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Are You on Facebook?
First there were telephones, cell phones, caller ID, cordless phones, pagers, two-way pagers, flip phones, palms/Blackberrys, plasma TVs, YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, now Twitter. As you can see, the ways of communication have changed. We spend more time texting and Facebooking than we do talking. Everything can be done on what we call the “world wide web”. You can upload pictures and videos, you can instant message, you can email, and you can tell us every move you make through Twitter.
Seeing that things have changed and will continue to change; why is it so hard for us to accept the change and move forward? I didn’t say you had to participate in the change, but don’t condemn those who decide to participate.
I pick up my BlackBerry after a long needed nap, and the first thing I do is check my Facebook page. Amazingly when I bought my BlackBerry, while probing the menu I noticed the icon “Social Networking”; I clicked on it seeing Facebook as one of the icons.
Not hearing about Facebook, until about two years ago, I was surprised to know that it had been around since 2006. Currently a user on MySpace, I rarely visited the site after joining Facebook.
I find myself logging on to Facebook through my BlackBerry at least every hour. Although I only talk to a few of my friends on Facebook, few meaning about ten, I have over three-hundred.
A supporter of this social network, I hear a lot of negativism about Facebook. Mostly from those who are the “baby boomers” and those who are older. They feel that Facebook is ridiculous and don’t understand how so many have gravitated to the network only to exploit their personal business. In the article, “How Facebook is taking over our lives,” writer Jessi Hempel says, The college and post-college crowd the site originally aimed to serve (18- to 24-year-olds) now makes up less than a quarter of users. More of the “baby boomers” are becoming members of Facebook. Jessi Hempel says, it’s just that Facebook has finally started to make their busy lives a little more productive – and a lot more fun.
I have had many debates with my parents in regards to how we (I) share too much of my personal business and how this is dangerous and harmful to me. My mother has a Facebook page, but will not upload a picture of herself and rarely gets on. She is what I would call “uneducated” when it comes to using Facebook, so she avoids it at all cost.
Reaching 500 million members, Facebook has become the norm among Americans. In the article, “Facebook Tops 500 Million Users,” writer Jenna Wortham says, Facebook’s popularity has also spurred competition from the likes of Google, which views the billions of links and hours spent on the site each month as a threat to its business. No longer being asked for your cell number, you can expect to hear, “Are you on Facebook?” In the article, “You Have No Friends Everyone else is on Facebook. Why aren’t you?,” by Farhad Manjoo, the site has crossed a threshold – it is now so widely trafficked that it’s vastly becoming a routine aid to social interaction, like e-mail and antiperspirant.
So the question still remains – why should you join? Facebook, now considered the fastest growing social network, don’t be surprised if asked, “Are you on Facebook?”
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About the Author:
As blogs become more popular and main stream, more and more people search for ways to make money blogging. Blogs and blogging are becoming a great source of making money online for hunderds and thousands of people. And what makes earning money with blogs appealing, is that it sounds fun and interesting, which it is. But, it’s also a lot of work. Blogging is not as easy as many people would like to portray it to be. It takes time and a lot of efforts to make money with blogs. If you think you have got what it takes to earn money with blogs, here are 5 ways to make money blogging:
Ad sense on blogs
This is the most popular way to make money with blogs. You can ether register a free blog on blogging platforms such as blogger, or buy your own domain name and hosting. Whichever way you choose, the next step is to sign up wit Google ad sense for free and place their codes on your blog. After that, its all a matter of creating quality and useful content and driving traffic to your blog. The more click you get on those ads, the more money you can make with ad sense.
Affiliate marketing using blogs
Affiliate marketing in itself is a big topic, but to make money combining affiliate marketing and blogs, all you need to do is find a few products that you believe are useful, and can help solve people’s problems. You can write reviews about them or just promote them in your blog posts. The more people buy the product using your affiliate links, the more money you can make.
Keep in mind that in order to succeed, its best to become affiliates of products that are related to the topic of your blog. For example, if your blog is about “making money online”, people come there to learn how to make money online, so products that can help your readers achieve that, are what you want to promote on your blog, not any unrelated product.
Pay per post blogging
One of the unusual ways to make money blogging, is writing blog ads or pay per post blogging. Pay per post is simple a method where you will get paid by a company to write a post about their products, services or whatever they wish for. There are few sites that are dedicated to per per post blogging. Sites like PayPerPost.com match bloggers with advertisers. You can register with these sites, and they will find you projects to write about. Its an easy way to make money with your blog. Of course the more popular your blog is, the more you can charge per post, since it will be seen by more people.
Sell your own product or service on your blog
If you have a product or offer a service, you can use your blog to promote it and find buyers/ clients for your product/ service. Blogging is an excellent way of getting the words out about your product or service.
Write posts for other blogs
You don’t even have to have your own blog to make money with blogs. You can simply write for other blogs and make money. Blogging is a time consuming task, so a lot of bloggers will pay others to write quality posts for them. Most of them offer a flat fee for each article you write for them. But, there are also so many blogs that will share a percentage of their revenue earned from displaying ads next to your published article on their blog, with you. Either way, its a great way to make some extra money without having to own your own blog.
Although as it is, blogging is a huge success and its a big money maker for many people, it is only the beginning of it. As more and more people become interested and start reading blogs on daily bases, there will be more opportunities for making money with blogs. So, make sure you get in the game and try to learn different ways to make money blogging, so you can get your share of blogging money as well.
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About the Author:
Satrap is the founder and author of BlogStash.com. A blog full of great how-tos and information about how to make money online. Visit BlogStash today to get your share of this valuable information and learn different ways to make money online
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