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Panhandling breaks through to the web: Even the unemployed make a living on the internet

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

A 24 year old unemployed man from Linwood New Jersey has set one goal in his life, to live it unemployed, yet burden free.
Michael Mansueto launched unemployedloser.com after he realized that if he doesn’t come up with some cash shortly, he will be forced to look for a job.
The site features a daily journal from [...]

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The Fear Of Public Speaking

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

Wikipedia defines public speaking as ’speaking to a group of people in a structured, deliberate manner’. Providing information to people is the main aim of public speaking. This information could be only for understanding an issue or it could be for taking an action. It is mainly a form of one-way communication. [...]

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Manderlay’s Meow

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

Am I appreciated? I had a scurrilous start in life, being rudely deposited in a suburban pet shop at barely six weeks, mother’s milk clinging to my chin.
The bristle-faced clod at the cash register priced me at ten dollars. Disbelief! I mean, I am a ginger tom of the finest English breeding. Mother informed me [...]

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Article Banks and Google Alerts Harness Your Publishing Power

Friday, May 8th, 2009

Content is the currency fueling the Internet. Yet, article banks, repositories for authors to promote their content, are still the Internet’s best-kept secret.
I learned about article banks through a casual chat at a networking event. A few days later, I posted my first article, Five Secrets to Winning Book Proposals. What happened next made me [...]

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Health and Fitness Writer in Arizona Aggressively Writes

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

A well-known screenplay award winning writer who writes health and fitness public relations articles in Arizona wrote a scathing article against online article submission sites recently claiming basically they serve no purpose and that the amateur authors, like me are somehow ruining the internet and causing real professional writers to cut their fees.
Indeed if an [...]

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The Fan Dancer

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

Vaudeville died when I was a kid.
I went to the last vaudeville show in our town. It was on the 4th of July.
The night before, my dad came home from work and opened this box which had two Uncle Sam suits. I headed for the door to escape to the back yard!
Dad caught me by [...]

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Five Amazing Ways To Grow Your Business Through Articles

Monday, April 27th, 2009

Want to build your business fast now? And, on a shoestring budget?
Whether you are a soloist or a major publicly listed corporation, writing articles is still one of the best forms of low cost, high impact marketing around.
If you’re a regular reader of my articles, then you’ll know how I turned an article into a [...]

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The Motivation Factor

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

I’ve never been one for resolutions, mainly because I never keep them.
But goals are a whole different ball game. Goals can be measured, they can be changed, but most of all, they can be extremely motivating.
For as long as I can remember, I’ve set goals for myself. You could even call them deadlines.
No matter the [...]

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I Don’t Know What To Write!

Saturday, April 25th, 2009

A topic that often arises through discussions on message boards and forums is how authors are able to write tens, hundreds, and even thousands of articles, when others find it difficult to write more than a couple.
What many people do not realize is that there are several places where you can find ideas for articles [...]

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Finding Creative Ways to Clear Writer’s Block

Sunday, April 19th, 2009

I think I can say that every writer at some time experiences writer’s block. It’s that time when our writers’ brains seem to shut down and refuse to work. You may experience it frequently, or almost never. Still, it’s a problem every writer faces at some point. Because it causes so many problems so often, [...]

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