Check out our new twitter updates page for CEO’s. Have a favorite CEO you want added? Contact us here

The new page at MarketingSpot.com allows you to see all of the listed top CEO’s Twitter posts all at once. It also filters out the replies and junk so you just get wind of the good stuff. “This is a fun page to leave open on a second screen” Says DWHS Inc. President, Charles Yarbrough. You can get lots of great information in real time without running a full program or getting stuff you don’t need from other Twitter update sites.

Check out the new Twitter CEO Posts here.

We will also add a link at the bottom of each page.

Want to start a blog? Good for you, it’s a great way to speak your mind, contribute to the greater good, and possibly make a living with someday.

After years of running over 50 blogs we have realized we could of done things a little easier and better from the start if we knew then what we know now. So in the fairness of the greater good (the true hacker code) we decided to create a step by step tutorial on how get a wordpress blog started off with style and smarts.

(This is done with a account from DWHS Website Hosting using their auto installer software.)

We also assume that you have nothing other then a credit card and some time, if you do have a hosting account already just skip to step 3.

1. Get domain registration, we recommend www.ezdomainname.com for Domain Registration
2. Get web hosting, we recommend www.dwhs.net (domain web hosting service) for Web Hosting the $3 a month micro plan will survive for now. You can always upgrade later for no extra fee with DWHS.
3. Go into your CPanel and click the Happy Face icon (Fantastico) then in there click WordPress to install the latest version.
4. Once installed, log into the admin section click: Appearance > themes then notice the default themes are boring lol. So next we need to get a good theme from the popular section of wordpress’s theme section: http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/browse/popular/
5. After you find one FTP the new theme into the theme section of your blog called: blog folder > wp-content > themes
6. Then go back to the admin section and again click: Appearance > themes and activate the new theme.
7. Now that you have a nice looking blog you need to tell the world about your posts by pinging out. To do this add this list of pinging sites to the form section called: Settings > Writing > Update Services here is the current list of live ping sites (check marketing spot) for updates :
   

   http://rpc.pingomatic.com/

   http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping

   http://bblog.com/ping.php

   http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2

   http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php

   http://ping.feedburner.com

   http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2

   http://api.feedster.com/ping

   http://api.moreover.com/ping

   http://api.moreover.com/RPC2

   http://api.my.yahoo.com/RPC2

   http://api.my.yahoo.com/rss/ping

   http://bitacoras.net/ping

   http://blog.goo.ne.jp/XMLRPC

   http://blogbot.dk/io/xml-rpc.php

   http://blogdb.jp/xmlrpc

   http://blogmatcher.com/u.php

   http://bulkfeeds.net/rpc

   http://coreblog.org/ping

   http://ping.bitacoras.com

   http://ping.blo.gs

   http://ping.bloggers.jp/rpc

   http://ping.blogmura.jp/rpc

   http://ping.myblog.jp

   http://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php

   http://ping.weblogs.se

   http://topicexchange.com/RPC2

   http://trackback.bakeinu.jp/bakeping.php

   http://www.a2b.cc/setloc/bp.a2b

   http://www.bitacoles.net/ping.php

   http://www.blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogUpdates

   http://www.blogsnow.com/ping

   http://www.blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgi

   http://www.lasermemory.com/lsrpc

   http://www.mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatter/ping.php

   http://www.mod-pubsub.org/knapps/blogchatter/ping.php

   http://www.snipsnap.org/RPC2

   http://www.weblogues.com/RPC

   http://xping.pubsub.com/ping

8. Next, you will need some original content. A general rule of thumb is to have one picture on top of each post and to keep this image the medium size as fitted by wordpress. It’s better to let word press size the pictures so they all blend well and look professional.
9. Now that you have a good looking wordpress blog, original content, and have told the world about your new blog you probably want to make it better. A couple great ways to improve your blog is to add a contact form in the plug in section. Just search simple contact form and you will find a good one, you will need to create a contact page and add the code there for the simple contact form to work. Also Akismet is a must to filter spam, but like all spam filters be weary it will filter some real comments. Google site maps is a good plugin to help your SEO with Google. Next do a search in the wordpress plugin search for I love social bookmarking this will allow your readers to bookmark you for later reading of they choose. With DWHS web hosting you have stats in your cpanel that work great, so we do not recommend adding them in wordpress unless your host does not have them already. Too much junk in your wordpress can slow it down or cause extra server load.
10. Now that you have a advanced blog the final touches are needed to make it really stand out. To do this you will need some web design experience or outsource to someone like www.pagealive.com for web design services. With the right tools you can edit your header and side bar with nice graphics that fit your style more. This is done by changing the files through ftp in the themes section of your blog folder.

As simple as it sounds, writing GOOD summaries is the key to gaining popularity, high ratings and well, money. Here are some important points to keep in mind:

1. Correct grammar and spelling are essential to the success of your summaries and reviews.
2. Short sentences and short paragraphs (1-4 sentences) are much easier to read. Tip: Sum your paragraph’s main idea in its first line.
3. Write for a diverse audience. The internet is visited by readers of different ages, occupations and interests, not to mention beliefs, cultures and countries . Try to write something that’ll be comprehensive and accessible to everyone.
4. Stress important words and key sentences. Just like we’ve done above…
5. And finally – select a relevant category for your summaries and use tags (relevant keywords) to make them easy to find.

It’s time to activate your resume with some action words. Action words, or verbs, ignite an otherwise dull resume by setting your skills on fire – giving your credentials authority and power. Verbs are important to include on your resume since they show hiring managers what actions you’ve taken in previous jobs.

You’re being hired to DO something – so show what you’ve DONE in the past by preceding your skills and experiences with action verbs!

Finding the right verbs for your resume is also key to standing out above the competition and landing a job interview.
Finding Your 6 Action Verbs

It’s easy to find the right verbs to make your resume rock. Start by taking your desired job description and highlight the 6 verbs that best reflect what you offer a prospective employer. Depending on the job description and your experience, you may find 3 or you may 30. The point is to identify the actions employers value and match them to your qualifications. The idea is to tailor your resume and cover letter to the position.

For example, below is a sample job description for an administrative assistant containing 6 highlighted action verbs.

resumewords_administrativeassistantjob1

If you’ve applied to several jobs within the same area, you may notice the same verbs are repeatedly requested in your job descriptions. So be sure to use these verbs in your resume to capture the attention of hiring managers.

A word of caution though, using too many verbs can lead to buzzword overkill and harm, rather than help your chances of landing a job interview. No hiring manager likes a resume saturated with lots of action and little substance. When I’ve been on hiring teams, I’ve been know to yell, “bingo” when too many matchy words are buzzing in a job application. So choose your action verbs with care by starting with 6 and going from there.

If you’re having difficulty seeing how the verbs in a job description match your skills, try using the Make Your Match Worksheet to help activate your resume.
Using Action Verbs on Your Resume

You’ve found some verbs, now put them into action. The idea is to precede your skills and accomplishments with a verb, and hopefully end each statement with concise facts and figures.

For example, let’s look at a job description for a software developer. I’ve highlighted the 6 verbs that match the applicant’s skills best.

1. BlogLot
2. BlogMarks
3. BlogPulse
4. BmAccess
5. Fark
6. CiteULike
7. clipclip
8. clipmarks
9. Complore
10. Connectedy
11. Connotea
12. de.lirio.us
13. del.icio.us
14. digg
15. diigo
16. fantacular
17. Feedmarker
18. Feed Me Links
19. Furl
20. Gibeo
21. GoKoDo
22. Google Notebook
23. IceRocket
24. Kaboodle
25. linkaGoGo
26. linkfilter.net
27. linkroll
28. Listible
29. Lookmarks
30. ma.gnolia
31. Netvouz
32. Newsvine
33. openBM
34. RawSugar
35. reddit
36. Rojo
37. Rollyo
38. Scuttle
39. Shadows
40. Simpy
41. Sitetagger
42. Smarking
43. Spurl
44. StumbleUpon
45. taghop
46. TailRank
47. Ticklr
48. unalog
49. Yahoo My Web 2.0
50. yoonoo

The owner of the Dallas Mavericks, has a full plate. Besides his basketball team, the busy billionaire also owns part of a media company, and serves as chairman of the TV channel HDNet. He recently competed for five weeks on “Dancing With the Stars” on ABC. How on earth does he find time to blog?

Yet his site is one of the top 1,000 Weblogs, according to the search engine Technorati. Thousands read Mr. Cuban’s posts every single day. If he can do it, why can’t you?

“Don’t go into blogging to make a living,” Mr. Cuban warned in an e-mail message. Still, he and other top bloggers with day jobs agree most people could attract a following on the Web. And whether a person blogs to make a little money, to influence opinion or just for sheer ego gratification, amassing a large audience is the goal.

Here’s what a number of successful bloggers with successful nonblogging careers say are the ways to think about getting into the business of blogging.

Don’t expect to get rich. You can easily place automatically served ad banners from Google or AdBrite onto your blog. It is as simple as signing up with an ad service and placing a snippet of HTML code into your blog. Many of the ads will be specific to the topic of your posts and the service will credit your account whenever a reader clicks on one of the ads. You get a check only if the account builds to a set amount, $100 in the case of Google.

But Philip Kaplan, president for products at AdBrite, cautions that only one in six blogs draws even 500 page views a day. At that pace, you would make at most $45 a month, even if the site were decked out with full-page ads. Mr. Kaplan estimates only 3 percent of active sites make more than $1,000 a month from advertising.

“In 3.5 months we made $9.47,” complained one blogger, Ted Dziuba, who yanked the automatic ads off of his site, Uncov.com.

Write about what you want to write about, in your own voice. Mr. Dziuba, a software engineer at Persai, a Web news filtering service, began blogging out of sheer frustration with buggy, overhyped Web 2.0 applications. Uncov.com became a magnet for techies with similar complaints, and unintentionally raised awareness of Persai. Thousands of Uncov readers signed up for a test of Persai’s service. Eventually, even advertisers took notice. “Once I started getting 2,000 to 3,000 page-views per day,” he says, “advertisers started coming to me.” He says advertisers have contacted him directly with offers of $750 for a month of display ads.

Mr. Cuban said: “Blog about your passions. Don’t blog about what you think your audience wants. Post because you have something you are dying to write about.”

Fit blogging into the holes in your schedule. “Deal with the rest of your life first,” advises Glenn Reynolds, a law professor at the University of Tennessee who posts constantly throughout the day on his site, Instapundit.com. The volume and regularity has helped make his political opinion site one of the most popular on the Internet. “The blog is best handled by inserting it into the small bits of free time that rest among the bigger chunks of your work.” Mr. Reynolds slips in posts between classes, as a break from writing law review articles and during slow time at home.

Just post it already! The hurdle that stops many would-be bloggers is fear of clicking the “Publish” button. Xeni Jardin, who juggles blogging at the quirky alternative-news site BoingBoing.net with a career as a freelance journalist for NPR, Wired magazine and others, resists the urge to polish her blog prose the way she would a radio script. “Don’t bottle up your ideas forever believing you have to hit the same kind of mature, complete, perfect point as you would with a magazine or newspaper article,” she says. “Blogs are always in progress.” Boing Boing’s bloggers are known for going back to posts to update them, adding new information and striking out factual errors.

Keep a regular rhythm. Bloggers disagree on how often they should post. Mr. Reynolds and Ms. Jardin post several times a day. Mr. Cuban and Mr. Dziuba will go a week without a post. What matters, they agree, is that you establish a reliable rhythm for readers, so they know they can rely on you to have new material for them every so often.

Likewise, there’s no one right length for blog posts, but the most successful sites seem to have their own reliable formats, just like most professional publications. Mr. Reynolds rarely goes beyond two or three lines per post. Boing Boing entries run one to three paragraphs each, always with a photo. Mr. Cuban’s Blog Maverick entries can take up the entire browser window — when the guy’s on a roll, he’s on a roll.

Join the community, such as it is. There’s an unwritten rule — actually, it’s written about a lot on blogs — that you should always link back to bloggers whose ideas you repeat, or from whom you get a cool link to another site. Don’t use other bloggers’ photos or excerpt their writing without a prominent link back to the original. When in doubt, give credit.

More to the point, linking to other bloggers is the best way to get them to link to you. Links from other bloggers increase your readership two ways: they send readers directly from other sites, and they raise your ranking in search engine results. A blogger who posts about a hot topic like Eliot Spitzer’s secret life, but has no inbound links, will lose out to one who already has dozens of inbound links from other sites.

Plug yourself. That’s what all the name-brand bloggers do. It’s not bad form to send a short note to a prominent blogger drawing his or her attention to a really good blog you wrote. Some bloggers place links to their sites in comments they write on more established blogs. (And some bloggers are on to the trick and refuse to allow it.)

A more direct way to draw a crowd is to submit your blog posts to news aggregation sites like Digg, Fark and Boing Boing. Readers vote on how much they like the posts and new readers are drawn to the list of most popular posts. Granted, it helps if your blog post includes a home video of someone being attacked by a cat or really arrogant e-mail messages from a hedge-fund manager. Those get passed around virally in an instant.

Allowing readers to post comments on your blog not only increases readership, it provides a sense of live interaction with the rest of the world. But beware: the insulting comment is an Internet art form. “There’s a big difference between being flamed on someone else’s blog, and having them come do it in your own home,” Ms. Jardin said.

In the end, the biggest threat isn’t that you’ll fail to learn to blog. It’s that if you blog regularly for long enough, and begin to get comments and links from other bloggers, you’ll have trouble doing your day job.

“I can’t stop reloading,” confessed a colleague over IM after a post of hers began to attract dozens of comments. “I should be working, I know,” she added a few seconds later. “I have an unhealthy obsession.” Isn’t that the whole idea?

Some Blogs to check out

charlesyarbrough.com

blogmaverick.com

lifehack.org

For example Marketing Spot is DWHS Web Hosting‘s Marketing Blog, they also have a Download Blog at Downloadspot.com But the personal blog of DWHS’s President Charles Yarbrough is a essential key tool in the blog marketing and fun plan. I’m not saying to create hundreds of blogs but several with unique original content will help the overall success of each blog more then itself.

http://marketingspotcom.wordpress.com/

http://www.squidoo.com/marketingspot

http://www.myspace.com/webhosting

Here are some examples of free web pages that can be used for Link Trading and getting new traffic

Here are some more:

http://digg.com/users/dwhs

http://dwhswebhosting.blogspot.com/

http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/dwhs/

http://groups.google.com/group/dwhs-web-hosting

http://www.indeed.com/forum/profile/dwhs

http://yarbrough.charles.name/

We have all heard the forecast and now know that blogging is hear to stay and only getting bigger. Despite it’s cheesy name it is a very serious business tool. Businesses must conform to new marketing techniques to accommodate new media. Businesses will get left behind quickly if not staying current with the quickly evolving media market. Some business have already made changes to fit the new standard in the technological generation. People are soon starting to trust blogs more then the national news media.

Does this mean to throw out former marketing methods and join the masses? Social networking is part of marketing but you must communicate to your consumer no matter what means possible.

As major companies like Disney hire bloggers to spread the word about events, as said by the Vice President Mrs, Wiley says. “Focus on the consumer” ” Reach them where they are”

All these years later, there are a few top quality ezines that actually make my pulse quicken when they arrive. Yea, I know, I need to get a life. But they make me feel that way because they’re good; really good! Their publishers have taken the time to write great articles or seek out the latest and best resources. In essence, they care about what they are doing and have a genuine interest in helping others. And that, my friend, is what sets them apart from your everyday ezine.

I’ve decided to share my favorite list of top ezines with you today. Aren’t you feeling lucky?

1) Lockergnome:

Published by Chris Pirillo since 1996. If you’ve never heard of Lockergnome, you must be living in a closet. Chris can be found everywhere online with his own radio and TV shows, and has even authored a book on “Ezine Publishing.” His ezine caters more to the “techie crowd,” but he does throw in some reviews of really helpful websites as well.

His readers are referred to as “Gnomies” and Chris’s twisted sense of humor makes it a fun read.

2) SitePoint:

If you like staying up to date with the latest web development issues, this one’s for you. SitePoint publishes some excellent articles written by various “Internet Experts,” all to help you build a better website. (They’ve even published articles by “yours truly.”) The ezine is available in HTML or plain text.

3) Associate Programs Newsletter:

There’s a reason why Allan Gardyne has over 19,000 subscribers: He’s the absolute authority when it comes to associate programs. Allan dishes up the dirt on popular programs, giving you the straight facts on who to trust and who to avoid. If you’re into making money with associate programs, you’ll love this one.

4) Syndicator Etips:

A free weekly publication of Web-Source.net, written by Shelley Lowery, CEO of Brajusta Publishing. Her web design articles are widely published online and her website is top notch, loaded with resources for anyone doing business online. The ezine is full of tips and articles that will improve your site and help you to sell more online. I love Shelley, and someday when I grow up want to be just like her. Highly Recommended!

5) Ask Tax Mama:

No, I’m not a big fan of taxes and I haven’t lost my mind. In fact, the one thing I hate about running my own web-based business is keeping track of all of the income and expenses for tax time. Enter Tax Mama, published by tax professional Eva Rosenberg. She answers tax questions and makes learning about this stuff almost *fun*. Published weekly. If you own your own business, get this one.

6) SiteProNews:

Considered one of the Net’s most widely read webmasters’ newsletters. Published weekly and loaded with freeware and tips with articles by some of the Web’s top experts. Only available in HTML format, but well worth it.

7) A Home Based Business Online:

Elena Fawkner covers practical home business ideas, opportunities and solutions for those who work from home. Elena’s a “smart cookie” who really knows her stuff, but I guess the fact that she’s also a lawyer will tell you that. Published weekly since 1999, what can I say — “the girl is good.”

The Marketing Seek Messenger:

Published by Rozey Gean, this ezine exists for the sole purpose of keeping you posted of new articles that are available on her site. These articles are available for you to publish in your zine or on your website. Rozey caters to ezine publishers and article writers, so if you fit into one of these two categories this ezine’s for you.

9) E Books N’Bytes Informer:

Published by Eva Almeida, whose writing style and warm personality will win you over the very first time you read her ezine. Eva is the “Ebook Queen” of the Internet and her ezine is a testament to that fact. If you read ebooks, create ebooks, or write ebooks this ezine is the ultimate authority. Great Stuff!

10) WillMaster Possibilities:

Willmaster is William Bontrager, who believe it or not was born and raised Amish. Now he’s the guru of CGI and breaks down programming into easy lessons even a novice can understand. By following his script suggestions, you can add all kinds of fun interactive things to your site. If this type of thing interests you, you’ll find William’s suggestions easy to follow and implement.

11) Doctor Ebiz:

Published by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson, who’s been helping small businesses succeed online for years. With over 63,000 subscribers, he knows the biz of Internet business inside and out. In his ezine he takes questions from small business people and provides straight answers to help them succeed online.

Since 1995, Dr. Ralph has also published “Web Marketing Today”, a monthly publication dealing with all aspects of marketing a business online. A definite winner.

12) WebDigest For Marketers:

Larry Chase’s weekly publication features 15 short reviews of marketing-oriented websites. This one can be a bit on the dry side and aimed at more of a “corporate mentality” crowd, but he does cover some sites worthy of an online entrepreneur’s attention. Published since 1995 with well over 125,000 subscribers. Larry is also an established author, Net Consultant and speaker.

So there you have it; a list that was intended to be my Top 10, but is actually the Top 12. Honestly, these publications are published by some of the Net’s hottest and brightest entrepreneurs. A lot of what I’ve learned over the years can be attributed to the quality of these ezines. Take some time and check them out for yourself. You might as well learn from the “masters” and with a price of Free, it’s an excellent value for a terrific online education.