Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Grow Your Business With The Right Customers

By Leigh-Ann Lemire

Common advice that you will find online instructs you to do research to find the right niche for your business. You will also hear advice about promoting to the correct target audience in order to grow your business.

It's a huge subject with many experts and other folks trying to make it easier that have written opinions, methods and data to follow in order tohave success marketing to your niche. Many websites, blogs and web pages are committed to the subject of niches. Going to a popular site such as Amazon to search for books on "niche" turns up over three hundred thousand entries and a Google query results on thirty-two million entries on the topic.

To put your mind at ease,there is an easier way to reach the public that you want. Your niche public can easily find you rather than you running after your potential clients.

It can really happen like this! It's a simple method that goes along with the reason that the internet was created which is to supply information. If you supply fresh content in large quantities, your potential clients will find your information and go to your site to get more information.

Making yourself known online on a continuous basis is the essentail ingredient to your success. Utilize press releases to announce your business, services and accomplishments, post the same type of info in your blog and write articles to deliver more information.

Spend your marketing time wisely by talking about the subject that you know the most about - your company. Adding the information online wherever you can is what is going to create a stable and steady stream of interested public to your site.

Fads and solutions to market on the internet come and go. At one point you may find and use a method to market which is perfectly acceptable to search engine robots. The next thing you know, that method is no longer acceptable and you have to locate another method.

There is a much better way to market online instead of a racing around to find new marketing methods or speculating on some new promotional idea. Spend your time wisely by creating a foundation of information for your online business. Building your business in this manner makes your website simple to find with long term traffic results.

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Monday, June 29, 2009

Attract People To Your Website Without Using Money - The Key To Article Marketing And Attracting Business For Free!

By Tracey Dornelles

When I started getting into this world of online marketing I was so overwhelmed I became bogged down with INFORMATION OVERLOAD.

You sign up for my free marketing lessons here and there and BANG! You're bombarded with all this stuff. Here, look at this video! Here, download this blueprint! and then buy all my stuff! Arrrrgggghhh!

I had just started with a really great company, but without all the advertising dollars to get started I almost gave up without even trying.

But I stuck it out and decided to sift through all the info to separate any credible stuff from the crap.

So your main target is to drive traffic to your website. You want visitors to find your main page, scroll and read all the way to the bottom and then give you something, whether it be some personal details or to purchase your product.

My website is for a business opportunity, so I ideally want people to leave their details so I can follow up with a phone call and email.

But how do I do that without wasting lots of money on Google Adwords or expensive niche advertising? Especially at the beginning, I didnt have much cash-flow, but I did have some time on my hands. Many new marketers think they have to spend money to make money. But think about what youre doing RIGHT NOW! Youre reading my article!

Im no wordsmith and this is hardly a literary masterpiece " but Im getting the point across right? ARTICLE MARKETING is a silent weapon and best of all its FREE!

So why Article Marketing? Basically it gets your website link out amongst the online world and also helps boost your Google rankings.

Writing lots of articles especially at the beginning really is the key. I started writing about 3-5 per week and then just once a week or even once a fortnight. You can write as many as you like.

Another thing to note is to write about things that are related to what you're trying to market. My opportunity is a home business, so hopefully I can attract people looking to run a flexible home business using all the different tools I teach. You can see I'm interested in internet marketing and would possibly be a great mentor to team up with.

And lastly .... KISS "Keep It Simple Stupid!" An old mentor said this to me one day and it doesn't matter what industry you're in it always applies and it definitely applies to the world of online marketing. Have fun and start writing!

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Sunday, June 28, 2009

Ideas for a Internet Home Business

By Tony Verruso

Looking for home internet business ideas? You should take a look at how many are actually available. You'll find that there are thousands and thousands of opportunities available for making money from home. With all those options, how to you make the right choice? It can be a huge task to try and make a decision on which home internet business ideas to pursue. The following are a few helpful ideas that will give you a good start.

Internet home based business ideas need to come with some sort of professional training. This is a crucial part to your search because you need training that will help you move forward online instead of taking steps back. This type of training will give you text, audio, and video options regarding the materials so you can utilize the type that suits your needs.

Keep in mind you don't want to find home internet business ideas that give you so much information you spend all your time reading. In fact, if all you're doing is learning, you probably didn't find the professional training you need. So when you're searching for your new online career, think about the way you want to be taught. It could make all the difference in your success.

However, this isn't the only thing to look out for when you're running through all the various internet home based business ideas. The next thing we recommend is a business that offers unbelievable support. There is nothing worse then having a question, sending in an email and not getting a response for a week. All this does is take longer to understand how it works.

Having a product that stands on its own is very important as well. Sure, some of these new home internet business ideas may sound great in the beginning, here are very few that ever really succeed in any way. It is important that you look for real opportunities instead of businesses that are all hyped up. A company that is reputable doesn't have to rely on hype, but they instead rely on educating people about their products.

After finding a list of some of the home internet business ideas that provide all these things, you then need to look at them for an automated marketing system. When you find companies that provide this, a lot of the work is taken care of. Many people fail when they start a new business on the web because they don't think they'll end up having to work so hard.

There are very few home internet business out there that can live up to all of these standards. If you have failures in the past remember that it wasn't your problem. Usually the business you chose to get involved in was the problem, which is why you must work to choose the best option. This way you'll get everything needed to make the business a success.

You won't have to look for months for the right home internet business ideas. We already have helped many others find what they are looking for and can help you too. Don't just try reading everything in sight when trying to choose home internet business ideas. Take some action so that you end up doing more than just dreaming. This way you'll finally realize the success you've been wanting.

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Saturday, June 27, 2009

Healing with Oils at Rehoboth

By Mara Hernandez-Capili

Oils are made available for therapeutic function. It is now used as source of well being and soothing purposes. It is also made available to cure common illnesses. Healthy lifestyle and healthy habits smoothens a person daily living. These also made it easier access in promoting wellbeing and health to anyone who uses them.

There are oils for relaxation, oils for aid in sleep and oils for greater sense of appetite. Therapeutic oils have different effects depending on their class and kind. Nowadays alternative medicine uses such oils to heal and cure the sick. Homeowners and home practitioners also make use of certain fragrant oils in creating fragrance and a blissful atmosphere in the home. These oils are usually purchased together with a burner and a candle. It Is not edible and never meant for drinking though.

Healing oils are vast. As examples, we have Eucalyptus Oils for those having trouble with their nasal passageways. Eucalyptus Oils are also used when babies have trouble inhaling and when they suffer from blocked airways. It can be done through incorporating the eucalyptus oil in the humidifier and turning in on together with the fan or air-conditioning. It should be noted however that eucalyptus oil inside a humidifier should only be used with open windows and should never be left in a closed home.

Eucalyptus leaf as patch to the affected muscle area. Eucalyptus oils are also used to massage a common muscle complaint. It can soothe a tired and aching muscle and restore it to its original state. It is excellent to use together with the

At Healing Oils Session at Rehoboth there is much more to these that you can actually know and discover. That is why it is advisable to bring your favorite friends along for a day of healing to remember.

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Friday, June 26, 2009

The Low-down on Getting the #1 Google Position

By Owen Jones

If you haven't yet automated your article submission, it can only be for one of three reasons:

1. You don't want or need any additional free visitors to your website, because you cannot handle them,

2. You haven't seen my previous articles, or

3. You still haven't appreciated the power and incredible value of this system. i.e. how this will dramatically boost your profits.

If you fall into category 1, then please move on from this article, it doesn't apply to you.

Otherwise, please take a few minutes to read this article thorough, as it could literally mean the difference between success and failure for your Internet business this year. You see, people like to make things complicated, but making money online is actually really simple. It does not matter whether you are marketing your own product, promoting affiliate links, or making money from Adsense or "click flipping", it all comes down to just two things:

Conversion and Traffic.

Conversion comes first. You need to have an offer that people want. That "offer" might be a product, or it might be an enticing advert (e.g. Google Adsense) that people want to click on. And you need some kind of presentation (such as a sales letter) that encourages them to take the action that you want them to take (eg buy the product or click on the advert).

In many ways this is the easier part. Most people can put together a half decent website or sales letter that will turn at least some visitors into money.

But then, of course, you need visitors. Busfuls of them. The more people that you can get to come to your site, the more money you will make; especially if those visitors re highly targeted. But, given the number of websites online: all competing for the same visitors, just how do you get more visitors to your site?

Well, there are just three ways that traffic comes to your site:

1. Visitors type your address straight into their browser. That results from some sort of off-line promotion: it may be your business card, a radio advert, an article in a magazine or a conversation with a friend.

2. People click on a link. It may be in an email they received (eg from a friend or from an ezine they subscribed to) or it may be on another website they have visited.

3. Or they do a search in a search engine, see your website in the listings, and click on the link to visit you.

And that is it. There is no other way for them to get to your website.

So, if we know that, how do we get more traffic? Easy:

1. Promote your Internet presence in all your offline promotional materials.

2. Get lots of people to place a link to you, and lots of people to send out emails with your link in it.

3. Get a top position in the search engines.

Yes.., sounds simple doesn't it, but maybe it is not so easy in practice? Just how do you achieve steps 2 and 3 without spending bucketsful of cash or getting your site banned by the search engines?

To understand this, we need to work out how the search engines operate. Once again, this is much easier than people think.

All search engines want lots of people to search them. In order to achieve that, they try to deliver relevant and up-to-date content to the people who make a search on them. But how do they work out what is relevant to the search?

There are only two ways that they can achieve that:

1. They scan your website and, using very sophisticated algorithms, they work out what the subject matter of your website is. The also look at how new or old it is, how recently it has been updated and so on. These are all known as on-page or on-site factors. You have direct control over many of these factors when you set up your site.

2. They 'consider' what other people write about your website. In doing that, they look at two factors: how many people have links to your site (and what those links say) and also how important are the sites that link to your site. An important site of 'authority' that points to you is worth more than a whole list of unimportant sites. They also consider how old the links that point to you are, and a number of other factors about the value of the link and the context in which it is used.

At the same time, the search engines are constantly on the look out for websites that attempt to fool them into thinking that they are more relevant or more popular than they actually are. Which is why the so-called 'black-hat' techniques quickly lose their effectiveness.

Therefore, to get to the top of the search engine lists you need to do two things:

1. Optimize your on-page factors. There is plenty of information online about how to do that. It is not difficult. But, in itself, it is also not enough.

2. Get lots of high-quality, one-way, relevant links to your site from as many other 'important' sites as you can.

So, how do you get people to link to you?

1. Have a fantastic product so that they just, spontaneously, want to tell others about your site.

2. Pay them to link to you - buy a text link, or offer an affiliate program.

3. Swap links with other websites - but reciprocal links are clearly not worth as much as one-way back-links and it is a lot of work to do this effectively anyway.

4. Provide them with fresh, unique content that adds value to their site in return for which they agree to post a back-link to you. Many sites are constantly looking for fresh, unique content. They get this content by traipsing through the article directories or by subscribing to article submission services.

So, if you send out articles to such directories, your articles will end up both on the directories themselves, AND on the niche sites that pick up and use our articles. AND some of these are likely to be valuable "authority"-type sites. Of course it depends on the quality of your article who picks it up.

So, there you have it, the last method is the simplest and most effective. It gives you hundreds or thousands of one way back-links, from relevant, niche sites, all for free. All you need is some way to get different, unique, articles to each of those directories and ezine publishers, which is, of course, exactly what our software does.

But wait! We don't stop there. The real power behind this method comes when you use it regularly. Preferably at least once a week. Imagine getting 200 to 1800 new permanent one way links every week! By the end of a year, you could easily have 50,000 or more relevant, quality, one-way links to your site! And you can connect the submission process to a timer to put everything on autopilot!

That is the real power of this system's software and that is why it beats every other traffic generation and SEO system there is.

So, unless you don't have an online presence at all, isn't it time you harnessed this power for your own business? Click on our link below now to get the early-bird discount and get a fantastic bunch of bonuses:

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Thursday, June 25, 2009

Learning To Work From Home Tips

By Codoc Billard

Your choice to read this article is greatly appreciated. I hope you will enjoy reading the following text as much as I enjoyed writing it.

You're finally ready to get down to business with a work at home job. But any time you look for a job of any kind, there are a few prerequisites you'll need to do to make this work.

So the main problem people face in today's job market is job availability. Work is hard to find, and, more often than not, people take the first thing that comes around.

So this makes sense. With little to choose from, and even fewer companies seriously considering hiring you, taking the first job offer to fall in your lap seems appealing. Don't jump at the first offer. There are many ways to find good jobs to work from home that you'll absolutely enjoy, but you have to be prepared.

Tip #1 is to apply to jobs you are familiar with:

Take applying for a freelance writer job. If the most you've written are college papers, then you should probably think twice about applying to a job that is writing intensive. To be a freelance writer means you'll be writing up to twenty articles or more a day, these topics ranging from business in Asia to vacationing in Europe. Do you believe you can handle that workload; that amount of writing?

It's very possible that a work from home job in editing or proofreading is more suited to your abilities. This is a case of taking the first job that comes along. It may seem ideal, but if you can't do it, don't. It will end badly for you.

Tip #2 is to finish your education:

Now this doesn't mean you need to go to college if you haven't already. But, literally, no company or individual running a business is going to rely on a high school dropout to handle important work. It's just not done.

So you must make sure that you're educationally ready for whatever position you choose to apply to. Outside of menial jobs, like telemarketing or other lower-end work at home jobs, very few employers actively look for employees who haven't finished any kind of education. It sounds harsh, and maybe even unfair, but the fact is you won't find a good job without one.

Tip #3 is to take charge of your job-seeking process:

Many people agree that looking for a job is a full-time job. This is true to a point. But by spending absolutely all your time looking for work, you aren't allowing any time to prepare for whatever job you might recieve. Data entry work requires intensely good typing skills. Therefore, if you need to work on your typing and accuracy, you will need to practice the craft.

We say that the hour of death cannot be forecast, but when we say this we imagine that hour as placed in an obscure and distant future. It never occurs to us that it has any connection with the day already begun or that death could arrive this same afternoon, this afternoon which is so certain and which has every hour filled in advance. ~Marcel Proust

When you finally find that ideal job where you can work at home, and you know you're able to do it effectively and efficiently, hold onto it, but remember that no job is the end-all be-all. Use your down-time to perfect your abilities so that when the time comes to look for another job, you'll be more than ready.

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud. I am arrived at last in the presence of a man so real and equal, that I may drop even those undermost garments of dissimulation, courtesy, and second thought, which men never put off, and may deal with him with the simplicity and wholeness with which one chemical atom meets another. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thanks for reading hope you try out the ideas presented here.

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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Goal Setting 101 For Medical Billing

By Carl Mays II

According to many polls, by January 31, 2009 the majority of New Year resolutions will have already been abandoned. This does not mean that it should be a day of mourning, but rather it is the time to take stock of what needs to be done to reach the goals that were set at the end of 2008. It is critical to keep in mind two of the corner stones for achieving any goal:

1. View your failures (i.e., I have not flossed in two days) as minor set backs and not as utter failure (i.e., I might as well start saving for dentures); and

2. Focus on a sequence of short term goals that make your larger goal seem more manageable (i.e., instead of "I will weigh 120 pounds by December 31st" set a series of goals such as "I will weigh 152 pounds by the end of February. I will weigh 148 pounds by the end of March." etc).

So, this is interesting, but how does it apply to medical billing? Well, if you keep these ideas in mind you can use them to achieve lofty improvements in medical billing performance. How? Start with a powerful and straight forward goal: Make sure your claims are clean before you submit them. This will help your medical billing in several ways:

- You can only achieve it by having a laser focus on the front end elements of medical billing. This is where the medical billing "game" is won or lost;

- The goal is easily turned into a sequence of smaller more manageable goals such as training the staff on the top 10 date entry errors by the ed of February or achieving a 3% improvement in your acceptance rate by the beginning of April;

- Individual failures (rejected claims), provide fertile learning opportunities for improving your medical billing process. As long as you look at rejected claims with an eye towards how you can stop the rejections in the future and not just with a mind set of how do I fix this individual claim.

- It lends itself to technology aids. Invest in a scrubber that will help you find coding problems before you submit the claims. Invest in insurance verification tools that will make it easier to have clean demographics. Invest in coding tools that will help improve your data entry performance.

What does all of this mean? It means this is the time for a renewed focus on your medical billing business goals. It is time to:

- Measure your current performance level;

- Set your medical billing goals high (96% of all claims will be paid on first submission);

- Break them down into bite size pieces (I will improve clean claim submissions by 2% each month), and

- Adopt the mentality that you will learn from your mistakes.

This approach and focus can allow your medical billing efforts to reach new standards of excellence in 2009.

Copyright 2009 by Carl Mays II

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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

When & How To Use A co2 Fire Extinguisher

By Peter Thompson

Unfortunate though it may be, fires do happen - and what would you do if you had a small stove fire to handle? You may assume that a small fire won't be much of a challenge to take care of, but even a small stove fire can get out of hand in a matter of seconds. You need to put these fires out right away; but water isn't the answer and you can't get it under control by smothering the flames either. To take care of these fires, you need to have a CO2 fire extinguisher handy in your kitchen, in the office and anywhere else where a fire could break out. A CO2 fire extinguisher can get a fire put out in a matter of seconds, which can keep a small fire from becoming a disaster.

CO2 fire extinguishers are often used to put out electrical fires; these extinguishers use compressed cold air to prevent oxygen from feeding the flames. Water can't deal with an electrical fire - in fact, water can make matters far worse. Flammable liquids also call for a CO2 fire extinguisher. However, a CO2 fire extinguisher can be used to quickly put out any fire, whether electrical, flammable liquids or with any other cause.

CO2 fire extinguishers contain liquid carbon dioxide which is released in a liquid and vapor form which freezes upon contact with flames. This freezing action is very effective in smothering flames and preventing oxygen from reaching the fire; something conventional fire extinguishers cannot accomplish.

When using a CO2 fire extinguisher, it is very important that you remain within 4 - 8 feet of the fire. This is because the CO2 gas propelled from the fire extinguisher will disperse once it is exposed to the air. If you are close to the fire and disperse the extinguisher, the targeted blast of CO2 will reach the fire. If, however, you are too far away from the fire, the CO2 will greatly expand into a cloud and not hit the fire in a targeted manner. This, in turn, means the fire will not be extinguished.

Remember that a fire is not always completely extinguished when it appears to be out. A fire can re-ignite if there are any embers remaining. After putting out the fire, stay close by and be prepared to use the CO2 fire extinguisher again should the flames mount back up. Always watch the fire carefully until you can be absolutely certain that there is no risk of re-ignition.

Because fires do not break out very often, CO2 extinguishers may not be used at all for several years. This is why it is critical to periodically test the extinguishers. After all, you do not want a faulty extinguisher present when an emergency situation arises.

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Monday, June 22, 2009

On Guard for Summer

By Mara Hernandez-Capili

Summer is the time for fun. Not just ordinary fun, it is fun under the heat of the sun. Summertime is the favourite season amongst many kids: No school, longer days, and lots of running around outdoors. School breaks for the summer and it is always the best time to plan a family get away.

Summer brings more outdoor activities, swimming, camping, bike riding etc. Most kids find summer as their favourite season. For parents, this is the time for awareness and cautiousness in keeping their kids safe and healthy. Keeping the family safe is one of the major concerns summer brings.

Family safety means being alert 24/7. During the rest of the year, most kids come to emergency rooms for illness or some infective disease, but during summer, a lot more of these are unintentional injuries. There are many safety tips professionals recommend.

Staying long hours under the sun might cause sunburns and skin infections to kids. Some parents' misapprehension is that they just grease their kids up the minute they get to the pool or beach. Fact is sunscreens take effects 20 minutes after the application. A smarter approach is that you put sunscreen before leaving the house and generously apply again every 2 hours. During beach and pool stay, never be sure enough to lull around and leave the kids alone. Even the best swimmers suffer tiredness and misjudge conditions. Keep watch from a spot that is close enough for you to respond in any case of emergency.

Make kids visible at all time. Always make sure kids wear reflective clothes during light out time. Most drivers do not notice kids in the streets. Bikes and scooters should have reflective appliqus for them to stay visible along the street. Summer is the time to chill out and have fun. But never forget that accidents are inevitable, it is best to keep safe at all times to not spoil the fun and spend the rest of the summer in a hospital bed.

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Sunday, June 21, 2009

Maid Agency Hong Kong - How to Choose the Right One

By Alice Sy

Do you need to employ the services of a housemaid inside your home? You can go to a maid agency in Hong Kong to ensure that you will get someone who is skilled enough. When you do this, finding the right person to fill in the position will be much easier for you. They will take care of the more complicated parts of hiring so that too much effort from you will not be required. Here are some factors to consider when you're on the lookout for an agency to get your maid from:

Housemaids in Hong Kong are becoming more of a necessity nowadays, especially now that life's pace here is faster compared to how it is before. To keep everything organized in your home in spite of your busy lifestyle, hiring a housemaid can be a solution.

You should not be given a minimum period of time to return the housemaid that you hired. If you will find out that she is not fit to work in your home, you can return her to the agency right away.

Make sure that the company is operating legally. You can look for their credentials, such as permits and certifications to know if they are accredited by the law. You can also verify their legitimacy to ensure that you are dealing with the right agency.

If the agency will oblige you to shoulder the food and lodging of the housemaid that you will hire, that agency is not a good one. The food and lodging fees that the worker used before she was taken to your home should not be included in your obligations.

Make sure that the agency charges a reasonable fee. Do not pay more than the standard rate. Why pay more when you can pay less for a quality service?

See to it that the agency provides written contract. Read the contract very carefully before you close any deal with them. Make sure that there will be no hidden charges and the like. Everything should be written in black and white as well.

A maid agency cannot promise that you will get the perfect maid in Hong Kong. Nevertheless, you still need to ascertain if they are the right agency with the right system, as well as the right terms and conditions. This will make you avoid experiencing hassles in the long run.

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Saturday, June 20, 2009

Here's How To Make Money By Taking Surveys Online

By Tim Hunt

You have probably completed some type of survey before. Companies and organizations are always looking to obtain the public's feedback and get the public's opinion as a way to help them decide on various decisions. Here's how anyone can gain from this - you can make great money to give your opinion! For this reason, we decided to put together a quick guide on how anyone can make moneyearn extra cash to complete surveys.

Companies can complete surveys in a few different ways, but online surveys are the least expensive and fastest way to collect customer opinions. In the past it was pricey for organizations to complete their marketing research, however the net has made it drastically cheaper.

The nice thing about this is that businesses now take some of their savings and share it with you. If you are willing to complete their survey, you will get paid real cash for sharing your opinion.

There are plenty of people who are bringing in either a full-time living or part-time income just by filling out online surveys. I have spoken with several individuals who are getting between $30-$130an hour. That's a lot of cash simply for answering some questions from your computer!

If you're questioning where to start, there's one vital fact that you need to keep in mind. If you wish to make money from your computer taking surveys, make sure to join an online paid survey network.

A survey network is a specialized website lets you know of various paying survey opportunities that become available. Businesses that are wishing to do online research deal with these networks which allows them to frequently inform you on the surveys you can complete for money.

You need to pay a fee registratoin fee to be a member of the network, but it is cheap. For $30-$60 you get a lifetime membership. The fee is simple to recover after you complete one or two surveys since most surveys offer at least $35.

There are some networks that don't cost anything to register with, but we suggest you avoid them. These will waste a lot of your time since most of the surveys do not pay real cash, rather they offer a ticket into some type of contest or sweepstake that you will never be sure truly exists. If you want to earn actual money online, you need to become a member at a established paid survey network.

When you fill out complete paid surveys online for cash, you have total control over how much time you commit to it. Obviously the more time you put in, the more money you earn. Taking online surveys is a truly different and remarkable way to make cash online. If are someone who has always thought it would be nice to earn some extra money from your computer, have a look at this opportunity to see how you like it.

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Friday, June 19, 2009

Securing Payments When Buying Chinese Wholesale Goods

By Dr.Strvien

Security of payments when conducting online financial transactions is the most common apprehension that is raised by shoppers who want to buy wholesale products from Chinese wholesaler at cheap prices. The increasing number of frauds that are associated with manipulative China wholesale vendors trying to dupe the customers has further made things difficult for potential customers to execute a safe and stress-free purchase. Thus, it becomes necessary to understand the basic features that should be offered by a Chinese wholesaler site offering discount prices and invites orders through the online mode. Among the numerous wholesalers offering Chinese stock products, B2CStock has emerged as the favored option due to its attention to detail to ensure a secure and cooperative payment interface for the customers.

International User Interface: being a global provider of China wholesale goods, B2CStock recognizes the need of listing product prices in different currencies to address the calculation that would be sought by a global audience. Hence, it has created a simple option of viewing prices of the same good in various currencies in an easy-to-view Drop-down mode. Further, to avoid confusion of any sort and to make things uniform when conducting a financial transaction, B2CStock uses a standard of seven international currencies that have global acceptance.

Payment Flexibility: B2CStock understands that various customers have varying preferences for making a payment. Hence, instead of forcing just one standard medium of accepting payments, it endorses three of them, i.e. " PayPal, Western Union Money Transfer and Wire Transfer. However, in order to further its endeavor to support the best payment policies, it recommends the use of PayPal. Customers making payment though PayPal are automatically re-directed to the PayPal site for securing their payments.

Post-payment Tracking: B2CStock uses a unique tracking methodology wherein a customer can track his order of merchandise after having made the payment. For starters, every customer receives a confirmation of the payment received along with the details of the dispatch status of the ordered items. Further, since every purchaser at B2CStock is also a registered user at the site, the order of goods can also be tracked by logging into the individual user account and periodically checking upon the status of payments received/sent and goods ordered. This is supported by the provision of a unique Tracking Number that is generated against each shipment that has been set on course for delivery.

Safety of Financial Transactions: B2CStock follows a systematic configuration wherein a customers personal details are sought just once, at the time of registration and is not shared with anyone else. The payment information is strictly guarded and is not stored on the host website which helps to keep it safe from web-based hackers that are on the lookout to poach such sensitive information. Further, payment-related details are not discussed with any affiliated or third party associates. B2CStock can be simply understood as the safest of Chinese wholesalers as it does not even record the consumers credit card number and this negates any chances of unauthorized access to financial details of an individual.

As you can see, there are many reasons to buy products through a excellent Wholesaler. Are you sold? If so, find a quality wholesaler and strike up a business relationship.

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Thursday, June 18, 2009

Three Things You Should Know About Brochure Design

By Betty Wong

Have you ever thought that a brochure can be one of the most compelling of all your selling materials?

It is a simple piece of paper but the first impact that your booklet makes is fundamental. If it's shabby and unappealing your prospect is left with the same feeling. This will slow down your business growth.

Having a brochure professionally designed and published is a key to winning in a jam-packed market. Taking the time to make sure that your pamphlet presents all the key information in a way that is easily figured is something that only a professional can do.

If you are just starting out in business you may be tempted to do your booklet yourself. When I first started in business I did everything myself - not a smart choice. That is why it took me 12 years before I was even relatively prosperous. Heed my warning - go professional from day one on your marketing materials. They are an investment and not an expense. Professionally created materials will deliver you customers and the cash flow to follow - the reason why you are in business.

A booklet has to use eye-catching design. It has to be succinct in terms of the message and last but not the least, it must be successful in enticing people to make that call of action.

Here are three key design principles to follow when producing a pamphlet. Use them and you will see your results flow.

1. The cover:

The cover is your salesperson. Booklets are quite passive creatures and you are not often able to 'walk' individuals through your brochure. So you need to stimulate people to read further. The cover is the beginning point so must be tantalizing and sharing the KEY values of WHY someone should read further. It should answer the WIFM question - What's in it for me.

A good design company will show you at least three to four cover designs for your booklet. Analyse these designs to examine which stimulates you the most. Ask your supporters their opinion. Does the cover answer the question WIFM? If it doesn't excite and answer the WIFM question, then skip to another design that works or get it redesigned. Taking the time here to get it right will pay bounties later.

2. The Content:

Once they are past the cover then the content has to become the salesperson. So once again, the pressure is on to be great. Do not opt for cheap incompetent content writers or ask the designer to write the content or worst still do it yourself. Instead make sure that a professional copywriter is doing the work. If your design company does not have a copywriter then hire one yourself.

Check Out that all the fundamental questions that a likely client will have about your product are answered in a way that gets them to call you for more information. Do not go into 'overkill mode' and flood them with too much information at this point in time. Remember the brochure's job is to excite and get people to call you.

3. The call for action:

If your potential client has read the booklet then you have done a great job. All you need to do now is give them a compelling reason to contact you NOW.

Having things like a free call 0800 or 1800 number distinctly shown (in big letters) can make a essential difference. Having an email address is a clear bonus. Make sure these two are clearly placed in large clear type.

Even give your clients a special voucher on the brochure or reference code can help. But above all, make sure that you add a clear call to action. One way to do this is to readdress the KEY value of your service to your prospect in a way that will get them to take action. Remember value is everything. People only buy something that is of value to THEM.

4. The part that got missed:

I did this on purpose and only said there were 3 points. Well the last point is the one that can get overlooked. It is the 'dummy' one. Have you checked that you have these on your brochure:

Phone number | Fax number | Email address | Web address | Country of operation | City / area of operation | Company name | And have you proof read for typo and grammar errors?

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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Choosing Forex Accounts

By Ahmad Hassam

Good money management is the key to your long term success in currency trading. Many people ignore this aspect of trading at their own peril. Trading discipline means using a trading system that uses good money management rules to avoid using emotions in making trading decisions.

You need to have sufficient capital in your account if you want to make meaningful profits. One of the worst blunders that currency traders can make is to trade without sufficient capital. Low capital increases your chances of getting blown out too soon. This does not mean that you should have a lot of money before you start trading. It only means that you need to have enough capital in your account in order take advantage of the movements in the currency markets.

A trader with limited capital is always a worried traders always looking to minimize losses beyond the point of realistic trading. The minimum amount required to open a standard account with most forex brokers is $2000. You can start with $2000 but it is recommended by most of the professional traders that you should start with $5000-$10,000 to get good results.

A regular account or a standard account often also called 100k account lets you trade a $100,000 standard lot with a $1000 deposit. This $1000 is kept as the margin by the broker. This is a 1% margin.

When you open an account with the broker, you must determine what the default margin is. You can change the account margin to whatever you feel comfortable with. If you start with a 2% margin, then it will cost you $2000 to trade one standard lot.

Many brokers try to offer huge leverage to the new trades in order to entice them. You can get a leverage of 200% in most of the standard accounts. Using 200% leverage means trading $200,000 with a $1000 deposit. With this small deposit you are controlling a huge amount. Be careful! Dont use more than 4% leverage while trading in the beginning. Too much leverage is dangerous.

I am not saying that leverage is bad. You need to know it is a double edged sword that can cut both ways. It can increase your ROI but at the same time it can wipe you out in case of a slight market move going against you. Its just that you need to understand and learn how to use leverage. You can only do so with practice and with practice and more experience; you can increase the level of leverage in your trading.

The mini account was developed to accommodate investors who were looking for diversification of their stocks portfolios. You can open a mini account with a deposit of $300. This small dollar requirement allows many investors to participate in the forex markets who were previously unable to do so.

One lot on a mini account means $10,000. On a mini account, you have a different lot size as compared to the standard account. You only need $50 to control a mini lot of $10,000. This is a leverage of 200%. Pip size on a mini account is also small as compared to the standard account. A pip size on the mini account is equal to $1 instead of $10 as on a standard lot.

If you lose 100 pips on a mini account, it means losing only $100. Losing 100 pips equal $1000 on a standard lot. A mini account reduces your risk by 10%. But it also reduces the profit that you can make by 10%. Start with at least $500 on a mini account. A mini account is a great way for new traders to practice forex trading. First develop the feel of how the forex markets work. Once you become an expert, trade on a standard account. Standard lot gives you the opportunity to make good ROI.

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Sell Your E-book Online Part 1

By Stephen Beck

Once you write your e-book, you will need a system to sell e-books online. Most authors want a webpage that contains links to free information, articles, and even the authors biography and seminar schedules. However, I am here to tell you that this is the wrong kind of website to sell your e-book. Those links confuse readers or send them elsewhere. In any case, they dont buy.

What kind of website is the best one to sell your e-book?

At first you want to create a web page that only focuses on this one e-book. A one-page website is the best method of marketing information products. Meaning, this web page will only have one page and the only link on this page is going to be the "Buy it" button that leads people to your shopping cart so that you can collect their money.

Why only one page with one button? If you give people too many choices, then youre going to dilute what youre trying to do. If you go to my web site youre going to find a number of products there. But my big time products, my most potent products each have their own website and theres only one link on these pages that goes to my shopping cart.

Even though your website is simple, it isnt easy. You must write a great title to immediately capture the attention of visitors. You have mere seconds to catch their eye; if you fail, they move on to another website. If you succeed, your e-book will sell. Write a title that defines the problem, that catches their attention and convinces them that you have their solution.

Statistics are a common way to get attention. Did you know that in 2005, the average cost of a wedding skyrocketed to over $30,000? Im shocked, and your visitors will be, too. If they have weddings on their mind, they will read on for more.

Dont underrate the importance of your title, or headline. This will either grant your visitors attention or send them yawning to the next site. The only way to sell your e-book is to capture their attention and encourage them to buy.

As you work on your website, take particular care when writing your headline. It takes time, but the benefits are huge. Want more tips? Sell Your E-book Online Part 2 will help you create the rest of your website. Find out the biggest mistake people make when they describe their products, and how you can avoid it.

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Monday, June 15, 2009

How To Get More Members Into Your Membership Site

By Trevor Weir

Depending on which niche you have chosen, you will be looking at web properties that have lots of people every day in that niche. In the Internet marketing niche, you can go to high trafficforums such as the Warrior Forum, Digital Point. These are the best places to look for members and advertise what you have to offer. Forums in other niches are a little more sensitive to advertising, so you'll need to check with the individual rules and regulations of each forum you're interested in.

The most common way to use Forums commercially without spamming involves first respecting the fact that others don't want to be spammed. We suggest that you register, read a few existing posts to get the flavor of the conversations, then contribute to the ongoing conversations without leaving a signature. Just comment meaningfully.

After you have commented a few times, go back into your forum profile and add a sig that includes just one of your websites. Behave like the exemplary citizen Kane by commenting and being responsive to others, then sometime in week two, add another website link ( if you wish to ) inside your forum signature. Your signature appears underneath every comment that you make, so twenty comments per day on 10 sites gives you 20 more ways that people can find your site and your material.

In addition to using sig links and creating special offers, you can broker JV deals with the forum owner, or purchase banner ads. The point is that forums are a hotspot because this is where members in your niche hang out.

Another thing you can do is advertise with a pay per click engine like Yahoo Search marketing. You will be able to target your chosen keywords. Picking keywords consisting of just one word is typically too broad to do much good and the commercial intent of most one word keywords is far too low to be useful for a membership site. Try using 2 or 3 word ( called long tail) phrases with low competitiveness and less than 1000 monthly searches. PPC can be a stunning option because you can pretty much get feedback right away to see if your sales letter is good enough to convert.

Search engine optimization is also something you will want to look at rather closely. Sales pages can rank for certain key terms but more often than not content-based pages do a lot better in terms of serps(Search engine Results Pages). Our advice therefore is that, you should create articles that relate to the niche of your membership site. Have these articles link back to your conversion page.

You can also take advantage of other sites out there. Article syndication has a fairly good record and it is possible to get both the benefits of potential clients who browse the article directories, and there will be times when your content is in the top 10 on the search engine result pages.

Some of the best things in the world are free and the web has a few of these too. Free sites such as Twitter.com, Hubpages.com and Wordpress.com are the best free website builders available. You can quickly and easily create webpages that will direct potential members to the conversion page. This type of marketing also has the benefit of getting back links to your website from sites hosting your articles.

Persistence pays off so keep the faith!

Trevor Weir

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Sunday, June 14, 2009

Francisco de Goya: A gallery of works at Hawaii

By Mara Hernandez-Capili

What is the most successful and highest paying job nowadays? Would you like to have the highest paying and the most coveted job in the whole world? Aside from being the boss/ owner of a huge company are you dreaming of the possibility in being envied and being on top of everyone else? I really don't know the answer to the previous question but I know the answer to that if we rewind this scenario from centuries ago.

Being a painter is a white-collar job during the past. Being a royal or court painter is one of the highest paying and the most coveted job of all. The duty of a court painter is to render direct service to the royalties- providing family and self-portraits for them in any ocassion. Being chosen by the royalty to commission their paintings is like being the White House's official photographer now (although that post may not gain the amount of prestige as court painters do before).

Among Spain's celebrated artists is Francisco de Goya, a Renaissance painter famous for his Court Paintings and Dark Artworks (latter years). Spain gave birth to Classical and Modernist artists of our times. This I believe is due to the rich cultural and historical significance of Spain in the world.

Francisco de Goya is a painter known to succumb to boring and sometimes carnival-ish subjects which are the Court and its inhabitants. During the latter years in his career he has been exposed to a controversy which led his immediate expulsion from court. His earliest and most successful years of being a painter is seen as a loyal Court Painter to the Royal Family of Spain. De Goya died a deaf man while still continuing what he started but painting on mostly dark subjects already.

A gallery will be shown to pay tribute to this great Spanish painter in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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Saturday, June 13, 2009

Paid Survey Membership Fees. The Ins and Out's

By JD Penn

The Internet revolution continues to take place across the globe, and making money online has never been easier. One good way to make money from home is by taking online surveys. You can earn lots of money without ever leaving your home.

There are a great deal of online sites offering many types of business opportunities, and obtaining a membership in Paid Surveys can create some extra revenue for you. There are some survey companies that offer free memberships while others charge for the opportunity to participate.

A Paid Surveys membership is valid for one year, and participation in this program will help you earn extra money. You can also earn bonuses that are related to time and volume. This opportunity is great for everyone, whether you are a man or a woman.

You can easily make money and earn prizes by participating in quick online surveys. This is a good money-making opportunity for anyone looking to make a little extra cash, especially work-at-home mothers, students, or retirees. Anyone can easily participate in this activity.

Now we are going to brief about the uses of home based business opportunities and what is include in my paid surveys membership. It included in their membership are free bonuses such as Shop and Eat and get paid from $10 to $40 per hour!, Take telephone surveys get paid from approximately $25.

Some specific programs included with membership are the popular aGet Paida incentives like getting paid to Drive Your Car, Read Email, and Eat at Your Favorite Restaurant, along with other special bonuses. These surveys are easier to participate in due to the special software that they use.

Surveys associated with this site are easy to complete due to the special software that is used. The database is well maintained, and our customer survey staff is diligent about keeping it up to date. When you join Paid Survey now at our special rate of 50% off, you can test our services for two months, and if you do not feel satisfied with the opportunities afforded to you, your membership fee will be refunded with no questions asked.

When you join a legitimate site, you can easily make money by participating in online surveys and focus groups. You may also be able to earn money by testing new products. Just be careful not to disclose too much personal information, as many of these surveys are designed to help companies develop and market their products.

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Friday, June 12, 2009

Online 10 best home based business: Work at Home!

By Arsalan Khan

Affiliate programs are a great way to make a residual income. They allow you to take part in an established system that has already been tested and built up. All that is left to do is take control and build a down line. Combine an affiliate program with smart marketing and it equals a great way to make residual income.

Hundreds of thousands of people now make a full-time living in this burgeoning industry. In an affiliate program, you usually earn commissions by selling someone elses product or advertising his or her site. Its a simple enough concept. You sign up with a partner company, help them to sell their products or raise awareness of their company, and you get paid for your services.

Online Data Entry. Another straightforward position. Often, data entry simply requires that you key in some information into forms that your employer will provide. While some training is needed to get started (and often a joining fee), it is nevertheless a simple job. As long as you can find a good employer, this is one of the easier ways to make money over the internet.

A person who can market successfully will only have to place ads. Then the rest is handled by their website. If they can make people want to learn more then their job is done. It really can be that simple. That is the ultimate in residual income. A little work developing advertising and then ongoing income. If marketed successfully an affiliate program can help a person build a stable and solid residual income.

There are many work at home job opportunities which have been attempted in the past yet proven to not be successful. In order to find a new home based business opportunity that works, it is important to consider what business avenues have not been pursued as vigorously in the past. Whether it is a concept that has not been fully developed by other companies or if it is something new altogether, one should pursue a new business avenue so that it is fresh and exciting to the general consumer market.

One should be able to make a living from their business, have a set business plan, offer great goods and services and be open to the public at hours most convenient to individuals who need assistance. By keeping these factors in mind, a business owner will be more likely to operate a serious home based business opportunity.

Finding a new home based business opportunity is not as hard as it looks. In order to choose the best one, the prospective business owner should pursue new business avenues completely and consider their talents when selecting a particular business route to take. This will help to ensure that the outcome is a complete success.

The first thing that anyone wishing to start a business from home must do is to choose a type of business. Whether one wishes to sell goods or services, they must settle on a particular type of business prior to doing anything else. In order to pick the right type of business, the prospective business owner must see what the general public will go for the most and run with that. It is imperative that the business owner has goods and services that will sell and sell well.

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Thursday, June 11, 2009

Why The Foreign Exchange Market Is Different From The Stock Market Article

By Todd Schuyler

What is the main difference between the Foreign Exchange Market and the Stock Market? Find out here on my Forex trading software review blog post.

The foreign exchange market is also known as the forex market. Trading that takes place between two counties with different currencies is the basis for the forex market and the background of the trading in this market.

The main difference between the stock market and the forex market is the vast trading that occurs on the forex market. There is millions and millions that are traded daily on the forex market, almost two trillion dollars is traded daily. The amount is much higher than the money traded on the daily stock market of any country. The forex numbers are astronomical!

What is traded, bought and sold on the forex market is something that can easily be liquidated. This means it can be turned back to cash real fast, or often times it is actually going to be cash. From one currency to another, the availability of cash in the forex market is something that can happen real fast for any investor from any country.

The difference between the stock market and the forex market is that the forex market is global, worldwide. The stock market is something that takes place only within a country. The stock market is based on businesses and products that are within a country, and the forex market takes that a step further to include any country.

The stock market has set business hours. Generally, this is going to follow the business day, and will be closed on banking holidays and weekends. The forex market is one that is open generally twenty four hours a day because the vast number of countries that are involved in forex trading, buying and selling are located in so many different times zones.

The stock market in any country is going to be based on only that countries currency, say for example the Japanese yen, and the Japanese stock market, or the United States stock market and the dollar. However, in the forex market, you are involved with many types of countries, and many types of currencies. You will find references to a variety of currencies, and this is another difference between the stock market and forex trading. I recommend further training to achieve good results in both markets.

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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

How To Find Cheap Items To Sell on eBay

By Jesse Holmes

Maybe you've seen the other sellers on eBay and wonder where they get their merchandise. It's easy to see who is selling stuff from around the house, but where do the other sellers get their products?

Besides the stuff that is lying around the house and the garage, many eBay sellers hit yard sales and thrift stores to find items to sell. Generally they are looking for things that are cheap or marked way below their actual value. Thrift stores can be a great place to find brand new clothing with the tags still on.

Say for example an eBay seller finds a brand name shirt with a price tag of thirty dollars on it. They purchase the shirt for three dollars and they spend about two dollars on eBay for the listing fees for that particular auction. In the end, they only invested five dollars and that shirt could possibly sell for twenty dollars. The seller makes a profit and the buyer receives a brand new shirt at an amount that is cheaper then the price tag.

To sell stuff on eBay this way will take a little skill and time on the part of the seller. You of course will have to have an eye for the things that sell and the things that don't. The best thing to do is to research, research, and then research some more. After enough research you will be able to find an incredible amount of stuff to sell. You might also want to consider hitting all of the yard sells in your area in order to sell stuff on eBay.

Purchasing items to sell on eBay and learning how to sell those items can cost a little bit of money at first. It's going to take some money to make money, as it would be with any business. The investment is worth it.

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Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Music Sessions Irish Style

By Mara Hernandez-Capili

What's interesting about the traditional music is it carries in its notes some inkling of the history of the country. National music is the music that a country considers as its root music. Every country has their on type or sound. It is celebrated and revered by the people who are locals in the country. It is also called traditional music for it carries the tradition and heritage of the early fathers of a certain country. The music, instruments, and how the music is played usually tells you a lot about the country. Listening to it will give you a chance to share a bit about the countries culture and heritage.

The old music is now integrated in today's modern music. Traditional Irish music is usually dance and classical music, their music is usually accompanied by the harp, horn pipes and Jigs. It is co notated with merry making and drinking that's why the sound will induce the feeling of dancing and fun. Its local sound that has its own musical characteristics is now translated to modern popular music in forms of rock and others.

Traditional Irish music has remained vivid and dynamic until the late 20th century. Traditional Irish music with its evolvement managed to produce different Irish local artist on the likes of Van Morrison, Hothouse Flowers, The Pogues and Enya. The latter is known to keep the music of Ireland very instilled in her sound.

The music itself will give you a glimpse of the nation's culture and heritage. The music of Ireland is very interesting. It has its own rigid character that is evident in its sound. You can learn a lot in listening to it. Come and join us in the Grand Rapids this august of 2009. Share music with your family and friends. Watch different musician, perform Irish music.

Share the experience with a lot of people showing common interest. Walk around, talk to people gain friends and add listen to good quality Irish music

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Monday, June 8, 2009

If You Want To Start A Coaching Business Use Articles To Market It

By Stephen Beck

For anyone looking to start a coaching business you know one of the main challenges is client acquisition. By writing articles and including in them a hyperlink directed to your website, this is one strategy to overcome this challenge. The link should be included in what is known as a resource box as this is how you promote your business in articles. Ideally, you want to have the link display as a keyword or phrase for your coaching business. Like this:

?John Smith is a certified life coach who has helped hundreds of clients maximize their potential. If you would like to schedule a 30 minute complementary personal coaching consultation, click here.?

(?Personal coaching? would be a hyperlink that the reader can click on to visit your website as it would be one of the keywords that you may want to target)

After clicking on your website link, the next step is to get the prospect to become a potential coaching client. Most people that start a coaching business provide complementary consulting sessions to give the prospect a taste of what they have to offer. You can do the same and when they sign up for their session, you can also offer any products that you might sell to them.

Once you have some articles to work with, the next step is to submit them to article directories and ezine directories on the web. This is a very effective strategy. The reason why is because it allows you to leverage other websites to get traffic to your site. Website owners post articles written by other people on their website, blog or ezine with a link back to the author. This link is the payment you receive for writing the article because it equates to traffic from the website as well as better positioning in the search engines.

So here is how the strategy works as a review. Once you start a coaching business you get clients by writing articles and promote those articles through the various directories. The directories as well as the webmasters that use your article will link back to your website. The resource box you created along with the article promotes your coaching business. Every website that you submit your article to, along with the websites that use your article provides a link. So if you get 200 websites to use your article, you get 200 links from those websites to your website.

Always remember article marketing is a powerful technique for bringing more website visitors to you. Article marketing also creates one way links to your website based on your keywords. These two benefits will help you to build up your clients as you start a coaching business.

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Sunday, June 7, 2009

How Can I Get Unique Articles Sent To My Wordpress Site?

By Todd Schuyler

You can get unique content articles sent automatically to blogger or wordpress with the unique article wizard. They can send them to your wordpress and blogger accounts. These plugins are easy to install. Start getting Blog Posts sent to your blogs automatically now Sign up with the The Unique Article Wizard today

Thanks for reading my blog marketing tips article. This article deals with a important blogging subject matter. How do I get unique content on my blog. Do you have a great blog title? Is your niche hot? You probably have ads or banners on your Niche Blog. You even have great content rich articles that you wrote on your site.

Here is the problem. You don't have enough visitors. Noone is posting on your blog. What do you do now. You can write hundreds of posts yourself. Well that might be great if you have the time. You can strike a chord with internet bloggers and your post can grow by popularity. This is what we would like but the odds of this are slight.

I discovered that there are alot of talented writers and bloggers out there. They are all over the world. This is a incredible opportunity for blog owners worldwide. Many of these writers will post their articles on your blog.

Do you know how this will explode your blog sites google seo rankings. Your blog site can be discovered if you continually add fresh new content to it on a daily or weekly basis. Yes I did say daily. I get posts to most of my blogs daily. It is possible to have thousands of posts on your blog in a matter of months

How is all this possible? Well I use a article submission service called the Unique Article Wizard. I love it! There are many great advantages of using these services. They save you alot of time and money. Basically you set up a niche blog and the wizard will deliver fresh content based on your niche catagory to your blog on a daily basis.

Here is the nicest deal. You can add adsense ads on your blogs. Adsense pays.The more traffic the more you get paid. Google will give your site a higher SEO which means a higher chance your blog can generate some income for you. I will discuss at another time the income resources available to bloggers.

I want you to succeed online. You need unique articles on your wordpress or blogger sites. You can get PLR articles readiliy on the internet but they are duplicates. You need unique content on your sites to generate better search engine rankings! Go to the UAW Plugins for Various Article Directories to get all the facts!

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Saturday, June 6, 2009

Facts about Worm Farming

By Kevin Lawrence

You should be advised that getting started on a worm farm isn't very complicated all you'll need is a passion for recycling and a little bit of worm trivia so here's some worm trivia that could help to motivate and inspire youmore with your worm farm venture. How much will the worms eat?Mature worms capable of eating up to three times their own body weight on daily basis and those who are just getting their feet wet in the great worm farming world and would enjoy knowing how make the worms consume more to be more productive.

The answer is simple - shred, mash or blend food scraps as these will give added digestibility and is not hard for the worms to eat. Also maintain worm bed temperature at around 23-25 degrees Celsius, since you'll find it's at these temperatures that worms feed better but, avoid acidic foods, since it will hurt their digestive system. Here are some things you may also want to avoid feed your worms at all manure, onions, citrus fruits or peelings, garlic, garden waste sprayed with insecticides, dairy products like milk and cheese or meat.

Keeping the farm moist will double the production of the liquid fertilizer but take care not to add too much water in the farm or the worms will die. Remember that food wastes are about 80 percent water, and that gets released when the worms break them down. So, if you happen to pour water atop the system every couple of weeks, make sure that you only add enough to be sure that the worm bed stays damp, as well as cool and you will have a constant supply of fertilizer. You can't harvest the worms because they regulate themselves within any given or available space and food given to them. Here are a few other questions that you may find yourself asking.

Why is it common for worms to congregate on the lid of the farm when it rains? It is a normal response for these worms to act in this manner during this time to keep from dying. Simply move the worm farm bins or boxes to a place where it won't be exposed to very much rain and drop the worms to the farm bedding.

Why don't the worms just relocate to the upper level of the tray? If could be the result of you having added some new food before the worms have consumed the earlier batch. Worms usually like to stay with leftover food and won't seek out for a new food source until it's done with what they already had. So, before adding additional trays, cause feeding them for at least five days so that you're certain the original food is gone and make sure that the casting levels in the working tray needs to be placed high enough for the worms to be able to go to the next tray.

Are worms able to endure extremely high temperatures? worms can deal with temperatures ranging between ten to thirty degrees Celsius. so if temperatures gets higher than the worms are able to withstand move the farm into a shady, cool place where it won't have any trouble regulating moisture and humidity of the boxes. In especially cold environments cover the box with old garments or carpets, blankets and wool shavings to keep the temperature up. It's also a good idea to feed about a quarter that recommended since more food digested on the worms part permits more heat to be generated within their bodies. So use these ideas and you can be on your way to constructing your very own worm farm.

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Friday, June 5, 2009

How I Came Up With the Idea for My Mom at Home Business; My Mom-Entrepreneur Dynasty

By Jennifer Hess

The Woman behind the Idea

I am a woman who wears many hats; wife, mother, Certified Management Accountant, and the owner of an online kids clothing store. The motivation to start my own company came from when I returned to work after my maternity leave and failed to find the same personal satisfaction with my job that I had experienced before I had my children. I wanted to experience personal growth but still be actively involved in the lives of my children. Being a mom entrepreneur is one of the biggest and satisfying roles I have had in my life. I have the best of both worlds and I am much happier with this new balance in my life...and at the end of the day a happier better mom.

Where the Idea Came From...

The short answer to the question is...my kids. While I was home on maternity leave my day had to be very organized or I never got anything accomplished. The internet became a lifeline to reconnect to the outside world and provide the research on various products I needed. With two kids, often the only way to survive a shopping trip is to know exactly what you need and where to get it. Shopping with two kids can be summarized in one word...stressful.

When you have kids the word leisurely does not apply to shopping outside of the house. In order to keep track of my kids when I am in a store I need both of my eyes and arms so I am physically not able to do much else. Any kid can lose their ability to actually follow instructions when there is a whole new world of clothing racks to explore.

So...because of the stress factor and because I had kids that never napped at the same time, it was increasingly difficult to get out of the house some days and I found myself buying more things online. While online I could find lots of interesting and neat baby products but I had difficulty finding something I needed; new and affordable kids clothing. I came across lots of baby boutiques but the prices were too expensive for a mom on a maternity leave budget. I also found a lot of international stores (some of them the larger well known brand names) but by the time I factored in the exchange rate or the customs duty tax the clothing once again became too expensive.

At Last...the Idea

When you throw all those factors into the mix the end result is an online clothing store for children called Growing Growing Gone. The store carries brand name childrens clothing at discounted prices for the baby, kid or teen on your shopping list and it is brought to you by a mom who has been there and understands.

Online shopping is the hassle free way for a parent to shop. When you have five minutes you can leisurely browse the clothing racks at your own pace and should you have to put back on the parenting hat, your shopping cart will be there for you when you return. There is no embarrassment if your kids throw a temper tantrum, there is no worry that the clothing racks will become the perfect hide and go seek spot; everything can be done from the comfort of your own home.

I hope to leave my kids with a dynasty; it is not a dream of ruling the online world, it is simply the wish that they look at the example I am setting and follow their dreams to make a better and happier life for themselves when they grow up. I wish to show them that dreams do not come easy, but if they are the right choice for us then they are worth it.

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Thursday, June 4, 2009

Start Making Money Online - Read These Next Paragraphs for Life Changing Information

By Thomas Erikson

Are you ready to start making money at home on the web? If so, you are probably looking for information that can help you get started. There is a way that you can make a nice income online. If you are serious about making money on the web from home, then these next seven paragraphs about making money at home can really change your life.

If you truly want to make money from home on the web, then affiliate marketing is the best method to try. It's been proven that it works. There are other opportunities, and they may claim to make you rich, but it is affiliate marketing that has been used by many and proven to help you make a great income online.

There have already been many people who have made great money with affiliate marketing. Simply look at others involved in it and their success. You'll quickly see that this is a money making method online worth giving a try yourself.

You probably don't have much money to get started with a home business. It's okay! You won't need much money to start with affiliate marketing. You can even just start out part time without quitting your job. A small investment is all that is needed to start out part time in affiliate marketing.

Dealing with shipping, taking orders, processing payments, and customer service won't be a part of your job. This is all taken care of by the company you are affiliated with. You can easily get your start, you won't need to invest much money, and you can even start out working part time. When you have a good foundation, then you can choose to go full time with the business.

You could start out in affiliate marketing learning everything on your own. You could go through the tough times, the times of making costly mistakes, and spend months learning everything about the job. This could take a long time and get costly. However, there is another choice available for you.

The best thing you can to is take the fast track to learning about affiliate marketing - taking a quality affiliate marketing course. This gives you all the important information that you need on affiliate marketing and you'll be able to avoid the common mistakes that other people make when they first get started.

Instructions, videos, coaching, and even blueprints are all part of a great affiliate marketing course. If you choose a quality course, you should get everything you need to make affiliate marketing successful. You can make money online with affiliate marketing, and a great affiliate marketing course is your ticket to success.

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Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Grab A Fixed Rate Mortgage While Rates Are Low

By Monty Burn

Let's find out just what a fixed rate mortgage is, and how it may benefit you. We'll then look at using a mortgage overpayment calculator. From definite security with the fixed rate mortgage to potential cash saved with the overpayment calculator.

There are a few different types of mortgage, the fixed rate being only one of them. You get a fixed interest period for several years. Your interest rate, and therefore your payments are fixed.

Do fixed rate mortgages have any plus points? Because your payments stay the same you don't get ups and downs in your monthly payments. You get to budget easier every month as your payments remain the same.

If the bank base interest rate starts to rise, yours will stay as it is. In our recent history there have been some frightening short term interest rate rises. People on variable rate mortgages are much more likely to be affected by rapid rises in interest rates.

A fixed rate mortgage could be a mistake for you under certain circumstances. If you think you may move home, or even have another child and need an extra bedroom, then think carefully before taking a fixed rate mortgage. Any situation which sees you changing mortgage can invoke a horrid redemption penalty on you.

Most fixed rate mortgages come tied to a nasty redemption penalty. These redemption penalties can hit you hard just when you don't need it. There is never a good time to be hit with extra charges so think carefully before taking the fixed rate mortgage.

You might like to think about paying a small extra overpayment each month as you go through the length of your mortgage. You may not realise but you can pay any amount over the minimum monthly payment. You lender will not tell you it's possible to pay extra as they prefer you just pay the minimum.

What benefit does paying a bit extra each month have on you and your mortgage? Topping up your monthly minimum payment means you can knock a few years of the length of your mortgage. Not only do you save years but you save piles of cash, usually many thousands.

What do you do with a mortgage overpayment calculator? You input various figures relating to your mortgage. You then enter any extra amount you can afford to pay. Or enter various value for fun.

The calculator will then tell you how many years you might reduce your mortgage by. It also gives you a figure in cash that you can expect to save. Playing around with the actual overpayment figure can reveal that the more you can pay, the faster you finish your mortgage.

You might be pleasantly surprised at the savings to be made. If you had a 25 year mortgage and borrowed 100 grand at 5% interest. Making an overpayment of 50 every month will save you 12,000 and knock over 3 years off.

That example is paying just 50 extra every month. What if you could afford 100 a month to overpay? The same mortgage example but paying 100 extra every month. You can knock a staggering 6 years or more off the length and save yourself in the region of 20 thousand.

Another plus point is the years you knock off are totally payment free. You could be free of the shackles of your mortgage early by paying a little more now. You won't hear this info from any lenders though. You need to discover info like this for yourself.

If we go back to the extra 100 each month where we managed to shave six years off. You pay nothing more for the last 6 years of the term, which equates to about another 40 grand saved. You don't pay this money to your lender so you get to keep it, either save it or spend it.

In conclusion we listed a few benefits of a fixed rate mortgage. Every month you pay the same so you get to sleep easy at night knowing this. Also consider the huge potential in making a little overpayment every month. Even small amounts will add up.

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