Article publishing is widely known as one of the best internet marketing procedures to achieve free search engine rankings within top search engines like Google, Yahoo and MSN. Any experienced online marketer knows using this technique will provide a free way to attract large sums to traffic to their website or affiliate programs, also this is a great way of achieving one way links which will increase their page rank on their websites. To know more about "Beginners Guide to Article Marketing" just download an ebook here and don't forget to subscribe to our feed to get the latest updates.
German users said that MacBook Air can cut through bread and flesh
3 comments Posted by Sedna at 9:42 AM
Germans are saying that MacbBook Air can cut through bread and flesh with its downright edge. According to "Apple Talk" reader Bajuware, his MBA went kill-crazy all over his elbow while he was cold-chillin' on his couch. The details are a little hard to suss out due to the language barrier (and machine translation), but it would appear the Air's bottom edge made nasty work of the human flesh like someone had insulted its mother. Another MBA owner claims his computer is sharp enough to slice bread, though we assume it's not used for buttering. Honestly, we're not sure what kind of danger an innocent MacBook Air could really pose besides causing you to throw out your back constantly plugging in the AC to charge that not-quite-as-advertised battery.
These are the two things you should know about networking:
1. "Practice makes perfect" is not enough.
Practice alone is not enough. It must be "effective" practice. In martial arts, the sensei (master) says, "Perfect practice makes perfect." In other words, if you're just going through the motions, you are not learning and growing. Every time you do a kata (a system of basic body positioning and movement exercises in karate), you must do it as though you were in a tournament, or as though the sensei were there watching you. Only with that intensity of focus does one improve.
The same applies to your networking efforts. If you are applying the techniques halfheartedly, you'll get less-than-acceptable results.
Practicing the skills necessary to become a good networker is important. But would-be networkers cannot expect to become master networkers by just going through the motions. Take, for instance, the 60-second presentation or brief commercial you make every week when you attend many types of networking groups or various other organizations. Most people come to the meeting unprepared and unrehearsed, with only a vague idea of what they will talk about. While others give their presentations, instead of listening, they're thinking about how to say what they need to say. When their turn comes, they stumble through an amateurish, marginal presentation. Yes, they practiced, but it was far from perfect practice, and the results prove it.
If you're a teacher, do you wing your lesson plan? The better teachers set goals and objectives for what they want their students to learn. They spend time planning exactly what they are going to cover in class, sometimes down to the exact wording, and they prepare visual aids and handouts that reinforce the subject matter and facilitate learning.
As a businessperson, you should have similar goals and objectives. Ask yourself what, exactly, do you want your listeners to learn about your business that they can pass along to prospects for a possible referral. If you're vague and unprepared, your potential referral partners are going to leave the meeting without a clear idea of how to refer you.
You also need to practice delivering your message. Winging it is not going to get you what you want. You have to practice it perfectly if your goal is perfection.
2. Good networkers should talk about more than just business.
A referral relationship is much more than just, "I do business, you do business, let's do business." A better approach is to find common ground on a personal level, then relate your business to it.
The longer I've been involved in networking, the more I've seen the power of personal interests in making connections. Networking is about building personal relationships. If you remove the personal from the equation, you limit the amount of business that can happen. In one networking group I worked with, I introduced an exercise I call the GAINS Exchange, in which people share personal and professional information about themselves (including their Goals, Accomplishments, Interests, Networks, and Skills).
Two of the participants in this group had known each other for more than a year but had never done business. During the exercise, they discovered they both coached their sons' soccer teams. They quickly became close friends and were soon helping each other conduct soccer practices. After a few months, they began referring business to each other--two guys who had barely spoken to each other the first year because they seemed to have so little in common were now doing business because of a personal connection.
Here's another example of the power of common interests. One of BNI's most instinctive, natural networkers and an avid sailboater, whom we shall call "Bob," found himself sitting in an airport shuttle, very casually dressed, next to a man wearing a shirt with a Nautica label. "Do you sail?" he asked. "Yeah, a little bit," said the man. "Why?"
Bob started talking about his own sailing experiences. It turned out he had won a national championship sailing in the harbor where this man lived. They got into a lively conversation about sailing, the man's hometown, and other common interests and experiences.
After a half hour or so, the man asked, "So, are you a professional sailor?" Bob said, "No, I'm in the training business, but it's a lot like sailing, and here's why." They talked a bit about that, with Bob using sailing as a metaphor for much of what he did. The man expressed an interest in hearing more about it on a professional level. At the airport, the two men exchanged cards and went their separate ways.
If Bob had started the conversation by saying, "I'm a professional trainer," that probably would have been the end of it. Instead, by finding a common interest and starting with that, Bob made a connection that had a good chance of turning into business.
Perfect practice makes perfect, and personal connections lead to business. Entrepreneurs who implement these two strategies into their networking efforts get a lot more business than their competition.
While I'm scouring the net for some interesting thing about marketing to post here, I came across this site that aims to list all video sharing site and share it to all internet users. This may come in handy for to browse quickly. There are categories to choose, entertainment to intellectual. And without further blabbing, I present you ilikesharingvideos.com
By Universal McCann, Brand Republic 24-Apr-08
Social media - and blogs in particular - is becoming a more important part of global media consumption for internet users than some traditional media channels according to the latest survey from media agency Universal McCann.
The global survey notes that in South Korea - "the market that's leading the world in digital trends" - 77% of internet users read blogs each week compared to just 58% reading the mainstream press.
Globally 73% of internet users are reading blogs with 48% including these consumer-generated content in their weekly media diet. According to the survey, TV too is facing similar competition for eyeballs with 83% of internet users having watched a video clip and 59% viewing at least one clip every week.
It adds that there is no sign of a pause in the explosive growth of social media. Video clips, blogs, podcasts, social networks and RSS are all essential components of the online media diet.
While not all markets are as developed, in each of the 29 countries surveyed social media is becoming a key constituent of global media consumption.
This is the third time that the agency's Social Media Tracker has tested uptake of these new digital tools in markets as diverse as the USA, Brazil and Pakistan. With 17,000 respondents it is the world's most detailed survey of the Social Media revolution.
Key findings from Wave 3 include:
* 83% watch video clips, up from 62% in the last study in June
2007
* 78% read blogs, up from 66%
* 57% of internet users are now members of a social network
* RSS consumption is growing rapidly up from 15% to 39%
* Podcasts are now mainstream digital content, listened to by 48%
"Social media is a mass medium for many internet users. Brands and marketers need to adjust rapidly to this revolution in way consumers are creating and digesting content. With every wave of research our Social Media Tracker is noting greater and greater growth for channels such as blogging, video clips and social networks," says Tom Smith, EMEA research manager at Universal McCann.
Other findings of note
A key driver for the growth of social media has been the rise of Social Networks. Members of social networks such as MySpace and Facebook are using these platforms for more of their online experience.
* 22% of social network users have installed a widget or
applications
* 55% have shared photos
* 22% have shared their videos
* 31% have started a blog
* The world's biggest social network is MySpace with 32% weekly
reach followed by Facebook on 23%
Social media is a global phenomenon:
* Top markets for blogging - China 70% of internet users write a
blog, Philippines 66% and Mexico 60%
* Top markets for social networking - Philippines 83%, Hungary 76%
and Poland 76%
* China is the worlds largest blogging market with 42m bloggers
versus 26m in the US
* Social media is connecting the world and globalising media
consumption
(Original post from Brand Republic
The Marketing Plan is a highly detailed, heavily researched and, hopefully, well written report that many inside and possibly outside the organization will evaluate. It is an essential document for both large corporate marketing departments and for startup companies. Essentially the Marketing Plan:
* forces the marketing personnel to look internally in order to fully understand the results of past marketing decisions.
* forces the marketing personnel to look externally in order to fully understand the market in which they operate.
* sets future goals and provides direction for future marketing efforts that everyone within the organization should understand and support.
* is a key component in obtaining funding to pursue new initiatives.
The Marketing Plan is generally undertaken for one of the following reasons:
1. Needed as part of the yearly planning process within the marketing functional area.
2. Needed for a specialized strategy to introduce something new, such as new product planning, entering new markets, or trying a new strategy to fix an existing problem.
3. Is a component within an overall business plan, such as a new business proposal to the financial community.
marketing planThere are many ways to develop and format a marketing plan. The approach taken here is to present a 6-Part plan that includes:
1. Purpose and Mission
2. Situational Analysis
3. Marketing Strategy and Objectives
4. Tactical Programs
5. Budgets, Performance Analysis and Implementation
6. Additional Consideration
This plan is aimed at individual products and product lines, however, it can be adapted fairly easily for use in planning one or more strategic business units (SBU). The page length suggested for each section represents a single-spaced typed format for a plan focused on a single product. Obviously for multi-product plans lengths will be somewhat longer.
It is assumed that anyone developing a Marketing Plan possesses a working understanding of marketing principles.
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Subaru is showing its sexy side with the help of some suds and a few sumo wrestlers in a national multi-platform campaign for its redesigned 2009 Subaru Forester.
The campaign strategy is to showcase Subaru’s Japanese heritage and highlight the Forester’s new styling, said Andrew Simon, senior vice-president, creative director, DDB Toronto, which developed the campaign.
The campaign includes TV, print, online, radio, direct marketing and in-store point-of-sale.
“Each piece does a different job, but overall people hopefully are going to walk away with the message that ‘Wow this really has everything that I love about Japanese engineering,’ ” he said.
A 60-second TV spot entitled, “Car Wash” opens with the new Subaru Forester driving into a car wash to the song “Fire in a Disco,” by Electric Six. In slow motion, a group of sumo wrestlers walk into frame with a hose and buckets of water. They start washing the car, but soon end up in a water fight. “Japanese SUV’s just got a little sexier,” says a voiceover. “Introducing the totally redesigned 2009 Subaru Forester.”
The direct mail piece, developed by Rapp Collins, mimics a package sent by a book publishing company. Inside, consumers find a letter from the publisher along with a copy of The Joy of Sexier—An intimate user’s guide to the 2009 Subaru Forester. The book features hand-drawn illustrations of the 2009 Forester, tips on how to make every drive a sensual experience, and a personalized bookmark.
Consumers can also learn about the Forester at SexySubaru.ca, produced by Fuel in collaboration with Tribal DDB. They can also “photograph” a sexy sumo model as he demonstrates the vehicle’s attributes. The photos can be retouched on the site and submitted for a chance to win a Canon EOS Rebel, MacBook Air and a digital photography suite.
A banner ad presents users with a peephole and a flickering “Sexy” neon sign. When consumers roll over the peephole, the cover swings open and zooms in to reveal the new Subaru Forester. The copy reads: “What were you expecting? Introducing the completely redesigned 2009 Subaru Forester. Japanese SUV’s just got a little sexier. See it for yourself at SexySubaru.ca.”
Another appears to be covered in steam and moisture and users are encouraged to wipe the fog away to reveal a sumo wrestler posing with the Forester at a car wash.
“DDB had the ingenious idea to use sumo wrestlers to emphasis Japanese, and to showcase the Forester’s strength and aggressive new styling features that make the Forester a true SUV,” said Ted Lalka, vice-president, product planning and marketing, in a release. Radio spots should launch soon, and the campaign runs until the end of September. OMD handled the media buy.
Originally published in Marketing Magazine, May 2008
Tradeport is one of the newest sponsors of yugatech.com and their giving away 5 Ipod Shuffle for yugatech.com's readers and fellow bloggers. And I've decided to post it here to join the raffle contest.
Here’s the quick and simple mechanics in order to get the chance to win the giveaways:
Mechanics for Contest #1:
a) Mention about Tradeport and their member contest in your blog. We want as many people to learn about their member promo. In short, registered members of TradePort who actively participate in the forum/marketplace gets the chance to win in an internal raffle to get any of the 3 4GB iPod Nanos.
b) Link to TradePort and this contest page at YugaTech. That way, we can easily track entries via Technorati.
c) We will monitor participants via Technorati/Trackbacks and announce four (4) winners of the iPod Shuffle in 2 weeks. That’s it!
The more blogs you enter in the contest, the better the chance of winning. We will announce the winners here on how to claim their prizes.
(If you want to view the full details click here.
These are some "Money Making Site" that offers Affilate Programs. These sites offers an eye catching profit for blogger who want to earn money on the web.
www.000webhost.com
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Other "social media optimization" sites can only advise their clients on ways to design their sites for Digg and StumbleUpon. But 1rstlink.com actually gets you the votes, and for FREE!Yes! for free! It is a social network site that allows you to exchange faves (digg, technorati, reddit, stumbleupon & propeller), add your site to their directory listings and also they can optimize link exchanges. If you want to boost your traffic, hits, authority and ranking, I suggest you to visit this site.
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AideRSS
What is AideRSS?
AideRSS is an intelligent assistant that saves time and keeps you on top of the latest news. We research every story and filter out the noise, allowing you to focus on what matters most.
Features
* Filter any blog or RSS feed
* Customize to your interests
* Live, best posts widgets
* Daily digests of top stories
* Intelligent PostRank filtering
What is an RSS feed?
Feeds, also known as RSS feeds, XML feeds, syndicated content, or web feeds, contain frequently updated content published by a website. They are usually used for news and blog websites, but are also used for distributing other types of digital content, including pictures, audio or video.
A feed can have the same content as a webpage, but it’s often formatted differently. Published in XML (eXtensible Markup Language) format, RSS is an easy way for you to keep up with current information without having to use the conventional methods of browsing or continuously searching for the latest information.
What are RSS Readers and RSS enabled sites?
RSS allows the content and information you are interested in to be streamed or delivered directly into your browser or RSS reader application. When you subscribe, your reader will automatically check the website and download new content so you can see what is new since you last visited the feed.
There are many popular feed readers such as Google Reader, Newsfire, Newswire, Feedburner and the following type of sites are typically RSS enabled:
* Blogs (Web logs, diaries, or personal websites)
* News Services
* Databases
What does AideRSS do?
There are over 86 million blogs, and each one has an RSS feed. All it takes is a few subscriptions to the sites that interest you, and your feed reader is overwhelmed with a never-ending stream of hundreds of headlines. Like an aide or a personal assistant, AideRSS helps to filter and rank these feeds based on a number of criteria to help you read what matters, ensure that you find the good stuff, and to help keep things organized and manageable.
Depending on your level of interest in a specific blog or a topic, AideRSS allows you to intelligently pick and filter the incoming news stream.
What is PostRank™?
PostRank™ is a scoring system that we have developed to rank each article on relevance and reaction. It is a core part of the AideRSS engine that works to ensure that this digital assistant is helping you to tame the RSS beast and keep your news stream manageable.
How does AideRSS work?
For a detailed overview on how to use AideRSS please view our screencasts. However, in a nutshell you enter the URL of the feed that you would like to have filtered and we do some math and checking around the web to learn about this feed, its statistics, and people’s reaction to it. We then assign PostRank™ scores to all articles in the feed and provide you with a variety of tools to sort and parse these items of interest into manageable lots for you to scan and digest at your leisure.
You can use AideRSS to evaluate a new feed you are considering subscribing to and you can also aggregate your feeds in the My Feeds section to use AideRSS to help you manage, rank and sort your feeds.
Selecting a filtering level?
Too few stories?
It is possible that your filtering level is set too high and the blog that you have subscribed to may not have any posts that meet the chosen level of filtering.
Some sites that don’t generate a lot of traffic, comments, or activities may not have highly differentiated PostRank scores – for example, almost all posts may be scored as 1.0. If you have then subscribed to only the best posts, our algorithms will have no way to differentiate these posts and very few stories will be delivered to your “My Feeds” section or feed reader.
To fix this, simply click on the blog link in your “My Feeds” section, or navigate to the blog by typing the URL into our search box. Then, open a section with a lower level of filtering (all/good/great), and re-add the stories to your “My Feeds” section by clicking on “Add posts to My Feeds” button.
Too many posts?
If you getting more posts than you would like to receive then you may need to choose a higher level of filtering.
To raise the filtering level, navigate to the feed summary page either by clicking on its link in your “Saved Feeds” section, or enter the URL directly in the search box. Next, open the section with the desired higher level of filtering and click “Add posts to My Feeds” – old filter will be removed automatically and you will receive less stories from the selected source.
What does the little BlogTrends line mean?
The BlogTrends line shows the performance over time of the author or source. From this small graph it is easy to gauge the consistency and the quality of the posts. The red dot is their best post, the blue dot their lowest, and the yellow dot their current post or article. These sparklines allow you to see at a glance how consistent an author is and if their popularity and quality is increasing, decreasing, or staying about the same. It is a great way to get a feel for a feed at a glance.
What does it cost?
AideRSS is free and we intend to keep it that way.
In the future we may chose to add additional “advanced” features at a cost but there will always be a standard version available at no cost.
Who are you guys and why are you doing this?
We are a startup located in Waterloo, Canada. We were overwhelmed by our RSS streams in our feed readers and figured there had to be a way to help deal with this onslaught and make better use of our time – hence AideRSS.
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Author: Jeremy Cabral
Support an Environmental Event in 2008
It is important for every organisation and business to show the community their support EnvironmentalEnvironmental Events Calendard 2008 events. Supporting Environmental events is also a great way to improve your company/brand's image and public perception.
Some of our Promotional Products we recommend to show support for Environmental Events:
* Enviro-friendly Tote Bags
* Recycled Newspaper Pencils
* Customised Seed sticks and Custom Printed Seed pots
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All of these products are ideal for Councils, Government departments and organisations who aim to promote a message about improving our environment.
Here's a list of some of the environmental events taking place this year in Australia :
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December
2008
* International Year of Planet Earth 2008
* Earth Sciences for Society - an International Year of Planet Earth
* International Year of Sanitation 2008
* International Year of the Reef 2008
January
* Australia Day - 26th
February
* World Wetlands Day - 2nd
* Sustainable Living Festival - 15th to 17th
* "Old Forests, New Management" Conservation and uses of old-growth forests in the 21st Century – 17th to 21st
* Business Cleanup Day - 26th
* Schools Cleanup Day - 29th
* Sydney Harbour Week - 29th
March
* Clean up Australia Day - 2nd
* Seaweek - 2nd to 8th
* Ground Water Awareness Week – 9th to 15th
* Forestry Day – 21st
* World Day for Water - 22nd
* World Meteorological Day - 23rd
April
* Prevention of Animal Cruelty Month
* Planning Institute Australia 2008 Conference: A Climate for Change - 13th to 16th
* Water Down Under - 15th to 18th
* Earth Day - 22nd
* Arbor Day - 25th
May
* International Biodiversity Day - 22nd
* World Turtle Day – 23rd
June
* World Environment Day - 5th
* Going Green Expo - 5th to 8th
* World Oceans Day - 8th
* World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought - 17th
July
* NAIDOC 2008 - 6th to 13th
* Schools Tree day - 25th
* National Tree Day - 27th
August
* National Science Week - 16th to 24th
* Keep Australia Beautiful Week - 25th to 31st
September
* Biodiversity month - all September
* Wattle Day - 1st
* Landcare week - 1st to 7th
* National Threatened Species Day - 7th
* National Bilby Day - 14th
* Sustainable House Day - 13th and 14th
* World Water Monitoring Day - 18th
* Clean Up the World Weekend - 20th and 21st
* World Car-free Day - 22nd
October
* Energy Awareness Month - All October
* International Walk to School Month - All October
* Walk to Work Day - 3rd (TBC)
* World Animal Day - 4th
* World Habitat Day - 6th
* World Food Day - 16th
* National Ride to Work Day - 15th
* National Water Week - 19th to 25th
November
* National Recycling week - 10th to 16th
* World Fisheries Day – 21st
December
* Coastcare week - 1st to 7th
* International Volunteer Day - 5th
* International Mountain Day - 11th
(source: Department of Environment and Heritage)
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Cody Moya is offering "Internet Marketing Courses" in http://www.freeinternetmarketingcourses.com/. He didn't furthermore elaborated his intro, I guess he is a straightforward kind of man. And from what I read from his blog, he really knows a lot in Internet Marketing. And it will be helpful for all aspiring successful blogger or for your web business.
Here is the list of the courses offered:
1. Business and Marketing Tips Ezine, Learn Killer Marketing Secrets
2. 50 part Article Marketing Course
3. 25 part "How To Profit From Audio Books" Course
4. 50 part Big SEO course
5. 25 part "How To Profit From Public Domain Books" Course
6. 50 part Earn As Affiliate and Free Internet Marketing Course
7. 50 part Web Site Traffic Generation course and Free Internet Marketing Course
8. 25 part "Affiliate Program Creation And Management" Course
9. 25 part "Tag And Ping Traffic Secrets" Course
10. 50 part Profitable Membership and Free Internet Marketing Course
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Someone from auction.ph emailed me promoting about the latest event dubbed "My Lucky Pick" auction.ph Free Online Lottery. The requirement is simple, just register to the site www.Auction.Ph for free to have one entry. And follow the instructions here. You must be 18 years old to sign up and play. After your successful registration, go to "My Lucky Pick" Event Page. For existing members, enter your Auction.ph Username and Password. Then click "Sign-in". Pick two unique (2) numbers from 1 to 35. Click "Submit My Pick" to submit your entry.
Wait for an email confirming the receipt of your entry. One (1) entry will be given for new sign-ups and existing members. To have another chance of joining, refer this event to a friend by email. As soon as a friend successfully registers, you get another free entry. Limited only to five (5) successful referrals per weekly draw. Deadline for the submission of entries is every Sunday 12:00 midnight. If you to see the full instruction just click here.
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Would you visit a store that has given you a bad customer service in the past? Its true that customer service is a vital element for building "Customer Relationship" but the question is, what kind of relationship do you want to build "Good" or "Bad" relationship? The answer will depend on the "front line" of the business. Here are some reasons why there is a Bad Customer Service:
1. Customer Representatives are snobbish: There are some people that has a nature of being snobbish. This is particularly for the salesladies, specially if they're in a bad mood. This kind of attitude may for the customers to switch to store to buy what they need because the customer reps cannot satisfy what them. And most of all it may give them a bad impression.
2. Customer Representatives have a short temper: This happens when a customer have some much question, when a customer gives orders one after another, and when a customer can't decide what to buy. Its the right of the customer, the only way they can do is to train themselves to be more patient.
3. Poor Customer Retention: If this is the case, it is the customer who may have a short temper. It gives the customers an impression that their services are slow, and remember everyone wants a fast service. These cases are more common in the restaurant and call center services. In the first place, sorry to say this but they should not be hired because they are not suited for the job.
Here are additional bad habits:
4. Employees hang up on angry customers.
5. Employees eat, drink or chew gum while talking with customers on the phone.
6. Employees request that customers call them back when the employees aren't so busy.
7. Your employees freely admit to customers that they hate their jobs.
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As another school year closes, many teachers are glad that the months of creating lesson plans, giving lectures and checking papers have ended. The summer vacation is usually a time of resting tired minds, strained voices and weary eyes but, at the same time, preparing for the coming of June and the renewal of both the joys and pains of teaching. To those in that particular state of mind, here are five internet tips that may help you become better prepared.(originally from mentorings.org
1. Google. We all know that search engines help you find the information that you need for subject material. But tech savvy teachers also use the service to catch plagiarizers. Most teachers analyze writing style, choice of words, sentence construction and logical reasoning to determine if a student worked entirely on his own. By simply typing a few words or sentences in the search bar, Google helps provide you with hard evidence particularly for those who just download and print an entire term paper from the internet and pass it off as their own work. This may also help teach students to respect intellectual property and cite their sources.
2. Youtube. In 2006, Time Magazine declared “YOU” as the person of the year. What this meant was that the internet has enabled any ordinary person to participate in providing information and entertainment of interest to the public which used to be the domain of big media organizations. Youtube gave millions of people the opportunity to create personal channels to broadcast and share content. Teachers who struggle with available audio-visual equipment in schools can guide students to find videos relevant to classroom discussions. Students can also be encouraged to upload content themselves. You may probably wonder why so many kids today are suddenly playing the Rubik’s cube which used to be the fad in the 80s. There is a popular instructional video in Youtube that shows you the technique for solving the cube. If Youtube can make an old mind game interesting to the new generation, imagine how it can help gain interest for your subject.
3. Web Logs or Blogs. Simply put, these are websites that allow you to create an online journal that can be viewed and commented on by anyone. It has always been very hard to motivate students to write. The formal theme writing activities seem to have become outdated. Encouraging students to create blogs (For example, www.blogger.com) allows them to express their thoughts and feelings in a way that engages their interests. Blogs are also a great source of information on varied topics. Students can even create photo, video or music blogs depending on the subject matter. This provides great motivational plus points by encouraging students to be critical of their own and their classmates’ work.
4. Message Boards. The word “recitation” is far more effective in keeping students quiet than the word “silence”. Recitation can be supplemented with online interaction through discussion forums (For example, www.forumotion.com). What is great about online discussion forums is that it allows students to create personalized accounts and use these to participate in whatever topic you posted. Teachers can facilitate the discussion and control the content of the forum by setting permissions as to who can read, write and comment within the topic. This is a great way to draw out the classroom shy types and encourage them to speak up online.
5. Social Networks. You have probably heard of Friendster. This is an example of a social network very popular to Filipinos. So popular that the site is not accessible from a lot of company and school computers because it is believed to affect productivity. What many fail to realize is that social networks such as these point the way to the future which leads to increased social interaction and collaboration. Social networks provide the environment that allows the development of knowledge through sharing and collaboration. You can teach basic entrepreneurship to students by letting them develop products to be sold through social networks such as Multiply (www.multiply.com) which a lot of young Filipino technopreneurs have already done.
Bear in mind that these five tricks are free. If students complain about the cost of the internet, remember that a lot of students manage to set aside part of their allowance to play online games. Young minds learn to adapt easily to the internet environment. The question is, “Can you keep up with them or risk being obsolete?”
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Below is a list of the submission urls for RSS and blog directories that you can submit your blog or RSS feed to. This list is a work in progress and will change often. (originally from toprankblog.com)
2Rss
All-Blogs.net fee or reciprocal
Answers
Aviva fee
Blawg
Blogarama
Blogbib fee or reciprocal
Blogbunch
BlogCatalog
Blogcode
Blogdigger
Blogflux
Bloggernity
Bloghop
Bloghub
Blogintro
BlogPulse
Blog-search
Blogz
BoingBoing
BOTW Blog Directory fee
Bulletize fee or reciprocal
Chordata
ContentsMatter
Crayon
Diarist
Digg
EastonWeb
Feeds4all
Feedage
Feedboy
FeedsFarm
FindingBlog
FyberSearch
Globeofblogs
Gobignetwork
iBlog Business Directory
Icerocket
LSBlogs
NewsGator
Plazoo
Portal.eatonweb fee
Postami fee
Pressradar
Rateitall
ReadAblog
Redtram
Search4Rss
Small Business Blog Directory
SmallBusiness.com
Strategic Board
Syndic8
Tailrank
Technorati
Topix
TruthLaidBear
Wilsdomain reciprocal
Wingee
Yahoo.com
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With so many blogs being created every day, it’s a mystery to many bloggers how to make their blog stand out. There are many types of blogs or purposes for blogs and a certain number of tactics are applicable to just about all of them.Some companies choose to hire a blog consultant, but others like to try things internally. For those “DIY” companies and individuals interested in practical tips for marketing and optimizing a business blog, try out the following list of blog marketing and optimization tips:(From toprankblog.com)
1. Decide on a stand alone domain name www.myblog.com or directory of existing site www.mysite.com/blog. Sub domain is also an option blog.mysite.com. Avoid hosted services that do not allow you to use your own domain name!
2. Obtain and install customizable blog software - WordPress and Moveable Type are my favorites.
3. Customize blog look and feel templates - aka design.
4. Research keywords and develop a glossary - Keyword Discovery, WordTracker, SitePoint, SEOBook Keyword Research.
5. Optimize the blog:
* Template optimization - RSS subscription options, social bookmark links, HTML code, Unique title tags, URLs, Sitemap
* Add helper plugins specific to WordPress or MT
* Create keyword rich categories (reference your keyword glossary)
6. Enable automatic trackback and ping functionality.
7. Create Feedburner Pro account and enable feed tracking.
8. Setup a Google account for Sitemap, validate and prep for future submission.
9. Identify authoritative blogs, web sites and hubs for outbound resource links and blogroll.
10. Format archived posts, related posts.
11. Enable statistics for tracking - Google Analytics, ClickTracks.
12. Submit RSS feed and Blog URL to prominent RSS and Blog directories / search engines.
13. Engage in an ongoing link building campaign.
14. If podcast or video content are available, submit to Podcast and Vlog directories.
15. Submit blog url to paid directories with categories for blogs - Yahoo, BOTW, bCentral, WOW, JoeAnt.
16. Optimize and distribute a press release announcing blog.
17. Request feedback or reviews of your blog in relevant forums, discussion threads. If you have a resourceful post that will help others, point to it.
18. Research and comment on relevant industry related blogs and blogs with significant centers of influence.
19. Post regularly. If it’s a news oriented blog, 3-5 times per day. If it’s an authoritative blog, 3-5 times per week, but each post must be unique and high value.
20. Monitor inbound links, traffic, comments and mentions of your blog - Google Alerts, Technorati, Blogpulse, Yahoo News, Ask Blogs and Feeds.
21. Always respond to comments on your blog and when you detect a mention of your blog on another blog, thank that blogger in the comments of the post.
22. Make contact with related bloggers on AND offline if possible.
23. When making blog posts always cite the source with a link and don’t be afraid to mention popular bloggers by name. Use keywords in the blog post title, in the body of the post and use anchor text when you link to previous posts you’ve made.
24. Use social networking services, forums and discussion threads to connect with other bloggers. If they like your stuff, they will link to you.
25. Remember when web sites were a new concept and the sage advice to print your web address everywhere you print your phone number? The same advice applies for your blog.
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26. If your blog’s goal is to promote you as an authority, interview other prominent bloggers in your industry. Your own credibility will improve by association.
27. Build out your online networks through services such as MyBlogLog, Twitter and Facebook and leverage them to promote particularly useful content on your blog.
28. Once your blog has 1000 or more subscribers, show your Feedburner badge
29. Host images with Flickr making sure to include an anchor text link in the image description back to the post where the image is used.
30. Use your blog to gain press/media credentials at relevant industry conferences and use the event to create content, connections and increase your knowledge.
This post was originally published on June 15, 2006 and has continued to receive many inbound links. As time changes, so do some tactics, so we’ve added a few tactics (after original 25) that have emerged in their usefulness. What would you add to this list?
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Taiwan computer and components maker Asus has opened a new office in the Philippines as part of efforts to beef up sales for its PC and components product line up.
Asus is currently enjoying a windfall not only from its components business, but also from its laptop product line. The company earlier launched the eePC, an ultra-light, internet-centric mobile unit the proved to be a hit in Asia and other markets. According to Benson Lin, Sales Director, Asus Asia Pacific, the company is enjoying its phenomenal sales for its eePC line, and that demand has overtaken supply.
"We sold over 1.3 million eePC units in the first four months since it was launched. Now, we see an overwhelming demand."
The executive further said Asus is undaunte with the release of the "netbook" a sub-notebook category that microprocessor giant Intel has pushed. The company said eePC is considered a netbook. Lin said the demand is always there even if others are set to release their own machines with the same specifications as the eePC. He also said in fact, the next-generation of eePCs will have an Atom processor, the chip that Intel designed and launched particularly for the netbook category.
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How to Define A Business Emergency Strategy Before It Is Too Late
3 comments Posted by Sedna at 11:11 PMby Bruce Tucker
We all remember how New Orleans, LA looked after it was ravaged by hurricane Katrina. How can anyone forget? The sites of homes flooded up to the rooftops, people sitting by the Superdome with what seemed like no hope in sight.
Take into account the many businesses that were up and running before Katrina hit, and how many have disappeared because of it.
Imagine for a moment you are building your business. You sell widgets, you are buying, selling, tracking orders, doing account, and the many other facets of tasks that go into your business`s daily operation. In a moment`s notice, your business is wiped out. Not by bad financial planning, not by some bad accountant you hired or a lost account, but because of a natural disaster.
Is your business prepared to rebuild after a disaster? Is ready to pick up where it left off, as if nothing happened? If you answered no to both those questions then you need to get an emergency plan in place.
Backup your data. Believe it or not, even in today`s high tech world, a lot of businesses do not back up data properly. Some do it once a night and then the backup is in the same location as their main data centers. This makes no sense. If your building is wiped out, all of your data and all of your backup data is in the same place. You need to separate the two. You should do a backup of your system every night. There are many services out there that offer this at a nominal cost. When compared to what the cost will be when you lose all that data, hiring a firm that specializes in data backup and recovery will be well worth it.
Team organization. Even if you are able to rebuild your data center from your backups, if you and your team, meaning your employees, are not on the same page, and have no idea what the next steps are, or what their roles in the recovery are, you and your team will look like a bunch of chickens with their heads cut off. You should have a written plan in place as to what the efforts of each team member will be after a disaster occurs. Keeping everyone involved, and informed as to what they are responsible for, will make a transition to getting your business up and running again, a smooth one. This plan must be updated periodically, especially as employees come and go.
Write it all down. Finally, get the entire plan in writing. This plan, must be a detailed outline of steps and procedures as to exactly how to get the business up and running. It should also outline what each person is responsible for, how to get the data backup and running, who handles acquiring a temporary space to run the business and so on. This document, will be the most important item of your emergency plan, because it is the actual plan. Make sure each employee has a copy, as well as a saved version on your computer system so it gets backed up with all of your other data. Since you now have a separate vendor handling backup and recovery, your plan is safe. You may want to consider using document version control software such as Documentum. This type of software versions your plan with the ability of people making the changes of checking the document in and out, just the way a library works. When someone has it checked out, no one can make changes to it until they check it back in.
Get your emergency plan in place. You never know when a natural disaster is going to hit, and for that reason, you do not want to be unprepared when it does.
About the Author
Bruce A. Tucker is the Associate Director of http://www.Indocquent.com, an online resource for individuals and businesses to post their products and services for sale and hire. You can follow Bruce on Twitter at http://twitter.com/indocquent.
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Yahoo's shares took a hammering early Monday morning. But by the market's close, a badly beaten, but not mortally wounded, Yahoo ended the day down 15 percent at $24.37 a share.
Microsoft closed out the session at $29.08, down 0.55 percent.
Yahoo shares fought back some of their losses in late morning trading, reaching $24.70 a share, down 13.85 percent from Friday's close.
At the start of the session, the Internet search pioneer was down nearly 20 percent, and in premarket trading down 22 percent.
Microsoft's gains have been shrinking through the morning, leaving the software giant up 0.24 percent to $29.48 a share in late morning trading.
Since the opening bell, shares of Microsoft, which remain in positive territory, have been edging slowly south, while Yahoo, which plunged into the red following Redmond's withdrawal over the weekend of its unsolicited buyout bid, has been pushing upward. Whether this convergence is a sign investors believe the parties may lock horns again has yet to be seen.
"We believe that Microsoft's decision to walk away is driven by its desire to expose Yahoo management as apathetic to shareholder interests," Heath Terry, a Credit Suisse analyst, said in a report.
Needham analyst Mark May, meanwhile, anticipates Yahoo will make a move to appease its shareholders by announcing a "transformational partnership or transaction," such as a Google ad outsourcing deal.
"However, it remains unclear if this deal alone will enable Yahoo to hit the aggressive (2009 and 2010 financial) projections it recently set forth, and we believe some large Yahoo shareholders are unhappy with the prospect of outsourcing a meaningful portion of the company's strategic business," May stated in his report.
(These news came up from news.yahoo.com)
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Is customer service rare in today's capitalistic society? According to a survey in USA Today, Customer Service is the #1 reason people choose to stay with a company long-term. Customer service is a series of activities designed to enhance the level of customer satisfaction ? That is, the feeling that a product or service has met the customer expectation.
It is one of the vital part and always present in Marketing. And it is what keeps the customer coming for their products. For me, the "Ultimate Goal of Marketing" is to "Build Relationships to Customers".
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Yes, you read it right and its pertains to www.stevepavlina.com. Usually the number of words per blog post is around 600-900 words.But in some ocassions, the number increase up to 200 words. I like the way he promotes his blog. Not because of the topic of his blog(Personal Development for Smart People) but because he is unique. Normally readers get bored from reading a VERY LONG monotonous post, but in his case its not like it. He has some techniques in entertaining his readers and if you will see his here you will only see one post published. I suggest you to read his post and tell how you feel.
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For the past time Microsoft has an exclusive partnership with Ford for its product "Microsoft Sync" or Microsoft in-car infotainment system.But now Hyundai and Kia also has it on their car products. This allows MP3 players of all types and cellphones to seamlessly integrate into a car entertainment system. Hyundai and Kia's 2010 models will be the first to incorporate this technology from Microsoft. The aim of this is to expand the company's sale of this product. It is also great because it can connect to a numerous number of gadgets like Mp3s and cellphones.
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With over 22,500 killed and 41,000 missing most of them from a massive storm surge that washed over the Irrawaddy delta, it will be a long time before Myanmar can restore to its previous self. The place that were really devastated is in Yangun.
Aid officials estimate hundreds of thousands are homeless in the swamplands of the delta southwest of the biggest city Yangon, which was also hard hit by last weekend's storm.
Aid groups and governments, including U.S. President George W. Bush, have urged the secretive military to relax their tight grip to allow humanitarian assistance into Myanmar, which has been ruled by the military for 46 years.
In a rare news conference on Tuesday, Information Minister Kyaw Hsan appealed for help, saying "the government needs the cooperation of the people and well-wishers from home and abroad."
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