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Monday, February 17, 2014

Skin, Health & Beauty Tips Online

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A new website was launched in September 2011 to address skin care, health & beauty issues. Appropriately named Skin, Health, Beauty, the new skin care and wellness website contains articles, photos, videos, tips and information about keeping skin healthy and beautiful as well as aging, health, beauty and other related topics. The skin care and beauty website also carries product reviews, national skin care events and information about job opportunities in the skin care field as well as other beauty and health tips.

Skin Care Leader

Although the new beauty website covers many different brands and products, the Skin, Health, Beauty website has partnered with a major dermatology skin care company to provide breaking news about cutting edge technology and new product releases in the medicated skin care industry. RF Dermatolgists is best known as the innovative creators and owners of Proactive Solution, the best-selling acne medication in the world thanks to TV infomercials, celebrity spokespersons, and word-of-mouth. However, RF Dermatologists recently launched their new anti-aging skin care line for older people in the aging baby-boomer generation who are concerned about reversing the signs of sun damage, environmental damage and age. Just this month at the RF National Convention in San Francisco, Calif., new products were unveiled for aging hands and lips. See New Skin Care Products Unveiled at RF National Convention.

Product Reviews

In addition to the skin care products from RF Dermatologists, the Skin, Health, Beauty site has reviewed products a diverse as Provectin and RoC for skin care, Crest and Colgate for tooth care, and many other products and brands. There has also been an ongoing series about various skin disorders including acne, rosacea, milia, and moles, as well as an ongoing breakdown and examination of many skin care ingredients such as peptides, alpha-hydroxy, salicylic acid, tretinoin, antioxidants, and more. In addition, the bod's own antiaging tools are address: collagen, elastin, protein and more. Fore more info see: New Portal for Skin, Health & Beauty News Launches in September: SkinHealthBeauty.Com

Visitors are invited to come check out the blog. Articles are copyrighted, so article copying is forbidden without written permission, but links are always appreciated. Visit SkinHealthBeauty.com for more information or email skin_and_health@yahoo.com

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Sunday, February 16, 2014

Other Ways for Writers to Make Money in their Extra Time

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So you're a writer! If I was a betting woman, I would bet most writers do other things to earn money, from eBay to promotions to other jobs. A few years ago I realized that the days of making BIG bucks writing were pretty much over for me. My best month writing across all my sites together has only netted me a little over $1,000--hardly an income I can thrive on.

I LOVE to write and will keep looking at new things like PWG hoping to find that magic mixture of work, writing, promotion, networking and sites that do a lot of the work, too. But in 2010, I started looking into other avenues, including franchises and business partnerships.

Franchises: With hard work and determination, owning a franchise can bring in a LOT of money, so this idea had a lot of appeal. However, franchises cost a great deal of money, with the LOWEST ones in the $20,000 range and average buying prices in the hundreds of thousands.

Schemes: Then there are the "make big money quick doing nothing" ads all over the internet that usually don't pan out and don't live up to their promises.

Direct Marketing: That's why many people end up turning to direct marketing which can have all the advantages of a franchise, or all the disappointments of a "get rich quick" scheme. So how do you find the right direct marketing business?

Look for one with a track record of success. Companies like Amway, Mary Kay and even Avon have been around for a long time. These companies have proven they are not a scheme that will take your money and leave you standing on the street corner selling pencils.
Look for companies that belong to the Direct Selling Association. This organization insists on the highest ethics and training in its member businesses.
Look for a great product line. Is it something you and your friends would use? Would you use it in ten years?
Look for companies that are already solvent. A new business, no matter how great the idea sounds, has a high chance of bankruptcy.
Look for a company in a booming industry, that is ahead of the trends, that will meet a need no matter how good or bad the economy gets.

Did I find a business I like that has earned me a more-than-decent monthly income working part-time hours from home? Yes, yes I did. In 2010, I chose an anti-aging skin care business because as the baby-boomer generation continues to age, as well as younger generations, our skin will continue to age with us. We all want to look our best. We all want healthy skin. I would use it now and in 10 years.

The dermatologists company I chose owns and created Proactive for acne, so they are WAY beyond solvent as well as award-winning members of the Direct Selling Association. They use social media and social networking much like we do for our articles to sell and promote the products, so it is a format I am very comfortable with. It is almost all done on the computer -- no products to carry or return. And it costs a small fraction of the lowest franchise fees to start my business.

If you want to know more, just ask me! I love to talk about skin care as much as I love to talk about writing now! And here are some links if you want to read more:

My skin care business
My skin care products
Exclusive: Dermatologists Changing the Face of Beauty with New Technology
A company overview
My Facebook page

Also see: How to Earn Money Writing for Examiner.com

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Saturday, February 15, 2014

Earning Money Writing for Examiner.com

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Although I write for 10 or so different websites, the one where I earn the most money is Examiner.com. so I thought the other members of the Preferred Writer Group would want to know about it.

Back when print was king, I earned $400 - $450 per article writing for magazines, but those days appear to be over. Now I write for less than a penny per page view, but the place that penny goes the furthest for me is Examiner.

Not only does Examiner pay a higher percentage of a penny than the other sites I write for, but it attracts many viewers so I don't have to do all the work of promoting my articles.

Examiner's minimum word count requirement is only 150 words per article, so it isn't difficult to come up with ideas and articles. If you know a little basic SEO and have some social networking skills, it helps pull in readers, page views and earnings more quickly.

Earn an Easy $25

Right now Examiner is also offering a "signing bonus" of $25 if new writers contribute two articles of 150 words or more for their first two months. This helps cover the first two normally low-paying months while a writer starts to build a library of articles and begins to get the word out.

If you type my name (Kathryn Darden) or my user ID (375341) in the application, as the person who referred you, I earn whatever bonus they are doing at the time -- usually $25.

If you have not tried Examiner, you should check it out. It is not "get rich quick," but for any writer who can steadily generate articles of 150 words or more each month, it is a good way to earn several hundred dollars a month once you have a library of content up. That is definitely money I can put to good use!

Examiner is currently in the US and Canada. I am not sure what other countries it might be in now or expanding into.

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