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Finding free articles to put on your website does many things to help you with search engine rankings. First off, free web content articles provide direct niche content that your viewers are always looking for. The more pages of information you have the longer viewers will stay on your site.Almost any addition of quality content will allow your site to be more well rounded and appear higher in the search engine rankings. You can then also add additional keywords to target, because you have additional content to cover those keywords.

One of the best things to remember when creating articles is to tailor them to be as specific to your site content as possible.If you have a site about baseball cards (selling, collecting) - you dont want information non related to baseball, it just does not really make sense. Often the addition of a blog to a site about the niche is a great addition, as you can post all the articles you find interesting to this blog.It is very easy to do, and its free as well.One of the hidden benefits of building your content up is people will bookmark your site as a great source of information.The main thing to remember is to really try to make it interesting to yourself - if you like the content, most likely others will also. Often times you can also add an RSS feed from specific article sites to automatically update your content so it always appears fresh. This is a viable option if you don’t have the time or resources to update content every few days and/or scour the web for the content.Blogs by others, or an article directory are often a terrific source of web content, all of which you can pull in using an RSS feed.RSS is great because the source site is the one updating and adding information, the RSS mirrors it on your site.

No matter if you use a blog addition, RSS feed, or simply post the articles yourself, this will equate to higher search engine rankings in the long haul because you are increasing the quality of your site.This will also start to remove sites that dont have as much content or do not really work on it - their hurt is your gain. Using an article directory is a must have for those looking to build up the back links to their websites.

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To precisely define Identity Theft, one can refer to various sources but, what it all boils down to is that it occurs when a criminal steals another person’s name and other personal information to illegally use such fraudulently attained means of identification information for nefarious activities. It is an act of impersonation that uses another person’s personal information like a date of birth, Social Security number, address, and name as well as bank account information for illegal means. It is also co-option of another person’s personal information without the other person’s knowledge and consent and, using such information to fraudulently deceive others. It is a deliberate assumption of another person’s identity which is most often used to gain access to their finances or, implicate them in a crime. ID theft has been also used for illegal immigration, terrorism and espionage along with changing identity personally. These are a few of of the most used ways in which most people define ID theft.

Identity Theft First Defined in 1996

To define identity theft, we can go back to 1996 when it first started getting the attention of the world and, was added to American vernacular. The Federal Trade Commission was greatly concerned by the criminal abuse of consumers’ means of identification through theft or other fraudulent means. To define identity theft, it needs to be understood that it is physically impossible to steal another person’s identity; however, stealing their identification is possible and, is now a part of a growing trend in white-collar crime in the US.

Some people prefer the definition of identity theft as meaning unlawful exploitation of their means of identification for unlawful purposes. Another school of thought, with regard to defining identity theft, thinks that the thief actually deprives the owner of his or her identity when the thief replaces the victim’s identity with their own dubious reputation. A common thread one can see in defining Identity Theft is that it involves illegally acquiring the personal information of a victim in order to perpetrate impersonation of the victim’s identity.

One needs to define identity theft in all its different manifestations as the scheming minds of criminals can conceive of and put into action many clever schemes to dupe authorities as well as incriminate victims. Blackmail is also another instance of how identity theft may be used against unsuspecting victims. Once one has a clear definition of identity theft, half the battle against this criminal act will have been won.

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What if you could announce your product, service, or website to thousands of people at the same time, and most of them actually remember it! That is the dream come true for those who are willing to invest in aerial advertising services. How do you do that? A company or individual simply hires a firm to design and print the huge ad. Then a plane is hired to pull the ad over a populated outdoor event. Statistics show more than half of those present will remember the message of the banner.

Aerial advertising has proven effective just about anywhere an outside gathering of people may be found including during fairs, firework shows, concerts, ball games, rush hour traffic, parades, water shows, and races. Both national and local companies have used it to get more people to remember their company’s name. It has also been used to present birthday wishes and even as a way to propose!

Basically there are three different types of messages which aerial advertising companies offer. The first and most popular message is the flying billboard. This could be as large as 4000 square feet and often has the same content as a roadside billboard would have. The message is brief, informative, and catchy. Many contain websites and if the domain is easy to remember, people can learn more about the product when they get home. Secondly, aerial banners are long streamers with a message such as, “Special sale at Loretta’s this week,” or “Happy Birthday, Tom. We love you!” These can reach 100 feet or more in length. Third, some services allow these two to be combined using a billboard followed by a trailer (short banner) that gives more information. A restaurant may put its name and logo on the billboard with an address on the trailer, for example.

Safety issues might come to mind with this means of advertising. After all, isn’t it dangerous to fly a single engine plane over a crowd of people? Rest assured that the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) has set safe limits on how close to the crowd the plane may fly, both at beach areas and near stadiums. The effect of these parameters in no way prohibits the visibility of the ad.

When companies consider the number of people reached, the reusable nature of the banner, and how memorable this way of spreading their message is, an increasing number are concluding that airplane banner towing is the way to go.

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At the age of fifty-something, I lost my job. My company, here in Oklahoma City, was very pleasant when they notified me that I was not being fired, just laid off. But, you know what?The end result is identical. The bottom line is I am jobless, unemployed, out of work, unwaged and oh, yeah, I forgot, seeking work.

I began my journey to a new job by updating my resume (there was some dusting off involved but I finally got it ready to go). Next, I got the resume out to as many potential employers as possible.Then, guess what follows getting your quality resume out? That’s right!You’re called for an interview. Another journey I hadn’t taken in 36 years.

I arrived on time for my first interview (I would hope so!). I sat down with a smiling Human Resources woman who said that she had a few questions for me and she would be taking some notes as I was answering them.

And so we began.The Human Resources woman was asking me questions that seemed very easy to answer. I noticed quickly, however, that she would often re-package the question and toss it back to me, even though I felt I had already answered it. The questions dragged on forever, it seemed. In fact, a lot of the time the “question” didn’t seem like a question at all but rather it was phrased like this, “Give me an example of a time when you …”. I left the interview feeling frustrated and a little unnerved. I was prepared to answer questions like, “Why did you leave your last position?”, “Do you have a strong sales background” or “How often did you figure the sales commissions at your last job?” No such luck! These questions never came up. What were these people looking for anyway? Couldn’t they trust that I would give them 110% if they would just give me a chance? The answer: I guess not!

I went home and, as I had with my resume writing, I looked for information on what makes a good (might I say great?) interview.Let me share with you what I found. Information that would have been good one short interview ago. Here goes:

Employers want you to answer questions in the STAR format. They will ask you a “question” and they want you to answer it by sharing either a situation or a task that you were involved in (either in a personal situation or at your workplace), then include the actions you took and the results you achieved. Thus the star. So, let’s break it down by including some examples.

1) The first question she asked was, “Give me an example of a job you had where quality and/or accuracy was very important”.

· A possible answer from me should have been (t), “Each month, at my previous job with a furniture store, I calculated the commissions for all of the sales people”. Here I had placed myself squarely in the middle of a task.

· I would then add, (a) “I created an excel work sheet, on the Great Plains software I worked with, that allowed me to input their commissions on a daily basis and have their totals calculated for me by month end”. All right, that’s a strong action, this doesn’t seem so hard.

· And finally, I would finish with, (r) “This saved me time but, most of all it provided a precise accounting of their work and they could be accurately paid”. Great finish with a result that impacted people’s paychecks.Alway a reason to be mega accurate.

2) Let’s try one more example. Another question I was asked, “Tell me about a time you dealt with a frustrated/upset customer”.

(s) “A woman stormed into the furniture store I worked at angry and complaining about a side lever that had broken off of a La-Z-Boy chair she had just purchased. The chair had cost her a fortune and she had been assured it was top quality.”

· (a) “I remained calm while I apologized for this inconvenience and assured her I would do everything I could to help get this resolved.In my files I found the number for the La-Z-Boy rep and gave them a call.These types of warranty difficulties go through a manufacturer like La-Z-Boy. Arrangements were made to have the part shipped to us and our Service Department would do the repair. I told her that we would be by to pick up the chair that afternoon but the delivery of the part and subsequent repair would take about 3-4 days. Again, I apologized for any inconvenience this would cause her.

(r) “The customer had composed herself at this point and told me that this was truly an inconvenience (she had purchased the recliner to have it in time for her son’s graduation), but that because I had been so kind to help her with the situation she would return to our store again in the future.”

Had I answered the questions in my first interview with such thoroughness I know the Human Resources person would not have had to prod me along. Needless to say, I didn’t get that job but I am now armed with all the information I need to be a STAR in my future interviews.

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Online presenter

The power of the internet has grown and so has the amount of people logging on everyday to use theses services. As more people log on, the attention they pay to sites decreases, within second of logging on they will determine if it is for them based upon what they see. Don’t judge a book by its cover comes to mind but if you don’t instantly see what you are after you move on. Sites now have website video production attached to them, this allows audiences just to sit back and listen to what is on offer rather than trailing through large amounts of text.

Videos allow the audience to become instantly involved and interact with the home page; this keeping the attention and therefore the popularity grows. Reaching the right target audience is key to publicising your site or product. Advertising has increased on the internet. This is due to the fact the more people log on to interactive {web video production} sites such as YouTube because it allows them to search and successfully find what they are looking for. With sites like this on the rise advertisements have become higher in success then on television. This is because everything can be accessed via the internet.

Adverts now feature on banners down the side of sites, changing every view seconds, thus allowing a higher/greater audience reach. Links now enable one to become involved with the advert linking it to the main site. Sales have risen in certain retail areas thanks to the growth of advertising on the internet.

To increase a sites profile having a presenter to guide the audience in the right direction has proven to be an achievement. web presenter can be based upon customer feed back/consumption of a product. By having people that have engaged with the product selling it helps as audience can relate to understand the positive and negatives. A site filled with text accompanied by occasional images inconjuction to s site with video interaction, its no guess which one will win in a fight of status. Video based content via sharing sites allows visitors to share their help one another with lots of choices. Sites such as You Tube, Face Book and MySpace only work and increase if people log on and join up expressing themselves to thousands on a daily basis. People have marketed themselves via these accessible sites. With web video tutorials in almost any thing from boxing lessons to software how to’s.

The internet is instant information id this be assisted by a video interaction the recognition of the site ha become greater, demand is constantly growing for new forms/forums via the internet. Who knows what the future via the internet will hold, may be virtual reality or a 3D projection so its life like in our own room. No one really knows but we all look forward to what is coming to us via the internet and video based content next.

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Are you also truly bored with all the ‘guru’ training courses on the web these days? It seems like everyone has written a video course, an ebook or another product that ‘guarantees’ making you money online. The reality is though, many of these ebooks are really overpriced, a waste of time and not worth the money - but it can be really hard work to find out which ones are the golden ones; and each one of us have been taken in by a course that ended in disappointment AT LEAST once. Affilo Blueprint however, has not been a dissatisfaction.

Affilo Blueprint Review: Before we go any further, let’s see what the AffiloBlueprint course is all about. Mark Ling a Super-Affiliate and his Affilorama team have created this training course, Affilo Blueprint claims to be a complete system for building successful affiliate web sites. When the course was released the first time last year, Mark Ling really used this blueprint to build a site in front of a live audience - a site that in turn ended up making $500 per month in profit! In this latest release, Ling works with that same methodology, but with a better format and more complete lessons.

What exactly is this ‘blueprint’? The full idea of AffiloBlueprint is that you are able to setup several websites, in any niche you can think of, by using the same methods over and over again. This means you can create a lot of small $50 per week sites, and then just make up your income by building an empire of sites. Then, as Ling explains, if you reinvest some of that money back into the affiliate sites in the form of writing content and SEO campaigns, you can extremely fast accelerate your earnings into the thousands per week - just by starting with several $50 a week niche sites. This is truly one of the easiest, but yet most efficient methods I saw for setting up this stage of profit with affiliate marketing.

But what’s included in the product? AffiloBlueprint is a 12 week program with more than 50 video lessons. Beginning with how to find a successful niche and market research, you are taken through finding keywords, building content, setting up a site, search- engine-optimization, writing newsletters, analytics and troubleshooting (which is brilliant!), and pay per click. So as you can see, very complete!

One of the sole disadvantages with AffiloBlueprint is that, with all the information it has, you might be encouraged to rush through parts. I warn you, don’t do that! All of the lessons in Affilo Blueprint are there for a reason, and if you go through it as it is laid out, you will pretty much certainly be able to build a money making affiliate site.

You also receive a custom made Wordpress template when you buy the AffiloBlueprint, so if you haven’t made a website before, you can just take a template built by affiliate marketing experts to set up your niche site. It is obvious that Mark Ling has gone to a lot of trouble to make this product as newbie-proof as possible. Every step is really clearly explained and there is no assumption of knowledge, so if you haven’t built any site before, Affilo Blueprint is made for you. If you are more advanced with affiliate marketing, you will still find the step-by-step structure of AffiloBlueprint informative. This can be what you need to push up your profits or fix your under- performing websites.

All in all, I highly recommend Affilo Blueprint as one of the best affiliate training products I have seen.

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Now is one of the best times to be a small business owner. Advances in technology has helped make it realistic for an entrepreneur to do now what just a few years ago would have been thought of as a daydream. The increased power of online services has played a big part in all of this.

There are quite a few business support service available online that a small business owner can use to be more competitive with the larger companies. By making full use of technology, small businesses today can find themselves in a better position to be inviting to clients that are willing to buy their products or services.

A virtual hosted PBX phone service is a great example of utilizing web based technology to help make your operation appear much larger than it is. With the means to have multiple extensions, send incoming calls to any working phone regardless of where it is located, and set up a virtual office having multiple people working for you at various locations, an online phone system can be a real life saver.

Or how about a web conferencing solution? Hold meetings with valuable clients, customers and coworkers online instead of in person. Doing so has the potential to save you a great deal of cash, but still lets you hold those important meetings that are necessary to have a successful business.

If a more personal experience is what you are looking for, then make use of an Internet video conference service. These allow you to hold business meetings on the web using a computer video camera, letting you see and interact visually with those that you are meeting with.

You can even do your payroll via the Internet with an Internet payroll service. With the means to enter employee paycheck data using a web interface and figure payroll taxes automatically, doing business paychecks has never been easier or quicker.

There are many reasons why an entrepreneur needs to look into the business support services currently available to assist in running a better company. If you have ever wanted to have your own business, there has been no better time. Use technology to work for you and see how it helps your company be more successful.

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Does your business need an award-winning website optimization service with the goal of your growth at the forefront of everything they do? With trained, professional web design consultants, marketing experts, website content writers and project coordinators on staff to assist you, you can set new goals and be confident you’ll be able to reach them.

Search Engine Optimization companies can do much more than just get you on Google’s first page. They can help you to establish better brand recognition, control reputation management, increase your company’s sales, and assure you of higher customer retention. They can also help to launch a new business, save a failing business, establish e-commerce initiatives, and help you track the effectiveness of all your advertising efforts.

Ask your local search engine optimization company, up-front, how long they think it might take you to reach your goals, and what they are willing to do to help you to attain those objectives. The answers you get should make sense, should be quantifiable, and should address your concerns over getting a good return on your investment. If they don’t, look for a consultant that can.

Professional web development companies are growing in numbers across the world, and as businesses get wise to how today’s consumer finds what they want online, the natural search engine optimization field is expanding faster than anyone could have predicted. Almost any search engine optimization company can promise you better online visibility. But here’s a few tips to save you time and problems as you look to make a longer-term partnership with a search engine optimization company that is concerned with your long-term success.

Look for experience. Read case studies. Talk with other clients of the professional website development or SEO firm you’re considering. Get an understanding of the process by sitting down with your prospective SEO service provider and having your questions answered.

Internet marketing is rapidly changing, scientific, and artistic in nature. Because of all that complexity, many business owners shy away from it, especially if they aren’t doing e-commerce. What you need to know is that even if you don’t do business online, chances are very good that your prospective customers and competition ARE online. That’s how they go about searching for companies to do business with. So, even if you don’t do e-commerce, you still need a website that works, is easily found on the popular search engines, and one that directs and inspires action from people.

This is no time to be wasting money on marketing initiatives that aren’t delivering the business you need. This is the time to get leaner, to operate more efficiently than you ever have before, and to streamline your marketing efforts down to only those initiatives that pay off. This is the time to get smart and to understand what search engine optimization can be doing for your company today and long into the future. Contact a partner with one of the most reputable, growing, and knowledgeable Search Engine Optimization Companies in the country.

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Does simply hearing the term SEO Web Design make your eyes glaze over in confusion? Feel like you missed an important meeting where it was explained what professional search optimization is, how it works, and why it is an essential component to every modern, successful business plan? You’re not alone. Mainstream marketing professionals are only just recently becoming versed in the benefits and need for a professional seo company. Fear not. SEO experts have all the knowledge and expertise you need, and then some. You don’t have to become a search engine optimization professional to reap the benefits of our website optimization service. We can do it all for you.

Legitimate organic SEO can become your most powerful ally in these changing economic times when competition for ever-more-scarce time, energy and demands for better and better results creates a pressure-cooker business climate. Your plate is already more than full. Meetings, sales goals, the unexpected, almost daily crisis. It’s all in your day’s work. How can you possibly cram in the tasks and duties of another critical marketing specialty without going back to school for years and spending considerable time staying current with the changing trends and techniques that make SEO Consultants so highly sought after, and so integral to helping you reach your company’s future goals?

You don’t need to burden yourself endlessly with learning the tools of the SEO Consultant’s trade. You just need your own SEO Consultant. You need someone with a proven track record of success in helping businesses like yours improve search engine rankings. You need to know that while you’re busy dealing with your core business, a professional SEO service has got your back and is effectively handling all the web marketing details that neither you, nor your team, have time for.

Seriously – if you aren’t already doing effective SEO work at your company, it’s probably because you:

Don’t have enough time
Don’t want to waste money while you train someone on your staff to learn how to do SEO properly
Don’t have additional, qualified staff available to take on the hefty task of learning SEO
You haven’t fully examined the cost-effectiveness and facts of SEO to understand the reasons why you should be doing it

Don’t let the potential intimidation factor of SEO get in the way of your future success. You don’t have to understand all the ins and outs of what SEO pros specialize in. You just need to give yourself - and your business - an opportunity to examine the results that we are presently obtaining for some of our clients. Then, let us go ahead and do the same for you. A professional affordable SEO services firm with experience in SEO isn’t easy to find. SEO experts are in this business and marketing specialty for the long haul. It is their core business, so they can focus on it, while you focus on yours. Their goal is your growth. Call for a free SEO consultation today.

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If you have ever viewed a website where you could listen to some type of music or watch a video then you have undoubtedly visited a site that utilizes a popular form of multimedia interaction known as flash. These types of sites are growing more and more popular. Website builders and creators are starting to realize that a more interactive undertone must be used in order to keep website traffic up. However, interactive sites are not the sole websites benefiting from this type of design.

While it was somewhat problematic in the beginning due to broadcast regulations, radio stations have now begun to break free of the legal entanglements and are now permitted to stream their broadcast over the Internet at their station’s website. In almost all of these applications a flash plug in is necessary to hear the streaming audio.

The flash website design found its way onto television websites as well. These have created a real boom for the networks. Not only can they make many of their television programs available for viewing online, but they also add what is known as a bumper commercial to the show. This bumper commercial is separate from the television broadcast and helps to not only cover the expense of posting shows for viewing online but it also helps the network to earn a profit as well.

Online movie rental companies have also benefited from aspects of website design using flash. One particular company’s website allows members to watch a selected group of movies for free. This feature has been the deciding factor in many people selecting this online movie rental company instead of the others.

In retrospect, it is very hard to imagine a website that could not benefit from a flash design. No longer is interactive audio and video solely for the MySpace and YouTube’s of the world. The simple fact is that it really does not mater what type of website it is, the benefits of flash can make any site more compelling and capable of generating increased traffic. As long as traffic remains the driving force of any website, then it is a beneficial thing indeed. If your business relies on the internet, you may want to think about contracting a website design company and get onboard with flash applications.

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