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Monthly Archives: July 2008

Downsizing will help 30 villages

Cnn runs a story about Sale of 1 house will help 30 villages. A family in Atlanta, Georgia, has decided to sell their house, donating half the proceeds and moving into a house half the size.
Hunger Project Vice President John Coonrod, estimating the money could affect more than 20,000 people in Ghana, said that:
This will [...]

Link Medley business

Frelance Folders lists 20 Must-Read Blogs For Freelance Writers.
Lisa Spahr has a post about Don’t Volunteer Your Business Away.
DailyWritingTips gives us Useful Stock Phrases for Your Business Emails.
Freelance Folders lists 10 Things To Keep In Mind When Starting Out As A Freelancer.
Daily Blog Tips brings up an interesting discussion - Does a Degree Improve Your [...]

Use Google Alerts to keep track

I use Google Alerts to keep track of who is linking to my blogs and sites. Since you can create an alert for any search term I also use Google Alerts to watch some key words for me. It is an easy way for me to get emails when something interesting pops up on net.

Link Medley writing

ProBlogger has Nine Signs of an Effective Blog Post listing nine criteria a blog post must satisfy if it is to be a successful post.
Think Simple Now has a post about how to Connect with Your Creative Writer.
CopyBlogger has a guest post by Yuwanda Black about 3 Things to Consider When Deciding How Long Your [...]

Training for Work at Home Workers

ProBlogger has a post about SparkplugU - Training for Work at Home Workers. It is about SparkplugU and their courses plus their newsletter and a free e-book.
Their courses are reasonably priced and there are some that interest me, like Introduction to Starting a Blog Network with Wendy Piersall & Easton Ellsworth.
The SparkplugU Internet Business Guide [...]

What about blog sidebars?

I have taken time to work on my blogs, behind the scene as well as how they look. Part of that work was creating a list of WordPress plugins that I use at my blogs. Some of those plugins - Best Foot Forward, Random Posts Widget and Tag Functions - give me functionality that I [...]

More about Moleskine

I wrote about Moleskine Notebooks some months ago. While reading a post at FreelanceSwitch I noticed another post that I had missed before. Skellie has written The Monster Collection of Moleskine Tips, Tricks and Hacks. That is a terrific post for Moleskine lovers as well as other fans of pen and paper.

My WordPress plugins

I have created a page with the WordPress plugins that I use at my blogs. There are posts about various plugins here, now I have a list of what is currently used. My intention is to keep the page up to date.

How to find your passion

Coaching is often about change, a new career, better balance in life or adding something new to “spice up” life. And in those contexts we often talk about finding ones passion and following ones passion.
Mike over at ZenDonut has a really interesting post about 3 Steps To Develop Your Passion … Not Just “Find” It.
I [...]

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