1. “What People are REALLY Looking for”

By James Tyler “What People are REALLY Looking for” By James Tyler 2004 Copyright Ó When we receive emails and letters daily about this very topic, I feel compelled to answer them. People are looking for the ideas and things that make them feel better! Look better. Be smarter. Make informed choices. The very things and ideas YOU look for, they are looking for too. When YOU provide t... read more

2. Bills Gates wishes to share his fortune

By Rose DesRochers Guess what I received a letter in my inbox from Bill Gates and if I forward the letter on to everyone I know he is going to send me money. Sounds to good to be true doesn't it? Well likely because it is. Am I the only one who hates chain letters? Those things have to be one of my biggest pet peeves and what I can't understand is why anyone bothers sending them. Chain letters are as bad as hoaxes... read more

3. Your Home Business: Turning Pennies into Dollars

By Stone Evans Copyright © 2003, Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy Henry Ford taught us that to simplify the manufacture of automobiles, that the best way to do so was to install the assembly line. That one change revolutionized the auto manufacturing industry permitting the industry to build cars at a cost whereas the average person could afford to buy one. The lesson we should take from this is that havi... read more

4. Is A Home Based Business Right For You?

By Jim Johnson Hello [FNAME] Is A Home Based Business Right For You? Starting and managing a business takes motivation and talent. It also takes research and planning. Although initial mistakes are not always fatal, it takes extra skill, discipline, and hard work to regain the advantage. Take time beforehand to explore and evaluate your business and personal goals, then use this information to build a co... read more

5. "What You Did Wrong With Your Domain Name(s)!"

By Mark Kessler Trying to improve search engine rankings is just like a rubics cube. A puzzle that can keep you occupied for hours. How many times have you heard "They keep changing the rules?,” and the frustrating part is...they don't even tell you what the rules are in the first place! It's a proven fact, in trying to improve search engine rankings, that growing your site thru link popularity, by slowly a... read more

6. “I Finally Discovered A Secret To FREE Content No One Else Has!”

By Mark Kessler There are many tips and techniques to improve search engine rankings and increase link popularity. One of the most powerful, yet simple method is sharing content, as in, writing articles that you then feed to article directories. Done right, this technique will drive an enormous amount of targeted traffic to your offer. Article writing can become a tedious, mind-numbing experience, for a number... read more

7. Why should you do Affliate Programs?

By Rick Kelly-Crapse Why should you do Affliate Programs? Why should you do Affliate Programs other than because someone wants you to do it? Simple, you NEED another income stream other than your job. Affliate programs promise income for work with the kicker that when more people sign up through your efforts, you get extra income. J. Paul Getty once stated that he would rather have 1% of 100 pe... read more

8. Saint George and the Dragon: Email Marketing As Fundamentalism Part 1

By John Botscharow When I first read Scott Geld's article Autoresponder Magic, my first reaction was one of frustration. I sometimes despair a little when I see so many people clinging to the rotting corpse of email marketing. Then several literary analogies came to mind,the most predominant one being Albert Camus... read more

9. Natural Beauty: The Benefits of Holistic Skin Care

By Faye Spencer Natural Beauty: The Benefits of Holistic Skin Care What is holistic skin care? It’s a regimen that recognizes that your skin is not just the outermost layer of your body it’s also a reflection of your body’s internal state. Rather than just treating the surface symptoms, such as wrinkles, sallow skin, acne, dry flakes, and so on, holistic skin care aims to target the root problems in an effort ... read more

10. One Persons Porn is My Erotica

By Rose DesRochers Erotica is not something easily defined or easily accepted by society. There is most definitely a difference of opinion in people's minds between what porn is and what erotica is. Sex is one of the most difficult and controversial topics in society today. I often have been accused of writing porn. Many think that any kind of writing that examines the bounds of intimacy is dirty and something t... read more

11. The Big 3 Things You Need To Succeed Online!

By Jim Johnson The Big 3 Things You Need To Succeed Online! This article comes to you from http://www.pc-webincome.com The things that you do to promote your website can either make or break your ambitions to succeed in your online endeavors. In this article I am going to discuss what works and what will not. Starting a business online is a very easy thing to do. It doesn’t cost much to start. Marketing y... read more

12. 7 Ways a Home Air Purifier Will Help You Save Money

By Mark Tsang Although the initial purchase of a home air purifier or purification system will set you back more than the cost of a feather duster, the long-term monetary benefits are significant. We’ve taken a look at 7 ways that buying and installing an efficient air cleaner will actually help you put more money in the bank! 1) You’ll save on cleaning costs How much do you spend in a month on cleaning s... read more

13. 5 Ways To Promote Your Affiliate Programs

By Richard Moore After having chosen several programs to join, you probably realize that customers won't knock on your door - you have to come to them. By promoting your affiliate programs successfully, you build your own success! So what should you do to promote your affiliate programs? Here are five methods which have succeeded for millions and can succeed for you, if you choose to follow the same steps as th... read more

14. Email Newsletters: Privacy and Unsubscribing

By Robert F. Abbott As you likely know from personal experience, the value of email has been greatly tarnished by spam, unsolicited messages, online junk mail. So, many subscribers and would-be subscribers care very much about the exposure of their email addresses. Since this issue is so important, articulate a privacy policy for your newsletter. Will you rent, sell, or exchange the names of your subscribers to ot... read more

15. Weak Dollar Is a Huge Draw for Foreign Investors in US Real Estate

By Jeff Garrison The weak US dollar has been good news for real estate. Taking advantage of the favorable conversion rates, foreign investors are eagerly picking up real estate in major cities across the US. Who is buying and where are they investing? WHO IS INVESTING? In recent years the US real estate market has seen the highest amount of investing from foreign investors in Germany, Britain, Canada, Japan ... read more

16. Email Newsletter Software

By Robert F. Abbott What software do I need? Should I create my newsletter in a word processor or email program? Which email program should I use? Those questions came from a visitor to the Manager’s Guide to Newsletters website. She planned to start an email newsletter that would go to parents of students at her school and wanted to know about the software she would need. In response, we’ll look at these two ... read more

17. Pitching to Employees

By Robert F. Abbott The senior flight attendant on the WestJet flight was starting the routine safety talk: the bit about flotation vests and emergency exits that we ignore at the beginning of every flight. "If we could have your attention, please, we would appreciate it - in fact we'd be downright shocked," she said. The passengers and the rest of the crew laughed along with her and then, having captured our atte... read more

18. Communicating When A Crisis Strikes

By Robert F. Abbott How would you handle communication if your business or practice got into a crisis situation? I was pleasantly surprised when my Internet service provider responded competently and quickly to a technical crisis. And, we can learn to communicate more effectively by studying its response. The crisis occurred when hackers attacked its system at the same time that the company was upgrading its sy... read more

19. Is your employee newsletter management propaganda?

By Robert F. Abbott It should not be. If it is an effective newsletter, it will serve the needs of readers (employees) as much as it serves the needs of the publisher (management). Let me explain how to ensure it serves employees as well as management, by reviewing four key points I make in A Manager’s Guide to Newsletters: Communicating for Results. Objectives and reader responses: First, state your objectiv... read more

20. How to Connect Features and Values

By Robert F. Abbott "Buy this magazine or we'll shoot the dog," went a memorable cover for the satire magazine National Lampoon many years ago. On the cover, along with the threat, was the picture of an attractive dog with large sad eyes - and a pistol pointed at its head! Want a powerful way to make sure your message leaves an impression on the people who receive it? Talk about the consequences that will occur... read more

21. Manage Communication to Add Value

By Robert F. Abbott Management guru Tom Peters says white collar workers and managers in functional departments need to protect their futures. They have to learn "the difference between doing totally acceptable work and creating very new value...." he notes, in an Industry Week article. In other words, people in departments like Human Resources and Finance need to become entrepreneurial. With that in mind, let'... read more

22. Strategic Clarity for Communication Management

By Robert F. Abbott Over the past few weeks I've been developing plans for a communication project, a media relations campaign. That's prompted me to reflect again on the communication management process by which we transform communication ideas into operational activities. For me, the communication management process has four phases: conception (strategy); development (tactics); operations (execution); and rev... read more

23. Budgeting Your Time And Talent

By Rozey Gean © 2001, Rozey Gean, Marketing-Seek.com If you could put a price tag on your time, would you be selling yourself short or cashing in on what you are actually worth? Should we take the time to run the calculations, I would venture to guess that the majority of us would discover that we are definitely coming up on the short end when it comes to our time and talent. As entrepreneurs, it is import... read more

24. Amazing Information About Blogging

By V.Anantha Krishnan A few months back, at the ITEA conference I saw this guy sitting next to me typing constantly into his wireless laptop. He was making notes on what the speakers had to say, was finding relevant links and then hitting the send key - instantly updating his Web site. No sooner the site was updated; he would get responses back from readers around the globe. He was a Blogger. About Blogs Severa... read more