Budding Bloggers Network
For a budding blogger, blogging can be exciting, confusing, overwhelming, depressing and intimidating. Join this mutual help club for your blog success.
As the name suggests, this is going to be a close knit community of emerging, budding bloggers who are looking for some traffic, link love, comments and any kind of help & encouragement.
I came up with some great ideas for bloggers who are interested in “mutual co-operation”.
Did you notice all those successful bloggers (with tens of thousands of feed readers), promote each other? Ok…we are going to do something similar. Its going to be a win-win-win to all participants. If you are interested to join, go signup at http://buddingbloggers.ning.com .
I just started it. Please shoutout about it, so we have some reasonable number of members to kick things off as soon as possible.
Have questions? Post it in the comments. I will moderate and answer as soon as possible. Or DM me on twitter. My twitter ID = “ShriNagesh”
Inspirations: Most powerful business woman, 2007
Ms Indra Nooyi, CEO, Pepsi Co., is Forbes most powerful business woman, 2007.
A lesson Ms. Nooyi learnt: This anecdote dates back to 1973 when Ms. Indra was to attend her first job interview out of Yale University, the school she graduated from. She wanted to wear a formal western outfit for the occasion. With some difficulty she could put together $50 to buy it. Being an Indian, she wasn’t very comfortable with a formal outfit and ended up buying a pair of trousers that reached down to her ankles. Pondering on the reasons for the rejection at the interview, she turned to her professor for help. Professor asked her what she would’ve worn, if she were in India. Her quick reply was ‘sari’ (traditional Indian costume). Professor advised, “Wear your own shoes. Don’t try to step into other’s shoes because they expect you to. Be genuine and people will trust & respect you”. She wore a sari to the next interview and followed this philosophy for the rest of her career.
Bottom Line: “Be genuine. It is possible to get ahead in life without portraying a false image of yourself to meet other’s expectations. People appreciate if you are genuine”.
Ms. Nooyi’s Philosophy: Balancing work and family life is an everyday task for working women. But this power woman stands as an example on staying connected with her family despite her position in the corporate world. Ms. Nooyi prefers to stay as the primary caregiver for her daughters, 23 & 14. When asked “what keeps her up at night?” Her reply wasn’t anything related to work as you might expect. She said “My kids, I worry about my Kids”. When asked what she wants to teach her kids, her reply was “Be humble. This position might be gone tomorrow, but if you are humble, you will be able to tackle good and bad in the same way”.
Bottom Line: No matter what your position, stay connected to your family & be humble.
How I Schedule Myself?
Just like millions of other netpreneurs, I do hundreds of things each day. It gets so difficult to manage my time as a work at home mom.
I’m a web & graphic designer, template designer, online business consultant for a few companies.
This is how I scheduled myself. First I divided my major tasks and assigned a day in the week to each of them.
- Designer’s Monday
- Coder’s Tuesday
- Launcher’s Wednesday
- Blogger’s Thursday
- Marketer’s Friday
- Publisher’s Saturday
- Browser & Brain Stormer Sunday
I’ll design templates on monday, code them on tuesday, launch them on wednesday, blog about them on thursday, market them on product display sites on friday, write articles & ezines and all that writing and publishing stuff on saturday, browse around and brain storm on sunday (with family 
). Sounds like a nursery rhyme?
I have few more things I HAVE to do everyday (like VA, web maintenance etc), so haven’t included those here. This schedule constitutes only half of each day (practically speaking).
How do you manage your time?
My comment for “what do you do under the guise of working” on IMsweeite’s blog
http://www.internetmarketingsweetie.com
My comment:
1) read blogs – but i learn a lot from blog posts
2) email – i stay in touch with my clients, friends n family
3) twitter – i network, follow, learn a lot
4) browsing around aimlessly – my source for brain waves
5) downloading files / saving files in appropriate folders – keeps my comp organized + save search time
6) backing up files on external harddrives – relieves me of tensions abt loosing files
7) forums – good source for learning & networking 
blog comments – same as above
9) writing content – oh no, can’t skip it. no writing, no online business
10) learning new SEO techs n tips – i will do this only till i find an e-commerce site selling glue to glue googlebots on my sites.
11) looking for gr8 downloads, freebies, products, giveaways … – i love 2 c some smiles on visitor’s faces.
Sleep – my biggest time waster. 6 hrs in a mere 24hr day. 
zzzz .
Aren’t there any tweaks for us “net-addicts”, to stay away from sleepbots.
<meta name=”sleep” content=”no-index, no-follow” />
<meta name=”Revisit-After” content=”I make my first $1M or get 1M visitors per month, whichever is earlier” />
shri
My Question
What is your big time waster?
Play a small part in reducing global warming
It’s very important that we all do what we can to reduce the effects of global warming not just in our immediate area, but all over the world as well. By combing our smaller efforts, we can significantly reduce the impact global warming has on our every day lives.
One way of contributing to the reduction of global warming pollution is by perhaps changing the type of light bulb that you use. The standard incandescent light bulb used in so many homes across America are now out-of-date, wasting energy and money, as well as contributing widely to global warming pollution. For the energy and environmental-friendly citizen, there are Compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFL) that give off better, high-quality light using only a fraction of the energy and electricity.
If you were not pleased with CFL in the past, a lot has changed and it’s time to pick up some now. Although the price of CFL run a little higher than incandescent bulbs, savings quickly pile up. Not only do they last much longer than your current bulbs, they also lower your electricity bill as well. If you’re interested in making the switch from energy-burning, money-wasting incandescent light bulbs to the more modern, energy-conscious CFL, then here’s how to do it:
1. In beginning your switchover in bulbs, purchase only one bulb to start out with, just to make sure that it gives off the type of light that you want. When buying them, look for packages labeled “2700 degrees Kelvin” or “warm-white.”
2. When purchasing CFL, it’s important to note the difference between watts and lumens. We are used to picking bulbs out by how much wattage they give off, for example 40W or 100W, but with CFL it’s a little different. CFL have much lower wattage numbers than incandescent bulbs, but give off more light with a fraction of the wattage. CFL are commonly categorized by lumens. They are a way to tell how much light the bulb gives off and it’s a much more accurate way to find out how bright the bulbs are.
Also, to conserve energy, it’s important to always turn off the lights in room that you do not need to be lit. A large portion of electricity expenses comes from rooms that are unnecessarily lit.
Believe it or not, the way we drive can have a remarkable impact on the environment and global warming pollution. Learning some good tips and tricks about driving and traveling can really make a difference.
Traveling as light as possible can reduce fuel economy by up to 2 percent. Placing luggage inside, rather than in the trunk or on the roof can reduce dragging and therefore fuel economy.
Not driving aggressively is also another way to reduce pollution that contributes to global warming. Rapid breaking and acceleration can eat up more mileage; can reduce gas mileage as much as 33 percent on the highway and 5 percent in town. When on the highway, exceeding the speed limit only 5 miles an hour over can result in a fuel economy loss of 6 percent.
Other ways to save energy around your home are upgrading to Energy Star products. This brand of appliance that ranges from refrigerators, to air conditioners to toasters provides an energy-friendly appliance. Another way to reduce energy around the home is to start unplugging. When you think you’re not racking up wattage with your plugged-in toaster or cell phone, you are. Unplugging these every day devices can result in saving energy.