Thursday, November 22, 2012

How to Choose an Email Server Provider

It makes a lot of difference which medium you select for marketing your product and may depend on a product also. But, if your business has an online presence and it is essential for you to get the online customers, then you must select online marketing tools. In fact, choosing an email server provider is one of the most beneficial decisions for selling your web presence.

An email server manages the basic transfer of all messages that you send/receive through it, but you should do a little research before selecting one. Make sure that it provides all the features that you need and is suitable with your operating system. Throughout this process you will also want to compare with the one that provide for free with the one that is a pay service. Additionally, you will do a wide transaction of your communication through email if your online presence is really tough that is why you should assure that your email server is truly secure.

There are some features you should look in for getting the best services from an email server provider:

1. Security: The best e-mail server hosting plan is going to offer you a server that is not unprotected. A good server will certainly take all dimensions just to protect your site from spam. These security measures try to clean every virus that threatens to attack your site. The most superior email server has best security that will allow you to have further interests in the online marketing.

2. Speed: How quick will be the functionality of an email server? A fast server is beneficial for your businesses particularly if you are in the competitive world of online marketing. Remember that your emails may come and go without you even observing them because of the very fast and dynamic sending of messages on the internet. You cannot stay on trifling servers, can you? Apart from the fact that you will be sending tardy messages to your customers that will definitely irritate them and you will also have to contemplate with losing essential information that you need in your business.

3. Reliability: Reliability of an email server provider will be first priority for you. If you are going to meet time limit, issue invoices, release payments and send product information, your e-mail server will be dependable enough. How can you do all your dealings without a good server to help the communication process? It is said that for any relationship to last there must be a better communication and this saying is applicable especially in the concept of online marketing. Your e-mail server must be able to offer you reliability at all times since you are depending on it for enhancing your sales and the over-all activity of your business.

It is important that when you execute the functions of a business person you must be cautious in all your transactions. Your business does not start on the day when you make a sale but on the moment when you offer your products/services to the public. Once the products are offered for sale you are finally responsible to your possible customers. Choose a good e-mail server so that you will succeed in your business.

Low Blood Pressure - Why is Your Blood Pressure Low?

Why is your blood pressure low?

As a doctor with an interest in the subject, I'm often asked if a low blood pressure is normal or if such a reading indicates some abnormal process in the body? In fact - it can be difficult to precisely define what we mean by low BP. It all really depends on what's normal for you as an individual.

If 1000 people had their readings measured then we might expect to find a spread of readings. These might range from as high as 200 / 120 down to 80 / 50 with most people clustering around a level of around 130 / 85. Most of these people would have no symptoms of any kind - no matter what their reading actually was. Even those with obviously low numbers would be free of any symptoms in most cases.

The answer to whether it is normal or abnormal to have a low reading depends on what your own typical or average BP level is.

Here's an example of when it's normal to have low blood pressure.

If, for the whole of your life, you've always had readings of around 90 / 50 - then without doubt you have "low blood pressure" but there is truly nothing wrong with you or with your reading. You should be pleased that your risk of stroke or heart attack will be much less than many others. You're not likely to experience any symptoms from your "low BP." Putting it simply - your level is normal for you and needs no investigation or treatment. This kind of "normal low BP" will not cause you any symptoms and will need no treatment. It's just part of you and how your system works.

So, when might it be an abnormal finding?

If your BP is usually around 130 / 80 and suddenly or gradually drops to a level around 90 / 50 then it's very likely that you'll become aware of symptoms related to this change. As in the above example you have "low blood pressure" but in this instance it is not normal for you to have readings this low. You may need to see your doctor for tests because it's quite likely that some other disease or perhaps a medication has caused your reading to drop. Someone who develops low numbers like this will often experience symptoms such as those listed below.

The symptoms of an abnormally low BP level can include:

Feeling light headed, feeling dizzy, being tired or feeling fatigue on exertion, fainting, transient blurring of vision, or transient confusion. All of these low blood pressure symptoms will resolve if the blood pressure returns to normal.

The following are among the many possible causes of low blood pressure when it is abnormally low:

Medications for anxiety, medications for blood pressure, heart medications, diuretics or "water tablets" and some anti-depressant medications. Other medication related causes are painkillers and alcohol - particularly if these two are mixed together!

Non medication causes of include dehydration, heart disease and heart valve disease, recent heart attack, changes in heart rhythm, bacterial infection in the system, kidney diseases, diabetes mellitus and hemorrhage or bleeding.

As you can see, the above list of the causes is extensive and you should consult with your doctor if you are concerned in any way. Above all - don't try to diagnose your own condition - seek help if you are worried.

A low BP reading is not likely to do you any serious harm but it can leave you feeling pretty miserable.

Defining Digital Marketing

We have been hearing a lot about digital marketing these days and how it is absolutely necessary to have one for any business. Just like how internet users grow minute after minue, new and traditional business owners and brand managers are now exploring online opportunities through running a digital marketing campaign. With this exploration of online opportunities comes the basic question in the minds of business owners, brand managers and the likes - What is digital marketing?

Here comes the tricky part: so many sets of information are available online that it has become quite a challenge to filter out the good and accurate definitions, more so to arrive in one complete and substantial definition. In fact, when you type in the phrase "Digital Marketing" in Google, you will see around 504,000,000 results. That would mean millions of varying interpretations and definitions on the same subject.

A good number of blogs and websites would say that digital marketing or online marketing is a type of marketing and sales approach that invovles the use of popular and authoritative online channels and websites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. in promoting a product or service; such approach increases traffic and popularity to their website and ultimately to their business. Therefore, online marketing as others would say is the type of marketing that enables a business to reach a mass audience in the shortest possible time using popular online platforms.

Aside from appearing in popular social media pages, others closely associate online marketing with a dominating online presence. A dominating online presence is usually determined by the webpage's rank in the popular Search Engine Results Page (SERP), such approach is referred to as Search Engine Optimization.

On the other hand, other practitioners focus on the "ends" or the outcome of the campaign in defining digital marketing. They say it is one of the most convenient ways of measuring online sales and conversion of website visitors. Because of the technology involved, business owners are able to easily measure how they score with their target consumers. A lot of software and services (for free or for a fee) are being offered to accurately measure website hits, unique page views, likes, shares, comments, Tweets, and even sales. Thanks to the internet, online business owners can now conveniently measure their reach in detail, so they would know if a campaign is working as planned.

While all explanations mentioned above are correct, each is just an aspect of a greater and more complete definition:

We define Digital Marketing as a branch of marketing that makes use of integrated digital technologies to disseminate communication that is targeted and measurable with the end goal of acquiring and building relationships with new and existing customers.

If you carefully disect the definition above you will find that each word used is indispensable in determining the true essence of digital marketing. Through integrated digital technologies, businesses are able to promote their campaigns and reach the masses with just a couple of clicks. The advancement of technology, the way people react and use them at an amazingly fast rate and a business' ability to adjust and adapt to the way technology changes the marketing landscape connects the business to its consumers like never before.

This type of marketing campaign should be integrated in such a way that multiple avenues are utilized in a harmonious manner to work towards one goal - to reach and communicate to a "targeted" online market. With the opportunity to engage and build a strong relationship with the consumers as the most important benefit of running a digital marketing campaign, businesses now are able to interact and connect with consumers real-time.

Brand Protection - 3 Reasons It Is Necessary

As a business, your brand identity is one of your most precious assets. It is ultimately what separates you from other competitors within the industry, giving you a sense of uniqueness in what is often a crowded marketplace. Brand protection through trade mark registration is the only way to ensure you are able to preserve the integrity of your brand. To emphasise this point, here are some of the core reasons underpinning the essential need for brand protection in a commercial context.

For Deterring Competitors

The beauty of trade mark registration is that this information is made available on a public database for all to view. This means that any firms who were considering taking a markedly similar route with their brand will likely think twice before doing so. Rather than becoming involved in a dispute over intellectual property, incumbent firms will simply choose something which has yet to be registered.

This deterrent aspect of brand protection is a powerful tool in preserving your identity. Halting any potential conflict in its tracks before it has the chance to properly emerge will save you the time and expense of having to enter into a legal dispute to protect your brand if it is not registered.

Easier Than the Alternative

By this I mean that protecting an unregistered trademark is significantly more difficult than protecting a registered one. If you have engaged in brand protection prior to any infringement occurring you only need to demonstrate a similarity between yours and the offending mark. The standard for this is whether the two brands are confusingly similar. This will be decided on a case by case basis, with the burden of proof resting on the firm promoting the unregistered mark to prove they are sufficiently dissimilar.

Brand protection is still possible for companies who have not registered their intellectual property, it is just more difficult. They must themselves prove that the general public are not likely to be confused by the alleged similarities. Trade mark registration allows you to be free of this process, and ultimately makes it easier to safeguard the intellectual property of your brand.

Nothing Lasts Forever - Except Brand Protection

This statement is half true, in the sense that indefinite protection still requires the marks associated with your brand to be used on a regular basis. Your registration can continue in perpetuity, so long as you remember to renew it once a decade. It is also important to remember that any New Zealand based trademarks must be used at least once every three years to remain valid.

Provided these steps are followed, your firm will be able to enjoy the benefits of brand protection for as long as you wish to. This ability to differentiate yourself from your competitors for as long as you like, while holding the power to stop any new firms intruding on your intellectual property, is one of the most powerful tools your business has at their disposal.

Facebook Gaming

Facebook has altered the nature of online gaming. Many people, (like myself) have been quick to be dismissive of games, as time wasting, silly, pointless etc. Playing games on Facebook, however, has become another way of people connecting with one another Some Facebook users prefer to interact with their friends, family etc., primarily via playing games.

The tagging that Facebook allows makes for your circle who enjoy certain games to increase more and more.

Some of the most popular games on Facebook, have compatibility issues depending the platform you use to play them.. For the iPad and iPhone, playing via the browser is often not possible. However, the most popular games have Apps that you can download and so play the games on your both your iPad or iPhone.

Compatibility problems in the past deterred people from downloading these Apps but for the most part the former compatibility issues have been fixed. All you have to do is download the App extract it, synchronize it and run it.

The Biggest Hits

A few of the most popular Games are:

ANGRY BIRDS

Though not strictly a Facebook game, this game reached new heights after Facebook released it on its site. The App is available on both iPad and iPhone and has become a smash hit for their users.

Another two games that are great for Apple specific users are: Crazy Taxiand Fruit Ninja.

Popularity

The most popular Facebook games remain fairly static.The sheer number of games on there can be mind-boggling, but these are the ones which statistics show are used more than any of the others

FarmVille

The original Facebook killer game as far as popularity.

FarmVille is a community game where each player can have their own farm and see it thrive through a combination of efforts on their part (and your neighbours) through trading and games etc.

Word Challenge

This is a game that actually engages the brain, rather than just being fun or relaxing. It is both fun and relaxing as well, but for those who prefer to keep their brain active at the same time, this is a winner. Playing Word Challenge allows you to develop and increase your vocabulary skills. While other games maybe visually entertaining with great and crazy artwork, and a night can fly by fast. With Word Challenge the hours of fun also gives you something to take away from it with you into your daily life.

Mafia Wars

This is one of the original Facebook massive hits, but it has evolved with the times and is still one the best and most popular fight games on Facebook. It appears to have one of the largest followings as far as games

YoVille

YoVille is still going strong. It is a simple game that allows you to create a city take care of how it is run and generate money to grow and maintain it

Bejeweled Blitz

Bejewelled Blitz was released earlier in 2012 and this has fast become one of the leaders.

Zynga Poker

Zynga Poker which is a very realistic game receives more positive reviews than any other Facebook Game

Know-It-All

Know-it-all is a trivia based game that regularly updates its database. It's aim is not repeat itself even once.

MindJolt Games

This is a game bundle syndicating multiple games in the package almost all included are superb quality lots of fun, and very popular.

The Variety of Games

An Amazing, Hazy Look Into The Future

Sometimes we all sit and think. Sometimes we doodle with a pen. Do we ever look in depth at what we are thinking? I am amazed at the amount of people who say 'when the phone rang I knew it was you.' 'I was just going to call when you called.' 'I was just thinking of you and you rang me.' All now past and forgotten.

It may only happen a few times a year - but it happens. Try recording any event no matter how trivial either on a tape recorder or on a note pad each time it occurs, and date it. You may be one of thousands who can see something happening in the future - do not try and pre-date anything. Any future predicted events I have found can happen tomorrow or in eighteen months. At the beginning of this century we heard from the portrayers of doom and death, religious parties forecasting the end of the world. They have now amended their doctrine because the dates they predicted have passed.

I often wonder how many normal, average people in this world have had a thought or a vision in the past that has happened in the future. Perhaps now unrecorded and now long forgotten. It would be great to have a public notice board that registered some of the stronger thoughts and visions many of us experience though out our lives. Yes, it is now possible to do this on the web - a small two sentence prediction date recorded with a pseudonym. The psychic message board has had psychic predictions from you the public since 2003 with several startling predictions. The black mirror was introduced in 2004 - just a blank rectangular black picture from which your mind can project images. Your physical brain is somehow linked to your ethereal soul. The soul not having the physical restraints of the body and brain can move into the past, future, and other dimensions. Sometimes under calm or stressful situations the link is triggered and information released.

An even stronger bonding happens in times of stress and conflict. In a war great friendships emerge stronger than anything before. A man and wife going through life facing all bad and terrible things together as one, survive and become stronger as a couple. Psychic experiences are a part of life and soon forgotten. Try to remember a psychic happening in your own life, something now forgotten but still in memory. You will be surprised. Sit down; think of what is happening in the world and see if you can predict what may or not happen within the next year then write it down or visit the psychic notice board at http://www.allinterestbooks.co.uk. You may surprise and startle yourself! Keep living, facing all that life throws against you, and you will become a better person.

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Current titbits from The Thinker.

BUREAUCRATIC EURO-BUMBLEDOM

The European common market, a collection of trading nations is a wonderful idea. However, the power-seeking politicians who run this vast empire cannot leave it at that. They want to create laws for every nation, laws that are stupid, unmeaning. They want to create a vast empire, a super state. They are still pushing onward even though they cannot even create a fighter aircraft together- and how do all the pilots talk to one another if they are not linguists. What is being created is a large financial machine that spends money like water flowing over a waterfall. A huge European nation of created bureaucratic bumbledom. It is slowly creeping upon us - stay in the common market but keep out of the new super state.

Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office 101 - A Book Summary

Dr. Frankel clearly identifies the common mistakes -101 in all--that women commit unconsciously to sabotage their careers. This book provides revolutionary guides to help the women of today eliminate the girl-like behaviors they became accustomed with, which hold them back professionally.

How You Play the Game

Unfortunately, women are not as trained to participate in competitive sports. It is only recently that women started making their marks in this field. Thus, most women do not know the rules of the game of business. They simply do not know how to play it--and more importantly, how to win it.

Some of the common mistakes women commit as they play the game of business are: pretending it isn't a game; playing the game safely and within bounds; working hard; doing the what you want; avoiding office politics; being the conscience; protecting jerks; holding your tongue; failing to capitalize on relationships; and, not understanding the needs of your constituents.

How You Act

Being successful in the world of business is not only dependent on your knowledge of how to play it. It is also important to know how to act, professionally. Dr. Frankel enumerates some unlikely behaviors in the workplace that can be hard career busters.

These are: polling before making a decision; needing to be liked; not needing to be liked; not asking questions for fear of sounding stupid; acting like a man; telling the whole truth and nothing but the truth (so help you God); sharing too much personal information; being overly concerned with offending others; denying the importance of money; flirting; acquiescing to bullies; decorating your office like your living room; feeding others; offering a limp handshake; being financially insecure; and, helping.

How You Think

Changing the way you think can greatly impact a change in your career. Note the beliefs and thought patterns you learn early in girlhood that you need to reconsider and then eventually forget.

Some of these are: making miracles; taking full responsibility; obediently following instructions; viewing men in authority as father figures; limiting your possibilities; ignoring the quid pro quo (something that's exchanged in return for something else); skipping meetings; putting work ahead of your personal life; letting people waste your time; prematurely abandoning your career goals; ignoring the importance of network relationships; refusing perks; making up negative stories; and, striving for perfection.

How You Brand and Market Yourself

Marketing oneself is as important as marketing a specific brand. Think of yourself as a brand that's needs to be marketed effectively. Alongside these come some important points that women need to particularly remember.

The following are some mistakes to avoid in marketing yourself: falling to define your brand; minimizing your work or position; using only your nickname or first name; waiting to be noticed; refusing high-profile assignments; being modest; staying in you safety zone; giving away your ideas; working in stereotypical roles or departments; ignoring feedback; and, being invisible;

How You Sound

Put special attention to your choice words, tone of voice, speed of speech and thought organization process. These usually matter more than the content of your speech. An articulately delivered speech will help you be branded as knowledgeable, confident and competent. Remember, how you sound comprises 90% of your credibility.

Take note of these common mistakes: couching statements as questions; using preambles; explaining; asking permission; apologizing; using minimizing words; using qualifiers; not answering the question; talking too fast; the inability to speak the language of your business; using nonwords; using touchy-feely language; sandwich-effect; speaking softly; speaking at a higher-than-natural pitch; trailing voice mails; failing to pause or reflect before responding.

How You Look

There is this common notion that "the best and the brightest are rewarded with promotions and choice assignments." This is entirely wrong. Those who are competent enough, sound and look good are the ones who

move forward in their careers. Statistically, research shows that 55% of your credibility comes from how you look; 38% from how you sound; and, only 7% from what you actually say.

Carry yourself properly by avoiding these mistakes: smiling inappropriately; taking up too little space; using gestures inconsistent with your message; being over- or underanimated; tilting your head; wearing inappropriate makeup; wearing the wrong hairstyle; dressing inappropriately; sitting on your foot; grooming in public; sitting in meetings with your hands under the table; wearing your reading glasses around your neck; accessorizing too much; and, failing to maintain eye contact;

How You Respond

It is important to know how to respond to the ways others treat you. And some of the common pitfalls women do as a response to a certain gesture are as follows:

Internalizing messages; believing others know more than you; taking notes, getting coffee, and making copies; tolerating inappropriate behavior; exhibiting too much patience; accepting dead-end assignments; putting the needs of others before your own; denying your power; allowing yourself to be the scapegoat; accepting fait accompli (irreversible or predetermined decisions); permitting others' mistakes to inconvenience you; being the last to speak; playing the gender card; tolerating sexual harassment; and, crying.

Dental Anesthesia for Kids and the Role of the Dentistry Expert Witness

One of a parent's worst nightmares is not getting your child back after a routine dental checkup. In 2011 alone, there are at least three instances of child fatalities attributed to the sedation processes done during dental work. If you suspect the same thing happened to you or someone you know, a dentistry expert witness may be able to go through the medical processes with you.

Medical Record Check Children with medical conditions may not respond well to certain sedatives. Those with heart problems may find it hard to endure gas anesthetics. Some states require all dentists to maintain patient medical history. Yet some dentistry experts will argue that it is not the standard of care for dentists to mandate a prior consultation for patients with heart problems or medical conditions.

Certification for Anesthesiology An anesthesiologist needs to be certified by either the American Board of Anesthesiology or the American Osteopathic Board of Anesthesiology, depending on his specialization and medical practices. A dentistry expert witness will tell you that not one state requires either accreditation in order for a dentist to perform general anesthesia. Check with a dentistry expert witness in your state to check how many years of anesthesiology training are required before a dentist can use advanced sedation techniques.

Vital Sign Monitoring Equipment When a patient goes under the knife, it is standard to assess the heart or pulse rate, temperature, respiratory rate, blood pressure, and level of consciousness. Each state has a different set of rules and prerequisites when it comes to monitoring the condition of a dental patient undergoing anesthesia. Consult with a dentistry expert who will be able to give you information not just on the existing state laws for dental surgery but on the guidelines provided by anesthesiology trainings.

The Papoose Board A very controversial practice, the use of a seat or bed that straps a child in place is common in most dental clinics. It helps keep the patient still for the operation while protecting him or her and the dental staff from injury. Dentistry expert witnesses may have different opinions with regard to this procedure, especially if the parents had signed a consent form.

Most people forget that some dental operations are still surgical in nature and pose a threat to a child's life. Sometimes, the real problem is in the lack of preventive measures. Get a dentistry expert witness' help to avert such tragedies from happening with other children.

HIPAA and Privacy - 5 Points That You Must Know About

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has laid down extensive provisions to protect your privacy by putting curbs on distribution of such information by related bodies both in electronic form and on paper, and at the same times gives you complete control over most aspects of your personal information. Furthermore it has a set of rules to penalize anyone who disregards the privacy requirements.

The following 5 points will give you a greater insight into this prominent provision of HIPAA.

- Right to Access Data: HIPAA and its privacy rules give you distinct rights to access your information, and in addition you can also make changes and correct any errors that may be present. Furthermore you can ask to review the information at any time and the entity will be obliged to respond within a period of 30 days from making such a request. What's more you can also ask for copies of the information contained in your file; however the entity is allowed to take certain charges for providing you with such copies.

- Control over Personal Data: HIPAA gives you a comprehensive control over your data. You can state explicitly in writing, the persons with whom such information can be shared, a family member or spouse for example. Similarly you can clearly state if you do not want the data shared with certain parties. Also if any entity wants to share your personal information, they will have to take prior permission and state all the details of the data and parties involved. Your data can not be utilized for any kind of marketing or advertising exercise unless you allow it through a written consent.

- Information Covered: Your personal information that has to be kept undisclosed under the provisions of the HIPAA privacy laws include data about medical history, any communication with the medical center personnel regarding treatment or any such medical information that can identify you.

- Parties Involved: HIPAA clearly states the bodies and individuals who have to follow its privacy guidelines. The list comprises of healthcare providers like hospitals, nursing homes, clinics and even doctors. Also included are company health plans, insurance companies and healthcare clearing houses. These parties fall under the purview of this Act and are often called as covered entities. Here you must also take note that your employers, school, life insurance companies, certain state agencies and most importantly law enforcement agencies do not fall under these provisions of HIPAA.

- Violation of Privacy: If any unauthorized distribution of data or any such violations come to your notice you can file a complaint with your doctor, hospital, insurance company or to the relevant body of the government. HIPAA has sufficient provisions to investigate such cases and even penalize the offending parties should such charges be proved.

As you can see for yourself, HIPAA has ample provisions to safeguard your private information. You on your part must know about certain situations like billing and protection of public health and bodies like the police which are exempted under HIPAA and can use your personal information.

Holiday Accident Claims

Going on holiday is something which we all look forward to hopefully every year if we are lucky enough. When we go on holiday it is very easy to let out hair down and to let our inhibitions go. We must be careful however that we don't relax too much and leave ourselves open to accidents. However we can be as careful as possible and accidents can still befall us through other people's negligence and through no fault of out own.

Sometimes when we are abroad we get lulled into a false sense of security and forget where our usual every day barriers area. For example, we may try white water rafting or bungee jumping for the first time. We may never even have considered trying this in the past and al sensibilities may have flown out of the window. This is a real danger zone as different countries may not have the same safety standards as we do here in the UK. If you are practicing any new or dangerous sports abroad then do check out the qualifications of the staff there and see if they are a member of any professional bodies. This could be the difference between a fun time and a ruined holiday with potential lasting repercussions.

It is important if one has suffered abroad through someone else's negligence, that they make a claim and get the ball rolling within three years of the event itself. The first thing to do is to call the claims company and have a no obligation chat about a no win no fee claim. Don't be too proud to make that call as you are entitled to compensation for your suffering, for your loss of earnings and for any cash you have outlaid along the way on your journey.

Don't be put off with regards to claiming for holiday accident damages. It is likely that you will have lost a great deal of money due to the events which have befallen you and that you may need help to get back on your feet again. What is very good news is that using the services of a claims company under a no win no fee system is free and that if you win you will generally get to keep 100% of the compensation with the fees for the proceedings coming from the other party. This is a wonderful system as everyone from the very rich to those on a modest income can benefit from it. When you call the claims company you will be put through to a claims handler who will be able to tell you if you have a case and then a lawyer will be assigned to you.

So, no matter whatever walk of life you are from and no matter what age you are, you could have a claim for holiday accident compensation. All calls are handled with complete confidentiality and there is no obligation whatsoever to pursue the case when you contact a holiday accident claims company.

Building an Insurance Business - How to Find Quality Sales Agents

There are many aspects of building a successful insurance business. In addition to finding a great location for your office, marketing yourself as an agent and building a good customer base, finding quality sales agents is essential if you want to be a success. So what's the best way to find great insurance agents that can work in your agency? Here are some tips you can use to increase your business's success with quality agents.

Have a Great Office Building

If you want to attract some of the best insurance agents in your area, one of the best things you can do it have a great place for them to work. This will include a great location that agents will be happy to work from. But in addition to that, your office building should have attractive office spaces that you can offer to the agents that you hire. Offering each of them an office that they will be proud of having their clients visit will make them want to come to your agency instead of your competitions.

Make Them Feel Important

One of the best ways to attract new agents to your business and keep the good ones is to make them feel important. If they feel like they are a vital part of your agency and its success, they are more likely to continue working for you and put their best efforts into increasing the customer base. There are several things you can do to make them feel important. One of the best ways is to delegate tasks to them that are important to your business. You can't do everything yourself so find out what certain agents are good at and have them do tasks that utilize their talents and skills. When they see that you trust them and have confidence in them, they are going to give 110% every day.

Be a Good Example

Setting a good example for agents working at your company is a great way to motivate them to give their best effort. If they see you coming into the office several hours late each day or taking several days off each week, they aren't going to be motivated to achieve the success that you're hoping for. But if they see you being in the office when they get there and still being there when they leave for the day, they will be more motivated to put their best efforts into attracting more customers and selling premium policies.

Treat It Like a Real Job

While selling insurance is a great way to earn a living and provide for your family, it's not the traditional job of working an 8-hour work day, getting a salary and calling it a day. Many agents get sucked into the idea being able to work short days and slacking off. But if you treat your agency like a real business and expect your agents to treat it like a real job, you'll see them perform better and more effectively.

These are just a few ways you can attract agents to your company, motivate them to reach their potential and keep them happy so they stay with you. If you are patient and implement these suggestions, you'll see your sales success skyrocket.

The Best Internet Marketing Association

The greatest marketing you can do is the marketing you get paid for, and not scammed into doing later to find out you are not going to make a dime. There are so many scams out there it is really hard to see through the crap sometimes. When you find the perfect opportunity for you, it makes the work all the more worth it. People are cruel this day in time, and it is very easy to get suckered into some scheme or hoax without you even knowing what is happening.

Check out the optimum internet marketing association to partner with by reading tons of reviews and blog posts. Reading what others have to say about other internet marketing entities is the foremost way to cut through the crap of the business. Check through at least five to ten different sources then you should know exactly what you were looking for, then you will know what is real and what is fantasy. To make it in the business you have to do plenty of homework to wade through the hypocrisy of the internet community. Almost every person that roams the face of the earth wants to make more money, and some make that money suckering uneducated individuals into doing their dirty work. I am just trying to give you something to think about so you do not get shamed into a scam or worse.

There are numerous reputable companies out there you can work at home for; you just have to find it. When you have done the homework, you should have an understanding about the finest internet marketing association, or entity to partner with and which ones to steer clear of. Remember the best job is one you get paid to do not one you get scammed into doing and receive zero credits for. When you find the perfect job that you love will you really think that it is work or will you think it is fun. This goes for any job, online or offline. There should be no reason, if given the correct resources, that anyone can find that job for them. So get off your rump and start investigating so you can either improve your situation or get yourself out of that dead-end job that is taking you nowhere fast. If you do not, there is no one to blame but you. Whats the hold up?

10 DIY Onsite SEO Optimization Tips

On site SEO optimization is the first step towards achieving a better page rank and attracting more traffic your website. Though the website owners and SEO consultancy firms often implement many advanced SEO aspects towards getting a better page rank, they often overlook the very basic aspects. As a website owner you can yourself apply those to your website with very little technical knowledge, programming and designing.

Following is the checklist for the DIY SEO on-site optimization:

Checklist 1: The most important part of ensuring a better page rank is having well-written, non-duplicate page titles and contents. Even though you have hired a professional content writer to write your website contents, it's time for you to review those. Browse through the pages and read the contents. Do they perfectly match your business offering? Have you got typos? Review them and add some of the content all by yourself.

Checklist 2: Are you clear about the keywords/key-phrases you have targeted for? May be some of your keywords are over competitive and doing very little to bring visitors to your website. Re-check the key words and make sure their presence in the appropriate pages of your website.

Checklist 3: Check the images added to your website. This is one area most designers overlook. It's not surprising to find a totally meaningless name for the most important images on your website. Save the images, rename them and add keywords and alt tags to those images.

Checklist 4: Check all the anchor links and hyperlinks that you have used in your entire website. A broken link will not only disappoint a human visitor but also the search engine spiders.

Checklist 5: Make sure the robots.txt and sitemap.xml exist and are easily accessible. Edit both of the files if changes have been made till the last time you have created them. If your sitemap.xml is not generated automatically, it should be updated manually periodically. Check the robots.txt and xml sitemap using the base-URL/robots.txt and base-URL/sitemap.xml respectively.

Checklist 6: Ensure the easy accessibility of your static sitemap especially if your website has more than 20 pages. No matter how intuitive you try to make your site's navigation, they become hard to follow when they have multi-level accessibility.

Checklist 7: Though the Meta tags, keywords and description tags have very little to do with the Page Rank now a days, yet you should check for the appropriate and relevant use of them in your website.

Checklist 8: Have you used the H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6, EM, STRONG tags properly?

Checklist 9: Make sure your website's 404 page contains appropriate message to notify the visitors that they have reached to the correct website but to an incorrect page and should try not to leave immediately. Link to Homepage, a search options and other important links should be present on the 404 page.

Checklist 10: Get your website validated by W3S. This validation will pin point several other issues that you should fix immediately.

Banner Maker Tool - Assures Attractive Banner Templates Within a Few Moments!

Banners are an effective method to advertise your goods as well as services to your targeted audience. They can assist you in getting profitable returns via augmented sales. Banners / posters are placed on web pages to magnetize a large amount of patrons by using different fonts, animations and colors. If you are a businessman dealing in some goods or services and you own a website, a banner maker tool is must for you. By making a banner with the help of this tool, you can market your products easily and attract a huge number of customers in lesser possible time.

Benefits of banner ads created with the help of banner maker tool:

Banner design programs have become the hottest buzzword in the software marketplace. Majority of the companies are seeking for quality software products to design poster ads of their own. Here are the benefits of poster ads created with the help of banner software.

Time Saving - Today, the world is changing at a fast pace. Most of the businesses are struggling hard to meet their targets well on time. Not only MNCs, small companies are also adopting various tools and programs to cut-short their efforts for different tasks. Like other tasks, poster designing is also not an easy task. Businessmen have to really work hard to get a poster designed. Ready banner templates available in the software help in generating creative banners within a few moments. It saves huge amount of time of the businessmen that can be utilized on other important activities. Friendly Banners - Banners made with the help of automated software are more efficient. An ad can be created with the help of only a few click & drop features. It is so efficient software that even an individual with basic knowledge of computers can make use of it. Flash Banners - Flash is an emerging technology to create versatile web pages. More and more website owners are starting to use flash based poster ads on their sites. A good banner maker tool can also help you to design Flash advertisements easily and within lesser time. Moreover, there is no requirement for the user to get Flash training prior to designing the poster.

Thus, we can see how ready banner templates can help in making attractive banners for the web pages. It is good to use automatic software for all needs of creating simple as well as flash web posters.

Offsite Data Backup Not Just for Fortune 500 Companies Anymore

In today's high paced digital world there is a very high value placed on information. Not just the kind of information you read in the newspaper or your favorite trade journals, but the type of information that we generate on a day to day basis with our digital devices. There was a time when a concept like "offsite data backup" was relegated to the geeks in IT at Fortune 500 companies...

That time is gone.

With mission critical data stacking up in both our professional and private lives more and more every day ANYONE who uses a computer should think about the safety and security of that data. And it's not just geeks and big companies generating large amounts of important information. The average computer user is doing more than just word processing nowadays. Email, spreadsheets, financial data, personal music collections, movies, and more are digitally encoded onto the hard drives of millions of regular computer users just like you every day. How many of them do you think have considered what it would be like to LOSE IT ALL?

But today even the casual computer user has the ability to ensure the security and safety of their critical data. Online backup (or remote backup) solutions are available and within the reach of even the novice computer user. Many offsite backup solutions are as easy to configure as a web browser or media player software and can be installed and set up in a matter of minutes. Better yet, these online backup solutions can be set up to function in a completely transparent manner (that is, once you install and configure the application you don't have to touch it again, sometimes called "set and forget"). Backups can be scheduled to occur at intervals you choose or can be invoked manually before performing a risky computer operation such as updating your operating system or adding a new hardware device.

Nowadays we all have data that we want to preserve and ensure it's usefulness to us, and if you are serious about protecting your data you should seriously consider an offline secure backup solution.

Your DATA is your LIFE. Protect it!


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