Stay on internet business with blog

When blogging was first introduced, it became so popular worldwide and so much influential that many bloggers make money from their blogs until now. Long ago, blog was just a medium for a day to day writing as a kind of hobby or leisure. But now it has turned to a global way of communication, sharing ideas, expressing thoughts, etc.

Blogging is also an alternative for bloggers to express what’s in their minds via writing and let other people from all around the world read it. There is no way they could have this similar chance in the real offline world. Nowadays, the function of blogging is not merely to writing, but also to earn money.

If you are an internet businessperson and you do not have blog, then you are outdated and it is hardly for you to compete with other online businesses. So, you should create a blog account, choose a niche that match your website theme, and start writing.

Even tough blogging is also said to be one of the most powerful methods to gain high ranking on search engines and drive traffics to your website, it is easier to say than done. Not everybody is blessed with a writing skill, so you need to learn and practice it in order to write interestingly and attractively. Laziness also plays major part in delaying any website owner from providing fresh content for his website.

But do not worry, here are 10 tools that can assist you and improve your writing: 1. Improve readability with MS-Word – the Flesch-Kincaid tests are readability tests designed to indicate how difficult a reading passage is to understand. Using simple calculations, it is able to break down text to gauge the level of education needed to grasp the writing and how hard it is to comprehend overall.

What most people do not is MS-Word actually comes with this test built in. So, you can rate any document you produce in a few easy steps.

2. Cut down clichés with cliché finder – improve your writing by letting it come more from the heart rather than phrases overused to the point of losing their intended impact. Cliché finder (http://cliché.theinfo.org) helps identify common clichés in your writing so that you can consider rewording them. It also comes with a handy bookmarklet so that you can find a bookmark on any web page.

3. Look up words with thesage’s cross application dictionary – a very complete dictionary and thesaurus package. TheSage (http://www.sequencepublishing.com/thesage.html) can look up words directly from almost any program including IE, Word, Firefox, Outlook, Thunderbird, etc. It is also 100% portable and can be run off a USB drive and completely free of course.

4. Eliminate spelling errors with Firefox 2 – one of Firefix’s (http://www.getfirefox.com) best built in features has got to be its online spell checker which helps eliminate spelling errors as you type.

If you are using Internet Explorer 7, you can get this functionality by installing the IE7Pro plug in (http://www.ie7pro.com), or IESpell (http://www.iespell.com/download.php) if you are on version 6. Then again, why bother when you should be using the far superior Firefox in the first place.

5. Learn top writing techniques – Lifehack.org (http://memurl.com/dikuvo) has assembled a huge collection of 50 tips from the Poynter Institute which should help any writer.

6. Reduce management speak with bull fighter – originally produced by Deloitte Consulting but now distributed as freeware, Bullfighter works with Microsoft Word, Outlook, and Power Point to help you find and eliminate jargon in your documents.

Bullfighter (http://www.fightthebull.com/bullfighter.asp) includes a jargon database and an exclusive Bull Composite Index calculator that will allow you to see in an actual window - on your PC display and live, just how bad a document can be.

7. Write faster with texter – This does not really do much to improve the quality of your writing, but it sure makes it go much faster. This tool takes keywords you type in and expands them to the full text.

By entering your most commonly typed snippets of text into Texter (http://memurl.com/vodofo) you can save countless keystrokes in the course of the day. Among other things, it works extremely well with addresses and email signatures.

8. Avoid word repetition with word counter – make your writing more pleasant simply by changing the words you use and adding variety to them. WordCounter (http://www.wordcounter.com) will count and rank the most frequently used words in any given body of text, thus pointing out potential opportunities for improvement.

You also can use it to see what words you overuse or maybe just to find some keywords from a document.

9. Learn how to write for any occasion – compiles by Joshua Sowin, this is one of the most comprehensive yet easy to follow guides for writing. Tackling everything from basic writing principles to different writing scenarios such as interviews, reviews, etc, this guide (http://memurl.com/lapusu) is one that is definitely worth bookmarking.

10. Your own passion – this is perhaps the most important tool. Without it there is no point in writing. If it no longer feels fun, take a break, relax, and then take time to recharge and find your passion for writing again.