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Good Pageant Platforms: How to Choose One and Make a Difference

What is a pageant platform? How do I choose a good pageant platform? Can you give me some pageant platform ideas, examples or topics? A pageant platform is a cause that a contestant chooses to volunteer her time to either bring awareness to, raise money, or implement a program she has created that will help address the problem. There are so many needs in the world today that finding a cause you feel passionate about in your community is just a matter of looking around or talking with a few business leaders. In our society, the media and public are drawn to people who hold titles or have celebrity status. As a title holder, you can use this to your advantage to get your message out in a bigger way if you’re prepared. “Don’t ever question the value of volunteers. Noah’s Ark was built by volunteers; the Titanic was built by professionals”-Unknown. Occasionally I’ll encounter a person who has the attitude of ‘I’m only one person. I can’t...

My Favorite Platforms For Smaller Internet Marketing Sites

No discussion of commercial website design would be complete without mentioning blogs like Blogger and WordPress. Blogger is a free web publishing tool from Google. It’s really a blog. What I like about Blogger is its ease of use. Next to more Web 2.0 type sites like Squidoo and Hubpages, I think Blogger is great for beginning internet marketers. WordPress makes open-source, free blogging software. WordPress is easy to use and is essentially the gold standard for serious blogs. I would venture to bet that most of the top blogs out there that are custom made use WordPress’ software. With Blogger you don’t have to have your own hosting. With WordPress you have to have your own web hosting account. Other than that, it’s super easy! To start a Blogger blog, just go to their site (Google “Blogger”) and follow the instructions. You can use Blogger in a number of commerce friendly ways. I usually just put up a few pages about a niche I’m interested in ...