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  1. <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882132002234143172</id><updated>2023-06-20T21:17:16.692-07:00</updated><title type='text'>pdfgh</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://pdghj54hdf.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3882132002234143172/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://pdghj54hdf.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>asdg34dsf</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07158409037105864308</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882132002234143172.post-9006871752325578169</id><published>2022-01-21T07:18:00.002-08:00</published><updated>2022-01-21T07:18:11.871-08:00</updated><title type='text'>How to Check the Reliability of Online Shops</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span face=&quot;&amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-size: 12px;&quot;&gt;Online shops, including those hosted on Blogger and LiveJournals, are springing up like flowers after the spring rain, thanks to the widespread availability of the internet. Off-line shops have also found it de rigeur to have an online presence. While the internet opens up to shoppers a wonderful array of choice and styles at our fingertips, there are also cases whereby shoppers are cheated by scam websites.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Here are 10 tips to help you establish the reliability of online shops that you are not familiar with:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;#1. Do not be anxious to purchase from the online store if you are not sure if it is safe. Observe its online activities for a while. Does the store update new items regularly? For fast paced consumer goods like ladies fashion, the updates are usually made weekly, if not every few days. If the shop has no updates for months on end, then, probably nobody is manning it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;#2. Sign Up to be on the store&#39;s mailing list&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.vitamartshop.com/                      &quot;&gt;https://www.vitamartshop.com/&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;. A legitimate store will want to garner potential customers to be on their mailing list. After signing up for the shop&#39;s mailing list, you should receive updates from the store. If all seems quiet, then I may have some question marks on the store.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;#3. A good way to check if the store is &#39;legitimate&#39; is to send an email to the customer service to test their response. Did you receive any reply from the store? Was the reply prompt or did it take, say 2 weeks to get to you? A prompt response of between 1 to 3 days (maximum) is usually the expected response time.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;#4. Another good way to reduce the risks of online clothes shopping is to purchase from shops with positive feedback. Testimonials are a way of finding out if the customers are generally happy with their purchase&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cocktailhire.com                      &quot;&gt;https://www.cocktailhire.com&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;. Usually the stores will publish the testimonials online.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;#5. Google the name of the shop and see if the store is discussed by forums and websites / blogs. Such discussions may be helpful in finding out if there are any complaints and problems the store may have.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;#6. Check for reviews and ratings of the shop. Some online shops are reviewed by online shopping directories, which is likely to show up when you Google for the shop (see Tip#5). Follow the links of these online directories that the store is listed on to see if there are any reviews made.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;#7. Look at the merchandise of the store. Are there sufficient details provided to help you make an informed selection? Serious stores should provide the necessary information to help their customers select their merchandise. For example, does a fashion store provide specific measurements of the clothes made? Are there efforts taken to ensure that the shopper knows what he/she is getting?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;#8. Read the payment details.What kind of payment methods are available? Does the shop accept PayPal or even better, are they PayPal Verified? PayPal Verified means that PayPal has conducted a verification process on the reliability of the PayPal account that you are paying to. If you are not sure about the store, avoid paying via direct wire transfer. Paying via a secured means like PayPal allows you the opportunity to dispute the charges if indeed there were problems with your purchase.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;#9. Does the shop venture beyond its online shopfront to the social networking sites like Facebook? Social networking sites are another means of garnering customers, so legitimate shops would want to be part of it. With the many &#39;Friends&#39; of the shops out there, it is hard for an online store to be of dubious standard.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;&amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-size: 12px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://pdghj54hdf.blogspot.com/feeds/9006871752325578169/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://pdghj54hdf.blogspot.com/2022/01/how-to-check-reliability-of-online-shops.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3882132002234143172/posts/default/9006871752325578169'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3882132002234143172/posts/default/9006871752325578169'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://pdghj54hdf.blogspot.com/2022/01/how-to-check-reliability-of-online-shops.html' title='How to Check the Reliability of Online Shops'/><author><name>asdg34dsf</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07158409037105864308</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882132002234143172.post-5994414870617562024</id><published>2022-01-21T07:17:00.005-08:00</published><updated>2022-01-21T07:17:59.200-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Mindfulness Yoga For Beginners</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span face=&quot;&amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-size: 12px;&quot;&gt;Mindfulness yoga for beginners can be very easy and undemanding, it&#39;s not all standing on your head for hours on end, and it can consist of basically nothing more than just a bit of gentle stretching!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Ah... if only everything was as easy!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;The word &#39;yoga&#39; derives not from yoghurt or Star Wars but from an ancient Sanskrit term derived from the root &#39;yuj&#39;, and meaning &quot;to yoke&quot; or &quot;to join,&quot; &quot;to unite&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Mindfulness yoga, as you might expect, takes the natural step of combining the disciplines of yoga and mindfulness&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://octoposh.net/                              &quot;&gt;https://octoposh.net/&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;. An excellent introduction is&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Mindfulness Yoga: The Awakened Union of Breath Body and Mind&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;by Frank J Boccio.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;From the amazon description: &quot;Drawing on several forms of yoga, a student of Thich Nhat Hanh serves up an accessible introduction to yoga from a Buddhist perspective that outlines the movements, poses, and breathing technique in seventy-five illustrations. Original&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;You should then ideally think about joining a yoga class, and you really don&#39;t need me to tell you how to do that. Try typing yoga + the town where you live into a search engine.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;One thing to consider however is that there are lots of particular varieties of yoga.* When it comes to the various varieties, personally I would start with Hatha yoga.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;You&#39;ll need a mat and some loose clothes etc., which come conveniently bundled in a yoga beginners kit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Yoga beginners kits typically include at minimum a yoga mat k&lt;a href=&quot;https://divine-element.com&quot;&gt;https://divine-element.com&lt;/a&gt;, a foam block, a cotton strap and an instructional DVD.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;The props (the foam block and strap among others) provide useful support when practicing poses to help avoid strains.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Here&#39;s my list of best buy choices, starting with the cheapest:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Firm Yoga Beginner Kit -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;under $25.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 1em 2em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;One skid-free mat&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Easy-to-grasp foam brick supports posture and stability&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Cotton stretching strap improves flexibility&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;30-minute DVD for beginners&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Gaiam Yoga for Beginners Kit -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;under $30.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 1em 2em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Alignment yoga mat to help guide hand and foot placement&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;One foam block&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;One cotton strap&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Two full length yoga workouts for beginners&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;One seated meditation preparation routine&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;SPRI Yoga Starter Kit -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;under $40.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 1em 2em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;One studio quality &quot;sticky&quot; mat&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Two foam blocks&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;One cotton strap&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Yoga position poster&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Yoga DVD&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Wai Lana Basic Yoga Kit -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;under $40.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 1em 2em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;One skid-free mat&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;One foam block&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;One cotton strap&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;One yoga posture poster&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Total Yoga DVD Kit -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;around $35.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 1em 2em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;One slip-free mat&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;One foam block&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;One cotton strap&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;One mesh carrying bag for storing and transporting the equipment&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;One instructional DVD&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;EASYMat Kit&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;- around $47.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 1em 2em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;A beginner&#39;s package for taking to studios.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;One slip-free mat&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;One foam block&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;One cotton strap&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;One hand towel for hot yoga&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Mountain, hang dog, snoop doggy dog... once you join a class and/or start learning yoga for beginners, you&#39;ll need to get to grips with some curiously named beginner yoga poses.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;&amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-size: 12px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://pdghj54hdf.blogspot.com/feeds/5994414870617562024/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://pdghj54hdf.blogspot.com/2022/01/mindfulness-yoga-for-beginners.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3882132002234143172/posts/default/5994414870617562024'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3882132002234143172/posts/default/5994414870617562024'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://pdghj54hdf.blogspot.com/2022/01/mindfulness-yoga-for-beginners.html' title='Mindfulness Yoga For Beginners'/><author><name>asdg34dsf</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07158409037105864308</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882132002234143172.post-7290092038608342128</id><published>2022-01-21T07:17:00.002-08:00</published><updated>2022-01-21T07:17:47.396-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Benefits of Online Shopping You Need to Know</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span face=&quot;&amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-size: 12px;&quot;&gt;Online shopping is growing more popular every year with so many different people. There are many benefits to shopping online that you need to be aware of. Knowing these benefits will help you see why you need to start shop online if you are not already.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Here are the most important benefits that you need to know about so you can see why shopping on the internet makes a lot of sense for anyone, no matter where you live.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;One: Saves time - When you shop online, you can do this from the comfort of your own home. You can also shop at any time of the day or night when you have the most time to do it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;By shopping on the internet, you will save time because there will be no driving to a store, dealing with noisy crowds or not being able to find what you are shopping for&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://bowtothebee.com/                      &quot;&gt;https://bowtothebee.com/&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;. Most people don&#39;t have a lot of time for shopping and the internet allows you to do it whenever it is most convenient for you. Plus, there are easy to use search tools that prevent you from wasting time searching for a specific product.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Two: Saving money - When shopping on the internet, you will be able to find online discounts that will allow you to save money for whatever products you need&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cam-guru.com&quot;&gt;https://www.cam-guru.com&lt;/a&gt;. Many stores online offer discounts or rebates because they understand that saving money is important.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;All you need to save money on the internet is to spend a little time shopping around and looking for the best deals possible.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Three: Shop around the world - There is no store offline that allows you to compare and purchase any product from around the world. You would have to visit the place where you wanted to shop by not shopping online and this can waste a lot of time and money. Shopping on the internet lets you get whatever product you want to find without any difficulty. It doesn&#39;t matter if you want to purchase something from India, with the help of the internet you can easily do that. Shopping on the world wide web definitely gives you a ton more shopping options than you would be able to find in a local store near you.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Now that you know a few of the many benefits to online shopping, you can easily see why so many people all over the world are taking advantage of it. If you are not shopping online, then you are wasting a lot of time and money that you don&#39;t need to. Start shopping on the internet and you will soon wonder why you ever shopped any other way.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;&amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-size: 12px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://pdghj54hdf.blogspot.com/feeds/7290092038608342128/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://pdghj54hdf.blogspot.com/2022/01/benefits-of-online-shopping-you-need-to.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3882132002234143172/posts/default/7290092038608342128'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3882132002234143172/posts/default/7290092038608342128'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://pdghj54hdf.blogspot.com/2022/01/benefits-of-online-shopping-you-need-to.html' title='Benefits of Online Shopping You Need to Know'/><author><name>asdg34dsf</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07158409037105864308</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882132002234143172.post-8550624874619291666</id><published>2022-01-21T07:16:00.008-08:00</published><updated>2022-01-21T07:16:34.081-08:00</updated><title type='text'>How to Blog If You Must</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span face=&quot;&amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-size: 12px;&quot;&gt;Articles on how to blog are everywhere on the internet, everybody writing the way they think blogging should be done. But when you read some of these articles, almost everyone is saying the same thing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;article-content&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;A Blog is cheap and easy to start, you can have one set up in 30 minutes&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;kochan-0212.com &quot;&gt;kochan-0212.com&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;. Buy a domain name, upload your blog. Blog about anything that interests you, monetize and promote your blog.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;It&#39;s almost all the same story nothing new. No wonder 99% are failing at blogging. Most people are just re-circulating information in attempt to post regularly to their blog and make money. So new ones who come online to attempt blogging, read such articles, rush to start a blog but quickly abandon it when they realize it&#39;s more than they anticipated.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Is Blogging for you?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Many of us started blogging without having any real information about it. I started without even knowing what a keyword meant. In fact I didn&#39;t even create my blog myself&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://menscomplex.net&quot;&gt;menscomplex.net&lt;/a&gt;. I used to publish my articles in a local newspaper and one day a friend of mine who knows about making money online called me up and said he has created a blog for me that I should bring my writing online. And that was all he told me.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;I came online, put time into writing good content and publish on my blog only to get frustrated when I wasn&#39;t getting traffic. It was then my friend started telling me about keywords, site optimization, page indexing e.t.c. I was angry but it&#39;s my dream to make money from home so I took time off to read and practice how to blog by starting another blog. I still got a lot of things wrong but it was better than my previous blog.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Anyway, I quickly realized that full time blogging was not for me. It&#39;s didn&#39;t fit into my goal on the internet. There&#39;s too much competition, wrong information and too much time involved in seeking blog post ideas for regular blog updates.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;I wanted something more organized that wouldn&#39;t always put me on the edge. My overall online goal is to build lasting e-businesses that can eventually run themselves, bring in good income monthly with very minimal or zero efforts. Blogging wasn&#39;t going to make that happen for me.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;God answered my prayer the day my sister signed me up as an affiliate to Site Build It! 5 star affiliate program. There were so many resources provided including free ebooks. I downloaded all the ebooks and started with the Affiliate masters course. A 152 page eBook that introduced me to a lasting e-business building process called C-T-P-M Content, Traffic, Pre-sell Monetization.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;It was interesting, for the first time I was reading something different. I later bought SBI and learnt more. Everything I was learning made good sense.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Why the search engines work the way they do, how to write content that pre-sells readers, how to thoroughly plan a site for profitability before starting it and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;SBI is an all in one website building tool.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;With all these information I was well equipped. I realized why a lot of people were failing at blogging and will keep failing. I also realized that blogging doesn&#39;t fit with most small business opportunities.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;If your goal is to build a lasting business online then blogging will not give you that. You need to start a theme-based content site on something you have experience on, or a skill where you can target a group of people who will appreciate help with your experience. And write well detailed articles on the topics you cover on your niche not highlights. And build deep relationship with your readers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Only few have discovered the real way to build lasting online business and succeeding easily.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Blogging of course fit into niches that are news related. But whatever the topic, it can be better treated and rewarding when it&#39;s structured as a theme based content site.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;But what if you want to blog and you want to do it for profit, what are the right steps to take that will guarantee success?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;How to Blog for Profit&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;I advice you take a deeper look into blogging and ask yourself if blogging is for you. Get the free eBook &#39;Blogging at a Glance&#39; it covers what blogging entails and answers all its myths then forces you to answer the important question: Is blogging for me?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;That decision is important so that if it&#39;s not for you, you don&#39;t waste your time and money.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Decide what your overall goal on the internet is. If you decide afterwards that blogging appeals to you, then:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Take your time to plan what you want to achieve with your blog. Anything you intend to make you money should be planned like every other business.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;What would you do if you were starting a business?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;You decide whether you want to sell or render a service.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;If you want to sell you decide the product, if you want to render a service you make sure you&#39;re good at it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;You make sure there are good amount of people interested in the product you want to sell or service you want to render so you can make good profit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;How will you make money from it?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Who are your competitors and how are they doing? Are they excelling, if yes, how are they doing it?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Are they too much? Can you beat them? What will be your advantage?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Will the business be profitable?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;What&#39;s the best name for the business?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;These and more are what you&#39;ll have to decide before starting a local business.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;It&#39;s the same online.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;What&#39;s your overall goal of wanting to start a blog? What do you want to achieve?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;What would you write about? Does the topic interest you enough to write on it regularly? Will it be profitable? Whether a topic will be profitable or not depends on the following:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;The number of people that search for it every month. Is it high enough to make you good money?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;The number of people already blogging about that topic. The more people already blogging about that topic, the more difficult it will be to succeed in it. Except you have a unique way to approach the topic that would attract readers to you.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;How broad is the topic? Is it broad enough for a site to be built on it or will you run out of topics to write on in few months?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;A topic should not be too narrow or too broad.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;How many ways can the topic be monetized? Decide on how you want to make money from your topic and then see if the monetization models that interest you is profitable with the topic you have chosen. If it doesn&#39;t and your primary goal is to make money from your blog then you will have to chop for another topic.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;You&#39;ll get all these data by using a research tool and querying the search engines. If you want accurate data then buy a good keyword research tool. If you can&#39;t afford any you can use the free Google keyword research tool.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Planning a site whether a blog or a theme-based content site is tedious work. It could take weeks or months for those doing it part time. But the hard work is very important at the beginning so you don&#39;t waste your time blogging for several months or even years only to realize that you can&#39;t properly monetize the topic, or it&#39;s too competitive that you can&#39;t win it or it&#39;s not broad enough and you start diverting from your niche topics.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;article-resource&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Karo Itoje is a full time online infopreneur with interest in online home based businesses. Presently she provides step by step article guides on blogging for beginners with the aim of helping beginners to blogging make the right decision, start right and succeed. See the article how to start a blog [http://www.blogging-the-beginners-complete-guide.com/how-to-start-a-blog.html] at [http://www.blogging-the-beginners-complete-guide.com/how-to-start-a-blog.html] for a detailed information on all the steps involved in starting a successful blog including pictorial step by step tutorial on how to use some free tools for your keyword research and gather all the information you will need to decide whether or not a topic will be profitable and right for you.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://pdghj54hdf.blogspot.com/feeds/8550624874619291666/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://pdghj54hdf.blogspot.com/2022/01/how-to-blog-if-you-must.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3882132002234143172/posts/default/8550624874619291666'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3882132002234143172/posts/default/8550624874619291666'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://pdghj54hdf.blogspot.com/2022/01/how-to-blog-if-you-must.html' title='How to Blog If You Must'/><author><name>asdg34dsf</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07158409037105864308</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882132002234143172.post-6676935321452566159</id><published>2022-01-21T07:16:00.005-08:00</published><updated>2022-01-21T07:16:23.512-08:00</updated><title type='text'>How Blogs Can Help A Business</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span face=&quot;&amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-size: 12px;&quot;&gt;The Internet has become an increasingly pivotal element in society. The Web has brought email, instant messaging, online shopping, and various other sites that provide instant access to information. The Internet has also simplified global communications; therefore, expanding the possibilities of marketing strategies. Most recently, blogging has become a growing component of the Internet. There are many types of blogs on the Internet centering on photos, videos, and audio just to name a few&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://si-ght.jp&quot;&gt;si-ght.jp&lt;/a&gt;. People write or maintain blogs about almost every topic. People blog about business or products when it becomes a very useful tool in marketing a business. For business, blogging encourages conversational communication with its customers, which provides a personalized relationship and customer loyalty.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;A blog is a blend of the term &quot;web log&quot; and refers to adding logs; more commonly know today, as posts to a Web site. Posts are short articles made of text and may contain images and video as well, and can be found on any topic. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular input of entries. Blog posts are normally displayed in a reverse chronological order; this provides the most recent entries on top of the list of posts in front of the visitor&#39;s eyes. Blogs are commonly interactive with its visitors, allowing people to leave comments and interact with the site&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://freez.jp&quot;&gt;freez.jp&lt;/a&gt;. This interactivity is what distinguishes blogs from other static Web sites. Blogs can be stand alone sites or an integral part of a Web site. The term blog can also be used as a verb, meaning to add information or posts to a blog.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Blogs originated with simple updates to components and articles on Web sites. The evolution of tools to facilitate the production and maintenance of Web articles and posts made the publishing process easier to a larger, less technical, population. This resulted in the online publishing of applications that produce blogs that are easily recognized today. The use of Web browser based software is now a typical application for producing and maintaining blogs. This software principle allows people with no programming skills to contribute and maintain a blog. Almost anyone with basic computer skills can add content to a blog, giving small business owners the ability to communicate information about the products or services they offer. Blogs function in the same manner as a standard Web site, the files and graphics reside on a Web server computer provided by a hosting company. There are companies that provide free services to start a blog, as with free Web hosting, free has its limitations and any company serious about its Web presence should have premium Web hosting services.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Marketing methods and strategies have changed since the introduction of the Internet. With the use of high speed Internet, now common to almost every household, businesses have the opportunity to reach many more potential clients. The traditional methods of advertising consisting of print ads, radio broadcasts, and mailers which usually blanket an entire geographic area. The traditional methods may be preferred to Internet advertising because the technology is relatively new to most business owners. The owner of a small business usually does not have the time to learn a new technology to implement into a marketing campaign and hiring an Internet marketing company is normally out of the budget for a small to mid-sized company. These methods, however, are not without problems. They are more harmful to the environment by producing an excess waste of materials needed in the production of the print advertisements. A large percentage of print advertisements are considered junk mail and end up in the garbage or become litter in society. Print advertising also requires the use of chemicals and ink which further adds to the negative effect of this marketing strategy on the environment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Using the Internet as a vehicle to deliver information to specifically targeted audiences makes a marketing strategy and budget more effective. Placing advertisements on specific types of Web pages can help target potential clients. Using pay-per-click advertisements can allow marketing to focus on specific search terms customers may be using. Another powerful marketing tool has become the use of social networking Web sites. Social Web is the means people share information using social networking sites and other community sites. Blogs have become one of the most powerful social media tools available to a business. Many companies are taking advantage of social media and online community Web sites for advertising their products and services. Providing customers with discounts or coupons available only through online sources such as blog posts or the company&#39;s Facebook page is a great strategy to keep customers intrigued. Adding a blog to a company&#39;s marketing strategy and maximizing its effectiveness will help reach a target market in new and exciting ways. Businesses that choose not to participate in utilizing articles, blog posts, or social networking for client relationships and advertising, will be at a great disadvantage in the near future.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;The way people use the Internet and social networking has changed rapidly over the past few years. People do not normally look in the phone book for a local company or service. The phone book will soon be obsolete, just as the pay phone is now because of the invention and availability of the cell phone. People use the Internet Search Engines to find everything from products, local services, directions, information, and much more. Search Engines are directory listing Web sites that list millions and millions of sites on the Web. Part of a company&#39;s marketing strategy is to be listed near the top of a potential client&#39;s search inquiry. Blogs increase a company&#39;s online presence. Search Engines love blogs because blogs are continuously putting out new and fresh content for its readers. A blog has a much higher ranking of quality, as seen by a Search Engine, than an old, static, and stale Web site that produces nothing new. The more a business puts into its blog, the easier the company will be found by someone searching on the Internet. This can be accomplished by regularly projecting its service, products and knowledge.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Blog content is seen as interactive conversation, and sometimes educational, and not as a sales pitch to its readers. Blog content continuously updates and changes providing new and fresh information for customers to read. Allowing customers to participate with comments about the products and services a company provides builds customer relationships and customer loyalty. Posting content frequently, and on a regular basis, allows a business to gain expert status in its industry, and potential word-of-mouth marketing. Posting articles on a business blog about the company&#39;s latest news, newest products, and what is occurring in the industry can keep customers informed. Some companies blog to build trust and increase their relationships with its customers; others use blogs to build a more personal connection with the public. The more a company may share and make its clients feel they are part of the business the more the customer will tend to trust the company and want to choose that company to do business with. Once the company&#39;s blog has dedicated readers, the interested customers can easily obtain the newest information and posts by subscribing to the blog. The reader then does not have to visit the company&#39;s blog, the information can be sent to the reader via email or newsletter. This strategy provides a very accurate marketing tool of communication.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;For a business to have a successful blog, and use it as a marketing tool, it must provide quality content. Combining promotions and public relations is the key to making consumers want to read the blog. A company must make their readers feel that they are benefiting from what they read while simultaneously ensuring that the readers are not bored by forceful advertisements. There are countless ways to use a blog as a marketing tool. A few of the common ways a business could use a blog would be; to share sale and discount information where consumers would expect to find money saving tips, to link blog posts about new products to an online catalog or store, to offer tips, advice, and answer consumers questions about the use of products, to hold a contest or give away a free gift, people love to receive items for free, or to include a link or button to allow people to share the information with their friends in social networking sites&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;&amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-size: 12px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://pdghj54hdf.blogspot.com/feeds/6676935321452566159/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://pdghj54hdf.blogspot.com/2022/01/how-blogs-can-help-business.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3882132002234143172/posts/default/6676935321452566159'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3882132002234143172/posts/default/6676935321452566159'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://pdghj54hdf.blogspot.com/2022/01/how-blogs-can-help-business.html' title='How Blogs Can Help A Business'/><author><name>asdg34dsf</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07158409037105864308</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882132002234143172.post-4392918081825921275</id><published>2022-01-21T07:16:00.002-08:00</published><updated>2022-01-21T07:16:14.776-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Top Secret to Making Money Blogging</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span face=&quot;&amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-size: 12px;&quot;&gt;In the past, making money blogging was a mirage to so many bloggers because only a few were able to tap into this online money making with the use of blogs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Are you still in that state of imagination about making money blogging? Then you need to wake up from your state of wondering because money making have become easier than ever with the use of effective and cheap tool online.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Having a simple blog anyone can really make thousands if not millions of dollars monthly, but the truth is that only a few blog owners have been able to make sure return,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;iepika.jp                                      &quot;&gt;iepika.jp&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;application of knowledge is power! I guess I&#39;m right? So many bloggers are making it big time in the blogging industry; on the other hand others are not why because they have laid hold on the same secret I&#39;m about sharing with you.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;My question is, What is your stat?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Do you have a blog?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Are you making much money with your blog?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;If your answer is yes! Yes!! Yes!!! Good for you, but if no, then you need to read the rest part of this article as I will show you the simple way I make money online with my blog.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;There are different ways one can make money from a blog, but I will be concentrating on the simple one and I hope you follow me as I lead you.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;1. Draw out your blogging plan:-&lt;br /&gt;Friend if you must make money blogging then you must draw out your blog plan very well. This is because success needs a plan to follow so get your pen and a sheet of paper and write out some of the things you would like to archive with your blog. Write out the kind of blog you would like to have and make a list of things you like to blog about (music, health, relationship, auto e.t.c). Blogging is all about this you know and love to share; you also need to write out the kind of people you&#39;d like to reach as your audience. This is vital because it&#39;s a road map to your success.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;2. Take a quick tour: you need to take a tour to other blogs of the same niche (field) and see what they are writing about and see some of their basic blog features, remember that you are not the only one blogging or the first to blog people are already there before you and you need to do what they are doing and even better. You need to remove every doubt of failing because you will see great blogs and you will be amazed at what they are doing, Rome was not built in a day!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;3. Create your blog: this is one easy step and i will recommend the free blogs (sub-domain) like blogger for beginners because its free and easy to use, and let your blog URL be related to your niche (if you are blogging about health let you blog site name).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;4. Design / customise your site: there is not thing as good as when your blog is looking beautiful. You don&#39;t have to leave your blog on its default theme because it will not really suite your blog niche. Blog customisation is very important because this is what makes your blog to be different from other blogs, it also increase your reader&#39;s interest on your blog. It also makes your blog to be professional. One can really change the theme of his blog with the use of templates or editing the HTML code of the blog template and this can be done by those who knows about blog design, if you want to redesign your blog you give it to any truth worthy blogger who can help you with the design and you pay a little cash for the job.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;5. Search engine optimisation (SEO): this popular term in the blogging industry could be challenging if not properly done. SEO is simply you optimising your blog to be readily seen and claw by search to enable it found on search engine. There are different ways of doing this, you have to configure your meta tag, blog description and back linking, please search other site for full tutorial of this topic.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;6. Article content: content is king! You need to write out quality articles and post on your blog and post on article directories, this will increase your blog Page Rank and blog traffic.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;7. AdSense and Affiliate Marketing: this is the really thing that make one make money. Joining Google AdSense programme is very profitable and affiliate programmes. Google AdSense is designed for publishers (blog owners) to enable them make money from ads (adverts) placed on their blogs. The money generated is as a result of clicks visitors makes when they visit your site. This clicks are then calculated into cash and the money paid by check at the end of every month by Google international.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;&amp;quot;Avenir Next&amp;quot;, Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #dddddd; color: #333333; font-size: 12px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://pdghj54hdf.blogspot.com/feeds/4392918081825921275/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://pdghj54hdf.blogspot.com/2022/01/top-secret-to-making-money-blogging.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3882132002234143172/posts/default/4392918081825921275'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3882132002234143172/posts/default/4392918081825921275'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://pdghj54hdf.blogspot.com/2022/01/top-secret-to-making-money-blogging.html' title='Top Secret to Making Money Blogging'/><author><name>asdg34dsf</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07158409037105864308</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>

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