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Author: IMpopstar | Published: 23th October 2011 | RSS | LINK | 4 Comments. Leave yours!

Hey, can’t you sleep? Messing up your body clock can have devastating results in your Life if you feel drowsy at work, miss vital appointments, or fall asleep at the wheel! It’s impossible to enjoy Life if you feel tired so take a break now and relax!

Here’s 10 reasons why you can’t sleep

#1 You are too tired! Sometimes you go on and on and simply overdo it! Learn to listen to your body clock and go to sleep when you really need to without pushing your endurance.

#2 Your room is too hot or too cold. Very basic but don’t lie awake, just get up and change your room temperature or add/remove clothing. It’s good to sleep with the window open because fresh air brings in a constant supply of new oxygen which is vital for good sleep.

#3 Your job is wrecking you! Long hours at the computer produce repetitive strain which may not be instantly noticeable – in fact the effects may only begin to tell as you find you can’t sleep comfortably. Firm yet soft pillows and foam to raise your legs can help.

#4 You worry. Learn to relax before bedtime with a long soothing bath and place a bag of lavender near your pillow – the aroma has gotten people sleeping peacefully since Roman times! Schedule your daily life out carefully and try to fit a lot less into each day.

#5 You feel tense about tomorrow. “Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof” is an ancient proverb and it’s a great thing to realize there is only so much we can fit into 24 hours. Get a deep gulp of fresh air and play some sooting music softly with the light well dimmed. Allow yourself to drift into relaxation and sleep – you’ll be fine tomorrow!

#6 You sleep too long! One of the worst causes of insomnia is sleeping late and then taking too much sleep since you will then be awake a lot longer after this and it will really mess up your body clock. Schedule your evening so you relax more as the day wears on, dim the lights, turn the volume down and have a routine of slowing down! Go to bed at the same time daily and ensure you awake after 7-8 hours of deep sleep and rise promptly with no snoozing! A new habit!

#7 Noise rings in your ears. Difficult! Try reciting a poem to yourself and dreaming of a walk in a grassy meadow – imagine smelling the fresh grass aroma and the wild flowers. As you focus on using your imagination for your sense of smell so your sense of hearing will diminish in your front of mind. Close your eyes and roll your eyeballs gently. Massage your neck a little. Wriggle your toes. Stretch out luxuriously and feel drowsy.

#8 You close your eyes only to jerk back awake time and again. At some point in the recent past you’ve had a situation where you felt drowsy yet had to make yourself stay awake. Perhaps you were driving at the time. Your mind is replaying the scene because you felt very afraid of the potential consequences. You need to get up, stretch yourself, blink a good deal and drink some water. Get a few big gulps of oxygen. Massage your neck gently and speak soothingly to yourself: you are safe now. Unwind. Place your head very gently upon your pillow and strongly imagine a beautiful scene where you feel peaceful and safe.

#9 You’ve snatched catnaps for years and lost the habit of 7-8 hours continuous repose. It’s time for you to re-access your priorities! Schedule your life in such a way that you can fit in all you want each day but allow yourself a good night’s sleep. Having said that, many people tend to siesta mid day and then take a shorter sleep at night. It’s all about what works for you.

#10 Your partner keeps you awake! Well, there’s all reasons why they may do this but understand that there is no reason to share a bed – many couples gain much happiness by agreeing to separate bedrooms. You will sleep far better on your own bed than sharing a mattress and a quilt/duvet – you know it makes sense! Enjoy a little more space to yourself and sleep well again.

One of the main benefits of good sleep is to refresh our muscles and this won’t happen if you are tense. You probably tense up in a strange room, if you are cold, if you are afraid, if you are worried, if you have a lack of space. Ensure your body can relax completely.

Here’s what to do about sleeplessness

Essentially you are about to replace bad old habits with good new habits – feel relaxed and allow yourself time to get into your new healthy routine!

Soothe your skin before sleep with oils and a relaxing bath.

Make sure the air can circulate freely in your room.

Avoid reading late at night. Be sure to focus on beautiful serene things before sleep – not bad stuff!

Change your lifestyle if you need to!

If your conscience is telling you something then act upon it: sleep will return.

You deserve a good long sleep but don’t overdo it!

Never deprive yourself of sleep by trying to get more out of each day! Quality not quantity. Resist waking early simply to feel virtuous. Why should God care when you pray?

Never mind your family – once you feel tired go to sleep.

If you feel drowsy whilst driving pull over, park, and drift off if you need to. Plan your journeys so you always feel well rested before setting out. Sell your auto!

Unburden yourself and downscale your life so you have far less to worry about. Accept that a lot of Life simply isn’t your fault and there’s nothing you can do about it. Get counselling if you need it. Quit blaming yourself. Love your sleep!

Never feel guilty about sleeping – it’s a basic human requirement so take yours when you want to regardless of anyone else.

Resist caffeine or alcohol before sleep – drink water instead.

Stop eating at least three hours before you sleep. Four hours is better. We can get by on a lot less food! Aim for simple food and good digestion. Eat a lot more fruit and totally natural foods. Avoid sugar and salt. Avoid dessert.

Check your bedding – when did you last replace it? Buy a firm new mattress. Consider an adjustable bed or place foam cushions under your legs so you sleep with your lower legs and feet raised – this will help you a LOT! Raise your shoulders a little and keep your head tilted back to free your airway.

Change the position of your bed or try sleeping in a different room. You may even consider relocating if your street is noisy at night. You deserve all the rest you can get!

Think back to the last really good sleep you had and recreate the circumstances. Eliminate your fears by filling your day with happy business. Avoid people and situations that make you tense up. Listen to soothing music regularly and soak your feet in a bowl of warm water. The most surprising elements help us to relax!

Add your tips below!

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Author: IMpopstar | Published: 21th September 2011 | RSS | LINK | 8 Comments. Leave yours!

Today we read breaking news regarding Facebook revenue – after closing $1.86 billion during 2010, clearly the trend was set to rise in 2011, and this is confirmed by world media today with figures announced for the first half of 2011 running at $1.6 billion from advertising.

In fact, the social network looks set to earn an increased figure during 2012 from other initiatives such as Credits – the in house currency, games from Zynga, and a coupon development.

With 750 million worldwide users (the network is blocked from China) up from 500 million in 2010, the social giant looks to enjoy increased profitability well into the next year, despite competition from Google’s Plus One button and new Google+ which claims to be more user friendly than Facebook.

So is an early 2012 IPO on the cards? CNBC’s Kate Kelly believes so, as you can see in the short news video here.

 

Can Facebook revenue continue its phenomenal upward trend? eMarketer, the digital analyst claims so: ”Facebook’s revenue streams will continue to diversify, with ads representing a decreasing proportion of total revenue while other sources such as Facebook Credits will grow,” eMarketer principal analyst Debra Aho Williamson said.

Will Google prove to be a stumbling block or merely an obstacle? The search engine which owns YouTube and FeedBurner is slowly inching its own way ever closer. Has the growth peaked for FB or can more people yet join its user base? Will we see further income diversification?

Estimated figures for 2011 are $4.27 billion with $5.78 in global ad income being suggested for 2012. You can read my more in depth article on Facebook Revenue here.

My gut feeling is that this social network appeals predominantly to a young generation of users who want to freely share their photos and videos online and enjoy chat and hours of free gaming, yet themselves rarely spend money online. The more influential market of wealthy credit card spenders has not yet been tapped, and with its trendy interface and “YP” positioning, it is difficult to envision how Facebook might tap into this money.

To date, the big spenders are the big brand corporations with huge advertising budgets who want brand exposure promotion. Credit card holding individual consumers are shopping elsewhere on the web!

How can the big internet websites appeal to these consumers?

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Author: IMpopstar | Published: 29th August 2011 | RSS | LINK | 7 Comments. Leave yours!

Work confidently for success in all you do!

Why should you ever doubt your ability? The success you work towards is the marriage of your vision and your expectation. It doesn’t make sense to work on a project you believe will fail!

Daily disciplines enable you to develop control and precision!

If you have found lately that you are not always attaining the successful results you believe you should be enjoying then cross examine your goals and your targets: does everything add up? Does the priority of your project make sense? For whom?

It is actually quite easy to find yourself working on projects that only aim to please someone other than yourself – this really doesn’t make sense! Instead you need to design a great exciting ambitious project you can work on that aims to fulfil a dream YOU have!

If you have lost some of your self confidence lately then you will want to redefine how ambitious you are, so choose a simple project you can get on with that will easily accomplish a good result that builds up your confidence so you can step up on your success and go for gold!

Take a little time away and probe your motives. What do you want to achieve for yourself and your family both now and in the future? What projects can you work on which will achieve the good you want?

Let your projects excite you!

You can work confidently for success in all you do when you feel alert, spontaneous, safe, confident and happily challenged! If anything is blocking you from those vital feelings you must sort it out now before you commence your next successful project.

Work on things which you enjoy, and which give value to other people, and which are worth doing in and of themselves. Working for a good result is worth far more to you than hoping to get some money! Money is all too soon spent, but good work endures.

Think of the master craftsmen who designed the funny ugly gargoyles on church roofs - their work has endured for centuries! The work itself has been worth far more than the money it earned! Do your projects have value that will last?

Every time you set out to do something which will bring value that lasts into the future, you can expect to enjoy renewed energy, a bright feeling of worthy achievement, the pleasing sense that others will benefit from your input, and the sure knowledge that you can always work confidently for success in all you do forever!

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Author: IMpopstar | Published: 24th August 2011 | RSS | LINK | 8 Comments. Leave yours!

Have you ever considered to become an expert at something you love?

What topics really interest you? What do you have a lot of experience in? What does your work center around? Something you love – what can you become an expert at?

If you are already quite good at something and you have a fair knowledge of the subject then consider going all out and becoming an expert in your field! The top rewards go to experts – the top consulting fees, the best writing fees: you may even write a bestseller about your subject!

Even if you dislike writing you can team up with someone who loves writing and expound your subject! Start a FAQ blog and build an email subscriber list of fans! Start your own Facebook like page and offer tips and info there. Begin a Twitter account and tweet your tips and insights daily.

Don’t hide your lamp under a bushel – you’d be surprised how the world will reward you for being bold and stating facts about a subject you know and love – why not help more people the world over to enjoy the topic through the eyes of your experience?

You need not be an also ran! If you take a little time daily you can soon learn a great deal more about any topic, and meet people online who like the same activity. Go for it!

Become an expert at something you love and get known for your clear cut opinions – be the person who shares your tips freely for others – in time people will clamour to buy everything you write, or join your courses!

Plus you may even get to meet big players you admire! And maybe they will admire you in turn! Start today!

Great things happen for those who can’t wait! @IMpopstar 8)

Author: IMpopstar | Published: 09th August 2011 | RSS | LINK | 1 Comment. Leave yours!

Do you believe in good and or bad Karma? When someone does something bad to someone then bad revisits them in return? When you do good things to others, good things get done to you in return?

How can you tell?

Does the weather repay good for bad?

Even if something bad happens to someone who did something bad, how can you be sure it’s Karma? What about when you do a good thing and something good happens – wouldn’t it have happened anyway?

The more I look at it, the less likely Karma seems to exist. It’s a nice idea if you want revenge…or if you something good that isn’t appreciated, then it’s nice to think, well I’ll get a return because of good Karma. But supposing it doesn’t work like that at all? Is that going to ruin your life? And which things exactly do you ascribe to the effects of Karma?

Here’s a great read when you feel like everything’s always going wrong for you!

So do you really believe in good and or bad Karma?

See, the problem I have with this concept is, how much of what happens can be ascribed to it? Everything? Because I find that scary: I mean, everything I do is going to result in a like response from the Universe to me? Suppose I accidently kill an ant? What will happen to me then? Suppose I give some money away – what will happen to me then?

I can’t be 100% sure all the things I ever do, or think about other people, are going to be 100% good so that means I have bad coming into my life as a result. It’s a bit like the eye for an eye idea – only exactly how like for like is it, I wonder?

And that, to me, is the big problem – we just can’t know! So that alone would be enough to get me really worried – “what if”?

Basically, I like to eliminate worry from my daily thoughts because over time I have found nothing you ever worry over ever actually takes place and it leads to stress and fear which are both very negative and bad for our nervous systems and can even lead to illness! So why worry?

That’s why I want to totally dismiss this whole do you believe in good and or bad Karma idea completely – it may be fine imagining the guy who beat you up is gonna “get his” but suppose it all rebounds on you? You may ask why do bad things happen to good people but who on earth is to say that what we do is good or bad? Some things just aren’t that obvious.

Why pretend there’s some mysterious force out there lying in wait to pay you back? Just take it easy and dismiss all this kind of thinking from your system! You’ll be amazed how much freer you suddenly feel – you may even feel some tension leave the small of your back!

Deciding to let life flow and take responsibility for the good results in your life allows you so much freedom – no worry about something big whacking you one! Who cares if a bad person gets his or not? The point is, people who do bad things don’t generate any love, respect or integrity in their lives so they are not going to enjoy anything good for long – they’ll be too busy worrying someone is going to get revenge on them!

Just choose to be a good person who does great stuff, is considerate for others and accomplishes some really worthy goals. That’s really all you need to focus on: good will result in your life because making this decision alone will keep you well away from bad people! As you mix with good people you’ll find a lot of good happens in your life. And when you have some great friends you can trust, then even when bad things happen, you’ll have people around you to rely on.

Now that’s what I call good Karma! Common sense, really! Keep away from bad, and it will keep away from you. Strive to be and love and do good and things will go well for you. If you think why do bad things happen to good people – all of us occasionally get some bad stuff happening – it’s not because of anything you have done – it’s just a big old world we live in, and we can’t help getting mixed up in things from time to time – keep positive and look to the good constantly.

Time and chance happen to us all. Into each life some rain must fall.

Just keep on doing and thinking good and never for a moment think something happened to you as a punishment because you did bad! Never! You might say why do bad things happen to good people? We all get some bad happen. Focus on the good things and 100% believe in yourself as a good person. Doubt brings worry and fear and stress and illness so banish doubt and be strong in your self belief – simply say “I am a good person! I always do good, mean good, and I love my life.”

Be a force for good and you’ll be amazed in time how many opportunities open up to you! But leave out all the old thoughts about how awful other people are and how you hope they will get bad in their life – that’s really negative and destructive thinking. If someone has hurt someone you love, instead of hoping bad happens, imagine that person turning around in their life, being sorry, and then going forwards as a good person.

Because really this is the only way we can progress as a human race! We need to eliminate the bad wherever we can and feel a universal love even to the worst people: the more people doing and being good people then the more good there will be in all our lives. I believe it is that simple!

Believe for good! Love life and rejoice! Dude! @IMpopstar 8)

What do you think? Comment below!

Author: IMpopstar | Published: 05th August 2011 | RSS | LINK | 12 Comments. Leave yours!

Are you getting heavy free targeted traffic to your blog?

How does your blog or website rank on the search engines? Do you know? Do you feel despondent because you are not ranking as highly as you would like for the particular keyword phrase you are angling for? Are you reaching the targeted free traffic you want?

I want to assure you today – don’t worry – there is yet hope!

How can you get people to visit your website?

Have you seriously considered all the other keyword phrases you may be ranking for? And what about the alternative to search engines, the web 2.0 social boomarking websites? Have a look at any one of your blog posts – pick out a 4-8 word phrase and type that into your search engine’s search box. Do you rank at all? You’ll no doubt be pleased to discover that you rank for several of these seemingly random kind of longer phrases!

And how is that good news for you? Well, despite what Google’s Keyword Tool may tell you, real people actually type in very long phrases into the search box, often in the form of questions you may never have considered.

Now how would YOU like to access all of this valuable information for yourself for FREE? That’s easy – go to Statcounter.com and install the FREE stats plugin to your blog – I use this on all my WP blogs and I highly recommend this free service. You can soon discover what keywords where used to find your blog, which pages are most popular, where your readers came from and a whole load of other amazing information all for FREE!

Use what you discover wisely – if most of your visitors hit one post then write another similar blog post you can link to as well. Find out where these visitors come from  - advertise there!

You can find out exactly what long tail keywords were entered to find your blog! Now you know what is popular and what to target to get more visitors! When something works, do more of it! Lots more of it! Get result!

OK so what else can help you get a huge stampede of visitors? I use Twitter very successfully and I constantly follow new targeted people in order to build my following so I get ever more blog readers! It works and it’s FREE so use it!

Try out Digg.com and StumbleUpon.com and use these to send your twitter followers to – you’ll get a lot of targeted free traffic as many times a day as you want to tweet!! It’s up to you! There are many more of these free web 2.0 social bookmarking sites so try out the ones which suit you and make a weekly habit of submitting your blog posts to them and then sending your Twitter traffic to these. It all comes back to your blog ultimately!

So how can you get people to visit your website – how can you enjoy the fruits of free targeted traffic from web 2.0 social bookmarking? Which keyword phrases should you be targeting?

Well I hope you’ll be able to discover your best keyword phrases for accessing free targeted traffic by installing the free statcounter plugin to your blog. I have benefitted so much from this excellent tool! At last I can tell what people are searching for online that they find my blog! Then I can target my blog posts to be more relevant to those people.

I can even find excellent products these seekers may require and add hyper text links to my writing to encourage readers to discover the tools I use in my blogging biz. Such as this link for the best reliable autoresponder online: you’ll require this to build your own email subscriber database so you can keep in contact with your fans!

What I want to say to you today is simply this: don’t put all your trust into the search engine results because your results can go up and down quite unpredictably from day to day – build some resilience into your web marketing strategy and develop multiple ways to gain your free targeted traffic with a real variety of long keyword phrases! Use the best of web 2.0 social bookmarking to get as many daily visitors to your blog as you can: let your online currency be BUZZ!!

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Author: IMpopstar | Published: 30th July 2011 | RSS | LINK | 6 Comments. Leave yours!

Have you ever asked yourself: “Why does everything seem to keep going wrong?”

Sometimes, no matter how hard we try everything is chaos and it seems impossible to get the good results we really want.

What to do?

It’s like you are up a dead end street. You actually do need to turn yourself around and face in a new direction! Keep going and you will repeatedly hit a solid wall.

It may be hard to believe but sometimes in life you have been putting all your energy into achieving a result that cannot be accomplished because your initial data was wrong! For instance, if you have set yourself a task of growing bananas in Greenland, and the trees keep dying on you then you need to look in a new direction! You may need to first build huge heated greenhouses. Or you may even decide to move further south to plant your banana trees.

When you want to get good results but everything keeps going wrong, there is probably a tiny broken link in your equation! Your fundamental ambition is good – to grow bananas – but the broken link means you need to add something to balance your equation – heated greenhouses.

Is everything going wrong?

Look at your situation in the light of a person growing bananas in a very cold country – to keep trying the same method to reach a solution you are failing to achieve is foolishness. You need to get a new angle and make some prompt decisions. You won’t get anywhere throwing your money away so work it all out carefully to plan your next step.

Ask other people to tell you what they think: why does everything seem to keep going wrong? Maybe it’s your location, or your marketplace, or your own mindset – maybe it’s your reputation, or your team, or your brand? Maybe it all just needs tweaking.

But all too often we are chasing a rainbow that faded out of sight when the sun went in. For some reason we imagine that same rainbow will be there to chase on another day. We can get so set in our routine persistence to obtain the pot of gold at this elusive rainbow’s end that we never even stop to consider that the weather changed! Rainbows don’t last for long at all – does it still make sense chasing yours?

Turn yourself around! Even if you find it hard to believe your rainbow has vanished forever. It’s gone. Focus your ambition on a really worthy pursuit and throw your energy anew into that. As you begin to get good results in this new project you will forget to feel despondent about your last failure.

Sometimes all it takes to change your attitude when everything is going wrong is to start a new journey upon a new road. Investigate your present motives. Is your goal anything more substantial than a vanished rainbow? Are you still chasing that pot of gold?

As soon as you get to a point where you find yourself asking why does everything seem to keep going wrong, you can be very sure of this one thing: you’re chasing a vanished rainbow! You need to look deep, prepare your exit strategy, save what you can, channel your energy towards a new worthy goal.

It can be very hard to face the truth but as soon as you do, and as soon as you start to turn yourself around then you know you are going to get good results! It’s very hard to believe you could have made a big mistake and taken the wrong route to a destination that never even existed except in your imagination and it can be very difficult to cope with the loss you feel and the self reproach.

So just have a quick analysis and get onto a new track as quickly as possible so your ambition cannot turn to negative energy. The one thing we can rely upon to achieve what we really want is building and maintaining forward moving momentum.

Have you got a story to tell about a time when you had to start all over again? Share it with us in the comments below!

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Author: IMpopstar | Published: 15th July 2011 | RSS | LINK | 18 Comments. Leave yours!

Do you want to learn quickly how to make a like page on Facebook for free?

Other people are raking in FREE cash promoting their businesses with fan pages: now it’s time for YOU to capitalize on this opportunity! And here is all you need to have your own promo ready in no more than 1 minute!

You can read just how much money this Social Media website is making and what the networking giant intends to do to capitalize on its potential on my FB Revenue page. With over 650 million registered users it’s the world’s largest database and not only is it free to join for individuals but businesses the world over are rushing to put up their own Like Page which gives great opportunity to promote a business for free and develop online awareness of your product brands to a massive passive audience. The popular website itself makes most of its money through selling advertising to both small local companies and giant global corporations.

But how does this benefit YOU unless you have a business with a product website to advertise? And advertising can become very costly! So let’s study the FREE alternative!

Suppose you are an affiliate for a small niche market product such as an acai berry diet supplement: you can write articles and place these in the major article directories hoping readers will click through to your supplement blog or list squeeze page – maybe other bloggers will post your article on their pages as easy free content, giving you further backlinks and more exposure web wide.

Yes, you could step your marketing up to paying for sidebar ads but why trouble with that expense when you can enjoy all the Social Media exposure you can want for FREE!

“How?”

Simple! Discover how to make a like page on Facebook with your own giveaways, blog-style content, affiliate links, raving fans, and even an email optin box so you can build your own marketing mailing list and create rapport with your FB fans! Get this awesome Like Page Builder program FREE now!

Now it’s easy (and FREE) with Like Page Builder which gives you all the know how, video training and tools to develop your very own FB fan page, whether you are a wannabe celebrity, a product owner, a blogger, or an affiliate. Get your own database of raving fans leveraging on FB’s awesome traffic handling power!

Discover the tricks on how to make a like page on Facebook in just 1 minute! I had been thinking of getting around to creating my own page for several months but I lacked the exact know how. However, it’s really easy now and if you click my link here you can have your own Like Page up and running by this evening – so why delay? Discover how now!

Click here now and get “How To Make A Like Page On Facebook” (in 1 minute – with a give away ebook) for FREE!

The only limit to how profitable you can make a like page is basically your imagination! The first thing is to go have a browse and see how other people are leveraging their Like Pages: what do they offer? Many have an introductory tips video or a free ebook download.

The free ebook download is a clever idea because even if the person never returns to your page, your squeeze page or blog link can feature in your own free ebook which will provide you free exposure forever! The ebook may even be passed around from blog to blog or email to email creating a viral marketing effect and gaining YOU a ton of visitors free! Awesome!

FB has more members than countries have residents so daily that adds up to a lot of traffic! It’s all free so you may as well harness the power of all this potential passing trade. And learning how to make a like page on Facebook is your first step. After that, you can build your autoresponder list, gather social proof, get new prospects, and share your affiliate links.

Whilst you may not enjoy such high revenue as hundreds of millions of dollars, I’m sure you can see the huge potential of learning how to create a page on Facebook so get started today! I doubt you are seeking to become the next Mark Zuckerberg billionaire but do YOU want to get in on this opportunity to earn money for FREE?

Click here to discover how to make a Like Page on Facebook for FREE!

It’s a no brainer! Enjoy! IMpopstar 8)

Author: IMpopstar | Published: 07th July 2011 | RSS | LINK | 16 Comments. Leave yours!

How are you getting along with the new Google PlusOne button? I have added it to my SexyBookmarks WP plugin as you can see below this post, but if you want a more in-your-face approach you might like to install the equally new Google Plusone(+1) Button plugin from the plugin download page. Or “Add plugin” within your WP admin – easy!

As you can see from my last post, I have had a slight case of writer’s block ;) But this search media topic begs to be discussed!

I am having fun searching for my blog posts on Google search and then clicking the adjacent PlusOne button – have you seen this? This must be the next great innovation since Instant! Suddenly search results become more interactive. This is the first time you have been able to socially participate on a Google search results page – whatever will be the next step forwards?

Are we witnessing the early rise of a possible Web 3.0 where search meets surf and SEO merges with SMM?

Now we have search you can “like”!

Is this Google’s attempt to move forwards socially, or is it just the latest in their “Me Too” armory? Have YOUR say in the comments below. Personally I can’t quite see what the +1 button achieves that hasn’t been done better elsewhere but it is certainly a colorful addition to Share & Follow!

Will this innovation help YOUR blogging SEO or add clutter to your page?

How do you think PlusOne will improve your popularity rankings? Will you be clicking the +1 on your pages? Do you think this is a turning point for search engine use?

I’m all agog ;) IMpopstar @IMpopstar

 

 

Author: IMpopstar | Published: 21th June 2011 | RSS | LINK | 17 Comments. Leave yours!

Jason Fladlien, legendary internet marketing expert shares his views on overcoming writer’s block for article writers. Just a short 2 minute video but it gets you back on track! Have a view.

So the message from Jason Fladlien in this video is that marketing articles are about offering a solution to a problem – you don’t have to get creative! Either write on the topics you yourself are an expert in, and offer a quick tip, or research a problem market and present a solution. Keep on track with this and you will always have plenty to write about!

Here’s TEN quick tips of mine:-

#1 Decide the evening before what you aim to write about the next day: jot down the titles you will use.

#2 Research what other people are writing about: what titles grab you so much that you actually want to read further? Adapt those titles for your own articles!

#3 Get into the habit of daily reading a few articles and blog posts by other people: what message are they trying to get across? Can you improve on their presentation? Could you write a “reply” to their piece?

#4 Quote extensively in your writing – if something just inspired you and gave you an idea or a big feeling then write all about how you feel and why you are inspired and what you are going to do now! Fresh and original!

#5 Do you write about topics you are really passionate about, or just topics that you think will make you money? You could really stand out from the crowd by following your heart’s desire!

#6 Be bold and go a little further than you usually do – speak to your reader on a deeper level today!

#7 Write an article or blog post based around one of your favorite quotes: this could go in all kinds of directions!

#8 When you are really stuck follow me and find a short video on youtube which you can spin an article around (haha, you thought I was intent on being helpful, hey?)!!

#9 Add a pretty picture to your work to help it all stand out – a random photo isn’t great but something relating in some way to your topic will definitely help.

#10 Grip your audience! Short pithy sentences. Add suspense! Surprise!

To sum up, I wanna say - be passionate about everything you do and if you are feeling jaded don’t try writing – just for a walk with a notepad instead, get some oxygen and jot down ideas. Hope you enjoyed the Jason Fladlien article marketing writers video!

Well, that’s all for now folks, see yus tomorrow! IMpopstar 8)

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