<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1032929428233558212</id><updated>2011-11-27T15:23:48.064-08:00</updated><category term='LordoftheClicks'/><category term='flash'/><category term='characters'/><category term='make money online'/><category term='APSense'/><category term='free'/><category term='blogspot'/><category term='ads'/><category term='community'/><category term='Holy'/><category term='phone'/><category term='goodnewsforall'/><category term='relax'/><category term='DirectMatches.com'/><category term='20%'/><category term='make'/><category term='$100'/><category term='Editorial'/><category term='Crusaders'/><category term='copy'/><category term='affiliate'/><category term='function'/><category term='Trucker6roadclicks'/><category term='write'/><category term='sites'/><category term='contest'/><category term='story'/><category term='Holy-War'/><category term='attack'/><category term='business'/><category term='personals'/><category term='promote'/><category term='bethsventuers'/><category term='works'/><category term='Rotatrix'/><category term='Saracens'/><category term='win'/><category term='Thea'/><category term='Coaching'/><category term='Crowell'/><category term='role'/><category term='CoachTeo'/><category term='extraincom.nu'/><category term='playing'/><category term='online'/><category term='editor'/><category term='Juri'/><category term='Adlandpro'/><category term='Pagans'/><category term='Amazing'/><category term='Traffictrix'/><category term='Jay'/><category term='marketing'/><category term='monetize'/><category term='classified'/><category term='fun'/><category term='stories'/><category term='Digg.Del.icio.us'/><category term='blogging'/><category term='content'/><category term='catzgfx.com'/><category term='Max'/><category term='Catz'/><category term='bloggers'/><category term='Traffic'/><category term='BethsVentures.JerkyDirect.com'/><category term='Review'/><category term='Reader'/><category term='quote'/><category term='ADCPM'/><category term='macromedia'/><category term='social'/><category term='advertising'/><category term='SWF'/><category term='Ventures'/><category term='real'/><category term='bethsventures'/><category term='beth'/><category term='HouseofMax'/><category term='computer'/><category term='Adwords'/><category term='Adlandpro.com'/><category term='Grant'/><category term='traffic exhange'/><category term='tmiWireless'/><category term='MLM'/><category term='PPC'/><category term='bannerz'/><category term='Network'/><category term='unique'/><category term='navigate'/><category term='business social network'/><category term='Seinfeld'/><category term='gfx'/><category term='banners'/><category term='War'/><category term='files'/><category term='website'/><category term='blog'/><category term='Google'/><category term='cell'/><category term='Matrix'/><category term='Teodor'/><category term='Medieval'/><category term='earn'/><category term='sincerity'/><category term='smiles'/><category term='SEO'/><category term='Lacey'/><category term='Einstein'/><category term='RFN'/><category term='giveaway'/><category term='Jerry'/><category term='AdClicks'/><category term='writing'/><category term='AD'/><category term='money'/><title type='text'>Make Money Online</title><subtitle type='html'>just 3 simple words :: Make Money Online :: are what the 'real' bloggers about this enterprise choose to maximise their web presence with search engines. Will this work for a novice blogger? Someone who has learned a bit about network marketing and how that is different than the marketing based on SEO... Let's see!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1032929428233558212/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Beth Schmillen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07839057982704965984</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Nh6ivqsjTnk/TO7xXJwqrEI/AAAAAAAAAEI/s-DXBfPqJsk/S220/tiny.me.abbot.pic'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>19</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1032929428233558212.post-529971504255666619</id><published>2008-04-08T10:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-04T07:32:20.280-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banners'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='phone'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='affiliate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tmiWireless'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cell'/><title type='text'>I joined tmiWireless Free Cell Phones just a few months ago and I have a downline of more than 30 and my first $10.00 check came in the mail today.</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:12pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;I joined &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.tmiwireless.com/affiliate/?aid=22921" target="_blank"&gt;tmiWireless Free Cell Phones&lt;/a&gt; just a few months ago and I have a downline of more than 30 and my first $10.00 check came in the mail today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tmiwireless.com/affiliate/?aid=22921"&gt;&lt;img border="3" alt="Make money giving away free cell phones!" src="http://www.tmiwireless.com/gfx/banners/tmi_aff_468x60-2.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is Free to Join&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is Free to promote&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Free Professional Website with backoffice shows your clicks, visits and more...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.tmiwireless.com/affiliate/?aid=22921" target="_blank"&gt;Earn $50.00 for each customer activating a Free Cell Phone with service plan!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We give you a personalized website! NO COST! Your website even allows you to display your own logo if you wish!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I waited to send this one out via safelists until I knew it would be paying me for my efforts!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've only had it on Traffic Exchanges and 2 communities ... !!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's one of the banners from the site:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.tmiwireless.com/affiliate/?aid=22921" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img border="2" alt="Free T-Mobile Cell Phone Sale!" src="http://www.tmiwireless.com/gfx/banners/tmi_468x60-freecell-1.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.tmiwireless.com/affiliate/?aid=22921" target="_blank"&gt;Check this out NOW ~ tmiWireless affiliate program&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1032929428233558212-529971504255666619?l=bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.tmiwireless.com/affiliate/?aid=22921' title='I joined tmiWireless Free Cell Phones just a few months ago and I have a downline of more than 30 and my first $10.00 check came in the mail today.'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com/feeds/529971504255666619/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1032929428233558212&amp;postID=529971504255666619' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1032929428233558212/posts/default/529971504255666619'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1032929428233558212/posts/default/529971504255666619'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-joined-tmiwireless-free-cell-phones.html' title='I joined tmiWireless Free Cell Phones just a few months ago and I have a downline of more than 30 and my first $10.00 check came in the mail today.'/><author><name>Beth Schmillen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07839057982704965984</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Nh6ivqsjTnk/TO7xXJwqrEI/AAAAAAAAAEI/s-DXBfPqJsk/S220/tiny.me.abbot.pic'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1032929428233558212.post-7574712327379034835</id><published>2008-01-13T19:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-23T14:43:55.918-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='extraincom.nu'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Network'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monetize'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='social'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='earn'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adlandpro'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='marketing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='traffic exhange'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MLM'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='business social network'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Max'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='APSense'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='promote'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='business'/><title type='text'>Variety in Marketing makes Marketing FUN !!</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goodnewsforall.com/affiliates/uid/houseofmax_1_bid_3"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 358px; height: 60px;" src="http://www.goodnewsforall.com/affiliates/image.php?bid=3&amp;amp;mid=101" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr /&gt; &lt;hr /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bethsventures.extraincome.nu/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.adlandpro.com/adimages/26479.gif" border="3" /&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt; &lt;center&gt; &lt;hr /&gt; &lt;hr /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://trafficex.adlandpro.com/?ref=BethsVentures"&gt;&lt;img alt="Adlandpro in Associatiaon with BethsVentures" src="http://www.adlandpro.com/Resources/adlte3.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt; &lt;center&gt;   &lt;hr /&gt; &lt;hr /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe name="apsense_widget" src="http://www.apsense.com/widget.html?uid=bethsventures&amp;amp;photo=1&amp;amp;subject=2&amp;amp;blog=2&amp;amp;type=0" scrolling="no" width="442" frameborder="0" height="400"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt; &lt;/center&gt; &lt;hr /&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;              9/3/2006 11:08:37 A&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1032929428233558212-7574712327379034835?l=bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.apsense.com/abc/bethsventures' title='Variety in Marketing makes Marketing FUN !!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com/feeds/7574712327379034835/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1032929428233558212&amp;postID=7574712327379034835' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1032929428233558212/posts/default/7574712327379034835'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1032929428233558212/posts/default/7574712327379034835'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com/2008/01/variety-in-marketing-makes-marketing.html' title='Variety in Marketing makes Marketing FUN !!'/><author><name>Beth Schmillen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07839057982704965984</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Nh6ivqsjTnk/TO7xXJwqrEI/AAAAAAAAAEI/s-DXBfPqJsk/S220/tiny.me.abbot.pic'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1032929428233558212.post-5586591912582364260</id><published>2008-01-13T18:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-23T15:25:26.348-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Max'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='money'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HouseofMax'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MLM'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='goodnewsforall'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='business'/><title type='text'>Bring Your Business and Your Friends - You will make Money</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goodnewsforall.com/affiliates/uid/houseofmax_1_bid_3"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.goodnewsforall.com/affiliates/image.php?bid=3&amp;amp;mid=101" width="460" border="0" height="60" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goodnewsforall.com/affiliates/uid/houseofmax_1_bid_3"&gt;Bring Your Business and Your Friends - You will make Money&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From Max himself:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:maroon;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:maroon;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 1.3em;font-size:130%;" &gt;Just want to share some exciting News&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WE HAVE WAITED LONG ENOUGH FOR A REAL BUSINESS-SOCIAL&lt;br /&gt;COMMUNITY THAT CARES ABOUT US AND OUR BUSINESSES!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The HouseOfMax Is Now Officially In Pre-Laumch Launch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Get The Web Tools You Need To Master Online Marketing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Get The Site Features You Need To Make Networking Easy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Get The Webspace You Need To Promote Your Internet ventures&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To celebrate our site launch:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; We are Offering FREE PREMIUM UPGRADE FOR 6 MONTHS - a $120 Value&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; (if You Are One Of The First 100 Members To Enroll)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hurry!  These slots won't last very long, so check it out pronto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.goodnewsforall.com/thehouseofmax/index.html" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.goodnewsforall.com/thehouseofmax/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please reply to this mail and let me know you've enrolled so that I&lt;br /&gt;can add you to my Favorites' List right away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goodnewsforall.com/affiliates/uid/houseofmax_1_bid_3"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.goodnewsforall.com/affiliates/image.php?bid=3&amp;amp;mid=101" width="460" border="0" height="60" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 5px;"&gt;               &lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);"&gt;               TESTIMONIALS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;p style="margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 5px;" align="center"&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;"I really like your thoughts there!&lt;br /&gt;You are a very good marketer and people&lt;br /&gt;should listen to you!! That I do know."&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style="margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 5px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;  &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"&gt;Kindly&lt;br /&gt;Lisa&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"&gt;"It is something special about your techniques   online marketing that I feel is very strong, this is the type of individual   I want to pattern. I have not been around very long but it is long enough to   know stability when I see it, you have some longevity and you have worked   diligently to get where you are today."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"&gt;RockyP  [Group Member}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I search the web for web sites and blogs with good to great content and   you're site by far has proven to be great reading, so please don't stop   you're doing great."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Comment from: Lead Generation [Visitor]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I like your scientific take on staying in touch (smile). I must say that I   am thoroughly impressed with the energy that you put into bringing people   together. You are a blessed individual. When so many are caught up in being   'all about me', you bring a completely different dish to the table! Keep   doing what your doing James. You are an inspiration. "&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Donna Gray [Group Member)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/span&gt;               &lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goodnewsforall.com/affiliates/uid/houseofmax_1_bid_3"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.goodnewsforall.com/affiliates/image.php?bid=3&amp;amp;mid=101" width="460" border="0" height="60" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1032929428233558212-5586591912582364260?l=bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.goodnewsforall.com/thehouseofmax/index.html' title='Bring Your Business and Your Friends - You will make Money'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com/feeds/5586591912582364260/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1032929428233558212&amp;postID=5586591912582364260' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1032929428233558212/posts/default/5586591912582364260'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1032929428233558212/posts/default/5586591912582364260'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com/2008/01/bring-your-business-and-your-friends.html' title='Bring Your Business and Your Friends - You will make Money'/><author><name>Beth Schmillen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07839057982704965984</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Nh6ivqsjTnk/TO7xXJwqrEI/AAAAAAAAAEI/s-DXBfPqJsk/S220/tiny.me.abbot.pic'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1032929428233558212.post-7479386944309320516</id><published>2007-12-30T15:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-13T20:16:21.875-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bethsventuers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='promote'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='website'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='smiles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blogspot'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LordoftheClicks'/><title type='text'>LordoftheClicks: 10 "Did you forget to" ways to promote your Website</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://lotc-fellowship.blogspot.com/2006/09/10-did-you-forget-to-ways-to-promote.html"&gt;LordoftheClicks: 10 "Did you forget to" ways to promote your Website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I added this to my blog using an "add to your blog" tool/feature to see how it works... and&lt;br /&gt;it worked!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;great article... I'll elaborate on this soon...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(smiles)&lt;br /&gt;Beth&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1032929428233558212-7479386944309320516?l=bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://lotc-fellowship.blogspot.com/2006/09/10-did-you-forget-to-ways-to-promote.html' title='LordoftheClicks: 10 &quot;Did you forget to&quot; ways to promote your Website'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com/feeds/7479386944309320516/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1032929428233558212&amp;postID=7479386944309320516' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1032929428233558212/posts/default/7479386944309320516'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1032929428233558212/posts/default/7479386944309320516'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com/2007/12/lordoftheclicks-10-did-you-forget-to.html' title='LordoftheClicks: 10 &quot;Did you forget to&quot; ways to promote your Website'/><author><name>Beth Schmillen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07839057982704965984</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Nh6ivqsjTnk/TO7xXJwqrEI/AAAAAAAAAEI/s-DXBfPqJsk/S220/tiny.me.abbot.pic'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1032929428233558212.post-1948712809669529403</id><published>2007-12-23T15:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-23T13:49:30.448-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Crusaders'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='playing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='War'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Saracens'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pagans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holy-War'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Medieval'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='role'/><title type='text'>I met an American Warrior Stationed in Afghanistan today....</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/m_photo/100920_2185.jpg" style="border: 0px solid rgb(192, 192, 192); padding: 0px;" width="16" align="absmiddle" border="0" height="16" /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/user_stories.html?id=bethsventures"&gt;BethsVentures's Blogs&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/list_q.html?cate=1033"&gt;Life in General&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;     &lt;td&gt; &lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/article/114351.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 128, 0);"&gt;I met an American Warrior Stationed in Afghanistan today...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;         &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;td valign="middle" width="100" align="right"&gt; &lt;div id="button_II"&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/tellafriend.html?id=114351&amp;amp;type=0"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/div&gt;    &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;       &lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;My new friend is a warrior online also. He plays the game &lt;a href="http://www.holy-war.net/EN/World2/bin/?advertiser=54563"&gt;Holy War&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;where Crusaders, Pagans and Saracens create &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;alliances&lt;/span&gt;, battle, and&lt;br /&gt;build a home for when we're able to be home to rest and recuperate!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't know how I came across the website... surfing the web i guess?&lt;br /&gt;...and why did I take a look? Medeival times have always held a fascination&lt;br /&gt;for me and the art work on this Role Playing site has an appeal to anyone&lt;br /&gt;who admires the art of the early Renaissance but also  photo realism.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.holy-war.net/EN/World2/bin/?advertiser=54563"&gt;&lt;img src="http://is.holy-war.de/x/downloads/en/banner/468x60/hw_banner2.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Holy-War is a &lt;b&gt;free&lt;/b&gt; and complex online role player game!&lt;br /&gt;Dive into the age of the Holy War! Take on the role of&lt;br /&gt;Knight, Saracen or Pagan and conquer or defend the Holy Land!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There's a very active forum. It is an international site and multi languages.&lt;br /&gt;German, French, Spanish, Turkish, UK or International are your choices&lt;br /&gt;as i recall...  There are many ineresting and knowlegeable characters/players&lt;br /&gt;who share information about history and culture.  Many are there just to do&lt;br /&gt;Battle. It seems to be new but is rising quickly in the rankings online for&lt;br /&gt;RPG gaming site.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you join you choose your name and faith but you can battle or be in&lt;br /&gt;alliances with anyone, any of The Orders, Battles etc. You can (and need to)&lt;br /&gt;buy a horse from a steed like the man from La mancha would ride to an&lt;br /&gt;Arabian Stallion or other thoroughbreds of that time and regions that were&lt;br /&gt;then converging on the Holy Lands.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There's a battle slated for the 27th of December. There's still time to build up&lt;br /&gt;your points - strength, agility, defences, and other stats to be ready. Other&lt;br /&gt;battles that are announced are either Holy Wars or just Battles adn there is a&lt;br /&gt;detailed map of the Continent with the names of cities and countries and who&lt;br /&gt;has control of them... what the location of the upcoming battle is and before&lt;br /&gt;the battle you go to the war encampment to rest and build up points that help&lt;br /&gt;you make it through the battle!  (I can't believe I'm getting such  enjoyment&lt;br /&gt;from this new hobby I've found!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;((as befuddling as this sounds... the stresses about today's world melt away&lt;br /&gt;when you meet pagans, christians, hindi, muslim and others all online -of  course&lt;br /&gt;many are very young but others aren't - discussing the issues that stem from the&lt;br /&gt;time frame of the past... the comments and forums are very well moderated for obvious reasons... no hate speech or demeaning remarks allowed...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is one of the more relaxing websites I've ever been on presenting yourself as a character and voicing your personal beliefs within a historical context!))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;This game is ideal for when you are at work&lt;/span&gt;. I'm at work now writing this&lt;br /&gt;article  for my blog, right? I'm also working in the city where the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.holy-war.net/EN/World2/bin/?advertiser=54563"&gt;game Holy-Wars&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;is centered so I can earn gold coins! (smiles) I'm working for 7 hrs over there in&lt;br /&gt;Holy War City and I can get called to a battle or maybe even attacked? ...no...&lt;br /&gt;I think because I'm a low level and  new that I'm under a protective status&lt;br /&gt;while I get a foot hold on this game.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.holy-war.net/EN/World2/bin/?advertiser=54563"&gt;Click any of the banners or links... I get a few gold coins if you join! (smiles)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;hope to see you over there where religion, life and history meet under the&lt;br /&gt;ruse of entertainment... role playing and sheer fun!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beth&lt;a href="http://www.holy-war.net/EN/World2/bin/?advertiser=54563"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1032929428233558212-1948712809669529403?l=bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.holy-war.net/EN/World2/bin/?advertiser=54563' title='I met an American Warrior Stationed in Afghanistan today....'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com/feeds/1948712809669529403/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1032929428233558212&amp;postID=1948712809669529403' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1032929428233558212/posts/default/1948712809669529403'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1032929428233558212/posts/default/1948712809669529403'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com/2007/12/i-met-american-warrior-stationed-in.html' title='I met an American Warrior Stationed in Afghanistan today....'/><author><name>Beth Schmillen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07839057982704965984</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Nh6ivqsjTnk/TO7xXJwqrEI/AAAAAAAAAEI/s-DXBfPqJsk/S220/tiny.me.abbot.pic'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1032929428233558212.post-2376168611111066353</id><published>2007-12-05T16:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-13T20:40:52.273-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gfx'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Catz'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AD'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bannerz'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='catzgfx.com'/><title type='text'>GFX</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.rotatrixfriends.net/index.php/public/signup/friend_bethsventures"&gt;&lt;img alt="Click Here 4 Catz Comment GFX » RFN Promo @ Rotatrix Friends Network (RFN) | Pack Up Your Business &amp;amp; Move To RFN! 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This Matrix shakes it all up!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;     &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td&gt;&lt;h1&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/subject/24233.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 128, 0);"&gt;This is Brand New and Awesome&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;/td&gt;       &lt;td align="right" width="100"&gt;         &lt;div id="button_II"&gt;           &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/tellafriend.html?id=24233&amp;amp;type=3"&gt;              &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;         &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;   &lt;/tbody&gt; &lt;/table&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;THIS IS BRAND NEW AND AWESOME!!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";color:red;" &gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT BEFORE!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";color:blue;" &gt;&lt;b&gt;Have you ever wanted to be at the TOP of an MLM Company??&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;Who hasn't?        &lt;br /&gt;Well now is your chance to be at the TOP!!     &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.rotatrix.net/?BethsVentures"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.rotatrix.net/banners/ban5.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;In fact everybody has the same chance!! &lt;span style=";color:yellow;" &gt;&lt;b&gt;It's Amazing!!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rotatrix has JUST LAUNCHED and is the Most Innovative MLM Compensation Plan &lt;u&gt;EVER!!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;Combining the Awesome Power of its Revolutionary Rotating Matrix - Random Matrix - Rolling Matrix &amp;amp; Fixed Matrix&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:yellow;"&gt;(6 Matrices in total!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";color:red;" &gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;YOU HAVE DEFINITELY NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT BEFORE!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rotatrix is the World's First Combined Rotating - Random - Rolling &amp;amp; Fixed MLM System which will not only shake up but also turn the MLM industry upside down by giving every single member an equal opportunity of being at the TOP of not one matrix but several!   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;ROTATING MATRIX&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;The Rotating matrix places new positions at the TOP every 24 hours before rotating completely, giving every member the opportunity to be at the top of this 3 x 10 matrix.   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;RANDOM MATRIX&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;Every 24 hours the Random matrix rebuilds itself in a totally random order placing positions anywhere within it, giving every member the opportunity to be at the top of this 3 x 10 matrix.   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;FIXED MATRIX PLUS ANOTHER RANDOM MATRIX&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;Standard 2 x 10 Fixed matrix plus a Random 2 x 10 matrix that Rebuilds itself every 7 days.        &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;ROLLING MATRIX PLUS ANOTHER RANDOM MATRIX&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;Every 7 days the Rolling matrix rolls all new positions to the TOP of this 2 x 10 matrix plus a Random 2 x 10 matrix that Rebuilds itself in a Random order every 7 days.   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;It even has its own in-house Feeder program with 2 matrices!!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;h3 style="color: rgb(72, 36, 255);"&gt; &lt;/h3&gt;Support Forum - Live Help - Great Admin - Totally Unique Concept!        &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";color:red;" &gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;YOU HAVE DEFINITELY NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT BEFORE! THIS IS UNIQUE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And it's &lt;b&gt;FREE&lt;/b&gt; to join! You need to get into this one if it's the last thing you ever do! &lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;we are going places!!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:red;"&gt;This is Truly Mind Blowing!&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:blue;"&gt;THE POTENTIAL IS ABSOLUTELY AWESOME!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Don't waste another second              &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=";color:blue;" &gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.rotatrix.net/?BethsVentures"&gt;CLICK HERE NOW AND DON'T WASTE ANOTHER SECOND!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;hr style="border-top-color: rgb(236, 236, 236); height: 3px;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/subjects/101133.html" target="_blank"&gt;List your Ventures!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;hr style="height: 3px;"&gt;&lt;hr style="height: 3px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!-- Begin AdClicks RANDOM Ad Code --&gt;&lt;table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td bg style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;script src="http://www.adclicks.rotatrixfriends.net/index.php?section=serve&amp;amp;id=36&amp;amp;affid=359&amp;amp;output=js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!-- End AdClicks RANDOM Ad Code --&gt; &lt;hr style="height: 3px;"&gt;&lt;hr style="height: 3px;"&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1032929428233558212-3923371448640342267?l=bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.rotatrix.net/?BethsVentures' title='Give Rotatrix a Test Drive Today!!!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com/feeds/3923371448640342267/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1032929428233558212&amp;postID=3923371448640342267' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1032929428233558212/posts/default/3923371448640342267'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1032929428233558212/posts/default/3923371448640342267'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com/2007/11/give-rotatrix-test-drive-today.html' title='Give Rotatrix a Test Drive Today!!!'/><author><name>Beth Schmillen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07839057982704965984</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Nh6ivqsjTnk/TO7xXJwqrEI/AAAAAAAAAEI/s-DXBfPqJsk/S220/tiny.me.abbot.pic'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1032929428233558212.post-3510150664806656483</id><published>2007-11-09T23:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-13T16:03:38.713-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Juri'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Digg.Del.icio.us'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='APSense'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Thea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CoachTeo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HouseofMax'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='content'/><title type='text'>What makes for Great Content? I've seen that question before....</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/subjects/100278.html"&gt;OyesUcan Profit in business by Publishing Online&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;     &lt;td&gt; &lt;h1&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/subject/18855.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 128, 0);"&gt;What makes for Great Content? I've seen that question before....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;         &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;td align="right" width="100"&gt; &lt;div id="button_II"&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/tellafriend.html?id=18855&amp;amp;type=3"&gt;   tell a friend     &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/div&gt;    &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;   &lt;table width="100%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="200" valign="top"&gt;  &lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;What makes for great Content?&lt;/b&gt; I've seen that question addressed by many members here at APSense and also all over the internet. It's a question I puzzle over all the time. Here's why:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are so many times I have visited blogs here at APSense that are well written, informative, and useful for online marketers only to see that someone has 'dropped' it... There is no explanation for such a rating as far as I can tell. Is that because I see a short blog to let us know about a business opportunity as a valid entry? Partly. But it also happens to those here who actually write articles or have blogs that they've put time and care into to make it worthwhile for everyone...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Content should be of interest to your reader.&lt;/b&gt; So, that is who you write for. Are you writing for the majority or members on a Social Business Network or for the members you would like to join your affiliate program? Blogs are an excellent way to get your business information out to the general membership knowing that it's more likely that your target audience will see it. There is a risk in doing that here because someone might deem your blog/article as -1 or thumbs down.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Content should be easy to read and few typos...&lt;/b&gt; I see APSense as a learning ground for all of us to get accustomed to writing about our interests, hobbies, online marketing etc. I know when I first started marketing online, I was nervous about what to write for ads, forums, blogs etc. I stayed away from the blogger typ sites because I just wasn't ready for it yet. That's what's so great about APSense and other SN's... you can publish what you want and get rewarded for it... there's an incentive...especially with the WOA.... like whoa... that's cool!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Content should be just long enough for the reader wih only a moment to peruse it but long enough for getting your key points across.&lt;/b&gt; If you are able to create copy that is formatted correctly so that it isn't a strain on the eyes ... that is very important for reading online... Paragraphs should be separated by white space or a dbl space. It is best to keep sentences short but I'm terrible at that one! ... and don't be afraid to elaborate on a specific point that requires it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Content can be humorous&lt;/b&gt;  Whether you have down home humor or are from Brooklyn NewYork... express that humor that is essentially you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Content can be intellectual&lt;/b&gt; That is definitely not my style but I do know a new friend who has joined here that is bringing an intellectual aspect to this community.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Content can be Commercial?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Blogging online is ideal for promoting your business opportunities. There is no better way to become known by your name or user ID... and that is to Blog and promote yourself! Everyone who starts to earn has learned that promotion ~ done in a way that suits who they are and who they are reaching out to ~ is the key to success for online marketing. It is arduous work to post classified ads, to write even the simplest of blogs about your business, to do all the tasks that we do as online marketers...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No matter what you write here at APSense if I find the time to read it and post a comment, then I'm proud to give you a thumbs up for your effort and for what you have taken the time to do for my benefit... the possibility of finding that one opportunity that will suit me... that will bring in that extra income stream that we're all helping one another achieve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After all, not every opportunity works for just anyone... funny how that works!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;thanks for reading&lt;br /&gt;Beth&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr style="border-top-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);"&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/article/107470.html" target="_blank"&gt; APSense Blogs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;table width="500"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt; 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 &lt;a href="http://myweb2.search.yahoo.com/myresults/bookmarklet?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.apsense.com%2Fsubject%2F18855.html&amp;amp;t=What+makes+for+Great+Content%3F+I%27ve+seen+that+question+before...." title="YahooMyWeb" target="_&amp;quot;blank&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/img/yahoomyweb.png" alt="YahooMyWeb" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;   &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;   &lt;hr /&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;Comments (16)&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" width="100%"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td rowspan="3" align="center" valign="top" width="70"&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/user/mteodor"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/m_photo/101786_9290.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(192, 192, 192); padding: 0px;" align="absmiddle" border="0" width="48" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);font-size:78%;" &gt;HP: 152&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mteodor.apsense.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/img/abc_16x16.gif" alt="View Apsense Business Center (A.B.C)" align="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td bgcolor="#eeeeee"&gt;   &lt;table border="0" width="100%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/user/mteodor"&gt;CoachTeo&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Oct 7 2007 07:37&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td align="right"&gt;   &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" &gt;          &lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/drop_s.html?sid=18855&amp;amp;id=123457" style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;                &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td height="100" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/img/top.gif" alt="Popular" /&gt; Adding GOOD VALUE articles to social networkings bookmarks! That'a a real help for the author if you love his/her article! And it's easy to do. Until now I just topped others' articles and wrote comments, sending only sime of my articles to Digg and Del.icio.us but I would spend some more time on articles I like in order to send them there. Thanks Juri for reminding. &lt;hr style="border-top-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);"&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.mybestassociates.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Join My Best Associates!&lt;/a&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" width="100%"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td rowspan="3" align="center" valign="top" width="70"&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/user/crowenet"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/m_photo/a7ca45103a0b20d10a48f092a6aec194.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(192, 192, 192); padding: 0px;" align="absmiddle" border="0" width="48" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);font-size:78%;" &gt;HP: 464&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://crowenet.apsense.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/img/abc_16x16.gif" alt="View Apsense Business Center (A.B.C)" align="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td bgcolor="#eeeeee"&gt;   &lt;table border="0" width="100%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/user/crowenet"&gt;Ken Crowe&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Sep 29 2007 18:07&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td align="right"&gt;  &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" &gt; |                &lt;/span&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td height="100" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/img/top.gif" alt="Popular" /&gt; Great job on your post, as always. Your doing a good job here at APSense.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ken     &lt;hr style="border-top-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);"&gt;   &lt;a href="http://mybiznessspace.jerkydirect.com/" target="_blank"&gt;JD Premium&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pets-r-us.biz/" target="_blank"&gt;www.Pets-R-Us.biz&lt;/a&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" width="100%"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td rowspan="3" align="center" valign="top" width="70"&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/user/bizmanest"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/m_photo/106622_1450.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(192, 192, 192); padding: 0px;" align="absmiddle" border="0" width="48" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);font-size:78%;" &gt;HP: 361&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bizmanest.apsense.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/img/abc_16x16.gif" alt="View Apsense Business Center (A.B.C)" align="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td bgcolor="#eeeeee"&gt;   &lt;table border="0" width="100%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/user/bizmanest"&gt;Juri&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Sep 29 2007 18:07&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td align="right"&gt;    &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" &gt;          |                &lt;/span&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td height="100" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/img/top.gif" alt="Popular" /&gt; This is a super Article, Beth. I added it to several Soial Bookmarks. Such things must go to the readers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To Your Succes, Juri     &lt;hr style="border-top-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);"&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.3stepads.com/about/" target="_blank"&gt;Free Advertising Blog&lt;/a&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" width="100%"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td rowspan="3" align="center" valign="top" width="70"&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/user/nomorehackers"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/m_photo/100732_5837.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(192, 192, 192); padding: 0px;" align="absmiddle" border="0" width="48" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);font-size:78%;" &gt;HP: 470&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://nomorehackers.apsense.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/img/abc_16x16.gif" alt="View Apsense Business Center (A.B.C)" align="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td bgcolor="#eeeeee"&gt;   &lt;table border="0" width="100%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/user/nomorehackers"&gt;nomorehackers&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Oct 3 2007 22:27&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td align="right"&gt;   &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" &gt;                  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td height="100" valign="top"&gt;Great content Beth!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would just like to personally welcome all to content that would....and Mrs. Beth is a member of my groups.&lt;br /&gt;Take the time to join (although I cannot personally name them one by one)&lt;br /&gt;But this subject is about great content. And cyber crime, identity theft is a very valuable content that you need to know and be WELL informed about.&lt;br /&gt;Do you want to stay informed about this info?  I HOPE you do!  Join my groups to stay INFORMED!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This info is YOUR content!&lt;br /&gt;Thank you Beth     &lt;hr style="border-top-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);"&gt;   &lt;b&gt;Join my blogs on cyber crime!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://cybercrimeslayer.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Cyber Crime Slayers&lt;/a&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" width="100%"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td rowspan="3" align="center" valign="top" width="70"&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/user/wenfri"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/m_photo/0b5b54c5a233bc4b0df1d2ac152ff31f.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(192, 192, 192); padding: 0px;" align="absmiddle" border="0" width="48" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);font-size:78%;" &gt;HP: 34&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://wenfri.apsense.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/img/abc_16x16.gif" alt="View Apsense Business Center (A.B.C)" align="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td bgcolor="#eeeeee"&gt;   &lt;table border="0" width="100%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/user/wenfri"&gt;Wendy&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Oct 3 2007 22:20&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td align="right"&gt;  &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" &gt;        &lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td height="100" valign="top"&gt;Beth&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You never cease to amaze me. What a great article (hmmm have to research some new words LOL)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One question though for the sake of sounding obtuse&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How in the devil do you rate a site here. I know I can post a Testimony but have no clue how rate them (doh!!)) LOL&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Help would be nice&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wendy     &lt;hr style="border-top-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);"&gt;   &lt;a href="http://wensonlinebusiness.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"&gt;"Global  Wide" "Business-in-a-Box"&lt;/a&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" width="100%"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td rowspan="3" align="center" valign="top" width="70"&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/user/bethsventures"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/m_photo/100920_2185.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(192, 192, 192); padding: 0px;" align="absmiddle" border="0" width="48" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);font-size:78%;" &gt;HP: 278&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bethsventures.apsense.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/img/abc_16x16.gif" alt="View Apsense Business Center (A.B.C)" align="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td bgcolor="#eeeeee"&gt;   &lt;table border="0" width="100%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/user/bethsventures"&gt;BethsVentures&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Sep 24 2007 12:23&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td align="right"&gt;  &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" &gt;        &lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td height="100" valign="top"&gt;oh my! thanks to all and everyone for your kind kind comments!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm 'tearing up' you guys!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wow... thanks&lt;br /&gt;Beth&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;hr style="border-top-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);"&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/article/107470.html" target="_blank"&gt; APSense Blogs&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/img/admin.png" align="absmiddle" /&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);font-size:78%;" &gt;Group Administrator&lt;/span&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" width="100%"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td rowspan="3" align="center" valign="top" width="70"&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/user/tsimpson"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/m_photo/104076_4613.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(192, 192, 192); padding: 0px;" align="absmiddle" border="0" width="48" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);font-size:78%;" &gt;HP: 61&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://tsimpson.apsense.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/img/abc_16x16.gif" alt="View Apsense Business Center (A.B.C)" align="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td bgcolor="#eeeeee"&gt;   &lt;table border="0" width="100%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/user/tsimpson"&gt;tsimpson&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Sep 23 2007 04:21&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td align="right"&gt;  &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" &gt;        &lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td height="100" valign="top"&gt;Hi Beth,&lt;br /&gt;Great job in your post. I agree that Apsense is a wonderful place to practice and learn your writting skills. I learn so much from you as well as others. I like your layout and the content is top notch. Thanks &lt;hr style="border-top-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);"&gt;   Terry Simpson&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.businessideadepot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;www.businessideadepot.com&lt;/a&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" width="100%"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td rowspan="3" align="center" valign="top" width="70"&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/user/viking"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/m_photo/101485_4937.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(192, 192, 192); padding: 0px;" align="absmiddle" border="0" width="48" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);font-size:78%;" &gt;HP: 173&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://viking.apsense.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/img/abc_16x16.gif" alt="View Apsense Business Center (A.B.C)" align="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td bgcolor="#eeeeee"&gt;   &lt;table border="0" width="100%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/user/viking"&gt;viking&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Sep 23 2007 01:54&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td align="right"&gt;  &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" &gt;        &lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td height="100" valign="top"&gt;Thank you for sharing this good content  ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is really usefull to me.     &lt;hr style="border-top-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);"&gt;   Susanne&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.magic-hats.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Get 12 free Personal Development videos&lt;/a&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" width="100%"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td rowspan="3" align="center" valign="top" width="70"&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/user/jmcgranahan"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/m_photo/107515_2741.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(192, 192, 192); padding: 0px;" align="absmiddle" border="0" width="48" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);font-size:78%;" &gt;HP: 14&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://jmcgranahan.apsense.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/img/abc_16x16.gif" alt="View Apsense Business Center (A.B.C)" align="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td bgcolor="#eeeeee"&gt;   &lt;table border="0" width="100%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/user/jmcgranahan"&gt;Jamen&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Sep 22 2007 22:20&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td align="right"&gt;  &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" &gt;        &lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td height="100" valign="top"&gt;Really enjoyed your article, Beth. I have been hesitant to blog, especially about the programs I have joined because my theory is, if I haven't made anything, how can I write about it? I don't like say "you'll make lots of money with this program" when I myself have not. So I have not really blog about business opportunities, though based upon your article, I think I can blog about other things of interest. Thanks for the inspiration!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jamen     &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" width="100%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td rowspan="3" align="center" valign="top" width="70"&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/user/candlepassion"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/m_photo/108204_7354.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(192, 192, 192); padding: 0px;" align="absmiddle" border="0" width="48" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);font-size:78%;" &gt;HP: 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td bgcolor="#eeeeee"&gt;   &lt;table border="0" width="100%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/user/candlepassion"&gt;Mary Leedy&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Sep 22 2007 22:08&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td align="right"&gt;  &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" &gt;        &lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td height="100" valign="top"&gt;Good job Beth! I do have one little.....question. I see everyone saying that you should write content that the reader will enjoy or wants to read. While that's true, what about writing a little about yourself and what YOU like even if not everyone else does? The reason I ask is because my logic is that people still want to know who you are and what you're like through your writing, otherwise the "personal connection" is lost especially in this age of the internet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NOTE:  the word "you" is being used collectively below.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wouldn't this make you "real"? Think about it, who's going to call you on the phone just to get to know you and hear your voice after reading a blog or post? I don't mean this offensively, just posing a question on something I think about. Or am I getting the blog posting and writing of articles confused?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mary&lt;br /&gt;The MB Candle &amp;amp; GBG Lady&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;hr style="border-top-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);"&gt;   Mary Leedy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.candlepassion.net/" target="_blank"&gt;Success By Candlelight Coach&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/t_photo/4a69e83620bb1cd7abd6e98f46cafa59.jpg" style="border: 0px solid rgb(192, 192, 192); padding: 0px;" align="absmiddle" border="0" height="16" width="16" /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/subjects/100278.html"&gt;OyesUcan Profit in business by Publishing Online&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;     &lt;td&gt; &lt;h1&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/subject/18855.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 128, 0);"&gt;What makes for Great Content? I've seen that question before....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;         &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;td align="right" width="100"&gt; &lt;div id="button_II"&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/tellafriend.html?id=18855&amp;amp;type=3"&gt;   tell a friend     &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/div&gt;    &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;   &lt;hr /&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;Comments (16)&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" width="100%"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td rowspan="3" align="center" valign="top" width="70"&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/user/shineyourstar"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/m_photo/2b7611758a72e02f975a85ac0a3a0d72.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(192, 192, 192); padding: 0px;" align="absmiddle" border="0" width="48" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);font-size:78%;" &gt;HP: 72&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://shineyourstar.apsense.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/img/abc_16x16.gif" alt="View Apsense Business Center (A.B.C)" align="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td bgcolor="#eeeeee"&gt;   &lt;table border="0" width="100%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/user/shineyourstar"&gt;shineyourstar&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Sep 22 2007 11:32&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td align="right"&gt;  &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" &gt;        &lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td height="100" valign="top"&gt;You make great content Beth!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nothing like leading by example. You make great use of bold text too.     &lt;hr style="border-top-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);"&gt;   &lt;i&gt;Shine Your Star!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marie Gervacio&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mariegervacio.com/" target="_blank"&gt;WhoIsMarieGervacio.com&lt;/a&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" width="100%"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td rowspan="3" align="center" valign="top" width="70"&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/user/forwardsteps"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/m_photo/30ee5dc4de2d81250140e8a795c5dd83.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(192, 192, 192); padding: 0px;" align="absmiddle" border="0" width="48" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);font-size:78%;" &gt;HP: 526&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://forwardsteps.apsense.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/img/abc_16x16.gif" alt="View Apsense Business Center (A.B.C)" align="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td bgcolor="#eeeeee"&gt;   &lt;table border="0" width="100%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/user/forwardsteps"&gt;Thea&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Sep 22 2007 10:00&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td align="right"&gt;  &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" &gt;        &lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td height="100" valign="top"&gt;Well done Beth. I also topped it. Thank you.     &lt;hr style="border-top-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);"&gt;   &lt;b&gt;Meet Me At&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/RecommendsPDP.htm" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;b&gt;PDP&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" width="100%"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td rowspan="3" align="center" valign="top" width="70"&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/user/mteodor"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/m_photo/101786_9290.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(192, 192, 192); padding: 0px;" align="absmiddle" border="0" width="48" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);font-size:78%;" &gt;HP: 152&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mteodor.apsense.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/img/abc_16x16.gif" alt="View Apsense Business Center (A.B.C)" align="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td bgcolor="#eeeeee"&gt;   &lt;table border="0" width="100%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/user/mteodor"&gt;CoachTeo&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Sep 22 2007 01:00&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td align="right"&gt;  &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" &gt;        &lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td height="100" valign="top"&gt;You just started to put your skills in action Beth. I love it and I top it !     &lt;hr style="border-top-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);"&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.mybestassociates.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Join My Best Associates!&lt;/a&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" width="100%"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td rowspan="3" align="center" valign="top" width="70"&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/user/houseofmax"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/m_photo/883b4896b7d0ab7cd4d156a97c81f3ad.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(192, 192, 192); padding: 0px;" align="absmiddle" border="0" width="48" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);font-size:78%;" &gt;HP: 155&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://houseofmax.apsense.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/img/abc_16x16.gif" alt="View Apsense Business Center (A.B.C)" align="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td bgcolor="#eeeeee"&gt;   &lt;table border="0" width="100%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/user/houseofmax"&gt;maxinvegas&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Sep 21 2007 19:53&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td align="right"&gt;  &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" &gt;        &lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td height="100" valign="top"&gt;Great subject question and post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have always maintained that content is relevant in the eyes of the beholder. One person will read War and Peace and the other may settle for Playboy. To each, it's good content!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's all about writing for an audience. If you write "good content" in the strictest sense of the word, you'll probably have a very small audience as you pointed out. This happens in all media format.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The key is to write "relevant content" which means writing on topic for a target  market.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I could do that easily  on an article site that lists articles by categories and sub-categories.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Trying to do that in irrelevant group discussions on social sites is a little daunting. You may have to select a category to post, but they are not displayed by categories. If they were, we would not have people clicking on your article link and then decide to drop it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This Group "OYesUcan" is one of the few groups here that caters to a target market.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for sharing,&lt;br /&gt;max2work&lt;br /&gt;The GoodNews Team     &lt;hr style="border-top-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);"&gt;   For More Topics On Marketing &amp;amp; Web Tools, &lt;a href="http://goodnewsforall.com/houseofmaxforum" target="_blank"&gt;goodnewsforall.com/houseofmaxforum&lt;/a&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" width="100%"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td rowspan="3" align="center" valign="top" width="70"&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/user/karenweir"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/m_photo/100405_3407.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(192, 192, 192); padding: 0px;" align="absmiddle" border="0" width="48" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);font-size:78%;" &gt;HP: 315&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://karenweir.apsense.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/img/abc_16x16.gif" alt="View Apsense Business Center (A.B.C)" align="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td bgcolor="#eeeeee"&gt;   &lt;table border="0" width="100%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/user/karenweir"&gt;Karen Weir&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Sep 21 2007 18:36&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td align="right"&gt;   &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" &gt;          &lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/top_s.html?sid=18855&amp;amp;id=120134" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/reportspam.html?type=3&amp;amp;id=18855&amp;amp;cid=120134&amp;amp;mid=100405" onclick="return App.ConfirmReportSpam();"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td height="100" valign="top"&gt;I second that notion! Great article Beth. The categories here certainly should help to help bloggers reach their target audience. With regard to thumbs down, and people who use it... I prefer not to focus on those who have a need to bring others down. In my opinion, there is never a need to pull someone down - if you don't like it, move on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~ JMHO ~     &lt;hr style="border-top-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);"&gt;   Karen Weir&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/?Clk=2079051" target="_blank"&gt;Play The AdSense Game!&lt;/a&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" width="100%"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td rowspan="3" align="center" valign="top" width="70"&gt;   &lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/user/milifestyle"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/m_photo/110185_1925.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(192, 192, 192); padding: 0px;" align="absmiddle" border="0" width="48" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);font-size:78%;" &gt;HP: 68&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://milifestyle.apsense.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/img/abc_16x16.gif" alt="View Apsense Business Center (A.B.C)" align="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td bgcolor="#eeeeee"&gt;   &lt;table border="0" width="100%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/user/milifestyle"&gt;Lifestyle Home Services&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Sep 21 2007 18:04&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;td align="right"&gt;   &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" &gt;          &lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/top_s.html?sid=18855&amp;amp;id=120122" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/reportspam.html?type=3&amp;amp;id=18855&amp;amp;cid=120122&amp;amp;mid=110185" onclick="return App.ConfirmReportSpam();"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;   &lt;td height="100" valign="top"&gt;Thats a great article Beth,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whats good for the goose is not always as good for the gander - Write for the audience you want to see reading it.     &lt;hr style="border-top-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);"&gt;   Eric J. Smith&lt;br /&gt;Lifestyle Home Services&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.milifestyle.net/" target="_blank"&gt;Lifestyle Organics&lt;/a&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1032929428233558212-3510150664806656483?l=bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com/feeds/3510150664806656483/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1032929428233558212&amp;postID=3510150664806656483' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1032929428233558212/posts/default/3510150664806656483'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1032929428233558212/posts/default/3510150664806656483'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com/2007/11/what-makes-for-great-content-ive-seen.html' title='What makes for Great Content? I&apos;ve seen that question before....'/><author><name>Beth Schmillen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07839057982704965984</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Nh6ivqsjTnk/TO7xXJwqrEI/AAAAAAAAAEI/s-DXBfPqJsk/S220/tiny.me.abbot.pic'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1032929428233558212.post-6808845126962879353</id><published>2007-11-09T22:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-23T13:57:06.176-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bethsventures'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='online'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='real'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='money'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adlandpro'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='make money online'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bloggers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ventures'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='APSense'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DirectMatches.com'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SEO'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blogspot'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Google'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='make'/><title type='text'>Make Money Online</title><content type='html'>&lt;div id="header-wrapper"&gt;     &lt;div class="header section" id="header"&gt;&lt;div class="widget Header" id="Header1"&gt;              &lt;div id="header-inner"&gt;       &lt;div class="titlewrapper"&gt;         &lt;h1 class="title"&gt;                        Make Money Online&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;What did I mean when I wrote this synopsis for my blog?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="descriptionwrapper"&gt;         &lt;p class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;           &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;just 3 simple words :: Make Money Online :: are what the 'real' bloggers about this &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;           enterprise choose to maximise their web presence with search engines.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Will this work &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;           for a novice blogger? Someone who has learned a bit about network marketing and &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;           how that is different than the marketing based on SEO... Let's see!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="description"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;ok... Three simple words are the&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;amp;sourceid=navclient&amp;amp;gfns=1&amp;amp;q=bethsventures+make+money+online"&gt; "Make Money Online"&lt;/a&gt; ~ search terms that are highly coveted as key words and no doubt bid on for advertising or ptc !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;to be cont....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1032929428233558212-6808845126962879353?l=bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com/feeds/6808845126962879353/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1032929428233558212&amp;postID=6808845126962879353' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1032929428233558212/posts/default/6808845126962879353'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1032929428233558212/posts/default/6808845126962879353'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com/2007/11/make-money-online.html' title='Make Money Online'/><author><name>Beth Schmillen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07839057982704965984</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Nh6ivqsjTnk/TO7xXJwqrEI/AAAAAAAAAEI/s-DXBfPqJsk/S220/tiny.me.abbot.pic'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1032929428233558212.post-4695717731384809986</id><published>2007-11-09T22:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-09T22:18:56.291-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AD'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='write'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unique'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='copy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='works'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fun'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ads'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='writing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='relax'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sincerity'/><title type='text'>!! Unique Works !!</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/t_photo/d0c509d66af5f1ff7f055efacf3d1ea5.jpg" style="border: 0px solid rgb(192, 192, 192); padding: 0px;" align="absmiddle" border="0" height="16" width="16" /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/subjects/100587.html"&gt;APSense ~ Write about your experiences Marketing Online!&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;     &lt;td&gt; &lt;h1&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/subject/2225.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff8000;"&gt;!! Unique Works !!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;         &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;td align="right" width="100"&gt; &lt;div id="button_II"&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/tellafriend.html?id=2225&amp;amp;type=3"&gt;   tell a friend     &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/div&gt;    &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;   &lt;table width="100%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="200" valign="top"&gt;  &lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;b&gt;Writing Ad copy was (and still is) the hardest thing I've had to learn for online business .... so I've tried to make it fun! (smile)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Writing ads should be nothing else but fun. Relax, type a few words, remember to place your url wherever it goes! And that is really all you need to do! There is a charm to the ads of a 'newbie' promoter... they are genuine and that will connect you with others just like you! And...an experienced marketer might contact you and invite you to join their program because they recognize your sincerity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What's great is all the ad copy and text copy provided by most affiliate businesses. That's what I use the most. I'll find their promos, letters, banners, and using their phrasing copy and paste it as is.... simplest and easiest... or and this is important for classified ads especially here at Adlandpro... Change the title ....er...i mean ... the Subject! Just switch the body with the subject!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wasn't happy with phrases like $$$ Big Money $$$ although it does bring in the clicks on programs advertised in the Traffic Exchange!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There must be a more subtle way...&lt;br /&gt;...... so I tried decorative ads (and still use them!) &lt;&lt;&lt;&gt;&gt;&gt; &lt;&lt;&lt;&gt;&gt;&gt; &lt;&lt;&lt;&gt;&gt;&gt; is my favorite because I could fancy up my webpages with it as well when i knew very little html - which is still the case - and make it look like 'mine'.........&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Big text *This is good*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colorful text *Also Excellent*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lots of images *in ad copy? Beth, i think you're off topic*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, does your prospective customer, client, affiliate or subscriber have a preference? How serious should the ad come across? (I lthought we were writing fun ad copy?) I have to stifle a chuckle every time I try to write serious ad copy! LOL rotf....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unique works. The word unique brought in clicks for me on traffic exchange. Not necessarily sign ups! but a click! that means I'm LEARNING!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What I've really learned is that online Networking.... building relationships... is the number one way to go! and it isn't necessarily my strong suit! I love to write. To be back stage for theatre productions. I'm not an out there in front of the audience kind of person..... so maybe... that's why I love online marketing!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for reading!&lt;br /&gt;Beth&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.adlandpro.com/partner.asp?ref=BethsVentures" target="_blank"&gt;place 10 FREE classified ads with this click!!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;hr style="border-top-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);"&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/article/107470.html" target="_blank"&gt; APSense Blogs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.bethsventures.yourwinoffice.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/b_photo/100920_9389.gif" border="1" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1032929428233558212-4695717731384809986?l=bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com/feeds/4695717731384809986/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1032929428233558212&amp;postID=4695717731384809986' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1032929428233558212/posts/default/4695717731384809986'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1032929428233558212/posts/default/4695717731384809986'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com/2007/11/unique-works.html' title='!! Unique Works !!'/><author><name>Beth Schmillen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07839057982704965984</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Nh6ivqsjTnk/TO7xXJwqrEI/AAAAAAAAAEI/s-DXBfPqJsk/S220/tiny.me.abbot.pic'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1032929428233558212.post-17772401198059925</id><published>2007-11-09T10:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-09T10:50:17.041-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='PPC'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adwords'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='APSense'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Coaching'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blogging'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Google'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Amazing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Teodor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='business'/><title type='text'>Coach Teodor</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.apsense.com/m_photo/100920_2185.jpg" style="border: 0px solid rgb(192, 192, 192); padding: 0px;" align="absmiddle" border="0" height="16" width="16" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);font-size:16;" &gt;blog review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"&gt;Oct 23 2007 15:15&lt;/span&gt;   &lt;hr /&gt;   Beth, please go and see your blog review:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mybestassociates.com//?page_id=76" target="_blank"&gt;www.mybestassociates.com//?page_id=76&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It took me over 2 hours of work but now it's done.&lt;br /&gt;Please sign in my guest book also (see Be My Guest button onthe left bar).&lt;br /&gt;Thanks.&lt;br /&gt;CoachT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/user_stories.html?id=bethsventures"&gt;BethsVentures's Blogs&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;     &lt;td&gt; &lt;h1&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/article/109997.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 128, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Advice from a friend of mine at APSense that was posted in a comment!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;         &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;td align="right" valign="middle" width="100"&gt; &lt;div id="button_II"&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/tellafriend.html?id=109997&amp;amp;type=0"&gt;   tell a friend     &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/div&gt;    &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;       &lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt; &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" width="100%"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;     &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td rowspan="3" align="center" valign="top" width="70"&gt;     &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://mteodor.apsense.com/"&gt;&lt;img alt="View Apsense Business Center (A.B.C)" src="http://www.apsense.com/img/abc_16x16.gif" align="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;       &lt;td bgcolor="#eeeeee"&gt;         &lt;table border="0" width="100%"&gt;           &lt;tbody&gt;             &lt;tr&gt;               &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/user/mteodor"&gt;mteodor&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;span style="font-size:xx-small;"&gt;08/03/07 01:22&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;               &lt;td align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:xx-small;" &gt;&lt;a onclick="return App.ConfirmReportSpam();" href="http://www.apsense.com/reportspam.html?type=3&amp;amp;id=2890&amp;amp;cid=114740&amp;amp;mid=101786"&gt;Report Unrelated Comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;/tr&gt;           &lt;/tbody&gt;         &lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;     &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td height="100" valign="top"&gt;Hi Beth,              &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;When your budget is a big ZERO, there are many other options. I'm working on a book about it. Here are few:              &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;- Join other professional social networking sites and tell your story there.                   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Check HUGE social networking sites, such as MySpace              &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;- Write articles on Article Directories, such as Associate Digest Article Directory                  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Publish lenses about your new product or site by free subscribing to Squidoo              &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;- Write a review for your site or product                  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Use Web 2.0 technology (Technocraty, Digg, Delicio.us, StumbleUpon, etc.) and put widgets on your site.              &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;- Write daily blog articles about your site events and changes on social networking site blogs or on your personal free blog (from Blogger.com).                  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Use the power of RSS and press release.              &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;- Traffic exchange is a very low speed, so I don’t recommend it, but who has time to stay at the desktop non-stop, can use it also!                  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;There are at least 100 more free advertising and traffic strategies but I can’t write here more now. Besides the fact that social networking sites are very well exposed to Search Engines, on most of them you have free classifieds and can post ads there too.              &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Paid advertising:              &lt;br /&gt;- PPC advertising. The best is Adwords type of advertising; there are many sites similar to Google Adwords too. The rest paid advertising is WASTE of money, in my opinion.              &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Teodor     &lt;hr style="border-top-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);"&gt;  Coach T              &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.apsense.com/group/101927"&gt;Amazing Business Coaching&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;   &lt;/tbody&gt; &lt;/table&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;hr style="border-top-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);"&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/article/107470.html" target="_blank"&gt; APSense Blogs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's the Review by Coach Teodor&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I do disagree with him about some things.... but it is an excellent tool to have...a professional evaluation of your blog or website because it is difficult to objectively critique on your own. Even an artist needs to step back from her easel and set her paintbrush down to see what is splashing upon that canvas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="date_post"&gt;October 20th, 2007 | &lt;a href="mailto:?Subject=Check%20This%20Out&amp;amp;body=I%20think%20you%27ll%20like%20this:%20http://www.mybestassociates.com/?page_id=76"&gt;email this&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.digg.com/submit" target="_new"&gt;digg it&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="post_bar"&gt; &lt;span class="author"&gt;Posted by &lt;a href="http://www.mybestassociates.com/?author=1" title="Posts by admin"&gt;admin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="post_cat"&gt;Published in &lt;a href="http://www.mybestassociates.com/"&gt;My Best Associates&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;My &lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/invite/mteodor"&gt;Apsense&lt;/a&gt; Friends Weblog Reviews &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Beth’s Weblog Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;By Coach T&lt;br /&gt;Senior Reviewer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mybestassociates.com//"&gt;My Best Associates&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Weblog’s URL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;: &lt;a href="http://bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;" lang="EN-US"&gt;Blog Author&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;" lang="EN-US"&gt;: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Beth Ventures&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Rating&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;: 6 out of 10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Blog Name: &lt;/strong&gt;Make Money Online from Your Home&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Recommended Name&lt;/strong&gt;: Beth Ventures&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;: Url is too long, make it shorter! If possible use a stand-alone domain name.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Blog Description&lt;/strong&gt;: “just 3 simple words :: Make Money Online :: are what the ‘real’ bloggers about this enterprise choose to maximise their web presence with on search engines. Will this work for a novice blogger? Someone who has learned a bit about network marketing and how that is different than the marketing based on SEO… Let’s see!”&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;: Make description shorter!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Blog Type&lt;/strong&gt;: Need improvements to be a “Business Blog” type.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Potential Readers&lt;/strong&gt;: Internet business beginners, marketers&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Recommendation&lt;/strong&gt;: Allow subscription possibility.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Value of Content&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;Accuracy of your blog:&lt;br /&gt;- What is the purpose of the blog and why was it produced?&lt;br /&gt;- Objectivity: what goals/objectives does this blog meets?&lt;br /&gt;- Information is not very detailed.&lt;br /&gt;- Frequency of blog – very low.&lt;br /&gt;- Produced in June 2007; should have at least 50 articles published. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Content Recommendations&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;- Insert “About Me” page… with contact details.&lt;br /&gt;- Insert “About This Blog” page with goals/objectives of the blog&lt;br /&gt;- Increase posting frequency to at least 3 articles per week.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Design&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;- CSS: blogger, ok.&lt;br /&gt;- W3 Tableless test: Congratulations … ! bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com is tableless according to the W3C recommendations&lt;br /&gt;- Colors and images, ok&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt; Design Recommendations&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;- WordPress and Moveable Type have much more design features.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Layout&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;- Main page, ok&lt;br /&gt;- Related pages, n.a.&lt;br /&gt;- Comments, ok&lt;br /&gt;- Archives, ok&lt;br /&gt;- Categories, n.a.&lt;br /&gt;- Header, ok&lt;br /&gt;- Footer: too much info about adlandpro&lt;br /&gt;- Columns: 2, ok.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt; Layout Recommendations&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;- Better to have few more related pages and categories. Blogger.com doesn’t help much on that but still can do something if you have your own DN or subdomain.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Usability&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;- Ease to use/read, user friendly, versatility in access options: OK&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Social bookmarking&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;and news&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;- Del.icio.us  not available (n.a.)&lt;br /&gt;- Digg, n.a.&lt;br /&gt;- Facebook, n.a.&lt;br /&gt;- Technorati, n.a.&lt;br /&gt;- StumbleUpon, n.a.&lt;br /&gt;- Reddit, n.a.&lt;br /&gt;- Twitter, n.a.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt; Recommendation&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;- Have at least 3 bookmarks and social news: Del.icio.us, Digg, Technorati&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Monetization&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;- PayPerPost, n.a.&lt;br /&gt;- WidgetBucks, n.a.&lt;br /&gt;- Targeted advertising (banners, buttons), n.a.&lt;br /&gt;- Text link advertising, n.a.&lt;br /&gt;- Affiliate links, ok&lt;br /&gt;- Selling your content, n.a.&lt;br /&gt;- Donations (button), n.a.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt; Recommendation&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;- Have some affiliate links, but for the beginning I will recommend at least targeted advertising (banners, buttons).&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RSS Feeds&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;- Existing: Atom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt; Recommendation&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;- Have also a RSS feed for comments&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Widgets, tags&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;- Existing: Market in India widget – I’ve enjoyed the music!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt; Recommendation&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;- Need to improve Market in India this widget (is little distorted…). Other recommended widgets: BlogCatalog, MyBlogLog, Technocrati&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;User access&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;- Register, n.a.&lt;br /&gt;- Login, n.a.&lt;br /&gt;- Blogroll, ok&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other features&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;- Email this, n.a.&lt;br /&gt;- Link to this post, ok&lt;br /&gt;- Trackback, n.a.&lt;br /&gt;- Recent Comments, n.a.&lt;br /&gt;- Recent entries, n.a.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Overall Conclusion&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;It’s a good start for a beginner but you need to post articles regularly. For making it a real business and professional weblog you need to follow the steps described above and to improve your blog’s look, features and content.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;" lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For a professional review of your blog &lt;a href="http://www.mybestassociates.com/wp-login.php?action=register" title="register" target="_blank"&gt;register&lt;/a&gt; to this weblog and &lt;a href="http://www.mybestassociates.com/?page_id=13" title="contact" target="_blank"&gt;contact&lt;/a&gt; me!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1032929428233558212-17772401198059925?l=bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.apsense.com/group/101927' title='Coach Teodor'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com/feeds/17772401198059925/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1032929428233558212&amp;postID=17772401198059925' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1032929428233558212/posts/default/17772401198059925'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1032929428233558212/posts/default/17772401198059925'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com/2007/11/coach-teodor.html' title='Coach Teodor'/><author><name>Beth Schmillen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07839057982704965984</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Nh6ivqsjTnk/TO7xXJwqrEI/AAAAAAAAAEI/s-DXBfPqJsk/S220/tiny.me.abbot.pic'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1032929428233558212.post-8668985913894235368</id><published>2007-11-09T09:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-09T09:56:45.277-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='free'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adlandpro.com'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='community'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='advertising'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ads'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adlandpro'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='affiliate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='classified'/><title type='text'>Free Advertising Classified Ads and much more!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;h1&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/article/107470.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff8000;"&gt;Free Advertising Classified Ads and much more!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;         &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;td align="right" valign="middle" width="100"&gt; &lt;div id="button_II"&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/tellafriend.html?id=107470&amp;amp;type=0"&gt;   tell a friend     &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/div&gt;    &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;       &lt;!-- header started --&gt;&lt;!-- header finished --&gt;&lt;!-- banner started --&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;  &lt;table id="banner" style="width: 603px; height: 568px;" border="2"&gt;     &lt;tbody&gt;       &lt;tr&gt;         &lt;td align="center" width="100%"&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/article/107470.html"&gt;Free Advertising Classified Ads and much more!!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;           &lt;p&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;Why Adlandpro? Adlandpro is actually a site where the members are partners.                          &lt;br /&gt;When you join Free as an affiliate or community member you will see your User Id or                          &lt;br /&gt;name on the upper left of your webpage and it will say like mine does:                          &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.adlandpro.com/partner.aspx?ref=BethsVentures&amp;amp;pg=adv_d"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;BethsVentures in Association with Adlandpro&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;           &lt;p&gt;When you get your affiliate link placed either on the mini-webpage you get free                          &lt;br /&gt;as a communtiy member, in your signature/banners anywhere or on a whole page                          &lt;br /&gt;like what I've shown here... and then you click to verify the new link...                          &lt;br /&gt;you will get credits for the banner/sig/page link click and your affiliate will be live                          &lt;br /&gt;and there will be a link at the top of the page for anyone who signs up under you                          &lt;br /&gt;to quickly access your website, blog, web 2.0 social/business website etc...(smile)                          &lt;br /&gt;           &lt;br /&gt;And you can have an Adlandpro page as part of another page like I've got here                          &lt;br /&gt;or make it a webpage in and of itself on one of your sites!&lt;/p&gt;           &lt;p&gt;At Adlandpro you will find many people willing to help you get started                          &lt;br /&gt;as a new internet marketer and if you've been doing this awhile, you'll wonder                          &lt;br /&gt;what took you so long to join Adlandpro!&lt;/p&gt;           &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;           &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.adlandpro.com/?ref=BethsVentures"&gt;&lt;img alt="AdlandPro World's Classifieds" src="http://www.adlandpro.com/Images/powerd1.gif" border="0" height="65" width="311" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;           &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;       &lt;/tr&gt;     &lt;/tbody&gt;   &lt;/table&gt;&lt;!-- banner finished --&gt;&lt;!-- banner ad started --&gt;   &lt;table border="0" width="100%"&gt;     &lt;tbody&gt;       &lt;tr&gt;         &lt;td align="center" width="100%"&gt;&lt;iframe name="I1" src="http://www.adlandpro.com/ImprNet/show_impr_var.aspx" align="middle" frameborder="0" height="145" width="600"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1032929428233558212-8668985913894235368?l=bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.adlandpro.com/partner.aspx?ref=BethsVentures&amp;pg=cat&amp;cat=44' title='Free Advertising Classified Ads and much more!!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com/feeds/8668985913894235368/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1032929428233558212&amp;postID=8668985913894235368' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1032929428233558212/posts/default/8668985913894235368'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1032929428233558212/posts/default/8668985913894235368'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com/2007/11/free-advertising-classified-ads-and.html' title='Free Advertising Classified Ads and much more!!'/><author><name>Beth Schmillen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07839057982704965984</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Nh6ivqsjTnk/TO7xXJwqrEI/AAAAAAAAAEI/s-DXBfPqJsk/S220/tiny.me.abbot.pic'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1032929428233558212.post-725057062478109180</id><published>2007-11-09T07:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-23T15:31:31.077-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='20%'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ventures'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bethsventuers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='quote'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='attack'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lacey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Google'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reader'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Einstein'/><title type='text'>A Look At What's New?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div id="overview"&gt;&lt;div class="interrupt-broadcast-empty" id="no-entries-msg"&gt;&lt;h2&gt;You haven't shared any items yet.&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;Sharing interesting items with your friends is easy: simply click on the sharing icon.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="broadcast-icon-screenshot-container"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.google.com/reader/ui/1513773293-share-icon-en.gif" alt="" width="302" align="absmiddle" height="45" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The item will then instantly appear on your public page at:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/reader/shared/11506409371573510097" class="public-page-url link"&gt;http:&lt;wbr&gt;/&lt;wbr&gt;/www.google.com&lt;wbr&gt;/reader&lt;wbr&gt;/shared&lt;wbr&gt;/11506409371573510097&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This page is accessible to anyone who knows its address, so all that's left to do is to let your friends know about it.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.google.com/help/reader/sharing.html"&gt;Find out more about sharing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I clicked here and there and read this and that...all I can figure is there's some functionality missing from my computer because I momentarily saw an upgrade to the newest best version Link for this as well...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, I've definitely had a look at what's new and here I am...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="overview-segment"&gt;&lt;div class="overview-header"&gt;&lt;span class="title"&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" class="sub-link" href="http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed/http%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.adlandpro.com%2Fforums%2F3%2F16172%2Findex.rss" id="overview-feed/http://community.adlandpro.com/forums/3/16172/index.rss"&gt;Social Networking Works!  Forum - Recent Topics Posted @ AdlandPro Community &lt;span class="unread"&gt;&lt;span&gt;(&lt;b&gt;128&lt;/b&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div class="overview-metadata" dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;span class="item-title"&gt;Get Paid To Socialize&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="item-snippet"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="overview-metadata" dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;span class="item-title"&gt;Re: The Einstein Quote of the moment!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="item-snippet"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="overview-metadata" dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;span class="item-title"&gt;The Einstein Quote of the moment!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="item-snippet"&gt;  "When I ask myself how it happened that I in particular discovered the  relativity theory, it seemed to lie in the following circumstance," Einstein  once explained। "The ordinary adult never bothers his head about the  problems of space and time. These ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div id="team-messages" class="section"&gt;&lt;div class="section-header"&gt;The latest messages from the Google Reader team&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div class="info"&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/blogspot/dtKx/%7E3/180839037/attack-of-20ers.html"&gt;Attack of the 20%'एर्स  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;via &lt;a href="http://googlereader.blogspot.com/" class="f"&gt;Official Google Reader Blog&lt;/a&gt; by dolapo on 11/6/07&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="body" id="team-messages-snippet"&gt;  At Google, 20% time is core to our culture and today's Reader release  incorporates features developed by two engineers in their 20% time. Those  two engineers would be us!  [image: Blogroll screenshot]*Steve Lacey:* As a blogger I like to include a  ... &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/blogspot/dtKx/%7E3/180839037/attack-of-20ers.html" target="_blank"&gt;See more »&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1032929428233558212-725057062478109180?l=bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.google.com/reader/shared/11506409371573510097' title='A Look At What&apos;s New?'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com/feeds/725057062478109180/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1032929428233558212&amp;postID=725057062478109180' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1032929428233558212/posts/default/725057062478109180'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1032929428233558212/posts/default/725057062478109180'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com/2007/11/look-at-whats-new.html' title='A Look At What&apos;s New?'/><author><name>Beth Schmillen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07839057982704965984</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Nh6ivqsjTnk/TO7xXJwqrEI/AAAAAAAAAEI/s-DXBfPqJsk/S220/tiny.me.abbot.pic'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1032929428233558212.post-5939718755111621080</id><published>2007-11-04T07:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-09T10:08:11.880-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='files'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SWF'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Grant'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banners'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='macromedia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Crowell'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flash'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ADCPM'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Trucker6roadclicks'/><title type='text'>Trimm Fat from Flash Files by Grant Crowell</title><content type='html'>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;h1 style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/article/111702.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 128, 0);"&gt;Trim Fat from Flash Files&lt;br /&gt;by Grant Crowell&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;         &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;td align="right" valign="middle" width="100"&gt; &lt;div id="button_II"&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/tellafriend.html?id=111702&amp;amp;type=0"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/div&gt;    &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;       &lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;Thanks to Mike at Trucker6RoadClicks who sends out a weekly newsletter with          &lt;br /&gt;great articles to post on your websites or blogs like this one!         &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.trucker6roadclicks.com/?refid=655"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 415px; height: 84px;" alt="" src="http://www.trucker6.com/TRC8.GIF" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why would the average online marketer who knows nothing about creating banners          &lt;br /&gt;(for the most part) be interested in reading about SWF or ADPCM ??? what???? well, if you're  having&lt;br /&gt;a banner created for your site or you've started creating your own? This is a great guideline&lt;br /&gt;for getting fast loading, great visuals, and Fabulous Flash Files! &lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;font-family:Arial;font-size:small;"  &gt; TRIM FAT FROM FLASH FILES   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By Grant Crowell &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Businesses and designers alike prefer Flash Web banners over GIFs because Flash Web banners     allow more complex animations, have high graphic quality, and can include scripting features and     interactivity, all of which are desirable for e-commerce. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;End users, in turn, benefit from Flash's smaller files, faster download times and streaming capabilities.    For example, a short banner animation can play in the forefront while the main banner downloads in     the background. And Flash banners are now almost universally accepted, displaying on more than     96 percent of computers with Internet connections.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But Flash banners aren't designed as well as they     could be when it comes to file size. If not handled skillfully, Flash files can become too big and take     too long to download. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Below are some important tips that will trim the fat from your Flash file and leave you with a lean,     mean banner machine. These tips assume you have a copy of Macromedia Flash and are familiar     with its functions. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And because Macromedia Flash is a complex software program, both basic and advanced tips are     provided. Beginners can visit Macromedia's online support for further assistance with the terms     given here. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;COLORS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When working with colors, use a limited color palette  Web-safe colors are best. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Use gradients sparingly. Each area of a gradient fill requires more data than a solid fill.  &lt;br /&gt;Linear gradients, left to right, are preferable as browsers read them more quickly. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Advanced. To understand advanced optimizing in Flash, you must first know how to create     symbols. Symbols are elements in your movie that you select for using over and over again.    &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Symbols can be graphics, buttons, movie clips, sound files or fonts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By creating a symbol, the symbol is stored in the Flash file's library, which you can grab and     place for multiple uses and edits. Symbols reduce file size because no matter how many times     you make and place a symbol, Flash stores the symbol in the file only once. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For advanced color optimizing, use the effects panel's tint to create different colored instances     of a single symbol instead of creating multiple symbols. Be careful not to overuse the alpha     transparency color effect. It can slow playback. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;FONTS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Limit the number of fonts and font styles you use. For embedded font options, select only     the characters needed instead of the entire font. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Advanced. Use font symbols as shared library assets. A library is where all your symbols     are stored. You can access the main library by going toWindow&gt;Library, or you can access     a shared library by defining the linkage properties of the original library's items or assets. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To use the assets from a shared library in another movie, chooseFile&gt;Open As Shared Library     in your current movie and select the shared library file you want to use. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;LINES   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Limit the number of special line styles used, such as dashed and dotted. Solid lines require     less memory. Lines created with the pencil tool require less memory than brush strokes.    Use Modify&gt;Optimize to minimize the number of separate lines in your shapes. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Advanced. Limit the number of special line effects. The commands Convert Lines to Fills,     Expand Shape, and Soften Edge in the Modify&gt;Shape submenu increase the number of vector     elements in your file. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;BITMAPS   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Graphic files imported into Flash, such as a photo or a file from another software program,     take up more file size than Flash (vector) graphics. Use them sparingly. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Size bitmaps to the exact dimensions you need before importing them into Flash. This includes     reducing image quality as much as possible. Avoid animating bitmap elements. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Advanced. Try converting your bitmaps to vector graphics. Sometimes you'll achieve  &lt;br /&gt;considerably smaller file size. Adjust the JPEG quality of bitmap files and turn off the  &lt;br /&gt;Smoothing option for bitmaps in a movie's library. Playback will be faster because the  &lt;br /&gt;bitmaps will render more quickly. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;SOUND&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br. the="" of="" settings="" export="" in="" options="" use="" compression="" sound="" choose="" to=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sound Properties dialog box. Use the lowest sampling rate and bit depth required.               &lt;br /&gt;Sixteen Kbps should suffice for most situations.              &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Instead of using a long sound file, take a segment of the file and set it to loop, that is, to               &lt;br /&gt;repeat itself. Choose fast in your quality button under Sound Settings. Fast gives better               &lt;br /&gt;compression results than medium or best.              &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br. choose="" dialog="" properties="" sound="" the="" from="" menu="" compression="" in=""&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;ADPCM (Advanced Differential Pulse Code Modulation) for short sounds, and                         &lt;br /&gt;streaming (MP3 compression setting) for longer sounds such as background                         &lt;br /&gt;music and soundtracks.                        &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;ANIMATION                      &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;File size increases with the number of frames. Use symbols for every element in your                         &lt;br /&gt;banner that appears and changes in more than one frame. Use keyframes and tweening                  to reduce the number of individual frames and keep your file size down to a minimum.                         &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Avoid using too many tweening operations at one time, however. Too many could                         &lt;br /&gt;significantly slow playback.                        &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Animate a fixed area of your banner, not everywhere on it.                        &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Advanced. Choose motion tweening over shape tweening and motion tween symbols                         &lt;br /&gt;instead of grouping objects. Use caution when creating complex symbols or having                         &lt;br /&gt;many symbols in a single frame. It might cause the movie to pause while symbols                         &lt;br /&gt;are downloading.                        &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;EXPORTING TO THE WEB&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Flash movies for export:  SWF or ShockWave Flash movie  require you to also save                         &lt;br /&gt;an HTML file. The HTML document is needed to activate the Flash movie and specifies                  the browser settings, including where the Flash movie appears on screen and the movie                  size. You can change these settings in the HTML panel of the Publish Settings dialog box.                        &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be sure to choose carefully among the anti-aliasing options found in the HTML section                  of a movie's Publish Settings. I usually recommend autohigh.                        &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Advanced. Use the bandwidth profiler to see if your movie meets or exceeds your target                  audience's connection speed. You can see where a movie may be paused to wait for a                  large file to download.                        &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Flash is a powerful tool for creating Web banners. It will take time to learn all the features.                  But keep these optimizing tips in mind and you'll be able to make stunning banners that                  are quick to download.                         &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;author: Grant Crowell  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;article provided by admin Mike of Trucker6roadclicks   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/br.&gt;&lt;/br.&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.trucker6roadclicks.com/?refid=655"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://www.trucker6.com/FB019.GIF" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;hr style="border-top-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);"&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.directmatches.com/bethsventures" target="_blank"&gt;The original Business Space!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1032929428233558212-5939718755111621080?l=bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.trucker6roadclicks.com/?refid=655' title='Trimm Fat from Flash Files by Grant Crowell'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com/feeds/5939718755111621080/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1032929428233558212&amp;postID=5939718755111621080' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1032929428233558212/posts/default/5939718755111621080'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1032929428233558212/posts/default/5939718755111621080'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com/2007/11/trim-fat-from-flash-files-by-grant.html' title='Trimm Fat from Flash Files by Grant Crowell'/><author><name>Beth Schmillen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07839057982704965984</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Nh6ivqsjTnk/TO7xXJwqrEI/AAAAAAAAAEI/s-DXBfPqJsk/S220/tiny.me.abbot.pic'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1032929428233558212.post-6318004393787476542</id><published>2007-09-22T21:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-02-23T14:30:53.794-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Network'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='APSense'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DirectMatches.com'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SEO'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BethsVentures.JerkyDirect.com'/><title type='text'>Make Money Online SEO? or Network?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/abc/bethsventures"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113257775503592274" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Nh6ivqsjTnk/RvXw2wnlS1I/AAAAAAAAABw/JYjwfkx68qI/s320/ap_banner_468x60.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Make Money Online &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;just 3 simple words :: &lt;strong&gt;Make Money Online&lt;/strong&gt; :: are what the 'real' bloggers about this enterprise choose to maximise their web presence with on search engines. Will this work for a novice blogger? Someone who has learned a bit about network marketing and how that is different than the marketing based on SEO... Let's see! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;frome APSense newsletter:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Latest Apsense Updates &amp;amp; Announcements&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/invite/bethsventures" target="_new"&gt;World of Apsense(WOA) beta, launches September 10, 2007!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apsense is a Business Social Network, so we understand that our users are online to Build their Business and of course Make Money. So the concept behind the 'World of Apsense" is allowing our users to own what they build at Apsense and make money while building it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/abc/bethsventuers" target="_new"&gt;Make Money in the "World of Apsense"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you are building your current business by meeting, exploring and creating you will also be earning money with Apsense. We name this unique and powerful concept the "World of Apsense". The concept is simple, the contents that you build at Apsense belongs to you, you will make money when your content pages display ads from advertisers. Your contents include things like your profile, network bulletin, blogs, groups, discussions, business centers and so on. There is No Limit to how much money you can make! The more quality contents you have... the more advertisements you can sell or display... the more money you will make!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Make Money While Building Your Network. The bigger your private network is the more money you can make! When anyone from your entire private network accumulates their first $25 in their Apsense cash account you will get up to $5. When a user that you directly referred upgrades by Paying, you can get up to 50% cash commission, monthly residual income.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Make Money While Creating Quality Contents. Apsense helps your current business grow by enabling you to create contents for your business, at the same time, these contents can generate a lot of advertising money for you! Our unique ad network includes a profit sharing system that pays out up to 85%. When you or anyone in your private network's content pages display ads and generate a profit, we will pay you up to 50% of the profit generated! What makes Apsense even more unique is that we give you the ability to sell and manage your advertisements to your own advertisers which you will get 100% of the revenue!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Build your Network ... Build your Business ... Build your World of Apsense ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/invite/bethsventures" target="_new"&gt;The World of Apsense, coming September 10, 2007!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's arrived and it's P A Y I N G ..... (smiles)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bethsventures.jerkydirect.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.directmatches.com/BethsVentures" target="_new"&gt;http://www.DirectMatches.com/BethsVentures&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/abc/BethsVentures" target="_new"&gt;http://www.APSense.com/abc/BethsVentures&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1032929428233558212-6318004393787476542?l=bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.apsense.com/abc/bethsventures' title='Make Money Online SEO? or Network?'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com/feeds/6318004393787476542/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1032929428233558212&amp;postID=6318004393787476542' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1032929428233558212/posts/default/6318004393787476542'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1032929428233558212/posts/default/6318004393787476542'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com/2007/09/make-money-online-seo-or-network.html' title='Make Money Online SEO? or Network?'/><author><name>Beth Schmillen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07839057982704965984</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Nh6ivqsjTnk/TO7xXJwqrEI/AAAAAAAAAEI/s-DXBfPqJsk/S220/tiny.me.abbot.pic'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Nh6ivqsjTnk/RvXw2wnlS1I/AAAAAAAAABw/JYjwfkx68qI/s72-c/ap_banner_468x60.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1032929428233558212.post-5094784699186224354</id><published>2007-08-21T20:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-21T20:22:04.906-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Network'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bethsventures'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Review'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='APSense'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='community'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='win'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='$100'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jay'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='giveaway'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blogging'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='business'/><title type='text'>"Jay's Got it Down" or how I didn't win $100.00! ;(</title><content type='html'>Before I started my Blog here I was blogging and still am over at &lt;a href="http://www.blogchex.com/bethsventures"&gt;http://www.blogchex.com/bethsventures&lt;/a&gt; and also had just joined &lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/invite/bethsventures"&gt;APSense&lt;/a&gt; Business and Social Network Community... I found out from Jay that I could win some money if I wrote the best review of his blog site!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, I didn't win. Sad to say. But I did include it here so that it has higher visibility than where I had it posted. Which was part of the contests goals... to get some link exchanging going on...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$100.00 Give Away !! Just win the Review Contest !!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;When it comes to telling you about what's what on the Internet,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.onlineopportunity.org/how-to-make-money-online/"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jay's got it Down!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But What's up with his about page? It's the most laborious read I've ever experienced. Jay let's his reader know that "This site, then, is dedicated to the idea that making money online doesn’t have to be expensive"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Expensive? C'mon Jay. Internet Marketing is all about learning to earn. Using all the Free or low-Cost resources available! I met Jay over at &lt;a href="http://apsense.com/invite/bethsventures"&gt;APSense&lt;/a&gt; and I haven't exchanged more than a few cryptic messages with him since then and all were regarding link exchanging (which I offerred to do and that would have cost him much less than the $100.00 he's offering to get some free exposure for his Blog review site !!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.onlineopportunity.org/100-review-online-opportunity-contest/"&gt;Win $100 by Reviewing Online Opportunity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/user/jshaffstall"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hits: 11 2007-05-30 21:30:32Subject Author: &lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/subject/2267.html"&gt;Jay&lt;/a&gt; at APSense&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;$100.00 Give away Online Opportunity is a blog about how to &lt;a href="http://www.onlineopportunity.org/"&gt;make money online&lt;/a&gt;. Right now Jay’s holding a contest for the best review. To enter to win $100 &lt;a href="http://www.onlineopportunity.org/100-review-online-opportunity-contest/"&gt;see the rules here.&lt;/a&gt; But when it comes to writing about such things as &lt;a href="http://www.onlineopportunity.org/directory-maximizer-review/"&gt;Directory Maximizer,&lt;/a&gt; which is on of his most recent posts you can see why he says "I’ll spend the money and take the risk, so you don’t have to." Not being a big time blogger myself, I just learned (from Jay) that I need to get backlinks to boost my ratings! Really! Yes, for those of us in the network marketing communities... we call that helping a friend! or link exchange! or we just add a link to our page or blog if it's something of help to our prospective affiliate, enrollee or reader. But submitting your blog to directories like &lt;a href="http://dmoz.org/"&gt;http://dmoz.org/&lt;/a&gt; will be something I do in the near future. I'll have to double check &lt;a href="http://www.onlineopportunity.org/directory-maximizer-review/"&gt;Jay's article&lt;/a&gt; on submitting your blogs for increased ranking.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Online Opportunity is a blog about how to &lt;a href="http://www.onlineopportunity.org/"&gt;make money online&lt;/a&gt;. Right now Jay’s holding a contest for the best review. To enter to win $100 &lt;a href="http://www.onlineopportunity.org/100-review-online-opportunity-contest/"&gt;see the rules here&lt;/a&gt;. Open until? Quick check his &lt;a href="http://www.onlineopportunity.org/100-review-online-opportunity-contest/"&gt;link!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1032929428233558212-5094784699186224354?l=bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.blogchex.com/bethsventures' title='&quot;Jay&apos;s Got it Down&quot; or how I didn&apos;t win $100.00! ;('/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com/feeds/5094784699186224354/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1032929428233558212&amp;postID=5094784699186224354' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1032929428233558212/posts/default/5094784699186224354'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1032929428233558212/posts/default/5094784699186224354'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com/2007/08/jays-got-it-down-or-how-i-didnt-win.html' title='&quot;Jay&apos;s Got it Down&quot; or how I didn&apos;t win $100.00! ;('/><author><name>Beth Schmillen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07839057982704965984</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Nh6ivqsjTnk/TO7xXJwqrEI/AAAAAAAAAEI/s-DXBfPqJsk/S220/tiny.me.abbot.pic'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1032929428233558212.post-2486963272040785570</id><published>2007-08-21T18:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-01-13T20:31:15.268-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bethsventures'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seinfeld'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jerry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='editor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stories'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='story'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Editorial'/><title type='text'>Editorial considerations when posting in forums....and having been a Jerry Seinfeld tv show viewer (even the reruns run again and again ....)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Editorial considerations when posting in forums....and having been a Jerry Seinfeld tv show viewer (even the reruns run again and again ....)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've watched that Seinfeld show a few times...you might even say I'm a fan of the show with Cosmos Kramer and the rest of the characters along with their antics... including an Episode or two about the Soup Nazi.... Having said that it brings to mind some editorial considerations when posting in forums....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;this (possible) essay is a work in progress....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It has been pointed out to me by an online community friend I hold in high esteem (because of their art and graciousness...) that I have offended members of the APSense community. I have used a phrase in a manner that was not intended to be a personal insult about any individual but yes, quite derogatory about the anti-spam measures instituted in late July 2006 at &lt;a href="http://www.apsense.com/abc/bethsventures"&gt;APSense&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The sentence that is less than appreciated: &lt;strong&gt;"The Spam nazi's are out in full force... WATCH out :: Beware :: You are being rated!!"&lt;/strong&gt; ...and for some &lt;em&gt;absurd&lt;/em&gt; reason I have been unable to grasp the nature of this inconsideration ...on my part. I must be dense. But then I am an American with less sophistication and international finesse than some... There is an absurdity to using such a word in regards to the difficulty regarding spam. I chose it because it highlights what is really a simple matter for the members monitoring their own Groups and the administrators monitoring the Groups they monitor ...without suggesting that anyone is not understanding what the problems are due to English being a second language ~ or ~ suggesting in a condescending way that maybe you aren't running the ApsenseExpress or you would know what's going on type of comment. Both of which were comments written to APSense members regarding this fiasco as to why we weren't being diligent enough in policing the spam in Groups and deleting it...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From what I can understand... there are those who aren't familiar with American Sitcom Humor...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;here is who Jerry Seinfeld is and what his sitcom is about... from what I can recall Jerry Seinfeld, the comedian, who has the episode about the Soup Nazi? Seinfeld is a Jew. The Soup Nazi is an eastern european guy (character) who makes the best soup in New York City from olde country family recipes. Only, you have to stand in line a certain way, step forward only when it's your turn, present your money only after a specific lapse of time...and never, never ask for extra bread or special orders... or you will be banned from the Soup Nazi's restaurant! It sets up for some very funny scenes...that is the reference I was using.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An absurd remark meant to have some bite but to be mostly ... humorous in that absurd way that some may have an appreciation for and after some consideration... I can now see why others don't appreciate it at all...But... I'm still struck with the dilemma of whether or not I should edit my writing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was actually asked to change the wording for several reasons.&lt;br /&gt;1) That it's an insult and that I'm being seen as someone who is name-calling and that this is not good for the community.&lt;br /&gt;2) That there is an overwhelming consensus world wide that it is an extremely insulting phrase to those it's directed towards&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;---So, that's what I have been pondering. The humor of Soup Nazi to the insult of Spam Nazi...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the past 2-3 days, I've exchanged more messages with my very patient friend than I know... upwards of half a dozen and then the replies... so... in case anyone is still reading and wondering why I'm writing this... it is a &lt;strong&gt;BLOG&lt;/strong&gt; ... it's of concern to me because I've upset a virtual friend. Although they would say it's not that... that I come across insulting and name calling and unprofessional... I've never blogged like this before... this is great!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"And you don't have to be a New Yorker to love Seinfeld, as the show's popularity proves - there's probably a Soup Nazi in Kansas and a Vandalay Industries in Alaska. " &lt;a href="http://www.tbs.com/stories/story/0,,266,00.html"&gt;http://www.tbs.com/stories/story/0,,266,00.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let me digress.I'll have to digress more tomorrow....(smile)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have a great TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;Beth&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/" target="_blank"&gt;The BusinessSpace ~ the internet's original social and business &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Network Free to Join Free to Advertis Free Forums&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1032929428233558212-2486963272040785570?l=bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.apsense.com/article/105420.html' title='Editorial considerations when posting in forums....and having been a Jerry Seinfeld tv show viewer (even the reruns run again and again ....)'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com/feeds/2486963272040785570/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1032929428233558212&amp;postID=2486963272040785570' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1032929428233558212/posts/default/2486963272040785570'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1032929428233558212/posts/default/2486963272040785570'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bethsventures-make-money-online.blogspot.com/2007/08/editorial-considerations-when-posting.html' title='Editorial considerations when posting in forums....and having been a Jerry Seinfeld tv show viewer (even the reruns run again and again ....)'/><author><name>Beth Schmillen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07839057982704965984</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Nh6ivqsjTnk/TO7xXJwqrEI/AAAAAAAAAEI/s-DXBfPqJsk/S220/tiny.me.abbot.pic'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1032929428233558212.post-7471090291065405317</id><published>2007-08-19T16:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-01-13T20:25:08.841-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='function'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='online'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='characters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adlandpro.com'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='money'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='community'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DirectMatches.com'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blogging'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='navigate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='affiliate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='computer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='make'/><title type='text'>Network Marketing :: The Time of Your Life !!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://apsense.com/invite/bethsventures"&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Network Marketing :: The Time of Your Life !!&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Nh6ivqsjTnk/Rnh3VHfVKCI/AAAAAAAAAAU/PzaYKWu51Eo/s1600-h/time.img0008.DM.guy.gif"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5077939784531650594" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Nh6ivqsjTnk/Rnh3VHfVKCI/AAAAAAAAAAU/PzaYKWu51Eo/s320/time.img0008.DM.guy.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Nh6ivqsjTnk/Rnh26HfVKBI/AAAAAAAAAAM/KpTsqS8WZ4w/s1600-h/time.DM.Life.gif"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5077939320675182610" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Nh6ivqsjTnk/Rnh26HfVKBI/AAAAAAAAAAM/KpTsqS8WZ4w/s320/time.DM.Life.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the beginnings of my first article about network marketing! Please allow time for me to learn how to use blogger since it is all new to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Usually I have those two characters juxtaposed as in opposite than where they are now! Simply visualize the woman on the left and the man on the right !! That's what's so fun about learning how to navigate new websites, affiliate programs, blogging, or any other computer related function. When you are merely computer literate it's lots of fun! 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