Sunrise over Mt.Merapi viewed from Borobudur

Stupas near the top of Borobudur

Northern face of Borobudur

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It is 4:30 a.m.
Shivering lightly in the early morning chill, we trekked to the foot of a hill. Climbed up steep stairs, our path lit only by the thin beam of a small torch.
Near the top, we sit in still darkness as we wait for the sun to rise.
As the first glow of a […]

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I’m teasing my list about a ‘Google Domination’ program that’s due out on Saturday Friday called the “Authority Site Process“.
One of my readers wrote to say this:
“I am more inclined to believe that if Google wants you there it should be their decision to place you where they select rather than beating the odds to […]

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If you’re wondering what this headline means, you probably didn’t get my email, or didn’t read it, or didn’t sign up for my email list.
Here’s where you can join - if you want to.
Leave your comment addressing the 2 questions I asked in that email, and you could win a copy of “Don’t Get MAD […]

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I’m amazed at how many authors still don’t have blogs. And when they do, how rarely they interact with their audience.
To the layperson, it’s a huge kick to be able to communicate with a well-known author, even one who has written a best-seller.
To the author, it is a never before available opportunity to engage […]

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Thanksgiving is about food. Cooking and eating delicious Thanksgiving turkey, pumpkin pie, sweet potatoes, and tasty desserts.
It’s also about peace and tranquility, a part of America’s history - and a whole lot more.
And it’s a lot of fun -

as you pull out ancestral Thanksgiving recipes and hit the stoves and ovens, blithely unconcerned if […]

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With the MMO-IM arena buzzing about “Attention Age” (thanks to Rich Schefren), I thought it would be profitable to slipstream on his efforts to share an attention age message - with a difference.
It’s a short blog post I did at the Infopreneur Blog about grabbing the attention of A-list bloggers like Darren Rowse, or Brian […]

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Today morning, I read this article titled “How Did I Double My Subscribers In a Week” by Caroline Middlebrook.
She’s fast becoming one of my favorite writers and bloggers, because she’s open, generous and frank about her data and results - not (yet?) having felt the urge or need to fudge facts and figures to fit […]

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A few days back, I wrote a short list of 17 tips a beginner can use to get traffic surges from the social networking site StumbleUpon.
17 POWER Tips For StumbleUpon Beginners
The article itself was promoted using the tips it shared - and in 48 hours, over 700 people had read it!
Not surprisingly, there were questions […]

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Dena tagged me - by asking me 5 questions someone had asked her, and which she answered on her blog.
Having just decided today to embark on a ‘November Social Media Challenge’ to boost traffic to my brand new Infopreneur Blog, I thought this would make a nice beginning… so here are my answers:
1. How long […]

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