Anyway, when I was still a newbie in self hosting my own blogs, finding a perfect web hosting business was hard. I ended up with web hosting providers that don’t know what customer services is all about. They only recognize your Paypal Account and that just it. Sad!

If you want to find the perfect hosting services for you, you have to keep these simple pointers in mind:

• Reliability – Machines are not perfect but at least you get a web hosting services that is reliable in times of trouble. Who can give you answers when your blog or website has gone kaput!
• Customer Service – Real people who could answer your inquiries not just auto responders.
• Affordability – In this current world economic situation, you need a web hosting service that is affordable.
• Transparency – Yes, there are many affordable packages around but sometimes, you have to read the fine print or ask questions first before placing an order. You don’t want to end up regretting what you have purchased!

I hope you find these pointers helpful as you decide which web hosting company to choose for your blogs and websites. Good luck!

Compared to the uniforms that nurses have been wearing for a long time, surgeons actually did not wear any specialized uniform or garment until sometime during the 20th century. At this time, surgical procedures were being performed in an operating theatre, and the surgeon wore nothing else but his or her street clothes plus a regular apron to protect him or her from blood spatters and blood stains. To add to the gory picture, they often operated bare-handed and used non-sterile supplies and instruments. Sometimes the gut and silk sutures were even sold as reusable and the needles were hand-threaded as well. On top of that, the packing gauze that was used was created out of the sweepings taken from floors of cotton mills!

But today, surgery entails cleanliness of the utmost priority with everything sterilized – right up to the scrubs. Medical scrubs that are being used during surgical procedures must undergo the toughest laundry detergents to make sure that it is sterile, and on top of that, surgeons rarely own the scrubs because it needs to stay in the hospital so that there is little chance of bringing germs to and from the hospital.

Still, other scrub suits can be worn outside of the operating room. Just not the ones that are being used in the operating rooms. In most hospitals, the said operating room scrubs are kept in a certain area that goes into wash as soon as the doctors take them off. This is just a precaution that has been followed ever since the scrubs for surgery have been created.

Yes! You heard me right. You can bring your Google Friend Connect followers from blogspot to self-hosted wordpress!! Now, the next question is how you go about it. So let me try to give you a simple tutorial on how to move your Blogger followers to WordPress.

1. Login to Google Friend Connect: www.google.com/friendconnect/ Make sure you login using the email and password that you are also using with your www.blogger.com account.
2. Once you are logged in, look for your blog’s name on the left side (this should be the blogspot blog), then click on it and a drop down menu will show up.
3. On the drop down menu, click “Settings.”

4. On the right side, the Settings options will be shown. Change the Home URL with the new URL of your blog and click “Save your Settings.”

5. Then click on “Gadgets.”

6. After that, you will then see Featured Gadgets. Under Members, click Get this gadget.” Then an option on how to customize your widget will appear.

7. Customize the look of your widget, then click “Generate code.” The code will appear below it. Copy the codes.

8. Now, login to your wordpress blog. On the dashboard look for Appearance and under it is “Widgets.” Click on Widgets. Drag and drop a “Text” option to the sidebar. Insert the codes and click save.

And tadah! You will now see your followers from blogger on your wordpress blog!!

When I started blogging, I was not earning that much from paid posting. I was only getting a few dollars here and there. Then I met someone from a forum who was looking for ghost writers, I inquired and I applied. Luckily, I got accepted and started raking in some dough. My rate was $2 per 500 words (3 years ago). I get a lot of assignments and most of them are due immediately!

Then the time came that I was starting to make money from my blogs. So, I left my client and he bid me farewell and the best of luck. But when Bella was born, my family’s need increased especially she had a hernia problem that needed surgery. So, I needed to look for ways to compensate what we need because of the new addition to the family. And that is when I started ghost writing again for other bloggers who are busy to write for their blogs or having a mental block.

Based on my experiences as a ghost writer, I learned that there are some guidelines I should follow so that I would become the most preferred among the rest. I learned that there are some things that you should be aware of if you work as a ghost writer.

So, if you want to be the best ghost writer for others or plan to be one soon. Let me share with you some tips and things that you should be know:

1. Since you are a ghost writer; therefore you are considered as a ghost – the unseen writer. This means you don’t go on telling the world that you wrote the article that was published on a certain blog. Since you accepted the job as a ghost writer, you acknowledge that you will be not recognized for the work done.

2. As a ghost writer, you don’t expose your clients’ identity. You keep their anonymity.

3. When communicating with clients, always do it privately. Don’t follow-up for tasks or assignments by posting at their Facebook accounts or tweeting at them. Send an email.

4. Each client has different writing styles, make sure you read their blogs or websites to see if you could write the way he or she writes. The most effective ghost writers are those who knew the clients well through reading their blogs.

5. Before accepting tasks, make sure you understand what was asked. Don’t always assume that the assignments given are the same as before. If you don’t understand, ask questions.

6. Aside from that, make sure you are willing to do it with the established terms and rates. If you think the rates are too small for you, negotiate, if the client could not live up to your terms, then just tell them upfront that you are not willing or you are willing. If you are willing to accept, then work your best. Don’t accept it if you are half-hearted or unwilling because this will affect your performance. We don’t want to lose a client because of a poor performance.

7. And if you are not willing to ghost write anymore, just tell your clients. Don’t accept tasks and left them hanging. Be honest and be upfront always. This will make your communications open to all your clients for future transaction if you want to ghost write again. Simple ethics just like in any business transactions.

Now, the question is: “Who can ghost write?” Simple, everyone can ghost write as long as you can accept the fact that you will never be recognized with your work. You will be forever considered as the unsung heroes of many blogs and websites.

And of course, the main requirement is good English grammar and a creative mind and if you are a fast writer, then it’s a plus plus for you because most clients prefer fast writers. The more articles you finish, the more money you make!

So, are you ready to work as a ghost writer? Can you live with the fact that you will never be recognized? Well, if you say yes, then mucho dineros will surely come your way!!

By the way, don’t ask me how much my rate is right now. It’s confidential. LOL!

Now, why flyer distribution? Why does a company, like the one I was working before, cling into something that most company considers as old school? Based on my observation, flyer distribution has several advantages and here are some of them:

1. Affordable Investment – Flyers are cheap. They can be printed black and white or in full colors. Whichever you decide, the cost of flyer printing compared to other form of advertising is way much cheaper!

2. Immediate Result – Once you distribute flyers along a crowded area, you will see a lot of people getting it and most of them, will approach your booth immediately and inquire. So every time we give out flyers, we always have a table nearby for people to ask about products and services. You get what you hope for immediately – LEADS.

3. Wide Reach – Since flyers can be given to passer bys, your advertising campaign will not only reach a certain number of people. Some of the people who received yours flyers may have come from out of town. So, there is a possibility that you a reaching beyond what you hoped for.

4. Simple Strategy – Flyer distribution doesn’t require several months of planning. If you have flyers with you, just go to a crowded area and give it out to people. You can even give out flyers at your company’s office door where people pass by!

Therefore, I conclude that flyer distribution is highly effective. This old school way of marketing products and services will never go out of style!

So let us start. ^_^

1. First login to your blogger.com account.

2. Scroll down until you reach the Reading List. That is just below the list of your blogs.

3. Click on “Blogs I’m Following” tab and click ADD button.

4. After that, type in the URL of the blog you are following. Then click NEXT button.

5. You will then be prompted either to follow publicly or anonymously. Tick one and click FOLLOW button.

6. Once clicked, you will now see the snippets of the recent posts of the blog you followed. Then we are finished!

This also applies if you want to follow other blogs that are using other blogging platforms such as WordPress and others. The only difference is that they don’t have the “Follow Me” gadget that shows who follows them.

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Interested? OK, lets start then…

1. Go to https://www.paypal.com and login to your account.

2. At your account dashboard click “Edit Profile” near your name.

3. Once you are in your Profile Summary, click on “Bank Accounts.”

4. After clicking “Bank Accounts” you will be lead to a page which will lists all the bank accounts that you have added to PayPal. Since you haven’t added one yet, your screen will not show any. In my case, I already have added three banks.

5. Click on the “Add” button at the lower portion of the page.

6. After that, key in all the necessary details asked by PayPal like your bank’s name, it’s bank code and your bank account number. If you have no idea what are the accepted Philippine banks at PayPal and their corresponding bank codes, you can view it here: Philippine Bank Codes for PayPal Use. After typing in the details, click “Continue.”
7. You will be given a summary of all you have typed, review the details. Once everything is correct, click “Add Bank Account.” Be careful about the bank details because once you have encoded the wrong ones and transacted a bank transfer, you will be charge with a penalty.
8. After this, you will be able to view a page that will tell you that you have successfully added a bank account and you will also receive a corresponding email from PayPal informing you of the added bank account.

So that’s it! We are finished. Hope this article have helped you. Thanks!!

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When I came across the news that Paypal was now accepting members from the Philippines, I was very happy. Pinoys and Pinays (Philippine-based) can now actually send and receive money over the internet and transact business worldwide. By the way, there is no problem when it comes to funding your Paypal account. You can fund it using your credit cards or even debit cards. As for withdrawals, that’s the most excellent news. You can withdraw money (commissions, remittances or payments) using the debit cards offered by one of our leading local banks. Yup! You can now use Unionbank’s EON Cyber Account both to fund and withdraw money. Of course, there are fees of all sorts but for the sake of online transaction efficiency, safety and convenience, it’s worth the take.

How to connect Paypal with your Unionbank EON Account?

1. First you need to have a Paypal Account. If you don’t have one and plans to do business online or has an existing one, I suggest you sign-up here and get a personal account.

2. After signing with Paypal, visit Unionbank’s Official Website to apply for an EON Cyber Account online. The card can be picked-up after 3 to 5 banking days from the branch where you have nominated to get the card. By the way, when you get your card, make sure you bring 2 valid I.D.s with their photocopies and at least 500 to 1000 pesos for initial deposit (though initial deposit is not required). I will explain later why you need to deposit initially. By the way, don’t forget to sign their hardcopy form so that your account will be activated. This again usually takes 3 to 5 banking days for it to be activated but I suggest you put on your beautiful smile and ask if your account can be activated immediately since your going to link it with your Paypal. I got mine activated the next day.

3. When you have your card and have deposited an initial amount, go back to Unionbank’s Official Website to get your EON Cyber Account enrolled to internet banking. After enrolling your account, it takes 48 hours for you to login and start online banking. You can’t skip this one, so you have to wait.

4. When your account is already active, go back to Paypal and add your EON Cyber Account. Paypal will charge you with $1.95 as an Expanded Use Fee (use to verify your accounts real existence and this is the reason why you need to have an initial deposit). After 5 banking days (since the day you added the card to your Paypal Account), call Unionbank Toll Free Customer Service Number (1-800-1888-2277) to get your Expanded Use Number.

5. Once you acquired the Expanded Use Number, login to your Paypal account and continue with your EON Account registration (adding or enrolling your card). Now that your added and completely verified by Paypal, your sending and withdrawal limits will be lifted. And now, you won’t be having a problem when it comes to withdrawing your money. You can withdraw your money through Unionbank ATM (highly recommended since there will be no withdrawal charge).

Now, you are geared for an online business or personal transaction even if you are based in thePhilippines.

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