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The 7 Things You Gotta Know To Put Your Formula Together

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:33:48 +0100

"A Return To Simplicity"
One of the most important things you'll read this year.

How do you quickly and easily find your target audience?
How do you know what they wanna buy?
Where do you find 'em?
How do you get 'em into your marketing funnel?
What do you sell 'em?
How do you get 'em to buy?
How do you ratchet things up?

Wish you luck with your marketing!

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It's Good to Know: Online Life After Death

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:38:23 +0100

Online gaming, message boards, Twitter, blogging... For better or worse, many people live much of their lives on the Internet.

If you're active enough online that you think your presence would be missed by your online friends and followers when you die, do this:

Put together - on a CD, flash drive, or even on paper - a list of log-in information and passwords for the various sites, blogs, games, etc. where you are active. Include instructions, or even a specially tailored message, for each site. It could be a farewell blog post, e-mail, etc. Give this information to a loved one or trusted friend and ask them to "close out" your online accounts in the event of your demise.

(Source: Associated Press)

Excellent living and luxury

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:16:18 +0100

by Jackie (Jays’ fashions)

The way to live a luxurious life of Interior Decor does not always require high spends on decors but depends with the creativity in the designer’s ability. The colour theme blending your furniture must not contrast the colour theme on the walls unless one intends to repaint your apartment – a move that would not be cost effective. In cases where your seats have more than one colour or several designs, cushion would be most ideal ensuring that the colour choice reflects the less dominating colour in your seat.

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The First Step to Becoming a Millionaire Real Estate Investor

Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:48:01 +0100

By Julie Broad

Thanks to real estate investing, I no longer have to work full-time. If I want to go hiking in the mountains with my dog in the middle of the day, I can. If my husband and I want to pop up to Whistler to ski, we do it mid-week to avoid the crowds.

That's now. But when we were just starting out as real estate investors, we had some serious missteps. We were fined in court for fire code violations, a property manager stole rent money, we got unwanted publicity in a newspaper as "absentee owners of local crackhouse," and we lost money on a property in one of the hottest housing markets in history.

We made some horrible mistakes - but 90 percent of them were completely preventable had we followed the advice I'm going to give you today: Know where you want to go before you start.

Ask yourself:

Is it more important to you to find a property that doesn't cost you money or one that doesn't cost you time?

Do you want to make repairs?

Are you interested in investing for the long term or the short term?

What is your risk tolerance?

Do you want real estate to be your primary source of income?

How much money can you (do you want to) dedicate to real estate versus other investments?

What's your current credit score?

What's your current financial situation?

Being clear on what you want to put in and what you expect to get out of your investments is the first step. It gives you clarity on your next steps. It also helps you avoid the reckless mistakes we made. Had we set realistic goals and taken steps toward those goals, we never would have purchased the properties that led to all the drama we experienced as newbie investors.

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Free Money Management Tips!

Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:42:39 +0100

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