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Quote of the Day

2010-06-22T01:28:00.000-07:00

“ The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”

Walt Disney.

Quote of the Day

2010-06-19T03:36:00.001-07:00

"What was hard to bear is sweet to remember."

-- Portuguese proverb

Give Away An Electronic Information Product

2010-06-19T03:35:00.000-07:00

1. Give Away An Electronic Information Product

The product could be a simple report posted on your Web
site or autoresponder to a downloadable e-book. The
information product should relate to your target audience. Just
place your advertisement somewhere on the product. Allow
other people to give away the information product to attract
even more customers.

2. Offer Free Consulting Via E-mail

Allow potential customers to ask you specific questions
relating to the subject of your business. Giving away free advice
can show your prospects your expertise and give you instant
credibility. Another benefit is when you e-mail them back the
free advice or information include your signature file to get free
advertising.

3. Hold A Free Chat Room Seminar

People go to seminars to learn about a particular subject.
With chat rooms you don't need to fear public speaking or
spend money to rent out a seminar room. You can use your
own chat room or hold the seminar in someone elses.
Holding a chat room seminar is an incredible way to get free
publicity. Just send a press release to the media announcing
your free seminar.

4. Start A Free-To-Join Club

Having people join your club is a creative way to attract
new customers. People want to belong to something, why
not your online club. The club should be related to your
product or service. You could give away a free e-mail
newsletter for club members only. Have a members only
message board, e-mail discussion group or chat room. Post
your advertisements on all the club information.

5. Provide Your Product Or Service For Almost Free

Tell potential customers you'll accept barter deals for your
products or services. You may not be getting money but they
will become your customers. If they are satisfied they might
pay money the next time they make a purchase. Barter for
things to improve your business or your own personal life.

www.OurHelpYourSuccess.com

10 Sizzling Ways To Improve Your Ad Copy

2010-05-26T02:40:00.000-07:00

1. You could decrease or increase the length of
your ad copy. There is no rule on how long your
ad copy should be unless space is a consideration.
The ad should be long enough to sell your product.

2. You could add some sub headlines on your ad
copy. Sub headlines act just like headlines; they
grab the readers attention. They'll keep the readers
interested as they continue to read your ad.

3. You could ask your reader questions through out
the ad copy. They will answer the questions in their
own head as they read your ad copy. The questions
you ask should persuade the reader into buying.

4. You could highlight keywords through out your
ad copy. The keywords should be attractive to
your target audience. You could highlight them with
color, underlines, italics, etc.

5. You could bullet or indent your benefits on your
ad copy. Must people won't read a whole ad copy,
so make your products benefits standout and you
won't lose the sales from all the skimmers.

6. You could change the size of your text on your
ad copy. You want to make your text large enough
so it's not hard to read. You also want your headline
and major points to be larger so they will standout.

7. You could raise or lower the price on your ad
copy. A higher price could increase the perceived
value of your product and a lower price could
lesson your product's value.

8. You could add proof of results on your ad copy.
You should include testimonials, endorsements,
and factual statistics to prove your product's claims.

9. You could add special offers on your ad copy.
It's usually easier to sell the offer than the product.
You could use discounts, free bonuses, volume
sales, etc.

10. You could eliminate the hard-to-understand
jargon on your ad copy. Unless your product calls
for technical words, you want your ad to be read
without people pulling out a dictionary.

www.OurHelpYourSuccess.com

Quote of the Day:

2010-05-22T08:07:00.000-07:00

"We love to expect, and when expectation is either
disappointed or gratified, we want to be again expecting."
-- Samuel Johnson

10 Strategic Ways To Maximise Your Profits

2010-05-21T07:03:00.000-07:00

1. Tell people the point or focus of your web site.
Explain to them what things they can do or which
goals they can accomplish while visiting your site.

2. Make your visitors feel comfortable at your web
site. Give them your main business address, your
visitors may not trust you if you're using a P.O. box.

3. Include a FAQ on your web site or via e-mail
on an autoresponder. This will give your customers
an extra convenience without having to contact you.

4. Buy advertising space on discussion board web
sites. They are usually arranged by subject; that
makes them highly targeted.

5. Start a free e-mail newsletter to create your own
opt in list. Create a title that grabs readers attention.
Submit it to free e-zine directories on the internet.

6. Record all your new promotion ideas into an idea
journal, good or bad. Sometimes you can combine
ideas to create new ones to increase your sales.

7. Convert your web site and free e-mail newsletter
into different languages. This will increase your over-
all target market.

8. Make your classified ads stand out in a crowd.
Use all capitol letters in the headline, divide letters
with extra spaces, add in text symbols, etc.

9. Remember your customer is always right, even
if they are not. Resolve all conflicts quickly and
painlessly. They are the lifeblood of your business.

10. Create a bond with your visitors by bringing up
likes or dislikes you have in common with them in
your ad copy. Just make sure you do your research.

www.GrowYourOwnSuccess.com

Quote of the Day

2010-04-05T06:50:00.000-07:00

"You are to gather up the joys and sorrows, the struggles,
the beauty, love, dreams and hopes of every hour that they
may be consecrated at the altar of daily life."

MacRina Wiederkehr

10 Sure-Fire Phrases That Will Increase Your Traffic

2010-04-05T06:47:00.000-07:00

1 "Bookmark This Web Site Now" Tell your visitors to
bookmark your web site. They may see your web site
listed in their bookmarks and visit again. You should
also give then a good reason to bookmark your site.
For example tell them you add new content everyday.

2 "Subscribe To Our Free E-zine" Tell your visitors to
subscribe to your e-zine. When they subscribe you'll
capture their e-mail address. Every time they read
your e-zine, it will remind them to return to your site.

3. "Participate On Our Discussion Board" Ask your
visitors to participate on your online discussion board.
By participating they will meet other people. By
meeting other people, they will revisit your web site
on a regular basis to stay in contact with them.

4. "Sign Our Guestbook" Ask your visitors to sign your
guest book. When people sign your guestbook you may
get valuable feedback or constructive criticism on how
to improve your web site. This may help you increase
traffic to your web site.

5. "Use Our Free Content On Your Site Or In Your
E-zine" Allow your visitors to use your articles on
their own web site or in their e-zine. Just ask them to
include your resource box. This will spread your
advertising all over the internet.

6. "Refer This Our Web Site To A Friend" Ask your
visitors to refer your web site to a friend(s). They may
know someone that would benefit from visiting your
web site.

7. "Fill Out Our Online Survey" Ask visitors to fill out
your online survey or questionnaire. You could use it
to get valuable feedback on ways to improve your web
site to increase traffic.

8. "Enter Our Contests" Ask your visitors to enter your
online contest or sweepstakes. People love to win stuff,
and they will visit your web site to try.

9. "Give Away Our Freebie To Your Visitors" Allow
your visitors to give away your online freebies to people
that visit your web site. Include your ad on the freebie
and those freebies will multiply your traffic.

10 "Join Our Affiliate Program" Allow your visitors to
make money selling your products or services. This
will increase your traffic because they will link to your
web site.

www.GrowYourOwnSuccess.com

Quote of the Day

2010-02-10T11:33:00.000-08:00

“Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.”

Wayne Dyer.

Quote of the Day

2010-02-03T10:37:00.000-08:00

"In every man there is something wherein I may learn of him,
and in that I am his pupil." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sure Fired Ways to Increase Your Sales

2010-02-03T10:31:00.000-08:00

1. Team-up with your weaker competitors to beat
your stronger competitors. You can create win/win
joint venture and cross promotion deals with them.

2. Design your site so it will be worth bookmarking.
Your visitors will bookmark your web site if it's full
of free original content like articles, ebooks, etc.

3. Offer your customers back-end products. It is
easier to sell to existing customers. If you do not
have a back-end product, join an affiliate program.

4. Increase the perceived value of your product.
You could offer an affiliate program, give away free
bonuses or use famous endorsements on your ad.

5. Remind your visitors to promote your web site.
Use phrases like; "Refer This Our Web Site To A
Friend" or "Link To Our Web Site"

6. Make your testimonials more powerful. You can
include pictures, hand written signatures and contact
information with each testimonial.

7. Up-sell to all your customers. You could sell add-
on products, deluxe products, extra parts, related
products, add-on services, etc.

8. Place your ad in targeted e-zines. Ask the owner
if you could place your ad in a higher position in
exchange for a percentage of the ad's profits.

9. Use permission marketing to increase your sales.
You simply ask people to sign-up to your e-mailing
list. They'll already be interested in messages or ads.

10. Provide a privacy statement and all your contact
information on every page of your web site. This'll
persuade your visitors and prospects to trust you.

www.growyourownsuccess.com

10 Strategic Ways To Maximise Your Profits

2010-01-29T02:17:00.001-08:00

Willie Jolley´s New Book

2010-01-12T03:25:00.000-08:00

Who is Willie Jolley?

Meet The Comeback Guru ...Helping Turn Setbacks Into Comebacks

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Who Matters - And Who Never Did

2010-01-07T07:29:00.000-08:00

I found this in an e-mail and now is on my wall.

There comes a point in your life when you realize:

Who matters.

Who never did.

Who won't anymore...

And who always will.

So, don't worry about people from your past,
there's a reason why they didn't make it to your future.

10 More Ways To Bring More Money In

2009-12-15T03:59:00.000-08:00

1. Give people a free online utility. When you offer a utility that can solve a person's problem, people will definitely visit your web site.

2. Offer a free affiliate/reseller program. When you offer people a free opportunity to make money they will line up to visit your web site.

3. Supply news stories related to your site. People want current news on the topics they are interested in. You could also include new "how to" articles.

4. Offer your visitors a free community. People like to have a place were they can have discussions with others on a particular subject.

5. Make people feel safe when they order. Explain to them you won't sell their e-mail address and all their personal information will be kept confidential.

6. Offer free samples or trials of your product. This will let people experience your product and attract people to your web site.

7. Make your ad copy attractive. Your ad should lists benefits before the features. Include guarantee sand testimonials in your ad.

8. Remind people to come back and visit your site.They usually don't purchase the first time. The more times they visit, the greater the chance they'll buy.

9. Let people know anything about your business history. They'll feel more comfortable if they know who they are buying from.

10. Give people as many ordering options. Accept credit cards, checks, money orders, and other forms of electronic payments.

www.ourhelpyoursuccess.com

Quote of the Day

2009-12-09T04:07:00.001-08:00

“Impossible is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools.”

Napoleon Bonaparte.

Quote of the Day

2009-12-09T02:01:00.000-08:00

From Twitter earlier today:

Big difference between "Talking Action" and "Taking Action"

Quote of the Day

2009-11-30T05:46:00.000-08:00

"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body." -- Sir Richard Steele

10 More Ways To Make People Click To Your Site

2009-11-29T01:32:00.000-08:00

We all need traffic here are 10 more ways to make people click

1. Use reverse psychology on your banner ads. You could tell people not to click on your banner ad. For example "Don't Click Here If You Are Comfortable With Your Looks"

2. Make your banner ad words as attractive as possible. Use words like ultimate, powerful, sizzling,hot, etc. Your words should relate and highlight your total offer.

3. Offer a discount offer on your banner ad. People are always looking for good deals. You could offer a percentage discount, dollar discount, buy one get one free discount, etc.

4. Use a testimonial on your banner ad. They'll give people proof they aren't wasting their time clicking on your banner ad. The testimonial should include enough information so they understand the offer.

5. You could have a famous and respectable person on your banner ad representing your product, website or service. People will click because they'll trust them over you.

6. Use a strong guarantee on your banner ad. You could include the guarantee as a headline for your offer. It could read double or triple your money back guarantee, lifetime your money back guarantee, etc.

7. Tell people to click on your banner ad. Newbies to the internet may net even know they can click on banners. Just having the phrase "click here" on your banner will increase your clickthroughs.

8. You could advertise a trial or sample offer. This will tell people there is no risk or obligation if they click on your banner ad and try out your product or service.

9. Tell people the major benefit of your product, website or service on your banner ad. It could be benefits like make money, lose weight, increase energy, save money, save time, etc.

10. You could advertise a free offer on your banner ad. People love free stuff. The freebie should relate to your target audience. If the freebie is attractive to them they will click.

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Quote of the Day

2009-11-22T02:37:00.001-08:00

"We all die. The goal isn't to live forever; the goal is to create something that will."

-Chuck Palahniuk

2 Ways To Earn Income On The Net

2009-11-16T04:16:00.000-08:00

Lots of people are looking for ways to earn more income online. The first point is finding the right income opportunity.

The Internet offers many opportunities that you can research on your own. In this article we will talk about a few ways you can earn extra income online and you can research the individual opportunities on your own.

1. Network marketing still remains a popular and fun way to develop a walk-away income. Developing an income that pays you over and over is one of the strongest features of network marketing.

There are ordinary people earning money with network marketing that never could do so in the past. There are also Internet marketers who have no background in network marketing using this business model to create a powerful residual income all around the world.

Leveraging your time and duplicating your efforts are two of the drawing cards for network marketing. This is also how it is possible for you to make a residual income as your creative downline of individuals building their own network marketing business.

You get paid every time a product moves through your downline either through wholesale or retail sales. Over time this can turn into a very large residual income.

2. Another way to earn residual income is building a lucrative high traffic blog. This is an excellent way to make money online because you can blog on things that interest you.

You can monetize your blog in numerous ways, but one commonly used is incorporate the Google Adsense affiliate program into all of your blog articles. This is a hands-off way to create income and as you develop a high traffic blog.

Selling advertising to businesses interested in Internet marketing is another benefit of making money with a high traffic blog. This lets you focus on writing blog articles and billing your advertisers once a month.

The residual income part of this comes into play as your blog grows to the point that the traffic is self-sustaining. You can even outsource adding fresh content to blog writers which really frees up your time to enjoy the money you are making.

In summary, these are just two ways to earn residual income on the Internet. Finding the right residual income opportunity in network marketing is something anyone can do.

Building income that pays you consistently with a high traffic blog is a fun way to make money and one that appeals to many Internet marketers.

www.ourhelpyoursuccess.com

Quote of the Day

2009-11-07T07:54:00.000-08:00

"Whatever your mind can conceive and believe it can achieve." - Napoleon Hill

10 Ways To Explode Your Orders

2009-11-01T07:34:00.000-08:00

10 Electrifying Ways To Explode Your Orders.

1. Persuade visitors to link to your web site. Give them a freebie in exchange for them linking to your web site. It could be content, software, etc.

2. Link to web sites that provide useful information or services for your visitors. If you have many useful links on your site, they may make it their start page.

3. Spice-up your web site's wording using plenty of adjectives. It gives your visitors a clearer vision of what your explaining or describing to them.

4. Don't make your banner ads look like ads. Most people ignore banner ads. Design them to look like content and have them click to read the rest.

5. Join affiliate programs that go with the theme of your web site. You'll just be wasting valuable space and time if your visitors aren't interested in them.

6. Market your web site as a free club instead of a web site. They'll increase your repeat visitors and sales because people enjoy belonging to groups.

7. Interact with your online customers on a regular basis. They'll show them you care about them. You could use a chat room, forum or message system.

8. Check your web site links regularly. After people click on one link, and it doesn't work, they usually won't risk wasting their time clicking on another one.

9. Give visitors a positive experience when they're at your web site. Provide them with original content and free stuff. They'll tell all of their friends about it.

10. Share customers with other businesses that have the same target audience. Offer their product to your customers if, in exchange they do the same for you.

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10 Step Goal Setting Plan

2009-10-19T06:07:00.000-07:00

10 Step Goal-Setting Process.

No Limits No Excuses.

1) Think about what you want and write it down.

2) Decide EXACTLY what you want and write it down.

3) Make sure your goal is measurable.

4) Identify the specific reasons that you want to achieve this goal and write them down.

5) Establish a definite date for accomplishment of your gaol and write it down.

6) Create a list of action steps that you need to take to accomplish your goal and write it down.

7) Create an action plan from your list of action steps and write it down.

8) Take Action

9) Do something every day

10) View your goals as often as possible

To finish a quote from the great Ralph Waldo Emerson

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high aspirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

Now, that's some excellent advice to live by. Give it a try!

Quote of the Day

2009-10-03T05:02:00.001-07:00

"Love is not some complex, mystical abstraction. It is something accessible and human that we learn through our everyday experience, as often at times of failure as in moments of ecstasy." -- Leo Buscaglia

Great Quotes

2009-09-27T02:56:00.000-07:00

“Many people make the mistake of thinking that all the challenges in their lives would dissipate if they just had enough money. Nothing could be further from the truth. Earning more money, in and of itself, rarely frees people. It's equally ridiculous to tell yourself that greater financial freedom and mastery of your finances would not offer your greater opportunities to expand, share, and create value for yourself and others.”

~ Anthony Robbins

Increasing Your Links Will Work For You

2009-09-21T02:41:00.000-07:00

Every internet marketer need to increase links to their web sites so that they can build their business. There are a number of ways to do this. I do feel the most effective way to get people to link to your web site is by offering web masters the option of giving away your free stuff. In exchange, they link to your website. Why would other web masters want to do this? They may want give away a freebie to draw traffic to their website. They also may not have the time, knowledge or skills to give away certain types of electronic freebies from their web site.

Your links will just keep multiplying. When a web master offers your freebie to his or her visitors. Those visitors may decide to also give away your freebie. And so on and soon... The more people that link to your web site the more traffic you'll get. Below are four of the most popular types of freebies given away on the internet to increase traffic. Free Software Offer free software from your web site. The software could be freeware, shareware or demos. Free Online Services Offer a free online service from your web site. The online service could be an e-mail account, search engine submission or e-mail consulting, etc.

Free Information Offer valuable free information from your web site. The information could be a report, article, e-book, online audio recording or e-mail course, etc. Free Affiliate Program Offer a free affiliate program from your web site. The affiliate program could be pay per sale, click through,two tiered, etc. Now, I know, there are many other ways to get links like trading or exchanging links with other web sites or joining a banner exchange. You can also do joint ventures or cross promoting. I feel these are not as effective as multiplying your links. I hope this article can help you increase traffic to your web site.

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Quote of the Day

2009-09-19T09:01:00.000-07:00

"At first dreams seem impossible, then improbable, then inevitable."
-Christopher Reeve

Quote of the Day

2009-09-09T02:38:00.000-07:00

"He who hesitates is lost." -- Proverb

American Health Care

2009-09-03T11:39:00.000-07:00

Do Americans complain about the Federal Government paying for education? Why not health Care?

Quote of the Day

2009-08-31T01:24:00.001-07:00

"What was hard to bear is sweet to remember." -- Portuguese proverb

Five Good Ways to Get New Customers

2009-08-31T01:23:00.001-07:00

Attracting new customers is always an important skill for today's business person. Below I outline 5 good ways to get new customers.

1. Give Away An Electronic Information Product The product could be a simple report posted on your Website or auto responder to a down loadable e-book. The information product should relate to your target audience. Just place your advertisement somewhere on the product. Allow other people to give away the information product to attract even more customers.

2. Offer Free Consulting Via E-mail Allow potential customers to ask you specific questions relating to the subject of your business. Giving away free advice can show your prospects your expertise and give you instant credibility. Another benefit is when you e-mail them back the free advice or information include your signature file to get free advertising.

3. Hold A Free Chat Room Seminar People go to seminars to learn about a particular subject.With chat rooms you don't need to fear public speaking or spend money to rent out a seminar room. You can use your own chat room or hold the seminar in someone Else's.Holding a chat room seminar is an incredible way to get free publicity. Just send a press release to the media announcing your free seminar.

4. Start A Free-To-Join Club Having people join your club is a creative way to attract new customers. People want to belong to something, why not your online club. The club should be related to your product or service. You could give away a free e-mail newsletter for club members only. Have a members only message board, e-mail discussion group or chat room. Post your advertisements on all the club information.

5. Provide Your Product Or Service For Almost Free Tell potential customers you'll accept barter deals for your products or services. You may not be getting money but they will become your customers. If they are satisfied they might pay money the next time they make a purchase. Barter for things to improve your business or your own personal life.

www.ourhelpyoursuccess.com

Quote of the Day

2009-08-24T11:15:00.001-07:00

"The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and, therefore, brothers."
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Five Ways To Build Your E-zines Readers List

2009-08-24T11:14:00.001-07:00

Below I outline five ways that you can build up your E-zines readers list.

1. Offer Incentives to people as an incentive to subscribe to your e-zine. Offer them a freebie if they subscribe. It could be a free e-book, free report, free advertising, etc. Make sure the freebie will attract your target audience.

2. Joint Venture Joint venture with a similar e-zine. Combine your subscriber bases together and publish one e-zine. Edit and publish each issue together. You both will be promoting the e-zine which means more subscribers.

3. Allow Archiving Allow your subscribers to archive back issues of your e-zine on their web site. They may need content for their web site. If people visit their web site and like your e-zine, they will subscribe.

4. Form An E-zine Ring Form an e-zine ring. Team up with 4 to 10 similar e-zines. All the publishers would agree to list each others e-zine name and subscribing information in every issue. You could call this section "Other Free E-zines You Might Enjoy"

5. Ask Subscribers Ask subscribers to forward your e-zine to close friends, family, or associates. If they enjoy your e-zine, they will subscribe. It's almost like your subscribers are endorsing your e-zine.

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Quote of the Day

2009-08-22T05:16:00.000-07:00

"Hope is a waking dream." -- Aristotle

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2009-08-14T02:50:00.001-07:00

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Quote of the Day

2009-08-13T05:42:00.000-07:00

"The basic principle of turning ideas into big money is to seize every money building idea and work with it until the idea fits your purpose, decide on the steps needed to make it work, and then proceed to do it as soon as possible." -- Duane Newcomb

Quote of the Day

2009-08-10T10:08:00.000-07:00

"He who hesitates is lost." -- Proverb

Quote of the Day

2009-08-09T01:29:00.001-07:00

"Don't be too busy earning a living to make any money." -- Joe Karbo

10 Sentences That Sell Really Well.

2009-08-09T01:27:00.000-07:00

Tell your readers what they are probably thinking, feeling or doing as they read your ad copy. This strategy will usually trigger their own subconscious mind to bring out these feelings or actions. You can add these sentences into any ad copy. You may have to change one or two words so it relatesmore to the product or service you're selling.

1. As you keep reading this ad copy, you are feeling more and more compelled to experience all the benefits of our product.

2. The more you understand just how valuable our product could be to your life, the less you think about delaying this important purchase.

3. After you read this short ad you will feel like your problems are almost completely solved, all you will have to do is order.

4. As you're skimming through this, you're beginning to think you have nothing to lose and everything to gain by trying out our product.

5. As you're scanning over this ad copy, you are beginning to imagine using our product and enjoying all the benefits it brings.

6. The more you keep reading our ad the more you feel it would be a waste to let this opportunity slip by.

7. The more you review our ad the more you begin to find yourself getting very excited about our product and starting to feel the urge to buy now.

8. You don't know it yet but, at the conclusion of this ad, you will feel driven to order and experience all the benefits of our product.

9. You don't realize it yet but, in a few short minutes you'll realize that you can't put off this vital purchase and then you'll be yanking out your credit card.

10. As every word you read travels from this ad to your brain, you start to understand just how much our product could benefit your life.

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Judges Order California to Release 40000 from Prisons

2009-08-06T09:40:00.000-07:00

Does anybody in 2009 remember reading a quotation from John Ruskin from 1862, something about how governments can prevent prison overcrowding by not perpetuating the social and economic conditions which are likeliest to breed succesive generations of criminals?

Quote of the Day

2009-08-06T03:30:00.000-07:00

"things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out" john wooden

Spanish Debate Over Motherhood Late In LIfe.

2009-08-06T03:10:00.000-07:00

Tragic Death of World Oldest Mum

The worlds oldest mother has died in Andalucia, aged 69. Maria Carmen del Bousada, who lived in Puerto de Santa Maria, near Cadiz, gave birth to twins in 2006 at the age of 67. Bousada became pregnant after lying about her age and undergoing IVF treatment in the United States. The legal age there is 55, yet she was 67 at the time.

Bousada passed away after losing her battle with breast cancer, diagnosed soon after giving birth. Spanish social services have stated that the twins will not be taken into care and will be taken care for by their godfather, a nephew of Bousada.

Bousada lived in an apartment in the town and was regarded as a discreet women, often seen walking with her children, Pau and Christian, to a local nursery. After giving birth to the children, she expressed her hope to see her grandchildren after her own mother lived to the age of 101.

The birth of the twins ignited debate over fertility treatment and motherhood late in life.

I'am Now on Twitter

2009-08-04T03:31:00.000-07:00

Visit me at http:/twitter.com/SantiagoTalk

Quote of the Day

2009-08-01T10:09:00.001-07:00

"You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions". Naguib Mahfouz

Quote of the Day

2009-08-01T10:07:00.000-07:00

I was recently reminded of one of my favourite quotes and mentioned it in another post (can’t remember where, I must be at that age) and is very relevant. Its is from the famous scientist Isaac Newton who said:-

"If it appears that I can see further it’s because I am standing on the shoulders of giants".

He obviously felt somewhat humbled by others who had helped him and who he had learned from.

Summer in El Burgo

2009-07-29T09:04:00.000-07:00

Just joined twitter, thought it was time to promote our home a bit more, we have found several houses that we like just need a buyer for ours.

The summer fiestas are upon us and there's a lot going on. The weather here is great we have not had any rain for 6 weeks and I have got my tan back, this Sunday we have a fiesta which is held down by the river in the National forest.

The fiesta will start in the village of El Burgo at the Church The Virgin will be taken down to the river carried by 20 plus men, the journey goes from the church down 100 steps down the main street and on to the the river a total of 2mile.

People of all ages will be singing, dancing and enjoying the free food and entertainment provided by the town council of El Burgo. Time to meet old friends and make new ones.

The Paella is always cooked by the local women and everyone as to have a stir, the music and dancing take place looked on by the Virgin of the Sierra de la Nieves

Tomorrow we are going the the lakes will take pictures and load them on to photo gallery for you to see. Will hopefully have others sorted out to put on as well

Please pop by again and don't forget to leave a comment

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Spanish Beach Bars Saved

2009-07-28T05:10:00.001-07:00

Chiringuitos Saved

Good news for all those who love to have a coffee and tapas on the beach.

The ministry of the Environment has now said that the beach restaurants – chiringuitos – can stay on the sand without disciplinary action being taken against them.

Only those where a move is easily possible off the sand will do so, and only with the agreement of the owners.

This is a new concession on the part of central government, which had announced pans to impose the 18 year old Ley de Costas (coastal law) which decreed that all beech was public land and the restaurants should be moved off it.

It as now been decided that the chiringuitos are now beach installations and no further action will be taken.

Spanish Travel Tips - Be Careful

2009-07-28T05:08:00.000-07:00

Travel Tips - Be Careful

Wherever tourists gather, be it at a castle, railway station or in a café bar you are more than likely to be approached by gypsies offering bunches of roses and or other plants. These can be very nice and a good buy but be careful. If this happens, first hang on to your bag. They are often in groups and whilst you are looking at the offerings, another picks your pocket or your bag. It happens all the time.

You will come across beggars everywhere, outside supermarkets at the bus station and again at tourist attractions. They often have a sign printed in English telling you their story. You may be approached by children or by young women with a card saying that they are refugees and have no money. If you feel strongly about these issues you should make a donation to a registered charity as often money given in the streets ends up in the pockets of organized gangs.

Finally, how to deal with the Looky, Looky men of African origin who sell CDs DVDs and watches, toys and sunglasses. More and more they drop by your table as you enjoy your coffee in the sun. They have a great sales pitch but the goods are sometimes worthless. If you are tempted to buy it is always a good idea to ask around bar owners and local residents to find out who are the regular and reputable Looky, Looky men because some of their stuff can be ok. If you do not want to do business with them Keep your money in you wallet or purse Smile, be firm and say no thank you and they will go away.

My Spanish Home Visitor Rules

2009-07-28T05:07:00.000-07:00

Visitors Rules

Most of us like having our annual visitors to stay but sometimes the welcome wears a bit thin. One of my friends, at the end of her tether, sent the following to her family, not entirely tongue in cheek. Does it strike a chord?

Dear all,

Yes of course we would love to see you again this year, but we have to tell you that there will be a few changes:

1 We recommend that you hire a car from the airport as we no longer do free airport pick-ups and deliveries.

2 Day-time flights only, please. We go to bed at midnight, so no middle of the night flights (however cheap)

3 We no longer complete with the all inclusive hotel holiday deals. We do not provide breakfast, lunch and dinner together with all-day snacks and of course alcoholic refreshments. We will of course tell you where the best menus del dia can be found.

4 We do not have a live-in-maid, so you are responsible for making your bed, mopping the floor and keeping the bathroom clean.

5 We do not provide a free laundry service so please bring your own hand, bath and beach towels, or contribute to the soaring cost of electricity to keep washing ours for you.

6 Our daily, free sightseeing trips to local places of interest have been cancelled because we are sick to death of looking at the save caves and views etc over and over again. We will provide maps and information for you to explore on your own.

7 Our free telephone service to the UK has been suspended, use your own mobiles.

8 You may be on holiday and want to stay out until 3 in the morning, but we live here, so keep quite when you come home.

9 Should you wish to spend time lazing around our pool and prefer to stay in, we shall expect help with food preparation, shopping etc, we will operate a joint kitty, from which all food and drink shopping cost of petrol for joint trips etc will be deducted.

10 We are retire and living on our pensions which, due to the awful exchange rate and decreasing each month – so we were considering coming over to you for two weeks instead.

What dates did you say you were booking?

Quote of the Day

2009-07-27T10:09:00.000-07:00

"Wise is the person at either end. Who can in due measure spare as well as spend." -- Lucian

19 Autoresponder Course Secrets

2009-07-27T10:08:00.001-07:00

19 Ways To Increase Your Traffic And Sales Using Free Follow-Up Autoresponder Courses Read it below! An autoresponder course is a group of articles orinformation set up to be sent out separately over aset period of time by e-mail. People just e-mail yourautoresponder to receive the free course and it issent out automatically over time. You can find freefollow-up autoresponders to use by typing it into anysearch engine. Below are ten ways to use them toincrease your traffic and sales.

1. Offer your course as a free bonus for purchasing one of your main products or services. People will buy your products quicker when you offer a bonus.

2. When you write and give away a free course you will become known as an expert. This'll gain people's trust and they will buy your main product quicker.

3. Allow others to add your free course to their own product packages. Their customers will see your ad when they purchase.

4. People love to get freebies. A free autoresponder course is perfect. They will visit your web site toget the free valuable information.

5. Allow people to receive your course for free, if they give you the e-mail addresses of 3 to 5 friends or associates that would be interested.

6. Allow other people to give away your free course This will increase the number of people that will see your ad in the course.

7. You could trade advertising space in your course for other forms of advertising. It could be banner ads, e-zine ads, web site ads, etc.

8. Gain new leads by having people sign up and give you their contact info before they can receive your autoresponder course.

9. Give away the autoresponder course as a free gift to your current customers as a way of letting them know you appreciate their business.

10. Give away the course to people that join your affiliate program. This will increase the number of people that sign-up.

11. Make money selling advertising space in your course. You could charge for small classified ads or sponsor ads.

12. Get free advertising by submitting your course to freebie web sites. This will increase the number of people that will see your ads in the course.

13. Make money by selling the reprint rights to those people that would like to sell the course. You could make more money by selling the master rights.

14. Hold a contest on your web site so people could win your course. You will get free advertising when you submit your contest to free contest directories.

15. You'll gain valuable referrals from people telling others about your course. Word of mouth advertising can be very effective.

16. Make money cross promoting your course with other people's products or services. This technique will double your marketing effort

17. Increase your e-zine subscribers by giving your course to people that subscribe to your e-zine. This'll give people an incentive to subscribe.

18. Allow your affiliates to use the free course as a promotional tool for your product. Each lesson could include their affiliate link.

19. Promote other businesses affiliate programs you join with your free autoresponder course. Include a different affiliate link on each lesson.

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Quote of the Day

2009-07-17T10:59:00.000-07:00

Keep Your Profits Moving - 10 Ideas.

2009-07-17T10:57:00.001-07:00

1. Sell more back end products to your existing customer base. You already created rapport, trust and proved your credibility to them.

2. Make it a practice to up sell to new and existing customers. After they decide to buy one product, offer them another product.

3. Cross promote your products and services with other businesses that aren't competition. You will reach a wider audience at less cost.

4. Create joint venture deals with other businesses.You can expand your product line and target other profitable markets at a lower cost.

5. Start an affiliate program for your business. You will be able to spend less profits on risk advertising and spend more money on guaranteed sales.

6. Trade advertising with other businesses to save revenue. You could trade e-zine ads, banners ads,links, print ads, etc.

7. Out source part of your workload. This can save on employee costs, equipment costs, taxation costs,expansion costs, etc.

8. Add low cost bonuses to your offer that have a high perceived value. It could be ebooks, members only sites, consulting, e-reports, etc.

9. Use viral marketing to promote your business on the internet. Give away free stuff with your ad copy include on it so others can give it away.

10. Follow up with all your prospects. You can usea free e-zine, a follow-up autoresponder, an updateor reminder list, etc.

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Quote of the Day

2009-07-13T02:04:00.002-07:00

"The day, water, sun, moon, night -- I do not have to purchase these things with money." -- Titus Maccius Plautus

14 Creative Ways To Make Lots of Money with Ebooks

2009-07-13T02:04:00.001-07:00

Here is a list of 14 creative ways to make money on line with your ebook.

1. Allow other e-zine publishers or web site owners to republish small nuggets or excerpts of information from your ebook with your byline or ad included.

2. Make extra profits from selling monthly updates of your ebook. You could also back end sell the extra never released chapters of your e-book.

3. Give away a free ebook and then give people an option of buying the paid version of the ebook. Also let others give away the free version of your ebook.

4. Divide your ebook content into reports then give people the option of just purchasing the info they want.

5. Purchase reprint rights to other people's ebooks an combine them with your in a large package dealor private ebook library web site.

6. Change the benefits on your ebook ad copy into links. When people click on it take them right to the order page. It'll give them a urge to buy your ebook.

7. Charge people a cheap price to read half of your ebook. If they like it, they can pay full price to read the other half.

8. Offer freebies that are related to the ebook your selling. It could be free monthly ebook updates, free e-zine, free consulting, etc.

9. Show your prospects a sample page out of your ebook. Just black out some of the important info. This will make your prospects curious to buy.

10. Provide a low and high priced version of your ebook. Show benefits of each version side by side. People usually spend a little more for extra info.

11. Offer the reprint rights to your ebook. You can sell the rights with the regular purchase price or as a separate higher price.

12. Make your ebook available for offline people. Your could turn it into a print book, report, video, audio book, print newsletter, etc.

13. Redesign your ebook for specific niches. You can create multiple profits with very little work. Ex:Turn a business ebook into a craft business ebook.

14. Give your prospects discount coupons on other products when they purchase your ebook. It could be your products or others that you made deals with.

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Plug in Profit Site Review

2009-07-09T10:53:00.001-07:00

Something Hard to Find:
An Unbiased Plug-In Profit Site Review

The Plug-In Profit Site (PIPS) is an online home business opportunity developed by Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy. You may have heard of it and are interested in joining, but being a smart person you decided to look for a review. Well if it's a review you need, you came to the right place.

If you are not yet familiar with the Plug-In Profit Site, it is a popular online business opportunity in which several affiliate and home business programs are combined into single system. It is essentially a downline builder for MLM and residual income programs. That is, you get your own site promoting several affiliate products and home business programs so you can make money. The site itself is set up for you for free, and you are provided with great training and support to help you along the way.

Click here to check out the Plug-In Profit Site yourself. Be sure to read the whole page to truly appreciate what Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy is offering.

The Plug-In Profit Site is definitely a package that's hard to beat when it comes to ease and speed of starting your own successful Internet business. But before we move on, let's make this clear:

Plug-In Profit Site is a home business opportunity, and like all legitimate businesses you must put some effort into if you are going to succeed and make money.

Now that that's out of the way, read on...

The Highlights of Plug-In Profit Site

These are the benefits of joining Plug-In Profit Site and why people like it.
You can read the sales letter all you want, but of course you won't take it too seriously until you hear it from someone who's been there already.
•Ideal for complete newbies who have no experience in online business
•Website is designed and set up for you at no cost to you. It is also completely customizable to the owner's desire.
•Complete training is provided to help newbies into promoting and working their business. Also introduces to newbies the many aspects and components of internet marketing.
•Included with Plug-In Profit Site is a 400 day pre-written newsletter campaign for members to send to their mailing list and follow up on prospects.
•Members have their own message board devoted to PIPS, where members can discuss and share tips and tricks, and ask for help.
•Serves as a great foundation for people new to online business to expand to other areas of internet marketing.
•Since the niche is already set for PIPS, there's no need for researching what to sell and promote, since it is all given.
•Perhaps the most important thing is that it can potentially earn a decent amount of residual income. Some people make some extra pocket money from PIPS, while there are some who manage to earn their living entirely online from PIPS.
•PIPS works on a system of duplication: one person can do something to succeed, and others can do the same thing with success as well.
•The helpdesk and support is extremely helpful and responsive.
•Plug-In Profit Site also provides an exclusive advertising co-op that you can join to receive a share of all the traffic, subscribers and sales from a large-scale, professionally-managed online and offline advertising campaign.

The Drawbacks of Plug-In Profit Site

What the sales letter won't tell you.
This is a review right? Not some lens that blabbers about the highlights of the program. Like almost anything you'll ever find, there are also things that nobody wants you to know about, because they want to make money off of you. Well that's what sets this lens apart from all the rest.
•On top of the initial start-up costs, you will also encouter back-end expenses that Stone recommends. These include upgrading your autoresponder, upgrading your account in some affiliate programs, etc. However it is entirely up to you if you want to invest more in your business.
•It's not fool-proof, despite what anyone makes it out to be. If you think something is fool-proof, then you underestimated your fools. That being said, not everyone makes money from PIPS. But honestly, you mind telling me of a business opportunity that is truly fool-proof? I didn't think so.
•If you want to truly customize your site, you're either going to have to learn some HTML, or pay money to have your site upgraded (I beat them by teaching myself HTML and doing all the upgrades myself).
•The training given to you can only teach you so much. A lot of things vital to surviving in the world of internet marketing (such as search engine optimization) are things that you will have to learn on your own.

Is Plug-In Profit Site Right For You?

Do you match these kind of people?
I won't say Plug-In Profit Site is for everyone. Rather, it is for people who want to start making money online for whatever reason, and are willing to do the work and learn what it takes to succeed. Here's a sampling of people who might be interested in PIPS.
•A disgruntled worker who is tired of the corporate world and desperately wants to work from home and enjoy life without a job running his life.
•A student who needs some extra money and doesn't want to work some low wage job, since those are usually the jobs available to students.
•A person who is content with their career and job, but would like some extra pocket cash for something like a vacation, a new car, etc.
•Someone experienced in business/marketing and would like to add more streams of income to their life (these people would have quite an advantage over most people starting in Plug-In Profit Site).

Why do Some Fail?

Not everyone makes a profit.
Honestly, with all the business opportunities you see on the internet, can you tell me about one that has 100% success? I didn't think so. Plug-In Profit Site is no different. Here are a few reasons I can think of that people fail with PIPS.
1.They simply give up before they have a chance to succeed.
2.Lack of promotion of their business.
3.They think that they can just wait for their success without doing anything to help their business.
4.They don't join the Plug-In Profit Site advertising co-op which is an easy way to promote your site on autopilot. It is very effective and I highly recommend it to all Plug-In Profit Site members. The co-op builds your opt-in email list, it writes and submits articles for you, it writes and submits a press release for you, it blogs for you and so much more - virtually all the things you need to do to build a successful online business is what the Plug-In Profit Site Advertising Co-op does for members.

The problem is that a lot of people join Plug-In Profit Site and then don't want to do ANYTHING to promote their site. So even though there are built-in advertising opportunities that can do 90% of the work for you, some people just won't do it. As the old saying goes: "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink."

So Where Does This All Lead?

Have you decided if the benefits outweigh the costs?
There's only one person in this world that can decide if Plug-In Profit Site is truly right for you, and that person is you. While I can give you information about the benefits of joining PIPS, I can do no more as to getting you to join.

Now maybe you've decided Plug-In Profit Site seems like it's worth a try. If so, sign up here . It really is one of the best home business opportunities I've ever seen.

The Plug in Profit Site is what I have been dedicating my time and effort to into earning money on the internet. It takes some learning and patience, but I've found it to be well worth it. It's more fun than most jobs, and it definitely pays better. :-)

So do you want to start learning how to make money on the internet? Would you like to have your own money-making website? Are you willing to take consistent action toward changing your life and creating a better financial future for yourself?

If you answered "yes" to any of those questions then I would highly recommend Plug-In Profit Site.

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Quote of the Day

2009-07-07T09:05:00.001-07:00

"Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent." -- Jim Rohn

Another 10 Bonus Ideas to Help You Succed

2009-07-07T08:55:00.000-07:00

1. Interview Articles - You could compile an ebookor report of interviews you've given to experts from your particular industry.

2. Coupon eBook - You could compile an ebook full of coupons from other products you sell or from other businesses you've made coupon deals with.

3. Online Gallery - You could compile a free online gallery of pictures, graphs, charts, or graphics that is related to your target audience.

4. Webcam - You could set-up a webcam so your customers could view a particular environment or place they are interested in.

5. E-zine Archives - You could bundle all your olde-zine issues together into an e-book or member'sweb site.

6. Survey Results - You could compile together the results of all the surveys you've taken from your website visitors. It could be an ebook or reports.

7. Personal Journal - You could publish a personal journal of daily actions you take that's related toy our particular industry.

8. Calendar Of Events - You could publish a list or ebook of events related to your target audience, It could be trade shows, seminars, fundraisers, etc.

9. Top Lists - You could publish a list or ebook oftop ten lists that your customers would be interested in. It can be about related products, people, etc.

10. Email Discussion List - You could make a privatee-mail discussion list only for people that purchaseyour product.

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Quote of the Day

2009-06-25T04:36:00.001-07:00

"You never suffer from a money problem, you always suffer from an idea problem." -- Robert H. Schuller

New MLM Business On the Internet

2009-06-25T02:00:00.000-07:00

MLM Opportunity on the Internet

Multi-level marketing opportunities abound on the Internet. If you find yourself signing up to receive information about business opportunities, 95% of what you will receive is MLM. For those who are looking for that type of business, the odds are in your favor, but for those looking for a real business opportunity with immediate income potential, it can be frustrating. For the person who is interested in the world of MLM, you need only search the Internet to find how many opportunities are available.

One of the most appealing parts of multi-level marketing for many people is how easy it is to set up and how little the initial investment is. Unfortunately, those who are new to network marketing and MLM can be led into believing that there is almost no work involved, and sadly, many of the sites that other networks have for the sole purpose of recruiting tell you just that very thing. You see advertisements like, “I made $60,000 the first month.” Really? And how was that? Unless someone went out on the street and grabbed everyone he saw and dragged them by the hair into his network, there is no possible way that someone can build a network that quickly. Is it deception? More likely exaggeration and an attempt to draw more people into the network so they can make the $60,000 in one month that they are claiming.

When you’re looking for a MLM business opportunity, the key is to look for reality. Don’t believe all of the claims that you see about how quickly the business can start earning money for you because each person is different. Another determining factor is how much time you have to devote to promoting your business and bringing in new members to the network. If both a husband and wife work, there is little time to work on the business, especially if there are children; however, if a wife is fortunate enough to stay home, she can work on the business during the day as she has the time.

The important thing in this type of business is to find the one that suits your needs. Some organizations are set up to require a lot of out of town meetings with the upline, and others are almost exclusively Internet-based. You must choose the one that meets your needs and budget. The differences in needs are one of the reasons that so many different organizations exist on the Internet and have not yet become saturated. New ones are developing on a daily basis, so if you don’t find the right organization for you today, keep searching because eventually you will find exactly what you need in order to make your dreams and aspirations a reality.

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5 Ways to Promote Your Website

2009-06-22T06:17:00.000-07:00

1. Holding a contest or sweepstakes is an proven way to promote your web site. You can announce your siteto hundreds of web sites that list free contests and sweepstakes. Send out a press releases about yourcontest or sweepstakes. Ask entrants to your contestor sweepstakes if they would accept offers from your business in the future by e-mail.

2. Use online chat rooms to promote your web site. Find the right chat room where your targeted audience would gather. Announce to everyone in the chat room something interesting or free that's offered on your web site. This will draw visitors to your web site.Always be aware of chat room rules before engagingthe visitors in a sales pitch that could be considered spam.

3. Cross promote your web site with other sites. I try to find other web sites. that have the same target audience, but are not in direct competition with my business. Doing cross promotions with other businesses increases your profits, sales, and beat your competition.You can find businesses to cross promote all over theInternet.

4. You can easily promote your web site by using traffic generators. It could be a free e-zine, service, e-book, contest etc. Giving away traffic generators gives you the opportunity to get free advertising by including your ad on them. There are online directories that will also let you submit your freebie information. You can even let other people give away your traffic generators.

5. Posting messages to e-mail discussion lists is a greatway to promote your web site An e-mail discussion listis a group of people connected together via e-mail that can communicate with one another. When you post a message to a list include your signature file at the end. Include an attention getting sentence why they should visit your web site.

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SFI Marketing Group

2009-06-20T09:43:00.000-07:00

SFI MARKETING GROUP.
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Life in Spain

2009-06-20T08:33:00.000-07:00

The other evening Iwas sat on the patio looking at the mountains and I wondered how different life would have been if we had moved into a town when we moved to Spain instead of moving to the campo. (Countryside)

Where we live is about as far into the mountains that you can get before coming out the other side.If you get home and have forgotten something from the supermarket its a case of waiing until you go into town again.

I wonder if a lot of people in the towns know what its like to live in the campo. For a start there are no amenities like street lights, rubbish collection or postal deliveries, there is no mains water supply, all water is pumped from your own well or brought in by road tanker. the road surface is usually bad.

So why live there? you may ask. Well for one thing the scenery is fantastic, the local people are really friendly and you can find peace and tranquility. Also the wildlife is great. During the spring the place becomes a riot of colour with wild flowers and almond blossom. During the summer we have eagles and griffins in the sky.

All these things make it a fantastic place to live, but as I have pointed out there are always plus and minus pointd. Anyway when I look at the whole I think that we are lucky in that we have the best of both worlds, both town and country. It certainly gives a more balanced look at life in Spain.

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Quote of the Day

2009-06-19T09:59:00.000-07:00

"May the blessing of light be on you, light without and light within. May the blessed sunshine shine on you and warm your heart till it glows like a great peat fire, so that the stranger may come and warm himself at it, and also a friend." --

Traditional Irish blessing

Quote of the Day

2009-06-19T05:59:00.001-07:00

"The only wealth is life." -- Henry David Thoreau

Remember Your Offline Advertising

2009-06-19T05:49:00.000-07:00

Remember your online advertising. A lot of online based businesses forget about offline advertising. It is important to combine offline and online advertising together in your marketing campaign. You can market offline more effectively by targeting people that actually have access to the internet. In all your advertising you want to include your web site address, e-mail or autoresponder addresses, and the e-mail address to subscribe to your e-zine. Below are 10 offline marketing ideas:

-Place classified or full page ads in print publications.The print publications should be computer or internet related.

-Post flyers in stores. They could be computer stores, software stores, libraries etc.

-Buy mailing lists and send direct mail. You shouldmake sure that all the people on the mailing list areinternet users.

-Buy commercial time on T.V. They can be during shows that are targeted toward internet users.

-Pass out your CD-ROM or diskette business cards at special events. It could be at trade shows, seminars, fairs, etc.

-Set up a deal with another business that targets internet users. Pay the business to insert your business ads in their product packages.

-Hold a free offline class and teach people how to use

their computer or how to use the internet. You could have your web site on display as an example.

-Do co-op mailings with other businesses. They should also be targeting people with internet access.

-Give away free mouse pads. Put your advertising on the mouse pads and give them away at computer orinternet events.

-Advertise in card decks. The card deck you advertise in should be targeted toward internet users.

You would also want to target your offline advertising to groups of people that will actually be interested in your product or service. If you're selling business books, you will want to market to business owners. In conclusion, if you have a business that's only based online, you don't want to market to people that don't have access to the internet.

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Most Frequently Asked Questions About MLM Opportunities

2009-06-16T06:01:00.000-07:00

Most Frequently Asked Questions About MLM Opportunities

What is the meaning of MLM?

MLM is short for “Multi Level Marketing.” Multi level marketing is a business model wherein you recruit more members into the network. Anyone that you sign-up into the program is considered one of your first-level members. If your first-level members sign-up other people, then the newcomers are considered your second-level members, and so on and so forth.

Multi level marketing bears a strong similarity to network marketing programs. The main difference lies in how you earn money from each program. In a network marketing scheme you can earn money by selling your partner’s products; you may also earn money by getting more downlines. In an MLM opportunity, on the other hand, you only earn money when you recruit new affiliates or members.

A Downline. What is It?

A “Downline” is a term used to describe people whom you have recruited, directly or indirectly, under the terms of a multi level marketing opportunity. Downlines are most often the source of rewards in an MLM set-up. Generally, the more downlines you have, the higher the income you can expect to have.

What is a Commission Plan?

When deciding on which MLM or network marketing program to join, one of the most important things you should consider is the commission structure. This is the factor that will most directly affect your income under the MLM opportunity.

You usually receive a percentage of sales according to the number and proximity of downlines that you have. For instance, you might to stand to earn 30 percent of first level sales, 20 percent of second level sales, etc., or perhaps 30 percent of a first level recruit’s membership fee. Additionally, most companies offer bonuses to their members when certain sales volumes or recruitment metrics have been reached.

What is an autoship?

An autoship is a unique insurance policy that might be either beneficial or harmful, depending in the person involved. In an MLM or network marketing opportunity, you only get paid once you’ve reached a certain target volume. However, some people sign up for programs and consequently do not do any work at all – and yet expect commissions from the work that other people have done. An autoship policy prevents such people from taking undue advantage of the work of others – it automatically orders a minimum amount of a product or service to be paid for by the representative. This policy does not affect active members, but will certainly be a problem for inactive members.

Anything else I need to know?

Yes. Some MLM opportunities are excellent moneymaking programs. However, do not make the mistake that everything will be easy or effortless. Multi level marketing is a business, and profits have to be made before commissions are paid out. If you produce, you won’t have to worry about your rewards. But you will have to work hard to make a good living.

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Quote of the Day

2009-06-15T02:55:00.000-07:00

"Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game." -- Donald Trump

An Easy Network Marketing Business Opportunity

2009-06-14T09:08:00.000-07:00

An Easy Home Based Business Opportunity: Network Marketing

The advertising says it’s an easy home based business, but is it really? After all, creating a successful network marketing business takes a great deal of work. For those who have never been involved in any kind of a network scheme, you definitely have a lot to learn about this type of business opportunity. It is not, contrary to what you may think, a business that will sell itself without any help from you. Certainly, once you have spent the time to build the network and have everything in place, that will happen, but it may take anywhere between six months to six years to accomplish that.

The most important thing for a newcomer to this kind of business to understand is that easy does not necessarily mean that there is no work involved. What it DOES mean that it’s easy to learn how to do the business and become successful. It is not something that is going to happen overnight, or even in the next month or two, but if you stay consistent in your efforts, you will become successful. No, it isn’t easy in the respect that you can join a network, sit back, and do nothing, but in time, if you build the network correct, it will earn money for you. At that time, you can choose to continue building the business or to sit back and reap the benefits from the net work you have already built.

Based upon the things you can be called upon to do in most other business, network marketing is rather easy. After all, you don’t have to worry about a building, office staff, inventory, or anything of that nature. In fact, with some of the online network marketing schemes, the upline or corporation handle the shipping of products for you, which leaves you free to work on the more important aspects of your business such as recruiting new members and working with those you have recently brought into the network.

How soon can you expect to see something for your efforts? That depends on you as an individual. The more effort you extend into building your business, the quicker it will happen for you. Even in network marketing organizations where the downline is placed for you, there is still training and promotion that you must do in order to keep everyone focused and to bring more people into the network. This type of business is definitely people-oriented, and the more people in the network, the more successful the network is going to be. On the other hand, since it is a people oriented business, if you do not work well with people or are not comfortable with the idea of training and mentoring those in your network, this is not the type of business in which you want to become involved.

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Quote of the Day

2009-06-13T03:45:00.000-07:00

"Money will buy a bed but not sleep; books but not brains; food but not appetite; finery but not beauty; a house but not a home; medicine but not health; luxuries but not culture; amusements but not happiness; religion but not salvation; a passport to everywhere but heaven." -- Unknown

Ten New Marketing Ideas for New Business

2009-06-13T03:10:00.000-07:00

1. Create a directory of web sites on a specific topic. Give people the option of adding the directory to their web site by linking to it. Put your business advertisement at the top of the director's home page. This technique will get lots of people to link to your web site and give your free advertising.

2. Do you have a product or service that doesn't sell good? Offer it as a free bonus for someone else's product or service. Get free advertising by placing your web site or business ad on the product or in the product package.

3. Trade autoresponder ads with other businesses. If both of you send out information with auto-responders just exchange a small classified ad to put at the bottom or top of each other's autoresponder message.

4. Start a free tip line. Offer a free daily, weekly, or monthly tip recorded on your voice mail. The tips should be related to your business. Include your ad for your web site or business at the beginning or end of your message.

5. Exchange content with other web sites and e-zines. You could trade articles, top ten lists, etc. Both parties could include a resource box at the end of the content.

6. Offer to insert ads into your product package for other businesses. Just ask, in return that they do the same for your business. You should only trade insert ads with businesses that have the same target audience.

7. Offer a free daily class in your web site's chatroom. The class should be related to the subject of your business or web site. This will get people to visit your web site everyday.

8. Do you have a product that doesn't sell good? Offer it as a free bonus for another businesses product or service. You'll get free advertising by placing your web site or business ad on the free bonus.

9. Place different emotional response ads for the same product or service all over your web site. One ad may hit their hot button to buy more than another ad.

10. Publish your e-zine in e-book format. You could offer a larger number of articles per issue.It also allows you to include graphics with your e-zine. Your advertising revenue would increase because you could charge businesses for large
color ads.

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Worlds Oldest Columnist and Blogger

2009-06-10T03:41:00.000-07:00

I too was saddened by Maria Amelia's passing.

Former pin-up girl Margaret Caldwell (102) who writes a weekly column for the Desert Valley Times, of Mesquite, Nevada, is the world's oldest columnist.

Randall Butisingh (96), a poet, writer and philosopher born in British Guiana (now Guyana) and living in Florida, is probably the world's oldest blogger.

Rosalie.

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Quote of the Day

2009-06-10T03:27:00.000-07:00

Quote of the Day: "The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves." -- Victor Hugo

Use E-book Give a Ways to Build Your Business

2009-06-09T11:41:00.000-07:00

Many people don't have the time or skills to write and create ebooks to give away to their web site visitors. Giving away ebooks from your web site can easily increase traffic and sales. Why not create promotional ebooks for other people touse so they can promote their web site. First, you will need to write and create your own ebook to give away to your visitors. If you don't want to write one, you could ask permission to use another writers' articles or material. Be sure to include your text or banner at the beginning of the ebook. Once your ebook is uploaded to your web site you can allow people to download it and give it away to their web site visitors. Your ad will continue to be spread all over the internet. You can take this strategy one step further to make it even more powerful. Allow people to sign-up to get a version of the ebook with their own text or banner ad included in it. With their own ad included in the ebook, they'll work harder to promote it. That means your ad will beseen by even more people. It's now a win/win situation for you and your visitors!

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Your Business At Home Provides a MLM Opportunity That Works

2009-06-08T03:03:00.000-07:00

Regardless of what you may have heard in regards to operating a business from home based on an mlm opportunity, work is still part of the equation. There may be promises of untold riches being available by setting up a network marketing business online and then allowing the system, as it is often called, to do the work for you. Several claim all you have to do is cash the checks when they come pouring into your mailbox.

You should always research the fine print of any agreement before entering into a multilevel marketing program to help you determine it is a legitimate venture. If a business is an honest one, they will have contact information for you to get all your questions answered. Some of those that are not completely honest will most likely not have anything but an email address for to contact, which will rarely be answered and many will not even list a mailing address, making it harder for you to report them for fraud.

A good home business mlm opportunity will offer a good product or service that not only will people want, but they can also use along with training provided by the company and an internet business that is so easy to set up you could possibly begin seeing income almost immediately. It most likely will not be in the form of thousands of dollars a day as some sites may claim, but eventually, of you have followed the company’s business plan and made a sincere effort, it should produce enough income to make it a full-time, at home business, producing enough income to live comfortably.

Once you have established the multilevel marketing business to a level that is showing empowered gains, that is continued growth without any real effort on your part, you can exert the required labor to maintain this business and begin another, or even a third or fourth before you reach the maximum amount of work you can perform without killing yourself like you did working for someone else.

While getting rich is the goal of many people looking for mlm opportunity, patience is a virtue to make it happen. Proper planning will eventually catch up to you and you will see your business fall apart and someone else will take over your position and make the money meant for you. The old axiom that failure to plan is to plan for failure is especially true in home businesses and unless you fully understand what it is your website is peddling, you have little chance of convincing others that it is a great mlm opportunity.

The idea behind home based multilevel marketing businesses is to understand the opportunity in which you have become involved, promote it and make money and then recruit others, either local or long distance, help them succeed and make even more money.

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Quote of the Day

2009-06-08T02:46:00.000-07:00

Quote of the Day: "Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a huge research staff to study the problem." -- Bill Vaughan

World Oldest Blogger Dies aged 97

2009-06-06T08:11:00.001-07:00

Spanish Grandmother Maria Amelia Lopez who started her blog two years ago as died at the age of 97. Her grandchildren introduced her to the internet and she wrote "On December 2006, my grandson gave me a present, this blog when I was 95 years old and my life changed."

Her blog amis95.blogspot became a global success with 1.5 million hits. In one of her last posts she wrote "when I'm on the internet, I forget about my illness. The distracton is good for you. Being able to communicate with people wakes up the brain, it gives you great strength."

Quote Of The Day

2009-06-05T04:11:00.000-07:00

Quote of the Day: "When I was young I used to think that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old, I know it is." -- Oscar Wilde

Evaluating an MLM Opportunity Can Improve Chances of Success

2009-06-01T06:10:00.000-07:00

Evaluating A Work At Home MLM Opportunity Can Improve Chances Of Success

Before committing your time and money to any work at home multi level marketing plan, you should conduct a full evaluation. Not only of the program you are considering becoming a part of, but also your commitment to operate it with the effort it will take to be successful.

Many multi level marketing programs have a fee to join, with the promise that the fee will be returned many times over from the sales you will make on the site. For most of the honest multi level marketing companies that is more than true. Many people may wonder why they are being charged a fee to essentially work for the company. The fact is, you are not working for the company. You are working for yourself, at home, using techniques and technology developed by the company at considerable expense.

The minimal fee most multi level marketing companies impose before you start earning money is to protect their investment as well as to supply a little motivation for you to at least give an honest try to operate the business. Consider brick and mortar franchise businesses and the fees they charge for you own one of their businesses. Their name is on the building and their reputation is on the line every time they sell the right to use their name, equipment and operational methods to someone from outside the company.

The huge initial investment and the monthly franchise fees motivates the new owner to use all the company’s directions for success in order to be able to make a living doing work for themselves under someone else’s name. With multi level marketing you will be using another company’s name, products and methodology, but your name will on the web site as well. Prominently displayed for everyone to see.

Like the franchise owner knows the company’s program works well or he may not have been as interested in owning one of the stores, to be involved an work at home an MLM opportunity must also follow the developer’s plan or the chance of success is greatly reduced. Like the old saying goes, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it.

Many work at home MLM opportunities have been developed, tweaked, tried and then reworked until the company devised a successful solution. Since you are most likely just beginning to work at home in this field, you probably will not find success in changing the methods devised by specially trained people.

If you give the work at home MLM opportunity a whole-hearted honest attempt and it does not produce income for you, then perhaps it was not the right opportunity for you. This will present you with two three options. You can quit and find another opportunity, you can quit and go back to working for someone else or you can decide that maybe your efforts were not the best and go back through your training to better understand where you may have become derailed.

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Which Affiliate Programes Pay Big Bucks?

2009-05-30T11:06:00.000-07:00

Affiliate Programs That Pay Big Bucks: Which Ones Are The Best?

No matter who you are or where you’re from, there’s one thing that you have in common with the rest of humanity: You have limited resources. Simply put, you do not have all the time, money, contacts that you want. In order to remedy this situation, you must try to engage in the activities that will offer you the most rewards for the least physical and mental effort. This does not mean not working hard; it simply means that you must be efficient – otherwise you will waste your already limited resources in ventures that will not give you an adequate return.

One of the worst kinds of ventures to enter is a fraudulent one. For those who wish to make money over the internet, affiliate programs seem to be a great solution. Unfortunately, not all affiliate programs are legitimate, and some that are legitimate are likely to be low-paying. So what is there for an efficiency-minded internet worker to do? There is only one good answer: He will do his research and find the affiliate programs that pay the big bucks.

Here are three such affiliate programs:

Success University. Widely considered to be one of the most lucrative affiliate programs on the internet today, Success University essentially sells a personal improvement course culled from the works of some of America’s most popular and well-respected authors and speakers. When Success University boasts of being able to change people’s lives, it isn’t kidding – there’s enough material here to help millions of individuals reach their own personal version of success.

To make money with Success University, you will have to convince other people to sign up to the program. For each subscription you are able to get hold of, you will get a commission of anything from $20 to $40 dollar, depending on the current rank you hold in the organization.

Empowerism. Another very successful affiliate program, Empowerism is a training course that teaches people how to do business over the internet. With a track record going back to 1998, it is a stable company with good overall growth prospects, coinciding with the growing use of the internet worldwide.

To make money with Empowerism, you will have to recruit at least three people to start with on your 3x9 forced matrix. Every person in your matrix (which has almost 30,000 potential positions) earns you a dollar a month.

Host4Profit. Rounding up this trio of affiliate programs that pay big bucks is Host4Profits. Host4Profits offers all domain name owners the opportunity to earn money from the very beginning. Host4Profit is really a web domain host that pays you back for your contributions. Money is mostly made from referrals, around $10 each month per referral.

By joining these three excellent affiliate programs, you will be able to build the wealth and success that you truly desire.

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Make Money With Affiliate Programs That Pay Big Books

2009-05-30T11:01:00.000-07:00

Make Money With Affiliate Programs That Pay Big Bucks

Many website owners are finding money on their websites for doing nothing but adding a link to another company. This affiliate marketing plan can bring in additional income without any work on your part at all. When a visitor to your site clicks on an affiliate link and makes a purchase, the company pays you a commission on the sale.

The type and style of your website will determine how many companies for which you can work as a silent sales person and if you become affiliated with the right internet companies, you can make big bucks with affiliate programs. For example, Success University, which offers unrivaled instruction on the techniques of internet marketing will pay its affiliates to help them bring in new students. While most people sign up for these internet classes to learn how to market their site, bring in a few extra bucks a month is an added bonus. It is conceivable for a Success University affiliate to make up to $40,000 per month by enrolling students. While this amount may be an extreme example it is a possibility.

Learning the secrets of internet marketing will also teach you how to bring your site into the forefront of search engines and how to have the right content on your site to not only attract search engine spiders, but also buyers for your product or service. You can create an additional income stream with another successful internet company, host4profit, as a reseller of their web hosting services. How much you can make will depend on the services your customers choose and the number of customers you sign up for web hosting.

Empowerism is another means of making money from internet affiliate programs as many companies are offering to train people on empowerism and many people are looking for that training. By bringing them together, you can receive your sales commission on each person who enrolls.

However it is not all about services in the affiliate marketing world. Many brick and mortar companies also sell from the internet and if your website can draw people to them to increase their internet sales, then they will pay you a sales commission on every sale that you are responsible for them getting.

Looking at affiliate marketing from the other side, if your internet business is not receiving the traffic you believe it deserves, you can sign up with an affiliate marketing company to get links to your site on others’ sites improving your exposure and your potential for sales. Companies such as Commission Junction and Link Share, two of the top affiliate marketing sites, can help you get your links on thousands of websites at no cost, the only time you pay is when you have a sale on your site, and the affiliate who brought you the customer receives the sales commission.

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Affiliate Marketing MLM Network: Earn More Inviting People to Join You

2009-05-30T03:11:00.000-07:00

Affiliate Marketing MLM Network: Earn More Inviting People To Join You

When the network marketing concept was first introduced in the American market in the 1940’s a lot people were able to earn considerable income while staying at home. The basic idea of network marketing is that the distributor will use the direct channel of distributing their products through entrepreneurs all over the globe who are willing to sell their products for commissions. However, since we are talking about actual products here, a member will need to consume certain products of the merchant in order for him or her to get his or her commissions. Using the product of the merchant yourself will also help you promote the product since you will now be able to personally vouch for its quality.

What is more attractive about the network marketing program is that independent retailers and distributors are give the chance to recruit members and earn commissions from the sales generated by their recruits. In other words, if you are engaged in network marketing and you invite people to join you, you can actually earn overriding commissions on whatever sales generated by your team.

In our modern times, different companies and business entrepreneurs all over the globe through the use of the Internet technology are applying the networking marketing idea through the affiliate marketing MLM network. The affiliate marketing MLM network give the member a chance create a team where he or she can earn commissions of whatever sales generated by the team members. You may recruit members online and offline.

How does one get started in an affiliate marketing MLM network program? It is really very easy to join an affiliate marketing MLM network program. There is no prior business experience needed for you to qualify as members. Once you become a member, the company will provide you the necessary trainings. In most cases, the person who recruited you and the other members of the team will help you get started so it is not really difficult to find your way around. The key here is to work closely with the team and help each other. If you are a good team player, there is a big chance for you to prosper in this type of business.

When it comes to earning potentials, the affiliate marketing MLM network program can give you limitless income potentials. The limits in the affiliate marketing MLM network program are your willingness or unwillingness to work and get your business on the road. You see, when it comes to earning money through the affiliate marketing MLM network program, the amount of effort that you will put into your business would determine the amount of income that you can derive out of it. If you work hard selling the product and recruiting new members, you can actually earn thousands of dollars in a year’s time. On the other hand, if you do not exert enough effort to get your business on the right track, you will not really earn much in this type of business.

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An Introduction to the Affiliate Marketing MLM Network

2009-05-28T06:54:00.000-07:00

An Introduction to the Affiliate Marketing MLM Network

No matter how Internet savvy you may be, there is a possibility that you have not familiarized yourself with one of the more popular type of MLM Network, the Affiliate Marketing network. Even with all of the different affiliate programs that are available, many people don’t have any idea how they work, or even what they involve. Though not a new concept it has only recently begun to regain in popularity, and most assuredly as part of the multi-level marketing concept of business ownership.

Affiliate marketing programs are in existence all over the Internet, but unless you choose one that has numerous products such as Amazon or ClickBank, you are not going to make enough money to replace your day job. Since all affiliate marketing programs are different, the key is to affiliate with those that will offer you the highest rate of return on sales and/or have the widest variety of products from which a customer can choose. Of course, you will need to have your own website, as most of the affiliate programs do not offer that as part of the program. What the affiliate does is add the affiliate codes to his or her website, and when someone goes to the affiliate’s website, clicks on the banner to the product website and purchases, the affiliates receives a “commission.” Sometimes it is a percentage but most of the more popular ones are a flat rate per mineralized sale.

Promotion is not included as part of the affiliate membership, so if you want to make money from your affiliate programs, you will need to promote your website. It is advisable to have a website specifically dealing with your affiliate marketing because otherwise visitors to your site may get interested in other information on your site and never get around to looking at your affiliate links. The Internet is full of free hosting programs such as Tripod, Angel Fire, and others; your own Internet provider may offer a certain amount of web space for your use.

If you choose to make use of a website you already have, it is highly advisable to place your affiliate programs on the front page with no other information to detract from it. This way you will at least be assured that everyone sees that page first, and be certain that your Meta tags point to the affiliate programs so that when someone is looking for certain products, your website will come up in a search. Another thing you may want to think of is Search Engine Optimization (SEO) in order to make sure your website ranks high with the search engines, thereby guaranteeing a steady stream of traffic to your site. There are a few free programs that only require you to place their banner on your website, but if you plan to make this a business, you want to invest in someone who will provide you with the most for your money. Making the programs depends on your marketing tactics, so the better your marketing tactics, the more money you will make.

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2009-03-27T03:00:00.000-07:00

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El Burgo Village.

2009-03-27T02:36:00.000-07:00

At the moment the Almond trees are in full blossom, the olives are just coming into flower and the fruit trees are in bud. Each day as we take the dogs for their walk we can see the land changing wild flowers and herbs are popping all over the place all tell tale signs that we are well into Spring and that we can start to look forward to a nice long warm summer.

El Burgo

This mountainous town on the road between Ronda and Coín is dominated by the limestone outcrops of the surrounding mountains of the Serrania de Ronda. The bizarre rock formations of El Torrecilla (1900m) and its surrounding parque natural overlook the town and provide the source for the Río Turón that runs through it. The nearby Sierra de las Nieves (Snow Mountains) are home to vast numbers of the indigenous and rare pinsapo pine trees, as well as the rarely-sighted mountain cats, foxes, otters, storks, and eagles. Miradores (viewpoints) flagged by the road give stunning views south.
The Río Turón is barely a stream as it passes through El Burgo, but it provided sustenance for human settlements as long ago as the 8th century BC. Its earliest settlers would have husbanded sheep and goats, as well as meagre crops in protected valleys, but it is likely that they also traded with pre-Christian Phoenician and Greek explorers who roamed the region. These early visitors also imported key crops such as olives and grapevines. The only remaining evidence of a settlement from this time is the weathered outline of a small hill fort, similar to Iberian/Celtic structures, 2km outside the pueblo on the Ardales road.

On the south side of the main bridge by the pueblo that crosses the river Turón, is a track that leads upstream. Just about passable by car this is a circular route that takes approximately two hours to drive (not recommended in rainy season) or six hours to walk and emerges two kilometres further down the Málaga road (see La Fuensanta).

Running parallel to the river the fields to the left are filled with poplar and olive trees which soon leads onto dense woodland. Two kilometres on, a series of reservoirs are used during the early summer for bathing. Numerous shoals of fish can be seen in the many pools and the river is dammed at a spot known as Dique de Fuente de la Zorra. Past the first lagoon an old mill can be seen and continuing upstream the valley closes in a semi-gorge. This stretch of river is considered one of the last virgin stretches of water in the province of Málaga, clean enough for otters to nest in the area. During August, the river valley runs dry past this point. Overlooking this spot high up is the gleaming white statue of Mirador del Guarda Forestal.
Here the track leaves the water course and passes a further two lagoons. A number of interesting ruined fincas are worth a short stop. This river valley was the course of the old Roman road. It is no longer possible to drive all the way to Ronda, although barely a mile of new road would complete the route. The track winds south until you reach Puerto de la Mujer, the ‘Woman’s Pass’. At nearly 900 metres above sea level, this is the highest point on the track.
The track then leads down to the Fuensanta valley and the turning to the convent as well as the campsite of Las Sauces. This spot can be reached by a different route.

LA FUENSANTA & LOS SAUCES
The holy spring, en route to the ruined monastery, can be approached from below the pueblo, rather than taking the circular dirt track from the bridge. Look out for Km27and a cross, which are very near to the turn off along the forest track. Following the Arroyo de la Fuensanta upstream, the track passes a tree nursery, used to replant state forest lands in the protected park. After three kilometres, there’s a recreation area with a pleasant picnic spot and, beyond, the old mill and a tall Galician stone cross. For most walkers this is the limit but the route continues for a further hour, reaching another tall stone cross at a track junction. This track leads three kilometres to the rather basic campsite of Los Sauces, with few amenities beyond a space for walkers to pitch a tent overnight. Most of these places do require a permit in advance. One of the most historic sites in the area is the Convent, which can only be seen from this point, as it is on private land.

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Buy a House in Inland Spain

2009-03-18T07:52:00.000-07:00

Are you thinking of coming to live in inland Spain?

Hello

It’s been a couple of months since I last posted on my blog. We have been busy collecting the olive crop from my smallholding. This is hard but satisfying work beating the trees with a long pole, collecting the olives in nets on the floor, filling sacks and taking the olives to the local olive factory for processing into virgin olive oil.

We have had additions to the family, my bitch Becky as given birth to three pups, Maggie, Rosie and Packa, they are beautiful little things. Their proud father Pepi plays with them all the time.

On January 31st 2009 we decided that we will sell our current home in Spain, I am very excited that we have taken the decision. We will be moving nearer to family on the Costa del Sol.

That said we will treat it as a new adventure and we are looking forward to the move, they say the housing market in Spain is depressed and nothing is moving, that may be so however we believe that every house as a buyer waiting for it so here goes.

Thinking of coming to live in inland Spain? Our home is nestled in a valley midway between Yunquera and El Burgo in Malaga Province, Anderlusia. On entering the valley you encounter a rough road which is made good each year by the National Park. Drive along a little way and you enter the valley proper.

There are 20 plus property’s here and it is so beautiful and peaceful,l a place to die for as they say. Only three homes are occupied full time the rest are weekend homes for people who live and work in Malaga and Ronda

Low and behold Thursday 12th 2009 the electric people have arrived to start installing the high tension power so that at last we will have real electricity, wow thought we would have moved before it arrived.

We use a generator for electricity, we have our own legal well and get good sweet drinking water. There are three good size bedrooms, a large bathroom, living room and kitchen with breakfast bar, every window looks out onto fantastic views. Plus it is a legal build

The property sits in 25,000m2 of fenced land it is in 2 plots one with the house on and the other has a footprint for a house, we have olive, lemon, orange, fig, almond, avocado, walnut, carob, cherry, apple and pear trees.

Two years ago we planted a fruit orchard of quince, pomegranate, peaches, apricots and plums, we also have an allotment for growing our own vegetables.

We have 5000m2 of pine forest which is part of the Sierra de las Nieves National Park with pine and cork trees, wild rosemary, lavender, sage and lots of rare wild plants plus wild mushrooms, many of the plants I'm still trying to find out the names of.

We get plenty of wood for winter fires, the national forest workers cut it leave some for the locals to collect plus there are always thousands of cones to collect which are great for starting you fire and helping to keep it burning if the wood gets a bit damp.

We have set aside land for a swimming pool and greenhouses, leaving plenty of land over for growing other crops, and keeping animals. With 34 chickens keeps us in eggs with some left over which we sell to the locals in the village of El Burgo.

We are ideally placed for rural tourism which can be grant eligible, The Spanish Government are looking to give help to bring tourist and jobs to Spain

More posts to come with infomation on our house, the villages, people and lots of other things.

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Don't Give Up

2008-11-10T02:20:00.000-08:00

"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."

John Wooden

Work At Home Business In Spain

2008-11-07T02:51:00.000-08:00

I live with my wife, two dogs, 4 sheep and 32 chickens on a small farm in rural Spain after retiring from being business advisors in our home country. The idea of living in a rural community in a beautiful part of the world and working from home as always been one of our ambitions.

However we were not lucky to be born with a silver spoon in our mouth so for many years we followed the route of paid employment working for someone else. As an employee many of us are condemned to work doing things we do not like, sometimes with people we do not get on with and doing things we would not normally want to do. We were lucky that we eventually ended up running our own business as start up business advisors helping new and small businesses in their development. This gave us tremendous job satisfaction. However we were still part of the rat race commuting to our office and were working 60 to 70 hours a week. Deep down we wanted something different.

We had always wanted to be our own boss and work from home and had tried several different ways to achieve the ambition prior to running our office based business. When you donʼt have to work for someone else and can work from home you have more chance to move your life in the direction that you would like. This dose not means that life was always easy or things always went in the direction that we wanted.

Working from home running your own business can be rewarding but it also can be very hard work. Starting a home based business can be a daunting task for the best organised person. This week for example the laptop as been behaving badly and the printer refuses to work, the laptop as a virus despite up to date virus software. The only recourse was the old Dell in the cupboard which saved the day until it gave up a few hours later!

We had been in love with Spain for many years and took the decision to work towards moving there which we achieved two years ago. Many of our interests have come together in Spain, the love of a beautiful place in the country, growing our own food and keeping animals, attending auctions and having the time to get to grips with internet marketing. Although we still work hard we are healthier now than we have been for years

On our arrival in Spain we were faced with the ongoing need to make a living. We have developed multiple streams of income from small holding, buying at auctions, selling on EBay and at markets and income from affiliate marketing on the internet. which combined with our small pensions helps to make ends meet and keep the wolfs from the door.

The idea of multiple streams of income is not new, Robert Allen wrote about the opportunities that the internet would bring about in producing multiple income streams. We combined the internet, buying and selling and a rural smallholding to give us our multiple streams of income.

We have income from the farm, olives, almonds, fruit, chickens and eggs. A wide verity of produce from the vegetable plot. Wood from our tree for the wood burner (wood is carbon neutral) fencing and gates. We also harvest rain water and use solar and wind power. We also make money from the internet as affiliate marketers. We are members of a number of programmes that give us a number of different income streams. If you are interested in finding out more about these programmes please visit us at the websites below.

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Points to Consider When Starting A Work At Home Business

2008-11-02T08:57:00.001-08:00

When the opportunity arises to start a work at home business there are several points to consider before beginning. These points can make a work at home business run more smoothly, save money and bring success. Planning is very important when starting a work at home business.

The first thing to consider is what kind of business to start. What kind of products or services will likely be sold? Is it a product you’re selling for someone else or is it your own invention? Is it a service you will perform yourself or are there others that will do this? Will it be an online program? Finding the right niche is very important and everything will revolve around this.

Second, where will this business be located? It is important to have a space for this purpose and only this purpose. Preferably a separate room with a door that can be closed for quiet and privacy. There needs to be enough room for a desk and any other furniture you desire. Also, if there are products that must be kept in your office, make sure you have the room to store them. If you make your own product, make sure you have a space for this purpose so everything can be organized and streamlined. The worst thing is being unorganized. It wastes time and time is money.

Third is budget. What kind of budget can you work with? With every business, whether it be online or brick and mortar, there comes cost. Cost to make the product, advertising, any kind of monthly fee for programs you are involved with, even the internet connection. Consider any kind of furniture or office supplies that are needed. A monthly budget must be laid out so over spending can be avoided. Do not take on more than can be afforded.

Fourth is advertising. Consider the type of advertising you like. Some may like running ads in newspapers and others may prefer solo ads in online ezines. Whatever you decide, make an advertising plan and stick to it. Make sure it is within the budget you set up though.

Time is the fifth point to consider. If a job is still held outside the home until the home business becomes successful, make sure there is sufficient time to work on the home business. Balancing work, home and children is hard enough. Trying to build a home business on top of all that may be challenging. Set a schedule that is realistic and follow it. Don’t forget to schedule some down time too. You’ll need to relax and spend time with family.

After considering these points you can create a plan and start building your own successful work at home business.

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Don't Quit

2008-11-01T07:24:00.000-07:00

Don’t Quit

When things go wrong as they sometimes will
When the road you’re trudging seems all up hill
When the funds are low and the debts are high
And you want to smile but you have to sigh
When care is pressing you down a bit
Rest if you must, but don’t quit

Life is queer with its twists and turns
As everyone of us at sometimes learns
And many a fellow turns about
When he might have won if he’d stuck it out
Don’t give up through the pace seems slow
You may succeed with another blow

Often the goal is nearer than it seems
To a faint and faltering man
Often the struggle has given up
When he might have captured the victor’s cup
When he learned too late when the night came
How close he was to the golden crown

Success is failure turned inside out
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt
And you never can tell how close you are
It may be near when it seems afar
So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit
It’s when things seem worse that you mustn’t quite

Anon

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How to Price Your E-Book

2008-10-28T04:17:00.000-07:00

You've written and compiled an ebook. Now you have to decide how much to charge for it. Finding the right price is essential to the success of your product. If you charge too little, people will think it's of little value, and they won't purchase it, or even it they do buy your book, you will have to sell thousands of copies to get to the point where you can begin to see a profit. If you price it too high when compared with your competition, you will find yourself steadily lowering the price, which will cause you all kinds of new problems in the future. For example, if you sell your ebook at first for $39.99, and later reduce it to $24.95, don't you think the people who bought it for $39.99 are going to be upset?

Choosing the right price for your ebook is one of the most critical parts of the marketing process. The first rule of pricing ebooks is to never underprice. Determine the highest price your audience can afford, and then if you find your book isn?t selling, you can always reduce the price. Before you take that step, make sure you are promoting your book like crazy on the Internet and on websites. The price should be aimed at bringing in profits, but you should never forget that price is one of the factors that people use in judging the value of your ebook ? before they buy it. So always start with the highest price, and then launch a mega-marketing campaign.

Pricing an ebook is particularly difficult because ebooks are a fairly new commodity. Since they are digital, the value of an ebook is as confusing as the understanding of what digital actually is to the average layperson. This means that we must look at ebooks in a different light in order to determine their actual worth in this brave, new cyber world. Let's look at the difference between a book in printand an ebook. A printed book is an object you can hold in your hand, store on your bookshelf, even hand down to the next generation. It is priced on factors such
as paper stock, design and production costs, and marketing.

But the fact that unites ebooks and print books is that they are composed of ideas. It is the ideas in these books that have the ability to change, or possibly transform, people's lives. What do you think an idea is worth when evaluated against the cost of paper and ink? It is the IDEAS that are valuable! That is how you determine the cost of your ebook. What should I charge for my ideas?

There are all different formulas and methods for determining the correct price for your ebook. Let's begin with honing in on your ultimate goals. Decide if your goal is to get wide distribution and maximum exposure. This goal is aimed at drawing customers to your business or service, or to establishing the credibility of your reputation. If this is your main goal, you should aim to keep your price on the low side. Some authors have even priced their ebooks at a profit loss to draw a high number of new customers. The key is to find a price that maximizes your profits and the number of books you sell.

This is an excellent pricing strategy if you are looking to acquire long-term customers. Long-term customers are extremely likely to buy from you again and again ? as long as the first ebook they buy is of exceptional quality and beneficial to the customer. However, if your book contains valuable ? and more importantly NEW information, references, or techniques ? then you should aim to price it on the high end.

After you figure out your goal, you must figure out what your audience's need is for your ebook. For example, does your book solve a particular problem? If it does, and solves it in a way that hasn't been written about in one hundred other ebooks, you will be able to achieve high sales at a high price. If your book solves a problem or answers questions in a new and unique way, you should price your book as high as you can go. You will achieve larger profits this way, but bring in fewer customers. Just make sure the question or problem that your book solves is one thatis important and relevant to the majority of your market audience. If your ideas are not common knowledge, or you are presenting a brand new technique, you will be able to sell books at a high price. Just be prepared for your competition to undercut you on price as soon as they hear about your book.

Keep in mind that the above pricing strategy is temporary. Eventually, you will cease to sell books at this high price. So figure out in advance how long you plan to offer your ebook at this high price, and whenthat time is up, change your pricing strategy. If you want to see large profits over customer draw, aim for an audience that is looking for easy solutions to their problems at a low price. If your book is
aimed at solving one particular problem rather than general advice, then you can charge more. Start at the highest price the market will bear to bring in the largest profits, and plan to discount the book a number of times throughout the year.

Marketing Strategies

The key that unlocks the sales potential of your ebook is to find a single sentence that becomes your selling handle. This sentence states what question or problem your book answers and the benefits your ebook can provide. Then be sure to use that sentence in every piece of sales and promotional material, and every time anyone asks you about your ebook.

Besides promoting your books assiduously online, there are several other strategies that can help you sell more books. One is to give something away for free with your book, such as a valuable bonus item. Or bundle several ebooks under one price, which lowers the price for each ebook if they were sold separately.

An effective technique for figuring out a price is to send out a survey to your current customers. If these customers have already bought an ebook from you, ask for their opinion in terms of price. Do this by creating a sales page for the new book, but don't include a price on that page. Instead, add a number of links to survey questions that ask pointed questions to aid you in assigning a price to your ebook.

Another strategy is to test out prices by creating a number of duplicate sales pages with different prices on each page. Make sure your sales copy is exactly the same on every page, and includes your selling-handlesentence. Then figure out for each page the conversion ratio between visitors to your site and sales of your book. This will tell you what your optimum price is.

Ultimately, if you've written a book that solves a problem or presents a new technique, your book willbring in both traffic and profits. So be sure to write that selling-handle sentence that sums up what problem your book solves and what the benefits of your book will be to the customers who purchase it. And then watch your market come to you!

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E-Books are Promotional Powerhouses

2008-10-25T12:34:00.000-07:00

Ebooks are part of the new frontier of cyberspace. They are an entirely new medium for sharing marketing information, ideas, techniques, and expert knowledge. Each day the number of people accessing the Internet grows, causing the exposure of your ebook to increase incrementally. It's obvious why electronic self-publishing has become so popular so quickly.

The publishing industry, I hope, does not intend to forever banish the printed word to the dustbin of history. Books in print have their own special qualities and merits, and the world would be diminished by their disappearance. Having said that, let's look at what makes ebooks soimportant and so unique. Ebooks have certain abilities and qualities that other mediums do not possess.

For example, ebooks are fairly easy to produce, and their production cost is inexpensive. Just think about it: you don't need a publisher, an agent, a printing press, offset film, ink, paper, or even a distributor. You just need a great concept, the ability to write it or to hire a writer, and the right software.

Additionally, ebooks are easily and rapidly distributed online. They are also easily updated; they do not require a second print run. All you need is to go into your original creation and modify the text or graphics. Because of this flexibility, ebooks can change and grow as fast as you can type. Ebooks are also immediately obtainable. You don't have to go to a bookstore or search through endless titles at an online bookstore. All you have to do is download it from a website, and presto! It's on your computer, ready to be read.

Ebooks are interactive. This is one of the most unique and specific qualities that ebooks offer. You can add surveys that need to be filled out, order forms for customers to purchase your products or goods, sound and video that draw your reader into the virtual world of your ebook, even direct links to relevant sites that will expand your ebook outward. The potential is virtually limitless.

Ebooks have a particular kind of permanence that other mediums do not possess. Television shows and radio shows air once, and then may rerun a few times. Ebooks remain on your computer for as long as your choose, and they can be read and reread whenever you choose to. They can even be printed out and stored on the shelves of your traditional home library.

Another wonderful quality is that ebooks have no barriers in terms of publishing. You don't need to go through the endless process of submitting your manuscript over and over again, and then once you land an agent, having the agent submit your manuscript over and over again. Nor do you have to shell out thousands of dollars for printing a self-published book. All ebooks require is a writer and appropriate software. Figure out your market, write your book, post it on your website, and with the right business savvy, your audience will come to you.

Finally, you have creative control over your ebook. You don?t have to compromise with an editor or the publishing trends of the time. You don't have to haggle with a designer or wait for copyedited galleys to arrive by snail mail. You are in complete control of the design and the text.

How to Use ebooks for Marketing and Promotion

There are innumerable ways to use ebooks to promote your business and drive quality traffic to your website. Once posted on your site, you can turn them into a daily course, which brings your customer back to read the next chapter. You can use them as a free gift for making a purchase or for filling out a survey. Put your ebook on a disc, and you will have an innovative brochure. Blow your competition away by inserting the disc into your sales packages.

The most effective marketing products are those that are unique. Copyright your ebook, and immediately, you have a powerful tool that you, and you alone, can offer to the public. People will have to visit your site to acquire your ebook, which increases the flow of quality traffic and the potential of sales and affiliate contacts. Make sure that you keep your ebook current. Update it frequently as the market and trends change. Add new advice and techniques to show your prospects how your goods or services can enrich their lives. By constantly keeping abreast of new trends and techniques, you can continue to see profits from your ebook for years after your original creation.

Another phenomenal advantage of ebooks is that you can test their marketing potential without putting out hardly any cash at all. You can even produce an ebook one copy at a time, each time you receive an order, eliminating the need for storage and inventory. By this method, you can gauge the saleablity of your ebook, and make adjustments as necessary until the orders start pouring in. Ebooks allow you to learn about your market and customer habits and motivation over a period of time, without risking your precious financial resources. They also provide you with an invaluable way to gather marketing information, which you can use in many different facets of your business.

Use your ebook to discover what the specific goals and problems are in your specific industry. Then figure out how to solve these problems, and publish an ebook with this invaluable information. This will increase the value of your business, upgrade your reputation, and get you known as an expert in your field.

You can extend the value of single ebook by breaking the book down into chapters for a serial course, into special reports available on your website, or into audio or visual tapes. Ebooks can be broken down into several different promotional materials by excepting some of the articles and using them to promote your product. You can include a catalog in your ebook to promote all the products or services you sell. You can include a thank-you note for reading your book and an invitation to download a trial version of your product. Or you can include a form for your audience to contact you for further information or with questions, thereby building your business relationships and your mailing list.

Using ebooks in this manner helps to cut the cost of individually producing separate promotional materials. You can use a single ebook to entice new prospects and to sell new products to your current customers. No other medium has this kind of flexibility and ability for expansion. Think of your ebook like a spider spinning a beautiful and intricate web. Now go and create that web, and see how many customers and prospects you can catch!

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Steps to Publishing Success

2008-10-17T11:44:00.000-07:00

Even if your best friend owns a top publishing company, giving you animmediate "in," this does not guarantee publishing success. First, you have to write a quality book that has a clear target audience. And your book must answer a common problem or need that audience shares. Then you have to develop a marketing plan, and stick to it for at least two years.

Let's begin with the process that should commence before you write your first word. Begin by reading A LOT. Read both books you passionately love and books you can't seem to make it past page five. Then figure out what the author did in the book you loved, and what was wrong with in the book you couldn't finish. Write down these points so they are crystal clear to you. Read other people's books for inspiration and to discover what you should avoid as a writer.

The next step is to plan out your book. Narrow down your subject, and then divide it into chapters. Each chapter should address a specific aspect of the problem your book is going to solve. In each chapter, break the specific aspect down into several parts. This will help your readers take in your information a bit at a time instead of overwhelming them with every bit of information clogging up the pages until they feel like they're about to go blind. It's not quite spoon-feeding the information to your readers, but it's close.

The next two steps are obvious. Write your book and then revise it. And then revise it again. And perhaps again. Of course, writing is extremely hard, and writing a book can seem like an impossible task. There are many books out there that give you guidelines to help you become familiar - and even love - the process of writing and revision. Find a number of books about writing. Better yet, find a number of books about writing the specific type of book you aspire to write. These can serve as roadmaps on your writing journey.

Once you've written your ebook and revised it at least twice, show it to someone else whose opinion you respect. If you're lucky enough to know a good editor, see if you have something to barter for him or her to go through your manuscript. Or join a writing group and let the other members critique your work. Then take all these ideas from other people, and revise your manuscript one last time. And then stop!
Put down that pen! Get your hands off the keyboard! One of the most important steps to actually producing a book is to know when to stop writing and tinkering with it. finally written your ebook! Pop open the bubbly! Give yourself a night out on the town! Okay, now that this necessary celebration is out of your system, what do you do next?

How to turn your ebook into Profits

Ebooks are a revolutionary way to publish your book without incurring the costs of print production. All you need is a relevant and targeted subject and some inexpensive software, and you can transform your manuscript into a book. The problem, in terms of actually seeing any profits from your ebook, is that the market is overwhelmed with ebooks, and many of them are not worth the time it takes to download them. Just because the ability exists to easily produce an ebook, doesn't make it good writing.

Make sure your book does not simply rehash old material. You will injure your credibility as an author by claiming to offer valuable new insights and disappointing your audience with material they've read a zillion times before. So spend enough time writing and revising your book to make sure it's of the highest quality and presents the most current information. A good book will eventually sell itself; false claims about your book will make it extremely difficult to sell any future books you may write.

Assuming you have determined that you do indeed have a quality product that answers some question or need of your target audience with NEW information, how do you know how much to charge for it? Rule number 1: Set a price for your book equal to its value. An under-priced book will only give the impression that your book isn't worth very much. To figure out a fair price, estimate how much time you put into creating it and how difficult it was to transform the necessary information into understandable and engaging writing. Figure out howmuch your time and effort is worth, and then price it accordingly. The goal is for you to be adequately compensated for your talent, your time, and your effort.

Once you've figured out a price that is high enough to convey the value of the book, but not so high as to be out of the reach of your target audience's mean budget, then it's time to offer it for sale on your website. To attract sales, you will need to develop a promotional campaign, particularly if you are an unknown author. There are multitudes of books about self-promotion that will guide you in your efforts. Choose a plan that is both creative and professional. Learn how to write a catchy yet informative press release, and send copies of your ebook to sites that specialize in ebook reviews.

Learn how to write powerful sales copy, or hire someone to write it for you. This is an essential. You absolutely need excellent sales copy to sell your book. Make sure the copy includes all the reasons your target audience needs your book, and the benefits they will derive from buying it. Use graphics in your promotional materials. Beautiful graphics have the power to instantly convey the quality and value of your ebook. Graphics can also convey the amount of valuable information the book contains, and your careful attention to detail.Professional graphics sell professional books. They reassure the customer that the product is what it claims to be. Consider excerpting chapters for articles. You can offer these tidbits for free on your website as a sort of demo of your book. Include an order form for your ebook at the end of the excerpted articles.

Finally, when you set-up your download link, make sure to simplify the process. It's a good idea to offer a few bonuses that make your book even more enticing to purchase, but make sure the bonuses are valuable and high quality. Too many bonuses that are basically a load of useless stuff will compromise the impression your audience has of your ebook. The goal is to convey to your audience that they are getting a quality product for a good deal. That means applying restraint, especially when it comes to adding bonu items. Too much free stuff offered diminishes your credibility. Make sure your book is a quality product. Make sure it is relevant and current. Develop an effective marketing plan that includes excellent sales copy and excerpted articles. Then offer your book for sale, and wait for your audience to discover you!

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Rating E-Book Compilers

2008-10-17T11:31:00.000-07:00

Now that you've finished writing your eBook and have a basic understanding of what an eBook compiler does you may be feeling overwhelmed by the number of compilers on the market. To help you make your decision, I have tested and reviewed the best-rated eBook compilers currently available.

* E-ditor

This software has a demo version that you can download to try out before purchasing. You can't actually use the demo to create an eBook, but you can run the software and test it out thoroughly to see if it does what you need it to do for your particular eBook.

This eBook compiler is one of the easiest to use. The software has a very user-friendly help menu that provides instructions for and explanations of every field on every screen. The program also includes video tutorials demonstrating every step of this compiler with clear explanations of all fields that need to be filled out. There are 7 screens that you use to choose your eBook options.

This compiler requires your files to be in HTML format. You follow simple directions, and the compiler loads your files. If you decide to edit your eBook after it has been compiled, make any changes in your original files and click on "Compile you eBook" and your changes will appear in your compiled eBook.

E-editor allows for some customization of your eBook. You can create a special page that appears when the eBook is opened; create customized icons that appear on the desktop after downloading; use your own logo on the task bar of your eBook; customize the task bar's buttons, where the task bar appears in your eBook, and choose the task bar's colors. Additionally, you can choose to have the eBook open to the last page read, which many of your buyers will appreciate.

An excellent and unique feature of E-ditor is the capability to choose a standard Microsoft window or to create your own design for a window to personalize your eBook. The program provides some sample window designs, but you can use any .bmp (bit map skin) graphic you have stored on your hard drive.

E-ditor is a good choice if you are new at producing eBooks because it is easy to use and allows you to customize the appearance of your eBook.

* Desktop Author

This compiler does not require a browser, nor do you have to download software or plug-ins. The program converts exe. files into pages that look like a standard book. You can create and produce eBook pages scaled to fit on your computer screen without any scrolling. Additional features include WYSIWGY (what you see is what you get) page editing and creation, the ability to manipulate internal images, cut and
paste functions, hotlinks to pages, email, website, or other files. It is an excellent compiler to use for a marketing tools, such as creating brochures andmanuals in addition to eBooks.

* EBook Edit Pro

This compiler provides a demo version, which allows you to test out its features. The software uses a Wizard that leads you step-by-step through the set-up and creation of your eBook. Customization includes text editing that appears on the pop-up starting message window; the ability to allow or prevent resizing of your book and the mouse-click pop-up menu; enabling or disabling the navigation bar and choosing the buttons you want to appear; and customizing the eBook's desktop icon and the logo that appears on the navigation bar.

Ebook Edit Pro is loaded with excellent features that allow you to create multi-media Ebooks, and includes a Wizard that is customized for beginners and for advanced users. The software uses HTML files, downloading them from the directory where they are saved. Edit and resave your files in the original software used to create those files, and then with asingle click you can re-compile your Ebook.

Features include customization of icons, toolbars, and the "about box." This compiler has a particularly useful feature called the Rebrander feature. This permits you to enter customized code into your Ebook pages and distribute the Rebrander software to your affiliates or distributors. They can then customize
the links included in the Ebook, but they can not alter any link or information that you have not entered a customized code for.

The software includes "eBrand-It" software that allows custom fields for your customer's name, affiliate ID or URL. This feature is a powerful marketing tool because affiliates are much happier giving away your Ebook from their own site when they can customize it.

* Ebook Compiler

This compiler offers a demo version that allows you to compile 10 files. If you don't include graphics, you can create a 10 page Ebook that allows printing and copying of the Ebook. The catch is that you can't sell any Ebook you create in the demo version. The purchased software is user-friendly with easy-to-follow help files that not only guide you through the steps of compiling your Ebook, but also explains what an Ebook compiler does. The software provides detailed instructions on how to create source files from Microsoft Word 2000 and 1997, PowerPoint 2000 and 1997, and HTML documents. It contains less detailed instructions for creating source files from other programs.

This compiler allows for password protection of your entire Ebook or for selected pages. Additionally, you can set a time limit on your Ebook. When the runs out, the customer no longer has access unless they pay for it. In other words, it allows you to create a demo version of your Ebook for marketing purposes.

You can set a single password or multiple passwords.Using multiple passwords assigns each user their own specific password. Online help files guide you through setting up your passwords. You can also create a Salesand Thank-you page for selling a password protected Ebook. This is a good choice for the novice, particularly since it includes basic features for password protection and distribution.

* Activ Ebook Compiler

This is an easy to use compiler that provides excellent features. This software can support HTML, JPEG, GIF, and all active plug-ins. Features includes password protection, branding, internet linking, icon customization, assigning unique serial numbers, splash screen, file compression, and start-up messages. Italso provides free lifetime upgrades. Additionally, it includes a preprocessor, re-brander, active script, and detailed instructions for using HTML, Power Point, and Microsoft Word files. There are several other excellent Ebook compilers on the market that are worth looking into.

Ebook Generator features splash screens, password protection, branding, icon customization, and compression control. Additionally, it includes virus prevention that alerts the user to any modifications made to your Ebook and offers usage statistics so youcan track your Ebook's use. With all these advanced features, this is an excellent compiler for the beginner because it is exceptionally easy to run.

Ebook Creator is another excellent compiler, supporting HTML, JPEG, GIF, and PNG graphics, andJavascript, VB script, and Java applets. It also supports all Internet Explorer plug-ins. Standard features include unique serial numbers, direct linking to a form or a page on your website, disabled rightclicking, and search functions. The software allows for expiration after a set number of days or usages, which allows you to create demo versions. You can create up to 1000 different passwords; every time the Ebook is downloaded, a unique password is required to access protected pages. The software provides user-friendly menus and buttons that allow the beginner to the advanced user to easily create their Ebook.

Obviously, there are some excellent compilers out there. So figure out EVERYTHING you need in terms of features, and then compare prices and options. Do take advantage of demo versions if they are offered before purchasing. And then, have fun creating your Ebook!

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Choosing an E-Book Compiler

2008-10-14T01:51:00.000-07:00

What is an eBook compiler?

You've written and revised your ebook, hired an artist who has produced outstanding graphics,and now you're ready to actually put together your ebook. What you need to make an ebook is software called an ebook Compiler.There are many different compilers to chose from, but first, you need to know exactly what an ebook Compiler does. Here is the simple explanation: An ebook compiler is a software program that converts either text pages or HTML text into a single executable file or an ebook.If you or someone you hired has created a file with graphics in HTML, you will need an HTML ebook Compiler. This type of compiler requires a working knowledge of the HTML tag language. You can also use software to do this for you, such as Microsoft FrontPage or Macromedia Dreamweaver.

How do you choose an eBook Compiler?

There are a large number of ebook Compilers available on the market, all with glowing sales copy and tekkie language. It can get very confusing and overwhelming very fast without some simple guidelines to help you figure out which compiler is right for you.

Choosing an ebook Compiler depends on a number offactors:

1. How did you create your pages? Did you use HTML or PDF format? There are many more compilers available for HTML, but you can find some very good compilers that will covert your PDF files into an ebook.

2. Consider how easy the program is to use and the thoroughness of the software's instruction manual.. It is absolutely necessary that the compiler you buy have an instructional manual, documentation, or online "wizards." If it doesn't, your chances of figuring out how to correctly use the program are compromised, and the time required doing so is going to be significant. Many manufacturers of compilers offer a free trial version so you can play around with it and see if it suits your needs. Download the trial version and ascertain that it actually does what it claims to do.

3. Security features. If you plan to sell your ebook, check out the security features of the compiler software carefully. Security features should include: prevention of the reader from modifying text, access only to the pages you assign or by entering a password, different ways of generating passwords such as secure passwords, user-friendly, and open passwords.

4. Supported scripting. Find out what scripts the software supports. Scripting allows you to create special effects, customize menus, and create and modify other user interactivity. Choose a compiler that permits you to include graphics, search windows, hyperlinks, forms, surveys, etc.

5. Pricing. This is a factor that is not always easy to gauge. The highest priced compilers are not automatically your best choice. Choose your compiler based on the necessary requirements for your Ebook. That means you need to know exactly how you plan to use your Ebook and what functions you require. Let's look at some of these factors in more detail. First of all, make sure you have the correct browser to run the compiler. The majority of HTML compilers use Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape. Check out the version that the compiler supports. Compilers that require a browser will not run on a computer that does not have the required browser installed. However, there are ebook HTML compilers that don't require you to have any browser installed on your computer.

These compilers run on any Windows system.If you choose a compiler that requires a browser, check to ascertain that the browser is installed correctly and that it is properly configured to the specifications of the compiler. Check to see if certain functions are turned off or on, and make any adjustments according to the compiler instructions. Security is an essential element of any compiler, regardless of whether you plan to sell or give away your ebook. One of the main reasons for using a compiler is to prevent the reader from modifying the contents. A secure compiler allows access only to the pages you want the user to access unless they enter a correct password.

To find out how secure an ebook HTML compiler is, open an ebook on it. While it is open, check the temporary directory of your computer. This can usually be accessed by typing in C:\Windows\temp. If you see a bunch of files when your ebook is open or running, it means that your computer is decompressing the secure data from your ebook before showing the ebook to the viewer. This method is not secure! It means that anyone with the knowledge of how to access these temporary files can steal the secure data and then they can fiddle with your ebook to their evil heart's desire. Remember, one of the main purposes of buying and using an HTML compiler is to protect your property.

Next, let's discuss passwords. When trying to choose an ebook Compiler, check out the type of passwords that the compiler supports. Almost all compilers offer some kind of password protection that insures that the user can only access the contents they have purchased from you. However, the best compilers offer varied ways to generate different types of passwords. Choose a compiler that gives you the options of secure, user-friendly, and open password generation.

Another important factor when it comes to passwords is how the compiler generates them. A compiler that has internal password protection generation built into the software is more secure than compilers that link to live Internet password control systems. Find out if the compiler generates passwords online. If it has this option, it allows you to choose any payment processing system you want or to do thepayment processing yourself.

Next, look into the size of ebook the compiler supports. The best compilers can create ebooks up to 2 GB in size without decompressing the HTML pages or images to your hard disk. Usually, ebooks that are 2 GB in size can easily support 6 GB of compressed data. The catch here is that only text files will generally be compressible.You do not want a compiler that decompresses this amount of data when the user attempts to open your ebook. This would mean that anyone who purchases your
ebook will have to wait for all the data to decompress before they can access your ebook right after downloading it. So look for compilers that only decompress temporarily files that are NOT HTML to the local hardisk. Non-HTML files include Flash, Word, and Acrobat files. This type of compiler is more secure and certainly faster.

Make sure the compiler you choose is compatible with your system software. Check out what version of Windows it requires, and make sure you have that version before buying your compiler. Support issues are extremely important. Choose a compiler that includes an installation program. This allows your user to choose a number of different places on their computer to install the ebook, to place a shortcut on their desktop, and to add the ebook, if they choose, to the Start Programs menu. You also want excellent and accessible vendor support.

Make sure you can access quick technical support! At three o'clock in the morning, this factor will be VERY important. Also, check to see the terms of free technical support offered.. Unlimited technical support is obviously the best option. Check to see if the company that puts out the compiler software offers a service level agreement. This agreement is to assure you of their quality response to your questions or problems. A good thing to consider is how long the compiler hasbeen on the market. Usually, the version number will give you an idea. The longer the program is on the market, the higher the version number, the more bugs have been worked out.

When choosing an ebook compiler, do not be swayed by incredible promises and dazzling sales copy. Do yourhomework first, and then consider all the above issues and factors before choosing an ebook compiler.

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Motivation

2008-10-09T02:35:00.001-07:00

“Do the things you fear, and the death of fear is certain.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson.

“Impossible is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools.”

Napoleon Bonaparte.

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time that we fall.”

Confucius.

“No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.”

William Gladstone.

“It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.”

Anthony Robbins.

“We will either find a way or make one..”

Hannibal

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.”

Helen Keller.

“Things do not change, we change.”

Henry David Thoreau.

“We are what and where we are because we have first imagined it.”

Donald Curtis.

“We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.”

John Dryden.

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A Smile for You

2008-10-07T02:13:00.000-07:00

Smiling is infectious; you can catch it like the flu

When someone smiled at me today, I started smiling too

I passed around a corner and someone saw my grin

When he smiled I realised Iʼd passed it on to him

I though about that smile then realised itʼs worth

A single smile, just like mine could travel round the earth

So when you feel a smile begin donʼt leave it undetected

Letʼs start an epidemic quick and get the world infected!

How to Overcome Writers Block

2008-09-30T02:55:00.000-07:00

Okay. I can hear that herd of you running away from this article as fast as you can. Absurd! you huff.Never in a million years, you fume. Writer's block is absolutely, undeniably, scientifically proven to be impossible to overcome.Oh, just get over it! Well, I guess it's not that easy. So try to sit down for just a few minutes and listen. All you have to do is listen ? you don't have to actually write a single word. Ah, there you all are again. I am beginning to make you out now that the cloud of dust is settling.I am here to tell you that WRITER'S BLOCK CAN BE OVERCOME.

Please, remain seated. There are ways to trick this nasty demon. Pick one, pick several, and give them a try. Soon, before you even have a chance for your heartbeat to accelerate, guess what? You're writing. Here are some tried and true methods of overcoming writer's block:

1. Be prepared. The only thing to fear is fear itself. (I know, that's a clich? but as soon as you start writing, feel free to improve on it.) If you spend some time mulling over your project before you actually sit down to write, you may be able to circumvent the worst of the crippling panic.

2. Forget perfectionism. No one ever writes a masterpiece in the first draft. Don't put any expectations on your writing at all! In fact, tell yourself you're going to write absolute garbage, and then give yourself permission to happily stink up your writing room.

3. Compose instead of editing. Never, never write your first draft with your monkey-mind sitting on your shoulder making snide editorial comments. Composing is a magical process. It surpasses the conscious mind by galaxies. It's even incomprehensible to the conscious, editorial, monkey-mind. So prepare an ambush. Sit down at your computer or your desk. Take a deep breath and blow out all your thoughts. Let your finger hover over your keyboard or pick up your pen. And then pull a fake: appear to be about to begin to write, but instead, using your thumb and index finger of your dominant hand, flick that little annoying ugly monkey back into the barrel of laughs it came from. Then jump in ? quickly! Write, scribble, scream, howl, let everything loose, as long as you do it with a pen or your computer keyboard.

4. Forget the first sentence. You can sweat over that all-important one-liner when you've finished your piece. Skip it! Go for the middle or even the end. Start wherever you can. Chances are, when you read it over, the first line will be blinking its little neon lights right at you from the depths of your composition.

5. Concentration. This is a hard one. Life throws us so many curve balls. How about thinking about your writing time as a little vacation from all those annoying worries. Banish them! Create a space, perhaps even a physical one, where nothing exists except the single present moment. If one of those irritating worries gets by you, stomp on it like you would an ugly bug!

6. Stop procrastinating. Write an outline. Keep your research notes within sight. Use someone else's writing to get going. Babble incoherently on paper or on the computer if you have to. Just do it! (I know, I stole that line from somewhere?). Tack up anything that could possibly help you to get going: notes, outlines, pictures of your grandmother. Put the cookie you will be allowed to eat when you finish your first draft within sight ? but out of reach. Then pick up the same type of writing that you need to write, and read it. Then read it again. Soon, trust me, the fear will slowly fade away. As soon as it does, grab your keyboard ? and get writing!

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Writers Block

2008-09-25T01:36:00.000-07:00

What is writer's block? Well, I just can't think of a single darn thing to say. Oh well, I'm outta here! Sound familiar? No! Oh, get real! We've all experienced this phenomenon when we absolutely have to write something, particularly on deadline. I'm talking about. . . . .uh, I can't think of what the word is . . . oh, yes, it's on the tip of my tongue . . . it's: WRITER'S BLOCK!!!! Whew! I feel better just getting that out of my head and onto the page!

Writer's block is the patron demon of the blank page. You may think you know EXACTLY what you're going to write, but as soon as that evil white screen appears before you, your mind suddenly goes completely blank. I'm not talking about Zen meditation stare-at-the-wall-until-enlightenment-hits kind of blank. I'm talking about sweat trickling down the back of your neck, anguish and panic and suffering kind ofblank. The tighter the deadline, the worse the anguish of writer's block gets.

Having said that, let me say it again. "The tighter the deadline, the worse the anguish of writer's block gets." Now, can you figure out what might possibly be causing this horrible plunge into speechlessness? The answer is obvious: FEAR! You are terrified of that blank page. You are terrified you have absolutely nothing of value to say. You are afraid of the fear of writer's block itself!

It doesn?t necessarily matter if you've done a decade of research and all you have to do is string sentences you can repeat in your sleep together into coherent paragraphs. Writer's block can strike anyone at any time. Based in fear, it raises our doubts about our own self-worth, but it's sneaky. It's writer's block, after all, so it doesn't just come and let you know that. No, it makes you feel like an idiot who just had your frontal lobes removed through your sinuses. If you dared to put forth words into the greater world, they would surely come out as gibberish! Let's try and be rational with this irrational demon. Let's make a list of what might possibly be beneath this terrible and terrifying condition.

1. Perfectionism. You must absolutely produce a masterpiece of literature straight off in the first draft. Otherwise, you qualify as a complete failure.

2. Editing instead of composing. There's your monkey-mind sitting on your shoulder, yelling as soon as you type "I was born?," no, not that, that's wrong! That's stupid! Correct correct correct correct?

3. Self-consciousness. How can you think, let alone write, when all you can manage to do is pry the fingers of writer's block away from your throat enough so you can gasp in a few shallow breaths? You're not focusing on what you're trying to write, your focusing on those gnarly fingers around your windpipe.

4. Can't get started. It's always the first sentence that's the hardest. As writers, we all know how EXTREMELY important the first sentence is. It must be brilliant! It must be unique! It must hook your reader's from the start! There's no way we can get into writing the piece until we get past this impossible first sentence.

5. Shattered concentration. You're cat is sick. You suspect your mate is cheating on you. Your electricity might be turned off any second. You have a crush on the local UPS deliveryman. You have a dinner party planned for your in-laws. You . . . Need I say more. How can you possibly concentrate with all this mental clutter?

6. Procrastination. It's your favorite hobby. It's your soul mate. It?s the reason you've knitted 60 argyle sweaters or made 300 bookcases in your garage workshop. It's the reason you never run out of Brie.

FACE IT ? IT?S ONE OF THE REASONS YOU HAVE WRITER'S BLOCK!

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