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Ooh, I bet you’re wonderin’ how I knew.’ The president, his health care catastrophe, Mrs. Merkel, the honor of la belle France. ‘A man ain’t supposed to cry/ But these tears

25.10.2013 | Author: Howard Martell | Posted in current events

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by Dr. Jeffrey Lant.

Author’s program note. Friends and neighbors, are you perplexed, confused,baffled, and irked by the avalanche of bad news emanating from the capital of these United States? Well, join the club. We all need help sorting out this plethora of information that ranges from the usual garden variety nonsense to whole new ways to upset us and rend the body politic.In all seriousness we need a friend like “That Was the Week That Was”,a satirical television comedy program-me on BBC Television in 1962 and 1963.

It was devised, produced and directed by Ned Sherrin and presented by (Sir) David Frost, whose usual impeccable timing for delicious scandal,gossip and tittle-tattle deserted him this time.Sadly, he died just the other day (August 31), thereby missing these imperial pratfalls and hi-jinx which he loved so well and which no one knew better how to present for maximum impact than he did. How he would have savored the bumper crop of idiocies of just the last few days and the melt-down of the Right Honorable Barrack, who has descended from the heady heights of”We Have Overcome” to taking cue and counsel from Marvin Gaye’s grapevinewhere “a man ain’t supposed to cry”.TWTWTW (whose American counterpart ran on NBC from 1964 to 1965 and also featured Frost) had sharp-eyed, tone perfect fun with the best and the brightest,people we are supposed to venerate and admire but whose constant goofs and cosmic errors are just too good to pass by, no more so than in the last week, where the mistakes were hilarious, astonishing, truly awesome, slap your knee and LOL;that is until you stopped and considered who would have to pick up the pieces and carry on…. that would be you and me, the guys from the morning after the hysterical night before. With such an embarrass de richesse, where to start… there is so muchto choose from, relish, and enjoy.Scapegoats wanted.

Please apply to B. Obama, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for details.Unless you’ve been living in a cave (and maybe even then) you know that ourerst while president has nailed his tattered colors to the mast that is universal health care. It was supposed to cover millions hitherto without insurance, with benefits (if you pay close attention) ranging from astonishing to miraculous,not least being the remedy needed to resuscitate and resurrect the careers of lame duck presidents, one in particular. Problem is, even if you want this coverage(and millions do), you can’t get it at any price because the computer program that’s supposed to handle the matter is screwed up to the max. See for yourself at HealthCare.gov.”Computers are so literal.

“This is my mother’s take on computers and pretty well summarizes the Lant family’s approach to the matter. You tell these often infuriating machines what to do…and they do just that… and nothing more. Apparently Barrack’s mother didn’t tell him this and so with his complete disinterest in the annoying and boring details of everything, including his marquee program, he now finds himself in a mess that absolutely 100% of fifth graders assigned to solve the matter could handle withelegance, speed and total accuracy, without sweat or muddle. Big problems right from the start. Richard Nixon, of all people, told newly elected president Bill Clinton not to tryto reform America’s health care system (one seventh of the GNP) all at one go;instead to phase it in. Clinton, of course, being Clinton didn’t listen and did exactly what the more experienced Nixon advised against. The result was a Republican landslide in the next congressional elections and plenty of egg on his excellency’s fleshy jowls, not an edifying sight.Obama learned absolutely nothing from this disaster, more reminiscent of the suicidal charge of the Light Brigade (1854),”C’est magnifique mais c’est pas laguerre” than practical (read do-able, win-able) politics. Thus, instead of creating a model program in a medium sized state (think West Virginia, Indiana or Oregon) hewent for the whole hog, a huge mistake that is plaguing him right now.Except for arrogance and bragging rights, there was never a need to do all theuninsured in every state all at once. But there was (and still is) the need to createa system that’s simple and easy to use, which is most assuredly not what we’vegot now, a Rube Goldberg machine that promises everything and delivers nothing but chaos, confusion and embarrassment. For make no mistake about it, thepresident and his disgraceful computer system has show cased America all right;as a nation of bumblers, inept, unprepared, a brigade of “can don’t” nerds and programming “skills” no better than a joke. And this, mind, in the nation’s strongsuit, state-of-the-art technology. No wonder Obama’s poll numbers are now infree fall. Hail to the Chief.

What should he have done instead? Well, for openers, like any good business person he should have tried (and regularly, too) to order his own product, thereby helping to test and perfect the system on which he had staked so much.Of course, we now know he didn’t do that or anything like it. And so he got onopening day October 1 not kudos but confusion, outrage and fully justified attacks on his competence which have only gotten worse as the problem has exacerbated. It was a bad day for ObamaCare and the people who so need it; another black eyefor the Great Republic.What’s more, when he was told that his system wasn’t ready for an October 1 opening, he should have been sensible and postponed until he could get the desired results, KISS. Sure, there would have been gibes but they would have been as nothing when compared to what’s being said right now about him, his presidency, and his health care “system”, and not just by Tea Party nutters either.It ain’t pretty… and it is accurate.

As if this weren’t enough…As if his woes were not abundant enough October 23 the German government announced that it had received confidential information that Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cellphone was under surveillance by US intelligence services and thatshe had phoned President Obama to deliver the strongest possible disapproval.She also cited the great and long-lasting friendship between our nations, makingit clear friends don’t spy on friends. Barrack might give lip service to this pointof view, but he’s an information freak and cannot be trusted.Thus as expected he soothingly said no surveillance had been authorized or occurred but Mrs. Merkel, who knows him well was apparently neither persuaded nor placated,an indignant wet hen closely approximating her mood and demeanor. This was not surprising given the fact that her brush with the president’s global party-line closelyfollowed another jarring story in the Le Monde newspaper. It reported that US intelligence had collected data on 70 million communications by ordinary French people in a 30-day period late last year and into January. I suspect our spooks wanted to know what every Frenchie gave and got for Christmas. French PresidentFrancois Hollande expressed his “extreme reprobation” and marched down theChamp Elysees waving the Tricolour and listening to a recorded version of Marvin Gaye’s greatest hit, “I heard it through the grapevine” (1968) on his cellphone,and this telling line, “You could have told me yourself.” Indeed. And that was the week that was. TTFN.

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Son of a gun. The murderous bullets of Sparks. Monday, October 21, 2013. The ineradicable shame of a great nation, knowing what must be done, unable to do it. And Mozart… who turns our tears and rage into the majesty of Redemption.A tale.

by Dr. Jeffrey Lant.

Author’s program note. This is the story I didn’t want to write about. Didn’t want to hear about… didn’t want to think about… didn’t want to deal with in any way… but all to no avail. This is a story that demands the telling… insists upon our honest rendering… and calls upon us for anger! Outrage! Enmity! Fury! Impatience! Indignation! Ire! Resentment! Gall! And above all for action, swift, thorough, complete, grossly overdue.

It is a tale that demands to be told with the unmitigated clarity of Mozart and the masterpiece that carried him from the light of the life he loved unto the unimaginable darkness of darkest death which all approach with awe, resignation, and hope.

For this universal situation which touches us all, we need the genius of Mozart who took this great fear called death, the great fact of life, and gave us, always with God’s love, absolution; the thing we all desire but only God may give…

Thus for this article of sharp, sickening pain and terrible loss, the more terrible because unnecessary I give you the necessary antidote, the Requiem Mass in D minor (K. 626), written in Vienna by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1791 but unfinished at his death in December of that year. Find it in any search engine. Turn up the volume and be glad this work of genius, empathy and compassion eases the universal way into the eternity into which we all progress and forever abide. Amen!

The city of promise.

The people of Sparks, Nevada, numbering 90,264 in the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau count are the very essence of America. They believe in God… the Great Republic… family… and their right and responsibility to seize the imperfect present and create the always better future. They are proud of the good life they have fashioned for themselves since the city’s founding in 1905, transforming the previously searing and inhospitable land called “snow clad” (“nevada”) by the Spanish hidalgos who were the first Europeans to tread its immensity. Their civic motto is “It’s Happening Here!”… and so it is … for good and now with bitterness and rue for ill.

For the sad fact is an overwhelming majority of these people of the sierras adheres, and adamantly too, to their right to keep and bear arms and to use these arms, thereby paying the terrible price, now regarded as the “cost of doing business”. In such circumstances what does it matter if a few children and their teachers are gunned down, dying in their own blood, in their once amiable classrooms? Yes, it’s just the cost of doing business after all; a mere bagatelle.

The facts.

Before the opening bell on Monday, October 21, a student at a Sparks, Nevada middle school opened fire with a 9mm semi-automatic Ruger handgun, wounding two 12-year- old boys and killing a math teacher who was trying to protect children from their dangerous and determined classmate.

The still unidentified shooter then killed himself with the gun after a rampage in front of 20 to 30 students who had just returned to school from a weeklong fall break.

As news of the shooting got out 150 to 200 police officers responded, including some from as far away as 60 miles. The two wounded students were taken to hospital for treatment and are now listed in stable condition. One was shot in the shoulder, and the other was hit in the abdomen. Students from the middle school and neighboring elementary school were evacuated to the nearby high school, and classes were cancelled. The middle school will remain closed for the week so that the scene of grim carnage may be scrubbed clean and be pristine again… as if that were even possible… or desirable.

For we do not need to forget. Instead we need to remember, that is the thing of utmost necessity, for only memory can help us solve this problem, now seen by many as inevitable and unsolvable, no longer a conundrum to be unraveled but an immutable fact of life in our murderous age where there is nothing odd or even noteworthy about a 12- year-old blowing his former friends and beloved teacher to kingdom come. But of course this is not merely odd but a chilling abomination and profound moral outrage.

To accept evil as inevitable when it can be eradicated is evil itself, not a fact of life, but a fact of death, mayhem, and our descent from grace. Michael Landsberry not only knew this, not only lived by this but died by this. Thus he woke up Monday a math teacher… but ended both day and life an American hero, the victim not just of the child who pulled the trigger but the larger society which enabled him to do so, failing to act to prevent such predictable and periodic slaughter.

“Mr. Landsberry”.

Just 45, a man in his prime, Michael Landsberry was a contented man, a man respected by his peers and grateful community for his actions in war and peace; loved by an affectionate spouse and even by his two step-children, a success not given to every step-parent; admired and looked up to by his eighth grade mathematics students and by the young people he coached in soccer and basketball with strict guidelines and an unyielding belief that while winning the game was important, playing it with enthusiasm, integrity, heart, and honor was the real objective. This is the true Semper Fi and Michael Landsberry, once a Marine, always a Marine, was its unwavering example and proud ideal.

Michael Landsberry, the man who survived war, only to be cut down in the peace that is no peace.

This modest and unassuming man was a dedicated and caring leader, his gruff demeanor fooling absolutely no one. He did his bit… more than his bit, including two tours in Afghanistan. Thus when the pint-sized angel of death entered Landsberry’s classroom intent on inflicting maximum pain with a gun he had so easily taken from his parents’ house, the good teacher did what he taught others to do… doing the right thing, the valorous thing, the most perilous and sublime thing; interposing his own body between gunman and his adolescent targets.

In this way did Michael Lansberry die in the most righteous fashion of all. Thus was his bald head, which students loved to touch for luck before a big game, dappled with the blood of a hero. Thus did the man who posted on his drole website his “one classroom rule and it is very simple: ‘Thou Shall Not Annoy Mr. L’ ” expire, the most honorable of men, the noblest of deaths and the most unnecessary for we all know what needs to be done, don’t we, though we seem, from the very White House itself unable to change courses, to move a single inch towards the necessary solution…

Thus more children, achingly young, must die tragically… more families must suffer and grieve their loss through the long days and longer nights… innocence no shield… the most worthy of professions and the most important of work affording no protection whatsoever. So much pain is sure to come, the unarguable result of accepting “business as usual”, convinced by naysayers that what is is what must be, despite the little we have done to solve a problem which was not so very long ago unthinkable, a challenge for the Great Republic to be sure, but surely not too great for our collective mind and capability.

Or have we indeed sunk so low that we not only tolerate such a matter but accept it as given, understandable, unfortunate to be sure, certain, tolerable, tolerated, an occasion for a president… a governor… a mayor to send a formulaic message and prattle futile generalities about “an isolated incident”, then disengage from the matter as soon as possible, while everyday people leave teddy bears and home made signs about love and loss at the death scene, nothing accomplished, absolutely nothing; no progress made, or even a beneficial discussion about what must be done, at once, with commitments, not platitudes.

Thus are we condemned to repeat this maddening process over and over again, less consideration given to this outrage than to the one before; less consideration given to the next outrage than to this one, whilst people, good people, die, along with our high ideals once sacred guidelines for our purposeful endeavors, now flagrant ironies mocking who we were, who we are, and the widening chasm between these glaring, irreconcilable realities.

“I fear I am writing a requiem for myself.” Mozart, 1791.

In such an unsatisfactory, worrisome situation we need hope, we need to believe that things can be better, that we can make them better. We need Mozart who on the very threshold of death wrote a stirring tribute to the glory of life and the possibilities which exist to its very last moment before eternal repose.

“I fear I am writing a requiem for myself,” he wrote as he worked day and night on his last great labor… and so he was… for himself, for you, for me, and for the victims of Sparks, especially a hero named Michael Landsberry whose work at its unexpected conclusion was as tragically incomplete as Mozart’s requiem… left for us, the living, to finish, a matter of the utmost necessity for us and what we owe our honored dead whose ranks are sure and unnecessarily to grow apace if we fail to act as we have failed to act for so long.

About the Author

Harvard-educated Dr. Jeffrey Lant is the author of over a dozen business and marketing books, several ebooks, and over one thousand online articles. Republished with author’s permission by Howard Martell <a href=”http://HomeProfitCoach.com”>http://HomeProfitCoach.com</a>. Check out Niche Flipper -> http://www.HomeProfitCoach.com/?rd=cf4VDpsD

Johan Willems shares what WORKS for him and can work for you too

21.11.2013 | Author: Howard Martell | Posted in internet marketing

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CONSISTENT PROMOTION is the CRITICAL COMPONENT in making sales!

Platinum VIP Member, Johan Willems reveals his “SECRETS” to building his online business. (THANK YOU JOHAN for sharing your expertise).

Here’s the interview with Johan Willems

Question: Johan, how long have you been an online marketer, or working to build your own online business?

Answer: Actually I started when i joined Worldprofit, about 18 months ago. I was just looking for a way to get traffic,
but I got so much more. Before that, I studied the matter very closely. But I was studying the wrong material, all those ‘get rich quick schemes’
that ended up in my spam folder, which was my favorite ‘email literature’ at that time. I had been a Unix System Administrator for quite
some years and thought I knew it all. But the fact was: I knew nothing – especially on the matter of Internet Marketing.
I was still ignorant enough to believe that one website with a couple of clickbank affiliate products would be profitable.

Question: Johan, can you tell us how much time you spend promoting to build your business?

Answer: As much as I possibly can. The first reason for me to get involved with IM is my wife.
She has a disease that can’t be cured. She has her ups and downs, but she’d rather have me taking care of her than some nurse she hardly knows.
So I divide my time between household and taking care of my wife, and I spend the rest of my time at my online business.
I love working at night, without any distractions. And since i live in Europe, it’s the perfect way to adjust myself to the different timezones we’re in.

Question: Johan, what kind of promotion do you do? Free? Paid? Both?

Answer: I do both. I am investing more now in paid traffic, which is not a bad thing at all. After all I’m building my list. But it’s perfectly possible to invest,
making a good profit, and injecting half of what I earn back into my business.

Question: Johan, which Worldprofit services do you find the most useful in building your online business?

Answer: That’s a difficult question, because our Worldprofit backoffice is really stuffed with nothing but good, solid tools. Everything you need is right there:
the bootcamp training sessions, the prebuilt landingpages, cloaking/masking tools, incentives, automation tools.. But what really struck me from the beginning
was that a live person started talking to me when i first entered the Live Business Center. I also have great respect for the Worldprofit support team.
I also learned a lot from the other members, everyone is really being supportive.

Question: Johan, what advise or suggestions do you have for someone very new to Worldprofit who is eager to build their online business?

Answer: Never give up. It’s like playing chess – thinking 3 steps ahead. You really have to think about your business on a long term basis.
I gave up once, but I came back.. because I realized the following: if you’re not capable of building a successful business with the help and training of Worldprofit,
you’re not going to make it in ANY business!! And of course: follow the bootcamp to the letter, and apply what you have learned.
I want to thank Sandi Hunter, working the accounts department in the background, but always open for questions, her responses always being friendly but straightforward.
You can actually FEEL that she’s supporting us. I’d like to thank George Kosch, for all the tools and training he’s providing us.
He’s a genius, AND one of the few “Guru’s” out there who is not afraid of sharing all his knowledge. And last but not least I want to thank Dr Lant, for being so direct,
honest, always mentoring us Monitors, making us feel more and more self confident. For sticking his neck out when he’s writing another daring article on matters many
authors wouldn’t even dare to touch. I regard him as one of my best friends.
I don’t know what the heck I would be doing online without the help of Worldprofit, but I know one thing for sure: I’m far better of now than I was 18 months ago!

Johan Willems
HomeProfitClub.com

Thank you Johan Willems for taking the time to share your insight with our Members. You are a valued member of our team and your commitment to our Monitor Network helps all members of Worldprofit’s home business community.

We’ve been interviewing our most active Dealers and it should come as no surprise that the ONE thing they ALL do without fail is: PROMOTION.

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‘For your age…’ A look beyond the complaints and pains to the undoubted benefits and joys of being a senior citizen. Very candid thoughts indeed.

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by Dr. Jeffrey Lant.

Author’s program note. It was Lisa Martiniuk, one of the hard-working Senior Monitors who are such an important part of keeping worldprofit.com going strong, who first, and with a dollop of insinuation and pleading in her voice, suggested I write something a little lighter than my recent fare. And so I switched from the killing fields of Asia and Super-Typhoon Haiyan and the continuing self-afflicted wounds of the Right Honorable Barack. I would write, I vowed, about being a (new) senior citizen and I would (unlike my carping colleagues) forego the cheap shots and wide-ranging irritants of every kind; instead to write an article of uplift and bliss about the phase of life where I now find myself and shall remain for the hourly diminishing — and therefore the more precious — balance remaining.

To achieve this (frankly challenging) objective, I shall check the following words and attitudes at the door, along with my new cane. They may otherwise, you see, get in the way of my long-developing story. For whilst I am undoubtedly a new member of the club, I was not born yesterday. Without particularly noticing it, I have been studying senior citizens closely, ever since I had eyes in my head or the wit to discern what I saw…

Now, here are the words and attitudes I shall forego (just for the present, mind)… ornery, stubborn, adamant, pigheaded, mulish, inexorable, not to be put down, inflexible, immutable, peremptory, always right, never wrong… Further, and as a notable mark of my bona fides, I am turning my striking “Don’t Tread on Me” flag to the wall, but only for this single occasion, no precedent conceded or intended, buster. Have you got that?

Music.

For this voyage into the brand new land, I have selected a tune as quirky and idiosyncratic as most everyone is. It’s the score from the 1989 film “Driviing Miss Daisy” starring Morgan Freeman as Hoke Colburn with Jessica Tandy superbly cast as Miss Daisy. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture (Tandy the Best Actress), it is a film every senior citizen should be compelled to watch over and over again, especially if we epitomize the words and attributes listed above, as all us old folks do, specializing in the surly, churlish, selfish and (never forget this) the faultlessly clairvoyant and omniscient.

Go now to any search engine and find Hans Zimmer’s theme, deceptively simple and artless. Such songs become, if we let them, our favorite and most evocative songs of all, as this one has surely become for me. When you find yourself whistling, you’ll know it’s captured your heart, too, no matter how irascible you are. Miss Daisy, after all, was supremely irascible, too, until she permitted herself to thaw and (literally) enjoy the ride.

Driving Dr. Lant.

I was never very interested in trucks, tractors, or cars, much less their labyrinthine operating systems, tailor made, so it has always seemed to me, for maximum confusion and epic sessions of punishing frustration. I have a mechanical aptitude at the 5th percentile; translation, I can hardly tie my shoe laces… and whilst this is a perfectly valid and understandable excuse, it is of limited utility in the face of boisterous adolescent masculinity and the screwdrivers they love of every diabolical kind and type. I can feel the unwonted sweat of those trying days still dripping down my baffled face. And that is why I have Ame Joseph as my driver. I invariably call him “Mr. Joseph.” He calls me “Doctor Lant.” We have known each other for many years now, and so these formalities are these days a tradition, not a requirement.

How we met.

I am, like most people, afflicted with some degree of claustrophobia. Quite frankly, I intensely dislike being stuffed into anything, especially the back seats of taxis, which seem tailor made for panic attacks. Getting me into them, though I am the perfectly normal size of 5 foot ten inches and 165 pounds, often commands a shoe horn, with me twisting, squirming, unable to move. This, as you may well imagine, maddens and affronts me. It is, however, a stark reality for urban based folks like me who do not drive and rely on the never-clean-inside-or-out taxis with colorful names like yellow, red and green; the reality gray, mud spattered and grim.

Thus, when fate intervened (it had to be fate not merely random chance) and I found myself getting into a cab at the Sheridan Commander Hotel, a cab that was clean, hardly a speck of terra firma traveling with us, even the windows washed to clarity, I didn’t hesitate. “Give me your card, I shall be calling you again.” And that is how God works in the city….

The narrowing of life, to be fought with rage and determination.

Now… turn up that quirky theme music from the score of “Driving Miss Daisy,” because you see, we are going out you and I… and Mr. Joseph is taking us, for of course you’ll be traveling with me, my way… it goes like this. “Mr. Joseph, are you free in 20 minutes?” And thus begins that most important of travels… the one that whisks you to a new reality, comfortably, efficiently, with just the necessary touch of condescension, for we have earned that, haven’t we, over these many years and the thousand roles we have played from the very moment of conception.

Mr. Joseph calls me when he is 4 minutes away (note that precise number). I always say I am ready to go just then…. but I almost never am. There is just one more phone call to make… one more thing I really must peruse. But at last even I am ready, cap a jaunty angle, silver buttons gleaming on my coat… and the cane left behind, the cane I so recently acquired, have used not at all. Its time will come, even I know that… but not today, not today…. Today we have each other for I have ever been of an affectionate disposition, never hoarding that which exists to be abundantly, even profligately shared in the hope that such excess will be given to me… and I am glad to say it generally is.

As we glide along the highly polished flagstone floor in the lobby, Mr. Joseph glides above, along the newly paved streets, brick sidewalks perfectly tailored, all marks that I live in that boom town of Cambridge, where being the hub of the Internet means citizens like me live better and better for less and less, an astonishing situation in this year of our Lord 2013, and one that makes me light up with smile and song with or without the slightest provocation… as when Mr. Joseph, suitably attired in black, is standing ready at the door of his Lincoln Town Car, prepared to supply supremely expert service.

Thus is one of the great problems of aging, immobility and shrinking vistas, superbly solved. I can go hither and yon, the world still full of adventures large and small, still expanding, not closing in on me, prospects dwindling, the beginning of the beginning of the end. All this, too, has been postponed, perhaps forever and therein lies the greatest bliss of all, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness still my birthright and objective, eminently possible, not just memories of days long gone and bittersweet.

Don’t keep your future waiting…

So, now get in. “The last of life for which the first was made” is waiting for you just around the corner. And despite every pain, each imperfection, whatever you have lost, whatever you fear losing next you are still that charmer of old, an eye full of mischief, capable of astonishing capers…. the most outrageous and notable not even dreamed yet, much less exhausted. You, diminished as you claim to be, are still the radiant being who can, given your ardent permission, awe us all, and most of all awe yourself. Make today the day you do…it’s been far too long since you recognized you are the finest creation of your life… and it’s time the world got the privilege of seeing your masterpiece in every glorious aspect. Right now. Don’t waste another minute… even if you have to use the cane…

About the Author

Harvard-educated Dr. Jeffrey Lant is the author of a number of print books, several ebooks and over one thousand online articles. Republished with author’s permission by Howard Martell <a href=”http://HomeProfitCoach.com”>http://HomeProfitCoach.com</a>. Check out Niche Flipper -> http://www.HomeProfitCoach.com/?rd=cf4VDpsD

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Most people in modern Western societies have used Facebook for entertainment, personal or business purposes. It’s hard to argue that Facebook can’t or won’t enhance your business or service. Become acquainted with Facebook marketing and use it to your advantage by reading the tips in this article and creating a page today!

If you are going to post any links on your page, make sure that they have a description accompanying them. You want to engage readers, and this is a good way to do that. This makes it very likely people will leave comments and possibly start a discussion on the information you are posting, which means people will have something new to share with others.

Make your profile page professional. Since you are hoping for people to find you on Facebook, your profile page may be the first impression that people have of your business. By making it professional, viewers will see your company as a professional one. Make sure you use proper grammar and spelling.

Don’t think of Facebook like a newspaper. It’s not about pushing information out to people. It’s about communicating an building strong relationships. If you tend to announce instead of communicate, then you’re in jeopardy of alienating a lot of your potential fans. Talk with them, not at them. That will improve your marketing.

Share other content from other platforms on your Facebook page. Does your business have a website? A blog? A YouTube channel? Any time you upload new content related to your business, make sure it shows up on your Facebook Page as well. People are much more likely to be visiting Facebook the day you upload a new video than they are to be visiting your business’s YouTube channel.

Don’t clutter your Facebook marketing pages with too much bling. Although you want it eye-catching and appealing, you don’t want to overwhelm people with more information than they can process. A simple page that looks clean, colorful and is easy on the eyes will be far more effective than one that screams to the reader.

Create infographics. Infographics are a step up from pictures, and include information and relevant information that can be useful to your target market. When you create an infographic, it is even more likely to be shared by others because the information is valuable. This raises your profile, but it also makes you look like an expert.

Don’t focus on getting the most fans possible. Yes, everyone loves a big number, but if you’ve got 10,000 fans who never respond to you, then what’t the benefit? That’s 10,000 anchors pulling down your potential marketing. Your goal should be as many engaged and communicative fans as possible. Approach your marketing with that in mind.

If you have a Facebook page for your business or service already, you might not be using it in a way that can render the most benefit. Make sure that you are using this amazing marketing tool to the best of your ability. Remember the tips in this article and apply them as soon as you can!

Helpful Social Media Marketing Advice For Businesses

Social Media: the newest wave of internet marketing genius. If you need a new way to market your business, or perhaps you’ve been hearing a lot about these sites for businesses and you’d like an idea of how to go about it, then this article is for you. It will walk you through ways to use these sites to advertise your business, company or product.

When you set up your Twitter account, use a background that is suitable to your business. This may take a few extra minutes but, it will give your customers a sense of who you are. Remember that it is the attention to detail that sets apart the most successful in life.

When marketing your business on social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook, try to talk like a “person” rather than a “business”. People who use these sites are looking for personal interaction. If you can incorporate some of that into your marketing campaign, you will have an edge. Personal conversation that is humble, collaborative, and two-way in nature works best.

If social media marketing is new to you, here is a tip to help you understand it better. Think of the social media sites as places in which you can create a picture and a voice for your business. Your posts represent the viewpoint of your company. Consider social media as the way to communicate who you are, what your product is and what value your product has for potential customers.

Make it really easy for consumers to subscribe to your blog. Have a “subscribe” button easily located on your page, and make sure it is visible with an easy-to-read font and color. Also mMake the process of subscribing short and simple. If people can handle this task easily, they are more likely to do it. If more individuals subscribe, then business will increase.

Ask people to “LIKE” your Facebook page everywhere. Ask on your Facebook page, on your website, in any advertising, and in your brick and mortar stores. The more individuals “LIKE” your page, the more they will spread information about your brand. This is a great way to increase business as well as your SEO rankings.

Social media marketing is all about building good communication skills. All the social media sites are based on conversations of one form or another. Use these sites to engage potential customers by telling them what you have to offer, making pertinent posts and displaying prominent links to your product pages. Try asking your visitors questions about what they are looking for. You will build relationships by exchanging valuable information and be rewarded by increased sales for your efforts.

Consider opening an account on the growing business oriented site LinkedIn. This site is designed for business professionals to communicate with one another and their customers. It has incredible features that include ways for satisfied customers to recommend you to others, increasing your reputation and credibility. You can also join conversations relevant to your business interests.

There are a ton of different ways you can use these sites to move your company forward. This article has shown you some of the best ways to get yourself set up and start using the features these sites offer, but you will want to keep researching and learning as they change and grow.

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Hashtags are a great tool. Use them to promote your conferences, special events, products, and brands. Hashtags not only allow you to market these things, but they will also let you listen to what others are saying about you. This can be a great way to both promote your business and get feedback from your audience.

Be interactive on your Facebook page. If all you ever do is post, post, and post some more, then people will get tired of you quickly. If you ask interesting questions, engage consumers in conversation, and respond to their posts, then your posts will become more appealing every time.

Create a blog for your business with links to your other social media identities. If you have a blog that is continually being updated with new and interesting content, you will attract repeat visitors. Including links to Facebook and Twitter will make it easier for potential customers to follow you, and you will maintain a presence in their computerized world.

Use Facebook to make friends and properly market your company. Make sure you don’t start your page outright as a business ad. People are more likely to be interested in your product or services if you post items and events about your company in a friendly manner that doesn’t make your “friends” feel like you are spamming them. Remember, they may be your future customers, but in the meantime, treat them like friends.

Consider hiring a freelance writer to create interesting content for your tweets, Facebook pages, and blog posts. This will allow you time to focus your energies on growing your business, and it is especially important if writing is not one of your best skills. You should still provide the topics and proofread everything before it is posted.

If you are using Facebook for your marketing needs, make sure you understand the difference between a profile page and a fan page. A profile page is for personal use and fan pages are for companies. If you fail to comply with these rules, you are risking the chance of Facebook shutting down your company’s page.

Fill out as much information as you can about your company on your Facebook page. Don’t make it feel impersonal; put that little extra effort and write a small bio and upload a company logo and pictures from your company that pertain to meetings, parties, promotions etc. Help future customers understand what your company is all about so that it doesn’t seem to be just a logo on the web.

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Corporations and chain restaurants have already taken advantage of Facebook marketing to spread the word about what they have to offer, but small business owners can use it too! Use this marketing tool to benefit instead of ignoring its power in every day life. Read this article for helpful tips!

Use tools to measure the power of your Facebook marketing. There are all sorts of tools out there these days to help give you an idea of how potent your Facebook marketing is. You could take a look at something like Sprout Social as a paid service or simply check out your Klout score to see if your efforts seem to be moving the needle.

Fill in the blank posts are a great way to get your subscribers engaged. You should use this technique to ask your subscribers about their favorite products or their location. Test this method and count how many subscribers comment on this update. This is also a good way to learn more about your audience.

Once you create a Facebook account, it is very important for you to be quite active. If you never post any content, how can you expect people to remain interested. Videos, pictures and regular postings are just a part of what you will need if you want to do well on Facebook.

Be very careful when using humor in posts on your wall that you don’t offend anyone. While you may think what you’re posting is cute or funny, others may take offense and your reputation could suffer. Pass any humorous posts by a few people before you post them publicly on your page.

You should choose a strong argument to convince customers to subscribe to your social media updates. People need to see a value in joining your Facebook marketing campaign. You could for instance offer a small immediate discount to the customers who subscribe to your Facebook campaign before completing an order.

When you are choosing a Facebook URL, make sure you choose one that is very similar to the name of your business and/or your website. This will help you remain consistent with your branding. If people cannot find you very easily, they may become discouraged and look for a different business to work with.

Use videos to make your Facebook page even more engaging. Facebook is a really visual social media platform. It’s much more visual than Twitter. Photos are great on Facebook, and videos can really be show stoppers. If you’ve got great videos to share, you can see your posts get a lot more likes!

Don’t waste time trying to create viral posts every time. Facebook marketing isn’t just about getting a post to become viral. That’s sort of like spending your entire day searching for the needle in the haystack. It’s a pretty big time waster. Instead concentrate on creating quality posts that people can appreciate. Let the viral thing happen on its own.

As said in the beginning of this article, Facebook marketing can benefit your business greatly. It’s not only for corporations or other well-known venues, but can be used to benefit the mom and pop shops as well. Remember the tips in this article to use Facebook marketing for your benefit.

How To Use Facebook Marketing To Your Advantage

Are your marketing campaigns falling flat? Do you need to reach a larger, more hip audience? Do you want to be able to easily market online? If you’re having struggles with promoting your business, Facebook marketing may be for you. This article will tell you how to do it right from the get go.

Pay attention to what is going on with your page. If someone “likes” your page, send them a thank you message. If people comment on things on your page, respond. Little messages from you will make a big impact on the way things work out for you. It can be time consuming, but well worth it.

Write posts with real value. Facebook isn’t just about informal conversation. Those that supply meaty posts will often find that there’s a big audience out there just looking for that type of content on the platform. Be that person or company that delivers exactly that type of content. You’ll see great returns.

A fun and easy way to get followers on your Facebook business page is to create a contest. Loyal followers will share their contest entry with their own followers and spread the word quickly. The prize doesn’t have to be anything big, a sample product or small cash reward can be enough to spread the word.

If you have a Facebook page, make sure that it has a clear theme. If you sell baby clothes, all images and text should be focused on, well, baby outfits. It should mention variations of “baby clothing”, “baby outfits”, “cute baby shirts”, etc. Brand the whole page so people know what they’re getting once there.

If you have a follower complaining on your Facebook page, try your best to resolve the issue publicly. This will let others know that you are a reputable business and will handle all of your obligations. If you cannot resolve a dispute with a customer publicly, try handling it in private.

Promote other businesses on your Facebook page. Facebook is often about cross-promotion. If you promote someone else, they’ll be more likely to pass on the goodwill and promote you to their audience. That’s a big opportunity seeing as some brands on Facebook have thousands of followers. You can really open the door to a lot of new fans.

Never argue with a member of your fan base. There may be some people that do not like your product and they might say negative things. Keep your cool in this type of situation. The way you handle it will give people a good idea of what it is like to do business with you.

Avoid using images on your Facebook page that are generic. Many brands post stock photos and pictures of the business logo. While having one or two pictures like this is acceptable, people want to see real photos. You should also encourage users to post their relevant photos on your page.

So many people need to increase profits today, but don’t know where to begin. You were lucky to find this article so that you can easily start planning your Facebook campaign. Hopefully, it will bring you the benefits you expect and even exceed your goals, ensuring your business is viable for many years to come.

Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk’… Saturday night fever… stayin’ alive. It’s all right, it’s ok. Thanksgiving, 2013. And I just can’t lose.

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by Dr. Jeffrey Lant.

Author’s program note. It is 5:19 a.m. Still dark outside… so cold… rainy to boot. My body has found new ways to display its rainbow of black, yellow, purple and green manifestations, all lurid, that take over when it wants me to feel their power. I can’t bend down without wincing… I can’t get up without wincing, but I am happy, ridiculously happy.

You see I have so dodged a bullet that hobbling though I am seems like winning a “God loves you” award. And that, I confess, puts tears in my eye… only that these are tears of wistful gratitude… just in time for Thanksgiving Day, when I shall have the certain use for them. Here’s how it happened…

It started, developed, and ended within the concise boundaries of a single minute, enough time, more than enough, for any injury or mishap you could name. Despite the fact that I was the principal of the tale, I can tell you almost nothing about what happened and that concerns me, for I am ever and acutely on the look-out for signs I am losing my marbles something all senior citizens do (and admit only with the utmost resistance).

I cannot even tell you in detail just what the affected area looks like, not even if I look over my shoulder in the pert come-hither fashion made famous by Betty Grable in the provocative World War II poster that constituted her curvaceous bit toward victory.

Thus when I asked a friend to see what I could not, dropping trousers in approved prep-school fashion, all he said was “ou la la”, but whether for the colorful designs already in place, the (“for your age, Dr. Lant”) pristine flesh they were written on, or just to be the annoying punk he always is, I cannot say. Thus, I remain this Monday morning as uninformed on the matter as Saturday night. Of course this concerns me, too, for it is my fate, along with the millions my age or older, to spend profitless hours wondering at the latest damage we have done to ourselves.

Thus, and not just by gray hairs alone, do we gage our incursion into the byways of seniority… irked by them, most fearful of the moment that stops them forever. In the meantime, we take fervent joy from boring our colleagues witless by inflicting every detail of our latest malady on them, in exhaustive, microscopic detail, continuous, fulsome, unending, the ultimate get-even endeavor. Serves ‘em right.

And so I exercise my immemorial right to tell my story, not forgetting to digress frequently along the way, garrulous, the better to create the mind-numbing tale that will haunt my auditors forever, every single one of them thereafter crossing the street whenever they see me coming, thereby costing them the pleasure of my company. Serves ‘em right.

(Not just) once upon a time.

Have you noticed that stories beginning “once upon a time” always develop sequentially, one thing logically following another, until the princess and her gallant knight share the chaste kiss of eternity? Real life isn’t remotely like that as this story proves. In real life things go in all directions at once, hay wire, so fast you can hardly make sense of a single one. And that disturbs us humans profoundly for all that exists between us and the chaos popping around us is our frail logic and ability to filter, delete, and concentrate… and these, for most, constitute frail weapons indeed, completely inadequate to the task at hand, answering the question we most want answered: “Then what happened?”

There are several ways to handle the events commencing and ending Saturday night. I could say, and without fear of contradiction, I fell. Just that. It is short, sweet, factually accurate and entirely credible. I could say this, but if I did I wouldn’t get much of your available sympathy, would I? That only comes from the additional details I must add to ensure that you listen to me and listen well. Only these details properly told and properly contorted ensure the high degree of empathy I wish to squeeze out of you.

The objective, remember, is maximum TLC for minimum effort. All approaches and possibilities must be reviewed by this exacting standard. For instance, if you are telling the story of your fall to a member of your family renowned for their similarity to “Silent Cal” Coolidge, each word pulled out with tweezers, then you must make your case as a sullen teen-ager would, words extracted with the utmost reluctance and truculence. “Where did you go?” “Out.” “What did you do?” “Nothing”.

People who play the communications game this way treasure such challenges, always aiming for the Guinness Book of Records with their “less is more” approach. Above all else, never argue with them about anything. Each word you use increases their contempt. Instead, present your case by the apt use of silence. “How do you feel?” “Umm.” “Still hurt?” “Umm”. As Henry Ford II famously said, “Never complain. Never explain.” But do look wan, pathetic, bearing it all with the greatest possible forbearance,with frequent sighs and a tear or two when the action palls.

“Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk…”

In 1977 John Travolta and the Bee Gees showed the world, particularly its male component of adolescent years, how to make a statement just by walking down the street, cocky, arrogant, cool to the furthest degree. Their song was “Stayin’ Alive”, and it was the first thing I recalled as I lifted my bruised head off the highly polished and slick oak floor. It was not only the perfect beat (find it in any search engine and see for yourself). It was the perfect message, for my walk at the moment is anything but cocky and assured, yet it tells volumes about how I feel and am progressing.

Instead of skin tight pants and disdain, I walk gingerly through the corridors of my house as if I were square dancing, each foot ahead made possible by grabbing a chair, thereby pulling myself forward, “allemande left” This, too, is dancing… no matter how awkward…and where there is dancing, there is hope.

“Saturday night fever.”

To Travolta and company Saturday night fever meant pure unadulterated animal joy, the thrill of being in the same space as women of the female gender… the thrill of watching your closest friends fail… and the unexpected moment you got the mind-boggling kiss of your adolescence dreams, the kiss you’d remember forever. It was all new, all exciting, every last thing memorable. Then there’s my version of Saturday night fever… 101 degrees and rising faster than the body you are trying to push up and off the floor.

One minute this body is as well as it ever gets (fair to middling); the next it is heaped on the flood, sprawled, crumpled, its landing marked by loud thumps possibly (but only possibly) louder in my imagination than in reality, either way it got my full, addled attention. The fever followed instantly, eager to add its two cents worth to the unexpected concoction. Just like Travolta I gyrated, swirled, dipped and… there the similarities sharply ended for while he went down and came up, pure poetry in motion, I just went down and yelped… something no self-respecting adolescent would ever do upon pain of death. But, then, they don’t know such pains and I do…. I am feeling them right now.

“But you know, it’s all right, it’s ok. I’ll live to see another day ’cause I’m a dancing man… and I just can’t lose.” That’s why Thanksgiving this year will be so very thankful, even if I have to use my brand new cane. What an entrance it will be, abundant proof I am stayin’ alive and understand “The New York Times effect on man.”.

About the Author

Harvard-educated Dr. Jeffrey Lant is the author of several print publications, ebooks and over one thousand online articles. Republished with author’s permission by Howard Martell <a href=”http://HomeProfitCoach.com”>http://HomeProfitCoach.com</a>. Check out Niche Flipper -> http://www.HomeProfitCoach.com/?rd=cf4VDpsD