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Burning Bush (Euonymus alatus)

A deciduous shrub from the Staff-Tree Family (Celastraceae)

The burning bush grows well in most areas of Plumstead Township,Bucks County Pa. Burning Bush, a non-native species from China and Korea, has escaped from the ornamental plantings into urban and rural areas. It travels by way of its seed. This plant is found in forests and brushy areas. This vase-shaped shrub has great red fall foliage, which glows for weeks in early to mid-autumn. Burning Bushes can be sheared into hedges or globes in landscape plantings. Hedges from burning bushes can be very dense giving good screening even in the winter. If left unpruned, the compact form of Burning Bush will grow to about 12 feet tall and 15 feet wide, and the winged form will grow to about 15 feet tall and 20 feet wide. In our area it propagates naturally in shaded areas. We obtain some of our stock from seedlings we gather from a small farm cemetery on our property. It even regrows after transplanting from the empty holes where roots are exposed. Burning Bush is adaptable to a variety of soil conditions. Fertile to sterile, organic to clay, acidic to alkaline, rocky to sandy this plant proves its strenght. It does not like wet soils, but does well in dry soils. Its small fiberous roots are near the surface and responds well to root pruning. Balling and burlapping this shrub does little damage for the plant can take abuse and recover quickly. If you have a brown thumb, then this plant is for you. You can see more of Bill’s planting tips and articles at http://www.seedlingsrus.com or http://www.zone5trees.com

One of the best ways to drive traffic to your website is by writing articles. Getting your own articles written, distributed and published on the Internet is one of the very best Internet marketing techniques in existence.

Once you have become an author of an article, you become an instant authority. When visitors locate and read your article they could obtain some useful information from it. They would most probably appreciate you. When appreciation turns into trust, it is very likely that would click the link in your article resource box to visit your website to get more information.

Chances of them signing up with you in one of your recommended business opportunities or buy one of your recommended products would be greatly enhanced.

The question is how to write the relevant articles which might demand some of your effort and time?

If you are good in writing and enjoy doing it, you might decide to write your own articles. Otherwise you could join an article cooperative to get access to private label articles OR hire someone to write articles for you.

Let’s discuss the differences of these 3 possibilities:

1) Do Your Own Research and Write Your Own Articles.
The main advantage of writing your own articles is that it’s “free” and it would give you a sense of pride in accomplishment. You might enjoy writing articles to share your experience in Internet online business. The downside is that it’d take up some of your time to conduct some research work.

2) Join An Article Cooperative to Get Pre-written Articles.
A recommended article cooperative is InfoGoRound where you could get hundreds of pre-written articles for a small enrollment fee. From these you could choose those discussing subjects related to the content of your website. These are referred to as the “Private label articles” which you have full permission to use and also add your own name and article resource box to the article as the author.

2) Hire Someone to Write Articles For You.
If you are not comfortable writing your own articles or if you find it too much a hassle especially when you’re new to this business or if you do not fancy pre-written articles due to lack of originality, you could use an article ghost writing service such as Just Articles to put your own ideas into writing
For a relatively small fee you can get your articles written very quickly.

For article marketing on the Internet, articles written with between 400-700 words would suffice. It goes without saying that your articles must be relevant to your Internet business. Hence topic of your articles should be related to: “working at home”, “home based business”, “Internet marketing”, “making money online”, “promoting a website”, etc.

The next question is how can you ensure that your articles will reach the maximum amount of potential web visitors?

Below are some routes you can use:

1) Submit to Article Directories
The best place to submit your articles are Article Directories. Many publishers of websites, blogs, and ezines visit the sites of these Directories. Hence your articles will be quickly exposed to people who have a large amount of traffic.

2) Submit to Article Lists/Newsletters
The next step is to submit your articles to article lists such as newsletters on Yahoo and Topica. Articles from such sources are normally better received by publishers. Hence when a submission is done by you via an article list, publishers have more confidence in your articles and would very likely use them.

3) Approach Individual Related Websites
Many Websites focus on providing valuable information and educational materials to their readers. You could submit your articles to these sites if your articles are relevant to what they need. It is best that you only contact sites where the readers would have an interest in the topic of your article.

4) Search Through Ezine Directories
Once your articles have been submitted to directories and article lists as mentioned earlier, you could start contacting individual publishers such as the publishers of ezines that are related to your topic. Choose those who accept articles and write to them and convince them that your articles would be of value for their purpose.

5) Give The Articles to Your New Affiliate members
To help your affiliates especially the newly “recruited” ones, you could give them your articles as a way to help promote your site. They could either publish them as they are or they could substitute your link with theirs in the resource box of the article. They would be impressed by such generous gesture from you.

In conclusion, submitting your articles and getting them re-published on others’ websites and newsletters/ezines is one of the most powerful Internet marketing strategies. Your articles will then start working as a free advertisement for you forever. And you do not have to pay even a dime for such advertising space. You will continue to enjoy free traffic driven to your website for a long, long time!

Copyright 2005 Woon Sung Liang

About The Author
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Sung-Liang Woon is a Rubber and Latex Consultant with about 25 years of experience. He enjoys writing, lecturing,travelling, playing flamenco guitar and singing. Not long ago, he didn’t know ANYTHING about Internet marketing.However, within just a few weeks, he launched his own professional website and learned how to PROFIT from an opt-in list, pull in sales with ezines, make money with writing articles and setup his own BLOG!

To find out how he has done it, please head for his Blog here:
http://www.blogwithjohnwoon.blogspot.com

And look for his posting titled “Haven’t you started your Internet business?”

Hotel Atlantis is a 2 star hotel in Cannes, located in 4 rue du 24 Aout

Since 1958 the family Carre and his staff offers to their hosts a thoughtful and customized welcome. Jean Michel and Christian made a domestic, cordial hotel of it and knew by their knowledge, to anticipate their customers’ needs so that they can pass a pleasant stay.

To your disposition an elevator. Rare for this category:a sauna, a room of body building, and a balnéo will complete this list.

We can arrange:
some excursions in sea, by bus, and of the walks by plane, from 10 euros ;
the access to two private beaches, from 9 euros the day;
outside or interior parking on demand, from 8 to 15 euros by day ;
a restoration partial board in room and board, from 10 euros the meal in some restaurants near the hotel.

All our team is ready to welcome you with a lot of attention so that you can pass a pleasant stay in our beautiful city of Cannes.

The hotel has 39 rooms, all different, comfortable and spacious, some some have a corner lounge to the communicating for 1 to 5 people. Some give on a semi-pedestrian street, or on a street pedestrian, or quieter on a patio.

All are equipped of showers or tubs, televisions 22 chains national and international, mini bar, take Internet, telephone and automatic wakening, dry hair, individual air-conditioning with remote control.

Our breakfast is served from 7h30 to 12h, either in your room, either in our Provencal lounge to your suitability.

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If you live in fear of forgetting prospects’ names, sometimes within mere seconds of being introduced to them, you’re not alone. Surveys show that 83% of the population worries about their inability to recall people’s names. Ironically, while most of us hate having our names forgotten or mispronounced, the majority of us claim we just “aren’t good at remembering names” or putting faces together with names when we meet people again.

If you have difficulty recalling names, you know that the two most common scenarios are forgetting the name instantaneously upon being introduced to someone new, and failing to recall the name of someone you’ve met and interacted with in the past and should know but just can’t pull up from your memory bank.

Forgetting names becomes more than just an embarrassing social faux pas in sales. Straining to recall a name can so preoccupy you that you are unable to fully pay attention to your client or prospect. He or she may perceive you not only as unfocused and easily distracted, but also as not very bright if you’re unable to devote your full attention to him or her. Even worse, if you forget the name of a client with whom you’ve worked in the past, he or she may view your memory lapse as a betrayal of trust, which can cost you a great deal of money if that client severs the relationship.

Integrating Learning Styles to Improve Name Recall

While common, this frustrating phenomenon can be relatively easy to overcome when you commit to taking steps to improve your memory. The most important key to really effective learning of any kind is understanding that there are three learning styles: visual, auditory, and kinesthetic (physically interactive). The more you can apply all three of these styles to a task, the more quickly and solidly you will learn anything.

Practice each of the following steps to improve your name recollection in every sales and social situation.

1. When you’re first introduced to someone, look closely at his or her face and try to find something unique about it. Whether you find a distinctive quality or not is irrelevant; by really looking for a memorable characteristic in a new face, you’re incorporating the visual learning style. And a word of advice: if you do find something that really stands out about someone’s face, don’t say anything! Within minutes of meeting someone new, it’s generally a bad idea to exclaim, “Whoa! That’s a huge nose!”

2. The next step utilizes both auditory and kinesthetic learning styles. When you meet someone, slow down for five seconds, and concentrate on listening to him or her. Focus on the prospect and repeat his or her name back in a conversational manner, such as “Susan. Nice to meet you, Susan.” Also make sure to give a good firm handshake, which establishes a physical connection with the prospect.

3. Creating a mental picture of someone’s name incorporates the visual sense again. Many people have names that already are pictures: consider Robin, Jay, Matt, or Dawn to name just a few. Some names will require you to play with them a bit to create a picture. Ken, for example, may not bring an immediate image to your mind, but a “can” is very close. Or you might envision a Ken doll. The point is not to create the best, most creative mental image ever, so don’t get caught up in your head during this step of the process, thinking, “Oh, that’s not a very good picture. What’s a better one?” The worst thing you can do when learning is to stress yourself out and overthink the process. If an image doesn’t come to you right away, skip it and do it later. You’ll undo all of your good efforts if you’re staring dumbly at your prospect, insisting, “Hey. Hold still for a minute while I try to turn your name into a picture!”

4. Once you’ve identified a mental image that you associate with a person’s name, the next step is to “glue” that image to the person’s face or upper body. This bridges that gap many people experience between being able to recall faces but not the names that belong to those faces. If you met a new prospect named Rosalind, for example, you might have broken her name down into the memorable image of “rose on land.” Now you must create a mental picture that will stick with you as long as you need it and pop into your head every time you meet her; this should be something fun, even a little odd, that will bring “rose on land” to mind when you see her face. You might imagine her buried up to her neck in earth, with roses scattered around her, for example. Because you created the image, it will come up next time you see her and enable you to recall her name.

5. At the end of the conversation, integrate auditory learning by repeating the prospect’s name one more time, but don’t ever overuse someone’s name in an effort to place it more firmly in your mind. Use the prospect’s name only right at the beginning of the conversation, and then again at the end; if you feel like you can do so naturally, you might insert someone’s name once or twice in a natural fashion during the course of the conversation, too. But if you’ve ever had a stereotypically pushy salesperson use your name a dozen times in a five minute conversation, you know how annoying, even weird, this can be, so don’t overdo it.

6. Writing is a form of kinesthetic learning – you’re getting a part of your body involved in the learning process – so if you’re really serious about wanting to remember people’s names for the long term, keep a name journal or a log of important people you meet, and review it periodically.

Forget Me Not: It’s the Effort That Matters Most

The most important thing to know about this memory process is that even when it doesn’t work, it still works! For example, if you get stuck trying to make a picture out of someone’s name, skip it for now. The next day, when you have a chance, give the matter a few minutes of concentrated thought. If you still can’t get a picture, stop and take up the matter a week later. Even if you’re still unsuccessful at creating a mental image, you’ve thought about the prospect’s name so much, there’s now no way you’ll ever forget it! So you’ve actually accomplished what you set to do in the first place.

People can’t remember names for one main reason: they’re just not paying attention. This process forces you to think. If, for example, you struggle with the step of creating a mental picture, the other steps – looking at the prospect closely, shaking his or her hand confidently and repeating the name a few times – are easy to do, will solidify the name in your memory, and will ultimately convey a positive image of you to clients and prospects. That positive image will certainly make you memorable to prospects, enabling you to close more deals and increase your bottom line.

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Ah, comedy. What a great thing. It is really the best feeling when someone in your family a co-worker, a friend, or a complete stranger crack up a joke, but even better when the joke is really good. The feeling of laughing so hard that you have to put your hand in your stomach because you cannot control the laughter is really great. Comedy must have been created by some mad genius that probably really had a bad day and got home and just wanted to laugh and feel better. There is really a big need for laughter by the entire human race, we not only like to hang out with people that makes us laugh but we are more than willing to pay for it. Like Comedy movies, or going out for a night on the town to watch a “stand up” comedian give us a couple hours of their time making us crack up. And of course there are comedy books, or joke books that you can always read, as well as watching comedy TV series like friends or Seinfeld. The important thing to remember is no matter what you are into, always remember to laugh and laugh a lot it is good for the spirit, the soul and your health and if you are wanting to lose weight try Acceletrim to get rid of the weight once and for all.

The temptation to use straight (100%) commission plans never goes away: “Let’s put our salespeople on 100 percent commission. Then, if they don’t perform, we’re not out any money.” For small, start-up organizations, the lure is irresistible, especially when money is tight and the company or the products they sell have no track record in the market.

Straight commission appeals to salespeople because of the freedom that comes with it. Because they receive no salary, these salespeople are unwilling to allow management to prescribe how they do their work. That includes hours kept, effort made, methods used, or product lines sold. The only real rules they must abide by are ethical. When salespeople are willing to give up salary, management must be willing to give up control.

For someone new to sales, finding a straight commission position may be a way to establish themselves as a salesperson. For a proven, effective salesperson, 100 percent commission may be the road to making loads of money by making lots of sales for their company. Unfortunately, most small companies with straight commission plans hope for the latter and wind up with the former. These inexperienced, undisciplined, babes-in-the-woods carry a high likelihood of failure, costing their companies untold sales opportunities during the “experiment”.

If you choose to use a 100 percent commission plan, you must find salespeople who bring their own motivation to work every day. Each morning, the salesperson must have their own target to shoot for and a solid plan to get there. New sales people may have the enthusiasm, but it’s unlikely that they have a plan that works. Conversely, many experienced salespeople know how to create a plan and go through the motions, but are no long turned on by the thrill of the hunt. They may be content with a level of sales performance that allows them to satisfy their lifestyle requirements, but underperforms the sales goals set by management.

The net is there’s no way a company cannot invest resources in their sales team. Either you pay a salary and then plan on actively managing and developing your salespeople for success. Or, you pay straight commission, save the salary, then pay big dollars to replace unproductive personnel while you forfeit sales opportunities lost by ineffective sales people.

When you shift risk to salespeople by adopting a straight commission plan, you may in reality be risking your business. Think hard about what’s really important to you when you design your sales compensation plan, and control your urge to use 100 percent commission.

© 2005 Paul Johnson. All rights reserved.

Note: This article is NOT available for reprint without advance written permission.

Paul Johnson of Panache and Systems LLC consults and speaks on business strategy for systematically boosting sales performance using Shortcuts to Yes. Check out more salesforce development tips at http://panache-yes.com/tips.html. Call Paul direct in Atlanta, Georgia, USA at (770) 271-7719.

Networking is probably the oldest, easiest, most effective and least expensive way to get more business. It doesn’t necessarily involve selling your product or service but it does mean selling yourself. However, that doesn’t involve a lot of talking – it does involve a lot of listening.

Networking is about making connections with people and building a network of meaningful relationships.

Having good relationships means – these people will either do business with you and/or recommend you to others. These people are your unpaid sales-force and you’ve got to ensure that they do a good job.

Here are 9 steps to successful networking:

#1 Be prepared – Particularly if you’re attending a formal networking event like the Chamber of Commerce -

#2 Think about whom you’ll be meeting – Consider what your opening remarks or questions will be. And think about what you’re going to say when they question you.

#3 Make sure you have lots of business cards, a small notebook and a pen – These should be easily accessible and not involve a rummage through pockets or a bag to find them.

Reminder – NEVER go anywhere without business cards

#4 You don’t necessarily need brochures – These can be sent when you follow up later. A networking event is not a place to sell you product or service. (This is not understood by the people who have bored the pants off me over the years)

#5 Think about what you’re going to wear – I’ve seen people rush into a networking event in clothes that look like they’ve been slept in. If it means having a change of clothes in the office or going home to freshen up – then do it. Remember, the image you present to other people is the image they’ll have of your business. Men should wear a bright tie (not cheap) and women should wear something bright. Remember, however – business dress, not sexy.

#6 Personal hygiene – Brush your teeth or use a breath freshener. I’ve met people at networking events whose breath would bring down a rhino at fifty feet. Avoid drinking wine or coffee; they can make your breath sour. Stick to mineral water or a soft drink.

#7 Watch out for the perfume – Both men and women, strong scents can be overpowering.

#8 Name badges – They’ll probably hand these out at the event, however consider having your own produced. They’re not expensive to produce and it means you can ensure that what’s on the badge is what you want. (Conference organisers often get the details wrong on name badges) Pin the badge on your right lapel – it’s easier for people to read. The majority of people shake hands with their right hand. As you lean forward to shake hands, it means that the other person can read your badge easier.

#9 Go with a partner – Take a friend or one of your team to a networking event. While you’re there, alternately separate and come together. When you see your partner with someone or a group, walk up and let your partner introduce you. Your partner will introduce you using a pre-agreed benefit statement. Something like – “This is my friend Mary Smith – she helps business people find more customers by improving their networking skills.” It’s then easier for you to make more contacts.

If you are in dire need of money and don’t have the financial means for a large cash transaction to buy a house, then opting for a home mortgage is worth consideration.

Basically, a mortgage refers to a long-standing credit that a debtor obtains from a financial institution or from a property seller.

In most cases, the house is the usual collateral for the mortgage, thus the term “home mortgage”. In turn, the mortgage lender will be entitled to some legal rights upon the property as long as the mortgage is in full force or until the debtor pays back the loan.

A home mortgage serves as security for loans, thus giving the lender the power to acquire the property through foreclosure in the event that the borrower fails to pay the loan on time.

Generally, a home mortgage is comprised of a large loan. That’s why in most cases a home mortgage can take 15 to 30 years before the borrower can pay back the due amount.

In a home mortgage, the due amount to be paid by the borrower stipulates the principal amount of the mortgage and the interest owed relative to the outstanding balance. The real estate taxes and property insurance are also factored into the total mortgage balance.

Some home owners who find it difficult to make their mortgage payments may opt for refinancing of their mortgage. But for those who wish to pay off a home mortgage quickly, there are things to be considered…

First, make sure you have a stable source of income. Organize your overall financial assets to ensure that paying off your mortgage will not over-extend your cash flow. There are many such considerations that should be carefully planned and organized before resorting to pay-off your home mortgage.

It’s also important to your financial security to have a ready reserve of cash just in case of emergencies. This can be in the form of stocks and bonds, a bank savings account, or any other readily available form of cash.

Paying off your home mortgage can be a rewarding experience, but be sure to consider your overall financial status before making the decision to do so. The wrong decision can put you at great financial risk.

If you think that you are ready for the mortgage “experience” and that you have your finances securely organized, then by all means, go for it. After all, nothing beats a worry-free, mortgage-free financial status.

As any Internet stock investor can tell you, it is no fun to be in a bubble when it bursts. While there is still considerable debate about whether or not the recent run up in home prices represents a true bubble, it is certainly prudent for those in the real estate market, whether as homeowners, investors, or both, to take the necessary steps to protect themselves against a downturn in housing prices.

Avoid borrowing against home equity

The first important strategy for avoiding the pain of a bubble burst is to leave the equity in your home where it is. It can be tempting to tap the equity in your home to pay off credit card bills, put the kids through college, or even take that dream vacation. It is best, however, to allow the equity to do what it was designed to do – help you actually own your home.

Borrowing against the equity in a home could leave you in the uncomfortable and untenable position of owing more on the home than it is worth. Many lenders today will allow homeowners to borrow 100%, or even more, of the value of the home. If home prices tick down even a couple of percentage points, the borrower could easily find him or herself owing more than the current value of the home.

Focus on principal repayment

Closely related to the need to leave equity alone is to build up additional equity. The more equity you have built up in your home the more protection you will have in the event that housing prices stagnate or decline. Building equity through additional principal payments is the fastest and easiest way to put as much money in your home as possible.

While this repayment of principal is important for every home buyer, it is particularly essential for those people who succumbed to the wave of interest only and option ARM mortgages. Interest only mortgages can be particularly dangerous in a down market, and making advance payments on principal is the only way these mortgage holders have to protect themselves.

Abandon risky mortgage loan

It can be difficult to maintain good progress paying down a loan if the interest rate is constantly rising. Dumping those adjustable rate mortgages for the predictability of a fixed rate loan is another important way to protect yourself from the bursting of the real estate bubble.

Think of it this way – there are few situations more terrible than facing rising monthly mortgage payments at the same time the value of the home is declining. If you hold an adjustable rate mortgage when interest rates are rising, you could find yourself in just such a situation. And since rising interest rates are likely to be one of the triggers that deflate the real estate bubble, this possibility is all too real.

Commit larger down payment

First time home buyers can be particularly at risk when there is a downturn in the housing market. That is because many of the mortgage loans being written today are being written with minimal down payments, or sometimes none at all. This means that these first time home buyers have no equity at all in their homes, and if housing prices decline they could end up owing more than the home is worth. That is why it is important for all first time home buyers to try to muster at least a 10% down payment on the home they buy. If first time buyer can’t afford a large down payment or a fixed-rate mortgage, the advice is don’t buy and continue renting.

Long term investment

The final step, and this is quite important, is to take a step back from the view that real estate is always a great investment. While it is true that homes have been a stellar investment in the past few years, this is not always the case. Viewing real estate as just another investment, like the hot internet stocks of yesterday, can lead buyers to repeat their past mistakes.

The last tip for surviving a potential bursting of the housing bubble is to think of your home first and foremost as a place to live, not as an investment to retire on. If you think of your home as a long term commitment, you will be more likely to protect that investment by taking the other steps listed in this article, such as paying down principal, avoiding interest only and adjustable rate loans and leaving the equity in the home untouched.