Saturday, January 26, 2008

Dora Dolls: A Fun And Exciting Treat For Little Girls

The Dora mania is really picking up in all parts of the world! From the famous cartoon show Dora the Explorer in Nickelodeon channel, the lead character together with her friends will be knocking right at your doorstep to give your kids fun and enjoyment. Yes, its true! Dora dolls are now created for every little girls satisfaction.

Imagine how a 7 year-old girl turns every little kids world an enjoyable one by letting them participate in her every days quest while teaching them some fundamentals of counting and simple Spanish words. Now, Dora Marquez is almost in all stores ready to be picked up to play with your little ones.

Dolls have played a significant role in a young girls life for so many years now. It existed as a way for them to pretend how it is to be a mother teaching them how to care for other peoples need, which would generally be their real role when they are already grown-ups. As time progressed, dolls turned out as something to looked at in terms of fashion. It teaches every little girl how to dress and act as a lady; it has now become a new outlet of every girls imagination. This is what Dora dolls have to offer your kids, to let them imagine and experience the adventures of the Hispanic little girl.

Dora dolls come with different shapes and sizes. Your little girl can dress Dora however she wants if you bought her the Dora doll package, which comes along with a lot colorful, and beautiful clothes made especially for the Dora doll. You can have a huggable Dora Rainy Day Doll in her yellow coat and hat, always ready when the rain pours out. Or why not bring home a Dancing Dora and let her perform ballet. You can also have Dora in a baker outfit, a perfect company when baking some treats for the kids. Let your daughter experience the fun and excitement by bringing home a set of Dora doll.

Go ahead and find the right Dora doll set for your kid! After all, it is not that pricey. Besides, why worry with spending a little for your child if you will bring her happiness by doing so?

Dont let your daughter miss the exciting adventures of Dora! Just make sure that the toys you buy will be safe for her. What the doll looks like is a concern but it is not as important as making sure that it will be safe to play with. It is better to check on the material that makes up the product to know whether it is hazardous to your childs health.

Also check for the age recommendations that are written on the box of the toy. It is better to follow these recommendations because it tells you whether the doll is suitable for the age of your child. Parents should also consider the behavior of their child, whether the kid is mature enough to handle the doll and its small parts. Supervise your child when playing with it for she may swallow or put the doll in her mouth which is very risky to her health.

Dora doll manufacturers guarantees you not just the joy but your childs safety as well. Lots of it can be bought through online shopping. What are you waiting for? Go now, visit the net and give your daughter a fun treat with these cool Dora dolls!

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How to Get a Cheap Car Insurance Your 7 Steps to a Good Deal

Are you wondering how you can purchase cheap car insurance? Worry no more! Here you'll get the seven easy steps to getting the cheapest quotes and the best deals available. Use one or use all, each of them is sure to lower your rates.

The cheapest car insurance is not necessarily the best auto insurance. But, as car insurance is mandatory for registering and driving your car, it is necessary to purchase insurance for your car. The next seven tips will help you choose, if not the cheapest, then the best deal:

1) Compare auto insurance quotes online insurance companies save money on man power with online quotes and purchase, some of that money goes back to the client and makes your insurance cheaper. There are many companies providing instant quotes. Depending on your auto (and make sure you provide honest answers) or the number of cars you want to insure, you'll get a preliminary estimation. Don't take this sum as the final quote and don't choose the cheapest quote without analyzing the coverage offered in the insurance policy.

2) A clean credit history ensures significant discounts. To put it simple: car insurance gets cheaper if the owner (that's you) is a reliable payer. However, most insurance companies will have an option of "bad credit quotes". If you have a bad credit history, don't waste your time (your time is also valuable) on the companies that don't give you this option.

3) To get an advantageous insurance it is recommendable that you put al the cars you own under a single policy. Some insurance companies offer very good discounts for multiple cars insurance policy.

4) There are many underinsured or uninsured drivers. You'll need coverage in case of an accident caused by an uninsured driver. Make sure your insurance covers such mishaps.

5) Choose the insurance that fits your financial possibilities and the condition of the car. Once your financial status improves or the vehicle deteriorates, you should update the status of your policy.

6) If you plan on moving soon, choose a short-term car insurance plan we recommend a one year car insurance. Insurance plans vary from country to country and even from state to state.

7) Make your vehicle as safe as possible both in terms of driver and passenger safety (seat belts, air cushions etc.) and is terms of theft (a car alarm an immobilizer etc.) this will lower the premiums, thus providing for a cheap insurance plan.

Tommy Gordon manages sites on various subjects. Find out more about car insurance at http://insurance-land.com/car-insurance.asp and get free insurance quotes at http://insurance-land.com/free-quote.asp.Grey Blog48956
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Balance.....The Buzzword Of The Century

We hear it all the time. Balance your home life with your work life. Balance your family life with your personal life. Balance your health with fun and the list goes on. What if home and work intersect? What if you work where you sleep? What if it all happens in the same place?

That is the plight of the home based business owner. It all sounded so good at first right? Go to work when you want. Your commute will be a walk down the hall in your pj's instead of the dreaded morning commute. You'll have time for your children and your spouse not to mention having a cup of coffee that ends up in your belly instead of your lap. The sun will shine and the birds will sing your life will be complete if you work from home.

And then screeeetch reality sets in. Home is no longer your sanctuary. Work can no longer be your escape. It's all blended into one big mess with no real way to tell the two apart.

Not to worry. You're no different than any other corporate suit that left the 9 to 5 (or 8 to 6) work day for what they thought would be the more relaxed and free lifestyle of working at home. There are 2 realities; it can be a nightmare or a dream. The good news is that you get to decide which!

Just like anything else, if you thought you would trade in that suit for jean and a t-shirt and the world would automatically be a different place; that was your first mistake. The world any world is what YOU make it. Working from home can be an awesome experience. We know because it's what we do.

The misconception is that "work" is the challenge. It isn't. The challenge is what you as an individual bring to work. Leaving your JOB and starting your own business from home will give you many freedoms, many of which are not possible at an office. The one thing that doesn't change is whether you work at an office or from home, there is still work to do!

Here is where the confusion sets in You thinkOnce I leave my JOB everything will be easy! The realityStarting a business takes dedication and hard work.

You thinkOnce I leave my JOB I can spend more time with my family! The realityOnce you leave your JOB, you will have to set up guidelines for yourself and your family to follow so the time is there for both.

You thinkWith out a boss to answer, to I won't have any problems! The realityYou have to answer to more important peopleyourself and your family. The buck stops with you and if you don't have discipline for that mentality, success will be elusive.

While it all may sound like a lot it's not. It's a mindset and I am here to tell you that it's absolutely the best thing we ever did. Working from home offers freedoms that you will NEVER be able to afford at an office or store front. Freedom to write your own schedule Freedom to create your own personal environment Freedom to plan work around family life vs. the other way around. Freedom to decide how much money you want to make.

Those freedoms are luxuries that few are able to enjoy. The key to success and balance when working at home is simple. Set up guidelines and stick to them.

First of all choose a business that resonates with you. The more you enjoy what you do the more success you will realize with it. Create a business plan and know that you'll need a budget to work with. This helps with mental balance. Awareness up front greatly reduces the stress of unwanted surprises later. Create a space that is ONLY for business so the two don't get crossed. A home office should have a door that locks. Privacy is critical and a locked door creates that better than anything I know. Realize you can't get work done and take care of children effectively. One always gets the short end of the stick and it's certainly not fair to little ones. Get help at home from a sitter or enroll small children in a part time day care program. There are some awesome one's out there. Create a Schedule for yourself and then stick to it. Plan work time, family time, and equally as important, down time, personal time and fun.

If you take nothing else away from this article, take thisThe home business arena has a world of potential. Thousands are successful with it and it's the wave of the future. Creating balance isn't difficult. It only takes planning and a little additional commitment. If you have that along with a bit of self discipline; your potential for success is very real along with some balance.


Shannon and Kim Jaklic made the move into the lucrative world of the home based business industry. Their passion is to help other parents achieve and enjoy the same level of success professionally and personally. For more information on successful Home Based Business opportunities go to http://www.home-business-parent.comGarry Blog39024
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Domain Name Complications

Some of the tell tale sites of domain name that may be easier to obtain are a home to low quality Web sites. If you find yourself in this situation, contact the registered owner and ask if they would consider selling it to you. If the price is right, you may be able to make a deal. To maintain a cool head during the process, dont act desperate to own the domain.

If the registered owner is willing to sell you the domain name be sure to use an escrow company. There are reputable escrow companies that will guide you through the buying process while minimizing your risks. It is worth spending a modest amount to ensure that you dont get burned in cyberspace.

Your Web address is part of your brand strategy, and you have to make sure it is easy to remember. Try to pick a name that is easy to remember. I once worked for a company called ZZYZX. The domain name was www.zzyzxdotcom. Even though it is a short name it is a terrible name, because nobody knew how to spell it or pronounce it. You want your customers to be able to remember and refer your brand to others, so make it as easy for them as you can.

Domain names can be of any length up to 67 characters, but I dont know why would anyone want a domain name 67 characters long. Your domain name can include 26 letters of the English alphabet, numbers 0-9, and hyphens (-).The domain name cannot begin or end with a hyphen but, it can contain one or more hyphens. Dont settle for a short domain name that doesnt compliment your business just to avoid a longer one. As a general rule, shorter domain names are easier to remember, easier to type and far less susceptible to mistakes. For example, "hellodotcom" is easier to remember and less prone to typos than "saygoodmorninginthemorningandgoodeveningintheeveningdotcom".

Others argue that a longer domain name is usually easier on people because it is easier to attach meaning. A short but cryptic name such as zzyzxdotcom is not at all better name than a longer meaningful domain name such as raidsforlessdotcom.

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Christmas Gift Ideas on a Budget

Todays Christmas gifts do not have to be massively expensive in order to make the recipient know how much you care. In fact, during these post-Katrina and wartime times lavish gifts seem a little more than slightly excessive. Remember also that there are people, even in this country who are going hungry during this holiday season. With these thoughts in mind, remember that those gifts that are from the heart are the gifts that mean the most.

Hand made or crafted gifts are often among the most loved and treasured of those received. Rather than spending a small fortune buying clothes for those on your list, consider knitting something for them to wear instead. Other great clothing gift ideas can be found shopping at vintage or second hand clothing stores. Not only can you find great deals on clothes in these stores but also on costume jewelry, which can be a huge hit with the teens on your shopping list. The creative shopper can also find unique and hip glassware and collectibles in these shops as well.

The many dollar stores that are cropping up around the country are also great places to discover budget friendly gifts or goodies to fill gift baskets. You can go into one of these stores with $5 or $10 and put together quite a nice gift collection if you use your imagination. The key of course is to create a theme with your goodies. You can do this on a slightly more expensive scale by shopping at Wal-mart or other discount merchants.

If you like the gift baskets you find in department stores, try putting together a gift basket of your own. Its much less expensive if you do the labor and you can be sure that all the gifts in your basket are gifts that will be cherished by the recipient (provided he or she is someone you know very well) at a fraction of the cost. You can find baskets quite inexpensively and if youre making several baskets you should only need to make one investment in things such as ribbon, tinsel, and other decorations, which will make subsequent baskets less expensive.

If you have a knack for baking and candy making, these make wonderful gift ideas. Many of us are so busy running to and fro during the holiday season that we sometimes arent able to find the time to do the baking that reminds us so much of Christmas past. By baking cookies or making candy as gifts, youre sharing those reminders. Wrap them in inexpensive wax paper or cellophane or a decorated shoebox and voila! Instant gift that is sure to hit the spot.

Rob Buenaventura is a successful webmaster and publisher of http://www.getchristmasshopping.com. He provides tips on Christmas decoration ideas, unique xmas gifts, Christmas trees, and much more. For more ideas on personalized Christmas gifts check out http://www.getchristmasshopping.com/Make-It-Special-With-A-Personalized-Christmas-Gift.html.Gang Blog20243
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How To Find The Best Domain Names

Registering a domain name is a pretty straightforward matter. You find a web hosting site, register with them, look for a desired domain name, select one that suits your business or personal fancy, choose whats available and then you will be on your merry way to building the websites innards. Easy, right? Not exactly because there is more to it than just getting a name that is appropriate for the business or a personal preference. The steps mentioned earlier would result in an ill constructed site that is going to be nameless in the world wide web and will be doomed to failure on the get go. This crude way of doing things will get you nowhere fast. Now why would anyone want that?

There is a better approach in making a name for your business or yourself on the net. It will be a presence that will be felt and sensed by your target audience whether they are your customers, prospective clients or a particular group of people. Its easy enough to do this. You just have to know the right place to go on the web for help. Searching for the right domain for personal use or for a business is job best suited for professionals who understand the significance of internet jargons like keyword density, key phrases, search engine optimization, ranking and tags. What all these means is basically to have your site primed for search engines to find when people put in a search that concerns the subject, business identity or personal matter of your particular website.

Websites that exist for the sole purpose of locating or creating a new domain name for you are very reliable in terms of achieving their goal of increasing the likelihood that your site will come up on top of the list of sites when search engines spews out seek results. These so called domains finders are essential in any enterprise that is bent on achieving an online presence immediately. It is an established fact that search engines churn out sites that have been around for years. In other words, the age of a site does count when it comes to search results. How does this concern your site?

The domain finders are in the know as to which existing domains would not be reregistered or renewed by the current owners. Just imagine if your business coincides with a domain name that has been around for years. Youll have first dibs with that domain name through a domain finder, in effect, theyll claim it for you resulting in a well positioned new website with old rankings that will put you on top as quickly as when your site is ready. Another advantage of having a domain finder in your corner is that you can consolidate your entire site building needs from creating or finding a domain to the theme and content of your site. This would mean lesser legwork and lesser expenses since their comprehensive service would cover everything so you wont end up paying more.

Tom Takihi is the owner of the Domains Finders website. To gain more information, please visit http://www.domainsfinders.comHallie Blog13017
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Why Not Have A One Web Page Design Until You Are Ready For A Full Web Site?

A number of web design customers coming to us have only recently set up a business. In fact some have not even set up their business and are exploring ideas with regards to a web design. Designing a full fledge web site can be costly, depending on what type of web design you are looking for. If you are not sure about your business, your products and services, let alone your corporate identity, you might not be ready to invest into a web design project. If you have just started your business a one page web site or web page design might be the answer for you. The one web page design has several advantages.

Nowadays, whether you like it or not, every business has its web site. More than likely you need a web page design as well. But you do not require a full several pages web design from the outset. You can still have a web page with your logo, a nice web design, your contact details, some texts about your business, products or services and be part of the online business community.

Indeed, there are a number of web page design companies that are offering affordable web design solutions for small businesses which are not ready to invest in a large web design project. One of the most popular web page design web sites are those that allow you to have your web page design, a domain name, a hosting and your web site online in a few simple steps. How does it work?

Discount Web Design offers such a web page design product which is popular with business starters. Just visit the site, select Business Starter Web Page Design and follow the simple 5 step web page design process. First, check if your domain name is available. Then choose your web design from a number of templates. Just click on the web design that best suits your needs and proceed to step 2. Here you can easily upload your logo if you have one or order a logo online. Step 3, type in your company contact details and some text in the boxes provided. Preview your web page design, if you like what you see, click on the order button to securely pay online. Once your payment is cleared, allow 48 hours for your web page design to be published online on your own domain name.

Once your web page design is published you will also receive five email addresses with your domain name. The web page design will look professional and you can have your own web site, on the internet within 48 hours at a very affordable price. Discount Web Design will also place a link to your web page design from our web site which is already indexed by the major search engines. This means that your web page design will also get picked up by search engines in time. Having a web page design online will help your domain name and web site with Search Engine Optimisation. The longer your domain name is online, the better it is. Obviously, in time you can use the same domain name and hosting account to publish a full web design with several pages. Until then, your web page design will be accumulating Search Engine Optimisation by just being online. Search Engines like established sites, even if it is a one web page design.

There are then some definite advantages to getting your one page web design online as soon as you can. Its easy and affordable. Your customers can see your web presence through your web page design and it is working in your favour with the search engines.

Ralph Ramah is the webmaster of Discount Web Design, one of the leading web design company in the UK offering quality web site design and SEO services.Gang Blog20243
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What To Know About Pay Per Click Search Engine Advertising in Your Google Adwords Campaign

If you are one of those people that has not had any luck with your pay per click search engine advertising, chances are you are not building your keyword advertising lists correctly. In order to get the most from google adwords, you have to know what keywords are going to work best for your field and what keywords are going to generate the most traffic. With these tips you will find your google adwords campaign will be made easy.

The first step to making a keyword list is to write down your targeted traffic and keywords you think suit them best. One of the easiest ways to do this is to think about how you would search for your product in the search engines. If you search for your product with these keywords, chances are hundreds of thousands of other people are doing the same thing.

Profitable keywords for your pay per click search engine advertising campaign can be found using the overture keyword suggestion tool. This will allow you to find what keywords are being searched the most, which will help you generate more traffic to your website. Place the top few keywords that you find in your titles of articles and blog posts, along with the first few sentences of the content on your website. The more you place the top keywords or targeted keywords on your website, the better chance you will have of climbing higher on the search engines.

Another great thing with a keyword suggestion tool like Overture is that you can find a large list of profitable keywords. This will allow you to build a list of multiple ways people are searching for the same product. If you can target multiple keywords, you will be able to have several lists on many of your pages. The more keywords you place on your website, the better chance you have to make money from it. If you can target several keywords as oppose to one or two you can cut down on repetition.

When you are choosing keywords, try and be as specific as possible. If you want to generate any kind of traffic that is specific to your site, you want to stay away from vague and basic keywords. By selecting specific keywords it lowers the competition you will face for the keyword and lower the cost per click you will be spending. By having specific keywords you will assure yourself that your keywords bring in qualified traffic that is worth your time.

There are multiple ways to make your pay per click search engine advertising campaigns made easy and specifying your keyword list is just the start. While there are many things you can do to get the most out of your keyword lists, finding the most specific and cost efficient keywords using a keyword suggestion tool is one of the best things you can do. After creating a list, you will be on your way to making money in no time.

Leonard Bartholomew, B.S. Computer Science. My SEO help site will assist you in finding the most profitable keywords. Find tips, tools, products and more about pay per click search engine advertising at http://www.moxie-drive.com/google-adwords-made-easy/.Germano Blog90682
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The Healing Power of Picture Albums

Recently, my mother was confined to bed. She had to stay off her feet to take pressure off her hip and rest for several weeks. She had had surgery on her hip so in order to be sure that the hip will heal properly she had to rest in bed. Everything was going fine but I was very concerned about something. My mother is a very active person. She simply cannot lie in bed all day long. The problem was that she could easily be bored and become depressed while lying in bed. I had to think of something that she could do to amuse herself in order to prevent depression.

I knew that my Mom just needed to do something that would make her think she is still vital. I had to think of something that I needed to be done so she would be proud she was helping me. It came to my mind that I had many photos, which I had just pushed in a drawer. They were still in envelopes. I remembered that I had purchased a number of picture albums over the years. These picture albums were still empty, as I had not had the time to fill the picture albums with pictures. I took the pictures and the picture albums and I brought them to my mothers home.

My mom had troubles with her everyday personal needs so I had hired a nurse to help my mother while she was in bed. When I went to my mothers home, I was astonished to see that the nurse was intending to go. I asked her what was wrong. The nurse shared with me that my mother is getting depressed. My mom had not wanted to do anything. She was not in the mood to talk; she just wanted to lie in the dark and quiet room. She had asked the nurse to keep the curtains closed. My mom didnt even want to read a book or to watch television.

When I entered the room, she saw the box I was carrying. She asked me what is in there. I told her that there were picture albums in the box. I explained her that during the last twenty years, I have collected many pictures but I had not had the time to place them in picture albums. I told her that I needed someone to fill the pictures in the picture albums. At first, she was not very excited with the idea. She shared with me that it would be too difficult for her to spread the photos and the picture albums all over the bed.

I assured her that this was no problem at all. I rolled the bed tray over in front of her. When I helped her to sit up with her pillows, she saw she was sitting very comfortable. My mom told me that she thought I had brought too many pictures. She asked me why I needed so many picture albums.

The truth was that I had been collected these picture albums through the years. The photos were from the last twenty years that I have been married. Mom was not very curious about the picture albums and told me she would give them a look later.

I was almost sure that she would not do anything with the photos. I was very concerned about her condition. I decided to give her a phone call the next day. I was very surprised when a friend of hers picked up the phone and told me that that she was helping my mom with the picture albums. She asked me if I was able to bring more picture album so that they would be able to sort the pictures. I didnt even expect her to organize the picture albums.

A few days later, I visited my mother again. She looked pretty well. She told me that she had organized my picture albums. I was very glad that she had enjoyed herself. I told her that I had to be out of town on business for several days so that I wont be able to see her.

Ten days later when I went to see her, the box with picture albums was waiting for me. She had not only arranged the picture albums but she had had written notes and as many dates as she could on each of the picture albums. She told me that she and her friends were having fun while arranging the picture albums. Surprisingly, she was intending to start arranging picture albums for my sister next week.

Morgan Hamilton offers expert advice and great tips regarding all aspects concerning family. Get the information you are seeking by visiting http://www.familyforumsite.com/family-news--information/family-forum/the-healing-power-of-picture-albums.html.Hernan Blog38161
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RV Fresh Water System

Fresh water is one of those things that many people take for granted. If you are an RV owner, be sure to keep your fresh water system properly maintained and in good working order. Don't let a faulty fresh water system spoil your hard-earned vacation.

Caring for an RV fresh water system doesn't need to be an intimidating process. In fact, it's easier than most people think. There are no guarantees that any water system delivers completely safe or pure water, but taking certain precautions can keep your RV water safer and easier to use. Thanks to Mark Polk for his contributions.

Begin with a white, non-toxic drinking hose. Hoses not labeled "safe for drinking" can allow lead and other dangerous chemicals to get into the water. Use the white non-toxic hose solely for hooking up to your water source. Take along a green or black garden hose for all other flushing and filling tasks, like cleaning out holding tanks or washing the RV. While the white drinking hose is not in use, roll it up and connect the two ends together. This will keep dirt, contamination and other debris from getting in the hose. When you are ready to use it again, run some clean water through the hose as an added precaution before hooking it up to the RV.

The next step is to filter the incoming water with a high quality filtration system. Water filters cannot purify the water completely, but they can help to control and remove bacteria, lead and other dangerous contaminants found in drinking water. Hydrolife filters feature a filter media called KDF that uses electrochemical oxidation-reduction to neutralize harmful chemicals and bacteria. The hydrolife filter also uses carbon to reduce pesticides, fungicides and other organic contaminants.

There are two basic options for filtering your RV water system. An inline filter installs directly to the water line that you drink from. The other, more preferable option is to filter all of the water going into the RV. By doing so, you are protecting the entire water system, filtering the shower water to help prevent any skin irritation.

Possibly the most important step is to keep your fresh water system sanitized. At an absolute minimum, the system should be sanitized every spring when you take the RV out of storage. Additionally, be sure to sanitize the fresh water system any time you notice an odor.

To sanitize the fresh water system, begin by draining the water heater. Find the water heater in the outside compartment of your RV. The drain plug, or petcock, is located in the bottom left hand corner. Remove the plug and open the pressure relief valve on top of the water heater. CAUTION: NEVER drain the water heater when the water is hot or the tank is under pressure.

Locate the lowest point where the water lines drain. Look carefully, as they can be difficult to find. There will be one for the hot and another for the cold water lines. This is the lowest point in the water system. Open these and let the water drain out. Next, find the drain for the fresh water holding tank and release all of the water from it. At this point, turn the water pump on for a moment to force any remaining water out. Be sure to shut off the pump as soon as the water stops draining. Close all of the drains. The majority of the water has now been drained from the system.

The next step in sanitizing your water system is to take a quarter cup of household bleach for every fifteen gallons of water that your fresh water tank holds. Mix the bleach with water in a one-gallon container and pour it into the fresh water holding tank. Next, fill the fresh water tank almost completely full of water. Turn the water pump on, open all hot and cold faucets in your RV and run the water until you smell the bleach at each faucet. Close the faucets. If it's possible, pull the trailer or drive the RV to move the water around and assist in cleaning the entire tank.

Once the tank has been filled with the bleach-water combination, let it sit for at least 12 hours. Drain the entire system again, and then re-fill the fresh water tank with potable water. Open all of the faucets and run the water until you no longer smell any bleach. It may be necessary to repeat this process to eliminate all signs of bleach from the water system. When the smell of bleach is gone, it will be safe to use your water system.

Modern RVs are equipped with automatic pressure demand pumps, polyethylene fresh water storage tanks and polybutylene water lines. These systems were designed to operate at a certain maximum water pressure level, about 35 to 45 pounds per square inch. The on-board pump has a built-in pressure switch that shuts off power to the pump when the pressure has been reached. Most homes and RV parks have a city water connection to supply water. Often, the pressure at these facilities exceeds 80 pounds per square inch, and sometimes much more.

Take care, as this high-pressure can and will cause leaks to develop.

For your peace of mind, invest in a simple water pressure regulator to use whenever you're using an outside water supply source. This device controls the incoming water pressure to supply a continuous and regulated 45 PSI maximum. The regulator is connected at the supply end of the hose to protect the hose and the RV at the same time. You can purchase a water pressure regulator at your local RV supply store.

People enjoy the RV lifestyle because it offers freedom to travel with all the comforts of home. Make sure that your comfort includes a supply of clean drinking water wherever your travels might take you.

Patricia Johnson enjoys writing for several online magazines, including http://lotuv.com and http://lajop.com.Gopal Blog98609
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Custom Wheels And Rims Sizes, Colors And Specifications

If you are simply bored with the look of your old car or not satisfied with the look of your new car, try customizing your car by adding a new set of shiny custom wheels and rims to it. You can easily purchase them online or at a retail store. At the retail store your have the advantage of seeing the product before purchasing it. However, on the online stores the prices are very low.

Brand Names and Types

You can choose from a variety of brands. Some of the most famous in this business are Enkei, Volk, Diablo, Panther, Katana, Boss etc. You can select from the basic ones to the gold plated wire wheels to the latest chrome spinners. You can choose the color, style and finish according to your preferences. Check online resources as well. Websites offer you quite a lot of cheap deals, which would other wise cost you a good buck at the retail stores.

Some auto merchants even have software, which allows you to customize wheels and rims for your vehicle. This gives you a good idea of how your vehicle will look.

Your Car and the Rim Sizes

You can have custom made rims and wheels for any automobile on earth. You can customize your Hyundai, Lamborghini, Land Rover, Lexus and Mazda, Nissan 4x4 trucks, Subaru etc. Be sure that you select the right wheel and rim size for your vehicle. You certainly do not want to select a size thats too big for your vehicle because it will be problematic while driving.

Hunt For the Right Colors

From chrome spinners, which cost as much as 3000$ to 5000$ per rim, to steel, aluminum and alloy you can get wheels and rims in a variety of sizes, colors and costs. Wheels with spokes, gun metal color, and gold are a few other popular types. Visit various websites to get the wheels and rims you want to have in your car.

Before you customize your car, always make sure that you have looked at all the options available. Only then you can make the right choice.

Barney Garcia writes about various custom wheel and rim topics. For more info visit: http://www.rims-and-wheels.info, http://www.custom-rimsandwheels.info and http://www.motorcycle-tire-spot.infoGopal Blog98609
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Tag Lines Tell A Tale of One's Occupations

"What do you do?"

In our society this is the first question were asked, after "What is your name?" The real question is: How do you answer this question?

Do you tell people your title: clerk, programmer, driver, teacher, sales rep or receptionist or do you answer more descriptively?

Too many people respond to this question with a bland, unimaginative job title or standard industry classification (SIC) code. B-O-R-I-N-G! To set yourself apart from the crowd, cast your profession in its most ennobling light and focus on the benefits of your work as they accrue to others!

Consider Ruth Blumert Walker, longtime receptionist for the Oakland, California law firm of DONAHUE, GALLAGHER, WOODS AND WOOD. When asked her occupation, Blumert proudly proclaims Im the Director of First Impressions." Indeed she is!

Walker knows that people dread going to a law firm. They're usually there because of a problem and their visit is costly to boot. Walker understands the key role she plays in their experience, and her moniker showcases the power she possesses to make a difference.

Why not replace your official title or occupation with a more descriptive tag line? An effective "tag line" casts your skills in an ennobling light, sharing pride in your chosen profession. People respond affirmatively when you tantalize and enthrall them with an interesting or compelling tag line. Furthermore, youre sending a message you have a strong sense of who you are and what you do and are thus deemed more employable.

Consider the following:

The residential realtor who describes herself as "putting people into their dream home." What a powerful statement she is making.

The commercial credit specialist who smiles and tells strangers who ask that he is "giving credit where credit is due."

A commercial airline pilot informs people who ask that she is shrinking the globe to reunite families and loved ones.

A midwife proudly proclaims that she is bringing new life into this world.

In each case these professionals are sharing some of the magic of their profession with their listeners. And listeners respond accordingly. Its a powerful conversation opener, whether in a networking event, a job interview or just during casual conversation

Whatever your profession, you can create a "tag" line to showcase the results of your work and cast it in an ennobling light.

Here are some more examples to stimulate your creative juices:

The Internal Revenue Service agent who tells people who ask that he's a "government fundraiser.

The Gardener tells people "I Turn the World Green. . .one garden at a time."

The Dietitian says "I Teach People How to Behave in Front of Food."

The Voice Coach who proclaims she "Gives Voice to the Timid."

The Telephone Customer Service Representative (CSR) who tells people she "has a special calling.

The Plantronics headset saleswoman who says she helps people "Use their head not their hands. "

The photographer who Gets paid to shoot people for a living.

The executive assistant who calls herself the Presidential Gatekeeper

And even the motivational speaker, Craig Harrison, who tells people he's "a motivational magician who turns aspirations into achievements."

It's your turn! Look anew at your occupation or profession and identify its outcome or the effect its commission has on people. Now create a descriptive tag line to excite others about what you do, and what it can do for them!

Use the power of language to create a compelling tag line that gives you pride and infuses others with excitement too. Tag, you're IT!

San Francisco Bay Area-based Professional speaker Craig Harrison's EXPRESSIONS OF EXCELLENCE! provides sales and service solutions through speaking. For information on keynotes, training, coaching, curriculum for licensing and more, call (888) 450-0664, visit http://www.ExpressionsOfExcellence.com or E-mail excellence@craigspeaks.com for inquiries.Hasan Blog77546
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Does Positive Thinking Work?

Let's consider the antithesis to this question. Does negative thinking work?

Well, has there been a time when you have worried unduly about something? Maybe you were worried about an exam, a driving test, an interview. Chances are that your worst expectations came into fruition and even if you got the outcome you desired you recognised that you could have performed better had you not worried.

When we worry or have negative thoughts about something we are not allowing ourselves to think constructively about how to achieve what we want. We focus all our energy on the negative elements of a particular situation and what we put energy into grows.

Dr. Kathleen Hall writes in her book A Life in Balance,

"Affirmations are positive statements we tell ourselves. Our mind believes what we tell it. When you tell your brain positive information, you are feeding your brain extremely valuable food that heals your mind and body...When you tell yourself something over and over again, it gets recorded in your brain; then your mind and body believe it and you become what you have been telling yourself. A positive affirmation is a self-fulfilling prophecy."

This statement represents half of the picture because when we tell our brain, meaning our sub-conscious mind, negative information, when we repeatedly tell ourselves something which is negative it also gets recorded in the mind as if it were a true statement.

"A negative assertion is a self-fulfilling prophecy."

I was chatting to an acquaintance the other day. I could see she was tense and she was complaining of having headaches. I asked if she was worried about anything and she admitted that she was worried about a new job assignment. Now she wasn't worried about her ability to handle the assignment; she was worrying because she had this type of assignment before and didn't enjoy it. She was worrying herself sick and for no good reason.

"When you send your brain negative information, you are feeding your brain anti-nutrients that harm your mind and body."

Take getting a promotion at work. If we focus on why it's not possible to get the promotion and focus on our limitations then that's what we'll put our energy into. The presentation and or interview will roll around, we'll perform poorly, lose the opportunity and tell ourselves, "See, I knew I wasn't good enough!" "I knew I wouldn't get the promotion." We may even blame someone else "The boss doesn't like me." "Bob is more experienced than I. He was bound to get the position."

When we have these thoughts we give up our power to influence change in our lives. When we accept that we create our reality then we can choose our reality. We can become more aware players in this game called life.

So if negative thinking works then, by the Law of Polarity, the opposite must also true. As Larry King said in his introduction to a special edition of Larry King Live aired recently called The Power of Positive Thinking where he interviewed Bob Proctor, John Assaraf, Michael Beckwith, John DeMartini and JZ Knight,

"Positive thoughts can transform, can attract the good things you know you want."

However, holding on to positive thoughts is challenging. When we are born we are encoded with the genetic material of our parents and, it has been proven, with the genetic material of our ancestors that's a lot of hardwiring. We then grow up in an environment where the values of our parents and or guardians are also engrained into us whether it is 'information' that serves us in a negative or positive manner. Hence there is a lot of stuff to override. As Jack Canfield, puts it,

"We are a bundle of conditioned reflexes out of control."

We tend to put a lot of emotion into our negative thoughts compared to the emotion and energy we put into our positive thoughts. I can have a negative thought and if I don't invest too much emotion into it then I generally don't have to worry about it taking hold and manifesting itself. Unfortunately, we often invest a lot of energy and emotion into our negative thoughts and this simply serves to bring our worse fears into fruition even faster.

Conversely, when we say positive affirmations there can be an emotional detachment and a lack of consistency in saying them. Also, a lack of evidence in our visible world may cause our analytical conscious mind to filter and delete positive affirmations. Yet, if we are able to overcome this challenge and hold the thought in our mind of what we really want irrespective of our current circumstances then our outer world will eventually catch up with our inner world.

To demonstrate the power of positive thinking I'd like to go back to the 2006 Winter Olympics held in Turin, Italy. The men's Alpine skiing downhill race was won by 3 times French champion, Antoine Dnriaz. Dnriaz says,

"since time that I said myself, "One day you will be World Champion, Olympic Champion"

But Dnriaz was not expected to win. He had performed no better than sixth in a World Cup race this season. The commentators and many of the other competitors all talked about how tough the course was. The course also was getting progressively more demanding as the day wore on and more and more runs were completed.

Dnriaz was also the last of 30 seeded skiiers. None of this deterred Dnriaz. He knew he had a job to complete plus there was champagne waiting for him to drink.

You see Dnriaz had been applying the power of positive thinking to the extent he was so confident he was going to win and become Olympic Champion he bought champagne to celebrate beforehand!

Dnriaz skiied beautifully and won emphatically in a time of 1:48.80 stealing what had, until that point, looked like a sure gold medal, from Michael Walchhofer from Austria (1:49.52). Bruno Kernen of Switzerland was third with a time of 1:49.82.

The top US skier, Bode Miller, said in an interview afterwards,

"The way Dnriaz skied today, he was pretty much untouchable."

That positive thinking works can be proven scientifically. You, undoubtedly, will have heard of The Science of Getting Rich and The Science of Being Well. Positive thinking is "The Science of Getting What You Want".

Nickolove Lovemore is a Life & Success Coach and a Certified NLP Practitioner. Please visit http://www.SuccessAccessories.com for free ebook to fire up your positive thinking!Gayle Blog20664
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Original Gift Ideas For Any Occasion

I adore this time of the year! The weeks before Christmas have a special feel of their own and I just cant wait to go hunting for presents for the whole family. When time is precious and the crowds fill the stores, what better way than to shop from the comfort of your own home by browsing the web. There is a wealth of Christmas presents on the Internet, with many sites offering good deals. We must remember that there are still birthdays to be celebrated at this time of year and other special occasions and I have made a selection offering ideas for all sorts of gifts. But also for other occasions I have found a lot of ideas for nice gifts. I have made a small selection to give you an idea:

Your name is a gift

My young kids love puzzles. A great personalized gift for a kid is a puzzle with their name. I have already given these to my kids and their friends so I know they are a big hit. People love to see their names on presents. In my fathers family it is a tradition to give a silver soup spoon to the newborn babies with their names engraved on it. We used to hang them in the kitchen and visitors would always comment on how special such a gift is.

Put your gifts in a basket

Gift baskets are very popular. There are simply tons of websites where you can choose gift baskets for any occasion, from birthdays and baby showers to wedding anniversaries and job promotions. It is an ideal way to present various little gifts and most people like to unpack several small presents. While gift baskets make wonderful presents, they can be very expensive and tend not to be very personal. Thats why I enjoy putting together my own custom gift baskets for friends and family. And, of course, I shop online to find the gifts to fill my basket.

Unique gifts are a treasure

My wife always keeps a box full of unique gifts she finds on the web in a special box. She orders these gifts from all over the world and when it is somebodys birthday or wedding anniversary she will remember the special treasure box and will get one of her special gifts out. Sometimes it is a piece of nice jewelry, all the way from India, or a present for a child which isnt available where we live. The Internet gives you access to all sorts of unusual and, often, hand-made presents.

Wacky gifts for golfers

It is easy to please golfing friends. They always need golf balls and you can buy cheap but good quality lake balls everywhere. I once received a golden tee, with my name engraved in it, from a friend and have always cherished it. Golf club money clips are also popular with golfers. A friend of ours, a keen golfer of course, once gave his wife a pair of sterling silver golf bag earrings. Some might call that tacky, but she loved them!

Sjoerd Eisma is an experienced entrepreneur who has created several websites to target popular subjects. His major drive is to direct visitors to the best results in a specific area. Visit the Online Gift Shop http://www.gifts.resultsdirector.com to get more ideas for gifts. For business opportunities visit his blog at http://www.Biz4Ublog.com.Gary Elliott Blog70288
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Work at Home Tips

The power of the Internet has made it possible to create an abundance of work at home opportunities. If you have decided you want to start your own home-based business, but don't know where to start, the following information may be helpful.

Because the purpose of starting your own business is to make money and have more time with your family, you do not want to waste your time or money on a scam. What do you look for in a work at home business? How do you know if it is legitimate?

First of all, you must do your own research. Find out all you can about any business opportunities you are interested in. If you have questions about their program, make sure there is someone to answer them. If they are a legitimate company, they will be happy to answer any questions you have.

INVESTMENT: When you are researching a business, be cautious of any investment required. A legitimate and stable company will not charge you for joining their program. Once you join, you can then acquire more information to see if you want to make any investment.

If there IS an investment required, find out if the potential is really there to make money in the business. How long will it take to see a return on the investment? If the program or business is promising you wealth and riches in a short amount of time simply by paying the investment, beware! It takes time and work to build a business and an income, whether it is online or not.

PRODUCT: What will you be selling? Is it an actual product or is it information? If you do not believe in the product or information you are trying to sell, it will be very difficult to sell it to other people. Marketing is hard work and requires your dedication to the product.

SUPPORT: Does the company or business you are interested in provide you with support AFTER you invest in their program? Make sure you will receive ongoing assistance with any questions you may have as you work the program. Their website should have tips and guidelines to help you, especially marketing tips.

ONLINE OPPORTUNITIES:

AFFILIATE PROGRAMS: One of the easiest and most lucrative ways of making money online is to promote other peoples products by becoming their affiliates. Affiliate programs allow you to make money by referring customers to a companys website. Most successful online merchants use affiliate programs to promote their sites.

Make sure that the affiliate program you are interested in joining has no start up fee. There are thousands of affiliate programs out there to choose from that are free to join. The best programs to join are the ones that have a generous payment structure, no less than 25% commission. Since you are doing the hard work of promoting someone elses product, your commission should be a substantial one.

EBAY: If you do not have a website, one of the easiest and most profitable ways of making money online is with eBay. It is the largest online auction site, drawing millions of people every day. It is the first place most people check out when they are looking for items, both new and used. You can sell almost anything you can think of.

The best places to find items to resell on eBay are garage and yard sales, estate sales, and local auctions. You should also use your newspaper classifieds section. You can find terrific bargains there. Bargain hunting can become your new business, a very lucrative one.

ADDITIONAL ONLINE OPPORTUNITIES:

COMPANY AND CORPORATE WEBSITES: (IBM, Penneys, Disney, etc.) Whatever store, company or corporation you can think of, they will probably have a website. If they have a website, there will be a link for jobs.

GENERAL EMPLOYMENT SITES: (jobs.com, monster.com, careerbuilder.com, etc.) There are many websites for general job searches. Just do a search for JOBS and you are on your way.

ONLINE NEWSPAPER CLASSIFIED ADS: Whatever newspaper you can think of, they will most likely have a website. You can also do a general search for NEWSPAPER CLASSIFIEDS and you will get hundreds of links.

WORK-AT-HOME DIRECTORY LISTINGS: If you do a search for WORK AT HOME, you will receive thousands of possibilities. Beware of scams!

The only requirements to finding a job online are time, commitment and perseverance. If you stick with it and stay focused, you WILL find something that works for you. There ARE jobs out there and there are good jobs out there. Hopefully, the tips listed above will help you in your search for legitimate home-based jobs.

Chris Chenoweth writes articles pertaining to health and nutrition, budgeting, and online business. If you would like additional information regarding work at home opportunities, learn how to earn a respectable income every month from legitimate online companies. You ARE required to put in some work but there are no hidden fees or investments required and you can start immediately. http://www.ezniche.com/data/article.php?l=352Henning Blog30747
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Historical Amelia Island

To many travelers, Amelia Island is a newfound paradise. But centuries of people have been drawn to its tranquil shores and exquisite natural beauty.

According to local folklore and historical evidence, Timucuan Indians first inhabited Amelia Island as early as 2000 BC. The Timucuan people were known for elaborate body tattoos in yellow, black, blue and red.

The island was originally named "Isle de Mai" (Island of May) by Jean Ribault, a Huguenot leader who landed on Amelia Island in 1562. It is said that when Ribault and his troops arrived, they were welcomed by the Timcuans and given baskets of berries. Even though the Spanish had claimed the area in 1513, these French colonists showed interest in the Island to claim land for France and to seek refuge from the religious and political persecution given to Huguenots. Though Ribault and his company did not settle on Amelia Island, other Huguenots landed in 1564. This second colony constructed Fort Caroline in Northern Jacksonville near the mouth of the St. John's River. In 1565, Spanish troops came to the area, killed the French settlers and regained the territory, which they had claimed as their own years before.

The arrival of these Spanish troops led to the first Spanish reign from 1565 to 1763. A mission called Santa Maria was built on the northern end of Amelia Island in what is now known as Old Town. The mission was created to convert Indians to Christianity. At that time, the original name "Isle de Mai" was changed to "Isle de Santa Maria".

In the years to follow, the Timucuans of Amelia Island gained contact with the Europeans, and British settlements in the North soon took a keen interest in the naturally deep ports and the strategic trade route locations on the island. Once again the name of the island was changed, this time to "Amelia" in honour of the Princess Amelia, daughter of King George II. James Oglethorpe, Governor of Georgia, put the name change in place in 1735. The British changed the name of the island to "Amelia", but the land did not fall into British hands until the Spanish Florida was traded for British Cuba in 1763 in an agreement under the Treaty of Paris. During British rule, Amelia Island was known as Egmont.

In 1783, the Second Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary War, and Florida was returned to Spain. In 1811 a surveyor named George J. F. Clarke plotted the town of Fernandina, named in honor of King Ferdinand VII of Spain. The Patriots of Amelia Island, an independent group of American civilians backed by the United States government, seized control of the island, drove out the Spanish, and raised the American flag. The following day, Amelia Island was ceded to the United States.

1870 to 1910 was considered the Golden Age of Amelia Island. During this era, several wealthy Americans made Fernandina their homes. Elegant Victorian style houses were built in what became known as the Silk Stocking District. Ulysses Grant visited the Egmont Hotel, one of the grandest hotels of its time. The turn-of-the-century boom of Amelia Island came about with the advent of the shipping industry, and increasing numbers of New Yorkers who came traveled by steamboat to enjoy the warm climate and elegant hotels in Amelia.

In recent years, Amelia Island has grown and prospered as a popular tourist destination. Many accommodation choices are available to suit every sort of traveler, and the Amelia Island Plantation is considered to be one of the world's perfect island destinations. Modern tourists are learning what centuries had already known: Amelia Island is a true treasure.

Charles Jackson contributes to several online magazines, including http://great-recreation.com and http://susaq.com.Giuliano Blog13146
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Domain Name Complications

Some of the tell tale sites of domain name that may be easier to obtain are a home to low quality Web sites. If you find yourself in this situation, contact the registered owner and ask if they would consider selling it to you. If the price is right, you may be able to make a deal. To maintain a cool head during the process, dont act desperate to own the domain.

If the registered owner is willing to sell you the domain name be sure to use an escrow company. There are reputable escrow companies that will guide you through the buying process while minimizing your risks. It is worth spending a modest amount to ensure that you dont get burned in cyberspace.

Your Web address is part of your brand strategy, and you have to make sure it is easy to remember. Try to pick a name that is easy to remember. I once worked for a company called ZZYZX. The domain name was www.zzyzxdotcom. Even though it is a short name it is a terrible name, because nobody knew how to spell it or pronounce it. You want your customers to be able to remember and refer your brand to others, so make it as easy for them as you can.

Domain names can be of any length up to 67 characters, but I dont know why would anyone want a domain name 67 characters long. Your domain name can include 26 letters of the English alphabet, numbers 0-9, and hyphens (-).The domain name cannot begin or end with a hyphen but, it can contain one or more hyphens. Dont settle for a short domain name that doesnt compliment your business just to avoid a longer one. As a general rule, shorter domain names are easier to remember, easier to type and far less susceptible to mistakes. For example, "hellodotcom" is easier to remember and less prone to typos than "saygoodmorninginthemorningandgoodeveningintheeveningdotcom".

Others argue that a longer domain name is usually easier on people because it is easier to attach meaning. A short but cryptic name such as zzyzxdotcom is not at all better name than a longer meaningful domain name such as raidsforlessdotcom.

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Genuine Work At Home Opportunities So You Can Quit Your Day Job

There are a number of ways to make money online, but relatively few of these openings will pay you enough money so that you can quit your job and work from home full time. They allow you the flexibility to do what you want, when you want and still earn the same amount or even more money than you did at your old job.

Although, many may be skeptical about how one can make money online, there are a few options that one looking to work online can choose from.

Freelancing as a writer or programmer and designer can often earn one tens of thousands of dollars annually, especially if you are well trained and have the skills and the marketing "know how" so that you can constantly find clients.

Affiliate programs where you are paid to promote the products of many companies are also another great way to earn money online. Obviously, if you can create your own product and promote it, that would be the ideal situation as you would be able to keep all revenue that you earn rather than just 10% or 20% of the total sale value.

Still, the most popular way that those who work online are earning a stable income is through the creation of web sites and the sale of advertisement space and the use of programs such as Google AdSense or the Yahoo Publisher network.

CONTEXT FREELANCING

For those who have worked to hone their skills in writing or web site design and creation, freelancing is probably the best online job opportunity. It allows them to run all aspects of their business from finding clients, completing the work, and/or subcontracting the work. Although this may be more work than if you worked in a team with a group of people, as a solo freelancer, you keep all of the money you make, rather than splitting it among the members/employees of your company. There are a numbers of freelance opportunities available today.

Content Writing
If you love to write and have strong writing skills, you should seriously consider offering a content writing service where you provide articles for magazines and web sites to publish.

Forum Posting
Forum posting is also another option. It involves contacting the owner of a new forum and to see if they are willing to pay for posts to help get their forum off the ground and boost activity. The best way to get a steady job forum posting is to visit webmaster forums where many of these owners are often searching for posters.

Webmaster forums are also a great place to find content writing jobs, but there are many other web sites that offer an up to date list of the latest content writing opportunities and thus these sites should be utilized as well. A content writer or forum poster who puts the time required to be successful into working can earn up to six figures annually.

Article Submission Service

Article Submission and Directory Submission is also a way that many freelancers can earn some extra money on the side. It involves submitting a web site to numerous web directories or submitting an article to many article directories. The purpose of this service is to help webmasters gain links to their web site.

Link Building Service

Direct link building is a great way that those who either own a large network of web sites or know someone who does can earn thousands online. Link building requires one to obtain back links to their client's web sites on other 3rd part sites. Link builders are usually paid at a flat rate per link that they secure and payment can range from $2-$10 a link and beyond.

Web design and Programming

Finally, for those who are familiar with web site design and programming, freelancers in the web site creation industry can get paid anywhere from $500 to $10,000 and more for a project depending on the amount of work required. This is one of the most lucrative online opportunities available, but to be successful, you will need to get the proper training so that clients are satisfied with your work and you are hired to take on larger, better compensating projects.

AFFILIATE MARKETING

Affiliate programs are another very popular way to make money online. One can create a web site and put utilize space on their web site by advertising a certain product. The advertisement will be a link to an eStore where the product is being sold, and if an affiliate is able to drive a customer to the eStore, the owner of the eStore will pay the affiliate a certain percentage of the sale. Many major companies, such as eBay, Sears, Wal-Mart, and hundreds of others that sell products online have affiliate programs.

To sign up for one of these programs, you should visit and sign up with Click Bank and Commission Junction. These are the two web sites that most companies who have affiliate programs use to keep track of earnings, and to be able to participate in affiliate programs, you will have to be a member of one of these two web sites. Recently, many affiliates are using pay per click advertising program such as Google AdWords where they pay a certain amount of money for each visitor who clicks on the advertisement. The advertisement is an affiliate link so if the one clicks on the link makes a purchase, you can earn money through affiliate programs without even creating a web site.

RUNNING WEBSITES

Finally, we reach the most popular way of making money online, running web sites. The key to building a successful web site is coming up with a new fresh idea so that you will draw traffic.

Once you have got an idea, the first thing you need to do is secure hosting at a popular and reliable web host, such as GoDaddy or BlueHost. You can sign up for an account and pay for a certain hosting plan. The more you pay, the larger a web site you can create and the larger your bandwidth is. If you are unsure about all the technical aspects of running and hosting a web site, you should check with your web hosting provider what plan is best for you and your needs. Your host will also help you get a domain and transfer all files to get your site up and running.

Once you have a site live on the Internet and you are marketing it and drawing traffic, it is time to think about monetization. With a web site, you can either sell your own products that customers can purchase online or create a website for a service, such as the ones mentioned above. Those who may not have as much time, often opt to create a web site, get traffic, and use a program such as Google AdSense where they are paid each time a visitor clicks on an advertisement. Webmasters may also sell links to advertisers directly to earn more revenue from their web site.

There are a lot of great online opportunities available on the Internet, and if you are willing to put in the time and effort requires, you can make enough to quit your regular full time job and work from home online.

Arun Kumar is a home business expert with 5+ years experience. He currently owns several successful websites including http://www.work-from-home-directory.com/ and http://online-jobs-tips.blogspot.com/ . You can find out legitimate work at home ideas at http://www.work-from-home-directory.com/home_jobs/ . Giambattista Blog11773
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A Review Of A Newly Introduced Advertising Method: Expired Domain Traffic

Everybody knows the great advantages of e-commerce for online sellers and buyers. With the Internet, anybody can sell a product or show an idea to millions of potential buyers, with very low costs, no rent to pay, and without spending the whole day sit in a store. Now, this could convince thousands of Internet newbies to start their own website and work from home, anyway, a common problem they face when starting a new website or online project is to drive visitors to it. Ironically, the same thing that made the Internet a winning solution for e-commerce, also made it the hardest place where to be found.

There are several techniques to drive visitors to a website. Some of them are very time consuming, some are very expensive, some are completely ineffective. In this article, I'd like to describe a new, interesting advertising method, introduced recently, aimed to bring thousands of targeted visitors to any website. The idea behind this is very smart, and it's based on expired domains redirection. In fact, thousands of domain names expire every day and are available for registration. Most of them have a residual traffic coming from the "old life" of these names: in most cases, their previous owners built websites for these domains, listed them in search engines, and even exchanged links with other sites. All translating into traffic for that domain name.

The smart idea is to register these names, categorize them and redirect them to another website that match their category. Till today, people used to do this by themselves. This is effective, but extremely complicated, time consuming and expensive. Now, a company called Revisitors brought this process to the general public, registering thousands of domains and redirecting them to their customers' websites. Thanks to the large-scale transposition of this technique, webmasters and website owners can now take advantage of redirected visitors to drive targeted traffic to their website.

I tested this traffic for you by redirecting visitors to our website. The order procedure was very easy, and the campaign started almost immediately. I've been asked how many visitors I wanted to redirect, the category and the URL. After a couple of hours, I received my login information to track the campaign, and I monitored it closely. It usually take up tp 30 days to complete an expired traffic campaign, but mine took a bit more (they had a lot of campaigns running for the category I selected, and for this reason they was short on traffic). No problem, I always prefer the companies that apologize when short on supply, instead of just sending fake visitors and completing their campaigns on time.

Now, let's talk about the results: on the overall, I've been satisfied with the results. I bought 10000 visitors from the USA to our website, a site filled with articles about computer security and Google Adsense ads. I paid $48, so it's $0.0048 per visitor. Based on the website stats, about 10.420 USA visitors have been delivered in 41 days. I had a good response rate, with 71 subscribers to my newsletter and over 180 clicks on the Adsense ads.

In my honest opinion, this is an affordable way to gain instant traffic to your website. Of course, you cannot expect the same results of a pay-per-click campaign (i.e. Google Adwords), but it's definitely cheaper (pay-per-click campaigns cost $0.50 average per visitor), and worth the money. So, my recommendation is to give this new advertising technique a try, and see how it works with your website. If you get good results, you have found a new, and much cheaper, way to drive potential buyers to your website.

Rebecca Spee works as an independent consultant for several companies within the domain and internet marketing industry. She wrote hundreds of articles about new marketing ideas and internet opportunities published nationwide.Giambattista Blog11773
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Make Your Money Work For You


Do you want to know the real truth about how to get wealthy? The answer is very simple. All you need to do is make your money work for you, instead of you having to work for your money.

Talk to all the people who have become wealthy and I bet theyll all tell you that they make their money work for them. They may not have started out with any money but they learned that if they were smart with what money they did earn they could make it work for them instead of the other way around. This rule does not discriminate. Every one has an equal chance to do this and it is never too late to start.

Why hasnt someone explained this to you before you ask? Why didnt you learn this at school? You are probably like the majority of people who went to school. You went to learn how to get a job and work for money for the rest of your life. Wouldnt you rather have been taught how to make your money work for you? Did any of your teachers show you how to do this. Not likely. They probably didnt know how to do it either.

You were probably told from a very early age to get a good education so that you could get a good job. This good job would assure you of a steady income for the rest of your life. If you were lucky, and got a really good job where you earned lots of money, then you might be able to save up enough money for the deposit on a house. Then you could spend the rest of your life paying off your mortgage and hopefully have a few dollars left to save for your retirement.

Did anyone tell you that by the time you get around to retiring, your savings probably wont go very far. Forget about a pension because there probably wont be one by the time you retire. Well, if thats the case then once you retire it wont be too hard to have to start scrimping and economizing as youve done that all your life anyway so you are well qualified. Your only worry now is that you hope that your money wont run out before you do.

Well before its too late, just how do you go about making your money work for you? Well there are dozens of ways you can do this. The first thing you need to do is find out from the experts how they do it. You need to be prepared to start educating yourself on the different options that are available out there.

Jamie McIntyre of the 21st Century Academy offers a free DVD and e-book that will give you some great ideas on how to get your financial intelligence off to the right start. Find out what hundreds of others are doing to transform their lives by learning how to make their money work for them. To check out Jamies free offer go to www.learnwealthysecrets.com and click on the 21st Century link.

Alison has been studying and teaching self improvement and wealth creation including teaching business and personal development for over 20 years. Alisons passion is researching and sharing the wealth of resources and knowledge she has acquired . For more information as well as free tips, articles and links to other inspirational sites plus a Free 21st Century DVD or EBook or 7 Free lessons from the Teachers of The Secret visit http://LearnWealthySecrets.comHei Blog99342
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Will Affiliate Marketing Work For You?

What are the best ways to figure out if affiliate marketing is right for your internet business? Here are a few affiliate marketing tips to help you sort through the affiliate marketing jungle.

First of all, check into the backgrounds of any affiliate marketing companies you wish to partner with. Has the affiliate marketing company been around for a long time, or at least more than a few months? If not, that may be a cause for concern with the affiliate marketing. You can usually find a lot of affiliate marketing advice or warnings on the internet, so look around for affiliate marketing information. You may find valuable affiliate marketing information from someone else who has been burned through that particular affiliate marketing company.

With affiliate marketing, it is important to avoid scams, because many people will try to scam you in the affiliate marketing department. If you are aware of this, it will help you have the best affiliate marketing department ever. Red flags for affiliate marketing companies include affiliate marketing commissions for you as a business owner that seem extremely high. Affiliate marketing, just like other home business topics, are in great demand on the internet. This makes things like affiliate marking topics about which you should always be careful.

It also helps to get a general idea of what the new affiliate marketing company appears like to its customers as far as customer service is concerned. This is a good thing to check before including a company in your affiliate marketing projects. Obviously, not everyone will have shining reports about customer service, but a good affiliate marketing plan is to check into details and make sure things will work for your affiliate marketing idea. Additionally, read any other reviews you can find regarding the affiliate marketing company. Then, simply find a good affiliate marketing company and partner with them!

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Halloween is Tricky for Food-Allergic Kids

While kids are picking pumpkins and Halloween costumes, parents of kids with food allergies are bracing themselves. Halloween is frightening for these parents, who have to guard against bite-sized treats that as early as September, are showcased by many retailers. What are treats for most children, are life-threatening tricks for the 5 million American children who are in danger of anaphylaxis.

Anaphylaxis is a sudden, severe, systemic allergic reaction that can involve various areas of the body (such as the skin, respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, and cardiovascular system). Symptoms can include hives, vomiting, diarrhea, shortness of breath, wheezing, swelling of the lips, tongue and throat, a drop in blood pressure and loss of consciousness. Symptoms can occur within minutes or hours after contact with the allergy-causing substance. In 150-200 incidents a year, anaphylaxis is fatal. It can be caused by a trace amount of an allergen, the eight most common culprits being peanuts, tree nuts, dairy, milk, eggs, shellfish, fish and soy.

Its not just the trick-or-treating experience that is nerve-racking about Halloween, says Tom Croghan whose son has a severe peanut allergy. but Halloween also kicks off the candy-on-the-coffee table season. Beginning now and through the holidays, my wife and I are forced to make a clean sweep of every home we visit to clear away the candies, chocolates and nuts that could land Brad in the hospital. The abundance of accessible food during the holidays creates added danger for a child with food allergies. It is especially risky for children who are too young to comprehend their medical condition or too young to tell people around them that they have to avoid certain foods. The challenge of readily identifying food-allergic children and raising awareness about food allergies is what inspired Ria Sharon, a mom of a toddler with food allergies to create a line of clothing specifically for children at risk.

Sharon started a company called Check My Tag, which offers shirts and dresses that are alert devices for food-allergic kids. Each garment has a sewn-on badge on its left sleeve that announces, Check my Tag! I have food allergies. The inside tag can be personalized by parents with a list of trigger foods and important, life-saving information. The patent-pending design is specifically for children under five, whose parents may hesitate to put an alert bracelet or necklace on their young child but still want to keep their toddler safe in situations when they have to leave them with a caregiver. I wanted something that would give me back my confidence in being able to keep him safe. To my surprise, everything that was currently available in terms of alert products were not practical solutions for us. Ria applied her creative skills to develop a solution that eased her own anxiety and empowered her sons teachers and babysitters to care for him safely.

The number of diagnosed cases of food allergies has doubled in the last five years. 3-1/2 year old Colin Depke from Ballwin is among them. His mom, Carol writes, Thanks for creating such a great product with a purpose! Our 3-1/2 year old has severe food allergies and leaving him at camps and school is hard. Your shirts help to let other people know about his food allergies, yet discreetly. We love the colors and unique style to boot! The med pouch is very convenient to slip into a purse and we love that his action plan is right in the front window. Our sons words sum it up best, I like my tag shirt cause it helps keep me safe!

HALLOWEEN FOOD SAFETY TIPS

Have non-food treat options for trick-or-treaters
Place treats in places that cannot be reached by young children without assistance
Ask teachers before bringing in special Halloween goodies to classrooms
If you are hosting a party, ask if there are food allergy concerns on your invitation
Be awareask a parent or caregiver before offering food to any child
If you see a Check My Tag shirt or any other alert device on a child, be extra vigilant

Ria Sharon is the founder of Check My Tag (http://www.checkmytag.com), a company offering shirts and dresses that are alert devices for food-allergic kids. She is also the mother of a toddler with severe food allergies.Gregory Blog32183
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Cash Now - Affiliate Marketing

The apparent availability of wealth draw so many to the Internet, its reminiscent of the days of the California Gold Rush. Not so different from that distant past most get disheartened in their quest of making money online. They believe just about everything they see online. With the plethora of available e-Books claiming to have the secrets of striking it rich, they end up spending much more than necessary. The result is more than often information overload with no clear path of where they are going, except maybe onto the next e-Book.

These individuals just want to know how to make money online and how to do it now. There are of course many ways to make money on the Internet, after all it is the worlds largest market place. You need to devise a plan; one can either sell their own product/services or simply sell someone elses. The vast majority of individuals would fall into the second category. Its called affiliate marketing and once done correctly this is where you can strike gold.

There are literally thousands upon thousands of products available for anyone to promote and make commissions ranging upwards of 75% some even 100% and all you have to do is signup for free. As an affiliate you can start making money almost immediately. Theres no inventory to keep, no having to deal with customers and you dont even need your own website. What can be better than that?

This is how it works: first you have to sign up to be an affiliate with the company(s) of you choice for the products you want to promote. You would be given a unique URL for their website which contains your affiliate code. This URL leads back to their sales page where any purchases made by visitors will earn you your commission, either a percentage or a flat fee. Tens of thousands of people earn a living this way and free themselves from their regular jobs.

Promote your products! Potential buyers arent just going to pull your affiliate links out of mid air. Now you have products that you can sell thats only half the battle. The second and most critical is to drive traffic to the site(s) using your affiliate URL.

There are several ways to promote your affiliate links, of which I will briefly mention a few. Paid Ads is really the best form of promoting, using search engine pay-per-click on Google, Yahoo etc. For free traffic you can write a blog and include your affiliate link. Write and submit articles on topics youre comfortable with and include your link in the bio box. You can also have someone write for you, a Ghost Writer. Join forums and put your link in your profile or signature area, so whenever you make a post your link gets out there. If youre looking for financial freedom, look no further than affiliate marketing.

Juan Mendez is a Successful Web Entrepreneur and Aspiring Writer.Gisela Blog11516
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Ensuring A Profitable Home Based Business Opportunity

If you would like to be one of many who has found a home based business opportunity and become successful with it, then hard work is going to be needed to achieve this goal. A home business opportunity is quite popular now for various reasons. Some people need a home business to help them supplement the income received from there regular job, while others need the home based business as a way for them to keep busy as they might not have another job.

There are many different and numerous types of home based business opportunity for people to become involved in. They range for medical transcription services, to selling cosmetics and toiletries. Each opportunity is unique and suitable for just the right kind of person. There are a number of people or companies who will try to convince you there home business opportunity is perfect for you, when in fact, it might not be. It is up to you to weed through all of the different opportunities to find one that will make you successful. The question, which now arises, is how to ensure that when you have started your home business opportunity that is a profitable one?

You should be aware that a profitable home based business must first start with the correct home based opportunity. Most people choose a home business opportunity, which is quite popular, and everyone knows about. However, the problem, which arises with this, is, without realizing it, the market has already become saturated with many people selling the same product. In this way, your chances of having a profitable home business will diminish due to over availability of the product. On the other hand, choosing a home business opportunity that no one has ever heard of is too risky if this is your first time working with a home based business opportunity. Just because a product or concept might be new, there is no guarantee that it will sell. Therefore you run the risk of not making a profit at all with your home based business opportunity.

In order to ensure you are on your way with a profitable home based business opportunity, everyone thinking about working at home, should think about the amount of money necessary in starting a business. Each different type of home based business opportunity will require various amounts of time and finance dedicated to the job to make it work. For you business to be profitable, it is necessary to first plan out how much will initially be invested into it. A new startup business can quickly drain a bank account if a business plan is not initially drawn up. Therefore, to ensure you business is a profitable one, spend time budgeting out your much money will be allocated for each aspect of the business, and stick to this business plan without spending carelessly.

When first starting a home based business opportunity, a lot of hours are necessary in order to make the business as profitable as possible. This would initially include time spent away from family and friends growing your business to a stable level. Therefore, to ensure your business is profitable, the hours spent away from loved ones must be factored in.

After considering the amount of money and time which is needed to make your home based business opportunity profitable, the most important advice would be to start marketing your business as much as possible. There are many forms of business marketing available such as word of mouth, business cards, brochures and flyers, or ads in the newspaper. Yet whatever type of marketing you choose to adopt, be consistent with it. With more people becoming aware of your business, and telling their friends about it, the more profitable your business will be.

Leonard Bartholomew, B.S. Computer Science. Find all of the elements of an extraordinarily simple online home based business opportunity that you can prosper with at http://www.moxie-drive.com.Gerry Blog27520
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What is Copywriting and Why It's So Important To Your Business

There is no harder job in the world than copywriting, yet there is none more rewarding...both financially and emotionally. It truly is the worlds best kept secret job

First of all, there is some confusion about copywriting...let me dispel the most common myth:

What Copywriting is NOT

Copywriting is not Copyrighting. Copyrighting is the act of securing the copyright on a piece of work. A copyright is just the legal right to reproduce the work.

What Copywriting IS...

Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia defines copywriting or the act of writing copy as:

Copywriting is the process of writing the words that promote a person, business, opinion, or idea. It may be used as plain text, as a radio or television advertisement, or in a variety of other media.

I agree with this definition, but copywriting goes much deeper than that...It is both a science and an art.

Where You Can Find Examples of Copy

Its generally used in advertising and marketing and is primarily used to sell goods and services, but it is also is used to communicate with people.

You can find it in all ads that you see everyday...

That includes: the Internet, newspapers, magazines, billboards and radio...on the package of things you buy, on the back of your milk carton and even the bible! More on that later...

The Problem With Copywriting and Why Its So Important

The act of copywriting is the most mis-understood skill in any business, yet at the same time its the most important.

Heres why:

Its really just words on a piece of paper.

It makes it even more mis-understood when a copywriter asks for thousands of dollars and it only took them a week to prepare it.

But,

When written correctly and sent to the right people, it has been known to turn a mediocre business into an industry giant very rapidly.

Your words, reproduced thousands of times, leverage your message to thousands of people...and it costs only fractions of a dollar per letter to distribute it.

A well crafted, persuasive letter is one of the most powerful forces in the world today.

You know, while the National Enquirer wont even win the Nobel Prize in Literature, they write with simple language and very effectively target their audience...they have over 15 million readers after all. With all the complaints they get, no one has ever complained they write too clear.

Words on a piece of paper have been known to create wars (or prevent them), to sell millions of dollars in goods, to express emotions and so on...

I said earlier that copywriting was in the bible...St. Paul, the Catholic saint, used copywriting to communicate the word of God to other people. He spread the message without ever having to be there personally. He was one of the earliest copywriters.

The presidents speech writer is a copy writer...he or she has to be very careful about the words they use.

The Role of a Copywriter

The role of the Copywriter is to write copy. Simple.

To write copy, a copywriter must research their a) intended audience and b) their subject matter. Then they must put pen to paper and create a message that will communicate their subject matter to their intended audience.

The copywriter must also pay attention to how the copy

a) Looks: if the copy looks too overwhelming, no one will read it.
b) Flows: if the ideas and words in the copy connect together properly.

In the end, what does a copywriter produce? The length and type of copy can vary...they can produce letters 30 pages long or as short as one sentence (or a word or two).

Writing 30 pages is definitely a skill, where if you want to sell something, it has to be extremely interesting so that someone will read it...

And writing a sentence? Sometimes that can take months of digging into volume after volume of dry product data and material to uncover the one phrase that can best describe the product.

Every word counts and is worth its weight in gold

In both cases, every word counts...the copywriter must agonize over every word because not only are you paying for the space you use (in a magazine for example) to distribute the copy, but the very words themselves can either persuade your audience to listen to you and buy your products...or completely turn them off.

Because of the complexities and the needs for copywriters...there has emerged a wide range of copywriters...they range from artists and English majors to people in sales.

The difference between the two, I will discuss in my next article: The difference between your everyday copy and copy that sells

Conclusion

Copywriting has been around for hundreds of years in various forms. Only in the last 100 or so has it been used so widely to sell goods and services. Yet, despite all this, it still remains one of the most mis-understood , but important aspects of any business.

Everyone should know the basics of it and use that skill in their business.

Paul Speziale is a direct marketing consultant / entrepreneur based out of Toronto, Ontario. He has served all industries from manufacturers to retailers, from entrepreneurs to professionals. Besides helping clients, he is working on his own projects. He also volunteers his time for several worthy causes both local and global. You can reach him at: http://www.AnelloSolutions.com: Growing Your Business Through Low-Risk, Optimized and Results Based MarketingHasan Blog77546
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