EIGHTH ACTION STEP - GET CLEAR ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT

A GOAL implies Desire! You’re going to start with just one goal to FOCUS on.

Ask yourself these questions:

What one thing would I like to change about my life?

What one thing would give me the greatest sense of satisfaction if I accomplished it?

If I could do anything and be successful, what would I do? This question is ultimately about your self confidence to be yourself.

Through the Activity of achieving your GOAL you are liberating yourself from UNCONSCIOUS programs that dictate what’s possible for you to achieve. You are also learning new, more productive habits of mind.

Taking ACTION toward your GOAL helps you to grow in your feelings of self like and self acceptance.

It’s NOT important for you to know HOW you will achieve your GOAL. Your primary FOCUS is to find the one GOAL that most inspires and excites your passion for its achievement.

The fact you can conceive and write your goal down means you can accomplish it!

Remember whatever you dwell upon creates your future. Consistently think about what you want or desire, and off the things you fear, or don’t want.

Your outer world mirrors what’s going on in your inner world.

Developing a deep inner trust in yourself and your ability to handle any life situation results from your having integrity with your Core Values.

Your Goal must be congruent with your Highest (Core) Values. Otherwise you will experience Inner Conflict and Sabotage your Desired Outcome or Result.

For example if Feeling Safe is a Core Value of yours and you feel Unsafe or Vulnerable when you are Slender then you will sabotage your efforts to achieve your goal of being your natural weight as it is in conflict with your Core Value of Feeling Safe.

Becoming aware of Inner Conflict between a Core Value and Your GOAL is the First Step in resolving it.

Learn more about resolving inner conflicts in SHADOW VOICES.

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You have bad credit for various reasons and are upset because you want to get a better home mortgage loan for your Utah home mortgage, but you are worried about being able to get the loan at all. Fortunately, there are options for mortgage planning and Utah home loans despite having bad credit. Looking on the Internet for Utah home loans for bad credit is a great way to get started. There are many companies that are willing to work with individuals whose credit is not so perfect. All you have to do is apply for the Utah home mortgage, include your social security number, and the mortgage planning company will review your credit score and let you know if you qualify or not.

Within bad credit there is better bad credit and worse bad credit. For example, if your credit score is 600 then this is considered bad credit but it is almost a 620 and that is not bad at all. So, you will find many more mortgage companies willing to take the risk and loan you the money. Especially if your recent credit history shows you make payments on time and that you have an income to support your new mortgage. On the other hand, if your credit score is in the 400 range you will have a significantly more difficult time getting a Utah home loan. That is because your credit is really bad and many Utah home mortgage companies will not want to take the risk on you.

So, what can you do if you have bad credit and want to get a better mortgage rate? The answer is to raise your credit score. You can do this by making all of your payments on time. This includes credit cards, car, home, and anything else that reports to the credit bureaus. Each payment you make on time will help improve your credit score. While you are doing this you will also want to make sure you are paying your credit cards off. The more debt you pay off the better your debt to income ratio is which will make a difference to creditors. So, go ahead and get started improving your credit score so that you can get a better home mortgage loan. The better your credit score the lower your interest rate and the more money you will save!

Natalie Aranda writes about finance. You have bad credit for various reasons and are upset because you want to get a better home mortgage loan for your Utah home mortgage, but you are worried about being able to get the loan at all. Fortunately, there are options for mortgage planning and Utah home loans despite having bad credit. Looking on the Internet for Utah home loans for bad credit is a great way to get started.

Many of us have goals, dreams and aspirations that we think about from time to time in almost a wishful way. How many of us though actually take the time to really sit down and think about them and start to set personal goals? How many of us wish we could realize our potential and spend time personal goal setting and then working to achieve them? We all have real goals, dreams and aspirations and yet, over time, we let them slowly fade into the background noise of our busy lives. Yet it needn’t be this way. We can set personal goals and we can achieve them. However, personal goal setting means that we must be willing to be honest with ourselves.

Why do so many people fail to achieve their personal, emotional, or professional goals? Although we tend to blame ourselves, pointing to our lack of discipline, talent, or resources, the problem often lies in our very goals. Oftentimes, we set goals for ourselves that are not really our own. We may think that we’re buying the house, applying to graduate school or getting married for ourselves, but too often the reality is that we are being swayed by the influence of our friends or family members. We often do not realise that so many of the decisions we make and personal goal setting we do is being influenced by others. We rationalize all our personal goals, fooling ourselves into believing that we are acting from our own desires and talents.

What happens when we let others “drive” our personal goal setting for us? More often than not, we end up abandoning our personal goals mid-stream. We realize that we pursued the wrong goals, for the wrong reasons and decide to follow our own instincts. Even if we achieve our personal goals and demonstrate outward success, we may end up feeling vaguely unsatisfied, unhappy, or compromised. For many, the idea of following their own desires may seem far-fetched or simply impractical. While it may not always be easy to do, setting our own goals is the only way to achieve a life of personal satisfaction.

So how can you differentiate between your personal goals and the expectations of others? Sometimes these two things collide in conflict, and you must be determined about staying true to your true desires. First and foremost, you absolutely must be honest with yourself about what you really want.

What are your goals and dreams? What are those persistent visions that follow you year after year? Those interests and pursuits that you dream about as you lie awake at night. These ideas that refuse to die are your dreams, and provide the basis for your personal goals. The reason so many people fail to set their own goals is because the risk involved is perceived as too large and looming. Complacency and following the expectations set by others is an easier thing to do. To set and pursue your own goals involves a good measure of courage, hard work, and honesty. Many people resist this route in order to follow the path of least resistance. They fear the hard work, the potential for failure, and the risk of humiliation.

Once you have pinpointed those aspirations that you have carried with you most of your life, you must face the difficult decision of whether you will pursue these goals or not. Many people are painfully aware of their true desires, but are too afraid to transform their dreams into real goals. They fear that they are being impractical, too caught up in the realm of fantasy. They do their best to ignore the impulse to pursue their honest desires. They figure that eventually these desires will fall to the wayside, pushed to the margins of their lives by the pressures and realities of everyday life. But what if these interests and desires never subside, what if they remain ever present, if only residing faintly in their imagination?

To bring your suppressed personal goals into clear focus, try this simple exercise. Dig out a notebook and pen. Give yourself a full five minutes to quickly put down everything you are interested in or passionate about. It’s important that this be a timed exercise. The more time you give yourself to write things down, the greater the possibility that you will censure yourself. Write quickly, without judgment. Don’t worry about what others will think, as this piece of paper is private and will never be seen by anyone other than you. Before you are able to even think seriously about personal goal setting, you must be honest with yourself. Let your true desires and goals come into the light. Get a good look at them and ask yourself, “Am I setting my own goals? Or am I simply following the expectations of others?”

Paul Duxbury writes extensively on Personal Goal Setting and has recently published The definitive Guide to Personal Goal Setting

Pheromones are chemicals that the body release naturally that allow a form of silent communication between living creatures. Human pheromones are related to the gender of a person. Males have a set of pheromones and females have a set of pheromones. Humans only respond to the pheromones from other humans. The exact effect of human pheromones is not known, but studies have proven they are effective.

Human pheromones are what trigger attraction between the two sexes. They are thought to have been directly related to the days before spoken communication and language. The pheromones would signal to males that females were ready to breed, just as they do in animal and insect species. Today, though, human pheromones have been bottled and sold as the sure proof way to get a date.

Everyone has likely responded to a pheromone. There are pheromones that signal the flight or fight sense. When someone is scared it is the pheromones that cause others to run too. Pheromones can be very strong, especially human pheromones signaling attraction.

Many companies have latched onto the idea of selling synthetic pheromones in the form of perfumes and colognes. There is not conclusive scientific proof regarding human pheromones, but many customers swear by these products and repeatedly buy them. Naturally, it takes more than simply a smell to attract a date.

Most of the work with pheromones has been studying how animals and insects use them. It is more obvious in these species than in humans. Dogs mark their territory with pheromones. Insects make paths with pheromones. They are very important to an animal or insects daily life, where as humans, we rarely even think about how we are using ours.

Most of the findings are linked to the sex pheromones as they are the easiest to determine and watch. There have been tests to see the response pheromones cause in the human body.

Human pheromones are something we all have. They impact our lives even though we are probably not aware of how they do so. Pheromones are known to be strong and important, and it cannot hurt to experiment for yourself to see if you notice any difference.

Tisha Diaz recommends these scented and unscented pheromones for men and women.

Funeral urns with traditions that date to the beginning of time, our artists use variations of the same techniques to create and model one-of-a-kind pieces. The combination of technical expertise with creative energy result in pieces that is unique in form as well as spirit.

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With a wealth of experience and priceless talent, our artists produce a range of ingenious pieces like hand-blown glass urns, bronze cremation urns and wood urns that are elegant decorative pieces and unforgettable collector’s items.

These memorial urns are original pieces in a class of their own and are very affordable urns. With a team of artists and a production capacity well above the industry average, have without a doubt, played a crucial role in our websites success in the international market.

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When explaining cremation to a child and the death of a beloved family member it’s important for parents to know that this experience has a profound impact not only adults but children as well.
Children will experience grief as much as adults do.
What is essential to remember when explaining cremation to a child, is that children react and deal with death in various different ways as age progresses.
Their level of understanding, emotional development and ability to grasp life’s experiences must be taken into consideration when explaining death to children.
Helping a child understand that death is a natural occurence in life and grief is completely normal is dependant on an adult’s ability to speak about it comfortably and openly.
Children rely on adults to confirm that feeling sad and it’s all right to cry.

EXPLAINING CREMATION TO A CHILD

When explaining cremation to a child, if possible, make arrangements to see the body before the cremation occurs.
This experience will be a positive one for your child.
It’s important to note that viewing the body should not be forced and it can provide an opportunity for your child to “goodbye” to your beloved family member.
Depending on the level of curiosity among children, when a beloved family member is cremated, the child may want to know what cremation is.
Basic guidelines should be remembered when answering a child’s questions. Always remember to keep your answers simple and easy to understand.
Remember to choose your words wisely when communicating. Avoid words that have a frightening or negative connotation such as “burn” or “fire”.
In a very confident way, briefly explain the cremation process.
Tell your child that the body is in a special container called a casket is taken to a place called a crematory where using a special process that causes no pain, reduces it to something that looks like white or grey sand.
Explain to your child that the sand we call cremated remains are placed in a container called an urn. Don’t be afraid to show your child the urn.

Some children will be curious enough to ask to see the contents as well. If your child does request to see the contents, make sure that you’ve seen them first to help you effectively describe the contents.
Then let your child decide for him/herself wether they want to proceed.
If your child is old enough, you may want to consider having the child help with planning the memorial service.
Your child may not understand common terms used and their meaning, the simple fact of being involved will help establish a level of comfort and understanding of the cycle of life.

ANSWERING A CHILD’S QUESTIONS

When answering a child’s questions, parents must remember to:
- Beware of what a child is capable of understanding. Always avoid complicated answers that will lead to confusion.
- Communicate in words that your child will understand.
- Beware of your tone of voice. Avoid over-emotional situations that will construe your explications.

- Repeat your explanations as many times as necessary. It’s not uncommon for a child to ask the same question over and over again.

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Managing your personal budget can be simple and can save you lots of money. Make a plan. Work your plan. Track your actual expenditures. Change your plan. It is not as hard as you might be thinking, and the wonderful feelings of being in control and finding money you didn’t know you had are priceless.

Ok. This sounds good, but how do you do it? Use the free spreadsheet described below and follow the steps. The spreadsheet is easy to use, and it becomes fun to type into the budget plan your various estimates of spending your money and instantly see what the total expenditures would be.

1. Go to forhonor.com

2. Click “Free Downloads” at the upper right, and download the free budget spreadsheet. Save it as “Expenses2007.xls.”

3. Click the link, print, and read the instructions for tracking your expenses.

4. Enter your actual expenses, so far this year, to the “Expenses2007.xls” spreadsheet. Don’t worry about being 100% accurate at first. Then save a second copy of this spreadsheet and name it “BudgetPlan2007.xls.”

5. Use the “BudgetPlan2007.xls” spreadsheet. There is one page for each month. Across the top are the expense categories, such as housing, automobile, groceries, restaurant, medical, etc. Enter your predicted detailed expenses under each category. You might type in several estimated expenses under groceries, for example. Look at the monthly grocery total, and if you want the total to be bigger or smaller, just change some of the detailed expenditures. Do this for every month until you have estimated all twelve months of the year. Then look at the one-page yearly summary and see the totals that the spreadsheet automatically calculates.

Yikes! The total is more than you are going to have in take home pay. Well, it’s better for you to know that now, rather than too late.

6. Think where you could spend less money.

- Spend less on gas by car-pooling with a neighbor. Fill up on Wednesdays if gas prices always go up on the weekend. Walk or bike instead of driving.

- Lower your grocery costs by buying more basic foods and fewer prepared, ready-to-eat foods. Buy the large box of old-fashioned oatmeal. Cook it in your microwave and add skim milk, cinnamon, and sugar, even fruit. You’ll have a really delicious, healthy breakfast or snack for pennies a serving, much cheaper than other boxed dry cereal.

- Mix four ounces of pure grape juice and three or four ounces of water. You’re still getting good nutrition, but are getting fewer calories and are saving half the cost. Pour four ounces of diet pop or soda water into four ounces of grape juice, and you have a healthy, low-calorie, low-cost drink that tastes great and quenches your thirst.

- Don’t pay credit card interest. Force yourself to stop charging ANYTHING for two months. Pay cash only. Then, always pay more each month than you charged that month until the card is entirely paid off. The interest you no longer pay is “found” money. Change to a credit card that pays you a percentage back and doesn’t charge an annual fee, but be sure you always pay off the balance in full each month.

- Get a free checking account so you don’t have to pay check-cashing fees. Many banks waive account fees if you have your paycheck or social security check direct-deposited or if you have a savings account. Don’t bounce checks. Don’t get advance loans on your paycheck because the fees are very high. NEVER get the immediate income tax refund loan from your tax preparer. They charge a FEE. Choose direct-deposit for your tax refund and you will get it quickly.

- Use your income tax refund to help get your credit card paid off or to help break the cycle of always needing to get a paycheck advance loan. If you got a large refund this year, get help from your employer to calculate if you can reduce your tax withholding for next year. Then you will get more money in your paycheck every payday.

- Use electronic bill-payment for many of your bills and save the thirty-nine cents stamp, the envelope, and the check cost.

7. Type your revised spending estimates into “BudgetPlan.xls” as you think of them, and let the computer instantly give you the new totals. Keep trying until your total estimated expenses are less than your total take-home pay for the month or the year.

8. Continue to track your actual expenses in the “Expenses2007.xls” spreadsheet and compare them to your “BudgetPlan.xls” every month. When expenditures aren’t going according to plan, you can easily play around with entering different numbers in your plan to decide what changes to make so you don’t spend more than you earn.

The more months you track your actual expenses the easier it gets to plan for future months. Soon, you’ll find you don’t want to live without your plan and your expense tracking.

Go to http://www.forhonor.com and take control of your money today.

Donna Jaske has successfully used for many years this simple spreadsheet to plan and track where her money goes. Jaske is the editor for her daughter’s book, “For Honor,” and more. The free budget tracking spreadsheet and free excerpts from the books are available at http://www.forhonor.com

A patient of mine returned to the office after two months of not being seen. I had only seen her once, before and I didn’t know why she stopped coming in for visits after that. I left messages on her answering machine but did not receive any return call, and now here she sits in my office today.

As you can imagine, my first question was simple, “Where have you been and are you okay?” Her reply was a flood of tears. And so today I write this article hoping that her story will help you.

What happened was that she went to sleep, woke up the next day, and went downstairs only to find her husband sitting in his favorite chair, dead. Gone forever.

His book of life is closed, and now the patient will begin a new but unwelcome chapter in her life. He died of a severe heart attack, aneurysm, or stroke.

The problem is that he didn’t expect to die and had not given his wife any information either about his passwords or about his business, insurance, and bank accounts. It turns out that he did not own the commercial property that housed his business; he had two business credit lines that were tied to his (now her) residence, and he had other property and land with mortgage notes that needed to be met monthly.

Here’s what you need to know. Life happens and death happens. Death is a touchier subject, much more than life, but it’s a part of life. This article isn’t a discussion about heaven or hell-it’s an article about those you leave behind.

You need to prepare for that final dirt nap. If you are married or have a soul mate, he/she should know about passwords, bank accounts, business deals and obligations, loans, and how to access your life insurance.

To avoid the situation my patient experienced I recommend the following action steps:

1.-Copy all your passwords down and keep them in files. Make sure your significant other knows how to access these files.

2.-If you are married or have a significant other, there is no reason to hide your business deals or obligations. Make sure your significant other knows whom you are obligated to pay and who owes you money.

3.-Consider working with an attorney to set up a trust to protect your assets. Many people are creating family trusts for further financial protection.

4.-Create a living will. Although some people may consider death a morbid subject, you should ideally create a living will where directives are given regarding keeping you alive. Some folks just can’t let go. What they don’t realize is how it affects family members and how much it will cost. You should discuss with your significant other how you feel about medication and procedures to keep you alive.

5.-Create directives on where you want your belongings to go. If possible, create a DVD listing your directives and give a copy to your attorney.

6.-If you don’t have life insurance, consider purchasing a plan for your family. The benefit amount should cover your house, your significant other’s lifestyle and children’s lifestyle, college education for the children, and funeral arrangements (the average cost for a basic funeral is $5000-10,000).

7.-If you know where you want to be buried and you have the money, consider purchasing your gravesite and stone now. Think how much easier it will be for your loved one that he/she will not have to worry about that part.

8.-Introduce your significant other to your banker, CPA, and attorney. Let’s hope your marriage is a full disclosure marriage.

9.-A smart investment to purchase is long-term health care insurance. This particular insurance product should be purchased as soon as you can afford it, even if you are in your 30s. The younger you purchase this insurance product the cheaper the cost. Long-term insurance helps pay for the care you need when you can no longer care for yourself. It can protect your family’s financial future and your own investments and savings. I have had the opportunity to see what can happen to a family and their finances without long-term care insurance. Most people do not think that disease and dysfunction will occur in their lives at an early age, but as we all know, life doesn’t always work according to our plans. Can you imagine the difficulty you would face if you had to take care of a loved one who was really sick? Do you think you could bathe your parent or significant other? I know you would like to say “yes.” But do you think you could, physically or mentally? Do you think you could quit your job and provide care around the clock? Do you think you have the psychological capability to diaper one of your parents? Or, worse yet, would you want one of your children cleaning your behind or putting a diaper on you? It truly would not be fair to them. It would be very taxing physically, mentally, and financially. With this type of insurance you or your family members will not have to provide this type of care personally. This insurance will also help with nursing facility care. Take a closer look at this type of insurance. I suggest purchasing it when you are young because you’ll get a better rate. The premium rises exponentially as you get older.

10.-And for those left behind, get help for yourself and your family especially if you have kids. Seek bereavement counseling. It is difficult to lose a loved one. I never believe time heals-I just believe you adapt to the situation.

Marcel Proust, the French novelist most famous for his work Remembrance of Things Past, once said, “We say that the hour of death cannot be forecast, but when we say this we imagine that hour as placed in an obscure and distant future. It never occurs to us that it has any connection with the day already begun or that death could arrive this same afternoon, this afternoon which is so certain and which has every hour filled in advance.”

Last but not least, end every night with an “I love you,” for you never know what tomorrow will bring.

Michael J. Kaye is a chiropractic physician practicing in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He is a member of the American Chiropractic Association, Pennsylvania Chiropractic Association and the American Chiropractic Rehabilitation Board. He has a sub-specialty in Chiropractic Rehabilitation.

He is the director of The Rehab Group of Bucks/Montgomery County-a multidisciplinary clinic with an emphasis on chronic pain and wellness. He is a publisher of two papers on rehabilitation of chronic injuries. In general his clinic promotes nutritional and lifestyle changes for the chronic pain patient. Additionally, he has published several articles on finance and wealth, happiness and motivation; and health related issues.

Dr. Kaye also developed a web site dedicated to Health, Wealth & Happiness. He authored an e-book titled, “The Living Triad”-a book about building a foundation for a well-lived life. Website-http://www.frompaintopersonalgain.com

Cremation today is becoming increasingly popular. The number of people choosing incinerations has increased significantly over the past few years.
Statistics show that in the United States 15% of all services are incinerations and the trend shows by 2040 this will increase to over 40%.
In Canada statistics show that 56% of services today are incinerations and it is projected to increase to over 60% by 2040.

History

Incinerations have been in existence since the early Stone Age. It is probable that incinerations were performed during those times in areas such as Egypt, Asia and Europe.
During the late Stone Age, incinerations then began to expand across northern Europe, Spain and Portugal. Cinerary gardens developed in Italy, Hungary and continued to spread to Ireland.
The Grecian Trend then evolved influencing cremations became quite a popular custom. So much so that the by the 5th century, the Romans issued a decree to disallow incinerations entirely in the city.
During the Roman Empire, incinerations were common and the remains were transferred in designated funerary urns and then stored in Columbariums for permanent memorilization.

CREMATION TODAY

When we describe the cremation process, it is the simple process of reducing the body to small particles that resemble sand and bone fragments. The bone fragments themselves are further processed to reduce them to small particles as well.
Without limiting families wishes, incineration increases one’s options when it comes to planning a funeral service.

This by no means eliminates the wish to have a funeral ceremony. On the contrary, a service is often planned before the incineration itself takes place and in most cases is very similar to a funeral service that opts for ground burial.
In fact, today ceremonies can be as traditional as they can be contemporary. The choices made are personalized to every individual and will always reflect and commemorate the beloved lives of those that have passed on.

PLANNING A CREMATION

When making arrangements to plan a cremation ceremony, after you have chosen your funeral director, he/she will have a significant role in the final outcome.
Understand that they are there to provide you with advice and guidance.
Some general information will be required such as:
- Does the family wish to have a period of visitation?- Does the family wish to have an open or closed casket viewing?- What type of music does the family wish to have if any?- Does the family wish to have a religious ceremony in a chapel or your place of worship?- Does the family prefer to have a private ceremony reserved only for the immediate family?

MEMORILIZATION OPTIONS

Once the cremation ceremony has been planned, the next step is to establish a permanent resting place for remembrance.
The disposition of cremated remains is entirely dependant on the type of memorilization the family wishes to have.
Cremated remains are permanently transferred to a funerary urn or funeral urns before the permanent resting place is established.
The funerary urn can be burried at the cemetery in either a family plot, an urn garden or conditional to local, provincial/state laws, scattered in a scattering garden.
Other choices may be to place the urn in a columbarium or mausoleum.
If a burial plot or an urn garden is chosen, a permanent memorial can be erected. Choices may include a monument or grass marker made of granite or bonze.
If scattering is preferred, a Book of Rememberance is what is commonly used where the deceased name is added to provide a place of pilgrimage to celebrate the life of a loved one.
These and other decisions will need to be made. Whenever possible, pre-arrangements are much less of a daunting task and more often than not, the family truly appreciates when arrangements are made ahead of time.
When grieving, planning a ceremony is not an easy task.

EXPLAINING CREMATION TO A CHILD

When explaining death to a child and the death of a beloved family member it’s important for parents to know that this experience has a profound impact not only adults but children as well. Children will experience grief as much as adults do.
What is essential to remember is that children react and deal with death in various different ways as age progresses.

Their level of understanding, emotional development and ability to grasp life’s experiences must be taken into consideration when explaining death to children.
Helping a child understand that death is a natural occurrence in life and grief is completely normal is dependant on an adult’s ability to speak about it comfortably and openly.
Children rely on adults to confirm that feeling sad and it’s all right to cry.

COMMON QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

It’s not uncommon to have a multitude of questions when planning a cremation service especially when we’re doing it for the first time.
How do we describe the cremation process?
What’s appropriate for funeral dress, Funeral etiquette?
How do we explain cremation to a child?
Where can we find cinerary and funeral urns and what do they look like?
These answers and more…

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Creator of Funeral Planning

Article marketing has been a very popular form of promoting a website over the last few years. I myself have written many an article and have seen some superb results. The problem however is the fact that some people have ruined this once great concept which has meant that the major search engines have had to act. Do not worry article marketing is here to stay but all authors need to be aware of how to stay ahead of the game. A few simple changes to the way you currently use your articles is all that is required.

I caught the bug of writing articles in 2005. I was soon posting each article to around forty of the different article marketing websites. I certainly do not do this anymore, I now only submit to what I believe are the five main sites. To ensure that these articles are unique, it is a very good idea to make some changes to the article before submitting them to each site. That way you are helping other webmasters to avoid any penalty for duplicate content. For this reason I also refrain from publishing the article on my own websites.

This is one big must, your content needs to be unique, if you can adopt this approach you will have a much greater chance of reaching the top of the natural search engine results.

There are now so many articles of worthless content from people who are trying to spam their way to the top. Search engines like Google are starting to hit back, I am also very impressed with ezinearticles who now have two editors checking each article.

Forget PLR articles this is the lazy way of promoting your site. Hard work pays off, hire a ghostwriter if you do not have the time but do not fall into the trap of hiring cheap labour from countries such as India, as usual quality comes at a price. English let’s face it is not even their mother tongue.

For 2007/2008 quality is important not quantity. My last tip but an important one to remember, deep linking is essential, do not just point all of the links towards your homepage. Good luck my fellow webmasters.

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