March 2009


Finance Resources29 Mar 2009 06:33 pm

Earning more is the most fundamental way to reach financial freedom. You can save more. You can invest more wisely. However, all those will only be more useful if you earn more.

I can’t stress this enough. It is very important to earn more money if you want to reach faster financial freedom.

Making more money is one of the surest ways to gain happiness. Not only that, women prefer the rich.

There is only one way where you can’t go wrong in attracting women. Make as much money as possible. Now don’t get me wrong. There could be better ways, but all the other ways can go wrong.

In 2000, I was homeless. I didn’t have a place to live. I ate once a day. After months of managing to scrap $1,000 as an initial capital, I bought a computer. Within one and a half years, I was making a few thousands residual income per month. Within three years, I was able to multiply that amount and make more and more residual income per month that I didn’t need to work anymore.

However, my income went stagnant. It didn’t grow for years. Sometimes I find new techniques to make money. But the new techniques only work when the old business crumbles.

Then I found out what’s wrong and I saw the end of the tunnel again.

Knowing Earlier Adapt Earlier

If only I didn’t have to wait six years to see the tunnel, then my small business would have grown much faster. That’s why I make this website. To save you six years of trial-and-error experience.

Many business gurus, with less track records than I have, will charge you $100/hour for this type of advice. Well, here, in my website, I’ll give you all these for free because capitalism is in abundance.

I also provide many tutorials for newbies that want to try the Internet business. That’s because I want as many people as possible to get rich through capitalism.

If enough people are tempted to embrace capitalistic greed, then most social problems will go away because the government’s intervention will have much less support and then become less. Not only that, I’d like to see that you’re rich.

Huge amount of wealth comes from sharing. The more benefit you give to other people, the more they stick to you. The more people stick to you, the more money you make. I learned this from a multi millionaire.

Jim Thio is a silver medalist in International Physics Olympiad. He uses his Math skills to provide free financial, business, and marketing advices in FasterFinancialFreedom.com/art.390.0.html

Plugging29 Mar 2009 06:09 pm

If you are a small business or website owner, you will probably believe that once a website has been created and published the web development project is finished.

But in reality, the real work is just beginning. In order to create a money-making site, traffc must be generated and driven to the website. There are several effective methods that can be implemented as part of a Search Engine Optimisation ‘SEO’ strategy to create this web traffc.

While all methods may not be required to realize successful traffc generation, some combination of most, if not all, will probably be needed to create traffc, maintain traffc and finally, grow traffc to your website with long-term, lasting results. Consider implementing these strategies: – Dynamic content is necessary for search engine recognition, and by updating the website frequently, the search engines see your website as an active, not stagnant, website. How often should changes be made? At the very least, monthly. But the more frequent the changes, the better.

There are some tried and true methods you may want to employ:

  • Monthly newsletter (or weekly)
  • Tip of the day that rotates to the page using a scrpt from an existing database of information at your site.
  • RSS feed to public news feeds that update hourly or daily at the least.
  • Changes to contact information, staffing, clients, etc.
  • Checking links frequently to make sure that they are active and valid, and changing the link text from time to time will register as a change to the page.
  • Simple modification of content from time to time should be done in between these regular maintenance tasks which will update the website.
  • Good links management will result in a stronger weght given by the search engines for search positioning. The algorithms used for weighting one page over another require link popularity assessment for successful traffc to your website. Link popularity is also one of the main considerations for Google Page Rank.

How do you achieve link popularity?

It can be tedious and requires careful attention to the selection of the links, but there are several means that can be employed:

  • Reciprocal Links: Search for relevant and desired web pages with which to trade links.
  • Purchase PageRank-based links: boost your relevance and weght in the eyes of search engines by purchasing links for a period of time, three to six months until you have achieved a better ranking.
  • List with directories: paid or unpaid directory listings that are relevant to your website will give your website additional exposure.
  • Anchor text: create the links with link text in mind, utilizing relevant keywords where possible.
  • PageRank consideration: link only with websites that have decent PageRank (PR); i.e., PR of 3 could be a minimum but a PR of 4 would be a better minimum requirement from those pages who want to exchange links with you.

Remember, creating a website is only the first step. Driving traffc to your site is the next important task. Layout a plan of action and follow-through. You are not going to realize success until you spend the time and energy – or pay someone else for their time and energy – to get the job done.

The above search engine optismisation techniques, if implemented correctly will improve your website search engine visibility & ranking.

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by Michael Quinn
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Plugging29 Mar 2009 04:31 pm

If you are a person who likes to keep up with current trends you will know that it is important to have your own website. After all anybody who is Anybody Important has a website of their very own. However one of the dangers of having a website is that someone browsing on the internet might discover it one day and what is worse, actually pause to visit your site and read its contents! They might even be interested stopping for a while to read what you wrote in it, or want to buy the widget you thought might be good to sell as you have more than one of them. If you would like to reduce the possibilities of that happening be sure to follow these ten tips, and you can be sure that very few people will even know your website exists.

1. Choose an obscure domain name. Make sure the name you select has no relevance to the content of your site, to you or your business. Whatever you do make sure the domain name contains NO keywords that would indicate what your site is about and attract attention when someone searches for a site with your content or product.

2. Do not submit your website URL to any search engines, especially the big ones like Google, Yahoo, or MSN. Do not participate in any offers for your website to be submitted to search engines for free.

3. Never add fresh content or pages to your website. In fact it is a better idea to identically duplicate your content on every page.

4. Avoid reading anything about how to promote traffic to your website. One of the strategies might sink into your sub conscious, and you might find yourself promoting your site by accident.

5. Set up your website and then just leave it. Try not even to visit it yourself if possible in case your computer has tracking cookies. Any visits to your site could attract attention.

6. Make sure that you have a generic e mail address that you use all the time. An example of this might be a hotmail or yahoo address. Then when you write emails no one can track down your website through your email address. An address like me @mywebsite.com would just give the game away.

7. Even if you are passionate about writing, do not even consider writing an article and submitting it to a free article submission site such as Articles Beyond Better.Com. The problem with submitting an article is that you have to put something in the resource box which tells other people who you are and how to visit your website and buy your widget. It’s amazing how just one article can be reprinted all over the internet, and read by people all over the world. That kind of exposure is very harmful to secret websites which do not want to receive any visits.

8. Do not put a blog or bulletin board on your website. This just encourages all sorts of visitors who want to read what you write and ask you questions. Some people often make return visits, or even become regular visitors to blogs, forums and bulletin boards. After all it would be terrible if someone actually ‘bookmarked’
your site and came back because they liked it!

9. Do not ever mention or put your website address on your business card, any promotional business material, or as a signature file on every e mail you send.

10. Choose an unreliable hosting service that has a bad reputation. In this way the server will not be up all the time, and people will not be able to access your site even if they wanted to.

By following these guidelines you can be pretty sure that no one will notice that your website exists. I hope you have plenty of money though, and are not wanting to make any income from your website. The problem with a website that is un noticed is that you still have to pay your hosting server every month for the privilege of your website taking up space on their server even if no one comes to visit it.

Barbara White of Beyond Better Development is a Speaker as well as an Internet Entrepreneur. Barbara’s passion is to empower others to become Beyond Better. For more informative and inspirational articles visit www.livingbeyondbetter.com and www.articlesbeyondbetter.com

Marketing + More& Planet Video& Publishers + Publishing29 Mar 2009 04:25 pm

These days, as oodles firms and directors are looking at online video sites as a brilliant place to distribute content to grab the notice of their audience, it’s essential to tell between the key elements of utilising internet video marketing channels.

Here are a couple basic items you have to understand prior to you starting to circulate promotional videos on internet video sites. Click here to find out about Vidify’s video production & marketing solutions.

Constantly make every effort to use videos that offer value added material to your potential customers – A great deal of business people misguidedly think you can simply add any sort of advertisement on a video channel, but nothing could be any further from reality. Each & every video should deliver some value added info to the target market, or start topic of discussion.

Carry out some market research on the video portals before adding your first video – it is a great plan to assign some substantial amount of time typing your market’s important keywords into the search engine on the site, in an attempt to discover what other professional videos are presently available. Then jot down the profile names of the most successful organisations in your area. Perhaps down the line you can participate in a joint venture or even have some kind of collaboration with these users.

Remember that each & every video channel has a society built into it – With this in mind you are recommended to value the other members & it is suggested that you post positive comments to your rivals’ videos. For the most part you must be a member of the community, providing opinion, ideas etc. And only then should you think of yourself as being a marketer and begin to broadcast your very own videos & items

Commit yourself to creating various professional videos – You must have a clear strategy for producing and posting numerous videos. If not, your company’s page on the video sites will give the notion of being bare if it simply has one solitary video to see. Thus, allot extra time setting up the manufacturing of a succession of short professional videos, rather than only one lengthy video.

Web video marketing is one of the most successful and fastest methods of marketing just now.

Gambling Fortunes29 Mar 2009 02:18 pm

If you are reading this article, you are probably one of the many people who would like make money online working from home. The truth is 99% of these people fail because they simply lack the information that will guide them to success. Sports arbitrage trading is an extremely effective way to make money online given the right information and execution of trades.

Arbitrage trading is not to be confused with gambling whereas gambling involves a risk. Sports arbitrage trading is using the market in such a way that a risk-free-profit can be generated on the outcome of an event. In arbitrage trading we are taking advantage of bookmakers with different opinions on an event to ensure a certain profit.

In the financial markets, this may involve buying a commodity or financial instrument in one market and simutamously selling the same commodity or financial instrument at a higher price on another market to ensure a risk-free-profit. In Sports betting arbitrage we are profiting from bookmakers having different opinions on the outcome of a sporting event.

Arbitrage in the sports market exists because different agencies often post different odds on the outcome of a game. Suppose the Yankees are playing the Red Sox. BookmakerBet365 is giving even money on the game, so a $100 bet placed on either team will earn you $100 if the team you picked wins. Another bookmaker, Bodogs has the Yankees at +200 which means if you place a bet with Bodogs on the Yankees to win you will get $200 if they win, and $100 if they lose. You can guarantee yourself a profit if you make the following bets.

1) Place a $300 bet on the Red Sox with Bet365 at even odds.

2) Place a $200 bet on the Yankees with Bodogs at +200.

If the Red Sox win, Bet365 pays you $300. However, since the Yankees lost, you lost your bet with Bodogs and must pay him $200. Your profit is $100, as that’s the difference between what Bet365 pays you and what you must pay Bodogs.

If the Yankees win, you will also profit $100 since the bet you made with Bodogs was at +200, Bodogs pays you $400 for your $200 bet. Since the Red Sox lost, you must pay Bet365 $300. Again, your profit is $100, represented by the difference of what Bodogs pays you and what you must pay Bet365.

There are a number of gamblers who exploit the differences in odds from bookmaker to bookmaker. It’s not as easy at it seems because it requires extensive research and time consuming number crunching. However, there are software programs available that will find arbitrage trades automatically in real time and do the number crunching for you, making it a very profitable opportunity.

Chris Rohrer is an established writer and network marketer. Arbitrage trading makes it possible for anyone who is serious about owning a home based business to become successful. http://profitplusonline.com

Education Resources29 Mar 2009 10:40 am

Choosing accounting as the choice of your career means that you will need an education. While there are a number of good schools to choose from, unless you are single, and don’t have a job, the easiest way to go would be to get your education through an online program. Some schools can even give you a combination of on-campus classes and online courses. This is convenient, and easy, so let me now give you rest of the skinny on an online Bachelors Degree in Accounting.

Get A Balanced Education

Working in the field of Accounting will usually occur in a business setting. This means that the particular program you take needs to offer more than just accounting courses. Good programs will offer about 60+ class hours in accounting, some of which need to be related to business management and business law. The balance of the courses is in liberal arts. This is a good balance, gives you a more rounded education, and prepares you for the job in a better way.

Get Thoroughly Prepared

The College of your choice should offer Accounting classes that cover a number of areas related to the field. There should be a balanced course offering that should cover such things as taxes, payroll, accounting for corporations, analyzing financial statements, and must include the using of various software programs for accounting.

Online Classes Offered In Real Time

A couple of the Degree programs have made it so that you can “sit-in” on the classes by logging in to the classes online. This also means that there is a time limit in completing the course requirements – it will be the same as for on on-campus class.

Check for State Requirements Being Met

Many colleges offer courses in Accounting simply to be able to say that they are well rounded. However, not every college offers the required courses according to the individual state requirements necessary for certification. This may mean that, after you graduate, that you may not yet be qualified to fulfill the job requirements for an accounting position. So, before you enroll, be sure that you know what the requirements are up front.

Another thing to check for is to ensure that the College or University is accredited. This would not be something that you want to assume, as you will be the one investing a lot of money for your “accredited” education.

Mansi gupta recommends that you visit www.oadg.net/2005/12/online_bachelor.html for more information on Online Bachelors Degree in Accounting.

Biz Opps& House Of Legal Resources27 Mar 2009 04:06 am

A new 999 product launched by a Scottish company has hit the market as legal experts warn businesses to either implement systems that detail locations of a 999 call exactly or face legal action.

The new Enhanced 999, a calling solution, is just in time to meet the need for a 999-caller detection system that can pinpoint the location of the caller. The present set-up gives only the area and often just a generic number to paramedics, which makes detection of the caller’s location difficult. This causes delay in providing necessary assistance, and can often have serious implications.

Employers need to keep themselves up to date with health and safety developments to avoid potential legal action from employers by taking a health and safety course such as the iosh course from Workplace Law Training.

The new system however, stores the details of the caller even in a large office complex and redirects the call with a reference number and the exact location of the caller. Paramedics are now automatically furnished with precise information regarding their destination.

American companies now use such systems extensively. These ensure that their employees have quick access to emergency services, and keep lawsuits at bay. In certain states, this has even become a legal requirement. Failure to provide accurate information regarding the location of staff during a medical emergency can, in a few states, result in the shutdown of the firm.

A specialist health and safety lawyer, Claire Anderson, believes that it is the employers’ responsibility to see that their staff receives assistance in emergency cases. The new product, she told The Scotsman, will be legally obligatory for the companies to install to ensure their employees’ safety. If the Health and Safety Executive finds that firms are not adhering to this criterion, it may view it as failure to provide their staff with the minimum legally required level of protection.

Gender Issue Tips27 Mar 2009 02:08 am

Menopause is a natural life transition experience by every woman in the world. Today, more women are experiencing perimenopause and menopause than ever before. Still, “the change” is spoken of in whispers (if at all) and most women continue to approach this time of life with fear, confusion and dread. It’s time to “Embrace The Change!

There’s so much information on perimenopause and menopause available on web sites and in books. Unfortunately, much of it is inaccurate, outdated and downright dangerous. When your health and the quality of your life are at hand, how do you know what advice to follow? First, decide between synthetic hormone replacement therapy and a natural approach to symptom relief. This is a personal choice, hopefully made after plenty of research.

Empower yourself with knowledge. This isn’t your mother’s menopause! While this transition might be natural, the world isn’t such a natural place anymore and your endocrine system has had to adapt accordingly. Chemicals and xenoestrogens in our products, foods and the environment have made this the first generation to experience the symptoms of extreme estrogen dominance. As a result, perimenopause (preceding actual menopause) can span up to 15 years or more of your life. Are you prepared?

Perimenopause and menopause unfold in two distinctly different phases. Each phase has unique symptoms (with only a few common to both) and each requires a different approach. Many allopathic and alternative doctors don’t yet differentiate between the symptoms of estrogen dominance and estrogen deficiency. The “one pill fits all” approach might help relieve symptoms temporarily, but it won’t address their cause or create healthy hormonal balance. A holistic approach, on the other hand, creates comprehensive wellness in body, mind and spirit.

By now, we’re well aware of the health risks associated with HRT. The medications thought to bring symptom relief and protect us from hormone related health concerns, were found to do more harm than good. But, did you know that the same can be true with natural remedies? The supplements, foods and herbs used to relieve the symptoms of menopause, can actually make you feel worse and be dangerous during the long phase of perimenopause. If you’ve decided on a natural approach to symptom relief, please proceed with caution. One herb doesn’t fit all!

The “15 Steps to Embrace The Change” provides a basic outline to assure you of a safe and natural midlife transition. Experience perimenopause and menopause as a positive time, rich with opportunities for enhanced health and happiness. Embrace The Change!

15 Steps to Embrace The Change!

1. Uncover the myths. Become aware.

Menopause is not a disease to be treated with medication! Know what to expect, when to expect it and how to safely and effectively create balance and harmony for the months and years ahead.

2. Follow current, accurate information.

A great deal of information in books and on web sites is inaccurate, outdated and downright dangerous. Follow advice with extreme caution. There’s more to know than you might think!

3. Recognize your symptoms as “normal”.

The Holistic Menopause Symptoms and Signs Checklist will help you identify your symptoms. This empowering step motivates positive action.

4. Identify estrogen dominance or estrogen deficiency.

Make this distinction before choosing supplements, foods or herbs. Identify the symptoms of both phases to adjust your protocol accordingly. This step is essential to your safety!

5. Eliminate the possibility of hormone related health conditions.

Undiagnosed health conditions are common in midlife. Their symptoms mimic and intensify your “normal” symptoms and put you at risk for developing more serious conditions later.

6. Assure your safety. Check for contraindications.

Don’t miss this step if you have existing health conditions and/or use medications. Check for contraindications before adding supplements, herbs and foods. Never stop using medications without consulting your doctor.

7. Choose the best approach for your symptoms and life circumstances.

Choose the natural products that guarantee the “biggest bang for your buck”. Be sure they are absorbable and free of unnecessary preservatives, chemicals and fillers.

8. Make appropriate dietary changes.

Small dietary changes make a big difference. What you do and don’t eat has huge implications.

9. Establish proactive preventative health strategies.

Heart disease and osteoporosis are the “silent symptoms” of menopause and post menopause. Begin preventative health strategies NOW. The quality of the rest of your life depends on it.

10. Initiate positive change. Choose “clean” products and foods.

Examine your personal care products and foods for chemicals. Eliminate all products containing endocrine disruptors. They tax your liver, aggravate your symptoms and cause disease.

11. Utilize effective stress management techniques.

Hormone fluctuations create a sensitivity to stress. Stress aggravates every symptom. Reducing stress and managing it well will greatly ease your menopause transition. Now’s the time!

12. Prepare well.

In perimenopause, symptoms are constantly changing. What brought you relief one month just might not the next. Be prepared with alternatives and ready to make frequent changes.

13. Go inward, rest and restore.

After years of putting the needs and desires of everyone and everything before your own, it’s time to take care of YOU now. Time to rest has never been more important.

14. Listen to your symptoms.

Everything you have put on the back burner will surface in midlife. Stored resentments, unhealed wounds, losses ~ they all demand your attention now. Learn to listen to your symptoms. Anger, anxiety, depression, a lack of sexual desire ~ they all have a message for you.

15. Subscribe to “Embrace The Change!”

My free newsletter provides great tips to help you embrace perimenopause and menopause with reverence. Subscribe at: www.holisticmenopause.com

© Copyright 2006, Michelle Gluth, Life Fulfillment Foundation, LLC. All Rights Reserved

Holistic Menopause Founder, Michelle Gluth, has been a student, practitioner and teacher of the holistic arts for over 28 years. Michelle empowers women with the knowledge, skills, resources and support to experience perimenopause and menopause as a positive life transition. “Embrace The Change!” Visit: http://www.holisticmenopause.com or call Michelle at 623-512-7593

Best Lifestyle Resources27 Mar 2009 01:19 am

Getting rid of a tattoo is often associated with being a painful process. Newer technologies offer various methods of removing an unwanted tattoo including several options also used to remove unwanted hair.

Two tattoo removal options that are now being used to help people rid themselves of unwanted ink are:

1. Laser technology

2. Light-based technology

Both of these options are technologies that are commonly used to get rid of unwanted hair.

With both technologies, light energy is used to destroy the tattoo ink. The ink absorbs the light energy, the ink breaks up as a result of being hit by the ink, and the ink ends up exiting your body through filtering.

Similar to its use a hair removal option, a practitioner who provides the service holds a wand up against the area of skin to be treated and pulses of light are aimed at the tattoo to be treated.

Typically the feeling that you will experience is often describe as being similar to flicking an elastic band against your skin. Certainly, some people might experience more discomfort of pain as it could depend on how big the tattoo is and where the tattoo is located on your body.

I have experienced laser and light-based treatment for hair removal purposes and mostly the snapping elastic band analogy held true but in some cases – especially when the treatment was near my bones or on an area of my skin with more hair – the feeling was more intense.

With laser and light-based treatment, the practitioner providing the treatment might first apply a cooling gel to the area being treated to help conduct the light energy and cool the skin.

These are but two options to consider for tattoo removal.

To learn more about tattoo removal options such as laser and light-based treatment, visit http://www.permanenthairremovaltips.com/tattoo-removal.html

Temporary and permanent hair removal technology is evolving constantly and is relevant to both men and women who want to remove unwanted hair.

For more information on hair removal options, visit http://www.PermanentHairRemovalTips.com

Best Lifestyle Resources26 Mar 2009 07:24 pm

How far are you willing to go for your love of art? Do you have art, designs, emblems, or icons written on your body? If art is your passion, why damage your skin with images you may later regret? To love and embrace art does not mean you need to tattoo yourself.

The permanency of tattoos has a serious downside. As we age, our taste in art and design and personal aesthetics usually change. No doubt, tattoos are popular worldwide, but caution for this form of art needs to be addressed. Do you know of any style that has stood up over a long period of time? People everywhere periodically change the style and color of their hair, eye makeup, eye glasses, and facial hair (for men).

Speaking as an artist, I have to say that no art is error-free. Artists cannot produce perfect work no matter how great they are. Only perfect people produce perfect work. Not only this, but tattoo technology improves from one decade to the next. What then? Removing outdated tattoos is painful and expensive. Most people can’t assume they will have the physical endurance and money to be able to remove tattoos.

There are more considerations too: faded tattoos, body weight changes, and aged skin. With sun exposure and passage of time, tattoos fade. As we age, our body weight can easily change which could cause a tattoo to appear too large or too small. And most definitely, our skin wrinkles and crepes as we age.

Tattoos brand people. Tattoos advertise and communicate messages to everyone who sees them. When someone feels so strongly about something that they are willing to brand themselves with a permanent tattoo or two, others take them seriously and try to read and interpret them.

Is the love of art your motivation for tattoos? If so, you may want to use your favorite tattoo design for your jewelry, a T-shirt, a poster, or for a motorcycle instead. If you think your tattoo is NOT good enough or does NOT merit being put on other items such as these, then why do you want permanent tattoo(s) on your body?

Debbie Jensen, Graphic Designer and Photographer http://www.debjensendesigns.com

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