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I'm sure by now you've been hearing a lot about "Twitter," one of the most popular "social media" sites on the web today.
And like many aspects of social media and internet marketing the more you participate on Twitter the more you realize the endless opportunities to connect, to follow, to make friends, and to let your friends make you rich on Twitter. Quickly.
Intuitively, once I became involved with Twitter I knew I could expand my business and have a bit of fun too. I was in for a big surprise.
What happened is pretty amazing. I was hooked. I became aware of an entire society and wealth of real-time conversations flowing between those I chose to "follow", internet marketers. I figured if I was going to be spending time being "social" I wanted to learn something too. And what I learned was that I needed to learn more!
Daily, hour by hour, I was watching lives unfold. I read about different businesses, who was doing what, where, and with what group. I read advice freely given to those who asked, and also caught glimpses of personal lives too. And I got involved and started asking questions and all at once I felt like I had found a place where I fit, where I belonged, because I had created the community where I wanted to spend my time. But I wanted more. I wanted to know how to be outstanding. I wanted to make my time on Twitter of value to me and to those within the Twitter community I had created. So I started paying attention to the leaders and tried to learn how and why they had become successful on Twitter.
You know how it is on the web. You read something which catches your mind. You want to know more so you read profiles and click and follow links to blogs and websites. The more you read you learn about yet more people who are in any given industry. I continually want to know who is the guru. Who is the leader. Who is the person others willing give credit to for helping to make them successful. I found many. Two stand out for me.
Early on I discovered Kenneth Yu. He caught my eye and mind because of his Twitter "handle" @emailcopywriter. Who could resist that? Of course I followed Kenneth because I wanted to know more about writing killer emails which would get opened and convert to sales.
The other stand out for me is internet marketing guru Dan Lopez. Why? Because I am curious my nature and I had hundreds of questions about Twitter and the process and flow of internet marketing. And I kept hammering Dan Lopez with questions - 140 characters at a time! And you know what? Dan answered my questions and offered many suggestions. And then it hit me that yes, this is what Twitter is all about. Just being a friend, having conversations about things which mattered in our lives at that moment. Today Dan told me more about Kenneth Yu's Twitter Salvation System. He told me his system could help me learn how to use Twitter to sell whatever it is that I wanted to sell. Sweet.
Like a true guru, Dan has created an information page about Kenneth Yu's Twitter Salvation System with more information. Rather than copy and paste all of it here take a moment and click here to learn more about Kenneth Yu and his Twitter Salvation System - and yes, they will both answer your questions, and as a fun bonus there are a couple of fun videos on the site from Perry Belcher and author Jonathan Gunson.
Stop back by the "Make it Known" blog after you you begin the Twitter Salvation System and let me know about your Twitter experiences. Oh, and leave me your Twitter "handle" so I can follow you too!
Cheryl
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How To Save Money on Home Heating Bills
Casey Stanton, of Suttons Bay, has just brought his product to the internet making it easier than ever to learn about different ways to save money on your heating bills - actually save money on the appliances in your home or business which use fuel.
A Michigan State graduate with a degree in Environmental Science, Casey has been researching many different products to help people save money on their heating bills. He has been doing direct selling of this product for some time, and then realized that because installation is so simple it could easily be sold over the internet. He has set this site up, full of great information too, just for you.
Again, another seemingly complicated procedure made very simple through this patented product. I could install this device, heck, even my mother could install this.
I like the clean technology, and I like the fact that you don't need to call an outside service person to let you begin saving on your fuel bills right now.
Give it a look. It would also make a great gift for all those people who have everything, except for a way to save money on their home fuel bills!
Today I noticed that somebody named Melanie wrote in the guest book that I keep in my U-Pick shed. “Forget Disneyland,” she wrote. “This is the happiest place on Earth.”
On Earth? I was stunned. And grateful. Of course, for me, the Upick IS the happiest place on earth. And I needed to be reminded of that, and realized for about the millionth time how easily we take for granted the best parts of our life when things aren’t going so well in other parts of it. This is a lesson it seems that I need to learn over and over.
I have sworn off looking at the falling stock market and reading all the bad news. At least for now. Today I am thinking about a close friend’s husband who was taken to Hospice House on Tuesday and is struggling valiantly to get through this final stage of life. He was diagnosed with kidney cancer in April, and it has been a nightmare for my friend and her family ever since. This is a good and gentle man, a thoughtful intellectual, a loving father, a stellar husband who is being taken from this earth. Life is not fair, this much I know.
I have the day off today as I do not work on Fridays at all, in order to keep up with the farm. It is one of those spectacular fall days on Omena Bay. The blue water is all the more stunning, set off by the emerging fall color backdrop of Omena Point. This is the first Friday since early June without bouquet making and deliveries. To wander from bed to bed, pulling weeds here, clipping back dead stems there, is a luxury. I have no agenda on this day other than to be at school in time to pick up my 9-year-old son, Will.
As I do my work, a monarch comes to rest on the nearby neon pink sweet William to drink the nectar. Neon is a new variety I planted this spring, said to be a true perennial. It is blooming again in a short burst of color after being cut back in June. The monarch slowly opens and closes its wings as it feeds. Uh oh, little fella, I think. You are a long way from where you need to be at this time of the year. How these fragile creatures make their long journey is one of life’s greatest mysteries, and, in my opinion, some kind of annual miracle.
When I see things like the monarch, or the rainbow on my way to school earlier this morning, I wonder, is this it? Did my friend’s husband pass over? Is this some sort of sign? I am a person who looks for signs, explanations. And then I think that perhaps the monarch was not a sign that a wonderful life had ended, but rather a reminder of the fragile journey that we are all on toward that destination.
Bail-Out October 2008 FDIC Insurance Coverage Limit Will Temporarily Increase - New Interim Rules Better Safeguard Trust Account
Dan Penning, the Suttons Bay Attorney with Wright Penning & Beamer has provided this timely and topical "bail-out" information about FDIC Insured Institutions and how it could affect your trust accounts. Read more information on his blog at www.suttonsbaydepot.com.
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF NEW INTERIM RULES TO BETTER SAFEGUARD TRUST ACCOUNTS AT FDIC INSURED INSTITUTIONS
(The $100,000 FDIC insurance coverage limit will temporarily increase to $250,000 upon President Bush’s signing of the “bail-out bill” passed in the House October 3, 2008. This increase is effective until December 31, 2009, at which time the insurance coverage will revert back to the $100,000 limit).
The FDIC has adopted an interim rule to simplify and modernize its deposit insurance rules for revocable trust accounts. Your living trust may be modified to take greater advantage of the new FDIC interim rule. Prior to the interim rule being adopted, all revocable trust accounts (both payable-on-death accounts and living trust accounts) were insured up to $100,000 per “qualifying beneficiary.” (A “qualifying beneficiary” was limited to the account owner’s spouse, child, or grandchild, parents, and siblings.) Under the interim rule, coverage is based on the existence of any beneficiary named in the revocable trust, as long as the beneficiary is a natural person, or a charity or other non-profit organization.
FOR ACCOUNTS TOTALING NO MORE THAN $500,000.
For account owners with revocable trust accounts totaling no more than $500,000, coverage will be determined without regard to the beneficial interest of each beneficiary in the trust. This issue typically arises in the context of a living trust that, for example, provides either varying lump-sum payments for designated beneficiaries or different percentage interests in trust assets to certain beneficiaries, or different remainder interests in the assets to the same or other beneficiaries. Under the new rules, a trust account owner with up to five different beneficiaries named in all his or her revocable trust accounts at one FDIC-insured institution will be insured up to $100,000 (temporarily $250,000 until Dec. 31, 2009) per beneficiary.
SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR ACCOUNTS TOTALING MORE THAN $500,000 WITH MORE THAN FIVE BENEFICIARIES.
Revocable trust account owners with more than $500,000 and more than five different beneficiaries named in the trust(s) will be insured for the greater of either: $500,000 or the aggregate amount of all the beneficiaries' interests in the trust(s), limited to $100,000 (temporarily $250,000 until Dec. 31, 2009) per beneficiary.
We recommend that trust account owners first ensure that the institution holding their funds is FDIC insured. We can help you determine the maximum FDIC insurance coverage amount of your trust account as it currently stands and how to better take advantage of the simplified interim rule. First and foremost, depositors should determine whether the institution holding their funds is maintaining solid footing in the financial industry during these uncertain times. Trust account owners may decide to move their funds to a more secure institution if they discover that their current institution is not equipped to handle the current financial predicament.
Dan A. Penning, Attorney Wright Penning & Beamer
Farmington Hills and Suttons Bay, Michigan
231-271-4500
Rich Schefren Sweetens the Guided Profits System with Extended Program and Lower Payments
Wow, I wasn't expecting this...
So last week Rich Schefren launched his revolutionary new Guided Profits System coaching program...
And he closed the doors waaaay faster than expected.
But for every person who got inside, there were another half dozen or so that couldn't. Many wanted a longer payment plan... and many wanted a longer program.
So Rich is doing something extraordinary. Check it out here...
That's correct--Rich has created a special "Silver" version of GPS just for these people.
And this version doesn't skimp on the good stuff either. Rich has left in all the most powerful tips, techniques, and strategies to help you finally break through the walls that are holding you back.
Suttons Bay Merchants, Artists
and Leelanau County Wineries
Bahle's: The Annex
Meet Artist: Melody Jukubiak
Bahle's Store
Leelanau County Winery: L. Mawby Winery
Bay Wear
Bayside Salon
Meet Artist: Dan Stewart Photography
Case Daniels & Rae
Meet Artists: Will Case & Rae Johnson
Featuring: Jewelry & Weathervanes
Enerdyne
Forget Me Not Florist
Meet Artist: JoAnn Sahs
Featuring: Acrylics
Leelanau County Winery: Ciccone Vineyards
Haystacks by the Bay
Meet Artisit: Trisha Denton, Jeweler
Leelanau County Winery: Good Harbor Vineyards
Lima Bean
Meet Artist: Lisa Lopez, Jewelry
Meet Artist: Stacy Harms, Oils
Leelanau County Winery: Black Star Farms
Martha' Leelanau Table
Meet Artist: E.J. Fitzpatrick, Oils
Leelanau County Winery: Forty-five North Vineyard & Winery
Michigan Artists Gallery
Meet Artist: Tom Krueger, Clay artist
Meet Artist: Christine Harjer, Clay artist
Leelanau County Winery: Cherry Republic Winery
Live Music Provided by: Cherry Blossom Ramlers
Michigan Peddler
Muriel's
Meet Artist: Nancy Frisby, Photography
Leelanau County Winery:Willow Vineyards
Silvertree Deli
Meet Artist: Del Michaels, Mixed Media
Leelanau County Winery: Victoria Creek Vineyard
Suttons Bay Galleries
Meet Artist: Bill Hosner, Pastel Painting
Suttons Bay Law Center
The Front Porch
Thistledown Shoppe
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Amazon To Offer Wine Online
By Mike Sachoff - Thu, 09/11/2008 - 9:38am.
Sold only in U.S.
Online retailer Amazon.com will start selling wine produced in the U.S. by early October making it available to its domestic customers.
Napa Valley Vintners, a nonprofit organization representing more than 300 vintners in California, has started workshops for wineries that want to sell their wine on Amazon, according to Terry Hall, communications director for the group.
"They have been working for a while on this wine project. Now they are signing up the wineries," Hall told Reuters. "They're fast-tracking it right now."
Amazon will sell wine in about 26 states and wine sold on the site will come from all areas of the country.
In 2007 total U.S. wine sales were between $30 billion and $32 billion, according to Barbara Insel, president of Stonebridge Research Group, a company focused on the wine industry.
Amazon will be working with New Vine Logistics, a Napa, California firm that operates in wine fulfillment and can ship to 45 states. Amazon is working with the company to ensure that the wine is legally shipped.
Customers enrolled in Amazon Prime, a discount shipping program will qualify for free shipping on any wine purchases.
"The good news is it (Amazon selling wine) puts some big muscle behind direct-to-consumer so consumers of wine should benefit," Hall said.
This cute and adorable and well behaved dog was found in Bahle Park in Suttons Bay, Michigan, on September 9, 2008.
She is well fed, well trained, and well behaved and is currently at the Suttons Bay Animal Hospital at 231-271-4260 waiting to go to the Humane Society.
If you have any information about the whereabouts of this dog's owner please have them contact the Suttons Bay Animal Hospital directly at 231-271-4260.
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Novels with the best opening paragraphs begin with words.
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And he can teach you.
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Bob has written copy for over 100 clients including Network Solutions, ITT Fluid Technology, Medical Economics, Intuit, Business & Legal Reports, and Brooklyn Union Gas. Awards include a Gold Echo from the Direct Marketing Association, an IMMY from the Information Industry Association, two Southstar Awards, an American Corporate Identity Award of Excellence, the Standard of Excellence award from the Web Marketing Association, and AWAI's Copywriter of the Year.
Bob is the author of more than 70 books including The Complete Idiot's Guide To Direct Marketing (Alpha Books) and The Copywriter's Handbook (Henry Holt & Co.). His articles have appeared in numerous publications such as DM News, Writer's Digest, mtrak Express, Cosmopolitan, Inside Direct Mail,and Bits & Pieces for Salespeople.
Bob has presented marketing, sales, and writing seminars for such groups as the U.S. Army, Independent Laboratory Distributors Association, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and the American Marketing Association. He also taught business-to-business copywriting and technical writing at New York University.
Bob writes sales letters, direct mail packages, ads, e-mail marketing campaigns, brochures, articles, press releases, white papers, Web sites, newsletters, scripts, and other marketing materials clients need to sell their products and services to businesses. He also consults with clients on marketing strategy, mail order selling, and lead generation programs.
Prior to becoming an independent copywriter and consultant, Bob was advertising manager for Koch Engineering, a manufacturer of process equipment. He has also worked as a marketing communications writer for Westinghouse Defense. Bob Bly holds a B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Rochester and has been trained as a Certified Novell Administrator (CNA). He is a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the Business Marketing Association.
Bob has appeared as a guest on dozens of TV and radio shows including MoneyTalk 1350, The Advertising Show, Bernard Meltzer, Bill Bresnan, CNBC, Winning in Business, The Small Business Advocate and CBS Hard Copy. He has been featured in major media ranging from the LA Times and Nation's Business to the New York Post and the National Enquirer. To learn more about Bob, and to read some of his thought-provoking and imagination stimulating articles be sure to visit his website - click here to read more about Bob Bly.
The Complete Guide to Your Dog's Nutrition
The MUST HAVE dog food guide
that every dog owner
has been asking and waiting for.
12 OF THE BEST dog food brands for you and… It informs you of what is actually used in each of the dog foods.
And clearly tells you why each of these brands are some are some of the best to feed your dog. It also discusses in depth home cooked dog food, the BARF diet plus much more.
Would you like to know which brands of dog food are the safest to feed your dog?
Don’t you owe it to your pet to find out?
Can't we just trust what the dog food companies tell us in their glossy multi million dollar advertising campaigns?
Unfortunately, often we can't!
I know you want to be sure you are feeding your dog the absolute best diet… and best foods, within your budget.
All dog food is not equal in their nutritional values and there are many that are downright detrimental to your pet's health.
Here's some of what you'll discover in
'The Complete Guide To Your Dog's Nutrition'
* How to choose the healthiest dog food to suit your dog's needs
* The 6 step method to quickly overcome diet related SKIN PROBLEMS
* Learn how to go past the hype and know what the important facts are regarding a healthy dog diet
* 5 steps to properly manage the FINICKY EATER
* The simple method to properly read and understand any dog food label
* The pros and cons of commercial food versus homemade dog food
* What you should learn about the recent frightening dog food recalls
* Hot to avoid then 3 most common 'dog food' health problems
* The recalled brands of dog foods
* Understand the exact nutritional requirements your dog has.
* How to overcome your dog getting bored with their food
* Poweful tips to choosing a diet to help prevent BLADDER and KIDNEY STONES
* The truth about the BARF diet and whether it can really benefit your dog
* How to switch foods the best way to prevent gastric upsets
* What dog foods can help with a healthy shiny dog coat
* Just how much protein, carbohydrate, fat and calories SHOULD your dog be getting
* The easy way to understand how "guaranteed analysis" applies to your dog's food
* 12 of the best dog foods on the market revealed to help your dog live a healthier happier life
* The 4 proven steps to changing to a new and healthier dog food diet
* What you must understand about the special dietary needs of your dog, whether a puppy, adult, senior, or convalescing dog
* New special diets for the dog with diabetes, allergies or dermatitis
* What are the BEST BRANDS of dog food for your dog
* What you should know about DOG TREATS
* The way to choose NATURAL dog foods
* The real facts of wet versus dry dog food
* A detailed list of all the ingredients in the better dog foods
* A simple technique for managing BAD BREATH
* The surprising pros and cons of a vegetarian diet for your dog
* The revealing facts about dog food supplements and additives
* The truth about Omega 3 oils revealed
* 101 easy to cook and inexpensive home cooked DOG FOOD RECIPES
* How to identify hidden dangerous & poisonous foods foods for your dog in your home
* Surefire tips to manage diet related problems such as gas, diarrhea, bad breath and anal gland disease.
* 7 helpful tips for controlling dog food allergies
* Managing the overweight dog
* Managing the finicky FUSSY EATER who is 'bored' with their food
* Learn what some dog companies don’t want you to know about dog food
* The truth about dog food allergies revealed
* How to prepare quick and wholesome home cooked food
* Ways to manage the dog that doesn't seem to eat enough
* The critical 'dangerous' ingredients in dog food to watch out for
* What table scraps to NEVER FEED your dog
* The step by step scientifically proven management of dog allergies
* How to improve your dogs brain power, response & intelligence with diet
* How to properly switch from tinned to dry food and vice versa and prevent gastric problems
* Discover if the BARF Diet is suitable for your dog.