Do I Really Need To Write Articles For E-zines?
By Mike Morris - 4/3/2009
When I was first advised to start writing articles, this was the first question I asked. As I was totally freaked out at the thought of me writing for others to read. Many people subscribe to e-zines and the readers often trust the recommendation of their editors. By sending articles to e-zines you ...
Never Fry Bacon in the Nude - AchieveMax® Top Ten Book Review
By Harry Jones - 4/3/2009
Never Fry Bacon in the Nude (And Other Lessons from the Quick and the Dead) by Stone Payton In Never Fry Bacon in the Nude, we find another offering that falls into the category of "a title that grabs you and content that holds you!" You?ve got to admit that this title generates a visu...
Deserted Island Top 10 ? A Professional Virtual Assistant Shares Her "Must Haves"
By Lori Davis - 4/3/2009
Back in the day, when I was Lori ?Computer Babe? Davis, I managed Microsoft and Novell LANs and WANs. I was constantly surrounded by high-level technologies and loved it! These days, my home office is on a much smaller scale and yet, I fully employ technology to make me happy and to make my life e...
When To Raise Your Prices, Without Feeling Evil About It
By Mark Silver - 4/3/2009
There are many legitimate reasons to raise your prices. But, you need to think about more than just yourself here. That`s right, raising your prices can actually be an unselfish act, done in deep service to your cusotmers. Your customers may be missing out on important benefits to themselves if you ...
Editorial Checklist
By Marilyn Ross - 4/3/2009
The following editorial checklist will help you evaluate your finished nonfiction manuscript and pinpoint any potentially weak areas. It will assist you in coming across professionally rather than smacking of amateurism. Title. Is it catchy? Short? Appropriate? Opening. Does it arouse interest and h...
There`s Much More To Make Than Money In Copywriting
By Epiati A. - 4/3/2009
"The point is, being able to sell with words will bring you much more than money. It will bring you a life-time of interesting work, enjoyable experiences, and unlimited challenges." -- Michael Masterson The Story Of A Poor Copywriter Who Stole $347,500 Antiques From His Client Legally The f...
The Fast-running Chicken: Don`t Get Snared in a Business Trap!
By John T Jones, Ph.D. - 4/3/2009
Hey, what are you getting into there? Do you have all the facts about that new business you are getting into? Let me tell you a story that would be true except I made if up from an old joke. George Hotshot, a traveling salesman, was driving down a southern country road when he noticed that a chicken...
Sell Your Self-published Book to a Major Player
By Marilyn Ross - 4/3/2009
Want to move into the big time? Many creative small presses and self-publishers are discovering a practical path for penetrating bigger "establishment" trade houses. They bring out a quality book, market it successfully, then allow a trade publisher to buy the rights. While this sounds patently simp...
Making Money at Home
By Harvey Rhinehart - 4/3/2009
Anyone who reads newspapers today can find home business opportunities. Home business opportunities are on the rise. Small home business opportunities are just as plentiful as large home business opportunities. Home business opportunities may require research into business law as it relates
to hom...
Now`s the Time to Start Your Home Business Online!
By Hitoshi Nakajima - 4/3/2009
In every home business, there are certain processes that we do
over and again. Sometimes it may be possible to trim the time or
expense of a process which in turn will add pennies or dollars
to your bottom line. If it is a process that you do hundreds or
thousands of times per month, then your savin...
Publishing: Changing realities (II)
By Angelique Van Engelen - 4/3/2009
There is some wisdom in saying that when you are in the jungle and are faced with a hungry bear, you?d better be good at thinking on your feet. If you?re not strong, be quick. This is also the case in today`s publishing environment. If you are looking at these ezine articles, you are either in need ...
The ABC?S of Life
By John Di Lemme - 4/3/2009
This article is targeted toward professional
marketers in the industry of network marketing. During
one of my workshops, I did a special presentation
on the ABCs of achieving the top position in life
and in business. The ABCs that I spoke of are as
follows: A ? Attitude/Action, B ? Building/Belief,...
The Reason Why They Buy
By Marte Cliff - 4/3/2009
If you?re a business person you want to sell your product or service. If it?s been a struggle, then you probably aren?t giving your potential customers a good ?Reason Why? they should buy from you. Take off your ?business person? hat for a minute, and put on your ?consumer? hat. You ARE a consumer...
How to Effectively Plan an Affiliate Site
By Shannon Herod - 4/3/2009
I was running out of patience and the hatred of it all was setting in. Whirling around the net searching for that one piece of gold that was going to set everything in motion and bring a windfall of cash was just a big waste of time. Thousands of dollars wasted and countless hours wasted with not ...
A Lesson At The Flea Market
By Vera Raposo - 4/3/2009
For those of you that don`t know, I started my business 9 years ago at the flea market. I think back of all the fun that I had and when I started selling off odds and ends that I had around the house. After being there for a while I noticed something quickly, that I could buy certain products from t...
Keyword Article Writing: the Key to Your Success!
By Dina Giolitto - 4/3/2009
Ready to jump on the keyword article bandwagon? Billions of companies are using keyword articles to gain free exposure on the internet. Whether you`re a netpreneur marketing a product or a writer seeking freelance work, odds are you can benefit tremendously from keyword articles. Why use keywords? T...
Nice Girls Don?t Get the Corner Office 101 - A Book Summary
By Regine Azurin - 4/3/2009
Dr. Frankel clearly identifies the common mistakes ?101 in
all?that women commit unconsciously to sabotage their
careers. This book provides revolutionary guides to help
the women of today eliminate the girl-like behaviors they
became accustomed with, which hold them back professionally. How You...
Create An Avalanche Of Goodwill For Your Window Washing Business With A Simple Greeting Card!
By Steve Wright - 4/3/2009
Being successful in the window washing business requires you to be different than all the other average window washers. So with that said, we`re going to talk today about the plain jane greeting card...are they effective or are they a waste of time? Well I definitely wouldn`t be writing about `em i...
Be Persuasive When You Sell
By Jay Conners - 4/3/2009
When you are selling your products to clients, you don?t want to be pushy about it, you want to be persuasive. Have you ever been around a sales person who seems to have everything going for him? He has no problem talking to people, people like him, he seems to meet all of his sales goals so effortl...
The Entrepreneur Cheerleading Section - The 5:15 Report
By Cara Lumen - 4/3/2009
As entrepreneurs we are often our own support staff and certainly are our own cheerleading team. That`s one of the reasons I love using a 5:15 report.
The 5:15 report is a powerful tool for both support and acknowledgment. Whether you are facilitating a committee, an office full of people, or f...
The Amazing Secret To Ridding Yourself Of Self Consciousness
By Peter Murphy - 4/3/2009
One of the biggest challenges to developing superior communication skills is that you already have your hands full in those situations where you need help. Take a typical scenario - meeting new people. If I give you tips for listening more effectively and you rush off to practice the tips you may no...
Finding Time For Success: Important Vs Urgent
By Allen Williams - 4/3/2009
If you have a choice each day in the tasks that you face, a choice between doing what is urgent and doing what is important, which do you choose? Many of us, I fall into this trap at times still myself, find we`re spinning our wheels, or chasing rabbits, or putting out fires, or whatever your favori...
Make Your Home Party a Success!
By Anita DeFrank - 4/3/2009
Home parties can be a lot of fun and a great way to earn extra money. Following a simple guideline can help you have a successful home party that runs smoothly and everyone enjoys. The following guideline will give you a basic idea of how to do this and can easily be adjusted to fit your own tastes....
Employee Assistance Programs - The Missing Link
By Robert Fitches - 4/3/2009
Having spent my entire adult life working in the public sector, and am now, following early retirement, spending my days hopping between private and public sector, consulting with business and agency leaders, managers and front line workers in a variety of workplace situations. Over the past while ...
Do You "Dither" in Your Job Search?
By Marilyn Tellez - 4/3/2009
I looked up the definition of "to dither" before writing this article. It is to be agitated and in a nervous state.
My definition, however, as it relates to a job seeker is that some people will spend many minutes and hours, seeking a way out of looking for a job. It is a neighbor of procr...
How to Decide Which Internet Business to Start?
By Peter Engelbrecht - 4/3/2009
If you are thinking about starting a home-based Internet business then, having an idea of the type of business you want to start is a great start. Many people start businesses from a love of something. For instance, they may have a passion for birdhouses; they start making birdhouses as a part-tim...
Publishers Think They Do Authors A Big Favor!
By Dr. Gary S. Goodman - 4/3/2009
Once, I took a meeting with a fairly successful literary agent in her nicely appointed West Coast office. After a bout of heavy flirtation, I don?t know to this day if this is how she adds to her stable of stud-authors, we talked about writing and the publishing biz. She said, ?Gary, you have to kno...
Interior Design Style and Colour Use for the Home Office (3 of 4)
By Karen S. Weiner - 4/3/2009
There are two ways that you can go about selecting the general decor of your home office: either follow the style that prevails in the rest of your home, or treat your office as an individual space. Choosing which way to go is a simple task requiring answers to only a few questions. > Has your home ...
Home Business Success-3 Major Keys
By R.G. Srinivasan - 4/3/2009
As I research more about home business successes, I keep learning amazing things about the small but successful home entrepreneurs. I just wanted to share with you some traits, which have motivated me highly. It is amazing, awesome, incredible and even surprising to learn about all the happening on ...
Best Selling Book Cover Design
By Thomson Chemmanoor - 4/3/2009
To get a book cover design may be expensive and painstaking one. Book cover and the layout of the inside pages should catch the eye of the readers in today?s market. Book cover the marketing tool for any writers or publishers if you got that one right then you work is half done. Find a Designer who ...
Resistance: A Network Marketers Worst Enemy
By Robert Hawthorne - 4/3/2009
It strikes when you are about to call a new lead; it kicks into high gear when you are on the verge talking to someone who you know would be perfect for the business. It holds us back from achieving our goals in a gripping way and we often end up going in circles for weeks? months? even years. And ...
The Tolerance Effect
By Jeannette Kraar - 4/3/2009
While working with a client several months ago, we went through a process of identifying areas of personal strengths and weaknesses. Through this exercise, we discussed various characteristics and ended up deciding that there was opportunity for improvement in her level of ?tolerance?. A funny thin...
Passion Vs. Detachment
By Steve Taubman - 4/3/2009
As a student of success for many years, I?ve become familiar with the idea that we need to generate a passion for our goals, a burning desire to see them brought to fruition. Yet, as a student of spirituality, I?ve spent a lot of time embracing the idea that desire is the root of all suffering. With...
Article Marketing: Capture the Other Half of Your Target Market
By Dina Giolitto - 4/3/2009
Heard about article marketing but not sure why you`d need it for your business? Posting Articles on the net is a great way to capture the "stubborn" half of your audience who resists a direct sales pitch. While some folks don`t mind being approached directly, many others don`t take kindly to it. Let...
Loyalty Cards Systems ? Beware, Some Should Be Avoided
By Jeff Walters - 5/14/2008
Recently, I discussed a loyalty card system with a vendor who was selling quite a number of his systems to restaurants. I was shocked to discover the lack of detailed information that this vendor catered for, and the opportunities the system he provided squandered.
The way their scheme works is th...
Writing Articles as an Affordable Internet Marketing Method
By Kevin Oorlynck - 5/12/2008
From Overture, a keyword suggestion tool, you will see the millions of searches done to a certain keyword. When these keywords are typed on search boxes of search engines, indexed websites containing articles with those keywords will be displayed. And this is what leads traffic to websites with keyw...
Take Advantage of the Exploding Popularity in Distance Learning Colleges to Advance Your Career
By Rob Thomas - 5/8/2008
Distance learning colleges are popping up all over the world. One of the most well-known, University of Phoenix, started in 1976 with 8 students. Currently, its academic enrollment numbers more than 200,000 students located all over the world, making it the largest private, accredited university of ...
Media Publicity, Charity Events and Community Fundraiser Promotion
By George McKenzie - 4/30/2008
You`ve heard the saying a gazillion times:
"Charity begins at home."
But in this age of mass media, charity that begins at home can also proceed straight to your bottom line--by generating publicity for your web site or your business.
And best of all, the mass media--especially the news med...
The Life of a Child
By Andy Carloff - 4/27/2008
At the school, the child will learn to be submissive to any mortal authority, whether they are in the right or the wrong. At the church, the child will learn to be submissive to the immortal lord, whether the words of the Bible turn his stomach or not. And at home, the child will learn to become a...
Reaching Local Customers With Online Sales
By Rick Hendershot - 4/27/2008
**Can you sell your product online?**
If you are already in business and you are thinking of promoting your products or services online, one of the first questions you have to ask yourself is "Do I have a product I can sell online?" This question is at the very heart of the decision whether or not...
Using The Online Press Release Link Building Strategy
By John Taylor - 4/25/2008
If you market any type of product or service, your online marketing strategy should include the distribution of online press releases. They are fairly easy to write and can potentially get you lot?s of media publicity which, in most cases, will increase your sales revenue.
But distributing press r...
Those Deadly Deadlines
By Pamela White - 4/24/2008
My back hurts and head throbs. The lights are too bright; the temperature too cold. Is it the flu? Some as-yet unnamed dread disease? No, it?s just that it?s already 8 p.m. on a Sunday and I have a deadline for my weekly column in a short twelve hours.
I have asked writers I?ve met over the years...
Tradeshow Booth Cures - Living Color
By Patty Stripes - 4/20/2008
Feng Shui is the Ancient Chinese practice of configuring home or work environments to promote health, happiness, and prosperity. By utilizing elements such as light and color, Feng Shui Masters used their skill to promote the flow of "chi", or vital energy , to protect and enhance the prosperity of...
Your Spellchecker Can Catch Punctuation Mistakes
By Jan Kovarik - 4/19/2008
Even though you should never only rely on your spellchecker to find mistakes in your document, you can make the most of your spellchecker by changing the settings. It isn`t as scary as it sounds and once you learn where these settings are, you can change them as often as you need to for whatever gui...
Buying College Textbooks
By David Lithman - 4/16/2008
High school students take having free books for granted. Most incoming college freshmen are in for a big shock when they see the price of their new calculus book. That`s what my advice is here for. $150 for one book is a lot to swallow, not to mention the $30 lab manual that comes with it. Oh and di...
PublishAmerica - Publishing Parasites
By Eddie Bruce - 5/13/2007
I have to admit to being readily impressed by company names. Maybe it`s an age thing. You see, I was around when we had nationalised industries here in Britain, you know, British Railways, British Gas, British Steel, British Road Services, etc., etc. Those companies may have been over-staffed and...
How To Write A Solution-Savvy Sales Letter to To Get Clients
By Brian Konradt - 5/4/2007
Too many sales letters are shaped into paper airplanes and flown into trash cans because freelancers write sales letters that sell their services. These freelancers have never listened to the quietly- whispered secret that says their sales letters should sell solutions, not services, to yield the...
Interview with Suspense Author Peter Abrahams
By Jennifer Minar - 5/4/2007
Peter Abrahams is the author of thirteen novels, including "The Tutor," (Ballantine Books) "A Perfect Crime," (Ballantine Books), "The Fan" (Fawcett Books), and most recently, "Their Wildest Dreams" (Ballantine Books).
Known for his sharp wit and incredible gift for keeping readers on the edge of t...
Untrue Father (A short Story)
By O.P.Somani - 4/26/2007
Kallu was a tenant of Santosh Kumar Nayak. Santosh Kumar was a businessman in a small town of Utter Pradesh. So far the rent is concerned he was charging the rent very much according to the prevalent rates. Santosh Kumar was not contended with the rent alone Kallu was paying. He apparently had a sel...
Viral Marketing Tips: Greeting Cards
By Richard Lowe, Jr. - 4/18/2005
When we speak about viral marketing, we are not talking about the newest disease. We are not talking about a Mad Cow Disease variant or something that you need to be vaccinated for. In fact, we are not referring to a disease at all.
What we are talking about is literally the most powerful traffic ...
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