Benefits of Using Chatwing Chat Software as Primary Communication Tool

We are now in the communication era where information is the primary commodity. In media and the Internet, content is king. The advent of the World Wide Web has provided millions with a free and reliable platform to communicate. One of the most benefited sectors is business. Businesses can represent themselves on the Internet through websites and blogs. The challenge is how to reach more eyeballs and let more people know about your existence and the things you offer. It is important that you establish a professional and credible image backed up with sensible posts.

To be interesting, it is essential that you are sincerely interested with your target customers or web surfers. Interacting with them provides you and your business numerous advantages. A lot of free reliable communication tools are available on the net yet it is still important that we choose what to use or include in our website. Remember, the website represents you and your business, everything on the site must be in alignment with the image you are trying to project.

Real time interaction with other web users can be easily achieved using Chatwing chat software. Chatwing has consistently risen in rankings. More website owners are using it because of its simplicity and numerous useful features.

The dynamic chat widget comes in three styles. The regular shoutbox and pop-up window can both handle thousands of users while maintaining stability. Vanity URL on the other hand generates username and shortlinks to enable private chats among your selected chatters. You can set a discussion for many users that will help you gain insights about what the masses cares about at the moment or initiate a group chat among selected subjects for a more thorough market research.

Chatwing chat software has social media integration capacity that makes it accessible to Facebook and Twitter users, which are by the way millions across the globe. Social network expansion can be attained efficiently which will ensure you of consistent, if not increasing, traffic. Real time interaction with customers and non customers will give you an idea on what to include on your site or how to improve it to attract more visitors.

Chatwing’s customization capacity is ahead against other shoutboxes. Users can literally change every aspect of the chatbox to fit their sites’ theme. Its advanced modification features include image and MP3 link upload.

No matter how well designed or sensible your site is—as long as you don’t have an effective way to engage web visitors—expect that you will be at the losing end of the competition. 

Chatting widgets can be worth using on blogs and sites to keep your readers engaged and help yourself reduce the bounce rate (wink wink)! 

Are you using any of such widgets to provide the chatting facility to your readers? If yes, which is it and how do you think it has helped you?

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It's Not What You Learn, It's The Way That You Learn It is important

“Nothing you learn in school will ever be used in real life” is a common misunderstanding held by people who are educators. What most people do not understand is that it's not what you learn. It's how you learn it.

Few people will never need to know how a frog's body works, but studying frogs, teaches students about their own bodies. When throwing the winning touch down, the quarterback is not thinking about his physics homework. Yet if he did his physics homework, he knows how fast and at what arch to throw the ball to score. After graduation, no one will ever have to write an essay. However, from cover letters to insurance claims, adults have to write constantly. All that essay writing helps them write clearly.

What we learn in school give us the building blocks we need to throughout our lives. We learn to communicate clearly, calculate quickly and reason accurately. This is the point of all those sometimes fun, but usually boring lessons in school.

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Are You a Schizophrenic Writer?

When creating guest blogs it’s vital that you can put yourself into the lives of others.  Writing guest blogs is fine if you are writing for yourself.  You already have the stories to tell, understand what it means to you and others are interested in the same topics and relate to your target audience fully. However, sometimes you may not have time to spend creating the unique post, or you might find it difficult to express yourself with pen and paper. These are common problems in organizations of all sizes and industries, but that doesn’t mean you have to ignore this vital area of link building and marketing. 

Being Comfortable in Someone Else’s Skin

Copywriters have to have the ability to research, empathise and express their thoughts from the point of view of their client, or their audience. This isn’t an easy task for everyone to achieve. You can let thoughts and emotions stand in the way, some people find it hard to fully understand what it’s like to be in that position and therefore the post seems fake, forced and certainly won’t convince the reader that’s its genuine.

When you are working with copywriters you must ensure that the writers on the team are dedicated to your cause. In a way you are hiring actors and actresses who prepare for their part.  Each writer will need to completely understand the services or products you offer, be prepared to look into the personality traits of the target audience and write from that perspective. It’s impossible to do this without slipping into the right personality.

Personality Traits to Look For When Hiring Writers

So how do you know you are working with someone who is able to deliver the results you need? It can help to consider the following points to ensure you find the perfect team who will be able to deliver on their promises and ensure your posts are published in the appropriate places:

• Have they had experience in creating blog posts from the perspective of others?
• Are they prepared to do the research from all angles, including the company and the target audience and consumers?
• Will they be able to distribute the post to the right websites which will be off benefit to your optimization campaign and not damage your rankings?
• Will the sites the post is published on have the right type of reader who will be interested in the post and click through to your chosen web page?

Affordable and Beneficial to Your Organization

The great thing about this type of service is the multiple benefits they offer to businesses. Each post can include links back to your website; these links are useful in SEO. The more links you can obtain will help search engines to determine your worth, so it’s essential to have them placed on websites which are relative to your topics, keywords and businesses.  The other fantastic thing about them is the fact they are affordable for all businesses, even if you have a minimal marketing/SEO budget.

My Personality Disorder

As a writer I enjoy the experience of writing from the perspective of others. It gives me a chance to fully explore new areas in life, discover new products, new perspectives and sink my teeth into a new way of thinking. As a writer it’s my duty to involve myself fully into the assignment I have been given and ensure the client is left with positive results from the money they have invested in me as a copywriter. I get to play characters from a woman who is pregnant, to a man who loves playing games online, to a business that has been looking for that certain solution to an age old problem.  I get to be an actress and what’s even more satisfying is I am able to help people achieve their goals.

Guest blogging requires the skills of copywriters who have the ability to slip into character.  Hire copywriters who will ensure the post will be effective and genuine and deliver the results you need.

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Why personal growth as a blogger matters for your financial freedom

Blogging seems very simple and easy, but it is not that easy as you say when done in real life. To become a successful blogger you need to work few tips that help in generating high income revenues from your blog, this will not happen overnight. One of the important factors that contributes to blog success is your personal growth, your ability to manage finances that are essential on time and the tips you follow to have financial freedom also do matter to become a successful blogger. The following are a few tips that aid for financial freedom especially for blogger.

Visualise your future financial state: 

Before you start a blog to earn money, it is very important to understand and visualize your financial position, that means you should be able to anticipate how your finances get affected by implementing certain changes to your blog or updating new technique.

Set goals and targets: 

The goals you set can include getting huge website traffic to your blog, to get more earning as an affiliate and so on. Setting goals that you are quite confident enough to achieve can make your job much easier and simpler. Work according to your targets and goals. Managing personal finances is also very important; the following are some tips that help you set financial goals.

• Create a list of goals that you want to achieve
• Visualise how you want to see yourself after one year
• Based on your goal, set short-term targets to achieve
• You can even create a financial plan that helps you acquire your goals
• If you have a passion for writing it would even be great to find some blogging jobs for additional income.

Create a budget plan: 

Develop a budget plan that deals both personal and business finances. Make sure you locate necessary funds in your budget to cover your debts if any. As a blogger, you may require to fund initial investments or some techniques to get good website traffic. So, determine how much amount you need and make sure to cover within your budget. If possible you can even cut down some expenses and can utilise that amount for your blog development. The following are a few tips to create a budget plan.

• Extract all your expenses and identify which of these expenses can be trimmed to save some money
• Manage your online investments with your current debts
• Don’t neglect monthly bills to be paid
• Commit yourself to be smart to achieve financial independence

Protect your personal finances: 

Unless you are able to secure your personal finances you cannot anticipate growth in your online business as the increase stress levels will not allow you to focus on your job and becomes very difficult to get peace of mind. For example, taking Payment Protection Policy (PPI) along with your personal finances help you compensate their monthly payments in certain situations by using PPI claims.

Identify best blogging tips: 

Know what tips can help you make more money from your blog. Do not forget at any point of time that readers are your first priority and thus hold on from turning them off! If you are not sure of any technique, you can even take advice help in making a successful blog. Optimize your blog to social media and search engines to get best results. 

About the Author:
The guest post was contributed by Maria, financial guest blogger from Manchester, UK. Apart from blogging, she does research on PPI Claims. Find out more about her finance related blogs at financeport.

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Image advice for bloggers

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Any blogger will acknowledge that their 500-1000 words of text sometimes just isn't enough. Whether it's seconds after accessing the page or after scanning through four paragraphs of unbroken text, some readers are heavily influenced by presentation. It's a blogger's duty, therefore, to compliment their entry with engaging themes, fonts and, perhaps most importantly, a few carefully-placed images.

Image selecting has become a staple for amateur and professional writers around the world as it allows them to quickly convey a message. Some won't even start their text before listing a thought-provoking headline and an image below. That's right, they believe people want to be told exactly what they're about to read before reading it. The text then expands on this point and aims to bring an individual's view to the fore.

However, as with most things, there are ways to image placement well and there are ways to do it not so well. Here's a little quality guide for bloggers seeking their own screening process. 

1) Relevance > style

A quick scan through your stock image provider's library will reveal some quite breathtaking captures. The only problem is, most of them will have absolutely nothing to do with your topic, target audience or blog. Going for style over relevance will only leave your audience confused by the text that follows. Images serve as a vital component in your blog, breaking up the text and saving you hundreds of words (thousands, if you live by the well-known phrase) explaining a particular event or setting. Look for a natural connection between text and image to help your piece flow. 

2) If you’re serious about blogging, always outsource

Think about all the time you spend retouching skin blemishes, removing a speck on the camera lens, injecting some much needed vibrancy into the photo. This could have been spent fine-tuning your article, focusing on your actual duty as a blog writer. You should be leaving the additional fields to the professionals.  

Stock photos will give you all the quality you need without the so-called obligatory purchase of a pricey SLR. Bloggers feel they need to take their own high-res images to make their piece all the more authentic, but there's no sign above your work saying 'I took this' unless you put it there yourself. Stock photos and downloaded themes save both time and money when it comes to creating an engaging space on the web. Use them. 

3) Avoid boring, generic selections

Easier said than done, this one. You'll only realise how boring and generic your images really are by taking a good look around the competition. Judging by the evidence, website designers think a picture of a laughing family, strolling along an English countryside, looking at each other with glee are ideal for, say, an article on hill climbing. In reality, they turn people off. 

In this instance you'd be much better off searching for an awe-inspiring picture of the location in question, maybe the matter at hand. This will relate specifically to your article and will encourage people to read on. The pictures that command attention will also ensure that your text isn't being ignored and that users don't sift through your piece. With the number of high quality selections available, you shouldn't settle for anything less.

Celebrated for high quality images, production values, and crafted with 13 years of stock photography experience, Image Source is the best stock photo library for licensing Rights Managed and Royalty Free images, dedicated to producing outstanding stock images for inspirational communication.  

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New Google Plus Communities- Step by step guide to create your community

Google plus communities- What does this mean?

The tag line on the official Google+ site under communities says- 

“Talk about the stuff you’re into with people who love it too”. 

Sounds interesting!

Let's take a look at the features first:

1. You have a choice to make your group private so you could engage your family and friends with your private affairs. Or, make your group open to public so you could attract people of same interests and do some great business. You can either choose to restrict people to join with permission or just allow them to join anyway. 
2. No matter what you are interested in, you will always find one or more communities to chill. Join the communities which share information of your interest and indulge yourself in discussions and learn new things you always wanted to. Also get free tips, tricks and tutorials to get the right solutions for your problems from the fellow members of the group. 
3. Do not hesitate to share some love on G+ communities! If you find any photos, videos, articles or stuff that you think the community would enjoy or be benefited then please do with the help of share or +1 button on sites and pages. 
4. One of the most important and useful feature that is unique to Google Plus is Hangout. Apart from engaging your prospects and customers for business through discussions in feeds you can actually host scheduled hangout so you could build face-to-face relation. I haven’t seen such an awesome feature on any other social platforms, have you?

Setting up your Google Plus community is so easy that you will start feeling  the toughest part of it is to come up with a name to your community :)

• Before you begin, decide the name for your community which defines the purpose and interests making it stand out from other communities.
• Draft your tag line that is catchy and conveys the message of your community to every new visitor.
• Pick a photo that defines your community which also clearly brings your brand out to public. Make it in-line with your logo while it also relates to the name and purpose of your community. The size of the image would ideally be 200-pixel wide by 250-pixel tall.
• Now begin with the actual set up... 

1) Sign In to your Google Plus profile (assuming you have one). 

2) Click on Communities tab on the left hand side.

3) Then find the Create A Community tab towards right and click it.

4) Now in the pop window choose your preference wisely whether you want your community to be public or private. Your setting is permanent and you are not allowed to change your privacy later. 

5) Name your community and set your preference if you want people to request permission to join or not. Then hit create community.

6) Upload a photo, write the tag line, complete your about section (mainly about community and may be a line about you) and add discussion topic. Click Done Editing button.

7) You are done with creating your first community on google+.
8) Go ahead and invite people to join the community and spread a word in your g+ profile about this new community.

Is this new concept of communities similar to “Groups on LinkedIn”? How do you think G+ communities are different from LinkedIn groups?

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Online today, loss of memory tomorrow!

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Techie parents and techie kids together are getting geeky (to use the slang!) over gadgets and internet. Be it just a phone number or reminding a task to be accomplished everyone on this planet seems to have been dependent on mobile phones rather than trusting their memory. 

Although the primary reason for forgetfulness might be the lack of focus and concentration as stated in this article on ABCNews, going over board and depending on gadgets and technology for accomplishing the tasks that are otherwise the duties of human brain can train your brain negatively in the long run. 

Check lists and to-do lists are ruling the fridge doors and desktops. Alarms and reminders on cell phones start hauling irrespective of the place one is. You see articles on-line spreading like viruses on how to remember important tasks (important and yet we forget!) and how to manage time by maintaining a to-do list. 

We google and save the map to our destination or use gps system in cars to navigate even for a short distance. Our mind has become so lazy that it resists the idea of remembering even a few milestones and names of the roads. We tend to open the calculator on phone to make simple additions and subtractions (which even an illiterate road side vendor would do easily to sell his vegetables). 

The more the involvement online, the more the indulgences on variety of sites that require login information; the more the confusion. Who wants to remember so many passwords and usernames? The answer was ready for all the giants who use hundreds of sites a day which requires them to login- the mantra is "just one password", the password to "lastpass". Have you heard of it yet, I am sure you do!

We think it is cool for our kids to open up a calculating tool on phone or tablet and finish off their mathematics home work without our intervention and assistance. At every stage of life we are making our kids dependent on gadgets and technology for performing their day-to-day tasks. Parents at home do it all the time; why not we choose the easy route then?

The memory cards and hard-disks are increasing at a faster pace replacing the traditional kbs (kilo bytes) with mbs (mega bites) and then gbs (giga bytes) now with tbs (tera bytes). The scenario is that not one but multiple tera bytes of external and internal hard-disks have been maintained by people. No matter for what (office files, photos, projects, etc) the fact is that we are in to such an era where it has become impossible for us to survive with out digital memories. 

1) Loss of memory due to laziness and tech-savviness

First of all I suggest you read this article and know how crazy can this world get and depend on technology over their brains! Are you one of those who do not even bother to remember the phone number of your spouse or parents? Do you use online dictionary to find the meaning or spelling of even simple and small words? Then wake up and get going slowly; make use of your own memory rather than the digital one to store the information which comes in handy when in emergency and when you loose your mobile memory! Brush up and clean the rust off your brain before it gets damaged to an extent that you need to put it in bin!!! Our brain and our memory too needs some exercise to get strong and stay fit through out our life. Puzzles, memory games, Sudoku, tough calculations, etc are not only fun but are also the best friends of our brain.  

2) Loss of memory due to the interference of EMFs and ESI

Now, begin by reading this article and know how waves and frequency interferences can bring you closer to memory loss. Keep yourself abreast of how many hours a day are you directly or indirectly exposed to Electromagnetic Frequencies (EMFs) and Electromagnetic Static Interference (ESI). Monitor the time and frequency of gadgets that you use. Also make a note of different kinds of gadgets and technology you use on daily basis. Gather information on what kind of frequencies and/or radiations do they emit. Learn to take precautions and stay away from them as much as possible. For example: Do not sleep overnight keeping your mobile phone under your pillow rather keep it in a different room or still better switch it off!  

The so called modern day gadgets and technology who help organize our life and save time are actually the greatest enemies of our memory.

How do you manage to stay away from technology and depend on your own memory? Do you give your brain some exercise, how? Your tips and advices would help our community more than you think. Please share your thoughts... 

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Review of the E-Book- Can I Really Make Money Blogging? Stop Wondering! Here’s How You Can

Title: Can I really make money blogging? Stop wondering! Here's how you can   

Author: Jane Sheeba
Category: Blogging Business
Type: E-Book version
Pages: 67
Price: $9.99

The fact that you are interested in this review shows that you are interested in money; the online money; money that can be earned from your blog (which is yet to be started in some cases). 

Okay, then you are also interested in buying this wonderful book by Jane Sheeba of Probloggingsuccess.com which you think is a practical handbook you should be referring.

Well, let’s see...

I started reading this book and went on to read 20 pages without interrupting. The book just hooked me till then and I have been agreeing to Jane nodding my head and muttering a yes every time. 

Then I encountered a link which Jane suggests to read and absorb the content in order to get hands on knowledge about “any business model”. I said yes to myself but pushed it aside for a while (I read it the next day and which was totally useful, you should too if at all you buy this book! Which I am sure you will;)) because I just could not wait to finish the book in one stretch.

I just loved the flow and some rant (which was very helpful) as Jane addresses the section.

Something boosted me up and I stopped reading the book. It was the curiosity to see the blog income report of two biggies in the blogosphere suggested by Jane. The reports were published with proof and these guys are earning a whooping amount which I could not believe my eyes. 

Now I was even more interested...

The more you are willing to help, the easier it is to get paid for it.

I agree. Jane talks about how to build the audience for the blog and establish a relation with readers by gaining the trust. She talks about how bloggers fake the reviews and sell the products that are not tried just to earn some commission and gives strong reasons why not to do so. 

She gives tactics to build the traffic and the niche of holding them on by not faking. She explains the strategies of affiliate marketing step by step. The insight provided in this book about list building and the real ways of maintaining the reputation that helps make money in turn is helpful for any blogger.

What wowed me?

1. The affiliate marketing- Tips and tricks along with the types and different ways to do the affiliate program is one of the best explained money making areas in this book. It is extremely useful for blog owners aspiring to make a business out of it, especially the newbies. I myself got a chance to learn quiet a few tricks on how to do the affiliate program the right way and build the trust with readers ethically to covert them to be your affiliates' customers.
2. The list building - How to and also how not to make money using your list was really-really awesome. The author has covered everything about building the email list and making the most of that list; importantly without annoying the real people who are in the list.

What I missed?

Update: You can now buy the updated version of this book which is error free and much more appealing.

I wished the book was proofread by a professional (I do not know if it was done by a professional editor/proofreader) since I could find a few spelling mistakes and a couple of grammatical errors not major though. 

The verdict-  

It is a short workable report of 67 pages which the author has kept it short intentionally. If you are in a hurry to get rich quickly by trying 100s of ways to make money blogging then you would definitely be disappointed. The clear intention of Jane Sheeba is to help you make money by using a few tried and tested methods. She has discussed actionable models and plans to effectively convert your blog and its traffic to earn you the much awaited “money”.

This book is a sure shot for newbies and mediocres in the field of blogging. Once you buy this and take action as suggested; you will know the worth of paying $9.99 for this wonderful book rather than investing on crappy products in the urge of trying too many things all at a time.

The staircase to success takes you to your destination but only if you climb one step at a time because you cannot climb it sitting in a car going in the speed of 100 kms/hr, can you?

As a blogger myself, yes, I recommend this book which explains practical things that can be done and earn money blogging.

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Videos for the next Generation: Effective Video Seo makes them possible

Online Videos and their major importance

With the advancement and a rapid race for promotion of personal achievements in career or items, the time for public advertisements using pamphlets are now over. Most of the advertisements and promotional activities are now made through online videos which can be seen in some of the popular websites like YouTube. Video websites make a good sense of ranking a company or an item by which people can get and understand things more clearly.  The main factor that comes in online promotions through videos is their priority upon other competitive products in the market. 

An online video gets its priority when ranking and searching is optimized and the content of the video is secured. A video that has such quality gets popular among Google and many such popular sites. Video Seo is such a part where the priority of their client’s video files gets the top notch over any other video files in the search engine. Making innovative techniques using advanced software tools, effective Video Seo furnishes the video file of the client as the top ranked video among the various millions of uploaded files. The jamming of the signal is also prevented with less cache to data. Effective Video Seo makes the use and ranking of clients business reach the top brands than other competitive companies in their field. 

Video seo: the name with fame

The name of Video seo has been one of the upcoming names in the market of Search and Optimization. Effective Video seo usage provides clients the most effective way to optimize their search and market their videos online among millions who people who would gain attraction to their video files. Software engineers at SEO work so that they can make a consistent development in searching and security of data.

Video online are of high demand in market. Studies reveal that in February 2010, 178 million Internet users browsed and visited several online videos. This huge ratio makes the jamming of the network signal more high. In such case, an uploaded video by an Internet user doesn’t comes into significance unless and until they are given a priority by some special software licensed and registered by an organization. EffectiveVideo seo plans and strategies make such solutions for their clients.

The stand position of seo is such that it can reach its wide range of clients through simple online tools and software. The best of the techniques are combined to make videos get maximum exposure. The major benefits of using this site are multi-dimensional. The brands of the organization are marketed online worldwide and are projected at the top ranking list so that users can keep noticing the videos and links all the time. Video Seo was first introduced in YouTube in the year 2005 and from then, within a few years, the link has gained enormous height among Internet users from all the corners of the world.

A premier brand of an established global leader in Search Marketing. Video SEO is driven by award-winning marketers and SEO engineers with a singular goal – remarkable growth for our clients through effective video optimization. 

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How Parents can help Children in using the internet effectively

This is a guestpost by Lokesh

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There were days when the internet visibility was very low & for every information we used to depend on the books. Now the trend is changed, Internet has spread very fast and everywhere. Now everybody depends on internet from Kids to elders. For Kids there are assignments asked by teachers to collect from the internet.  So kids these days are more advanced compared to olden days. They have easy access to TV, Mobiles, Internet, advanced gadgets, etc. It should be the parents who should guide children in using the internet effectively. Here are some tips to help you being:

• Before using the internet, Parents should block the websites which are unsuitable for children, use firewall, update antivirus regularly. Limit your kid by blocking downloadable files, games and software as a safety measure.
• The internet can be harmful if the children are not properly monitored. It’s the parents responsibility to check the usage, time online and activities done on the internet.
• Parents should explain the safety rules to the child telling them not to share personal information, avoid chatting online and to be careful with the strangers on the internet.
• You as a parent should guide in selecting the right website which will help in understanding the purpose of using the internet in a positive way. Some of the websites which help children to gain knowledge are mentioned below.
• Children are mostly interested in games; parents should guide in selecting the right games. Mind games like chess, suduko and the like are available online.
• If the children are good in specific fields like Drawing or Animation then show more related stuff on the internet which will motivate them to achieve better. They become inspired when they see stuff related to their interests.

Here are a couple of the places where children can get the required resources.

Instructables.com step by step tutorials for children

In the school, there are so many projects to be done by children. Referring books alone limit their knowledge growth. To help students and teachers instructables.com made the task simpler which has everything from designing papers to robots. They provide step by step instructions for doing the project. Ex., a Small moving robot can be designed in less than 15 minutes if all the parts are available which costs around 3$.

Pitara.com participate in Activities, Quiz & Mind Games

The more work for brain the more the gain! Some of the effective tools which help to increase the nowledge are Quiz and Mind Games.  There are many websites available on internet today like pitara.com which helps children in getting more intelligent with their effective tools. All the sections on the website are completely dedicated to Kids. There are pages related to activities, science, news & coloring pages, etc.

Internet is a big library which contains all the information. It’s parents responsibility to guide them to get connected to positive things and gain knowledge. Children should use the Internet in moderation and for effective knowledge. For children internet should be used as tool for learning and not for entertainment.

Lokesh is the founder of Techbappa.com the Blog about the useful tools, social media and tutorials. The Blog was able to achieve PR 3 in less than 2 Months.

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