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What is the reset taking place on world currencies?

2013-05-15T14:54:00.002-07:00

What is the reset taking place on world currencies?

The world currencies now have to be valued based on the IMF formula. This formula includes factors such as natural resources, manufacturing capabilities, farming, technology, and stock piles of precious metals. This formula is now being implemented which will facilitate the alignment of world currencies. We are seeing the start of global currency re-set.

What is Basel III?

Base III is the formal agreement between countries that delineates the following:

1. All currencies are to be asset backed. No more fiat currency or printing currency that is not backed by a physical asset. For example, the the Federal Reserve Note were based upon thin air (fractional banking) until now.

2. All banking systems will be based on assets so no more fractional banking. The money a bank has to loan is backed by hard assets.

3. All financial transaction will have transparency unlike the central bank system under the Federal Reserve Board where financial transactions/deals were done behind closed doors. No longer can a bank use depositor’s funds to back up trades for other purposes.

NOTE: Currencies normally move only .05% in a day. These currencies below made 1% or more in one day - May 14, 2013.

(*) PYG - The Paraguayan Guarani is the currency of Paraguay. Our currency rankings show that the most popular Paraguay Guarani exchange rate is the USD to PYG rate. The currency code for Guarani is PYG, and the currency symbol is Gs. Below, you'll find Paraguayan Guarani rates and a currency converter. You can also subscribe to our currency newsletters with daily rates and analysis, read Paraguayan Guarani News, or take PYG rates on the go with our XE Currency Apps and website.
http://www.xe.com/cu...aguayan-guarani

(*) RSD - The Serbian Dinar is the currency of Serbia. Our currency rankings show that the most popular Serbia Dinar exchange rate is the RSD to EUR rate. The currency code for Dinars is RSD, and the currency symbol is РСД. Below, you'll find Serbian Dinar rates and a currency converter. You can also subscribe to our currency newsletters with daily rates and analysis, read Serbian Dinar News, or take RSD rates on the go with our XE Currency Apps and website.
http://www.xe.com/cu...d-serbian-dinar

(*)AMD - The Armenian Dram is the currency of Armenia. Our currency rankings show that the most popular Armenia Dram exchange rate is the AMD to USD rate. The currency code for Drams is AMD. Below, you'll find Armenian Dram rates and a currency converter. You can also subscribe to our currency newsletters with daily rates and analysis, read Armenian Dram News, or take AMD rates on the go with our XE Currency Apps and website.
http://www.xe.com/cu...d-armenian-dram

(*) ILS - The Israeli Shekel is the currency of Israel. Our currency rankings show that the most popular Israel Shekel exchange rate is the ILS to USD rate. The currency code for New Shekels is ILS, and the currency symbol is ₪. Below, you'll find Israeli Shekel rates and a currency converter. You can also subscribe to our currency newsletters with daily rates and analysis, read Israeli Shekel News, or take ILS rates on the go with our XE Currency Apps and website.
http://www.xe.com/cu...-israeli-shekel

(*) ERN - The Eritrean Nakfa is the currency of Eritrea. Our currency rankings show that the most popular Eritrea Nakfa exchange rate is the ERN to USD rate. The currency code for Nakfa is ERN. Below, you'll find Eritrean Nakfa rates and a currency converter. You can also subscribe to our currency newsletters with daily rates and analysis, read Eritrean Nakfa News, or take ERN rates on the go with our XE Currency Apps and website.
http://www.xe.com/cu...-eritrean-nakfa

(*) SYP - The Syrian Pound is the currency of Syria. Our currency rankings show that the most popular Syria Pound exchange rate is the USD to SYP rate. The currency code for Pounds is SYP, and the currency symbol is £. Below, you'll find Syrian Pound rates and a currency converter. You can also subscribe to our currency newsletters with daily rates and analysis, read Syrian Pound News, or take SYP rates on the go with our XE Currency Apps and website.
http://www.xe.com/cu...yp-syrian-pound

(*) RWF - The Rwandan Franc is the currency of Rwanda. Our currency rankings show that the most popular Rwanda Franc exchange rate is the RWF to USD rate. The currency code for Francs is RWF. Below, you'll find Rwandan Franc rates and a currency converter. You can also subscribe to our currency newsletters with daily rates and analysis, read Rwandan Franc News, or take RWF rates on the go with our XE Currency Apps and website.
http://www.xe.com/cu...f-rwandan-franc

(*) SCR - The Seychellois Rupee is the currency of Seychelles. Our currency rankings show that the most popular Seychelles Rupee exchange rate is the SCR to EUR rate. The currency code for Rupees is SCR, and the currency symbol is ₨. Below, you'll find Seychellois Rupee rates and a currency converter. You can also subscribe to our currency newsletters with daily rates and analysis, read Seychellois Rupee News, or take SCR rates on the go with our XE Currency Apps and website.
http://www.xe.com/cu...ychellois-rupee

(*) CHF - The Swiss Franc is the currency of Switzerland. Our currency rankings show that the most popular Switzerland Franc exchange rate is the EUR to CHF rate. The currency code for Francs is CHF, and the currency symbol is CHF. Below, you'll find Swiss Franc rates and a currency converu can al can also subscribe to our currency newsletters with daily rates and analysis, read Swiss Franc News, or take CHF rates on the go with our XE Currency Apps and website.
http://www.xe.com/cu...chf-swiss-franc

(*) ISK - The Icelandic Krona is the currency of Iceland. Our currency rankings show that the most popular Iceland Krona exchange rate is the EUR to ISK rate. The currency code for Kronur is ISK, and the currency symbol is kr. Below, you'll find Icelandic Krona rates and a currency converter. You can also subscribe to our currency newsletters with daily rates and analysis, read Icelandic Krona News, or take ISK rates on the go with our XE Currency Apps and website.
http://www.xe.com/cu...icelandic-krona

(*) SEK - The Swedish Krona is the currency of Sweden. Our currency rankings show that the most popular Sweden Krona exchange rate is the SEK to EUR rate. The currency code for Kronor is SEK, and the currency symbol is kr. Below, you'll find Swedish Krona rates and a currency converter. You can also subscribe to our currency newsletters with daily rates and analysis, read Swedish Krona News, or take SEK rates on the go with our XE Currency Apps and website.
http://www.xe.com/cu...k-swedish-krona

(*) NIO - The Nicaraguan Cordoba is the currency of Nicaragua. Our currency rankings show that the most popular Nicaragua Cordoba exchange rate is the NIO to USD rate. The currency code for Cordobas is NIO, and the currency symbol is C$. Below, you'll find Nicaraguan Cordoba rates and a currency converter. You can also subscribe to our currency newsletters with daily rates and analysis, read Nicaraguan Cordoba News, or take NIO rates on the go with our XE Currency Apps and website.
http://www.xe.com/cu...araguan-cordoba

(*) MMK - The Burmese Kyat is the currency of Myanmar (Burma). Our currency rankings show that the most popular Myanmar (Burma) Kyat exchange rate is the MMK to USD rate. The currency code for Kyats is MMK, and the currency symbol is K. Below, you'll find Burmese Kyat rates and a currency converter. You can also subscribe to our currency newsletters with daily rates and analysis, read Burmese Kyat News, or take MMK rates on the go with our XE Currency Apps and website.

(think) Notice: The MMK rates listed on XE.com are the official exchange rates. The black market MMK rates may vary significantly.
http://www.xe.com/cu...mk-burmese-kyat

With All The Negative Gun Toting Cops Stories, Here Is A Heart Warming Story Of Cops In Service Of Humanity .....

2013-05-12T15:58:00.001-07:00

A San Francisco man who almost took his life eight years ago by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge has been reunited with the hero who saved his life.

Kevin Berthia was perched on the iconic bridge ready to take a fatal leap on March 11, 2005, when he heard the voice of California Highway Patrol officer Kevin Briggs calling out to him from above.

Over 60 life-changing minutes, Briggs managed to convince Berthia, as he has done with hundreds of suicidal men and women, to climb back over the rail and give life another shot. Since that significant day Berthia hasn't looked back and is now happily married with two children.

The pair were reconnected after a Yahoo documentary in December 2012 chronicled the work of Briggs' team, centering on Berthia's case.

A resounding image of the man clinging to the bridge as Briggs spoke to him provoked an outpouring of support from the Bay area community.

After he received the award, Briggs said he was 'very humbled, honored and happy' to have the recognition for his team's hard work.

'I (accept this award) on behalf of the California Highway Patrol and police officers across this country who strive to do their best each and every time they receive a suicide call.

Get your groove on, have some fun, and take a minute to enjoy this oldie dance !! (video)

2013-05-10T16:37:00.002-07:00

The pet life expectancy map of America

2013-05-08T14:28:00.000-07:00

The pet life expectancy map of America

Mississippi revealed as worst state for cat survival rates (while Montana is the best place for your dog to live)

We love, feed, and sometimes even go so far as to clothe them, but would you ever relocate for a pet? A new study shows that where you live can impact the lifespan of your cat or dog.

The study, released by Banfield Pet Hospital , shows that four legged companions live longer in Western states, and have the shortest lifespans in Southern states.

In addition to regional health factors that include heartworm disease, lyme disease and heat stroke, the biggest factor in determining lifespan is whether your animal is spayed or neutered.

According to the study dogs live longer in South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, New Mexico, and Colorado, and have shorter lifespans in Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Delaware, and Massachusetts.

Cats live longer in Montana, Colorado, Rhode Island, Illinois, and Nebraska, and have shorter lifespans in Delaware, Ohio, Louisiana, Kentucky, and Mississippi.

The study reports that 20 per cent of the cats in Louisiana and Mississippi, states with shorter life expectancy, are not spayed or neutered, but in Montana and Colorado, states with longer life expectancy, 8 per cent of cats are not spayed and neutered.

The statistics also show that neutered male dogs live 18 per cent longer than unneutered male dogs, and spayed female dogs live 23 per cent longer than unspayed female dogs. Neutered male felines have a 62 per cent longer lifespan, and spayed female cats a 39 per cent longer lifespan.

Educate Yourself: What is difference between a Democracy and a Republic? What is the USA? (video)

2013-05-07T21:45:00.001-07:00

12 year old boy: seeking the truth

2013-05-06T16:55:00.002-07:00

One 12-year-old Las Vegas boy has become a viral video hero after reminding a thirsty police officer he's not above the law.

The young man, who identifies himself as Jeremy in the video, springs into action when he sees a motorcycle cop park illegally on the sidewalk.

The officer was apparently going to buy a soft drink.

'Is there a reason for you to park on the sidewalk?' Jeremy asks. 'Is it like an emergency or anything?'

When the cop refuses to answer, Jeremy goes one step further.

'Can I see your badge number?' he asks.

'Why?' the officer responds.

'Because I have the right to.'

'Are you a lawyer?' The officer asks.

'No I just want to see your badge number.'

Downsizing to happiness: The Ace Ventura director who found true 'wealth' after giving up his 17,000 sq ft mansion and private jet

2013-05-06T16:46:00.000-07:00

After suffering post-concussion syndrome following a bicycle accident that left him hyper-sensitive to light and noise, Hollywood director Tom Shadyac changed his life dramatically.

He moved out of his 17,000-square-foot mansion in Pasadena and into a 1,000-square-foot mobile home at a trailer park in Malibu. He also traded his private jet for a bicycle and began to give away a lot of his possessions and money.

His movies - which include Ace Ventura, Patch Adams, Nutty Professor and Bruce Almighty - earned more than one billion dollars at the box office and at one stage he was able to commandeer millions as salary.

Speaking to CBS about his new life, he said: 'I believe I was my least successful when I "had it all".

'I was listening to the social notes of wealth which is all these private jets mansions, a lot of stuff.

'I didn't need a private jet. It costs $44,000 to fly for an hour and a half, someone doesn't even make that in a year.'

So he opened a homeless shelter in Virginia, gives to charities that fight poverty, protects the environment and animals.

'The more I give away the wealthier I feel,' he said. 'For everything I "gave up", so much more was returned. The trappings of fame and fortune are exactly that - a trapping. It's called the spoils of success for a reason.'

As well as the documentary, he has a book out called Life's Operating Manual - which is all about who you are and what your life is about and a depper truer wealth/

Rolling Stone: Everything Is Rigged: The Biggest Price-Fixing Scandal Ever The Illuminati were amateurs. The second huge financial scandal of the year reveals the real international conspiracy: There's no price the big banks can't fix

2013-04-29T09:23:00.001-07:00

Everything Is Rigged: The Biggest Price-Fixing Scandal

Conspiracy theorists of the world, believers in the hidden hands of the Rothschilds and the Masons and the Illuminati, we skeptics owe you an apology. You were right. The players may be a little different, but your basic premise is correct: The world is a rigged game. We found this out in recent months, when a series of related corruption stories spilled out of the financial sector, suggesting the world's largest banks may be fixing the prices of, well, just about everything

But the biggest shock came out of a federal courtroom at the end of March – though if you follow these matters closely, it may not have been so shocking at all – when a landmark class-action civil lawsuit against the banks for Libor-related offenses was dismissed. In that case, a federal judge accepted the banker-defendants' incredible argument: If cities and towns and other investors lost money because of Libor manipulation, that was their own fault for ever thinking the banks were competing in the first place.

All of these stories collectively pointed to the same thing: These banks, which already possess enormous power just by virtue of their financial holdings – in the United States, the top six banks, many of them the same names you see on the Libor and ISDAfix panels, own assets equivalent to 60 percent of the nation's GDP – are beginning to realize the awesome possibilities for increased profit and political might that would come with colluding instead of competing. Moreover, it's increasingly clear that both the criminal justice system and the civil courts may be impotent to stop them, even when they do get caught working together to game the system.

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/everything-is-rigged-the-biggest-financial-scandal-yet-20130425#ixzz2RrzOlD5W

Upholding your rights as a free citizen (video)

2013-04-24T08:12:00.003-07:00

Practice peaceful non-compliance...... know the Constitution.....if we don't uphold it, we lose our Liberty.....

R.I.P. Richie Havens: January 21, 1941 - April 22, 2013

2013-04-22T18:03:00.001-07:00

Common Law and Business Trusts

2013-04-18T11:21:00.000-07:00

Common Law and Business Trusts

Today, very few people know that they have a fundamental choice: to live their lives and conduct their businesses commerce) under common-law jurisdiction or under statutory jurisdiction. Common Law is the law of Creator, Prime, or Oneness which I believe the law of the Constitution was begun from. The other set of law is statutory law which is legislated by law set forth by different corporations.

Researching the roots of statutory law you will find its’ basis in vengeance, according to Oliver W. Holmes. The basis of Common Law is contract so it figures that living a common law lifestyle requires a certain level of knowledge about communicating and understanding the concept of “value”. In our society now people’s lifestyles are based on avoiding penalties and we allow politicians to do our thinking and bidding for us. Living in Common Law, which is to say, practicing it moment to moment provides a very different perspective on life. You have a choice to get tangled into invisible contracts or not because you have a keener awareness in the structure of a contract.

Most people ask me why do they need a business trust, or why do I use one. For me, I use a business trust because it reinforces that I am the Creator of my life. Simply put, as the Creator of my life I use a non incorporated business trust because it’s a pure trust, an organizational tool, that protects property, assets, and affairs during my journey here, along with distributing them after I am gone from this body to benefit the beneficiaries.

To the degree at which you understand the differences between corporate law and the lawfulness of common law, is depth by which you see the benefits of a business trust. When all else fails, you need to do your research and due diligence to cultivate that understanding. You can learn about common law resources by clicking here. A business trust is an entity controlled by its Trustee(s) who are also in charge of distributing Trust assets to Trust beneficiaries (Trust Certificate Units).

Below are some common questions about a business trust and the court citations, where available in italics, to evidence the answers.

ARTICLE 1, SECTION 10 of the United States Constitution....

“No state shall pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts.”

Q. What is a Trust?

A trust is, "An obligation arising out of a confidence reposed in the trustee, or person who has the legal title to property conveyed to him, that he will faithfully apply the property according to the confidence reposed; in other words, according to the wishes of the creator of the trust."

Q. What are the four essential elements to a valid legal trust of personal property?

here are four essential elements of a valid trust of personal property: (1) A designated beneficiary; (2) at least one designated trustee, who must not be the beneficiary; (3) a fund or other property sufficiently designated or identified to enable title thereto to pass to the trustee; and (4) the actual delivery of the fund or other property, or of a legal assignment thereof to the trustee, with the intention of passing legal title thereto to him as trustee.

Q. What type of law applies to a business trust, also known as a unincorporated business organization (UBO), or Massachusetts Business Trust (MBT)?

Business trusts are recognized under the term "common law trust".

88 American Law Reports 3d 704, citing Schumann-Heink v. Folsom 328 III 321, 159 NE 250, 50 ALR 485 (1927)

A pure trust is not subject to legislative control. The U.S. Supreme Court holds that the trust is created and its relationship comes under the realm of equity based upon the common law and is not subject to legislative restrictions as are corporations and other statutory entities or organizations created by legislative authority.

Croker v. MacCloy, 649 US Supp 39; and Elliott v. Freeman, 220 US 178.

The United States Supreme Court has acknowledged the Trust contract as a "pure or true" trust, citing the Hecht case in Navarro v. Lee. Hecht v. Malley 265 US 144 (1924) Navarro v. Lee 446 US 458 (1980)

Q. Can a business trust be used in commerce and personal affairs?

The trust contract is established by private parties, for personal purposes, is not registered with the state corporation commissioner to comply with statutes relating to incorporating and does not invalidate the trust organization.

Hodgkiss v. Northland Petroleum Consolidated, 104 Mont 328. 67, P 2d 811

A business trust is a common law entity formed by contract, and thus, is not subject to the same types of state regulation as a corporation.

Elliott v. Freeman, 220 US 178; and Crocker v. Malloy, 39 US 270.

Q. Are Certificate holders (beneficiaries) of a business trust able to have their Certificates taken from them using a legal process?

Certificate holders of a Trust Contract enjoy an even greater immunity from personal liability than is accorded to stockholders of corporations.
Goldwater v. Oltman, 210 Cal 408, 292 P624, 71 ALR 871

Q. What are typical duties and responsibilities of a Trustee?

A. They accept the initial gift or conveyance of property on behalf of the organization and acknowledge the delivery of all property specified on Schedule "A".

B. They agree to conduct the organization's affairs in good faith, in conformity with the terms and conditions set forth in this contract and its inherent trust provisions.

C. They agree to exercise their best judgment and discretion to conserve and improve the property of the trust estate in accordance with decisions of the Board of Trustees as set forth in the organization's minutes.

D. They agree, upon final liquidation of the trust estate, to distribute the assets to the existing certificate holders as their contingent rights may appear.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS: The Trustees, and their successors, may hold administrative offices within the organization, and may singularly or collectively exercise authority granted by the Board of Trustees in the management of company affairs. They are herein authorized to exclusively manage, administer and control the trust estate without the consent of certificate holders. The following specific terms and conditions apply:

A. The Board of Trustees shall be at least one (1) in number, and may be increased as deemed necessary in the manner set forth above.

B. A Trustee may resign or be removed from the Board, with or without cause, by a resolution of the Board of Trustees determined by a majority vote or by a mandate of a court of competent jurisdiction.

C. In the event of death, removal from the Board, or resignation of a Trustee, the vacant position shall be filled by a successor Trustee, if preappointed, or the remaining Board of Trustees may appoint a successor by unanimous vote. Should the entire Board of Trustees become vacant, upon proper application by a qualified party, a court shall appoint one Trustee who, after accepting the appointment, shall in turn appoint a second Trustee, and they may jointly appoint others as provided in the manner set forth above.

D. The signing and acknowledging of this contract by any Trustee or Trustees shall constitute the Trustees' collective acceptance of this contract and its trust provisions and the Trustees' acknowledgment that this organization's property and assets are vested in fee simple in the trust estate without any further act or conveyance by the Board of Trustees. The Trustees as discretionary fiduciaries shall hold legal and equitable title to all assets.

E. The Board of Trustees may provide for meetings at stated intervals without notice, and special meetings may be called at any time by one or more Trustees upon three day's written notice. At any regular or special meeting, a majority of the Trustees shall constitute a quorum for conducting business, provided affirmative action may only be had upon a majority vote of the Trustees, whether present or absent, except that in a special meeting called for a special purpose the majority present may affirmatively act in emergency matters. A telephone or fax vote shall be a valid vote.

F. Any resolution of the Board of Trustees shall be deemed within the Board's power so long as the resolution is not inconsistent with this organizational document and any amendments thereto.

G. The Trustees shall be controlled by this document as amended and future resolutions of the Board of Trustees. All meetings and resolutions shall be recorded in a company minute book.

H. The Trustees shall keep proper records and accounts as the Board of Trustees deems necessary for the proper management of the trust estate.

I. The Trustees shall not be required to individually assume liability for loss of company assets while acting in good faith on behalf of the organization, or for any act or omission of any other Trustees, agents or employees. They shall, however, be liable for their own breach of good faith if such breach is established in a court of competent jurisdiction. If a Trustee shall for any reason suffer a personal loss while providing good faith service to the trust, the Trustee shall be reimbursed for such loss from the trust estate.

J. The Board of Trustees, at the expiration of the term as set forth herein, shall wind up company affairs and terminate the company operations, making final distribution as provided. If the organization was recorded publicly, the Trustees shall file with the Recorder a notice of termination; and the Trustees, thereupon, shall automatically be discharged, provided final administration and distribution was made in accordance with the terms and conditions of this agreement. Otherwise, a court of equity may be invoked to review and correct any tort or error.

K. When there are no longer trustees and beneficiaries the Manager will have the right to dissolve the trust by following the procedures in “J”.

TRUSTEE POWERS: The Trustees shall have general common law powers over the company and the trust estate herein, and may do anything any citizen may lawfully do in any state or country. Specifically, but not by way of limitation, they shall have all rights, authority and power as follows:

A. To compromise or abandon any claims arising out of, in favor of, or against the company and its trust estate, and the Trustees' good faith decision in that regard shall be binding and conclusive on all parties.

B. To manage, invest and reinvest the trust estate, or any part thereof, in any kind of property or venture which men of prudence, discretion and intelligence consider for their own account, without being restricted to investments which are ordinarily permitted by law or customarily used for trust funds, and without restrictions as to the duration of this organization. Specifically included, but not by way of limitation, are real estate, collectables, gems, art works, precious metals, corporate obligations of every kind, preferred and common stock, commodities, mutual funds and trust funds.

C. To open, maintain and close bank and thrift accounts of every kind, and conduct all monetary affairs of this trust.

D. To sell at public or private sale for cash, credit, or cash and credit, and upon such terms and conditions as the Trustees may deem proper.

E. To sell, grant, convey, mortgage, option, rent, lease or pledge all trust estate assets, real, personal or mixed, in such manner as deemed appropriate.

F. To borrow on or encumber the trust estate without restriction, and to make loans with or without security. All borrowed funds shall immediately become a part of the trust estate.

G. To allocate capital gains and/or dividends to trust principal as may be deemed appropriate or advantageous to the trust estate.

H. To register company property in the name of the company, a fictitious trade name of the company, a Trustee or nominee so long as company ownership of such property can be clearly demonstrated.

I. To make distributions in cash or in kind and to assign values to such property according to the Trustees' best judgment.

J. To accept additions to the trust estate by deed, will, assignment, exchange, gift, grant, insurance proceeds or any other methods deemed acceptable to the Trustees. The Trustees are further authorized to honor any buy-sell agreements extant as to any property or interest held in trust.

K. To elect and remunerate officers from the Board or elsewhere as deemed appropriate or expedient. To hire and remunerate employees, agents or contractions. To incur and pay the ordinary and necessary expenses of administration, including, but not limited to, legal fees, accountant's fees, Trustee fees, brokerage fees, consulting fees and the like, and to allocate all the expenses and receipts between principal and income as the Trustees shall deem proper.

L. To give proxies, to deposit securities with and transfer title to committees representing securities holders and to participate in voting trusts, reorganizations and other transactions involving the common interest of security holders.

M. To open margin accounts with securities firms and commodities traders and to buy, write or trade in options, commodities, and to make short sales. The Trustees shall be empowered to hold securities in their own names, the name of a nominee, in street name, or unregistered in such condition that ownership will pass. The Trustees shall incur no liability to the company for any loss. Further, any securities firm or commodities traders may rely on this document and the trust provisions herein in respect of a Trustee's authority without making further inquiry.

N. The Trustees are expressly authorized to hold, manage and operate any company property, or business or enterprise. The profits and losses, if any therefrom, shall be chargeable respectively to the trust estate.

O. The Trustees are authorized to pay all taxes out of the trust estate, and have complete discretion, power and authority to make any decisions or elections that would effectively minimize such taxes.

P. The Trustees may expressly delegate one or more of their powers to any other person or persons as may be deemed expedient for the management of company affairs, and may revoke such delegation at any time by written notice delivered to such persons.

Q. The Trustees, by a majority vote, may change the domicile of the company with or without cause if they deem such change will protect or benefit the trust estate.

R. The Trustees, by unanimous vote, may make amendments to this contract and declaration and take such other consequential actions as they deem necessary or appropriate to protect the integrity of the organization and to insure the organization will continue to function and be administered in the best interest of certificate holders and in the manner intended.

S. The Trustees, by majority vote, may at any time and at their sole discretion wind up company affairs, terminate this organization and make distributions of the trust estate to certificate holders as provided herein.

My intention is that this article has helped you better understand the nature of a business trust.

Blessings, Steu

NOTE: This article in intended to be educational. Establishing a business trust is not a solution for everyone. This article does not attempt to explain all the details of establishing and managing a business trust. Readers should consult a qualified and professional legal representative to resolve their legal issues.

How To Use Common Law To Manage Your Affairs

2013-04-15T13:05:00.002-07:00

How To Use Common Law To Manage Your Affairs

“The general method to be pursued in the analysis of contract is the same as possession. Wherever the law gives special rights to one, or imposes special burdens on another, it does so on the ground that certain special facts are true of those individuals. In all such cases, therefore, there is a twofold task. First, to determine what are the facts to which the special consequences are attached; second, to ascertain the consequences. The first is the main field of legal argument. With regard to contracts the facts are not always the same. They may be that a certain person has signed, sealed, and delivered a writing of a certain purport. They may be that he has made an oral promise, and that the promisee has furnished him a consideration.”

Oliver W. Holmes

The Common Law

The world is changing and the evidence is everywhere. It follows that being astute in managing your own affairs cannot be left to the minds and/or hands of another. One source of inspiration to enrich my life is listening to the words of very accomplished people. Donald Trump’s book showed me that rich people own nothing and control everything. In Warren Buffets book he takes great lengths to expound his hours and hours of research that went into his work before taking any action. Most profoundly, Steve Jobs left me with his sagely advice, “Stay hungry, stay foolish.”

I have put a great deal of thought and time into the best techniques to manage my affairs - now and on into the future when I have departed. I have looked at many legal solutions of a family trust, Limited Liability Corporation (LLC), a corporation, and generation skipping trust, to name a few.

One solution that seems most suitable to me is a contract in the form of a business trust (link), which is similar to an express trust (link) and a spendthrift trust (link). These solutions are have their origins in common law. Very briefly, let me explain the difference between a legal solution (legal or law) and a common law (lawful) solution. This subject deserves a lengthy explanation at some point but this is not the place. The legal world we live in was created long ago. It is based in corporate law that is established under the Washington DC cooperation: United States of America (USA) (link). Laws are legal statues created, published, managed, and enforced via agents of sub corporations of USA. For examples, cites, police departments, water districts, and so forth.

Common law, lawfulness, differs from the legal world in that it is based on contracts. Suffice it to say here that a contract can take many forms, but the key ingredients is that the parties in the contract recognize their roles and responsibilities. One decent resource for learning more about contracts is George Mercier’s book Invisible Contracts (link). To learn more about trusts you have gotta read Handbook of the Law of Trusts (link).

Every lawful contract must have these elements: Agreement (offer and acceptance) consideration, purpose, authentic assent, and be bi-lateral (two parties). A business trust is based on the Constitution of the United States; Article l, Sec. 10, Para. 1. It is not a partnership or corporation or statutory trust, but a separate legal entity having its own common law identity. The document and all company business shall be kept private, protected by the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 USC 552(a), the Fourth and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, and the common law privacy rights available in the United States of America and every other applicable jurisdiction.

How To Run A Business Trust

A business trust is irrevocable, has Trustees that manage it, and it’s distributed to the holders of Trust Certificate Units (TCU’s). Yes, this organization, once put into being, is only dissolved or terminated when its’ assets are distributed to TCU holders by trustees. I like it because the trustees cannot be TCU holders and the Trustees have full power to manage all the of the organization affairs, or they can appoint a Managing Director to run the day to day affairs and then receive reporting at regular Trustee meetings.

TCUs may be surrendered to or transferred back to the organization subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees, but may not otherwise be pledged, assigned, hypothecated or transferred by a TCU holder without the consent of a majority in interest of all other current TCU holders. TCUs are be immune from seizure by any creditor of the TCU owner.

Purpose of Business Trust

This trust is a contract with provisions intended to create a common law contractual company, (also known as an Unincorporated Business Organization) for receiving, conveying or holding property in fee simple, and for providing prudent management of such property, and for conducting any legitimate business through appointed Trustees for the benefit of certificate holders. The Trustees shall hold both legal and equitable title to the trust estate, and shall act solely within their powers as provided herein and within their common law rights and immunities. The administration of this organization shall be amenable to judicial regulation and under the protection of the court. If any provision herein is unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall nevertheless be carried into effect. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as an intent to evade or contravene any law, nor to delegate to the Trustees any special power belonging exclusively to a statutory company, franchise or incorporation.

In my opinion, 1) where most legal solutions provide little separation between the trust and the grantor, the business trust provides complete separation; and 2) a common law organization allows for a living solution as trustees have full power to manage all aspects of the organization, conversely legal solutions provide a meaningful solution only at death of grantor(s) to distribute the property. Lastly, without a doubt, there is more responsibility in establishing a trust vehicle and managing it as a Trustee then letting someone do it all for you. I have found this type of effort is very rewarding, yet is also requires my willingness to accept ongoing education both mentally and spiritually.

I hope you have found this material meaningful and that it assists you in understanding a wider variety of options to successfully manage your home and business affairs.

Blessings, Steu

NOTE: This article in intended to be educational. Establishing a business trust is not a solution for everyone. This article does not attempt to explain all the details of establishing and managing a business trust. Readers should consult a qualified and professional legal representative to resolve their legal issues.

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Steu Mann is not an attorney or qualified legal representative. He uses and practices common law in his life style to bring harmony into his community and the planet.

Why SEO Doesn’t Work, Is Your Web Site Or Blog Receiving The Traffic It Deserves?

2013-04-02T07:46:00.000-07:00

Why SEO Doesn’t Work

Most Search Engine Optimization (SEO) experts will tell you that SEO is not an exact science. But, those who have been doing this trade for a few years have the results to back up their claims. Undoubtedly, anyone can see improvements in their web site reputations within 90 days when the SEO efforts follow these three steps.

1. Research Key Words

These words and phrases are going to be associated with your business. In other words, this will be how people find you. Make sure your phrases are not attached to your business name since 1) potential new customers probably dont know your name anyways, 2) by default a decent SEO effort will naturally promote your business name, and 3) the goal of SEO is based on trending words being used in searches by users - NOW.

Use Google Trends or Good Analytics or Google Key Word Research or Bing Key Word Research to analyze your key word strategy. These are all free SEO tools.

As an example, a phase one of your SEO strategy would be to use your existing marketing slogans. After you are getting some visibility on those switch to using a more SEO driven tool approach. This will help build your confidence and get you some air time on search results pages.

2. Implement Key Words (but not over emphasize)

Use your key phrases on your content and in your meta tags. One workable strategy is using one phrase to start a paragraph. then filling in the remaining paragraph with support material and a summary sentence. My oh my ..... my English teacher would be proud of me here - so make yours proud too. After all, this is a basic paragraph structure super sized for SEO.

When possible make a hyper link from those key phrases to another blog post or page on your site. And, don’t forget, when you make links to your site from another site ..... use one of your researched key phrases to get you some search engine boost.

3. Work your “Reach Out” strategy

To grow your web presence is to create a circle of influence. This is easily accomplished by enhancing your web reputation using free tools and proven strategies. One method is publishing educational articles at places like ezinearticles.com about your services and products. Another is finding web sites or blogs that have similar interests to your biz and doing reciprocal links with them: you link to their site and they link to yours. The third, probably the most important is blogging. Sure you can pay someone to do it, but where is the fun in that? The easiest way to get traction in search engines is blogging daily with rich content that is educational, has pictures, and uses your key phrases/words as labels. Here is an example of a well done blog: GoldTowner - alluvial mining consultants.

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Steu Mann is an SEO Specialist. He has been successfully working with online technology since 1997. Follow him on Twitter at @EzWebManifest. Subscribe to receive Free Web Site Tune Up Tips at ezwebmanifesting.com

The USA is so far behind in bandwidth, in China They Offer FREE WifI on Buses

2013-03-30T18:05:00.002-07:00

More than 10,000 buses in Beijing will offer Wi-Fi service by the end of 2013, Beijing Morning Post reported Friday.

The service followed a deal signed in April last year between China Mobile and Beijing Bus Transportation Group, which operates Beijing's bus system and will provide coverage on all routes within the Fourth Ring Road.

More than 1,800 buses have wireless Internet access so far, allowing passengers with Wi-Fi enabled devices to connect to the Internet through China Mobile's network.

Beijing has the broadest Wi-Fi coverage on buses in the country.

China Mobile will offer 20-hours a month free before June 30.

Article: http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-03/22/content_16336260.htm

Study: 72% Of Consumers Trust Online Reviews As Much As Personal Recommendations

2013-03-26T10:05:00.001-07:00

Study: 72% Of Consumers Trust Online Reviews As Much As Personal Recommendations

The findings of this year’s Local Consumer Review Survey (2012) show a positive shift in consumer trust and appreciation of online reviews.

Approximately 72% of consumers surveyed said that they trust online reviews as much as personal recommendations, while 52% said that positive online reviews make them more likely to use a local business.

About The Local Consumer Review Survey 2012

This online survey was conducted between 15th January – 1st March 2012. A set of 18 questions were put to a survey panel of 4,500 local consumers located in US, Canada and UK. We received 2,862 respondents.

This is the 2nd wave of the Local Consumer Review Survey. The 1st wave of this survey was conducted in late 2010/early 2011. We compared results between the 2 waves (2010-2012) to determine any change in consumer attitudes and behaviour.*

The following results and charts are taken from Part 1 of the survey; Parts 2 & 3 will be released subsequently (expected: April-May 2012).

*2010 survey had 2,012 participants from US & UK, but not Canada.

Part 1: Consumer Attitudes & Consumption Of Online Reviews

Q1: How many times have you used the Internet to find a local business in the last 12 months?

There has been a significant jump in the number of consumers using the Internet to find local businesses, and the regularity of their ‘searches’ has also increased.

Key Findings:

Only 15% of consumers said that they had not used the Internet t0 find a local business (vs. 21% in 2010)

16% of consumers said they used the Internet every week to find local businesses (vs. 9% in 2010)

Q2: Do you read online customer reviews to determine whether a local business is a good business?

Key Findings:

27% of consumers regularly use online reviews to determine which local business to use (vs. 22% in 2010)

24% of consumers never use online reviews. (vs. 29% in 2010)

Q3: How many online reviews & ratings do you need to read before you feel that you can trust that business?

This year’s survey shows a decline in the number of reviews being read by consumers. Consumers are forming opinions faster and trusting reviews more, leading to lower consumption of reviews.

Key Findings:

65% of consumers read between 2-10 reviews (vs.58% in 2010)

Just 7% of consumers read more than 20 reviews (vs. 12% in 2010)

Note: the total quantity of reviews a business has remains important. Having a high number of reviews gives users more confidence in star ratings (represent an avg. across all reviews) and allow users to feel more confident in the fewer reviews which they do actually read.

Q4: How do online customer reviews affect your opinion of a local business?

Key Findings:

58% of consumers trust a business which has positive online reviews (vs. 55% in 2010)

Q5: How do online customer reviews influence your decision to use/select a local business?

More local consumers are now taking notice of online reviews and online reviews are an important factor in deciding which local business to use. Consumers appear to bess swayed by location and price which don’t represent any guarantee of quality or reliability.

Key Findings:

52% of consumers are more likely to use a local business if they have positive reviews

Just 28% of consumers cite location &/or price as main decision making factor (vs. 28% in 2010)

Q6: Do you trust online customer reviews as much as personal recommendations?

Appreciation and value of online reviews is growing as more consumers trust online reviews as much as personal recommendations.

Key Findings:

72% of consumers trust online reviews as much as personal recommendations

Key Takeaways

The importance and value of online reviews is on the way up!

Local consumers are becoming more familiar with online reviews and therefore placing more value and trust in them.

Online reviews give users quick access to information which helps them make informed decisions faster and more easily than ever before. This growing trust means that users are prepared to make decisions based on fewer reviews.

The continued growth of mobile Internet usage (cell phones & tablets) means that more and more consumers will be searching and finding local businesses online.

The availability of clear and easy to consume review/star-rating content will become even more important to consumers and extremely valuable to local business owners.

Opinions expressed in the article are those of the guest author and not necessarily Search Engine Land.

About The Author: Myles Anderson is Founder & CEO of BrightLocal.com. BrightLocal provides local SEO tools for local businesses; see their Research section for the latest findings about the local search market.

A new wonder material can generate hydrogen, produce clean water and even create energy

2013-03-25T07:01:00.001-07:00

A new wonder material can generate hydrogen, produce clean water and even create energy

Science fiction? Hardly, and there's more -- It can also desalinate water, be used as flexible water filtration membranes, help recover energy from desalination waste brine, be made into flexible solar cells and can also double the lifespan of lithium ion batteries. With its superior bacteria-killing capabilities, it can also be used to develop a new type of antibacterial bandage.

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore, led by Associate Professor Darren Sun have succeeded in developing a single, revolutionary nanomaterial that can do all the above and at very low cost compared to existing technology.

This breakthrough which has taken Prof Sun five years to develop is dubbed the Multi-use Titanium Dioxide (TiO2). It is formed by turning titanium dioxide crystals into patented nanofibres, which can then be easily fabricated into patented flexible filter membranes which include a combination of carbon, copper, zinc or tin, depending on the specific end product needed.

Read the article:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130320094856.htm

Benefit from the nature of currency restructuring

2013-03-24T19:11:00.000-07:00

Written by Bluwolf, March 13, 2013 on Dinar Recaps ......

I've been promising this piece for several days, and finally have a few minutes to get this posted.

We've been talking about Basel III (The Global Currency Reset [GCR]) for several weeks, and the fact that there are some 168 currencies due to undergo restructuring of one kind or another. A fair number of these currencies are going to revalue -- some rather significantly -- in the coming weeks and months, and a fair number will devalue (some quite significantly).

Within the last couple of weeks, Christine Lagarde (Managing Director of the IMF) announced a basket of some 15 currencies that would be restructuring within the immediate future. One of the aspects of this GCR that is significant, in my opinion, is the transition away from debt management to asset management.

It is a complete reversal of the kind of banking management and protocols we have seen during the past decades. This requires -- in part -- that the central banks of the participating nations derive their currency values based on the relative asset base of each country.

In a recent report by Ernst & Young (the same financial firm that does the audits for the Central Bank of Iraq) published late in 2012, they state that many international firms which have moved abroad (in order to avoid negative consequences) are returning to their home countries in order to tap new funding sources and retail banking because of Basel III implementation.

These new funding sources and retail banking opportunities are/and will be the product of revalued national currencies.

We've been investigating the possibility of buying some banks here in the U.S. -- one here in the northwest, and one in the southeast -- in order to take advantage of the increased flexibility needed as a result of the IQD opportunity (and other RVing currencies). A conversation with FDIC officials in the past couple of weeks was quite revealing as we discussed the takeover of one bank in particular.

Their questioning was still based on the old premise of "debt management" and not "asset management." My answer to the questions was framed like this, "We are not debt managers; we are asset managers." The difference between the two positions philosophically is that we simply don't think in "fractional banking" terms, or the creation of what I call "funny money" -- fiat currency without any hard asset to back it.

The answer seems to have satisfied these officials and we continue to move forward toward our acquisitions.

So what am I getting at? Currencies world-wide must now have some solid asset to back whatever funds are expended by the nations and by the banks that conduct business in those nations. Gold, silver, various precious metals, minerals, diamonds, oil, natural gas, water (in the ME especially), agricultural produce, dairy, etc., are all examples of assets each nation may or may not have to back its currency.

The more assets a nation has vs. its population base, the greater the value of its currency. In some cases, a nation will increase its asset base by acquiring other, more valuable, currencies and holding them in reserve to back their own currency.

The U.S., for example, holds an astonishing amount of IQD in the Treasury. Why? Because the IQD is easily the most valuable currency in the world. Once the RV has been announced (and it is upon us, literally!) the Treasury will have a 100%-gold backed currency in its reserves to stand behind the USD.

But it is more than that. Iraq doesn't just have gold, it has some of the largest oil reserves in the world; it has some of the best producing diamond sources; its supply of sulfur, for example, is beyond belief; it has vast amounts of clean, pure water the ME desperately needs; and we could go on and on!

Ernst & Young's audit of their resources at the end of 2011 put Iraq's asset value at $76 Trillion -- and that doesn't count the resources and reserves they've discovered since. What I'm saying is that the IQD becomes a very formidable asset all by itself, a reserve currency for other nations to hang onto to support their own currency value.

Many folks have asked me how they can determine what currency or currencies are likely to become good investments. Let me provide you with a methodology you can follow to do your own research and make your own determination.

First, check on FOREX to see what the current exchange rate is of whatever currency you are considering so that you have a reference point for its current value.

Secondly, if you will enter the name of the country in question into a search engine, then select the link that takes you to Wikipedia, it will provide you with a fairly detailed analysis of each country's economy, the asset base from which it operates, and (in some cases) a historical picture of where its currency has been.

One other avenue to explore is to go to the nation's own website -- the one it uses to attract tourism and travel interest. You can get some interesting pictures of the country that way.

Let's take Vietnam as an example, since the VND is one of the upcoming currencies to revalue (and very significantly) in the GCR.

Without getting into unnecessary detail, Wikipedia tells us that Goldman Sachs projected in a 2005 economic forecast Vietnam to become the 17th largest economy in the world by the year 2025. PriceWaterhouseCoopers' 2008 report says that Vietnam may well be the fastest-growing among the world's emerging economies. A few months ago, HSBC predicted that Vietnam's total GDP would surpass the combined total of Norway, Singapore and Portugal within the coming decades.

One key piece of information provided on the Wikipedia website informs us that the VND was devalued three times in 2010 because of high inflation brought on by the global recession. We know from that piece of information that the currency is at an abnormal low in comparison to its previous value. To deal with this problem, Vietnam encouraged international manufacturing companies, IT and high-tech industries to move to the country. Oil companies began to expand their development of the huge quantity of oil in the Gulf of Tonkin, and by the end of 2011, the country was the third-largest oil producer in Southeast Asia.

We also learn from Wikipedia that at the end of 2012, unemployment in Vietnam stood at 4.4%. (Wouldn't we like to see the U.S. return to such levels?! We haven't seen unemployment numbers like that since the Bush era!) Agriculture, which suffered enormous losses during the Vietnam War, has rebounded and the nation now has become a major exporter of rice being second only to Thailand; it has become the world's largest exporter of cashew nuts with a one-third global share; it is the largest producer of black pepper in the world, providing (again) one-third of the world's black pepper; and it also is a major exporter of coffee, tea and rubber.

Juxtapose all of that against the fact that the currency is worth less than $30/M against the USD. In other words, if you could purchase its currency direct from Vietnam's Central Bank, you would pay less than $30 for every million Dong. Factoring in profit margins and costs of acquisition, consider the fact that Wells Fargo currently sells the VND (in small quantities) for $57.80/M.

Were you to purchase a million VND and spend $57.80, and it revalued at 10 cents, your $57.80 investment would produce $100,000.00. The projected RV, by the way, of the Dong is much higher than ten cents, so one doesn't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out that this is a spectacular investment -- far better than the IQD, in fact!

Anyway, family, you get the general idea. If you follow these simple steps and know what you're looking for, you'll have a good grasp on how the currency is going to revalue (or devalue, as the case may be) and whether it makes a good potential investment. The GCR has been designed to restructure things so that currencies more nearly reflect their actual asset-backed values. It is only a temporary fix, but it will last long enough for us to accomplish what the Lord has designed in terms of this last great harvest! Let's take advantage of the opportunity.

Google Trends: Easy SEO Tool To Examine Key Words/Phrases

2013-03-22T12:48:00.002-07:00

Google Trends is a simple, free, SEO tool that web site owners can use to complete a quick data view on what key words and key phrases have been used over time.

Say for example you are a miner and what to see which of the following phrases is used most often:

- placer mining
- gold mining
- gold prospecting

The graph above shows the trend of those three phrases. Great quick time data.

Goole just completed adding youtube history back to 2008 to the mix. Any search you preform can include Google and YouTube or either one of those.

YouTube is a powerful search engine all by its self. If you aren't using videos on your side you may want to consider adding them.

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One Woman's Mission To Create A Peaceful World

2013-03-22T10:50:00.000-07:00

Empowered Living!

Kristina Jansz

Life, in all its grandeur is made up of experiences. In fact, it boggles the mind to even try to compute how many experiences you will have in the course of your lifetime. Some of these experiences will be what you desire, dream about and work towards and certainly, they will bring you great satisfaction and joy. With equal certainty you can expect that some of the things that happen in your life will be other that what you would like. Frustration, anger, bitterness, powerlessness and apathy are often the emotional residue of such experiences.

Nobody could blame you for feeling like a little cork bobbing on the surface of the ocean, subjected to whatever the whims of the weather. Sometimes it’s peaceful and beautiful and at other times it feels like you’re fighting for your life. It’s hard not to feel powerless when it seems as though you have no say in the matter and it’s even harder not to feel overwhelmed when, moment to moment, you’re just trying to survive whatever is being thrown at you.

When you’ve experienced hurtful and disappointing experiences, and in particular, when it seems as though you’ve experienced so many of them, without even knowing it, you may have made an unconscious decision to frame your experiences in a negative context. The instant your pain and fears are triggered, or you think there’s a chance that they may be triggered, you relinquish power over your life and default to a cornucopia of fear- based defense mechanisms, low self-esteem, low expectations and hopelessness all of which allow you to believe that you are powerless in your own life.

And it doesn’t stop there! In a gesture of self-preservation, you may have even gone so far as to expect your future experiences to be hurtful and disappointing, never measuring up to what you want. Lower the bar, don’t expect much, and you can’t get hurt, right?

Read Entire Article: http://kristinajansz.com/articles/Empowered-Living.pdf

Does Elvis Live? Gotta watch this video, it will leave you scratching your head in wonder ......

2013-03-22T07:48:00.003-07:00

It's Friday, time to break off from the serious and explore the fun and oh so mind bogglin topics ... like is Elvis really alive? I have watched this video, which deems it worthwhile to post here. Yes, it's long but you decide for yourself - does Elvis live?

Will you be able to get past the "facts" you saw with your eyes and heard with your ears to listen to this independent of that material?

Three Easy Steps To Measure Your Organic SEO Traffic; a secret to internet marketing

2013-03-21T10:23:00.002-07:00

Three Easy Steps To Measure Your Organic SEO Traffic; a secret to internet marketing

Organic liks are the bread and butter to expanding your web site traffic. They are not a quick fix like the golden arches, but the rewards are very significant.

Organic linking is the development of hypertext links between web sites with or without an explicit agreement to exchange links. Organic links are more likely to appear in a context relevant to the subject of the target document, which makes them useful for search engines like Google search that rank pages according to their links.

In my opinion, one of the best ways to measure to overall success of your SEO campaign is to look at your organic SEO traffic. Rank just isn’t a good SEO metric for a variety of reasons including the increased personalization of search, the impact of social signals on the search results, the effect of local SEO on search results and more. A site’s rank changes too frequently to be a viable method of measuring your long tern SEO success. Looking at your organic SEO traffic, however, can give you a much better idea of what is going on.

How do you measure your organic SEO traffic that is a direct result of your SEO efforts?

1. Start with a traffic overview.

Using your analytics tool (I prefer Google Analytics because you may as well get the data directly from the horse’s mouth), start with an overview of all the traffic that has come to your site in a given period including SEO traffic, PPC traffic, direct traffic, branded traffic and so forth. This number is the total amount of visitors that have come to your site. Google Analytics does a good job of breaking it down into traffic sources so you can see exactly which sources are sending the most visitors to your site.

2. Segment down to organic traffic.

Now the trick is to weed out all the non-organic SEO traffic, so the next report you should pull should be strictly search traffic. It’s important to make sure that you are only looking at non-paid traffic so you aren’t lumping PPC visitors in with your SEO visitors.

3. Remove branded keywords.

At least in Google Analytics, when you zero in on the SEO traffic, the report also pulls a list (up to 500) of the most used keywords to find your website. You can export this data into an Excel spreadsheet and organize it alphabetically by keyword. In order to determine your true organic SEO traffic, it’s important to remove any and all branded keywords from your list. While SEO can definitely help build your online brand and introduce it to whole new audiences, pure SEO traffic comes from non-branded keywords that drive visitors who have never heard of/interacted with your site before over.

The keywords and numbers you are left with are your organic SEO traffic numbers! In order to determine if your SEO is working, you can compare these keywords/numbers to the same time period in the previous year before you launched your SEO campaign. In addition to sheer percentage growth, it’s also worth comparing your keyword lists. What new keywords, either ones directly targeted on the site or long-tail variations of them, are popping up in the new data that weren’t there last year? Every new keyword that drives visitors is a results of your SEO efforts.

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Internet Marketing, five reasons videos are hottest internet marketing technique

2013-03-21T10:03:00.001-07:00

Internet Marketing, five reasons videos are hottest internet marketing technique

Online video is becoming a first stop for many customers, it's an excellent method of internet marketing. Because this technique is fairly new, its' development is comparable to where web pages were a decade ago — something that can give early adopters an edge over competitors. It gives them a channel to talk directly to customers in ways previously accessible only to large companies that could afford TV advertisements. According to Website Magazine, video is a driver of consumer confidence. Consumers are willing to watch videos 60% of the time they are found.

#1 VIDEOS BOOST SEARCH ENGINE VISIBILITY

Video results appear in about 70% of the top 100 listings, the type of content most often displayed in universal or blended search results. (Marketingweek, 2011)

#2 EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT YOUR PRODUCTS

Short of getting a customer in the door or sending a salesperson on the road, online video may be the best way to demonstrate a product. Visitors who view product videos are 85% more likely to buy than visitors who do not. (Internet Retailer, April 2010)

#3 CREATE AN INTERESTING BLOG

It is easier to win customers if you give them a reason to tune in. Blog posts incorporating video attract 3 times as many inbound links as blog posts without video. (SEOmoz, October 2009)

#4 ADVERTISE & COMMUNICATE WITH VIDEO

Use video for creative purposes like your newsletter or your periodic update to clients and customers. More than three out of five consumers will spend at least two minutes watching a video that educates them about a product they plan to purchase, and 37% will watch three for more than three minutes. (MarketingCharts.com, 2012)

#5 OFFER INSTRUCTION Online video makes it easy to follow the adage “Show, don’t tell.” Many businesses have turned to video for instruction manuals and how-to guides.

You can tell somebody over the phone to turn the screw in the top right corner, and they might understand what you mean and they might not. If you show them on a video, they get the point. A recent Cisco survey of US and UK consumers finds that shoppers prefer to research products online prior to making in-store purchases and recommends making video content available in-store by kiosk, touchscreen and smartphone integrations. (Internet Retailer, January 2011)

Sources:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/17/business/smallbusiness/17sbiz.html

http://www.invodo.com/html/resources/video-statistics/

Steu Mann 541 210 4375
EzWebManifesting.com

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Matt Cutts Answers, "Do you have to know SEO to get Google to place you well in search results?"

2013-03-19T09:59:00.000-07:00

Matt Cutts is the SEO Guru at Google. This short video reinforces the basics of SEO: unique titles on every page, make content crawlable, minimize embedding content, useful themes related to your content, and well structured URL's.

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Is Your SEO (aka Internet Marketing) On Auto Pilot?

2013-03-19T09:32:00.000-07:00

Is Your SEO (aka Internet Marketing) On Auto Pilot?

Let’s be clear, to qualify your site as having an existing online marketing program or internet marketing plan there must be - at a bare minimum - these characteristics:

A key word phrase implemented on individual web pages
You have an active blogging presence
You are regularly posting in social media networks
Your pages offer at least one connection opportunity to visitors
You provide visitors opportunities to satisfy that “impulse buy” factor with your online store

There are plenty of SEO tools and software programs out there that can help automate some of the aspects of your SEO program, freeing up your valuable time so you can focus more on other SEO-related tasks like content creation and blogger outreach that can’t (and shouldn’t) be automated. I’m all for finding new ways to be more efficient and maximize the return for my time, but site owners need to be careful that they don’t get mistake efficiency for complacency.

The bottom line is this, you want to streamline your SEO program, but don’t put it on autopilot.

What does SEO auto pilot look like?

Only going after easy link exchanges
Link building is still a valuable component of any SEO program, but Google’s crackdown on web spam in 2012 means good link building isn’t as simple as building links wherever you can find them. Easy links might look nice on a monthly report but their long-term value usually doesn’t amount to much.
Not updating web page content regularly
Leaving the same content spread on your pages stagnates your web reputation. In the short term it is good for your search engine results, but even your ranking there will suffer if your content never changes. Whatever your content is, it has to be informative and educational. Of course, making it entertaining is likely to produce some short term interest.
Redundant outreach program
Using the same email to blogs hosts to request guest blog spot is almost something a software program can do. You want to create personal relationships with folks who allow you to do guest posts. By sending the same email to each blog owner there is no personal touch and that is not the web reputation you want to promote.

What are three actions that will stream line your SEO and internet marketing program?

Remove all non-relevant links to your on your web pages.
Only exchange links with sites and blogs that have content matching or aligned with your content. This type of link building takes time but the payoff is BIG in your page rank score and in determining how you will appear in search engine results.
Update your web page content regularly.
Once your site is soaring in the search engines then it’s time to revise the content around different themes (phrases and concepts). This is easily accomplished without losing the rankings from your existing page content. The goal is to attract new visitors and build a consistent stream of reoccurring visitors which is only achieved with fresh content.
Create a diverse organic network
Your material must be located in other places along links back to your site pages. This tells the search engines you are the web and it also gets you in front of new audiences. When you are creating personal relationships with other site owners and blog owners you are building an organic network that is a very powerful tool in
delivering your message(s) around the globe.

In summary, three essential fundamentals to an outstanding SEO and internet marketing program include 1) building and enhancing your organic network, 2) providing rich content opportunities to educate visitors, and 3) offering multiple connection strategies to your visitors to bond them with you.

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Does Digital Marketing Produce Improved Marketing Over Yellow Page Ads?

2013-03-18T12:16:00.001-07:00

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Social Media Marketing (SMM) are newer marketing tools than yellow page advertising. While all three have the potential to reach a diverse audience, which is the best suited to accommodate the morphing attention spans of consumers in this digital age? A recent report by analyst firm Gartner predicts that digital strategies like social and mobile marketing will influence at least 80 percent of consumers’ discretionary spending by 2015.

To get started I wanna make sure we all understand the same definition of SEO, SMM, and Yellow Page ads.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

The process of affecting the visibility of a website or a web page in a search engine's "natural" or un-paid ("organic") search results.^[jargon^] In general, the earlier (or higher ranked on the search results page), and more frequently a site appears in the search results list, the more visitors it will receive from the search engine's users. SEO may target different kinds of search, including image search, local search, video search, academic search,[1] news search and industry-specific vertical search engines.

Social Media Marketing (SMM)

Marketing programs usually center on efforts to create content that attracts attention and encourages readers to share it with their social networks. A corporate message spreads from user to user and presumably resonates because it appears to come from a trusted, third-party source, as opposed to the brand or company itself.^[citation needed^] Hence, this form of marketing is driven by word-of-mouth, meaning it results in earned media rather than paid media

Yellow Page Advertising

Traditional paper phone book that is distributed freely. Also, there are numerous directories of phone books on the web for free that act a an online yellow pages.

There are three reasons that any financial investment you make in SEO and/or SMM will yield higher results than spending money in yellow pages. Why? The internet is causing people’s habits to change. Two examples of these changes include more print publications go out of business (ADAGE) and, most recently, more than 50% of all Americans get their news from the internet, not television news (PEW).

1. Larger 7/24 audience

The online audience is growing by leaps and bounds over all age segments. It is easy to access the development of cell phones and mobile devices. Most homes, schools, businesses have internet service. What is easier, go to your favorite search engine and google ‘your city name plumber’ or go find a phone book and look it up. First you would have to remember where the yellow pages are instead of pulling our your phone or opening your computer.

Who Uses Internet?
The majority of employed adults (62%) use the internet or email at their job, and many have smart phones that keep them connected even when they are not at work. (PEW)

What is Audience of Social Networking?

Internet users under 50 are particularly likely to use a social networking site of any kind, and those 18-29 are the most likely of any demographic cohort to do so (83%). Women are more likely than men to be on these sites. Those living in urban settings are also significantly more likely than rural internet users to use social networking. (PEW)

What do internet users do?

2. Make Lasting Impressions

SEO and SMM make lasting impressions. They are not a publication that comes and goes. When SEO and SMM are done correctly, they continue to expand your web presence.

Reports indicate that users of search engines most often click links that are not ads. Those non-paid links are called “organic” links. In order to be visible on the first page of search results you have to take appropriate steps - read this link - to establish your web reputation.

The time proven test for making yourself visible as an organic link on the first age of search results is to 1) managing your meta tags, 2) create relevant links to your site (back links), 3) establish a web reputation using internet media and social networks, and 4) be an active blogger. If someone tells you they are going to do SEO for you, that plan best include those four activities or else you are going to be scammed ... so shame on you because you have been warned in advance.

3. You Own Your Results

Its your business, so it follows that you need to have 100% ownership of your marketing resutls. This is the beauty of SEO and SMM. Your web site directly benefits from all online material: other web pages, articles, blog posts, posts in social marketing sites, and so forth. When you place an ad in the yellow pages your exposure is limited to the printed publication. In some cases yellow page ad folks say they will place a free web site for you or charge you an extra fee to produce and maintain that site. You have to ask your self, “What good is a web site unless it can be found in the search engines?” With that understanding you can ask them how they will specifically accomplish those steps to create organic links I mentioned above.

Make no mistake about it, unless you have an active plan to create organic links on the internet to your site; you are a boat without oars, no engine, and no sail. Get my drift?

In summary, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Social Media Marketing (SMM) increasingly show improved results that demonstrate they are valuable methods to marketing your products and services. In any online marketing endeavor you are enhancing your web reputation when your marketing plan includes creating organic links back to your pages or blog. Compare the facts and services of SEO, SMM, and yellow page advertising to better understand what you are paying to receive, how long those benefits will last, and the reach to potential customers you will achieve.

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Steu Mann is an SEO Specialist. He has been successfully working with online technology since 1997. Follow him on Twitter at @EzWebManifest. If you enjoyed this article, you can subscribe to receive Free Web Site Tune Up Tips at ezwebmanifesting.com.

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The findings of this year’s Local Consumer Review Survey (2012) show a positive shift in consumer trust and appreciation of online reviews.

Approximately 72% of consumers surveyed said that they trust online reviews as much as personal recommendations, while 52% said that positive online reviews make them more likely to use a local business.

About The Local Consumer Review Survey 2012

This online survey was conducted between 15th January – 1st March 2012. A set of 18 questions were put to a survey panel of 4,500 local consumers located in US, Canada and UK. We received 2,862 respondents.

This is the 2nd wave of the Local Consumer Review Survey. The 1st wave of this survey was conducted in late 2010/early 2011. We compared results between the 2 waves (2010-2012) to determine any change in consumer attitudes and behaviour.*

The following results and charts are taken from Part 1 of the survey; Parts 2 & 3 will be released subsequently (expected: April-May 2012).

*2010 survey had 2,012 participants from US & UK, but not Canada.

Part 1: Consumer Attitudes & Consumption Of Online Reviews

Q1: How many times have you used the Internet to find a local business in the last 12 months?

There has been a significant jump in the number of consumers using the Internet to find local businesses, and the regularity of their ‘searches’ has also increased.

Key Findings:

Only 15% of consumers said that they had not used the Internet t0 find a local business (vs. 21% in 2010)

16% of consumers said they used the Internet every week to find local businesses (vs. 9% in 2010)

Q2: Do you read online customer reviews to determine whether a local business is a good business?

More consumers are reading online reviews now than 15 months ago, with 27% regularly reading online reviews when looking for a local business to use.

Key Findings:

27% of consumers regularly use online reviews to determine which local business to use (vs. 22% in 2010)

24% of consumers never use online reviews. (vs. 29% in 2010)

Q3: How many online reviews & ratings do you need to read before you feel that you can trust that business?

This year’s survey shows a decline in the number of reviews being read by consumers. Consumers are forming opinions faster and trusting reviews more, leading to lower consumption of reviews.

Key Findings:

65% of consumers read between 2-10 reviews (vs.58% in 2010)

Just 7% of consumers read more than 20 reviews (vs. 12% in 2010)

Note: the total quantity of reviews a business has remains important. Having a high number of reviews gives users more confidence in star ratings (represent an avg. across all reviews) and allow users to feel more confident in the fewer reviews which they do actually read.

Q4: How do online customer reviews affect your opinion of a local business?

More consumers are reading online reviews and using them to form an opinion about local businesses. Positive reviews can establish greater trust in a local business.

Key Findings:

58% of consumers trust a business which has positive online reviews (vs. 55% in 2010)

Q5: How do online customer reviews influence your decision to use/select a local business?

More local consumers are now taking notice of online reviews and online reviews are an important factor in deciding which local business to use. Consumers appear to bess swayed by location and price which don’t represent any guarantee of quality or reliability.

Key Findings:

52% of consumers are more likely to use a local business if they have positive reviews

Just 28% of consumers cite location &/or price as main decision making factor (vs. 28% in 2010)

Q6: Do you trust online customer reviews as much as personal recommendations?

Appreciation and value of online reviews is growing as more consumers trust online reviews as much as personal recommendations.

Key Findings:

72% of consumers trust online reviews as much as personal recommendations

Key Takeaways

The importance and value of online reviews is on the way up!

Local consumers are becoming more familiar with online reviews and therefore placing more value and trust in them.

Online reviews give users quick access to information which helps them make informed decisions faster and more easily than ever before. This growing trust means that users are prepared to make decisions based on fewer reviews.

The continued growth of mobile Internet usage (cell phones & tablets) means that more and more consumers will be searching and finding local businesses online.

The availability of clear and easy to consume review/star-rating content will become even more important to consumers and extremely valuable to local business owners.

Opinions expressed in the article are those of the guest author and not necessarily Search Engine Land.

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