For the past three days, I have been registering and verifying all of my 60+ blogs with Google, Alexa and Quantcast. I’m placing trackers in the template codes to enable site traffic monitoring that will yield more accurate stats. My blog ranks have not been moving at all and I have comments on some four times the number of posts. So I’m resorting to hard core business tactics and some SEO tactics to find out if it will improve my blog ranks. The greatest in all of search engines for ranking is Alexa so witness The Midnight Writer’s Network holding hands with Alexa for good luck. I hope it works. I’ll give you updates on the results over time.

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Sweet deal, huh?

You get to join a site that will increase your blog traffic, track your site rank and advertise your posts. Then you get a free review from yours truly, The Midnight Writer.

Technorati recently updated their website and added new features while they changed some of the old. It’s still in Beta testing so I’m not sure if the Fave Me is still viable or if it will be restored. I do love the Fave Me on Technorati button so I hope it gets restored. While we’re waiting, it still leads to my profile so you can visit all my blogs. Never mind that the urls are not current because I cannot figure out how to update them on the new site. My blogs are all domains now. Don’t worry, the old urls are being forwarded for one year so you won’t miss my blogs due to a bad link.

Technorati is now looking for writers who are willing to post updated newsworthy pieces at least once a week. Get yourself noticed in the vast blogosphere and expand your horizons.

Hurry on over there right now and open a new world of social networking, advertising, and make lots of new friends. You’ll find some interesting reading, too.

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Les coûts médicaux montent tandis que les revenus sont stagnants ou descendants. Les retraités ne peuvent pas se permettre leurs soins de santé ou leur assurance médicale maladie ainsi il est nécessaire de trouver l’assurance, telle que mutuelle hospitalisation qui épargnera leur argent de clients quand ils signent un contrat d’assurance.

Un séjour d’hôpital peut totalement éliminer votre quantité déductible d’assurance et vous laisser vulnérables aux déclarations de sinistre rejetées. Prenez les mesures maintenant pour votre futur. Investissez dans une police d’assurances qui vous donnera l’assurance que vous avez besoin et vous sauvez argent sur le coût pour maintenir cette assurance. Recevez les allocations pour dans la chambre TV, téléphone et pour les parents qui veulent accompagner un mineur dix d’enfant. Vous pouvez même obtenir l’assurance pour que vos frais de voyage de parents vous rendent visite dans l’hôpital.

Évitez d’être tournée en bas de quand vous avez besoin de services médicaux. Visitez ce site Web d’assurance aujourd’hui et découvrez ce qu’elles peuvent faire pour vous sauver argent et pour soulager votre esprit.

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Read this in English by clicking the “continue reading” link…

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In English:

Medical costs are rising while incomes are stagnant or plummeting. Retired people cannot afford their health care or their health insurance so it is necessary to find coverage, such as mutuelle hospitalisation that will save their clients money when they sign an insurance contract.

One hospital stay can totally wipe out your insurance deductible amount and leave you vulnerable to rejected insurance claims. Take measures now for your future. Invest in an insurance policy that will give you the coverage that you need and save you money on the cost to maintain that coverage. Receive allowances for in room TV, telephone and for parents who want to accompany a child under age ten. You can even get coverage for your relatives travel expenses to visit you in the hospital.

Avoid being turned down when you need medical services. Visit this insurance website today and find out what they can do to save you money and ease your mind.

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A professional Sitting

Hi everyone! I finally did it! For two days, I went through the grunt work of creating an online portfolio and a resume. You can visit it at Cheryl Lynn Gardner.

This landed me a writing position as a freelancer for Demand Studios so it was worth the two days. Now I’m ready to send prospective clients and associates to my new active page where everything you want to know about me, The Midnight Writer, (my ghost writing name) is open for public viewing. Well, maybe not everything! But the important information about my writing persona is easy to access now.

About the photo in this post. It is not a picture of me. I chose it to display my love for histroical fashion and photography. I love the colonial, the Victorian, and the medieval ages. If you are looking for a writer in these areas, email me.

Be sure to visit my portfolio and tell me what you think of the layout. If you’d like to see any other links or information provided, let me know. Keep in mind, I create portfolios complete with your blog/web layout, the content and links. I will even write a smashing bio about you. If you need an online portfolio to land that next great freelance job, email me at themindnightwriter1@gmail.com and let’s discuss it.

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It’s a nice website and it’s environmentally friendly from the “go green” color layout to the streaming message stating “Planting 100 trees right here in Colorado for every car purchased.” Now that is impressive! So if you’re eco conscious and want to contribute to the foresting of one of my favorite western states, then make your purchase at Flatiron, a Denver Land Rover Dealer. They’re reputed to have the state’s largest selection so that could amount to a lot of trees if sales are good. Support their Colorado tree project and look for the official logo on their website.

I clicked over to the hours and directions module where I found a fun interactive satellite imaging map.  The inventory is exciting to browse in their flash photo stream that gives a real 3 D effect.  The Range Rover models for 2009 display really well in this imaging style. It’s like actually being on the lot to check out their models in stock.

By the way, Flatirons Land Rover specializes only in Land Rovers.  I give them an extra thumbs up for knowing their product and the market.  Flatirons is not out to make a fortune at your cost. Their prices are comparable with room to face the competition.

Flatirons caters to the economical buyer. Used Land Rover Cars are plenty in their supply. Each vehicle wears the “pre-owned” claim sticker so you can make an informed choice when browsing.  I was impressed with their 30 second online credit application. Everything about their website spells ease and satisfaction to the users. There’s even a twitter and facebook button on the front page so you can follow them and become a fan. It’s such a modern way to hook up and catch the quickest news on their great 2009 sales and special edition Land Rovers. Flatirons keeps up with the times and their competition.

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Raise your hand if you can relate.

My creative zeal and my desire to write gets quashed whenever I push hard writing lots of articles every day to add some invisible calculator until it reaches X amount of dollars. ..just so I can pay the rent and bills or buy groceries. I write many articles for content sites or paid blog reviews for lower dollar amounts so that it takes much more effort and time to reach that X dollar sum for the day.

It is exhausting….and frustrating…..and disappointing…..

And this practice doesn’t allow time to pursue the creative magazine stories or that favorite research project or that novel on the shelf collecting dust.

Enough already!

It’s time for solutions. End the hand wringing long hours at the computer typing away lost in a fog.

Revive your freelance career by taking positive measures for improvement.

This will be the topic of our discussions in this series for improving your freelance writing business. It all starts with finding private clients who pay well to free up your time and talents for loftier pursuits.

Are you ready to explore this area in your freelance career? If you’re writing for other companies and waiting on work from content mills and affiliate sites or how to page generators…..

I hope you raised your hand in an affirmative “YES!”

Let’s explore some of the common techniques used to find private clients, then come up with ideas for new ways to generate interest in you as a freelance writer.

1. Post a resume or portfolio online using various methods, sites and formats.
2. Create a bio on your personal website and/or blog.
3. Search the internet for opportunities then communicate with a proposal to individual listings.
4. Advertise your work on social sites like twitter, Facebook, My Space, Linkedin and etc.
5. Join content sites who pay you per view and write tons of content for a free bio listing and the exposure you will gain from their audience.
6. Word of mouth through friends, family and your immediate circle.

This is only an introductory list. It will expand as I research common methods for finding private clients with a little help from doing research and your important feedback. Please share your information below by leaving a comment.

How do you find private clients? We really want to know your techniques, if you will share with us.

The audience is listening with bent ear….

When you leave your comment below, please leave a link back to your site so I and my readers can find you when we want to read more on your site.

In the next part of this series, Finding Private Clients, we’ll define the methods in 1-6 and show some examples. Then I want to explore the effectiveness of each technique while we uncover some new or unknown methods for increasing your client base.

Will you join us for the next session?

It won’t be the same without you!

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It was work setting it up but Cephas and I had the passion for it because we love Twitter and Social networking. The Twitter Files will be a joy to maintain and to chronicle all the stories that can be posted there. Do you realize how broad and deep the subject matter is from Twitter? No boundaries!!! Finding topics will not be a problem. In fact, I will have to discipline myself enough to move away from the blog and move on to other ones that need my attention.

Tonight we received a special gift for the site. One of our new followers tweeted “The Truth is Out There” when they followed @thetweetfiles. Naturally, I clicked the “follow” button because I’m hungry for tweeters to follow our new site and read all the great stuff we’re posting there. When I clicked, I found a surprise that warmed my heart. A video shows all the tender love and compassion scenes between Mulder and Scully on the X-Files. You can view that video on The Twitter Files.

We hope you enjoy the new site and we look forward to sharing some wonderful stories with you on our network.

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Now the above phrase caught your attention, didn’t it? You may have had some thoughts similar to these:

“Hmmmm…I wonder what this post is about?”

or

“What are they talking about?”

or

“Was there a big fire some where?”

Regardless what you thought when you read “Smoke billowed in eerie twisted columns.”, it still made you think. It was mysterious. It was leading. It was expressive. It described action. You continued reading because you wanted to know more.

The phrase captured your attention.

This is only a small sample of how to use language to capture your audience. Most people like action when reading. Face it, we live in an action filled world where everything is fast and results are instantaneous. Writing has to compete with technology and video and audio and fast food and all things that show action “right now”.

To get that follow through you need to draw readers into your articles. Make them curious or interested enough to read past the first line. If the title is good, the first line will draw the reader further. The first paragraph has to tell the reader something about the phrase that drew that person this far.

Part two of this series on expressive language will show examples of paragraph development. Come back to read more.

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We can’t wait till this site if fully operational and equipped with enough information to inspire writers and bloggers. The goal is to fill it to overflowing with great reviews with the help of fellow freelance writers and blog enthusiasts. Our hope is to draw a host of advertisers, marketers, entrepreneurs, webmasters, writers, publishers and other internet dependent businesses to our site to open the flood gates to lots of work for all who wish to join us in this venture. So share the word!

The Midnight Writer’s Network will exchange advertising with interested people who meet certain criteria, which will be posted here soon. I’ll probably create a widget for the sidebar then I’ll write a post about the requirements for a link exchange on this site or any site in the network. I’ll be creating banners to advertise the network and Elite Blog Reviews.

It was the wee hours of the morning whenever we finished selecting a domain name. This process took a couple hours because Cephas and I spent time conducting keyword research using the Market Samurai software and a program we’re testing from Crowd Mountain. I wrote an entire post about this new SEO optimization technique that you can read here.

This site will use the formula found in the program steps from Crowd Mountain. We’re testing the program on my twelve day one Dollar trial in order to make an informed decision about purchasing the program for a longer term at $47 per month. If it maximizes our blog ranks due to the proper use of the “right key words”, then Cephas and I are willing to pay for such a great tool and teaching program.

You can follow along with the blogs in our network to see how the program works for us. Don’t worry, we’ll keep you updated on all the exciting news.

So are you going to try Crowd Mountain?

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The exciting news is that I will be utilizing the tools from a new program that I signed up for just yesterday. It’s called Crowd Mountain and you can read my initial post on Mountain Spirit Productions.

This new program is all about simplifying your work in optimizing websites and blogs for search engine optimization. A uniquely fun software finds the optimal keywords to enhance your site(s) in a fraction of the time it would take to conduct the research on your own. Hours of painstaking tedious searching and filtering words is reduced to minutes where the program in Market Samurai finds these words and conducts rank analyses. I actually had fun researching my blogs with my one Dollar trial sign up to use the software for twelve days. This blog will be optimized using that technique so I’ll keep you updated on how it works.

Check it out today and tell me what you think. Please leave me a comment.

Follow me on twitter to discuss this further.

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