Archive for July, 2009

Spell check is NOT enough

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 at 3:08 pm

Hello everyone and thanks for visiting my blog.

No matter what work we do online we need to be able to type. How we type is irrelevant, be it one finger or all fingers and thumbs it really doesn’t matter. What does matter is that we spell our content correctly, whether it’s an advert, article, blog post, ebook or email.

I always write my content in word as it provides a spell check and saves me making silly errors, or so I thought…..

I have recently finished my latest ebook and I asked a few people to read through it and let me know of any errors that they come across. Having used a spell checker I wasn’t to concerned about my spelling, but punctuation and grammar was something else.

One of my friends, Mandy Allen of http://mandyallen.com, pointed something out that had been missed by everybody that had read my ebook, including me.

Before I tell you of my stupid mistake I think it’s important to emphasize that when people read they tend to form a picture in their mind.

My mistake was that I had entered a wrong word and my spell check didn’t pick it up as it was spelt correctly.

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Do you get distracted when trying to work?

Saturday, July 11th, 2009 at 4:21 pm

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Hello every one and thank you for visiting my blog.

When you start working from home one of the biggest challenges you face are the distractions from your work, and there are lots of them to deal with.

Noises from around the house like the dog barking, the TV blaring out, the phone ringing or the washing machine going through its last cycle is enough to interrupt your concentration and mess up your work schedule.

We can however take steps to reduce them. Give the dog a bone to chew, turn the TV off, remove the batteries from the door bell and close all the doors to isolate the noise from the washing machine. Turning the Answer phone on and the phone to silent is also a big help.

You can also make a few simple rules. For example, my wife and children now know that when my bedroom door is closed I am at work and do not wish to be interrupted.

Once you have those distractions dealt with it should be plain sailing….
But it isn’t always that simple as there are other distractions, like email marketing!!

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