When it comes to your business, you want to do everything you can to give yourself that edge you need to stay ahead of the competition. Having great visibility is one of those things. There is, of course, the obvious things to do: advertise, practice good business to reap the benefits of word of mouth, hand out your business card to everyone you meet, talk to people about what you do…. the list goes on forever. The only problem with these ideas is that everyone is using them. You want something different and the custom trading cards you can make with Your Trading Card Maker (www.customtradingcardmaker.com) can give you that edge.

With Your Trading Card Maker, the possibilities are endless with the front space for the picture and the back ready for you to fill in whatever information you want your clients and future clients to know. Here are some ideas to help you get your creative juices flowing on how it could help boost your businesss visibility:

Hospitality Eateries can use custom trading cards to feature daily specials, take out menus and specialty foods.

Hotels can promote high-end rooms with custom trading cards including great photos and highlights of the special amenities.

Real Estate

Make trading cards to showcase your listings. Have them available in your office and at open houses. The front will show a great picture of the property and the back has plenty of space for propertys specs.

If you fix up properties, use the trading cards to display the before and after shots of the house. Use the text space on the back to document the changes and highlight special features.

Retail Use a custom trading card as a frequent shopper card.

If you sell specialty items, use the custom trading cards to market one-of-a-kind items.

Offer a personalized trading card to everyone who stops in during special events. (Hobby stores can use photos of the customers using the hobby items; motorcycle dealers can use a special edition cycle in the pictures; and, childrens stores can have the kids pose with their favorite characters.)

Trades Use the cards to show the different kinds of work you do. Instead of handing out a business card that just has your name and number, give out a custom trading card that highlights more details about the type of work your potential clients are looking for.

General Ideas Great for Any Business Make the trading cards magnetic so your customers can keep them handy and remember your business when they are in the market for your goods or services.

Get together with other businesses in your town or neighborhood and create collection of trading cards to deliver to new residents when they move in to the area: include cards that give information about the area such as parks and recreation, local government offices, area churches and businesses that will be of interest to them such as banks, auto mechanics and specialty stores.

Tim Leary is a freelance writer and creative management consultant, specializing in helping individuals and small business find new ideas and ways of improving their businesses and lives. He can be reached at tleary@customtradingcardmaker.com.

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I have been working online since 1995 and have did many different ways of marketing. Pay Per click
was one way I created traffic to my website.

Now video post marketing is the way I create most of my website traffic. If you are not posting
video to market online you are missing the punch With your online marketing campaign. With pay per
click you can lose a lot of money if you just jump in and not learn how it all really works.
Believe me, I did it the wrong way an I lost a lot of money.

Lets say you have $100.00 to spend on pay per click. So you set up a pay per click account and
start paying for every time some one clicks on your ad. The next day you login to your account to
find out the $100.00 is all gone, spent in the last 24 hours. But you did not make any sells on
your website. Now What?

Either you put more money in your account or maybe learn video post marketing like I did.

If you would have told me one year ago that I would be posting video to market my products online I
would have laughed at you. I had no clue how to operate my wifes digital camera much less post a
video. I did my first video surfing at youtube Jan. 27, 2007. Now less than 6 months time I have
posted over 70 video’s to youtube and 37 other video hosting sites with one template.

Now I don’t have to use my money for pay per click. I post a video and in many cases I have had
first page results in Google, less than 24 hours. The best part is every time some one clicks on my
video that I posted does not cost me anything.

If you are looking for a new concept to market online with video post marketing is really fast for
results and cheap. Your video will always be there unlike pay per click, when your money is gone
your ad is gone also. Can’t get traffic like that.

There are services on the internet now that make video post marketing easy to learn. You don’t need
a camera. You can create a video within one hour and then post it to 38 free video hosting sites
and 12 social book marking sites with one submission. You can a learn with video’s, how to do this
easy video post marketing to create real quality traffic with out pay per click.

Corey Hoffman has been working online since 1995. He teaches his team members with video’s and how to market online with video post marketing. To read more about his experience with video post marketing visit http://www.Video-Post-Marketing.com

Learn to create a video with out owning a camera. Video post marketing is the cheapest way to advertise online and get fast result. I post my video posting statics on my website to show you that I get first page result within 24 hours of posting my video’s. http://www.Video-Post-Marketing.com

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Valuation Potential

There are more than 10 ways to value your business. Each method will provide you with a slightly different answer. One of the more common methods that business brokers use is to value your business is based on how much cash the business will generate in the long term. Business brokers then discount this cash to today’s value. This allows Business brokers to gain a clear understanding of the value of the business in todays value.

With online calculators assumptions need to be made in order to generate a valuation figure. Given the value of your business profit, we then need to understand how much actual cash you have available in the business. Probably the largest player to impact upon this level of cash is the tax man. The tax man unfortunately wants a significant slice of your profits. When your business therefore earns a profit of $100,000 you effectively only end up with a lesser amount in the bank, as cash after you have paid your tax bill.

The other major assumption that needs to be made, is what we call the “weighted cost of capital”. This might be more simply referred to as the risk of lending money to the business. If your business is a low risk proposition and your future income is guaranteed then this figure would be down at around 4%. However for most small businesses there is a high degree of risk that earnings will remain constant over the next 10 years, so we apply a risk factor of 15-20% or even greater for higher risk enterprises.

With online business valuation calculator, the model calculates your sales and profits over the next 10 years and then discounts this by the “weighted cost of capital” rate.

There are many more factors that could be taken into account including capital injections and expenditures, depreciation and even whether the owners of the business are being paid a fair salary.

Online Business Valuation calcutors can provide an indicative valuation of a business by using discounted cash flow and weighted cost of capital.

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Winner of the Ernst & Young NSW “Entrepreneur of the Year” award in 1999

Bestselling author and designer of a number of multi award winning business tools that are now being used by more than 60,000 companies around the world.

Founder of a software company that was listed as one of BRW’s fastest growing 100 private companies in 2000. Peter successfully built the company from a one man business to a multi-million dollar concern. The company was acquired 10 years after its inception by a multi billion dollar publisher.

Visit - http://www.corprat.com for more information on how to become a business coaching and for our free Mini MBA program or business planning service.

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A custom home theater is a great way to improve the interior of any home. If you are interested in this option, you will have hundreds of choices available to you. You can make your home media center into anything you want it to be and by customizing your home theater, you will have a unique space to occupy and entertain family and friends.

When you are customizing your home theater, you will need to buy several pieces of equipment and furniture.

The centerpiece of any home theater system is usually the television. If you are looking to customize your space, you will want to get a television that goes above and beyond normal duty. There are many options available to you, and you can choose your television based on size, model, and features. As a basic rule of thumb, if your room can handle it, bigger is always better. But remember, if you have a small space, you do not want to wedge a 60 inch television into it. This will only make the room seem small and cramped.

Another option to consider is the stereo system and speaker set up. A fully customized home theater system almost always has a surround sound speaker set up that brings top quality sound to your room. You can buy these pre packaged and they are not that difficult to set up. Be sure to get one with at least 5 speakers. If you really hate dealing with all those wires, consider getting a wireless sound system for your home theater.

Finally, when you are customizing your home theater, be sure to check into the different furniture options that are available. Your furniture can make or break your home theater, and you will want to be careful when making this decision. Of course, you want something that will be comfortable so that you can watch your movies and sporting events in luxury but at the same time you want something that looks good. Some people like to buy furniture that looks like movie house furniture while others opt for cushy sectionals that you can lounge out in. In the end it comes down to your preferences, your budget and what other purposes you use the room for.

When setting up your home theater, you want to be sure that every seat in the house has a great view as well as good sound. Place the television so that each seat has a good unobstructed view and your guests dont have to keep their heads turned to see the action. You also want to be sure the speakers are placed so that the side, center and back speakers are in the right position for every place you can sit.

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Paid Surveys are a hugely popular means to earning a few extra bucks on the side. But how do you get paid for surveys? Well the first step is to get invited into a survey or focus group. Focus groups are a group of people who are invited to take part in a short session to discuss whatever topic is being talked about and they generally pay better than paid surveys. So if you want to get paid for surveys, you have to first find out a way to be invited to take part ahead of all the other applicants. So what can I do to ensure i get invited in so i can start to get paid for surveys?

Free Paid Survey directories

The first option you could take to get paid for surveys, would be searching for all the best free paid surveys listings on the internet. Just do what everyone else does and search on Google or yahoo for “free paid surveys”. This should bring up a fair few results and it should take you sometime to apply to each one of these sites. Generally the sites that you find, will already be flooded with applicants, however you want to give yourself a chance to take part in as many paid surveys as possible, so make sure you do this first.

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If you want to give yourself the best chance to get paid for surveys, than joining as a member at one of the many paid survey directories on the internet will do this for you. When you become a member at one of these sites, you will be revealed to a myriad of potential paid survey providers, depending on the amount of listings in their database. Make sure you first check to see the size of their listing before you join up.

These sites also provide information on each of their listings and also rank each site from the best to the worst paid survey site. They are generally quite cheap to join and you are more than likely going to make the cost of your membership up within the first week anyway. The question you have to ask yourself is “do I want to start to get paid for surveys right now?” because if you do than joining one of these sites is going to give you the best opportunity to do so, as well as save you a great deal of time in the process.

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Everyone is concerned about the effects of global warming and protecting our environment, and avoiding the dangers posed by the continued abuse of the environment. Individuals and businesses are finding ways to be more environmentally conscious. The buzzword on being proactive for the environment is Green.

Go green with your business promoting. Show your customers that you are as concerned about conserving natural resources and protecting the environment as they are. Show them your willingness to do your part to reduce the amount of waste you create that ends up in land fills and adds further harm to natural resources and our environment.

No one who is in business would argue against the need for you to promote your business to be successful. They are under the same pressure as you to promote their businesses well in order to be successful and prosperous. Promotional mugs are the perfect and affordable way to promote your business while also demonstrating the green consciousness of your business.

The trees which filter pollutants from the air are cut down in disastrous numbers to make paper products like paper cups for coffee drinkers. Saplings are planted to replace the trees that are cut down to make paper and other products but it can take many years for a sapling to reach full maturity. Meanwhile, our environment is further compromised by pollutants because there are not enough mature trees to filter these pollutants from the air.

The rubbish created by paper products leeches unwanted manufacturing chemicals into soil and groundwater. It also overwhelms municipal resources for the retrieval and disposal of that rubbish. That is certainly not a green activity by todays standards. Trees are not cut down for use in the making of promotional mugs. Go green in the name of saving vital tree numbers, making less rubbish that needs disposing of, and in the name of promoting your business in the best light. Do this by offering your customers and employees the better- for -the -environment alternative to paper cups for drinking coffee. Give them promotional mugs to drink their java from.

Promote your business in the glowing green light of integrity and customer respect with promotional mugs. You may be surprised to learn, but promotional mugs are actually a very affordable way to promote your business with. You can get ceramic, glass, and metal, promotional mugs for business promoting and gifting at very low prices. Rest assured that the low prices of these promotional mugs are not a reflection of their quality. On the contrary, these promotional mugs are made only with the most durable and highest quality materials.

Promotional mugs can promote your business beyond your customers. Promotional mugs can generate prospects for your business, and encourage them to consider you first when looking for the goods or services provided by your business. Promotional mugs are not difficult to tote around with you to give away when the possibility for earning a new prospect for your business pops up. A promotional conference bag would be perfect for toting your promotional mugs with you where you go. A promotional conference bad promotes your business even before you give a promotional mug to someone to take home. They also permit enough added space to carefully wrap and protect your promotional mugs.

Go green with your business promoting. Become environmentally proactive by using promotional mugs in place a paper drinking cups. This will show your customers your concern for the environment and your willingness to help protect it. Use promotional mugs to successfully promote your business the green way and an increase in greenbacks will find their way into your financial account.

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The Secrets of Knowledge:

A little story.

I was about 12 years old and I was taking the leather band off of my watch. I wanted to put a twistoflex band on and I had a razor blade in my hand, and was going to cut the leather band off. My friend was watching and said ” wait ! ” there is an easier way! Well… I did not listen, thought I knew better and sliced off the leather band. Then to my dismay, my friend pointed out that there were ‘removable’ pins in the two side bars. I could have saved the leather band if I had just ‘listened…’ I learned the hard way.

Another story.

I was standing on the porch in 1986, in Florida, watching the shuttle Challenger take off. It was a clear blue, cold morning, not a cloud in the sky. However — pre-launch - a number of engineers voiced their concerns about the o-rings in the solid fuel bootsers ( the two rockets on the side of the fuel tank). It had been around freezing the night before and they were worried about the seals. They wanted to postpone the launch. Unfortunately, the launch managers did not agree and the Challenger’s fuel tank exploded ( as I and my friends watched ) killing all aboard and horrifying the world. The cause of the explosion? The o-rings… They learned the hard way.

More…

I’m from Mississippi. When I was younger, I loved being near and on and in the ocean, and was one of the few that actually had a surfboard and rode the waves ( whenever I could find them! ) in the Gulf of Mexico. I dreamed of going to Hawaii and read everything I could get my hands on about the islands, and surfing and read and re-read my surfing magazines over and over again. By the time I was eighteen, I was sitting at Waimea Bay, surfboard in hand, in the Navy, with a two year hitch, yea you guessed it, in Hawaii! When I was in high school, I told everyone that I was going to college in Hawaii and I did ! Everyone teases me now, ‘what did you study? Surfing..? ” I just laugh… Not bad for a boy from Mississippi! I applied a key concept - know what you want and it is much easier to get.

In the Philippines off Grande Island…

I was in about 30 feet of water… snorkeling with my friends… it was late in the evening and we were chasing a lobster around a small reef, just having some fun. My friend, then tapped me on the shoulder, and lo and behold, there were four reef sharks circling, just on the edge of visibility. I recalled from my studies of the ocean, that sharks usually fed in the morning… and … the evening… and we were supper!

So… I remembered a story I had read, about divers in the same situation. We had about 100 yards to go to the beach and were in about thirty feet of water. Here’s what we did. There were three of us. I told my friends to ‘lock arms’. I was in the middle, and my friends locked arms on both sides of me. That way, we appeared to be a much bigger target, and the sharks could not single any one of us out.

It took about seven minutes, paddling with our fins, my two friends looking forward, and I was on by back looking backwards, and we swam into shallow water… all the time the sharks were darting in and circling all the way to shallow water! We made a lot of noise and kicked at the sharks everytime they came toward us. We finally made it… and the sharks followed us all the way into six inches of water… before they backed off! Scary stuff! I applied my knowledge from an article I had read about a group of divers who experienced the same situation.

one more… be patient !

I love photography. I had studied a principle that said focus on what you most want to do and the learn everything about it, and it will happen. I did just that. I studied everything I could on photography, got a job as a pickup driver for a film processing lab… and continued to study… wrote down all the principles and techniques that I thought were relevant and applied them to my photo work. Then I got a job at a photo shop and within six months, I got a job at a local small town newspaper as their staff photographer! Was that cool or what? I shot over 10,000 pictures that first year and continued to study what it takes to take a great picture! ( But that is another subject - let me know if you are interested…). To this day, I am amazed at what I achieved in so short a time.

The key…

Ok — can you guess the one key element in all of the above that made the most difference or… could have made a difference? It is of course, knowledge.

When we are born, we don’t have all the answers to start with. It is the lucky child that realizes the value of knowledge, or has parents that instill the value of knowledge and lucky is the kid that ‘listens!’. That child will be different. That child will grow up a little smarter than the rest, only because he or she, will realize the value of knowledge. It doesn’t mean that they will be a straight ‘A’ student or be the class valedictorian, but they will have an ‘edge’ or an advantage that the other kids do not.

Knowledge is a funny thing…

It can heal, it can harm, it can humor, it can entertain, it can inspire and influence… and be used in a million other different ways.

Here is the key… the ’secret’ if you will of the phrase ‘Knowledge is Power’. Please don’t be surprised by its simplicity. I have asked many people, professionals and the like what the phrase really means … and they don’t even have a clue. This is it in a nutshell.

” Knowledge helps you use your resources,

more efficiently and more effectively, now, and in the future. “

…to put it another way…

” Seek understanding and all else will follow… “

… to put it another way…

What you learn today, you can use tomorrow.

… to put it another way…

There’s an ez way and there’s the hard way.

The ez way is to learn from the knowledge and experience of others.

The hard way is to try and figure it all out ourselves.

Pretty simple yes? The key are the words ‘ more effectively ‘. That is what give you the edge. Now let’s take a look at the examples I gave you in the beginning of the report to emphasize the above.

Logic 101

IF/THEN … or to coin a phrase from the beginning of this document… ” Wait ! ” ” There’s an easier way ! “

If…

I had known about the springs in the pins on the watch I’d have a leather band as well!

If…

the launch managers had listened to the engineers, the Challenger accident may have been

prevented.

If…

I had not set as my goal (a very important piece of information) to go to Hawaii, I may never

have surfed Waimea Bay and Pipeline.

If…

I hadn’t been an avid waterman, and if I hadn’t read the shark story, I might not be here writing

this report!

If…

I hadn’t studied photography, I would not have been able to shoot those ten thousand shots.

If…

your airline pilot hadn’t studied and practiced flying and met the proper qualifications…

If…

your doctor/surgeon/dentist hadn’t studied and practiced for years…

If you knew how to be super healthy

you could live a long and happy life…

If you knew how to [ put your goal to be achieved here.... ]

I could… [ put your results here.... ]

and so on…

A more detailed statement…

The Secret of Knowledge is very simply, that IF you appreciate it as a valuable resource and IF you seek out knowledge that can help you, in the areas of life that you have chosen, and the goals you have committed to, and IF you do it consciously, then IT will help you use all of your resources, more effectively and it will make your life more fulfilling, safer and more secure.

Wealth — the Scientific Approach:

Here’s a question I’m always asked. ” Will it make me rich? “

My response is a question. ” What is your definition of rich? ” or better yet… ” What is your definition of Wealth? ” Number one… do you have a specific idea of what ‘rich’ and ‘wealth’ really mean, and number two, if yes… what knowledge do you need to accomplish that? Third - if you want to become wealthy — become an expert in that field! Study it and find out as much as you can about wealth. What is it? How is it created? What what systems are used? What are the principles and techniques? How do I apply them? Another principle at work here is this…

” If you want to conquer something, study it… “

* Want to learn to fly an airplane? Study it!

* Want to get a black belt in Karate? Study it!

* Want to be wealthy? Study it!

* Want to be able to repair your own car? Study it!

* Want to be a great jazz musician? Study it!

We all start here - some basic truths

Here is a bit of truth. These are absolutes. These are where you start from. Once you realize it, then knowledge, and how to use it, should become more important.

1.) You only have so much time before you die or you become mentally deficient.

2.) There are only about five miles of atmosphere on this planet where you can breath and live.

3.) To live well, you must live more intelligently - and that is where knowledge comes in.

4.) Knowledge makes it happen.

” Knowledge helps you use your resources,

more efficiently and more effectively, now and in the future. “

OK… all that said… How Do I apply it?

Keep reading ! It will be worth it!

I am going to give you a simple information formula. And though it is simple, it is very powerful. Teach it to your family and friends and to your children. But first… a very powerful little lesson … you will love this one and it will dramatically illustrate the value, not only of knowledge, but also, of intelligence and the use of knowledge.

Part I — the lesson — How smart are you?

Here’s a little lesson in the difference between knowledge and intelligence.

A teacher did the following:

The teacher said, ” I can teach you the difference between knowledge and intelligence in about 30 seconds and I will give you a lesson you won’t forget.”

All the students kinda chuckled and said ” ok… we paid $$ for thirty seconds worth of time?” And the instructor said… ” no worries, once you learn the lesson, we will have plenty to talk about, for this lesson, is worth its weight in gold. Ready? “

He pulled out an apple. He told the students, “Take a good look at this apple and take a good look around this room.” He held out the apple for ten seconds. He then said ” close your eyes.” This is the first part of the lesson.

Now here’s the second part of the lesson…

He then told them to keep their eyes closed until ” I tell you to open them.” He then walked around the room and put the apple in a different place. And then he said, ” Here’s part two… now… with your eyes still closed, find the apple! “

Now if that didn’t get the point across, nothing will. So what is the point? ( or points in this case ? )

Seeing and observing is the gathering of relevant, experiential knowledge. The knowledge and the data is a way of knowing or in this case ‘ seeing ‘ the world around you. By closing your eyes, that is all but eliminated. In order to find the apple, you have to use memory, conceptual knowledge, past experience and some initiative, as well as action! — and that is ‘ intelligence ‘ at work, i.e using knowledge to accomplish a goal.

Your 30 seconds are up!

Now though it is simple, the lesson above, teaches two main points. The principle of knowledge, which includes facts and details about something… and intelligence. Even though they had a certain knowledge of the room and of the apple, it takes intelligence, using knowledge of the apple and the room , to find it. Simple but effective lesson… teach this one to your kids.

Use a different set of circumstances ! that they can relate to like where are their tinker toys!

Part II — an information formula: HICO

HICO is a simple information formula. What is an information formula? It is a set of words that can be used as points of reference, like a compass. It gives you a ‘bearing’ which is a principle or technique from which to work. Here are the principles of HICO.

HICO stands for…

Health

Intelligence

Courage

Objectives

How does it work and how do you apply it?

You already have varying ‘degrees’ of the above. From a personal standpoint, you have a certain ‘amount’ of Health, Intelligence and Courage. And… you have objectives. So — how do you apply it? Just realize that in order to achieve anything, you must first set an objective. Then apply Health, Intelligence and Courage in your daily routine to accomplish that goal. These are you personal ” tools “.

From very simple tasks, to more sophisticated objectives, the principle is the same. The formula is simple but effective. You can have as your objective, the increase of Health, Intelligence and Courage. That in itself, can be a very worthwhile goal with its own set of results.

Make sense ?

You can also use HICO as a mental file cabinet. What does that mean? All aspects of your life can be categorized under one of the elements.

Health = all things related to the physical world. exercise / nutrition / rest / your physical well being

Intelligence = all things related to the mental world work / thinking / analyzing / goal setting /

Courage = all things related to the Spiritual world. overcoming worry and fear / learning to cope /

confronting life

Geez… wish someone had shown me that one before! Now I can straighten out my head !!! [laugh!]

You can also use HICO to create a direction in your life. What does that mean? When you set goals or Objectives, ( other than simple survival ), it gives your life momentum, or direction and it enhances your life. Reach for something and then use HICO to accomplish it is a way to give your life direction.

These are your basic tools. As you increase your health, intelligence and courage, and use them effectively, you are more capable of achieving your goals and organizing your thinking. I hope you can use this and I hope I have raised your level of awareness a bit and made life a little bit easier to deal with. It is simple, but effective, and best of all, it works!

In conclusion:

And there you have it. Some simple suggestions, principles and techniques! Now after reading this you are a little more…

” Armed and Ready ! “

Thank you! for your time!

Michael M. Hall

SecretsofKnowledge.Com

Author: ‘ Armed and Ready - the Art and Science of Using Information ‘

Your Opinion Counts!!

If you have any comments, questions or suggestions, please contact me! I would love to hear from you!

mike@secretsofknowledge.com

Mike is a data processing professional and is a self taught web master and marketeer.

He has a number of sites, is a freelance writer and a self proclaimed natural philosopher.

You can read more about his work and websites at http://mmhall.com or http://secretsofknowledge.com

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3) Send your subscribers only very valuable information. Develop a relationship with your subscribers. Bet them to look forward to your emails so they will open them gladly, and read them gladly, and respond…gladly!

This seems very simple to do, and it is. Far too many people try to over complicate things and use 200 proven steps to get the job done. Why use 200 steps when 3 or 4 will work just fine?

Once you have developed a relationship with your email list, you can begin to promote your product, web site, or whatever else you have that earns you your online income.

But you must develop the relationship first.

Which would you prefer? To send an email to your small, responsive list of subscribers and receive a healthy response, or send an email to a large, unresponsive list that comes complete with multiple spam complaints.

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