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Breaking up with your girlfriend is NOT expected to be an easy thing for any man to have to endure. There is pain and hurt there. Any man that says that there is not, either didn’t really want to be with her, or he is just trying to save face. When you go through a relationship turmoil like a breakup with your girlfriend, you want to get her back more than anything else. You assume that getting her back will make everything a little bit better, a little more enjoyable.

And you are probably RIGHT.

That doesn’t mean that you will be able to get your girlfriend back as quickly as you can snap your fingers. And there really are no guarantees that she will take you back. However, there are little “tricks” that you can use to make her want to come back to you. There are little things that you can do to make her think about you and want to be in YOUR arms again.

There are also reasons WHY she won’t take you back and you DO want to pay attention to these, cause if you don’t, then you are sure to find yourself LOST without your girlfriend in YOUR life.

Here are 4 VERY common reasons why she might not take you back.

1. You hurt her too much and for too long.

Some guys just don’t get it and they keep on treating their girlfriend the WRONG way and then they expect to be able to work a little magic and make her take them back. Too many times and she will not come back to you. Of course, if you are not the kind of guy that constantly put your girlfriend through a lot, then you CAN get her back.

2. You immediately turn into a basket case and she sees this.

If breaking up with your girlfriend makes you become the kind of guy that drops to his knees and BEGS his girlfriend to come back, you might as well pick yourself back up and walk away without looking back. You want her to want to be with you, and a woman is not exactly turned on by a man that begs and grovels in front of her.

3. You chase after her and try to be in contact with her ALL of the time.

This is very common and it IS a BIG mistake. If you chase after your ex-girlfriend and try to phone her, text her, and do anything you can to stay in contact with her, then she is going to want to RUN from you and I wouldn’t blame her at all. Becoming annoying and nuisance to your ex-girlfriend is about the easiest way to guarantee that she WON’T want you back.

4. You fail to create a REAL plan of ACTION to get your girlfriend back.

If you want to really succeed at getting back with your girlfriend, then you have to be a man of action. Of course, it has to be the RIGHT actions and you have to do POSITIVE things to get your girlfriend back. With the right plan of action, you can easily FLIP the situation and be back with your girlfriend in no time at all!

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When the Internet began its boom into society, there have been talks of how the Internet can become a leader in financial growth to its users. Despite it not reaching the heights that most dreamed it to reach, there are means to make substantial amounts of money with relative ease on a certain part. One of these ways is the use of an affiliate marketing approach. It is one of the ways that all it takes is you sitting back, and really not having to lift your finger that much. As long as you have a website that has a steady traffic flow, and at times looks to even increase that flow, you can utilize affiliate marketing to your benefit.

If you are unsure of what affiliate market entails, it is fairly simple. A merchant always wants to sell their products, that is a given. By using an affiliate marketing approach, merchants give other website owners the ability to become affiliates. Once an affiliate, any time one of the many people that visit said affiliates website clicks on an ad, that affiliate will be paid by the merchant. There are different varieties with this type of marketing. Some merchants will only pay if someone from an affiliates web page accesses the merchant through an ad, and then buys a product. Some forms take longer for a decent cash flow, some shorter, it all just depends on the merchant.

Getting started isn’t a walk in the park neither. If you manage to have a website up and running, then you are almost there. With a website created, now you need to focus on bringing in Internet users to your website. Focusing on a rather popular genre tends to be a key to this. Once your traffic flow is established and rising, then it is time to seek out a merchant who deals with affiliate marketing. Some merchants are in fact easier to affiliate with, then there are some that require you to meet a specific guideline in terms of traffic. This however, falls into how far you wish to take this type of marketing.

In the end, this type of marketing is one of the surer ways to make money without doing much. Most website owners do this to cover their server expenses, while some use their popularity to make a rather decent income. In the end, it takes decent web site traffic, a good understanding of the merchant, and a desire to make profit.

Affiliate Marketing boils down to 3 simple steps. First step is to sign up for an affiliate program, Affiliate Directories are a good place to start. You can just do a search on Google. ClickBank, Commission Junction, and PayDotCom are great directories with plenty of affiliate programs to get you started. Next, get the link with your affiliate id for the affiliate program you chose to promote. The third and final step is to promote the hell out of that link, you want that link in front of as many people that may be interested in your offer.

Carlo Cabrera is the publisher of Make Money Newsletter, It’s a free newsletter full of quick cash methods and real business building advice for entrepreneurs of all skill levels. For a free subscription, drop by MakeMoneyOnlineDirectory.net

Ebook marketing tips will save you much time and money with new strategies on writing a new publication. You can acquire the necessary knowledge online with the help of informative Websites. Start by obtaining ebook selling rights from other authors to learn how they wrote a best selling electronic book and then market the item. Study Google AdWords to first place an advertisement on the internet about publications you have for sale on various subjects of interest, with the advantage of saving you a lot of money, and prevent your AD from being inactive. Make much effort to keep ebooks profitable as you sell them. Write your own publication as you see the style in other author’s work with a concentrated effort to prosper.

Now is the time to start thinking of the perfect Valentine gift for valentine. Many of you already started scratching your heads and can’t stop thinking about the Valentine’s Day gift Ideas. There are tons of simple gifts in the market, so there is no reason not to get your valentine a great gift this Valentine’s Day. Many of you think that easiest way is bunch of flowers and few chocolates with a small greeting card. This article will provide simple tips for finding affordable and meaningful gifts for Valentine’s Day.

Many of you will have a pretty challenging time when it comes to gifts selection for Valentine’s Day. If you like to give something really expensive, you’ll have a great selection. But not all good gifts have to be expensive. Good gifts move the recipient because they have been chosen with a thoughtful heart. Everyone can love but everyone can not afford luxury gifts.

A simple way to start your Valentine’s Day morning is send a small red roses basket with a nice greeting card to your valentine. Make sure you send roses early morning and do not forget message with flowers. Write a message whatever is in your heart and how much are looking forward with your valentine. Find out what your valentine really wants. It may be simple and small for everyday life such as watch, a Bluetooth for her mobile. Find a romantics spot near you, take her for a walk and tell your valentine about why you are in love and keep giving compliments to her attitude and her lifestyle. You may also consider the custom-made products for your valentine. In order to make Valentine’s Day truly memorable you need to express your feelings romantically. Try to spend some time for finding the better ways to express your true love that that most significant person in your life.

Many times small gifts makes happy than luxury gifts. You may think of taking your valentine to a romantic candle light dinner. This will give more opportunity to express you more and more. The way you express may dominate a million dollar gift on Valentine’s Day. Unique Valentine Day gift ideas should be from your heart and a great Valentine’s Day gifts don’t have to be expensive. There are many Online stores can offer you unique choices such as personalized items like Personalized T-shirt, Personalized Hat, coffee mugs and the like and these gift items are certainly not expensive at all. Custom-made products items allow you to add your personal touch of design for your valentine. Since you have some ideas about their personality, you can then use them as decoration ideas on the items. A personalized gift is much more valued compared to other gift items.

Please keep in mind that your presence and your expressions are the best gift of all. Your feelings, thoughts, tell your valentine how much they mean to you. To make sure your gift is a good match, do think offering the gift receipt in a sealed envelope with your gift Item with a small note like ‘Just In Case’ on the envelope and request to use it in case it’s the wrong color or size.

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While the movement to protect our planet from pollution dates back to the ’60s, the corporate world has been slow to catch on, until recently. Thanks to consumers spending a significant enough amount on green products and on doing business with green-minded companies, corporate America is waking up to the fact that going green is not only good for our planet, it’s good for their bottom line.

The 2009 Cone Consumer Environmental Survey indicates that even in the recession, consumers are inclined to hold companies accountable for their environmental commitments today and in the future.

* 35 percent of Americans have higher interest in the environment today than they did one year ago.

* 35 percent of Americans have higher expectations for companies to make and sell environmentally responsible products and services during the economic downturn.

* 70 percent of Americans indicate that they are paying attention to what companies are doing with regard to the environment today, even if they cannot buy until the future.

While many polls are taken by green industry companies, this one was conducted by Opinion Research Company, a demographic, health, and market research company, co-founded in 1938 by the pollster of polls, George Gallup.

The Boston Consulting Group reports that more shoppers in North America, Europe, China, and Japan systematically purchased green products in 2008 than in 2007. In the United States, one in six consumers selectively shopped for green products in 2008. Some 61 percent of Americans said the environment needs help.

As GreenBiz.com blogger, Joel Makower, writes: “The marketplace is getting greener — way greener.” Of course some of those polled greenwash (or whitewash) their replies, feeling that they should be shopping greener than they do. Bottom line though for business is that going green has proven to increase profits.

Instead of, or in addition to, carving out a green niche, there are a variety of ways Internet marketers are harnessing the power of green. Environmentally conscious consumers are not just buying more green, they are seeking and choosing companies with green business practices over their less green competitors.

Consultation services specializing in green Internet marketing are sprouting up, advising businesses to begin replacing pollution-generating advertising mediums such as newspapers, print magazines, billboards, business cards, paper coupons, etc., with cleaner digital and Internet-based advertising and marketing, such as organic search, social networking, pay per click, mobile marketing, etc.

As an Internet marketer, whether promoting an online based or brick and mortar business, you’re already on the greener, marketing path.

Market your Business’ Eco-Friendliness

Don’t be shy about waving your business’ green flag! Many of your site’s visitors want to know if you are a green business because patronizing green businesses is a way for them to play a part, making them feel greener too.

“More and more, consumers and even businesses using the products and services of other businesses are willing to pay a premium and loyalty to businesses that are green,” says Michal Ann Strahilevitz, Ph.D., associate professor of marketing at Golden Gate University (“It’s Not Easy Being Green” DMNews).

You can view an example of an Internet marketing company waving their green flag: at Intra-Designs.com. In a clear, bullet list, visitors see all that Intra-Designs does to help the environment. Using recyclable materials, telecommuting, and electronic billing are among their contributions to a healthier planet.

Green in the Search Engine World

Green search is growing by leaps and bounds and will continue to increase, so it’s wise to learn how you can market greener on the search channel. Consider that standards in green keywords are not yet established. So do your long tail searches, and do them frequently, as “the times they are a-changin’.”

Familiarity of the consumers who are searching for green is not yet very well established either. Internet marketers are doing their best by establishing a broad presence across both the general as well as green vertical search engines.

The popularity of green vertical search engines is growing. Here are just a few examples: Green Maven, Greener, GreenGamma, LiveGreenOrDie, GreenLinkCentral, EcoEarth, EcoSeeker, GreenPoweredSearch and Earthle. A part of any successful green marketing campaign should include getting indexed by these green vertical search engines.

Those searching green on the general engines are predominantly using Google and Yahoo. Given Google’s competitiveness, it will be interesting to see how they compete with this outcropping of green vertical search engines.

Green filters are emerging that allow consumers to get more relevant results when search for green products, services, and businesses. One of the most popular of these filters is Palore, which enables consumers to quickly identify green merchants when using Google’s search engine.

Additionally, green portals such as Care2 are good places to get green niche pages listed.

So again, it’s important to optimize and promote your green pages, whether they’re products, services, or simply an About Us page that talks about the green steps your business is taking to reduce the carbon footprint.

Informative Content

Yet another way to market green is in the area of content. Consumers want to gain more knowledge about green products and are searching for credible sources of information online. To garner more traffic from the green market, you can provide them with well-researched information (relevant to your site of course). Take note that communitypowered search engines, social media, and green search engines are often used by those seeking this information. To learn more about the green industry and marketing green, check out GreenBiz.com .

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If you’re still not sure what a podcast is don’t feel bad. You are one of millions of intelligent, informed people who are missing this piece of the New Media puzzle

Having excused you, now permit me to chastise you. All businesspeople should know what a podcast is, especially considering there are tens of thousands of them and their legions of listeners are growing. Podcasting can also be very beneficial to your company or you as a business professional.

But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. First, a few basics.

Podcasts are audio files, mostly composed of people talking and often including music and sound effects. They can be downloaded and listened to on a computer, or transferred to your iPod (hence the “pod”-cast name) or other MP3 player. The vast majority of podcasts are free of charge through iTunes, Podcast Alley and other outlets.

To give you some idea, I subscribe to more than a dozen podcasts that range from audio versions of TV shows such as Meet the Press and Face the Nation to Nation Public Radio interview programs Fresh Air and the Diane Rehm Show, to academic and business programming like the Harvard Business IdeaCast, McKinsey Quarterly Podcast and The Economist magazine.

It’s great stuff that will feed your head and keep you atop modern day events.

Podcasts are convenient because they can be listened to while driving, pumping iron at the gym, hiking, zipping to the office on the train, sitting on your sofa or dozing in bed at night (one of my favorite ways to enter the Land of Nod). It is this kind of flexibility that helps make podcasts so popular.

That’s one of the big advantages audio podcasts have over video – they require one rather than two senses, meaning they don’t require your undivided attention. You can listen to audio while participating in any number of activities. It’s probably not a good idea to watch a video while you’re riding a horse or trying to stay balanced on a treadmill.

All one need do is check out some of the organizations that podcast to realize its value and implications. There’s the legendary consulting firm of McKinsey & Co, accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers and academic icon Harvard Business School. These are sophisticated organizations that don’t waste time on useless activities. Why do these organizations podcast?

Here are seven good reasons.

DISPLAY EXPERTISE. When McKinsey & Co. conducted its annual global survey of business spending on Web 2.0 technologies, it not only released a written report, it produced a podcast consisting of an interview with one of the research report’s authors. Another example is a podcast titled Connecting Climate Change and Economic Recovery, featuring an interview with economist Nicholas Stern. People seek out expertise. Demonstrate it and you will win customers and respect.

DISPLAY LEADERSHIP. Harvard Business School does exactly that with its IdeaCast. The Harvard Business IdeaCast has tackled subjects bearing the following headlines:

>> Use right incentives for Gen Y, Gen X

>> Winning in a turbulent economy

>> Redesigning health care

>> When high performers struggle

>> Is executive pay broken?

>> The 5 leadership essentials

>> Being a good boss in a bad economy

EDUCATE. The Britain-based podcast The Naked Scientists uses British humor and interesting topics to teach people about scientific and technological breakthroughs. It’s an effective and entertaining approach. Some recent subjects were:

>> Where do lost socks go?

>> The diseased brain

>> High altitude adventures

>> Why does water expand when it freezes?

>> Catching up with cancer research

>> Building bodies and mending broken hearts

>> Can you run faster on the moon?

PROVIDE VALUE. Grammar Girl and her brief 10-minute podcasts have become widely popular in part from publicity she has received in magazines such as Business Week. But she has sustained that audience by giving them valuable information pertaining to the proper use of grammar. She makes it fun and easy to learn proper English skills. And who doesn’t want to sound like they didn’t fall asleep in English class?

BRAND YOUR COMPANY. If you’re British Petroleum and you’re trying to position yourself as a forward-thinking company, wouldn’t producing podcasts about clean and sustainable forms of energy help immensely to burnish your image as a company operating in future tense? Podcast about topics that core to the company’s brand.

BRAND YOURSELF. If you’re the brilliant management consultant or life coach you claim to be, prove it with a weekly or monthly podcast with a snappy title. Consider how much credence would be lent to your reputation by podcasts that offer terrific advice and success stories about your own clients? Demonstrate your ability and your podcasts become testimonials.

CONNECT WITH KEY PLAYERS. Imagine you’re a regional bank that wants to reach out to key players in your market. Rather than your standard sales letter or cold call, what if you invited your target to be featured on the bank’s CEO Spotlight podcast? Now the CEO can share his or her wisdom and is likely to be flattered by the invitation. You get a face-to-face interview out of the deal and the start of a personal relationship that could be parlayed into a client relationship. The caveat, of course, is that no one will be interested in subscribing to your podcast unless you provide interesting and educational content. So don’t make the mistake of using it strictly as a relationship building tool. That will bore or offend people and cost you listeners.

Mike Consol is president of MikeConsol.com (http://MikeConsol.com), which provides business writing seminars, PowerPoint presentation skills training, Web 2.0 strategies and media training. Consol spent 17 years with American City Business Journals, the nation’s largest publisher of metropolitan business journals.

Helping new entrepreneurs succeed in Network Marketing is precisely what MLM Lead System Pro was designed to do. After the founders of MLM Lead System Pro dealt with the failures, cold calling, and stress of Network Marketing, they created MLM Lead System Pro using the principle of Attraction Marketing.

Why People Aren’t Making Money Online When it is so Easy

The guiding principle behind MLM Lead System Pro is this: it is easy to make money online. The problem is that many online entrepreneurs lack the skills and knowledge necessary to build an attractive marketing system. Whether a person does not know how to write ad copy that attracts or design an eye-catching webpage or even following up on potential leads, these entrepreneurs are failing to make money. The MLM Lead System Pro can help you with all of these activities.

Contrasts in Network Marketing, the Old Way vs. the New Way

There used to be one way to succeed at multi-level marketing. This way starts with you marketing to your friends and family first, and from there, you gradually expand your network. Undoubtedly a time will come when you will run out of friends and family to approach with your business. There is only one thing left for you to do, start prospecting strangers and making cold calls just to generate new leads for your business.

The MLM Lead System Pro takes a new approach. This system will show you how to use attraction marketing to create capture pages, build lists, and market online. And you do not have to make any cold calls, ever. There is no selling because the product is selling itself. That’s the best of all worlds.

MLM Lead System Pro Does Work and Here is Why

There are many advantages for the entrepreneur when using the MLM Lead System Pro. For starters, professionally designed capture pages are included in the program which will generate high quality leads continuously. Plus, the system is completely customizable, which means that you can include your own personal touch to your site. Whether you want to add photos, content, or videos, you become the expert. At this point, you are developing your own list. Each lead that is generated is placed into your personal account. From that point you are in control of what promotions or messages you will send to them.

If web content is an issue for you, MLM Lead System Pro will assist you with that as well. The content is not a series of “sales” pitches, but all content is professionally written which is a great value for you. The content educates readers on your behalf so that they want to contact you. Once you are contacted, this is the time to provide all of the complete training manuals and video tutorials you believe are necessary for a building a successful MLM business.

All your affiliate links are included in your training center which is branded to you. This means that you make money while training your people how to use the internet to grow their business. During the process; you will develop relationships with hundreds of people at the same time - all you do is send them to your website, yes, just that.

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We discussed in some of our recent articles that the Google Keyword Tool is a great way to find new keywords for your ad campaigns.

We discussed very little about the Website Content option which is the second part of this powerful tool. With this tool you can find keywords based on your website content. With the keyword tool you have chosen the keywords and phrases you felt would be the correct keywords for your particular opportunity. The website content tool will let you enter the URL of your business website. The AdWords system will then scan your website page and suggest rich relevant key words and phrases.

With this two step process you have just added possibly another 200 additional keywords and phrases that Google has suggested which could help get better exposure for your site. Google does not guarentee it will help, however, if Google has suggested those entries, I’m sure those words and phrases will help in gaining “Top Positions on Google.” Nothing is guaranteed on the internet except hard work and consistant posting of fresh keyword rich, relevant content to your articles, blogs, ezines and whatever other mode of advertising you may be involved in.

You can create multiple ad groups with some similar keywords in each group. You are best advised to create more that one ad group for each campaign. Creating several new ad groups may even be advisable. You should keep the groups small, with laser focus on similar keywords you want to promote. You can revert back to the Keyword Tool at this point to search for relevant keywords and phrases. Once you get your list then divide the list into maybe 5 to 20 similar terms. By using this strategy you will be able to promote a single business opportunity or multiple products or services. As you continue to use this tool, you will see all kind of possibilities emerge.

Within your search you may want to choose some negative keywords. In the Keyword Tool be sure to look for some off-topic keywords and phrases that potential clients may be thnking about. Try to use keywords and combination of keywords that if you were not the owner of the site and you were the customer what keywords or keyword phrases would you be typing into the Google search bar to look for the products or services your trying to promote? One example may be puppies. It may suggest the term dogs as a like term. You may want to specify a certain breed that you’re promoting. This will narrow the number of responses you will get, however, the responses you do receive will be an interested customer that will make for an easy follow up and potentially you could close the sale. Sometimes even intentally misspelling a word will generate some traffic. Not everyone is as smart as you and I, so they may spell it as it sounds. Don’t overdo this part of the process. Use your good judgement because the search engines will catch on real quick and may deduct some points for this type of action.

Use of synonyms is an excellent way of getting creative. All you have to do is sure the the synonyms box is checked in the descriptive words or phrases option. It is always checked by default, so if you uncheck it for whatever reason, make sure you check it before you proceed. One example would be: you might do the search on motels and hotels in a certain area. The tool may suggest a bed and breakfast. If you uncheck the synonym box, then the tool will probably suggest only phrases and keywords that contain at least one of the terms you submitted. Remember … these are only suggestions … get a little more creative here.

Make sure you use the language and location option of the program. If your using only the Spanish option of the keyword tool then specify that option because if you don’t specify then you’re going to get only the English results. In other languages and countries check the language and location that applies to that part of the world.

On your keyword construction start with sort of a broad brush approach and then start narrowing your terms to more specific as you would do in the smaller groups we discussed earlier. For example if you going to search for dogs … then get more specific as you go on to the particular breeds we talked about earlier. You may not want a pit bull so specify exactly what breed you’re wanting to promote. You may require the assistance of some professional to help you with this important chore.

If you need more in-depth suggestions? Google suggest “you try the Search-based Keyword Tool. While it shares some features with the Keyword Tool, the Search-based Keyword Tool displays a list of relevant user queries that have occurred on Google.com (and on other Google search properties), based on your URL. Additionally, the Search-based Keyword Tool provides more detailed data for each keyword, such as category information, suggested bid that may place the ad in the top three spots of a search results page, and Ad/Search share. Learn more about the Search-based Keyword Tool”, before you start on your next campaign.

If you have additional questions or need some personal mentoring, the eBiz Solutions Team is standing by and one of our team members will assist you in your maketing endeavors. Call today for your free 30 minute consultation.

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Mutual funds are the most popular packaged asset in the history of the financial services industry. Virtually every brokerage firm, financial planner and advisor deals with this product, yet few know how to analyze a fund or its place in a portfolio. Fund training means more than knowing the best performing funds over a certain period of time. How many advisors use the term “regression to the mean” when describing the future of a hot-performing fund?

Financial Renaissance

The market meltdown has caused brokers to go into hiding. What they should be doing is preparing themselves for the future by demonstrating knowledge and expertise. If you think you are a fund specialist or do not need fund training, see if you can answer the following questions:

[1] When is beta not a valid measurement?

[2] What is the shortcoming of MPT?

[3] What does “first-auto correlation” refer to?

[4] How does R-squared impact fund selection?

Answers: [1] When R-squared is < 75 or the measurement is used with sector or foreign funds; [2] past returns and standard deviation are not particularly useful when predicting the future (yet they are two of the three components of modern portfolio theory); [3] the relationship between returns of an investment from one period to the next (the number is incredibly low for stocks and long-term government bonds—thus, there is no relationship between past returns and present or future returns) and [4] a very high R-squared (90-100) indicates the fund closely tracks its underlying index and there is little, if any, benefit to using active management.

Connect With The Best

The Certified Fund Specialist (CFS) designation provides objective information on fund selection and portfolio construction. The intermediate-to-advanced certification program takes anywhere from 90-140 hours to complete (depending on advisor’s background).

Tools You Can Use

A fund certificate may look impressive on the wall, but it is fund training that will have a dramatic impact on your income. A fund specialist is able to answer client questions and show the weakness of your competitors. When a client asks, “Why aren’t I in the XYZ Opportunity Fund that was up 110% last year,” the fund specialist has several responses to choose from (e.g., regression to the mean, first-auto correlation, standard deviation, etc.). An alternative approach is to ask the client a question: [1] What kind of risk did XYZ take to get these returns and would you be willing to have this kind of exposure? [2] How did this fund perform two (or three) years ago? [3] How would one have selected this fund before its huge gains? [4] Was this fund being recommended by anyone before it had these kinds of returns? [5] At what point should a fund be considered or passed on—when it is up 25%, 50%, 100%, 150% or 200%?

Be Calm

Investors are attracted to money managers with a proven approach that instills confidence and common sense (think value investing and Warren Buffet). The fund specialist has gone through the proper fund training that is time tested; an approach that is consistent and coincides with advice given by the truly great advisors. Ramp up your practice by working with those that can mentor you.

Cory Bowman is Director of Operations at the Institute of Business & Finance. IBF has helped thousands of members of the financial services industry attain designations that have enhanced their credibility and professionalism. For more information about fund training, fund specialist, or fund certificate visit http://www.icfs.com/

Building a Successful Practice

It is estimated that 70-80% of investors who deal with a stockbroker, financial planner or advisor will change advisors before retirement. Some will make the change while in their fifties, others will wait until their early or mid-sixties. The reason for the change is simple: Investors view their financial person as being “growth oriented,” an accumulator who is not an expert when it comes to structuring income. When the change is made, a retirement specialist is sought.

Clients Change Advisors

Over the past couple of years, the brokerage industry has begun to promote retirement income, but the campaign has been limited and met with skepticism by investors. After all, advisory account compensation is based on assets under management—distributions only erode the advisor/broker base. The retirement benefit specialist has a very different agenda: maximizing periodic distributions at an acceptable risk level.

Investors are generally loyal to their broker or advisor, but such a relationship usually ends once the investor gets serious about retirement planning. It is not that they no longer like their advisor, they simply view this person as not having the expertise to help them with the income phase of their life. Enter the retirement plan specialist.

Retirement Specialist

The vast majority of your peers and competitors promote themselves as being able to do everything for the investor. This makes it difficult for any advisor to differentiate themselves. It is always the specialist we seek out when a problem arises (e.g., car mechanics who specialize in foreign cars, the doctor who only does a certain type of eye surgery, etc.). This is a lesson brokers, planners and advisors have still not learned. For example, how often do you see an advisor who advertises as a “retirement plan specialist” or simply a “retirement specialist?”

The specialist makes the most money and has the least complicated life. A retirement benefit specialist can hone his skills by concentrating on a very narrow aspect of the financial services industry, thereby differentiating himself and minimizing concerns.

Even though it appears the retirement specialist is “leaving money on the table,” the reality is quite different. A portion of a client’s portfolio may be in CDs, government securities and fixed-rate annuities, but another part may be in growth-oriented mutual funds that include a systematic withdrawal plan. And, just because someone is in an income mode does not mean she no longer needs insurance or no longer desires to fund a grandchild’s college fund.

Competitive Edge

During a brokerage firm’s annual meeting in a big conference hall, someone from Harley Davidson rides down the aisle in a motorcycle towards the podium. He parks the bike, steps up to the podium, looks at the audience of surprised advisors and says, “What’s your sound?” Harley’s have a special sound but how many brokers do you know have their own “sound?” No one can distinguish the sound between a Honda, Suzuki, BMW or other bike—except a Harley. This is why the company has trademarked their sound.

What makes you different? Why would someone want you to manage their money instead of a neighbor, friend or golfing buddy who does the same thing? Investment products have largely become “commoditized” and offered by everyone. Ed Slott has made a fortune by becoming the IRA-go-to-guy; he is frequently quoted in publications and is considered an expert. Ed has a lucrative practice of advising brokers, and fee-based seminars and referrals. Someone else could have filled such a position, but Ed was first and will probably not be replaced. You could become the retirement plan specialist in your county or the retirement specialist that is referred by accountants and lawyers.

Understand Your Customers and Prospects

People seek out and feel comfortable with a specialist. The first step to becoming an income specialist or retirement specialist is to obtain certification marks that distinguish you from others. Being a designee shows everyone that you have the specialized training necessary to handle their income needs.

Cory Bowman is Director of Operations at the Institute of Business & Finance. IBF has helped thousands of members of the financial services industry attain designations that have enhanced their credibility and professionalism. For more information about retirement specialist , retirement benefit specialist, or retirement plan specialist visit http://www.icfs.com/

Retirement assets in this country are expected to surpass $20 trillion within the next half dozen years. While the economy remains uncertain, waves of baby boomers prepare to retire. These retirees need someone who can provide ethical and expert advice.

As economic changes pressure companies to tighten budgets, job availability declines while competition increases. A retirement specialist certificate gives you a competitive edge. There are two leaders in retirement certificates for those in the financial services industry. Both educational providers have been around for over 20 years and each offers a different approach as a retirement institute. One has roots in insurance while the other gained prominence in the areas of mutual funds and annuities.

Designations The Chartered Advisor for Senior Living (CASL) designation takes an average of 18 months to complete and is divided into five parts (and five tests):

[1] Understanding the Older Client [2] Health and Long-Term Care Financing [3] Fundamentals of Estate Planning [4] Investments [5] Financial Decisions for Retirement

The Certified Income Specialist (CIS) designation takes an average of five months to complete and is comprised of five parts (and three tests plus a case study):

[1] Asset Planning and Investment Techniques [2] Income Risk Management [3] Insured Solutions [4] Tax Considerations [5] Portfolio Tools

Development By going through a retirement certificate program, you will increase your technical acuity and effectiveness by learning how to seamlessly navigate through established as well as cutting-edge strategies. Understanding investor psychology helps to improve relationships and improve your service to clients. Both of thee retirement institutes provide networking so you can interact with other professionals who can answer your questions and show you what has worked for them.

The trend toward retirement certification has been amplified by a number of states that now impose special training requirements for those seeking certification in retirement or working with seniors. The retirement industry will grow immensely over the next decade and you can be prepared to serve our business and our retirees by achieving retirement certificates from a retirement institute. Choosing the best retirement institute can be a difficult task, but there are absolutely leaders in the field. Retirement certificates can be an integral part in growing your retirement business.

Out of the many retirement designations that are offered, pick the ones that apply the most to your own business. Consider where you are now, and where you want to be in the coming years. Use your certificates to advance your career and take your business to the next level.

Though we are currently experiencing troubling economic times, there are opportunities in the retirement industry to begin building and continue growing successful careers. Taking advantage of certifications can help you get ahead when new companies begin to take off. These new companies will need retirement specialists to help them direct their retirement programs.

A successfully implemented retirement program can be a huge benefit to a company. It can attract top level employees and retain the best of the best. As a retirement specialist you can work with companies to enhance their employees’ benefits. Your work is rewarding and you’ll enjoy the challenges and benefits that come with being a retirement specialist.

Cory Bowman is Director of Operations at the Institute of Business & Finance. IBF has helped thousands of members of the financial services industry attain designations that have enhanced their credibility and professionalism. For more information about retirement institute or retirement certificates visit http://www.icfs.com/

Companies and organisations are increasingly becoming in favour or implementing the use of smart cards as a means of identification due to the many benefits that they provide. A smart card is a small device about the size and shape of a credit card and generally consists of tiny integrated circuits which operate like a small computer and have the ability to process various types of information. The obvious difference is that there is no display or means of manually inputting data, such as a keyboard.

Despite the technology being so small and portable smart cards have in fact been in wide circulation for well over a decade. Their use is particularly prevalent in the banking and health sectors. Smart cards are able to store up to 10,000 MB of data, which is equivalent to several pages of information. It is unsurprising to see that they are starting to be used to replace the magnetic strip cards that we regularly use as our banking and credit cards. Because of the flexibility of these cards, many organisations are making moves to take advantage of the additional benefits that come with using smart cards for the purposes of identification.

As well as having their own operating system and integrated circuits, most smart cards will have RAM, ROM as well as a CPU (central processing unit). They are essentially mini computers that are used for specifically designed purposes and as such are highly capable of processing and secure data in a secure way. It is simple enough to read data that is contained on the smart card chip as the card reader just needs to communicate with the card’s operating system. This makes smart cards extremely secure as users must enter a password so that they can gain access to various parts of the chip’s memory.

In addition to this password protection, an extra layer of security is implemented in the form of encryption. This then allows information to be encoded before being stored securely and then decoded when necessary. Holograms are also used as a method of preventing smart cards from being counterfeited.

Smart cards are so powerful that it is entirely possible for them to perform most of the tasks that had previously been associated with personal computers and because they are so portable, many organisations are making smart cards an integral part of their computer access procedures. For example, if two workers with differening job titles and responsibilities were in the position where they both used the same computer then it would be possible to set up the machine with a smart card reader that would allow each employee to access a different part of the computer system, depending on who’s card had been entered. Data encoded onto the chip such as an individuals limitations/privileges easily makes this possible.

The possible applications for smart cards are wide ranging and currently cover a wide variety of purposes such as the aforementioned computer access, credit cards and banking, airport security and health information. As an example of it’s use in heaelth care in the US, the card may contain insurance provider information which can then be easily transferred to the required medical admittance form. Through the use of encryption all data is securely onto the chip.

It is easy to see why smart cards have been so widely embraced as the benefits are numerous. In the long run they are highly cost effective, they eliminate the needs for a large centrally located computer that requires 24 hour phone lines in order that transactions can take place. The size and portability of the cards means that they are an excellent choice for remote locations where wired communication may not be as readily available.

Dave Matthews is writing on behalf of Universal Smart Cards, a leading online supplier of Smart Cards.

In a 2009 survey of thousands of journalists by TEKgroup International, 43% said it was difficult to find a company’s newsroom, and more than half said it was hard to find the name of the company’s media contact and how to reach him or her. That’s a dismal level of meeting the needs of those who are in a position to give your organization invaluable exposure and credibility.

To avoid frustrating media people who come to your site thinking they might want to highlight your company in a story, follow these eight best practices.

1. Navigation. Use obvious signage in the structure of your web site for the location of your online newsroom. By far, the best option is a major navigation link called simply “News,” “Press” or “Media.” Second best is offering the information the media need in the “About the Company” section of the site.

2. Press releases. Provide a searchable gallery of the organization’s releases, with the most recent ones first. Never provide this material as PDFs – only as regular HTML pages. Since one cannot cut and paste names and quotes from PDFs, media people regard companies providing publicity material in that form as horribly clueless.

3. Media contacts. Journalists are on deadline and will not submit a web form to reach someone who may or may not get back to them promptly. They want the name, email address and telephone number of the person who’s in a position to help them right away. If there are different media contacts for different divisions of the organization, list those and their areas of responsibility in your online newsroom.

4. News clips. Media people like to scan through previous coverage of your company. Always clearly signal the difference between your releases and third-party coverage.

5. Executive bios and company history. Make these factual, readable and engaging in style. Do not fill them with “marketing speak.”

6. Photographs. Recognize that print publications need high-resolution photos (300 DPI), while online media require low-resolution photos (72 DPI). Provide both kinds of photos for instant download.

7. Video and audio. Reporters like the way these round out the portrait of your organization. Shorter works better than longer here. If you have videos or audios lasting longer than 10 minutes, provide a transcript as well as the clips.

8. Social media. Indicate how reporters can sign up for your Twitter feed, visit your Facebook page, read your blog and so on.

How can you be sure your online newsroom meets the needs of media people? Corral a few of them who have never visited your web site and sit them down in front of a computer. Give them several journalist-related tasks to perform without any hints from you, such as finding the media contact’s name and phone number, information about your social responsibility activities and the correct spelling of the name of the senior vice-president for South American operations.

If users can perform those tasks with at least 90% success, great. If not, revise your site to be more media-friendly and retest it. Having an effective online newsroom costs little, and its payoff – a higher public profile – can be quite huge!

Publicity expert Marcia Yudkin is the author of 6 Steps to Free Publicity and 10 other books. She helps organizations generate publicity angles, spark the interest of the media and be findable by journalists. Get her FREE recording on getting media coverage: http://yudkin.com/publicityideas.htm

One of the most common mistakes that speakers make is to go over their time limit. However, sometimes a speaker makes the opposite mistake, by not speaking long enough. A colleague recently sent me the following email describing her experience with a speaker who spoke too little.

“Hi, Gilda. I went to hear an author speak at a local independent bookstore. It wasn’t a book signing—it was a presentation. The author spoke for less than 10 minutes—I’d say about 7 minutes. Since it was a Saturday night and my husband and I had driven 20 minutes one way to see her, we were shocked. We expected much more—something like a few minutes talking about her background and writing the book, then reading a chapter from the book, then a bit more about the topic of the book.”

Here are three things that you can do to ensure you’re not the speaker who shocks and annoys the audience by speaking too little:

1.Be clear about your time limit.

If you’re speaking at a meeting, event or conference, check with the organizer about how long you have to present. And check with the organizer again as the day approaches because things may have changed. Also check any marketing materials or invitations that were sent out to ensure that attendees’ expectations match your expectation of the time limit. In the above case, the speaker should have spoken longer or the event should have been advertised as “meet the author” only rather than as a “presentation by the author.”

2.Practice.

In order to know how long your presentation will take, you have to practice. And practice doesn’t mean sitting at your desk thinking about your presentation, looking at your notes or flipping through your slides. Practice means you say your presentation out loud, in as close to the real environment as possible. So if you’re going to give your presentation standing up at the front of the room, you should practice standing up at the front of a similar room, or ideally, the actual room that you will present in.

You are not trying to memorize your presentation word for word; your goals are to become comfortable with the content, be prepared to say it a few different ways and get a good idea of how long it will take.

3.Have extra material ready.

While it’s acceptable and even preferable to end a few minutes early, sometimes your presentation takes substantially less time than you practiced. This may happen because another speaker unexpectedly covered much of your content or the organizer reduced the scope of your presentation at the last minute. Whatever the reason, you should have extra content ready just in case. Have some good questions to ask, an additional exercise or handout, or a separate section of slides to use if needed.

When you’re trying to decide whether you should go to your extra material or just get done early, use the audience and the meeting organizer as your guides. Are the participants required to be in the meeting or conference session for a certain amount of time so they can get credit? Will they be shocked and annoyed if you end early? And if you decide to use your extra material, it shouldn’t be perceived as “fluff” or just filler material with no value.

If you follow these three tips, you won’t be the speaker who shocks and annoys the audience by speaking for substantially less time than expected. And you’ll be better prepared to meet the audience’s expectations of high-value content within the expected time frame

Gilda Bonanno is a speaker, trainer and coach who helps people from all walks of life improve their communication and presentation skills. Receive a FREE Special Report, “Six Mistakes to Avoid in Public Speaking, So Your Presentation Sparkles” by visiting www.gildabonanno.com/newsletter.aspx> You’ll also be subscribed to Gilda’s free twice-monthly e-newsletter containing presentation skills tips.

Have you being looking to meet the right person but nothing has been working?

Hopefully this article will shed more light on the blockages that you have been carrying around.

Old beliefs

The old beliefs of you always be alone for the rest of your life, and it is much harder for a woman than a man to meet someone are all old beliefs that comes up in attracting the right one because of fears.

You may notice when you set out to meet someone the fear of it not being the right one or a waste of your time is sometimes holding you back from moving forward.

Taking actions

To someone of you may take actions by meeting people, having blind dates or join the dating clubs only to strike out most of the time.

You may take the steps consciously but emotionally you are not open.

Asking for help

You may fear asking for help in meeting someone from family or friends because you would be afraid they will use it against you, and they will have something over you, or they know your secret yet this is about taking risk.

Becoming vulnerable does not mean that you will lost you and that you must go along with things people say or do, you have the power to choose how or who you wish to be friends with and you may make mistake and you will learn from this.

Fear of being alone

As you get older you may feel that it is never going to happen for you to meet the love of your life so you create the story that you will end up alone for the rest of your life.

When you put up barriers within you with your thinking negative you do not allow others to want to make a connection with you.

Going to the extreme

You may think there is no hope of meeting the right one and begin to stop caring about you, about how you look, feel or dress.

When hold yourself to a low standard then you stop growing and learning and you push people away.

Your story

Your story maybe it does not hurt to see your friends going out together with their love ones or that they are taking vacations together and that it does not bother you because you are beyond that.

You may get tired being a threesome with your friends and may choose that you want something different than being the odd one.

What to do?

Meeting new people and going out is not enough when you have not let go of the pass relationship and are still carrying the hurt with you.

You may still blame yourself or the other person.

You may feel that your loss love was the perfect person and you do not opening to meeting another.

The opening must come from inside you before you allow another into your life.

You need to create a space of openness to receive another love one and as you let go the pass then you open the door for another.

Conclusion: Opening to get the love of your life start with healing and letting go of the pass relationships.

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