Have you ever wanted to submit how-to articles to various websites, but you haven't had the time, or were even sure how to do it? Well here's a shortcut that's so easy, you won't make any more make excuses.

The website is called Top7Business.com, a business-focused article site that only accepts articles in what is call a "tip sheet" format. The outline is simple:

• A title that begins with "Top 7 _______________" 
• An introductory paragraph 
• 7 short tips or strategies, numbered 
• An author resource box that includes your URL and other valuable contact information for people who want to contact you to speak to their group,hire you as a consultant, or write more articles for their newsletters.

For the Top7Business.com site, they want business-oriented articles that are a collection of 7 tips, secrets or strategies that fit one of these categories:


Success tips 
Cool quotes 
Leadership 
Energy 
Vision 
Attraction strategies 
Innovation 
Management 
Personnel strategies 
Customer service 
Time mastery 
Self-improvement 
Selling tips 
Marketing 
Advertising 
Public relations 
Pricing strategies 
Negotiation 
Presentation tips 
Wealth building/Finances 
Email strategies 
Search engine secrets 
Web techniques 
Internet tips 
Computer suggestions 

To learn how to submit a set of "tips" go to their website and click on their guidelines. Easy to follow and quick to do!

Once you've submitted one or more, you'll be amazed at how easy it is. And you can even use that tip sheet as the basis for a longer how-to article.

This is the easiest format I have ever seen. Come on storytellers and speakers...let's show the world what we know!

Freelancing refers to the process of offering your services for someone else on a per project basis.  The best way to explain this is through an example.

Supposing you possess excellent writing skills.  There are millions (and I’m not exaggerating) of webmasters and internet marketers out there who are in need of fresh content and new products on a daily basis.  Their demand for digitally written works is so great that even if they are blessed with just as much writing prowess, they won’t have the time to come up with everything that they need.  Hence, they resort to outsourcing.

And this is where you enter the picture.

As a freelancer offering your writing services for a fee, you could take in some projects they will give you.  You will be paid per delivery, and once that’s done, you could take in more clients for consistent earnings.

But freelancing is not only limited to writing, or ghostwriting as it is technically known.  There are other services that you could offer, depending on the area of proficiency you possess.  Here are more examples:

·graphic creation and design
·web creation and design
·software development
·data encoding
·translation to specific languages
·marketing consultancy
·strategic placement consultancy

There are more, of course, ranging from something as complex as creating advanced scripts to something as seemingly trivial but as surprisingly effective as forum posting (yes, I kid you not!  You’ll get paid per post you make!).  The bottom line is, if you have some services to offer that can be delivered digitally, freelancing is always available for you.  

There are advantages and disadvantages to this earning opportunity.  Let’s take a look at the distinct benefits you can reap from this option.

You can work anytime you want, from the comforts of your own home.  Your only concern is to deliver high quality products on or before the deadline your client has set.

Freelancing requires minimal investment, or none at all.  Promoting your services can be done without spending a single cent.  But as with everything else, the best advertising vehicles are often those which you have to pay for.  Be that as it may, you won’t be promoting heavily, and any financial investment you will be forced to make will not cost you a fortune.

You have the liberty to accept the projects that you want, and turn down the projects you’re not happy about. Orders will come from your clients, but you remain your own boss.

It’s not entirely a bed of roses for freelancing.  Let’s take a look at the disadvantages of this trade.

You will earn an amount equivalent to the work you have done.  If you could only do so much in one day, you could only earn just as much.  Surpassing that threshold is quite improbable.

You will have to work, many hours on occasions.  Freelancing may afford you certain liberties, but the same principle applies: no work, no pay.

Expansion is also quite improbable.  You’re only a single person.  There is only so much you could do.

Your orders would be dependent on how efficiently you market your services.  There are other earning opportunities that promise more rewards for less work using the same marketing vehicles you will be forced to take.

If you want to dabble in freelancing, here are some splendid places where you could advertise your services and solicit some clients:
www.elance.com
www.rentacoder.com
www.scriptlance.com
www.guru.com

The choice is yours, dear friend.  If you’re looking for sure profit fast, then freelancing is a great option indeed.  But if you want to plan long-term, I suggest that you explore other earning opportunities as well.

attributed to Memphis Earlene Gray with help from Uncle Plunky, revisions by Little  Blind Patti D. and Dr. Stevie Franklin)

 1. Most Blues begin, "Woke up this morning."

 2. "I got a good woman" is a bad way to begin the Blues, 'less you stick something nasty in the next line, like
 "I got a good woman, with the meanest face in town"

 3. The Blues is simple. After you get the first line right, repeat it. Then find something that rhymes ...
 sort of: "Got a good woman - with the meanest face in town. Got teeth like Margaret Thatcher - and she weigh
 500 pound."

 4. The Blues are not about choice. You stuck in a ditch, you stuck in a ditch; ain't no way out.

 5. Blues cars: Chevys and Cadillacs and broken-down trucks. Blues don't travel in Volvos, BMWs or Sport Utility
 Vehicles. Most Blues transportation is a Greyhound bus or a southbound train. Jet aircraft an' state-sponsored motor
 pools ain't even in the running. Walkin' plays a major part in the blues lifestyle. So does fixin' to die.

 6. Teenagers can't sing the Blues. They ain't fixin' to die yet. Adults sing the Blues. In Blues, "adulthood" means
 being old enough to get the electric chair if you shoot a man in Memphis.

 7. Blues can take place in New York City but not in Hawaii or any place in Canada. Hard times in St. Paul or Tucson
 is just depression. Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City are still the best places to have the Blues. You cannot have
 the blues in any place that don't get rain.

 8. A man with male pattern baldness ain't the blues. A  woman with male pattern baldness is. Breaking your leg
 cuz you skiing is not the blues. Breaking your leg cuz an  alligator be chomping on it is.

 9. You can't have no Blues in an office or a shopping mall.The lighting is wrong. Go outside to the parking lot or
 sit by the dumpster.

 10. Good places for the Blues:
 a. highway
 b. jailhouse
 c. empty bed
 d. bottom of a whiskey glass

 Bad places:
 a. Ashrams
 b. gallery openings
 c. Ivy League institutions
 d. golf courses

 11. No one will believe it's the Blues if you wear a suit,'less you happen to be an old ethnic person and you
 slept in it.

 12. Do you have the right to sing the Blues? Yes, if:
 a. you're older than dirt
 b. you're blind
 c. you shot a man in Memphis
 d. you can't be satisfied

 No, if:
 a. you have all your teeth
 b. you were once blind but now can see
 c. the man in Memphis lived.
 d. you have a retirement plan or trust fund.

 13. Blues is not a matter of color. It's a matter of bad luck. Tiger Woods cannot sing the blues. Gary Coleman  
 could. Ugly white people also got a leg up on the blues.

 14. If you ask for water and Baby give you gasoline, it's the Blues.

 Other acceptable Blues beverages are:
 a. wine
 b. whiskey or bourbon
 c. muddy water
 d. black coffee

 The following are NOT Blues beverages:
 a. mixed drinks
 b. kosher wine
 c. Snapple
 d. sparkling water

 15. If it occurs in a cheap motel or a shotgun shack,it's a Blues death. Stabbed in the back by a jealous lover is another Blues way to die. So is the electric chair, substance abuse and dying lonely on a broken down
 cot. You can't have a Blues death if you die during a tennis match or getting liposuction.

 16. Some Blues names for women:
 a. Sadie
 b. Big Mama
 c. Bessie
 d. Fat River Dumpling

 17. Some Blues names for men:
 a. Joe
 b. Willie
 c. Little Willie
 d. Big Willie

 18. Persons with names like Sierra, Sequoia, Auburn and Rainbow can't sing the Blues no matter how many
 men they shoot in Memphis.

 19. Make your own Blues name (starter kit):
 a. name of physical infirmity (Blind, Cripple,
 Lame, etc.)
 b. first name (see above) plus name of fruit (Lemon,
 Lime, Kiwi, etc.)
 c. last name of President (Jefferson, Johnson,
 Fillmore, etc.)

 For example, Blind Lime Jefferson, or Cripple Kiwi Fillmore, etc. (Well, maybe not "Kiwi.")

 20. I don't care how tragic your life: if you own a computer, you cannot sing the blues.

 1. Tell the story with expression in your voice.
 2. Use body movement as you tell the story.
 3. Welcome the listeners, using a carefully controlled
    voice, neither to high or too low.
 4. Relax. 
 5. Have all preparations which need to be made in advance
    completed before the audience settles down. 
 6. Make sure that everyone is comfortable, and that they
    can see you.
 7. Background to understand the story may in some cases
    be required.
 8. Keep eye contact with your audience.
 9. Make it as fun and interesting for your audience
    as possible. 
10. Enjoy it!