Why This Blog

I love writing, I love Education (teaching, learning), and I love computers. So becoming a blogger was inevitable. I have been an Instructional Designer for 12 years, designing educational materials that would be delivered to students via the Internet.

I have 9, yes NINE, blogs that I want to do. This is the second I have actually started. It's ok if you react with surprise. I'm used to that. I have six kids, and people say, “Six? Really?” Are blogs like kids? Do the older ones help the younger ones?

Currently my instructional design is for a training company that teaches Internet Marketing. After working for these people for two years, learning from their experts and organizing what they have researched into instructional lessons and courses according to sound educational strategies, I decided to put it into practice.

I have learned from these experts that there are four fundamental principles of Internet Marketing specific to a website:
· Content (Information on your site, its value, quality, and credibility).
· Tenure (Length of time your site has been on the Internet).
· Linking (Number and quality of links from other websites to yours).
· Frequency (How often you add content to your site.)

Social Networking is now the fifth principle. Like the “Fifth Race” from Stargate. I need to learn it, and learn by doing.