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This post originally appeared on Being is a Verb By Shauntelle Hamlett I have this new guilty pleasure – watching YouTube tutorial videos. I’ve been watching them nonstop, back to back, mostly late at night. (Really late… like from 11pm to 2am… I think my husband thought I was developing a porn addiction!) It started out simple [...]



Just in case you didn’t notice: Although it’s a full 56,000+ words (that’s approximately 224 standard paperback pages, Grasshopper!), I didn’t do much writing for my Wordpreneur WordCash Notebook Kindle book. Oh, I wrote all of it. But I didn’t write it for the book — I did it for this blog you’re reading right [...]



This post is one reason why these newfangled smartphones and their ilk have caught my interest as possible serious writing tools — I’m pumping this out right now at the playground.



Not too long ago I started using an Android smartphone… one with a tiny yet very physical real keyboard (as opposed to virtual touchscreen keys, which it also has). Touch typing? Out of the question. But I don’t see why someone who’s reasonably mastered thumb typing can’t actually do some decent writing with this thing.



Wordpreneur Classic content, the first gen collection of Wordpreneur articles and posts, that is. All of it was published here in good old HTML before blogging took hold and boomed. When I moved Wordpreneur to WordPress, I suddenly had all this preexisting content that I had to figure out what to do with. Well, I [...]

How to Have Blog RSS Feeds Sent to You by Email



A simple, free way to have any RSS feed emailed to you.

Free Word-of-Mouth Tool for Your Blog or Site



You’ve probably seen those small “Share This”-type links on many blogs and sites (like right here, the green thingie all the way at the bottom) that, when clicked on, let you “tell a friend” about a site, article, blog post, etc. For word-of-mouth marketing, they’re excellent… …if people use them.

The Radica 20Q



While rifling through my desk drawer earlier, I found a small, electronic game I got as a gift a couple of years ago. Of course, I got sidetracked and all engrossed with it all over again.

Skype Call Recorder



I spent 15 minutes yesterday talking to an old friend in Darwin, Australia. Video too. Cost? $0. We were online, at our respective Net connections, and using Skype. Cel phone + Skype = land line killer. Seems that about the only reason why any business would need a land line nowadays is for faxes, and [...]

Challenge-Response Anti-Spam Tech for Queries? I Don’t Think So



I hate spam as much as the next guy, and of all the anti-spam solutions out there, the ones I like the most (although I don’t use them) and undoubtedly the most effective are the ones that employ “challenge-response” technology. Like Spam Arrest.

Blog Spring Cleaning Tips and Tools – Part 2



Second installment of maintenance tips and resources to help freshen up your blog.

Plant That Tree



I just got reminded of an old favorite Chinese proverb. Maybe you’ll find it helpful to get you moving and doing what you know you really want to do: “The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago; the second best time is right now.”

CommentLuv Plugin for WordPress



Although briefly mentioned in a blogging advice piece I reprinted not very long ago, I got reminded of this plugin by Mike Haydon’s comment on my recent Blog Spring Cleaning Tips and Tools – Part 1 post. Thanks for the reminder, Mike!

Blog Spring Cleaning Tips and Tools – Part 1



Freshen up with these simple blog maintenance tips and resources.

The “Easy” Solution to eBay’s Problems



eBay’s broken. This will fix it. And it’s simple.

Different Ways eBooks Can Make You Money



Putting them up for sale isn’t the only way to make money from them.

Why eBooks are Ideal Products for Novice Self-Publishers



Just a few quick reasons why newbie self-publishers may want to seriously consider starting off with ebooks.

2008 50 Highest Paying Google AdSense Keywords



What to write about if you want your Google AdSense clicks to really go ka-ching!

YouTube



While checking around for some current info on using YouTube to help drive interest and traffic to one’s blogs, I came across the following article at The New York Times. Definitely got me to stop thinking mere “promotion” for a tad.

Article Marketing: Maximizing Your Articles’ Marketability



Article Marketing, as you probably know, is the practice of pumping out free articles and having them available through online Article Directories free for other websites and ezines to reprint and publish. Typically, in return, you get a short bio/marketing pitch at the end and a live backlink to your website. Of course, you can [...]