I think we’ve all heard different speakers say different things about marketing. Some say that you should knock on as many doors as possible. Others say that signs are the way to go. Some talk about direct mail. Others swear by newspaper ads. Over the next several weeks, we’ll look at the pros and cons of each. Today, it’s door knocking vs. direct mail. Who is gonna win?

Direct mail. Hands down. There’s no doubt in my mind. I’ll put my money on it every single time. Why? Let’s discuss.

- First, door knocking obviously takes up a lot of time. Let’s talk about time for a second. It’s the one thing that Bill Gates can’t make more of, Warren Buffet can’t buy more of, and Donald Trump can’t build more of. If there’s one thing your daily schedule is ruled by, it’s time. Why would you spend an entire day going from door to door when you can acheive the same results by sending out a direct, targeted mail campaign to the same folks, sitting in your underwear at home and still have time leftover for internet surfing, watching your favorite show on TV, or spending extra time with your kids (my personal favorite)???

- Door knocking is not necessarily cheaper than sending out letters. People assume that letters have to go out in lots of 100. Not true. You can send out as many or as few letters as your budget will allow. With current gasoline prices being what they are, you will probably spend more money going around and knocking on doors all day, using up a tank of gas than you would if you’d mailed the same, targeted group of folks.

- Let’s talk about what you say when the door opens. Can you guarantee me, 100% of the time, that when the door opens you know exactly what to say, can say it in 200 words or less, never fumble or “um” and “uh” your way through the presentation, and answer every single one of the seller’s questions while you’re there? I can…with direct mail. I can tailor my message to say exactly what the seller needs to know about how I can help them with debt relief, job relocation, marriage, etc. and I have as long as I need to get the message perfect. And I can do it for $1.00 per letter. I doubt many can say the same thing about door knocking - especially if you’re just starting out!

Just from these 3 points, I already will make a strong argument for direct mail. I could go on all day long, but will spare you today. But I can hear you now:

“But, I can’t write my own sales letters, besides, what would they look like???”

Maybe you don’t think you can do it. Maybe you need proof.

xxxx Overbend Trail, Suwanee, GA 30024

Yepper. I bought that $341,500 house (Don’t laugh, in Georgia that’s above the median price range) off a $1.00 direct mail letter to the sellers.

I’m getting a 20% response rate on my mailings. The industry standard is 1%. What are you getting?

At any rate, I’m hoping that you’ll see that direct mail can utilize your current marketing budget, whatever that may be…and save you something you can never get back. TIME. Give it a shot. You never know how much money you could be making right now.

To read more about marketing to buyers and sellers, check out Rachel’s blog about all things real estate at http://www.bigcheesemarketing.com

To your marketing success,

Rachel Young
Big Cheese Marketing

One of the questions I get asked so often is “Why do women choose unstable losers (alcoholics, womanizers, partiers, emotionally wounded, etc.) over stable, “good guys” like me?

My answer is: It is the “Call of the Wild” within all of us.

Ask 100 women what they consider desirable in a guy, and they will come up with a list of 100 characteristics that they say make them desire a man instantly. Ask them to explain what that really means to them and it boils down to only one thing - PRIMAL MAGNETISM - what I like to refer to as the “Call of the Wild.”

Deep within the jungle of our minds and souls, we are programmed to be naturally attracted to the those people who remind us of the “wild” within us and are instinctively drawn to them. So although alcoholics, womanizers, partiers, emotionally wounded, etc are short on character, they are long on facets of the self that are more unruly, highly energized, spontaneous, unpredictable, uncertain and closer to the primal forces of nature.

The problem is that both men and women have lost the essence of what is genuinely and positively ‘wild” about us and therefore have a difficult time making sense of what “wild” is good for us and what is bad for us. The end result has made things rather complicated. Many women have been scarred and left hateful of men because their own sound judgment (response to the call of the wild) is in question. On the other hand, it drives “good guys” crazy, because the evidence seems to indicate that they must learn to be deceitful, destructive, abusive and uncaring in order to make it with women.

The reality though is that most guys who call themselves “good guys” play it really “safe” by following a rigid pattern of being and doing. She might flirt with you, let you buy her a drink, like spending time with you and even feel some degree of attraction for you but after a while she is less enthused about you and may find you less delightful as a partner (the words are “there is something missing in the relationship”).

If she really likes you she will insist she wants to take things slowly but next thing you know she’s back with her uncaring, abusive, alcoholic and emotionally wounded womanizing ex or fallen in love with a heavy partying unemployed moocher.

You may be a really good guy but to the women rigidity of mind, emotions and body translate into indifferent, single minded, uptight, nervous, jaded, unimaginative - BORING. And most times you are completely unaware that those rigid patterns of thoughts and behaviours play out on the outside and clearly visible in your face (looking lifeless, tense, uneasy, and mostly older than you really are), in your gestures (a series of premeditated and sluggish movements) and in how you walk (pulling in the pelvis, tightening the muscles of the buttocks and thighs and moving feet in muscle spasms). It doesn’t look sexy and doesn’t inspire the opposite sex.

You’ll save yourself many heartbreaks just by “letting go” a little and getting in touch with the “wild” inside of you. Where I come from (in the deepest ends of Africa where villagers see only one vehicle per week) they say there are some men and women with such powerful primal magnetism that they send off so many sexual vibes that even the wild animals in the bushes start pairing off.

Who knows next time she hears the “Call of the Wild”, it’ll be you calling and she’ll come running right back into your arms.

About the Author: Christine Akiteng is an internationally renowned
Sexual Confidence/Dating Coach and author of e-Books: The Art Of
Seducing Out Of Fullness, Breaking A Bad Relationships Pattern, and
Playing Hard-To-Get The Love Way.

http://www.torontosnumber1datedoctor.com

http://www.theartofseducingoutoffullness.com

http://www.playinghardtogettheloveway.com

Internet business marketing has become an increasingly large part of most business marketing plans. But just what does it mean to have a business marketing plan? What is internet business marketing?

An internet business marketing plan can simply be defined by creating an epresence — more commonly known as an electronic or internet presence. Business can market their presence on the internet in a number of ways including web sites, blogs, email, articles, and various forms of advertising and brand awareness. Why would a business worry about creating an epresence?

The most important reason is that the internet marketplace is growing in both size and scope. Every day there is a larger number of people who do their shopping, and information gathering before shopping, via the internet. No business can afford to miss that opportunity to grow their customer base. In addition, the web offers a wealth of advertising and marketing opportunities that can be adapted to any market and any product to create a unique marketing message for your company.

Another important reason is that internet marketing and internet advertising is often cheaper that most print or broadcast marketing alternatives — and sometimes its even free. Many forms of internet marketing also offer long-term benefits that make the initial expense even more cost effective. Some internet marketing campaigns can work weeks, months or years longer than the initial effort.

A final reason is that internet marketing allows you to adapt your marketing efforts to your specific audience and product which will better allow you to target your specific niche market better than any other form of advertising or marketing available.

Establish an epresence is an important part of the modern business marketing plan today because it is more cost effective, more adaptable, and more specific than other forms of advertising and marketing available.

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There is no doubt that first dating always make us more nervous. We just too afraid if everything are not as perfect as we want. We keep looking ourselves in front of mirror seeing anything wrong. Well, there is nothing bad of paying attention to your look but it is bad if you do it overly. And that is #1 first dating advice for you.

Just Relax

You just need to relax. As a matter of fact, no matter how hard you try there is always something wrong. Rather than bothering about having perfect first date just feel relax and curious about having a whole new experience.

Human learn from having mistake. So do not afraid to make a mistake, providing you do not make the same twice.

Envision your First Date

This is the technique that can help you a lot not only in your date but also in all of your endeavor. Before you doing any task you want to finish always envision about the outcome of those tasks. Feel the emotion, see the great result you always want, and see all the pride you will get after finishing your task.

Do this technique work? Even though it seemed not important but yes, this technique works like a charm. Because unconsciously you direct your subconscious mind to direct your body to get the best possible outcome you show to your subconscious mind.

Just Do it

And third advice “just do it”. Do not worry about anything just do it. It is a lot easier after you already involved in your first date.

Talk with Your Ear

Most people not talk with their ear. They talk with their heart; they just want to talk what they want to talk but not what other people’s want to hear. Prepare yourself to listen more her conversation and talk accordingly. Women like man that listen them. If you are having difficulty to do this, plan to train with your friend 15 minutes everyday for as long as 1 or 2 months until it becomes a habit in your daily life.

But this does not mean you are advised to not voice your talks, this will be different if you are in the middle of meeting or work.

Peter Williams is 15 years experienced psychologist. During his 15 years time he has devoured much time into research about dating and relationship. He runs an informational newsletter that provides seduction tips, dating articles and relationship advices. To take advantage of his free newsletter and more make sure you check out Peter’s site at http://www.the-seduction-files.net (get your free no obligation $29 dating report when you subscribe)

It’s astonishing what some smokers will do for a cigarette. The seriously addicted will go through amazing, often ridiculous extremes, sometimes risking death & serious injury just to have another smoke. These are true stories.

A man has a laryngectomy for cancer of the larynx from smoking, and a permanent tracheotomy hole in his neck. He resumes smoking THROUGH his tracheotomy!

A hospital patient on oxygen, lights up a cigarette (in violation of hospital rules) igniting the oxygen line and setting herself on fire - she ends up in the burn unit with 3rd degree burns. Another hospital patient once attempted to light up inside an OXYGEN Tent!

A lung transplant patient, and lung cancer survivor later resumes smoking with his “new lung.”

“In 1983, our chemistry professor at FSU tells our class, he once saw a lab chemist dispensing Anhydrous Diethyl Either from a 5-Gal drum with a lit cigarette in his mouth!”

Tallahassee 1985 - A woman pumps gas, at a gas station while smoking a cigarette, sets herself on fire, resulting in 3rd degree burns over 60% of her body.

Astonishingly, many ex-chain smokers in their 50s or 60s who are on oxygen for smoking-related emphysema, continue to smoke while on oxygen. More than one smoker has set themselves on fire.

A young aspiring aerospace engineering student, touring the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, in strict violation of the rules, pulls out a cigarette and lights up INSIDE the V.A.B! He is IMMEDIATELY thrown off the Space Center, told never to return and loses his scholarship.

During the Bosnian civil war of the 1990s, starving smokers have been known to trade food rations for cigarettes.

Smokers on airline flights, desperate for a smoke have been known to tamper with the plane’s lavatory smoke detector, attempting to disable or disconnect it so that they can “sneak” a smoke. They always get caught and find themselves in big trouble.

Poor people on food stamps have been known to return food items for a refund so they could scrape up enough for a pack.

“This evening my Sister, who just flew in from LA and I were on our way to visit my Dad at Tampa Gen. Hosp., when a middle-aged patient getting on the same elevator says: ‘This is one of the best hospitals! I had new heart valves and a bypass done 5 days ago but I learned one thing in life… Nothing is more important than that cigarette I just had.’ DeeDee: ‘I thought you were smoking.’ Patient said ‘My doctor told me I won’t need to quit yet, because it would be too stressful for me.’”

From a retired nurse in Kamloops, BC Canada: “Smoking outside in Canada is difficult for patients in the winter but they still do it anyway, so the patients on intravenous take their I.V. poles & pumps outside and the lines start to freeze and pump alarms go off.”

Never underestimate the power of cigarette addiction! Stories like these demonstrate just how bad it is. Smoking like other addiction is a disease. The single most important thing you can do to improve your health is to quit smoking. Stories like these should serve as a warning call of why it’s so important to quit smoking.

Visit http://www.quitcigarettesmokingnow.com to learn more about cigarette smoking addiction and information on quitting.

For those new to VoIP, it stands for Voice Over Internet Protocol and is a telephone service which enables you to use your broadband connection to make phone calls.

There are many telephone service providers offering VoIP, with many new providers entering the market weekly. So, “How do you choose the best service provider for you?”

Before deciding what provider you need to decide what service you need. Do you just want to make VoIP long distance and overseas calls and keep you current phone system for the rest? Or do you prefer to shift your full phone service to VoIP?

Because VoIP is a very cheap solution for long distance and international calls this may be an ideal option for those who make lots of these calls. In this instant you will maintain your current phone provider, and only use VoIP phone long distance.

You may however, decide you do want to switch entirely to residential VOIP. Be aware there may be issues in calling 911 in this situation and will need to determine the affects of this with the provider you ultimately choose. The three principal providers at the moment are:- Vonage, Comcast and Sunrocket; however, heaps of other telephony corporations are moving into VoIP every week.

In appraising a phone supplier, you should think about a number of things:

Website availability: Can you access the provider’s web site? If not, this might be an indication of their service and support.

Support and Assistance: Take a look around the web and see what you can find about the company’s reputation for support. Look at their website and see if you can easily find support and easily use it. Do they offer after hours and weekend support? These are all important things to discover before you sign up.

Cost of Installation: All things being equal it may possibly be advantageous to pick the one with the lowest installation cost. They might then value your business more and provide a better service.

Equipment needed: Will you need to get new phone handsets? How many will they provide? Can you use your existing ones? All important questions to have answered before deciding.

Now that we know what to look for in a VOIP provider, we need to know what to keep away from.

The first tip is to stay away from new, small VOIP service providers. Let someone else use them first lets not be the guinea pig. Telephony and especially internet telephone is not a business where the small providers are going to win, especially not in the foreseeable future. The safest idea is to locate a recognized provider for your new phone service. You can always swap providers later.

Beware that there are many resellers and middlemen in the market. The key here is to know that they will not be providing or supporting your phone service, but will be making a commission for referring you to the end provider.

Changing to a VoIP phone system can be a key decision in your household. With a little research and some logical comparison between the providers, I am sure you can choose one you’ll be pleased with.

With You in Technology
Adam White

Adam creates easy to read articles on VoIP Telephones and Voice over IP Phone Systems at Discover-VoIP.info.

Cellulite can be characterized by an uneven bumpy skin texture over the upper outer tights, buttocks, breasts and upper arms.

Different theories characterize cellulite as a vascular, structural or inflammatory process. For example cellulite can be explained as a degradation process initiated by the loss of the capillary network and inability to restore the tissue damage. Cellulite can also appear in the presence of larger fat lobules attachments under the skin.
The collagen breakdown which usually appears during puberty and menstruation in the dermis, can be an important factor in cellulite formation. In the same time, cellulite becomes accentuated during pregnancy, nursing and estrogen therapy.

An unbalanced diet with excessive intake of fat, carbohydrates, salt may also aggravate this condition.
A poor fiber diet decreases tissue oxygenation and increases the formation of radicals and toxins under the skin. Emotional stress induces the increase in adrenaline and noradrenaline which stimulates the reactions of fat synthesis (lipogenesis). Finally, a sedentary life decreases the muscle mass in the favor of the fat mass.

The complexity of the factors for the cellulite condition requires multilevel approaches and treatments.
There are several options which might have a positive impact on the cellulite treatment such as silicon, retinol and different herbal therapies.

Herbs which stimulate peripheral circulation such as rosemary, cayenne, dandelion, nettle may be very beneficial in the treatment of cellulite. Compounds which naturally induce collagen synthesis (vitamin C, gamma linoleic acid) may help with the restoration of the damaged skin due to cellulite.
By removing the toxins embedded in the fat lobules tissue oxygenation is improved. Saunas, massages, fast absorbing compounds such as clays are also beneficial. Mild sport activities improve muscle tone helping restore the muscle mass.

Conclusion: Cellulite is not a disease. Cellulite is a result of hormonal activities and life style. Theoretically every woman has cellulite. Cellulite can be less pronounced or completely undetectable if you have a healthy life style and use whenever necessary different topical approaches to reduce it.

C.E. Budu has two postdoctoral trainings in pharmacology and microbiology, a Ph.D. in Cell Biology and a Master in Biochemistry. She is the Founder of Active Herbal Cosmetics and Skin Therapeutics (http://www.telbari.com and http://www.herbalskincure.com). Her line of skin care products created only of Certified Organic herbs and genuine oils represents her continue dedication to satisfy the customer needs for healthy and radiant skin. Her innovative herbal treatments are meant to help people with skin problems all over the world.

Choices. We get Choices.

How do you approach life? Do you approach it with an attitude of a human turnip? You vegetate. You are all done already and have nothing to learn.
OR— You approach life with the attitude of what can I make it? Happiness is a quality of living life as if it were a fine art. It requires love, courage and a good sense of humor.

What if you were a sculptor and your life was going to be your masterpiece? What would you create? What would your life be about if you only had once chance to sculpt it? Would you go for joy, self expression and deliciousness?
Your creative self-sculpture is an artistic process and the sculptor must master four wisdoms.

Wisdom Number One: Know Thyself. What am I made of? Who do I want to become? What do I want to bring into my life? What do I want to eliminate?

Wisdom Number Two: Be a true craftsperson. Craftsmanship will allow you to mold your raw material into a life-sculpture that touches others and inspires.

Wisdom Number Three: Be tenacious. Stay true to your design and when things do not work out the first time keep exploring new possibilities. You will be glad that you did no doubt.

Wisdom Number four: Be courageous. Do not allow circumstances to become convenient excuses. Look at obstacles as opportunities, mistakes as lessons and stay on your path. Nothing is worth giving up the work at hand. Not age, gender, time required, money, weather, mothers, fathers, allergies or judgements can stop you if you are courageous. It is easy to get sidetracked since what you are creating is something new, something extraordinary and it requires focus and love.

Nancy Mindes is a Coach University trained professional Attraction Coach who has helped hundreds of clients since 2000.

She works with women who want to be audacious and bold, live rich, play big and do good. She has been an executive in corporate America at such companies as Merrill Lynch, Elizabeth Arden and The Fashion Group International.

Her Audacious Confidence groups really help clients to ramp up their attraction quotient so they can play a bigger, more profitable and audacious game.
http://www.NancyMindes.com

I ask you question. Do you like vacation? If your answer is “NO”, don’t read this article. This information is for people who are serious to enjoy vacation.

Then, do you have time to enjoy vacation? Do you have money to travel around the world? Do you have health to be able to go around the world. You need 3 things to enjoy vacation

1. Money
2 Time
3 Health

But how many percentage of people have 3 things? The survey shows that only 1% of population have 3 things. Did this fact disappoint you? But you are luck to find this worth information to solve those problems!

I will show you How to own your life!

Have you ever thought about what it would be like to “Own Your Life?” This is what we think it means to “Own Your Life:”

When you subtract out the sleeping time, commuting time, working time and things you have to do each and every day of your life, most people don’t have more than one to two hours a day to do what they would like to do - and then, would they have the money to do it?
We have discovered a way a person can learn how to “Own Their Life” by building a home-based business, and we have a system for doing it that is so simple anyone can do it! It doesn’t require selling, and the best part is it won’t take much of your time. If you are interested, continue browsing this lens and click the link below to fill out a brief survey for more information.

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A study regarding the correlation between pH and the irritant effect of soaps and cleansers marketed for dry skin revealed that most products recommended for sensitive skin cause significant irritation to the protective surface layer of the skin. Consequently, the authors of the study recommended that advertising regulations for sensitive skin products require disclosure of the pH level and the type of cleansers used. However, it is still rare to find a dry skin product with the right pH level and it is wise to take measures to prevent
damage. Shielding lotion, a new breakthrough in dry skin care now recommended by hundreds of dermatologists, protects the skin from such irritation.

The study, published in the International Journal of Dermatology, was conducted on 17 products marketed for dry skin and 12 common soaps. The products were applied to the forearm of 30 participants for five consecutive days. The pH of each product was measured and the effects - including redness, scaling and fissures - were recorded and then scored using the Irritation Index. The authors concluded that most of these products caused considerable irritation.

The pH level of normal skin is between 4 and 6.5, which is slightly acidic. Dry skin care products with a pH in that range are generally safe. However, despite the recommendations of this and other studies, most soaps have a pH of 9 to 11. Many moisturizers, toners, peels, lotions and other skin care products also tend to be either too acidic or too alkaline. Household cleansers, another major source of dry skin and irritation, can have a pH as high as 13. In fact, it’s virtually impossible to avoid products that cause skin damage.

However, shielding lotion was designed to handle precisely that problem. According to Dr. Lisa Benest, a board certified dermatologist practicing in Burbank, California, “Every day our skin is exposed to numerous chemicals and irritants just in everyday life - you don’t have to be working in chemicals or with cleaning fluids to have that happen. Shielding lotion provides an invisible barrier onto the skin to help protect us from all these irritants, which can lead to dry skin, eczema and other skin problems.”

The best protection from irritation is to avoid the chemicals that cause it but, for those that cannot be avoided, a shielding lotion gives the protection needed to both treat and help prevent dry skin.

Author, Gloria MacTaggart, is a freelance writer who contributes articles on skin care for 21st Century Formulations. For more information, visit http://www.SkinMDNatural.com.