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Good morning! Well, December is well on the way and we are already in the holiday spirit. This is our last blog for this year and today in honour of her recent award from the United Nations, we will like to publish an editorial written by Donna J Jodhan, president of Sterling Creations. Read more about Donna's big day at http://www.toronto.ca/diversity/intl_day_disabilities.htm
We have also chosen to publish this editorial because we feel that the company mentioned here is one that many of you would and should get to know more about. Check them out!
We wish you lots of joy, glad tidings, and see you next year!
Your Café team.
The makings of a giant
Many of us dream of success and prosperity. Many of us try but there are only a few of us who really succeed. The road to success is a long and well-traveled one with many bumps along the way. Success is something that is earned and not handed to us on a plate. This applies to both companies and individuals in the same way and in order for any company to be successful; it has to endure a lot of growing pains before it matures.
Today, I am delighted to be spreading the word about a company that in real time is still very young in years but is already going places and experts are openly saying that this company may very well be a giant in the making. I first discovered this company about four years ago when I was searching the Internet for a company that would help me to process online payments. It did not take me very long to sign up with this company and at that time they offered nine hours customer service in English only. That was then and this is now. Within four very short years this company has grown from a mom and pop shop to one of matured stature.
It seems as if this particular company has literally grown overnight and continues to grow from strength to strength. What continues to attract me to this company is the way in which it handles itself: Excellent customer service, technical support, and an A++ for both phone and email service. Today, they provide round the clock support in both English and Spanish and their staff is highly trained to deal with any and every thing that come their way. They have expanded services to provide a one stop online payment process shop and they are clearly on the path to obtaining giant status. Their focus is complete and they have outgrown the North American continent reaching far and wide to service global consumers through its well designed and state of the art website.
Who am I talking about? Meet 2Checkout.com! A company that has dared to defy its larger competitors; a company that is poised to use its savvy and technical know-how to shoot to the very top, and a company that is success-bound because of its ability to look and listen before it leaps. Vary rare qualities to be found these days. Here now is what you should know about 2Checkout.com.
About 2Checkout.com, Inc.
2Checkout.com, Inc. (2CO) is the authorized reseller for thousands of tangible or digital products and services.
2Checkout.com was established in 1999 and is headquartered in Columbus Ohio. 2CO provides turnkey e-commerce solutions to thousands of business customers around the world. 2CO’s proprietary technology supports back-office functions including financial reporting, tracking, fraud prevention, affiliate tracking, customer service and sales tracking.
In 2007, 2CO serviced over 2 million buyers and managed to generate a total of over 220 million dollars in sales. The 2checkout.com website serves of an average of over 9.5 million page views per month.
Since its inception, 2CO has maintained a steady and maintainable growth. The company’s approach is geared towards providing quality service to new and existing clients without feeling the need to expand at a rate that would compromise service to its clients.
Why should you make 2Checkout your company of choice?
No waiting weeks (Get started immediately)
No term contracts
No equipment or software needed
Easy to use plug-n-play code
Simple commission fee structure
International suppliers accepted
List products & services - just about anything
Supports recurring billing
Works with existing shopping carts
Automatic purchase order notification
State of the Art fraud detection
Great for simple or complex needs
Comprehensive account management tools
Robust shipping options
Low costs
$49 one time signup fee
$0.45 per Sale
5.5% of Sale Amount
30 Day money back guarantee
No application fees
No monthly fees
No statement fees
No leases
No SSL certificate to buy
No fees for ACH deposits to U.S. or participating Canadian bank accounts
Check Payment or Low Cost Wire to Non U.S. Bank Accounts
FREE shopping cart
FREE code for your web site
FREE on-line tech support
Donna J Jodhan is the president of Sterling Creations
Now you can view blogs and editorials written by Donna at:
http://numpadplus.com/blog/?page_id=7 (access and accessibility)
http://www.accessibilitynews.ca/acnews/editorials/donna.php (accessibility issues in Canada)
http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com (accessibility and disability issues on the international scene)
http://www.onestopbookcafe.com (under the café talk link)
http://www.untappedwealth.com/businessdesk.html (important answers to consumers concerns)
http://www.sterlingcreations.ca/magazine.html (monthly editorial)
http://www.sterlingcreations.ca/blog/blog.html (blogs for language professionals and special needs business consultants)
Good morning! Hope everyone out there is ready to start enjoying the holiday season. Yes, things may not look very good right now, but let us hope for a better year in 2009.
Today, we are going to share an article with you that will hopefully help to get you started on the right track for 2009 and we thank the folks at http://www.sterlingcreations.ca for sharing this article with us. As this will be our last contribution for 2008, we will take this opportunity to wish you the very best for the holidays and for 2009 and we extend our congratulations to the president of Sterling Creations, Donna J Jodhan, on her recent award as an unsung hero from the United Nations. We salute you Donna and you can read more about Donna's award at http://www.toronto.ca/diversity/intl_day_disabilities.htm
Salute Donna!
Have a great day, and see you in January!
Your Café web watchers
Does Your Website Need a Magic Act?
By Jerry Bader (c) 2008
In preparation for an initial meeting with a new client, we were asked to preview their website to see if we could come-up with some ideas for re-branding the company, and invigorating product sales.
The client was suitably impressed with our thoughts but there was one problem, the product line that we stressed was not the focus of the company. The client explained that despite the fact most of their current website was devoted to a particular product line, it was not the product that differentiated them from the competition, nor was it the product that made them the most money. Once this was explained our entire focus shifted, and we were able to develop a website concept, and webmedia presentation that focused attention where it belonged.
The experience drove home the fact that many websites confuse potential customers by inadvertently leading audiences down the wrong path, hindering profitable sales rather than promoting them.
Pick A Card, Any Card
Most companies sell a variety of products or services, but they are not all created equal, some are more important, and more profitable than others. At the heart of any website design project is the underlying goal of attracting attention, and directing that attention to the product, service, or concept that is being marketed. In that regard, an effective website sales presentation is a lot like a magic act.
The PsyBlog, Understand Your Mind, recently published an article entitled, "Psychology of Magic: 3 Critical Techniques," in which they reported that the Association for Scientific Study of Consciousness held a conference called "The Magic of Consciousness Symposium" where cognitive neuroscientists and psychologists heard an enlightening series of well-known magicians explain the psychology and techniques behind magic acts.
What cognitive scientists have come to realize is that after hundreds of years of experimentation before live audiences, magicians have mastered a series of highly effective cognitive techniques that need to be studied, a realization that should not elude any serious marketing manager, since the essence of any effective sales presentation is cognitive learning, defined by MedicineNet.com as "the process of being aware, knowing, thinking, learning and judging."
Psychological Mind-bending Techniques
In simple terms, magicians use a series of psychological mind-bending techniques, to convince audiences to believe in something that is simply not possible; so imagine how powerful and persuasive a sales presentation could be by using these same techniques to deliver a presentation where the product or service actually performs as advertised.
We are not talking about cheating people, or misrepresenting products, but rather teaching people the benefits of an offering by focusing attention, sharpening awareness, and altering perception, the three main ingredients in any convincing magic act, and any effective sales presentation.
Focusing Attention, Sharpening Awareness, Altering Perception
The problem of attention is three-fold: people are impatient due to lifestyle demands, socialization, and neural hardwiring. Business pressure and modern life-styles put a premium on the amount of time people will invest in learning what you have to say.
Web audiences have been raised on quick-cut music videos, action movies and video games, and as a result are socialized at an early age to make snap-decisions on minimum input.
At the same time our brains employ a hardwired, leap-of-logic, pattern recognition survival mechanism that induces quick decisions on what is important and what is seemingly irrelevant.
With an audience predisposed to hair-trigger decision-making, the ability to attract, hold, and direct attention is vital to effective Web presentation, a skill-set refined by magicians over years of practice.
One of the three techniques mentioned in the article "Psychology of Magic: 3 Critical Techniques" is 'psychological misdirection, a technique illustrated in an illusion called the 'vanishing ball trick,' performed by Dr. Gustav Kuhn of York University.
The 'Vanishing Ball Trick'
A ball is tossed into the air and caught with one hand while the magician follows the flight of the ball with his eyes. The movement is repeated several times establishing the trajectory of the ball, then on the final toss the magician doesn't let go of the ball but repeats the same arm motion and eye movement, following the imagined flight of the non existent ball. What the brain registers is the ball disappearing in mid flight.
Evidently there is a tenth of a second delay between what the eye physically sees and what the brain registers. This could be a fatal human flaw if what is in front of us is a hungry tiger rather than a magician. That tenth of a second lag could mean the difference between life and death.
As a consequence the brain has developed a sophisticated pattern recognition process that fills in the blanks. We recognize a series of events and leap to the conclusion that something is going to happen. In this case that something is the flight of a ball, a cognitive pattern established by the magicians repetitive arm and eye movements.
Sales Presentations Are Exercises In Teaching New Behaviors
A sales presentation is nothing more than an effort to teach an audience a new learned behavior - buying the product, service or concept being presented. This can only be achieved if a presentation focuses viewer attention on a single concept, and repeats that concept so that it becomes a recognized pattern.
A sale's audience like a magician's audience must be sold on the presentation. Each audience starts off being both cynical and resistant, but a good magician like a good salesman will repeat the presentation several times, each time varying it slightly in order to overcome each potential objection, what magicians call 'closing the doors' and what advertisers call a marketing campaign.
The ad nauseam repetition of television commercials is nothing more than an attempt to teach the viewing audience a new set of behaviors, so that they will recognize the pattern and respond in the right circumstances - we are all network television's version of Pavlov's dogs.
Entertaining Clients is Serious Business
The best commercials are the ones that are based on a thematic series (the Mac commercials are a great example), with each spot over-coming a single objection, ultimately teaching the audience a new learned purchasing behavior. Your website is your communication channel, capable of delivering programming content that alters behavior, and forms new purchasing patterns.
The trick is to keep your audience interested long enough to establish the new intended pattern of behavior. Business owners have to get past the notion that entertaining presentations are somehow non-functional. Entertaining clients is serious business.
Website presentations must attract, focus, and hold viewer attention by delivering an entertaining series of performances that establish patterns of behavior by clever repetition that overcome objections using verbal and visual repetition.
Conclusion
The psychological principles employed by magicians are very similar to the ones used in effective sales presentations. The Internet is capable of delivering the kind of compelling video and audio webmedia that changes audience behavior and purchasing patterns. Business must get rid of the digital flip charts and start communicating effective, meaningful presentations that deliver magical results.
About The Author
Jerry Bader is Senior Partner at MRPwebmedia, a website design firm that specializes in Web-audio and Web-video. Visit MRPwebmedia.com, 136Words.com and SonicPersonality.com. Contact at info@mrpwebmedia.com or telephone (905) 764-1246.
Donna J Jodhan is the president of Sterling Creations
Now you can view blogs and editorials written by Donna at:
http://numpadplus.com/blog/?page_id=7 (access and accessibility)
http://www.accessibilitynews.ca/acnews/editorials/donna.php (accessibility issues in Canada)
http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com (accessibility and disability issues on the international scene)
http://www.onestopbookcafe.com (under the café talk link)
http://www.untappedwealth.com/businessdesk.html (important answers to consumers concerns)
http://www.sterlingcreations.ca/magazine.html (monthly editorial)
http://www.sterlingcreations.ca/blog/blog.html (blogs for language professionals and special needs business consultants)
Ho! Ho! Ho! We're at your door bright and early on this first Saturday of December. We come bearing packages for you that are filled with holiday goodies, best wishes, and containers filled with hope, gladness, joyous tidings, and blessings.
We wish you every good thing for this season and we hope you find time to be nice to each other and give to each other.
This is our last visit for the year but fear not! We will be back with you in January!
Merry Christmas and happy New Year!
Your Café moms
Healthy eating tips
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Stuff the turkey, not yourself: Tips for a healthy Thanksgiving
Medill Reports - Chicago,IL,USA
And Peyton agrees. “One day is not going to make or break your healthy eating plan. If you overdo it, no worries,” she says. “Get back on the right track.”
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Health Talk: Healthy eating on a budget
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Good morning! Ah! December is finally here and we are hoping and praying that everyone can find a way to beat the economic woes.
Today we have an editorial for you written by a very sophisticated, dynamic, and motivated woman.
Donna J Jodhan is the president of Sterling Creations, and on this day, we are delighted to tell you that this very special woman will be receiving an award for unsung heroes. It is a United Nations sponsored award and we salute Donna on this day.
Here now is her editorial for December.
Have a terrific day!
Your Café team
How will cutbacks in the airline industry affect special needs travelers?
For the past few months, we have been witnessing a succession of airline slashing and cutbacks. Most of them have been right here in North America with airlines blaming the rising price for oil for their actions. All well and good, but we have been receiving many emails with the burning question: Will this affect the quality of traveling for persons with special needs?
Not only are airlines cutting routes, but they are also cutting jobs and everyone knows only too well that when budgets are cut, one of the first things to be slashed is services for special needs persons. So, let us look at this a bit more closely.
1. Jobs are cut. This means that there is less staff around to do the same amount of work. There is still the same number of passengers who will be needing assistance at the airport and as a matter of fact the number of passengers requiring assistance is expected to keep rising. Why? Because of a rapidly aging population, and more and more persons with disabilities wanting to travel.
2. So now, certain routes are being cut and this means that in many instances, travelers will now not be able to take a direct route to their destination. In order to get to their destination, they are now being forced to take more than one plane. More pressure on airline staff to provide services to special needs persons.
3. As alluded to above, more and more seniors are traveling these days because they are the ones with the money to travel and with a rapidly aging population; this trend is only going to keep increasing.
I wonder out loud, how are airlines planning to address these types of concerns? Yes, the price of oil is skyrocketing these days, airlines are reacting by cutting jobs and routes, but they are also doing something else that is worrying. They are cutting meals on many of their domestic and short run flights, and they are also charging for checked in luggage. Some thing new. The experts are saying that the airline industry has only itself to blame for being in this predicament. They should have seen this coming and should have been better prepared. I along with many others would venture to say that for the most part, airlines have taken advantage of their consumers by charging exorbitant air fares in the past and now with this new dilemma on their hands, their fares are only going to increase through the sky if you look at it in this way; but back to my original question.
Just some wee words of wisdom to the airline industry: Whatever you do, please, do not cut services to your special needs travelers. They are today's travelers and will continue to be tomorrow's consumers and will be your bread and butter revenue for many years to come. They are demanding and persistent and they are being supported by several advocacy organizations as well as powerful legislation. We are about to enter into the busy travel season, so please tread carefully.
Donna J Jodhan is the president of Sterling Creations
Now you can view blogs and editorials written by Donna at:
http://numpadplus.com/blog/?page_id=7 (access and accessibility)
http://www.accessibilitynews.ca/acnews/editorials/donna.php (accessibility issues in Canada)
http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com (accessibility and disability issues on the international scene)
http://www.onestopbookcafe.com (under the café talk link)
http://www.untappedwealth.com/businessdesk.html (important answers to consumers concerns)
http://www.sterlingcreations.ca/magazine.html (monthly editorial)
http://www.sterlingcreations.ca/blog/blog.html (blogs for language professionals and special needs business consultants)
Good morning! Ah! December is here and we hope that everyone is ready to welcome the holiday season.
Today we would like to help you a bit by sharing an article with you that focuses on three very hot trends. Trends to help you improve your businesses for 2009. We thank our friends at http://www.sterlingcreations.ca for passing this along to us.
Have a great day.
Your Café web watchers
Three Hot Trends to Watch Out For
By Michel Fortin (c) 2008
Since the new year is right around the corner, bloggers and marketers alike are posting their predictions as if a psychics convention has come to town.
So in keeping with that tradition, I'd like to post a few of my own. But unlike those who post their predictions in point form, I won't make a specific líst but rather share with you some of my thoughts.
(Near the end, however, this post will culminate in what I believe will be three major trends to watch out for and dive into, if you want to make some serious money in 2008 and beyond.)
First off, let me state that you may or may not agree with me on these. But something is definitely going on right now that points to these three trends. All the clues are pretty evident, and you've probably seen some of these yourself.
What I'm talking about is...
... Internet marketing is correcting itself.
When the stock market tumbles, short of a full-on crash, they call it a "correction." Sometimes it happens precipitously. Other times, it takes place over a period of time.
Likewise, I believe that Internet marketing, right now, is going through a similar correction. It may not be as precipitous as the stock market, but it's indeed quite significant.
To explain what I mean, let me back up a bit.
If you've read Geoffrey Moore's "Crossing The Chasm", then you understand the product adoption curve. (In marketing and academic circles, they call it the "Diffusion Process.")
In plain English, it means that new markets go through a certain adoption process that looks very much like a bell curve.
At first, new products are consumed by the innovators and early adopters (i.e., niche and early markets). They're the type of people who buy new things the moment they come out.
Then, they are consumed by the majority (i.e., mainstream markets, at the top of the bell curve, where products get widely adopted by the majority of people).
Finally, the laggards make up the late markets. They usually wait until everyone else has tried the products, which are no longer new.
According to Moore, between the niches and the mainstream, there's a gap. A chasm, as he calls it, especially with technology. It's where things seem to slow down once a product has saturated the early markets.
But then, after a while, something happens.
The product, if and when it crosses the chasm, enters the mainstream (often called the "middle" or just the "majority"), and becomes widespread.
This is where the bulk of the market lies (about 68% of the market pie, according to studies). And often, it happens fast. Very fast. (For example, Moore's follow-up book, "Inside the Tornado," explains this in detail.)
What does this mean in terms of Internet marketing?
It means that the geeks (e.g., the risk-takers, innovators, Internet enthusiasts, and the like) are the first ones to penetrate the Internet market. They set many precedents that shape the way we do business, whether it's through a new method, software, business model, or teaching.
(That's why we often call them "gurus.")
We've seen this happen. Top marketers have entered the market, sold many a product, and made massive amounts of money. But now, things are starting to change. We're hitting - if not crossing - the chasm.
One obvious piece of evidence is the recent flurry of "death of" reports. Whether they're meant to promote something or not is a moot point.
Clayton Makepeace listed his own predictions recently , and I not only agree with them wholeheartedly but also view them as part of this crossing of the chasm. To me, the most salient point is that only 18% of the world's population is online - but it's growing at a rapid rate, particularly in Asia.
If you don't believe me (or even Clayton), watch this video:
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/92
It's a presentation by a statistical researcher about income distribution around the globe, and how quickly some countries are growing in terms of wealth and gross national product, once the Internet enters them.
In short, the video shows that the Internet, while still in its infancy, is growing at a rapid rate, and that there is hyper-growth occurring right now in Asian and middle-Pacific countries, such as Singapore, India, and of course, China.
Let me put that aside for just a moment, and share with you a few observations. (I will tie all of this together very shortly, I promise.)
Here's a question:
Haven't you noticed lately how Internet marketing seminars are changing?
I mean, for many years seminars were not only filled to the rim but also filled with the usual suspects who seem to congregate there all the time.
I remember going to seminar after seminar, and seeing the same faces over and over again. The same million-dollar marketers. The same "big names." The same expert speakers. And very few newbies or unknowns.
But in 2007, a shift started to happen. Some of those faces are not showing up at seminars anymore. The number of old-timers seems to be shrinking, while new faces are making their appearances for the first time.
With each passing seminar, it seems, the audience is slowly being replaced with new marketers and total newbies - people who are completely new to Internet marketing and even to the Internet in general.
More and more veteran marketers are retiring. Some are leaving the Internet marketing field altogether. Many are no longer attending seminars, speaking at them, or teaching Internet marketing at all.
Is it because the Internet marketing industry is dying or jumping the shark?
Not at all. Quite the contrary, in fact. While some Internet marketers have moved on, many of them have simply refocused their businesses on those three major markets I was referring to earlier.
To give you a hint, let me tell you a true story...
At the last seminar my wife and I attended, I was surprised to see that the vast majority of attendees was completely new. The event was still packed to the rim (and even bigger than before). But many of them admitted to us that this was the first seminar they've ever attended.
In fact, they were so new that, at a previous seminar where my wife and I spoke, we were both surprised by the kinds of questions they asked us.
After speaking on stage and walking towards the back of the room, Sylvie and I were asked questions like, "What is an autoresponder?" Or, "How do you create a text file?" (No joke!)
And it didn't just happen once or twice. It happened many, many times. And it happened at almost every single seminar we've attended or spoke at in 2007.
Now, what does all this mean?
It means several things: Internet marketing is shifting. We are seeing more and more people entering it for the first time. We are seeing less of the successful, seasoned marketers who have made their wealth and moved on.
In other words, what we're seeing is a shift to people who are completely green, entering the world of Internet marketing, and launching a business online for the very first time - with very limited knowledge about it to boot.
And many of the existing, top marketers we have learned from in the last few years have either retired or decided to go after... well... the "majority!" That is, they are going offline.
Yes, offline.
And that, my friends, is the golden key.
More importantly, we're seeing - and we'll see more of - the Asian market, too, entering the Internet marketing sphere.
The more Asian citizens gain access to the web, the more Internet marketing will change, too, to reflect this shift. China, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and others are definitely going to be forces to be reckoned with.
We're seeing this already.
(Sylvie and I are speaking in Singapore next spring, by the way. Some of these events pack as many as 3,000 people.)
Bottom line, these shifts represent not only a major correction affecting the world of Internet marketing, but also show the three major markets to watch out for in the coming year:
The newbie market; The offline market; The Asian market. And that's my prediction for the new year and beyond. Watch out for these markets. Enter them. Serve them. Or get out of the way.
That said, I do have a few technology-related predictions. (A blog post on new year's predictions wouldn't be complete without them, eh?)
Some of the ones I made last year did come true - and we'll see more and more of them in 2008 as well.
For example, online video will become ubiquitous. The web will become increasingly "widgetized." People will demand for more simplification. And interactivity will become vastly more popular and sophisticated.
But what about some of the major technology companies?
Well, I hate to make those kinds of predictions because Internet marketing is as volatile as the stock market. But I agree that some major acquisitions are in store for the coming year. My guess? Any one of the following...
AOL by Yahoo!;
Yahoo! by Microsoft; Technorati or SixApart (makers of MovableType and TypePad) by Microsoft or Yahoo! (likely to compete in the blogging space against none other than giants WordPress and Google's Blogger); Or Facebook - maybe by Microsoft, Yahoo!, or someone else. Speaking of Facebook, whether or not it does get acquired, it's going to see the same kind of decline in popularity in 2008 that MySpace saw in 2007.
In fact, when my kids got me onto Facebook earlier this year, and I refused at first because I told them I already had a MySpace account, in a pretentious tone they replied, "But Dad, MySpace is soooo last year!"
I think Facebook will face the same fate, I fear. Anyway, there you have it.
Until next time, thank you for your support this year. I appreciate you and wish you a peaceful, healthy, profitable, happy, and prosperous new year!
About The Author
Michel Fortin is a direct response copywriter, marketing strategy consultant, and instrumental in some of the most lucrative online businesses and wildly successful marketing campaigns to ever hit the web. For more articles like this one, please visit his blog at http://www.michelfortin.com and subscribe to his RSS feed.
Donna J Jodhan is the president of Sterling Creations
Now you can view blogs and editorials written by Donna at:
http://numpadplus.com/blog/?page_id=7 (access and accessibility)
http://www.accessibilitynews.ca/acnews/editorials/donna.php (accessibility issues in Canada)
http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com (accessibility and disability issues on the international scene)
http://www.onestopbookcafe.com (under the café talk link)
http://www.untappedwealth.com/businessdesk.html (important answers to consumers concerns)
http://www.sterlingcreations.ca/magazine.html (monthly editorial)
http://www.sterlingcreations.ca/blog/blog.html (blogs for language professionals and special needs business consultants)
Good morning! Last Saturday of November and well! Are you ready to face the holiday season? Are you ready for some tips on healthy holiday eating? Time to start thinking about all of this and we the Café moms are standing by to lend a helping hand.
Please take a few moments and have a look at our goodies this week.
Have a great weekend.
Your Café moms
Healthy eating tips
Breaking news! Tips for healthy holiday eating
Tips for healthy holiday eating
Retriever - Baltimore,MD,USA
The holiday season is notorious for widening waistlines and encouraging the abandonment of healthy eating habits. When you sit down at the table on the 27th ...
Read more at:
http://www.retrieverweekly.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=3976&format=html
eMilitary.org
The Military Family Network
eMilitary.org - USA
By making a few healthy eating adjustments, it can be possible to enjoy holiday foods while maintaining your weight. Look for healthy substitutes for ...
Read more at:
http://www.emilitary.org/article.php?aid=13715
Thinking of Kids? Here’s Some Tips for Handling Pregnancy & Diabetes
Diabetes Health (press release) - Fairfax,CA,USA
When healthy eating becomes a habit in the planning stage, it will be easier to maintain during pregnancy. Dr. Liz Stephens recommends finding a ...
Read more at:
http://www.diabeteshealth.com/read/2008/11/17/5987.html
Healthy Eating For Kids
By wowgoldtips
The internet has made the search for new healthy eating recipes easier. Ideally, you're looking for real-life recipes that have been tried and tested on the age group you're dealing with. Sometimes your kids will flat out refuse to eat ...
Gold Tips -
http://www.goldtip.net/log/
Healthy Recipe for Mediterranean Vegetables and Lentil Salad
By Healthy Recipes and More
Mediterranean Vegetable and Lentil Salad. 2 cups of mixed Mediterranean vegetables such as tomatoes, peppers, zucchini and eggplant. 2 teaspoons olive oil 2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar 1 cup green lentils, rinsed well and drained ...
Healthy Eating Tips for Better Health -
http://www.healthyrecipesandmore.com/
Lose weight fast: How dangerous is it really?
By Dee Wilson
Look up dieting tips and you will encounter the warning “losing too much weight too fast can be dangerous to your health”. It sounds like copy and pasted in to me and I'm getting tired of reading this. Just think about it, how can there ...
Healthy Diets and Eating Tips,... -
http://www.dietivity.com/
KFYR-TV
Healthy Eating for the Holidays
KFYR-TV - Bismarck,ND,USA
And Bismarck Burleigh Public Health has a few tips to help. They suggest making lean protein a priority. That includes snacks and desserts. ...
Read more at:
http://www.kfyrtv.com/News_Stories.asp?news=24360
HealthNewsDigest.com
Eating Healthy on a Slim Budget
HealthNewsDigest.com - New York,NY,USA
She offers these tips: Eat foods with fiber: “Fiber keeps you feeling full because it takes longer to digest than simple carbohydrates,” Ventrelle says. ...
Read more at:
http://www.healthnewsdigest.com/news/Food_and_Nutrition_690/Eating_Healthy_on_a_Slim_Budget.shtml
10 Tips for Guaranteed Holiday Weight Gain
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
The annual holiday food fight is about to begin, where conflicted women nationwide face down rich-food eating traditions. Consider this twist on the subject ...
Read more at:
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/11/prweb1628184.htm
How to lose weight fast: is there a secret?
By Dee Wilson
So you are wondering “how to lose weight fast... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Healthy Diets and Eating Tips,... -
http://www.dietivity.com/
Tips for eating healthy on the go
By annakoz21
Some other miscellaneous tips include: Have an idea of what you want to order before you stop at the store. This way you have a clear agenda in your head and are less likely to be influenced by marketing gimmicks or the delicious smell ...
Factoidz -
http://factoidz.com/
The World's Most Powerful Eating Strategies
By The Huffington Post News Editors(webmaster@huffingtonpost.com)
So, in the best melting-pot tradition, we asked international nutrition experts, cooks, and the editors of our overseas editions of Men's Health for healthy-eating tips from their homelands. It was like having a dozen ethnic-restaurant ...
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com -
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/raw_feed_index.rdf
Meal planning made easy
By WeightLoss
You don’t need to put much thought or effort into healthy food. Don’t make a new body and life more complicated with manufactured foods. I put as little thought into eating as possible. I never “meal plan.” With a full schedule, ...
Free Weight Loss Tips & Reviews! -
http://weightlosswonderz.com/weightlosstips/
10 Tips for Guaranteed Holiday Weight Gain
By icantseeyou
This tongue-in-cheek advice emphasizes exactly what not to do to enjoy healthy, happy holidays. The annual holiday food fight is about to begin. You know, the one where conflicted women face down rich-food eating traditions. ...
Yes, ICantSeeYou -
http://icantseeyou.typepad.com/my_weblog/
Good morning! How's everyone doing out there today? Getting ready to enjoy your turkey dinner tomorrow? Well, enjoy!
Today we have a very interesting article to pass on to you. One that is relevant and very important.
Enjoy your day and Happy Thanksgiving!
Your Café team
Apparently this is a standard procedure all paramedics follow at the scene
of an accident when they come across your cell phone.
ICE - 'In Case of Emergency'
We all carry our mobile phones with names & numbers stored in its memory but
nobody, other than ourselves, knows which of these numbers belong to our
closest family or friends.
If we were to be involved in an accident or were taken ill, the people
attending us would have our mobile phone but wouldn't know who to call. Yes,
there are hundreds of numbers stored but which one is the contact person in case
of an emergency? Hence this 'ICE' (In Case of Emergency) Campaign
The concept of 'ICE' is catching on quickly. It is a method of contact
during emergency situations. As cell mobile) phones are carried by the
majority of the population, all you need to do is store the number of a contact
person or persons who should be contacted during emergency under the name
'ICE' ( In Case Of Emergency).
The idea was thought up by a paramedic who found that when he went to the
scenes of accidents, there were always mobile phones with patients, but they
didn't know which number to call. He therefore thought that it would be a
good idea if there was a nationally recognized name for this purpose. In an
emergency situation, Emergency Service personnel and hospital Staff would be able to
quickly contact the right person by simply dialing the number you have
stored as 'ICE.'
For more than one contact name simply enter ICE1, ICE2 and ICE3 etc. A great
idea that will make a difference!
Let's spread the concept of ICE by storing an ICE number in our Mobile
phones today!
Please forward this. It won't take too many 'forwards' before everybody
will know about this. It really could save your life, or put a loved one's
mind at rest. ICE will speak for you when you are not able to.
Good Monday morning to you out there! Yes, the beginning of yet another brand new week, and we are inching ever closer to the dynamic month of December.
We can't wait to start celebrating the holiday season but in the meantime we would like to share an article with you that will hopefully shed some important points on how to improve your Internet marketing.
If you are having difficulty with your Internet marketing then we suggest that you read this very insightful blurb.
We thank the research team at http://www.sterlingcreations.ca for sharing this with us.
Enjoy your shortened week and a happy Thanksgiving to you!
Your Café web watchers
What is Internet Marketing?
By Daniel Scyphers (c) 2008
Internet marketing is still a complete mystery to a large majority of Internet users. For many users, internet marketing is seen as some foreign area of the web, populated with silly get-rich-quick schemes and unsavory characters ready to rip off the innocent and uninformed consumer at the click of a mouse.
In reality, Internet marketing is populated mainly with hard working professionals promoting and selling high quality brand products by many of the world's Top 500 companies.
Worldwide there are now over a billion Internet users, representing one large global consumer base or marketplace. The total amount of goods sold online has been steadily increasing each year as the Internet gains in both popularity and familiarity. Studies have shown people shop online because of lower prices, a wider selection of products, easier comparison shopping, and many just prefer not having to travel to stores to make a purchase.
Still Internet marketing has gotten a raw deal.
If you mention to any group of professionals that you're an Internet Marketer and that you work full time on the Internet... you will receive some very skeptical looks and more than one arched eyebrow of disbelief.
Regardless of this lingering skepticism, Internet marketing has become a viable alternative for many disgruntled professionals dissatisfied with their working hours or conditions. It has become a viable alternative for many people from all walks of life. From the college student to the bored housewife to the retired doctor... all are enjoying a part time or full time income from the comfort of their homes.
And since the Internet is now practically available to everyone, anywhere in the world - Internet marketing is a level playing field. There are many forms of Internet marketing. There are many online business models you can follow. There are countless ways to earn a good honest income from the Internet. Which path you take will be largely determined by research, work habits, and the time you are willing to put forth.
Here's a quick rundown of the most popular forms of Internet Marketing:
1. The Brick and Mortar Store Online. Most major companies and retail stores have created online versions of their brick and mortar businesses. Even if consumers don't buy online, many use these sites for gathering product information before buying in the real world. A factor many savvy businesses are exploiting in their overall marketing strategies.
2. Online Services. Many service industries have moved online, everything from travel to banking to dating! Again, the Internet can be a profitable extension for any service company.
3. Internet Gurus... Internet marketing has a whole history of pioneers who have forged the methods and techniques of marketing online - opt-in lists, mini-sites, article marketing, pay-per-click advertising, joint ventures... a brief history populated with such names as John Reese, Marlon Sanders, Ralph Wilson, Yanik Silver, Corey Rudl, Ken Evoy and countless others.
A whole new industry has grown around 'How-to' market online, info products, workshops and web seminars - teaching people how to market on the Internet. A marketer creating his own product can prove very productive - as seen by John Reese's 2004 launch of Traffic Secrets, which earned over a million dollars in one day. (Without a penny of paid advertising!)
4. Online Advertising and Pay-Per-Click advertising such as those offered by Google Adwords and others, presents another viable marketing route. Keywords (the exact words typed into a search engine) fuel a large portion of the web's activity. Keyword marketing has become a major driving force behind most of the economic transactions on the web. This is a very lucrative sector for those Internet marketers who know exactly what they're doing.
Then there is the whole section of SEO experts and consultants who command high prices for positioning companies or products in the top positions on the major search engines. Acquiring organic Top 10 search results will greatly determine the profitability of your online product or company.
5. Affiliate Marketing. One of the least understood, yet one of the most profitable forms of Internet marketing is affíliate marketing. An online marketer can join any affíliate program and promote its products or services on the Internet. You market the products, find customers for the company and receive a commission for each sale you make from your marketing efforts. These commissions can run anywhere from 2% to over 75%. One affíliate click can earn you anywhere from a few cents to several hundred dollars.
Major third party affíliate programs or companies such as Commission Junction, Clickbank, LinkShare, Amazon, Shareasale... act as a brokerage or go-between, representing thousands of Top Brand companies such as Sony, Apple, Dell... to online affíliate marketers. Marketers can join a program such as Commission Junction or LinkShare and be able to promote and market hundred of top quality products or services online. They can consolidate their affíliate marketing through these third party programs.
Perhaps the most common business model for the majority of online marketers is the last example, or a combination of advertising and affíliate sales. Many work-from-home professionals have adopted this business model. They have created a site or sites on the topic that interests them and of which they have or have gained some expert knowledge.
Once these sites become established and gather a large amount of targeted web traffíc each day, making a nice income can only be a matter of putting the Google Adsense code on their pages and placing a few appropriate affíliate links on their sites.
The more traffíc these marketers deliver to their sites, the more income they earn. The more unique content they create, the more income they earn. The more web sites they design, the more income they earn.
What many people outside of the web marketing field fail to realize is that the Internet is a 24/7/365 business. The Internet is always on and working for you. It is automatically producing income for you 24 hours of the day - while you're sleeping, while you're enjoying a nice meal with friends, or even while you're on vacatíon.
Internet marketing can provide you with a lifestyle that is totally liberating - you can live and work anywhere in the world. You can be the boss, set your hours and work from the comfort of your home. Plus your whole online Internet business can be automated so it basically runs itself.
Internet marketing is totally flexible. You can adjust your workload to suit your work habits. Internet marketing is scalable, once you have learned how to make your first dollar; it is only a simple matter of repeating and scaling up what you did to earn that dollar. Computers and the Internet make it just as easy to handle a thousand sales as it is to handle one sale.
As Internet marketing becomes better known, it will gradually earn more and more respect. It will become a well recognized profession that many will aspire to and follow as a life long career. Mainly because Internet marketing will give you the freedom rarely seen in any other profession.
It offers you mobility, a high standard of living, and a working environment that can't be beat. It gives you the freedom to follow your interests and hobbies; all the while turning those interests into viable revenue streams that supports the lifestyle of your choosing.
When it is all said and done, earning a living just doesn't get any better than this.
About The Author
Daniel Scyphers, has been working with internet marketing for six years now, and is steadily making a good income each month with the Independent Profit Center System. http://profitforbeginners.com
Donna J Jodhan is the president of Sterling Creations
Now you can view blogs written by Donna at http://www.numpadplus.com/blog under the access and accessibility category and you can also see her biweekly editorial at www.accessibilitynews.ca/acnews/editorials/donna.php
In addition, you can view her monthly online magazine editorial at http://www.onestopbookcafe.com under the café talk link.
Donna also hosts a weekly feature called important answers to consumers concerns at http://www.untappedwealth.com/businessdesk.html
and her company's free monthly online magazine can be found at http://www.sterlingcreations.ca/magazine.html
She now writes a weekly feature at http://www.sterlingcreations.ca/blog/blog.html
Good wintry Saturday morning to you out there! Awake as yet? Still snuggled down in bed? Not sure if you really want to get out of bed this morning?
Well, we're up and on the march! By the time you rise and shine you'll find our pretty package waiting for you.
Have a terrific weekend and enjoy your Thanksgiving next week!
Your Café moms
Healthy eating tips
Breaking news! 7 Tips For Eating Cheaper
PBH Web site features healthy eating tips
The Packer - Lenexa,KS,USA
11, 9:15 am) The Produce for Better Health Foundation, Wilmington, Del., is making healthy eating easier. It’s Web site, www.fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org ...
Read more at:
http://thepacker.com/icms/_dtaa2/content/wrapper.asp?alink=2008-9453-805.asp&stype=topstory&fb=
Quick Tips For Healthy Eating And Living
NBC Sandiego.com - San Diego,CA,USA
As weight gain remains a cause for concern in America, USDA’s guidelines place nutritious eating, calorie counting, and physical activity as the keys to ...
Read more at:
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/health/tips_info/Tips-For-Healthy-Eating-And-Living.html
MLive.com
Coffeehouse owner betting on healthy menu
MLive.com - MI,USA
"We believe in it," Clark said of healthy eating. "People have their health at risk. We want to serve fresh food and have it reasonable for intake and price ...
Read more at:
http://www.mlive.com/chronicle/news/index.ssf/2008/11/tues_coffeehouse_owner_betting.html
Healthy Eating and Exercise Tips
By Donovan(Donovan)
... an especially important time if you want to get the most out of your exercise program. I have just posted a new article on my website, NoDiet4Me.com with exactly this in mind. Click here to read my latest article on Healthy Eating.
Health, Fitness, Weight Loss,... -
http://nodiet4me.blogspot.com/
Healthy Eating: Two Tips From the "Good Mood Diet"
By Sarah Jio(Editor)
Having a bad day? There are no pills to pop to make your boss nicer or get rid of all your deadlines, but some experts believe you can eat your way to a better...
Vitamin G blog -
http://www.glamour.com/
Healthy Eating
By noreply@blogger.com (desperateblogger)
You have the option to use your points to bid on items or to donate to a charitable instituion. A hundred accumulated points translate to $1 for a worthy cause. Check out freshfunds where you can get tips for a healthy lifestyle and win ...
And Life Goes On for a Filipino Mom -
http://www.pinaymomblogs.com/
Healthy Eating Tips for Weight loss
By suebaker
As strange as it may sound, eating is the way to lose weight. Of course, you can’t just eat any amount you want, but if you eat the correct foods regularly and become more active you will lose weight. Try using these healthy eating tips ...
loseweightresources.com -
http://loseweightresources.com/
Sylvie replied to the discussion Healthy Eating Tips and Weight ...
Sylvie Sylvie replied to the discussion Healthy Eating Tips and Weight Control.
Latest Activity on Become An EX -
http://community.becomeanex.org/
Statement from Seattle Sutton Regarding the Nation's Health Crisis
MarketWatch - USA
"Because Seattle Sutton's Healthy Eating is the only company I know providing a 21-meal-a-week healthy eating, calorie controlled plan, some will say that ...
Read more at:
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Statement-Seattle-Sutton-Regarding-Nations/story.aspx?guid=%7B065A86B1-2982-4E52-8954-0D32F742DC4B%7D
US Research Finds Eating Lower Energy Dense Breakfast Helps ...
Gant Daily - Clearfield,PA,USA
And Jeff George, vice president of research and development at Quaker Oats gave some simple tips for healthy eating. "One simple way to choose breakfast ...
Read more at:
http://www.gantdaily.com/news/35/ARTICLE/36338/2008-11-12.html
Has the Economy Affected Your Healthy Eating Habits?
FitSugar.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
Has the Economy Affected Your Healthy Eating Habits? Yes, I've had to cut back on buying organic produce. Yes, I have had to drastically change how I shop. ...
Read more at:
http://www.fitsugar.com/2468774
Healthy Holiday Eating Tips
By Karyn Zoldan
Consider the following: Food is plentiful during the holidays. But in one week, an extra 500 calories a day translates into one pound of body weight. Parties, family gatherings, gifts, and food,... >>> Enjoy this appetizer. ...
Circle of Food Blog -
http://www.circleoffood.com/blog/
Creating Your Healthy Eating Habit
By admin
This article offers tips about what to keep and what to throw away. Avoid Diets and Make Real Change. Instead of changing how you eat overnight, use these healthy eating tips to make small changes without dieting. ...
Weight Loss About -
http://www.weightloss-about.com/
Healthy Eating: Two Tips From the "Good Mood Diet"
There are no pills to pop to make your boss nicer or get rid of all your deadlines, but some experts believe you can eat your way to a better attitude. Check out these two healthy eating tips that promise a happier mood ...
Vitamin G -
http://www.glamour.com/health-fitness/blogs/vitamin-g/
Healthy Eating For Baby Boomers
By Adam
Are you a baby boomer? Baby boomers are people who were born after World War II, between 1946 and 1964. Today this generation holds many cultural, political, social and academic positions. In the US, baby boomers dominate the highest ...
Free Retirement Planning Tips -
http://www.retirementplanningcourse.com/
Healthy Eating: Two Tips From the "Good Mood Diet"
There are no pills to pop to make your boss nicer or get rid of all your deadlines, but some experts believe you can eat your way to a better attitude. Check out these two healthy eating tips that promise a happier mood ...
Vitamin G -
http://www.glamour.com/health-fitness/blogs/vitamin-g/
7 Tips For Eating Cheaper From Biggest Loser Nutritionist
FitSugar.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
To see four more cheaper eating tips, read more. Grow your own: Growing produce in your garden can cut your grocery spending, and if you don't have room for ...
Read more at:
http://www.fitsugar.com/2494625
Memorial Healthcare and FLIPANY promote healthy eating and ...
PRLog.Org (press release) - Bucuresti,Romania
Proceeds from the event go towards FLIPANY’s school and community-based, free physical activity and nutrition programs that integrate sports, healthy eating ...
Read more at:
http://www.prlog.org/10140756-memorial-healthcare-and-flipany-promote-healthy-eating-and-physical-activity-to-low-income-families.html
Encouraging healthy meals over the holidays
Wayland Town Crier - Framingham,MA,USA
Family meals can make healthy eating normal and help to counteract the messages kids get in the media. Just be sure to keep the TV off and to focus the ...
Read more at:
http://www.wickedlocal.com/wayland/news/lifestyle/columnists/x466650211/Encouraging-healthy-meals-over-the-holidays
Healthy Eating Tips: Shop for Organic Produce on a Budget
By Joan
Most healthy eating tips recommend eating organic produce and there are ways to shop for organic foods on a budget. These simple strategies will help you save money and still buy organic produce and other organic foods. 1. ...
ezboomerliving.com -
http://www.ezboomerliving.com/
Healthy Holiday Eating Tips
By Kim Perry(Kim Perry)
Our corporate office is having a Healthy Holiday Eating seminar on November 18th. I was chuckling to myself when I read the topics of the meeting:. • What to eat to keep yourself energized. • Which foods are healthy and how to build ...
KimPerry.com -
http://kimmarieperry.blogspot.com/
How to Boost Your Metabolism
By Food Blogger
Do not commit the mistake of eating meals in sporadic patterns. 10. Guzzle up on green tea. It can be used as a substitute for coffee. Tea has the ability to stimulate metabolism, and unlike coffee, it has no undesirable side effects ...
Healthy Eating Tips -
http://www.wideworldoffood.com/
Get rewarded for eating healthy
By admin
Finally members of fresh funds will have access to healthy eating tips. All you have to do is enter your email to signup and start by purchasing specially-marked Chiquita and Fresh Express brand food products available while supplies ...
DollarsBlog.com - Tips for Profession... -
http://www.dollarsblog.com/
Effective Tips On Fruit Baskets - A Note
By bandkmanagement
This is true as far as healthy eating is concerned. Eating is the common thought that the nutritious; fresh; juicy and seasonal fruits that are found in the fruit baskets will contribute to a healthy lifestyle. ...
Marketing -
http://marketing.rcpartnership.org/
Good morning! The middle of the week and November is just speeding along.
We know, things do not look very good right now with all of the bad news that just keeps coming at us but cheer up! The holiday season is always a time for us to regroup and regenerate our batteries.
This week we have a handful of helpful tips to share with you.
Enjoy your day!
Your Café team
Would you like us to clear up some of the myths about eggs?
Well, here goes!
Brown hens can only lay brown eggs
White hens can only lay white eggs
Brown and white eggs contain the same amount of nutrition, taste the same, and are of the same quality.
See, no difference!
How can you prevent butter from burning in your pan?
Well, just sprinkle in a tip of oil and that should do the trick.
For those of you planning to travel during the upcoming holiday season?
Remember, a hot sunny day out in the sun can create cold sores.
Yes, hot summer sun is one of the prime creators of cold sores.
Want to know a bit more about eczema?
Try using Organic Coconut Oil to Treat Eczema.
Eczema is a skin condition which causes red, dry skin, and it can appear anywhere on the surface of the body. Although there are topical creams such as hydrocortisone medications that can be used to alleviate the symptoms, you can give this remedy a try.
How can you tell if you are currently wasting your online marketing dollar?
Well, try the following quiz as suggested by Web Pro News.
Answer The Following Questions, and if you
answer NO to any one of the three, you could be
wasting your online marketing dollar.
1. Do you currently appear in the Top 10 rankings in the top three major search engines: Google, Yahooo!, and MSN? Yes No
2. Is your website bringing in all of its potential online leads? Yes No
3. Do you feel you are achieving maximum ROI for the money you are paying your SEO Company? Yes No
Hey! Would you like to know which is the least acidic of those many types of vinegar?
Why, it's the rice wine vinegar.
What is the difference between potatoes that are steamed and those that are boiled?
Starch! Those that are boiled contain much less starch than those that are steamed.
Did you know this about sesame seeds?
Yes, they contain calcium.
Okay, would you like to know which type of pepper is the tastiest and has the most punch to it?
We mean, between black pepper and white pepper?
Well, the experts say white pepper.
Apparently, white pepper has more punch to it and is tastier.
So what's this about bell peppers?
Well, and this is according to the chefs at the food network:
There are three types of bell peppers
Red, yellow, and green.
Which tastes the best and has the most flavor?
The red ones.
Hey, what's this about the benefits of lavender?
Well, according to some latest articles:
Lavender can help you to deal with those painful headaches,
can help you to deal with your anxiety,
and can help you to sleep better at night.
A healthy sniff of lavender is all you need to get you going.
Avocados, avocados! What are the benefits?
Avocados contain a lot of potassium and fiber
They are good for dealing with high blood pressure
Each avocado contains a maximum of 30 grams of fat.
Yummy, yummy!
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