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Blogging is addictive especially when it’s your first time to blog. You’ll skip breakfast, lunch or dinner just to write your latest post, reply to your readers or simply network with other bloggers. Sometimes, you’re so addicted to it that you forget to take a rest that will eventually compromise your health. Instead of trying to make money online, you’ll just end up paying more for your medical expenses.

One of the worst cases of addiction that plagues our society is “Drug Addiction”. I remember one of my friends in high school who got addicted with illegal drugs. At first, he thought everything was under his control but as soon as he became addicted to drugs, he lost everything. First, he lost his girlfriend then his friends then his outstanding academic performance and eventually his health. Thank God, he’s got a supportive family who didn’t give up on him. They remained supportive until he recovered from his addiction.

Online Service That Can Help

StopYourAddiction.com is a non-profit drug rehab referral service that provides those seeking help with addiction by referring them to a drug rehab facility. They have connections to different rehabiliation centres and they can help you find the nearest drug treatment center. StopYourAddiction.com is not only a good place to seek help for drug addicts but also to those who are addicted to alcohol. StopYourAddiction.com can also help alcohol addicted people to locate alcoholism rehab centers.

For those interested, you can checkout StopYourAddiction’s 28-Day Rehabilitation Program. Here’s a list of the processes involve in the rehabilitation process.

• Stage 1 : Detoxification and Withdrawal.
• Stage 2 : Self Control and Communication Exercises.
• Stage 3 : Sauna Cleansing Process.
• Stage 4 : Study Improvement.
• Stage 5 : Drug-Free Remidies for Discomforts.

Tips For Blog Addiction

For those who are suffering from “Blog Addiction”. Read How to Cure your Blogging Addiction in 7 Easy Steps written by TheBlogColumnist where he point out these 7 Easy Steps.

• Step #1 - 11pm Means 11pm … Not 2am
• Step #2 - No More … Good Morning, Computer
• Step #3 - Dear Statistics… We’re Seeing Too Much of Each Other
• Step #4 - Post Only Once a Day
• Step # 5 - Destroy your RSS Feeds
• Step #6 - Get Out of the House
• Step #7 - Dump your Broadband

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First Rate is an online company that specializes on Search Engine Optimization, Search Engine Marketing, Design and Development, Email Marketing and Performance Ad Networks. 

Since it was founded in 2001 by Jon Ostler, First Rate has won wide range of clients from entrepreneurs to multi nationals, covering all industries. Yahoo, ING, Adma, Pharmacy Online, Dick Smith are among their long term clients.

Here’s a rundown of the services offered by First Rate.

Search Engine Optimization

Search Engine Optimization is the process of adjusting the content and technology of a site to increase the amount of natural search engine traffic (free traffic) it receives.  First Rate started as an SEO specialist provider and is now one of the most experienced SEO specialist provider in Australia and New Zealand. The founder of First Rate is a frequent speaker at industry events and conferences in Australia and New Zealand including Search Engine Room and Search Engine Bootcamp, last year he also presented at Ad Tech Sydney Ad Tech New York.

Search Engine Marketing

Search Engine Marketing is the practice of paying search engines to appear at the top of the search results in their ’sponsored listing’ area. An advertiser’s position is determined by how much they are prepared to pay per click, the relevancy of their ad, its popularity and other “Quality Score” factors determined by the search engine. Due to the auction effect, the Quality Score and the number of phrases involved this becomes a complex media buy that requires expert management. First Rate has 15 Qualified Google Adwords experts on its staff. First Rate manages over 1,000,000 paid clicks per month for its clients.

Online Strategy

First Rate has over seven years’ experience working with hundreds of leading websites and their owners to advise clients on their online strategy. First Rate also keeps up to date with online trends and methodologies and combines this with client-specific research, competitor analysis and benchmarking to advise on customer demand, online revenue models, required site functionality and online marketing.

Email Marketing

First Rate manages the in-house email mailing lists of many leading e-commerce sites and publishers. These lists are used to send newsletters, offers and surveys to the site’s registered membership. First Rate offers email strategy, template design, list growth tactics and an outsourced newsletter production and reporting services. First Rate manages over 1,000,000 email subscribers and sends over 2 milion emails per month.

Online Advertising

In addition to the banners ads offered as part of The Performance Network (TPN), First Rate also offers more traditional online advertising media buying (’rate card’) options. Although First Rate normally sticks to ad placements that have a proven direct response element. First Rate is an expert in generating maximum response from online advertising.

Performance Marketing

In addition to the SEM media spend First Rate also manages other performance-based online media. These range from CPM (cost per thousand impressions), CPC (cost per click), CPA (cost per acquisition) and CPS (cost per sale). First Rates places its client’s ads on comparison shopping sites and affiliate networks, but primarily on its own Ad Network - The Performance Network (TPN).

First Rate operates New Zealand’s largest Ad Network and also has a substantial Australian ad network (launched in May 2007). TPN offers a range of services including banner ads, text ads, RSS, and ecommerce product feeds. The TPN network has just launched in Australia. First Rate also partners with international networks via TPN, buying their Australian and International ‘eye balls’.

Website Design & Web Development

First Rate provides advice and support to ensure client’s sites have all the technology and features in place to support a wide range of online marketing activities and site conversions. Common activities include email template design, landing pages and contemporary ad creative. First Rate does not offer “creative design” or “custom development” but works closely with a client’s designer or developer. First Rate does offer very effective middle-tier e-commerce solutions.

Campaign Reporting & Web Analytics

First Rate’s proven marketing methodology is based on direct response campaigns. So a clear picture of conversion rates and ROI from various media is vital. First Rate uses its proprietary system Media Tracker to track site traffic coming from all sources (paid and free). Media Tracker also offer flexible action tracking so all site conversions can be tracked.

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Cellware is the newest Mobile Social Network site that offers the largest selection of content for your mobile phones. While other mobile social networks are limited with videos, Cellware offers ringtones, wallpapers, videos, images, games and applications to all it’s users for FREE!

Membership at Cellware is free and you are guaranteed unlimited download to their free mobile content without ever paying for monthly charges. Best of all, you can create your media using the cutting edge tools available at Cellware.com. You can then share your creations with friends or share them with the rest of the world and earn CASH!

Earn Cash With Cellware

Simply create ringtones, wallpapers, videos, games or applications. Upload it at Cellware.com and watch the cash roll in. It’s that easy! Once you’ve submitted your creations, they will be made available for download to the public for FREE!

The money you earn is based on how many times your content is downloaded. The more popular your creations become, the more money you make. Cellware’s policy does not put a limit on how many content pieces you can create, so you are in total control of your earning potential.

How To Improve Your Earning Potential?

To improve your earning potentials, here are a few things you can do.

• Firstly, you can invite all your friends to join Cellware.com and ask them to downlad your creations. Don’t forget to tell them that membership is free and that Cellware has a huge collection of videos, wallpapers, ringtones and applications they can download for free.
• Secondly, you can use your blog to advertise your videos, wallpapers, ringtones and applications. Direct your readers to the page where they can download your creations.
• Lastly, create unique videos, funny videos or controversial videos. They are usually the ones that are downloaded the most.

You can read Create Content And Earn Cash for a complete detail about making money with Cellware.

Monitoring Your Earnings

To monitor how your mobile content pieces are doing, you can check it by viewing them within your “My Vault” area. Updates on your earnings will be shown in your vault at the end of each month.

If your accumulated points reached $50 or more, you may redeem those points for their cash value. Don’t worry if you haven’t accumulated enough downloads, your awarded points will carry over into the next month. The advertising revenue pool will change on a monthly basis based on the prior months advertising revenue.

What are you waiting for? Visit Cellware.com now and sign up for free. Create contents, share it to your friends and start making cash!

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When it comes to improving your blog traffic and increasing your blog readers, two names resonate in the Blogosphere: Entrecard and Blogrush.

Lately, there have been heated discussions about which one is winning the battle, which one is better and which one really works. The point of today’s post is to provide you with a comparative analysis of Entrecard and Blogrush, giving you an idea of who’s really winning.

The Architects

Blogrush was conceived by John Reese, the founder and CEO of income.com. Blogrush was officially launched on September 15, 2007. Entrecard on the other hand is the brainchild of Graham Langdon, a 22-year old internet entrepreneur. It was officially launched at the Blog World Expo two months after Blogrush was introduced.

Comparative Alexa Traffic Reach

By comparing the traffic of Entrecard and Blogrush, we will be able to get an idea of how many bloggers visit these websites. Naturally, the one with a better traffic performance has a more active community. Hence, is more popular and more used.

Additional Information: Entrecard has an Alexa traffic ranking of 7,784 while Blogrush has a rank of 5,206 (As of January 7, 2008).

Considering that Blogrush was introduced earlier than Entrecard, it is not surprising that it has a better Alexa Traffic Rank. Unfortunately, Blogrush’s traffic reach and page views drastically declined since it’s launch. Entrecard’s Alexa traffic and page view on the other hand, gradually increased and is expected to continue to grow.

The Entrecard Advantage

Personally, I prefer Entrecard over Blogrush for the following reasons:

1. It’s easier to understand how Entrecard works. The concept as to how Blogrush works is still not clear. New users need sometime to fully understand it.
2. Entrecard consumes a smaller space in your blog compared to the space consumed by the Blogrush widget.
3. Entrecard is much more customizable. With Blogrush, you can change the skin of your widget or improve your blog title, which may compromise your blog’s SEO, to increase your click through rate. Entrecard on the other hand gives you more freedom to maximize your 125×125 banner.
4. Pictures are much more “clickable” than letters. Entrecard uses pictures and Blogrush widget uses letters. This explains why I got more traffic from Entrecard than Blogrush.
5. Entrecard allows you to choose which blog to place your advertisement. Blogrush does not.
6. Entrecard allows bloggers to choose which advertisements are shown on their blog. Blogrush does not. That explains why you get some pornsite links featured in your Blogrush widget. As a remedy, Blogrush allows you to bann specific words or URLs from being shown in your widget. This is inconvenient to bloggers and does guarantee that unwanted links are shown on your Blogrush widget. With Entrecard, there is no way unwanted ads are shown because bloggers have full control on deciding what will be shown on their Entrecard.
7. Entrecard has a clearer scoring system. You know how much credits you’ve earned, how you’ve earned it or who gave you the credits.
8. Entrecard definitely has a better statistic reporting system.
9. Entrecard is more interactive. It provides incentives in the form of credits for its users to visit other Entrecard users.
10. Entrecard is also more interactive because it allows it’s members to exchange messages, share credits, recommend each other and do business through the use of Entrecard Credits.

To be fair with Blogrush, I think that the traffic generated from the clicks through it’s widget is better in quality. Those who click on the Blogrush widgets are attracted by the potential information they can learn from visiting the link. This may result to better page views. Sad to say, there’s a drawback to this one. Since traffic earned from Blogrush is highly dependent on a blog’s post title, Blogrush users tend to make their title catchy in hopes of attracting more clicks on their link even when it means failing to deliver quality information.

Overall, I believe that Entrecard is winning the battle over Blogrush. The benefits of using Entrecard outweighs the promise of traffic from using the Blogrush widget. That’s precisely the reason why I joined the growing number of EX-Blogrush users.

Okay, that’s what I think. What do you think? Who do you think has more advantages?

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