Thursday, April 25, 2013

On Starting Your Online Presence


Ain’t it true – everything that you ever wanted to know can indeed be found between Google and YouTube. You can learn almost anything you want by diving into the internet; all for free!

I came across this YouTube video from Marie Forleo’s site and found it quite engaging. Marie Forleo is a best-selling American author, speaker, web TV host, and trainer in personal development, entrepreneurship and marketing – and a fabulous woman at that. I just love the touch of humor that she has injected to this video.


Hope you’ll enjoy watching the video (length = 05:04). Ever came across a free resource in your foray between Google and YouTube? Do share it with us in the comments below. 

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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Learning the Art of Tweeting



Twitter is definitely one of the more popular online social networking services nowadays.  It was ingeniously set-up as a micro blogging service that enables users to send and read text-based messages of up to 140 characters known as "tweets".

Have you just joined the Twitter world? Here are 5 tips that we have picked-up as we continue to learn the finer points of this service: 
  1. The most basic rule when tweeting is not to annoy those around you with irritating tweets.  The great thing about Twitter is that you can use it in any manner that serves you best.  It can be a personal narrative, a marketing tool or a way to keep in touch with friends, or get updates on events and favorite personalities.  No matter which way you play it, the adage of thinking before you leap; in this case tweet very much applies.
  2. Don’t tweet mundane and irrelevant details. Personally, I don’t feel it is right to give a play-by-play account of your life.  Nobody really needs to know that you are having a headache, or just drank this or ate this. Try to make your tweets informative and interesting to others.
  3. Don’t flood feeds.  If you really have so much stuff to say then perhaps Twitter is not the right stage for you. You might want to consider creating your own blog instead.  Sending dozens of tweets a day will most likely get you unfollowed.
  4. Correct Attribution. More often than not you will come across interesting Tweets. Share it with your followers by using the Retweet (RT) function or you may choose to paraphrase it but still acknowledge the source with a “via”.
  5. Establish Meaningful Connections. Follow those that are really of interest to you. This goes full circle to the intention of striving to send informative and interesting tweets as this will help you gain more followers. 
These are but 5 basic rules that keep us going in the Twitter game.  Would you like to share one of yours too?  We can all learn a thing or two from each other.  Just leave it in the comment space below. Please share your Twitter account too.


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Monday, April 22, 2013

Quoting Zig Ziglar

Hilary Hinton "Zig" Ziglar was a famous American author, salesman and motivational speaker. When he passed away back in November 28, 2012, an outpouring of emotions and tribute flooded the net.  It is comforting to know that his legacy will remain with various websites keeping his quotes and other life works for future generations to visit and refer to hereon.

Here are our top 3 favorite business quotes of his.  What’s yours? Please share by leaving a comment below.





You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great. ~ Zig Ziglar
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There are no traffic jams on the extra mile. ~ Zig Ziglar
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When you throw dirt at people, you're not doing a thing but losing ground. ~ Zig Ziglar
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Saturday, April 20, 2013

General Transcription - Not Just About Typing Speed



Is transcription really just about accurate typing speed?

While the ability to type as much as 70 wpm, 80 wpm and even 90 wpm and beyond is a skill in itself, there has been a growing awareness of how essential the ability to really listen and comprehend what the speaker wants to convey in their piece is.

In these changing times, the new breed of transcribers need to cultivate and incorporate within their work the following skills: 

  • Comprehension of the gist of the message
  • An innate sense to re-listen or replay parts of the audio if they think what they typed did not make sense
  • Good grammar skills and the common sense to run their completed transcription through a spelling and grammar checker if they are in doubt of their own skills and
  • The down-to-earth common sense to get into the speaker’s head and truly  understand what they meant to say. 
Transcripts that are provided as part of a course, a teleseminar or a webinar are provided to the client's audience as a PDF file. These are consequently saved to their computers, printed out or viewed online. An effective transcriber should keep this in mind to ensure that all the elements within the transcript are in order and makes sense. The overall purpose of the transcription is really fulfillment of the client's expectations, the sincerest intention to be true to the intended message and longevity.

The above skills often come before typing skills. This is something of course that can't be taught overnight. However, they can be cultivated if one is just willing to learn and expand their outlook in life. While it takes time and some effort, it will result to a more rewarding experience for both the transcriber and the client. 

As is said, typing speed comes with practice; the really important common sense stuff is something that is individually imbibe at will. In the end, the quality of the end product will definitely show the difference.
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Monday, April 15, 2013

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"No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another."
- Charles Dickens


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Musings of a Hesitant Online Soul - Influence


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Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another. – George Elliot

I have many men and women in my life that influenced me but there was one that left a profound, indelible mark in me, whose life, struggles and values I draw inspiration from. She was my first teacher on the intricacies of growing up, of finding love, of independence, of facing life’s battles.

 She has lived her life so ahead of her times and I was and I still am at awe at her strong will and independence as a woman who survived manmade and natural disasters to head her family of old parents and brothers. She lived to raise her children on her own because she chose not to marry a man who can’t live monogamously. She was enterprising on her own ways and settled to live by her own means, albeit simply.

She’s definitely an epitome of a determined woman and I am grateful to have been brood under her wings for the most significant years of my adulthood. She taught me lessons in life which I strive to live by – to find beauty in simplicity, to not be ashamed of dirty and callous hands because it means one is capable of tending for her own self, to not be afraid of love and yet to not rush in the matters of the heart because there is so much in the world to explore. 

She lived to an amazing hundred years old and in her passing, I didn't have the emotional strength to pay her tribute. But, I vowed to tell her tale to my children and their children; that there was once a woman whom I watched my first movie with. 

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Sunday, April 14, 2013

Musings of a Hesitant Online Soul - Connections


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I love everything that’s old – old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine. – Oliver Goldsmith

In this highly commercial world where there’s insatiable quest for something new, it is easy to get lost by all the materialism and fleeting encounters. It’s so ironic how we have so much more in our times than ever before the generation before us had, in terms of possessions and relationships but feels downright more empty handed, unfulfilled and wanting.

This is why I strive to stay connected to my past, to keep my relationships with the people who were part of my journey alive. These people and the experiences we had together make me appreciate where I have been, how I came to be now, of how much has come my way. It is always bliss to get reconnected to old friends, old classmates, old family relations who oftentimes are the ones I easily severe ties with. For me, there’s no other thing as nurturing for my being than a trip back to a childhood home.

I have come to realize that every moment, every relationship, every experience in my life makes me whole. When I ran off from any of those that I once had, whether it’s a friendship or an intimate relationship, or a memory - it’s a chip off my fulfillment. It’s not about holding on to the past but of accepting what was and making it an integral part of what I am and will still be in this life. Keeping my connection to the people that touched me in certain ways is truly living in the present.   

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