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Let me tell you a story set in the future which illustrates why it is essential that any Internet marketer worth his salt will set up a link exchanging strategy. It may seem a bit ‘out there’ to begin with but I promise it will make sense in the end.

Imagine that 1000 years in the future due to global warming man has had to leave Earth. With Jupiter being the largest planet it has been chosen by many to make their new home. If Jupiter were hollow it could contain over 1000 earths (Google has many uses!) so land is no problem and people happily settle down in giant pods to protect them from Jupiter’s elements. Some join their pods together to form communities others set up in near isolation.

Due to Jupiter’s high velocity winds flying is too dangerous. To travel therefore humans have created giant highways that interconnect the pods first joining the large communities and then over time the more isolated settlements. People travel along these highways in their space cars from their communities to visit pods containing shops, services, leisure facilities etc.

I hope this you’re still with me it will all make sense soon!

Within 50 years of colonizing Jupiter there are thousands of settlements / businesses / leisure facilities connected by these highways. They have been joined together into a network – much like the internet is today (see I told you there was a point – thanks for staying with me so far).

It is in Jupiter’s 55th year as a human habitat that you decide to set up you business on there. You buy a bit of real estate that is big enough to build a living pod as well as a shop pod.
Your shop you decide will sell rocket boots. Everything from rocket boots for work, rocket boots for leisure and rocket boots for fashion.

You set up your shop (Rocket boots ‘R Us’) and finish it with a great big neon sign advertising it’s presence on the frontage. You open up and wait for hoards of people to arrive and buy your products. Unfortunately very few people come and those who do seem to have come by accident and leave rather quickly hardly even looking at your goods let alone buying them. You’re a bit confused as to why no customers are arriving when you have such a great set up with great products.

You spend a small fortune on a ‘Jupiter business adviser’ as business is bad and you need help. The problem is he says that atmosphere of Jupiter is very gaseous and your business can’t be seen from more than a Kilometer away. So although highways and other settlements surround you you are in fact an island that few people know about. Due to the gaseous atmosphere your shop is all but invisible and people will whizz along the highways not even knowing you exist.

The adviser goes through a list of marketing methods that will bring in customers to your shop. Unfortunately you have used your last money in hiring the adviser and all these methods cost money. You tell him you need a way of bringing in customers that doesn’t cost money.

The adviser pauses for a moment then tells you something that will go on to change your life.

What you need to do he says is to build some highways between you and other pods. At the start of each of these superhighways you can put a bright flashing signpost telling people where the highway finishes (your shop) along with a short description of what the destination pod contains. He says that many pod owners will be happy to build a superhighway connecting your two pods along with one of the sign posts as long as you put a corresponding flashing signpost at your end of the highway advertising their pod.

He says he has a another customer who sells ‘Rocket Boot’ fuel who would be happy to set up a superhighway between his pod and yours as the two products you sell obviously complement each other. He would pick up customers from your customer base and you from his. He gives you his number.

You give him a call and after a brief chat you both agree to that setting up a superhighway between your two pods would be mutually beneficial. Within a week the superhighway is built along with flashing signposts at each end.

On the first day you get several enquiries from people who when looking to buy fuel for their rocket boots saw the flashing sign advertising your Rocket boot shop and decided to check out your shop before going home. On the second day you get several more and make a couple of sales. You go on to get at least 10 visitors a day from people who having visited the Rocket boot fuel shop see the sign to your shop and follow the highway to check it out. About 20% of these visitors turn into sales.

This gets you thinking if you get 10 visitors a day from one Rocket boot fuel shop why not set up superhighways with other shops of the same genre. Looking in you Jupiter directory you find 150 such shops and make try to make contact with their owners. Many owners don’t return your call, some do to politely decline but 22 owners reply saying they think it’s a good idea. By the end of the month you have gone from 0 superhighways coming into your pod to 23 and the amount of customers has risen by 1000%.

Over time you strike up relationships with owners of ‘Rocket boot Repair’ shops and ‘Rocket boot cleaning’ shops before you know it you have over 100 superhighways coming into your pod all bringing customers on a daily basis. As your shop becomes better known shop owners come to you requesting a superhighway to link your two pods, some just build a superhighway to your shop without requesting a flashing sign at your end as your shop has now got a good reputation and they are keen to be linked to you.

All these incoming highways bring in thousands of customers each day and it’s not long before you hire more staff to keep up with demand.

5 years later down the line you have expanded into other fields buying several more pods and start each venture by linking them to other pods in the same way. They grow as did your original rocket boot business

As you sit back one day in your luxury habitat pod bought with the profits from your several businesses you recall with a smile the day the business advisor gave you the advice ‘the best way to bring customers to your pod without paying money is to link to other pods’.

Ok you might ask if the author of this article is insane – the purpose of this article is why you must have incoming links to a website. You may be right on the insanity charge but if I say from my story :-

The planet of Jupiter is the internet – the WWW

The pods are websites

The superhighways are links between websites

The flashing signposts on the superhighways are the descriptive anchor text to the links.

Then (hopefully) you will see the futuristic analogy I have just described.

The simple fact of the matter is that to have a website with lots of targeted traffic you must set up a reciprocal linking program. It is the one best way of getting targeted traffic to your site with no cost except your time. It will also help with your Search Engine rankings.

If you don’t set up a reciprocal linking program you will either have to pay a fortune on advertising or like the rocket boot shop in the beginning get but a few lost soles who will leave your site as soon as they arrive basically rendering your website a ghost town.

Paul Middleton is a successful Internet entrepreneur. He shares some of his secrets and shows how anyone can make money online working from home on his website.

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In my point of view gaming notebooks have lost their once held niche title. I remember when they were not so available. The units were circulated in small volumes but each one had a great profit margin. These were the laptops you constantly thought of but were out of your grasp. People reckoned they were the best laptops and rightly so. Gaming notebooks would get everyone thrilled about what’s to widely available in a few years but I don’t believe they would buy laptops like this knowing the price is going to go down fast. Recently all that has seemed to have altered as the massive manufacturers have spotted the opportunities in gaming laptops.

In contrast to the tiny retailers these manufacturers know they can get even more money. This could be one of the few money producing lines they have as they make nothing on the majority of others because of the massive competition. Why would potential buyers buy laptops like this? Well big companies have the marketing resources to educate them on that. I think smaller resellers are really perturbed about this. Now customers will have increased options it makes it hard for the small system builders. In my point of view if anyone’s prepared to part with a lot of money the established brand always comes out victorious. The laptops being introduced by branded companies are all vieing for the best laptop computer title. Still though, for the little small resellers this may turn out to be positive. Majority of the time the pre made laptops are fast but not fast enough and a couple of buyers don’t take well to that. I reckon the consumers that buy gaming notebooks typically know what they are looking for. The tech specs are important for this type of person.

All of this is really beneficial from the customers position. In the end it will drive prices down even more and make the high spec technology even more obtainable for the market. Things alter so quick in this business that I can’t exactly make any assured claims. High prices will stay and be constant with the best laptops is what I am guessing. Greater competition normally creates better products at cheaper prices so the future will be great.

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In the future the military will have new secret weapons into one of these weapons might be robotic insect swarms to attack the enemy. We all know in warfare that the element of surprise is preferred even over the size of the force. You see the element of surprise has a huge advantage for the offensive team. If your enemy is not expecting robotic insect swarms to swoop upon their troop movements within it makes sense to use them. If your enemy may suspect that you might use robotic insect swarms to kill them, then they will be on the lookout for these robotic insect swarms.

I propose we need a way to camouflage these robotic insect swarms so that they can get very close to the enemy before the enemy either realizes they are there. But how do you change the color of the robotic insect swarms when there might be thousands of little tiny bugs size units all flying together? Well I have an idea;

You see I have considered instant color changes for MEMS enabled robotic insect swarms. Spray into the air, launch the units and fly thru the mist. No problem too, if you have ever worked with a pressure washer on a cool night or very hot day and watched the water vapor. Create a fog bank and fly thru. This would enable you to change the color of your insect swarms in case you wanted to attack over the desert where everything was a sandy color or if you wish to attack your enemy in the jungle you would want to use a green color to blend into the surrounding scenery. Consider this in 2006.

“Lance Winslow” – Online Think Tank forum board. If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; http://www.WorldThinkTank.net/wttbbs/

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An Inquiry into Trading Systems, Money Management and the Human Psyche
At a recent seminar, I got involved in an interesting discussion with other attendees centered on trading success. More specifically, the percentage of successful trades and the percent of accuracy you should realistically expect from trading.

For whatever reason, our minds tend to focus on accuracy as the primary way of evaluating a speculative endeavor. True to form, accuracy – our mental magnet of making money – has very little to do with finding success.

Reality – No Great Expectations
By and large, the record of the past teaches us that on balance, the investment newsletter writers (commodity, stock or mutual funds) don’t do such a hot job. As a result, taking a quick peak at the advisors’ percentage of accuracy in picking winning trades should prove to be at the very least – interesting.

In looking into this I primarily focused on: Of the small percentage of winning services, what was the accuracy percentage of these most profitable advisory services?

I arbitrarily selected the March 1993, January 1996, March 1997, May 1998 and June 1999. What follows are the figures for the most profitable advisors / service for that month and their percent of accuracy of all trades for the prior 12 months.

Mar 1993 Commodity Timing . . . $60,939 . . . 51%
Jan 1996 Moore Research . . . . $84,643 . . . 52%
Mar 1997 Turtle Talk. . . . . . $79,244 . . . 42%
May 1998 Commodity Timing . . . $90,430 . . . 47%
Jun 1999 Moore Research . . . . $102,605. . . 54%

A key point to remember is that these results are the “best of the best” for the above time periods. On average these services were right 49.2% of the time – our first indication that accuracy percentage doesn’t necessarily have much to do with making money.

Consistent Winners
During the selected timeframe there were four advisors / services that substantially outperformed the others. In other words – they made money. Before we look at their figures, let me point out that none of the top four performers base their approach on the “magical and mystical” stuff like Gann, Elliot, Astrology and the like. In fact, advisor letters touting those methods have the worst performance. The winning letters are, by and large, trend followers to one degree or another.

With that in mind, here are the ones that I feel had the best performance. The market letters that had the most consistent and profitable performance and their percentage of winning trades. The dollar figures represent the money they made from their recommendations for the prior 12 months from each of the reporting dates listed above.

Top 4 Newsletters . . . . . . . . 5 Year Total Profits . . . % of Winners
Commodity Research Bureau . . . . . $158,840 . . . . . . . . 48%
Commodity Timing. . . . . . . . . . $224,239 . . . . . . . . 47%
Commodity Trend Service . . . . . . $214,858 . . . . . . . . 32%
Moore Research. . . . . . . . . . . $242,253 . . . . . . . . 51%

Clearly, the winners are not particularly accurate – just very profitable!

Now the question begs – What allows them to make money with what would appear on the surface as mediocre accuracy? The answer lies in one of the oldest adages on the street… let your profits run and cut your losses short. In terms of math, this simply means that their average profit per trade is substantially greater than their average loss.

The message should be clear and is one based on how real people did in real time and in real world trading – accuracy really doesn’t matter all that much. On a side note, the next time someone tells you that all newsletters are a bunch of hot air you may want to show them the figures above.

Of course, the counterpart is that you must not take quick little profits. To succeed in this business you’ve got to hold on for large winning trades because as you can see by these real world examples – accuracy doesn’t make you money.

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Kevin Erickson is an entrepreneur and writer. For other articles he has written visit: Forex Trading Systems | Trading Stock | Option Trading

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Travel guide to Rome (Italy) presenting the best places to visit in this beautiful city, rich in masterpieces and architectural jewels.
Purpose of this article is to introduce hidden treasures and places in Rome unknown to the mass but enchanting for their beauty and historical value.

(We reccommend to choose an hotel in the center of Rome in order to be walking distance from all these places)

Piazza Barberini
Once an important meeting place for the aristocracy sponsored by the Barberini family, is now one of the main trade center in Rome, ideal for shopping. palazzo barberini hosts a painting gallery and artistic masterpieces unique in the world

Piazza Venezia
The geographic centre of Rome. At the centre the white imposing mass of the Altare della Patria, tells the story of Italy in the marbles of its relieves.

Piazza Navona
From the Stadium of the Emperor Domiziano to the drawing room of Baroque Rome, passing on to the sacrifice of the young martyr Agnese, celebrated in thesplendid church that faces the piazza.

Palazzo dei Conservatori
The frescoed room, the courtyard with its imposing statues, the pictues and the sculptures of the capitoline collection, make of this place one of the most interesting in Rome for history and culture.

San Pietro in Vincoli
The statue of Moses, sculpted by Michelangelo with great verisimilitude and power to provoke its author to throw down his chisel crying “why don’t you speak?”. Among history and legend, the tale of a monument which was never finished but also very much re-touched by artists through the years.

Circo Massimo
The race course for chariots which had great success here in Rome: this explains the enormous capacity of the Circo and its imposing presence in the fabric of the city.

Foro Romano
The ancient Forum of the citi boasts a multi century history and conserves the signs of a progressive sedimentation of ages and cultures. Its principal monuments are described in the plan.

Sinagoga
The Israelite Temple is the place of cult and memory, with its connected museum. An instructive and fascinating visit, under the guide of the personnel of the museum.

Ponte Sant’Angelo
A walkway of angels which look down as you walk across the bridge, the memory of a past time in which the castle was a place of imprisonment and suffering.

Castel Sant’Angelo
A perfect structure in its form and function, From the tomb of the Emperor Adriano to the Papal prison, rich in splendid pictoresque decorations and intersting museum relics.

St. Peter Basilica
The evolution and the most important Dome in Christianity: from its foundation (Costantino) to its modern facade, passing through Bramante and Michelangelo, whose dome remains the indisputed symbol if Catholicism in the world.

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Buying a house is an expensive proposition. It’s the only thing most people will ever buy that will take decades to pay off. As such, it is not something most buyers enter into lightly. The financial demands are significant and the payment has to be made each and every month for the next thirty years or so. Adding to the complexities of the process are the current sky-high prices of housing and the fact that interest rates are steadily rising. This adds up to a situation where many buyers may find themselves looking at loans they can barely afford to pay.

Lenders are aware of these market situations that have made buying a home a difficult endeavor. The industry has responded by creating a wide variety of loan options in order to meet the needs of just about anyone. Some of these loans, however, offer terms that can make buying a home somewhat of a risky proposition. Option ARM and interest-only loans can both shock buyers several years down the road when they adjust, creating huge increases in the monthly payments. Yet sometimes, when the buyer asks about these things, the lender will reply with “You can refinance later.”

In theory, that is true. Assuming that the loan has no overly expensive early payment penalty, the buyer should be able to refinance at any time. But being able to refinance is one thing; having market conditions that make refinancing a smart move is something else. Most people can remember the late 1970’s, when interest rates for houses topped 15%. While rates have been near historic lows recently, there is no guarantee that they will not rise to that level again. If they do, refinancing, while possible, would certainly be a bad idea.

Interest rates are no the only unforeseen circumstance that might arise. The economy might take a downturn and you might have to take a pay cut. Or the market could soften, causing property values to decline. Either of these could make refinancing a house that you can only barely afford difficult or even impossible several years from now.

When a lender points out that you can always refinance later, he or she is generally telling the truth. But taking out a home loan with terms that are stretching your finances now while assuming that you can make it better later by refinancing is poor financial planning. If the loan you are considering is expensive to the point where refinancing later is a necessity, you are probably buying a house that you cannot afford.

©Copyright 2006 by Retro Marketing. Charles Essmeier is the owner of Retro Marketing, a firm devoted to informational Websites, including HomeEquityHelp.net, a site devoted to information regarding mortgages, home equity loans, and lines of credit.

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Liposuction is one of the more popular plastic surgeries given the heft of most Americans. As with any surgery, there are risks you should understand

Understanding the Risks of Liposuction

When you decide on having liposuction, or any plastic surgery, there are many factors that should go into your decision to proceed. What procedure to have done, where to have the surgery performed, which doctor to choose for your surgery and the result you can reasonably expect should come into play. As with any surgery, you should also consider the risks, in this case the risks of liposuction.

You need to remember that liposuction is a surgical procedure, requiring general anesthesia, invasive entrance to and manipulation of your body. The technique of liposuction requires fluid, which often includes an anesthetic called lidocaine, to be pumped under the skin of the area to be liposuctioned. Epinephrine is also added to this fluid to slow bleeding, and then the area is cut into and a hollow instrument called a cannula is stuck into the area in question. This cannula is attached to a strong vacuum that sucks the fatty material out of the area that needs the removal procedure completed.

This process can carry risks. A very high percentage of surgeries have no complications whatsoever, but occasionally there can be problems. Statistics show that deadly complications occur .0002 of the time for all surgeries. For instance, there were five deaths from liposuction procedures in New York City between the years of 1993-1998. The patients were reported to have died from such problems as fluid overload (from the fluid used to numb and prepare the area), low blood pressure from the lidocaine added to the fluid and blood clots. Other deaths over the years have been caused by interactions between the lidocaine anesthetic and other medications the patients were taking. Obviously, it is crucial that you tell your plastic surgeon what medications, if any, you are taking.

Obviously, death is a rare occurrence with liposuction, so lets discuss side effects. Side effects such as bruising, swelling, misshapen areas can happen after having liposuction. There is also the possibility of not getting the outcome you expected and needing further surgery to correct the issues. Temporary numbness in the surgical area and scarring are also common risks of liposuction.

Before you choose to have liposuction, make sure you have considered the potential risks of liposuction carefully. Discuss the risks associated with liposuction with your plastic surgeon and make an informed decision.

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Here’s a really simple way to throw the best baby shower possible and really wow your friends and family members. Throwing a winning baby shower shouldn’t be more work than it needs to be. However, there are 3 steps to follow to the letter to ensure that the baby shower is special for everyone involved. Sticking to these 3 steps will make sure that your baby shower goes off without a hitch and that you can sleep in peace knowing that you did everything right.

1. Use balloons to greet your guests. Get some nice balloons and attach them to the outside of your door. Humans are fantastically simple creatures that can be easily entertained by a festive atmosphere. For a lot of people, balloons symbolize a party or some other great celebration. Balloons can be picked up relatively cheaply and always add a great touch to a baby shower. After all, what’s a party without balloons? Pick some nice ones up and use ‘em. People like balloons.

2. Use written invitations. We live in an age of internet connectivity and cell phones. This technology is incredible and can be really be handy. However, a paper invite is permanent. Your guests will save them for years to come in their scrap books. The souvenir value of written invitations is immense. A cell phone call or email can’t really be saved, so spend the extra money and send out a decent paper invite. You’ll be remembered an admired for sticking to your guns in an age of high tech gadgets.

3. The first two points are helpful, however, the most critical point to ensuring your baby shower is a success is knowing what not to do. Etiquette absolutely needs to come first. Poor etiquette will ensure that all your research efforts have been in vain and you could potentially ruin the party you worked so hard to prepare for. There is an entire list of do’s and don’ts that you need to follow to the letter or your shower just won’t work.

Linda Harrison is the Author of “Baby Shower Do’s and Don’ts.” Grab your free copy at www.learntobabyshower.com.

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Lets face it. Every once in a while, there is nothing that will hit the spot like a fast food burger. Many Americans rely on fast food for its convenience and affordability, which is undoubtably a huge factor contributing to our current obesity epidemic. The movie Supersize Me did a great job pointing out what fast food can do to you if you make it a part of your every day life. (Check it out if you haven’t seen it.) If fast food is an exception, rather than the rule, it can be part of a balanced healthy diet.

When practicing mindful eating, you may eat a 1500 calorie meal in one sitting, but if you listen to your body, you will find that you will not be as hungry later or the next day. Our body’s will balance out our hunger with our calorie requirements if we tune in. Once you are tuned into your body, you will find that after eating a greasy burger and fries, your body probably wants something lighter and healthier for the next meal.

When the cravings strike me, my fast food favorites are Arby’s and Carl’s Jr. After doing a bit of research, I was AMAZED at how some of the choices that we may think are more healthy are actually some of the worst options! (Check out the nutritional information for the Market Fresh sandwiches at Arby’s…not as healthy as you might think!) Most fast food restaurants have nutritional information on their websites, and soon, many will start displaying nutritional information on food wrappers. Until then, here is a summary of popular fast food burgers. I’ve linked each restaurant with its nutritional pages, so check out your favorites!

General guidelines to choosing a healthier burger:

1. The “low carb” option saves lots of calories- typically served in a lettuce wrap instead of a bun

2. Kids sized burgers are your best bet, typically, the smaller the burger, the lower the calories

3. If a kids burger won’t do it for you, try a Jr sized burger, same taste as the full version, but not quite as big.

4. Leaving off the cheese will save you anywhere between 50 and 150 calories.

Carl’s Jr: Hamburger-284 Low carb Six dollar burger-490 Superstar-794 Six Dollar Burger-956

Burger King: Hamburger-310 Whopper Jr w/ ch-430 Bacon double Cheeseburger-570 Whopper w/Ch-800

Sonic: Sonic Jr-353 #2 Cheeseburger-557 #1 Cheeseburger-647 Super Sonic #1-929

Wendy’s: Jr Hamburger-270 Jr Cheeseburger-310 Jr Cheeseburger deluxe-350 Single with everything-410

McDonalds: Hamburger-280 Big & Tasty-590 Big Mac-600 Double QP with cheese- 770

Jack in the Box: Hamburger-310 Jr Bacon Cheeseburger-525 Sourdough Jack-715 Ultimate Cheeseburger-945

Whataburger: Justaburger-309 Whataburger-607

Here is my disclaimer: In this comparison, we are strictly looking at calories. While this is the most important thing to pay attention to for weight control- the lower calorie items may not be the best choices for overall nutrition. My goal here is just to increase awareness, if you are really focused on eating mindfully, you should choose what you really want to eat, enjoy it fully, and stop when you are satisfied- regardless of the calories. But if a burger is a burger to you, why not make a healthier choice when you can?

Jonna Reynolds is a Weight Loss Coach and Founder of Evolve. She coaches individuals, groups and corporations on Wellness and Weight Management. Her coaching technique incorporates the psychology of behavior change, exercise physiology and an intuitive eating philosophy to help clients make permanent lifestyle changes to lose weight for the long term. To get free monthly tips, sign up for the free Evolve4Life Newsletter at http://www.evolve4life.com or call (480)248-2428.

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