What can we do to survive these days? There’s the worldwide financial crisis, feeble economies, bankruptcy etc…It’s not enough when we only rely on our day jobs. We may not know if the company we work for is stable enough to endure. We need to think of ways to earn extra income. And what better way is through the internet. There are many ways to earn through the internet. You can be paid by reading mails, surveys, or just by clicking ads. But for me, the best way is by setting up your own blog or website.

There are a lot of people now who makes a living through their website. Why not become one of them? First of course you need to have a website. But before setting your own site, you have to think on these:

Ready? Now you have to look for the best hosting site for you to get going. But don’t use just any. Try Heritage Web Design. They are the lead and an award-winning web design and hosting company. Best known for their unique and creative designs plus they deliver well to their customers. Recently they’ve been recognized by Inc. 500 as one of the fastest growing privately owned businesses in the United States.

They recently released this...Read on:

Press Release:

“The Economic Report” show to feature Heritage Web Solutions

October 22, 2008, Deerfield Beach, FL – The producers of The Economic Report are pleased to announce that Heritage Web Solutions will be featured in an upcoming episode as part of the show’s Business and Technology series on The Power of the Internet Supporting the 21st Century Business Environment.

The internet has revolutionized the ways businesses market themselves. It is essential for businesses, both large and small, to have an effective web presence. A company’s website essentially serves as their electronic store front, communicating the company’s identity to website visitors.

Today, there are approximately 970 million internet users thus making internet marketing the most effective way to appeal to customers from around the world. Websites overcome the limitations between countries and continents thus making a company international. Having a website also means that a business is open and reachable at any time and allows for quick customer response time.

But, it isn’t as simple as just setting up a website. The only way for a company to be set apart from other online competition is unique website design. Businesses turn to internet technology companies for the development of a professional and search engine friendly, website.

Utah-based Heritage Web Solutions specializes in designing and hosting affordable websites for small and medium size businesses. In business since 2001, Heritage designs all websites to custom fit each company, giving each client a unique, original and authentic design. Customers of Heritage also have access to custom flash graphics, Ecommerce development and assistance, database creation and management, traffic driving resources and more.

“As a global community, we are evolving into a technology-based world,“ said Brad Stone, Managing Partner, Heritage Web Solutions. “Rarely we pay cash or write a check anymore. More of our purchases are made online, or at least we research online before making a purchasing decision. Our checking, savings and credit card accounts are maintained and paid for online. Our socializing has moved to FaceBook, YouTube and MySpace. Our communications are emailed, texted or Skyped. Breaking news can now be fed instantly via RSS feeds to our computers or cell phones instead of waiting for the six o’clock news. The Internet is very much a main part of human society today.”

For more information, please visit www.heritagewebdesign.com

Are you looking for somewhere to comment, praise, rant, or vent out (but not on your blog) about a particular site? Well, here comes TalkReviews. Here, you can Write a Website Review on any of the Top Websites in the world. You can even check out the various reviews and opinions of various public websites first before visiting them. That serves as brief intro of the site you may want to visit. This is good to avoid scams.

I am not so sure what’s the use of an inmate search like what the prisoninmatesearch.org is offering. According to them, they can easily and quickly retrieve inmate records wherever in the US through their complete database. Maybe this is used for background checking if ever someone is suspicious of the background of a certain person. It’s good that this kind of service is available online. Searching is done fast and without much effort.

Part of my job is to contact foreign partners and suppliers either to place a call for my boss or to directly communicate to them on business matters. I remember a few years back, I was asked to call a foreign partner and I was puzzled on which area code to use. I have to call a local operator just for that. Good thing now it’s easy to Find Area Codes. The internet is a sure way to get relevant infos including zip codes, in just a snap. Thanks to areacodelocator.org. :D

This is what the book I'm referring to here. (Photo grabbed from Google images)

Bought this book yesterday at National Book Store. It's a bit pricey. I first thought I went impulse buying again because as soon as I read parts of it, I went immediately to the cashier to pay for it. But No. I had no regrets at all. Yeah,..yeah.. I had second thoughts of buying since it cost P499 but it's worth it.

The book comes with two audio cds for our dear yayas to listen to. (I advised though that you also listen to the CD so you'll know what your yaya will learn and you'll be able to guide her). The book is divided in two parts, the first part is the handbook for employers like us and the second part is for the yayas. It's the same as what the speakers in the CD is discussing but the yaya's will be able to appreciate the book more by listening to the CD. The speakers explains well what was written on the book.

I specially love the book because as I was reading this, I've discovered some wrong practices that I and the yaya did (Why did I learned about his book just now anyway?). I also read a lot of good tips from the authors. By the way, the book's authors are Maricel Laxa-Pangilininan and her sister in laws Felichi Buizon and Dr. Donna Simpao.

Some of the topics I like were:

• Common Mistakes We (Parents and Yayas) Make in Feeding our Children
  
• Helping our Helpers Help Themselves
• Enforcing the Day-off Policy (We had issues on this during the first 6 months of our yaya)
• Your yaya and her cellphone

These are just some of the many topics discussed on the book. For working mom's like me who entrust a child to a nanny, this is really a must read.

What is Reverse Phone Lookups? It’s a system that USA Phone Look-Ups created to trace suspicious numbers. If for example you received a suspicious call you can trace the number and know who owns it. Their system has complete and reliable information of people databases so they will not only give you the name of the person but their backgrounds as well.

Although I can memorize some phone numbers and mobiles phone numbers, I still keep a Phone Book handy. It makes me more organized. Here in the Philippines, when I want to know the phone number of a certain company, there is a three-digit number that I’ll call and the operator will give the number I requested. But I’ve learned that in the US you can get not only the number of what you’re looking for (person, agency or service company, and establishments) but their complete information as well. The USA Phone book database is complete with everything you want to know. How was that? You can even have a background check of a certain company. That way, you’ll be assured that you’ll dealing with legal ones.

For women out there who were prone to stalking, sexual harassment and the like…there’s good news. There’s a newly launched project in the US today that will help you track sexual offenders even in your neighborhood through the Sexual Predator Search. This site has a complete list of sexual predators of each state just by entering your zip code. Where did they get that? I don’t know. But at least now, you’ll be more aware who among your neighbors and how many are there in your community. You can now locate get rid of them.

Having your own blog or website is really fun and challenging. There are lots of people who are now reaping the benefits of having their own website running. So if you’re not yet IN, you should be working on it now. There are a lot of web hosting companies out there who can help you start your own blog or website. {Mine is not yet my own domain but I’m planning to acquire it because I believe having your own domain is much better than free hosted ones.}

But, you may ask, “Okay, there is really a long list of web hosting companies out there but which one is the best? How will I know who’s on top and how will I know if that is the one for me”. Well, you’ll know the answers at Web Hosting Ratings. Here, you will be able to see a list of all the web hosting companies and their profile complete with all their plans, promotional and discount coupons. You can also check from the ratings they provide for their customers to see {I guess the ratings is based from the unedited reviews from their various customers and other criteria}.

Web hosting ratings is really a great tool for website owners and starters. It’s good that there’s a site like this so that people will be able to have firsthand knowledge of a particular web hosting company prior to getting their services. Planning on getting a web hosting service? Check their directory to find out if they’re included in the list. If not, better see who’s on top. ;)