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A brain surgeon was conversing with a famous writer at a party. “When I retire, I’d like to become a writer,” he told her. “That’s interesting,” she responded. “When I retire, I’d like to become a brain surgeon.” Running a website isn’t exactly brain surgery, but like writing professionally, neither is it as easy as many people think it is. But as with writing, it looks easy. “It must be nice to work at home and make money online,” they say. “Can you show me how?” How do we as webmasters answer that question?

Getting started as a webmaster

To begin, we can try to quell any misconceptions that people may have. No, we do not lie around watching TV all day while the money pours in. The skills needed to derive income online take more than a few hours to develop. And while we enjoy what we do, it’s work. It takes time, sometimes a lot of time. Running a revenue-generating website is part (or in some cases, all) of running a business. Talking about business specifics can help people understand what’s involved. When friends and relatives ask us to show them how to make money online, we can ask them what products or services they plan to offer. Have they researched the market to see if there is enough demand for their idea? Do they even have an idea? Have they found a niche? Have they written up a business plan and looked into the costs of the products or services they want to provide, a business license, insurance, and other business expenses? They need to know all that in addition to being able to run a website. Not that we want to discourage people, but we don’t want them to waste their time getting into something that they aren’t prepared for. Or perhaps they already have a bricks-and-mortar business and want to start offering their services online as well. On to the website itself. No night school course or diploma fully prepares people for running an online business. Most or all of us are self-taught to a great degree, learning from our mistakes and picking up valuable knowledge from website articles and forums. We all started at the beginning, and we had some success before we knew everything that we needed to know. We still don’t know everything. But learning does take time and effort. What does an aspiring webmaster need to know to get started? How to choose, register, and protect a domain name

What do look for when choosing a web host for specific needs

Web design standards and principles, HTML, CSS, perhaps some programming languages (but a website builder or template may be adequate for a starter website)

How to choose and set up a shopping cart

What to look for in a merchant account and payment gateway (PayPal or PayQuake are probably fine for starting out)

Search engine optimization: finding the right keywords and knowing how and where to use them, getting inbound links, avoiding techniques that could get sites banned from search engines

How to write online copy that works for both an online audience and for search engine bots

Web-specific advertising and marketing techniques

As the webmaster world turns

“Ah, once I do all that, the money will flow to me,” people may say. It might start coming in with all of the above in place. But will it keep coming? Not if the competition continues adding content and inbound links and we do nothing. That’s why we’re putting time into acquiring more inbound links and promoting our site instead of lying around watching TV as people might imagine. We’re analyzing our website statistics to see what we can learn about our visitors and how we can make our site work better for them. We’re keeping up on what’s new in SEO, web development, and our field of business. We’re looking for ways to try to stay ahead of the competition. And, of course, we’re responding to inquiries and selling the products or providing the services that we offer at our website. Customer service is just as important online as it is with face-to-face contact. We’re still serving real people. Online, people sometimes expect immediate responses, which makes taking a day off less of an option. We may be communicating with people whose native language isn’t the same as ours, which can create communication difficulties. While most people are polite, some use the anonymity of online contact to be rude in ways they wouldn’t think of behaving in front of us. And if they feel that our service isn’t good enough, they may share their unhappiness in online forums. Working from home and being our own boss has its benefits. We can work at our own pace and take time to do what we need to do in our personal lives, If we want, we can turn on the TV in the middle of the day to watch our favorite soap — but we probably make up for the time later, when 9-to-5ers are relaxing after their day of work. 9-to-5 jobs have their benefits too. Employees have job descriptions, they know what’s expected of them, and most can leave work when the clock says that it’s time to go home. It’s easier to persevere when you know that the boss is evaluating your work. Working on our own, we have to find that perseverance within ourselves and keep working on bringing visitors to our website if we want to have an income. Not everyone has that drive to continue pushing themselves to work when they’re on their own. The cycle of starting

Should we help our friends and relatives who want to earn money online? Perhaps the biggest help we can offer them is to paint a realistic picture of webmaster work and to get them thinking about their business ideas and preparation. We can all remember what it was like to start out, and we somehow made it without knowing everything that we know now. If people have done their research and are ready to jump in without expecting us to do the work for them, and if we give them some help, we’re continuing the cycle of support that many of us also received as beginning webmasters.

About the Author:

Lois S. is a Technical Executive Writer for http://www.websitesource.com and http://www.lowpricedomains.com with experience in the website hosting industry. 

Those who knew me when I wore a young parson’s suit and tie would willingly attest to the fact that I reigned as the “flip-flop” king, and to be honest, I was rather happy in this position with no desire to resign. Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.”

If that is true, I have a more than ample mind.

For some reason, certain persons (and you know who you are) are fanatics when it comes to consistency. I don’t want to be guilty of dropping names, heaven knows I’ve dropped everything else, but one such person, who shall remain nameless, lives in my house.

In my past, I’ve been an advocate of the advantages of inconsistency and offered my opinion on the subject at irregular intervals.

For an example, I’ve always believed “variety is the spice of life.” What would this world be without such diversity?

I think I have God on my side in this. Look at His creations. The genuine proof, in my mind, that God created the heavens and the earth is in this variety of the species.

God did not just create “a bird.” God created hundreds of varieties of birds of every color imaginable, as well as other things.

Whatever God has created, He has done so with an infinite number of variations on the subject. Certainly, God believes in variety.

Another advantage of inconsistency is it keeps friends and family off-guard and guessing. If I would do the same thing over and over, my friends and family would come to a certain level of expectation from me.

What a bore.

However, if I am constantly flip-flopping, nobody knows exactly what I’m going to do next. And for my money (if I had any) I go for the zing of flip-flopping.

I would not say this to just anyone, but, the chief benefit to flip-flopping is less strain on the tiny grey cells. I don’t have to remember everything.

Although flip-flopping has many desirable advantages, the biggest disadvantage to my inconsistency is the Mistress of the Parsonage. Some people, as I’ve mentioned, take a low view of flip-flopping.

Her view, as it turned out, was the lowest. I would soon find out just how low.

Recently I treated the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage to an early morning repast at the Slurp ‘N Burp Café. That is just the kind of guy I am.

In retrospect, it was a bad idea. I thought my life was going great. I thought nothing could really be improved in my life, but the husband is always the last to know certain things.

Women, especially wives, have a sixth sense about these things, whereas men, particularly husbands, haven’t a clue. Women are usually referred to as the “fairer sex,” but, and I speak with authority, they do not play fair.

Everything came to a head (my head, that is) when I started ordering my breakfast. I could not decide on what I wanted for breakfast. At first, it was eggs, then pancakes, then oatmeal. All of the selections looked delicious and I just couldn’t make up my mind.

I finally settled on eggs but could not decide how I wanted them. With so many ways to fix eggs, it is hard to make a decision on scrambled, fried or soft-boiled. They all sounded scrumptious at the time.

I settled on scrambled eggs but called the waitress back five times to change my order. In hindsight, I see my problem but; then I was held hostage to my changeability, which quickly turned into a liability.

As the waitress left the table for the fifth time, I was about to recall her when my eyes happened to catch my wife’s eyes. I was startled to see fiery daggers dance from her eyes in — yes, you guessed it — my direction.

The most staggering element were the words spattering from her mouth. To say I was shocked is like saying a skunk has aroma issues.

“Either,” she snarled, “you flip or you flop.” She took a deep breath and continued, “This flip-flopping has got to stop, and stop now.”

I do not know the difference between a flip and a flop. Is a flip, for example, worse than a flop? Moreover, is it possible to flip and not flop?

To this day, I have no idea of what she meant, but at the time, I could see she was in no mood to explain and I was not in a frame of mind to hear her explanation. After all, I am a gentleman and I love life — especially my own.

Then she gave me that womanly grimace, conveying the idea that she really meant what she said and furthermore, she could back it up with actions. I don’t know what those “actions” were, and believe me, I can live the rest of my life without that wee bit of knowledge, thank you.

Later that day I reflected on this incident and reached for my Bible. Several verses suggested themselves to me.

“For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.” (Malachi 3:6 KJV.)

And the New Testament verse that says, “Jesus Christ, the same yesterday and today, and for ever.” (Hebrews 13:8 KJV.)

As I meditated on these two verses, my heart warmed with gratitude that Jesus did not flip-flop when it came to my redemption.

About the Author

Rev. James L. Snyder is an award winning author and popular columnist living with his wife in Ocala, FL.

It was a revelation for me to come to the conclusion
that not all marketers online are my competition.
It was a 180 degree shift in thinking which prompted
me to join up with another marketer and work together
to improve both of our profits.

Joint venture was one of the big buzzwords (phrases)
of 2005, and since I tried it for myself, I can now
understand why. Previous to doing my first Joint
venture (or JV as us marketers like to call them) I
looked at anyone who was selling anything online as
competition, someone to beat to the sale.

It was a few months ago, Joe Hebert asked me to work
with him on a project, and when we got talking,
his idea was one which I had already started but
put on the backburner, namely a membership site.

Joe had a lot of resources which I’d needed,
including a great webhosting deal, and loads of
information products to put into a membership
site. I had a domain name (monthlyinfoproducts.com)
and all the site layout, and graphics ready to go.
The reason I hadn’t gone further is because I didn’t
have the capital to add what I thought would be
enough products to the site, which my new partner
did. I also didn’t have the time to upload all
the products, my new Joint venture partner did.

My JV partner didn’t have an email list to promote
a new venture to, and didn’t have the knowledge to
get the scripts running to make the site automated.
I had those skills, and resources, so we teamed up.

In just a few days we had a new membership site
at http://www.monthlyinfoproducts.com , up
and running and taking orders. Joe took care of the
hosting and products, I took care of the design and
promoting to a warm prospect list. Together we are
making it work, where singly we had both struggled.

Now look at your own marketing, and online activities
and see if you have some way in which a joint venture
with someone could benefit your business.
Maybe you need someone who can setup a script, or
website, or you have some ideas which need a
particular talent you don’t have, you can barter
with someone else who has what you need to make a
profitable partnership which works for both of you
without paying out hard cash for it.

Don’t make the mistake I made, see everyone as a
potential partner in profit, instead of an opponent
to defeat. Start doing some joint ventures, you
won’t necessarily halve your profits, and you may
well make more by sharing the work with someone.

Douglas Titchmarsh and Joe Hebert run several sites
including http://dawghost.com ,
http://www.thediscountebookstore.com and their
joint venture http://www.monthlyinfoproducts.com

1. Treat your business clothing as an investment and choose wisely. Make sure you buy classic styles that suit your body shape, are comfortable, have quality workmanship and quality material. This is no time to try the latest fads. Take your time and shop around for the best price and the best service. Be aware of the return policy and if possible purchase your wardrobe items at a store that can do professional alternations if necessary.

2. For business situations match your handbag, shoes and belt. Black shoes should be matched with a black handbag. This is not a time to get creative with your accessories or to wear colored shoes.

3. Do not neglect your outerwear. Purchase a good quality coat that can be worn with either pants or a skirt. For cooler weather don’t neglect your outdoor footwear. For skirts choose long knee-high boots.

4. Keep shoes and boots in a good state of repair. Scuffed shoes with worn heels will ruin the look of your outfit.

5. To complete your look choose soft leather gloves that will add a nice touch as well as keep your hands from getting chapped.

6. Choose clothing material that reflects the season. Heavy fabrics and tweeds are best for Fall and Winter and will look out of place during Summer, as light linen fabrics will look out of place during Winter.

7. Always wear a belt where there are belt loops. Choose a good quality leather belt and don’t be tempted to wear a flashy or plastic belt. If you don’t like belts choose pants without loops.

© Copyright Sheila Dicks 2005

Sheila Dicks is an Image and Wardrobe consultant who helps women learn how to dress to suit their body type and look fabulous. You can reach her at http://www.sheilasfashionsense.com and get the Free Report “ 7 Things Your Girlfriends Won’t Tell You About Beauty and Fashion”.

*Review Below*

Key Features

• Made In Finland
• Ring tones - Polyphonic And Real
• Messaging
  • Text
  • Multimedia
  • Approx 150 Messages
• Vibrating Alert
• Speaker Phone
• Battery (Li-ion 850 mAh) Life
  • Talk Time 2-3 Hours
  • Standby Mode 320 Hours
• GSM/GPRS 850/1900 MHz
• FM Radio
• 500 Entry Phonebook
• 65000 Color Display 128×128 pixels
• Weight: 90 Grams
• Dimensions:104 x 44 x 18

Review

The Nokia 6030 is a basic cell phone that is easy to use yet has a touch of style and class that can. There are many phones out there where advancing technology and features are what it is all about, this is great I have a phone like this myself and I love it. However many people out there just want a basic phone to make calls, send messages and still be stylish, The Nokia 6030 does this.

This 104 x 44 x 18mm phone is quite thick however it does weigh only 90 grams which means that it is excessively light compared to its competitors. The Nokia 6030 comes with an x-press cover which gives it a metallic feel even though it is made from plastic, however it can leave fingerprint smudges easy. The phone also comes in 2 other colors, champagne and silver.

All though the Nokia 6030 lacks many features on of its key features is its fm radio. It can only receive mono reception however you can preset 12 radio stations and it comes with a set of earphones (including microphone).

As this is a basic phone it has basic connectivity features too the phone only uses GMS, GMRS or WAP. Also the GMRS is limited to class 6 and the WAP is only capable of WAP 2.0. If you wish to connect the phone to a computer you will have to buy a data cable since it does not have Bluetooth or infrared.

This phone comes with the standard polyphonic and real ring tones, which is great. This along with the look of it, makes it so classy and stylish. It also has a SAR value of .70W/kg which meets the international guidelines for radio wave exposure.

Overall this is a great simple mobile phone that fits a person that does not want all the hassles of a “super” phone. In my opinion this phone has little wrong with it and all right about it. It has class and style with no hassles, which is great for non-tech and older people.

Jakob Culver is the editor of the site http://www.cellularphonebiz.com/ and to find more information like this visit our articles page.

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Strength training after fifty is no longer for those people who are having some sort of mid-life crisis. In fact, doctors are literally writing prescriptions to get this generation up and moving. They are taking out the pen and prescription pad, writing something barely legible, ripping it off the pad and handing it to more and more of their patients. So what’s the result? Well the result is lots of people strength training after fifty years of age. It’s magical. A doctor writes a prescription to strength train! No pharmacy necessary.

Unfortunately, strength training still conjures up images of young guys with bulging peck muscles and barely there tank tops. More and more fitness centers across the United States are seeing more and more fifty+ members. And that’s a great movement.

So where should you begin if you happen to be one of the many strength training after fifty people? Let’s start with the basics- measurements. And I’m not talking about weight only here. I am talking about body fat percentage and resting heart rate. These two elements are critical when determining a starting point for your strength training program.

Armed with that data, we proceed to talk about goals. What do you hope to accomplish? A drop in blood pressure? A decrease in clothing size? An increase in health? Whatever your goals may be, your trainer should be properly prepared to walk with you along your journey. Remember that safety is always a top concern. Go with a trainer that you feel comfortable with.

A typical beginning routine for those strength training after fifty may look a bit like this-

* Warm-up for 5-10 minutes

* Begin with isolated (one-joint) strength training exercises such a bicep curl or chest fly

* After completing 3 sets of 12 reps for each major muscle group, move onto cardio

* Cardio can be anything that gets your heart pumping to approximately 60-70% of your maximum heart rate

Depending on your goals and health, the weight you lift and the amount of cardio performed will vary. Train well.

Copyright 2005 strength-training-woman.com

Lynn VanDyke is owner of http://www.strength-training-woman.com. She is certified in personal training, nutrition and yoga. Be sure to check out the No Limits ezine. It’s a must-read for all things strength training.