Wednesday, October 14, 2009

60 Seconds to a Profitable Online Business

When you decide you want to make money online you must realize that it is a multi-step process. You have to decide what product to sell, what people to target, and how to get people to buy from you.

Once you've made those key decisions the task of creating the product, designing a website and driving your targeted traffic to your website begins. To get traffic you must utilize traffic generating methods such as blogs, articles, reports, and/or videos. As with any business the process of idea to sale is multi-faceted. There are no real shortcuts...until now.

Now there is a system that takes you from idea to sale in 60 seconds flat. Okay not really 60 seconds but faster than the traditional way of generating sales, which will put $100 of dollars a day or more into your bank account. By now you are probably on the edge of your seat in breathless anticipation to know what this system is.

If you want a system that has products, web pages, blogs, articles, and videos ready made, read on. A few months ago Soren Jorgensen and Cindy Battye created a unique system that puts all these business elements at your fingertips. That system is ClickBank Pirate and it was born out of the need to automate the affiliate marketing process.

ClickBank Pirate is a program that delivers a steady stream of products to sell to your email list. You receive pre-made blogs, sales pages, articles, and auto-responders that have your affiliate links embedded. So each time a sale is made you get the credit.

With this system everything is fully automated so you don't have to worry about follow-up with your list or introducing new products. Your only job is to drive traffic to your site that offers free reports. With this system you will soon be seeing money in the bank to the tune of $100 dollars a day or more.


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Are you ready to start making money online? Can you see yourself profiting from a system that can possibly bring in $100 a day? Get in on the action now! Visit http://mycb-pirate.com Roy Grogan is an Australian affiliate marketer, with a passion for helping others make money online without all the hassle and expense.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Basic Guidelines for International Students

Studying offshore is one experience not taken by too many students around the world. Most students usually aim to stay in their home countries and pursue their college and degrees in domestic universities. To the few who have the guts and the resources to study abroad, it is a privilege. However, it is not without its setbacks and usual challenges.

Foreign students should fly to the country of destination and spend some considerable amount of time there, until their academic programs are complete. Being in another country is hard because there are always cultural differences. Here are some tips that will help foreign students survive living and studying abroad:

- Have your visa, passport and other pertinent travel and education documents photocopied; keep the photocopies in a secure area. You should do so to protect yourself and spare yourself potential troubles if you happen to lose the original documents.

- Do not bring huge sums of cash when going out of your house or flat. Be observant and keep away from suspicious-looking strangers. Robbers usually victimize foreigners because they think foreigners are easy and not always suspecting. Also, foreigners almost always carry with them cash and prized possessions.

- Carefully select your new sets of friends. Do not befriend just anyone you meet. Develop a circle of friends at a slow pace. Do not easily and quickly get intimate with just anyone.

- Be smart and extra attentive. If you sense something is wrong in a place or if you sense trouble arising, immediately leave the place and go home instead. The best way to avoid trouble is to avoid frequenting or getting into such occasions.

On top of all these, the best tip for foreign students would be to be well groomed, to live peacefully and with great discipline. No questions asked.

2K Medical Announces Release of PDA Medical Software for Remote

2K Medical Announces Release of PDA Medical Software for Remote Information Access
2KMobile Link is a comprehensive software suite that eliminates the need for syncing with office computers, multiple PDA's and cell phones and much more. 2KMobile Link provides complete access via vital PDA medical software.
Redondo Beach, California (PRWEB) February 5, 2008 – As hospitals go hi-tech and demand for hi-tech medical treatment grows, the popularity of Medical PDA Software too has grown substantially. PDA (otherwise known as Personal Digital Assistance) is among the most popular digital equipment among all professionals. PDA medical software has proven to be exceptionally beneficial for alleviating medical emergencies. In emergency cases, doctors can be informed instantly and the patient can be provided proper treatment and care when they most need it. So then, to a large extent, medical PDAs and medical PDA software save lives.
PDA's have to sync with the host computer, compare files, transmit changes and delete outdated information. 2KMobile Link offers physicians and other medical personnel the ability to efficiently access patient and practice information without the need for syncing through medical PDA software.
The advent of multipurpose devices combining the functionality of PDA's with the necessity of cell phones has culminated with the release of 2KMobile Link software. This PDA medical software is designed to seamlessly work with a variety of devices such as the Palm Treo, Blackberry devices, Apple iPhone, and mobile devices running Windows Mobile 5.0 and higher. 2KMobile Link will flawlessly access patient information, schedule appointments, and create superbills, offering real-time remote access to a provider's practice management system database. Physicians can even create, view and edit patient diagnosis and CPT codes. Access is granted through practice management software such as Lytec and Medisoft software running on the host computer. In addition, 2KMobile Link gives the ability to edit, modify or create new input, directly from the mobile device.
Additionally, 2KMobile Link also supports any laptop or desktop computer with Internet Explorer, Apple Safari or Netscape. With this single application, providers are assured of complete VeriSign security through complete encryption methods and complete access to all office information whether the physician is at lunch or out on an emergency call.
For additional information about 2KMobile Link, visit http://www.2kmobilelink.com or call 866-500-4406.
About 2K Medical – This provider of comprehensive medical billing software is dedicated to supplying medical offices and health care providers with the single best solutions for their billing and informational needs.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Diversity Education Program

With prejudice and violence continuing to cause problems in schools and communities nationwide, studies show many young people have hate-related words used against them at school and are often exposed to hate-related graffiti.

While parents play a critical role in helping their children develop positive attitudes about diversity, they cannot do it alone. Community programs can have a significant impact.

Recently, Boys & Girls Clubs of America announced its national rollout of "Youth for Unity," an interactive program designed to build the ability of local Boys & Girls Clubs to help young people better understand diversity and combat prejudice, bigotry and discrimination.

The program, available to some 4 million young people at more than 3,700 Boys & Girls Clubs locations, incorporates activities for youth, peer-leadership programs and resources for parents.

"Youth for Unity delivers perspectives and skills that will help youth adapt and thrive in a diverse society," said Judith J. Pickens, senior vice president for program and youth development services for Boys & Girls Clubs of America. "The Youth for Unity program is one of many ways Boys & Girls Clubs of America continues to provide vital youth services in response to our nation's shifting demographics."

In a 2005 survey of Boys & Girls Clubs members, 50 percent of respondents said they believe their parents would not approve if they dated someone from another race, religion or ethnic group. Ten percent of students ages 12 to 18 reported that someone at school had used hate-related words against them, and 33 percent had seen hate-related graffiti.

The Youth for Unity program is part of a larger Boys & Girls Clubs of America diversity initiative funded by a $4.5 million commitment from The Allstate Foundation. - NU

Burn Through in Stainless Steel Burners

I grill.

I mean, I grill – often. I grill about 3 or 4 days a week, every week of the year, every year. Living 100 yards from Lake Erie, this is no small feat: it gets cold in Cleveland in the winter, and we get our fair share of snow – most of which is lake effect, sometimes measured in feet rather than inches.

I have often found myself outside after dark on a late December evening, in 20-degree weather with an icy wind blowing in off the lake, snow half-way up my shins, basting a roast on the rotisserie.

Naturally, my wife thinks I am nuts. She also thinks I am a great cook, which is neither here nor there. But, I digress…

A couple of months ago, I noticed that the grill was heating unevenly. The left side was noticeably hotter than the right. The flame was higher on the left, and I had more problems with flare-up on that side. Meanwhile, the right side was not cooking very well at all. The grill is a 3-year-old Fiesta that my wife bought at K-Mart shortly before we met. It sports a stainless steel sheet metal burner which is adequate for occasional use. I suspected that the burner was burned through since I use the grill much more than the manufacturer intended; I wanted to replace it much earlier than this, but since we were buying a house, I placed the project on the back burner, so to speak.

The house threw us a couple of major curve balls, the worst of which was a total replacement of our kitchen. At the time, we were waiting on our new counter tops: we did not have a working kitchen; the microwave and the grill were our only working kitchen appliances. Nice time for the grill to fail, huh?

One night during the remodel, I wanted to grill some chicken. I fired up the grill, and noticed that the flame on the left side of the grill reached the cooking grate, and the flame on the right was barely noticeable. Our chicken browned noticeably toward the left side, and barely cooked on the right. The photos on our site show the old burner.

I muddled my way through the meal, deciding to take action. The next day I ordered a new burner/venturi set over the Internet. Since spiders love our new house, I splurged on spider guards. The only tools I needed for the job were a pair of pliers and a screwdriver. I assembled the burner/venturi assembly, connected the ignitor to the burner, and went out to the grill. I disconnected the securing pins for the burner underneath the grill and the old burner lifted out easily. The new burner settled gently into place, and I connected the ignitor and installed the spider screens. I tested the ignitor, and, satisfied that it worked properly, fired up the grill. Even blue flame, about one and a half inches high, with yellow tips. Perfect. Nice, even heat again. Project completed, and in about a half-hour.

So why did this happen? Why did my burner rot from the inside out? The answer is simple physics. When your burner burns gas, the flame outside the burner creates a vacuum inside the burner. An open valve allows gas under high pressure to flow from its source into the burner, where the pressure is lower, and then continue out to the outside to be burned.

So how does this cause burn-through? Remember the flame that is sucking the gas out of the burner? Now shut that gas off. What happens? The gas is still burning. When there is no more fuel, the vacuum inside the burner actually sucks whatever is right outside the burner, resulting in an audible “pop” when the flame goes out.

Here it is in a nutshell: you’ve been cooking food, right? You’ve been using spices, sauces and rubs -- and the food itself has its own juices. These are in the air surrounding the food and the burners, mostly as partially-burned carbon particles. These carbon particles get sucked into the burner when the flame is extinguished. These particles remain in the burner until the next time you fire up the grill. When you fire up the grill, these particles create chaos in the flow of the gas. The pressure of the gas will hold these particles against the sides of the burner. Reaching ignition temperature, they eventually burn through the metal from the inside out. Now you know why I had to replace my burner – and why you’ll have to do the same if you purchase a grill with a sheet metal burner.

My story points out another issue: what type of burner will your new grill have? This is a major decision that many overlook when they purchase a high-end grill. Most grills, even well-known $3,000 to $5,000 units, have the same stainless steel sheet metal burners that I just replaced, and many have a thickness in the 20- to 24-gauge range! Let’s face it: buying a $3,000 grill is like buying a Mercedes or a Lexus; you shouldn’t have to replace the engine in a 3-year-old Lexus!

If you purchase a grill with a stainless steel sheet metal (or cast iron/cast iron composite) burner, you will replace the burners at some point. The more often you grill, the more often you will replace the burner. The more expensive the grill, the more difficult the replacement.

"What?" you say! Stainless steel will rust? Well, yes, it *will* rust. It just takes a lot longer. The idea that stainless steel will neither stain or rust is a myth. The "stainless" in the term "stainless steel" refers to the fact that there are no impurities in the metal itself, and that nickel has been introduced into the alloy to produce a more acceptable finish. A lower grade of stainless steel with a lower nickel content will attract a magnet, also contrary to popular myth.

What, then, is the alternative to a stainless steel sheet metal burner? Cast iron? Well, yes, but many grill manufacturers also use cast brass or cast stainless steel, which will not rust or burn through. Lynx and Fire Magic are two such grills, and they’re even warranted against rust and burn-through. A less-expensive alternative with cast brass burners would be the Coleman 6000, retailing for under $1,000 (photo right).

This is not to disparage stainless steel sheet metal burners: Napoleon uses 16-gauge stainless steel in their burners, much thicker than just about any other brand, and they tend to last longer than other manufacturer’s burners. They are still prone to rot and burn-through, however: it just takes a little longer, that’s all.

So, if you’re shopping for a new grill, check the burner construction first.