GatorPond Entertainment Group, Inc. announced a new next-generation community-empowered Media Trading service that enables passionate Movie, Video Game and Music fans to easily trade the media they love with like-minded consumers, and best of all the media is yours to keep, unless you decide to trade it again for something else. GatorPond has pioneered a new consumer-driven retailing model that offers fans access, through the sale of a monthly membership, to an ever-growing catalog of media allowing them to trade the movies, games and CDs they already have for what they want. We market our program mainly through Affiliates. The GatorPond service will be powered by iMustard.com who are headquartered in Farnham, Surrey, England. They are the company's software development/technology partners and shareholders. GatorPond's service offers individual Sales Affiliates and Not-for-Profit organizations a unique opportunity to join the exciting entertainment industry either as a fun hobby, a part time income source or, a serious full-time money making venture. In addition to the main operation in the United States, the GatorPond program will be entering Canada, The United Kingdom and South Africa by May of this year and will be operational in over 40 countries over the next 24 months. It is anticipated that by 2008, over 3 million families will be Members worldwide. The international expansion plans are both methodical and deliberate. Founded by industry innovators, entrepreneurs and international business people Larry and Catherine Favalora, Deaven and Linda Butler, Paul and Liz Jones and Arthur Kendall, GatorPond draws on the power of peer relationships and shared interests of its seller community. With this "concentric" retail model, GatorPond provides families with the ability to save significantly on their entertainment purchases while at the same shifting a portion of the entertainment dollars already being spent by families to schools, youth groups, church groups, sports teams and community centered programs in their own area. Our tagline tells the story, "Trade what you have, for what you want. TM" "We are introducing to the typical consumer who buys games, music and movies a store where they can earn money for themselves and for the Non-Profit Organizations they feel passionate about. We wanted to create a business model where people can save money and make money at the same time. The creation of GatorPond means a serious income stream for the average person and huge fundraising potential for local not-for-profit groups," said Larry Favalora, co-founder, Chairman and CEO of GatorPond. "This is a unique opportunity for anyone who has ever dreamed of becoming a part of the entertainment industry as well. GatorPond provides them with a platform to run a significant, international business and have fun being in the mix with their favorite bands, actors and artists." "GatorPond has really defined a new marketing channel for the entertainment industry," said Deaven Butler, co-founder, president and CCO. "We are expanding the sphere of influence for these media and connecting people to it in a more meaningful way. The entertainment industry has spent years making entertainment for the marketplace, but GatorPond creates a marketplace for the entertainment." Added GatorPond co-founder and president of iMustard.com, Arthur Kendall, "The entertainment industry has used street team marketing for years, encouraging passionate fans to personally endorse the entertainers and artists they love in their communities. We are taking it to the next level by enabling fans through our system and unique technology to complete the transaction by actually selling and trading their media as well." "My heart is to empower people, and to create for them and for Not-for-Profit groups new sources of income by shifting money already spent in people's budgets while saving the family money as well," said Favalora, "this model of Affiliate Marketing has been proven successful by every web site selling products and services all over the world. Look at sites like Wal-Mart, Sharper Image, Brookstone, Lord&Taylor and others -- they all sell millions and millions of dollars a year through Affiliate Marketing. We are going to increase entertainment sales while making a difference at the same time. I wake up every morning thanking God for such a great opportunity." GatorPond offers an Affiliate URL (address) to the main GatorPond.com web site that allows each of our Affiliates to market and promote our memberships. It even facilitates the signing up of others to join as an Affiliate as well and become part of the GatorPond retailer community. Participants may join by getting on the GatorPond.com site and click the "Affiliate" button at the bottom of the page. There is NO CHARGE to become an Affiliate with GatorPond. They just sign-up, and they will immediately receive an e-mail that informs them of their own web site URL (address). The new business owner/Affiliate is ready to begin. Once an Affiliate receives their own URL they are able to become their own first customer and start selling memberships and trading immediately. The GatorPond shared compensation model takes the best elements of the multi-billion dollar a year affiliate marketing model used by such technology and internet retail leaders as Amazon, eBay and Google, Wal-Mart, Target, Sharper Image and thousands of others, and combines them with the most effective strategies of the multi-trillion dollar entertainment industry to create a new concept we call "Shared Marketing". The GatorPond sales model is focused on promoting the sale of memberships to its service therefore enabling its retailers and Not-for-Profit Partners to receive compensation from creating multiple points of retail distribution. GatorPond is also in negotiations with several of the top music downloading companies in the world where, very shortly, our members will also be able to download on to their iPod, or other digital music devises, all the music, music videos (and in the near future, movies as well) as they wish. There will be an earned revenue share on that product as well. We will also have the availability to purchase concert tickets, athletic event tickets, opera, ballet and other entertainment venue tickets from your GatorPond web site as well -- all offering revenue sharing. About GatorPond
GatorPond is the first, next-generation, community-empowered entertainment-focused company of its kind that enables fans to discover and enjoy their favorite artists and entertainers, as well as operate their own on-line entertainment stores and evangelize the music, movies and games they love. Through this innovative model, GatorPond provides entertainment production companies with a new fan-driven, "grassroots", loyal promotional channel. Contact Jack Wheadon at 708-546-4401 or by e-mail at info@GatorPonds.com for more information on becoming an Affiliate, a Non-Profit Partner or an investor. Resources: http://www.GatorPonds.com http://www.Fund-RaisingIdeas.us/Articles/GatorPond.html
About the Author
Jack Wheadon is known for his skills in 'digging for new ideas', he doesn't stop until he hits the treasure chest! His motto is: 'Do to others as you would have them do unto you!'
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Learn to Invest Money: Investing Made Fun For Teenagers (Part Two)
Do you hate your after school job and wish there were easier ways to make money? In this article, I'll tell you how. In Part I of this article, you learned five rules to help you win at investing and dating. In Part II, I'm going to tell you the last five rules.
To start, let's review the definition of a stock again.
Stock - A way to own part of a company. Company stock, or shares, can be bought online through internet trading companies such as E-Trade or through an investment company. You can make money by buying shares of a company that you think will sell a lot of its product. Stocks can be as cheap as $1 a share or as expensive as $3000 for a single share. For example if you bought Apple around the time it started selling ipods, you could have bought 100 shares for about $800. At its high price this year, those same 100 shares would have been worth about $8,500, not too shabby a profit, right?
Okay, now for rules six through ten.
Rule Six: Sometimes you gotta think about things that everyone else thinks is "uncool" in a different way to realize how cool it really is.
I know, you're probably still thinking that investing is boring. But if someone gave you a trip to Vegas, you'd think that's rad, right? Most people think that gambling is cool. It's risky, it's dangerous, and it's fun, as long as you're not losing money. What if I told you there was a way to gamble where your chances of making money are ten, maybe a hundred times better than Vegas? That's what investing is.
Now think about the bad situations that come up in dating in a different way. Sometimes the guy or girl you're seeing may have a hobby that you hate but he or she still insists that you come along. You may dread going to do something you find utterly boring until you think of how doing so will score you lots of points with him or her. Pretty cool huh?
Rule Seven: It doesn't matter if you're broke now. You can start laying down the foundation to be successful today.
Even after reading this article, you still might think , "why learn about investing now? I don't have any money to invest. That's just stupid." But the time will come when you do have money to invest. Whether that's in college, or a couple of years after college. And if you learn now, when the time comes that you have a little extra money to buy some stocks you'll be ready. You wouldn't think about trying out for the swim team, the track team, or the basketball team without practicing and training before tryouts, would you? So you shouldn't think about buying stocks without training beforehand as well.
In dating, preparation is key also. You might think that you can't win over the boy or girl of your dreams because you're competing against some rich kid with a lot of money. But that's not true. Find out what her favorite flower is. Or who his favorite player in his favorite sport is. Give her her favorite flower. Give him a magazine with an article about his favorite player. True, they are tiny things, but I promise you, you'll discover that these tiny things go a long way.
Rule Eight: Spend your money wisely and you'll always creates a win-win situation.
It's a little known fact, but many professional athletes who were once stars are flat out broke just years after leaving the game, whether that game is basketball, baseball or football. Why? Because they were foolish with their money. I've read articles where some athletes say they never have less than $30,000 in their pocket. And they think nothing of blowing $10-15,000 in a single night at expensive clubs and restaurants. They spend all their money, don't invest any of it, and after making millions, retire broke.
This lesson will serve you well when it comes to dating as well. Most teenagers spend way too much energy trying to impress a girl or a guy by taking her out to expensive places. But face it, an expensive dinner is NOT going to make a girl or guy like you any more. Maybe for a couple hours, but nothing that will last. Instead, just do regular stuff with the person you like, such as going to the movies or going out for pizza. Then find out what he or she really digs and spend some of that extra money you saved to do little things for him or her. This will go a lot further in helping you develop a strong friendship with that special someone.
Rule Nine: Thinking different can help you not only in dating, but in investing and in life.
If you are reading this article, then already you think differently than most of your friends. Being interested in learning how to invest now when none of your friends are will serve you well later in college and after college. If you learn good strategies to invest now, you'll have to work less hard when you're older.
Thinking differently will help you in dating too. Instead of telling a guy or a girl who is fine that they are "hot", take a different approach. Chances are that they've already heard that comment a thousand times so you're not going to stand out. Try to find out what he or she likes to do, and try to find a way to talk to him or her about that instead. It'll make you stand out from the rest of the crowd.
Rule Ten: Persistence works. Really.
Persistently put away some money every week from your after school job or from your allowance into an investment fund. I know that all of your friends are spending every last dime on movies, fast food and at the mall right now, but you'll be glad later. Why? Because over time, when you learn to invest, this money could easily turn into three, four, five, or ten times as much over several years. Remember the Apple ipod example? And you won't even have to go to work to multiply your money. All you'll need to do is to learn how to invest.
This same persistence will serve you well when pursuing a girl or guy who is not being responsive to your interest. I'm not saying persistence works all the time. But it works more times than you probably think. Teenagers told me of too many situations where a girl had zero interest in a guy, but the guy kept pursuing her until he made her feel like the only girl on the planet, and they ended up going out together. It doesn't just happen in the movies. It happens in real life too.
© 2006 Global Market Opportunities
About the Author
This article may be freely reprinted on another website as long as the below author byline is included along with the active hyperlink exactly as is. To learn how to set up a practice investment account, click here, Teenagers: Learn to Invest and Make Money
To start, let's review the definition of a stock again.
Stock - A way to own part of a company. Company stock, or shares, can be bought online through internet trading companies such as E-Trade or through an investment company. You can make money by buying shares of a company that you think will sell a lot of its product. Stocks can be as cheap as $1 a share or as expensive as $3000 for a single share. For example if you bought Apple around the time it started selling ipods, you could have bought 100 shares for about $800. At its high price this year, those same 100 shares would have been worth about $8,500, not too shabby a profit, right?
Okay, now for rules six through ten.
Rule Six: Sometimes you gotta think about things that everyone else thinks is "uncool" in a different way to realize how cool it really is.
I know, you're probably still thinking that investing is boring. But if someone gave you a trip to Vegas, you'd think that's rad, right? Most people think that gambling is cool. It's risky, it's dangerous, and it's fun, as long as you're not losing money. What if I told you there was a way to gamble where your chances of making money are ten, maybe a hundred times better than Vegas? That's what investing is.
Now think about the bad situations that come up in dating in a different way. Sometimes the guy or girl you're seeing may have a hobby that you hate but he or she still insists that you come along. You may dread going to do something you find utterly boring until you think of how doing so will score you lots of points with him or her. Pretty cool huh?
Rule Seven: It doesn't matter if you're broke now. You can start laying down the foundation to be successful today.
Even after reading this article, you still might think , "why learn about investing now? I don't have any money to invest. That's just stupid." But the time will come when you do have money to invest. Whether that's in college, or a couple of years after college. And if you learn now, when the time comes that you have a little extra money to buy some stocks you'll be ready. You wouldn't think about trying out for the swim team, the track team, or the basketball team without practicing and training before tryouts, would you? So you shouldn't think about buying stocks without training beforehand as well.
In dating, preparation is key also. You might think that you can't win over the boy or girl of your dreams because you're competing against some rich kid with a lot of money. But that's not true. Find out what her favorite flower is. Or who his favorite player in his favorite sport is. Give her her favorite flower. Give him a magazine with an article about his favorite player. True, they are tiny things, but I promise you, you'll discover that these tiny things go a long way.
Rule Eight: Spend your money wisely and you'll always creates a win-win situation.
It's a little known fact, but many professional athletes who were once stars are flat out broke just years after leaving the game, whether that game is basketball, baseball or football. Why? Because they were foolish with their money. I've read articles where some athletes say they never have less than $30,000 in their pocket. And they think nothing of blowing $10-15,000 in a single night at expensive clubs and restaurants. They spend all their money, don't invest any of it, and after making millions, retire broke.
This lesson will serve you well when it comes to dating as well. Most teenagers spend way too much energy trying to impress a girl or a guy by taking her out to expensive places. But face it, an expensive dinner is NOT going to make a girl or guy like you any more. Maybe for a couple hours, but nothing that will last. Instead, just do regular stuff with the person you like, such as going to the movies or going out for pizza. Then find out what he or she really digs and spend some of that extra money you saved to do little things for him or her. This will go a lot further in helping you develop a strong friendship with that special someone.
Rule Nine: Thinking different can help you not only in dating, but in investing and in life.
If you are reading this article, then already you think differently than most of your friends. Being interested in learning how to invest now when none of your friends are will serve you well later in college and after college. If you learn good strategies to invest now, you'll have to work less hard when you're older.
Thinking differently will help you in dating too. Instead of telling a guy or a girl who is fine that they are "hot", take a different approach. Chances are that they've already heard that comment a thousand times so you're not going to stand out. Try to find out what he or she likes to do, and try to find a way to talk to him or her about that instead. It'll make you stand out from the rest of the crowd.
Rule Ten: Persistence works. Really.
Persistently put away some money every week from your after school job or from your allowance into an investment fund. I know that all of your friends are spending every last dime on movies, fast food and at the mall right now, but you'll be glad later. Why? Because over time, when you learn to invest, this money could easily turn into three, four, five, or ten times as much over several years. Remember the Apple ipod example? And you won't even have to go to work to multiply your money. All you'll need to do is to learn how to invest.
This same persistence will serve you well when pursuing a girl or guy who is not being responsive to your interest. I'm not saying persistence works all the time. But it works more times than you probably think. Teenagers told me of too many situations where a girl had zero interest in a guy, but the guy kept pursuing her until he made her feel like the only girl on the planet, and they ended up going out together. It doesn't just happen in the movies. It happens in real life too.
© 2006 Global Market Opportunities
About the Author
This article may be freely reprinted on another website as long as the below author byline is included along with the active hyperlink exactly as is. To learn how to set up a practice investment account, click here, Teenagers: Learn to Invest and Make Money
Tips To Avoid Getting Into Debt
While many articles and books have been written to help you once you're in debt, very few have been written about how to avoid getting into debt in the first place. Many people choose to go to credit counseling only after they're on the brink of filing for bankruptcy. If you want to be successful financially, you have to first learn how to do things before the fact, not after it. In this article I will show you some common sense things you can do to avoid debt.
Teaching Personal Finance At Grassroots
Understanding the importance of personal finance is a key factor in being successful in life. It is hard to do much of anything if you are unable to manage your money. Most highschools today don't teach teenagers the importance of finance despite the fact credit card companies will mail them cards upon their graduation. I believe this one of the reaons why the average American family today owes about $10,000 in credit card debt. They simply do not understand how to manage their money, or they lack the discipline to do so.
Save For Your Luxuries - Don't Borrow
The first step in avoiding debt is to simply not borrow money. If you want something that you can't afford to pay for with cash, you probably don't need it. If you really want it, you should save up your money and buy it. By doing this you will become disciplined and stay out of debt at the same time. It is easy to get a credit card or a loan to buy something. It takes discipline and hard work to save up enough money to buy it. Saving money has always been a simple path to building wealth. The more money you save, the wealthier you'll become.
Do You Really Need The Latest Tech Goods?
Many people are distracted by the bells and whistles of the many electronic products which flood the market today. Many people fail to realize that the digital camera or Ipod you pay $200 for today won't be worth anything tomorrow. Electronics almost always depreciate in value. Why go out and use a credit card to buy expensive electronics when they will lose their value after they're purchased?
Cut Out The Middle Man
One way to effectively mangage your money is to develop a wholesale mentality. When I say this I mean that you should consider not paying retail prices for electronics, furniture, or other goods. You should think about paying wholesale prices for these goods rather than retail, especially if they depreciate in value. Instead of going to the mall or furniture store to shop for clothes or furniture, why not go to a clothing outlet or thrift store?
The Freedom Of Being Debt Free
Many people become wealthy and debt free by simply saving their money, paying wholesale prices for goods, and placing some of their savings in safe investments like IRA accounts. They often will only have one credit card if any, and the amount of money they have saved up will be much larger than the balance they owe on their credit card. This is the real secret to wealth. The get rich quick schemes and late night infomercials are disinformation which will not give you true answers.
Don't Be Another Sheep!
Avoiding debt and maintaining good credit is another key of financial success. It is important to understand the 80/20 principle when dealing with personal finance. You will want to avoid doing what 80% of the population does. Most people owe tens of thousands of dollars on credit cards, student loans, or car loans. Others use payday loans between paychecks to make ends meet. This puts them in a cycle of debt which will keep them from ever becoming wealthy or retiring in comfort. The credit card companies and banks continue to make billions while most consumers are getting further into debt.
About the Author
Teaching Personal Finance At Grassroots
Understanding the importance of personal finance is a key factor in being successful in life. It is hard to do much of anything if you are unable to manage your money. Most highschools today don't teach teenagers the importance of finance despite the fact credit card companies will mail them cards upon their graduation. I believe this one of the reaons why the average American family today owes about $10,000 in credit card debt. They simply do not understand how to manage their money, or they lack the discipline to do so.
Save For Your Luxuries - Don't Borrow
The first step in avoiding debt is to simply not borrow money. If you want something that you can't afford to pay for with cash, you probably don't need it. If you really want it, you should save up your money and buy it. By doing this you will become disciplined and stay out of debt at the same time. It is easy to get a credit card or a loan to buy something. It takes discipline and hard work to save up enough money to buy it. Saving money has always been a simple path to building wealth. The more money you save, the wealthier you'll become.
Do You Really Need The Latest Tech Goods?
Many people are distracted by the bells and whistles of the many electronic products which flood the market today. Many people fail to realize that the digital camera or Ipod you pay $200 for today won't be worth anything tomorrow. Electronics almost always depreciate in value. Why go out and use a credit card to buy expensive electronics when they will lose their value after they're purchased?
Cut Out The Middle Man
One way to effectively mangage your money is to develop a wholesale mentality. When I say this I mean that you should consider not paying retail prices for electronics, furniture, or other goods. You should think about paying wholesale prices for these goods rather than retail, especially if they depreciate in value. Instead of going to the mall or furniture store to shop for clothes or furniture, why not go to a clothing outlet or thrift store?
The Freedom Of Being Debt Free
Many people become wealthy and debt free by simply saving their money, paying wholesale prices for goods, and placing some of their savings in safe investments like IRA accounts. They often will only have one credit card if any, and the amount of money they have saved up will be much larger than the balance they owe on their credit card. This is the real secret to wealth. The get rich quick schemes and late night infomercials are disinformation which will not give you true answers.
Don't Be Another Sheep!
Avoiding debt and maintaining good credit is another key of financial success. It is important to understand the 80/20 principle when dealing with personal finance. You will want to avoid doing what 80% of the population does. Most people owe tens of thousands of dollars on credit cards, student loans, or car loans. Others use payday loans between paychecks to make ends meet. This puts them in a cycle of debt which will keep them from ever becoming wealthy or retiring in comfort. The credit card companies and banks continue to make billions while most consumers are getting further into debt.
About the Author
Joseph Kenny writes for the Personal Loans Store and provides more information on debt consolidation loans available on site.
RSS Feed a New Revolution on the Web
An RSS feed, also known as a "news feed", is a syndicated news feed in an XML format that you can subscribe to. A news feed reader, also known as a "news aggregator", is software that lets you subscribe to RSS feeds. Organizations will trust their employees enough to let them subscribe to RSS feeds. Once you have an RSS Reader, you can subscribe to which ever feeds you want, and quickly flick through news items that interest you. Once installed, this software will automatically aggregate and display the RSS feeds to which you subscribe. Accessing an RSS feed is just like podcasting, in that you subscribe to a feed.
Update your RSS file, and all the external sites that subscribe to your feed will be automatically updated. But already, a medical reporter could subscribe to an RSS feed and receive updates published to a health database. To subscribe to RSS feeds from USATODAY.com, simply select a content section of interest to you from the list provided on this page. Users select the rss feeds (content) they wish to subscribe. The URL you copied to your clipboard will be the location your RSS reader will require to subscribe to that feed. Use the URL that comes up to subscribe to an RSS feed of jobs in that category. The reader you choose will have instructions for how to subscribe to RSS feeds.
Reader
Using an RSS feed reader allows you to be alerted when new articles on the topics you're interested in are available. PubMed RSS feeds will include citations retrieved by your PubMed searches since the last time you were connected to your RSS reader. Through the RSS reader, feeds from various sources can be scanned with the ability to access the complete content relating to any interesting feeds. To properly read the feed, you need an RSS reader. Then, you'll need to follow the instructions for your specific News Reader in order to add the feed to your RSS list. Start RssReader and go to add( ) channel/feed and then paste (click right mouse button) the url and press ok. Add as many feeds to this free RSS reader as you want and use it as free news aggregator. The ranking lists and custom searches are available as RSS feeds that you can import into your news reader.
An RSS reader could use this hint to automatically set the polling interval for the RSS feed. Then, return to your RSS reader and follow the instructions for your particular reader for adding a new feed.
Content:
Using RSS, web content providers can easily create and disseminate feeds of data that include, for example, site links, site titles, and summaries. First of all, explore your content management system - it might already have an option to generate an RSS feed. The list below provides links to some example RSS feeds which utilise different forms of content. Content from RSS feeds can be easily repurposed allowing, for example, cross searching of a number of different feeds at once. The difference between RSS feeds and podcast feeds is that you receive text content instead of audio content. After subscribing to an RSS feed, you will be notified when new content is available without having to visit the web site. Using RSS, Web content providers can easily create and disseminate feeds of data that include, for example, news links, headlines, and summaries. This will also give them a starting point for RSS feeds for their content. All the RSS 1.0 feeds contain full article text as well as comments and related content on other sites. Developers can quickly write RSS feeds and publish content in record time. Web:
Many aggregators are separate, "stand-alone" programs such as those listed above; other services let you add RSS feeds to a web page. The next few sections describe the state of your RSS feed as a Web document. The problems occur when software developers write bad code to publish and pull RSS feeds from the Web. This publication is transitioning from RSS feed to the more generic nickname webfeed. Blog Navigator integrates with various RSS and Internet search engines which enables you to gather webfeed results based on custom search keywords. or your favorite feed aggregator, or incorporate the RSS data into your own web site or client application. Many aggregators are separate, "stand-alone" programs such as those listed above; other services will let you add RSS feeds to a Web page.
Site:
Another thing RSS lets you do is put Monitor headlines on your site, which update themselves automatically when the RSS feeds update. The XML logo is currently in use across the Internet to indicate to users that RSS feeds are available from the site. related to data about a number of projects, or the SourceForge.net site itself) and project-specific RSS feeds. Or can RSS Feed automatically give me a nudge that something has turned up at a particular site. Formatting the feed for your site One good thing about RSS is that it has no formatting whatsoever.
Software:
It is even possible to download RSS feeds to an iPod using software such as iPod Agent. This is a piece of software that checks RSS feeds and lets you read any new articles that have been added to them. However, the software doesn't support RSS feeds that require authorization.But the software doesn't stop there. The software is pre-configured with dozens of feeds, so you can unleash the power of RSS right away. For an example click on the Link below.
http://www.zwangproductions.com/Ultimate-EBook-Package.xml
About the Author
None
Update your RSS file, and all the external sites that subscribe to your feed will be automatically updated. But already, a medical reporter could subscribe to an RSS feed and receive updates published to a health database. To subscribe to RSS feeds from USATODAY.com, simply select a content section of interest to you from the list provided on this page. Users select the rss feeds (content) they wish to subscribe. The URL you copied to your clipboard will be the location your RSS reader will require to subscribe to that feed. Use the URL that comes up to subscribe to an RSS feed of jobs in that category. The reader you choose will have instructions for how to subscribe to RSS feeds.
Reader
Using an RSS feed reader allows you to be alerted when new articles on the topics you're interested in are available. PubMed RSS feeds will include citations retrieved by your PubMed searches since the last time you were connected to your RSS reader. Through the RSS reader, feeds from various sources can be scanned with the ability to access the complete content relating to any interesting feeds. To properly read the feed, you need an RSS reader. Then, you'll need to follow the instructions for your specific News Reader in order to add the feed to your RSS list. Start RssReader and go to add( ) channel/feed and then paste (click right mouse button) the url and press ok. Add as many feeds to this free RSS reader as you want and use it as free news aggregator. The ranking lists and custom searches are available as RSS feeds that you can import into your news reader.
An RSS reader could use this hint to automatically set the polling interval for the RSS feed. Then, return to your RSS reader and follow the instructions for your particular reader for adding a new feed.
Content:
Using RSS, web content providers can easily create and disseminate feeds of data that include, for example, site links, site titles, and summaries. First of all, explore your content management system - it might already have an option to generate an RSS feed. The list below provides links to some example RSS feeds which utilise different forms of content. Content from RSS feeds can be easily repurposed allowing, for example, cross searching of a number of different feeds at once. The difference between RSS feeds and podcast feeds is that you receive text content instead of audio content. After subscribing to an RSS feed, you will be notified when new content is available without having to visit the web site. Using RSS, Web content providers can easily create and disseminate feeds of data that include, for example, news links, headlines, and summaries. This will also give them a starting point for RSS feeds for their content. All the RSS 1.0 feeds contain full article text as well as comments and related content on other sites. Developers can quickly write RSS feeds and publish content in record time. Web:
Many aggregators are separate, "stand-alone" programs such as those listed above; other services let you add RSS feeds to a web page. The next few sections describe the state of your RSS feed as a Web document. The problems occur when software developers write bad code to publish and pull RSS feeds from the Web. This publication is transitioning from RSS feed to the more generic nickname webfeed. Blog Navigator integrates with various RSS and Internet search engines which enables you to gather webfeed results based on custom search keywords. or your favorite feed aggregator, or incorporate the RSS data into your own web site or client application. Many aggregators are separate, "stand-alone" programs such as those listed above; other services will let you add RSS feeds to a Web page.
Site:
Another thing RSS lets you do is put Monitor headlines on your site, which update themselves automatically when the RSS feeds update. The XML logo is currently in use across the Internet to indicate to users that RSS feeds are available from the site. related to data about a number of projects, or the SourceForge.net site itself) and project-specific RSS feeds. Or can RSS Feed automatically give me a nudge that something has turned up at a particular site. Formatting the feed for your site One good thing about RSS is that it has no formatting whatsoever.
Software:
It is even possible to download RSS feeds to an iPod using software such as iPod Agent. This is a piece of software that checks RSS feeds and lets you read any new articles that have been added to them. However, the software doesn't support RSS feeds that require authorization.But the software doesn't stop there. The software is pre-configured with dozens of feeds, so you can unleash the power of RSS right away. For an example click on the Link below.
http://www.zwangproductions.com/Ultimate-EBook-Package.xml
About the Author
None
Making the most of podcasting
Have you come across the term podcasting yet? If you haven't you probably soon will. Steve Nichols explains all.
Adam Curry, a former VJ for MTV, developed the concept of podcasting. He became intrigued with the idea of freeing internet radio and audio blogs from his computer and putting them on the hard drive of his Apple iPod.
He called the result podcasting, named after the Apple iPod that is often at the centre of the system.
Instead of listening to radio over the airwaves, you download the radio shows you want from the internet onto your iPod or MP3 player and listen to them at your leisure.
Thousands of amateur bloggers have launched podcasts and even companies like Heineken and Playboy have got in on the act. Virgin Radio recently became the first major radio station to offer content for podcasting.
Podcasting is growing fast. There were just 17 Google results for podcasting in September 2003. In early April 2005 there were nearly two million.
Talking about podcasting in a recent interview, Mark Curry said: "It is totally going to kill the business model of radio.
"[Radio stations] are scared to death of the next generation - like my daughter who is 14 - who don't listen to radio. They are on MSN, they've got their iPod, their MP3 player, they've got their Xbox - they are not listening to radio. So how are they going to reach these audiences?"
Opportunity
But what could be a threat to commercial radio stations could easily be turned into an opportunity for business communicators.
The same technology can be used to deliver business news, training, financial reports, messages from the CEO - anything.
To fully enjoy what podcasting is all about, you will need to download special software to "tune in" to these podcasts. Called an RSS newsfeed aggregator, this allows people to search for podcasts on the net and automatically download them.
As I reported in my feature "Adding streaming audio to your web site or intranet" (click here to read the feature), audio is fast, friendly, breaks down barriers and is very compelling - you just have to click on that button!
If you can produce audio programmes using the techniques outlined in that article it is very easy to make them downloadable as MP3 files suitable for an iPod or MP3 player. To see what I mean, just right click and save this link to listen to a six-minute podcast about CiB, recorded with Ken Runicles, CiB chairman at last year's conference and awards, (1MByte, MP3 file). If you haven't got MP3 support in your browser you can listen to the programme via the net by clicking here.
For another example right click and save this audio example about MG Rover (4Mbyte, MP3).
But how could you use podcasting in your company? The only thing stopping us is our lack of ideas.
Further reading:
Find out about podcasting at: http://www.podcastingnews.com/articles/What_is_Podcasting.html
Find a podcast for you at http://www.podcast.net/
Find out more about streaming audio by reading Steve Nichols' feature at http://www.infotechcomms.co.uk/info10.htm
About the Author
Steve Nichols TechNotes blog is at http://infotechcomms.blogspot.com/ and is described as a regular ramble that tries to demystify technology and help people get to grips with new-fangled gizmos, such as the internet, streaming audio/video, DTP and digital imaging. You can get it via RSS at http://infotechcomms.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Adam Curry, a former VJ for MTV, developed the concept of podcasting. He became intrigued with the idea of freeing internet radio and audio blogs from his computer and putting them on the hard drive of his Apple iPod.
He called the result podcasting, named after the Apple iPod that is often at the centre of the system.
Instead of listening to radio over the airwaves, you download the radio shows you want from the internet onto your iPod or MP3 player and listen to them at your leisure.
Thousands of amateur bloggers have launched podcasts and even companies like Heineken and Playboy have got in on the act. Virgin Radio recently became the first major radio station to offer content for podcasting.
Podcasting is growing fast. There were just 17 Google results for podcasting in September 2003. In early April 2005 there were nearly two million.
Talking about podcasting in a recent interview, Mark Curry said: "It is totally going to kill the business model of radio.
"[Radio stations] are scared to death of the next generation - like my daughter who is 14 - who don't listen to radio. They are on MSN, they've got their iPod, their MP3 player, they've got their Xbox - they are not listening to radio. So how are they going to reach these audiences?"
Opportunity
But what could be a threat to commercial radio stations could easily be turned into an opportunity for business communicators.
The same technology can be used to deliver business news, training, financial reports, messages from the CEO - anything.
To fully enjoy what podcasting is all about, you will need to download special software to "tune in" to these podcasts. Called an RSS newsfeed aggregator, this allows people to search for podcasts on the net and automatically download them.
As I reported in my feature "Adding streaming audio to your web site or intranet" (click here to read the feature), audio is fast, friendly, breaks down barriers and is very compelling - you just have to click on that button!
If you can produce audio programmes using the techniques outlined in that article it is very easy to make them downloadable as MP3 files suitable for an iPod or MP3 player. To see what I mean, just right click and save this link to listen to a six-minute podcast about CiB, recorded with Ken Runicles, CiB chairman at last year's conference and awards, (1MByte, MP3 file). If you haven't got MP3 support in your browser you can listen to the programme via the net by clicking here.
For another example right click and save this audio example about MG Rover (4Mbyte, MP3).
But how could you use podcasting in your company? The only thing stopping us is our lack of ideas.
Further reading:
Find out about podcasting at: http://www.podcastingnews.com/articles/What_is_Podcasting.html
Find a podcast for you at http://www.podcast.net/
Find out more about streaming audio by reading Steve Nichols' feature at http://www.infotechcomms.co.uk/info10.htm
About the Author
Steve Nichols TechNotes blog is at http://infotechcomms.blogspot.com/ and is described as a regular ramble that tries to demystify technology and help people get to grips with new-fangled gizmos, such as the internet, streaming audio/video, DTP and digital imaging. You can get it via RSS at http://infotechcomms.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Cranking the Volume on Your iPod or MP3 Player Can Damage Hearing
Kids have always loved listening to their favorite music, and the louder the better - much to their parents' dismay. In the 1980s, the portable tape recorder with headphones - which came to be known as the "Walkman" - enabled teenagers to listen to their music as loud as they wanted, anywhere they wanted, without disturbing anyone around them.
But the more modern rendition of the Walkman - portable MP3 Players and iPods - pose a major threat to our children's hearing health, and to ours.
The problem is a combination of the technology of portable digital devices that creates a non-buffered crystal clear sound, and the type of headphones typically used with them, which do not have a buffer either. In December 2005, Dean Garstecki, an audiologist and professor at Northwestern University reported that more and more young people were being diagnosed with the types of hearing loss typically found in older adults. He attributed this trend to the "earbud" type headphones that usually accompany iPod and MP3 Players.
With the earbud headphones, the sound frequencies are not buffered as they are with the more traditional, ear cup-style headsets. Newsweek Magazine recently reported that researchers at the House Ear Institute found that listeners can unfortunately increase the volume of today's portable digital devices without the "signal distortion that occurs with traditional analog audio." The older-model headphones that were popular just 15 to 20 years ago - that have ear cups outside of the ears - had that distortion when the volume was turned up, which functioned as a much-needed buffer to protect our hearing. Today's technology does not provide that buffer - the earpiece is placed in the ear, not outside of it, and the digital devices do not create that distortion, no matter how high the volume.
In addition, people often listen to these devices while they are on the go, and have a tendency to crank the volume in an attempt to drown outside noise, further posing a risk to our hearing. Using the earbud style headphones during activities such as exercise, for example, puts the user at a greater risk. During exercise, blood, which can act as a buffer, is diverted from the ears to other parts of the body - so our already vulnerable hearing is in even more jeopardy.
Headwize reports that a study conducted on music listeners using headphones revealed that while indoors with no background noise, the participants were comfortable with their music at 69 decibels. Outdoors, where the background noise was recorded at 65 decibels, participants using their headphones turned the volume up to 82 decibels and as high as 95 decibels to drown out the surrounding noise. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration guidelines limit exposure to noise at this level to no more than four hours each day. The study concluded that the participants were at risk for hearing damage and recommended "avoiding continuous use of [portable stereos] in noisy conditions."
Northwestern University's Dean Garstecki offers more specific guidelines: His 60 percent/60 minute rule - listen to MP3 Players and iPods for "about an hour a day and at levels below 60 percent of maximum volume." The problem is, most of the population using headphones - young music fans - listen to their music for much longer than one hour per day. But, you can help minimize hearing loss, damage and problems while listening to your favorite music as long as you want to - the secret is in the headphones. Headphones such as the EX29 Extreme Isolation Noise Reduction Headphones help block out external noise allowing you to hear the fine details of your music without blowing out your ear drums. The ear cup fits over the ear, and not in it, and the headphones are lightweight, don't require batteries and can be used with your MP3 Player or iPod. With 29 decibels of isolation from outside sound, the quiet headphones block outside noise and there is no need to crank the volume of your music. Aging rock stars like the Who's Pete Townsend, who has some permanent hearing loss from years of exposure to loud music, and Mick Fleetwood, who has teamed up with Energizer batteries to promote hearing loss prevention, have brought public attention to the fact that many of us take our hearing for granted. But there's no need to turn off your music - just be smarter about how you listen to it. If you are using your MP3 Player or iPod when you're exercising, in a noisy environment or you just want to hear the fine details of your music, ditch the earbud headphones and reach for a set of noise reduction ones instead. And you'll be enjoying your favorite music for a long time to come.
About the Author
But the more modern rendition of the Walkman - portable MP3 Players and iPods - pose a major threat to our children's hearing health, and to ours.
The problem is a combination of the technology of portable digital devices that creates a non-buffered crystal clear sound, and the type of headphones typically used with them, which do not have a buffer either. In December 2005, Dean Garstecki, an audiologist and professor at Northwestern University reported that more and more young people were being diagnosed with the types of hearing loss typically found in older adults. He attributed this trend to the "earbud" type headphones that usually accompany iPod and MP3 Players.
With the earbud headphones, the sound frequencies are not buffered as they are with the more traditional, ear cup-style headsets. Newsweek Magazine recently reported that researchers at the House Ear Institute found that listeners can unfortunately increase the volume of today's portable digital devices without the "signal distortion that occurs with traditional analog audio." The older-model headphones that were popular just 15 to 20 years ago - that have ear cups outside of the ears - had that distortion when the volume was turned up, which functioned as a much-needed buffer to protect our hearing. Today's technology does not provide that buffer - the earpiece is placed in the ear, not outside of it, and the digital devices do not create that distortion, no matter how high the volume.
In addition, people often listen to these devices while they are on the go, and have a tendency to crank the volume in an attempt to drown outside noise, further posing a risk to our hearing. Using the earbud style headphones during activities such as exercise, for example, puts the user at a greater risk. During exercise, blood, which can act as a buffer, is diverted from the ears to other parts of the body - so our already vulnerable hearing is in even more jeopardy.
Headwize reports that a study conducted on music listeners using headphones revealed that while indoors with no background noise, the participants were comfortable with their music at 69 decibels. Outdoors, where the background noise was recorded at 65 decibels, participants using their headphones turned the volume up to 82 decibels and as high as 95 decibels to drown out the surrounding noise. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration guidelines limit exposure to noise at this level to no more than four hours each day. The study concluded that the participants were at risk for hearing damage and recommended "avoiding continuous use of [portable stereos] in noisy conditions."
Northwestern University's Dean Garstecki offers more specific guidelines: His 60 percent/60 minute rule - listen to MP3 Players and iPods for "about an hour a day and at levels below 60 percent of maximum volume." The problem is, most of the population using headphones - young music fans - listen to their music for much longer than one hour per day. But, you can help minimize hearing loss, damage and problems while listening to your favorite music as long as you want to - the secret is in the headphones. Headphones such as the EX29 Extreme Isolation Noise Reduction Headphones help block out external noise allowing you to hear the fine details of your music without blowing out your ear drums. The ear cup fits over the ear, and not in it, and the headphones are lightweight, don't require batteries and can be used with your MP3 Player or iPod. With 29 decibels of isolation from outside sound, the quiet headphones block outside noise and there is no need to crank the volume of your music. Aging rock stars like the Who's Pete Townsend, who has some permanent hearing loss from years of exposure to loud music, and Mick Fleetwood, who has teamed up with Energizer batteries to promote hearing loss prevention, have brought public attention to the fact that many of us take our hearing for granted. But there's no need to turn off your music - just be smarter about how you listen to it. If you are using your MP3 Player or iPod when you're exercising, in a noisy environment or you just want to hear the fine details of your music, ditch the earbud headphones and reach for a set of noise reduction ones instead. And you'll be enjoying your favorite music for a long time to come.
About the Author
Lee Blue is a musician and home studio recording artist. He uses Noise Reduction Headphones in his recording studio and his office to block out noise and distractions. Learn more at http://www.quietheadphones.com/
What is Hot and What is Not in Technology
As soon as Steve Jobs announced Apple's plan to launch the iphone, a couple of things happened:
1. Apple's share price increased more than 8% within 1 day.
2. The other major cellphone makers, including Sony Erission, LG, Nokia and Blackberry suffered a 1% to 2% loss in share price within 1 day.
How can you make money from this iPhone mania?
There have been a lot of discussions in forums and blogs about the Apple iPhone, with both postivie and negative comments.
Postive comments include it looks cool, integrating features of a phone, iPod, and internet capabilities.
Negative comments state that it's expensive - US$499 for 4GB and US$599 for 8GB, it doesn't support 3G.
The iPhone may look cool, but why this announcement has raised Apple share price for close to 10% in one day? I think it boils down to the salesmanship of Steve Jobs during his speech. He said passionately that the iPhone combines three products -- a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a breakthrough Internet communications device. I remember him also using terms such as the software in the iPhone is "5 years in advance" of other similar software.
Further, with the unprecedented success of the iPod, which has turned around Apple, there is a strong emotion that iPhone will be another smashing hit, bringing the revenues of Apple to the next levels.
I think this will almost certainly be true. So how can we tap on this iPhone making money phenomenon?
#1: Buying Apple shares - Though the share price increase has already been reflected after the announcement, I expect the share price will go up for the 2nd round, after the launch of the iPhone.
#2: Though the iPhone does not support 3G, which is not popular in the US anyway, it should have good wi-fi capabilities. So more people will be surfing the Internet on the road using iPhone. This will make the Internet marketing pie grow much bigger. It's time we prepared for Internet marketing campaigns targeted for these Internet users.
#3: Write articles on iPhone, like this one in your site and submit to articles directories. This will draw more traffic to your site, and in turn, you can monetize the traffic via Google AdSense, affiliate programs, as welling as selling
1. Apple's share price increased more than 8% within 1 day.
2. The other major cellphone makers, including Sony Erission, LG, Nokia and Blackberry suffered a 1% to 2% loss in share price within 1 day.
How can you make money from this iPhone mania?
There have been a lot of discussions in forums and blogs about the Apple iPhone, with both postivie and negative comments.
Postive comments include it looks cool, integrating features of a phone, iPod, and internet capabilities.
Negative comments state that it's expensive - US$499 for 4GB and US$599 for 8GB, it doesn't support 3G.
The iPhone may look cool, but why this announcement has raised Apple share price for close to 10% in one day? I think it boils down to the salesmanship of Steve Jobs during his speech. He said passionately that the iPhone combines three products -- a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a breakthrough Internet communications device. I remember him also using terms such as the software in the iPhone is "5 years in advance" of other similar software.
Further, with the unprecedented success of the iPod, which has turned around Apple, there is a strong emotion that iPhone will be another smashing hit, bringing the revenues of Apple to the next levels.
I think this will almost certainly be true. So how can we tap on this iPhone making money phenomenon?
#1: Buying Apple shares - Though the share price increase has already been reflected after the announcement, I expect the share price will go up for the 2nd round, after the launch of the iPhone.
#2: Though the iPhone does not support 3G, which is not popular in the US anyway, it should have good wi-fi capabilities. So more people will be surfing the Internet on the road using iPhone. This will make the Internet marketing pie grow much bigger. It's time we prepared for Internet marketing campaigns targeted for these Internet users.
#3: Write articles on iPhone, like this one in your site and submit to articles directories. This will draw more traffic to your site, and in turn, you can monetize the traffic via Google AdSense, affiliate programs, as welling as selling
Apple iPhone Making Money Opportunities
As soon as Steve Jobs announced Apple's plan to launch the iphone, a couple of things happened:
1. Apple's share price increased more than 8% within 1 day.
2. The other major cellphone makers, including Sony Erission, LG, Nokia and Blackberry suffered a 1% to 2% loss in share price within 1 day.
How can you make money from this iPhone mania?
There have been a lot of discussions in forums and blogs about the Apple iPhone, with both postivie and negative comments.
Postive comments include it looks cool, integrating features of a phone, iPod, and internet capabilities.
Negative comments state that it's expensive - US$499 for 4GB and US$599 for 8GB, it doesn't support 3G.
The iPhone may look cool, but why this announcement has raised Apple share price for close to 10% in one day? I think it boils down to the salesmanship of Steve Jobs during his speech. He said passionately that the iPhone combines three products -- a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a breakthrough Internet communications device. I remember him also using terms such as the software in the iPhone is "5 years in advance" of other similar software.
Further, with the unprecedented success of the iPod, which has turned around Apple, there is a strong emotion that iPhone will be another smashing hit, bringing the revenues of Apple to the next levels.
I think this will almost certainly be true. So how can we tap on this iPhone making money phenomenon?
#1: Buying Apple shares - Though the share price increase has already been reflected after the announcement, I expect the share price will go up for the 2nd round, after the launch of the iPhone.
#2: Though the iPhone does not support 3G, which is not popular in the US anyway, it should have good wi-fi capabilities. So more people will be surfing the Internet on the road using iPhone. This will make the Internet marketing pie grow much bigger. It's time we prepared for Internet marketing campaigns targeted for these Internet users.
#3: Write articles on iPhone, like this one in your site and submit to articles directories. This will draw more traffic to your site, and in turn, you can monetize the traffic via Google AdSense, affiliate programs, as welling as selling your own products or services.
#4: Sell iPhone accessories - After the launch of the iPods, there are a great demand for iPods accessories. Similarly, I expect there will be a great demand for iPhone accessories. As the early bird catches the worm, it's time to source for the products now.
What about selling iPhone? If you are already selling cell phones or iPods, adding iPhone to your inventory is a good idea. However, if not, the costs of the supply and the frequent change of new models are some of the concerns you should be able to deal with first.
About the Author
Harrace is the Chief Consultant of http://www.eOneNet.com, the No.1 Asia Internet Marketing company with offices in Malaysia, Hong Kong and Singapore. He is an Internet marketing coach in Asia's first and No.1 Internet marketing coaching program (ranked in top search engines)http://www.InternetMarketingCoaching.com and an author for the leading Asia Internet marketing blog at http://www.eonenet.com/internet_marketing_blog
1. Apple's share price increased more than 8% within 1 day.
2. The other major cellphone makers, including Sony Erission, LG, Nokia and Blackberry suffered a 1% to 2% loss in share price within 1 day.
How can you make money from this iPhone mania?
There have been a lot of discussions in forums and blogs about the Apple iPhone, with both postivie and negative comments.
Postive comments include it looks cool, integrating features of a phone, iPod, and internet capabilities.
Negative comments state that it's expensive - US$499 for 4GB and US$599 for 8GB, it doesn't support 3G.
The iPhone may look cool, but why this announcement has raised Apple share price for close to 10% in one day? I think it boils down to the salesmanship of Steve Jobs during his speech. He said passionately that the iPhone combines three products -- a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a breakthrough Internet communications device. I remember him also using terms such as the software in the iPhone is "5 years in advance" of other similar software.
Further, with the unprecedented success of the iPod, which has turned around Apple, there is a strong emotion that iPhone will be another smashing hit, bringing the revenues of Apple to the next levels.
I think this will almost certainly be true. So how can we tap on this iPhone making money phenomenon?
#1: Buying Apple shares - Though the share price increase has already been reflected after the announcement, I expect the share price will go up for the 2nd round, after the launch of the iPhone.
#2: Though the iPhone does not support 3G, which is not popular in the US anyway, it should have good wi-fi capabilities. So more people will be surfing the Internet on the road using iPhone. This will make the Internet marketing pie grow much bigger. It's time we prepared for Internet marketing campaigns targeted for these Internet users.
#3: Write articles on iPhone, like this one in your site and submit to articles directories. This will draw more traffic to your site, and in turn, you can monetize the traffic via Google AdSense, affiliate programs, as welling as selling your own products or services.
#4: Sell iPhone accessories - After the launch of the iPods, there are a great demand for iPods accessories. Similarly, I expect there will be a great demand for iPhone accessories. As the early bird catches the worm, it's time to source for the products now.
What about selling iPhone? If you are already selling cell phones or iPods, adding iPhone to your inventory is a good idea. However, if not, the costs of the supply and the frequent change of new models are some of the concerns you should be able to deal with first.
About the Author
Harrace is the Chief Consultant of http://www.eOneNet.com, the No.1 Asia Internet Marketing company with offices in Malaysia, Hong Kong and Singapore. He is an Internet marketing coach in Asia's first and No.1 Internet marketing coaching program (ranked in top search engines)http://www.InternetMarketingCoaching.com and an author for the leading Asia Internet marketing blog at http://www.eonenet.com/internet_marketing_blog
Using Wordpress As A Content Management System Or CMS
There has been talk about using Wordpress beyond the typical blog set-up, into the realms of a full-fledged content management system or CMS. Yet, most people have no idea how this is even possible.
I have to stress that the default Wordpress software is intended to be a blogging tool, so if you're trying to make it work like a different type of content management tool you'll have to use the correct plugins (enhancements) and have the a clear idea of what you want to achieve.
While the exact step-by-step method is out of the scope of this article, lets explore some of the ways you can use Wordpress, as I have personally done before.
1) Wordpress as An Article Directory
To make Wordpress work as an article directory, you'll need a special plugin, and a source for the articles. MyArticleMarketer.com is the perfect tool for this, as the articles there are usually human-approved. They also encourage free distribution of their articles to other article sites.
After you have set-up the Wordpress plugin, you need to sign-up for Article Marketer's distribution list. By filling in their form and specifying the categories (or choose all categories), you automatically qualify to receive all old and new articles that are submitted to MyArticleMarketer.com
However, with Wordpress as an article directory, you'll only be able to receive syndicated articles. Authors won't be able to sign-up or create an account directly with you. It's also against MyArticleMarketer.com's terms or service to encourage authors to sign-up directly with you.
2) Wordpress as a Membership Site
You can set-up a free or paid membership site using Wordpress. All it takes is a few simple plugins to get the job done. Once you've installed the plugins, members will need to login to your site in order to view the content. You can also place a login form in your Wordpress theme files to make it easy for users to lo in and out of your membership site.
However, the plugins only create a simple membership system, so if you're looking to create different membership levels and more advanced features, you'd probably want to sign-up with a professional membership system like AmemberPro.net and use their available plugins to ingrate with Wordpress.
At the time of writing, AmemberPro.net has available plugins for a reasonable cost and these will be installed by their support team, so you don't have to worry about the technical setbacks.
3) Wordpress as a Classified Ads System
Wordpress can work like any other classifieds website too. Users can sign-up on your site and place classifieds in the form of new blog posts. They can even set expiry dates for their ads and specify listings or "wanted" ads.
However, you will need to create all the necessary categories and even create a sign-up information page to teach your users how to place ads. The upside of using Wordpress as a classifieds site is that you can also use tagging tactics to get traffic from social bookmarking sites and sites like Technorati.com
4) Wordpress as an Audio / Video Training Site
Using the membership plugins mentioned above or AmemberPro.net's Wordpress compatibility plugins, you can create a membership site with Wordpress. Then, all you need to do is to add the "Podpress" plugin which takes care of all audio and video elements on your website.
You will be able to display and stream MP3 audio or FLV video using their built-in players. The Podpress plugin is really robust and also allows you to specify setting on iTunes, so you can make this commercially and available to the entire iPod / iTunes community.
As you can see by now, there's a whole lot of possibilities when it comes to using Wordpress to the extreme.
I've created an entire video training system to help newbies and advanced marketers alike master Wordpress. Yet, every day brings new possibilities to using Wordpress as a complex CMS instead of the modest blogging tool it was designed to be!
About the Author
Gobala Krishnan is the author of the best-selling Wordpress Adsense System and also a niche-blogging specialist. Master Wordpress as marketing weapon now at www.EasyWordpress.com
I have to stress that the default Wordpress software is intended to be a blogging tool, so if you're trying to make it work like a different type of content management tool you'll have to use the correct plugins (enhancements) and have the a clear idea of what you want to achieve.
While the exact step-by-step method is out of the scope of this article, lets explore some of the ways you can use Wordpress, as I have personally done before.
1) Wordpress as An Article Directory
To make Wordpress work as an article directory, you'll need a special plugin, and a source for the articles. MyArticleMarketer.com is the perfect tool for this, as the articles there are usually human-approved. They also encourage free distribution of their articles to other article sites.
After you have set-up the Wordpress plugin, you need to sign-up for Article Marketer's distribution list. By filling in their form and specifying the categories (or choose all categories), you automatically qualify to receive all old and new articles that are submitted to MyArticleMarketer.com
However, with Wordpress as an article directory, you'll only be able to receive syndicated articles. Authors won't be able to sign-up or create an account directly with you. It's also against MyArticleMarketer.com's terms or service to encourage authors to sign-up directly with you.
2) Wordpress as a Membership Site
You can set-up a free or paid membership site using Wordpress. All it takes is a few simple plugins to get the job done. Once you've installed the plugins, members will need to login to your site in order to view the content. You can also place a login form in your Wordpress theme files to make it easy for users to lo in and out of your membership site.
However, the plugins only create a simple membership system, so if you're looking to create different membership levels and more advanced features, you'd probably want to sign-up with a professional membership system like AmemberPro.net and use their available plugins to ingrate with Wordpress.
At the time of writing, AmemberPro.net has available plugins for a reasonable cost and these will be installed by their support team, so you don't have to worry about the technical setbacks.
3) Wordpress as a Classified Ads System
Wordpress can work like any other classifieds website too. Users can sign-up on your site and place classifieds in the form of new blog posts. They can even set expiry dates for their ads and specify listings or "wanted" ads.
However, you will need to create all the necessary categories and even create a sign-up information page to teach your users how to place ads. The upside of using Wordpress as a classifieds site is that you can also use tagging tactics to get traffic from social bookmarking sites and sites like Technorati.com
4) Wordpress as an Audio / Video Training Site
Using the membership plugins mentioned above or AmemberPro.net's Wordpress compatibility plugins, you can create a membership site with Wordpress. Then, all you need to do is to add the "Podpress" plugin which takes care of all audio and video elements on your website.
You will be able to display and stream MP3 audio or FLV video using their built-in players. The Podpress plugin is really robust and also allows you to specify setting on iTunes, so you can make this commercially and available to the entire iPod / iTunes community.
As you can see by now, there's a whole lot of possibilities when it comes to using Wordpress to the extreme.
I've created an entire video training system to help newbies and advanced marketers alike master Wordpress. Yet, every day brings new possibilities to using Wordpress as a complex CMS instead of the modest blogging tool it was designed to be!
About the Author
Gobala Krishnan is the author of the best-selling Wordpress Adsense System and also a niche-blogging specialist. Master Wordpress as marketing weapon now at www.EasyWordpress.com
Kids have always loved listening to their favorite music, and the louder the better - much to their parents' dismay. In the 1980s, the portable tape recorder with headphones - which came to be known as the "Walkman" - enabled teenagers to listen to their music as loud as they wanted, anywhere they wanted, without disturbing anyone around them.
But the more modern rendition of the Walkman - portable MP3 Players and iPods - pose a major threat to our children's hearing health, and to ours.
The problem is a combination of the technology of portable digital devices that creates a non-buffered crystal clear sound, and the type of headphones typically used with them, which do not have a buffer either. In December 2005, Dean Garstecki, an audiologist and professor at Northwestern University reported that more and more young people were being diagnosed with the types of hearing loss typically found in older adults. He attributed this trend to the "earbud" type headphones that usually accompany iPod and MP3 Players.
With the earbud headphones, the sound frequencies are not buffered as they are with the more traditional, ear cup-style headsets. Newsweek Magazine recently reported that researchers at the House Ear Institute found that listeners can unfortunately increase the volume of today's portable digital devices without the "signal distortion that occurs with traditional analog audio." The older-model headphones that were popular just 15 to 20 years ago - that have ear cups outside of the ears - had that distortion when the volume was turned up, which functioned as a much-needed buffer to protect our hearing. Today's technology does not provide that buffer - the earpiece is placed in the ear, not outside of it, and the digital devices do not create that distortion, no matter how high the volume.
In addition, people often listen to these devices while they are on the go, and have a tendency to crank the volume in an attempt to drown outside noise, further posing a risk to our hearing. Using the earbud style headphones during activities such as exercise, for example, puts the user at a greater risk. During exercise, blood, which can act as a buffer, is diverted from the ears to other parts of the body - so our already vulnerable hearing is in even more jeopardy.
Headwize reports that a study conducted on music listeners using headphones revealed that while indoors with no background noise, the participants were comfortable with their music at 69 decibels. Outdoors, where the background noise was recorded at 65 decibels, participants using their headphones turned the volume up to 82 decibels and as high as 95 decibels to drown out the surrounding noise. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration guidelines limit exposure to noise at this level to no more than four hours each day. The study concluded that the participants were at risk for hearing damage and recommended "avoiding continuous use of [portable stereos] in noisy conditions."
Northwestern University's Dean Garstecki offers more specific guidelines: His 60 percent/60 minute rule - listen to MP3 Players and iPods for "about an hour a day and at levels below 60 percent of maximum volume." The problem is, most of the population using headphones - young music fans - listen to their music for much longer than one hour per day. But, you can help minimize hearing loss, damage and problems while listening to your favorite music as long as you want to - the secret is in the headphones. Headphones such as the EX29 Extreme Isolation Noise Reduction Headphones help block out external noise allowing you to hear the fine details of your music without blowing out your ear drums. The ear cup fits over the ear, and not in it, and the headphones are lightweight, don't require batteries and can be used with your MP3 Player or iPod. With 29 decibels of isolation from outside sound, the quiet headphones block outside noise and there is no need to crank the volume of your music. Aging rock stars like the Who's Pete Townsend, who has some permanent hearing loss from years of exposure to loud music, and Mick Fleetwood, who has teamed up with Energizer batteries to promote hearing loss prevention, have brought public attention to the fact that many of us take our hearing for granted. But there's no need to turn off your music - just be smarter about how you listen to it. If you are using your MP3 Player or iPod when you're exercising, in a noisy environment or you just want to hear the fine details of your music, ditch the earbud headphones and reach for a set of noise reduction ones instead. And you'll be enjoying your favorite music for a long time to come.
About the Author
Bob Smith has been making money online for over 5 years by using and experimenting with unorthodox traffic methods, many of which people would consider unethical. But this doesn't worry Bob. Why? Because he's getting rich, and you're not.
Find out more by reading the most controversial e-book on making money online ever released: www.BlackTrafficSecrets.com
But the more modern rendition of the Walkman - portable MP3 Players and iPods - pose a major threat to our children's hearing health, and to ours.
The problem is a combination of the technology of portable digital devices that creates a non-buffered crystal clear sound, and the type of headphones typically used with them, which do not have a buffer either. In December 2005, Dean Garstecki, an audiologist and professor at Northwestern University reported that more and more young people were being diagnosed with the types of hearing loss typically found in older adults. He attributed this trend to the "earbud" type headphones that usually accompany iPod and MP3 Players.
With the earbud headphones, the sound frequencies are not buffered as they are with the more traditional, ear cup-style headsets. Newsweek Magazine recently reported that researchers at the House Ear Institute found that listeners can unfortunately increase the volume of today's portable digital devices without the "signal distortion that occurs with traditional analog audio." The older-model headphones that were popular just 15 to 20 years ago - that have ear cups outside of the ears - had that distortion when the volume was turned up, which functioned as a much-needed buffer to protect our hearing. Today's technology does not provide that buffer - the earpiece is placed in the ear, not outside of it, and the digital devices do not create that distortion, no matter how high the volume.
In addition, people often listen to these devices while they are on the go, and have a tendency to crank the volume in an attempt to drown outside noise, further posing a risk to our hearing. Using the earbud style headphones during activities such as exercise, for example, puts the user at a greater risk. During exercise, blood, which can act as a buffer, is diverted from the ears to other parts of the body - so our already vulnerable hearing is in even more jeopardy.
Headwize reports that a study conducted on music listeners using headphones revealed that while indoors with no background noise, the participants were comfortable with their music at 69 decibels. Outdoors, where the background noise was recorded at 65 decibels, participants using their headphones turned the volume up to 82 decibels and as high as 95 decibels to drown out the surrounding noise. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration guidelines limit exposure to noise at this level to no more than four hours each day. The study concluded that the participants were at risk for hearing damage and recommended "avoiding continuous use of [portable stereos] in noisy conditions."
Northwestern University's Dean Garstecki offers more specific guidelines: His 60 percent/60 minute rule - listen to MP3 Players and iPods for "about an hour a day and at levels below 60 percent of maximum volume." The problem is, most of the population using headphones - young music fans - listen to their music for much longer than one hour per day. But, you can help minimize hearing loss, damage and problems while listening to your favorite music as long as you want to - the secret is in the headphones. Headphones such as the EX29 Extreme Isolation Noise Reduction Headphones help block out external noise allowing you to hear the fine details of your music without blowing out your ear drums. The ear cup fits over the ear, and not in it, and the headphones are lightweight, don't require batteries and can be used with your MP3 Player or iPod. With 29 decibels of isolation from outside sound, the quiet headphones block outside noise and there is no need to crank the volume of your music. Aging rock stars like the Who's Pete Townsend, who has some permanent hearing loss from years of exposure to loud music, and Mick Fleetwood, who has teamed up with Energizer batteries to promote hearing loss prevention, have brought public attention to the fact that many of us take our hearing for granted. But there's no need to turn off your music - just be smarter about how you listen to it. If you are using your MP3 Player or iPod when you're exercising, in a noisy environment or you just want to hear the fine details of your music, ditch the earbud headphones and reach for a set of noise reduction ones instead. And you'll be enjoying your favorite music for a long time to come.
About the Author
Bob Smith has been making money online for over 5 years by using and experimenting with unorthodox traffic methods, many of which people would consider unethical. But this doesn't worry Bob. Why? Because he's getting rich, and you're not.
Find out more by reading the most controversial e-book on making money online ever released: www.BlackTrafficSecrets.com
Will the new Apple iPhone cause poverty?
There is a naïve belief that, as the rich get richer, they consume more of the world's resources and - in so doing - leave an ever dwindling amount of stuff over for the poor.
In which case, purchasing the new Apple iPhone must lead to poverty. As those from Naomi Klein, to UK-based Enough, to members of the far left, delight in continually saying, "The USA alone, with only 6% of the world's population, consumes 30% of its resources."
I did mention that they were naïve.
At worst the iPhone will have no material impact on the lives of refugees from the conflict in Darfur or those suffering under the dictatorship in Zimbabwe. They are not involved in its production and none of the materials required for its manufacture are sourced from hopelessly impoverished nations.
At best the iPhone will result in a globally improving standard of living. Consider the phone in isolation. To come into existence required the work of designers, materials manufacturers, software coders, factories and assembly lines. The iPhone may become as iconic as the iPod; in which case - on its own - it will result in the creation of thousands of new jobs simply to produce it.
Consider now the iPhone's impact on other phone manufacturers. If, as is to be expected from Apple, the phone is a technological leap ahead of its competitors, then they too will have to invest in their own products just to keep up. More designers, materials manufacturers, software coders, factories and assembly lines will be required. This will create even more new jobs.
More importantly, though, is the change to the overall standard of living. The base level of technology will rise. Our base expectations from the products we buy increases. In other words, even though - initially - the iPod will only be affordable by the wealthiest societies in the world, the ultimate effect will be that the new technology will spread everywhere.
Mobile phones were first the exclusive purvey of the very rich. As they became commoditised they spread to all reaches of society. Now, even a war zone like Somalia with no real government, has mobile phone access.
There are places in the world where it is completely uneconomical to offer formal banking services. Dangerous places where cash can easily be stolen. The ready availability of cellular technology has allowed sophisticated banking services to be offered in developing countries at a price that the poor can afford. MTN Banking, in South Africa, replaces a physical bank with a mobile phone, and requires only a phone call to subscribe.
Cellular phones have improved the livelihoods of millions of poor subsistence farmers by allowing them to contact buyers and learn what consumers want. Daniel Mashva, a rural farmer in South Africa, uses his phone to dial a virtual trading platform and sells his produce direct from his small thatched hut on the fringe of the vast Kruger National Park. "I check the prices for the day on my phone and when it's a good price I sell. I can even try to ask for a higher price if I see there are lots of buyers."
It is consumerism which has resulted in the technological revolution that created cheap telecommunications. And it is this rising standard of living that is improving the lives even of the poorest in the world.
So, congratulations Apple, we wish you every success in saving the world. Even if that wasn't your original intention.
About the Author
Gavin Chait is a director of, South African-based, Whythawk Ratings, (white-hawk) who promote economic development by impartially measuring and rating the effectiveness of the health, welfare and poverty relief interventions of development organisations and charities.
In which case, purchasing the new Apple iPhone must lead to poverty. As those from Naomi Klein, to UK-based Enough, to members of the far left, delight in continually saying, "The USA alone, with only 6% of the world's population, consumes 30% of its resources."
I did mention that they were naïve.
At worst the iPhone will have no material impact on the lives of refugees from the conflict in Darfur or those suffering under the dictatorship in Zimbabwe. They are not involved in its production and none of the materials required for its manufacture are sourced from hopelessly impoverished nations.
At best the iPhone will result in a globally improving standard of living. Consider the phone in isolation. To come into existence required the work of designers, materials manufacturers, software coders, factories and assembly lines. The iPhone may become as iconic as the iPod; in which case - on its own - it will result in the creation of thousands of new jobs simply to produce it.
Consider now the iPhone's impact on other phone manufacturers. If, as is to be expected from Apple, the phone is a technological leap ahead of its competitors, then they too will have to invest in their own products just to keep up. More designers, materials manufacturers, software coders, factories and assembly lines will be required. This will create even more new jobs.
More importantly, though, is the change to the overall standard of living. The base level of technology will rise. Our base expectations from the products we buy increases. In other words, even though - initially - the iPod will only be affordable by the wealthiest societies in the world, the ultimate effect will be that the new technology will spread everywhere.
Mobile phones were first the exclusive purvey of the very rich. As they became commoditised they spread to all reaches of society. Now, even a war zone like Somalia with no real government, has mobile phone access.
There are places in the world where it is completely uneconomical to offer formal banking services. Dangerous places where cash can easily be stolen. The ready availability of cellular technology has allowed sophisticated banking services to be offered in developing countries at a price that the poor can afford. MTN Banking, in South Africa, replaces a physical bank with a mobile phone, and requires only a phone call to subscribe.
Cellular phones have improved the livelihoods of millions of poor subsistence farmers by allowing them to contact buyers and learn what consumers want. Daniel Mashva, a rural farmer in South Africa, uses his phone to dial a virtual trading platform and sells his produce direct from his small thatched hut on the fringe of the vast Kruger National Park. "I check the prices for the day on my phone and when it's a good price I sell. I can even try to ask for a higher price if I see there are lots of buyers."
It is consumerism which has resulted in the technological revolution that created cheap telecommunications. And it is this rising standard of living that is improving the lives even of the poorest in the world.
So, congratulations Apple, we wish you every success in saving the world. Even if that wasn't your original intention.
About the Author
Gavin Chait is a director of, South African-based, Whythawk Ratings, (white-hawk) who promote economic development by impartially measuring and rating the effectiveness of the health, welfare and poverty relief interventions of development organisations and charities.
Gadgets for the Car - Making Life More Comfortable
Many gadgets for the car are making their presence felt. Not just as a novelty but also as a safety measure.
Gadgets for the Car - Making Life More Comfortable
Cars with automatic window shutters are a rarity and come at a premium no doubt. For the manual roll up window mechanism there is an add-on in the market. The automatic rollup car window gadget is making life easier for many people. These useful little gizmos come with attachment that also detect the brightness outside and switch on or off the headlights of the car. You can set the level of darkness outside to trigger the switching. When you go through a tunnel the headlights will turn on and when you exit it the headlights will turn off. The other little gizmos are electronic sensors that will turn on and off the windscreen wipers whenever the screen gets frosty with dew or rain.
One gadget for the car that Gadgets.in found quite useful is the rear camera that is connected to the rear view mirror. The mirror has a small LCD screen which displays the entire rear section of the car. This enables the driver to see the rear with ease irrespective of anyone in the rear seat blocking his or her view through the rear view mirror. Some people are developing this gadget to record certain periods while the car is moving. In case of an accident the driver can save the recording to replay it as a support for his claim of not being responsible for the mishap. If the driver does not save the clipping then the video will erase the clip a few minutes after the vehicle has stopped.
Other gadgets include state of the art stereo radio players that cone with inbuilt DVD players and CD players. The latest in the range of IPods is the iPod dock that fits into the coffee cup holder. This iPod dock fits snugly into the cup holder and rotates enough to face the controls of the iPod so the driver has easy accessibility to them. Next in the same line of car gadgets is the iPod FM transmitter. This transmits the music on an FM channel that the car stereo FM layer is tuned to creating music for all in the car to enjoy.
Anmol Taneja is a Gadget enthusiast, and crtitique. He has written several articles on various aspects of gadgets and the role they play in our day to day lives. Anmol is involved with several organizations involved in the evaluation and review of gadgets including http://gadgets.in thegadgetcast.com and gadgetenclave.in
About the Author
Anmol Taneja is a Gadget enthusiast, and crtitique. He has written several articles on various aspects of gadgets and the role they play in our day to day lives. Anmol is involved with several organizations involved in the evaluation and review of gadgets including http://gadgets.in thegadgetcast.com and gadgetenclave.in
Gadgets for the Car - Making Life More Comfortable
Cars with automatic window shutters are a rarity and come at a premium no doubt. For the manual roll up window mechanism there is an add-on in the market. The automatic rollup car window gadget is making life easier for many people. These useful little gizmos come with attachment that also detect the brightness outside and switch on or off the headlights of the car. You can set the level of darkness outside to trigger the switching. When you go through a tunnel the headlights will turn on and when you exit it the headlights will turn off. The other little gizmos are electronic sensors that will turn on and off the windscreen wipers whenever the screen gets frosty with dew or rain.
One gadget for the car that Gadgets.in found quite useful is the rear camera that is connected to the rear view mirror. The mirror has a small LCD screen which displays the entire rear section of the car. This enables the driver to see the rear with ease irrespective of anyone in the rear seat blocking his or her view through the rear view mirror. Some people are developing this gadget to record certain periods while the car is moving. In case of an accident the driver can save the recording to replay it as a support for his claim of not being responsible for the mishap. If the driver does not save the clipping then the video will erase the clip a few minutes after the vehicle has stopped.
Other gadgets include state of the art stereo radio players that cone with inbuilt DVD players and CD players. The latest in the range of IPods is the iPod dock that fits into the coffee cup holder. This iPod dock fits snugly into the cup holder and rotates enough to face the controls of the iPod so the driver has easy accessibility to them. Next in the same line of car gadgets is the iPod FM transmitter. This transmits the music on an FM channel that the car stereo FM layer is tuned to creating music for all in the car to enjoy.
Anmol Taneja is a Gadget enthusiast, and crtitique. He has written several articles on various aspects of gadgets and the role they play in our day to day lives. Anmol is involved with several organizations involved in the evaluation and review of gadgets including http://gadgets.in thegadgetcast.com and gadgetenclave.in
About the Author
Anmol Taneja is a Gadget enthusiast, and crtitique. He has written several articles on various aspects of gadgets and the role they play in our day to day lives. Anmol is involved with several organizations involved in the evaluation and review of gadgets including http://gadgets.in thegadgetcast.com and gadgetenclave.in
Spend Time With People Who Recharge Your Spirit
Have you ever met someone who recharges your energy just by being there? Perhaps it is the things they say or how they say them, or the way they respect and value your goals and ideas, or the example they set. These are people that you need to be around regularly to recharge your spirit.
So many people in the world are negative. They complain and criticize about everything. They always have an excuse why they don't get off their butt and achieve something. These people can wear you down after a while.
There are other things that can drain your spirit as well. Everyone has their own share of problems and pressures. If you are stretching your comfort zone, so that you can become more in life, then you will run up against far more problems and pressures than the average person, simply because you are doing far more.
It is important that you regularly recharge your spirit so that you feel renewed and ready to move on to becoming all you can be in this incredible life.
One of the best ways is to regularly spend some time with people who help you recharge. People who are well developed personally have this ability and they are happy to share it with those others who are genuinely on the path to developing their own potential.
There are many different levels at which you can tap into this energy.
A simple way is to read books and articles by, or listen to audios of, successful, inspiring people. This is a way that you can get a lift any time that you need it. For this reason I think that the ipod (and similar devices) is the greatest invention of recent times. You can carry around in your pocket a whole audio library of inspiration and knowledge to be tapped into whenever and wherever you wish.
Another way to recharge is to attend live talks given by inspiring people. There are all manner of seminars available in most major cities around the world and these seminars cover a huge range of inspiring and informative topics. It can really help to attend these from time to time.
By far the best way to tap into that recharge is to regularly mix with people who have the recharge quality. The sort of people who walk the walk. The people who can always find a positive side to every situation and enjoy the challenge of overcoming obstacles and roadblocks. These people will give you a massive spiritual recharge if you spend enough time with them.
Where do you find people like that? Well if you work to develop those same qualities within yourself then you will start attracting those rechargers to you. You could also make a decision to join or form a power group that meets regularly. A power group is a group of success minded people who help inspire each other, share knowledge and contacts, brainstorm ideas, and help each others' success journey in any way that they can.
If you form your own power group be prepared to fire anyone who isn't up to scratch and always be on the lookout for suitable new members. Most power groups function best with 4 to 10 members. I personally find 7 to be the ideal number.
Whatever it takes, make sure that you get a recharge at least once a week, whether it be through reading, listening, or interacting directly with a powerful recharger.
James Delrojo would like to help you by giving you his ebook "Unleash the Success Power of Your Mind" (valued at $27) completely FREE. Go to http://www.YourSuccessMind.com
About the Author
James Delrojo would like to help you by giving you his ebook "Unleash the Success Power of Your Mind" (valued at $27) completely FREE. Go to http://www.YourSuccessMind.com
So many people in the world are negative. They complain and criticize about everything. They always have an excuse why they don't get off their butt and achieve something. These people can wear you down after a while.
There are other things that can drain your spirit as well. Everyone has their own share of problems and pressures. If you are stretching your comfort zone, so that you can become more in life, then you will run up against far more problems and pressures than the average person, simply because you are doing far more.
It is important that you regularly recharge your spirit so that you feel renewed and ready to move on to becoming all you can be in this incredible life.
One of the best ways is to regularly spend some time with people who help you recharge. People who are well developed personally have this ability and they are happy to share it with those others who are genuinely on the path to developing their own potential.
There are many different levels at which you can tap into this energy.
A simple way is to read books and articles by, or listen to audios of, successful, inspiring people. This is a way that you can get a lift any time that you need it. For this reason I think that the ipod (and similar devices) is the greatest invention of recent times. You can carry around in your pocket a whole audio library of inspiration and knowledge to be tapped into whenever and wherever you wish.
Another way to recharge is to attend live talks given by inspiring people. There are all manner of seminars available in most major cities around the world and these seminars cover a huge range of inspiring and informative topics. It can really help to attend these from time to time.
By far the best way to tap into that recharge is to regularly mix with people who have the recharge quality. The sort of people who walk the walk. The people who can always find a positive side to every situation and enjoy the challenge of overcoming obstacles and roadblocks. These people will give you a massive spiritual recharge if you spend enough time with them.
Where do you find people like that? Well if you work to develop those same qualities within yourself then you will start attracting those rechargers to you. You could also make a decision to join or form a power group that meets regularly. A power group is a group of success minded people who help inspire each other, share knowledge and contacts, brainstorm ideas, and help each others' success journey in any way that they can.
If you form your own power group be prepared to fire anyone who isn't up to scratch and always be on the lookout for suitable new members. Most power groups function best with 4 to 10 members. I personally find 7 to be the ideal number.
Whatever it takes, make sure that you get a recharge at least once a week, whether it be through reading, listening, or interacting directly with a powerful recharger.
James Delrojo would like to help you by giving you his ebook "Unleash the Success Power of Your Mind" (valued at $27) completely FREE. Go to http://www.YourSuccessMind.com
About the Author
James Delrojo would like to help you by giving you his ebook "Unleash the Success Power of Your Mind" (valued at $27) completely FREE. Go to http://www.YourSuccessMind.com
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