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Helium: Learn What You Need. Share What you Know www.helium.com

Helium has been around for years, but is just starting to take off as an alternative content website. Helium is free to join. It is a great place to practice writing, share thoughts, and make a few pennies (literally) on the side. Helium has recently established partnerships with the Pulitzer Center for Citizen Journalism and the National Press Club. If freelance writing is an eventual goal for you, Helium is a great place to start.

43 Things: www.43things.com

43 Things is a social networking site, but is different than many others. It is basically an online to-do list, or list of goals posted by different people. Site members may post their goals and post progress reports, receive praise and encouragement from other members and find new goals and experiences to pursue. Unlike facebook or myspace, the premise is pretty simple—make a list of goals and then start meeting them, only with 43 things, your support-group is world-wide.

Frugal Fun and associated websites: www.frugalfun.com

Frugal fun has lots of interesting articles about inexpensive ways to have fun and tips for saving money. They have some business and marketing content, as well, and offer e-books for sale; however, their tips and articles are helpful, and are written by un-paid writers speaking from experience.

Twitter.com: www.twitter.com

Twitter.com is the micro-blog website for busy people who want to keep in touch. It is a super way to send messages to friends and family, co-workers and the like. Twitter also helps manage constant communication by filtering instant messages and other e-communication. Twitter helps people stay in touch without losing their minds!

Mental Floss: http://www.mentalfloss.com

The website for mental floss is a trivia-lover’s paradise. On any given day you can read about myths of modern icons, news from the weird, the worst interns ever, the ingredients of mock turtle soup, and take quizzes about almost every un-imaginable subject imaginable.

Del.icio.us: del.icio.us

The term 'Social Networking' Del.icio.us is actually a helpful website that allows web browsers to bookmark their favorite sites online so that they can have access to them anywhere and everywhere. It is a great way to keep all of the super internet resources that you find (and that we have found for you) at your fingertips.

Tips for Success

1. Can the Miscellaneous category have tips for success? Yes!

2. The best tip for success regarding internet use in general is knowing when to stop! The internet is a tremendous source of information, but many websites, including the resources we have given you, have the capability to suck you in to the computer for hours on end and, instead of increasing your productivity, will actually decrease it!

3. This page seems to be the perfect place to share this tip: as with any internet resource - use what you want and discard the rest. There is more than enough information available online to go around. For any of it to be useful, you must apply your own filter to what you read.
4. Many internet sites are participatory, inviting readers to comment and contribute. Two rules for this are: 1) before posting anything online be certain that you do not care if your mother, husband, child or boss reads it and 2) before you post, make sure you have something new to add to the conversation—that is the only way to add to the value of the internet rather than subtracting from it.
5. Each of the resources highlighted on our website will lead you to many other beneficial resources. If you find good ones, let us know! Email us at: [insert email here]. Please include the link and a short summary about why you feel it deserves a spot on our top online resources directory.

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