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		<title>Using PLR For Fun and Profit</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Private Label Rights Articles (PLR) are a fantastic way to add new content to your website or blog and fill up your newsletter. There are a few simple ‘rules’ though for successfully using PLR content.

Don’t use PLR content exactly the way you received it! Chop it up into different blog posts or even combine it with your own writings. Just don’t copy and past it right out of the box. 
Create an ongoing email series and establish a relationship with your visitors. Use your daily (or weekly) mailings to supply ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Private Label Rights Articles (PLR) are a fantastic way to add new content to your website or blog and fill up your newsletter. There are a few simple ‘rules’ though for successfully using PLR content.</p>
<ol>
<li style="margin-bottom: 5px">Don’t use PLR content exactly the way you received it! Chop it up into different blog posts or even combine it with your own writings. Just don’t copy and past it right out of the box. </li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 5px">Create an ongoing email series and establish a relationship with your visitors. Use your daily (or weekly) mailings to supply a few new tips or ideas, provide reading suggestions by as well as affiliate links to e-books or print books, or perhaps promote someone else’s e-book for a commission! </li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 5px">Feed your blog! Use some of that private label content to stir your creativity! Take sections of PLR content and add your own comments, or rewrite sections of the PLR content in your own words so you end up with unique material. </li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 5px">Create a free report to provide to your customers, visitors and subscribers. Take a PLR report (or use ten PLR articles on one topic) and mix them into a seamless report. Insert some affiliate links or links to your own products and give it away. Put a link to the free product in your signature on discussion forums, and mention it in your bio box if you submit articles to directories. Let it work as a handy promotional tool for your website. </li>
<li>Re-write it in your own words. This obviously takes a lot of time and energy but it will actually be your own unique work if you’ve got the time. </li>
</ol>
<p>Some PLR websites that I recommend <em>(<strong>yes</strong> – I use them &amp; <strong>yes</strong> – these are affiliate links)</em></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://easyplr.com/go.php?af=1126418">EasyPLR</a>&#160; </li>
<li><a href="http://www.allprivatelabelcontent.com/amember/go.php?r=5310">All Private Label Content</a>&#160; </li>
<li><a href="http://momplrebooks.com/amember/go.php?r=729">Mom PLR eBooks</a> </li>
</ul>
<p>However you use PLR it’s sure to make blogging a little easier for you. It’s a time saver – don’t we all love time savers?</p>
<p><strong>How do YOU use PLR content? If you don’t use it – why not?</strong></p>
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		<title>Affiliate Summit West Connects Mommybloggers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 02:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Affiliate marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Affiliate Summit]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Affiliate Summit West ( #asw10 ) &#8211; THE affiliate marketing conference &#8211; is taking place this weekend in Vegas. The panel that is bound to be extremely popular features several “mommy bloggers” and is called MommyBloggers: Changing the Face of Affiliate Marketing.
The panel features:

Deborah Carney, CEO, Team Loxly (Twitter @loxly) (Moderator)
Wendy Limauge, Blogger, Sweeties Swag, Mom Blog Network, (Twitter @sweetiesswag)
Carrie Rocha, President, Pocket Your Dollars (Twitter @dollarspocket)
Kim Rowley, President, Key Internet Marketing, Inc. (Twitter @kimarketing)
Heather Sokol, Proprietor, Inexpensively (Twitter @justheather)

Affiliate marketing and mom bloggers is not a new topic to ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a class="zem_slink" title="Affiliate Summit" rel="homepage" href="http://www.affiliatesummit.com/">Affiliate Summit West</a> ( #asw10 ) &#8211; THE affiliate marketing conference &#8211; is taking place this weekend in Vegas. The panel that is bound to be extremely popular features several “mommy bloggers” and is called MommyBloggers: Changing the Face of Affiliate Marketing.</p>
<p>The panel features:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.affiliatesummit.com/deborah-carney">Deborah Carney</a>, CEO, <a href="http://www.teamloxly.com/">Team Loxly</a> (Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/loxly">@loxly</a>) (Moderator)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.affiliatesummit.com/wendy-limauge/">Wendy Limauge</a>, Blogger, <a href="http://www.sweetiesswag.com/">Sweeties Swag</a>, <a href="http://www.momblognetwork.com">Mom Blog Network</a>, (Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/sweetiesswag">@sweetiesswag</a>)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.affiliatesummit.com/carrie-rocha/">Carrie Rocha</a>, President, <a href="http://www.pocketyourdollars.com/">Pocket Your Dollars</a> (Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/dollarspocket">@dollarspocket</a>)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.affiliatesummit.com/kim-rowley/">Kim Rowley</a>, President, <a href="http://www.kimarketing.com/">Key Internet Marketing, Inc.</a> (Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/kimarketing">@kimarketing</a>)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.affiliatesummit.com/heather-sokol/">Heather Sokol</a>, Proprietor, <a href="http://www.inexpensively.com/">Inexpensively</a> (Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/justheather">@justheather</a>)</li>
</ul>
<p>Affiliate marketing and mom bloggers is not a new topic to those of us already doing it, but for some of those in affiliate marketing, we need more acknowledgment. Remember that Mom Bloggers are <strong>professionals</strong>, are working to earn money, are getting respect from advertisers and are <strong>here to stay</strong>.</p>
<p>Mom bloggers are a top niche in blogging and companies like Walmart, Lifetime Channel, Frito Lay are utilizing their skills &#8211; the affiliate world needs to take notice too. I’ve personally been successful at monetizing my blog using paid postings and paid reviews. I’m only beginning to delve into real affiliate marketing with my new <a href="http://hamptonroadsmilitaryweddings.com/">military wedding planning</a> in Hampton Roads blog/website!</p>
<p>I will not be attending Affiliate Summit West this year – although I would like to attend in the coming years. I will, however, be following the tweets about #asw10 on Twitter and “living vicariously” though friends who are attending like Heather (who will be the <a href="http://boatinginbeautifulbritishcolumbia.com/2009/12/06/affiliate-summit-west-2010-las-vegas/">Blogger Lounge Mistress</a>) and Murray (a successful <a href="http://www.murraynewlands.com/2009/06/feedfront-the-official-magazine-of-affiliate-summit-featuring-murray-newlands-on-how-to-build-your-message-with-twitter/">affiliate marketing</a> blogger who has been featured in the official Affiliate Summit magazine – <a class="zem_slink" title="FeedFront" rel="homepage" href="http://feedfront.com/">FeedFront</a> with article “<em>How to Build Your Message with Twitter</em>”).</p>
<p>Hopefully there is a lot of information posted &#8211; because there are a ton of <a href="http://www.affiliatesummit.com/10w-speakers/">amazing panelists and speakers</a> attending!</p>
<p>Oh and THANKS to <a href="http://brainfoggles.com/">Connie</a> for providing some of the information about the mommy blogger panel!</p>
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		<title>WAHM Tip: Writing Press Releases</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Press releases are a terrific way to generate plenty of free publicity for your business. Find out what it takes to make a newsworthy story the media will love and you might just find yourself featured in a newspaper, magazine or TV program.
Many businesses spend plenty of money on expensive advertising campaigns. Why pay for an ad in a magazine or newspaper when you can get them to feature your business for free? That&#8217;s what an effective press release campaign can do for you. All you do is send ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.quicksales.com/app/aftrack.asp?afid=934760&amp;u=www.momstalkbiz.com/press-release-ebook.html"><img class="alignleft" style="margin-right: 10px; border: 0px initial initial;" src="http://www.kellysaffiliates.com/moms-talk-biz-press-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="Guide to Press Releases" width="100" height="135" /></a> Press releases are a terrific way to generate plenty of free publicity for your business. Find out what it takes to make a newsworthy story the media will love and you might just find yourself featured in a newspaper, magazine or TV program.</p>
<p>Many businesses spend plenty of money on expensive advertising campaigns. Why pay for an ad in a magazine or newspaper when you can get them to feature your business for free? That&#8217;s what an effective press release campaign can do for you. All you do is send in your newsworthy story in proper press release format and you might find your business in the newspaper, in a magazine, on the radio or even on TV. Let&#8217;s face it, a story about you is going to be noticed much more than an ad hidden away in the back of a newspaper. If you&#8217;d like to learn how to write attention-getting press releases that the media will love, pick up your copy of <a href="http://www.quicksales.com/app/aftrack.asp?afid=934760&amp;u=www.momstalkbiz.com/press-release-ebook.html">Mom&#8217;s Talk Biz Guide to Press Releases</a>.</p>
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		<title>Direct Sales Opportunity for Any Interests</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Shopping]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[diet pills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dietary suppliments]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Companies that don’t put all their proverbial ‘eggs in one basket’ are often quite successful in their business. Take a little company called Nu Skin Enterprises for example. Nu Skin Enterprises is a leading direct-selling company that distributes premium quality products and services through three core brands — Nu Skin, Pharmanex, and Big Planet.
The Nu Skin management team has around 25 years of ideas and innovation that has turned the company into a billion-dollar industry. This is an industry that is selling – and industry that even the ‘little guy’ ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Companies that don’t put all their proverbial ‘eggs in one basket’ are often quite successful in their business. Take a little company called Nu Skin Enterprises for example. Nu Skin Enterprises is a leading direct-selling company that distributes premium quality products and services through three core brands — Nu Skin, Pharmanex, and Big Planet.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.nuskinenterprises.com/en/about-nuskin/management/directors/" target="_blank">Nu Skin</a> management team has around 25 years of ideas and innovation that has turned the company into a billion-dollar industry. This is an industry that is selling – and industry that even the ‘little guy’ (like you Mom’s!) can take a part of!</p>
<p>Nu Skin for example has over 100 premium quality personal care products hair care products, acne therapy, anti-aging systems and even a product for women experiencing spotty, discolored skin.</p>
<p>Pharmanex covers dietary supplements and Big Planet covers technology. So there is really something for any interest. Check out the company website and let me know what you think!</p>
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		<title>Make Money Helping Other Moms</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If it’s one thing moms can do it is stick together. Making life run smoothly with kids, home and career can be a tall order. Communicating with other moms helps to ease the stress. If you are looking for a business venture, why not make money helping moms just like yourself?
What will you offer to these moms? Well, your product is as close as your memory. Your expertise is the product you can market to moms everywhere. There are situations that you have encountered and overcome as a mom that ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-250" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" title="istock_000005537812xsmall-300x299" src="http://atomic-mama.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/istock_000005537812xsmall-300x299.jpg" alt="istock_000005537812xsmall-300x299" width="240" height="239" />If it’s one thing moms can do it is stick together. Making life run smoothly with kids, home and career can be a tall order. Communicating with other moms helps to ease the stress. If you are looking for a business venture, why not make money helping moms just like yourself?</p>
<p>What will you offer to these moms? Well, your product is as close as your memory. Your expertise is the product you can market to moms everywhere. There are situations that you have encountered and overcome as a mom that other mothers are facing too. They could benefit from what you know to make their life a bit easier.</p>
<p>Put your advice down on paper. You probably have a lot of good advice to offer but it won’t sound like much unless you can get it out of your brain and into a legible format. If you have a talent for writing this will be less of a challenge for you. Take a writing course to bone up on the finer points of writing outlines and organizing your thoughts on paper.</p>
<p>Your format for these organized thoughts is an eBook. Everyone has heard of them but might not know exactly what they are. An eBook is essentially a book in digital form. You can create and publish them yourself. For the work that you put into the project, you are greatly rewarded with pure profit.</p>
<p>The first consideration is the length of your eBook. A typical eBook can have as few as 70 pages or as many as 150 &#8211; though people will pay more for longer eBooks. eBooks are popular media because they can be downloaded or printed in an instant. As soon as the payment is processed, the customer gains access to the eBook. No storage space other than what is on your computer or flash drive is needed to house the eBooks you buy.</p>
<p>Consider your market – other moms. Let’s say that the subject of your eBook is getting a toddler through the terrible twos and threes. Fill your eBooks with information that moms want to know:</p>
<p>•    Tips for bedtime<br />
•    Disciplinary tips<br />
•    Going out in public<br />
•    Dealing with mom stress<br />
•    Testimonials<br />
•    True life examples</p>
<p>All of these ideas can be used to flesh out your eBook. These same bullet points can be selling points for your eBook. When creating the eBook website page, use snippets from stories in the book, testimonials from others who have read the book and a partial list of chapters in the eBook as advertising on the page.</p>
<p>As a mom you can join online forums to share your helpful advice with other moms. Use a link to your eBook page in your signature line for easy access. As you develop a following on these forums, other members will visit your site and see your eBooks.</p>
<p>eBooks can be used to share information that you have learned as a mom with other moms. They are easy to create and with a marketing strategy, can bring large profit to your business. To get help with selling eBooks &#8230; plus have the eBooks and promotional materials created for you, check out <a rel="nofollow" href="http://momplrebooks.com/amember/go.php?r=729&amp;i=l0">Mom PLR Ebooks</a>. You receive a new eBook to customize and sell each month, plus a ton of great resources, promotional graphics, sales copy and more. It’s a super easy way to break into the business of selling eBooks to other moms!</p>
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		<title>Make Way for the Super Fruits!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eating more fruit is an easy way to pack a healthy diet in antioxidants, fiber, and other nutrients without all the calories. Eating fruit is also a great way to curb your sweet tooth in a healthy way!
There has been a lot of talk in recent years about &#8220;super fruits&#8221; which are fruits that combine exceptional nutrient richness and antioxidant quality with appealing taste. To date, superfruits have been developed mainly as juices, but began in 2007 to appear as single piece products or as ingredients for functional foods, confectioneries and cosmetics. Current ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Eating more fruit is an easy way to pack a healthy diet in antioxidants, fiber, and other nutrients without all the calories. Eating fruit is also a great way to curb your sweet tooth in a healthy way!</p>
<p>There has been a lot of talk in recent years about &#8220;super fruits&#8221; which are fruits that combine exceptional nutrient richness and antioxidant quality with appealing taste. To date, superfruits have been developed mainly as juices, but began in 2007 to appear as single piece products or as ingredients for functional foods, confectioneries and cosmetics. Current industry development includes applications for creating novel consumer products, such as energy drinks, dietary supplements, and flavors with nutrient qualities, e.g. fortified water.</p>
<p>Commonly mentioned superfruits include açaí, blueberry, cranberry, goji, red grape, guarana, mango, mangosteen, noni, pomegranate and sea-buckthorn. Apples, oranges, tomatoes and common berries, such as strawberries, red raspberries and blackberries used for a large number of consumer products, achieve many of the criteria to be superfruits. They are, however, commonly known in the public and have not attracted interest as novelty ingredients, so are not usually included in industry reports as superfruits.</p>
<p>The <strong>mangosteen</strong> is commonly known as &#8220;The Queen of fruits&#8221; in parts of southeast Asia, notably Singapore and Malaysia. It is believed to have &#8220;cooling&#8221; properties that counteract the &#8220;heatiness&#8221; of durians, the so-called &#8220;King of fruits&#8221;. The mangosteen also has been said to have lots of nutrients and antioxidents.</p>
<p>Research indicates that naturally occurring xanthones may help maintain intestinal health, support the immune system, neutralize free radicals, help support cartilage and joint function, and promote a healthy seasonal respiratory system</p>
<p>You can purchase a <a href="http://www.xango.com">mangosteen</a> juice product from a company called XanGo. They also have a distribution opportunity if you are interested in starting your own home business.</p>
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		<title>Easy Relaxation Tips for Busy Moms</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems like there is no rest of the weary.  And, the weary person is usually mom.  Moms take care of hearth and home, but who takes care of her?  If you are a busy mom, learn to value yourself as a person and schedule personal time.
Personal time is a right of being a person.  Each of us has the capacity to nurture others but that type of care takes its toll.
A car is filled with gas to make it run.  Eventually the gas runs ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-237" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" title="stressed_woman" src="http://atomic-mama.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/stressed_woman.jpg" alt="stressed_woman" width="189" height="256" />It seems like there is no rest of the weary.  And, the weary person is usually mom.  Moms take care of hearth and home, but who takes care of her?  If you are a busy mom, learn to value yourself as a person and schedule personal time.</p>
<p>Personal time is a right of being a person.  Each of us has the capacity to nurture others but that type of care takes its toll.</p>
<p>A car is filled with gas to make it run.  Eventually the gas runs out and your car won’t move unless the car is replenished with fuel.  The same goes for you.  Emotional issues can develop when you don’t take the time to take care of your emotional well-being, not to mention the physical results of emotional neglect.</p>
<p>Mom time refuels the tank so that you can give to your family as well as yourself in equal measure.  Don’t be ashamed to sit for fifteen minutes doing nothing.  In the springtime, relaxing in a hammock under a tree is the perfect getaway from the pressures of the day.  Reading a book for 30 minutes can also seem like heaven to many moms.</p>
<p>Here are a few tips to help you fit in much needed “mom” time:</p>
<p>1. Get up early if you have to.  When you have kids, the day begins at a hurried pace.  Once you hit the ground running, there is no stopping you.  Waking 30 minutes to an hour ahead of time means quiet solitude to drink your coffee, read a book, meditate or listen to music.</p>
<p>2. Turn ordinary experiences into major events.  When you take a bath, add candles, bubble bath, quiet music and/or an inflatable bath pillow.  Your regular bath has now become a spa level experience.  If you watch a movie, turn out the lights, pop a bag of microwave popcorn and curl up on the couch.</p>
<p>3. Ask your significant other for help.  Kids love their mothers but time spent with dad is important too.  Let them bond with dad while you go shopping for a new outfit or root around in the garden.  Since the time is yours, do whatever you like.</p>
<p>4. Use the Boy Scout motto.  Always be prepared and you can spend more time in a relaxed mode.  Fix lunches the night before.  Iron clothes for the next day and place backpacks by the front door so kids can grab them on their way out.  The fewer things you have to do throughout the day, the calmer you will be with your family and not experience burnout.</p>
<p>5. Take exercise breaks.  When you get a few minutes the last thing you want to do is exercise but getting a little physical activity in your day has far-reaching implications.  Exercise helps you to think clearly and stretches the muscles.  Also, stress will drain away as powerful endorphins are released into your system.  Do jumping jacks during a television commercial or jog to the bus stop to pick up the kids.</p>
<p>6. Laugh at regular intervals.  Keep a funny calendar cube on your desk or subscribe to a daily joke site.  Laughing releases stress and can lift your spirits significantly.  It also keeps the abs tight.</p>
<p>Moms, take care of you.  Your family would miss you if you were not around to love and care for them.  You owe it to yourself and you deserve a break from the daily hustle and bustle.</p>
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		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In other words &#8230; answering questions using my excellent &#8220;googling&#8221; skills and fount of useless knowledge.
In exactly three minutes I will begin my very first shift as a independent contractor (Special Agent) for _kgb. This is all part of my &#8216;master plan&#8217; to try and make at least $400.00 per month on the Internet (in order to keep my kid in daycare / preschool so I can stay in college). Think I can do it? Wish me luck!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In other words &#8230; answering questions using my excellent &#8220;googling&#8221; skills and fount of useless knowledge.</p>
<p>In exactly three minutes I will begin my very first shift as a independent contractor (Special Agent) for _kgb. This is all part of my &#8216;master plan&#8217; to try and make at least $400.00 per month on the Internet (in order to keep my kid in daycare / preschool so I can stay in college). Think I can do it? Wish me luck!</p>
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