It may to difficult to accept but the ingredients for a happy and fulfilling relationship with your significant other or spouse rests on the foundation of acceptance. Acceptance of the reasons you fell in love in the first place. Acceptance of who that person is at their core. Acceptance of all the little things they do.

1. Acceptance does not imply giving up. It is not a negative term. It is acknowledging reality. Acceptance means that we come to understand and accept our mate and our life for what it is. There is no judgment involved. It means that we accept things as they are, not as we think they should be.

2. Understand fully the difference between what is and what you think should be. You know, wishful thinking. An abusive spouse is what is; your belief that he or she is going to change any minute is what you think reality should look like. Big difference

3. Acceptance does not suggest that if your lover is abusive to you that you simply accept it and do nothing? No. You do accept it as a fact but then you are free to make a decision as to what you will do next. There are plenty of options but all of them are based on acceptance of what is. You can choose to take a different approach to the problem and see if that works. You can choose to leave the abusive situation. The choice is yours.

4. Here is the core truth behind acceptance. You have heard it before: “Oh Lord, give me the courage to change the things I can, the strength to accept what I cannot change, and the wisdom to know the difference.” What exactly do you have control over in life? Think hard about this one. You basically have control over one thing in your life: You. Period and end of discussion.

Look to your past and do a reality check. I know for myself that I spent about 40 years thinking that I could change my Father. I would somehow, through countless hours of discussions and arguments, show him the error of his ways and make him into the ideal Father that I wanted. Guess what? I am fifty-five years old and my Dad is still my Dad. The more I resisted who he was, the more he dug his heels in.

My Dad is at his core a wonderful, compassionate and giving person. He becomes that person when I exhibit those same qualities. Bingo! So it is my behavior towards my Father that empowers me to transform our relationship. I change my approach via the road of acceptance. Does it always work? No. Mostly? Yes. Which brings us to our next point…

5. We don’t impress people by describing in words how we have transformed ourselves. We transform ourselves and the people around us by being what we believe in. We lead by example. If you are looking to stop anger in your house, don’t get angry. Walk away from anger. Allow it to diffuse and then have a discussion about the effects of anger on the household. If you scream back in response to an angry person, you only add fuel to the fire.

6. Acceptance and transformational behavior are habits that we can master. Initially it will not be easy but that is always the case when we take on something truly meaningful. We need to unlearn old habits or ways of being and initiate new ones. Make a list of how you would want to be treated in very specific ways. For instance, “I want to be treated with respect”. Then your new habit is to treat everyone around you with respect. It is through repetition that we master new ways of being. New habits, if practiced, can take hold in three months.

After three months, see what is appearing in your life. I believe that you will see amazing results. The least thing you will have accomplished is a new you. Chances are extremely good that your mate will have experienced your new way of being and will change too. They will change because they want to, not because you want them to. That is true and lasting change. A change that results in a transformed relationship.

You can live a life that truly works and you can achieve peak performance in all areas of your life. You can not only survive life’s unexpected changes and transitions but also thrive. Powerful change is possible. You are fully capable of creating a life that you choose.

Life Coaching is a proven, powerful, one-on-one professional relationship that promises to improve the quality of your life!

Learn how to create positive change in your life. Visit http://www.changecoachshelley.com and take your free customized Life Quiz and also Shelley’s Blog at

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How much information does someone really need to know in order to steal your identity? Your full name? Your birth date? Your mailing address? With this information alone, some could access your existing accounts or establish new loans or credit in your name.

Here are some tips you can follow to help protect and secure your personal information and ensure that your identity or your credit have not been compromised.

1. Watch for over your shoulder when entering a PIN number or a credit card whether at work or at the ATM. Make sure that no one is watching.

2. Shred everything. One of the ways that would-be identity thieves acquire information is by digging through trash. If you are throwing out bills and credit card statements, medical statements or even junk-mail solicitations for credit cards, you may giving them all that they need to steal your identity. Invest in a personal shredder and shred all papers with any relevant information on them

3. Destroy digital information. When you get rid of an old computer system, or a hard drive, you need to take extra steps to ensure the data is completely, utterly and irrevocably destroyed. Simply deleting the data or reformatting the hard drive is not near enough. Anyone with a little technical skills can undelete files or recover data from a formatted drive. There are products on the market that destroy this information for good.

4. Always pay your bills at the post office or online. Never leave your paid bills in your mailbox to be sent out. Thieves steal from mailboxes all the time. This gives them access to all sorts of information like your name, address, credit account number, your bank information and a even a copy of your signature from your check for forgery purposes.

5. Analyze your credit report annually. You should review it to make sure the information on it is accurate and also make sure that there aren’t any accounts on there that you aren’t aware of or any other suspicious entries or activity.

6. Sign up for credit protection. New services like LifeLock promise to protect your identity with a million dollar guarantee. They have a proactive program to keep your identity is safe before anyone has the opportunity to use any of your information at all. They promise that if these “dumpster divers” get your information, it will be useless to them. They are so confident in their services that their CEO regularly publishes his real Social Security number and he’s perfectly comfortable with it, because he knows that they have guaranteed his good name. It is a small price to pay for peace of mind.

Identity thieves are becoming increasing bold in efforts to steal your identity, but with these tips you will stay one step ahead.

Eden Paul is a CPA and small business owner who strongly suggests using resources like LifeLock to protect you and your family. For more information, visit http://www.safeidentityreview.com

Many foods are being claimed as super foods for weight loss, due to the positive effect that they have on our health and their ability to help us shed the pounds. Not all of the foods which have these so-called powers are exotic or expensive, although some are new to us in the West.

Fruits and vegetables have long been recognized as having the ability to assist weight loss, mainly due to their high fiber content which means they help us to feel full. Leafy green vegetables are also full of nutrients, both vitamins and minerals and so should form a major part of you diet, both when losing weight and when maintaining it. They are also the most accessible super foods for weight loss, in terms of availability and price.

Protein is another super-food and it is the food group which will keep your blood sugar levels even for longest, which means you won’t get hungry as quickly. Protein also offers staying power, and can boost your metabolism slightly in the process. You have to be careful which proteins you eat, and in what quantity, because like everything, if you eat more than you actually need, you’ll end up putting on weight, instead of losing it. So be sure to eat lean meat and poultry without skin. And be careful with cheese as certain types have a very high fat content. It is also possible to find protein from plant sources, which have the advantage of a much lower fat content. You can find protein in soya beans and other soya products, such as tofu, and also in lentils, seeds and nuts. Beans have the added advantage of being full of fiber and so will also help you feel full.

Most of us are used to drinking green tea if we go to a Chinese restaurant, but scientists now believe that there are chemicals in green tea which stimulate the body to burn calories.

Salads, particularly if they contain lots of green vegetables are very low in calories and can fill you up. Just be careful when it comes to dressing - you can use lemon juice or balsamic vinegar as a substitute which will spice up the taste without piling on the calories.
Low fat yogurt is a useful source of protein which can help keep hunger at bay if you feel peckish between meals. Make sure you eat the sugar free type, preferably organic with active cultures, which are very good for the health of your digestive system.
Omega 3 fatty acids are also important for a healthy heart and are another element in your diet which help keep blood sugar levels even and so aid weight loss. They are found in fish such as salmon, sardines, herrings and mackerel. So be sure to ad these super foods to you diet.
Although super foods for weight loss are extremely beneficial additions to your diet, you must remember that they won’t work magic and have to be eaten as part of a sensible weight loss program.

© Waller Jamison 2007

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We know that the better our credit, they more we can qualify to buy on credit. However, fluctuations in your credit score can cause your best interest rates to change dramatically.

On a credit card, it is easy to see. When you miss a payment or accumulate too much debt, your credit card issuer can increase your interest rate. When it increases to the default rate, your finance charges can double or go even higher. You notice this because of the higher minimum payment.

Credit Cards

One example is a credit card with a 10000 balance. Assume you have a 9% interest rate. Your finance charges would be $75 each month. You would likely see a minimum payment of about $174 with about $99 going toward the principal balance. If you make a late payment on that account, you could see your interest rate skyrocket to the default rate listed in your credit card agreement.

If your default rate is 24%, then you would see your minimum payment nearly double to $298. Your finance charges alone would be $200, with just about the same amount of $98 going toward the principal balance. The scary thing is that some credit cards have default rates as high as 32%.

Even if you are never late on the account, your credit card issuer likely can still raise your rate to the default rate if they deem that you are a higher credit risk. They check your credit report regularly to monitor your financial situation. If they can justify a higher rate, then they can invoke the universal default clause in your agreement and raise your interest rate.

Vehicle Purchases

Your bad credit doesn’t stop with credit cards. Your home and car purchases are affected in a huge way also. Many people with poor credit pay over 20% on a car loan. For a $20,000 car, you would pay a total of $31,792. If you had good credit, you might get a much lower rate of around 6% or less. This could change your total payout to $23,199. Imagine what you could do with an extra $8593.

It’s not just the interest either. You also make higher minimum payments. You can pay $530 a month with poor credit or $387 with good credit for the same car.

If you have bad credit, avoid making major purchases. You should concentrate on reducing debt and establishing an on-time payment history. In cases of high credit card balances, you could really benefit from meeting with a credit counselor. Making a change today can help save you thousands later on.

Kenneth Long began his public service with nonprofit organizations in 2001. He has since conducted workshops teaching other nonprofit executives how to integrate credit counseling with volunteer tax preparation programs. Long is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and received his Certificate in Nonprofit Management from Duke University.

You may find more information on the relationship between improved credit and interest rates through Personal Financial Network.

History:

The art of Ju-jitsu is interpreted as being the “science of softness”. Translated literally, ju means gentle or soft and jitsu means art. While referred to as “a gentle art”, some of the techniques are nevertheless extremely dynamic in their delivery and would appear to be anything but soft.

There are many stories regarding the origins of Ju-jitsu, dating as far back as the 8th century, with historical lines indicating roots even before the time of Christ. While some claim that Ju-jitsu originated in China, the ancient chronicles of Japan describe how, in AD 712, Tatemi Kazuchi threw Tatemi Nokami, like throwing a leaf. Reference is also made in the Nihon Sho-ki chronicles to the Emperor Shuinjin holding a martial arts tournament to celebrate the 7th year of his reign in 23 BC. One of the bouts resulted in the death of a participant, a Sumo wrestler, who was thrown to the ground and kicked by Nomino Sukume. These accounts provide evidence of early “empty hand” techniques in Japan. There is also reference to Ju-jitsu developing as an art from the work of a Buddhist monk, dating back to the 13th century. These ancient techniques were known as kumi-tachi (or yawara), which is described in the Konjaku-monogatari, a Buddhist work dating back to that time.

Philosophy:

The central philosophy behind Ju-jitsu is to conquer an opponent by any and all means – as long as only minimal force is used. Consequently, this precept demands from its followers a strict conformity to various disciplines – both mental and physical.

Physical fitness has been a fundamental prerequisite for practitioners of Ju-jitsu. A characteristic of this art involves strict moral and dietary regimes, which are seen as being necessary if one is to reach the highest level of perfection. It is therefore not surprising that, historically, many Ju-jitsu masters withdrew to religious institutions, such as Buddhist or Shinto shrines.

Although the basic principle behind modern Ju-jitsu as a self defence art is to conquer an opponent using minimal force, the older art of Ju-jitsu focused on literally annihilating the enemy, which led to the development of many dangerous and fatal techniques.

Ju-jitsu today:

The traditional art of Ju-jitsu is still carried on today by a minority of practitioners, who wish to keep alive the warrior spirit of the fatal fighting techniques of the art. They do not enter competitions and their only goal is the continuation of the mental, spiritual and physical aspects of the art.

- Thanaseelan, click on http://www.worthofwordplay.blogspot.com to view his main blog. Don’t forget to check out the categories on his blog.

We worry about our kids: their well-being and happy future are our main concerns in life. We long for them to be content and successful at whatever they choose to do. We hope that we’ll be able to provide them with the same kind of help that many of us have received from our own parents. But how can we ensure that we’re doing everything in our power to make all of this come to pass?

We can, but there’s a process. First, take a few steps back and consider what we truly want for our kids. For example, when I asked a client of mine recently to think carefully of the three things she wished for her children, who range from 16 to 9 years of age, she responded “I want them to be loving, compassionate and responsible adults.” There was no mention of rich, famous or powerful. This mother really got to the root of what she knew to be the crucial characteristics necessary for her children to live happy and fulfilling lives.

Once we have this kind of clarity about the things we really want for our kids, we can then move forward towards instilling those traits in them. But first we must be completely clear. Here what to do:

1. Make a list of what you want for your kids. Be sure your list is unselfishly motivated! Financial security, love, happiness…even for them to be blessed with kids just like them! That’s what my Mother wished for me and it came true.

Once you have come up with a list of perhaps ten items, start from the top and compare the first two items. Which is most important? Take that choice and compare it to the next item on the list. Again, which is most important? Continue doing this until you have gone through your list and the item that remains is your number one choice.

Repeat the process for your number two, three, four and five choices. This is a list of the five most important things that you want for your kids. Having prioritized, now you can do your best to assist in creating a wonderful future for your kids.

2. Important rule: You are not making decisions about your children’s personal future. That’s their responsibility and their right to determine. However, as a parent, you are certainly able to influence their future.

3. As an example, let’s say that Financial Security is on your list. Do you know what it takes to create financial security? Think of people who have managed to achieve financial security on their own. What traits do they share? Perhaps you determine that responsibility is one of those traits.

How do you create responsibility? What do you know to be true about responsible adults? My own personal opinion is that these adults were taught early on about responsibility through actual experience. For instance, most of them probably had specific chores they did at home. Several probably worked in the summers. Many of them may have learned early on to take responsibility for their own lives and not place blame on others nor make excuses. At an appropriate age, the majority were undoubtedly taught to make decisions on their own and suffer the consequences. They learned not by being told what to do but in the actual doing.

Responsibility, coupled with other strong traits you might identify, will assist your kids in taking charge of their lives.

Be forewarned: It is so much easier to just let them do what they want versus being a watchdog. Teaching a child responsibility, or anything else for that matter, takes patience, determination and commitment.

4. Be a role model. Our kids model themselves after their childhood experiences and especially as they saw their parents. As much as we said we would never be like our own parents, how many of us can see our parents in ourselves? If you want your son or daughter to be responsible, be responsible. By being a true and consistent role model, you can have the most profound influence on your children.

5. Who is this child? I love the story a friend told me recently. Her son in New York City had a visitor, a young woman in her third year of college. After spending a week together, the student admitted that her major, biology, was not what she wanted to pursue but rather what her Mother suggested. She wanted to be a fashion stylist! How could her Mother have missed that?

Do you know what excites your kid? What moves them? What they love to do? Who they really are at their core? Honoring them for who and what they truly are is the greatest gift you can give your son or daughter. Take the time to connect with them and really listen. Listen on a level where you really are hearing them.

6. Praise the positive and attempt to minimize the negative. Of course you establish consequences for unacceptable behavior. But positive reinforcement is a much more powerful tool. It’s Pavlovian conditioning and it works.

7. I love this quote: “Expectations are predetermined resentments.” Don’t set yourself up for disappointment. If you are looking for fulfillment, look to yourself, not to your children. Don’t attempt to live vicariously through them. It will only end in unhappiness for everyone involved.

8. Try to remember what really ticked you off about your own parents when you were their age. Not that it was valid. Remember we were just kids and reacted in a childish manner much of the time. But it will help to empathize with how your own children are feeling, to understand their frustrations and to be able to communicate in a more effectual way.

Almost all of us find our way in life but it is so much easier if we have the necessary tools. You know now what you wish your parents had said or done back when. Break the chain! You are the most important person in your child’s life; you can provide those tools. That is how we ensure that their future is bright.

You can live a life that truly works and you can achieve peak performance in all areas of your life. You can not only survive life’s unexpected changes and transitions but also thrive. Powerful change is possible. You are fully capable of creating a life that you choose.

Life Coaching is a proven, powerful, one-on-one professional relationship that promises to improve the quality of your life!

Learn how to create positive change in your life. Visit http://www.changecoachshelley.com and take your free customized Life Quiz and also Shelley’s Blog at http://shelleyblog.changecoachshelley.com for more tools for personal growth and power.
Contact Shelley Stile at shelleystile@changecoachshelley.com today!

Some individuals are so desperate for the best hair loss treatment they become victims to hype and dubious promises which only lead to disappointment and a lighter pocket!

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Mr. Phillips gives a very full explanation in his book regarding hair growth and the various factors contributing to hair loss. It is evident he is an expert in his field.

He believes the best hair loss treatment must involve the whole body. After all, applying lotions to the exterior or taking prescription drugs can be no match for understanding how your body works and the key elements of healthy blood and good blood circulation for hair follicles that work well and produce new hair.

“Hair Loss No More” is divided into 3 parts with an excellent Appendix section which provides illuminating information on popular methods considered by some to be the best hair loss treatment including drugs such as Rogaine and Propecia.

The first section of the book gives an in-depth consideration of male pattern baldness, female hair loss, the effect of diet and nutrition, exercise, stress, and heredity factors which have a bearing on hair loss.

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While it may take some effort to implement, the regimen makes sense. There are no hypish false claims here. It does require an examination of one’s lifestyle. But then, if you are serious about keeping your hair, I would imagine the sacrifice is minimal in view of what is at stake.

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History:

Aikido in its present form is a relatively recent innovation within the martial arts tradition. It was developed in Japan in the early 20th century by Morihei Ueshiba (1883 - 1969), who was introduced to the classical martial arts as a boy by his father, Yoroku. He is known to have studied some martial arts, such as various styles of Ju-jitsu as well as Kenjutsu and the art of the spear.

Philosophy:

If we are attacked by a force and we apply force ourselves, a collision of energies ensues which results in disharmony. Thus, accordingly the stronger force wins. If, however, we meet the force with an absorbing movement and then exhaust it to the point of imbalance before applying a force of our own (the Aikido way), we are in fact restoring harmony or redressing an imbalance. This is the basic logic and underlying philosophy of Aikido.

Training:

Aikido is a discipline that seeks not to meet violence with violence, but instead looks towards harmonising with and restraining and opponent. Aikido is, in many ways, unique among the martial arts, in that the majority of techniques are based on the aggressor making the first move. Therefore, Aikido techniques are usually aimed at joint immobilisation and throws which utilise an opponent’s energy, momentum and aggression. Many body movements have been taken from Japanese sword and spear fighting arts, and the use of the bokken (a replica sword) and jo (a stick) is intended to build the practitioner’s understanding and skill.

Aikido teaches one-on-one and multiple attack defence. It incorporates knife-taking, sword-taking and stick-taking, and even defence from a kneeling position. Differences in size, weight, strength or age negated as we learn to use our inner ki (flow of energy). Weapon training with a bokken and jo indicates the ancestry of the discipline as well as helping to improve our body movements.

It should be emphasised that Aikido is a budo (literally a martial way). We practise each technique with total commitment, as if our life depended on its success, for only in this way is it possible to bring about the true spirit of budo. This is not to say that training has to be hard or violent. It is possible to be physically soft and still generate the power to control a confrontational encounter.

Styles of Aikido:

In reality, there are several major styles of Aikido today. As Ueshiba was continually refining and modifying the art he had created, some of his students at various stages left to pursue their own ideals. Thus, Master Gozo Shioda created the yoshinkan style, characterised by short and sharp movements and powerful joint applications; Kenji Tomiki developed sport Aikido, as it is widely known, characterised by competitions in which rubber knives are used; Minoru Mochizuki successfully amalgamated Aikido with other martial arts within the International Martial Arts Federation; and Koichi Tohei created shin-shin toitsu Aikido, which concentrates on the ki aspect of Aikido. All of these men trained with and listened to Ueshiba and yet each came away with a different idea of the discipline.

- Thanaseelan, click on http://www.worthofwordplay.blogspot.com to view his main blog. Don’t forget to check out the categories on his blog.

Is your computer slow? Do you have problems with it freezing up completely? Do you sometimes get the dreaded “Blue Screen of Death”? That one can be especially troubling, as I’m sure you can attest to if you’ve ever had the misfortune of witnessing it. Thankfully, with the advent of Windows XP, and now Windows Vista, computer problems such as slow computers and crashing computers have been reduced dramatically. However, for many computer users they are still an expensive and vexing problem.

Do want to fix a slow computer? If these computer crashes happen to you on a regular basis you know how frustrating they ca be. In addition they can cost you vital time and money. If you’ve ever lost important work or research, you know that feeling all too well. If you’ve resorted to saving your work constantly, or backing up your computer hourly instead of daily or weekly in order to prevent lost data or wasted hours, you’re probably wondering what the cause of your troubles are. The natural reaction of many when faced with a slow computer or Windows system crashes is to curse the boys of Redmond, or Bill Gates himself, and dutifully start over again.

Most of these problems actually have a common cause. Weather you’re having problems with a computer that’s running much slower than it did when it was new, or going off into it’s own world every once in a while, the problems you are experiencing can probably be traced back to problems in your computer’s Windows registry. If you’ve never even heard of a Windows registry, don’t feel bad. Many normal computer users haven’t either. The registry is usually the province of computer repair technicians and software geeks.

The registry is where your PC stores the settings it uses to function. The registry is actually a large (probably too large) database of options, settings and preferences. The registry has different areas known by the geeks (don’t laugh, they are the only ones that can help you now!) as registry keys. They registry keys are actually divided even further, to make things easier to navigate. If you’ve ever seen error messages containing the term “HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT” or “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE”, that’s why.

The Windows registry is tied in to all your operating system software, applications and hardware components. As you can see, the capacity for the registry to create all kinds of havoc is huge. A few minor errors can bring your machine to a screeching halt. The problem is that many people’s computers don’t have a few minor errors; they have hundreds of both major and minor errors.

Where do these registry errors come from? Well the fact is that many people bring them on themselves in a way. Incorrectly loading or deleting software and applications, downloading files, connecting to p2p networks, changing network settings, and other daily computer operations can affect your computers registry. In addition, many people load up their computers with a myriad of applications. Some combinations can cause registry conflicts, especially with the number of different applications many people insist on using.

You know the result; a slow and unwieldy computer at best, and a PC that crashes with regularity at worst. Rather than bringing your productivity to a standstill, you should probably look at having your registry repaired. Thankfully, registry repair is possible. Most likely the vast majority of your computer’s problems will be relegated to the distant past by some tinkering with the registry keys. You’ve got some options for getting your registry repaired. You can go down to your local computer repair shop. If you’ve got a technician there you have a good relationship with, chances are he can fix things up for you in an afternoon. Hey, maybe you can even get that new video card you’ve been lusting after.

Another option is to run some registry repair software. This is basically what your computer repair tech will be doing. You’re lucky though. These days some pretty competent registry repair software is available to the average computer user. You don’t have to be a tech to use these packages. They are extremely easy to use. In most cases, you simply install the software, and press “start”. You’d probably have to be a computer tech to actually understand what the software does, but that doesn’t really matter, does it? As long as your computer is back to running fast and not crashing, you’ll probably be happy, right?

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I have written articles about writing articles in the past, but not about what you do with them, once they’re written. OK, so let’s go into that now…

After you’ve finished your article, you need to re-write it, paragraph by paragraph. So, you’ll look at paragraph one in article one and think about what it says. Write a paragraph that means the same thing with different words. Here’s an example:

Why do people say that list building is the most important thing an Internet Marketer needs to do? Well, without a list, there’s not much money to be made. You have to train your list to realize that you’re someone who can be trusted to recommend quality products to them, products that work and that you’ve tried yourself. When they know that, they’ll be more likely to buy things from you.

OK, now, let’s rewrite that whole paragraph:

If you don’t have a list, you won’t succeed in Internet Marketing. That’s it. You need to build a group of people who like your messages. They have to trust you. And, they have to know that you’ve already tried whatever you want to sell them and think it’s great!

Doesn’t the second paragraph say pretty much the same thing as the first? The words are different, but the concept is the same: Internet marketers won’t succeed without building trust with a list. Now, take the next paragraph and do the same thing. Rewrite it completely. Then, move to the third paragraph and so on. If you use vertical tiling of your windows, you’ll be able to look at all three versions at the same time. Then, when you’ve finished, do it again. Rewrite the whole article again.

Why is that important?

Easy. Search engines hate duplicate or “dupe” content. Don’t put the same article on your site or blog that you distribute. It’s just tons of duplicate content flooding the Web. Search engines want the best search possible for their clients. If they put up a whole page of one article, people won’t like it. So, only one site gets credit for each article, and it won’t necessarily be you. You want the link in your resource box to be pointing back to your list building page, giving it help with page rank, all the time.

Rewriting your article twice is a good way to get around the dupe content issue. Put one article version on your blog or website, give one version to Ezine Articles or another high-traffic site and let the third version go to a distribution site, like iSnare. That way, you’ll be sure to get the maximum benefit from writing and rewriting just one article.

Any article you have in distribution, though the search engines may not count it, will still provide free traffic to your list building page. That’s why it’s important to do it this way. You’ll get credit for the article on your site. Credit for a link back from the high-traffic article directory, and maybe one back from the distributed article or more. It takes a bit for the search engines to filter out the duplicate stuff. Plus, you can turn your three articles into many, many more by mixing paragraphs from the three versions.

However, there will be a threshold. You can only mix and match so much. One way to find your dupe content ratio is by going to DupeCop.com. Be sure that any article you use for distribution is at least 35% different from other articles you’ve submitted, and you’ll have more links pointing back to your site.

The whole idea is to get maximum mileage out of your idea. Some people have trouble coming up with them, and rewriting is a good way to have new material with the same idea. It’s much easier than coming up with a whole new idea and starting all over again. Make your articles as useful as they can possibly be.

In our next article in this series, we’ll discuss podcasting. Stay tuned!

Tellman Knudson, CEO of OvercomeEverything, Inc., is a master list builder and well-known for his first project, List Crusade. Tellman teaches you his system for explosive list building at MyFirstList.com. Tellman also teaches how to drive free traffic to your squeeze page to make the system complete.