BLOGGING CLASS THAT WAS NOT MEANT TO BE

I am oblige to write about my blogging class which I wasn't able to attend even if I was there at AIM. A week before the scheduled class, I was excited for that date to come. In preparation I was looking for a laptop to borrow, but of course who's that kind soul who will do that, fortunately there was one, the husband of my sister. I was also thinking of buying a new one but someone has to convince and perhaps by force will tell me to buy it. An employee offered me his notebook for a cheap price but still new, it has been some months since he bought it. I grab the offer and bought it after bargaining for a fair price and besides I needed it badly for the class, but I would like to think that there's some kind of jinx that is attached to the notebook because I wasn't able to attend the class. I went to AIM early morning of Saturday after being scanned by the guard, he told me that our instructor has no schedule for that day. I patiently waited for an hour to wait for a some kind of miracle to happen, lo and behold the miracle didn't happen. I got bored and it seems that my effort turned futile. I decided to have my picture taken by the guard to have a souvenir shot from AIM and perhaps for evidence purposes that I was really there on that day. I decided to leave and went home, my sister was surprise to see me home before lunch and I told her my predicament. She treated me to a delicious lunch at dampa, and I also treated her to a cooked crab which she was imagining for a week. We enjoy the food so much that I have forgotten my failed blogging class. I tried to email my instructor and there was some miscommunication on their part the class was at a different venue and it was too late to be there for I only knew it late afternoon. I was thinking do I still need to attend it, after so many readings that I have done and after blogging for years already. My answer is YES the eagerness and enthusiasm to learn is still there.

Maven Secrets

What is a Maven? A maven is an experienced and knowledgeable or an expert. The first time I heard it, I thought Maven is a person. I have a friend named George who invited me to attend to the Maven Secrets which was held at Asian Institute of Management. It was a great opportunity for me for it was also my first time to enter AIM. The first session was an orientation of what the Maven Secrets is all about. During the first session I have already a lot of inputs. Maven Secrets goes far beyond traditional "internet marketing or blog marketing" because it focuses on having the right mindset and aligning yourself with what you are passionate about. When I introduced myself, I told them that I am passionate about writing and have been blogging for more than two years. I like to write my thoughts and sometimes I wanted to share what I have learned from my readings. For me it is a way of capturing the knowledge and understanding it better.
I didn't know that there is money in it not until I read the article of Macuha.com. I found it interesting and I shared it to my friends. My work as a librarian has taught me a lot of things, I need to read a lot to become updated. My first understanding about blogging is like a journal or some kind of writing in a diary. Blogging is basically writing or learning how to write.

Step 1 Define your advocacy the most critical step (Still thinking for an advocacy, brainstorming with friends)

Advocacy is the pro-active support of an idea, cause or your personal convictions. What value are you going to impart to the online community.

Step 2 Brand Yourself Online it starts with creating a unique name or using your name on your email address for your website. (Haven't branded myself online yet)

Step 3 Buy your virtual estate. There are two ways to do this either you leverage on a existing brand and get a unique domain with the right keywords. (Not yet done)

Step 4 Build your Home Online There are three types of real estate developers (This is not clear for me yet)

Virtually Free Estates, Managed Hosting Virtual Estates, and Self Hosted Virtual Estates.

Step 5 Optimized for search engine superhighway. The two key concepts for optimizing our virtual home : usability recommendations and search engines crawlability recommendations.

Step 6 Integrate your home in your virtual social community. (Trying to propagate my blog to my friends)

Step 7 Put up and strategically locate advertising billboards in your virtual home. (I have already sign up for Google adsense)

Step 8 Write Your First Post by Announcing Your Advocacy, Virtual Address and Community

Tips on writing Your First Blog Post

Why? Give background on the title. Write a one sentence description about your advocacy.

Why you started the blog in the first place.

Capture the emotions. Capture the moment.

Write to your audience. Don't write to yourself. Write to people you are targeting to read the blog.

Just do it. Don't worry about the people who will be reading your blog. Be satisfied that you were able to publish what you wanted to say.

Step 9 Write the next ten pillar articles that would define your brand and advocacy.

Step 10 Invite people to Your Virtual Home and Community by Marketing in Online and Offline.

After going through the steps one by one there are still a lot of things to do and to be learned.

BEAUTIFUL MIND
(A thinking Mind)
1. Have an unquenchable thirst for knowledge and information. Regular exposure to good input. Read books , magazines and newspapers. Listen to educational tapes and videos. Watch TV. Experiment and be observant and curious.

2. Network with good thinkers. Reach out to other people and build a network of individuals whose direction is to achieve success. Build relationships at all levels inside and outside work. Choose to spend time with people who will challenge you with your thinking and actions. Believe that sharp people sharpen one another just as iron sharpens iron. If you want to be sharp thinker be around sharp people.

3. Be deliberate about thinking process and choose to think of good thoughts. Choose favorable environment to think, sharp, stretch, and land your thoughts. Have a "thinking schedule". Be passionate about what you think about. Love what you do and apt rewards will follow.

4. Think and then Act. Know what you want, paint a dreamm define a vision and have a clear idea about what you want to do, be accomplish. Put your good thoughts and deeds into goals. Ideas have a limited shelf life , you must act on it before it expires. Have a daring dream and have the courage to act on it.

5. Let your emotions rule and create another good thought. Don't wait to feel like doing something, for you will likely never to do it. In thinking you cannot wait until you feel like thinking to carry it out. Once you engage in the process of good thinking you can use your emotions to feed the process and create a mental momentum.

6. Do the thinking process over and over again. One good idea does not make a successful existence. Successful existence. Success comes to those who have an entire mountain of gold that they continually mine, not those who find one nugget and try to live on it for 50 years. Always practice good thinking.

See the big picture by looking at the world beyond your own needs and see how that leads to great ideas.

Get focused by removing mental clutter and distractions to realize your full potential.

Be creative by thinking in unique ways and making breakthroughs work with others on shared thoughts to compound results.

Reflect on the past to gain a better understanding of the future.

Question popular thinking.

Explore possibilities, practice unselfishness and rely on the bottomline.

This is from the column of Bong Osorio fr. Phil. Star. I take notes about the article and posted it in my blog to share with you. Good thinking is your most potent weapon to become successful in a highly competitive and difficult time.

Fitflop Slippers for me

A friend of mine recommended this to me. I wasn't convince buying it because it's quite expensive compared to my ordinary slippers. One weekend when I was at the mall I tried to look at it to see if it's worth the prize, the sales clerk tried to explain to me the good features of the slippers, and it is recommended by none other that Oprah Winfrey and our local Oprah Kris Aquino. According to the sales clerk it relaxes the muscle while using it, it has a sort of tingling effect. I check in the internet testimonials of slipper users and they are quite satisfied with the product and some doctors have also recommended it. The third time I looked at it I finally decided to buy one, I brought two pair of old shoes to avail of the 500 per pair discount. Imagine it was my first time to buy such an expensive item, but I have a reason for doing it anyway my birthday is a few days away so it's my gift to myself. I'm wearing it everyday since the day I paid for it I used it already. It's really comfortable for the feet. That's how I love my feet so that I will have a Happy Feet.

Winning Attitude and Habits


Energetic


Organized


Goal Oriented


Hard working


Determined


Persistent


Cooperative


Outgoing


Resourceful


Dynamic


Alert and Creative



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