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A systematic, simple way to understand and implement effective online marketing. A clear tutorial approach to the "Copyblogger method" of creating a profitable online business or marketing your offline business online. An organized reference guide to the "best of the best". I have found numerous articles on successfully marketing your writing and ways to use social networking as well. One of my favoritie articles is a Mad Men spin on blogging. http://www.copyblogger.com/mad-men/

This is the most comprehensive travel writing program I have found online. It's very affordable ($350) for a 12 week intensive course with a great community of fellow students and alumni. I plan to complete this program very soon. They also have travel photography and travel film making courses.

The best way to enhance your writing is by practice, practice and more practice. Blogs follow a theme usually and journals are ways to put our random thoughts on paper (or in text). Having an online journal with personalized security settings allows us to write whatever our hearts desire without worrying about what our audience might think. I found this site a great blend of personalized journaling and social networking. Below is their description of the site: LiveJournal is a vibrant global social media platform where users share common passions and interests. With hundreds of communities built around popular interests, like entertainment, celebrity gossip, music, food, travel, fashion, parenting, pets, and more, LiveJournal users express themselves through creative journaling and lively commentary.

This is a great site for help with one of the hardest parts of getting started, the intro. MIT offers great help with introduction strategies that I found very useful.

.After the Deadline is a language checker for the web with: We use artificial intelligence and natural language processing technology to find your writing errors and offer smart suggestions. Our technology is available under the GNU General Public License. We run an After the Deadline server for your personal use.

I found this web site to be an informative tool to avoid common mistakes while writing.

This site was one that I found by accident and it looks very interesting. It is a tool for visually mapping out projects and ideas as well as a collaboration tool (it integrates with Google docs). I haven't used it yet, but the video overview looks fantastic - check out the video! Create, share and collaboratively work on mind maps with MindMeister, the leading online mind mapping tool.

This website is more for the media/communications person. I found it to be interesting and could be very helpful in many areas. Enjoy! MediaCollege.com is a free educational website for all forms of electronic media. We have hundreds of exclusive tutorials covering video & television production, audio work, photography, graphics, web design and more. You'll also find utilities, reference material (e.g. user manuals), industry news and a helpful forum.