A quick update
Whew! I just caught my breath after writing over 60 articles in the last two and half weeks, and 50 of them were 800 words!
I have about a dozen different topics in my blog’s drafts folder and, as per usual, no time to put them into a coherent order. So instead I’d like to share a few quick tidbits with you today from my travels around the ‘net and recent experience.
I registered for this site two years ago and have had some articles sitting there for just about that long. I just sold one (for $10 usage rights). But I did see that in the “for sale” section they have some premium articles that are being sold for $100 and upwards. I haven’t done too much investigation in this….but it looks promising.
I just ordered this talk/type program and I’m really excited about it. Considering I’ve given myself carpal tunnel over the course of the last six years (thanks “The Sims!”), my productivity has slowed way down. This became especially apparent when my body, instead of my mind, were preventing me from typing efficiently over the past two weeks. I can’t wait to offer a full review next week. I know there will be a learning curve, and probably some editing involved. But since I love editing more than first drafts, I’m looking forward to it.
Those of you who have heard me wax poetic about Earn1K and have wondered if you should join or not, now is the time! Dennis is going to be increasing the price by the end of this month. So if you want to create a sustainable Online business for just $1 a day, and get some great free products to boot, head on over here. He’s just teamed up with two other knowledgeable marketers who offer free coaching in Internet marketing. For the current price, it can’t be beat.
4. British/American English
I have a new Australian client so I’m getting a crash course in spelling differences. Besides telling OpenOffice to use UK instead of US spelling, I’ve tracked down some great sites that help your brain think like a Londoner (or Brisbaner).
http://www.musicalenglishlessons.org/spelling-diffs.htm
http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/jones/differences.htm
I use Dragon sometimes. It’s a great time saver- just be sure to proofread it meticulously. I’ve had some pretty bizarre mistaken words come through. My favorite was probably when “sold less items” came through as “soulless items.” Thank goodness I caught it before it went out…
LOL. So far so good. I’m talking this message right now and my writing has gone a bit quicker tonight. But I do find that I’m having to think a lot more before I talk that I did before I typed. But my wrists are thanking me.
I have had RSI trouble off and on over the years, and I used Dragon Naturally Speaking for a year or so before I was able to drop down to a couple of hours of computing a day (yay for blogging and passive income, hah).
Overall, I found DNS great for technical writing and horrendous for working on my fantasy novel. You can tell it wasn’t made for understanding the funky names of fantasy characters and places.
Anyway, it can be pretty fast once you get the hang of it. I did find editing a bit tedious, but they’ve come out with a couple of new versions since I tried it, so it might be better now.
Great post. I especially found it useful where you talked about the number of your submissions. I am really working to increase my output.
I just put up a big list of article directories.
I am really interested in your review of DNS. I have been interested in it for almost a year now, but haven’t been able to truly justify spending the money. If it can increase my productivity, it may end up being a great investment.
What exactly is 1K a day? It looks like a spam site to me.
DNS has been great! I can get a rough draft out in 6 to 10 minutes if it’s a simple topic, and then I just go back through and edit. I’ve found that I’m editing better too and spending more time perfecting each article instead of giving them a quick read. Two thumbs up from me!
As for Earn1K a day it has nothing to do with spam! It’s about setting up various types of legitimate websites and driving traffic to them to earn money. Most of the people work with the ebay affiliate program but it covers lots of different types of techniques. It’s a membership site that is forum based.
I’m glad to hear that about DNS. I may have to save up for it. At least it’ll be a write off.
I understand now about Earn1K. Sorry, I didn’t mean to offend with S-word. It just appeared to be one of those ad sites where you click through 30 site and they just all look the same, trying to sell you some magic beans. lol
No offense taken at all! There are so many of those sites out there these days you really have to be cautious.