'Tis the season for transcription, or so it seems. Every year, there's usually a slow period from around Thanksgiving through January, and then people start waking up from their long winter's slumber round about February and think, "I need things transcribed!" This year, we're still in "feast" mode after the famine here in transcription world.

There's so much amazing content out there. If you have YouTube videos or video content on your website, how can you monetize...

You must be wondering how you can promote your online business during times of low internet traffic and internet scams. Your business might be a services company; an online store or even an information site. But whatever the nature of the business is you can very easily make use of article marketing to advertise your online business.

Article marketing is basically the process of promoting your website using articles. The way you actually succeed with this marketing campaign is very...

If there is anywhere where the written word shows its power, it is in the world of marketing. Marketing is the act of trying to directly or indirectly convince people to buy some product or avail of some service. You may think that text ads are a bit outdated, but even the most modern television ads were written before they were translated into video. On the Internet, one outstanding example of the power of the written word in moneymaking action is article marketing.

Article marketing...

Writing and writing well are quite different from one another. One implies transferring thoughts into words on paper, while the other associates certain positive qualities about it. Article writing requires one not just to be able to group words together, but choose the right words that convey meaning beyond the normal. When you write an article, you are talking about something of significance, at least in your context.

So how does one go about article writing? It starts with...

Let me preface by saying this article was written for phpLD directory owners, but it is definitely something anyone can use.

Whether your directory is a niche or not, my advice would be to find a "niche" on the web where there is an audience you can promote to. Just to give you an example, maybe you decide to become really active in a forum like Work at Home Mom (don't have to be a mom or even female). You have a signature link. You make friends with some members. You maybe...