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.

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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

Working At Home: The First Year Revisited

Working At Home: The First Year Revisited

by: Kirk Bannerman

For reasons that escape me now, I kept sort of a diary during my first full year of working at a home based business. It was nothing close to being a complete daily diary, but was more of a collection of scribbles about things that I felt were worthy of note at the time. Since quite a bit of time has passed since then, I decided to revisit these notes.

In no particular order, here are some of the things that I had made note of.

Choosing the path…in the beginning, my enthusiasm was very high (perhaps too high?) and I was chasing off on several different homebased business opportunities at the same time (exhibiting the กdog in a meat marketก syndrome, I suppose) and not focusing my efforts enough to be successful at any single one of them. I finally reigned myself in and focused on a single work at home business opportunity.

In other notes I find reference to emotional and/or psychological issues that I experienced and are probably typical for most people when starting a home based business. When working at home a person can, at times, experience a feeling of isolation which is probably brought on by the lack of interaction of a work force environment.

There were also periods of doubt in the early going…did I pick a viable business opportunity?…am I doing the right things to develop my business?…when will I start making a profit?, and so on.

Many of the entries in my socalled diary had to do with the proverbial ‘two steps forward and one step backwardก thing and the everlooming temptation to become discouraged. Although I didn’t appreciate it at the time, it is now obvious that as long as you have more steps forward than backward you will eventually get ahead! Isn’t hindsight wonderful?

Other entries reflect the fact that relatively minor events can seem huge in the early stages of developing a work at home business and can really contribute to an emotional roller coaster ride. For example, if you are just starting out and you have two customers/clients and you lose one…thatกs a 50% drop! However, if you fastforward in time to the point where you have hundreds of customers/clients and you lose one…thatกs just a mere fraction of 1%! Same event, just at a different point in time.

Looking back on it now, some of the stuff I recorded now seems humorous, but Iกm pretty sure that was not the case at the time I made the notations.

About The Author

Kirk Bannerman operates a successful home based business and resides in California. For more details, visit his website at http://businessathome.us

This article was posted on January 13, 2004

by Kirk Bannerman

10 Tips to Stay Safe and Secure Online

10 Tips to Stay Safe and Secure Online

by: Steve Robson

The Internet can be a dangerous place.
While you’re enjoying the convenience of online shopping, Internet banking and subscription websites, nasty people lurk around every corner.
Hackers, fraudsters, identity thieves and many others would love to get hold of your personal details.
And what stands between you and a security disaster?
Your password.
Just 8 little characters long, itกs your last line of defense online. Here are 10 tips for choosing and using bulletproof passwords that will protect you from harm:
Tip 1 Avoid the obvious
Passwords based on personal details are too easy to guess. Avoid using names, places, favorite sports teams, or กpasswordก.
Tip 2 Make it nondictionary
One option a thief might try to crack your password is a bruteforce dictionary attack. Choose something that you won’t find in any dictionary.
Tip 3 Use the full 8 characters
The more characters a password contains the more secure it becomes, so fill that password field to the max.
Tip 4 Mix the case
Deter thieves further by using a combination of upper and lowercase letters. A mIXeD cAsE password adds another layer of protection and is ever harder to guess.
Tip 5 Include nonalphabetic characters
Adding numbers and nonalphabetic characters (like a hyphen) to your password makes it less likely to be cracked than something purely alphabetic.
Tip 6 Don’t write it down
This should be obvious but itกs amazing how many scraps of paper surround the worldกs PCs.
Tip 7 Assign a different password to each login id
If thieves get hold of your password, theyกll try it in every online system available. Use a separate password at each website and you won’t have all your eggs in one basket.
Tip 8 Employ a password manager
Remembering multiple secure passwords can be challenging. Specialist software like http://www.roboform.com manages your passwords securely and automates the login process.
Tip 9 Logout when you’re done
Always hit the logout button when youกve finished using a secure site like online banking.
Tip 10 Close that browser
Web pages and passwords can be cached in the browser, so close down your browser window for added security.
Follow these simple commonsense tips and youกll enjoy greater online security while benefiting from the many advantages the Internet has brought.

About The Author

Steve Robson is a successful technical author and contributor to กHow To Buy A Laptop.comก the definitive online guide for buying a laptop computer. Check out: http://HowToBuyALaptop.com

This article was posted on May 13, 2004

by Steve Robson