The most vital rule is: never try to blog anything that you have small or no interest at all, you’ll get too stretched and snap.Excellent Reasons for Bloggers to Make More Blogs* As a SANDPIT- to Examine New DesignsExplore and examine the effectiveness of new ways, different themes and layouts. Try the special features of other “themes” such as placings and styles.* As a LAB – to Research New ToolsMake a new blog to try out new plugins, widgets and tools to gauge the user experience – previous to you load them into your more public blogs!* For DIVERSITY– Test Your Range of StylesHave you got a fixed pattern on how you blog. Readers do become adapted and familiarise themselves with a style – they feel at home. Try a new blog to experiment with different voices and stylistic positions, become versatile.
* For EDUCATION – Become an Expert in New fieldsStarting a new blog can give us a different focus of attention and might force us to explore new areas of knowledge and from different perspectives. And more importantly let us utilises our vision optimally!* For FUN – Find New NichesThe process of launching a blog, gathering of a new readership, exploring new topics, seeing how readers respond to your posts, connecting with other blogs in a niche is nothing but fun. Moreover, a new blog can also help you leverage you ancient ones and direct more traffic there.* For MONEY – of courseHaving a ‘sales-click’ at the bottom a blog can exchange traffic into cash. Daily readership can translate into an extra income stream. You’ll have blog it and see.How Many Blogs Is Too Many BlogsIf you try to run too many, in the end most of them will revert to digital waste. Feature is more vital than quantity.
Focus your energy on producing high-feature content for your readers. Ultimately this will lead to better posts, better design and ultimately to an enhanced reader experience.
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Should Bloggers Start More Blogs?
Thursday, January 7th, 201010 Useful Tips for Newbies and Expert Bloggers
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010Tips for making an effectual blog. Blogging dont follow any rules is it the art of expressing thoughts and feelings. A blog may focus to a specific topic such as web design, home production, sports, or mobile technology.
1.) Be straightforward to your topic
Opinions are generally accepted but the content of the bits and pieces in the blog should all relate to a general theme. Unless you have an uncanny knack for wit, humor or cynicism, the majority of your readers will be interested in the content that relates to a specific certain theme or loosely certain area of interest. Most readers won’t care that you eat Cheerios for breakfast. They may, but, be interested in the fact that vinegar takes out stains and that toilet paper rolls make fantastic wreaths. Define a topic and stick to it. This will ensure that you make a loyal following of interested readers.
2.) Be substantial
If you are attempting to make the impression that you are knowledgeable about a specific industry or sector, be sure that you stay current on news. If you are endorsing a product or voicing an opinion, be sure to check your facts; your reputation is at stake. If you are offering an opinion, be sure to be eligible your post, making it clear that the content is intended as an editorial.
3.) Make a news that is timely
While blogging every day can be a drain, it is vital that the information presented is current and accurate, writing an article or blurb about a touch that happened 6 months ago, will not be of interest to many. Telling your audience that Martha Stewart was convicted and will be going to prison, after her condemn is completed will make people question the value of your columns.
4.) Propose a schedule
Make a schedule and stick to it. Realizing that blogging requires time and effort, don’t make unrealistic expectations and be unable to deliver. An occasional lapse or holiday is generally understood but readers returning to find stale, out-dated content are going to find a further blog with similar content. New blogs and RSS feeds are popping up on a daily basis. If you have worked hard to develop an audience and a community you don’t want to lose them due to lack of communication.
5.) Be clear and keep it simple
Keep your posts and blog entries clear and simple to know. Remember, the web is global and expressions, idioms and acronyms don’t permanently translate. Sometimes a small explanation goes a long way.
6.) Place multiple keywords
If the goal of your blog is to increase your visibility, include related keywords in the title of the blog. Use the title as a headline to attract interest. Each item post should have a title that will attract attention but still be relevant to the post. The title should be no longer than 10-12 words.
7.) Quantity matters.
In order to attract the attention of search engines, you will need to develop content and substance. A headline or simple condemn is not going to generate the interest of readers or help with search engine ranking. Be sure to archive ancient blog posts to develop a large portal of similarly-themed content.
8.) Update it evenly
If your blog content is updated frequently, search engines will tend to spider the pages at fixed intervals.
9.) Check it for errors
It only takes a few extra moments and can save you from having to make embarrassing explanations. Remember that whatever you publish on the Internet can be found and archived. Reckon carefully about what you post previous to doing so.
10.) Try RSS
RSS will increase your blog’s reach. It is vital that you include your blog’s content in an RSS feed to increase readership and distribution.
Most weblog audiences are small, but with time and fixed updates audiences grow. Bloggers may never have more than a few hundred readers, but the people who return to evenly are generally interested in what you have to say.
Sell Articles To Other Bloggers
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010Did you know that some bloggers online don’t really write their own blogs? Not all of them of course, but some certainly farm out their writing requirements to expert writers on their particular topic.And that presents a fantastic opportunity for you as a writer if you want to increase the amount of work you do. There are plenty of websites which provide leads for bloggers and blogging jobs, so you won’t find it hard to get started in this particular line of writing work.Blogging jobs tend to be advaantageous too because they are more evenly than not fixed. You might be questioned to provide two, five, ten or more blog posts a week. Each one will bring in a set fee, so you can look forward to a weekly or monthly pay day that is pretty steady alongside your other writing work. Some people focus only on these particular jobs, and don’t write articles for anyone else at all. If this thought appeals to you it is excellent to be able to show your own blogging skills to potential clients. Make sure you make a blog for yourself if you haven’t by now done so, in order to demonstrate that you are capable of writing evenly, on topic and on time.Different blogging jobs will have different ways of working as well. You might have to submit a single post to the client each day (or when it is required). On the other hand some prefer receiving a batch in advance every week or two. This is better for you because you can fit them in when it suits you.You might also find they give you access to the blog itself. You can then post frankly when necessary, and they will simply check to see that it has been done.So you see, blogging for other people is an brilliant way of earning a steady living as a writer. Work at building up your client base and very soon you will have a nice income you can rely on while you build up your other online writing jobs.
Are Bloggers Entrepreneurs?
Monday, January 4th, 2010Across many other indian blogs, I am observing that entrepreneurism is being associated with (or related) to the personal risk and/or risk of invested cash. There is a fundamental flaw in the chain of thinking. And this fundamental flaw comes from our misunderstanding of the right meaning. We take the literal meaning of the definition and fail to place entrepreneurship in proper context.
The central premise of entrepreneurism is about “risk of the thought”. The risk is associated with whether the thought solves any problem, how that thought can be executed, whether a business model can be derived out of it, or whether it can be sustained profitably. The basis of entrepreneurship does not stand on pillar of personal risk and risk of capital. These two aspects are just the enablers or facilitators. They do not, cannot, and will not drive entrepreneurship. If that were the case, then all angel investors and venture capitals would be called entrepreneurs. Buffett takes personal risk and capital risk by putting cash into companies (many times distress and depressed companies), he should be called entrepreneurs! Do we call them entrepreneurs?
Just because one takes personal risk or invests cash does not make him/her entrepreneur. Otherwise we should call stock market traders, owners of street corner shop, and vegetable vendors as entrepreneurs. Even a college student can be called an entrepreneur. He spends cash, time, and takes personal risk by spending 3 to 4 years in college not knowing what kind of job he will get after graduating.
History shows us that entrepreneurs are successful when they focus on core problem, when they focus on a unique solution, and solve that problem in better way. Here unique solution does not automatically mean innovation, and better could be cheaper, quicker, simpler, ease, etc.
Anyone who starts a blog is not an entrepreneur. But, a blogger can be considered as an entrepreneur provided an individual is using blog as a medium to promote a unique thought. That thought could be addressing a problem. It could be providing solutions to that problem. If there is a need for it, than the blog will become standard, and end up being a profitable venture. The individual is addressing the core premise, i.e. risk of the thought, focused on problem, and solution to it. I would call them blogopreneur.
Let us take an example. There is a lack Indian blogs that provide opinions and viewpoints, based on individual thoughts, facts, data-driven analysis, and well researched posts. If an individual decides to focus on that topic and makes a profitable business venture out of it, then that blogger can be called as an entrepreneur. But, early a blog to rewrite the news, or republishing the information is not entrepreneurial. They are just bloggers and not blogopreneurs.
Therefore, I believe entrepreneurship is not limited to taking personal risk or capital. It is about providing a unique solution to a problem. If that solution is unique, and there is need for it, and benefits its end users, it will involuntarily turn out to be a profitable venture.
We fail to identify the difference between business venture and entrepreneurial venture. It has been deep-seated in our lexicon that any business venture is entrepreneurial. Among all of the tech startups that have mushroomed in last two years, ninety percent of them are attempting a business venture. The gist is there is no entrepreneurism associated with these ninety percent of tech startups. This is a topic in itself which I will discuss sometime in future.
RSS: The Basics All Bloggers Should Know
Saturday, January 2nd, 2010Blogs are making it possible for all of the world’s information to be accessible. But keeping up-to-date with the multitude of information you are interested in can be overwhelming. Wouldn’t it be nice to have the freshest news and content delivered frankly to you without having to surf from one blog to a further? RSS informs you when blogs have added new content. You can get the newest headlines and blog entries be they text, audio files, photographs or video in one screen as soon as they are in print.
Figuring Out RSS
You must have noticed the small orange buttons with the icons XML, RSS, Subscribe, and Syndicate This Site when you stay blogs. Clicking on the button, all you will see is a heap of computer codes. This is an RSS feed.
RSS stands for RDF Site Summary, Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication. The latter is the most standard descriptive definition. RSS is a feed format that allows blog publishers to share and distribute content to other blogs or individual web surfers. Bloggers use RSS to provide updates in the form of blog posts. If a blog publishes RSS content commonly known as RSS feed, this feed will include summaries of all the entries posted on that blog. RSS is written in the Internet coding language XML, thus some buttons are labeled as such.
The first part of an RSS feed is a descriptive detail about the “channel” or the source that is publishing the content. The “channel” may include the title of the source, a fleeting description, its blog address, date the information was last updated, name and e-mail address of the blog author. The second part is the list of bits and pieces. Each “item” represents one in print piece of content. Each “item” includes the headline of the entry (title), a two to three condemn summary of the entry (description) and the URL address to read the full entry.
RSS feeds are meant to be read by a software or web-based application known as a feed reader. Feed readers know the data contained in RSS feeds and translates these data and make available to Internet users or customized blogs,
Subscribing to RSS Feeds
To receive updates or view RSS feeds, you will need a feed reader. A feed reader is an application that allows you to subscribe (add a feed) to a blog and receive quick summaries when that blog is updated. This application is also referred to as RSS reader, news aggregator, news reader or feed aggregator. When you subscribe to RSS feeds, the feed reader collect from different blogs and organize them in a convenient place for you to read rather than you visiting individual blogs looking for new content. When new content is posted from one of the feeds you are subscribed to, the feed reader displays the new headlines. You can go over the headlines and if one is particularly appealing, you can click the headline and you will be brought to the original source where you can read the entire content.
There are primarily two versions of feed readers – web-based and stand-alone applications. Web-based or online feed readers provide a quick start for RSS subscriptions. They let you read your RSS feeds from any computer. Some of these readers are free while others with advanced features are offered at a cost. Some examples of web-based feed readers are Google Reader, My Yahoo and Bloglines. Stand-alone or downloadable feed readers are applications that you install on your main computer just like the Microsoft Outlook e-mail program. These feed readers are usually run in the background. A sound or pop-up window notifies you of any updates. SharpReader is a free feed reader for Windows. For Mac users, a preferred feed reader is NetNewsWire.
Once you have a feed reader, you can choose what you want to receive in your feed reader. You can also add feeds through the RSS buttons of your favorite blogs. Clicking on the RSS orange icon, you can subscribe to the feed by dragging the URL of the RSS feed into your feed reader or by cutting and pasting the same URL into a new feed in your feed reader. Most blogs place forward RSS feeds using the orange RSS, XML button. Conversely, you can also make your own RSS feed.
Making an RSS Feed
You can also make you own feeds. It is a pretty simple task. The hard part is making the content itself. The feed part is usually just using the standard RSS format that notifies the feed reader which sections of your blog entry relates to the RSS title, description, date, link and other significant data. This is done using XML format, the standard method of surrounding the significant parts of the content with tags that the feed reader understands. Once content has been set up with an RSS feed, then it is ready for the reading public.
Publishing an RSS Feed
You can add RSS syndication as a publishing option in your blog. In some cases, this is done involuntarily, without you having to set up anything. If you are using a blogging tool software like Blogger, TypePad or WordPress, publishing a feed is one of their built-in features plus some other feed-related options. Other types of feed readers may require programming skills to add RSS syndication. Once you have produced an RSS feed with your blogging software, pipe it through your feed reader and voila, a total stream of benefits awaits you.
Benefiting from RSS
The most compelling use of RSS is that it lets you take hold of information you are interested in and have it updated for you in one place where you can read it within the shortest possible time. RSS has been embraced by individual users, blog publishers and businesses as well.
For individual users, RSS feeds keep them updated on news, information and blog posts. There is no need to stay numerous blogs. There is no deluge of e-mail newsletters that clutter the mailbox. Unlike e-mail, there is no spam. Opting out can be done anytime and there is no need to give any contact information to subscribe to a feed. An individual user can also customize content that comes to him and ignore blog entries that are of no interest to him. There is unquestionably no need to check back for new postings as the feed reader delivers content to him.
For blog publishers, RSS permits quick distribution of new blog entries to individual users in a convenient way. RSS feeds when incorporated into a blog offers a more personalized and interactive user experience, strengthening blog presence and maximizing revenue opportunities.
For businesses, RSS feeds enable them to do without evenly checking blogs for vital updates or plowing through a pile of e-mail distribution lists. RSS provides businesses with much-needed fresh information. RSS feeds are extremely helpful for brand marketing, customer service, internal and outdoor exchanges and competitive awareness.
In a nutshell, if you want to be informed of the newest news and happenings around the world and is having a hard time managing information overload, RSS is the answer.
Hopefully, these basics can help you get started with RSS. It may be hard to know at first, but once you get the gist of it, surfing the web will be unforced with RSS.
Want to Earn a Professional Bloggers Payback? Proper Preparation is One Secret to a Real Payback
Monday, December 28th, 2009Do you want to know how to prepare properly so that you can get the bloggers payback you deserve? Or are you ok with getting no real payback for all your effort?
I used to be one of those guys who got no payback for all my hard work. No topic how I tried, I earned next to nothing from my blogs. Maybe this is your current situation.
But I know the secret to breaking out of this trap. That secret is:
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You’ve surely heard that there are loads of people making cash blogging. But did you hear that less than 1% of all blogs makes any cash? It’s right, and the produce of all these failures is frequently poor preparation.
This is really excellent news for us, since we can jump ahead of most of the competition if we prepare properly. To prepare properly, we need to avoid these three mistakes:
Caution: It’s simple to jump right in to making a blog without much preparation. Doing this is a prescription for tripping over one or a further of these pitfalls. Whatever you do, don’t do this!
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Friday, December 25th, 2009Millions of people have ventured into the world of blogging over the past decade. Some of these bloggers have made significant amounts of cash with their blogs. Then, there are others that have never made the revenues that others have. Does this mean that it is hard to earn income from a blog? No, it is really not as complicated as some assume. There is a lot of work involved with turning a blog into a cash maker. But, it can be done with the proper effort and strategy. Here are three ways to help boost your blogging venture:The first strategy centers on selecting a solid affiliate marketing company to act as the source of revenue generation for the blog. What is affiliate marketing? In the end, you would place an advertisement on your site for an internet commerce company. When people click on the ads and follow it through to the site and make a buy, you will receive a commission on the buy. This can lead to a significant amount of cash for those websites that are highly trafficked. Virtually all top retail companies that place forward online sales (which is 99% of them) place forward affiliate marketing programs. Affiliating with them will be well worth it since it can greatly help monetize a blog.Working with a pay per click marketing firm can also be a fantastic help. The way this works is similar to the affiliate marketing venture. But, you would receive a (nominal) monetary amount when visitors click on the advertisements placed on the blog. The most standard pay per click marketing service is run by Google. Known as “AdSense,” this Google service has paid out a fantastic deal of cash to scores of blogs. Affiliating with AdSense or similar PPC programs is not hard. These air force are free to sign up with and you will have the ads present on your site within a very fleeting period of time.Of course, in order for both of these methods to deliver revenue, your blog must have an adequate amount of traffic flowing to it. That means you will need to explore search engine optimization as a means of building such traffic. Also, seeking direct traffic through email marketing and list building is certainly helpful as well. It may take a small bit of time to expand one’s traffic but the end result will be well worth it. Namely, the traffic you receive will certainly lead to the increased revenue that you are most interested in.The third way to make cash blogging centers on in-text links. In the end, the way this works is that you would be paid for including text links in your blog entries. In some instances, you would write entire blog entries with the sole purpose of promoting the text links. There are several companies that a blogger can sign up with and receive such text offers. Signing up with several of them is highly recommended since you would most certainly earn a fantastic deal of revenue.
Blogging Tips for New Bloggers
Friday, December 25th, 20091. Be Creative! The best part about blogging is that it’s completely you! You can express yourself, your thoughts, and your opinions. But not just that, everything on your blog represents you. Get to know the tools, widgets, and options you have to exchange the layout, color, background, text. Make your blog undeniably you!
2. Exchange it up! Not only can you find a perfect layout, you can exchange your appearance and themes as evenly as you like! Go with the seasons! Go with your mood! Add and exchange up your pictures, music, and other elements to keep things upbeat and appealing.
3. Try multiple blogs. You don’t have to stick to one blog. Say you have a blog that all your acquaintances and family know about, and there’s certain things you can’t say or write about because of who might read it. Or say you started this blog with a certain theme or tone, so you can’t write about other things because it doesn’t fit the blog. Well, why not have two? You can even use a pen name and be completely anonymous on the second blog. You could have a deep, intellectual blog and a bright, entertaining blog. You could have a dark, temperamental blog and a witty, qualified blog. Who says you can only express one side of yourself?
4. Blog on the side. Perhaps you’re not a huge blogger and, even if you delight in an occasional post, you don’t have the time or energy to update very evenly. Try a social network instead of a blog network. Most social networks, like Facebook and MySpace, have the opportunity for blogging, but there’s other things to do as well. From games to simple status updates to messaging acquaintances, you can maintain an account without having to constantly write blog posts. Yet, you’ll still get a chance to write a post where your acquaintances can see it when you want!
5. Look around! You can permanently get thoughts from other seasoned bloggers. You can get inspiration on what to write about, how to design your blog page, and even question questions from seasoned bloggers all over the Internet. Check out Technorati.com or perform a Google Blog search to find all kinds of blogs on the Internet.
6. Stay safe! Keep in mind that your posts are completely open to the public. You should be careful how much identity information you post on your site. Even if you place in small bits of information here and there, all a name would have to do is read all your entries to piece together reasonably a lot of information about you! You are certainly free to use a pen name and fictional names that would give away your place, school or work name to avoid sharing too much personal information. In many cases, this would probably be recommended.
7. Join the community! There are many bloggers like you out there who have some appealing tales and posts you might be interested in! From the home page of your blog host provider, you can evenly search for blog with similar topics or wellbeing. You can read and comment on other people’s posts and subscribe to their sites to get updates when they post again. The more you connect with others, the more they will connect with you, read your posts, and subscribe to you!
How Has the Advantage of Having Web Blogs Inspired Many to Become Bloggers
Sunday, December 20th, 2009Web Blogs otherwise known as blogs is a shortened form of weblog. It is an online journal and writing it is known as “blogging”. “Blog posts” are articles or entries made in your blogs. It can be in the form of articles, journal entries or even articles written by other experts that will interest your audience. Web Blogs have become extremely standard today because of the many advantages bloggers are deriving by blogging.
Blogging is the trend today and bloggers are of all age groups blogging happily and enjoying themselves. In fact there are over one hundred and fifteen million bloggers out there in the Internet.
Web blogs are one of the best ways of making yourself or your business known to the Internet world. Well written online blogs can boost your visibility beyond your own thoughts as there is a huge audience out there nervously waiting to read your posts.
The fantastic advantage is that blogs are very simple to get started, requiring no special skills and can be started for free. You can be up and about the moment you choose to start a blog. All conveniences to get started are provided free of cost by organizations such as Google and Word press among others.
Blogs give the blogger the wonderful frankness that every writer cherishes and gives him the opportunity to show his emotions, feelings and expertise on whatever subject he chooses. Most bloggers like this aspect and revel in it. Unlike in a website you can give a personal touch to your posts which evenly has a better interaction with the audience and building a lasting relationship. This relationship is the backbone for the success and popularity of your blog.
Your appealing, knowledgeable and frequent posts will soon bring in a huge amount of traffic which can be exploited to your advantage in several ways.
If your web blog is geared towards business it can be made use of to promote certain of your own harvest and air force to meet the needs of your visitors. This can generate an income for you.
The online blog can provide your audience and visitors all the newest information about your harvest and air force, promotions and future plans so that they will keep on visiting your site evenly and frequently.
A further fantastic advantage of having a web blog is that it gives an opportunity to your audience, visitors and customers to make their comments on your posts or your harvest thus enabling you to make the necessary changes and provide them with a better service.
The major advantage of these blogs is that they are search engine friendly. Search engines like fresh content and stay blogs frequently. If your blogs are updated frequently and your posts search engine optimized, you have every chance of your posts appearing in the search results. This will give you and your business a fantastic boost.
These blogs are indeed a boon to many who not only are not in a spot to own a website but also to those individuals who want to express their opinion and want it heard in the web. Businessmen know the advantage of having web blogs and are certainly making the best use of them.
Network Marketing Forums – What You Can Learn From Professional Bloggers
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009Network marketing forums are one of the most underutilized methods of high feature prospecting and lead generation. Many internet network marketers have chose to choose the most standard route of marketing which is either Google Adwords and article marketing to drive traffic to their lead capture pages and websites. Many of them are not aware that the most successful qualified bloggers have used network marketing forums to increase their exposure. You are probably wondering how can a blogger build up their network of loyal followers through this completely different channel? Stay tuned to find out more. This can be the most vital lesson of all for all you network marketers out there.
Are you aware that a lot of major corporations are beginning to adopt the network marketing philosophy to expanding their business? Are you aware that Donald Trump just recently started his own network marketing company called The Trump Network? I am talking about one of the world’s most successful real estate moguls grabbing his slice of the network marketing pie. Despite the unique advantages of being involved in the network marketing industry, there are still challenges facing individuals from all walks of life.
There are a high percentage of people who are new to this industry while, at the same time, there are those who have perfectly abused it with their shady business practices that have given the industry a black eye. The amount of disbelief has never been so high. And this is where network marketing forums can come to the rescue.
What purpose does network marketing forums serve? It is more of an education resource where a network marketing community has been produced for the purpose to answer the most common questions about the network marketing industry as a total. Questions concerning topics ranging from harvest, companies, compensation plans, internet marketing strategies, lead capture pages, telephone prospecting, MLM coaches, online webinars, and scams are being covered in forums.
The fantastic thing about participating in a network marketing forum is that you don’t have to be an expert to participate. The amount of your experience doesn’t topic. Reckon of forums like networking events where you get a chance to socialize and learn from each other. There is no such thing as a dumb question to be questioned. As a topic of fact, there are a lot of network marketers who have bought a lot of expertise as a result of their consistent participation in these committed forums.
Many qualified bloggers have launched their careers through their committed participation in network marketing forums. How is this possible? Just reckon about it. People go to forums to question questions about how to build their network marketing business. And the ones who provide helpful advice and tips in the form of information-rich blogs usually benefit in terms of more exposure to their blogs.
Bloggers do a really excellent job at branding themselves. That is why you see some bloggers boasting a subscriber base of over 50,000 readers. Just imagine if you, as a network peddler, had the same amount of readership on your own network marketing blog, what do you reckon that would do for your business in terms of trust and credibility between you and your readers?
So your main objective is to learn as much as you can about the network marketing industry. Why? So you can educate others who are new to the industry. Many network marketers don’t realize that they are in the education business. Your job is to educate the ones who are not as highly skilled as you are. And when you ultimately earn their respect, they are more likely going to join you in your network marketing business.
These are the exact same reasons why qualified bloggers are able to attract such massive readership levels. Many qualified bloggers have gotten well-known for their mere act of simply giving out educational information and tips. So as a network peddler, you got to reckon like a qualified blogger. The more you educate yourself on all aspects of network marketing through the use of forums, the more confident and highly skilled you will be in your future network marketing endeavors at answering the tough questions posed by those who are new to the industry. Strive to become a hero in their eyes in network marketing forums!