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SEO India has been empowering website   &lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href='http://www.pr-inside.com/seo-services-india-safe-1-rank-r1573725.htm'&gt;Read More  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6731994156643006253-6893643528863702655?l=my-profit-blog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~4/vY1h3PtK2MA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~3/vY1h3PtK2MA/summit-series-connecting-young.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (To Our Success)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://my-profit-blog.blogspot.com/2009/11/summit-series-connecting-young.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731994156643006253.post-4965636084233487382</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-09T08:00:19.057-08:00</atom:updated><title>Yahoo</title><description>&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;p&gt;&lt;a title='The New Language Of Marketing 2.0' alt='The New Language Of Marketing 2.0' href='http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/12/08/using-social-media-for-marketing'&gt;The New Language Of Marketing 2.0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sandy Carter, author of "&lt;a href='http://www.ibmpressbooks.com/promotions/promotion.asp?promo=136780' title='Social Media Marketing'&gt;The New Language of Marketing 2.0&lt;/a&gt;" talked with WebProNews about the different aspects of using social media in marketing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src='http://images.ientrymail.com/webpronews/article_pics/the-new-language-of.jpg' alt='Using Social Media For Marketing' style='margin: 4px;' title='Using Social Media For Marketing' align='right' border='0'/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Should businesses be more involved in social media or less involved?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SC: "In today's economic climate, I would advise companies to be more involved in social media.  The ability to be nimble and move quickly in the market will be THE key element in successful marketing.  Marketing organizations need to ensure they are not reactive to change but driving and leading change in a proactive way.  Social Media allows your company to be more nimble."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;How? &lt;/b&gt; &lt;br/&gt;SC: "First, it encourages free-flowing experimentation.  You can test an idea online at breakfast and by lunch see the response. You can get fast response and make changes on the fly.   It drives changes in how you listen to your customer.   Blogs for instance allow you to listen into water cooler discussions you never had access to before.  Social Media drives change in how you communicate to the customer as a dialogue versus a broadcast message." &lt;img src='http://images.ientrymail.com/webpronews/article_pics/sandy-carter.jpg' alt='Using Social Media For Marketing' style='margin: 4px;' title='Using Social Media For Marketing' align='right' border='0'/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;  "And messages meant for one type of audience, are being read by all audiences.&lt;br/&gt;And finally, it cuts down costs.   I do not advocate for just using social media techniques however, but rather combining them into your marketing mix allows you to optimize the places where you can maximize their impact."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;What are the best ways for companies to get their messages out using blogs?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SC:  &lt;b&gt;Determine your goals for blogging&lt;/b&gt;.  "Is it to solicit input and co-create a new product?  For example, IBM's Project Zero used blogging to get product development direction involving our customers in defining the requirements needed in the marketplace. Make sure you know why you are doing a blog!" &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Be personal.&lt;/b&gt;  "Bloggers share personal tidbits about their lives.  Remember that your blog gets you closer to your customer.  It strengthens the relationship. Blogs espouse a world view with the voice of the author reflecting his/her ideas (either knowledge or a unique perspective) that may influence perceptions and position those opinions in the marketplace.   They foster discussion, debate and even a sense of community.  It is most important that you write from the heart."                                            &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;What do you see as some of the risks with company blogs?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SC: "There are 3 big risks with company blogs." &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"The first is not being honest.  Or pretending to be something that you are not.     There have been several examples where companies have paid others to blog for them.  Then it is exposed that they were sponsoring the site.  Make sure that your blogs reflect the honest facts and truth of your company values."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;br/&gt;"Second is not listening.   I think not listening is worse than not even asking.   I have worked with companies who put feedback tactics in place but then ignored the feedback.  Businesses no longer hold absolute sway over the decisions and behavior of consumers."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;"And finally, it is consistency.  Developing, planning and maintaining a good blog takes a great deal of time. You must be realistic about the number of posts needed to keep the online relationship with readers alive.   This is a commitment.  You need to understand how much time it takes not only to set it up but to keep it current and exciting. You must keep building your readership and online relationships"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;.  "I spend as much time reading other blogs and finding out what's going on in the blogosphere as I do writing on my own.  To have something to say, you must know what's being said."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Top 5 Tips for Facebook for Marketing&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;br/&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Sandy has extracted the following tips from Chapter 10 of her new&lt;br/&gt;book.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;  Use for Marketing 2.0 Intelligence:Jeremiah Owyang, senior analyst at Forrester Research, says profiles and network information, as well as the public groups, provide a way to seek insight online.  Learn about what your customers want!&lt;br/&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Use for Advertising: There are a variety of ways to leverage the power of this community with banner ads, news feeds, social ads and flyer ads.  To reach a new audience:  Since neither those under the age of 25 nor those more experienced use email, according to MarketingSherpa Founder Anne Holland, leverage this new social networking tool in place of email.  It can extend your reach online where other means can't!&lt;br/&gt;Experiment with Fan Pages: These fan pages can be used in place of sponsored groups.&lt;br/&gt;Not a stand alone:   Integrate your Facebook tactics with your overall strategy.  If this is the audience that you need for your product and offerings, leverage as part of the overall go-to market plan. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Do you think social media is here to stay?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SC: "Yes, social media is here to stay.  For sales it is a new channel, and for marketing it is now part of our marketing mix, forever to stay.  Why?   Marketing is all about relationships and all relationships have a set of common factors.   First, all relationships require listening.  Listening has become core to everything.  Second, in the best relationships, there is a lot of active communication and dialogue.  This dialogue is essential to growth in the relationship. Third, a great relationship is one that is built on honesty." &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"The best way to communicate isn't about using new media types to be hip and cool; it is about understanding your customers and how you can immerse yourself into their conversation."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;How do you think social media and marketing will evolve? What trends do you see?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SC: "As all things change, I know that social media and marketing will evolve.  I think that marketers will have to be more business oriented and more technology savvy.  They will have to be able to show the value of what they are doing in language that the CEO and the CFO understand.  They will also have to be more technical.  This does not mean that marketers need to be technologists.  But they cannot be afraid of technology.   Every marketer needs a set of skills as a user of technology and the new Web 2.0 ways of social networking."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Anything else you would care to add?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SC: "I think social media is very powerful, not because it is cool, fun, and the hot topic right now, but because of the results it can achieve.  Marketers, especially in times of recession, get laid off faster than any other type of senior executive because they're seen as a cost center and not a value center.  Marketers need to be able to convince their peers and the management team that marketing is essential, as essential and important and critical as a CFO or a CIO.  Understanding the numbers can demonstrate the value."&lt;br/&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title='Social Sites Surpass Email Usage' alt='Social Sites Surpass Email Usage' href='http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/03/09/social-sites-surpass-email-usage'&gt;Social Sites Surpass Email Usage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Social networking and blogging have become more popular than sending email, according to a new report from Nielsen.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;More than two-thirds (67%) of the global online population now goes online to visit social networks and blogs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;"Social networking has become a fundamental part of the global online experience," says John Burbank, CEO of &lt;a title='Social sites email' href='http://www.nielsen-online.com/'&gt;Nielsen Online&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;"While two-thirds of the global online population already accesses member community sites, their vigorous adoption and the migration of time show no signs of slowing. Social networking will continue to alter not just the global online landscape, but the consumer experience at large. This study explains why."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;img style='margin: 4px;' src='http://images.ientrymail.com/webpronews/article_pics/increasing-reach-member.gif' alt='The increasing reach of &amp;amp;ldquo;Member Community&amp;amp;rdquo; Web sites across 2008' title='The increasing reach of &amp;amp;ldquo;Member Community&amp;amp;rdquo; Web sites across 2008' border='0'/&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Facebook is the most popular social network and is visited monthly by three in every 10 people online in the nine markets that Nielsen tracks social networking use. Orkut in Brazil has the largest domestic online reach (70%) of any social network in these markets.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;One in every 11 minutes online worldwide is accounted for by social networking and blogging sites.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;The social network and blogging audience is becoming more diverse in terms of age. The biggest increase in visitors during 2008 to "Member Community" Web sites globally came from the 35-49 year old age group (+11.3 million).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mobile is playing an increasingly important role in social networking.  UK mobile users have the greatest tendency to visit a social network through their handset, with 23 percent doing so, compared to 19 percent in the U.S. These numbers are a significant increase over last year- up 249 percent in the UK and 156 percent in the U.S.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6731994156643006253-4965636084233487382?l=my-profit-blog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~4/o0ExWKY99Fs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~3/o0ExWKY99Fs/yahoo.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (To Our Success)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://my-profit-blog.blogspot.com/2009/11/yahoo.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731994156643006253.post-6129608096089830803</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-09T08:00:11.270-08:00</atom:updated><title>Website Traffic</title><description>&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;p&gt;&lt;a title='The New Language Of Marketing 2.0' alt='The New Language Of Marketing 2.0' href='http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/12/08/using-social-media-for-marketing'&gt;The New Language Of Marketing 2.0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sandy Carter, author of "&lt;a href='http://www.ibmpressbooks.com/promotions/promotion.asp?promo=136780' title='Social Media Marketing'&gt;The New Language of Marketing 2.0&lt;/a&gt;" talked with WebProNews about the different aspects of using social media in marketing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src='http://images.ientrymail.com/webpronews/article_pics/the-new-language-of.jpg' alt='Using Social Media For Marketing' style='margin: 4px;' title='Using Social Media For Marketing' align='right' border='0'/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Should businesses be more involved in social media or less involved?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SC: "In today's economic climate, I would advise companies to be more involved in social media.  The ability to be nimble and move quickly in the market will be THE key element in successful marketing.  Marketing organizations need to ensure they are not reactive to change but driving and leading change in a proactive way.  Social Media allows your company to be more nimble."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;How? &lt;/b&gt; &lt;br/&gt;SC: "First, it encourages free-flowing experimentation.  You can test an idea online at breakfast and by lunch see the response. You can get fast response and make changes on the fly.   It drives changes in how you listen to your customer.   Blogs for instance allow you to listen into water cooler discussions you never had access to before.  Social Media drives change in how you communicate to the customer as a dialogue versus a broadcast message." &lt;img src='http://images.ientrymail.com/webpronews/article_pics/sandy-carter.jpg' alt='Using Social Media For Marketing' style='margin: 4px;' title='Using Social Media For Marketing' align='right' border='0'/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;  "And messages meant for one type of audience, are being read by all audiences.&lt;br/&gt;And finally, it cuts down costs.   I do not advocate for just using social media techniques however, but rather combining them into your marketing mix allows you to optimize the places where you can maximize their impact."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;What are the best ways for companies to get their messages out using blogs?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SC:  &lt;b&gt;Determine your goals for blogging&lt;/b&gt;.  "Is it to solicit input and co-create a new product?  For example, IBM's Project Zero used blogging to get product development direction involving our customers in defining the requirements needed in the marketplace. Make sure you know why you are doing a blog!" &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Be personal.&lt;/b&gt;  "Bloggers share personal tidbits about their lives.  Remember that your blog gets you closer to your customer.  It strengthens the relationship. Blogs espouse a world view with the voice of the author reflecting his/her ideas (either knowledge or a unique perspective) that may influence perceptions and position those opinions in the marketplace.   They foster discussion, debate and even a sense of community.  It is most important that you write from the heart."                                            &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;What do you see as some of the risks with company blogs?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SC: "There are 3 big risks with company blogs." &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"The first is not being honest.  Or pretending to be something that you are not.     There have been several examples where companies have paid others to blog for them.  Then it is exposed that they were sponsoring the site.  Make sure that your blogs reflect the honest facts and truth of your company values."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;br/&gt;"Second is not listening.   I think not listening is worse than not even asking.   I have worked with companies who put feedback tactics in place but then ignored the feedback.  Businesses no longer hold absolute sway over the decisions and behavior of consumers."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;"And finally, it is consistency.  Developing, planning and maintaining a good blog takes a great deal of time. You must be realistic about the number of posts needed to keep the online relationship with readers alive.   This is a commitment.  You need to understand how much time it takes not only to set it up but to keep it current and exciting. You must keep building your readership and online relationships"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;.  "I spend as much time reading other blogs and finding out what's going on in the blogosphere as I do writing on my own.  To have something to say, you must know what's being said."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Top 5 Tips for Facebook for Marketing&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;br/&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;(Sandy has extracted the following tips from Chapter 10 of her new&lt;br/&gt;book.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;  Use for Marketing 2.0 Intelligence:Jeremiah Owyang, senior analyst at Forrester Research, says profiles and network information, as well as the public groups, provide a way to seek insight online.  Learn about what your customers want!&lt;br/&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Use for Advertising: There are a variety of ways to leverage the power of this community with banner ads, news feeds, social ads and flyer ads.  To reach a new audience:  Since neither those under the age of 25 nor those more experienced use email, according to MarketingSherpa Founder Anne Holland, leverage this new social networking tool in place of email.  It can extend your reach online where other means can't!&lt;br/&gt;Experiment with Fan Pages: These fan pages can be used in place of sponsored groups.&lt;br/&gt;Not a stand alone:   Integrate your Facebook tactics with your overall strategy.  If this is the audience that you need for your product and offerings, leverage as part of the overall go-to market plan. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Do you think social media is here to stay?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SC: "Yes, social media is here to stay.  For sales it is a new channel, and for marketing it is now part of our marketing mix, forever to stay.  Why?   Marketing is all about relationships and all relationships have a set of common factors.   First, all relationships require listening.  Listening has become core to everything.  Second, in the best relationships, there is a lot of active communication and dialogue.  This dialogue is essential to growth in the relationship. Third, a great relationship is one that is built on honesty." &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"The best way to communicate isn't about using new media types to be hip and cool; it is about understanding your customers and how you can immerse yourself into their conversation."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;How do you think social media and marketing will evolve? What trends do you see?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SC: "As all things change, I know that social media and marketing will evolve.  I think that marketers will have to be more business oriented and more technology savvy.  They will have to be able to show the value of what they are doing in language that the CEO and the CFO understand.  They will also have to be more technical.  This does not mean that marketers need to be technologists.  But they cannot be afraid of technology.   Every marketer needs a set of skills as a user of technology and the new Web 2.0 ways of social networking."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Anything else you would care to add?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SC: "I think social media is very powerful, not because it is cool, fun, and the hot topic right now, but because of the results it can achieve.  Marketers, especially in times of recession, get laid off faster than any other type of senior executive because they're seen as a cost center and not a value center.  Marketers need to be able to convince their peers and the management team that marketing is essential, as essential and important and critical as a CFO or a CIO.  Understanding the numbers can demonstrate the value."&lt;br/&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title='Social Sites Surpass Email Usage' alt='Social Sites Surpass Email Usage' href='http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/03/09/social-sites-surpass-email-usage'&gt;Social Sites Surpass Email Usage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Social networking and blogging have become more popular than sending email, according to a new report from Nielsen.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;More than two-thirds (67%) of the global online population now goes online to visit social networks and blogs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;"Social networking has become a fundamental part of the global online experience," says John Burbank, CEO of &lt;a title='Social sites email' href='http://www.nielsen-online.com/'&gt;Nielsen Online&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;"While two-thirds of the global online population already accesses member community sites, their vigorous adoption and the migration of time show no signs of slowing. Social networking will continue to alter not just the global online landscape, but the consumer experience at large. This study explains why."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;img style='margin: 4px;' src='http://images.ientrymail.com/webpronews/article_pics/increasing-reach-member.gif' alt='The increasing reach of &amp;amp;ldquo;Member Community&amp;amp;rdquo; Web sites across 2008' title='The increasing reach of &amp;amp;ldquo;Member Community&amp;amp;rdquo; Web sites across 2008' border='0'/&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Facebook is the most popular social network and is visited monthly by three in every 10 people online in the nine markets that Nielsen tracks social networking use. Orkut in Brazil has the largest domestic online reach (70%) of any social network in these markets.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;One in every 11 minutes online worldwide is accounted for by social networking and blogging sites.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;The social network and blogging audience is becoming more diverse in terms of age. The biggest increase in visitors during 2008 to "Member Community" Web sites globally came from the 35-49 year old age group (+11.3 million).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mobile is playing an increasingly important role in social networking.  UK mobile users have the greatest tendency to visit a social network through their handset, with 23 percent doing so, compared to 19 percent in the U.S. These numbers are a significant increase over last year- up 249 percent in the UK and 156 percent in the U.S.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6731994156643006253-6129608096089830803?l=my-profit-blog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~4/WsvHENdTB84" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~3/WsvHENdTB84/website-traffic.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (To Our Success)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://my-profit-blog.blogspot.com/2009/11/website-traffic.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731994156643006253.post-1216655987175629353</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-08T16:30:15.077-08:00</atom:updated><title>Artful Dodgers, bleeding, blue - Boston Globe</title><description>&lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2009/11/08/in_la_mccourts_second_act_may_be_just_about_up/?p1=Well_MostPop_Emailed6" &gt;Artful Dodgers, bleeding, blue - Boston Globe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;It was 2001, Frank McCourt had just pitched a roomful of businesspeople on his bold dream to buy the Red Sox and turn 24 acres of pavement he owned on the South Boston Waterfront into a state-of-the-art ballpark. Sensing some resistance to the idea  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://bismarcktribune.com/news/opinion/mailbag/article_d108f0e2-c83b-11de-b86b-001cc4c002e0.html?mode=comments" &gt;GOP needs to get its act together - Bismarck Tribune&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Bill Gates and Oprah may have wacko political ideas but with the money they   His unwillingness to work with Republicans on free market approaches to health care reform and his attempt to redistribute wealth away from industrial countries to  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20091108/NEWS01/911080360/Trio on 4-day  135-mile trek for war veterans" &gt;Trio on 4-day, 135-mile trek for war veterans - Honolulu Advertiser&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;  Veterans Center for general assistance and to the local Disabled American Veterans program at Tripler Army Medical Center, which is in need of a new van to help clients get to appointments. The other half would be used to renovate the home of  &lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6731994156643006253-1216655987175629353?l=my-profit-blog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~4/S5CFDLKqz1Q" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~3/S5CFDLKqz1Q/artful-dodgers-bleeding-blue-boston.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (To Our Success)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://my-profit-blog.blogspot.com/2009/11/artful-dodgers-bleeding-blue-boston.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731994156643006253.post-475394013539584184</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-07T08:15:26.839-08:00</atom:updated><title>Sales/Sales Management - Radio Business Report</title><description>If you are tired of the corporate grind and drill down, you might need to relocate. If you would like a lifestyle change in a beautiful setting you might need to relocate. If you think being appreciated is important, you might need to relocate. If   &lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href='http://www.rbr.com/classifieds/radio-careers/9477.html'&gt;Read More  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6731994156643006253-475394013539584184?l=my-profit-blog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~4/fptDqmTZ4ww" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~3/fptDqmTZ4ww/salessales-management-radio-business.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (To Our Success)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://my-profit-blog.blogspot.com/2009/11/salessales-management-radio-business.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731994156643006253.post-1729752776077863100</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-07T08:15:25.294-08:00</atom:updated><title>Massachusetts Man Says He Was Fired for Telling Colleague Her Gay - FOX News</title><description>&lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,572862,00.html" &gt;Massachusetts Man Says He Was Fired for Telling Colleague Her Gay   - FOX News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;However I will say that Brookstone is an equal opportunity employer, meaning that we maintain a healthy, safe and productive work environment free from discrimination or harassment based on race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.timesonline.com/bct_news/news_details/article/1565/2009/november/07/wva-image-batterd-by-national-rankings.html" &gt;W.Va. image batterd by national rankings - Beaver County Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;He noted Steve Forbes' recent visit to the state and the opportunity it provided local officials and business people to make their case against some of the portrayals of West Virginia in his publications. "I take constructive criticism very well  &lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6731994156643006253-1729752776077863100?l=my-profit-blog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~4/bmFvQs48oGg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~3/bmFvQs48oGg/massachusetts-man-says-he-was-fired-for.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (To Our Success)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://my-profit-blog.blogspot.com/2009/11/massachusetts-man-says-he-was-fired-for.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731994156643006253.post-8156714949454777791</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-06T15:00:38.466-08:00</atom:updated><title>Developing Your Home Based Internet Business Plan @sisindia.info - PR Inside</title><description>&lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.pr-inside.com/developing-your-home-based-internet-business-r1555867.htm" &gt;Developing Your Home Based Internet Business Plan @sisindia.info - PR Inside&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;2009-10-30 14:42:32 - No matter what type of business you are starting - a brick and mortar or a home based Internet business - you need a business plan in order to be successful. Your business plan will be your essential step-by-step guide to  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.stargazette.com/article/20091106/NEWS01/911060329/Syracuse masseur admits videotaping client undressing" &gt;Syracuse masseur admits videotaping client undressing - Star-Gazette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;  year in jail. He will be sentenced Jan. 11. Boice faced up to four years if he had been convicted at trial. Police said Boice made the secret recording at his home-based business, Natural Health Therapy, in March or April 2008. Boice, who's 53  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.bestsyndication.com/?q=20091104_make_money_with_google.htm" &gt;Make Money Online Using A Home Based Free Trial Business Opportunity - Best Syndication&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;The ability to make money online is very real, tens of thousands of people are constantly generating revenue and income online as we speak. As more people join the Internet community Its becoming easier to take advantage of money making systems. The  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.examiner.com/x-28974-Albany-Homebased-Business-Examiner~y2009m11d4-Home-based-business-ideas" &gt;Home based business ideas - Examiner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;While these party plan or direct sales companies are usually the first thing that come to mind when you hear “home based business”, there is a wide variety of businesses that can be started and run out of your home that are not associated with  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/138930/group/nation and world/" &gt;ON THE MONEY: Resources for budding business owners - Grand Forks Herald&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Has the time come for you to give up the 9-5 routine and become your own boss? Well then, starting a home-based business may hold the answer. By: Chuck Myers , McClatchy-Tribune News Service Has the time come for you to give up the 9-5 routine and  &lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6731994156643006253-8156714949454777791?l=my-profit-blog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~4/meGetlFEYSc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~3/meGetlFEYSc/developing-your-home-based-internet.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (To Our Success)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://my-profit-blog.blogspot.com/2009/11/developing-your-home-based-internet.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731994156643006253.post-5192845604067729717</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-06T15:00:36.526-08:00</atom:updated><title>Hot Off the Wire - dBusinessNews.com</title><description>KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- GSI Commerce Inc. (Nasdaq: GSIC) today introduced TrueActionTM, the new face of its full-service agency. Formerly known as gsi interactiveSM, TrueAction has provided digital marketing and design solutions to   &lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href='http://pittsburgh.dbusinessnews.com/viewnews.php?article=bwire/20091103005581r1.xml'&gt;Read More  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;TrueAction’s new brand identity represents the collective knowledge of an agency built on understanding what turns users’ attentions into actions – actions that can grow brands, drive revenue, and deepen relationships. Through the proper   &lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href='http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/091103/20091103005581.html?.v=1'&gt;Read More  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6731994156643006253-5192845604067729717?l=my-profit-blog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~4/39yYzmse8ZM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~3/39yYzmse8ZM/hot-off-wire-dbusinessnewscom.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (To Our Success)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://my-profit-blog.blogspot.com/2009/11/hot-off-wire-dbusinessnewscom.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731994156643006253.post-2299095157404753896</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-06T00:00:25.302-08:00</atom:updated><title>For Boston, a good plan for a port of opportunity - Boston Globe</title><description>THE BEST opportunity in decades to reinforce Boston’s working port now rests with a proposal in the hands of the US Department of Transportation. This is a good time to show that freight forwarders, ship repairers, and other water-dependent   &lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href='http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2009/11/06/for_boston_a_good_plan_for_a_port_of_opportunity/'&gt;Read More  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The students, who took 52 American diplomats hostage and held them for 444 days, said they were responding to Washington's refusal to hand over the deposed shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In Iran security forces braced for possible street protests   &lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href='http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/ts_afp/iranpoliticsusembassyanniversaryobama'&gt;Read More  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In few days, it will be a year, since the Comrade Governor assumed the reigns of leadership as the Executive Governor of Edo State . It is an apt time to assess the impacts of his policies, deconstruct them and distinguish the fads from the   &lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href='http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/06/oshiomhole-now-has-the-opportunity-to-make-a-difference/'&gt;Read More  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Alan Jackson Will Meet Fans During CMA Week was a top story for this week. Here it is again: (PR) Country music fans coming to Nashville during CMA Week will have the opportunity to meet Alan Jackson at a new attraction, a temporary Cracker Barrel   &lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href='http://www.antimusic.com/news/09/nov/re05Alan_Jackson_Will_Meet_Fans_During_CMA_Week.shtml'&gt;Read More  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Clinton told a packed basketball stadium at the American University in Dubai that people are driven to blow themselves up because they "believe they have more to gain in the next world than this one" and that "tomorrow is going to be just like   &lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href='http://www.wgrz.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=71607&amp;catid=2'&gt;Read More  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6731994156643006253-2299095157404753896?l=my-profit-blog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~4/E0IBqXcmaXo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~3/E0IBqXcmaXo/for-boston-good-plan-for-port-of.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (To Our Success)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://my-profit-blog.blogspot.com/2009/11/for-boston-good-plan-for-port-of.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731994156643006253.post-4529524675264285997</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-06T00:00:24.030-08:00</atom:updated><title>iPass Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript - Seekingalpha.com</title><description>&lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://seekingalpha.com/article/171698-ipass-inc-q3-2009-earnings-call-transcript" &gt;iPass Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript - Seekingalpha.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Edward Einboden - Wm. Smith &amp; Co. Good afternoon everyone. Thank you for joining us to discuss our financial and operating results for the third quarter of 2009. I am Steven Gatoff, Chief Financial Officer of iPass and I am joined here today by Evan  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.sophos.com/blogs/chetw/g/2009/11/05/web-filtering-protected/" &gt;Web filtering: How well are you really protected? - Sophos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Guest blogger Richard Baldry is the product manager for the Sophos Web Appliance here at Sophos Vancouver. Richard is currently raising money to fight colon cancer as part of Movember . If you like Rich's post please consider donating to Rich's  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=7780" &gt;An Island Home - Egypt Today&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Tw elve letters sent to twelve parties. That was all it took to change the lives of 5,000 people who woke up one day to find themselves no longer welcome in the place they call home. It may sound like the stuff of nightmares, but it is exactly what  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/news/local_wluk_greenbay_inside_drunken_driving_part_two_11052009_1942_rev1" &gt;Inside drunken driving: part two - Fox11online.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;On average in the U.S., three people are arrested for drunken driving every minute. Every hour, someone in the country is killed in a drunken driving crash. "We're killing each other and we've got to stop this," said Capt. Randy Schultz from the  &lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6731994156643006253-4529524675264285997?l=my-profit-blog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~4/HBi0x25XQJk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~3/HBi0x25XQJk/ipass-inc-q3-2009-earnings-call.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (To Our Success)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://my-profit-blog.blogspot.com/2009/11/ipass-inc-q3-2009-earnings-call.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731994156643006253.post-3122806711231151124</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-05T09:00:38.726-08:00</atom:updated><title>Sidebar Brings New Level of Personalization to Android Devices - Newsblaze.com</title><description>NEW YORK - (BUSINESS WIRE) - From the ad:tech conference at the Javits Convention Center, Sidebar ( www.sidebar.com ), a new, free mobile application that allows users to receive personalized recommendations for content, video games, apps, music and   &lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href='http://newsblaze.com/story/2009110505125100003.bw/topstory.html'&gt;Read More  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6731994156643006253-3122806711231151124?l=my-profit-blog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~4/M2_UeSO2XtM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~3/M2_UeSO2XtM/sidebar-brings-new-level-of.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (To Our Success)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://my-profit-blog.blogspot.com/2009/11/sidebar-brings-new-level-of.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731994156643006253.post-2782718484308313880</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-04T03:00:18.147-08:00</atom:updated><title>Share Results’ New SEM Agency Now Provides PPC Management, SEO and - Transworld News</title><description>Montreal, QC. October 27, 2009 —Share Results, a relationship-focused affiliate network, is very pleased to announce the launch of their new SEM Agency . With services in PPC Management and SEO, as well as Marketing Support, Share Results is now   &lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href='http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?StoryID=135932'&gt;Read More  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau hosted a social media marketing workshop on Tuesday, uniting four local social media marketing specialists. The four-hour workshop, held at Connxions in Urbandale, attracted about 75 business   &lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href='http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20091029/BUSINESS/910290345/1029'&gt;Read More  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Kevin Quinlan, legal website design &amp; lawyer marketing maven, provides tips on how to find the right legal web design team and why it requires the best architecture and not just good graphic design to be found on Google and other search engines   &lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href='http://www.caymanmama.com/2009/10/29/Lawyer-Marketing-101-How-to-select-legal-website-design-internet-marketing-firm_200910295486.html'&gt;Read More  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Most artists would rather be working in their studio than out marketing themselves. However, marketing is an important part of a successful artist’s career. An upcoming workshop from the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition (OVAC) will offer tips for   &lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href='http://www.chickashanews.com/features/local_story_300095530.html'&gt;Read More  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;More people in New York watched Game 6 of the ALCS than watched the Giants lose to the Cardinals on Sunday night. If the NFL can't compete with the Yankees, there's a good chance that the first game of the 2009-2010 Knicks season will go unwatched on   &lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href='http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/sports/Knicks-Marketing-Season-Gets-Underway--66877822.html'&gt;Read More  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6731994156643006253-2782718484308313880?l=my-profit-blog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~4/jM76yy8aLIE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~3/jM76yy8aLIE/share-results-new-sem-agency-now.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (To Our Success)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://my-profit-blog.blogspot.com/2009/11/share-results-new-sem-agency-now.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731994156643006253.post-7332908223972019119</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-03T09:45:17.761-08:00</atom:updated><title>Jessica Simpson blasts Melrose Place on Twitter after sister Ashlee - Osoblog.tv</title><description>&lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.osoblog.tv/2009/11/jessica_simpson_blasts_melrose.html" &gt;Jessica Simpson blasts Melrose Place on Twitter after sister Ashlee   - Osoblog.tv&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Jessica Simpson was quite the fan of Melrose Place when sister Ashlee was a star, but appears to have changed her mind since Ashlee's recent firing. Despite claims that Ashlee was 'embarrassingly bad' an actor, Jessica has obviously taking her  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.slipperybrick.com/2009/11/twitterpeek-for-twitter-only/" &gt;TwitterPeek: For Twitter only - Slippery Brick&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;If you love Twitter and don’t own a mobile phone, you may want to check out TwitterPeak, the first device dedicated solely to Twitter and only Twitter. TwitterPeek lets you use Twitter like you would on your smartphone. It will work anywhere in the  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/131316" &gt;Andre hits back at Jordan over claims he's sleeping with a string of   - Newstrack India&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;London, November 03 (ANI): Peter Andre has hit back at ex-wife Katie Price for alleging that he sleeps with a string of women, hinting she's a liar. Price a.k.a Jordan had earlier claimed that the 'Mysterious Girl' hitmaker had affairs with his  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://econsultancy.com/blog/4904-there-is-now-a-mobile-device-dedicated-to-twitter-why" &gt;There is now a mobile device dedicated to Twitter. Why? - Econsultancy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;It may be hard to wrap your head around a device that exists solely to Twitter, but that does not negate its existence. Starting today, Amazon is selling the TweetPeek. For the low price of $199, you can tweet for life. You may be wondering why you  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9140253/Peek_unveils_dedicated_Twitter_device?taxonomyId=16" &gt;Peek unveils dedicated Twitter device - Computerworld&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;IDG News Service - Peek has debuted a dedicated Twitter mobile device, it said on Tuesday. The TwitterPeek will be sold via Amazon.com or TwitterPeek.com and will be priced at $199 for an unlimited number of Twitter messages during the lifetime of  &lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6731994156643006253-7332908223972019119?l=my-profit-blog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~4/BkZtpJlClkY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~3/BkZtpJlClkY/jessica-simpson-blasts-melrose-place-on.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (To Our Success)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://my-profit-blog.blogspot.com/2009/11/jessica-simpson-blasts-melrose-place-on.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731994156643006253.post-7833949725024377690</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-03T08:15:08.633-08:00</atom:updated><title>Make Money Online</title><description>&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;p&gt;&lt;a title='Network Marketing - Using Squeeze Pages to Get a Never-Ending Stream of Prospects' alt='Network Marketing - Using Squeeze Pages to Get a Never-Ending Stream of Prospects' href='http://ezinearticles.com/?Network-Marketing-Using-Squeeze-Pages-to-Get-a-Never-Ending-Stream-of-Prospects&amp;amp;id=2163803'&gt;Network Marketing - Using Squeeze Pages to Get a Never-Ending Stream of Prospects&lt;/a&gt;Chances are that you have seen plenty of squeeze pages before, you just might not have known what they were. Squeeze pages are all over the Internet because they are very, very effective. Let's take a look at them and see how they can help you find those prospects that you so desperately want.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title='Residual Income Business Opportunity - Will it Be Easy to Reach Success?' alt='Residual Income Business Opportunity - Will it Be Easy to Reach Success?' href='http://ezinearticles.com/?Residual-Income-Business-Opportunity-Will-it-Be-Easy-to-Reach-Success?&amp;amp;id=2167916'&gt;Residual Income Business Opportunity - Will it Be Easy to Reach Success?&lt;/a&gt;You may be looking for a residual income business opportunity because you want to be able to get paid every month or week from your prior efforts. You are making a very wise decision because when done correctly it can pave the path to financial freedom. The problem with this whole scenario is people think that it's too easy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title='General Scam Review' alt='General Scam Review' href='http://ezinearticles.com/?General-Scam-Review&amp;amp;id=2148687'&gt;General Scam Review&lt;/a&gt;The word scam must be one of the most popular on the internet. What does it mean and is it overused? According to the dictionary, the noun 'scam' means: a fraudulent or deceptive act or operation.  Here in the UK about 3 million people, 7% of the adult population, lose money to a scam every year.  The mind boggles at the figure for the entire world put together.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title='Online Ad Revenue Up 10.6%' alt='Online Ad Revenue Up 10.6%' href='http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/03/30/online-ad-revenue-up-106'&gt;Online Ad Revenue Up 10.6%&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Internet advertising revenues in the U.S. remain solid, reaching $23 billion in 2008, according to a new report from the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Overall 2008 revenues totaled a record $23.4 billion, surpassing 2007's record of $21.2 billion by $2.2 billion or 10.6 percent.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fourth-quarter revenues of $6.1 billion mark the first time the interactive advertising industry reached and exceeded $6 billion in a single quarter. The figures represent a $154 million or 2.6 percent increase from 2007's fourth quarter, which had revenues of $5.9 billion.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;"We are seeing an ongoing secular shift from traditional to online media as marketers recognize that ad dollars invested in interactive media are effective at influencing consumers and delivering measurable results," said Randall Rothenberg, president and CEO of the &lt;a href='http://www.iab.net/' title='Internet advertising up'&gt;IAB&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;"In this uncertain economy, where marketers know they need to do more with less, interactive advertising provides the tools for them to build deep, engaging relationships with consumers-the experience marketers gain from this will deliver dividends especially after the economy turns around."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;img title='Internet Advertising Revenues' alt='Internet Advertising Revenues' src='http://images.ientrymail.com/webpronews/article_pics/revenue-data-breakout.gif' style='margin: 4px;' border='0'/&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Search remains the main driver of revenue growth, showing a 19.8 percent increase over 2007. Digital video is still a small overall contributor, more than doubled its revenue with an increase to $734 million from $324 million in 2007.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;As in 2007, retail, financial services, computing and automotive remained the four largest verticals among Internet advertisers in 2008. Consumer packaged goods, an industry historically slow to embrace interactive advertising, increased its share of total Internet ad revenues by 60 percent over 2007. The Internet is now the third largest ad-supported medium.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;"Though some categories in the fourth quarter slowed or even dipped, reflecting the current economic challenges, the overall performance is up, confirming interactive's ever-growing importance to the successful marketing mix," said David Silverman, Partner, Assurance, PricewaterhouseCoopers.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title='Online Journalists Optimistic About Future' alt='Online Journalists Optimistic About Future' href='http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/04/06/online-journalists-optimistic-about-future'&gt;Online Journalists Optimistic About Future&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Online journalists are more optimistic about the future of their profession than those who work in traditional media, according to a new survey by the Online News Association and the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;A majority of those surveyed (57%) say the Internet is " changing the fundamental values of journalism." The biggest changes, the respondents said, were a loosening of standards (45%), more outside voices (31%) and an increased emphasis on speed (25%).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;For the most part, &lt;a href='http://stateofthenewsmedia.org/2009/index.htm' title='Online Journalists'&gt;online journalists &lt;/a&gt;say they have been spared the kinds of staff cutbacks seen in traditional media in 2008. Many (39%) reported staff increases compared with a year earlier. Another third said their staff levels have remained the same. Less that a quarter (23%) saw staff decreases.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;When it came to revenue, 39 percent of respondents were "very confident" that online news would "find a profitable and self-sustaining revenue model, while 43 percent were somewhat confident. Only 11 percent were "not too" confident.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;img title='Confidence in Finding a Profitable Economic Model' alt='Confidence in Finding a Profitable Economic Model' src='http://images.ientrymail.com/webpronews/article_pics/profitable-economic-model.jpg' style='margin: 4px;' border='0'/&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Their comments reflected more stubborn optimism than a clear plan about the future. Ass the editor of an engineering Web site put it," It's a difficult environment for journalists with the double whammy of the Internet changing the game and a god-awful economy. We soldier on."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;When asked what would likely be the most important form of revenue in three years, the majority (65%) of online journalists name advertising. Thirty-two percent cited display advertising, which has been the biggest source of online news revenue, 19 percent named search ads and 14 percent video ads.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6731994156643006253-7833949725024377690?l=my-profit-blog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~4/BHQqPBamlQg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~3/BHQqPBamlQg/make-money-online.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (To Our Success)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://my-profit-blog.blogspot.com/2009/11/make-money-online.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731994156643006253.post-4761595024910362866</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-03T08:00:07.810-08:00</atom:updated><title>Pepperjam Network</title><description>&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;p&gt;&lt;a title='Finding Acceptance in the Business Sector' alt='Finding Acceptance in the Business Sector' href='http://www.smallbusinessnewz.com/topnews/2009/03/25/finding-acceptance-in-the-business-sector'&gt;Finding Acceptance in the Business Sector&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;The majority of the time large businesses take the spotlight away from small businesses, but it doesn't have to be that way. Small and large businesses have a relationship similar to that of older and younger siblings. The younger sibling always wants to gain acceptance from the older sibling and small businesses want the same from bigger businesses. The video below shares some tips on making that acceptance process easier.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.smallbusinessnewz.com/topnews/2009/03/25/finding-acceptance-in-the-business-sector'&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6731994156643006253-4761595024910362866?l=my-profit-blog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~4/gE1rzcJyPOA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~3/gE1rzcJyPOA/pepperjam-network.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (To Our Success)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://my-profit-blog.blogspot.com/2009/11/pepperjam-network.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731994156643006253.post-1960946415558900141</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-02T00:30:13.540-08:00</atom:updated><title>Employers cautioned about interns, contract help - Grand Junction Daily Sentinel</title><description>&lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/content/news/stories/2009/11/01/110109_4A_Post_recession.html" &gt;Employers cautioned about interns, contract help - Grand Junction Daily Sentinel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;After months of layoffs, some employers see the light at the end of the recession tunnel and are getting ready to place help-wanted signs in their windows. United States companies are expected to hire more people than they lay off in the next six  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.gjsentinel.com/hp/content/news/stories/2009/11/02/110209_1A_PA_approach.html" &gt;McInnis lowers Pennsylvania gas boom on Ritter - Grand Junction Daily Sentinel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, who bypassed an opportunity to levy a tax on natural gas drilled in his state, has the right approach to drilling, Scott McInnis said. McInnis, a Republican who wants to be Colorado governor, pointed to Pennsylvania as a  &lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6731994156643006253-1960946415558900141?l=my-profit-blog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~4/I1XeqTOlBl4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~3/I1XeqTOlBl4/employers-cautioned-about-interns.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (To Our Success)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://my-profit-blog.blogspot.com/2009/11/employers-cautioned-about-interns.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731994156643006253.post-5906187774518452684</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-01T07:15:09.400-08:00</atom:updated><title>Dow Plunging on Worrying Numbers; Official iPhone Comes to China - Wirelessweek.com</title><description>&lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.wirelessweek.com/News/FeedsAP/2009/11/dow-plunging-on-worrying-numbers-official-iphone-/" &gt;Dow Plunging on Worrying Numbers; Official iPhone Comes to China   - Wirelessweek.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;xfdci QUEST-MEANS-BUSINESS-01 &lt;Show: QUEST MEANS BUSINESS&gt; &lt;Date: October 30, 2009&gt; &lt;Time: 14:00:00&gt; &lt;Tran: 103001cb.k27&gt; &lt;Type: SHOW&gt; &lt;Head: Dow Plunging on Worrying Numbers; Official iPhone Comes to China; Alcatel-Lucent Chief Addresses Poor  &lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6731994156643006253-5906187774518452684?l=my-profit-blog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~4/dGCHFEsRJTk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~3/dGCHFEsRJTk/dow-plunging-on-worrying-numbers.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (To Our Success)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://my-profit-blog.blogspot.com/2009/11/dow-plunging-on-worrying-numbers.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731994156643006253.post-6466634669527669928</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-29T08:00:43.084-07:00</atom:updated><title>Make Big Money</title><description>&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;p&gt;&lt;a title='AdSense Video Units Get The Axe' alt='AdSense Video Units Get The Axe' href='http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/03/27/adsense-video-units-get-the-axe'&gt;AdSense Video Units Get The Axe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here's a bit of bad news for anyone using AdSense video units: there simply aren't enough of you, and as a result, Google plans to stop pursuing the monetization option.  The company's left individuals about one month to land on another strategy. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style='font-size: 10px; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; width: 160px; color: rgb(153,153,153)'&gt;&lt;img src='http://images.ientrymail.com/webpronews/article_pics/google_logo.jpg' border='0' align='right' width='160' alt='Google Logo' height='58' title='Google Logo'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yes, starting today, publishers can no longer sign up for a combination of embedded YouTube videos and text ads, and at the end of April, all of the existing stuff will revert to a series of standard clip players.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;A post on the &lt;a href='http://adsense.blogspot.com/2009/03/sunsetting-video-units-feature.html' title='&amp;amp;quot;Sunsetting video units feature&amp;amp;quot;'&gt;Inside AdSense&lt;/a&gt; blog explained, "After reviewing our AdSense video units feature . . . we've found that it hasn't had the impact we had hoped for.  As a result, we've decided to retire this feature at the end of April so we can focus our resources on other opportunities to help publishers earn from their sites."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Which is fair enough from a couple of angles - Google's under no obligation to pursue this particular approach to advertising.  Also, it's not as if the search giant doesn't offer plenty of alternatives.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;The news is a little troubling in the face of yesterday's &lt;a href='http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/03/26/google-to-eliminate-200-positions' title='&amp;amp;quot;Google To Eliminate 200 Positions&amp;amp;quot;'&gt;layoff announcement&lt;/a&gt;, though.  If it looks like Google's backpedaling too much due to the recession, stockholders might lose confidence.  A greater sense of unease could spread through the whole search and advertising industry, too.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Inside AdSense post stated, "We appreciate your patience and understanding as we continue to develop our products."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title='Beware Of Domain Registration Scams' alt='Beware Of Domain Registration Scams' href='http://www.smallbusinessnewz.com/topnews/2008/06/18/beware-of-domain-registration-scams'&gt;Beware Of Domain Registration Scams&lt;/a&gt;One Toronto company ended up in hot water as it falsely advertised domain renewal services in mass mailing to businesses, and pocketed the fees.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.smallbusinessnewz.com/topnews/2008/06/18/beware-of-domain-registration-scams'&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6731994156643006253-6466634669527669928?l=my-profit-blog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~4/h9_8vzjEn0U" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~3/h9_8vzjEn0U/make-big-money.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (To Our Success)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://my-profit-blog.blogspot.com/2009/10/make-big-money.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731994156643006253.post-609626031475866287</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-29T08:00:28.013-07:00</atom:updated><title>Marketing Tips</title><description>&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;p&gt;&lt;a title='AdSense Video Units Get The Axe' alt='AdSense Video Units Get The Axe' href='http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/03/27/adsense-video-units-get-the-axe'&gt;AdSense Video Units Get The Axe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here's a bit of bad news for anyone using AdSense video units: there simply aren't enough of you, and as a result, Google plans to stop pursuing the monetization option.  The company's left individuals about one month to land on another strategy. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style='font-size: 10px; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; width: 160px; color: rgb(153,153,153)'&gt;&lt;img src='http://images.ientrymail.com/webpronews/article_pics/google_logo.jpg' border='0' align='right' width='160' alt='Google Logo' height='58' title='Google Logo'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yes, starting today, publishers can no longer sign up for a combination of embedded YouTube videos and text ads, and at the end of April, all of the existing stuff will revert to a series of standard clip players.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;A post on the &lt;a href='http://adsense.blogspot.com/2009/03/sunsetting-video-units-feature.html' title='&amp;amp;quot;Sunsetting video units feature&amp;amp;quot;'&gt;Inside AdSense&lt;/a&gt; blog explained, "After reviewing our AdSense video units feature . . . we've found that it hasn't had the impact we had hoped for.  As a result, we've decided to retire this feature at the end of April so we can focus our resources on other opportunities to help publishers earn from their sites."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Which is fair enough from a couple of angles - Google's under no obligation to pursue this particular approach to advertising.  Also, it's not as if the search giant doesn't offer plenty of alternatives.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;The news is a little troubling in the face of yesterday's &lt;a href='http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/03/26/google-to-eliminate-200-positions' title='&amp;amp;quot;Google To Eliminate 200 Positions&amp;amp;quot;'&gt;layoff announcement&lt;/a&gt;, though.  If it looks like Google's backpedaling too much due to the recession, stockholders might lose confidence.  A greater sense of unease could spread through the whole search and advertising industry, too.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Inside AdSense post stated, "We appreciate your patience and understanding as we continue to develop our products."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title='Beware Of Domain Registration Scams' alt='Beware Of Domain Registration Scams' href='http://www.smallbusinessnewz.com/topnews/2008/06/18/beware-of-domain-registration-scams'&gt;Beware Of Domain Registration Scams&lt;/a&gt;One Toronto company ended up in hot water as it falsely advertised domain renewal services in mass mailing to businesses, and pocketed the fees.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.smallbusinessnewz.com/topnews/2008/06/18/beware-of-domain-registration-scams'&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6731994156643006253-609626031475866287?l=my-profit-blog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~4/6BEogH94wn4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~3/6BEogH94wn4/marketing-tips_29.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (To Our Success)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://my-profit-blog.blogspot.com/2009/10/marketing-tips_29.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731994156643006253.post-3318504997513623298</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-29T02:15:10.270-07:00</atom:updated><title>Obama to lay out plans to help small businesses - WATE</title><description>&lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.wate.com/Global/story.asp?S=11404629" &gt;Obama to lay out plans to help small businesses - WATE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama speaks Thursday morning to small business leaders about the administration's plans to offer them assistance. Those plans include increased access to capital and a health care overhaul proposal that would give  &lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6731994156643006253-3318504997513623298?l=my-profit-blog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~4/E5CRq_43xYc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~3/E5CRq_43xYc/obama-to-lay-out-plans-to-help-small.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (To Our Success)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://my-profit-blog.blogspot.com/2009/10/obama-to-lay-out-plans-to-help-small.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731994156643006253.post-5642691668077644222</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-28T09:15:10.049-07:00</atom:updated><title>Google Social Search aims to make social networks more useful - San Francisco Chronicle</title><description>The new service, created in Google Labs , adds a long-missing piece to the search pie, Marissa Mayer, Google's vice president of search products told Computerworld last week following its unveiling at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. "We came up   &lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href='http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2009/10/27/urnidgns852573C4006938800025765C00728936.DTL'&gt;Read More  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;LOS ANGELES: City Council members have tentatively approved a multimillion-dollar proposal to tap Google Inc for government e-mail and other Internet services. This is seen as a boon for the Web giant as it seeks to wrest market share for office   &lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href='http://www.star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2009/10/28/technology/20091028151911&amp;sec=technology'&gt;Read More  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles City Council members tentatively approved a multimillion-dollar proposal Tuesday to tap Google for government e-mail and other Internet services, a boon for the Web giant as it seeks to wrest market share for office   &lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href='http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2009-10-28-google-la_N.htm'&gt;Read More  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Google announced today that it will be offering a free turn-by-turn directional GPS service for its Android 2.0 mobile devices . According to Gizmodo , Google is working closely with Apple to deliver this app in the future to the iPhone. Google's GPS   &lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href='http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/10/28/google-set-to-offer-free-turn-by-turn-gps-mobile-app'&gt;Read More  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc. wants to answer your mobile phone calls when you can't or just don't want to talk. In its latest bid to become a bigger player in telecommunications, the Internet search leader is giving people a chance to have its   &lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href='http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11388294'&gt;Read More  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6731994156643006253-5642691668077644222?l=my-profit-blog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~4/hLrx5A12t58" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~3/hLrx5A12t58/google-social-search-aims-to-make.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (To Our Success)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://my-profit-blog.blogspot.com/2009/10/google-social-search-aims-to-make.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731994156643006253.post-7459043636284435310</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-27T19:00:17.348-07:00</atom:updated><title>Twitter's suggested user list favors Democrats in California - San Francisco Examiner</title><description>&lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/ap/twitters-suggested-user-list-favors-democrats-in-california-gubernatorial-contest-66559767.html" &gt;Twitter's suggested user list favors Democrats in California   - San Francisco Examiner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — When people sign up for Twitter, the popular social-networking site presents a list of suggested users to follow, driving significant traffic to sports figures, celebrities, politicians and other prominent posters. In  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://cbs13.com/local/twitter.favorites.list.2.1274797.html" &gt;Twitter List Favoring Dems In Calif. Gov Race - CBS 13/CW31 Sacramento&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;When people sign up for Twitter, the popular social-networking site presents a list of suggested users to follow, driving significant traffic to sports figures, celebrities, politicians and other prominent posters. In California, the list has  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/football/story/1303135.html" &gt;Hasselbeck's daughter hit by dirt bike, recovering - Miami Herald&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;SEATTLE -- The daughter of Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck is recovering after surgery to repair injuries sustained on a family trip to Central Washington over the bye weekend. Hasselbeck posted on his Twitter site Tuesday he had the "worst bye  &lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6731994156643006253-7459043636284435310?l=my-profit-blog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~4/7sbG-_vVVBM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~3/7sbG-_vVVBM/twitter-suggested-user-list-favors.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (To Our Success)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://my-profit-blog.blogspot.com/2009/10/twitter-suggested-user-list-favors.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731994156643006253.post-705267529893992536</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-27T02:15:08.916-07:00</atom:updated><title>Four steps to profiting from a decent domain name - Econsultancy</title><description>If you're an entrepreneur, or budding entrepreneur, making money online can sometimes seem like a real challenge. In my opinion, that's often because entrepreneurs focus on the wrong thing. They want to create a 'startup' and become the next Facebook   &lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href='http://econsultancy.com/blog/4838-four-steps-to-profiting-from-a-decent-domain-name'&gt;Read More  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;CLEAN UP FLORENCE: October has been designated "Clean Up Florence Month," to prepare for Florence Day on Nov. 14. During October only, residents or businesses with large, non-hazardous items that garbage trucks will not take, may call Florence City   &lt;a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href='http://www.rankinledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091027/GO/910270309/Make plans'&gt;Read More  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6731994156643006253-705267529893992536?l=my-profit-blog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~4/RQsTPvXIQ1Q" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~3/RQsTPvXIQ1Q/four-steps-to-profiting-from-decent.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (To Our Success)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://my-profit-blog.blogspot.com/2009/10/four-steps-to-profiting-from-decent.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731994156643006253.post-41679442316841555</guid><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-24T08:00:12.289-07:00</atom:updated><title>Internet Marketing</title><description>&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;p&gt;&lt;a title='Work From Home MLM Business Opportunity - How to Properly Market It' alt='Work From Home MLM Business Opportunity - How to Properly Market It' href='http://ezinearticles.com/?Work-From-Home-MLM-Business-Opportunity-How-to-Properly-Market-It&amp;amp;id=2161695'&gt;Work From Home MLM Business Opportunity - How to Properly Market It&lt;/a&gt;With your work from home MLM business opportunity finally set in motion: you purchased products, you use at home, to also use at in home parties for demonstrations, you have began listening in our conference calls, reading all the training manuals and listening to CDs about the company you are proud to work for and paid your monthly website hosting fee, through the company you work with, so the masses can find your company and order products from you.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6731994156643006253-41679442316841555?l=my-profit-blog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~4/RHtkqomh8qU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyProfitBlog/~3/RHtkqomh8qU/internet-marketing.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (To Our Success)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://my-profit-blog.blogspot.com/2009/10/internet-marketing.html</feedburner:origLink></item></channel></rss>
