While I’m involved in various other projects, it’s difficult to find time to write here. A very kind reader, Peter, of my articles elsewhere in the blogosphere suggested I post links to my other writing here. So I’ll start off with a list and after this post individual snippets and links.
Currently I’m writing weekly at […]

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My friend David over at Xfep has just released his first WordPress theme, Crystal.
Crystal comes with a stylish black background and a gorgeous patterned blue-grey navbar and blue links. It consists of two columns, header, and footer. The content column is wide enough for a standard banner ad, and the nav column is approximately 250 […]

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Work-at-home online professionals probably know the value of a good education, whether or not you have an official piece of paper signifying your knowledge. On the other hand, we often like to learn on our own. My own experience is that I learned far more by myself and on the job than I ever learned […]

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If you’re looking for new WordPress themes, LogoDesignWorks will be releasing a new theme every two weeks. The first one, Mercury, is now available. It’s a three-column design with the main navigation on the left, and the ad column on the right. This sort of split-nav design is rather hard to find with WordPress themes. […]

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Codswallop has a list of 101 tools to convert rich media files and measurments. This includes video, music, images, documents and more. Categories include:

Mega tools.
Media/ Audio.
Media/ Video.
Images.
Documents/ PDF.

Documents/ Word Processing.
Documents/ Excel.
Documents/ Powerpoint.
Documents/ Drafting.
Documents/ Miscellaneous.
International Standards/ Measurements.

International Standards/ Currency.

International Standards/ Clothing sizes.

Web Development.
Mobile Tools.

I can’t claim […]

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For those of you who are newbie bloggers, or somewhere inbetween, and wish you had a bit of guidance, you’re in luck. Ahmed Bilal, is an SEO and copywriter who is a lead blogger at Performancing. His Performancing articles reveal blogging, SEO, and webmastering insights unlike anything I’ve seen at most other blogs about blogging. […]

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Here are a few places to check out various WordPress themes.
Brian Gardner: Revolultion Theme

Brian Gardner’s done it again: come out with a hot WordPress theme, Revolution. This is one of the crispest themes I’ve seen. Now while Brian gives away many free themes, this is not one of them, and I don’t blame him. This […]

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Some interesting tidbits about blogging, writing, content and social networks.

Handling blog comments.
Tim Ferriss, author of the 4-Hour Work Week, offers 7 commandments of blogosphere self-defense. I.e., very practical advice for how to handle negative comments.

Copyriting tips: be odd.
Here’s a quick tip: odd numbers seem to be more effective in marketing. My own experience with linkbaiting […]

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These days, it seems that everybody and their dog blog has a jobs board. The latest is probably Mashable’s Market, which has more than just jobs and is worth checking out (domains, sites, jobs available + wanted). I also registered a domain, newnetjobs.com, before I knew of the Mashable board. But I’m not sure we […]

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After trying many different ways to gather information to blog about, for the past two years, I’m trying something different yet again for the past month or so. It’s a combination of regular web surfing, using meme trackers such as Techmeme and Megite, social media such as DailyHub, Digg and Sphinn, or mashups such as […]

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Here are some more articles related to blogging, working online, freelancing, productivity, success and more, that caught my eye in the past week.

Improve your post titles. A nice resource listing over 40 articles that show you how to write better titles for your web articles.

Build a review blog. If you’re into affiliate marketing, one secret […]

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If you’re looking for a partial blog reboot and need a new logo for your blog, I’m happy to announce two free opportunities for qualifying bloggers. Randa Clay of Randa Clay Design has a Blog Header/ Logo Design Contest, and my client Logo Design Works is offering 10 free blog logos per month for a […]

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Paperback writer, journalist, novelist, author, blogger, copywriter, student researcher - whatever type of writer you are, you should be able to find something of value at OEDB’s 150 Resources to Help You Write Better… This massive list includes writer’s online resources in several categories:

Almanacs,
Business and Legal Matters,
Citation Styles, Dictionaries,
English Language Skills,
Genres, News Digests,
News Media Resources,
Organization,
Professional […]

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No doubt there are hundreds of new blogs, but Jonathan of the great blog SmartWealthyRich has launched Freelance Folder, a multi-author blog for “freelancers, entrepreneurs and work at home folks.” As a freelancer myself for most of the last twenty years, this is a blog I’ll be following closely, along with the relatively new Freelance […]

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