Author: Ryan Dube
•1/31/2009
Here I am, blogging from the comfort of a vehicle, traveling at 70 miles per hour on the interstate. A thought struck me as I watch other passengers texting, using mobile email, or with a laptop on their laps and tethered to their mobile phone - surfing Google just like they were sitting at home. We are living in reality conceived by the sci-fi authors of the past.

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Author: Ryan Dube
•1/24/2009
When you are a writer, whether you're writing for the online market or the offline "print" market, there are a number of resources that are critical to your success. These span the whole range of skills that every writer needs, including:

1. How to write well
2. How to organize and plan your writing projects
3. How to make money from writing
4. How to get published (either online or offline)

Every month I plan to provide book reviews for the best books out there on particular topics related to writing. This month, I'd like to focus on two books in particular - the annual Writer's Market, and the instructional and entertaining book On Writing by Stephen King.

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Author: Ryan Dube
•1/20/2009
When it comes to finding real free articles for your website or blog, it can be difficult to find content that consists of good writing. And it's important to offer the readers of your website with recent articles, not old content from two or three years ago. Unfortunately, most free articles are usually poorly written, with atrocious grammer and absolutely no focus to the text other than stuffing it full of keywords that will hopefully draw traffic. If you are a webmaster or a blogger and you're looking for high quality recent articles that an intelligent person would enjoy reading, then review the following resources and you'll be adding the highest quality content to your website or blog in no time.

Adding Website Content Using Real Free Articles

Adding content to a website or blog every single day can quickly turn into a full time job. And when your blog is only producing income of a few dollars a month, the payout simply isn't worth the effort. However, the only way to increase that revenue is by offering your readership with fresh, recent articles on the niche that you publish about. There are ways to increase the volume of content that you can offer your readership without using up your own valuable time. The four central methods of finding real free articles for your blog or website include the following.

* Pulling the best recent articles from article directories
* Asking expert bloggers for guest editorials in exchange for links
* Hiring low cost "bulk writers" to produce articles and rewrite the content
* Getting prime content for less

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Author: Ryan Dube
•1/17/2009

One of the most valuable uses for the Internet is when you're in need of free writing, such as free letters or tips about writing. People often don't realize how often good writing can make an important difference in their life. Whether it's dealing with a credit card company, writing an invitation or a formal resignation letter, or if you simply want some advice about writing better - good writing gets results.

Finding Free Writing Resources and Tools
In this article, you'll find valuable links and resources to free letter templates, free tests and free questions, free tutorials to help you practice writing, and resources about writing that offer you with tips and techniques to improve your own writing abilities.

The saying, "The pen is mightier than the sword," is very true. I've gotten out of some very serious scrapes and nerve-racking situations by writing a poignant and powerful letter. But not all people have the ability to craft the written word into useful prose, so when you need to have that kind of communication with a business or person, it's important that you know where to turn. Below, I'll provide you with some of the best online resources for both free and low-cost writing solutions. Bookmark this page and return to it when you find that you need to correspond with someone, or you just want to learn a bit more about improving your own writing skills. This article will cover the following resources:

1. Free Letters And Letter Templates
2. Free Tests and Free Questions
3. Free Practice Writing Tutorials
4. Tips and Techniques About Writing

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Author: Ryan Dube
•1/06/2009

Whether or not you realize it yet, mobile blogging, otherwise known as "moblogging," is rising as a very popular form of instant blogging that's set to take the world by storm.

How to Moblog to Boost Your Blog Ratings

Mobile blogging isn't complicated. In fact, regardless which platform you use, there's very likely an integrated method to enable blogging to your blog from your cellphone. As you can see from my last post, which I used in this article, I've enabled my phone to fire off entries to BetterContent whenever I've come across anything exciting or newsworthy.

Just consider the possibilities:
  • Journalists can instantly publish pictures and text from breaking news events
  • Hikers and campers can keep a live online journal of their adventures
  • A whole new niche for traveling novelists
  • Private Investigators can instantly publish findings for clients in private blogs
  • Families can provide instant updates to each other on family blogs
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Author: Ryan Dube
•1/05/2009
In an amazing advancement of mobile technology and social network wizardry courtesy of Google, you can now blog from your phone. In fact, this entry itself was sent from my ATT Smartphone. In the next update, I will explain how mobile blogging can send your blog to the stratosphere.