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Would you like to know a winning formula on how to make money on the Web from writing articles? Here’s how I do it: I write an article, create 4-5 versions of it, and sell it for use by others in my same profession. In fact, just that one part of my business generates enough income to fully support myself comfortably. Just about anyone in any profession or business can copy this formula.

I write articles for executive coaches and business consultants. They use different versions of my articles in their own newsletters, with their own names in the byline. When they purchase an article, they get reprint rights, but not exclusivity. But since they are in all parts of the country, and the world, they don’t bump into others using the same article. They are also free to change the article.

This formula can be used in any industry. Let’s say you are a veterinarian. You know a lot about pets, and about your vet clinic clients. You can easily write articles that appeal to your customers who are pet owners. You may already write and publish a regular newsletter with articles that appeal to your clients and potential clients.

What’s to stop you from writing your article to suit the needs of other vets who need to send out a newsletter? You post a brief synopsis of this article on your website for vets, offering it to them for a fee. They buy the reprint rights, and it gets used by hundreds of other vets who want to save themselves time and energy on their own newsletters.

That is one way of making money by writing articles on the Web, but here are four more ways, all from the same article.

This same article is revised several times in several lengths. It can be sold in three different lengths, for example, 2000 words to form a 4-page newsletter, 1000 words for a 2-page newsletter, and 600-700 words for electronic email ezines. That makes three more ways to sell the same article.

You also take that same article, change the title, make it more personal adding your own experiences, including your personal details and website links. You submit it to article directories on the web.

This version of your article with your name on it gets picked up – this time for free – by other websites looking for content. Each time another website publishes your article on their site, they link back to your site. The more incoming links you have to your website, the higher value the search engines give you.

This means you will start coming up higher in the search engine rankings when people type in key words in Google or one of the other search directories. That is a fifth way to make money from the same article. This technique is more indirect. Your article is being used for free, but the linking power will drive new customers to your site.

Finally, you can use this same article, or another altered version of it on your own website and blogs, to attract new clients to you. Having quality content on your site and on your blogs will ensure that readers appreciate your expertise and use your services, or buy your products.

Here’s a bonus idea for making money from your articles: compile a group of articles about the same topic, format them into a PDF e-book, and sell it on your site.

You probably have knowledge and expertise in your own field that others would pay for, in order to have quality content for their own newsletters. This method requires good writing skills, or you can hire a professional editor to help you. It also requires you master the art of marketing on the web in order to reach potential buyers of your articles. To market successfully, you can submit your articles to the many article directories on the Web, and quickly build traffic to your websites and blogs.

Patsi Krakoff, Psy. D. of Customized Newsletter Services has a doctorate in psychology and a background in journalism. She is a leading provider of content and newsletter services to executive coaches and business consultants. She licenses her newsletter system to a variety of industries. For information, visit www.CustomizedNewsletters.com

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There are two alternatives for filing bankruptcy as a individual, chapter 7 and chapter 13 bankruptcy. Chapter 7 is often called liquidation as all of your property that is not exempt is sold in order to pay off your debts. Exempt property is that property that the bankruptcy court allows you to keep in order to live your life normally, like a automobile, clothes, furniture, etc. Each state has their own bankruptcy exemptions, as well as the Federal bankruptcy exemptions that can be used in some states.In order to legally to file a ch 7 petition, cannot be a business or farm, must be an individual, you must take a credit counseling course from an authorized agency inside the 180 days before filing for ch 7 bankruptcy relief, and pass the means test which is completed with yor petition.In a ch 7 petition, you will have to file schedules that list your debts, assets, income and bills. The bankruptcy court may also request to see tax returns, pay stubs and credit counseling certificate. Bankruptcy filers who are married must provide the spouses data even if they are not going to be filing bankruptcy together so the court can determine your ability to pay the debts.When completing your petition, you will have the option to keep paying and saving your property if you are able to, such as your dwelling or car, by making a reaffirmation agreement with the company that holds the debt. By reaffirming the debt you are recognizing that you intend to make payments. If the trustee approves your reaffirmation agreement, the creditor may be able to repossess the property if you do not pay.When you file your chapter 7 bankruptcy document you will have to pay a filing fee of $299. This fee can be paid in installments, up to 4 no later than 120 days after filing your petition. Once the bankruptcy forms are filed, the bankruptcy stay is in effect, and your creditors cannot try to collect on the debts or continue lawsuits, or wage garnishments. Each of your credit companies will be notified that you have filed bankruptcy and given a chance to answer. Within 20-40 days a 341 meeting will be called. During this meeting, the creditors and trustee can ask you questions.The trustee then rules on the presumption of abuse of your case. If your case is presumed to be abusive you will be given a chance to refile under chapter 13.The trustee then liquidates your assets if any are not exempt and gives the profits to creditors. Once assets are liquidated, if there are any, then the trustee will grant the debtor a bankruptcy discharge which absolves the debtor, you, from owing what is left to your creditors, basically wiping out your debt.

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Writing articles can sometimes take forever most articles I write usually take between 20 minutes to one hour or even longer depending on the topic, now imagine you’ve got 10 articles that you want writing that will take around 10 hours to write and possibly a bit longer.

What if you need a dozen articles each day to promote your web sites? Would you like to find out the easy solution, the fact of the matter is most people outsource?

What is outsourcing you ask well outsourcing is when you pay someone else to do the actual work for you, there is an actual website that will let you write a short ad about what you require and then people will bid on what they think your project will cost, so let’s say you wanted 10 articles written someone will put a bid in for say hundred dollars which is in my opinion too expensive.

You will then get other people bidding lower amounts so let’s say someone bids $50, you can then contact them through the contact board which is sort of like a message between the two of you (emails) but quicker.

You can then give the details of what you require and what I like to do is offer them a little less however you get what you pay for when you pay less so it’s not always best to pay less sometimes it’s best to pay in the middle or sometimes higher.

When you have agreed a fee you then go into elance.com and accept the project, most of the time the person who’s going to do the work for you will require 50% payment and then the 50% payment on completion of your work.

If someone says that they want the money upfront I usually say no, as with anything on the Internet you get a lot of scams, I have been burned in the past through Elance as I paid someone the money upfront and then they only delivered half of the work and I couldn’t get in contact with them. I’ve also had someone I paid the money to for a dozen articles I had written only to find that they went and paid someone else to have the articles written and then passed them on to me.

However elance.com has got real gems, which when you find someone that produces good work, you want to keep them and not let anyone else get hold of their contact details.

The website I’m talking about is called elance.com feel free to check it out to get anything outsourced, below are just some of the things that you can get outsourced;

• Articles written
• website designed
• graphics designed
• books written &researched
• software created

Anything that you cannot do or is to tedious for you then just outsource it, however you will need sufficient funds if you intend to outsource most of your business.

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Public speaking is something most people try to avoid and even dread. At times in my life, I have found myself having to deliver a speech and therefore I needed to learn the best way of doing this. In this article, I write about what I learnt from reading many books about public speaking, advice which has helped me to successfully deliver these speeches.

Many people get very nervous before and during their presentation or speech. This can have a negative affect on our breathing and can leave us out of breath. When you feel nervous it is a good idea to remember to take regular breaths when talking. In my opinion you should be looking to breath every six to eight words. The nerves will make our muscles contract and can make your chest feel really tight. This is a natural reaction and it is a good idea to take a few deep breaths before starting your talk to help you to relax.

When you start your speech, I would ensure that you have a focal point in the room, which can act to give you inspiration. This could be a picture at the back of the room or a window. At times you may lose your focus and may forget what you want to say. This focal point can help to get you back on track.

I try not to look at the eyes of the people in the audience when I give a public speech, as this can put me off. I want them to think that I am though, as it can be a sign of nerves if they think that I am not able to. What I tend to do is to look at an area on their forehead which obviously is not their eyes but which has the effect that I am still looking at them etc.

Even though I do plan what I am going to say, I do not plan it word for word. Instead I write down keywords or key subjects on paper which I keep in my pocket in case I need to look at it. This then ensures I do not forget what I want to say and also allows me to ad lib. The speech will also hopefully now not sound so robotic and boring as it might have if I had memorised it word for word.

I always like to start off the public speech with a short joke, which can then act as an ice breaker. I remember a speech I gave a few years ago, it was my last day at the company where I worked. The people in the office had put to a collection and had bought me some leaving presents. I then had to say a few words of thanks to them. I knew many weeks in advance that I would have to give this speech and I have to say it did cause me quite a bit of stress.

The speech itself would only have to last for about ten minutes and would be in front of around fifty people. This was how I started the talk, I would like to thank everybody who has put to the collection, and anybody who did not put, I will see you outside later. This is quite a pathetic joke however a couple of people did laugh. This gave me a bit of extra confidence and helped to relax me.

I also advise people to talk a bit slower than they normally do when they have to deliver a public speech. This has helped me tremendously over the years.

I hope this article helps you to deliver a quality public speech.

Stephen Hill helps to promote a number of websites including:

stuttering information

public speaking advice

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If the writing you want to do is work related, it is much easier to decide what to write. You may have a directive to follow and a subject matter that is required for marketing collateral, advertising scripts, or even a white paper. Still, you will need to narrow down the subject matter until it is finite enough to give the attention to detail that is necessary when writing down the information.

Work-related writing will require a study of the message that needs to be portrayed. I suggest that you always take the customer’s viewpoint whenever you write. The customer can be either internal or external, there is no difference. Everyone reads from their own point of view, not yours.

Think about the WIIFMs (What’s In It For Them). No matter what the subject matter, you have to pique the client interest or they will not read your work. The question may now be, “How do I know what the customer wants?”

Customers want information about products and services that concerns their problems. They also want to know the benefits and maybe something about the features. They also want to be coerced.

When was the last time you looked forward to reading a product user’s guide, the tech sheet that came with something you purchased, or the brochure before you purchased anything. The reason is likely there was either hype with features or just the facts, nothing to entice you to read.

So what do you write? You write about what you know. If you know a lot about a product you sell, then write about that product. If you know a lot about managing people, then write about that. The important message here is to write about what you know.

Most often, you will not be required to write something that does not affect you or your job. The subject matter will likely be at hand and if others work for you, then have them avail themselves to fill in the blanks. Writing is easy as long as you are comfortable with the subject matter or can surround yourself with the experts.

If you do not know enough about a subject, then you will have to do some research. That means locating information and reading about it. Getting ideas and keeping track of your sources.

Bette Daoust, Ph.D. has been networking with others since leaving high school years ago. Realizing that no one really cared about what she did in life unless she had someone to tell and excite. She decided to find the best ways to get people’s attention, be creative in how she presented herself and products, getting people to know who she was, and being visible all the time. Her friends and colleagues have often dubbed her the “Networking Queen”. Blueprints for Success – Networking: 150 ways to promote yourself is the first in this series. Blueprints for Success Branding Yourself: Another 150 ways to promote yourself is planned for release in 2006. For more information visit http://www.BlueprintBooks.com.

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Cancer of the mesothelium is a infrequent cancer of the tissues that line the person’s interior organs. About two thousand new cases are pinpointed each year in the whole United States. From this group, aroundthree out of four of cases affect the sac that protects the lungs, named the pleura. Also known as pleural mesothelioma. In almost 10 to twenty percent of instances, malignant mesothelioma could affect the tissue that envelopes abdominal organs, called the peritoneal membrane, resulting in what is then recognized as peritoneal mesothelioma.

Introduction to asbestos is positively the largest cause for this rare sickness. Following exposure to asbestos, the time period to progression of the mesothelioma disease could be 2 to 4 decades. As a result of work related introduction, mesothelioma is around three times more routine in males, than in women. Due to the amount of instances moves upward with your age, there are almost 10 times more cases in the men over age 64 than in the men in their thirties.

Having Malignant mesothelioma is a weighty disease, that, at the current moment, has a decidedly low percentage of lasting continuance. Nonetheless, if it is spotted soon, regimens are then available that will seriously lengthen the patient’s life. Advanced approaches continue to be and are being tested through the use of clinical trials.

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You’re sitting there waiting to speak. You feel the tension creeping into your shoulders, your thighs. Your stomach tightens up. Maybe your mouth gets dry. And the confidence and enthusiasm you felt a minute ago starts wobbling.

Now’s the time to get up from wherever you are, excuse yourself and head for any place (even the restroom) where you can have five minutes alone. That’s really all you need–just those few minutes to do these easy exercises and get your blood flowing, your muscles unlocked and your confidence back in place.

Your body, your vocal cords, your brain are all connected in such a manner that tension in one affects the others and makes it difficult to focus on your message. This is not news to you, right? You may already have noticed that if your knees are quaking, your voice may be shaking, and your memory may be forsaking you!

What you want to do is break that connection, which only reinforces the discomfort, in as many ways as you can so that every part of you is supporting, rather than sabotaging your presentation.

If you can spend five minutes in a room by yourself just before you speak, do these simple exercises: (If you can’t, scroll down; there’s help for you, too.)

• Stretch your body up and around, and gently bend over.
• Take some good deep belly breaths. Make your ribs and back work.
• Stretch your face into funny shapes to get it loose and relaxed.
• Make your eyebrows go way up, and your eyes open very wide.
• Sigh deeply several times.
• Hum.
• Stick your tongue out.
• Do tongue trills.
• Pant. (This is particularly effective to release any tension around your middle.)
• Flop–really flop–over as far as you can easily. Be sure your head flops all the way down. Holding your neck and head up creates more tension and is counterproductive!)
• Smile.
• Remind yourself that you are going to enjoy yourself while you’re being terrific!

Now, if you’re at the head table, or firmly planted on the stage or elsewhere, and haven’t a chance of escaping before you speak, there are still things you can do to keep your body from freezing in place. Depending on your situation, you can use one of these breathing relaxers:

• Inhale for a slow count of one, exhale for a slow count of two. It’s easy to look as though you’re listening attentively to someone while you do this.
• If you can get away with it, double the counts to two and four. (Best not to allow your eyes to glaze over.)
• Wiggle your toes.

If you’re lucky enough that the tablecloth extends to the floor, you’re in good shape!

• Wiggle you toes. Do tiptoes. Circle your ankles.
• Put your hands under the table and wiggle your fingers and circle your wrists.
• No matter how long or short the tablecloth is, SMILE!

If you’re in handcuffs, footcuffs, headcuffs and bellybuttoncuffs you may be out of luck. However, there’s always Imagining! Science is telling us that our brains cannot distinguish between a real and a fancied experience.

So fancy for all you’re worth! What’ve you got to lose?

Carole McMichaels, Speaker, Coach, Author: Fearless Public Speaking: How to Get Rid of Your Stage Fright and Prepare and Deliver a Winning Presentation, invites you to join her free newsletter on speaking in public. You may also get your free report, “7 Valuable Tips on Writing a Mind-Gripping Speech”.
http://getridofpublicspeakingfears.com/

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BPH, or benign prostate hyperplasia, is a medical phrase used for a swollen prostate gland. In layman’s terms this means the prostate gland, a gland similar in size to a walnut situated just below the bladder and winding around the urethra, swells this can impair or potentially even block urination. As males age, the prostate enlarges and as a result may lead to various symptoms such as micturition problems, a weak stream, and urinary retention. Frequent urination during the night and persistent urinary tract infections are further problems that can ensue from prostatic swelling.

What Is An Enlarged Prostate? A swollen prostate is supposed to be one of the more common conditions of males in their sixties. A yearly examination is urged for every man over 50, even should no problems look to be occuring, for the maintenance of prostate health. Get medical intervention immediately if blood appears in the urine or if unable to urinate. Surgery and drug therapy are commonplace treatments for benign prostate hyperplasia. Nevertheless, surgery may lead to more troubles some of might be impotence and even loss of bladder control. Hypertension drugs and drugs which shrink the abnormal prostate gland may also be given to improve prostate function, however, medicines often lead to undesirable repercussions. So what options are recommended? Prostate Enlargment Symptoms? Natures’s Way to Gain a More Healthy Prostate: – To promote improved prostatic function and also allay any problems brought on by an enlarged prostate gland, some alternative therapies will offer ease. Swelling is significantly reduced by Afican pygeum, relieving most of the more disagreeable symptoms. The herb African Pygeum has been used extensively for quite a few years in Europe as a therapy to encourage improved prostate gland health, it is produced by an African evergreen plant. A reduction of fats in the diet can improve matters, and in addition increasing exercise, frequency of ejaculations may ease the pressure in the prostate, and trying to cut out periods of extended sitting. Consuming over-the-counter anti-histamines or even decongestant medicines can aggravate the symptoms of a swollen prostate gland, consume these medications with caution. Further recommendations include not drinking close to bedtime to cut down frequent urination overnight, and keeping down alcoholic drinks and drinking less caffeinated drinks can decrease the symptoms of a swollen prostate gland. Prostate function can also respond to other supplements these include saw palmetto extract, Borago officinalis oil capsules, selenium, and lycopene, which can be extracted from tomatoes. Before you commence any which herbal therapy please talk over your plans with a physician.

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More and more people are investing in property abroad as they experience a large number of qualms in stocks and shares. Even though not each and every investor has what it takes to get an overseas real estate, its still a magnificent method of increasing your funds. When procuring a continental property, it is important to recognise where exactly to search. People can get the required cash for overseas property from countries with property tax benefits.

Spain is currently a superb country to purchase. The major reason for this is that (according to leading financial reports) two-thousand & eight it is the first time in the previous 10 years or more that foreign real estate values have dropped. For instance, prices of apartments have fallen by around twenty-three percent in the past quarter alone, and by 31% in the past 12 months. Thus with property in Europe prices reducing and financial loans being more & more tough to find, ready cash buyers are taking pleasure in a win-win circumstance.

Whether obtaining an apartment locally or abroad, time is of the essence. Just like getting stocks and other similar assets, you ought to know when the real estate can in fact be acquired. This is vital since the longer it takes to invest; the more and more possible it will be that the fee of maintenance, improvements and repairs will rise. If you are searching for a great investment opportunity then why not start looking at property for sale in Portugal.

In leasing investment property, you will need to have an outstanding credit position. This way, there is an outstanding probability of getting borrowers to give loans to purchase the property abroad. What’s more with outstanding credit standing, there is the possibility that the interest rate will likely be lower.

Acquiring property in Europe has the possibility to be a wonderful choice as an investment. What you should do is to make a plan starting with time periods & a good credit rating. With everything in place, you should be able to get the investment.

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Even if your writing focus is in only one particular area, such as writing articles, every client has unique needs and expectations. Do not make the mistake of coming up with a “one size fits all” approach to customer service.

For example, one of my clients has tasked me to include three related “blurbs” to go with every submitted article. No longer than one hundred words a piece, the blurbs are meant to encourage readers to get more information, i.e. read the related article, contact a particular person, or to take some sort of desired action.

A second client requires that I include a “teaser paragraph” with each submission, much like you see with the various article directory sites.

Finally, yet another client requires that text within the body of the article be hyperlinked to pages on various other sites he controls. In this last example, the articles are not submitted to the article directories; instead they sit on sites owned by the client.

Flexibility is the key when writing for your clientele. Not just with your style or flair, but with the extra things you provide for your customers. No one sized fits all strategy: deliver what they want, but remember to charge them accordingly.

Copyright 2006 - For additional information regarding Matt Keegan, The Article Writer, please visit his blog for wit, quips, and freelance writing tips.

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