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Is Telecommuting Right for all Bloggers?

For many, the appeal of blogging is being able to work from home. If you have kids or a spouse out earning the serious bacon, blogging seems like a great way to make a little extra money doing what you love, and nine times out of ten it is a great career. However, there are lots of freelancers out there who choose to write for a company as opposed to for their own blog. After all, running a blog is difficult work. Even though many bloggers have what it takes to run their own blog, they still aren’t interested in working from home or telecommuting. It may seem glamorous to work in your pajamas (okay, maybe glamorous isn’t the right word), but telecommuting isn’t always what it seems.

Consider some of the reasons telecommuting might not be right for every writer:

Top 5 Things to Consider Before Telecommuting Full-Time

1. You will need to purchase all the technology necessary in order to work from home

If a company asks you to work from home, they will most likely provide you with the technology necessary. However, if you ask to telecommute or decide to work from home on your own blog it is usually your responsibility to have the necessary technology. Although it may seem like bloggers don’t need a lot of tools, you will quickly realize that you want a nice, large computer, comfortable keypad and mouse, as well as any design software you may need for your blog.

2. There are many more distractions at home than in an office

People often think that they will be able to handle their distractions at home, but they are more tempting than many people realize. Even if your children are old enough to go to school, they will likely still call you or talk with you if they know you aren’t at work. You will need to be extremely disciplined if you want to pull off a no-distractions-in-the-house type lifestyle. You also have your house calls, neighborhood noise, and any pets to keep the distractions going if your children are leaving you alone.

3. There is a lot of temptation at home that is hard to ignore

In a sense, a temptation is a kind of distraction, but worthy of its own point nonetheless. I think that every blogger has experienced writers block at one point or another, but being in an office gives you an excuse to sit there and overcome it. If you’re at home, you will have a million things to do that will take you away from that writers block. You have a stocked fridge with foods you like, a TV with your favorite soap opera set to go on DVR, and a comfortable couch that always seems to be calling you for a nap. It’s easy to take a break from work at home, but hard to actually sit down and work.

4. It can be difficult to sound professional when you’re telecommuting

The more lax you get at home, the more lax you will get on your phone and your email. If you start to get behind on your work because you have been tempted or distracted by something, you’re going to sound frantic and unprofessional. It can be tough to have a serious conversation with someone on the phone or through video chat if your doorbell rings or you children come running in the door from school. This may sound like a stretch, but this happens more frequently than people realize.

5. You don’t get the sense of community when you’re working from home

Believe it or not, you will likely miss having co-workers near your desk. Offices always have some sort of culture and sense of belonging, but you miss all that when you’re working from home. You may have to come in for company meetings, but you’ll find that new faces will slowly begin to appear. It can be odd to walk into your company and not feel as though you’re a part of the team. If you’re working from home as your own blogger, the same sense of being alone can hit. You talk to people through your email, but it’s not quite the same as working in an office environment.

The important thing to remember is that telecommuting is a great option for many bloggers. However, it can be a little bit different than people might anticipate, so it’s important to really weigh the pros and the cons of the decision before jumping in the deep end.

Photo Credit: siliconeer.com

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Jordan Stewart is a writer and marketer for Calvin Klein Underwear retailer, Chonies. She also writes for various blogs and marketing communities giving startup companies financial advice.

U.S. Being Left In The Dust Of The Global Telecommuting Revolution (singularityhub.com)
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Employees Would Give Up Showers and Spouses to Work from Home (livescience.com)
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Is Telecommuting Right for all Bloggers?

Strategies To Make Flickr SEO Friendly

Filed under Guest Posts, Social Media, Tips and Tricks by Guest Post on February 22, 2012 at 5:17 am {no comments}

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Many people haven’t realized that it is possible to optimize their Flickr accounts so they are more SEO friendly and, therefore, more likely to rank well in search engine results pages. Before creating a Flickr account, however, you should decide whether it’s going to be helpful for your business or not. Do you work with a photographer, such as in a photography business, the fashion industry or even event management? If so, then applying SEO to your Flickr account is a great idea.

Image Titles

This is one of the most crucial steps when it comes to SEO and your Flickr account. Don’t forget to label photos, or just leave the name as whatever your camera decided to call it when it was saving the image to its memory – this makes it impossible for them to rank well. When it comes to SEO, you should consider the location where the image was taken, whether it is associated with any branding, and whether it is of a particular product – include these keywords in the title, but, for SEO, keep it short and clear.

Image Descriptions

Image descriptions are a great place to add links to your blog or website for added search engine optimization. Use similar keywords to what you used when describing your image title. For SEO purposes, you should always aim to get around 3 or 4 lines of text.

Image Tags

There may be many who feel image tags are useless for SEO, but there is no harm is spending a little time adding tags to your Flickr images. Unlike in other social networking profiles and websites, the way that SEO works for Flickr is slightly different and every little bit helps. Add both popular tags (as long as they are related to the area your image is in, such as women’s fashion) and niche tags (such as, Alannah Hill dress). In SEO, you should never add any more than 10 tags.

External Linking

As everyone in the SEO world knows, external links are invaluable when it comes to ranking well in searches, so include links to your Flickr photos from all your other websites (including blogs and even social media). It is also a very good idea to give other people permission to use your images, as long as they provide a link back to your Flickr account for SEO.

Remember, when creating a Flickr account for your business, it is always best to opt for the paid ‘Pro-Account’, as this gives you the extra options including being able to create collections, which can be very helpful for SEO. The free account, while still SEO compatible, doesn’t give you these options.

About The Author:

This useful article is shared by John K. Taylor on behalf of Infinite IT Solutions, is a SEO Company in Melbourne. They also offer web services like email marketing, web development, online marketing, graphic design and Website Design in Melbourne.

Using your website content for SEO, Social Media & Email marketing (marketing.yell.com)
Five Tips for Using Flickr to Host Multimedia Content (prnewswire.com)
Can posting pictures to Flickr reveal your hometown? (digitaltrends.com)

Advanced Tips for Making Money Online with eBay

Filed under Guest Posts, Monetization, Tips and Tricks by Guest Post on February 20, 2012 at 4:46 am {no comments}

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The internet is a great way to make money. There are many things that one can do to make the web profitable, and many people turn to eBay. Selling products on eBay is a great way to make more money; folks all over the globe are already utilizing the site to make extra cash. There are things though that advanced eBay sellers can do to make even more money with the popular auction site.

If you already sell on eBay on occasion, you could make your eBay business into a full time job. The following advance tips for making money online with eBay should help you to boost your profits in no time. You may be doing some of these things already, but if you aren’t, you can start incorporating these elements and bettering your business now.

Research your competition

Your eBay business is indeed a business like any other. This means that you have competitors, and if you want to stay competitive, you need to know what these other eBay sellers are doing. Once you know what they are doing, you can learn about how you can be better.

Before you sell anything, do some research on the site to see what other businesses selling the same products are doing. Don’t just look into the same items, look into similar items. Check in how much others are selling for and how much the products actually sold for. Look into shipping, product descriptions, other items they sell and their feedback.

Follow up with your customers

Repeat business can be a big deal, especially if you sell a certain type of item. Following up with you customers is a type of backend marketing.

Follow up goes beyond leaving good feedback. Consider sending a thank you in a timely manner to customers sometime after they have received their purchases; you may want to use an automatic service to do this promptly and effectively. When you do this, you may even want to consider offering a discount for future purchases. This email will help leave an impression on your customers, and next time they need a product you offer, they will think of you before they start scouring the web.

Use seller tools to power your listings and manage inventory

Your eBay business is probably a small operation. You might need some help to keep your listings and inventory current, and investing in some software or an application is much less cheaper than investing in some employees.

These tools can make your listings look more professional. They can also make sure that you have new listings going up all the time, even when you are away from your computer. This will make sure that you continuously have additional income coming in.

Open a store

Stores on eBay are a great way to show customers that you are a serious business that offers that caliber of customer service. If you just list items on the site without a store, you don’t look as polished and professional.

Having a store can be as helpful as having great feedback. If you chose to open a store, it shows that you are intending to be on the site for the long haul, and this is going to give customers even more confidence in you.

Go global

The more countries you sell in, the more customers you can reach. The more customers you reach, the more money you can make. It really is that simple.

Just be sure to do your homework before you sell and ship to some countries. There may be certain items that are prohibited or highly taxed in some nations (like sending leather goods to Italy), so you may not be able to sell everything everywhere. You should also research shipping rates, as a miscalculation could lead to you losing money on an international sale.

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This article is written by Kevin Moor, who also writes for http://www.antivirussoftwarealert.us, a site emphasizing antivirus software.

10 per cent of eBay traffic is mobile (mobile-ent.biz)
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Advanced Tips for Making Money Online with eBay

Beyond Ads: Some Advanced Tips for Making Money with Blogging

Filed under Blog Strategy, Guest Posts, Monetization, Tips and Tricks by Guest Post on February 16, 2012 at 11:13 am {no comments}

Many people chose to become bloggers because they want to make money. There are several ways in which people can make money with their blogs, but most people stick to ads. Putting advertisements on a blog is the easy and obvious way to make a bit of income, but there are so many other options.

If you already are blogging, you can do a lot to boost your revenue. Ads are really only the beginning. The following are some advanced tips for making money with blogging. Don’t ditch the ads, but you can start layering these on to begin making even more, possibly turning blogging into your full time job.

Join an affiliate program

Affiliate programs are a lot like advertisements, but you can make a bit more money from them. If you have ads on your blog already, there is a good chance that you are familiar with these and are even using them already.

Affiliate programs often pay a percentage of sales or a flat fee each time someone buys something or registers for a service through the links or banners on your site. You won’t make money as often as you do with pay per click ads like Google AdSense, but you will be making greater sums.

Some affiliate programs pay more than others, so you will want to select once that offer the best payouts at the lowest thresholds. Depending on what sort of blog you have, you may want to be an affiliate for adult oriented sites; sites that cater to a mature audience often pay their affiliates the best.

Offer guest posts spots for sale

Businesses and companies want links to their site on blogs. They want these links to be embedded in quality, top notch content. To ensure that these posts are the best they can be, these businesses usually find copywriters to craft this best content themselves. They then try to get these posts to appear on blogs as guest posts.

As your site grows in popularity, these businesses and companies will find you. If you let it be known that you accept guest posts, you are even bettering your chances. Just make sure that you charge a little bit for posting these. This won’t be your biggest incomes source, but it will give a boost, and these will help you to have regular new content.

Do paid posts

Some companies want their links on blogs, but they trust the bloggers to do the writing for them. Some want reviews or feedback, but many just want a few links to be peppered into a regular post about whatever. They simply want the link to help their SEO campaign.

Many site exist to connect these advertised with bloggers willing to do paid posts. These assignments can be profitable, but others may make you only a bit of spare change. Only take on paid posts that are worth it for you, and be sure to follow the guidelines from the advertiser if you want to be paid.

Accept donations

Many bloggers ask for donations, even if they don’t have advertisements on their blog. These folks spend a lot of time writing quality content, and they feel that they should get paid for it. Setting up a pay site may be a bit much, so they ask for donations from their readers.

You could put a donation button on your blog. This way, readers who find your content enjoyable and valuable can give you some money as a thank you. If you decide this is for you, just be careful; many payment services have very specific rules for accepting donations.

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This article is provided by Kevin Moor who writes for virus-protection.us which inter alias are working to find best antivirus.

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