I’ve been blogging for more than a year now. It started out as a kind of writing repository for me. But when I realized I can make money out of my blogs, I decided to join the bandwagon and monetize my site. The problem was, I veered away from my first love–that is, literature,...
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Tags: blogging, clueless blogger, literature blog, penstalker, penstalker blog
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I’ve finally gotten a new theme and a minimalist one at that! I was inspired by the theme of Oscar at www.freestylemind.com. It’s sleek, clean, and very minimalist. I also minimized the number of ads displayed at the home page. I will not put too many distracting ads from now on. It might affect...
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Tags: christmas for minimalist people, minimalist christmas, minimalist lifestyle
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My College degree is Political Science. We needed lots of reading materials. Since I didn’t have the money to buy the textbooks, I had to go to the library and borrow the books I need. At times, I could not get the books because there were hundreds of Political Science students in the University....
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Tags: college textbooks, college textbooks recycle, recycling textbooks, textbook recycling, textbookrecycling.com
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Do you suffer from Digital Distractionitis? Are your work and study habits affected by your online (and even offline) habits? I’ve heard the terms “Facebookery” and “Twitteritis” from Yahoo Launchcast. I laughed. But it has a ring of truth in it. We really are in the age of digital distraction. If you’re afflicted by...
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Tags: books on digital distraction, dealing with digital distraction, digital distraction, digital distraction and internet addiction, digital distraction books, digital distractions, internet addiciton books, internet addiction, overcoming internet addiction
Posted in Healthy lifestyle, blogging, writing | 7 Comments »
I just read a magazine article from the Poets and Writers about the life of would-be novelists. To really get into the mood of writing, to truly explore the nuances of the craft, tap into the unconscious mind responsible for the exploration of various human interest stories, the writer needs to write daily! Walter...
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Tags: becoming a better writer, fiction writing tips, more productive writer, tips on writing, write your novel this year, writing and discipline, writing as a vocation, writing tips and technique
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Much of the writing going on in the World Wide Web falls under Copywriting. People are trying to aim for six figure copywriting. But how do you actually work your way towards six figure copywriting? Writing is not an easy job. But for those who have chosen to hone their skills in this craft...
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Tags: copywriting six figure, freelancing and writing, six figure copywriting, six figure freelancing, six figure income, six figure income from copywriting, six figure income from writing, six figure writing
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Dear BayanDSL (and to Lola Techie na rin, hope she can help. heheh) I have been a happy customer since the day you installed the service at our apartment along Quezon Avenue in front of BPI Biak-na-Bato. The rains came and went. The floods came and went. Your service went away on October 3,...
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Tags: bayan dsl and landline problems, bayan dsl down, bayan internet connection, bayan landline down, bayandsl broken, bayantel dsl, bayantel phone line, bayantel phone line down
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Blog visitors aren’t from outer space. If we could just realize where they actually and potentially come from, it would help us maximize those contact points for more blog visitors. Assuming that you have good writing skills at the very least and that you are writing about interesting stuff, maximizing the sources of traffic...
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Tags: article marketing, blog comments, blog directories, blog visitors, blogging, blogging and communication, forums, microblogging, microblogs, offline marketing, online press release sites, online press releases, onlywire.com, search engines, social networking, social networking sites, source of blog traffic, source of blog visitors, sources of traffic
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I went to the 30th Manila International Book Fair on September 18, 2009. Since I wasn’t really familiar with the SMX Convention Center, I got lost and walked for about 10 minutes before arriving at the venue. When I entered the Book Fair, the guard took my OMFLit free ticket and I was like…...
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Tags: book fair, Books, cordillera, gregorio brillantes, ilocano responses to american aggression, john kao jamming, manila international book fair, Michael Dell, michael dell catherine freedman, pete lacaba, the white apos
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Although I’m no longer very active in blogging about movies, movie news and movie reviews, I still want to keep abreast of some trends in the industry. I’m also following a number of blogs on various topics and not only movies. So starting this week, I’m giving some link love to a number of...
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Tags: blogging, link love
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