Saturday, August 26, 2006
Earn Money From Freelance Writing
If your writing skills are not so good, or you’ve failed your English test on the high school, you may be feeling a little slighted about writing an article, report, sales copy or ebook. If it’s your case, there is a solution just for you.Writing doesn’t have to be the hardest part of your ebook creation. You can actually hire someone to do it for you by going to a site like Elance.com and let qualified people ( Ghost-writers or freelance writers ) bid on your project. There are plenty of good writers there willing to write your ebooks for you at a discounted price.Many novelists, Hollywood celebrities, biographers and others utilize the services of a freelance writer at some point of their careers.So what’s a ghostwriter?It’s someone you pay to provide you with quality professional content in about any format you require. Here is what a ghostwriter / freelancer can do for you:- Research on the internet and other sources- Compilation of all the information you provide them- Professional writing that makes your ideas sound really great - Write a compelling book that rivets a reader’s interest-Usage of language that is apt according to the topic- Delivering the complete packaged product version – ready to sell.All you have to do is provide them with your ideas, research, and information about your ebook then let them do the work for you.Here are some of the advantages of letting a ghostwriter write for you:-All the writing work and designing is easily outsourced to ghostwriters. They do all the work… you get the benefit (and the profits)!-Save time and energy that could be used efficiently in other directions.-You keep 100% of the copyright.-They can do the research for you.The procedure is as follows. You have to post your project on the website. The freelancer who is interested in your project will place a bid. The cost of this work depends on the expertise required, the nature of the project and the volume of work. You are free to negotiate. Ghostwriters work mostly for themselves. If you generate repeat business for them a business relationship gets established. The ghostwriters or freelancer may then charge a lower fee for the returning client as it helps generate higher business volumes. The investment you make in hiring a ghostwriter is returned many times over and gives beneficial results. You get an excellent product made and the readers get their value for money through high quality material. This is definitely a win-win situation where you, the freelancer and the client, all are benefited.To have an idea on how Elance works and what kind of projects people are posting. Visit this link:http://www.elance.com/c/search/main/lSearch.pl?mode=search&stage=results&domain=projects&catid=100&rid=&sk=&keywords=ebook There are plenty of great resources to hire a freelancer. These are:- http://www.elance.com/ - http://www.rentacoder.com/- http://www.guru.com/ - http://www.ebookhelper.com/GhostWriting.html/ - http:/ hewritetouch.no-frills.net/ - http://www.theghostwriter.net/ To post your project on Elance.com or any other freelance site you should first open a free account with them, and then open a bid request.Your bid request should include:-A clear description of your project without giving a lot of details.-Maximum Bid. This is the highest bid offer you will accept. Freelancer can bid lower to gain your business, but not higher.-Bidding Close Date. This is the date (in U.S format--mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss) you want to close bidding and not accept any more bids.-The number of days the freelancer have to work on the project and deliver the final work. If you omit a deadline, then the he is under no time obligation to deliver!Before accepting any bid you should verify that the person you are selecting is apt to handle the project effectively. You can do this by:-Asking the ghostwriter for his references.-Asking for a sample of his work.-Visiting his profile page, where you can find more information about him and also what people who worked with him have to say about his work.
Friday, August 25, 2006
Money
In economics, there are various definitions for money, though it is now commonly considered to be any good or token that fulfills the money functions: to be a medium of exchange, store of value, and unit of account. Some authors explicitly require money to be a standard of deferred payment, too [1]. In common usage, money refers more specifically to currency, particularly the many circulating currencies with legal tender status; deposit accounts denominated in such currencies are also considered part of the money supply.
The use of money provides an alternative to bartering, which is often inefficient because it requires a coincidence of wants between traders. The emergence of some form of money is a natural market phenomenon[citation needed] observed repeatedly across civilizations and is not dependent on any central authority or government[citation needed]. The use of money in society thus encourages trade which increases the division of labour, which increases productivity and overall wealth.
Commodity money such as gold or silver was amongst the earliest forms of money to emerge. Under a commodity money system, the objects used as money have intrinsic value, i.e., they have value beyond their use as money. For example, gold coins retain value as gold even if inflation damages their value as currency, whereas paper notes are only worth as much as the monetary value assigned to them. Commodity money is usually adopted to simplify transactions in a barter economy, and so it functions first as a medium of exchange[citation needed]. It quickly begins functioning as a store of value[citation needed], since holders of perishable goods can easily convert them into durable money.
Fiat money is a relatively modern invention. A central authority (government) creates a new money object that has negligible inherent value. The widespread acceptance of fiat money is most frequently enhanced by the central authority mandating the money's acceptance under penalty of law and demanding this money in payment of taxes or tribute. At various times in history, government-issued promissory notes have later become fiat currencies (e.g. US Dollar) and fiat currencies have gone on to become a form of commodity currency (e.g. Swiss Dinar
The use of money provides an alternative to bartering, which is often inefficient because it requires a coincidence of wants between traders. The emergence of some form of money is a natural market phenomenon[citation needed] observed repeatedly across civilizations and is not dependent on any central authority or government[citation needed]. The use of money in society thus encourages trade which increases the division of labour, which increases productivity and overall wealth.
Commodity money such as gold or silver was amongst the earliest forms of money to emerge. Under a commodity money system, the objects used as money have intrinsic value, i.e., they have value beyond their use as money. For example, gold coins retain value as gold even if inflation damages their value as currency, whereas paper notes are only worth as much as the monetary value assigned to them. Commodity money is usually adopted to simplify transactions in a barter economy, and so it functions first as a medium of exchange[citation needed]. It quickly begins functioning as a store of value[citation needed], since holders of perishable goods can easily convert them into durable money.
Fiat money is a relatively modern invention. A central authority (government) creates a new money object that has negligible inherent value. The widespread acceptance of fiat money is most frequently enhanced by the central authority mandating the money's acceptance under penalty of law and demanding this money in payment of taxes or tribute. At various times in history, government-issued promissory notes have later become fiat currencies (e.g. US Dollar) and fiat currencies have gone on to become a form of commodity currency (e.g. Swiss Dinar
