Thanks to supporters like you, we'll be able to put this ad on the air in Indiana and North Carolina ahead of Tuesday's primaries.
You can share this video with your friends and family so they can see Barack at his best.
"There's going to be other wars. I'm sorry to tell This quote scared the hell out of me when I first read it. I was worried because it was John McCain who said it. McCain's temper is legendary. Don't believe me? Do a In January, Republican Senator Thad Cochran, who has known John McCain for more than three Retired Army colonel Larry Wilkerson, who was former Now, before the cries of "liberal bias" come rolling in, note "My temper has often been I will never question John McCain's contributions to our country,
you, there's going to be other wars. We will never surrender, but there will be
other wars." — United
States Senator and presumptive
Republican presidential nominee John McCain
Of course, it's true. McCain is a realist, and I'm not naïve enough to believe that
man will ever stop waging wars. That's not what scared me.
Comcast Search on "McCain+Temper." He kind of reminds me of Gunnery Sergeant Hartman
from Full Metal Jacket. Dude drops
F-bombs in the Senate, called a high school kid a "little jerk," and
wants the Beach Boys to perform at the Bombing of Tehran. Do we really need a
Commander in Chief with a beef? At this time in our history, the last thing we
need is a President, blinded by rage, having a knee-jerk reaction to an
incident, foreign or domestic. Turns out I'm far from alone here.
decades, said, "The thought of his
[McCain] being President sends a cold chill down my spine. He is erratic. He is
hotheaded. He loses his temper, and he worries me." Cochran then endorsed McCain a month later.
Secretary of State Colin Powell's top aide, put it this way, "No dissent,
no opinion to the contrary, however reasonable, will be entertained [with
McCain]. Hardheaded is another way to say it. Arrogant is another way to say
it. Hubristic is another way to say it. Too proud for his own good is another
way to say it. It's a quality about him that disturbs me."
that I have a lot of respect for John McCain. A United States
Senator since 1987, McCain served
our country admirably during the Vietnam War. A skilled naval
pilot, McCain was shot down over North Vietnam. He fractured both arms and a
leg, and then nearly drowned when he parachuted into Truc Bach Lake in Hanoi.
He was pulled out of the lake, only to be beaten by locals and held as a
prisoner of war in North Vietnam for five and a half years. He was tortured, interrogated,
lost 50 pounds, and his hair turned white. So who could blame the guy if he loses
his cool?
both a matter of public speculation and personal concern," McCain wrote in
his 2002 memoir, Worth the Fighting For.
"I have a temper, to state the obvious, which I have tried to control with
varying degrees of success because it does not always serve my interest or the
public's. I have regretted losing my temper on many occasions. But there are
things worth getting angry about in politics, and I have at times tried to use
my anger to incite public outrage. I make no apologies for that… When public
servants lose their capacity for outrage over practices injurious to the
national interest, they have outlived their usefulness to the country."
nor do I believe he's outlived his usefulness. Nonetheless, his temper is an
issue to consider when voting for our next President. I, for one, don't want a President with a notorious
temper — one whose colleagues have called him "erratic" and "hotheaded" — hovering over the Red Button.
Message Edited by Kevin_Boyce on 03-28-2008 10:20 AM
I wrote another article for you and it is about how to properly
use social networking sites to improve your marketing and exposure.
I hope it is value I am providing to you... Enjoy!
Social Networking: Netiquette
Netiquette is the acceptable behavior within a social marketing
(Web 2.0) or social networking atmosphere. Failure to recognize
these unspoken rules could mean little or no marketing results, or
even worse, a disastrous effect on your image.
It is actually quite common for people to misuse social networks,
and thus, receive no real benefit from them. In fact, more than
anything among professional social networks people naturally have
the wrong idea, and the few that do know what they are doing are
experiencing great results.
What is the common problem? The problem is that marketers view
these sites only as a means of advertising and sponsoring people
into their businesses. Don't get me wrong though, if used properly
these sites will increase your businesses and income, but with a
much stronger foundation.
First let's go over what not to do through social marketing. As a
side note, social marketing can mean any Web 2.0 social
book-marking, content sharing, or social networking site. You
should not blatantly shove your product or opportunity. Instead,
you should be attracting people to you by offering value and
information to other users. If you are becoming friends with users
just to send them advertisements without attempting to build a
personal relationship then you are misusing the site. In most cases
it is also true that these users will not be responsive at all to
your message and will just block or report you. However, once you
have built a relationship with your contacts it is ok to send them
an announcement of your product or opportunity along with an
informative message on how it will help them. You should limit how
often you do this, do not promote your stuff to them every day, try
to keep it to once per week.Instead, bring them value 90% of the time
and 10% promoting yourself or business. You will find that you are
attracting more and more people to you instead of chasing people.
Another pitfall that some people fall into is conflicting with
others within the social network. Know the difference between
discussion and attacking. If you have a different view than someone
else it is ok to voice your opinion but make sure to use facts and
keep a constructive atmosphere.
Now let's go over some tips for what you should try to do and
accomplish through social networking sites.
1) You should build relationships
This one is obvious, but still needs to be mentioned because of its
huge importance. People buy from people they like and trust. If
that is you they will buy from you. Introduce yourself to other
users, but spend more time asking and talking about them than
yourself. Discover their goals and needs and help them achieve
them. A simple way of showing value to your contacts is by teaching
them how to use the social network if they have questions about
certain features or customization options. You also need to keep a
regular communication with your friends; this can be done on a mass
scale through bulletins or by bulk e-mailing your friends. The
communications should be value based and mostly informational, this
will increase the likelihood of their interest in what you have to
offer.
2) Help connect people to others
One thing you can do that will earn you major points with others is
by introducing people to each other. You can do this through
recommending friends who have similar interests. If your friends
are involved in the same opportunity or sell the same product
connect them so they can share with each other. If one of your
friends sells something and another friend is looking to buy it,
then that is a simple connection you can make. Now your friends
will want to help you and the favor will be returned.
3) Evaluate your perspective
Are you constantly thinking about what others can do for you?
Instead consider what you can do to help them. If your goal is to
help others first you will build solid relationships and receive
phenomenal results in your business. Ask others how you can
possibly help them and they will see you as a valued friend.
4) Upload a photo and build a quality profile
Profiles with photos receive up to 70% more exposure. This shows
the importance of adding a photo to your profile. If you do not
have a photo of yourself you can put a photo of anything, the
important thing is that you have a photo uploaded on your account.
You also need to take the time to build a quality profile. First,
write briefly about yourself, provide some marketing tips or
advice, and then feel free to write about the value that you can
provide to others. Every friend of yours should be visiting your
profile at least once, and if the network allows for you will be
having views from non-friends or even non-members also.
5) Add and accept unlimited friends
Finally, your goal within the social network is to connect with as
many people as possible. The more people you are friends with then
the more exposure you can potentially have to your products or
opportunities. Most social networks allow you to bulk contact your
friends. You will use this feature in order to send helpful tips as
well as promotions to all of your friends at once. This is why
building up your friends list is even more valuable. If you are
adding a lot of friends it is likely you will not be able to
personally get in touch with all of them, in this case it is wise
to show them your value and professionalism through your bulk
communications to all of your friends so they can learn about you
and the value you provide.
Social networks offer you the ability to get exposure but so much
more. A huge benefit to social-networking is learning from others
and being in an environment of shared knowledge. Take advantage of
everything social networks have to offer and take the time to build
quality relationships. I still work with other network marketers I
met online over six years ago and these relationships have become
highly valuable! In final words: Networking is a contact sport.
I wish you quality networking,
Darren Olander
Marketing Consultant
Skype: darrenolander
Yahoo IM: darrenous
P.S. - If you are involved in the new wowzza social network I have
put together a forum for all of us to use to get connected with
each other even more in a professional atmosphere. To get involved
just go to http://www.talkwowzza.com (If you are NOT a member of
Wowzza but are interested in joining you can go to
http://www.wowzzateam.com )
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Throughout my ventures, I have realized that it is
really not that difficult to become very successful
promoting affiliate products.
Seriously…
All you need to do is match the right audiences with
the right products. You can call the process itself as
what we refer to as the “money flow chart”. However, you
must do it in such a powerful fashion, where it has to
be done on an autopilot.
If not, you will be trading your time for money, just
like most of the people do in business.
In today’s issue, I would like to point out the FIVE
factors why marketers fail and what you need to do to
AVOID the fatal mistakes in your affiliate marketing.
1. Not having a proper strategy from the beginning.
Fail to plan = Plan to fail. Seriously, if you do
NOT plan from the beginning on WHY and WHAT you need
to do to make a consistent income from affiliate
marketing, you plan to fail.
Think about this…
Most people want to make a lot of money online. You
can’t do that. You need to know how much money (in
numbers) you want to make every month. Then, plan
backward on how to make that amount.
Target = $500 per month.
How much traffic do you need?
What is the conversion of the product?
How much commission are you going to receive?
The more detailed your plan is, the more confident
you are on making your plan become a reality.
2. Become a follower — Not a leader.
WAIT! I am in no position to assault you, nor is it
my purpose to do so. Instead, I want you to think
carefully the of difference between success and
failure.
Successful people are NOT intimidated with joining
every single business opportunity they come in
contact with.
Unsuccessful people are CRAZY on participating in
every single opportunity that surfaces on the
internet.
Learn how to become a leader. Be firm with your
goal. Know what you want and what you are looking
to accomplish. This is HOW you are able to go from
zero dollars to a six figure income per year business.
3. Give up easily.
Only losers give up easily. I tell you one story, ok?
When I decided to do the 117ChristmasGifts.com, now
117Network.com, in December 19th’ 2004, many top
marketers adviced me to give up. They told me I was
too late.
They said nasty words to me like, “WHO THE HECK ARE
YOU?” I mean you are NOT this or that top marketers
that I know. HECK! Though, I was being stabbed from
many directions, there is ONE THING that I didn’t
do. What is it?
Become a loser. I didn’t give up. I just PUSHED
my limits until the end. If I gave up on that one
campaign backed in 2004, there is no way I could
get the title the JV “Giveaway” legend.
4. Rely on yourself.
GOSH! I hate to put up an HTML code by myself nor
do I want to spend time on creating my own graphics
for my blog. If I had to do so, I would probably go
insane today.
Think about this…
The Starbucks(r) CEO does not sell coffee in the
store. WHY? He has all the people running the store
for him on an autopilot. If he is the one who sells
the coffee, how is that possible he can manage to
open up stores WORLDWIDE?
So, why NOT you?
Do the same thing. I am good in HTML code, joint
venture, creating graphics, and much more. However,
I choose to let others do the work for me. This
allows me to do something bigger.
What is it? Strategic Planning.
5. Become a warrior.
This is worse. We are NO LONGER in the 19th century.
We do not depend on our physical strength as our
weapon to win over the enemy. Instead, we use strategy
to become the winner in everything we do.
Warriors are a way of the past. To become successful
in affiliate marketing, you need to create a concrete
strategy from A -Z on WHAT you need to do to make
your affiliate marketing successful.
It has to be in terms of a financial plan, automation
system, as well as delegation techniques.
Once you have all those things in place, you can
become the warrior or have your warriors (team
members) to finish the tasks on time.
Facebook is becoming one of the most important social networks on the web. The company stated that it has now chosen Microsoft over Google to give a $240 million minority stake in a deal to expand advertising services on the network. This will ideally boost revenue for Facebook and increase Microsoft’s online advertising position. The Facebook-Microsoft deal will even further expand the business, which will help online businesses to reach more people and promote themselves through new forms of media.
It was founded in 2004 as a college student network and has grown into an international network for all people. Although it began as a college network, Facebook’s fastest growth demographic is in the 35+ age range. The network has near 49 million users 59% outside the U.S. and has 250,000 new ones registering on a daily basis, making it one of the fastest growing social networks on the web and is surpassing Myspace at lightening speed.
Facebook has proven in recent times to be a viable marketing tool, providing a free and easy way to promote products and services. Facebook users can add tools such as Stumble Upon and Digg to vote and bookmark favorite sites. Posted Items allows users to post company or client blogs and links to drive traffic to your homepage. On the Events page, businesses can promote teleseminars, webinars, workshops and a variety of other events to friends and networkers.
By joining Facebook and other social networking websites, a business can increase their viewers and potential customers all over the world. Because Facebook is an Identity Platform and a closed network, it limits many of the search engines (Yahoo, MSN, Google). Therefore, joining this social network permits a business to access new information on potential clients. This should be used to benefit online marketing since the company has stats on what the users are doing. You can also post a poll to find more about your target demographic on the adverting page on the site. Facebook also has classified ad space on the left hand side and other areas of the site for online business to promote products and services.
In this modern age, people tend to stray away from business homepages. So businesses need to find new and innovative ways to drive traffic to their sites. Social networks are one of many direct response marketing techniques that can help your business flourish.
These tips are meant to be used as a guideline to improve traffic to your site,
Increase your conversion rates, help turn visitors into buyers, and keep you
ahead of the competition. Turning to a web marketer can ultimately save you time
and money and increase your success online.
