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Write Powerful Resource and Signature Lines * Today's article was written by: Jan Verhoeff, who invites our readers to  visit her at: http://janverhoeff.com and learn how to generate more traffic.   Guest blogging can be a made for the web SEO advertisement for who you are, what you do, and where to connect with you, if you do it right. Or it can be nothing more than content the other blogger can use to draw traffic to his website. Either way, if you're doing what you can to create powerful, enthusiastic, and valuable content, the reader benefits. Guest blogging on someone else's blog can benefit you greatly, but it can also be a huge benefit for the person who sponsors your post. And it really should be both, but always a blessing to the reader. Add Value - ALWAYS. Your resource box should include specific connection information, so your readers can contact you. But first a question, so they have a reason. Do you need more information? Or some likeness to that questi...

4 Easy Steps That Save Water Too often the media is full of negative information. Studies show that by being fed negative information people tend to get into a state of apathy and become depressed with a sense of powerlessness in the face of the problems of the world. Sadly, this frame of mind has us ignoring how much impact very small actions can have. Let us look at some positive information. Let’s examine 4 simple actions that can conserve water and save you money: - Save 5 gallons of water per washing by doing dishes in a few inches of hot soapy water. Start with the least soiled items first, keeping the water as clean as possible for the upcoming items. It may seem funny to do this - but by turning the hot water tap on to rinse the dishes over the soapy sink the level will slowly increase and will maintain a hot temperature. This means you won’t need another sink full of water solely for rinsing. We use excess rinse water to pre-soak stuck on dishes as well. If the water i...

4 Ways to Be Green in the Kitchen There are many benefits to reusing water however we want to clarify this a little for you before we offer the 4 tips below. To avoid overwatering, attracting pests or causing disease: choose a different group of plants every day, working your way around the deck or patio and lawn or garden. You may find you no longer have to irrigate or fertilize. If you find you have excess water, pour it over the compost pile or give it to the boulevard tree outside your yard. That said - lets take a look at what a few changes in the activities around the kitchen sink can do. - After meals, scrape your dishes into the compost bucket before rinsing. While rinsing, place a large bowl in the sink and fill it with the most soiled dishes and utensils; as you rinse the dishes the water will begin to fill the bowl and starts the pre-soaking process - reducing labour and water use. Anything caught in the bowl can be dumped on the lawn or compost bin. ...

Recommended Resources: As you may know, I love to share resources that inspire, that educate, that may help improve the lives of our readers... and possibly the people, places and environment around them - thereby making the world a little better one post at a time. ...well, I can hope. lol  This first resource is from one of my favorite organizations, they have a lot there and occasionally I find something especially important for our audience here... and here's 2 for you to check out, offering surprising, yet hopeful information on what each of us can do to support pollinators (i.e. plants on every balcony, roof, windowsill, patio, yard) and how education is not yet evolving with today's changing needs, amazing insight into the child's developing mind: http://www.ted.com/talks/marla_spivak_why_bees_are_disappearing "Honeybees have thrived for 50 million years, each colony 40 to 50,000 individuals coordinated in amazing harmony. S...