Blogging On My Mind

As we all know Twitter only allows you a max of 140 characters to tweet using its default URL shortener Bit.ly.

That’s plenty short. But now you can go even shorter – by two less characters – with its new service j.mp.

Talk about economy of words or characters. The idea is for people who need to make things shorter still.

With two less characters  you will  make it 1.4 percent easier to fit links in 140 characters using j.mp.

An important oversight by some bloggers is not to dig deep into the sites they visit to look up older blog posts. It’s not something that they must do. But, perhaps, it has not crossed their mind to do that.

Before I go on, I’d like to say that this is not a sad reflection on those who don’t spend more time at the blogs they visit. Too many bloggers are like strangers passing through the town.

As bloggers, we are dictated by our own sense of doing things the way we see fit. We have this personal freedom to survey the blogging landscape and make our own discovery — for better or worse.

Let us put it this way. If you’re only skimming over the surface of a blog you are visiting, you may miss out on some good read or information that’s buried deep in the blog archives, especially a site that has been around for more than a year or more.

Studies have revealed that many bloggers are scanners and they seldom look up the older blog posts. They are usually in a hurry.

Sometimes there are blogs that started off very well with stimulating and compelling posts well worth your time to read them but, somehow, along the way these bloggers seemed to go through a period of below-par productivity.

The blog suffers, giving later visitors the wrong impression that it’s not an interesting site, not worth the time to browse around or re-visit.

But if those visitors had taken the trouble to check out the older blog posts in the archives, who knows, they would have found some ‘gems’ lurking there, indicating that there was a time when the owner of  the site had the passion and fire to write compelling posts or some articles that might have relevance to you.

And if you ever come across a blog with great content, then it’s worth your time to check out its archives because there’s a likelihood that a site like this is bound to have more good read in earlier blog posts.

In this fast-paced world, most of us have transformed ourselves into a bunch of impatient surfers. When we move too fast, we are bound to miss something.

It’s not only blogs that we scan, but newspapers have been experiencing this ‘scanner’ syndrome for  years now, so much so that most publishing companies have undergone newspaper re-designs to cater to the ‘scanner’ readers.

Has anyone ever experienced this before? Have you ever found  some good stuff underneath a layer of mediocre blog posts? Well, this is food for thought to spice up your blogging experience.

There is something very special about being in a home business of your own. The Internet has widen the entrepreneurial horizon profoundly, opening the way for many who dare to venture online and succeed.

It could be you who has decided that working for the man is really a pain. Enough is enough, time to sack the boss!

It does not matter whether you are young or old, whether you are a man or woman. It makes no difference whether you live in a big city or small town. If you have the vision and determination, you will probably take the plunge.

Today, men and women from all walks of life are making good income in their own home-based business. They have attained financial security. They have their freedom to make their own decision. You are your own boss!

Making money in your own home can be a pure delight because you:

* Avoid surly bosses

* Have a steady income

* Won’t be fired or laid off

* Don’t have to take orders

* Can plan and control your fortune

Many people who started with a small part-time home business had expanded into full-time operation. It is up to the individual owner – to work as little or as much as you wish.

The more you work, the more you make! You can put family members to work to expand your business. Not only will this provide extra money for your loved ones, but it will enable you to expand your business more quickly.

Perhaps you never gave it much thought before, but tens of thousands of people all over the world are making money operating a home-based business online.

With a small business of your own you can make hundreds, perhaps even many thousands of dollars a week. It all depends on how ambitious you are and how much money you want to make. The more hours you put in, the more money you are likely to make.

Working in your own home business has many advantages and is lots of fun, particularly when you start to put money on the table.

Now, it is possible for you to find a comfortable niche for yourself in a home business that will give you a feeling of security and freedom that can be attained through being your own boss.

You set your hours, make your own decisions and benefit by your own ideas.

The door is now open for you to earn big profits in this exciting field, to join the ‘inner circle’ of successful home-based business owners.

All that may stand between you and this reality is your decision. So do you have what it takes to take the first step towards realizing your goal of financial independence with your very own home-based business?

About the author: Freelance writer Mark Khoo writes for print media and also as a web content provider and editor for several niche blogs and websites. He writes about the blogging experience and other Internet issues at  => The NextPost