Top 3 Free Word Processors That I Use

January 2, 2010

Just like with any other profession, I also rely on the tools of my trade. In my case, it’s the word processors. It surely beats having to write everything on paper, which I used to do when I was still in school. There are many free word processors, but these top three are what I [...]

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Christmas Cheers!

December 26, 2009

Freelance writing is indeed a 24/7 job. Why? Because I found myself working even on Christmas day.Well, not the whole day, but for just about a couple of hours as I had to work on an article. When that was done, I rewarded myself with a slice of ham and a nice ube cake. Yum! [...]

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For Those Inquiring…

October 29, 2009

I have been very busy lately with a couple of projects and also with my upcoming wedding. My girlfriend and I are doing all the work. We did not hire a coordinator because we want to make it very personal for us. As you may also notice, because of these developments, I have not updated [...]

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Rankings for Our Target Keywords

September 16, 2009

It has only been a month since I started to optimize this blog for the keywords “freelance copywriter” and now it has started to go up Google’s U.S. search results. The first time I noticed that it appeared in the results, it was on the 12th page. Now, as of this writing, it is on [...]

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How to Make Your Images Searchable

August 24, 2009

You probably already know that search engines cannot tell what an image posted on your site is all about. For example, if you post an image like this one: …how can a search engine know that the picture is about John Stockton? Even if you put a text saying ‘John Stockton’ within that image, it [...]

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Why It is Wiser to Separate Your Domain Registration and Web Hosting

August 10, 2009

More than a year ago, I didn’t know anything about domain registration and web hosting. So what I did was I looked for a web host that also offered domain registration services. I found one and I was very happy with it because the hosting package was very cheap (I’ll write another post on why [...]

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WordCamp Philippines 2009

August 3, 2009

WordCamp Philippines is coming on September 19 at the Asian Institute of Management in Makati City. The WordCamp Philippines organizers have set up a new site at WordCamp.ph and if you want to join, just head over there and register. I actually have something to do that day so I’m still waiting for the announcement [...]

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Does Quality Come Cheap? A Look at How We Value Ourselves

July 28, 2009

Aaron Wall of SeoBook just recently announced he will be increasing the membership fee to his SEO community from $100 a month to $150 starting this August. Does it seem like a suicidal business move especially since the United States is in recession and the rest of the world isn’t faring any better? Well, the [...]

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Microsoft’s Bing Advertises on Google

July 27, 2009

What do you do when your competitor is so much bigger than you? You join him. Or at least use him to gain some leverage even though you’re competing in the same field. In the case of Microsoft’s new (or newly branded) search engine, Bing, they opened their own AdWords account and started advertising on [...]

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5 Truths My Former Bosses Taught Me in My Writing Career

July 22, 2009

I have been working as a writer for nearly a decade. Through all those years, I have had my own share of good, bad and weird bosses. But if you look at it from a different perspective, there really is no bad experience working under any superior because you still learn a thing or two [...]

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