What Is A Blog?

A blog is a coined word taken from web + log. It is a type of website that contains posts arranged in a chronological order. At the time of writing, the published date of blog posts can already be hidden so that it doesn’t show on the blog post page. 

A post is any written material posted or published on the blog, and blogs come in different forms and types. When a blog is a part of a website, the homepage is a static page showing the different parts of the site in the navigation bar. A blog, however, has the blog posts (also called entries) as its homepage.

The content of the blog determines its type. The popular type is called the personal blog, which functions like an online diary and which contains posts about personal life. It could be opinions, personal events in life or hobbies. Other types are business blog, school, Internet marketing, Information technology and all other kinds of expertise. You can create blogs on whatever topic (also called niche) you choose.

When you write posts and entries for your blog, it’s called blogging and you can refer to yourself as a blogger. Nowadays, blogging can be a profession. There are professional bloggers who make a living from their blogs, because blogs can also be monetized.

Having your own blog is easy. There are a number of sites (which are called Blog platforms) that can help you set up your own blog with just one click of a button. The best part is that it’s free too!

How Green Tea Diet Can Make You Lose Weight

When you dine in Chinese restaurants, complimentary tea is always offered. One Chinese proverb said "it's better to be deprived of food for three days, than go without tea for one".  Clearly, tea is part of the Chinese culture. Nadine Taylor offered the explanation why in her book Green Tea: The Natural Secret for a Healthier Life. It says tea, specifically green tea has been used as medicine in China for 4, 000 years. Even during the ancient time, Chinese have known the value of tea in their lives.



Now, I have been on look-out recently for a drink that can make me stay up late without making me dizzy and lightheaded like coffee does. Green tea seem to have the same effect, only better, because the effect is longer. Not only that, it makes me feel fuller and my bowel movements often. I have been struggling for days curbing my appetite, but when I started drinking green tea, I could go for hours not eating anything. And even though green tea contains less caffeine than coffee, I totally feel like it does make me feel more energetic.






Research-wise, green tea are said to burn calories faster and increase metabolism. It is rich in catechin polyphenols that said to help burn calories and prevent damaging effects of free radicals especially after a heavy work-out, thus making it a good anti-oxidant to help battle free radicals in our body. As it is herbal, it is also 100% natural.





If you drink green tea, you could also benefit from its other health benefits such as its ability to inhibit the growth of cancer cells. It can kill cancel cells without damaging healthy cells. It helps prevent rheumatoid arthritis and cardio vascualr diseases.

How To Join The EQ Diaper Raffle Promo

There's a new buzz on an ongoing promo of EQ Diapers. What's at stake? A Jollibee Birthday Party Certificate that's worth Php 7, 000.00 and a Birthday Party Cake Certificate that's worth Php 500.00! Here's what you need to know to join the raffle promo:

• The promo period is from Jan 16- April 15, 2011, and you can participate by submitting EQ Plus with soft cottony cover, EQ Colors and EQ Dry with magic tapes. Put one empty pack of EQ diaper in an envelope, together with your name, address, contact numbers, eMail address (if any), signature and your baby's name and birthday on a piece of paper. 

•  EQ mini packs of 4 pieces should come with another pack (of 4s) to be counted as one entry. All other packs (12s, 14s, 16s, 18s, 20s, 22s, 24s, 28s, 32s, 36s, 40s, 42s, 48s, 54s, 60s, 72s, 84s) count as one entry. Envelopes with incomplete number of packs will be disqualified. 

• Submit entries through all major Jollibee party stores or mail/hand-carry to:

1. GMA, North and South Luzon  --> JS Unitrade Merchandise, Inc., Raffles Corporate Center, Emerald Avenue, Ortigas, Pasig City 1605
2. Visayas --> JS Unitrade Merchandise, Inc., Lot 1-6 Blk 11 M.L.Quezon Avenue, Mandaue North Central, Cabancalan, Mandaue City, Cebu 6014
3. Mindanao --> JS Unitrade Merchandise, Inc., CDO Warehouse # 4 Pride Rock Business Park Gusa Highway, Cagayan De Oro City 9000

• There will be three monthly draws for five areas (GMA, North Luzon, South Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao): February 16, March 16 and April 15, 2011. 

• Fifteen winners per area will be drawn for the first and second draws, and 27 winners will be drawn on the last and final Grand Draw. 

• Winners will be announced on Philippine Daily Inquirer and registered mails will be sent as well. Winners can use the Birthday Certificates on any participating Jollibee Party Stores from March 18, 2011 to Dec 31, 2012. Prizes are transferable but not convertible to cash.

Hurry, moms! submit your entries now! :)

How To Check Your SmartBro Balance

There are two ways to check your balance in SmartBro prepaid plug-it.


First: Check your balance online

1. Go to http://smart.com.ph/connect/ and register an account.
2. Go to the dashboard by entering your SmartBro number without the zero prefix. Ex. 9201234567
3. Enter the password you used when you created your account.
4. Select Balance Inquiry from the menu options available. A detailed balance of your account will be shown, including expiration of promos you're enrolled in. 

The link to http://smart.com.ph/connect/ is available on your home page SmartBro modem window so you can just click it when you're online.

Second: Check your balance via SMS or text message

1. On Create Message type BRO BAL
2. Send it to 2200. You will then receive a text message of your remaining balance.

The balance inquiry thru text is free of charge.

I personally find the SMS way easier. But you should try both and see what works for you. 

How To Lower Fever Temperature Without Medicine

I'm not a doctor or a medical specialist of any kind, but I learned this trick from a doctor. Of course, taking fever medicine is still the best way to lower body temperature, but when you don't have access to medicine, this could really help lower body temperature. When I was pregnant and couldn't get hold of a medicine --and didn't want to take any-- but have a bottle of alcohol and paper tissue in my bag, I used them to lower my body temperature.

Alcohol lowers body temperature because of its cooling properties. When capillaries run through a part of skin with alcohol, the cooling effect is distributed throughout the body. Also, because alcohol evaporates quickly, it takes the heat out of the skin immediately when it evaporates and leaves the skin feeling cold.

 Don't forget to take some medicine as soon as you can  :)

The Money Is In The List - Part 4

Ya, I'm tired of this mailing list business and so are you. So, let me give you the final and last part of it.

Getting The Most Out Of Your Website -- an eBook

PROMOTING YOUR LIST
also explore other ways of promoting your list. You could create a blog andIt's important that you don't rely on sign-u ps from your website to develop your mailing list. It would help that you create one special page in your site that encourage readers to sign up for your newsletter, but you should then include your URL in your email and forum signatures. For a small fee, you could use advertisements. Whatever you do, remember that
nurturing your list doesn't end in making great content for your subscribers. Don't forget the list!


CONTENT OF YOUR NEWSLETTER

If you decide to use newsletters, coming up with contents for your newsletter on a regular basis can be really challenging. What you could do is include snippets of your web posts, announce new services and products, or you could give them a recommendation of a new web resource that you think will be useful for them. You could also feature current news in your industry if you can find one. Just remember to always include links back to your site.

Now, if you still struggle with contents, you could always hire ghostwriters or turn to sites that offer article contents for websites. An excellent source for articles is www.associatedcontent.com and www.constantcontent.com
       
Like I mentioned, you can make newsletters in the form of blogs. There are a lot of free-hosted blogs out there with instructions on how to set-up one, if you don't know yet how to do so. The popular ones are Wordpress and Blogger and both are free to use.


GET A LITTLE PERSONAL

I don't know about you, but in the world wide web, I feel a certain level of loyalty to those I feel I know better than those I don't. I tend to be forgiving of the mistakes of others I know but smirk at mistakes of those I don't. In fact, it would take very little to convince me to write a negative blog post about it, but Iet's not get into that. When you write your letter, do not be afraid to be a little personal in it. Offer your readers a glimpse of your life from time to time. Tell them about your pets, the neighbor that's driving you crazy or the woman at the check-out counter of the grocer. But always make it short to show that you respect their time, and to not lose their interest.


MAILING FREQUENCY

How often you communicate with your subscribers depends on the kind of list that you have. If it's a tip list, a weekly schedule would be ideal, although a bi-weekly schedule would be just as effective.

If you go for a newsletter or ezine, unless you can manage a weekly publication, bi-monthly would do just  fine. The goal is to not let the readers forget about you, as they probably will, when they only hear from you once a month. But you should also be careful not to irritate them from seeing mails from you all the time. I do tend to unsubscribe from a listing ifI see too much of them in my inbox. I suspect it's no different with others.


BRING THEM BACK TO YOUR WEBSITE!

Whenever you communicate with your list, always remember to include a link back to your website. Entice them with a peek of what's new in your site and don't forget that link!


THINK LONG-TERM

Over time, some of your subscribers will not be as responsive as they were when they first signed up. They will no longer read your mails, let alone open them. some may unsubscribe as well. But never grow tired of taking care of your list. A lot of successful people on the Internet are people who never gave up. If your low in traffic, maybe you need to Iiven things up, not let the list go.



CONCLUSION

A mailing list is useless if not taken cared of. You will never go wrong in investing your time building a list, especially nowadays when mailing list can even be bought for a price. Each year brings new Internet marketing strategies, but there's one that remained tried and tested in bringing in money. Mailing list is one proven and effective way of increasing Internet income. Build one, nurture it and reap the rewards. If there are people that succeeded because they persisted, there are also a lot of people who failed because they did not. Which group would you prefer to belong in? I know that if you apply the ideas in this guide, you're on your way to having a rich mailing list. A gold mine.

The Money Is In The List! Part 3

Still on the topic of mailing list:


WHAT KIND OF MAILING LIST WILL YOU HAVE?

You need to decide if you're going to run and manage your mailing list on
your server or have it hosted by a list management system owner. I
recommend that you use a hosted solution and leave the management to
the experts. It's going to save you a lot of time. Besides, there are lots of
free third-party list management owners out there.

Now, there are three basic list types. The Tips List, the Newsletter and the
Ezine Format. If you have a blog, you could publish there and just give a
short text of each post in your email, including links to your website.

Tips List. This kind contains tips and is not date-sensitive unlike
newsletters and ezines. This is the easiest to manage of all three. If you
have an auto-responder, which we'II talk about later, you can load as
many tips as you could make in the system and have it sent to your
subscribers three or five tips per week and set the delivery schedule
whatever way you like. If you have 52 tips for example, you could set the
system to deliver one per week and the system will continue delivering
your tips uninterrupted for a whole year.

Newsletter and Ezine are both publication types, except the Ezine is
more in-depth and is longer.



THE AUTO-RESPONDER

Even though you might think you can handle sending
 emails to your subscribers yourself, it is not wise to do so. Besides, that
would take a lot of your time and we want something that you can "set
then forget", don't we? With an auto-responder system, you can set the
frequency of your mails and with just one click of a button, you'II be able
to send mails to all the people in your list. Most auto-responders come
with a mailing list system.

But there's another reason why you need an auto-responder system.
Such a software allows subscribers to easily opt out and choose how
frequent they want to receive mails from you. This is important if you
want to avoid your email address being flagged as spam.


THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS

Something you need to understand about this mailing list business is that
it's a relationship, and like all kinds of relationships, you need to nurture it.
Once you have their email addresses, that's when the relationship starts.
When they sign up on your website, take that opportunity to thank them,
and yes, send them an email with a thank you token. For instance, if
you're offering services or products, you could offer gift certificates. If
you're in the business of giving opinions and reviews on why it's madness
to buy that new gadget, you could offer a free ticket to a trade fair or a
movie, or perhaps a gift certificate for a cup of coffee! It doesn't have to
be extravagant and your imagination is only your limit! Remember that for
taking their time out to sign up, they're showing that they are interested
enough to hear more from you and what you have to offer them
information-wise. Don't let the chance to nourish that relationship slip
through your hands!

You might want to read Part 1 and Part 2 also. Getting the most out of a mailing list and making your website work for you.