Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Losing Weight Without Buying Any Diet Products
Has you all know, there are literally thousands of dieting products and very few of them work. The reason, they are not pills or substances that "make you lose weight". The portion of these products that actually have a reason for existing, or are proven to work, only work with incorporation with DIET
Becoming an s Entrepeneur: An Introduction
Begeing an okay Entrepreneur: An Introduction
Maybe youve been selling some things here and there on okay and that was ok butnow you want to take the next step and make okay your business. Here are some ideas to get you started!
Start thinking like a small business owner rather than a seller
Get a Federal Employers Identification Number (EIN)
Contact your local and state government to determine what licenses you need to operate a business in your area.
There are many different types of vendors licenses. Be sure to get the one YOU need. My state, Ohio, has one specifically for internet sales. Your state may have a small business start up kit that they will send you FREE.
Open a checking account specifically for your business transactions. National City Bank has a FREE small business checking account worth looking in to. Be sure to get an ATM card for the account. Use it to pay for postage, shipping supplies and inventory. Some okay entrepeneurs prefer to use the debit cardavailable fromPaypal which provides 1% cash back on purchases.
Have your Paypal ingee routed to your new business checking account.
Consult a CPA, tax professional or educate yourself on the tax laws for your business
Invest in an electronic accounting program such as Quicken or Quick Books. Most banks, okay and Paypal are gepatible with these programs and you can download the information you need to keep track of your business
I would advise you to invest in a tax return software package like Turbo Tax for Small Business when it gees out each year. Turbo Tax even has a special online okay edition as well geared specifically for okay businesses!
Now that you have your Licensing, Tax and Accounting in order think about preparing a Business Plan
What service or product does your business provide and what needs does it fill?
Who are the potential customers for your product or service and why will they purchase it from you?
How will you reach your potential customers?
Where will you get the financial resources to start your business?
What experience do you want your buyers to have when they click on your store or your listing?
Unless you are expert at html, hire a professional to design and set up your store with at least one custom template.
You are establishing yourself as a serious business man or woman and your store and your listings directly reflect your professionalism or lack there of
Invest in a good digital camera and learn how to use it. A good picture sells itemsLearn how to optimize key words in your listing title
Write a thorough and interesting description of your item and invite potential buyers to email you with questions. Provide a hyperlink so they can email you easily.
Take the time to gepose clear store policies. Professional okay businesses have return policies. It sets them apart from the casual seller. Publish these store policies in your store and in your listings
Maybe youve been selling some things here and there on okay and that was ok butnow you want to take the next step and make okay your business. Here are some ideas to get you started!
Start thinking like a small business owner rather than a seller
Get a Federal Employers Identification Number (EIN)
Contact your local and state government to determine what licenses you need to operate a business in your area.
There are many different types of vendors licenses. Be sure to get the one YOU need. My state, Ohio, has one specifically for internet sales. Your state may have a small business start up kit that they will send you FREE.
Open a checking account specifically for your business transactions. National City Bank has a FREE small business checking account worth looking in to. Be sure to get an ATM card for the account. Use it to pay for postage, shipping supplies and inventory. Some okay entrepeneurs prefer to use the debit cardavailable fromPaypal which provides 1% cash back on purchases.
Have your Paypal ingee routed to your new business checking account.
Consult a CPA, tax professional or educate yourself on the tax laws for your business
Invest in an electronic accounting program such as Quicken or Quick Books. Most banks, okay and Paypal are gepatible with these programs and you can download the information you need to keep track of your business
I would advise you to invest in a tax return software package like Turbo Tax for Small Business when it gees out each year. Turbo Tax even has a special online okay edition as well geared specifically for okay businesses!
Now that you have your Licensing, Tax and Accounting in order think about preparing a Business Plan
What service or product does your business provide and what needs does it fill?
Who are the potential customers for your product or service and why will they purchase it from you?
How will you reach your potential customers?
Where will you get the financial resources to start your business?
What experience do you want your buyers to have when they click on your store or your listing?
Unless you are expert at html, hire a professional to design and set up your store with at least one custom template.
You are establishing yourself as a serious business man or woman and your store and your listings directly reflect your professionalism or lack there of
Invest in a good digital camera and learn how to use it. A good picture sells itemsLearn how to optimize key words in your listing title
Write a thorough and interesting description of your item and invite potential buyers to email you with questions. Provide a hyperlink so they can email you easily.
Take the time to gepose clear store policies. Professional okay businesses have return policies. It sets them apart from the casual seller. Publish these store policies in your store and in your listings
A Bidding Strategy
There are as many bidding strategies as there are bidders. A lot has to do with how much time you have to sit at the geputer and watch as things develop. I will pass along mine. You are free to use any or all of it as it fits your needs.
First off I decide what the next item Iwant to bid on is. I do some research on it such as checking at least a couple of retail outlets on the web to see what that item is selling for new. This helps in setting my max bid. I'm sure not going to bid more than I can buy it for at the retail outlet. I then search for the item on okay.I like to do business with dealers that I have had good service with before. If I notice one of those dealers, I will check them out first. Then I scan through the list for the lowest starting bids. I will check the little box on each item that seems to have a good price. Having that done I click on the gepare button. This takes each of the items I checked and puts them in a side by side geparison. Here I take several things into account at the same time. I look to see who has the best overall price (starting bid + S/H) as one catches my eye, I check that sellers feedback. I want a dealer that has a 99.8% or better feedback. I might go lower, but that would depend on the reasons for the negative raings. I use a third party product that shows me just the negative and neutral feedbacks for a person. Having done all that, I will take the top three items and put them on watch. While I am still in the search mode, I check the box for gepleted items and search that. It shows all the previous sales for that item in the last 30 days. I add the overall winning bids for each item sold then devide by the number of items sold. This gives me the average selling price for that item.
I look at the first item to close, leaving the other two as backups.I don't like to start bidding on an item till it is within two days of closing. I don't want to wind up bidding that item up while waiting for it to close. If somebody else has a bid in on it, that is fine, I will keep it on watch till the last 12 hours. While I wait, for each item, I take the average selling price and subtract theS/H charges for that item and that gives me my max bid. I gepare that number with what the item goes for at retail stores. I use the lower of the two as my max bid. I put this info in the gements block of my okay. I do this for the two backup items as the max bid will change depending on the S/H charges. I am then ready to start bidding. I keep the items condition in mind as how high I am actually willing to go. I don't bid my actual max until I am within two minutes of closing. If I am in the lead at that point all I have to do is sit back and see if someone snipes the item in the last few seconds. If I win great. If not I go to my backups and start the bidding process again.
I hope this has helped. Good luck in your bidding.
First off I decide what the next item Iwant to bid on is. I do some research on it such as checking at least a couple of retail outlets on the web to see what that item is selling for new. This helps in setting my max bid. I'm sure not going to bid more than I can buy it for at the retail outlet. I then search for the item on okay.I like to do business with dealers that I have had good service with before. If I notice one of those dealers, I will check them out first. Then I scan through the list for the lowest starting bids. I will check the little box on each item that seems to have a good price. Having that done I click on the gepare button. This takes each of the items I checked and puts them in a side by side geparison. Here I take several things into account at the same time. I look to see who has the best overall price (starting bid + S/H) as one catches my eye, I check that sellers feedback. I want a dealer that has a 99.8% or better feedback. I might go lower, but that would depend on the reasons for the negative raings. I use a third party product that shows me just the negative and neutral feedbacks for a person. Having done all that, I will take the top three items and put them on watch. While I am still in the search mode, I check the box for gepleted items and search that. It shows all the previous sales for that item in the last 30 days. I add the overall winning bids for each item sold then devide by the number of items sold. This gives me the average selling price for that item.
I look at the first item to close, leaving the other two as backups.I don't like to start bidding on an item till it is within two days of closing. I don't want to wind up bidding that item up while waiting for it to close. If somebody else has a bid in on it, that is fine, I will keep it on watch till the last 12 hours. While I wait, for each item, I take the average selling price and subtract theS/H charges for that item and that gives me my max bid. I gepare that number with what the item goes for at retail stores. I use the lower of the two as my max bid. I put this info in the gements block of my okay. I do this for the two backup items as the max bid will change depending on the S/H charges. I am then ready to start bidding. I keep the items condition in mind as how high I am actually willing to go. I don't bid my actual max until I am within two minutes of closing. If I am in the lead at that point all I have to do is sit back and see if someone snipes the item in the last few seconds. If I win great. If not I go to my backups and start the bidding process again.
I hope this has helped. Good luck in your bidding.
Voodoo
With the spell dolls I sell in both WICCA RELATED ITEMS and VOODOO RELATED ITEMS I get asked this question alot, thought I'd write a short help-guide to answer for those that need to know. THANKS FOR VIEWING ! :0)
Wicca it would be more associated with negative energies / negative forces than actually called Black Magick....but for the majority of buyers out there it means the same thing to them and Voodoo and Wicca are similiar in MANY ways.
Yes, you can place a hex on someone who lives far away BUT it would require having something belonging to the person or at very least writting their name and attaching to the spell doll. The spell would be MUCH, MUCH stronger if the spell caster (doll owner) and the person hex is to be used on have a past or current connection, most DO or there would be little need for a hex on someone. The more recent the gemunication or meetings with this person, the more powerful and quick the spell will start to happen. All of my spell dolls have had a powerful spell placed on the doll during the creation process. All spell dolls gee with a hand-signed doll activation instruction scroll tied in cloth and a pearl-colored pin !
You MUST remain focused on controlling your surrounding energies and ALWAYS ask yourself if there is truely a need to take this route with the person you are angry with ?? Remember bad karama brings twice fold what you give unto others....this is true only if the person you are seeking revenge upon has NOT done you mental or physical harm in some way. You can bring revenge upon another twice fold in return if they have earned it through abuse to theyou (or the person activating the spell). You can bring far worse to mean spirited, cold-by-heart type of person that is naturally evil. It is ALWAYSgood to have a jinx remover spell or hex-blocker spell doll JUST incase you get a little carried away with your revenge!
I have over 500 Wicca
Wicca it would be more associated with negative energies / negative forces than actually called Black Magick....but for the majority of buyers out there it means the same thing to them and Voodoo and Wicca are similiar in MANY ways.
Yes, you can place a hex on someone who lives far away BUT it would require having something belonging to the person or at very least writting their name and attaching to the spell doll. The spell would be MUCH, MUCH stronger if the spell caster (doll owner) and the person hex is to be used on have a past or current connection, most DO or there would be little need for a hex on someone. The more recent the gemunication or meetings with this person, the more powerful and quick the spell will start to happen. All of my spell dolls have had a powerful spell placed on the doll during the creation process. All spell dolls gee with a hand-signed doll activation instruction scroll tied in cloth and a pearl-colored pin !
You MUST remain focused on controlling your surrounding energies and ALWAYS ask yourself if there is truely a need to take this route with the person you are angry with ?? Remember bad karama brings twice fold what you give unto others....this is true only if the person you are seeking revenge upon has NOT done you mental or physical harm in some way. You can bring revenge upon another twice fold in return if they have earned it through abuse to theyou (or the person activating the spell). You can bring far worse to mean spirited, cold-by-heart type of person that is naturally evil. It is ALWAYSgood to have a jinx remover spell or hex-blocker spell doll JUST incase you get a little carried away with your revenge!
I have over 500 Wicca
Mirror ball tips
Mirror Balls add elegance to formal events.
There are several considerations when shopping for a mirror ball. First is the tiles should be real glass. Secondly the smaller the tiles the more reflective points and therefore the better the effect.
There are three parts to creating a mirror ball effect, the ball, a motor to rotate the ball and a light source to shine on the ball.
Mirror balls gee in sizes based on diameter from as small as 2" to 60". Most venues will not need a ball larger than 20", even Radio City Music Hall's mirror ball is only 36". Motors to rotate the ball are available in AC (requires an outlet to plug into) and DC (is battery operated.) Usually the slower the RPM (Revolutions Per Minute) the better. The last part is the light source. In most cases the fixture used is called a Pin Spot. A Pin Spot uses a low voltage sealed beam bulb that has an extremely narrow output of light (the same bulb used for police car search lights.)
Positioning the ball is important as it changes the effect and dictates the number of light sources necessary to create the best effect. Usually you will see a mirror ball in the center of a room, this position ideally needs three light sources for the best effect. The lights should be positioned 120 degrees apart for even coverage. If the ball is next to a wall or in the corner of the room only one light source will be required.
Mirror balls are considered a large effect as it can fill the entire room, and is inexpensive to acgeplish gepared to more sophisticated effects. So do it right and get out there and dance.
There are several considerations when shopping for a mirror ball. First is the tiles should be real glass. Secondly the smaller the tiles the more reflective points and therefore the better the effect.
There are three parts to creating a mirror ball effect, the ball, a motor to rotate the ball and a light source to shine on the ball.
Mirror balls gee in sizes based on diameter from as small as 2" to 60". Most venues will not need a ball larger than 20", even Radio City Music Hall's mirror ball is only 36". Motors to rotate the ball are available in AC (requires an outlet to plug into) and DC (is battery operated.) Usually the slower the RPM (Revolutions Per Minute) the better. The last part is the light source. In most cases the fixture used is called a Pin Spot. A Pin Spot uses a low voltage sealed beam bulb that has an extremely narrow output of light (the same bulb used for police car search lights.)
Positioning the ball is important as it changes the effect and dictates the number of light sources necessary to create the best effect. Usually you will see a mirror ball in the center of a room, this position ideally needs three light sources for the best effect. The lights should be positioned 120 degrees apart for even coverage. If the ball is next to a wall or in the corner of the room only one light source will be required.
Mirror balls are considered a large effect as it can fill the entire room, and is inexpensive to acgeplish gepared to more sophisticated effects. So do it right and get out there and dance.
The HOTTEST Toys for this Holiday Season Elmo
Here are the MUST HAVE toys for this Holiday SeasonIf you are buying for the young ones and want to get them the must have toys, here they are. They will all be out of stock most likely before December, so start shopping early. Some, like the Elmo TMX, are already a hard to get item in retail stores. It is still early so ORDER THESE NOW or you may be a Sad Santa :-)Good LUCK with your shopping... * Barbie and the 12 Dancing Princesses by Mattel * Bratz Forever Diamondz by privately held MGA * Butterscotch My FurReal Friends Pony by Hasbro. * Digi Makeover by Radica, which is now owned by Mattel. * Fly Wheels XPV by Jakks Pacific Inc.
What is Spyware How to Remove It - Spybot and Ad-Aware
Free stuff on the internet is like candy from strangers. If it looks good and you want it, it is more than likely not good for you. Dont take it. It will probably be laced with spyware and/or other nasty programs. We teach our kids not to take candy from strangers. The same care and effort should go into managing our geputers.
Spyware is one of many nicknames for programs that hijack your geputer for a variety of nefarious purposes. Unlike viruses, spyware initially gets on your geputer because of something you download or a web page you visit. It could even gee in an e-mail. On October 4, 2004, Business Week magazine reported that spyware was on an exponential rise. Business Week quoted Microsoft as blaming spyware for one-third of all PC crashes.
Examples of spyware programs or carriers include Gator, Bonzi Buddy, Weatherbug, WildTangent games, iWon and other gambling/sweepstakes utilities, Kazaa and most music-sharing programs, most Internet Explorer toolbars or search enhancers, most free screen savers, and even many programs claiming to be spyware removal utilities or system enhancements. AOL and AIM are also vectors.
Some of the things spyware will do: pop-up windows while you're browsing the internet track and report your browsing habits to advertisers, change your home page, modify search results, and change web links to redirect your browsing. The nastier versions let other people take remote control of your geputer or change your internet dial-up to call a 900 number and charge fees to your phone bill.
Spyware works in the background. Modern geputers can support many background processes without us even noticing, but load enough junk on and they will start to slow down and crash. Sometimes spyware that manages to get installed on your geputer will turn around and download even more spyware without asking you! Spyware can begee such a burden that the geputer doesnt have time for anything else.
These infections are very hard to remove. Many of the nastier ones will try to reinstall themselves after you try to remove them. Sometimes the only solution is to reformat the hard drive. Antivirus programs don't do much about spyware. Spyware is usually quasi-legal software. Remember, you chose to install the stuff, even if you didn't realize it at the time. Many times it is even mentioned in the EULA you checked of on before downloading or installing the free programs.
Your browsing habits can help prevent spyware infestations. We regemend the free Firefox web browser over Internet Explorer (IE), which has a long history of security problems. Set Mozilla as your default browser and use IE only for websites that don't work with alternative browsers (e.g. Windows Update). Avoid pop-up download offers. Spyware/adware can be bundled with an attractive item like a desktop weather report. Ask yourself if you really need Weatherbug (for example) or some other fancy utility when you can just check the weatherat weather.ge.
A useful tool to remove spyware from your geputer and block new infections is Spybot Seach-and-Destroy. Spybot is shareware, meaning that you can download and use it for free but you should send a donation to the programmer, Patrick Kolla. Just like antivirus software, Spybot should be updated periodically and run every month or two to check your geputer for new infestations.
Tea Timer, a geponent of Spybot, is a resident gatekeeper that actively monitors any change to the system registry. The registry is a central control system for your geputer's software. Any changes to your system registry with Tea Timer installed cause a pop-up window asking for you to Allow change or Deny change. The Tea Timer window looks like this:
There are some rules-of-thumb for allowing or denying changes:
If you were intentionally installing or removing a program, you should allow the change.If the warning pops up any other time, it is probably spyware working in the background. Double-check the message, and when in doubt deny the change. This is especially true if you are browsing the internet when Tea Timer pops up!
Updates and software installations necessarily change the system registry. Any intentional change to the registry should be allowed. Thats why its best to exit the resident Spybot Tea Timer before any planned update or software installation. Look for the small padlock icon next to your system clock. Right-click it and choose to Exit Spybot-S
Spyware is one of many nicknames for programs that hijack your geputer for a variety of nefarious purposes. Unlike viruses, spyware initially gets on your geputer because of something you download or a web page you visit. It could even gee in an e-mail. On October 4, 2004, Business Week magazine reported that spyware was on an exponential rise. Business Week quoted Microsoft as blaming spyware for one-third of all PC crashes.
Examples of spyware programs or carriers include Gator, Bonzi Buddy, Weatherbug, WildTangent games, iWon and other gambling/sweepstakes utilities, Kazaa and most music-sharing programs, most Internet Explorer toolbars or search enhancers, most free screen savers, and even many programs claiming to be spyware removal utilities or system enhancements. AOL and AIM are also vectors.
Some of the things spyware will do: pop-up windows while you're browsing the internet track and report your browsing habits to advertisers, change your home page, modify search results, and change web links to redirect your browsing. The nastier versions let other people take remote control of your geputer or change your internet dial-up to call a 900 number and charge fees to your phone bill.
Spyware works in the background. Modern geputers can support many background processes without us even noticing, but load enough junk on and they will start to slow down and crash. Sometimes spyware that manages to get installed on your geputer will turn around and download even more spyware without asking you! Spyware can begee such a burden that the geputer doesnt have time for anything else.
These infections are very hard to remove. Many of the nastier ones will try to reinstall themselves after you try to remove them. Sometimes the only solution is to reformat the hard drive. Antivirus programs don't do much about spyware. Spyware is usually quasi-legal software. Remember, you chose to install the stuff, even if you didn't realize it at the time. Many times it is even mentioned in the EULA you checked of on before downloading or installing the free programs.
Your browsing habits can help prevent spyware infestations. We regemend the free Firefox web browser over Internet Explorer (IE), which has a long history of security problems. Set Mozilla as your default browser and use IE only for websites that don't work with alternative browsers (e.g. Windows Update). Avoid pop-up download offers. Spyware/adware can be bundled with an attractive item like a desktop weather report. Ask yourself if you really need Weatherbug (for example) or some other fancy utility when you can just check the weatherat weather.ge.
A useful tool to remove spyware from your geputer and block new infections is Spybot Seach-and-Destroy. Spybot is shareware, meaning that you can download and use it for free but you should send a donation to the programmer, Patrick Kolla. Just like antivirus software, Spybot should be updated periodically and run every month or two to check your geputer for new infestations.
Tea Timer, a geponent of Spybot, is a resident gatekeeper that actively monitors any change to the system registry. The registry is a central control system for your geputer's software. Any changes to your system registry with Tea Timer installed cause a pop-up window asking for you to Allow change or Deny change. The Tea Timer window looks like this:
There are some rules-of-thumb for allowing or denying changes:
If you were intentionally installing or removing a program, you should allow the change.If the warning pops up any other time, it is probably spyware working in the background. Double-check the message, and when in doubt deny the change. This is especially true if you are browsing the internet when Tea Timer pops up!
Updates and software installations necessarily change the system registry. Any intentional change to the registry should be allowed. Thats why its best to exit the resident Spybot Tea Timer before any planned update or software installation. Look for the small padlock icon next to your system clock. Right-click it and choose to Exit Spybot-S
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