There’s a “new” kind of website these days - one that “FORCES” money into your pocket!

The days are now over where you were left with just “chance” on your side when it came to making money on the Internet.

A brand new “technology” has been developed that makes websites pay you by “force!”

Short of putting a gun to people’s heads and making them take their money out of their wallets and pay you without choice, this new technology might as well be the exact same thing.

This breakthrough was developed by a New York Virtual Marketing Firm, and is taking the Web by storm!

Already some pretty famous names are taking note of this new “money making invention” that “forces” money out of the Internet directly into your bank account!

A spokesperson for the NYC firm boasted proudly:

“Imagine the Worldwide-Web as an ocean of money … our new technology merely makes a way for YOU to be able to dig a big trench from that ‘cash-sea’ directly into your backyard!”

And that’s obviously a pretty amazing feat to say the very least!

People get a webpage that’s NOT ordinary by any means!

The webpage “captures” a huge segment of the daily visitors it receives and winds up upselling them repeatedly with a predictable conversion each and every time!

Plus, the webpage has a “built-in” device that allows it to generate “free traffic” without end!

So considering the fact that you get free traffic, along with a predictable and steady stream of sales conversions, you get a guaranteed source of endless income!

Additionally, the webpage you get already contains a PROVEN digital product that no online marketer can live without, and one that is delivered where all your orders are filled automatically by another firm on behalf of you, the webpage owner! (And at no costs!)

Not only that, but the webpage contains a video that makes further an irresistible offer so that people must surrender their contact information, and which also becomes a VAST double-optin list!

This list is maintained by yet another separate online firm on your behalf, and that has the HIGHEST track record for getting over 98% deliverability for follow-up emailings (the same that convert another 378% more sales for you!)

So in a nutshell you get:

o An amazing website!
o A website that converts sales automatically!
o A website that puts “forced” money directly into your pocket!
o A website that’s run by another firm for you (at NO charge!)
o A website that continues to promote for you over & over!
o A website that grows & cultivates a proven list!
o A website that functions automatically (so you never run it!)
o And a website that you get Free H0STING for!

So as you can easily see you get the whole “Sha-Bang!”

Here are just a few examples of the successes people are having using this “Forced Money” breakthrough system:

—> “Lisa C.” Made $44,047 In Just 97 Days
—> “Jay R.” Made $102,033 In Just 32 Days
—> “Cal W.” Made $317,951 In Just 17 Days

Without wasting another moment of your time, why not go to the new site that shows you how you can get this site for yourself (if you’d like) for next to nothing? …

~~~> http://morgan99.forcemoney.hop.clickbank.net

*But I must warn you that they are only giving away a very limited number of these “forced money” websites that forcibly pour money into your pocket! - So please [for your sake] HURRY!

It has been 1 year since our business at Foreclosure Prevention Institute, LLC at http://www.foreclosureinfo.bravehost.com has intensively and extensively helped Michigan homeowner’s with their home situation to help prevent foreclosures. Times, policies and events within the Mortgage industry have been rapidly changing within this time period. One important change involves the department of Loss Mitigation. When I now call some lenders to loss mitigate, the lender will say that we no longer have a loss mitigation department. Today, they have two departments: A collection department and a loan modification department. I think this is due in part to the new federal legislation that is coming down the pipe (so to speak) to ultimately slow down the rate of foreclosures and to help homeowners who are trapped in a loan due to predatory lending.

On this note and a bit of a tangent, one must also realize that this legislation is also designed to help bail-out the lending institutions, and the national and international investors who backed the loans. The lending institutions are having to make significant changes in this subprime meltdown and economic recession just to meet federal mandates and to stay in business (eg. Bank of America just bought-out Countrywide). Certainly, Congress is pressuring them and their financial portfolios are requiring them to make these changes. Not only are banks hurting financially, but they are also having trouble with property management. Furthermore, banks are no longer able to easily make the “fast and staggering bucks.” Understanding this helps me to say to Mr. and Mrs. Homeowner that the lender truly doesn’t want your home. They know that if a house goes into foreclosure, they will lose between $30,000 to $50,000. Lenders’ commodity is money and they make money on the interest of the performing loan. So lenders, really, just want the mortgage payments to be paid and in a timely fashion as promised within the documents signed at the closing table. In fact, it is in the best interest of the lender to mitigate to cut their losses. So the question always comes back to “How can the homeowner meet this obligation when he/she is similarly facing a financial hardship and can’t pay today?”.

Well, the two parties must communicate, negotiate, and loss mitigate. If the homeowner is behind in their payment(s) and wants to save their home, it is important for the homeowner to call the lender to tell the lender when they think or they will be able to make the next mortgage payment. In the preforeclosure stage, one will be referred to the collection department. The service representative will help to set-up a work-out solution or forbearance plan which usually involves signing a written agreement while they refer the current loan or loan in default to the loan modification department. It is important that the homeowner knows three things:

A. Usually, lenders automatically through a computerized system place a homeowner into foreclosure proceedings when they are 60 days late in their payments. This is the danger zone, and negotiations and communication needs to occur.

B. Loan modifications are not guaranteed. Right now lenders are considering and qualifying each homeowner for a loan modification depending upon their hardship and their adjustable rate mortgage especially if the rate adjustment is going to occur within the next 60 to 90 days. Know that the lenders are more likely to grant a loan modification if the ARM caused the financial hardship or will cause a financial hardship. Simple debt or the loss of a job is not always enough to permit a loan modification. After all, everyone would like to lower their interest rate. Lenders have set parameters, guidelines, and rules that they must follow. A new interest rate in a loan modification is many times determined by the homeowner’s pay stubs (income) and tax returns, and the willingness of the investor who holds the deed. It normally takes between 45 to 60 days to obtain a loan modification. During this time period, the lender wants to be assured that the homeowner can make monthly payments.

C. Documents needed vary depending upon the lender, but typically the lender will need the following items so they have the right information to consider and process the loan modification:

A hardship letter
IRS tax returns from the last two years
Last two paystubs of borrower, coborrower and/or anyone else in the home that would help establish income to cover the mortgage
Last two bank statements
Insurance declaration page to show insurance is paid and current.
Social Security, disability, or chid support documentation
An old or new appraisal might also be helpful within negotiations especially if one cannot sell the home because it is over-leveraged. Completing a financial income statement/budget is also important to establish financial priorities.

If you, the homeowner, is unable to talk to your lender or the lender won’t listen to you then please call Foreclosure Prevention Institute, LLC at 1 800 826-1929 and ask for Dave or Janet. Specifically, Dave has worked full-time in the foreclosure market for over 20 years. We will answer your questions, discuss options, and if wanted provide coaching services so you can save your home through loss mitigation. 1st Loss Mitigation of Michigan, dba of Foreclosure Prevention Institute, LLC also does Short Sales for homeowners who are unable to keep their home, but want to save their credit. Time is of the essence, so call today. Don’t be afraid to pick-up the phone, just call Foreclosure Prevention Institute, LLC at 1 800 826-1929. Foreclosure Prevention Institute, LLC is truely helping homeowners save their homes from foreclosure. Also, please visit Foreclosure Prevention Institute, LLC at http://www.foreclosureinfo.bravehost.com and http://www.grandrapidshomeplace.com/real-estate/for more information on foreclosures and the foreclosure process.

It is very important to build up your business credit scores to be able to avail of financial loans to fund your small business. In truth, small enterprises are now clamoring about for loans to improve their business by using the money for improvements, or purchasing inventory to meet consumer demands.

Building up your business credit takes a lot time and effort, and requires a paper works by the dozen. Here are some tips on how to get started in giving your business credit rating a healthy boost:

Set a business identity first

The first step in improving your business credit is to get one in the first place. This can be done by registering your business as an LLC or a corporation. Next you need to provide all the necessary paper works required by lenders such as legal document like business permits and licenses, financial statements, references, contracts, and so on.

You need to keep in mind that when you register your business as an independent entity, you need to have a fixed address of your business, as well as open lines of communication. (Note that P.O. Box is not acceptable as a business address)

You might also need to register your business in a credit agency so they can keep tabs on your credit ratings and scores. These organizations will act as reference when you apply for a financial loan that requires a valid credit report.

Building up your credit status will depend on the financial stability of your business as based on the financial documents during its operation. Also, prompt payments are a major issue when it comes to raising your credit status. Fail to pay on the date agreed; you get a negative score on your credit score if that happens.

You might also need to keep monitor credit card reports when they are delivered to you. Try to check for transactions that you did, or did not, make. If you spot an error, report it immediately to the corresponding agency. This will result to a higher credit rating.

Get a loan

Before you can actually improve your credit scores, you need to have a credit to work with. Many small businesses are now opting for business credit cards to improve their ratings. One reason for this is that these plastics have reduced interest rates and APR, which is quite useful for making prompt and affordable payments.

Also, since business credit cards have no principal amounts attached to them, you can easily control the interest expense you make every month. You can do some budget planning to minimize expenses and maximizing profit, without worrying about interests piling up.

Another way to improve your credit status is through credit lines. Many financial institutions, like banks, are now offering short-term lines of credits (LOC) for small businesses, with easy payment terms.

Since interest expense on LOC is dependent on the principal amount, you can easily reduce it by paying the original debt until you reach zero. With this term in mind, you can easily make prompt payments according to the agreement between you and the lender.

The gist to build up your business credit is to make prompt payments on your debts. Whether you have multiple loans or tons of credit cards at your disposal, you need to make sure that you pay each one on its designated date. If done right, you are well on your way to improve your credit scores, which in turn, will improve the financial future of your business.

To get more business credit tips and resources please visit Howto-Business-Credit.com

Most Internet marketers understand that having mini
sites is the fastest and easiest way to make money
online. They don’t require a lot of time, energy, or
money to set up, and once you’ve got one up and
running, you can sit back and just collect money from
all the sales you’re making.

At least… that’s how it’s supposed to be, right?

The truth is that mini sites really ARE easy to set
up. They really DON’T require much time, energy, and
money to set up. So why is it that so few people
actually make money with their mini sites?

The answer is that they never learned how to actually
turn their mini site into a profitable moneymaker that
runs completely on autopilot. The good news is…

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YOU’RE ABOUT TO LEARN HOW TO DO IT!
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Here’s what this is all about: My colleague Michael
Rasmussen has just released a brand new video course
that will walk you through the process of creating a
killer mini site from the ground up, and then he’ll
also teach you how to actually start making money with
it right away and into the future.

If you’ve been looking for help with monetizing your
mini sites, then this is exactly what you need. The
best part? The videos are FREE! I’ll tell you more
about that later. First, let’s talk about the videos
themselves.

If you’re in a hurry, you can just check the
videos out right now for free. Here’s the URL:

http://www.minisiteprofitexposed.com

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OVERALL QUALITY
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It’s important to note that these are online videos
that you access from your web browser. Michael uses
Camtasia Studio to create these videos, which is the
premier software program for creating screen capture
tutorials such as these.

The first thing I noticed when I hit the play button
on the first video was the incredible production
quality. These are NOT your ordinary screen capture
videos. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone
make videos that are this high quality before.

He uses beautifully created graphics to pass his
wisdom along to you, and the sound quality is the
highest you will ever hear in an Internet marketing
product. They sound like they were recorded in a
professional studio.

Michael explained to me that he was sick and tired of
seeing all the low quality videos out there, and so he
set out to create something different in order to
raise the bar in our industry. I think that, when you
see Mini Site Profits Exposed for yourself, you’ll
agree that he has succeeded.

Now let’s move onto…

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THE ACTUAL VIDEOS
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Here’s a brief summary of each video. Obviously
it’s impossible to list every single thing here,
but I want you to get a feel for what each one
covered, and how well it covered it.

If you’re in a hurry, you can just check the
videos out right now for free. Here’s the URL:

http://www.minisiteprofitexposed.com

VIDEO 1 - INTRODUCTION

This videos introduces you to the entire course, as
well as the teacher himself. You’ll learn what you can
expect from the course, and why it’s structured the
way it is.

Michael realizes that you may not have heard of him,
and so he spends some time establishing his
credibility with you by sharing some of his biggest
successes. It doesn’t come across as bragging at all.
Michael explains that, in order for you to get value
from the teachings, you need to have faith that the
teacher actually knows what he’s talking about. By the
end of this video, you will have no doubt.

By the way, this is a good lesson for all of us
product developers. If you want people to accept you
as an authority on any subject, you first need to
establish your credibility with the reader. That way
he’s willing to relax, and trust that what you’re
telling him is sound advice.

VIDEO 2 - THE BASICS

This video will introduce you to the basics of mini
site marketing. This will set the foundation that all
future learning will rest upon, so it’s important to
pay close attention to this one.

You’ll learn:

* What mini-sites are, and what makes them different
from regular content sites.

* Which businesses they work well for… and which ones
they don’t.

* The right mindset to have when it comes to creating
mini sites as part of your online business strategy.

* And the different tools you need to get started.

This was a great video, and did an excellent job of
kicking things off, and building the foundation for
the rest of the course.

VIDEO 3 - SQUEEZE PAGES

This is probably one of the most useful videos of the
entire course. Every Internet marketer needs to build
an email list, but how do you do it? What is the best
way to capture the most opt-ins?

The answer is ’squeeze pages’. This video will teach
you:

* Why using a squeeze page is far superior to other
opt-in methods.

* The single most important thing you must include at
the top of your squeeze page to skyrocket your opt-in
rate.

* The secret structure of a squeeze page, and why most
marketers get it wrong (which costs them a LOT of
money).

* The most important to include in your opt-in process
that will make sure that people actually receive your
email.

After watching this video, you’ll know everything you
need to know to start building a massive opt-in list
right away. This will probably be the first video that
you ‘take action’ on. You’ll be so excited about the
possibilities, that I guarantee you’ll go and create
your own squeeze page right away.

VIDEO 4 - MINI SITE COPYWRITING - PART
ONE

Nothing happens until the sales copy is written.
Graphics alone will never sell a product, but sales
copy alone WILL. This video begins to demystify the
mysterious process of writing words that make people
whip out their credit cards and buy.

Specifically, you’ll learn:

* Why you need to learn copywriting, even if you “hate
to write”

* What a compelling offer looks like, and how to tell
the difference.

* How to write an eyeball-grabbing headline that
practically forces your readers to go through your
entire page.

* A simple trick you can use in your opening to make
your reader want to learn more.

There is no skill that is more important to your
success than the ability to write killer sales copy.
Make sure you pay extra attention to this video, as
well as…

VIDEO 5 - MINI SITE COPYWRITING - PART
TWO

This video dives right into the individual components
of a killer sales letter. You’ll learn how to create
the “secret structure” of a mini site sales letter
that makes big money. Specifically, you’ll learn:

* How to create captivating body copy that draws your
reader into the sales letter.

* Bullets that force your reader to keep reading the
whole page, and makes them insanely curious and want
to buy your product

* How to take the risk off people’s shoulders, so
they’ll feel safe buying from you.

* How to craft your ‘call to action’, and get people
to whip out their credit cards and buy immediately.

* The secrets of writing a killer P.S. that helps seal
the deal, and flip your prospect into a buyer
instantly.

This video covered a surprising amount of detail,
especially considering that this course is not
specifically about copywriting. Michael Rasmussen is
definitely someone who overdelivers in his educational
products.

VIDEO 6 - HOW TO AUTOMATE THE
DELIVERY OF YOUR INFOPRODUCT

Unless you want to be chained to your computer, you
must learn how to put your mini sites on autopilot.
The only thing you should be doing is driving traffic,
and letting the site itself do all the work, including
the work of instantly delivering the product to the
customer.

This video will walk you through the process of
automating your product delivery, so you can just
relax, and collect the money. The best part is… once
you have this automated system set up, you never have
to touch it again.

VIDEO 7 - HOW TO “GROW” YOUR SALE

This video is guaranteed to be an eye opener for
almost everyone who watches it, even the experienced
marketers. Michael dives into some of the most
effective ‘upselling’ techniques that I’ve ever seen.

Nowhere else on the Internet have I seen such a
thorough tutorial on how to increase the ’size’ of
your orders. You’ll learn:

* The psychology of ‘upselling’, and how to use it
make your customer spend even more money with you.
The best part? He’ll think it was his idea!

* The absolute best time to upsell your customer. This
one will surprise you when you realize how much money
you’ve been leaving on the table by skipping this
step.

* 5 simple techniques to increase your profit by up to
100%.

If you’ve already got a mini site that’s up and
running, this video will make a big difference for you
right away. Use any of these ‘plug and profit’
strategies to increase your income literally
overnight!

VIDEO 8 - CREATING AN AFFILIATE SALES
FORCE

If there’s one thing I’ve noticed that all successful
marketers have in common, it’s that they have a great
affiliate program. They create a program that allows
other people to make good money by promoting their
products, and they get to just sit back and relax,
while everyone else is doing the hard work of
promoting FOR them.

If you’ve ever dreamed of having an army of motivated
sales people working hard to make you money, then
you’re going to love this video. Michael will teach
you:

* What an affiliate program is, and how to set one up
very quickly.

* Exactly what tools you need to give your affiliates
(most people miss the mark here, so pay extra
attention to this part).

* Why merely having an affiliate program is NOT enough
to convince people to sign up, and what you can do
instead to have people eagerly trying to become one of
your affiliates.

* How to motivate affiliates to sell for you.

VIDEO 9 - MINI SITE MISTAKES TO AVOID

Let’s face it… it’s not enough to explain what you
should do. You also need to know what mistakes you
should avoid. Michael has already made these costly
mistakes, but you don’t have to. You’ll learn:

- Why people do judge a book by its cover… and how to
capitalize on that for your mini-site

- The single biggest reason people don’t buy from a
mini site, and how you can apply this ‘instant fix’.

- The single biggest thing that will kill your
mini-site (it’s not what you think, and making this
mistake is a surefire way to drain money from your
bank account FAST!)

- Two list building mistakes that’ll cripple your
long-term profits.

VIDEO 10 - SECRETS OF CREATING A
PRODUCT FUNNEL

This video will walk you through the process of
designing a product line that will make you a TON of
money. There’s a lot more to it than you’d think,
which is why this important concept (which was taken
from direct marketing) gets it’s own video.

After watching this video, you’ll understand why you
can’t just have a single front end product, and you’ll
know exactly what to do in order to get your customer
to keep buying more and more expensive products from
you… completely on autopilot!

This video is a MUST for any serious marketer who
wants to make a lot of money from their online
business.

VIDEO 11 - OUTSOURCING SECRETS FOR
WORKING LESS, AND MAKING MORE

The title of this video says it all. You’ll learn
all of Michael’s secrets for getting top notch
freelancers to help you create your mini site empire
in record time.

Let’s face it, you can’t be an expert at everything
that mini sites require. For example, it’s really
tough to be a top notch graphic designer, while also
mastering HTML, and then becoming a killer
copywriter, on top of also creating the product
itself.

And the list goes on and on. If you want to be
efficient, and begin making money as fast as
possible, outsourcing is the secret to making it
happen. This video will show you exactly what to do,
as well as some common (and very expensive) pitfalls
to avoid.

VIDEO 12 - OUTSOURCING SECRETS FOR
WORKING LESS, AND MAKING MORE

Let’s face it… it doesn’t matter how great your
mini site is if you don’t get any traffic coming to
it. Getting traffic can be one of the most confusing
and mysterious parts of making money online IF you
don’t get the proper education.

Thankfully, Michael really dives in, and gives you a
lightning fast education in this area. Specifically,
you’ll learn:

* How to use Pay Per Click (PPC) advertising to get
targeted traffic fast.

* 3 ways to get targeted traffic without spending a
dime.

* 2 ways to leverage the experience and contacts of
other people to explode your traffic.

* 3 traffic strategies to avoid like the plague!

By the time you’re done with this video, you’ll know
what to do right away to begin driving targeted
visitors to your mini site.

Wow, you get all those videos for free? Click
here to check out the Mini Site Profits Exposed
course for yourself:

http://www.minisiteprofitexposed.com

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DELUXE VIDEOS
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Mini Site Profits Exposed comes with 12 videos, and
has more content than most 300 dollar home study
courses. And did I mention that it’s free?

If you decide that you want to continue your
education, and get the biggest possible advantage, you
can also upgrade to the deluxe course for a small fee.
The deluxe course contains four full-length videos
that each cover one advanced topic in great detail.

Here’s a breakdown of each video:

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VIDEO 13 - DESIGNING A KILLER BACK END
THAT RUNS COMPLETELY ON AUTOPILOT
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This deluxe video could easily be a whole course in
itself. It walks you though the entire process of
setting up a back end that is completely automated
using an autoresponder system.

You’ll learn how to set up your autoresponder to
automatically remove a person from your prospect list
after he buys, and then insert him into your customer
list. This is where your new autoresponder sequence
will start promoting your back end products
automatically.

Bottom line… if you want to make the big bucks like
all the Internet marketing gurus, you need to create a
back end that works hard for you while you’re out
creating new mini sites and developing new products.
This video will show you how.

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VIDEO 14 - LIST BUILDING SECRETS
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In this deluxe video, Michael will walk you through
some of his best tactics for growing a massive list
from your mini site. He’ll not only teach you what to
add to your mini site, but he’ll also show you what
you must REMOVE from your mini site in order to get
the most possible subscribers.

Building a list is about SO much more than just
offering a free newsletter. In fact, Michael shows you
five different things you can offer your readers to
get them to instantly give you their name and email.

You’ll also learn the best places to actually put the
opt-in email form on your mini site. You’ll also learn
about pop ups and tell-a-friend scripts, as well as a
bunch of other incredible tactics for growing your
list.

I have a hunch that you’ll find yourself referring to
this video over and over again.

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VIDEO 15 - MARKETING ACTIVITIES THAT
MAKE YOU MONEY
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When you think about all the ’stuff’ you can do to
drive traffic to your site, it’s hard to know what you
should focus on first. This video will walk you
through the four most important marketing activities
you can do to drive traffic to your mini site.

Once you master these four, you’ll never have to
wonder what you should do when you start a new mini
site. You’ll have an easy-to-follow road map for
driving tons of targeted prospects to your site, so
you can begin making money ASAP!

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VIDEO 16 - MAKE MAXIMUM PROFITS FROM YOUR MINI SITE
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In this final deluxe video, Michael will reveal his
best kept secrets for squeezing maximum profit out of
any mini site. These are techniques that you have NOT
seen before, so you’ll want to pay extra close
attention to this one.

Think about it… if you’re going to put the time in,
and set up a mini site the proper way (like Michael
shows you in these videos), then it only makes sense
that you’d want to make the most amount of money
possible from it.

In this video, you’ll learn:

- How changing one sentence on your mini site could
double your profits easily.

- How to instantly increase the dollar amount of your
average order (which puts more money into your
pocket).

- The one thing you must add to your ‘download page’
that will instantly increase your income (with no
extra work, once this thing is put into place).

- How to turn your actual product into a money making
machine!

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CONCLUSION
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Whew! That was a lot of information, and I hope it
helped you decide to check out Michael Rasmussen’s
Mini Site Profits Exposed video course. Remember the
course is absolutely free, so you have nothing to
lose.

Michael believes that it’s important for him to prove
himself to you before he ever asks you to buy anything
from him. He wants to show you that he will deliver
you the absolute best education available anywhere,
and he’ll gladly do it for free… just to win you
over!

So go ahead and check out Mini Site Profits Exposed
right now, and see what all the fuss is about. I
highly recommend that you upgrade to the deluxe
course as well. Here’s the URL:

http://www.minisiteprofitexposed.com

Warmly,
Tim Brydges

We are so glad to announce that you can now get all the news and updates to the Palm Beach area Community. Our blog covers Internet Marketing in relation to the Palm Beach area and surroundings. With our main focus of Internet Marketing in the coming years and how everyone can use this information to further their own business on the Internet or off the Internet. We hope we can make a difference in how the future shapes up in Palm Beach, Florida, by giving you meaningful insights for what is coming up in the near and far future. Our community is a vibrant mixture of old and new influences that can only get better with time. We will do our best to keep you informed of the many things that are going on all around us.
We also have a sister site http://palmbeachmegaportal.com, where any business in Palm Beach County can be registered to this powerful search engine and be known to the Internet Community. This site is new but quickly catching on as the place to go and look up anything in the Palm Beach are.
Stay tuned.
Frank Graulau
http://palmbeachmegaportal.com
http://palmbeachmegaportal.com/news/

The best vacuum cleaners for allergy sufferers don’t blow dust. Vacuum cleaners come in three or four different types, and you should do some research and decide what?s best for your needs. If you have carpets of any sort you may want an upright model to do the best job. Vacuum cleaners are supposed to keep all the dust in the machine or in the bag. According to reviews, however, some models spit dust back out into the air.

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Many people dream of blogging for profit, and this goal is not far beyond the reach of someone with average intelligence, a willingness to work hard, and a basic grasp of blogging technology. However, very few people manage to reap the profits they want from their blog. Most people who attempt to make money with their blogs do not succeed for two reasons.

Often, bloggers have unrealistic expectations of how fast their readership will grow and how much money they will make, and when these expectations are not met the disappointment can crush the desire to continue blogging. The other trap that many bloggers fall into has to do with lack of planning. If you want to turn a profit as a blogger, the key to success is to make a realistic plan and stick with it.

To succeed at blogging for profit, the main thing that you will need is a large readership. The higher your traffic, the more advertisers will agree to pay you. However, cultivating the regular visitors that you will need in order to make a profit isn’t easy. As more and more blogs appear each day, having a great idea or a wonderful writing style is no longer enough to get attention. You need to be able to market your blog effectively.

Too many bloggers spend all of their time writing posts and almost no time marketing their project. To be certain, updating as often as you can is a great way to keep your blog high on blogrolls and high in blog search engines like technorati, and once your readers know that you update frequently they will return to your site on a regular basis.

However, it does not matter how often you update if nobody is reading your page, so don’t skimp on the time that you spend drawing visitors to your site. To make your dreams of blogging for profit a reality, try decreasing your number of posts and using some of that time to draw new visitors by setting up link exchanges with other bloggers, making contacts in the blog community, and following other established modes of winning traffic.

Of course, even if you are a marketing genius or have a really great idea for a blog, success is not going to happen overnight. Building the kind of readership that blogging for profit requires takes time, and in all likelihood it will be at least several months before you are able to turn much of a profit. Try to stay committed to your blogging project during this initial rough period.

To stay motivated, set goals for how often you will update and how many readers you want to attract, and then reward yourself for sticking with your plan.

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All About Being Overweight/Obese and the Risks From Diabetes Two
If you are just mildly concerned about shedding those excessive pounds and unsightly flab you must make an important decision. You cannot continue consuming “junk food” and have any possibilty of getting rid of excess fat.

I find one of the most disturbing sights is to see an overweight adult,let alone a seriously overweight child, in a fast food outlet consuming a mid-day, or evening meal consisting of mostly pure “fat”! Eating roasted chicken, oozing dripping, sodden, fat onto a pile of fatty chips, all contained in a fat laden cardboard box; while without doubt tasting scrunptiously delightful, is a recipe for health disaster, for any person already predisposed with a serious excess weight or obesity problem.

Enjoying such a high calorie, fat loaded meal on the rare occasion, possibly may not be too dangerous for a slimmish person not suffering from an over weight problem. However you need to beware of the consequences of a habit forming that could endanger your health at a later date.

You simply must eliminate such junk food from your diet in order to maintain a healthy body weight. Just by eliminating crackers, sugary cereals, bagels, fries, pizzas, ice cream and fatty pastas,and excess bread from your diet will assist you to achieve weight reduction results from this action.

Calorie shifting is a process that involves you eating a healthy steady balance of food varieties but alternating between amounts of calories between meals. Normally you might eat 3 meals a day with differing calorie intakes. Excess calory intake, without commensurate exercise to burn off the unneeded calory intake, will increase your weight, regardless as to the fact they might be fat-calories or sugar-calories. Without doubt, fatty foods are more calorie dense, which means the same measure of fat has 2 1/4 times as many calories.

One of the major dangers to your being overweight is the danger of developing Diabetes two later in life. You must ask yourself the question “is whether enjoying that junk food on a regular basis will be worth suffering this potentially life threatening disease?”

The modern world Diabetes epidemic places your life in jeopardy should you contract this debillitating disease. Plus the impact on the quality of your life can be seriously impacted due to the complications that result from diabetes.

The dangers of contracting diabetes two to young children, has turned into a major health confrontation in the 21st century. It is tragic enough that such a high proportion of adults in developed nations now suffer from this dangerous disease.

However; the statistics indicating the number of young people, and even children now diagnosed with diabetes two is alarming.

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Accent on the wrong issue when it comes to speaking English.

The Governor of Arkansas, Bill Clinton, was asked this question by a reporter in Chicago during his 1992 presidential campaign: “Governor Clinton, you attended Oxford University in England and Yale Law School in the Ivy League, two of the finest institutions of learning in the world. So how come you still talk like a hillbilly?”

The reporter was referring to the fact that Mr Clinton hails from the South and speaks with a “southern” accent. Underlying the reporter’s question was the assumption that education should help get rid of one’s “undesirable” native accent.

I was reminded of that episode when I read some of the recent columns on accents that appeared in Education Post.

I am an applied linguist and, as one who has some acquaintance with prominent theories of second-language learning and teaching, I am amazed, if not amused, at the to-accent-or-not-to accent Hamlet-like dilemma repeatedly expressed by policy planners, educational administrators, business executives, teachers and parents in Hong Kong.

After all, what is an accent? It is no more than one’s way of speaking, the way one sounds when speaking, the way one uses sound features such as stress, rhythm, and intonation.

Contrary to popular belief, it is not just foreigners or second-language users who speak with an accent. Everybody speaks with one. Non-accent is non-existent. For instance, non-native speakers of English speak it with an accent that can be traced to their first language. That is how we know people who speak English with an Indian accent, German accent, Chinese accent, etc.

Those who speak English as their mother tongue speak it with an accent that can be traced to the geographic region and/or the social class they belong to. Thus, there are people who speak English with an American, Australian, or British accent. In fact, there are variations within these broad categories. Those who speak American English speak with a Boston, New York or southern accent. A British accent is not a monochrome accent either.

According to psycholinguists who study the mental processes governing language learning, the accent one acquires is determined by the sound system of the language one is exposed to during one’s childhood. They maintain that there is a “critical period” for language acquisition. It corresponds roughly to the first decade of one’s life. During this period, the language-learning circuitry of the human brain is very flexible. This flexibility is called “neuroplasticity”. As neurolinguist Steve Pinker explains, around about the age of 10 the brain begins to lose its neuroplasticity. The loss of neuroplasticity is confounded by lateralisation, a maturational process in which the complex mental activity of language development is lateralised to the left hemisphere of the brain. The natural biological processes of the loss of neuroplasticity and the onset of lateralisation appear to occur almost at the same time - around puberty. This may explain why children are considered biologically predisposed to be better language learners than adults.

To some extent, one can learn to speak a second language without a significant trace of first language sound systems if one learns it during one’s early childhood. Those who learn a second language after that will retain traces of their first language system.

There is a tendency to confuse intelligibility with accent. While the two are related, they are not the same. Intelligibility is about being understood by an individual or a group of individuals at a given time in a given communicative context. Even those who pronounce correctly and articulate clearly speak with an accent. Who can say Bill Clinton’s speech is not intelligible, although he talks “like a hillbilly?”

Yet another distinction that is normally not maintained in public discourse is the distinction between Standard English and standard accent. Standard English can be spoken with any variety of accent. Plain and simple. In spite of all the time and effort (not to speak of money) that have gone into the learning and teaching of English in Hong Kong, most educated Hong Kongers do not speak “Queen’s English” with a British accent, as far as I can tell. They speak proper, standard, intelligible English.

The angst and anxiety about accent seems to have reached such an epidemic proportion that in a recent article, a domestic helper bemoaned that it is not “realistic” for parents in Hong Kong to expect domestic maids to teach their children “English with no accent”. Nobody can teach English with no accent. They are being asked to do the impossible.

Without realising that accent has biological foundations, individuals and institutions go to great lengths to “reduce accent”. This fad is not confined to Hong Kong alone. In the US, a number of “accent modification clinics” have sprung up in places where there is a concentration of immigrants. There are also commercial agencies that put out newspaper ads telling gullible people that they can get rid of their unwanted accent in 30 days.

It appears as if speaking English with a native accent is treated as a communicative disorder.

I speak English with an Indian, or more precisely Tamil, accent because my mother tongue is Tamil. I never thought of my native accent as a communicative disorder any more than I thought of my skin colour as a physical disorder. My accent, like my skin colour, is a part of who I am. A part of my identity.

Relax Hong Kong. Your accent is part of your identity. Be proud of it.

-by Balasubramanian Kumaravadivelu
Professor of Applied Linguistics at San Jose State University, California

HK ‘needs a radical language overhaul’
(June 7, 2008 press release)

Hong Kong needs a “complete overhaul” of its language policy if it is to achieve its goal of dual literacy and trilingualism, a leading education expert told a public lecture last night.

Andy Kirkpatrick, head of the Hong Kong Institute of Education’s department of English, presented a radical schools model that would see Putonghua become the main language of instruction after Primary Three, a dramatic shift in the role of English and Cantonese being taught as a written language.

In his “One Country, Two Systems, Three languages” talk, Professor Kirkpatrick called for an end to the distinction between English and Chinese-medium schools, and instead for all schools to be seen as “multilingual sites”.

Speaking to Education Post ahead of the talk, he said the switch to Putonghua was “inevitable”, although he admitted there were not enough qualified teachers to make it possible immediately. When it happened, he said, Cantonese should be introduced as a subject to preserve its cultural importance.

However, his proposals have been dismissed by other figures in the education sector as impractical and “very unlikely” in the foreseeable future.

The Education Bureau is looking into ways to “fine-tune” the implementation of new rules governing which language secondary schools can use to teach, due to come into force in 2010.

Education Secretary Michael Suen Ming-yeung announced details of his “fine tuning”, giving schools flexibility to divide students by ability to remove the rigid distinction between English and Chinese-medium schools in place since the mother tongue policy was launched in 1998. The proposals are likely to mean an increase in the number of schools permitted to teach in English.

Speaking before the announcement, Professor Kirkpatrick said it was “good that the government is listening”, but he was not convinced. “The kind of fine-tuning that is being talked about at the moment does not seem to address the real issues,” he said. “The whole system needs a complete overhaul.”

The system was “geared towards gaining university entry” for less than a fifth of students, meaning it was skewed to an over-emphasis on English skills and the “completely false expectation” of all students reaching the standard of a native speaker.

Students should be set the more attainable goal of “functional trilingualism”, using each of the languages to the level they needed. However, he conceded such a move would be resisted by parents.

Cheung Man-kwong, president of the Professional Teachers’ Union, said it was unlikely the plan would be welcomed by teachers. “There is even resistance to the suggestion that Putonghua could be used to teach Chinese. It would be even harder to gain acceptance for using it to teach other subjects as well.”

University of Hong Kong assistant professor of education Cheung Kwok-wah, a member of the working group that set down the medium of instruction policy in 2005, said there was neither the political will nor demand for schools to switch to Putonghua. “Politically this is still very sensitive. It is very unlikely that this could happen in the short term.”

But Dr Cheung was most dismissive of the idea Cantonese could be taught as a written language. Although value could be seen in writing in the Cantonese vernacular, teachers frowned upon it.

“I think the majority of the Chinese teaching profession would have great difficulty accepting that.”