iQuest Web Blog - What's Up Memphis!

2008-08-22T21:25:00.000-05:00

Southern Entertainment Awards

2008-05-31T16:02:00.004-05:00

Southern Entertainment Awards,headquarted in Nashville, TN has been representing the top DJ's, Producers, Websites, Retail Stores, Models, Clothing Companies, Recording Artists & Labels, who have contributed to the growth of southern music. THe 6th Annual Southern Entertainment Awards will be Jan. 22nd-25th, 2009 at the Grand Casino Resort in Tunica, MS.

One of Memphis' favorite rappers, Dirty Mike, the Freestyle King of Memphis, is nominated in the mixtape category. His new mixtape "Dirty as I Wanna Be" will be out soon, along with his debut solo album "GAME OVER:I WIN" in stores SUMMER 08". Check him out on MySpace and on the Southern Coalition Movement website.

Make Your Own Beats!

2008-05-30T21:29:00.004-05:00

Make your own Beats. Beatcraft is a virtual drum machine software that makes it easy to create the back bone of almost any style of music. It's an extremely powerful, easy to use drum machine software for beginners and professionals alike!

Beatcraft features an extensive library of top-quality, professional drum sounds, powerful sequencing and loop generation tools, and killer audio effects, all wrapped in a clean and comfortable interface with a 32 bit state-of-the-art sound engine. From light jazz beats to hip hop beats, rap beats, 4-on-the-floor, straight ahead rock and roll to time-warping electronica and progressive rock, from dance and R&B to the edge of your imagination.

Try it out. Free Trial Download.

Miss Peggy's Heavenly Food!

2008-05-07T11:18:00.006-05:00

Yesterday I had a meeting with a very nice and interesting lady, Miss Peggy. She is the owner of Peggy's Just Heavenly Good Homecooking on N. Thomas. It's a small place inside but large in smiles and with a very welcoming atmosphere!

Before we started our business meeting with Peggy, we decided we just had to were there we just had to taste some of Peggy's homecooking. Let me tell you it was just like grandma made. It was so good and I was so full when I left. The portions are very generous and the conversation was good. Peggy likes to talk about food, cooking and her restaurant and patrons.

Every day there are different choices to choose from. On Tueday our choices were neck bones, italian steak, fried chicken, green beans, greens, macaroni and cheese, and potatoes. You have a choice between bread or cornbread. Catfish or buffalo fish is served daily.

Peggy's is located at 887 N. Thomasm, just past Chelsea in Memphis. The phone is 901-578-6907 and you can dine in or take out Mon - Sat between 11am-6pm.

The Many Paths of Spirit

2008-04-11T22:29:00.001-05:00

The Many Paths of Spirit
Opening the Doors to the Spiritual World
with Mama Ellie http://www.elliescorner.com/
Sunday, April 27th ~ 12:30pm - 3:30pm at First Unity Church www.unitymemphis.org

There are many paths that lead to Spirit. In this hands-on, interactive workshop we will explore some of these paths & how to see, feel & communicate with the Spiritual world. This workshop will have a profound affect on your understanding of both life and death.

We will begin with a brief lecture about the spiritual realm, life and death, and how the spiritual world communicates. We will explore various tools, such as PsiCards and Soul Readings, to awaken and development your intuition, and enhance your ability to “hear” Spirit.

The second part of the workshop will begin with a guided meditation. Mama Ellie will then bring through messages from spirit to several audience members. *Please note: Not everyone at the demonstration will receive a message and there is no guarantee who will receive a message.

The cost is $40. PsiCards will be available for purchase. For more info, please visit www.elliescorner.com. Private Readings are available by appointment. email her at: efristensky@centurytel.net

Dr. Saul Shaye back in Memphis!

2008-03-07T22:40:00.001-06:00

Suggested Love Offering: $20-$30 ( Call the church office to reserve your seat)
Dr. Saul Shaye was a practicing Doctor of Chiropractic for 18 years when he became aware of his greater ability to heal. His presentation tells the story of his own spiritual transformation with unique healing demonstrations that show the chronological unfolding of his gift. His humor and down to earth style coupled with his breadth of medical and scientific knowledge engage even the most skeptical audiences.

A former vice-president of the Universal Holistic Healers Association, Dr. Shaye has lectured on wellness, healing and dreams throughout the world for more than 20 years. He defines healing using Edgar Cayce's philosophy of healing: "…all strength, all healing of every nature is the changing of the vibrations from within the attuning of the divine with the living tissue of a body to Creative Energies …."

He has written numerous articles on health and healing and is author of the book, "He who walks on Two Worlds".

Private Healing Sessions (15-20 minutes) $40
By Appointment Monday & Tuesday, March 10-11
To Book a Private Healing Session w/ Dr. Shaye:
call B J at First Unity Church : 753-1463

Walk for the Water

2008-03-01T14:48:00.006-06:00

Walk for the Water, May 30 - June 9, 2008 along the Chattahoochi River to bring awareness and remind us to be thankful for the gift of water and for the entire natural world. The Many Horses Foundation, dedicated to honoring and teaching the Native American values and traditions, is organizing this event. The event is a 10 day Walk for the Water starting at the head waters of the Chattahoochee River on May 30, 2008 and ending on June 9th in a traditional Native American ceremony in Atlanta. Many Horses Foundation's goal is to increase awareness of our responsibility to the natural world and to the water which sustains all of life and to bring focus to the need for water, water conservation and water purity.

Native American Elders from across the nation are coming to support the walk. All people regardless of race, religion or ethnic background are invited to walk for the water, for the life and for future generations. Dr. Masaru Emoto, best-selling author of "The Hidden Messages in Water," is planning to come to Atlanta on June 10th to join the Elders for a culminating event. His studies have illustrated how water responds to words and thoughts and how we can influence the healing of the water through our words and songs.

Gary Adler FourStar, CEO of the Many Horses Foundation, is an enrolled member of the Costanoan-Rumsen Ohlone tribe of California and is of Assiniboine lineage through his father, Jerome FourStar. He is an interpreter, a teacher and a guide in these traditional ways. Living now in Georgia, Gary conducts seminars, lectures, leads ceremony and facilitates healing work throughout the United States and regularly conducts training workshops at the Hart Center located in Memphis, TN.

The Healing Arts Research Training Center, The HART Center, is a licensed non-residential facility dedicated to helping people find meaning and purpose in their lives.The multidisciplinary team offers unique activities for personal growth and transformation. They provide everything from counseling, energy work, massage, and drumming to even deeper processes such as psychodrama and hart work to help people go inward utilizing breath and creative expression that helps activate the inner healer/teacher. For more information on the Hart Center and to view a schedule of event/workshop dates for Gary FourStar, visit http://www.thehartcenter.org/.

For more info and to register for this event, go to http://www.walkforthewater.org/ or http://www.manyhorses.org/

Vegetarians of Memphis - FoodAwareness.og

2008-02-12T23:42:00.002-06:00

FoodAwareness.org originated in Memphis, Tennessee as part of a local outreach and educational organization. This site is available to inform and educate you on the value of healthy foods and eating habits! They provide many facts about benefits and tips of eating closer to a vegetarian or vegan plant based diet. FoodAwareness.org has TONs of credible information to help you make informed decisions about healthy eating. http://www.FoodAwareness.org

Monthly Meetings Every 1st Thursday of the Month , 7:00PM At Wild Oats in their Community Meeting Room5022 Poplar Ave, between White Station and Mendenhall
Great opportunity to meet like minded people & do healthy grocery shopping too!

iQuest Web Design in Memphis

2008-02-12T15:59:00.001-06:00

iQuest Web Design located in Memphis TN, offers affordable website design and development. They also offer a variety of other services including domain names, web hosting, SSL certificates, email accounts, blogs, SEO development. There is a new page with internet marketing resources and a new list of blog directories to submit your blog site to. Check out these professional marketing tools that will help skyrocket traffic to your website and/or blog. www.iquestdesign.com/marketingtools.htm.

What is rssHugger?

2008-02-12T14:43:00.000-06:00

rssHugger is a new website developed to help bloggers promote their blogs, and to help visitors discover new blogs that write about subjects that the readers are interested in. Through the power of the internet and viral marketing, rssHugger looks to bring blog writers and blog readers closer together. If you own a blog, you can get your own page on rssHugger for 10 years for giving an honest review of the site on your blog. To Submit your blog visit rssHugger

Memphis Music & Entertainment

2008-02-07T00:18:00.000-06:00

Here are some great website representing the music, sounds and happenings of M-Town. Feel free to browse the links and explore Memphis! Subscribe to this blog and you'll be notified of new links, articles and tid-bits.

Memphis Grizzlies Schedule

Memphis Tigers

Stax Musuem of American Soul Music

Sun Studio

Music video wall

2008-02-07T00:03:00.001-06:00

2008-01-19T19:47:00.000-06:00

What's Up Memphis on MySpace

New MySpace page.....Add us as your friend!!

myspace.com/whatsupmemphis

Changing Blog Format

2008-01-11T10:42:00.000-06:00

Hi there,

Well, after much deliberation, I have decided to change the format of this blog. Now all things related to web design & development, and the internet will be found on our sister blog: www.iquestdesign.blogspot.com.

iQuest web will focus more on Memphis, TN and the surrounding midsouth area. Topics to be covered are local new, events, books, music, and more. Also podcasts and articles on everything Metaphysical, Green, and Holistic. Should be a lot of fun and a great service to the Memphis area!!

2008-01-09T00:54:00.001-06:00

Press Releases: Get Your News Out & Drive Traffic to Your Site

2007-11-24T11:32:00.000-06:00

Let's talk a little about Press releases and how they can help improve your search rankings and drive traffic to your website.

First....What is a Press Release?

A press release is a brief news release whose purpose is announcing news items, new products, events and other commercial infomation to the media, journalists and other interested parties. It is the primary method of communicating your news and the media is one of the best places to generate publicity.

Press releases are one of many internet marketing tools and stategies used to spread the word on the web and bring traffic to your website. In addition to the traditional press releases, many savvy marketers are using social media resources in their press releases, incorporating media elements such as audio, video and images to add impact and interest. Adding SEO to your press release, like keywords and revelent content, can also be beneficial by making your release more assessible to search engines, the media and consumers. You can also add tags and socially bookmark your release so even more people will see it.

A well written press release in essential. Press releases need a short and catchy headline and the body should tell a story and give an overview of your company or website. You can use a Google Adwords campaign to get an idea of what headlines will work. Blurtit has some good information on writing press releases and some press release templates to get you started.

One of the best press release submission and newswire sites in my opinion is PRWeb. It is used by more than 40,0000 organizations. You can also find individuals and companies who will write your press release for you for a fee. Virtualmarketing offers this service for a very affordable rate. You can email them for more info and a quote. Network Solutions also has on Optimized Press Release Service. Along with the normal copyright services they will include product images from your website.

If you don't have a website yet, iQuest Design has a starter package for $250 or you can design your own website with the help of Website Tonight. It's easy to use ....just click and build. A large varitey of templates to choose from, and hosting and email is included at no extra charge.

If you would like to write your own press releases, below is a list of links to submit to.

Press Releases Links

EWorldWire
ClickPress
Express Press Release Distribution
Free Press Release/
http://prfree.com/
Press World
UKPRwire - UK & Global News Distribution
SB Wire
PRZoom
1888 Press Release
Free Press Release Center
Press Method
Media Syndicate
PR9 Free Press Release Submission, Distribution Service

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Blogging Tools & Resources

2007-11-23T20:42:00.000-06:00

I was just searching the net and came across a list of blogging tools on PROBLOGGER. There are over 130 blog tools and platforms! This is a great Blogging Resource and you can share your own tools or comments if they aren't listed.

For all you Social Networkers, Podcaster and Bloggers, here is another interesting tool called TalkShoe. It is a free service that enables anyone to create, listen or join live Talk Casts. Talk casts are live interactive discussions, podcasts or audioblogs that can be listened to and subscribed to. You get free recording, storage, bandwidth, unlimited recording hours, detailed reports and you can even upload existing pre-recorded podcasts.

Are you interested in starting your own internet business reselling domain names, hosting and web services? iQuest Design has a reseller program where you can sell over 50 products at very competitive buy rates. You can set your own prices and they handle all your customer billing and support. Your site is up and running the moment you sign up, plus you get two bonuses, $75 Google® AdWords® credit* and $100 Microsoft® adCenter credit when you purchase the basic reseller account. Visit their site for more info and to sign up.

Advertising & Promoting Your Business - Classified Ads

2007-11-18T20:00:00.000-06:00

There are many ways to advertise and promote your business online. Below is a small example of internet classified ad site. Some our free, others require payment. For the full list visit www.iquestdesign.com

www.alclassfied.com
www.benefito.com
www.backpage.com
www.craigslist.com
www.classifieds.yahoo.com
www.homeworkers.org
www.postaroo.com
www.usfreeads.com
www.usmetros.com
zevy.com

GibLink - Global Internet Business

2007-11-16T14:05:00.000-06:00

Connections That Count

The time has now come for everyone to join the global marketplace and, in the process, change the way the world does business. In a world full of incredible success stories, a chapter has now been written with you in it!

Small, medium and even home-business entrepreneurs around the world use gibLink to promote, advertise and expand their core business to compete in the global marketplace! The gibLine Revenue Sharing Program is where gibLink shares it's success with the subscribers who help build it.

Read on and find out more about this ground-breaking phenomenon!

The gibLink Profile and Social Networking site is the area we like to refer to as “Myspace for Business.” It allows you to network with other business-minded people as well as create blogs, classified ads, clubs, events and much more.

Reselling Web Services

2007-11-12T23:49:00.000-06:00

Want to make money NOW with the HOTTEST reseller plan going? Let iQuest Design put you in the red-hot domain name registration and Internet business. We've done the heavy lifting -- product development, customer support, infrastructure -- we've even built your Web site. (Show Me). So take your business live on the Internet and start earning money TODAY!

We started offering web services such as domain names, hosting, and email accounts during the summer of this year. We found that it not only made our design customers happy but it also saved us a lot of time and made us additional income. We keep our prices competive and affordable by offering a wide range of services. We also offer many free services including Google Adwords and Microsoft adCenter credits. We are now offering reseller plans for those who want to make money in this lucrative business. We even throw in a website to you can take your business live and start earning money today.

Why should you sell with iQuest Design? Because we offer lots of FREE extras when you sign up as a reseller. Here's what you get:

FREE Reseller Web site
Build your site in minutes using our exclusive Design Wizard. Customize text, graphics and links. Cart and payment processing built in! See sample site

FREE Traffic Blazer®
Easily prepare, analyze, optimize and submit your Web pages to Google, Yahoo!, MSN and other key search engines and directories. Learn more

FREE Express Email Marketing®
Keep in contact with your customers the spam-free and legal way. We provide the templates and help you generate the mailing lists. Learn more

FREE WebSite Tonight
Don't think you could build a Web site? Think Again. Simply pick a template, add your own photos or graphics and type your text. Hosting, more than 800 professionally designed templates and more than 8,000 custom, photographic images are included! Learn more

FREE SSL Certificate
A secure certificate is a proven way to reassure your customers that any transaction with your site is 256-bit encrypted and secure. Learn more

FREE Online File Folder
When you need on-the-go access to any file, Online File Folder gives you access to all your important files and even lets you synchronize files on your computer. Learn more

FREE Google® AdWords® Credit*
Increase your site traffic with Google® AdWords® credit. Your ads could appear alongside/above search results on Google.com and could also appear on sites in the Google Network. Learn more

FREE Microsoft® adCenter Credit†
Microsoft® adCenter powers keyword advertising across MSN.com®. Reach new customers when they are looking to buy! Learn more

FREE online profit and activity reporting
View your reports any time you like. Track your sales and earnings, domain names registrations, pending transfers and much more.

FREE marketing promotions
to drive your profits even higher!
Raise your profits with money-making specials. iQuest Design gives you the best chance for success.

FREE Reseller Handbook
Not sure how to use all our products and services? Our handbook leads you every step of the way, including advice and instruction to make the most from your reseller storefront. Learn more

FREE 24/7 Support for you and your customers
We handle all the issues, big or small. We're here whenever you or your customers need us.

FREE 30-day money-back guarantee
We're so confident you'll enjoy the ease and flexibility of our reseller programs that we back them with our money-back guarantee. Learn more

Why Wait? Get all this and more when you sign up to become iQuest Design Reseller!

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2007-11-10T23:16:00.000-06:00

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BlogWorld

2007-11-10T00:11:00.001-06:00