Blogging

Towards Greater Reader Participation

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This week, I have upgraded my WordPress to version 2.3 and I also added a new plug-in. It is called Comment Email Responder. What it does is that when you leave me a comment on my blog and when I reply to your comment, you will automatically receive an email notice from me with my reply.

This is a great feature that I have wanted to install for a long time but I had an error and did not have the time to backtrack to see what was wrong. I finally found it and now it works like a charm.

I know that procrastination is my weakness and there are things that I do at once and there are things that I try to put off a long as possible. Anything that has to do with WordPress falls into the second group of tasks!

Personally, as a blog reader, I would love to be informed when the blog author has replied to my comment. I do not have the time to check and recheck to see if my comment has been replied to so a notice like this is perfect. Let’s see if you like it!

Finances

Need A Personal Injury Attorney?

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Of course I do not wish that you have need for one! But then things happen, accidents happen! Did you know that recently, a friend of mine was injured at work and he needed a personal injury attorney? Unfortunately, both of us have no experience at all with engaging a personal injury attorney!

We both ended up looking for more information by surfing the internet and looking through Yellow Pages and asking friends and family hoping that they could recommend a reliable personal injury attorney.

Now that I know of a website like An Attorney For You, I think that we have wasted a lot of precious time looking for a personal injury attorney the old fashioned way!

One of my friend’s concern was that the attorney, if does not come recommended, will not be as reliable as he hoped. A good one will practically make it possible to win a million dollars in a personal injury lawsuit. Frankly, how many such attorneys are there who are this good?

Up until now, my friend has yet to engage a personal injury attorney like he needs to but he said he needs more time to do his research lest he regrets his decision!

General

Have You Tried Colloidal Silver?

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Last month, I told myself that I have to try colloidal silver but before I know it, a new month comes along and I have yet to try it. I know, I am a chronic procrastinator!!

I read a lot of information on the internet, though and am very eager to try it as it is said that colloidal silver is a known cure for many different ailments and diseases. I am not sure what specific ailments or diseases though but I believe that colloidal silver would make a good supplement and would keep lots of bugs and viruses at bay if taken regularly!

One thing to take note is that there are many different brands of colloidal silver for sale and it is up to us, the consumer to only buy the best in the form of the purest colloidal silver. I don’t know why some people even bother to buy diluted colloidal silver. Perhaps the price is cheaper but they are not effective or perhaps downright don’t work! It is just a waste of time and money, isn’t it?

Computing & Internet

What’s A Website For??

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Do you know what I hate about the internet sometimes? DEAD LINKS! I went to the website of my mobile device because I wanted to see if they have a new software (firmware) version out yet and guess what? Almost every link that I clicked on returned a page like this!

Sometimes it gave me a different picture which was supposed to be amusing but I am not laughing because I am not getting the information that I want! It is frustrating, isn’t it?

Also, I found a glitch with my device and I hope that they will quickly release a new firmware before my warranty is over.

When is my iPhone coming???

General

Ideal Bedding For Teenage Girls

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I wrote a post recently about looking for new bedroom furniture for my late cousin’s daughter. Well, she is already 11 years old and it’s time to chuck those hand-me-downs. I thought that it would be a good idea to shop for Teen Girls Bedding at the same time too. It will be only another two years when she turns into a teenager, anyway, so now is a good time to get those.

I surfed the internet looking for ideas but was told to check out Vision Bedding, a company that prints photo images onto bedding sets. The image quality on bedding material is so impressive and it is entirely up to us to customize and personalize our bedding.

If you look at this image that I have included, you will agree with me that this totally looks like a work of art. I think this will make a great gift and teenage girls especially would love them.

Vision Bedding has such a wide range of products waiting to be personalized and at such a competitive price too, I think that my search for teenage bedding has ended here!

Computing & Internet

iContact Email Marketing Solution

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Some of you may know that I manage an online business and I have a database of customers that I have to send occasional email updates to. After two years, my list has gotten longer and harder to manage.

I recently asked a friend of mine how he manages his mailing lists, which has almost ten thousand names on it but he told me that he is not using any software or program except the “Group Contacts” feature that comes with his email client. I was surprised. Surely there has got to be an economical yet professional way to handle that lengthy list?

A search on the internet brought me to iContact Email Newsletter Tool. I find that it is a very cost effective solution for people who have to mange long mailing lists and it starts at only $9.95 per month for the basic package. Of course, right now, I can still manage my list manually and does not yet warrant a web-based solution like this but if my list grows as large as my friend’s, I would surely need help!

One of my concerns about sending bulk email, even though they were opt-ins, is the deliverability of it. Running an email marketing campaign would be useless if the emails keep falling into the junk folders of my recipients. I know I would not check my spam mail and I do not expect them to. Therefore, I need a program that ensures that each and every mail that I send out reaches my target.

I am going to let my friend know about this because with ten thousand names on his list, he surely needs a good bulk email marketing solution.

Blogging

Improved Rankings ~ YaY!

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I am sure you know that last weekend, a lot of blogs lost their Google Page Rank. Well, mine did too. So two days ago, I wrote in to one of the marketplaces to let them know that I lost my ranking and to adjust the internal rankings of my blogs. Moreover, my Technorati ranking in their system is also wrong. If you have been reading my blog a few months ago, you will know that I had some issues over there that caused my authority not updated for ages.

I was expecting my internal ranking to fall for one of my blogs but I still have to get it adjusted, shabby as it is, because I did not want to unwittingly give a wrong impression to advertisers.

Surprisingly, I received a reply that all my rankings IMPROVED because Google Page Rank does not play a major role in their internal ranking!

I hope that NOW, more advertisers will accept my bid! It has been 1.5 months of dry spell!

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