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Anyone in the world By Tracy O\'Brien Are you happy with your lovelife or would you like to see it improved? No matter who you are, there are times when \"the bedroom\" is not the loving and fun room it should be. There are of course numerous reasons why this may happen but there are some simple things you can do to help you make things better. Your bedroom acts as a magnet both literally and metaphorically for your relationships. It is also where you sleep during the night renewing your energy levels in preparation for what the world has to offer to you the next day. It is most likely where your romantic life is centered - unless of course you like to experiment - perhaps you\'re a free spirit who likes to commune with the outdoors  Your bedroom is your and your homes sanctuary. The positioning and layout within it plays a massive role not only on your passion and romance chances but also your health, wealth and other relationships in general. Careful attention should indeed be paid on this highly important room. When you get it right, positive energy (called \"chi\" by the Chinese and \"ki\" by the Japenese) will flow easily through your home. Get it wrong... All things in life are connected at the minute quantum level and the following information will help guide you so you and your relationships flourish: 1. Make sure your bedroom \"feels\" inviting - it must fulfill the role of a place of safety for you. When you look at the state of your bedroom now - what does it say to and about you? Does it say \"I\'m at home with myself\" or is it a big jumble and in disarray? Is it just functional - it\'s purpose only for sleeping in your eyes, if so - if you want your love life to change, then this has got to change too. 2. Look around at all of the items - furniture/trinkets etc... in your bedroom. Do you have good/loving memories and feelings for these items? Or are there items which hold bad memories? If there are - get rid of them, they hold a residual energy and act as a constant reminder to your non-conscious mind. How about photos? Are there any old flames \"hanging around\" - again, chuck them out - you do want to move on to a new relationship - don\'t you? 3. Your bed should be the focal point of the room - this is where both \"action\" and \"inaction\" takes place, where you are both energized and renewed. Does your bedroom have a \"personality problem\"? Is it in effect multitasking? Do you have a home office or perhaps a treadmill beside you? Again, these items should not be here. You want to focus on your relationships rather than your body or mind in this room - move them out. If this is not possible due to space constraints, you will need to use a screen to keep them \"at bay\". 4. The ever present TV. Yes it can be cosy to curl up in bed and watch a great movie but a TV sends out a stream of positive ions (rather than positive chi) - this device is \"yang\" in nature and will ensure your body does not get the rest it requires. It also represents a 3rd party in the room - not particularly conducive to a stable and healthy monogomous relationship... Once again - the TV has got to go. 5. Make sure your bed is as far away from the door to your room as you can. If you are unable to see the door, you will feel ill at ease at a subconscious level - this is because you will sense you cannot see if an intruder will enter your room (heaven forbid!). This unease will of course impact how you rest at night. 6. Choose a bed which has a solid and sturdy headboard. In Form School Feng Shui, the headboard represents a supportive mountain to your back. 7. Your bed holds residual energy from those who have come and gone before. In an ideal world, if you have had a partner and wish to attract a new one, you should purchase a new bed. This gives you and your new relationship an optimal chance to flourish. Regardless, you should invest in the best bed you can as if you sleep 8 hours per day, this means you will spend 1/3 of your entire life in it! Tracy O\'Brien is a long time student and practitioner of the ancient art of Feng Shui.
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Anyone in the world By Amanda Blake The first step to enjoying this wonderful craft is to purchase crochet hooks and yarn. You will learn that crochet hooks come in a variety of sizes, styles, and colors. A good hook size for beginning crochet is the G hook. It is recommended that you use a G hook for practicing basic stitches. If you have ever looked at a crochet pattern, you may have thought that you were reading a foreign language. That is because crochet patterns contain abbreviations, to keep things simple and orderly. To begin crocheting with a pattern, you will need to know what the abbreviations stand for, as well as have a clear understanding of the basic stitches. First we will take a look at various types of crochet hooks and yarn, and then we will discuss the numerous crochet stitches. Some crochet stitches are very simple and basic, and these are the ones that all beginners should start with. However, you will soon discover that as your proficiency grows, you will soon begin to use some of the more difficult stitches. It is simply amazing the effects you can create by using various stitches, combining stitches, and alternating stitches with yarn colors. The first rule of thumb, when learning to crochet, is to remember to have fun. This means that you shouldn\'t get stressed out if you make a mistake or if you don\'t understand a pattern. Just practice making chain stitches. Your goal will be to create a length of chain stitches that look uniform and even. Before you even begin to think of tackling your first pattern, you will practice your stitches by crocheting various swatches. These are crocheted blocks of a square shape, you can determine the amount of rows that you would like, but the object is to practice your stitches until you feel comfortable with the shape and appearance of your crochet swatch. Don\'t worry about wasting your yarn either. In fact, if you like, you can save your swatches and stitch them together to make other projects. It is recommended that you make crochet swatches to test your gauge before beginning other projects as well. So relax and enjoy crocheting swatches, they are the groundwork for your future crochet designs. It is also important to realize that since your crochet experience is intended to be fun, that you may want to test the limits of your creativity. Once you begin to memorize different stitches, you may find yourself working on a pattern then decide that you would like to take it in a different direction. Never fear to stray from the patterns and experiment. Many times you will learn that you can take the knowledge that you have and experiment and create your own unique styles. This is how I have developed some of my favorite patterns. You will also learn that you can create many beautiful crochet pieces from simple shapes such as squares, circles, and rectangles. This is a great way for beginners to branch out into a variety of projects without necessarily having the experience or the proficiency to tackle more complicated projects. However, you will discover that just a few simple stitches and the ability to follow a pattern will have you crocheting numerous amounts of projects in very little time. If you fancy afghans, then you may want to begin learning the Granny Square after you master the basic stitches. Many beginners create one giant Granny Square afghan with matching pillow as well. The most important thing is to make sure you have fun and take your time. Enjoy your crocheting and you will find that in no time at all, you will be crocheting like a pro. Amanda Blake is an expert crochet artist who designs her own patterns and helps others learn the craft of crochet. You can visit her site at: http://www.funcrochet.com Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Amanda_Blake http://EzineArticles.com/?Beginning-Crochet&id=536237 payday loans for tennessee
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Anyone in the world By Esther Smith Suffice to say we all want many things in life and any spouse we choose can offer only some of them. If we cant be content with what we have vowed to keep, then we should at least realize that simply trading that person in for a poacher idling somewhere in the wings is not likely to be the answer to all our dreams. True, poachers are adventuresome, sexually attractive, and extremely self confident but they also prefer the short-term challenge of hit-and-run which explains their preference for the married target. They have already justified their behavior to themselves, yet understandably are mistrustful of anothers loyalty. Online dating has opened cavernous doors to the poacher; male and female. While not all profiles or first response emails contain out-and-out lies, like resumes -- all of them stretch the truth. To the recipient fantasies run at a fever pitch because imaging is based on mere words. Body language and tonal implications are all in the mind of the reader, and theyre seeing sexual hunger. In an interview with a male poacher who scores high on his married targets, he told me that the intensity of this sexual dare is better than eating cold olives at 3am (whatever that should chance to mean). On the other hand, the female poacher often comes from a broken home where the cause of her parents arguments and ultimate breakup result in self-guilt. In maturity, she needs to prove she is desirable enough to tempt a husband away from his family. As the seducer she can somehow feel vindicated. While this is not the only reason for female cheaters, it is a common one. They do it to feel beautiful and wanted again. They do it for love. They do it for sex or because they are lonely. Some do it to escape the monotony of marriage and kids. And sadly, some do it for revenge! There is no trauma quite like walking in on the cheating husband; particularly in your own bedroom. Smart wives dont run for a gun or knife, they get even. With both partners in career jobs today, there seems to be no time or energy for a quality home life. Sex on the run is becoming the answer even with all the health risks. Thanks to the internet and chat rooms, heels and honeys are having it easy; naughty notes are easier to hide from a spouse than long lunches. Then of course, there is the old anthem, its easier to ask forgiveness than it is to ask permission. If you have ever cheated on a spouse and when found out, claimed It didnt mean anything you already know it wont wash. In reality youre saying that you were ready to dump your marriage over someone that wasnt worth it. You wouldnt buy that so why should s(he)? And if you want to hear about the ultimate niche market-- how about the Alibi Agency which, for a fee will give you cover-up phone calls to conceal your cheating activities. This Agency \"will provide credible cover stories for almost every adulterous moment for a fee of $25 to $75, depending on the tailor-made fib.\" Just about anything can be an opportunity to make a buck today. 2006 Esther Smith About the author: Smith publishes a syndicated weekly Newsletter and has several websites. She is an advocate of Affiliate Tutoring: http://affiliate.cashoftheday.com/classroom.htm and offers professional Profiles to online daters who are not getting quality emails: http://profile.cashoftheday.com Smith has published more than 60 Articles: http://thepermanentventure.com/articles.htm Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Esther_Smith http://EzineArticles.com/?The-Monotony-of-Monogamy&id=284988 payday loans with 30 days to pay
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Anyone in the world By Ben Greenfield This article will give you 5 more tips to turn your body into a lean muscle-building, fat-burning machine. In case you didn\'t read the last 5 tips, the basic overview was to increase fiber intake, frequently drink water, eat a complex and healthy breakfast, increase calcium intake, and eat several small meals per day (as high as 8-10). Ready for more? Good! Keep reading... #6: Eat carbs early in the day Meals that contain larger amounts of carbohydrates should be eaten earlier in the day. This means that much of your whole grain and fruit consumption should occur before noon. The body\'s metabolism is highest earlier in the day, so this is a great time to be supplying your muscles with energy in the form of glycogen (carbohydrates), while also ensuring that many of the carbohydrates you consume will be burned for fuel, rather than deposited as fat stores. Many families tend to have the biggest meal of the day in the evening, ironically at the time when the body is least in need of energy and the metabolism is lowest. The practical application would be to make breakfast bigger and dinner smaller. So try it out - prioritize eating carbohydrates early in the day, and focus on decreasing carbohydrate portion size as afternoon and evening approaches. #7: Eat the right kind of carbs
While carbohydrates are important for providing energy and giving your body the ability to burn fat, you must choose the right carbs. Simple carbs like sugar and processed flour tend to be rapidly absorbed by the digestive system, which causes a release of the hormone that encourages fat deposit - insulin. Furthermore, the quick energy release that is followed by a rapid decrease in sugar levels will cause you to crave more food, which is why many people on a typical American diet are *always* hungry! So no matter what percentage of your diet is made up of carbohydrates, you must choose complex carbs that are slowly absorbed and digested, thus producing a long term source of energy that keeps you fuller for a longer period of time. Whole grain flours, vegetables, oats, and unprocessed grains, such as brown or wild rice are great choices, and also include many other compounds important in maintaining a high metabolism and proper digestive function. #8 Eat fat
For the past several decades, mainstream Americans have been shifting to low or no fat diets, with the general result being an *increase* in obesity and chronic disease, and a decrease in health and fitness. In the meantime, world populations such as Eskimos, that consume as much as 70% of their diet from fat calories in whale blubber and fish, have one of the lowest rates of heart disease in the world. While this may seem ironic, there are some very good reasons. Typically, to replace calories that are not provided by dietary fat, carbohydrate consumption increases. Increased carb consumption leads to a faster burning energy source, which tends to contribute to cycling blood sugar levels, use of muscle tissue as fuel, low energy, and decreased metabolism and hormone production. In addition, many Americans will replace saturated fat, such as butter, with a trans fat, such as margarine. Trans fats are *much* worse for the body than saturated fat. So it is important to choose the right kinds of fat. Most animal fats, and many vegetable oils, are high in cholesterol, which contributes to heart disease. However, mono-unsaturated fats, such as those found in olive oil, nuts, fish oil, and various seed oils, can help lower cholesterol, reduce risk of heart disease, and enhance your body\'s ability to burn fat as a fuel source. So try to eat fish several times a week (or supplement with fish oil), cook with olive oil, and try to eat at least a handful of a healthy nut (like almonds or walnuts) once per day. #9 Avoid sugar substitutes Artifical sweeteners, such as Aspartame, still taste sweet (that\'s why they\'re sugar replacements!). When the taste receptors on your tongue taste this sweet substance, your digestive systems begins to produce compounds that prepare your body to use the \"food\" that your brain thinks you are consuming. The hormones produced in the digestive process are still present once this fake food enters your small intestine, but no actually energy release or satiety occurs, which leaves you with a gut full of digestive hormones that need food to break down and make the brain crave even more food, this time the real stuff. This is why studies have shown that consumption of diet soda products are associated with obesity! If you\'re really serious about burnign fat, ditch any sugar substitute foods or diet drinks that you currently consume. I guarantee that once you overcome the initial addiction withdrawal, you\'ll feel a hundred times better. #10 Eat like a car Your body runs on fuel. If you put too much fuel into the gas tank, an overflow occurs, and in the body\'s case, this means fat deposition. I realize that the idea of limiting calories is very simple, but sometimes the approach is wrong. Never give yourself a certain \"number\" of calories per day. You\'d never take your car to the gas station and fill up if you didn\'t plan on driving it, and the same goes for your body. If you have a light day of activity (\"low mileage\") or a sedentary day (sitting in the garage), you should sometimes not even be consuming 50% of the calories you\'d normally consume, because your body doesn\'t need them. For instance, on a typical day, I consume 5000-6000 calories (based on my metabolism and amount of activity), but on a weekend of travel, where I am either sitting in a car or airplane, I often consume as little as 1000 calories per day! If your body doesn\'t need the fuel, there\'s not a necessity to put it in your mouth. On the other hand, there will be some days where I consume up to 8000 calories, simply because that is how many I actually burn through with my activities! So if you\'re on a set diet of, say, 2000 calories per day, don\'t be afraid to vary as needed. I\'d like to finish by encouraging you to keep at it. Switching to a healthy diet can be unbearable at times, but the longer you stick with it, the easier it gets. It\'s just like exercise - you can bring yourself to a maintenance phase where moderate to high physical activity becomes easier, but the initial work is pretty difficult. If you\'d like to more information about diet and nutrition, or exercise, you can e-mail me at elite@pacificfit.net to ask questions. Head trainer Ben Greenfield runs the online training website Pacific Elite Fitness, and holds Bachelor\'s and Master\'s degrees in Sport Science and Exercise Physiology, as well as certifications from the National Strength and Conditioning Association as a Personal Trainer and Strength and Conditioning Coach (NSCA-CPT & CSCS). For over 6 years, Ben has coached and trained professional, collegiate, and recreational athletes, and helped hundreds of individuals achieve their personal fitness goals. For more information on online personal training and fitness, contact Ben at elite@pacificfit.net. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Ben_Greenfield http://EzineArticles.com/?5-More-Nutritional-Tips-to-Burn-Fat&id=112586 ace cash advance
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Anyone in the world By David Springer Annuities, undoubtedly, are an excellent vehicle for providing steady, long-term income for retirement or other purposes. Unfortunately, they lock you into an inflexible payment schedule that may not fit your immediate financial needs. Getting a lump-sum of cash for some or all of your annuity payments, however, can provide an ideal solution to your cash flow problems. There are many reasons why you might need to obtain cash for your annuity payments. Perhaps a recent divorce or death in the family has put a strain on your finances. Or maybe you\'re facing a large expense such as a home purchase, wedding or college tuition. Whatever the reason, getting cash for your annuity payments can give you instant access to money that is rightfully yours. It can also provide a hedge against inflation, since the value of these periodic payments will be worth much less in the future. You can cash in annuities established for a variety of purposes, such as insurance, structured settlements from personal injury agreements, lottery/contest winnings, royalty payments and trust funds. When you opt to get cash for annuity payments, you essentially sell the rights to receive these periodic payouts to a third party. Generally, companies will allow you to obtain cash for annuity payments if the payments are guaranteed to be made whether or not you are alive. As another stipulation, the annuity must allow for assignment of the payments and/or a change in the ownership of the annuity. Many people are under the impression that it is illegal to receive cash for annuity payments without court authorization. However, payments not associated with a settlement do not require such approval to be purchased by a third party. That means you have an unrestricted right to transfer your annuity payout to another individual or company. Understanding How Annuities Work
Derived from the Latin word for \"year\", an annuity is simply a sum of money payable annually or at other regular intervals. In the context of life insurance, an annuity is a contract between you and an insurance company under which the insurance company pays you money for a stipulated period-often for life. Here\'s how they work: The purchaser agrees to pay premiums to the insurance company, in exchange for which the company agrees to make payments at a later time for a specified period. The time during which the premiums are paid is called the \"accumulation period\". The premium can be paid in one lump sum or in installments over the course of many years. The person receiving the benefit payments, the annuitant, is usually (though not always) the owner of the annuity. After the accumulation period ends, the company begins distributing funds either in one lump sum or installments paid out usually on a monthly basis. A common payout option involves a life annuity making payments of regular income for as long as the annuitant lives. Annuities fall into two main categories: fixed and variable. With traditional fixed annuities, the insurance company invests the premium in its general account. Whatever payout option is selected, the interest gains and payment amounts are guaranteed by the insurance company, which assumes the risk of investing the general account. With variable annuities, however, the premiums buy units in your choice of separate accounts, which then invest in stocks, bonds, and money market funds. The payout will depend on the performance of the underlying securities in the separate accounts in which the premium is invested. Unlike fixed annuities, the value of the account is not guaranteedannuitants assume the risk involved in investing their premiums in exchange for potentially higher returns. Fixed and variable annuities are staple items in the investment portfolios of many pension holders. In fact, under government rules, individuals with a personal pension can take up to 25 percent of the value of their funds as a tax-free lump sum when they retire. The remaining 75 percent must be used to provide an income for life through a capital investment such as an annuity. What to Consider When Getting Cash for Annuity Payments
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Anyone in the world By John Lenaghan Of the many different kinds of Halloween parties a hard-time party is bound to be intriguing. Appropriate invitations for this type of party are written on torn pieces of brown paper decorated with a black-cat sticker. Black cats, witches, and bats from the dollar store make effective home decorations. Pictures can be hung at an angle or upside down. The dressing table may boast a shiny pie tin used for a hand mirror along with an old comb minus many teeth. Gunny sacks make lovely window curtains for this hard-time affair. Such a setting entails very little expense, not too much effort and creates an atmosphere of hilarity that starts the party off with a bang. A game that all young people will enjoy is a game o \"Halloween Ten Pins.\" In keeping with the hard-time motif use ginger ale bottles for pins and solid heads of cabbages for balls. Set a certain score for game and let some expert bowler keep score for the crowd. Don\'t keep at one game too long. Halloween is synonymous with fortunetelling. No Halloween party would be complete without some sort of fortunetelling stunt, especially for teenagers. \"Goblet Fortunes\" are fun to do. Place a goblet on a table. Tie a ring to a string. Let each guest drop the ring to the bottom of the goblet while he recites the alphabet. Immediately when the ring strikes the side of the goblet the person stops. The letter with which he or she stops is indication of the name of the person he or she will marry. \"Halloween Hags\" are lots of fun. Draw on a sheet a life-size witch with stringy hair, peaked hat, etc., with a hole where the face should be seen. Hang a sheet in an open doorway. Let the girls stick their heads in the opening, making faces to disguise their identities. Boys write their guesses as to who each one is. Then the girls take their turns at guessing whose face they see. It is surprising how hard it is to guess each face. The youngsters are very good at face-making and have a grand time doing it. At the conclusion of the games serve your guests a hearty meal. Have the dining table set with a clean ragged cloth or brown paper doilies. Cracked and nicked dishes are in order along with old and odd pieces of silverware. Candles stuck into empty pop bottles may be used for table lighting. Colored magazine ads that represent each of the guests may be used for place cards. This causes a riot of fun and you\'d be surprised how quickly each guest will spot his place. John Lenaghan writes about Halloween party ideas and other party-related topics for the Party Ideas 4u website. Read more at http://www.party-ideas-4u.com Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=John_Lenaghan http://EzineArticles.com/?Doing-Hard-Time-At-Your-Kids-Halloween-Party&id=247230 houston car company loan online
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Anyone in the world By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Karen_Kirby]Karen Kirby Do you feel like you don\'t have much use for cell phones, but would still like to be able to have one on hand for emergencies? Are you worried about your loved ones long commutes? Do you want to give your college student a phone without footing outrageous cell phone bills? You dont have to worry anymore. A cellular prepaid phone or \"pay as you go\" phone might be the right solution for your problems. Parents can save money while kids talk. If you\'re on a strict budget and can\'t afford to go
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Anyone in the world By Dan Kozarchuk The Settlers of Catan has been the flagship for German Style Designer Games for many reasons, some of the main ones being its elegant simplicity and its depth of strategy. Your choice of strategies will influence your initial setup and overall game play. The separation of strategies that are outlined in this series is a bit artificial, but it is useful to understand the concepts behind them. In practice, players will use a combination of these strategies during gameplay. This article, the second in this series, will discuss the Wood-Brick Strategy. The Wood-Brick Strategy is a strategy to get a lot of wood and brick early in the game, in order to build settlements and roads fast. A wood/brick port is very useful in this strategy, as finding a way to get ore/grain will be important to build cities for the middle to end game. Lots of people think this strategy is less effective on a small or congested board, as you need room to grow. Actually, it can be more effective, as your increased road building capability gives you the advantage in reaching those limited number of expansion spots first. An ore-grain player\'s worst nightmare is playing on a congested board with one or two wood-brick players. This strategy naturally lends itself to getting the longest road. For this strategy, it is very important that you build new settlements around open grain and ore hexes, or you will have a very difficult time trying to build cities later on in the game (which can be crucial for a win). Optionally, with your increased settlement production, you can build on a number of ports to get ore and wheat. With your increased road building capability, you should build your roads to cut off other player\'s expansion. This can help in denying Ore/Grain players from acquiring enough building sites they need to win the game. This leads into the next variant, which takes this to more of an extreme: The \"Road Boy\" variant works to build roads fast in order to block off other players\' expansion. This strategy concentrates on building roads first, rather than on production. Only when you are done blocking people off do you work on getting enough victory points to win the game. This requires a lot of wood and brick, so your first cities should be on these, rather than ore. Trade aggressively for wood and brick, before it\'s obvious you might be a threat. This is an interesting variant in that it violates my general philosophy of building up production first. It could work better on smaller boards with less people, so you don\'t miss blocking anyone. In addition, it might not work well in many Seafarers scenarios, as people could just build to islands. For more information about the game, please visit the author\'s Settlers of Catan fansite. This series is based upon the Settlers of Catan Strategy and Tactics Guide, which is located at http://settlersofcatan.blogspot.com Dan Kozarchuk is a self admitted board game junkie who has an obsession with designer board games, particularly the Settlers of Catan. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Dan_Kozarchuk http://EzineArticles.com/?Settlers-of-Catan-Strategy---Part-2---The-Wood-Brick-Strategy&id=168470 need cash fast
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Anyone in the world By Trish Lambert Strategy is a word that marketers cling to in order to justify the business value of marketing. Anything with value needs to have strategy, right? Its good businessthe stroking of chins, the facilitated brainstorming sessions, the neatly formatted strategic marketing plan that results from all that creative thinking about what needs to be put into place. Marketers as a group have an inferiority complex. We are defensive because we dont directly contribute to revenues, the results we do produce tend more towards the intangible side of the business, and the marketing part of the budget is high relative to other business functions. We believe (often with
reason) that other members of the management team consider us with raised eyebrows, trying to figure out what exactly we are bringing to the party. Hypersensitive types that we are, we assert our importance on the team by stressing the strategic value of marketing. Strategic marketing and marketing strategy are meaningless terms to most small and medium business owners. There is no time for brainstorming sessions and no money for facilitators and fancy plan documents. Everybody is too busy working to improve the bottom lineincreasing revenues and decreasing coststo place any importance on strategy when it comes to marketing activities. Getting the brochure done, putting a web site in place and keeping it maintained, and sending out a newsletterthose are things that will produce immediate results,
and are therefore more important to dedicate resources toward than activities around strategic marketing planning. But wait. I am not saying that business-oriented marketing planning isnt necessary. Without some sort of planning, the brochure, web site, and newsletter are created as separate items with no similarities and no tie-in to overall business
objectives. Costs are often high in dollars and time while results are low. It can be frustrating to look at the income and expense statement, see all those marketing dollars on the expense side with no upswing in revenue to associate
with those costs. You do need some kind of marketing plan, but instead of calling it strategic, lets call it sensible. -- A plan that makes sense given your business objectives, your budget, and your labor resources. -- A creative road map that gets the most bang for your marketing buck, not a fancy formatted document resulting from a high-priced facilitated session. -- And a record of specific metrics that will be used to measure the effectiveness of your road map so that adjustments can be made enroute.
Your plan doesnt need to be a fat document; it may only be a couple of pages. It does need to clearly set out at least the following point: -- Your marketing goals for the period that the plan covers (these need to align with your business goals for that same period). -- A summary of your target market profile, including competitors as well as prospective customers. -- A Distinct Value Statement for each discrete target customer group that succinctly defines the value your products or services offer it. -- A summary of each marketing activity you will pursue during the plan period, a timeline for them, and how they integrate. -- The specific metrics you will use to gauge the effectiveness of plan activities.
When you have created this road map, use it. All of it, including the metrics. And be prepared, based on your results, to make adjustments as you go. Sensible marketing starts sensible planning. If you have not made a plan, I suggest you stop, take a step back, and create a marketing plan that fits your needs. You will produce far more marketing results by having a plan in place. You will also understand what your marketing investment has returned and where
the best results have been produced. And that is sensible business! Trish Lambert, president of 4-R Marketing LLC (http://www.4rmarketing.com), is an experienced marketing consultant and creator of the 4-R Marketing Model for service businesses. Very much a \"non-conformist\" in the marketing world, Trish creates campaigns and programs that make sense for her clients, that can be clearly measured, and that produce the targeted results. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Trish_Lambert http://EzineArticles.com/?Forget-Strategy---SENSIBLE-Marketing-Is-the-Way-to-Go!&id=73436 fast cash bad credit
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