The hardest part in getting a website off the ground purely for Google Adsense, known as a ‘mini-site’, is coming up with a topic that hasn’t already been done to death and then researching your keywords with the likes of WordTracker and Overture, and so on. In comparison, writing the content is a doddle…relatively. Google …
Monthly Archives: August 2022
A Personal Trainer’s Certification – Understanding the Alphabet Soup After the Trainer’s Name
Virtually every Personal Trainer will have a series of letters after their name indicating some, if not all, of the fitness certifications they hold. Often it will be CPT, meaning Certified Personal Trainer. The organization that bestows the title is more important than the letters CPT. This article will give you an idea what to …
What the Bible Says About Truth and Reconciliation and its Application in Sierra Leone
INTRODUCTION In the Daily Telegraph Atlas of the World Today, a section captioned: “Nations in Turmoil”, indicates that we live in a turbulent world. Africa figures prominently in this section as usual in terms of internal disturbances, border disputes and casualties from wars.1 In that same Atlas, under foreign aid, Africa is represented as a …
4 Mystery Writers to Remember – Bland, McBain, MacDonald and Seranella
Eleanor Taylor Bland wrote a police procedural involving an African-American police detective named Marti MacAlister and her small town Polish partner. Her stories take place in Lincoln Prairie, Illinois and are based on the town of Waukegan, a real suburb of Chicago where she lived. She began the series in the early 1990s, while working …
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Indian Content Writers Being Non-Native a Misconception
Freelance sites like Upwork or Freelancer have perpetuated a ridiculous belief that there are only some people in the world to whom the English language is native, while to most others, it is not. Typically, the reference made is to people from countries like the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, or …
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An Introduction to the Akkadian Civilization
The Akkadians were a group of Semitic people from the Arabian Peninsula at the time the great Sumerian city-states were flourishing. These people eventually migrated north, where they encountered the Sumerians. Around 2350 BC, an Akkadian military leader, Sargon (Sharukkin-“the rightful ruler”) conquered the Sumerian city-states and built an Akkadian Empire, creating the world’s first …
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Breaking Through Writers’ Block – 7 Solutions to 7 Types of Block
If you write, you’re guaranteed, at some point, to face an empty page. Even if you’re assigned a topic by an editor, the blank page can haunt you, making it difficult to get started. And for some, the blank wasteland becomes more daunting the longer they’re forced to confront it. Don’t let the blank page …
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Common Mistakes That Can Kill Your Web Copy
Sometimes learning what not to do is as important as learning what to do. Copywriting is no exception. I oftentimes see copy that is well written, but obviously created by an amateur. How do I know? One or more of the following five mistakes was made and that killed the copy… dead. Once you understand …
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The Importance of Monitoring & Evaluation for Your Nonprofit
Monitoring and evaluation (often abbreviated M&E) are separate, but related, tools for assessing and understanding program implementation and impact. While evaluation professionals often have graduate degrees or other advanced education in evaluation, data collection, statistics, or qualitative research methods, there are many things your nonprofit organization can do to increase your capacity for planning and …
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Genghis Khan – A Look Inside the Cunning Mind of a Conqueror
Genghis Khan, although the product of an illiterate and barbarous people plagued by internecine wars, transformed the Mongol warriors into a brilliant military machine that frequently defeated the civilizations of China, Islam, and Eastern Europe. Legend claims that Genghis Khan was born with a clot of blood clutched in his hand, an omen of greatness. …
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