Sunday, April 26, 2009

My Book of Truth

Many years ago, when I was still in college, my mother sent me a newspaper article in which a woman described a nun who had influenced her during her years growing up in a Catholic school. She described her relationship with this wonderful lady who was also the school's librarian. Both being avid readers, they had found each other and connected through their mutual love of books.

The years past and time came for the writer to graduate and leave the school. The librarian nun gave her, as a graduation gift, a little journal. In this little book, the nun had recorded her thoughts over the course of many years. She based her entries on a simple concept. When she found something to be true, she would record it in her journal.

The writer admitted that at the time she received this precious gift, she was very young and did not truly appreciate its value.

Some years later, the writer heard that her dear friend had past away. Upon hearing this, she remembered the little journal. After some digging through things packed away, she found the little book. She opened it and for the first time read it for the jewel it was.

The insights she found recorded there by the quiet nun were so moving and astute that she, in turn, felt compelled to write an article and share the story with others.

Fortunately that was the article my mother sent me. I was captivated by the idea of recording what one found to be true, so I went out and purchased a new, crisp paged journal of my own.

Through the years, starting November 9, 1994 (first page inscription), I have plied the simple concept - when I find something to be true, I jot it down in my Book of Truth.

Now, more than fifteen years later, I have quite a collection, and from time to time, I will read through my book's pages. The entries serve me over and over as reminders of not only the events of my life which spawned the entries, but to act a reminder of the truths I have come to conclusion on.

I am reminded that although we are clever beings, capable of tremendous feats of grace, creativity, generosity, insight, gentleness, kindness and amazing intellectual leaps beyond, we can so easily forget the invaluable lessons cast our way over the course of a lifetime. We must, from time to time, be reminded of beauty, of peace and of truth.

My hope with this article is that perhaps upon reading this story, others will be inspired to start their own books of truth.

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Saturday, April 25, 2009

Make Dough Writing Online

A ghost writer's opportunities to make dough writing online are limitless, there is a huge market for well written articles, eBooks, fiction stories, and how-to books by people who need for whatever reason to put their label on the writing but are unable to do the writing themselves.

Ghostwriting is just that, if I write a book as a ghostwriter, you will never know, since the person that is buying that book is the one whose name will show up on the cover. Did you know though, that much of the content on the Internet is also written by ghostwriters?

There are many types of ghostwriting and chances are if you are a writer you will be called upon to do more than one of them over the course of your career. Newsletters, press releases, web copy are all examples of ghostwriting. Most times ghostwriters are employed for nonfiction works, but there are times a fiction author might ask a ghostwriter to write a portion of his book for a variety of reasons.

As a ghostwriter you will be asked to take an idea, and hopefully some material, and put it all together into a well thought out and skillfully written book or article. If you decide you want to be a ghostwriter the first thing you should do is to compile a portfolio of your work, whether you decide to work through your own website, a freelance hub, or through an employer you will need a portfolio that shows a variety of the different types of work you are able to do.

The great thing about ghost writing is it requires very little equipment to start with; a good computer, printer and scanner will be needed, as well as a word processing program such as MS Word. Before you get started spend some time reading about ghostwriting, writing in general, and any of the areas of writing you plan to get into such as copywriting or web content.

There is a variety of ways to advertise your services, creating your own website, contacting other blog owners to ask them if they need articles written and one of the latest popular ways is through Craigslist, with a bit of time and effort you can reach a huge portion of the population by listing there.

You should start by keeping your fees low for your services, till you build up some experience and clientele, since the going rates for ghostwriting fluctuate, be sure to spend some time researching your rates before you start bidding for jobs.

There is plenty of work available for a good ghostwriter, so set yourself apart with excellent writing and being punctual about meeting your deadlines and you will find that you can leave your nine to five job behind while making lots of dough writing online.

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Three Ways an SEO Article Writer Boosts Your Profits

If you're in business, and especially if your business has a strong online presence, the benefits of contracting a good Search Engine Optimization article writer can be substantial. Here is a brief look at three ways having a steady supply of unique, original SEO niche-market-targeted content professionally written for your business can be of benefit to you. These three website content areas can be an integral part of every online business. Having well-written Search Engine Optimized content in these areas will certainly boost the bottom line of your online niche-marketing business. Here's what a good SEO article writer can do for you and your niche marketing business:

1. Write "Quality, Informative E-books and Reports

When a batter swings at a fast-thrown ball not every hit is a home run. The same is true for your customer contacts. Each time you contact a previous or potential client, you need to present a positive message that lets them know you truly have their best interests and a viable solution to their problem at heart. This is where contracting a good Search Engine Optimization article writer comes into play by writing a library of information products for you to have available for offer to your clients. Why not have the ability to offer your customer list and potential clients forms of information which will benefit them at a very low cost - even for free if you wish. This can be done by offering short e-books or reports on their area of interest.

2. Write "Quality, Informative Newsletters

Looking for a unique, but sure-fire way to keep your customers and potential clients informed of what's happening in your business and in their fields of interests? Then consider providing a periodical newsletter to your client list upon request? Whether it's weekly, semi-monthly, monthly, or any other frequency you require, a good Search Engine Optimization article writer can keep the latest, the greatest and most interesting aspects of your niche business constantly circulating on the minds of your employees, customers and associates world wide. With regularity, people will have your information flow directly into their e-mail in box, automatically triggering their remembrance of your products and services.

3. Draft Focused, Customer Niche-Topic E-zines

Quite similar in style and format to a newsletter, the strictly online version is often referred to as an e-zine or electronic magazine. These are delivered by e-mail to your niche target market list at a frequency you specify. A top quality SEO niche market article writer can easily keep your supply of information flowing to existing and potential customers alike, having continual growth as a distinctive part of your online business year-round, even in tough economic climates. And all this at affordable rates with top quality, regularly to you, too.

Showcase Your Products and Services in Their Best Light

Using any or even all of these techniques you can more easily build your client list, maintain regular contact with current and potential customers, showcase your products and services in their best light and promote the utmost in customer satisfaction. Your niche marketing business can thrive as never before. So just how much growth would you like to see in your business and sales this year? How about next year? Or even in the future beyond? It's all up to you and your decision to boost the statistics of your niche marketing business by contracting the services of a top quality, professional niche marketing SEO article writer who could boost your business in any or all of these three ways.

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Work From Home As a Freelance Writer

With the economy shedding jobs at more than half-a-million a month since the last quarter of 2008, many are scrambling to find new employment. And, if it's a work-from-home job, then all the better. Freelance writing is one of those careers that's easy to start, and practically anyone who can read and write can do.

Following is a fast-growing, high-paying niche in freelance writing that anyone can enter - and start making money almost immediately.

Forget Magazine and Newspaper Writing: Online Writing Jobs are Where the Money Is

Specifically SEO copywriting. What is SEO copywriting? SEO stands for search engine optimization. Search engine optimization is simply using various rules to write copy in such a way that websites get more traffic and more sales.

And, website owners need a lot of it on a continual basis. Why? Because to rank high in search engine results, web businesses need to constantly add fresh content to their sites or their blogs and and/or to distribute via article directories.

Since most of them don't have the in-house staff to do this themselves, they outsource it to freelance SEO writers. It's cheaper for them. But, the amazing thing is, there are very few qualified SEO Writers. Most freelance writers don't even know what it is, so it's an untapped market.

And, this is why SEO writers are some of the busiest freelance writers you will find. The most successful ones bill $100-$250+/day -- easily. Many SEO copywriters outsource work to to other freelance writers because they get swamped so easily.

Following are some sample jobs ads you may have run across while surfing the web. These all fall in the SEO writing niche.

Seeking SEO Article Writer: Need five articles on teen fashions for my website. Looking for someone who can submit 3-5 articles a week on an ongoing basis. Pay: $10-$20 per 400-500 word article.

SEO Copywriter Needed: We are looking for writers to produce SEO articles. Each article should be around 200 words and should include the keyword approximately 6 times. We will provide a sample as well as guide for layout and style. Pay: $10-$15 per post.

Blog Writer Wanted: Newly launched humor blog is looking for writers to contribute humorous articles on a weekly basis. No experience necessary, but the ability to consistently deliver smart and witty works of hilarity is a must. Pay: Open.

Web Content Writer: We are looking for freelance article writers to write website content, product descriptions, etc. Our freelance writing service is currently expanding, adding new clients weekly, and needs additional writers to take on writing projects. Pay: $25-$100/article.

When many hear the phrase "SEO" they tune out, thinking that maybe it's too technical. The truth is, it's so simple that even a 12-year-old can grasp it - all within a few minutes. If you're looking for a work-from-home job that is easy to do, pays well and where you can start making money almost right away, SEO copywriting is it.

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Hire a Ghostwriter to Boost Traffic and SEO

If you are like most people, you either don't know how to write effectively or simply don't enjoy writing. In the online business world, this can be a curse. Content is what the internet is made of, so writing is imperative to the success of your business. This is when you may want to hire a ghostwriter to do the work for you.

An experienced ghostwriter knows how to write for the search engines. Whether it's articles or content for your site, a good writer knows how to optimize keywords properly, and make the content compelling so that people actually read it. If your articles are dull, no one will read far enough to ever see your resource box, let alone click on your link.

Once you do make the decision to hire a ghostwriter, make sure they are qualified for the job. You can do this by conversing with them through email, looking at a few of their writing samples, and making sure there are real testimonials on their site written by clients who have used their services. If the testimonials have links to the clients website, you can be pretty certain they are legitimate.

A professional ghostwriter will perform the research necessary to write an informative, well written article. This helps you as the client, because the article or content will have your name on it. This will help you to be perceived as an expert in your niche or field. Well written content helps your business tremendously, in many ways.

When experienced ghostwriters write content for your website, they know that it should be informative, compelling, and even contain a little personality. It should also be well optimized for the search engines. Not all ghostwriters are proficient at writing this way, so choose carefully.

If you need articles and other content to boost your traffic and SEO, don't hire just anyone. The better choice you make, the better results you will see in your online business. Hire a ghostwriter that has the experience, knowledge and ability to write content that changes the pulse of your business!

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Buddhas' Second Nobel Truth

Buddha's Second Noble truth is that the root of all suffering is attachment, which means that from the day we are born we are suffering. There is not one person on this planet that can say that they are not attached to something. First it is our mother who gives us food and warmth, then as we grow we become accustom to different things, not only physical but emotional and spiritual as well, in other words we become attached to all of the objects that our mind perceives.

As humans we have genetic dispositions that allow us to desire anything that brings pleasure, things as simple as a song that we liked, a gift someone gave to us for our birthday or a religious belief we were taught as a child, or it can be as complicated as believing we have our whole lives ahead of us. Our suffering is inevitable the only way to not suffer is to over come it, but pleasure is deceiving because we allow ourselves to believe that in order to be happy we need a home, family, nice car, a good job and so on. The need for these things means that we have become attached to transient things and with that comes ignorance.

Ignorance is the lack of understanding of how our mind is attached to impermanent things. The reasons for suffering are desire, passion, pursuit of wealth and prestige, striving for fame and popularity, or as modern Buddhist will say humans suffer because of craving and clinging. The objects of our attachment are transient, their loss is inevitable when we die we will lose our family, or home, and our thoughts, and then suffering will necessarily follow. It is inescapable.

Another common object of attachment is the idea of a "self" which is a major delusion, because there is no such thing as an abiding self. The thing we call "self" is just an imagined entity a mass of cells and electrical currents. We are merely a part of the ceaseless becoming of the universe. It is naive of us to say that we are more than just a collection of matter that will continue to erode the same way the earth does.

Throughout our short life on this earth we become attached to all of the objects that our mind perceives, which is everything. Think of it as if we are born into a video game that we cannot turn off until we die. We must free our minds of attachment and let go of everything. Live with compassion, patience, tolerance and trust that there is and end to this life.

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Dimension of Wellness, How to Achieve It?

What is dimension of wellness?

It's something more than just lack of sickness or having a healthy body....

It's definitely not just some products to make you feel good or be physically fit......

It's to do with how you achieve your full potentials.

It's self-directed and is an ever evolving process of change and growth in your life.

It's also a philosophy of life. It's recognizing the fact that your health means more than just lack of illness or having a healthy body.

Wellness has 6 dimensions - physical; emotional; spiritual; intellectual; social and environmental.

When you attain these 6 dimensions (each one is equally vital in the pursuit of optimum wellness), you're considered whole or complete......

1. Physical Wellness

Exercise, eat well and generally leading a healthy lifestyle are the keys to physical wellness.

Making these right choices about exercise, diet and lifestyle will affect how you feel tomorrow and the quality of your life.

You might want to gauge whether you operate in the realm of physical wellness by these parameters:

  • Eat a balanced, nutritious diet that's rich in vitamins and minerals; good fats; lean protein; complex carbohydrates and fiber
  • Cardio exercise 3-4 times per week to benefit your heart and to improve/maintain your health
  • Get enough sleep
  • Seek medical help when sick
  • Take relaxation breaks daily to relax and de-stress
  • If sexually active, use effective birth control method and take steps to minimize risk of sexually transmitted diseases

2. Emotional Wellness

This is your ability to handle your emotions in a positive and constructive manner, to maintain them in a healthy state.

How you manage your feelings and behaviors; how you recognize your own limitations; how well you cope with stress; how well you express your feeling outwardly and your level of optimism, self-confidence, satisfying relationship, joy and happiness, are major building blocks for your emotional well being.

3. Spiritual Wellness

This doesn't mean you're religious. Rather it's your quest to find meaning and purpose to your life and also be tolerant of the beliefs of others.

Your faith (in religion), values, beliefs, principles and morals define your spirituality.

And the inner quality of being compassionate; loving; forgiving and joyful will help you enjoy your spiritual health.

4. Intellectual Wellness

You've an active mind; receptive to new ideas; think critically; seeks out new challenges; stretch and challenge your minds with intellectual and creative pursuits; being creative, curious and motivated to master new skills.

These are the critical success factors to attain this dimension of wellness.

5. Social Wellness

This is how you contribute to your environment and community and how you build and cultivate better living spaces and social networks.

Basically, you've satisfying relationships; support networks; you participate and contribute to your community and pick up good communication skills and establish social closeness and intimacy.

6. Environmental Wellness

This dimension sees you leading a lifestyle that's respectful to your environment to minimize the harm you do to it.

You practice healthy measures aim to improve the standard of living and quality of life in your community.

You treasure earth's natural resources; conserve energy, buy organic food and products and appreciate what nature offers.

Cecelia Yap is an avid exerciser and author of the popular exercise website: perfect-body-toning.com - a web site born out of her passion which she successfully turns into a profitable business

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