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Five Key Warnings Signs of Potential Online Fraud Online fraud is becoming a major problem for online merchants in the marketplace with as many as 20% of all transactions being fraudulent. There are five key warning signs that all online merchants need to be aware of when doing business online. If you miss one of these warning signs, you could potentially be left with an enormous bill from your merchant facility. Networking: Four Steps of Your Networking Plan Networking is one of the most important skills you can ever learn. I guess the question is, "What is Networking?" Essentially networking is the skill of developing or building a relationship with people that you do not know. The art of networking is to develop your own network which is simply a group of people in which you can share your ideas, information, your resources plus you can introduce your network members with each other to help each of your network members towards a common goal. Business Networking: Top 10 Characteristics All Master Networkers Must Have Networking is one of the most important skills you must learn in business. More money is made from your networks than any other marketing medium. To build your network you must learn key networking skills and become a Master Networker. Every Master Networker has ten key characteristics, if you do not have these ten key characteristics then you must adopt them immediately and live your life by them. Business Networking: Ten Questions You Can Use To Start A Conversation Networking is one of the most important skills you must master in your path to becoming obscenely rich and successful. In the book Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill teaches that you must build your Mastermind Group through building your network. Your network is your personal advisers to help you in the path to success and the larger your Mastermind Group the more you can achieve. The key to building this group is to be able to network with your business associates, those you know and those you don't. There are ten questions you can use to start a conversation to learn about a person you may have not have met yet in your path to see if they are worthy of your mastermind group. Excel: Five Issues to Consider When Developing an Excel Template Microsoft Excel Templates are fantastic tools that allow you to get your team to put in their data for your business quickly and easily whilst still allowing for the consolidation of the data with very little work. There is however five key issues you need to consider when developing the Excel Template. Meditations: A Simple Healing Meditation Practice The role of meditation in essence is to assist you in maintaining your mind and body. The power of our mind is often overlooked in Western Society where as in other parts of the world like Asia, they recognize the power of the mind to assist in healing your body. This meditation is one that you can use to simply help heal you body. I should note that it is not a substitute for other medical assistance, but should be used in conjunction with traditional medicine. Meditation: Choosing the Right Music for the Right Meditation Technique Many people when they begin learning meditation find it hard to really get into the swing of it. They will purchase books and cd's on meditation but nothing really seems to work. Most meditation kits that you buy either on the internet or at a bookstore will come with at least one style of meditation music, but be warned if you use the wrong type of meditation music for the meditation technique you are using during your meditation session all that will happen is that you will get frustrated and you will not achieve the outcome you are looking for. Meditations: Meditating Before Going To Bed The world to me seems to be speeding up everyday. We are working longer hours, we are busier than we have ever been before, the traffic is snarling more and more and our stress levels are going through the roof. The consequence to this is that more and more people are suffering insomnia and this can become dangerous and affect your ability to function effectively. One of the best tools to help you with both insomnia and stress is meditation and in particular, meditating before going to bed. SEO: Using Your Website Statistics To Help Choose The Right Keywords There are literally thousands of tools that are available on the market to help you choose keywords to optimize your WebPages, but one of the most underutilized tools that you should be using is your web logs. Your web log is the key to telling you who and how people are finding your website. It will also tell you if there are new trends in which people are actually finding your website by keywords or phrases that you may not necessarily have optimized for. SUCCESS: How the Six Ghosts of Fear Can Stop You From Getting Rich For you to achieve anything, the first thing you should do is to eradicate fear, indecision, and doubt from your system. If any of these three entities reside inside your mind, then you won't be able to summon the powers of your sixth sense and eventually realize your dream of riches and fame. Success:The Power Of Decision What makes successful people reach their goals in life? Here’s a simple answer for you. They DECIDE that they want to get rich. They DECIDE that they need to do something about their desire. They DECIDE on what, when and how to do their lifetime plan for success. SEO: Should You Use Dashes, Underscores or Neither in Domain Names One of the biggest challenges we face as internet business owners is trying to secure domain names that have the keywords we need to help in the Search Engine Optimization process. Over the last few years the number of domains being registered is growing exponentially and Internet marketers are now reverting to domain names that use a combination of dashes and underscores, however you need to be careful using dashes and underscores in the domain names because you can in fact make it very difficult for a client to actually remember your website and come back to it if they did not add it to their favorites. In the long run, this can challenge the ability of your business to grow. Domains: Buying an Existing Domain Name Vs a New Domain Name No one can deny that the Internet is here to stay and that businesses who do not embrace the internet are going to struggle in the coming years. With the Internet and Search Engines reaching a new level of maturity, I have noticed in their rankings that they are beginning to put more and more weight on the age of the domain in their index and because of this we have now reached a crossroad for many businesses to evaluate whether they are better off buying an existing domain versus registering a brand new domain. But Buyer Beware! Small Business: Do Incentives For Non-Sales Staff Work? Small Business is tough and nobody can deny that and many employers will look for any number of ways to build and maintain the volume of business that they enjoy. One of the techniques that owners will try to use and encourage staff to be more proactive in achieving sales is to use incentives, however, for non-sales staff often this does not work. Find out why as we look into three incentive models. Online Promotion: Using Bumper Stickers To Promote Your Online Business But There Are 3 Rules When I first promoted the idea to my clients of using bumper stickers to promote their online business assets, they all thought I was nuts. In fact some of the comments were like "Promoting your online business on bumper stickers, you have got to be kidding, no one is going to access your website." Except along came the 3G Network and true internet enabled phones. Guess who's laughing now! Small Business: 10 Key Attributes Your Sales Staff Must Have One of the most important assets that any small business can have is effective sales people. Without them, you simply do not have a business that will work or more importantly make sales. Over the last ten years of operating a number of small businesses I have found 10 key attributes all sales staff must have to be successful. Meditations: Developing Your Weekly Meditation Plan Meditating without a clear plan or purpose is like going on a safari trip with out a map. You will get lost very quickly and you will not achieve what you setout to achieve. A meditation plan should simply set out how you want to plan your meditation for the week and what you want to focus on during that week but be advised there are few elements you will want to consider. Small Business: Ten Traits All Small Business Owners Must Have To Be Successful Winning in Small Business is as hard as running a race in the Olympics, actually I think harder, but the interesting fact is that the traits to succeed in small business are the same ones athletes use to succeed in any sport. Essentially the ten traits small business owners must have to succeed are the same ones we all must have if we ever think that we will achieve something in our lives. Meditations: Using Meditation to Master The Art Of Success Quick question before we start, please raise your hand if you have achieved everything you wanted to achieve in your life. Let me ask you another question … do you have a passion to succeed or to achieve something? Are you programmed to succeed? Would you like to know how? Meditations: Creating Your Meditation Strategy Meditating without a plan is like going on a holiday with no idea where you are going or what you are going to do. All that will happen is that you will get lost and will not end up achieving anything. If you do meditate without having a clear strategy in place, you will find over a period of time that your interest in meditating will wane and you will simply stop meditating. However, if you develop a strategy for what you want out of your meditation, then you have a goal and this means that you are more likely to stick with your meditation sessions till you achieve your goal. Meditations: Overcoming Those Distractions During Meditation I was sitting in a class today talking to some of my computer training students. We discussing how to absorb the material being learned and in particular we discussed how using meditation can help in their learning process, how meditation can help them learn more effectively and more so how they could overcome any distractions that might happen during their meditation session. See distractions are not just those that happen externally to you, they also happen internally and those internal distractions are tougher to overcome than the external ones. Small Business Secret #6: No Customer Database - No Goodwill If you are thinking about building a small business or buying an existing business, the number one tool every small business must have is a customer database. Without a good quality customer database, you will have no Goodwill when you decided to sell or exit your business. It is that important that without it, you will lose over half of the value of your business when you goto sell your business. Meditations: The Stillness Style Meditation The Stillness Style Meditation technique is one of the simplest techniques to actually master. It is also a fantastic meditation style that can be used with or without meditation music. The Stillness Style Meditation is one of the first meditation techniques taught when you learn the Buddhist way of life. Small Business Secret #5: Choose Your Customers Carefully They Are What Can Make Or Break You When you start out in small business pretty much every small business owner has the perception that everybody is their customer. In fact taking on this strategy can be the death knell of your business before you really get started. The key secret to small business is to carefully choose who you want to be a customer. Do not get trapped into believing that you have to have everyone as your customer. Asthma: Your Lungs Are Like The Carburetor On A Car Learning to calculate how much your lungs are over breathing is not that difficult. In fact, it is a simple calculation to work out by what factor you are overbreathing. Divide 60 by your pause and multiply by 100%. Meditations: Defining the Purpose of Your Meditation Session The concept of meditating for many people is that of hippies sitting out in the bush, high on weed, all chanting together or of Buddhist Monks in the high mountains of Tibet chanting their sacred text. Meditation can be all of that and more. Meditation is for everyone, not just a select group. When choosing to meditate, you must clearly define the purpose of the meditation session. Meditation in the western world is most commonly related to stress relief and to help ease the strains of everyday life but it does not have to be. Meditations: The Use Of Sacred Phrases In Your Daily Meditations There are many reasons for meditating, such as meditating for relaxation, stress relief or dealing with an issue. Sometimes you may even meditate for the fun of it because of the high you get coming off a meditation session. However, sometimes you may want to meditate for a purpose or to help reinforce something you want to achieve. Meditations: For Acts of Theft The act of stealing, that is, taking somebody else's possessions and calling them your own whether by force, by deception or simply by borrowing the item and not giving it back will always have a negative impact on your own psyche and karma whether you realize it or not. More so the act of theft will in the long run cause you more suffering whether it is through guilt or by being caught. Small Business Secret #4 – The 10 Chapter Elements Every Business Plan Must Have to Be Successful One of the ten most important documents you must have in creating a successful small business, and in fact any business is the Business Plan. The Business Plan is the overall summary document that describes how your business will work, how people will invest into your business and how the business will operate. Meditations: For Those Who Gossip About Others Have you ever caught yourself gossiping about another? Have you ever talked to a friend or stranger about your next door neighbor who you thought was having an affair with the pool man? Have you ever stood around the water fountain and talked about what a colleague did at the previous nights Christmas Party? Meditations: For Speaking Unkind and Unthoughtful Words The world has become a cruel and unusual place and I am quite sure you, like I have been a victim, at some time, of a person speaking unkind and unthoughtful words. Whilst we may not be able to do anything about the person who has been unkind to ourselves, we can undertake reflectful meditations that will help ensure that we do not participate in the act of speaking unkind. Small Business Secret #3: Seven Documents All Small Businesses Must Have to Be Successful When many small business owners start out thinking about building a small business, they are often mislead into believing that the only document that they need to succeed is a Business Plan. In fact this plan is only one of seven documents every small business should have if they ever expect to survive let alone succeed. Meditation: Choosing the Right Meditation Pillow Whether you realize it or not choosing the right meditation pillow can make a huge difference to the success of your meditation session. Most people when starting out on learning the technique of meditation will simply sit on the floor and try to meditate with no support at all. However, trying to maintain the right posture for any period of time is quite a challenge and will simply lead to an unsuccessful meditation session. Small Business Secret #2 - Build Your Business Knowing How You Will Exit the Business Creating a small business from nothing is easy to do anyone can do it, by simply filling out a few forms at a government office and then you have your small business. Making it successful is the hard part but also knowing how to get out of your business is as important to your business as owning it. Way to many people startup small businesses but then have no idea how they are going to exit it and in the end the way they build their business in many many cases results in them not getting the windfall they had hoped for. Asthma: Buteyko's Theory Buteyko's Theory basically says that due to deep respiration an excessive amount of CO2 is removed from the body, resulting in a change in chemical balance which is only partially neutralized by compensatory mechanisms. Small Business Secret #1 - Build Your Business with The End In Mind Small Business is the toughest industry to break into. If you were a betting man, you would never in a million years want to go into a small business when the odds for success in small business are so bad, that 70% of all small business fail in the first year. Let me be blunt, if you want to succeed in small business, only listen to those people who have built a small business in an industry they no nothing about and succeeded. These are the people who seriously know how to build a small business. Asthma: Emphysema vs Asthma In the past emphysema has been seen as a death sentence. Your doctor or specialist may have explained to you that this condition is progressive, and will eventually stop you from breathing at all. You may have been told that new drugs are becoming available all the time, and new research is happening. Childrens Asthma: Problems When Sleeping The majority of children have some difficulty during the night. To wake a couple of hours after going to sleep with a nasty cough is common. As is snoring, bed-wetting, and restless sleeping [thrashing about and waking often]. Top Ten Small Business Mastermind Advisers All Small Business Owners Need To Have to Succeed The statistics on small businesses going broke in the first 12 months of operation are nothing short of obscene and seriously scary. In Australia and other western countries such as the United States 70% of all small businesses fail within the first 12 months of operation but let me tell you from experience, surviving after that 12 months is no less harrowing. Asthma: The Effect of Diet On Your Breathing Health The key point to remember here is that everything you eat will make you breathe more deeply. Some foods will make you breathe more than other foods. Plus there is some individual variation in how much people respond do different foods. The Secret of Nocturnal Asthma Remember there is only one way you can get asthma. Asthma during sleep is also as simple. When the human body becomes horizontal, the resistance to deeper breathing is reduced. Ie it is a lot easier to breathe more deeply when you are lying down. As soon as you become unconscious, your breathing gets deeper and deeper, simply because of the horizontal position. Five Things You Need To Remember Before Starting a Small Business Everyone knows someone who has decided to go into small business but did you know that 70% of all small businesses fail within the first 12 months of operation. In some countries that failure rate is as high as 85 to 90%. Small Business is one of the toughest industries you can ever decide to take on and most people who go into small business go into it for the wrong reason. ASTHMA: Shallow Breathing To Tune Your Body We are now at the position where we can discuss more exactly the process that if followed will normalize your breathing. We have seen in earlier chapters that our breathostat or respiratory centre has somehow become set at the wrong level. A Brief History of Breathing and Buteyko The information in this article is from the research of Professor Konstantin Pavlovich Buteyko, an eminent scientist and doctor still working in Moscow. The Second Secret of Thirteen in becoming an Obscenely Wealthy and Successful Person Success and Wealth are two terms we often put into the pot together. Many people believe that you are either born to be successful or wealthy. I disagree totally. Success and Wealth are things that you must learn. We are all born equal and come into the world in the same way. Where the division lies is with our parents and our own pursuit of life. It is what we choose to do with our lives that make us either successful or wealthy. How To Help Your Child Stop Coughing The key point here is that when you start to do this you may feel a little uncomfortable. In the past when there was a slight tickle in your throat or a feeling of 'lumpiness' in your chest, you coughed and had short term relief. The First Secret of Thirteen in Becoming an Obscenely Wealthy and Successful Individual Western society today has demanded that we all work towards some sort of success. We are bombarded by ads by some of the most beautiful and richest people on the planet simply pushing the fact that they are successful and we should have what they have. Success though often eludes many of us so I want to share the first secret millionaires know of becoming obscenely wealthy and successful. Asthma in Infants The person who is learning the Buteyko method takes control of their breathing and by reduction of the use of their deep breathing muscles reduces the depth of their breathing until a desire for a deeper breath is felt. This indicates that a higher level of CO2 is being trapped in, so in a short time avoiding the conditions associated with CO2 deficiency. How To Control Sneezing Your goal with sneezing is to avoid the increasing loss of CO2. If you tend to get caught up in a series of sneezes where you may sneeze from 6 to 60 times in a row, then you know how long it can take to recover. Dispelling 8 Misconceptions of Organization Some people were born organized and then there are those of us who struggle with organizing every year at this time. It seems that it’s always at the end of the year when that little annoying bug begins nudging you to clear things up and start the new year organized. The First Step in the Journey In Getting What You Want! Are you getting tired of the 9 to 5 "rat race" ? Are you thinking about chucking in your job to start your own business? Do your friends keep telling you that you could do a better job on your own than what you are doing for your boss? Hey, why shouldn’t you profit from your ideas instead of him? Eight Tips You Should Remember On Your Path To Success! Everything that happens to us happens for a purpose. And sometimes, one thing leads to another and the result is a disaster. Instead of locking yourself up in your cage of fears and crying over past heartaches, embarrassment and failures treat them as your teachers and they will become your tools in both self-improvement and success. Mastering the IF Function in Microsoft Excel The IF function in Microsoft Excel seems to really cause many people a lot of heartache and grief, but all in all it is actually really not that difficult of a tool to use. Why and How to Use Protection in Microsoft Excel? One of the unsung hero's in the Microsoft Office suite of applications is in fact Microsoft Excel. It is one of the most widely used applications in business but yet it hardly gets a mention due to its lack of sex appeal compared to other Microsoft Office applications like Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Project. The Secret Microsoft Excel Steps That Allows You To Select 50 Columns with just 5 Mouse Clicks One of the great challenges that we have when working with Microsoft Excel is selecting large volumes of columns or rows as quickly as possible. The core reason we usually need to select such large numbers of columns is usually to hide them. For example if you are building a template for users to use, you would generally try to ensure that the only cells that they see is just the ones that you want them to use or put data into. How Meditation Will Help You in Learning the Path to Enlightenment and Ascension The world is made up simply of energy. That is right … what causes the beats in our heart, what makes our minds work, what gives us those feelings is simply energy. Buddha talks about enlightenment and Buddhist Monks will spend this and the next life time learning how to become enlightened or more importantly how to ascend our spiritual body into the next. What Asthma Relief Drugs Are Actually Doing To You! One of the things that you should recognize is that the closing of your airpipes is basically your bodys defense against the lowering CO2 levels caused by you breathing more than is appropriate for the amount of physical work you are doing. It is your defense against your releasing more CO2 than you produce. Ten On-Page Website Credibility Builders for Your Customer The Internet has become a haven for crooks, pushers, thieves, and many more terms I can not think of at this exact moment in time and it is no wonder that many people who use the Internet have become wary of doing business online. Personally, I do not blame them; however that does not help those of us who want to provide a product or service to the billions of people surfing the net so I have devised a list of ten elements you should have on your website that will help build credibility with those people who are visiting your site. How to Create A Microsoft Excel Database The term Microsoft Excel Database has never really sat very well with me since my primary role in the IT world has been in developing database and what is used by the spreadsheeting fraternity is what I consider an over glorified list. However, for the sake of peace, I want to outline some of the principles you must follow in building what is known as the Microsoft Excel Database. Success Secrets Still Valid Author Michael Jeffreys personally interviewed 15 top motivational gurus in 1997 for his then upcoming book. After talking to gurus from Brian Tracy to Dr. Wayne Dyer, he distilled 8 Secrets to Success they all agreed upon. Five Easy Steps to Staying Motivated Motivating yourself to excel at your job or to be an example to your employees, should not be something you do only when the spirit moves you. It’s an ongoing process that should include every facet of your business life. This means your mental attitude, physical well-being and appearance, work atmosphere, your interaction with others (clients and employees alike), and your off-the-job environment. Your Nose Is For Breathing Your Mouth Is For Eating There are several reasons why it is obvious that your nose is designed to be breathed through. Firstly, your nose is like an air conditioner for your lungs. Air that passes through your nose on the way to your lungs is filtered by the nose. Your nose will massively reduce the amount of dust, pollens, bacteria, virus, or anything else that is floating in the air. Asthma: Learn How to Measure Your Breathing Level Using - The Measurement Pause Asthma is a terrible disease that has victims from all over the world and nobody seems to be immune from this disease. In my article I am going to outline the following breathing test that will give you a simple measurement of your breathing level. It is easy to do, and can be done by anyone over the age of 4 years. Oxygen and Asthma – How To Make Asthma Worse! The level of oxygen in your blood when you are able to breathe normally is very high. You cannot significantly increase the level of oxygen in your blood by breathing more! Four Meditation Techniques New Meditators Should Know to Help Their Meditation Voyage Learning to meditate is one of the most important skills you can master and the sooner you learn to meditate the sooner you will gain more control over your life. Meditation is about finding your inner peace but there is more to meditation than just finding that. You can use meditation to help you in every aspect of your life. There are four core meditation techniques that every new meditator should learn. What You Need To Do To Setup Your Own Meditation Group Having your own meditation group is a great way to meet new people but it is also a great way to learn new meditation techniques. As you begin your meditation journey you will find new ways to meditate and everyone will have their own ideas and a meditation group is a great way to learn. Four Things To Consider When Choosing Your Meditation CD’s Meditation is one of the most important activities you need to do each day. One of the most important tools you need when starting to learn how to meditate is the type of meditation music you use. Whilst many experienced meditators will not use meditation music, beginners will find it easier to get to that state of calm and focus using the right meditation music. Guided Meditation vs UnGuided Meditation The challenge new meditators have when learning meditation is whether to use a guided mediation or to use an unguided meditation. Our objective in this article is to look at both meditation types so that you can choose which meditation style will suit your requirements. Seven Things You Should Consider For Your Meditation Room Meditation is one of the great skills everybody should learn as it helps you in developing a more effective mind and to help keep you at a state of calm. If you are serious about meditation having a room dedicated to the practice does one of two things. The room will after periods of time bring about a sense of calm as soon as you walk into the room because of the association between the room and peace. The meditation room will also encourage you and remind you to stick with the practice. What Is Guided Meditation? Meditation in essence is about helping you to develop inner peace, calmness, a sense of tranquillity but also it is about helping you to grow as a person. Too often people perceive meditation as a hippy thing, or something for those marijuana smoking duds but really what meditation is about is helping you with your mind and the way your mind influences your life. Outstanding Headline Reaps In $300,000 Cash Let me start by asking … “What did you think of the headline?” Well it must have been pretty enticing for you to be reading this article. True. Course it was! The key to writing a successful article is to first have someone actually read the article and you can only achieve that if your headline in enticing. If your article headline is boring or does not stand out then no one is going to want to read your article.

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