Dominican Republic - Punta Cana - Real Estate Investment Opportunities in a Caribbean Paradise

With pearly white sandy beaches, a sub-tropical climate, and plenty of ocean front property, Real Estate is booming in Punta Cana as thousands of Americans and Europeans are also discovering that the East coast of the Dominican Republic is the best place to buy their second or third home. The options are endless: condos, luxury homes, apartments for rent or purchase, beach-front properties, vacant land, and more.

Punta Cana offers 30.000 hotel rooms and more than 30 five-star hotels with 20.000 rooms under construction. World class golf courses, commercial centres, new highways and International airport.

Many new investors from all over the world have already discovered the advantages and opportunities that lie here in Punta Cana and are assuring a constant growth over the next 7 years to make Punta Cana - Bvaro the best destination in the entire Caribbean and Latin America.

A virtual "unknown" until the late 80's, Punta Cana has fast become one of the most desirable places to live - and vacation - in the Caribbean.

Because Punta Cana has become so popular, it's also grown to be a resting spot for the rich and famous. The east coast of the Dominican Republic is known for its beauty and spiritual inspiration and Punta Cana is a place where nearly every visitor at least entertains the idea that "this would be a great place to live".

Due to Punta Cana tourism based economy and infrastructure; it's ideally suited to retirees and entrepreneurs with a healthy nest egg. Rest and relaxation is the main attraction in this tropical location.

Because of Punta Canas popularity and limited beachfront land availability, real estate prices for beachfront properties are climbing 20-30% every year. The average price of a two-bedroom beachfront condo is now $180.000US. Housing can be found at lower prices, if you accept some walking distance to the beach.

The United States market is now beginning to identify the values and the opportunities that lie here in the Dominican Republic, particularly in a project like Cap Cana, which is aiming to the highest end of the world market," said Ellis Perez, president of Cap Cana.

Other popular golf- and resort projects attracting real estate buyers from all over the world are Roki Ki and Punta Perla.

Real estate in the Dominican Republic is so hot that even before they broke ground at the project Roko Ki they had sold $100 million in properties, 90 percent to Americans -- that too, all in one day.

The foreign living magazine EscapeArtist.com says: "How about a Caribbean island where the living is easy and the possibilities endless? How about a place where doing business is hassle-free and profitable? How about a place where there is room for mountain farms, the real estate is at bargain basement prices and the beer is great? What if I throw in a historic colonial zone where 500 year old buildings are up for sale and the tourists are mostly European? Sound too good to be true? Well, it's true! The island is the Dominican Republic and everything I've just said about it is absolutely true. As a spot to move to and live I know of few places that are better. It's one of a kind."

For more information on real estate in Punta Cana - Bvaro and Uvero Alto please visit http://www.punta-cana.us

Karl Lober is a real estate professional living more than 11 years in the Dominican Republic and offers complete real estate and rental service in Punta Cana on the East coast of the country.Marysa Blog32424
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The Ultimate Internet Marketing Strategy Every One Should Practice?

Every successful online marketer says this is the bar-none, top-of-the-list, number one way to guaranteed success for any online venture.

What Is it?

Any marketer knows that nothing beats word of mouth advertising. It is simply the most powerful and cost effective advertising ever known. Even before the days of the Internet. Word of mouth advertising got every business where it is today.

Many entrepreneurs never have and never will spend money on advertising. Their entire business comes from people telling other people about their product or service.Could you imagine never spending money on advertising, but always having a steady stream of customers on your door step begging for your product or service.

This word of mout is what we call viral marketing.

However, word of mouth does not come easily.There is one catch to running a business only on word of mouth advertising. You must be selling an outstanding product or service. If you sell crap, the only word of mouth advertising you'll have is negative.

I'm sure you've heard the expression before. A satisfied customer will tell three people about your product or service, an unsatisfied customer will tell ten.

If your customers aren't happy you'll have to work ten times harder and spend more money on advertising to sell your product.

There are two ways you can benefit from positive word of mouth. These are:

1. It's free advertising. This is self explanatory. The less you have to spend on advertising, the more money you can put in your pocket and back into your business.

2. People are endorsing your product or service. Having someone endorse your product puts you at a greater advantage. When someone tells their friend about the positive experience they've had with your product, there is instant trust. People trust their friends. If a friend says your product is it, they'll instantly trust you. Trust is a huge barrier to break down when it come to selling anything, online or off.

The one way I have found to work well with positive word of mouth is list building.List building by refering like ten people from your own effort and then these ten will go on to build your list up to a big size.This website does this well http://www.most-important-marketing-tools.com/marketing.html

To give you an idea of how powerful word of mouth advertising can be in helping you to build your list, take a look below. Your list can grow exponentially without you ever even having to lift a finger again.This is a whole new way to LEVERAGE your efforts into a MEGALIST of monstrous proportions!

Let's say you enroll SEVEN people from your paid advertising or any other form of advertising Seven is still pretty conservative for a completely FREE program... And let's say each of those 7 also told 7 people and enrolled them And each of those also enrolled 7 people and so on

That would look like this:

YOU
1x7 Members =7
7x7 Members =49
49x7 Members =343
343 x7 Members =2,401
2,401x7 Members =16,807

TOTAL: 19,607 Members

That is 19,607 subscribers you get to mail to! And you only referred seven subscribers yourself!

Want to run the example with 10 referrals each? (That'd be a whopping 111,110 subscribers!) Or 20? I

won't even do the math on that one, because frankly, you wouldn't believe the numbers!

You get the idea. More and more people just keep learning about your business all through friends and associates. And it's all free advertising!

If you think the above numbers are a bit of an overstatement think again. Go to Google.com right now and do a search on Autoresponder Magic. Autoresponder Magic is an eBook that was written by Yanik Siler several years ago. More than 80,000 web sites advertise his Ebook on their sites right now for

FREE!

When Yanik started out several years ago he didn't even know what an Ebook was. Today he has more traffic coming to his site in a day than most web sites do in a life time.

That is how powerful viral marketing is. Do not skimpon using it. You can set up your viral marketing system to build your list by using ebooks, writing free articles and others.

Visit Lubowa.M.Planet viral Internet marketing websites: For Vira Marketing visit:Marissa Blog87282
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Making Money with Articles: Article Directories

Article directories are websites that house free articles. These articles are usually put there by whoever owns the copyright to them as a promotion method. Each article has the owners byline placed under it so that those who eventually read the article will know who wrote it (or at least who owns it) and will be able to get in contact with or visit their website for further information. Article marketing is the craze these days and one would be foolish not to promote their product or service with articles.

Article directories are a great place to put your articles so that they will make you money. By using this method, people who are interested in your product or service will see your article, view you as an expert in the subject, and will visit your website. Even if you cannot write or do not have any knowledge on the subject on which you are promoting (for example for you run an affiliate website), you can always hire a writer to do the work for you. Getting quality articles written will be expensive up front, but they will pay for themselves in no time, either through affiliate sales or selling your own services, and everything from then on is pure profit. I personally use articles in almost all of my online endeavors and I am currently looking to use articles in my offline business also.

Lets take a real life example. Imagine that you are an accountant working from home. You write an article on an accounting topic and place it on various article directories. Those who are looking for the subject you wrote about will read your article, see that you have the knowledge and skill that is needed to do a job for them, and visit your website or contact you via e-mail. Your article just gained you a new client who may use your services regularly, but will definitely give you a nice profit at least once; and many times over and over again.

Furthermore, since you have posted it on a free article directory, others who have affiliate websites about accounting will inevitably use your article for their website. Since they must attach your byline to it, this will bring you even more exposure for every website that re-posts your article. This because you will be benefiting of off the traffic that they get to their website. It forms a kind of viral effect and can grow into something big with well written articles.

There are numerous article directories out there for you to utilize. Your best bet is to put a copy of each of your articles on every one for maximum exposure. It will eventually help to bring more traffic and customers to your website, which will lead to new orders and more profit.

Keith Londrie II is a successful Webmaster and the publisher of http://free-article-depot.com/ A website that specializes in providing articles on a wide variety of topics. Visit http://free-article-depot.com/ Today.Michaeline Blog56506
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New Business Loans UK Enter Business Field Through Easy Finance

Are you looking for financial assistance so that you can start a new business in the UK? You have this option for applying a new business loan that is especially designed keeping in view the requirements of a new business in the UK.

Depending on the amount you want to borrow and as per your personal circumstances, you can opt for secured or unsecured new business loans. In case of greater amount for starting a new business, secured new business loans should be opted for. You would be offering your home or any valued property to the lender as security. The lender will approve greater amount depending on value of home or any property. But the main advantage is that secured new business loans UK are approved at lower interest rate. Low rate makes the loan repaying fairly easier and it is not a burden on the loan. Another advantage is that secured new business loans can be paid back as per the business persons repaying capacity. You can repay the loan in larger duration also if you want to reduce monthly outgo for the loan installments.

Unsecured new business loans UK are given without demanding any security from the business person. Thus the loan is completely risk free for new business people. However for covering risks, lenders charge higher interest rate on unsecured new business loans. You would be approved smaller amount for shorter repaying duration.

And new business people should not worry about past bad credit history. Secured or unsecured new business loans in the UK are approved with ease for bad credit new business borrowers as well. The loan approval for such borrower will depend on prospects of the business and a convincing loan repaying plan in place.

Banks, financial companies and online lenders can be applied for in order to get new business loans in the UK. However compare lenders first and take rate quotes for a suitable deal. See if the lender provides loan for your type of business or not. And pay off the loan in time so that new loans can be easily taken at easier terms for the business.

Tim Kelly is an expert in finance having completed her LLM in Finance (Master of Laws in Finance) from Institute for Law and Finance at Frankfurt University. She is currently working with Businessloans.uk.com as a financial advisor. To find New Business Loans UK, small business loans uk, business loans uk, business loan uk visit http://www.businessloans.uk.com/Melantha Blog77743
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Work At Home Moms Should Consider Affiliate Programs

In my many years in the work at home industry, I have come across many work at home ideas, programs and opportunities both online and offline. However, it is affiliate programs that always get my vote for a number of reasons and I think that any mom looking to do some sort of work at home venture should seriously consider them.

As a simple explanation, affiliate marketing is a process whereby a person promotes the goods or services of a merchant by driving traffic of interested users to that merchant's website. The person that does these activities is called an affiliate' and the company/website that receives these services is referred to as the merchant'. Affiliates are either paid commission on a pay-per-click, pay-per-lead or pay-per-sale basis. The bulk of the affiliate's duties would be in marketing and advertising.

Affiliate programs have numerous advantages for anyone especially for moms wanting to do something from home in between taking care of the little darlings and keeping house. These are:

International Customers

As the internet is an international instrument, your potential customers will be from almost every country in the world. This is a huge market for you to tap into. Because more and more people are coming online everyday, your market is virtually unlimited.

All The Hard Work Has Been Done For You

The merchant has sourced, manufactured or made the product at his risk and expense. He has already tested the product and his sales pitch to sell his product. If he has been offering this product for quite some time now through the sales pitch on his website, you can be assured that the product is selling.

A Real Work At Home Opportunity

One of the greatest appeal of affiliate marketing is that it allows you to make money while based at home. It is such a flexible opportunity that even if you have a full-time job, you can still run this on the side. Most of the time, it takes an hour a day to administer, check, review, revise, etc - and all online.

No Stock To Carry, No Shipping, No Customer Headaches

Another cool thing about being an affiliate is that you don't have to worry about customer enquiries or customer complaints. You don't need to buy or keep stock, you don't have to ship anything to the customer - in fact you don't deal with the customer at all. The merchant does this. You just promote the website and it's products and get paid a commission on sale.

Easy To Start Up

You can literally become an affiliate in a few minutes. There are no lengthy applications to make or approval process to undergo. No other money-making opportunity can be started as quick as an affiliate program.

Unlimited Income Potential

The sky is the limit as far as your earnings go. You can make as much money as you want to. The only restrictions are your own effort.

Truly International Opportunity

Affiliate marketing is one of the very few opportunities that are not confined to a specific country. Anyone from anywhere in the world can participate in an affiliate program.

Affiliate Programs Are Free To Sign-Up

Almost all affiliate programs are free to sign up. You don't need to pay for starter-packs, advertising materials, sample products, membership fees, etc.

Huge Commissions

Commissions that are paid by merchants are huge and beat any other industry hands down. Commissions on offer can go up to as high as 75-80% of selling price.

Choose A Multitude Of Merchants To Work For

Affiliate marketing is flexible enough to allow you to represent many merchants at the same time. This increases your chances of success as you have an arsenal of products to promote. If you choose your products properly, you can be promoting a great deal of top selling items simultaneously.

Low Start Up Costs

Your only start up costs will be in advertising and promotion. This activity will represent the majority of your input in your business. There are a number of ways to minimize this cost but you'll have to do some research and test your methods.

However, as with any other opportunity, thoroughly research an affiliate program before actually participating in it. Here are some tips to help you:

1. Only choose top quality products that are in constant demand.

2. Only deal with reputable companies who have been in business for a reasonable period of time.

3. Monitor other affiliates to see what they are promoting. Check to see where they advertise and how long their adverts are up if an affiliate is continuously doing paid advertising in a certain place, then you can be assured that he/she is making money.

4. Email the companies concerned and ask questions about the product. Monitor how long they take to respond and how effective their response is. This will give you an idea on how solid they are and what sort of confidence they have in their product.

Affiliate programs are a great opportunity but only if done correctly. It is imperative that you do a certain amount of research and testing before you commit yourself, especially if you are going to be investing money in advertising. Good luck!

Copyright (c) 2006 Anwar Ahmed Ally

Anwar Ally has been in the work at home industry for over 18 years. He is the founder of: http://www.thehomeworker.org and blogs at: http://2work-at-home.blogspot.com.Melita Blog27783
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Microsoft Certification: Your Career Is Waiting!

Microsoft, a leader in the IT industry, has developed a number of certification programs for professionals working in the business. The programs allow you to decide which certification is appropriate and best suited for your career. There are over 2 million IT professionals with Microsoft certification. You can join their ranks and greatly enhance your professional career with Microsoft Certification. It's important to note that Microsoft has restructured their programs to be very targeted.

Microsoft provides plenty of support as you study for your various certifications. The training includes classroom training, self-study kits, computer-based training, online classes, and books, and certification guides. You can take advantage of the way that you learn best. Depending on the career path you have chosen, you will find a certification that matches your skill set. Microsoft plans to, over time, introduce exams that rely on simulations and performance items.

You start by taking the appropriate entry- level certification. Prepare yourself with the most suitable Microsoft Certification Guides. You need to choose the right guide. A list follows of the various Certification Guides you can choose from. Match you expertise with these guides.

MCSE certification (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) is an industry standard targeted at the IT professional and provides the skills and training needed to design and implement infrastructure functions based on the Microsoft Windows 2000 platform and Microsoft server software such as MCSE Messaging and Security.

MCSA certification (Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator) is for IT professionals who need skills and knowledge to administer system environments based on desktop and server operator systems. This training focuses on managing and troubleshooting system environments. With this level of certification you can now prepare for specializations like MCSA Security and Messaging.

MCDST certification (Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician) is for students who need the right skills and training to troubleshoot ordinary hardware and software issues in Microsoft Windows environments.

MCAD.NET certification (Microsoft Certified Application Developer ) provides you with the skills and knowledge that allows you to develop and maintain department level applications for Web clients, desktop client, components, and back-end data services all the way from development to maintenance.

MCSD.NET certification (Microsoft Certified Solutions Developers) is for IT professionals with the skills and knowledge needed for developing and designing leading edge business solutions by using various Microsoft tools, platforms, technologies and architectures. This certification allows you to develop custom .NET-based applications. This training encompasses everything from analysis to design, development, testing and maintenance using Microsoft development tools, technologies, and platforms. You become an expert on all aspects of the application life cycle.

MCITP certification (Microsoft Certified IT Professional Database Administrator) is for IT professionals who need to plan, administer, deploy, support and maintain databases created by using various Microsoft products.

MCITP certification (Microsoft Certified IT Professional Database Developer) gives you the skills and knowledge to plan, deploy, support, maintain and optimize IT infrastructures and databases created by using Microsoft products such as Windows Application Developer, Web Application Developer, or Enterprise Applications Developer.

MCPD certification (Microsoft Certified Professional Web Developer) distinguishes expert professionals who are Windows application developers, Web application developers, and enterprise application developers. Experts with these skills can build targeted applications using different platforms in the Microsoft.NET Framework 2.0.

MCPD certification (Microsoft Certified Professional Developer) is for students who need to distinguish themselves as an expert in comprehensive Windows application development, enterprise application, and Web application development using platforms that use the Microsoft.NET Framework. This certification is a stepping- stone to other Microsoft certifications.

MCTS.NET 2.0 certification (Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist) is designed fir IP professionals who target specific technologies and demonstrate in-depth knowledge of .NET 2.0 and other specialized Microsoft technologies.

MCTS.NET 2.0 certification (Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist) is for IT professionals who work with enterprise environment databases. It provides students with in-depth training and skills for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 product.

MOS certification (Microsoft Office Specialist) is designed for IT professionals who need the skills and knowledge to understand and use the advanced features of Microsoft Office software.

MOS MI certification (Microsoft Office Master Instructor) qualifies you to teach MOS courses.

Microsoft Certified Architect Program is designed for IT professionals who can apply successful frameworks and methodologies to create an architecture from beginning to end, through the IT life cycle.

CLC certification (Microsoft Certified Learning Consultant) is a credential for expertise in designing and delivering customized learning solutions for other IT professionals.

MCBDA certification (Microsoft Certified Database Administrators) are trained to design, implement and administer Microsoft SQL Server databases.

MCT certification (Microsoft Certified Trainers) are instructors who are qualified to deliver Microsoft training courses. MCTs are authorized to deliver Microsoft Official Curriculum (MOC) or Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN).

Scott Elliott owns and operates http://www.it-certification-guides.com IT Certification Guides for Microsoft Certifications.Merilyn Blog80660
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Missing Sam Kinison

As many of you know, we lost comedian Sam Kinison in an automobile accident back in 1992. For those of you who do not remember him, Sam was described as a "heavy metal" comedian who was well known for being raunchy and irreverent. Interestingly, prior to becoming a comedian he was an ordained Pentecostal Minister. But he was better known for his shock-rock humor who made biting commentaries of our time. It seemed nobody was spared, but his favorite targets were Rev. Jim Bakker of the PTL Club and his wife Tammy, Jessica Hahn, the Pope, Oral Roberts, religion in general, World Hunger, Gays, and several commentaries on sex, drugs and Rock n'Roll. I can still vividly remember his trademark scream. His humor would make just about everyone blush, but behind it all you had to admit there was an element of truth and wisdom in his comedy, and this is what ultimately endeared him to the public. Many didn't understand how a former minister could be so vulgar, but as for me, I clearly understood what he was trying to tell us.

What is sad is that Sam was cut down just as the times were changing and we needed his biting humor more than ever. Had Sam survived, imagine what he could have done with Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill, President Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, Drummer Tommy Lee and Pam Anderson, Anna Nicole Smith and Paris Hilton. But Sam's humor was not confined to sex, I would have loved to have heard his take on Bill Gates and Windows, Steve Jobs and the iPod, the Internet, the Taliban, Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden, Iraq and Saddam Hussein, immigration, and on and on. Unfortunately, Sam missed a period of time which would have given him more fodder for his humor than he could have imagined. But such was not to be.

What few people realize is that just prior to his death, Sam was planning on giving up comedy and going back to being a Minister. As for me, Sam taught me that in an age of political correctness, maybe some intolerance and ridicule is deserved; that maybe we shouldn't just sit back and accept the status quo and instead we should speak up and voice our displeasure, and; that perhaps we take ourselves way too seriously.

So, Yes, I miss Sam, not just for how he ranted and raved, but more importantly, what he was trying to tell us.

Tim Bryce is a writer and management consultant located in Palm Harbor, Florida.Mei Blog98267
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Golf Schools Provide A 'Way Out'

Many Americans find themselves forced to choose between poverty and risking injury in a dangerous job. As Nick Helms, a San Diego Golf Academy student who lost his father in a mining accident, has found, an education in golf can provide a path out of this type of existence.

Nick Helms knows better than anyone what can happen in a dangerous job, such as mining: in early January of 2006, his father and 12 other miners were trapped in an explosion in the Sago Mine, located in West Virginia. Only one of the miners made it out alive.

Despite the danger inherent in these jobs, many miners continue with the work simply because they have no choice. There are few other jobs in the area that can offer a comparable income. Terry Helms had been a coal miner for 35 years, and he knew well the dangers involved; in fact, he strove to keep his son from facing the same dangers by encouraging Nick to pursue a better life.

Like many others before him, Nick Helms found his escape at the San Diego Golf Academy. Determined to pursue his dream career as a professional golfer, the younger Helms enrolled at the SDGA-Myrtle Beach golf school. With state-of-the-art equipment and facilities, resources such as golf job placement services, and more than 30 years worth of successful graduates in the field, SDGA will provide Nick with all the education and resources he needs to pursue a successful golf career.

As Sports Illustrated Online reported in its June 14th article, To Honor the Father, pursuing his dream career is Nicks way of honoring Terry Helms wishes. As a San Diego Golf Academy student, Nick will gain an education that will ensure his future, protecting him from the need to put his own life on the line in order to pay the bills or feed his family.

Andy West is a freelance writer and communications specialist for SDGA. San Diego Golf Academy is a premier golf school with five locations across the United States. For more information on San Diego Golf Academy golf schools and opportunities for golf jobs, please visit http://www.sdgagolf.com.Mirelle Blog99979
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Top 10 Ways That Make One Book Outsell Another

Why write a book if you don't want it to bring you fame and fortune? Use these 10 ways to make your book outsell others.

1. Write a non-fiction book. Non-fiction books are 90% of total book sales. It makes sense to write and market non-fiction first. The most popular? How to and self-help books. You can use your profits to partially finance a fiction project.

2. Write a mini book. Mini books in any format, like eBooks, booklets, guides or special reports are faster, easier, and cheaper to write than full length books of 100-300 pages. The can be as short as five pages (special reports), to eBooks that can be 5-100pages (even longer)..

3. Target your book toward women. Women buy far more books than men, about 75%. If your message benefits women, you'll do well in sales. If it's a book your audience needs, it will sell more. It's best to see the need and fill it rather than have an idea then look for an audience.

4. Keep your book's image sharp.Image is almost everything. Choose your title with care. Your front cover and title have around four to eight seconds to impress your potential buyer. Be clear, use metaphor and make sure your visuals connect to your title. . Elicit an emotion by your title words (preferably 5-7 words). What solutions and results does your book promise?

5. Expand your book into a series. Think of the huge success of the Chicken Soup Series. They have one cover for all the titles. One count was 12 million. Think of spin-off products that relate to your book. Some people prefer to learn by listening so the cassette, MP3, or CD-ROM. I recently bought a serial eBook and loved getting two chapters a week so easy to digest. These formats can actually help you sell more books. Other spin-offs include coaching, consulting, speaking, seminars, columns, or videos.

6. Impress your potential buyer within eight to ten seconds with your back cover copy. At the top put your headliner. It must hook your readers, stir up their emotions, hit their desire. What benefits does your book offer? How to get more money, heart-centered relationships, more fame, more health? Include from 3-5 bullets of benefits, what your book promises its readers if you have room. Remember, testimonials sell more books than anything else.

7. Create your written marketing plan before you finish your book. This plan covers your first year's launch period and lifetime plan. You'll want to market at least one year. Inexperienced authors wait until publication and lose a great deal of sales. Your plan could include how many books you want to sell or how much money your want to make each month. Include your 30 second tell and sell, book reviews, news releases, the articles to market your book, the book signings, talks, electronic newsletters, and a book web site. Without a written plan, an author creates vague results. Want help? Ask your coach for her marketing plan coaching package.

8. Put as much time into marketing as you did the writing of your book. Your goal is to have people read and learn from your unique message. Why plant a garden if you don't harvest it? For me, its easy to do at least one High Level Activity (HLA) each day on my book project. That equates to five to ten hours a week. If you are consistent, you will sell books. Your HLAs may include writing an article to post on high-traffic web sites (my favorite), contacting a person to co-market, writing a book sales letter for your web site.

9. Include web marketing to sell more books. While you can sell your books on other peoples site, you eventually will want your own. An author without a web site is like a person without a name. Your site can contain book reviews, testimonials, excerpts and short articles related to its topic. You need to first copywrite your home page and sales letter for each book. Then contact a reputable web master to design it.

10. Discover advanced article marketing, where you write short articles and excerpts from your book. Then submit them to high-traffic web sites. Every day people search for free information on sites such as www.ezinearticles.com. When they read and like your article, they will click onto the link that leads them right back to your web site. This is the number one way to market books online, and doesn't cost a dime. To know more, ask your book or internet marketing coach.

Once you incorporate these ideas into daily actions, you'll see a huge surge of sales for your book.

Judy Cullins ©2006 All Rights Reserved.

Book and Internet Marketing Coach, Judy Cullins, can help you build credibility and clients, sell a lot of books, and make maximum profits. Author of 11 books including Write your eBook or Other Short Book Fast and The Fast and Cheap Way to Explode Targeted Web Traffic. Get her free eBook"20 High Octane Book Writing and Marketing Tips" and two free monthly ezines at http://www.bookcoaching.com.Merridie Blog53802
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Why So Many People Fail In Affiliate Marketing

More and More people are lured into affiliate marketing and you might be one of them. Indeed, affiliate marketing is one of the most effective means of generating a full-time income through the Internet. Its a fair deal between the merchandiser and his affiliates as both benefit from each sale materialized. Like in other kinds of business, a great deal of the profits in affiliate marketing depends on the affiliates advertising, promoting and selling strategies. Everyday, as affiliate marketing industry expands, competition heightens as well so an affiliate marketer must be creative enough to employ unique and effective ways to convince potential buyers to purchase or avail of the products and services offered.

Compared to traditional advertising practices, affiliate programs are more effective, risk-free and cost-efficient. But why do many people still fail in affiliate marketing? There are a lot of reasons and a lot of areas in the program to look into. The most critical aspect in the affiliate program is advertising. Many affiliate marketers fail in this aspect because they lack hard work, which is the most important thing in affiliate marketing and in all other kinds of business as well. Although it pays to be lucky, you cannot merely rely on it. Affiliate marketing isnt as simple as directing customers to the business site. If you want to earn big, of course, you have to invest time and great amount of hard work in promoting the products. As earlier mentioned, the competition is very high and customers nowadays are very wise, too. After all, who doesnt want to get the best purchasethat is, to pay less and get more in terms of quantity and quality.

Lack of preparation is also a reason why one fails in affiliate marketing, whether he is a merchandiser or an affiliate. Part of the preparation is researching. On the part of the merchant, he has to be highly selective in choosing the right affiliate websites for his affiliate program. In order to be sure he has the best choices, he must have exhausted his means in looking for highly interested affiliates whose sites are sure fit to his products and services. The affiliate sites visitors must match his targeted customers. On the other hand, the affiliate marketer must likewise research on the good-paying merchandisers before he signs up for an affiliate program. He must ensure that the merchants products and services match his interests so he can give his full attention and dedication to the program. He can get valuable information by joining affiliate forums, comparing different affiliate programs and reading articles on affiliate marketing where he can get tips from experienced affiliate marketers on how to choose the best merchants and products with high conversion rate.

The website is a very important tool in the whole affiliate program. As an affiliate marketer, you should plan how your site is going to be, from domain name to the design, the lay-out, the content, and ads. Some users are particular about what they see at first glance and thus when they find your site ugly, they wont read through the content even if your site has many things to say and offer. On the other hand, there those who want information more than anything else. Affiliate marketers with rich-content web sites are usually the ones who prosper in this business because the content improves traffic to the site. Websites with high quality contentswith relevant keywords and more importantly, right information about the product and not empty hyped-up advertisementsallow you to earn big in affiliate marketing even when youre asleep. If you wont be able to sustain the interest of your site visitor, you wont be able to lead him to the merchants site. No click-through means no sale and thus, no income on your part.

Selecting a top-level domain name is also crucial to the success of the affiliate program. Lots of affiliate sites dont appear in the search engine results because they are deemed by affiliate managers as personal sites. Major search engines and directories would think of your site as transient ones and thus, they wont list it in the directory. Before you decide on the domain name, know first what you are going to promote. Many fail because their sites are not appropriately named, so even when they feature the exact products the customer is looking for, the customer might think the site is not relevant and thus, wont enter the site.

Above all, an affiliate marketer must be willing to learn more. Certainly, there are still a lot of things to learn and so an affiliate marketer must continue to educate himself so he can improve his marketing strategies. Many fail because they dont grow in the business and they are merely concerned about earning big quickly. If you want long-term and highly satisfactory results, take time to learn the ins and outs of the business. Continue to improve your knowledge especially with the basics in affiliate marketing ranging from advertising to programming, web page development, and search engine optimization techniques. Likewise, study the needs and wants of your site users and how different merchandisers compete with each other.

Keep on trying; dont get disappointed if your first attempts did not pay off. Thousands are attracted by the possibility of generating skyrocketing incomes through affiliate marketing and so they sign up in any affiliate program without carefully understanding every aspect of the business. When they dont get instant results, they quit and sign up for another program and repeat the process of just copying links and referring them to others. When you sign up for an affiliate program, dont expect to get rich in an instant. Work on your advertising strategies and be patient. Youll never know how much you can get if you dont persevere.

Clarence Binayu is the founder and Webmaster for http://www.virtual-guides.com. Here you can find FREE information on many subjects including business, automobile, travel, vacation, affiliate marketing, advertising, internet, sports, entertainment, technology, communication, fashion, home improvement, culture, education, society, science, politics, fitness and health. http://www.virtual-guides.com provides you with helpful guidance, tips and news update, from basic to the latest skills, knowledge and information, about these subjects.Maud Blog53312
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The Three Most Common Affiliate Mistakes And How To Avoid Them

By now I'm sure you have realized that affiliate marketing is one of the most effective and powerful ways is of earning some money online. Affiliate programs give everybody a chance to make a profit through the Internet. Since they are easy to join, implement and pay a commission on a regular basis, more an more people are now willing in this business.

But like with all businesses, there are countless pitfalls in the affiliate marketing business as well. Making some of the most common mistakes will result in decreasing everyday profits for the marketers. That is why you should avoid them now than be regretful in the later.

First Mistake: Selecting the wrong affiliate program.

Logically, many people want to earn affiliate marketing commission as fast as possible. By rushing through the selection stage, they tend to choose a bandwagon product. These are products that the program thinks is "hot". They choose the product that is in demand without actually considering if the product appeals to them. In many cases, this is not a very wise move obviously.

Instead of doing this, try top choose a product in which you are truly interested in. For your internet venture to succeed, you should take some time to plan and decide your action plan.

Choose a product that appeals to you. Then do some research about that product to see if they are in demand. Promoting a product you are more passionate about is easier than promoting one only for the sake of cashing in.

Second mistake: Not buying the product or using the service.

When you decide to be an affiliate, your main purpose is to effectively and convincingly promote a product or service and to find customers. For you to achieve this purpose, you must be able to relay that certain product and service to the customers. It may be difficult for you to do this when you yourself have not tried these things out. Thus, you probably will fail to promote and recommend them convincingly. You will also fail to create a desire in your customers to avail any of what you are offering.

The best thing to do is to try the product or service personally first before you sign up as an affiliate to see if it is really delivering what it promises. After you have done this, you are one of the credible and satisfied customers aware of it's advantages and disadvantages. People will then feel the sincerity and truthfulness in you and this will trigger them to try them out for themselves.

Mistake number 3: Joining too many affiliate programs.

Because affiliate programs are very easy to join, you might feel the temptation to join various affiliate programs to try and maximize the commissions you will be getting. You also may think that there is nothing wrong and nothing to lose by being part of many affiliate programs.

This may be true, it is a great way to have multiple sources of income. However, joining multiple programs and attempting to promote them all at the same time will cause you to sabotage yourself. It will prevent you from concentrating on each one of them properly.

The result? The true potential of your affiliate program is not reached and the income generated will not be as generous as you initially thought it would. The best way to achieve excellent result is by joining only one solid program that pays a 40% commission at least. Give it your best effort by promoting the product or service enthusiastically. As soon as you see that it is already making a reasonable profit, then maybe you can now join another affiliate program.

The best technique is to do it slowly but surely. There is really no need to rush into anything, especially with affiliate marketing. With the way things are going, the future is looking real bright and it seems affiliate marketing will be around for a long time.

A lot of affiliate marketers makes these mistakes and are paying dearly for their actions. Do not fall into the same situation they have been in, try to do whatever possible to avoid making the same mistakes.

Time is the key. Take the time to analyze your marketing strategy and check if you are on the right track. If done properly, you will be able to maximize your affiliate marketing program's potential and earn higher profits.

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John J Farina is a successful affiliate marketer. He provides expert reviews on which affiliate programs to join and which ones to avoid like the plague. He shows people how to actually generate substantial income on-line using very simple, easily modeled systems. An example of such a system that you can study and duplicate is at: http://www.johnnysreviewsite.comMarney Blog19091
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Free Search Engine Optimization Ebook

Having a website or a blog is good provide people know where to look for it. It is really often useless to have a website or blog but no one knows it's existence. Sad isn't it?

So how do we go about letting people know it's existence?

PROMOTE IT!

One of the most effective ways is to have a good natural search engine ranking. Do you know that natural search engine is about 250% more effective than Pay Per Click Sponsored Campaign?

Using a Google tracking map, the inverted triangle pattern to the left is an eye-tracking map (covering the first 5-10 natural search engine results), showing where people look and click first when they do a search on Google. Studies have shown that most people actually follow a similar pattern on most of the sites they view. The area in the upper left corner is what gets seen and clicked the most. And how do websites get listed on the upper left triangle area?

Answer: Search Engine Optimization

Okay, you may ask, and how do we achieve search engine optimization? My gift to you, http://www.mindbookstore.com/SEO_MadeEasy_for_u.pdf, search engine optimization made easy ebook(just right click on the url, next click on save target as, and save the ebook under your desired location in your computer). This is from the courtesy of one of my mentors Mr Brad Callen. Trust me it is one of the best search engine optimization ebooks around and what is best is, it is free!

Please allow me to rename this ebook, The Ultimate Wealth Online Search Engine Optimization Ebook. Sweet.

Okay so much for the free download.

Natural Ultimate Wealth Online search engine optimization in a nutshell (you will learn all these in the ebook, step by step):

1. On page optimization

a) Have a good title (with your keywords included) under ,

b) Use "|" to separate keywords

c) Use only your main keywords

d) Fully utilize your Meta tags

e) Use , and , header tags

f) Bold, Italicize, and underline some keywords (do not overdo else you will considered spamming by some search engines)

g) Include your main keywords at the beginning and end of your webpage

h) Use image tags and include your keywords, plus the word image or graphic etc

2. Off page optimization (most important)

a) You must have links pointing to your website

b) These links must include your main keywords in the "anchor text"

c) It is best to have the same links extract from the top ranking website have their links from

d) Try to get link to different IP addresses

e) Trade links with other people

f) Buy text links (there are recommendations in the ebook)

g) Write articles and submit with your links included ( my recommendations Goarticle.com or articlecity.com)

Let me add another (my own) Ultimate Wealth Online search engine optimization recommendation, do a Press Release! This one alone can get you indexed in Google for as soon as 24 hours time (disclaimer: this is an estimate, results vary but it is a good gauge).

If you are trying your best to rank well in google do not submit via http://www.google.com/addurl.html . Well it takes days or weeks for your website to be indexed. It is all explained in the ebook and Brad also shows you how to get indexed by Google faster.

So why wait read the ebook or try the points I highlighted above. Experience and enjoy the results. Do share if you have better tips.

Oh if you have missed the ebook here is the url link again, http://www.mindbookstore.com/SEO_MadeEasy_for_u.pdf, Free Ebook, search engine optimization made easy.

Copyright (c) 2006, Ultimate Wealth Online, Raye Ng, All Rights Reserved

Raye Ng, Owner of http://ultimate-wealth-online.blogspot.comMyrtia Blog73973
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Religious Degrees - Distance Education And Faith

For people of faith who want religious degrees, distance education is a viable option. It's often hard to find faith based education that is convenient. Traditional schools that offer religious degrees may not exist in your community. If they do exist, they are frequently more financially challenged than other schools, and offer fewer classes when non-traditional students can take them.

People of any faith can find distance education particular to their faith. You can learn Hebrew or Arabic online...or you can learn in Hebrew or Arabic online. There are three basic categories of religious education that you can access online.

Religious Degrees From a Religious Worldview

People of faith have a particular worldview, and sometimes you want an education that is consistent with that worldview. For example, an evangelical Christian might want to go to an evangelical Christian school, or an Islamic student might want to go to an Islamic school. For the most part, religious schools don't reinforce biases and prejudices. Instead, they begin with a certain set of assumptions, usually about God and the universe, and learning is shaped by those assumptions.

There are some good reasons to take online classes from these schools. If, for instance, you plan on a career related to your faith, a faith-based degree might enhance your career opportunities. Sometimes people attend religious classes because it's just easier and more comfortable to learn with people who are like you and believe like you do. And sometimes they want to explore their own faith in greater depth, and choose a religious degree program for that reason.

Religious Degrees That Apply Your Faith

Another reason people might want to pursue getting a religious degree is to prepare for a career. It's very common to use online learning or distance education for this. Christians can attend Bible school and seminary through online learning to prepare for a variety of ministry jobs.

People of faith get religious degrees to prepare for other careers, too, such as counseling. A Hindu may choose to get a degree in ayurveda, a vedic system of natural healing that has its roots in Hindu faith. Counseling and ayurveda are both practical degrees that allow you to use your faith in your career.

Religious Degrees for Scholars

Some people pursue religious degrees to satisfy their intellectual curiosity, or to do advanced study in some facet of religion or just to learn more about religion in general. They may or may not practice the faith that they are curious about.

Distance learning is a great way to engage in scholarly religious study. Through distance learning you can not only get a degree, but you can also study with experts all over the world. You can take a class on the Talmud from Hebrew University in Jerusalem, or study the words of Jesus from a Jesus Project scholar.

Whatever your reason for getting a religious degree, distance learning will make it an obtainable goal for you.

Dean Iggo is the webmaster of http://www.continuingstudy.com where you can find the best distance learning programs and degrees to suit your needs including online christian education.Minta Blog64296
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Return Of The Monster

The Monster of the title is none other than Dollar Monster. Anyone who had dealings with Dollar Monster previously believed the beast had been slain by its owners but, it seems, it had just been banished and now is baaaaaaaaaack (as it says in its ads). Presumably the owners of Dollar Monster believe they have remained out of sight long enough for people to have forgiven or forgotten the events of 2004.

Dollar Monster pretends to be a friendly little monster who will help you to make money. It says: "DollarMonster's #1 priority is helping you make money!" In fact, its clear from the website that Dollar Monster will make the money for you and you can just sit back in your easy chair and do nothing. Dollar Monster claims to be the lazy person's way of making money; that should be a big enough hint that this program does not offer a legitimate way to make money.

Dollar Monster is a money doubler. Money Doubler programs enjoyed a brief spell of popularity back in 2004. Their popularity ended as one money doubler program after another closed owing members large sums of money and the whole money doubler industry was exposed as being a scam consisting of numerous pyramid schemes. The surprising thing is that the new Dollar Monster website refers to 2004 and to the notorious Easy Chair Club (sometimes described as the biggest Internet scam in recent history). It would seem more sensible for this site to pretend to have no connection whatsoever with the Easy Chair Club or the Dollar Monster that existed in 2004. In fact, it would seem more sensible to open up using an entirely different name because the people who joined Dollar Monster (or its sister site, My Magic Doubler) the first time round aren't going to be sucked in again and will warn people not to take part in the program.

The way money doublers work is that you pay money to the program, other people sign up after you and also pay money in. When enough has been paid in by new members, you get paid double the amount you first invested. The people whose money was used to pay you, get paid when members have paid enough cash in after them and so on

When money doubler programs are first launched, the cycle time is very short (it can be a matter of hours) but as more people join the cycle time gets longer because the number of new members required to cycle existing member positions grows exponentially. Eventually, the cycle time becomes so long the program ceases to attract new members and, when the cash injections dry up, the doubler stalls. With no new recruits bringing in cash, the members on the lowest level don't get double their money back, they lose all the money they paid in. At this point, the program and its owner normally disappear.

Money Doubler programs can survive for anything from a matter of hours up to several months. The ones that disappear within hours are normally run by outright crooks who had no intention of paying any money out to anyone. As soon as they have obtained a substantial sum of cash, they just vanish with it. If you are lucky you might avoid these particular crooks and might even make some money. One thing that is guaranteed is that if you aren't lucky enough to join at the right time, you will lose your money.

I hope the return of Dollar Monster does not signal the start of a new money doubler craze. People who were not around in 2004 might take to money doublers as a replacement for the rapidly declining autosurf for cash programs. In 2004 I fell for the story that money doublers were legitimate programs and the money they paid out came from advertising revenue. I speak from experience when I say that if you want to make money on the Internet, you have to work for it. Dollar Monster and similar money doubler programs are not an alternative to working for a living.

Visit Elaine Currie at her Work At Home Income Directory Website to start your Home Business today. http://www.HuntingVenus.comMelinda Blog72774
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How To Maximize Your Profit From Infopreneuring

You might have heard the word of infopreneuring several times. While it is not a mystery, many people still don't understand how infopreneuring works and how they can profit from it.

Assuming that you have indeed got involved in infopreneuring activities, you may guess that the hardest part of infopreneuring is when day and night you struggle write, rewrite, proofread, edit and reedit your writing to make your manuscript perfect.

Unfortunately, the hardest part is not those things mentioned above. The hardest part of infopreneuring activities is to get the manuscript distributed and then read by your intended audience. Obviously, you need a publisher to print and distribute your manuscript to bookstores and other distribution channel.

Unless you can selfpublish your manuscript, there are several things you have to do before you see your manuscript reside on bookstore shelves.

To work with a publisher, youll need to send out query letters and/or a book proposal. This is a letter or a few pages briefly describing your text, why it is unique, characteristics of your target market and how you can help market the book. Most publishers dont accept unsolicited manuscripts, so youll need to convince them to read yours. If they request that you forward your entire manuscript, you have one foot in the door. Be prepared to send more than one query and dont expect a response next week.

There are writer's guides that serve as excellent resources to find publishers who specialize in your particular genre. These guides list the percentage of new authors published as well as the percentage of sales they pay. You may find pay rates ranging from 5-10% of sales. Some pay on wholesale sales and others on the retail amount. Do the math. Perhaps your book will retail for $14.95 and the publisher will pay 6% on retail. This means you will earn 90 cents per book sold. Of course dont forget that the publisher is doing all the printing, distributing, and marketing of your text.

So, how to maximize your profit from infopreneuring if you only get 90 cents per book sold? Simply forget the publishers and publish your manuscript by yourself. You may need some advance cash to print your manuscript into books and do the marketing. But don't worry. You have alternative to monetize your book easily and less expensively. How? Convert your book into ebook and use the internet to distribute and market it.

When you selfpublish your works, you still have to pay upfront and do all the initial publishing works. But it worth it. Especially when you selfpublish through the internet.

Indratno Widiarto is the editor of Infopreneur World, a site dedicated to http://infopreneurworld.com.Mela Blog9092
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Submitting Articles For Fun and Profit

When you place your articles on the web and on your websites and blog, be sure to include a link to your affiliate webpage. Your click through rate will increase, and will be more than banners alone can produce. Text links rather than picture links are actually the better clicked items.

So when you write your articles, put the link either in them or in your bio. Be sure to describe the affiliate product in the article.

You cannot make your article an advertisement for your affiliate, but you can make articles that would be used on your own web site and relate to your affiliate. The best place to put your links (up to two links) is in the author bio section at the bottom of your article. Some article submissions will not allow affiliate links, so put the link to your main page of your website and be sure that it has the affiliate link dominate on that website page.

You can make an article be a review of a type of product and include the link. But this is riskier and will not always be accepted.

When submitting an article to someone's individual website, you will need to make it clear that the author bio at the bottom of the article will need to be included if published on the site. However, if you are submitting to article submission sites, the bio box is always included, though on some sites you will need to add it at the bottom of your article in on other sites its a separate box you will need to put the information in.

By authoring articles you are becoming an "expert" in your field, and are allowed to "recommend" certain things. Be careful though, if the article submission site thinks you are advertising they may disallow your article.

Again the best way to avoid this is to include your link to your website (and on your website, have the affiliate link upfront and easily seen) in the author bio box. While there are other ways to include the link, this is the safest path, and the easiest to avoid rejections.

To avoid rejection, write an article which gives quality advice and information. Writing the article and submitting it to article submission sites is a good way to increase you search engine rank, and be seen as someone who knows what they are talking about. Not to mention, it will increase your traffic and your profits.

Copyright 2007 by Ian RoeBuck

Ian RoeBuck is an internet marketer with several affiliate marketing ventures, among which are http://businesssolutions.thebreakthroughsite.com and http://www.iansbreakthroughbiz.comMyrtle Blog84549
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The Main Key to a Profitable Internet Business

An Internet business can be very rewarding if you know how to make money online.

It's not difficult to make money online, you don't have to be a genius to do it. All you need is to know what to do and how to do it.

It's like any other occupation, would it be like a welder, a doctor or any profession. You need to learn a skill, it will be no difference because you work from home at the Internet. You simply must gain the necessary skill to be able to perform your job right.

A lot of people simply join an opportunity and then sit back and wait for the money. Let's face it, even though you don't have to be a rocket scientist to make it with your Internet business, you still have too work it.

Just as a regular business must be exposed to presumptive customers to be able to prosper, your online business will be dependent on what's called web site traffic. That is the main key to a successful Internet business: To be able to drive lots of targeted traffic to your web site. If you can't get visitors to your site, it will just sit in the cyber space for use of nobody.

And you want your traffic to be targeted, people who are interested in what you have to offer and therefor more likely to perform your MWA(most wanted action). Such as purchase your product/service, click an ad or an affiliate link.

That's all there is to it. Your job is simply to learn how to promote your businesses online. In other words, learning how to drive targeted traffic to your web site.

There are numerous of free and paid ways to promote your business online. For ex. pay per click, ezine ads, article writing, forums, classifieds, press releases, SEO (search engine optimization)...and on it goes.

If you make it your first goal to master the art of promoting your web site and drive targeted traffic to your web pages...You'll soon be able to make money online!

Ove Nordkvist has with help of his long experience of small business, created the web site http://www.small-biz-ideas.net Margaretha Blog53421
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7 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Starting A Business Blog

Blogging is the latest buzzword in online marketing and PR. But with so many marketers jumping on the blogging bandwagon, few people are giving a thought to whether blogs are really up their alley, or taking the time to consider the best ways of going about it.

If you are planning to start a business blog, ask yourself these questions before you take the final plunge.

1. Do you really need a blog?

Writing and maintaining a blog takes a certain degree of commitment, as well as a passion (or at least a liking) for stringing words into a decent sentence. If you don't enjoy writing that much, you could always create an audio or video blog.

But would your business objectives really be served by starting a blog? Or could other methods of online marketing - like SEO, ezine advertising or newsletter publishing work just as well, if not better?

2. Whom do you want to reach with your blog?

The first step to reaching your audience is understanding where they go to find information about your products.

If your audience largely consists of people who live in your town or use products that they search for in the newspapers, offline advertising might be more suited to your purpose.

If however, your target audience belongs to one or more of these segments, a blog might be just the thing to boost your business.

- Internet users

Does your target audience really use the internet? If not, then starting a blog (or any online activity, for that matter) will just be a huge waste of time and effort.

- Blog readers

Does your target audience read blogs? Or do they prefer to get their information in their inbox? If the latter is true, then an email newsletter might be a better option than a blog.

- Search engine users

A blog is an excellent way to boost your search engine rankings and get listed for a lot of your target keywords. If you know that your audience uses search engines to find information, a blog will increase your chances of getting their attention.

3. What do you want to achieve with your blog?

There are a lot of things that a blog can do for your business. Blogs can help you...

- Increase your visibility and search engine rankings

- Brand yourself, your products, your services, your company

- Build a community and network with people who have similar interests

- Expand your reach to those outside your current sphere of influence

- Establish your credibility as an expert or thought-leader in your field

- Put a human face on your business

- Reach out to potential customers and stakeholders

Deciding exactly what you want to achieve with your blog can help you get focused, so that you can spend your time and effort in activities that help, not hinder your business objectives.

4. How much time can you spend on your blog?

Serious business bloggers not only spend time writing their own blogs, but also spend a great deal of time reading up on current events and browsing other blogs in their field for information.

If you are prepared to put in the time and effort required to do that sort of research, your blog will serve as a good branding tool for your business. If not, you should either hire someone to do the research or seriously rethink your decision to start a blog.

5. What blogging platform will serve your needs best?

Deciding your blogging platform is an important step that you should take only after becoming familiar with the features and benefits of each option.

The reason it is so crucial is because it can be extremely difficult to migrate an established blog to a new platform once you have started it. Moving your blog can result in you losing your data, search engine listings and readers, so don't take this decision lightly.

Decide which platform will best meet your marketing objectives, time constraints and personal preferences before you make your first post.

If you are short of time, and want to spend more time writing, then a hosted solution like Blogger, Blogware, Squarespace or Typepad might serve your purpose better.

This might also prove a better option if you want to get started as soon as possible, are new to the internet, or are unfamiliar with scripts or code.

If, on the other hand, you're a control freak and don't mind spending some time and effort to customize your blog, then a server-installed software, like Wordpress, b2Evolution or Movable Type might be just right for you.

If you don't want to install the scripts yourself, choose a hosting solution with Fantastico, which comes with a one-click install of a number of blogging software.

6. How do you plan to promote your blog?

Why is it good to know this before you start your blog? Because it will help you decide where best to invest your time and effort when you need to build traffic to your blog.

You'll learn more about the methods to promote your blog later in this eCourse. Some of these tasks can be outsourced, while others you will have to do yourself.

Decide what you want to take on and look out for service providers to handle the other functions so you can start building traffic to your blog as soon as possible.

7. How will you assess the success of your blog?

To determine how successful your blog is in boosting your profile or profits you will have to measure your blog traffic and track sales or leads that have come through it.

Planning this in advance will help you take more informed decisions about your blogging metrics, choice of blogging platform and degree of customization you require on your blog.

Understand that blogging is not for everyone. It's just another form of communication. Don't get so hung up on the technology that you end up ignoring more appropriate ways of communicating your message.

Some things may be easier to communicate face to face, in a conference room, or even through the good old telephone.

But if you asked yourself all the questions above and decided that blogging meets all your objectives, then a blog may be just what the doctor ordered for your business.

Copyright 2006 Brian Anderson

Brian Anderson is an eBusiness consultant and offers marketeting courses, ebooks, and free newletter on marketing tips, resources and articles. http://www.profitexperts.bizMarijo Blog19413
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The Day God Threw Me A Curve Ball on A 3-2 Count and Struck Me Out!

I thought to myself what else could possible go wrong? I have had turmoil almost my whole life but this I thought was the end. We hit a brick wall going 50 mph. My husband just found out his management job was going to end, you heard it before, the Company was bought out by a bigger company and the site where you work will be shut down. It was June of 2005; my husband no longer had a job. This affected our entire family, not only financially, but also emotionally.

We continued on struggling the entire time. Remember, previously he was in a management position making a fairly decent salary, now that amount was dropped in half. Although our bills remained the same they didn't drop in half. Of course I still worked the 9-5, He had a temporary job with a staffing agent. He was on unemployment for 6 months first. He worked that job for a year then the contract ended. You might me wondering, if he was a manager before why is it so hard to find a decent management job again. Well The position he was in, we had worked his up the cooperate ladder, he does not have BA. Therefore trying to get a decent paying job was very trying.

SO, back to my story, his contract ended in Nov. 2006; he applied at my employer as a purchasing specialist. That job lasted about a month.

He had been having severe pain in his neck and left arm. He had been seen for this many times before, but now it was different. We made an appointment with an Orthopedic Surgeon for a consult. His appointment was on 12/06/06. The surgeon told us that surgery was the only answer, otherwise he could end up paralyzed. We were floored, SURGERY oh my goodness. The Dr. told us he would have to have 3 level fusion in his neck. Basically they would use two metal plates and bone from his hip and screw them together.

I was very optimistic coming from a medical background I knew the benefits would out way the risk. Besides my Husband was only 39 years old he would recover fast and well.

So surgery happened on 1/23/07, keep in mind I'm the only one with an income. We have two children a mortgage and car payments. We applied for Social Security Disability, I thought for sure we would be fine. My husband could stay home and recover from this major surgery and we would have checks coming in from Social Security a long with my income.

I could not have any more wrong!

We were denied by Social Security, therefore he has no income what so ever. We are struggling more than ever, with our bills.

It has been 7 months since his surgery!

I have the answer to my prayers, its like God gave me a second chance at bat, this time only throwing me good fast balls that are easy to hit. I have learned a system that allows me to stay home with my husband and two children and make more money than both of us together have ever made. It does take time to learn and you have to be dedicated or you will fall. The best advice I can give is first remember where I came from, the bottom of a very deep hole, to being able to fill in the hole with concrete as to never being there again. Have an open mind, be positive, be patient (I SURELY HAVE), and enjoy life. My motto is why let life run you, run youre own life. So please don't think you are the only one that has been struck out I have been there, now I only hit home runs, you too can benefit from this system just give it a chance to work for you.

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Reading The Hand Lines - The Heart Line

Your hand changes throughout your life. The lines you see in your palm today are not quite the same as they were a year ago and probably very different from five years ago.

Although your hand gives an outline of your life, its only a tentative outline. You have the final decision on the course your life will take. Whether you want the position or not, youre the captain of your own destiny.

Palmistry, like a doctors examination, is strictly a diagnostic reading. It can point out the forces that operate within you, and it can point out the logical results of these forces. You can accept them as they are or begin to change them.

As with the Tarot, be very careful in your phrasing of what you see in a persons palm. Some lines may show a particular area in which your subject has very serious problems. This should be presented as an area of possible weakness and something for which you should be particularly watchful.

On a few occasions you may encounter a particular combination of lines which indicates a premature death. If this is the case, dont blurt out what you see. Rather, emphasize the need for great care to avoid illness, accidents, violence or whatever the rest of the hand may seem to imply as possible causes. Remember, palmistry is only a diagnosis its never a final pronouncement.

As a palmist, your attitude is of great importance. Never try to second guess your subject by adding on-the-spot observations and facts you know from beforehand. Only read the palm. Ideally you should know nothing whatsoever about the person youre reading. Their hands and your intuition should be enough.

THE HEART LINE

The Heart Lines (various ending positions)

The heart line governs our emotional lives and shows how we relate to others. Its the major line nearest the fingers. It runs across the palm, starting under the little finger and usually ends in the area between the first and second finger.

Physical Heart line

If the Heart Line forms a gentle curve, starting under the little finger and ending between the first and second fingers, its known as the Physical Heart Line.

People with Physical Heart Lines are generally able to express their feelings well. Although they suffer their share of ups and downs, they pick themselves up quickly and get on with their lives. Theyre likely to express their feelings in a physical, assertive manner. You could say to someone with this type of heart line:

As your heart line ends right up under the fingers, it shows that you have an open nature and can express your innermost feelings. Youre warm and affectionate. When things go wrong you manage to pick yourself up quickly.

Mental Heart Line

The other type of heart line is the Mental (or Humanitarian) Heart Line. This runs in a straight line right across the palm of the hand and does not curve at the end.

People with Mental Heart Lines find it hard to express their innermost feelings. Theyll suffer in silence rather than make a scene. Theyll have plenty of romantic feelings which take precedence over common sense. Theyre very sensitive and need plenty of room around them. You might say to these people:

You have a heart line that comes straight across your palm. This is known as a Mental Heart Line, and makes it rather difficult for you to express your innermost feelings.

It will gradually become easier for you, but you have to work at it. You can be sensitive at times and possibly bottle things up a bit. You like people, but you need to have room around you at the same time.

As this line governs the emotions its common to find one with defects, as all of us have ups and downs at different times in our lives. The most common visible signs of trauma are a series of islands on the heart line.

These islands indicate a period of difficulty. Generally, the problems stem from a relationship. This makes it very easy to determine if someone had an unhappy marriage followed by a happy one. In this case, the earlier part of the persons life (the part nearest the little finger) will have a multitude of islands, while the rest of the line will be clear.

Ending Positions

The Heart Lines end location is extremely important. Ideally, it should end between the first and second finger. This gives a balance between the ego (represented by the first finger) and the rest of humanity. People with this are realistic about their emotional life and dont have impossible expectations.

If the line ends on or directly under the first finger, the person will be idealistic and easily hurt. Other people will seldom live up to their expectations, leading to frequent disappointments.

If the heart line ends on, or directly under the second finger, the person is inclined to be selfish and think only of themselves and their own personal gratification. Theyll lack emotional involvement.

Often, you will find a heart line that forks in two directions at the end. This person has a complex emotional nature. He or she will see both sides of a situation.

The Girdle of Venus

Every so often youll find a Girdle of Venus. This line is often made up of a series of disjointed small lines. It runs parallel to the Heart Line and is located between the Heart Line and the fingers. This indicates an extremely sensitive and highly emotional person who may be unstable and neurotic.

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Establishing A Representative Office In China

Among foreign investors, the most popular form of business establishment in China is the Representative Office. Its main attraction is that it is simpler and cheaper to establish than either a Joint Venture of a Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise since no Registered Capital is required, startup costs are roughly 10% of the cost of establishing either of these. Representative Offices are also open to almost all industry sectors, including some sectors that are off-limits to Joint Ventures and Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprises. Furthermore, the Chief Representative need not reside in China. However, Representative Offices are very limited in the activities that they may carry out.

Why do foreign companies establish Representative Offices in China?

1. To conduct preliminary research before deciding whether or not to make a direct investment in China.

2. To provide data and promotional materials to potential partners and/or clients.

3. To coordinate the activities of its parent company in China.

4. To make travel arrangements for representatives of its parent company or Chinese clients or potential clients.

5. A foreign company might already be doing business with China from overseas but lack the market penetration to justify a full-blown investment (some of these Representative Offices later upgrade to Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprises, Cooperative Joint Ventures, and Equity Joint Ventures. Note that in certain industries such as insurance and finance there are sectors that require foreign investors to operate a Representative Office for at least 2 years before making a direct investment.

6. To hire local employees to help them find suppliers.

7. As a cheap and simple way of doing business in China by exceeding its legal scope of business. This is not a good idea because it is likely to get the company in trouble with the authorities.

8. To establish a presence in a business sector currently forbidden to direct foreign investment with a view to getting to know the market in anticipation that China will liberalize its regulations in the future in line with its WTO commitments.

Representative Offices are generally allowed to:

* lease office space and arrange for utilities
* purchase office supplies
* coordinate the issuance of work permits and visas for foreign employees
* open and maintain bank accounts in local currency and foreign exchange
* display office signs and distribute promotional materials
* hire local staff though labor service organizations (this requirement might be partially lifted if the draft Labor Contract Law goes into effect.

Taxation of Representative Offices

Although a Representative Office may not engage in profit-making activities and cannot receive income, it is still somehow subject to taxation under certain circumstances (usually on a deemed profit basis)

Two types of taxes are generally applicable to Representative Offices are Enterprise Income Tax and Business Tax. It may be subject to taxation, for example, when it acts as business liaison for a transaction that generates commissions. The Enterprise Income Tax rate applicable to Representative Offices is 33% (inclusive of a 3% local surcharge). Fortunately, however, the business activities of a Representative Office can be exempted under certain circumstances, although these exemptions vary from industry to industry.

Representative Offices are required to pay value added tax (VAT), consumption tax, and customs duties on any domestic purchases and/or imported equipment, as well as stamp duties (usually a negligible sum). The Representative Office need not pay property-related taxes for leased office space, so dont let your landlord convince you otherwise.

Legal Status of a Representative Office

A Representative Office is not considered an independent legal entity but rather an extension of its parent company. Accordingly, the parent company must bear all of the Representative Offices legal liabilities and debts. The foreign company should carefully safeguard the Representative Offices financial and corporate seals to ensure that they are not misused.

The authority of the Chief Representative is governed not by Chinese foreign investment law, but rather by the foreign parent companys jurisdiction of incorporation. However, the parent company is still subject to the jurisdiction of the local Chinese courts with respect to all contractual issues, including property rights.

Establishment Procedures

Only one Representative Office may be established in each Chinese city. Set-up is accomplished in 4 steps:

1. Pre-approval Procedure - The foreign parent company must first locate a Chinese sponsor to help it obtain the required approval and registration. This can usually be done with the help of the local Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) office, which will introduce the foreign parent company to a designated agent (a Foreign Enterprise Service Company, a/k/a FESCO) that is licensed by MOFCOM to handle foreign Representative Office applications. The sponsor will charge a fee of approximately US$800 - $1,000 for notifying the foreign company of upcoming deadlines and any problems with the application materials. The foreign company will also be required to enter into a lease for Grade A office space prior to approval, because a signed lease agreement is one of the prerequisites for approval of the Representative Office.

2. Application The Representative Office application and supporting documents should be submitted to the appropriate examination and approval authority. The examination and approval authority for a Representative Office will normally be MOFCOM, but foreign companies in certain industries such as banking, insurance, law, accounting and media will need to apply to the authority with jurisdiction over the foreign companys particular industry. If the application is approved, a Certificate of Approval will be issued by the examination and approval authority, usually for an extendable initial term of 3 years.

3. Registration Registration must be completed within 30 days after the certificate of approval is issued. An application (together with supporting documents; see this sites section on Documentation under Rep Offices for details) is submitted to the local branch of the State Administration of Industry & Commerce (SAIC). This process normally takes 1-2 months and concludes with the issuance of a Certificate of Registration (similar to a business license), which must be renewed annually. Any subsequent change must be registered with the local SAIC.

4. Post-Registration Procedures The new Representative Office is expected to register its location with the local Public Security Bureau (the police), make financial and corporate seals, open a foreign exchange bank account, register with the local and national tax bureaus, complete customs registration (in order to import office equipment and daily necessities for its staff), and register with a FESCO to recruit Chinese staff. The Chief Representative should apply for and receive a Residence Permit from the Public Security Bureau with jurisdiction over his/her residence (see this sites section on Foreign Staff under Labor for further detail)..

Only after completing the foregoing procedures may a Representative Office begin operations. Registration must precede even preliminary activities such as distributing business cards, establishing direct telecommunications lines, and obtaining a multiple entry visa or an apartment for the Chief Representative (the latter requires the Chief Representatives Residence Permit).

Closing Down a Representative Office This can be a lengthy process if it is not handled correctly. This is especially so if the office was not originally established entirely in accordance with Chinese foreign investment law but rather through back-door connections (a common occurrence among Chinas more experienced foreign investors). Chinas legal system is becoming more and more transparent and administrative bodies are increasingly actually enforcing the law, so its a good idea to do things the right way the first time. There are several steps required to close down an office dont just walk away, especially if you have (or think you might have) long-term plans in the China market.

First, various documents need to be prepared and provided to the relevant authorities. A cancellation form needs to be submitted to the Industrial & Commercial Bureau, and a detailed explanation needs to be provided as to why the office is closing. Application must also be made to the local Commission of Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation (COFTEC). Both the Representative Office manager and the general manage of the parent company must sign the form. A separate application also needs to be made on parent company letterhead and stamped with its company seal. There must also be a board resolution that agrees to the closure of the office (a statement indicating that the office is to be closed signed by the chairman of the board of the parent company is sometimes accepted).

Further, the bank must provide a notice that confirms cancellation of the Representative Offices bank account. Tax payment certificates and receipts from national and local tax bureaus must also be furnished to the Representative Offices original examination and approval authority along with a brief statement about the settlement of debits and credits. The tax bureau will require the closure audit report to be approved by a certified public accounting firm. The corporate seal, financial seal, and the business license must be surrendered to the Industrial & Commercial Bureau. If all the necessary documents are provided and taxes have been paid, the closure procedure should take roughly 2 weeks.

David Carnes is licensed to practice law in California. He speaks and reads Mandarin Chinese and has several years experience working with Chinese law firms and Sino-American joint ventures. Check out his website, China Legal Bulletin, at http://www.lunaticwisdom.com/blog1.Meghann Blog96711
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Marketing Your Psychology Private Practice: Important "Shifts"

Solid clinical knowledge and skills may be enough for providing good therapy. However, it is not enough to get referrals and attract clients.

Getting clients is key to building a thriving practice. But this is where many practitioners struggle.

Many therapists feel awkward about marketing.

Marketing is simply getting the word out about who you are and what you do for people.

Its telling people what you do over and over. There are many ways of telling people in person, in writing, through the media and by phone. You have to tell them. You cant just wait for the phone to start ringing.

Marketing benefits your community because they can access the help you provide.

Marketing builds your practice as it generates referrals.

This can seem like an enormous challenge for many mental health professionals. Many of us are not comfortable with promoting ourselves or our services. We tend to like to provide our helpful services, but become shy about promoting them.

Understanding more about what marketing is and some simple, effective ways to do it can help. Shedding unhelpful limiting beliefs about ourselves, marketing and what we can do and how we should do it may also be necessary.

Developing know-how and skills will also go a long way toward becoming more comfortable with marketing our practice.

Of course, our marketing and materials must be in keeping with the dignity of our profession.

Good marketing is engaging people in a consideration of taking a step that will result in their greater good. Good marketing strategies develop when we select methods that fit well with who we are as individuals.

For example, if you like to write but do not like to speak to groups, your marketing should emphasize your writing talents. Those of you who enjoy speaking and making presentations will find this is an excellent way to get the word out.

You may think, But Im not a business person. How can I effectively market my practice and get clients?

Dont lose sight of why you are a therapist. Stay connected to it. But regardless of where you are in your learning about the business side of private practice, you can learn step by step how to get clients.

The key to marketing psychotherapy services is choosing a set of simple effective things to do, and do them consistently

William D. Morgan is a psychologist, author, and private practice business coach. He coaches human service professionals and others who want to build thriving practices. For more helpful information and tips, visit http://www.TodaysPrivatePractice.com/membershipinfo.html This is an excerpt from his NEW BOOK Today's Private Practice: Strategies for Building a Thriving Managed-Care Free Psychotherapy Practice, http://www.TodaysPrivatePractice.com.Morgan Blog98505
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Nurse, Heal Thyself!

Healing the self is the beginning of the healing journey.

How best to do this?

How have you been healed in the past, and how did it feel?

What spiritual practices have you previously practiced that brought you strength that you continue to use to raise your energy, to gather courage to meet the challenges of the job? and every other challenge of life!

If you no longer are practicing meditation or yoga or any other practice you once did regularly, what would it take to get back to the practice--without excuses!!

Just do it!! Ask your angels for assistance! They will be ecstatic that you remembered them.

You will be rewarded.

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Nothing is as it should be. And everything is exactly as it is.

The first statement implies resistence to the dance of life-- the second recognizes a situation for what it is, and acceptance oversees all.

I remember this as I walk into the confines of my hospital walls. We see scenerios all the time that we all proclaim, "NOT FAIR!!"

Who are we to say? But we certainly can say it is exactly as it is--no more, no less.

I have to ask myself: What is in the realm of my ability to help, to change the situation for the better, to help a grieving person, to give comfort and grace?

As I think of ways to help other people, I must be constantly on the lookout for all the ways I must heal.

Because I can't help anyone nor can I help myself as long as I judge, lack acceptance and resist everything that presents --disguised as problems --but truly are opportunities for growth and enlightenment.

And continue to take good care of myself, every moment along the way.

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"And what is as important as thinking," asked the Mind. "Caring," answered the Heart.

- Favio

As I age wisely, I've come to realize that Not Thinking is the heart of my own spiritual practice.

Everyday, I meditate, take long slow walks by the river that runs by my house, and do my entrainment brain exercises--giving my brain the same aerobic workout that the rest of my body enjoys with exercise.

And consequently, my mind slows down, and I feel at peace. I am taking care of myself, and can take better care of everyone else.

"Caring" is what a nurse does--in the framework of Being. We listen, give what is needed, take care of machines and do a lot of charting--not necessarily in that order.

Because of our ability to care in this state of Being, and ability as healers, others in the healthcare arena may see nurses as weak and as easy prey--to verbally abuse, to sexually harass, to make her think she is an idiot.

This is what needs to be healed within our profession. We need to take back our strength and our courage. We need to stand together, a nd protect the new nurses coming in. We need to create a forum to make sure our voices are heard.

And continue to take good care of ourselves, every moment, with every breath.

Kate Loving Shenk is a writer, healer, musician and the creator of the e-book called "Transform Your Nursing Career and Discover Your Calling and Destiny." The book is designed to stimulate nurses to love their work and to prevent on-the-job-burnout. Click here to find out how to order the e-book: http://www.nursingcareertransformation.comMerle Blog46821
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