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Volume
2 - 5th Edition, May 2009
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FROM
THE EDITOR
Pauline
Raina
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Dear
Adland friends,
How is
springtime treating you? This past month I got to soak up a lot of sun
at the beach again, and it was awesome ! My advice to you, soak
up all you can this summer, good for your bones! But don’t
forget to take care of your skin with a good suntan protection J cos’
you sure don’t want to end up getting fried now would you ?......LOL!!
Well here
we are with our May edition and I hope you took the time to visit the
many forum links we provided in our April issue and discovered the many
great thoughts that are shared there, besides meeting new friends and
getting to know them better.
Have you
determined your niche? With the exercise Bogdan started in the
previous edition I am sure it has been helpful to you and that
you will continue to follow his advise. Do let us know how
helpful any of our articles were to you, we would love to hear from you
so do take the time to drop us a line.
I wish to
take the time and thank our many friends who contribute on and off to
this newsletter. We appreciate you taking the time to work on articles
that will benefit the community, it is a work well done! Forthcoming
issues have some great new features to be introduced so look out folks
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Talk to you again, same
time same place next month J
Till then keep smiling
Pauline
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MENTOR''S
MOMENT
Bogdan Fiedur
CEO Adlandpro
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How
do you determine what your niche is?
(Read niche
as a narrow targetable market)
“Competition
creates better products,
alliances create better companies.”
– Brian Graham
(continued from last month)
As previously
indicated, the bigger the
number next to the keyword, the more popular the keyword is.
To further explain, every day,
individuals
conduct many keyword searches for specific keywords or keyword
combinations Therefore, if you come across
a “hot keyword”
then there is a large demand for this kind of product or your search is
too
generic and needs to be clarified further.
For example, let’s take the
keyword
“truck”.
This keyword can mean many things and cover all kinds of situations
associated
with trucks. “Truck accessories” is more specific and refers to items
that may
relate to a truck. “Truck wheels”, would simply refer to the wheels of
a truck
and are even more specific.
Now return to Google.com search and type
your keyword in the search box and press button “Google Search”.
Results will
be displayed and for example for search term “truck” Google will
display
45,400,000 matches. For
search term “truck accessories” Google displays only 8,540,000 and for
”truck
wheels” 7,260,000.
Those
numbers represent how much competition you have. If Google shows
results in millions this will mean that competition is strong or your
search
keywords are too generic.
As previously indicated, you have to be
careful here because you don’t want to enter an oversaturated market
and you
also don’t want to enter one where there is no interest.
One trick that I’ve found
successful is to
compare and use all your results to develop your marketing campaign.
For
instance, if you find keywords where the results on https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal
are large and those on Google
search are
small then you should definitely use these keywords. This is because
you’ll
know that the keyword is searched frequently but there isn’t a lot of
competition based on Google results.
In
short: Google search results will show
you how
strong your competition is. Google keyword tool results will show you
what the
demand is. You want keywords with lots of
demand
and
with little competition as possible.
The next thing you have to
remember is
that
you must be creative when choosing your keywords. This is because
individuals
sometimes type in all types of keywords in hopes of reaching the right
results.
For example, if your
interest is offering piano
music lessons and teaching students how to play the piano, then you
might
search for competitors by using the keyword “piano lessons”. You’ll
then find
that the market is oversaturated. If you do another search for “online
piano
lessons”, you will find that number of sites found for this combination
is much
lower. Adding your location e.g. “online piano lessons Winnipeg” will
return even smaller results.
By narrowing your
focus, the results you
find will make more sense and will be more accurate.
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C E N
T E R S T A G E
More ARTICLES OF
VIRTUE
by Sam Sunday
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Pierre
Louma
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The
African Kid in Nazi Germany
Pierre
Louma++
The
Nazi hatred of the Jews that resulted in the Holocaust is now a fully
documented fact. But how could life have been, for a black African kid
growing up in Germany from around 1927 to 1945?
Read
On ------
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We Shall Not Forget!!
Peter Fogel ++
History has been rewritten many a time in
order to suit the theories, beliefs, philosophies and agendas of the so
called "historians" Even as I''m writing these lines there are those
that deny the holocaust. In many countries throughout Europe
denying the Holocaust is against the law and one of the major offenders
was imprisoned after being sued in a few countries because of his books
and speeches on this subject.
Read
On ------
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My
Life & My Tree
AnaMaria Padurean++
It
is a pity to leave our childhood in a corner of our minds covered with
the dust of oblivion. Let’s play; let’s not forget to play. We have no
balls, but we have words; we have no grits, though we have thoughts; we
have no cars, yet we have questions; we have no dolls, but we just have
answers!
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On ----
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Leslye
Miller
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Be
a Friend, Not a Stranger!
Leslye Miller++
Internet
marketers are busy today building their “lists”. Even in our ALP here,
I find friends’ team with more than 6000 people in their groups.
Now
the big question; What is the true purpose of building this large group
of friends?
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A
Dinner with God
Sam Sunday++
It
was
a very gloomy day! A friend I expected so much from had just
disappointed me in addition to the unhappy event in my forum of
inspirations, so I decided to end the day’s business and return back
home. While driving home, I suddenly felt extremely famished. I
had left the house early in the morning with some excitements and high
expectations that I gave up my breakfast. Even at break time in the
office, I again skipped lunch while patiently waiting for my august
visitor who later called with some flimsy excuses.
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William
Vanderbilt
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Autism,
the consequential truth!
William Vanderbilt++
In this article I wish to explore the
possibilities of when we accept something as truth. Also, I
want to
discuss some of the consequences for accepting as truth, that which is
not.
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Geketa
Holman
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Sustaining
the Ideal Woman in US!
Geketa Holman++
In
today''s society the perception of a woman and the role she plays has
changed. This has not happened over thousands of years, but in the last
30 or so.
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Judy
Woodson
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My
Patch of Community Garden:
Judy Woodson++
There’s
nothing I like more than grabbing my
little green bag of hand tools, tossing it into a blue five gallon
plastic bucket and wandering up to my garden to see how everything is
doing. Most days,...
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Marilyn Martin
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Women''s Dressing: for respect or abuse?
Marilyn Martin++
I often find myself
totally flabbergasted and shocked when I go out, or watch TV, and see
how some women nowadays dress with no sense of morality, modesty, or
respect for themselves. I sometimes think I was born in the wrong era
because I totally disapprove of a lot of the fashions and styles of
today.
Read
On -----
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Vote Matters To Someone, Please Vote!
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Best Forum Award Poll
June 2009
Voting ends May 26, 2009
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BFA''s
AWARD OF APPRECIATION
Community
Angel
for
May 2009
AWARD
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Branka Babic
OMNIFORM
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for usual and unusual features, thoughts & impressions, business
solutions, community related ideas
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INSIGHTS
We will have a monthly guest writer
from Adland sharing their thoughts and insights with us.
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Roger
Macdivitt
Roger is an NLP and
Hypnotherapiest who strives to develop communication platforms and to
improve the lot of children worldwide. His background also
includes the printing trade and garden design. He believes
that working as a team is the best method of developing a business.
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Avarice
A confession?
Marcus Tullius
Cicero - “Avarice,
in old age, is foolish; for what can be more Absurd than to increase
our
provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey''s end?”
There are a wide variety of definitions
for
avarice, but most stress the excessive greed for wealth as
being the
core of the sin.
But is it really that bad? Is it really a
sin?
I have been drawn to this subject through
a recent
posting at Adland where I was invited to suggest my favourite
car. What
would I choose?
I confess to having test-driven a $400,000
Bentley
and an Aston Martin and Mercedes most expensive coupe.
You need to understand at this point that,
at a
time in the past, I had been invited to take part in something that
would
involve me surfing the web into the early hours for day after day, for
four
years with a long-term huge return. The commitment had to be 100%.
To make this feasible I did what I teach.
I carried
a picture of that car in my pocket for four years. Every day I told
this image
“you are mine”.
Where does this take us? Well. I firmly
believe
that wealth in the right hands can be a blessing. There are people in
this
world who are self-motivating and who are innovators, inventors, who
have
practical imagination and whose overall intentions are not to make
money, but
it happens.
I believe that wealth makers who create
jobs,
opportunities and things that make life better are important to the
lives of
many whose lot is not to rise to wealth and fame. There are different
levels of
intelligence throughout all social strata and the determined are those
who
excel naturally some of course rise to wealth through inheritance or
influence.
I have no problem with wanting such a car.
Somebody
has to design and make this thing of beauty. Somebody has to have a
desire to
acquire.
This brings up the main point of this
brief
discussion.
Is it wrong top want such a thing? I
believe not.
It is a question of priority.
Yes, it’s disgusting that I might own such
a thing
when people are starving in the world, but so it is when supermarkets
and
restaurants throw away perfectly good food. If that material item can
drive
just one person to achieve financial freedom then it can inspire others
and
thereby increase the prosperity of others.
Avarice is a sin. If wealth is
wanted in
excess for excesses sake, then it is. But if that car can act as a
catalyst to
drive me to greater things, so be it. All I can say is this:
My aim has always been to help other
people with
any wealth that I can accumulate. If, at the same time, I can reward
myself
with the goal that drove me on THEN I can set a new goal and use the
same
principle again.
Avarice is indeed the greed of possession
to
excess. Ambition is a driving force.
I’m a goal-setting consultant. I can’t
help myself.
It’s what I am naturally.
So, don’t feel bad about pursuing wealth,
It’s what
you do with it when you get it that determines sin or blessing I am
convinced
It’s still a dream of mine, but so is
making a
difference in countless lives.
Share your love and compassion, they
cost
nothing.
Zeno
- “The avaricious man is like the barren
sandy ground of the desert which sucks in all the rain and dew with
greediness,
but yields no fruitful herbs or plants for the benefit of others.”
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(: Just For Laughs :)
Many Adlanders love to share a laugh or simply like to make us smile.
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John
Leal
That''s
Life...
The world as we
know it.
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One morning the husband returns after several hours of fishing and
decides to take a nap. Although not familiar with the lake, the wife
decides to take the boat out. She motors out a short distance, anchors,
and reads her book. Along comes a Game Warden in his boat. He pulls up
alongside the woman and says,
''Good morning, Ma''am. What are you doing?''
''Reading a book,'' she replies, (thinking, ''Isn''t that obvious?'')
''You''re in a Restricted Fishing Area,'' he informs her.
''I''m sorry, officer, but I''m not fishing. I''m reading.''
''Yes, but you have all the equipment. For all I know you could start at
any moment.
I''ll have to take you in and write you up.''
''For reading a book,'' she replies.
''You''re in a Restricted Fishing Area,'' he informs her again.
''If you do that, I''ll have to charge you with Sexual assault,'' says the
woman.
''But I haven''t even touched you,'' says the game warden.
''That''s true, but you have all the equipment. For all I know you could
start at any moment.''
''Have a nice day ma''am,'' and he left.
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On the first day of school, the children brought gifts for their
teacher.
The florist''s son brought the teacher a bouquet of flowers.
The candy-store owner''s daughter gave the teacher a pretty box of candy.
Then the liquor-store owner''s son brought up a big box.
The teacher lifted it up and noticed that it was leaking a little bit..
She touched a drop of the liquid with her finger and tasted it.
"Is it wine?" she guessed.
"No," the boy replied.
She tasted another drop and asked, "Champagne?.
"No," said the little boy.. "It''s a puppy."
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A man had two of the best tickets for the FA CupFinal. As he sits
down another man comes along and asks if anyone is sitting in the seat
next to him.
"No", he says, "the seat is empty."
"This is incredible!" said the man, "who in their right mind would have
a seat like this for the Final, the biggest sporting event of the year
& not use it?"
He says, "Well, actually, the seat belongs to me. My wife was
supposed to come with me but she passed away. This is the first Final
we haven''t been to together since we got married."
"Oh... Gees ..I''m sorry to hear that. That''s terrible. I guess
you couldn''t find someone else, a friend or relative or even a
neighbour to take the seat?"
The man shakes his head... "No. They''re all at the funeral."
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Two brooms were hanging in the closet and after a while they got to
know each other so well, they decided to get married. One broom was, of
course, the bride broom, the other the groom broom. The bride broom
looked very beautiful in her white dress. The groom broom was handsome
and suave in his tuxedo. The wedding was lovely.
After the wedding, at the wedding dinner, the bride-broom leaned over
and said to the groom-broom, ''I think I am going to have a little
broom!''
''IMPOSSIBLE !'' said the groom broom. ''WE HAVEN''T EVEN SWEPT TOGETHER!''
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President Obama was out jogging one morning along the banks of the
Potomac when he tripped, fell down a bank and landed in the water
below. Before the security guys could get to him, 3 kids who were
fishing pulled him out of the water. He was so grateful he offered the
kids whatever they wanted.
The first kid said, ''I want to go to Disneyland''.
Barack said, ''No problem, I''ll take you there in my special President''s
airplane.''
The second kid said, ''I want a new pair of Speedo ''SHARK'' bathers.''
Barack said, ''I''ll get them for you, and even have Mark Spitz sign
them!''
The third kid said, '' I want a motorized wheelchair with a built in TV
and stereo headset!''
Barack was a little perplexed by this and said, ''But you don''t look
like you''re handicapped.''
The kid said, ''I will be after my dad finds out I saved your ass from
drowning!''
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BEING
ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY
Joe
Downing
Lead Design and Content Manager
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Did You Remember?
This month is all about memories. In the first weeks of the
month, we remembered our Mothers. I have to say that I have one
of the most marvelous Moms ever. She raised SEVEN of us in the
first years in a three bedroom, one bath house on beans and corn
bread. The best part of it all is that my Mom was a hugger and
she liked to laugh. You can imagine how busy she was with five of
us in diapers at the same time. Thank you Mom!!! Hugs
to all of our Moms. What the heck, hugs to all of you! :)
The second part of the month here in the USA, we remember those that
lost their lives in the military... Memorial Day. I have several
uncles who lost their lives in WWII and Korea. We go out to the
cemetary early in the morning and plant national flags on all of the
graves of Veterans. It is such a beautiful moment! Breath
taking... listening to the bugle... sombering to realize how many have
given their lives for... our freedoms. I salute those who have
and do serve. I shall never forget them! Even though they
at either end of the month, we also tie in the remembrance of the
Halocaust with Memorial Day. Never forget.
There are so many things celebrated this month it is hard to remember
them all: Hawaiian Lei Day, Mother Goose Day, May Day, Space Day,
Susan''s Birthday, Cinco de Mayo, National Teacher Day, International No
Diet Day, No Socks Day, Clean Up Your Room Day (Booooo!), Twiligt Zone
Day, Kite Day, Prayer Day, Armed Forces Day, Peace Day, Victoria Day,
Penny Day, Blueberry Cheesecake Day... I never realized how many things
we celebrated just in this month! Good thing it is also
National Hamburger Month, National Salad Month and National Bar-B-Que
Month. :)
Not to mention that for many places it is the ending of the school year
and of course spring cleaning has began for many. I don''t know
what all of you are celebrating this month, but I hope you will stop
and remember to celebrate each other. Adland has formed some very
good circle of friends. Some of the ways to celebrate each other
is: send a PM with a joke or affirmation, nominate for an award,
post a reflection in their forum, rate them, send them a
smile. My favorite is to HUG them! And when they are
nominated and the votes are being counted, did you remember?
Hugs to you all,
Joe Downing
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"You cannot
plough a field
by turning it over in your mind."
-- Anonymous
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Some
other forums of interest...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Dear
Pauline,
I wanted to tell you "thank
you" for covering when
I can''t be here. There is a tremendous amount of time and
searching
around the forums to put together all the things to be done for the
BFA. This last month, you practically had to do it all by
yourself. I
thank you with all my heart!
Appreciatively,
Joe Downing
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Hello BFA NewsletterTeam,
Thank you for featuring me in the April
edition, it is always heartening to be able to share with your readers,
different aspects to the online experience that will help create the
best success that people can achieve.
Being normally in the background of the BlogNet Awards business, I
don''t get a chance to really talk to people about what I do and have
learned so when given a chance such as this, it is a wonderful way for
me to share with others all the different things that I know will be of
true benefit to everyone.
Best Regards
Diane Bjorling
Administrative Director
BlogNet
Awards
“There are no failures - just experiences
and your reactions to them.
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Don''t forget to
send us your links to forums that are designed to help function here in
Adland. You can include forums/threads that teach how to do
specific things like add a graphic, etc. Hurry, first come first
listed! :)
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