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Decadent Chocolate Cheesecake

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

Who doesn’t like having a rich dessert from time to time? Everyone should treat themselves occasionally and what better way to do that then with a rich slice of decadent chocolate cheesecake? You can purchase this in restaurants, in bakeries or make it yourself. The options available are endless. If you [...]

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Could This Be The End of Sp^am?

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

The war on sp^am has so far been waged on two fronts:
legislation to make sp^am illegal and filters that prevent sp^am
reaching its destination.
But neither approach has worked.
Even if US anti-sp^am laws succeeded, they would not
stop sp^am that originates outside the US.
As for sp^am filters, the sp^ammers are constantly devising new
ways to defeat them. The people [...]

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Email Marketing Lesson: How To Cure Email Marketing Irregularity and Constipation

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

This diary entry is based on real life events.
Dear Email Marketing diary,
About six months ago, I went for my yearly visit to
Dr. E. Newsletter. He poked and prodded and checked to make sure
everything was working as it should, then he sat down on his little stool, looked me straight in the eyes and [...]

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Be Exactly Who You Are!

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Have ever been in a relationship where your partner consistently complains about you and/or about the things that you do? Or, did they maybe just make subtle comments but you knew they really meant it? These careless acts play on your insecurities and you may have found that you were changing the things [...]

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Choosing a Wedding Photographer - Traditional vs. Photojournalist

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

Wedding Photojournalism is getting its fair share of attention these days, but don’t jump into the water quite yet. Knowing your wedding style and what feel you want to radiate from your pictures is very important to choosing the correct style photographer.
Is your Wedding Formal, Semi-Formal or Informal?
Haven’t thought of it yet? Well [...]

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Knocking Down the Ivory Tower

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

Corporate sales and marketing teams are called upon annually to produce more sales with fewer resources. This is difficult enough when sales and marketing are both in the same location. However, modern sales organizations can span the globe.
There is also a greater reliance on channel partners: resellers, distributors, agents, or even franchisees. [...]

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Market Your Dream Online: Internet Advertising Advice From My Home-Based Business Advisor

Monday, August 11th, 2008

You need to be advertising and marketing your home-based business, but what does it all mean? You need customers. You need sales! But where do you start?

Banners
Traffic Exchange Programs
Reciprocal Linking

These are just some of the ways for your home-based business to be advertising and marketing online (meaning on the Internet). But, what do they mean?
Banners [...]

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Why You Should Care At All About Choosing A Bank And What To Watch Out For…

Saturday, August 9th, 2008

People quite often make decisions impulsively, without considering the consequences. This may work okay in some situations but it could come back to bite you when dealing with financial topics like investments, financing, refinancing, insurance and mortgages. To be a wise investor we should take some time to consider and know more about the place [...]

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8 Solid Reasons All Non-profits Need a Web Site

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

A nonprofit organization can take advantage of the Internet for
at least eight purposes:
publicity
public education
fundraising
volunteer recruitment
service delivery
advocacy
research
communication
Let us look at brief examples of each of these uses in turn.
Publicity
Good sites gain attention. Attention or awareness is exactly
what all non-profits need… it accelerates fund-raising efforts,
and enhances all the following essential [...]

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Accelerating Advanced Natural Disaster Aftermath Response

Friday, August 1st, 2008

We certainly learned after Hurricane Katrina how difficult it was to find trapped people who had climbed up into their attics to get away from the floodwaters in New Orleans. Today luckily we have advanced systems like infrared sensors, scanners and these can be mounted on Helicopters and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles UAVs. But what if [...]

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