportunities are endless. The more creative you are, the more money you can make. As brilliant ideas resonate in your head and you bring them to life with your pen, the cash will trickle in endlessly so much that you will begin to wonder why you have not been doing this for a long time. To achieve this, follow the steps below and see for your self how you can easily make a killing by doing what you have already been doing.

Writing for Cash

If you are really cash strapped and you really need money desperately, you can offer to write for cash. You can do this by writing for others who need rich content badly for their affiliate endeavours and you get paid for your services on completion. Many writers are currently doing this full time and they are happy with it.  All you need do to get started is register with a website or forum where internet marketers hire freelance writers and developers for their businesses. Advertise your services and post samples of your work for them to see. State clearly the subject or areas you are good at and how long it will take you to finish a project. As regards pricing, check what other writers are charging for their works and set your own price at a lower rate to attract  customers quickly. Here are some of the websites you can join to start selling your writing services:

Elance http://www.elance.com
Guru http://www.guru.com
Freelancer http://www.freelancer.com
oDesk http://www.odesk.com
Scriptlance http://www.scriptlance.com
iFreelance http://www.ifreelance.com

All the above sites are free to join. However, if you have some cash to spare and you want to start off quickly, you can join Wealthy Affiliates.  But I don’t normally recommend WA for new starters. You can start with the free websites and join WA later on after gaining some confidence.  Whichever one you start with, you will be surprised to find out that content writers are always in high demand and you can land your first job in as little as the first day. You can do the same on Fiverr and other service exchange platforms. We will explain that in more details in future posts.

Please don’t procrastinate. Go out there and do it. There is no point delaying money making. There are lots of web masters and internet marketers who are desperately in need of great and unique contents for their websites and sales pages. Many of them are not good at writing creatively while some are just too busy to sit down and write. This is where you come in. You help them fill this important gap in their business. You get paid. You will be happy and they will be happy too. It is a win-win situation for everyone. Who says pen is not powerful.

500 million searches are carried out on Google daily

The  above data is for Google alone which handles 67% of all searches globally. Other contending search engines share the remaining 33% of all searches.

 Bing: 15.4 percent

Yahoo: 13.4 percent

 Ask: 3 percent

 AOL: 1.5 percent

The above facts show the constant need of information by people around the world. Can you remember how many times you have carried out searches on the internet; hundreds or thousands of times? Did you get the information you were looking for? Do you know that the results you got were put there by ordinary people like you? Do you even care if the persons that put the information there did so with commercial intent? The important thing is that you got what you are looking for and you are happy with it. Even if you have paid for the information received, both you and the information provider would be happy.

Now this is where you make money. Imagine yourself providing valuable information for those who are desperately in need of such information and who are ready to pay some amounts of money in exchange of the information provided. You may be thinking that you are not capable of providing such valuable information or not good in writing powerful reports. I can tell you categorically that YES YOU CAN. You are more capable than you think. You only need to get started before you realise your potential. If you are interested in a particular subject, be it sport, politics, travel or weight loss, you can help others by sharing your knowledge and ideas with them and make money at the same time. Without going into details, below are the following ways to achieve this.

Article Marketing:

Article marketing is a way of writing articles to promote other people’s products. The marketed products may be physical or information product. If you are a beginner, it is better to limit yourself to information products only. This is because, information products are easy to promote and can be promoted without spending money. Follow the steps below to get started:

• Identify an area of interest that you are conversant with. This is called a niche.
• Open an account with Clickbank or JV Zoo to start with. (I will recommend you register with both)
• Open an account with an article directory like Ezine Articles, Squidoo, US Free Ads or Article Base (Squidoo is highly recommended)
• Find what people are searching on Google, Yahoo, MSN and others. Use the free Google keyword tool for that.
• Start writing on your chosen niche and submit your articles to the article directories.
• Find relevant products on Clickbank or JVZoo and  people carefully direct to the products. Anytime someone buys the product through your link, you get commission.

If you keep doing this consistently, you will definitely make money. Remember that it is not as easy as explained. It takes some time to master it. But with constant practice and full dedication, you will definitely be successful. If you need additional information on this subject, you can sign up for free training with Travis Sago. Travis is a renowned successful article marketer who uses a strategy he calls bum marketing. I got my first inspiration from this guy. He has trained thousands of successful article marketers for free and you can be his next success story. To register for his free training, visit here. I am not receiving any payment for referring you to this website. The fact is that, I have not come across any better resources for article marketing on the internet.

This a very simple instruction on how to make money promoting CPA offers. www.giantsteponline.com

Since the launch of its first generation iPhone, Apple has proved that its decision to enter the mobile industry is a step in the right direction. At the moment, Apple’s brand of mobile phones continue to be the most fast selling in the world. It’s current iPhone 4s has also proved to be a success. In fact prior to its launch its launch in October 2011, Apple announced that pre-orders of its iPhone 4S  topped one million in a single day, beating any previous single day pre-order of any mobile device in history. The amazing features of  iPhone 4S such as the dual-core A5 chip for blazing fast performance and stunning graphics as well as an all new camera with that comes with advanced optics including  full 1080p HD resolution video recording, and  an intelligent voice command that helps you get things done just by speaking directly to the phone, all bring about fantastic customer satisfaction.

Despite this great success, Apple refuse to be complacent. The mobile and computing giant is planning to roll out its next generation of mobile phone tagged iPhone 5. Apple fans and mobile phone enthusiasts are warming up waiting for iPhone 5 to be released into the market so that they can start enjoying another piece of brilliant technology from Apple. Despite the media frenzy surrounding the iPhone5‘s expected launch, the phone  is still at the development stage  and Apple has not announced any date for its official release yet.

The fact is that before the is released to the general public, it must be thoroughly tested for quality, efficiency and safety and this test can only be carried out by using ordinary people like you and me. The giant has now decided to distribute a limited amount of the new phones to users for testing purposes through some of its partner  companies.  Interested testers are encouraged to register to participate. Those chosen will receive free iPhone 5 for their opinion and reviews of the device. Entry is free and people are chosen at random. You could be one of the lucky winners.

Click on the image below to enter:

 Anyone who does business online will know the importance of focusing on a niche or micro-niche. This is because focusing on a niche gives you the ability to dominate the market in your chosen niche. However, that can only be possible when the market is not saturated. But the unfortunate thing is that before you think of any niche many people have already flocked there. This is the reason why finding a profitable and less competitive niche can be very challenging to online marketers. 

But what if I can tell you that there is a particular niche that is currently being ignored by online marketers. This is a multi billion dollar market that keeps expanding at an alarming rate. I am referring to the game industry. Currently only a few companies are taking advantage of this expansion and they rake in profits consistently with very little or no competition. One can wonder why these few companies are dominating the niche without being challenged by anyone. Apart from the profit being made in this niche, these few companies continue to enjoy a lot of patronage from tons of users who nock their doors every second begging for the services they render. I f you still can’t figure out what I am talking about, just check the statistic presented blow:

• Imagine yourself being the inventor of a brilliant game that people enjoy everywhere
• Play your own game at your spare time and be happy doing that
• Put smile in people’s and excitement in their hearts when they feel bored
• Drive thousands or millions of visitors to your site daily with this simple strategies
• Build gigantic list effortlessly
• Make money through Adsense places on your site

If you own a website and you really want to drive traffic to your website faster than you can imagine, this is the holy grail for you. You can get started fast before this become saturated. You can begin by using the 4th top game engine of the world and the basic version is FREE. This free version will enable you develop games for web, computer (PC & Mac), iOS, Android, XBOX, PlayStation and other gaming devices. There are many drag and drop features available in Unity3D. Also it’s easy to learn. Click on the image below to create your first 3D game now:

I stumbled on an information that can enable you do exactly that or even more. This is about a business strategy that can make you earn $97 over and over again. I was really amazed by what I found out and how a newbie  can realistically go from zero to $3k/month with this. This is no joke. I am pretty sure that if someone has not made a dime online, this can be a very good starting point. It is not common to come across a system that can get you set up in less than 5 minutes and still make you tons of cash starting from the same day.

How does it work?

The system will make will become a “Timeline Expert” quickly and you will be able to easily fix fan pages and tweak timelines for ANY client in ANY business in just a few minutes guaranteed. It is also possible for you to create an additional income stream for your offline business by managing timelines for your existing clients. This is even more likely if you work in the advertising, marketing, website production and maintenance, internet security, software engineering, software testing, project management and other related sectors. With ready-made scripts that you can use as a way to bring in NEW businesses, you will always remain the winner. By putting this simple method into action right away, nothing stops you  from making money both online and offline consistently.

To check the look and feel of the whole system, click on the image below:

Traditionally individuals make their careers choices at the early age and stay in the same career till the retirement age, and by being loyal they expect job security and career progression  as well as training and development from the job, thereby adapting the relational contract of employment. 

Research shows that the recession in the 1990 and the effect of globalisation lead to the destruction of this traditional view. Due to Organisational restructuring, firms have to cut out hierarchy and replace it with flexibility and empowerment. Hence shifting the expectations of both parties, from relational to transactional contract. This could be linked to Hiltrop observation that “the PC that gave security, stability and predictability to the relationship between employees and employer has dramatically altered in the past two decades” 

(Adapted from: Baruch. Y 2004, Managing Career).

The table above also shows the way PC as evolve from what it was first to what we have now. For example in the aspect progress, an employee’s advancement in their career was traditionally dependent on how long they have worked with the organisation. In the new deal, employee’s progression is based on how much skills and knowledge they have been able to achieve.

In recent days, because employee’s career is no longer the responsibility of the organisation, individuals tend to move from one job to another in search of their career (Baruch, 2004). According to Handy since organisation now need expect and skilled staff, individual have to maintain and develop more skills and manage their career themselves so as to maintain a professional status. Employees now  wish for flexible working pattern, more opportunities for development, higher pay and autonomy  and in exchange, to offer long  working hours, variety skills and quick response to changes. Unlike before were promotion was a reward for loyalty and good performance, in recent time’s payment are now made on the basis of the contribution made to the company.

Potential implications for individual’s career:

Naturally the PC is an unspoken and unwritten promise. Research shows that the PC may be seen as been more influential than the official contract because it is believed to determine the behaviour of an employee, therefore when redeemed it has a positive effect and when broken it may have a bad effect.

A career can be defined as “the sequence of employment-related positions, roles, activities and experiences encountered by a person”. It is interesting to note that where PC is positive, it encourages the employees to give in their best and develop their career in the same organisation rather than changing careers inconsistently. This also leads to increased productivity on the part of the employee.

Connecting this to my career, I believe the new PC would enable me have better potentials to successes by allowing me develop myself through training, advancement of knowledge thus increasing my chances of moving up the career ladder. On the other hand, I think my moving up the ladder might come with some difficulties because as a woman I would be taking some time off work when pregnant and this might hinder my changes of fast progression.

As the Traditional career management is being replaced with self-reliance, I will be expecting autonomy in my career; but this might also come with a difficulty. Although organisations are believed to empower staffs and let them make their own decisions, argues that employees are still managed from a distance through the business culture.