Pinoy Win Google Map Maker Contest
Literally, Philippines is already on Google map and now it became more prominent when Wayne Dell Manuel bested 700 other contestants to become the winner of the first Google Map Maker Global Competition.
Google’s first Global Mapping Competition ran from December 15 – January 31, 2010. The scope of the competition was simple, the user who added the most universities, schools, hospitals, and medical clinics, with an emphasis on accurate data
According to Wayne, his dedication to mapping his homeland is motivated by helping others: “After the devastating typhoon Ketsana (local name Ondoy), a volunteer group used Google Maps to map distress calls, among other things, to facilitate rescue operations. I was so happy to see the roads that I’ve helped map were used to locate the houses.”
For his remarkable mapping efforts, Wayne has won a $50,000 UNICEF donation to benefit projects empowering young people through technology in the Philippines.
BlogDeManila Is Under Maintenance
Please bear with me while blogdemanila.com is getting a facelift. It has been ages already since this blog was given a makeover. It won’t be an extreme makeover but just simple upgrading and tweaking of the layout.
I’ve promised that I will use a custom theme for this blog, but due to unforeseen new projects that came-up, I don’t have the luxury of time to create my own theme anymore.
If you find anything unusual or awkward in this site, like broken links, missing posts and images, please be calm and patient.
If you have noticed that I seldom post here at blogdemanila.com, this is due to some offline projects that I’m doing . It doesn’t mean that I’m going to quit blogging. No, never! It won’t happen.
In fact, I’ve already lined-up some topics that I’m going to post like basics of blogging, link building, adsense tips, seo techniques and services that blogdemanila will offer.
So, please stay calm while I’m fine-tuning and adjusting the layout of blogdemanila.com.
Microsoft Office Accounting Express
This is another cool free application guys. If you have small and home-based businesses, Microsoft Office Accounting Express 2009 can come in very handy for you.
Why 2009 and not 2010? It is for the reason that Microsoft is no longer distributing this very handy and useful software after November 2009, but you can still download it from other third-party websites such as download.cnet.com.
Microsoft Accounting Express
Microsoft Office Accounting Express 2009 is an easy-to-use accounting software that works with any of the existing Microsoft Office suite of applications, with which you can easily create invoices, track expenses and banks, and do a wide variety of accounting works which can help you easily manage your business.
Importing data from Office Excel, etc. is also pretty easy which lets you start from where you are. Just check out this Office Accounting Express 2009 – You won’t even have any difficulty working with its features and tools.
With the help of step-by-step wizard, you can even get your accounting tasks commenced immediately, and best of all, this Microsoft Office Accounting Express 2009 can come to you 100% free of cost!!
All it takes is just download Office Accounting Express 2009, and you can get started! This free version works with Windows XP/2003/Server/Vista.
However, of note, this free version is designed for US and UK based small business only and does not support requirement outside of these two countries.
Tips and Tricks of Blog Promotion
Sometimes you come up with a great blog story. You know it will drive you a lot of traffic but you have a problem. No one knows about your great blog post.
In order to get maximum attention you need to spread the word around. This is where the social / bookmark networks come handy.
Bill Gate is using the technology. Mircosoft is taking advantage of this new marketing strategy. What about you? Are you harnessing the power of social networks?
Social Network Logos
What is a social / bookmark network?
It’s a place where you can share your stories or blogs and network or bookmarks with others. Take Digg and StumbleUpon for example. You submit your blog story to the network, allowing other members to vote and comment on it. More popular stories that receive a certain number of votes get promoted to the front page. Most social networks are different. Some even allow you to export a large number of bookmarks straight from your browser.
Why social networks?
1) Social networks get a lot of traffic due to their nature. Users often return to read the latest stories and share their own.
2) Readers are usually only one click away from your blog. A popular submission can bring you thousands of daily visitors.
3) Most social networks are free and take seconds to register and submit your first entry. Read more
Entrecard Is Now Open To Non-Blog Sites
Entrecard recently opened it’s network to virtually everyone. I’m sure most of the Entrecard members are already aware of this changes. According to Entrecard’s announcement, they are opening the system so bloggers can also network with regular website owners too.
I think one of the reason for this is that, by opening the network to regular website, they might also be looking for “other opportunities” to make the site profitable. I can’t see nothing wrong on this. It may even bring positive outcome later on, not only to Entrecard owners but to the whole community as well. This is what Adgitize is doing and I’m not against it. Let’s face the fact, business needs to profit too! Without a profit then there’s no business at all.
One of the advantages of Adgitize over EC is your points (credits) are automatically converted to cash.
Entrecard is an advertising exchange network for bloggers (and non-blog too, now) which holds the promise of boosting traffic by visiting other sites. Blogs or normal sites doesn’t matter because when you really want to gain more traffic in Entrecard network, you are suppose to reciprocate a visit.
Paparazzi Blog Contest
Be a paparazzi and win at least Php 20,000 Cash + 1 Year’s Supply of Real Leaf!
Real Leaf launches its Paparraz-Tea blogger contest, open to all the bloggers of the Nuffnang Network!
Mechanics of the Contests:
1. This contest is open to all Nuffnangers and will run until January 31, 2010.
2. To join, bloggers must take a picture of a person drinking Real Leaf and create a blog entry about it explaining:
- Why the person was drinking Real Leaf
- The situation the person was in
3. Each blog entry must have the uniform title: “Real Leaf Paparazzi”.
4. Once you’ve published your entry, drop an email to realleafteacontest@gmail.com with a link to your post so we can keep track of it!
5. Entries will be judged by the following criteria: Read more
6 Ways To Making Money Online
Imagine a world where all of your questions about making money online are addressed one by one, in a series of full-length videos.
Jeremy Schoemaker’s ShoeMoney System is about to be released to the public and he’s got some incredible content to share with students.
Check out his story: http://www.shoemoneysystem.com/its-coming
Jeremy has been releasing great content every week towards the launch. One of my favorite videos is the one where he talks about the 6 ways to make money online: http://www.shoemoneysystem.com/6ways
I love how Jeremy breaks things down and explains it in a way anyone can follow.
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