Tsunami Relief Revolution

Tsunami Relief Revolution

by: Scott Riedy

Hello everyone,

I am writing you today to ask if you can take a minute or two to read the following blog. http://go4bucks.blogspot.com. There you will find more info about a new business opportunity that I have personally designed with the relief aid workers, and tsunami survivors in mind. It all boils down to the fact that if we don’t act now, it will become increasingly difficult to save a great deal of people who are now suffering with no hope for survival. The suffering is so wide spread that the relief workers are having an incredibly difficult time coordinating their efforts.

My new system will enable individuals to create their own foundations in their own names, and then promote a series of web sites that will cause people to donate to your foundation great deals of money. The stipulation is that you will publicly announce that you will give a vast majority of your profits to a charitable cause…especially the tsunami relief effort. Soon, there will be a series of websites that you will be able to glean information from to assist you in generating a sizable income from the internet. In a few weeks, thebestwaytocash.com will be ready for charities and foundations to post their ads for free, and end users like you and me will be able to find every best resource on the net for making money online.

I have teamed up with some of the best and brightest internet and programming gurus to create this one of a kind system that allows users to get and give at the same time. The end result is a charity driven, fund raising system that will provide an endless stream of support for all of those who are suffering. Almost every ad and newspaper is telling us that the best way to give is cash. That is why I have started thebestwaytocash.com which will be fully functioning by the middle of this month. If you decide to get on board right now, you can position yourself for a once in a lifetime opportunity to generate an unlimited stream of income…which you will then give to Unicef or Red Cross, or whatever charitable foundation you deem appropriate.

This is our chance to take on a task that some say is the biggest humanitarian effort we may ever see. It is time to act, so do not hesitate to discover the way to get and give at the same time. You must remember that this is for charity, and not a get rich quick scheme. If you are honest, you will get rich no matter how much you donate. Because of the multiplying nature of the internet, those who get started now will be in the best position to generate the most income the fastest. Should you wait, there is a chance that in two or three months, youกll start seeing these ads everywhere, and maybe even receive a message from someone you know telling you how much this website helped them out. So go to http://go4bucks.blogspot.com to find out more about how you can get and give all at the same time.

This opportunity is for honest individuals only. Once you join, we can track your earnings, and how much money you give to charity. If we find that you are holding the money for yourself, we will shut your system down by whatever means necessary. That will all be explained further at thebestwaytocash.com here in a few weeks. If you are honest, you will have nothing to worry about.

Those individuals that show interest in helping me personally will have a great deal of free advertising done for them, and their work will be mostly finding enough charities to give the incredible amount of money that is put into their PayPal account to. If you are interested even in the slightest, you should go to http://go4bucks.blogspot.com to learn more about how to get started. If you feel this opportunity is not for you, please help out by sending this message to everyone that you know. They will either feel like signing up, or forward the message along to everyone that they know. Either way, the help will be most appreciated. I know that you will find it in your heart to do the right thing. So many are counting on this, and when it is fully working, everyone involved will benefit. It truly is a win, win, win situation.

Thank you for reading,

Scott E. Riedy

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Thebestwaytocash.com

Cell 2062402763 (# reserved for serious investors only please.)

About The Author

Give to the tsunami relief fund in the name of Scott Riedy, and get a website that you can use to make money online. Scott has publicly dedicated at least 60% of his profits to charity and more depending on the size of the response from the American people. There are lots of ways to donate, but this one gives you the opportunity to have your own funding source should you wish to start your own charitable foundation.

You may repost any of my messages as long as the text is unchanged, and the original credit is given to me. This info is for honest people only. Please refrain from spamming, copying, cheating, or lying.

May the next time we meet be in a world with no hate, war, or hunger.

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This article was posted on January 06

by Scott Riedy

Top 3 Free Marketing Techniques

Top 3 Free Marketing Techniques

by: Mike Mclaughlin

If you have zero budget then this is the article for you. In this article I will discuss the best ways to market your website for free.

#1. Articles:

An example of using articles to promote your website is this article. At the bottom of it should be my author bylines. If you are a good writer and know were to submit your articles then this can be possible they best traffic generator ever. By submitting articles to ezine editors, website owners, and publishers, you can generate traffic through your bylines. If you even get 1 ezine editor to publish your article in a popular ezine you can generate 50 visitors for free. The best way to get targeted visitors is to write something that people who buy your product would be interested in. For example I wrote this article because I know that webmasters are always looking for marketing techniques and my website is for webmasters.

#2. Ebooks:

People love free information and ebooks are one of the main sources for this. Ebooks have the potential to keep on growing if they provide important and unique information. Though the only way they can grow rapidly is if they have distribution and resell rights. Ebooks like articles are viral because they provide free information and information is shared quickly if it is quality. If they have distribution and resell rights then people will customize the ebook with there links but as long as you have your links scattered in the ebook then you will generate many visitors. The best technique is to email all your affiliates and tell them they can customize the ebook with there affiliate links making them some money and you to in the process. This gives them incentive to distribute them.

#3. Search Engines:

This one doesn’t seem to go with the first 2 but it is the 3rd best free traffic driver. The reason this is third and not first though it brings more traffic than ebooks and articles is because it is an art to getting top search engine ranking for your keywords. Search engines drive approximately 40% of my traffic, I would rather this number be closer to 20% because it is not good depending on one source of traffic especially one as unstable as search engines. For example goggle’s Florida update.

About The Author

Michael McLaughlin @ http://www.plance.com/forum Webmasters resource forum were webmasters can talk and chat about the latest webmaster topics.

This article was posted on January 08, 2004

by Mike Mclaughlin

After the Speech

After the Speech

by: Stephen D. Boyd

Usually the emphasis on making an effective speech is what you do in preparation before the presentation begins. But if you speak very much, what you do after the speech can help you become a more effective speaker.

As soon as possible after the speech, write down impressions of how you felt the speech went. Answer at least two questions about the speech: What was the best part of the speech? What part of the speech can be improved the next time?

Some of your best ideas will come to you as you are speaking. Write them down as soon as the speech is over so you can be prepared to use those lines or ideas the next time you speak.

Think about the peaks and valleys in the speech. Consider when the audience seemed to listen best and when the audience seemed restless and disinterested. Write down your reactions while they are fresh on your mind.

Talk to someone about the speech within the first day after your presentation. Youกll remember best what you talked about and you might discover a better way of telling a story or making a point as you summarize your speech to a friend or colleague.

Keep track of stories you tell and case studies you include so youกll not repeat yourself if ou speak to that audience again. In addition, keep records of how long you spoke, what you wore, key people you met, and anything unusual about the speaking context. Occasionally look back over your records of individual speeches and look for trends in your speaking that you are unaware of. When you speak to this group again, this information will be the basis for your audience analysis. This is especially important if you speak frequently within your company and your audience will be made up of listeners who have heard you before. You don’t want to develop a reputation for telling the same stories over and over.

If the group has speaker evaluations, ask that a copy of the summary be sent to you. Look for any pattern in the comments as you analyze the summary. If one person said you talked too slowly, it may be a personal preference and you don’t need to give much consideration to the critique. If four or five people make that comment, however, then you might want to consider changing the pace of your speaking for the next speech.

Certainly your main concern should be with your preparation before the speech. However, don’t underestimate the effort of what you do in analyzing the speech after the audience has left the room.

About The Author

Stephen D. Boyd, Ph.D., CSP, is a professor of speech communication at Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights, Kentucky. He works with organizations that want to speak and listen more effectively to increase personal and professional performance. He can be reached at 8007276520 or visit http://www.sboyd.com for free articles and resources to improve your communication skills.

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This article was posted on August 30, 2004

by Stephen D. Boyd

The Best Affiliate Programs Increase Your Website’

The Best Affiliate Programs Increase Your Website’s Earnings Potential

by: Paul Colligan

Taking full advantage of your website’s earning potential is as simple as making use of the best affiliate programs available on the Net. Business websites and personal websites can both use affiliate links to earn additional revenue and make the most of their webspace. You’ll find that the best affiliate programs on the World Wide Web have some of the biggest names on the Net as potential partners and commission bonuses that you wouldn’t believe.

Many website owners never even consider using the best affiliate programs to their advantage and struggle every day with marginal sales and minimal income being generated. Not taking advantage of every tool available for generating additional revenue may be the cause of so many disappearing websites. The commissions earned from click through links can mean the difference between making money and making plans to close your website.

Let me let you in on a little secret, research shows that text links that can be customized to suit your needs are one of the best ways to add earning potential to your home on the Web. The best affiliate programs make tracking your commissions and referral bonuses easy and let you sit back and make money every day without lifting a finger. Let the traffic your website generates push your ability to make money to new heights and watch your dreams come true.

About The Author

Copyright © Paul Colligan, the Affiliate Guy, http://www.theaffiliateguy.com

This article was posted on November 15, 2004

by Paul Colligan

The Best Of The Best In Postcards

The Best Of The Best In Postcards

by: Florie Lyn Masarate

There are some learning in life that people have to go through with in order to learn the lessons that come with it. This may sound dramatic but it really helps people in getting things right and knowing the best of the best.

This is also true in printing. People getting printing materials that tend to be informational or is into marketing certain products and services are clearly becoming an expert on what they consider the best not just in presentation but also in contents.

Take, for example, small printing materials like postcards. People receiving them have always been amazed at the development that these cards have undergone through the years. They started simply with the just some words and contact details, but now even graphic designs are being put into them. These cards are becoming marketing tools also, as they are handy and easy to give out to potential clients. Not only that, postcards is now sent through emails. Just look at what postcards have become. Other than these things what are the highlights that postcards must have?

Postcards are better off without an envelope. You know why? Because people being busy bodies always on the run, are likely not to have time to open these envelopes to look at what it contain. There are a lot of things that people have to do in a day, letters to read and reading your postcards will just add to the trash mails that people ignore most of the time. The tendency is for them to throw it away without even bothering to read what it says. So giving them postcards sans the envelope, you get assured that somehow, and even in a fraction of a second, they have seen and read what your postcards say. Having seen them first, before throwing them away is something that you cannot have done with an envelope. And the next time you send them that same card again, they will remember having received one before throwing it away again.

Promoting one thing at a time in your postcards and sending them time and time again helps, a lot. This is making them aware of what you are marketing, may it be a product or s service. Having them sent over again to potential customers is not necessarily wasting time and money. It is making them aware of what they are missing and what they should know about. Do not mind raising some tempers, at least they remembered you having sent them more than once. Repetition and persistence works, in time.

For comments and inquiries about the article visit http://www.ucreative.com

About The Author

Florie Lyn Masarate got the flair for reading and writing when she received a subscription of the school newsletter in kindergarten. She got her first article published on that same newsletter in the third grade.

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This article was posted on August 03

by Florie Lyn Masarate

When to Break Creative Rules

When to Break Creative Rules

by: Maricon Williams

Before we go unusual or unconventional and take the creative approach to break the rules, it is vital to know what the rules are. There are eight generally accepted rules that generate decent if not impressive results. Nonetheless, no matter how stable the rules are, we can always experiment. Here are the rules and the evasions to the rules:

1. Always place a best seller in the upper right corner of each spread.

Readers glance at a catalog from front to back. Upper right corner is where the reader’s eyes first fall thus, it makes sense to put a striking product there. On the other hand, not all best sellers are visually compelling or stunning. If this is the case, you can put the best seller in another high up position in order to encourage viewing the whole catalog spread.

2. Keep the typography simple and limit the number of typefaces.

The copy has to be legible and concise. Do not reduce the type to 6 to condense all the text. Still, some of the elements have to be presented in a bolder or larger typeface to emphasize a special benefit or feature.

3. Always have an order form.

To have a systematic fill out and mail it is essential to have an order form. However, the birth of Web together with the existence of telephone and fax continue to replace ordering by mail.

4. Consistent layouts are a mark of excellence.

Recognizable spreads, icons and typographical elements are vital in creating a brand image or character. However, if every spread looks the same, it may develop boredom and the readers may choose not to peruse the entire catalog. To encourage readers to spend more time, try to create stoppers using a series of planned layout template changes. You can also use different colors, layout formats and backgrounds to make a compelling change.

5. Standard catalog formats are more lucrative.

You can increase many economies by working with your printer and the Postal Service to determine an proficient trim size, but sometimes a distinctive format will magnetize more attention or better augment your brand than a standard fullsize, slimjim, or digestsize catalog, which in turn can increase sales and even the bottom line.

6. Grouped products don’t sell.

Usually, grouping complementary products either in dissimilar photos put together in the layout or in a single shot doesn’t sell the goods. For one thing, some of the products grouped together in a photo or layout are not related. For another, in a grouped layout or photo, no product is the hero that draws the reader in. If you’re selling books, greeting cards, advertising specialties or products that tend to be similar to one another grouping products makes a good deal of sense.

7. Magalogs don’t sell.

Magalogs are halfmagazine and halfcatalog. In most cases, as the amount of nonselling editorial space takes away from salesoriented real estate, the viability of the catalog as a revenue producer decreases. Nonetheless, many conventional catalog marketers have increased the use of editorial material in their books, and quite a few have improved sales with this technique.

8. A fourcolor catalog performs better than one or twocolor book.

Generally, the answer will be yes, fourcolor presentation looks more attractive and grabs more attention thus, generates more sales than a onecolor book. In fact, some product lines such as apparel and cosmetics require precise color representation. But in some select cases the sales do not justify the cost of fourcolor printing and color separations. You might even find out that a twocolor presentation sets your book apart from competition.

Catalog design rules and principles are already tested and true. They work – that’s a proven fact! However, it can occasionally be bent or broken as long as you know what you are doing and is concern of doing it right. A number of useful principles are discovered by experimentation and innovation. Who knows if it can result to rewarding proceeds or an established principle? No way to know it if you’ll not going to try.

Additional Information about the articles can be found at http://www.catalogprintingexperts.com

About The Author

Maricon Williams

I love reading. Give me a book and Iกll finish it in one sitting. Reading is the chance to be transported to a different world and so is writing. Iกm more enthusiastic about writing however, since you can relay your ideas to someone else. I can only imagine that feeling when I hear a complete stranger talking about my ideas which read on an article somewhere. To relay my message to as many people is the same as touching people with music. Only mineกs less harmonic. I try to make up for it with the color I bring with words. And most of the time, it’s more than enough.

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This article was posted on March 29

by Maricon Williams

Air Purification Solutions

Air Purification Solutions

by: James Louis

There are almost as many types of air pollution as there are potential solutions. No matter what type of air purification system you’re looking for, you should know that there is not one product on the market today that can solve every problem.

The best approach to figuring out what type of air purification solution is going to be best for you, is to first understand the different types of pollution.

For example, these are the five major types of air pollution:

1. Odor Causing Pollution. Odor comes from many different places food, animals, human bodies, cigarettes, cigars and pipe smoke, sports shoes, clothing and equipment, etc. Although not necessarily dangerous, if youกve ever walked into your teenage sonกs room after heกs come back from a football game and taken a deep breath you know it can be very unpleasant!

Recommended Solution: Currently, the best solutions on the market for this type of pollution are odor sponges, ozone and oxidation.

2. Particulate Causing Pollution. Particulates are those little floating things you see when the sun comes shining in through your windows, and include dust, dust mites, dust mite feces, pet dander, skin flakes (what dust mites eat), pollen, smoke particles and allergens.

Recommended Solution: Currently the best solutions on the market for this type of pollution are infiltration and negative ions.

3. Microbial Causing Pollution. Microbials are microscopic bacteria, fungi, mycotoxins created by a fungus, mildew, mold spores and viruses. They can be as small as .001 microns. Microbials love to live in warm, damp places, or under your carpet, in your walls and in heating and air conditioning ducts.

Recommended Solution: Currently the best solutions on the market for this type of pollution are those that produce oxidation, which kills microbials.

4. Chemical Fumes and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC). This type of pollution comes from chemicals like benzene and formaldehyde, the chemical fumes that are constantly seeping from carpets, upholstery, furniture, draperies, household cleaning products, beauty products such as nail polish, removers, etc. They also come from cigarette, cigar and pipe smoke, building construction, etc. Many of these chemicals have been identified as carcinogens.

Recommended Solution: Currently the best solution on the market for this type of pollution are products that produce catalytic oxidation.

5. Radon Gas Pollution: Radon is a completely odorless, tasteless and colorless gas, and is the heaviest of all known gasses. It is caused by the radioactive breakdown of uranium inside the earth. When radon is cooled below freezing, it turns a brilliant phosphorescent shade of yellow, which turns orangered as it gets colder. Radon is also the second leading cause of lung cancer. Smoking exacerbates the affects of radon. Radon is found all around us, in our homes, our yards and the world around us.

Recommended Solution: The best solution to this form of pollution is to first of all test your home (a simple test is available at most hardware stores) and then to seal all cracks and openings in your homeกs foundation. If the problem merits it, you may need to have a certified contractor install a ventilation system inside your home.

With this basic understanding about pollution you are now ready to make that all important decision about which system is going to be best for you. The choice is yours!

About The Author

James Louis writes about things that impact our society. One of his pet peeves is home air pollution. To get more information about how you can solve your home pollution problems visit: http://www.airpurifierinfosite.com

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This article was posted on September 08

by James Louis

The Smallest Is The Best!.. As Long As It Serves I

The Smallest Is The Best!.. As Long As It Serves Its Purpose.

by: Decebal Scraba

It is true! In graphics optimization, seen as a part of website optimization, the smallest is the best. Of course, the element in question should still serve its purpose of being the expression of an idea. Furthermore, it should be understandable, clear, suggestive and goodlooking. Letกs see together which could be the right choices (in terms of web graphics optimization) when we decide what type of graphics we’ll use on a website.

What kinds of web graphics are present on the Internet?

When it comes to their origin, there are two types of graphic digital files: vector graphics (created with software tools like Corel DrawTM , FreehandTM etc.) and raster graphics (photographs, 3D renders and any other type of bitmap files). Most of the web sites on the World Wide Web hold as graphic elements bitmaptype graphics in three different formats: GIF (standing for Graphics Interchange Format), JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) and PNG (Portable Network Graphics). All these 3 types use different compression algoritms to considerably reduce the size of the graphic file. Because PNG is not so popular, I hope that you will forgive me if I stick to GIF and JEG in my article. Probably you already know a lot about these (or you can browse the web and find plenty of information) so I’ll get directly to the choices we must make when it comes to design our web site.

How many colors should we use for our web graphics?

What type of bitmap files will hold our web graphics?

Some specialists say that we should always go with JPEG, because it supports 16 milion colors and produces quite small files. Well, this is not entirely true, I think. I can only tell you for sure that we don’t have to go with the same type all over our website. How’s that? Let’s see!

When should we go with GIF?

for graphics with fewer colors: web logos, cartoonlike drawings and lineart (pure black and white) drawings; whenever it is OK to use for our graphics the 256 colors pallette (or even the 216 “safe” colors pallette)

for grayscale pictures with less halftones (with big contrast)

for graphics with smaller screen size (even if with many colors) which rely on details; GIF format compression is lossless and keeps sharp contours and clear definition between areas filled with different colors;

when we need the “Transparency” option of GIF Format, e.g. when a graphic should have a nonrectangular shape and/or we want to discard its background

whenever an image saved in GIF format is smaller than one saved as JPEG, both images being at a comparable level of quality when displayed

generally, for vectorgenerated graphics (unless they have blending and/or gradient fills)

When to use JPEG format?

for color images with 16 milion colors and many halftones (photographs, 3D render output files, any other images with continuoustones)

for grayscale images which rely on subtle halftones

for graphics/images with big screen size where colors and shades are more important than contours, outlines and boundaries

whenever an image saved in JPEG format is smaller than one saved as GIF, both images being at a comparable level of quality when displayed

generally, for photographs and similar images

Which are the inconveniences of each format?

From my point of view, these are the main limitations for GIF and for JPEG formats:

For GIF: limited number of colors (it can show 16 milion colors, but only in dithered mode, which I do not recommend)

For JPEG: compression is done by reducing quality of the graphics (loss of sharpness, “hair filaments”, “pixelate” areas etc.)

Whatever format you choose, when it comes to graphics optimization as a part of website optimization, the SMALLEST is the BEST! Beside the format choice, keep in mind some tips when you create and optimize your web graphics:

Minimize the screen size of your graphics to the point where it is still clear and suggestive.

Try and try again saving a graphic in one of the two formats, at different quality levels (for JPEG) and different number of colors (for GIF). Do this until you find the best size / quality ratio that fits your needs.

Use vector graphics software and limit the number of colors when you create the nonphotographic graphics for your website.

Put emphasis on shape, contour, silhouette and contrast when creating / processing your graphics.

Choose carefully the resizing method in your image processor when you change the size / resolution of your graphics “antialias” is not always the best choice.

I hope that this article will help you in your work and always keep in mind that, when it comes to graphics optimization and website optimization, the smallest is the best as long as it serves its purpose.

Decebal (Dudi) Scraba

http://ewolwe.com/

About The Author

Copyright 2005 Decebal (Dudi) Scraba

Graphic Designer since 1994, Web Designer and Website Optimization Specialist

http://www.ewolwe.com/

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This article was posted on January 09

by Decebal Scraba

Googleกs AdSense Soon To Have New Rival?

Googleกs AdSense Soon To Have New Rival?

by: Michael Cheney

A large part of Googleกs multibillion dollar annual turnover comes from its nifty AdSense advertising program. The software enables website owners to drop in a piece of code to their pages that then serves advertisements provided by Google.

How Does Google AdSense Work?

It all works dynamically and the adverts that are displayed based on the content of the page. So if a website owner places the Google AdSense code on a page about holidays then holiday ads are delivered onto the page automatically by Google.

Everybody wins because when people click on one of the ads the advertiser gets a visitor, Google can charge a rate for the clickthrough and the website owner who is serving the ad gets a share of this revenue.

Itกs been an excellent model for all parties concerned and especially as Google has enabled even small website owners to take part which means accumulatively Googleกs advertising real estate is absolutely vast.

Is The Monopoly Over?

But there may be trouble ahead for Google as, according to sources at CNETNews, Yahoo! is planning a very similar service to challenge Googleกs.

The two search giants have been up against each in the search advertising arena already but it is only now that Yahoo! seems poised to launch a monopolybreaking attempt on Googleกs AdSense program.

This is all great news for smaller website owners as it means the two search goliaths will be vying to provide the best service and offering the best rates to compete for the lucractive ad space.

When Should You Accept Advertising On Your Website?

Well itกs a difficult call. Do it too soon and you risk deterring visitors from staying on your website. Do it too late and youกll find that when you DO finally implement it people might not have seen it coming and they may leave your site in droves!

The best policy to adopt is, just like Google, to focus on RELEVANCE. Don’t bombard your visitors with advertisements that are totally unrelated to their needs or interests or totally separate to the content you provide on your website.

And remember often times it can be better to foster relationships and trust with your visitors with one eye on the longer term view rather than hit them with ads to make a small amount of cash in the shortterm.

About The Author

Michael Cheney is Author of The Website Marketing BibleTM. Take the Free 7Part Course กInternet Marketing Made Easyก and get your free sampler of ‘the Bibleก here: http://www.websitemarketingbible.com/marketing/.

This article was posted on March 22

by Michael Cheney

Time and your Internet Business

Time and your Internet Business

by: John Pryor

How many hours per day should you devote to your internet business? We’ve all seen the ads trying to tell us that we can make millions in no time by doing nothing if we just sign up for XXX. We probably also recognize by now that this is nonsense. If you truly want to build an internetbased business that can improve your life, you will have to invest some time in doing so. It need not be a lot of time. Many of the available online business programs allow you to build a business with truly impressive profits in as little as two hours a day. Of course, you can build the business more quickly if you spend more hours per day—up to a point!

Logically, you should be able to build your business twice as fast at four hours per day as you can at two hours per day. My own experience, like that of others whose opinions I value, does not necessarily support that. I find that after the first two or three hours of sitting in front of my computer, my productivity falls rapidly. Your span may be different, but the bottom line is the same: Two hours of work produces two hours’ worth of results, regardless of how many more hours you spend looking at what you’ve accomplished.

The times of day that you choose to devote to your business may also be important. I personally know at least one man who conducted nearly all his business after his family had gone to bed for the night, between eleven at night and two in the morning. This man currently has an online business making more money each month than I would have ever made in a year as an employee of the company I used to work for. For myself, I have to revisit the thought of efficiency. I just don’t get much done in an hour of working after midnight. I find that the best hours are shortly after dinner, when the daily demands on my attention have been met, and I’m not yet too tired. You may, of course, choose whatever hours work best for you—after all, that’s why you’re building your own business! Whatever times you choose, be consistent! You must choose your time frame, and give your best for that time—every day of every week!

Depending on the daily structure of your life, it might be necessary to divide the hours you spend each day on your business. This is not a problem as long as you’re consistent. Indeed, sometimes it may be helpful to designate segments of your business time to different operations. You may find it useful, for example, to spend an hour in the morning answering email and phone messages and generally dealing with your business contacts. Then in the evening you could spend an hour, or two if you have it and can honestly make use of it, in such things as advertising your business, determining your best business sources, and generally doing whatever it is that causes your business to be better this month than it was last month.

In closing, allow me to restate what is probably the most important single piece of advice I have ever given: you gotta be consistent if you want to be successful. Whether you give one hour per day or eight hours per day to your business, you have to give it that every day, day in and day out. If you honestly do that, you will find that you have a successful business far more quickly than anyone would ever have imagined!

Looking forward to your success,

John Pryor, the Home Biz Advisor—

About The Author

John Pryor is the owner of a successful internet business incorporating a number of affiliate and sales programs under one roof to create multiple income streams. He has, over the years, found by experience many things that work and quite a few that don’t. He takes great pleasure in sharing knowledge of the things that do.

John Pryor publishes Home Business Tips, a fresh and informative newsletter dedicated to supporting people like YOU! If you’re looking for the *best rated* home business opportunities, the latest time saving tools and helpful support from an honest friend in the business, come by and grab a FREE subscription today by email at [email protected], or click on the appropriate icon at http://www.sfiinternet.com

This article was posted on August 29, 2004

by John Pryor

5 Ways To Super Saving Internet Shopping

5 Ways To Super Saving Internet Shopping

by: Prasad Kopanati

5 ways to super savings when shopping on the internet. Save at least 200 dollars for 1000 dollars of shopping– that is 20% of the total money spent. With common sense and little prudence you can save hundreds of dollars on your holiday shopping bills. From my past experiences, I have chosen the five best practices that will give you the maximum savings. Peruse them, put them into action and email me your numbers on savings.

Comparison Shopping:

Gone are the days when there was no easy way to compare the price of a product at different stores other than visiting the stores. In this new era of cybershopping, there are numerous options to compare the price of a product at different locations of the globe. With very little effort, internet would find the best and right price, at the right store for you to save big bucks.

A few days back, I was shopping for a Mini DV camcorder in the price range of $500 to $700. An ardent internet shopper, I researched on brands, their prices and decided to buy a JVC GRD200 Mini DV camcorder. It is (may be ขit wasข) my belief that Amazon.com delivers the best products at the lowest prices (It does sell the best products, but not at the cheapest prices – at least in this case). As always, I was poised to buy the product from Amazon.

The comparison on the price of this product (via www.shopping.com) revealed that the product was sold as low as $299.00. With further research I understood that the price was indeed 299 US dollars. Delaying no more, I bought the camcorder from this seller instead of my first option – to save only $400.

As I look back, it still perplexes me how I saved $400 on a single buy. Does it not surprise you when you cut down 400 dollars on a single item? Perhaps the most important thing I did was comparing the prices for this product on www.shopping.com. It paid!

Cognizant Shopping:

As a customer, your goal is to buy the best product at the cheapest price. Right?

You agree with me that it is not an intelligent idea to buy a product for 10 dollars when it is sold at 3 dollars less at the near by store. Neither do you accord it a savvyshopping, to buy a product for 50 dollars when its price can be reduced by 10 dollars via the special store discount/coupon for the product.

Many of us do not realize the power of coupons. They hold tremendous potential for huge savings. Depending on how you use them, a coupon for 10 dollars for every 50 dollars would save 40 dollars over a period of month, assuming shopping once a week. Extrapolating, it is a 200 dollars savings over a 1000 dollar shoppingmoney. A typical Christmas shopping would amount to these numbers easily.

Although the example seems to be ideal, it resonates the ideas of retails stores like JC Penny or Sears, whose holidayshoppingplacards read ข$10 off for every $50 shopping – JC Pennyข, ข$35 off for every $250 spent on electronics – Searsข. Get into the habit of using the coupons whenever possible to appreciate the savings accumulating into your pockets.

Selective Shopping:

Depending on which state you buy the product from and which store you buy it from, you may or may not be charged a sales tax. If the sale is exempted the sales tax, it is a savings of 6 percent to 9 percent of total sale amount. Each seller clearly indicates if a sales tax would be applied on the sale in the geographical location. Thus, a little cautiousness would translate to a savings as high as 9 percent.

On the downside, you may have to pay for the shipping for the product which in most cases would compare less to the total of sales tax. And, by the way, due to the immense competition among the internetsellers, you may end up making a bargain by not paying the taxes and not paying for the shipping either. Free shipping – as it is called, is common on many internet sites these days. For an item priced at $1000 you would save as much as $90 as sales tax savings – all you do is pick the right seller.

Early Shopping:

Planning on shopping near the beginning of the season will give you ample time to compare the prices on the product at various sellers. During this process, you will form a ballpark estimate of the item.

Let me remind you that the variation of the price can be any where from few dollars to few hundreds of dollars depending on the original price of the product, which makes it necessary for you to do this homework as to know the kindof best price before you finalize on buying the product.

In addition, sellers usually hike the prices as the holiday season approaches so that they can display higher discountnumbers on their saleadvertisements. The higher discounts not only attract more customers but also compensate and compete the prices for the similar items at other stores. The fact is, even when you see greater discounts, you would not realize tangible savings around the holiday season unless you end up getting an early bird discount. I am somewhat reluctant to say this is true all the times, but is the case in several occasions.

Team Shopping:

Like in a workplace, collaborative shopping produces amazing results. You are not mandated to go to a shopping mall as a team, but exchanging ideas and information as a team would be advantageous.

Talk to your friends about their experience buying a similar item in the past. Gather information about the quality of the product, prices at different stores, seller reputation, etc that play a vital role on your buyingdecision. Moreover, ask your friends and relatives if they could share any discount coupons. If preferred customer, they would share the coupons with you, which in turn would give you the opportunity to cut down on the final price. Beware that some sellers distribute nontransferable coupons in which cases you need to be creative to maximize your savings.

So finally:

These ideas only scratch the surface of the iceberg. You can get innovative and creative to find the best deals on the market. Websites like www.techbargains.com, www.ecoupons.com, etc are some of the few sites that gather information about the greatest deals of the day. Internet has many such great moneysaving ideas.

Armed with this information, I am sure you would be able to craft a good plan which would save you many dollars each shopping trip. If you are meticulous enough, you would save at least $200 for every $1000 dollars spent. I guarantee it. If you deny my proposition or have a different opinion write to me and I will help you see the potential of putting the above facts to work.

About The Author

Prasad Kopanati is the Vice President of XemanteX Inc. http://www.xemantex.com, an internet company offering language related services. You can reach him via email at [email protected].

This article was posted on January 02

by Prasad Kopanati

Top 3 Free Marketing Techniques

Top 3 Free Marketing Techniques

by: Michael Mclaughlin

If you have zero budget then this is the article for you. In this article I will discuss the best ways to market your website for free.

#1. Articles:

An example of using articles to promote your website is this article. At the bottom of it should be my author bylines. If you are a good writer and know were to submit your articles then this can be possible they best traffic generator ever. By submitting articles to ezine editors, website owners, and publishers, you can generate traffic through your bylines. If you even get 1 ezine editor to publish your article in a popular ezine you can generate 50 visitors for free. The best way to get targeted visitors is to write something that people who buy your product would be interested in. For example I wrote this article because I know that webmasters are always looking for marketing techniques and my website is for webmasters.

#2. Ebooks:

People love free information and ebooks are one of the main sources for this. Ebooks have the potential to keep on growing if they provide important and unique information. Though the only way they can grow rapidly is if they have distribution and resell rights. Ebooks like articles are viral because they provide free information and information is shared quickly if it is quality. If they have distribution and resell rights then people will customize the ebook with there links but as long as you have your links scattered in the ebook then you will generate many visitors. The best technique is to email all your affiliates and tell them they can customize the ebook with there affiliate links making them some money and you to in the process. This gives them incentive to distribute them.

#3. Search Engines:

This one doesn’t seem to go with the first 2 but it is the 3rd best free traffic driver. The reason this is third and not first though it brings more traffic than ebooks and articles is because it is an art to getting top search engine ranking for your keywords. Search engines drive approximately 40% of my traffic, I would rather this number be closer to 20% because it is not good depending on one source of traffic especially one as unstable as search engines. For example goggle’s Florida update.

About The Author

Written By: Michael McLaughlin @ http://www.plance.com Custom web design, scripts, and freelance programming are just some of the services our freelance programmers provide for webmasters here at Programmers Freelance.

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This article was posted on January 24, 2004

by Michael Mclaughlin