The essential part of the package is, naturally, it’s intuitiveness. After all, it doesn’t matter how extraordinary the package is if you yourself can’t use it. Your electronic catalog should be important enough to you for you to test out different providers. Because hacking and spamming are online issues, protection should be your second main consideration as you’re making a digital publication. Is there something in situ to secure the package? Will the content be secured? Can individuals simply copy-paste your content or has the software supplier protection in place peventing these things? Is your content secure?

Has a business plan been created? Social-media, ads, these are things that should be covered irrespective of which marketing strategy you’re using. Thinking about search engines is also very important as you consider how to sell your flash magazine. Will you combine free content and paid? Can you offer one copy and multiple possibilities for subscription? Also, the nature of your content – is it monetized in any way? What about using summaries to market this online publication? How accessible is the catalog? If it’ll be private you can investigate all your hosting options or will it be public? In which case you should host directly. What have you planned for as regards back-issues? Technical support provided by your software provider is your final consideration. Do they offer merely emergency tech-support? Response time is the last concern. Are there good FAQs? Such things you should examine prior to any problems, it’ll be a good thing you did!

Only utterly careful choice will be rewarded with accomplishment. When making your publication, the selection of hosting service will be what decides its success.

Amongst the potential features, simplicity of use is the most important. The software could be the most amazing you’ve seen – but without being able to actually use it, it’s worth nothing! Take the time to try out multiple packages before you decide on a provider for your ezine.

Because spamming and hacking are online issues, security measures should be your second main priority as you’re producing a digital publication. Think about what protection is available for your ebrochure. Can the content be protected? What security measures are in place to prevent people copy-pasting the words?

When you’ve produced a flash newsletter you ought to make up a marketing timetable. Ads, social-media, these are sections that ought to be covered irrespective of what business model is being used. Contemporary marketing means considering search engine demands when editing your content. Old issues will need to be thought about when you create an online newsletter. How available will the publication be? The service provider offering hosting has a certain amount of sense if it’s going to be widely available. Will teasers be shared to publicize this interactive catalog? Tech support is a huge consideration in the selection of vendor. How contactable are they? Be certain they have good response time! Examine whichever how-to or FAQ sections are there. Don’t wait until you have an emergency before checking to check what tech support is available. You set the achievement of your e-publication by opting for the best software provider. Select cautiously, and you’ll be rewarded well.

When he told what the Email message said the hair on the back of my neck started to crawl. I got a little freaked out. Was something from the metaphysical trying to send a message to my friend via these emails?

What else could be the reason for such a strange Email Marketing message?

I, being the Internet snoopy pants that all my friends know me to be, decided I had to find out.

Like all good Internet detectives I started from the beginning.

Duplicate Freaky Email Marketing Message Investigation Step One:

I had to know if my friend subscribed to these Email lists. Thinking the answer would surely be no based on the oddity of the email messages, I was shocked to find out he had indeed subscribed to these lists.

So, my case of the Duplicate Freaky Email Marketing message had a beginning – Opt In Email Marketing.

Duplicate Freaky Email Marketing Message Investigation Step Two:

I thought it would be prudent to find out who owned these Email Marketing lists. I pondered the possibility that there might just be some connection to the metaphysical with the Email list owners. Who knows – maybe the late Cory Rudl had decided heaven was too boring without an Internet and decided to return and was starting out by sending my friend these messages.

-The first Email list belonged to a person who claimed to know everything in the known universe about Pinging Blogs.

-The other list belonged to a person who is quite well known in the informational Internet marketing community. (Translation selling e-books, online courses and other related stuff like that.)

Well, I found no sign of Cory Rudl trying to send my friend a message. There did not seem to be a connection with the owners and the metaphysical. I moved on.

Duplicate Freaky Email Marketing Message Investigation Step Three:

Since I did not receive the Email Marketing messages myself I knew I needed to see them just to make sure my friend was relating the information to me correctly. Who knows maybe his new pair of glasses had the wrong prescription in them or something. I had to make sure what he told me was actually true.

This is where I still get a little freaked out, even after having had intense hypno-therapy, with the nature of these Email Marketing messages.

Two separate Email Marketing messages from two separate list owners told my friend to:

‘Get off his ass’

Just so you believe me here is an excerpt from one of the Email Marketing messages:

I want to encourage you to: -get out of your house -get out of your head -get out of your chair -get off your ass and get out from in front of the screen and see what the real millionaires in this business are really up to

Duplicate Freaky Email Marketing Message Investigation Step Four:

I thought long and hard about the implications of two un-related Email Marketing messages, from two separate Email list owners, sending the same message.

Could these Email Marketing messages be a sign of direction from a metaphysical being who thought my friend was lazy? Were these messages an attempt to encourage my friend to, well, ‘get off his ass’ and seek another activity?

Since I had already found no direct link with the list owners and the metaphysical I knew I needed help. Having no connection myself to any such metaphysical element I determined a psychic would probably be the best bet for an answer.

Madame Emael was, well, a little unconventional in her approach.

I told her my story.

She got out her crystal ball chanted a few things that sounded a lot like ‘Buy Google Stock’ and then burst into gales of laughter.

She invited me to stay for the rest of the day and meditate with her.

Because I really cared about my friend and knew I was getting close to the answer I agreed to stay.

I found out her version of meditating was scoping around the Internet via Google until my eyes were swollen and hanging out of their sockets. Regardless, I do think that after 10 hours of surfing I was definitely in the alpha state.

Madame Emael told me tales of wonder and awe that day as we zipped around the Internet. I also solved the case of the Duplicate Freaky Email Marketing Message.

Were beings from the metaphysical sending my friend the message to -

‘get off his ass’ because he was lazy?

Madame Emael let me in on a secret.

My friend had experienced what is becoming quite common – Receiving offensive Email Marketing messages that cross the line.

Is there a lesson to be learned here?

“Get off your ass”

is something you tell your lazy brother in law who thinks ‘helping you move’ means drinking beer and flirting with the moving truck driver.

You don’t give your Email list members the message that they are lazy.

I got back to my friend and told him his near metaphysical experience was a hoax.

He told me he was considering un-subscribing from the Blog and Ping guy’s Email Marketing list as he was rather offended by the ‘ass email’ incident.

He has decided to give the other list owner another chance.

I guess that is what happens when someone crosses the line with Email Marketing – we take out our crystal ball and chant something that sounds a lot like

‘did that guy just say I was…’

And ask the metaphysical gods if we should press the unsubscribe button.

There were eight of them. Eight family members and friends died in five short years. I was a neophyte in this death thing. This clamping-down-on-your-heart, ripping-a-hole-in-your-soul, death thing. It stunk. Badly. I was forty-three when my grandmother died. It floored me. The shock that it could really happen, that they could actually leave me, was overwhelming.

The guilt that had ridden hard on my back for the past twenty years came at me with a rush. I should have visited more. Called more. Written more. But the three baby daughters that we’d had in two years had consumed every ounce of our energy. We’d fallen into bed each night exhausted, and had awakened tired, but happy, each morning. The thought of a ten-hour trip home had seemed insurmountable with three little ones in car seats and diapers. So we put off the visits home for a long, long time.

The next death came in a single, whooshing blow. My colleague at work, with whom I’d shared an office for eight wonderful years, died suddenly of a heart attack. Then my father-in-law, my grandfather, and so on. I struggled to make sense of it. People were disappearing rapidly.

And then it happened. My father was diagnosed with cancer in the same month that his mother died of Alzheimer’s Disease.
We had a summer of hope. And then the disease hit again, and he was gone. Gone for good. Gone for real. In six short months, he was diagnosed, treated, and then he disappeared.

I was crushed. Completely shattered. This was bad. The worst.

I walked a lot. I trudged through the autumn woods, as the crispy leaves eddied around my feet. I heard his voice whispering in the breeze. The need to write was insistent. Urgent.

The pieces were gaudy and full of redolent poetry. The words painted my grief. Each time I walked and mourned, I’d return home and write. Again. And again. And again.

Getting the words on paper was a salve for my battered soul. Although I’d always known I would write a mystery series someday, I’d thought it would be when the kids were grown and I had retired.

Then it hit me. I would write a testimony to my father. I’d model my protagonist after Dad. I began to write Double Forté. My hero was a music professor, like Dad. He gardened with a passion, like Dad. He embraced the arts, like Dad. And he assiduously tended to his musical spirit, like Dad. He played Chopin etudes with wild abandon to clear his mind and feed his soul. And he cooked magnificent feasts for his family from his gardens that burgeoned with exotic vegetables.

As the book began to take shape, so did the characters. Gus LeGarde’s secretary, Maddy, became the reincarnation of my Grandma Lena. Oscar and Millie Stone were near replicas of my maternal grandparents. I found comfort in the creation of the scenes that included them. And as the process of writing one book became easier, the next, and the next, and the next flowed effortlessly from my fingertips until I stopped to breathe. I created eight full novels in five short years.

As this healing process provides me with therapy, it also affords an escape to a parallel universe where I control my characters’ destiny. I like it. A lot. I invent the bad guys, neatly dispatch them, rescue my hero from certain death, and cement the intricate relationships between my cast members.

This remarkable outlet allows the creative juices to flow and provides a safe haven for my imagination to flourish. I’m hooked, big time. There’s no stemming the tide. I fight for time to write, feeling cheated if I don’t get my daily “fix.” And when the latest chapter is keyed in, or the monthly essay penned, a deep sigh of relief is expelled. I’m freed. I’m sated. I’m going to be okay.

Yep. I’m going to be just fine. And best of all, there’s no co-payment.

Aaron Paul Lazar resides in Upstate New York with his wife, three daughters, two grandsons, mother-in- law, two dogs, and three cats. After writing in the early morning hours, he works as an electrophotographic engineer at NexPress Solutions Inc., part of Kodak’s Graphic Communications Group, in Rochester, New York. Additional passions include vegetable, fruit, and flower gardening; preparing large family feasts; photographing his family, gardens, and the breathtakingly beautiful Genesee Valley; cross-country skiing across the rolling hills; playing a distinctly amateur level of piano, and spending “time” with the French Impressionists whenever possible.

Although he adored raising his three delightful daughters, Mr. Lazar finds grandfathering his “two little buddies” to be one of the finest experiences of his life. Double Forte’, the first in the series, was published in January 2005. Upstaged, number two, is in production. With eight books under his belt, Mr. Lazar is currently working on the ninth, which features Gus LeGarde and his family. http://www.legardemysteries.com

Well, that is interesting as this top writer writes an ARTICLE to slam article writing for free to make a slanderous accusation about AMATEUR AUTHORS of ARTICLES? Do I sense a sort of hypocrisy here or a tinge of jealousy from this professional attacking writer?

Well, personally this issue does not concern me much, as her comments are not true and therefore irrelevant. Nevertheless she brought up a point of contention worthy of assisting me in my goals to write more articles, as I am the very amateur online article author she is slamming and supposedly preventing her from making money?

And when she attacks online article submission venue and the amateur writers like me, she inadvertently showed her true feelings and inner thoughts of other up and coming writers and attempted to put up a barrier to entry of protectionism, by slandering in an attempt to diminish online article submission sites. Consider this in 2006.

Lance Winslow

One solution is to assign that text to a new toolbar button as Autotext.

Here is how to do it:

1) Select Tools > Autocorrect Options from the main menu to display the Autocorrect dialog box.

2) Click and select the Autotext tab.

3) Paste (or type in) your text in the Enter Auto Text Entries Here field.

4) Click Add to have your text listed in the list box below.

5) Close the Autocorrect dialog box.

6) Select Tools > Customize to launch the Customize dialog box.

7) In the Commands tab, select Autotext from the Categories.

Find your text in the Commands pane.

9) Click Keyboard button to launch the Customize Keyboard dialog box.

10) Again select Autotext from the Categories and find your text in the Commands pane.

11) In the Press New Shortcut Key enter a new shortcut for this autotext.

Try not to use those shortcuts already in use. For example if you assign Ctrl+V, you’ll be reassigning a very well know shortcut for pasting the content of the clipboard to pasting your custom text. That could lead to confusion.

12) Let’s assume you physically press Control key and then the K key. The shortcut “Ctrl+K” is automatically added as your new shortcut.

13) Click the Assign button and close all windows.
Now, whenever you click Ctrl+A, Word will enter your advisory test at the cursor. You don’t have to type it anymore.

Another method to retrieve your Autotext is to place it in the Toolbar:

In the Customize dialog box:

1) Click and DRAG your autotext to any TOOLBAR you wish.

The text will be inserted as a rectangle. Anytime you click on this rectangle, the associated autotext will be automatically inserted into your text.

However, you can replace this text-button with an icon as well.

2) Select the text-button and click the down-arrow at the end of its toolbar to display the pop-up menu.

3) Select Customize to display the Customize dialog box.

4) Select Autotext from the Categories and find your text in the Commands pane.

5) With the Customize dialog box still open, click the text-button on the toolbar to enable the Modify Selection button.

6) Click Modify Selection button and from the pop-up menu select Change Button Image to display the available icon images.

7) Select an image and then select Default Style option. Your text-button will be replaced by the icon you have chosen. Now every time you click that icon on the toolbar, your autotext will be inserted at where your cursor is.

To delete the icon from your toolbar, select Tools > Customize.

9) Click on the icon button and drag it out of the toolbar. This does not delete the autotext from the Customize screen but it’ll delete it from the toolbar.

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Ugur Akinci, Ph.D. is a Creative Copywriter, Editor, an experienced and award-winning Technical Communicator specializing in fundraising packages, direct sales copy, web content, press releases. movie reviews and hi-tech documentation.

He has worked as a Technical Writer for Fortune 100 companies for the last 7 years.

You can reach him at writer111@gmail.com for a FREE consultation on all your copywriting needs or visit his official web site http://www.writer111.com.

1) There is a dearth of good Christian articles on the web. Perhaps because there is a perception that there is not as much profit in a Christian consumer (I happen to think the opposite—if you have a quality product, the Christian consumer will purchase from you). Perhaps because the Christian author is not willing to place his articles on a secular web site. Perhaps because Christian authors feel compelled to ‘water down’ their article.

2) By writing to the Christian audience, you provide a much-needed service to the Christian Internet market. Many Christians are simply discouraged by the lack of good Christian content on the web, and thereby spend less time on the internet. By creating good content for a Christian audience, you can help increase the Christian market size.

3) By writing Christian articles and posting them to your own web site or blog, you add good quality content to your own site, helping to increase your search engine visibility.

4) When you write Christian articles and submit them to the various article directories, you create exposure for your own web site. Simply place a link back to your own web site at the end of the article, or in the resource box, whichever the particular article directory prefers. When your article is read, and the reader appreciates your content, they will often click through to your site, providing much-needed web traffic for you.

5) By writing Christian articles and submitting them to the various article databases and directories, you establish backlinks to your own website, which can help with some search engine rankings.

6) When you write Christian articles, you establish yourself as an authority on whichever Christian topic you write about. From your website, you can link to the particular article directories that accept your article, giving you and your web site added credibility.

7) We want your articles! When you write your articles, submit them to both the web site where you are reading this article, and to my website, listed below.

Sean Mize is a Christian Entrepreneur and Christian internet Marketer, and the author of “The Christian Guide to Maximizing Your Time”, which can be ordered via
Christian Success Network.

He also co-publishes a Christian Article Directory. To read articles or submit articles for inclusion in the directory, click here:
Christian Article Bank

You have my permission to reprint and distribute this article as long as it is distributed in its entirety, including all links. © Sean Mize 2006

All public speaking fears, indeed all fears, are based on unconsciously held beliefs that have been conditioned in you through your early life experience.

What do I mean by “conditioned”? Well this means that past experiences have become “imprinted” in your nervous system as automatic behaviors, emotional responses and perceptions about yourself, others and your immediate environment.

These imprints can now be completely erased from your nervous system just the same way that you might erase a file from your computer hard drive.

What I call the Mind Resonance Process(TM) (MRP) has the capacity to uncover and erase negative limiting beliefs, perceptions, emotions and memories that are at the root of all public speaking fears.

Although some may tell you that there are many beliefs that contribute to this problem they are in fact all rooted in one basic fear, the fear that you won’t survive if something goes wrong.

Another way of saying this is that you believe that you will simply fall apart if anything untoward happens. If you look deep enough into your fear you’ll see that this is what you are trying to protect yourself from. All other fears or negative beliefs simply feed into or reinforce this basic and limiting one.

MRP can help you release this in as little as 1 session on the telephone. The process is quick, accessible to almost everyone and painless.

The net effect will leave you feeling rejuvenated, like a weight has been taken off your shoulders, lighter, more energized, more confident, more focused, more joyful, healthier and more resilient, and much more.

What’s more MRP will give you an experience that will help you begin to unleash even deeper creative and intuitive abilities that you never even knew you had.

You see, deep within each of us is a very powerful Being. That power is fueled or driven by the passion for life that lives in the Human Heart. That’s what MRP helps you to unleash.

If you’d like to start on this journey kindly contact me via the web link below where you can set up your introductory consultation at no risk to you.

Dr. Nick Arrizza is trained in Chemical Engineering, Business Management & Leadership, Medicine and Psychiatry. He is an Energy Psychiatrist, Healer, Key Note Speaker,Editor of a New Ezine Called “Spirituality And Science” (which is requesting high quality article submissions) Author of “Esteem for the Self: A Manual for Personal Transformation” (available in ebook format on his web site), Stress Management Coach, Peak Performance Coach & Energy Medicine Researcher, Specializes in Life and Executive Performance Coaching, is the Developer of a powerful new tool called the Mind Resonance Process(TM) that helps build physical, emotional, mental and spiritual well being by helping to permanently release negative beliefs, emotions, perceptions and memories. He holds live workshops, international telephone coaching sessions and international teleconference workshops on Physical. Emotional, Mental and Spiritual Well Being.

Web site: http://www.telecoaching4u.com/IntroConsult.htm

1. Give up the idea of perfection ~ Most seasoned public speaking professionals will admit that mistakes have provided the largest opportunities for growth. So acknowledge your humanity and have the courage to be imperfect.

2. Replace disempowering beliefs with positive action ~ The famous American athlete Bob Richards said, “You are what you think. You are what you go for. You are what you do!” If you think you are incapable, you will be. Give yourself permission to take action even if you risk failure. When Bob Richards knocked down poles while vaulting his way to 1 bronze and 2 gold medals in 3 consecutive Olympics he didn’t focus on the setbacks, he focused on going for gold and doing his best.

3. Know your topic and audience ~ Doing your homework and research will eliminate 75-80% of your fears. Most people are horrifically under-prepared when they get up to speak. Invest in your preparation and you will be richly rewarded.

4. Arm yourself with a relevant and expert presentation ~ Think of the absolute worst questions that you could ever be asked. Be prepared with answers to those questions and you will dramatically reduce mental stress and performance anxiety.

5. Practice aloud (even if it’s a 30 second introduction) ~ Most people make time to prepare a physical presentation or notes but don’t venture to practice out loud. When you put the presentation on its feet first, without an audience, you will naturally find yourself changing, refining and improving your content. Practice your entire presentation a bare minimum of 3 times before you speak to a group. The more you practice, the more you will boost your confidence.

6. Always warm up ~ Warming up your body and voice at the beginning of an important day or right before a presentation will release tension, open you up, and allow your natural expression to flow. A mere 5 minutes of stretching and 3 minutes of singing (even if it’s in the shower) will make you much more at ease.

7. Arrive early ~ One of the simplest things you can do to be calm and collected is to arrive very early. This gives you plenty of time to check and test equipment, get familiar with the environment, freshen up and mingle with your audience beforehand.

8. Visualize success while focusing on your breathing ~ If you feel your heart palpitating, simply focus on breathing deeply imagining yourself filling up with love on the inhale, and on the exhale, let go of any tension or stress. Then visualize being victorious just like an athlete prepares to win a competition. Breathe through the anxiety to channel nervous energy into excitement and enthusiasm.

9. Don’t worry about what others are thinking ~ Remember people want you to be good. 99 times out of 100, audiences are on your side. If you start to feel yourself getting uneasy, make eye contact with the friendly faces in the audience for encouragement. Also an audience focused intention like ” to be of service” or “to deliver extraordinary value” will help to alleviate angst because it gets the focus off you and onto others.

10. Hold microphones with your non-dominant hand ~ If you are given a microphone, hold it with your non-dominant hand so that you can gesture freely with the hand you normally write with. This will make you feel more comfortable physically.

11. Join Toastmaster’s, a speaking association, presentation skills training or acting class ~ These types of organizations can teach you very important skills affording you the opportunity to practice in a supportive environment with like-minded people. If you don’t have the resources available to you, run your presentations by several family members, friends or colleagues you trust for constructive feedback.

12. Hire a presentation skills trainer or public speaking coach ~ If you have a very important presentation coming up or if your livelihood is connected at all to your communication or persuasion skills, get a professional coach. Top athletes would never enter a competition without the support of the best coach they can find. Engaging a specialist will put your performance on the fast track and ensure that you have a winning edge over your competitors.

Take action today with just 1 of these tips to reduce your fear of public speaking. Take action with all 12 surefire strategies and you can bet on overcoming your fear of public speaking forever!

Copyright 2006 Deborah Torres Patel

Deborah Torres Patel makes expressing yourself easy and fun! Get free video training, more free articles, free newsletters and powerful tips about overcoming stage fright, improving your voice, presentation and public speaking at: http://www.expressingyou.com .

The term “free” is not often used in the advertising world of today. Many individuals and companies spend thousands of dollars each year to get their name out and try, with all their spent dollars, to bring in new clients and new visitors to their site. The fact is you don’t have to spend a penny when you submit your articles to online publishers and your website and your name will be available for all visitors to see.

The wonderful thing about article promotion is that some of the publishers allow their visitors to copy the articles and place them on other websites. They do, however, have to leave the article as is, as well as make sure the author’s name and information is attached. A way to make sure that your website is attached to the article is to include a resource box along with it and make sure your link is part of it whenever you partake of article promotion opportunities. What this means is that your article with all your information can spread all over the internet, that is if you make sure your link is used when use article promotion opportunities.

For example, if you submit 10 articles to 10 different sites, it gives you the opportunity for 100 links back to your site. But what happens when a quarter of those articles are put on 10 more sites? That’s right. You’ve more than doubled the links back to your site. Before you even realize it, you could have as many as a thousand or more links to your site.

What happens when someone is looking up information on a subject and they keep coming across information that is written by you? Instantly, you are regarded as an authority on the subject at hand. This is a major benefit derived from article promotion. The one thing that will most likely happen is that you will get a visitor to your website as they browse for more information. The fact is, by submitting informative articles that are well written and give the reader something they need; you will become an individual well-known in your particular subject. By submitting your articles to online publishers, you will find yourself in the spotlight from time to time.

To get your articles noticed on the web, you can also make sure you use keyword optimization in your articles whenever you partake in article promotion opportunities. This is great for the search engines, allowing your articles to be found quicker, therefore, bringing in more visitors to your site.

Syndicating your articles is another way to get your articles to as many sites as possible. This simply makes it much easier for website owners to put content on their websites. Because it is very easy to do, it will save a lot of time for the site owner and it’s a great situation for you as you no longer have to worry about marketing each of your articles individually.

When you get started, you’ll simply include a link on your article to allow them to publish this, as well as any other articles you currently have available for syndication. Within days, your article can be viewed on hundreds of websites and you didn’t really have to do anything but add the link to your content. Again, free advertising at its best!

If you would like to get your name and website advertised and bring in new visitors to your site, take advantage of the opportunity for free advertising by submitting well-written, informative articles. You’ll be surprised by the amount of visitors you will get to your site!

Adrian Lawrence is the webmaster of Article Alley a popular free content directory web sites. Please feel free to republish this article providing this resource box remains intact with a working hyperlink to our site.