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eBay Holiday Boost

November 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment

If you’re an eBay seller you might like to check off the following Top 25 from eBay itself on the hot products from last year’s holiday season and maybe make your own predictions about what will be hot this year,…

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Creating Free Content

October 3rd, 2008 · 7 Comments

typewriterWant free content for your website? Forget it! It’s a bad move. There’s no such thing as a free lunch, as they say. To build a great blog with lots of regular and loyal readers who hang on your every…

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Double Broadband Speed for Free

September 24th, 2008 · 2 Comments

double-broadband-speedMy home office is on cable broadband. First had it installed almost a decade ago and have gradually been speed upgraded through to company buyouts - Cambridge Cable to ntl to VirginMedia - during that time. But, Speedtest.net and its…

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How to Get Free Books

September 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments

get-free-booksIf you’re in it for the long-haul, blogging or writing that is, chances are there’ll come a time when you think, “I’d like to review a particular book for my site”.

As regular readers of my Sciencebase.com site will know, I…

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Curing Editor’s Block

July 29th, 2008 · 4 Comments

EditorEditor’s block - it’s the opposite of writer’s block. We’ve all been there. You’re staring at a 3000-word draft when all that’s required is a 300 word executive summary. You’ve deleted a few superlatives, stripped away the prepositions, and reworded…

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