Several months ago I did some online research in search of the perfect desktop blog publishing tool to speed up my growing blogging habit. I discovered a handful of useful tools along the way, each with their own pros and cons. None of them were a perfect fit for what I was looking for but they were definitely useful to anyone who blogs on regular basis. The main benefit I saw was being able to post to all of your blogs from one tool, without having to login to each individual admin area. And, prior to WordPress 2.0, the desktop tools boasted graphic WYSIWYG editors for composing and formatting entries.

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Here is a good reference article on starting your own successful e-business. The article is a primer on Search Engine Marketing, affiliate marketing, selling on eBay, customer service, finances, online taxes and other subjects for managing your business.

Read the full article on Everything you need to know to start your own successful e-business.

There are a handful of companies who are competing hard in the business of offering online tools and software to help people survive in the online auction business. One company who has gained significant ground in the past few months is mpire (www.mpire.com). They started off with an eBay listing tool that is subscription based. Most recently, however, mpire launched a new Research tool that they have now extended to mobile phones. With Researcher Mobile you can use your cell phone to instantly find out what things are actually selling for on eBay before you buy. The tool is handy if, for instance, you’re in a store and want to know if something is a good deal or not, i.e. can you get it cheaper on eBay. Or maybe you are looking at purchasing something that you want to resell on eBay. This tool will quickly give you the knowledge and information about whether it’s worth buying it and whether you’ll make enough profit.

A new website advertising service has launched that is similar to Google Adsense for blogs. The company is called Text Link Ads and has two options for webmasters to make money. Website owners can sell ad space directly off their website or they can become an affiliate for promoting the Text Link Ad network and refer traffic back in to the program.

Although this is a fairly new service, it provides web publishers with an additional alternative to monetizing their website. For other options, you can check out Google Adsense or Chitika

EBay offers a new storefront option, in addition to it’s existing eBay Stores subscription, that essentially gives businesses a complete turnkey solution that is integrated with the eBay marketplace. eBay ProStores enables small and medium sized businesses to sell products and services online through a fully customized Web store. Prostores has made creating a Web store easy to use, with built-in, step-by-step wizards that help them design the look of their store, upload products, and set up shipping and sales tax information. Although the eBay ProStores includes its own hosting and would be separate then any of the services we offer here at Pezland.net, we still think it is a viable option to consider when starting your online business or as a way to supplement an existing website presense. With ProStores you can still use your own custom domain name and just have it point to your eBay ProStore.

They offer a full suite of functionality:

• Domain registration and hosting
• Shopping cart
• Secure, SSL-encrypted credit card processing
• Integration with eBay and PayPal
• Marketing and Merchandising Tools
• Product catalog

I would say the biggest benefit to using a service such as eBay ProStores is that your ProStore is integrated into the full eBay site so when visitors search for products, your store is included in those search results. You instantly get to leverage the added visibility of being part of the HUGE eBay marketplace. This integration would launch your business into the search engines.

To learn more about eBay ProStores and get a 1 month free trial, visit the ProStores website.

Mobile professionals on the fly – Google announced today that they have acquired Writely.com, a web based word processing service. It’s essentially like Word only instead of composing your document on your local computer, you do it through a web browser and the document is stored remotely at the host. This allows you to compose, edit and retrieve the document anywhere you have web access as well as share the document and collaborate on it with other people. It’s pretty cool and definitely a great idea for people who exchange information online a lot. I can see it being helpful if you travel a lot and need access to important documents or proposals or maybe even used as a place to store your resume so it can be printed on the fly at any location.

Check out the beta version at www.writely.com.

Here are a few helpful software programs that will optimize your computer for smoother and faster operation and help prevent computer crashses.

In this day and age, it’s often difficult to get the service and support you need. The warranty on your computer is usally extremely short and unless you have a friend or family member who is computer savy, you are often left high-and-dry when trying to solve computer problems, whether it’s installing new software, upgrading hardware or fixing corrupt systems. Well now there’s an answer.

Dr. Tech has launched a new computer help and support service for your PC for individuals and businesses. The service offers several plans to suite your support needs. You get:

• Unlimited live support all year round.
• Friendly help without the techno jargon.
• Worldwide support access 24 hours a day.
• Solve hardware and software problems.
• Over 40 tools and service benefits.

Subscribers enjoy trouble-free support via phone, online, email and chat. They also offer guaranteed 100% 15-day money back.

Get more information at www.askdrtech.com