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17 BEGINNERS Affiliate marketing primers and ideas

Barbara — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:49:58 +0000

Morning!

With the economy continuing on its imitation of free-falling skydiving sans any noticable parachute, I’m finding more and more people are tentatively dipping their toes into affiliate marketing. But because it’s a relatively new thing for them, they find themeslves inundated with confusion regarding all of the choices available.

But not to fear! I’ve been doing affiliate marketing since 1998 (both as an affiliate and also as a product developer) and have it down to a fine art indeed. The following are some resources I think you’ll find to be rather helpful to you as you wend your way thru the jungles of this new and profitable beastie.

First off, what really IS affiliate marketing? At its most basic, it’s quite simple -

Someone offers a product (the vendor)
You say to yourself, Jeepers! My visitors would probably be interested in such a thing! Yippie!
You find the vendor’s affiliate program, sign up, and receive an affiliate link.
You (otherwise known as "The affiliate") add your affiliate link to your website or to your blog or … you get the idea. Perhaps the link includes a square button like what you see to the right (that’s for my Job Seeker’s Power Advantage Resume/Portfolio site - it’s a 2-tier career employment affiliate program. You can see the affiliate tutorial for it over at this link here.)
You take steps to drive your visitors to proactively click on the link. Ways people do this include writing a review of a product, writing a blog about the topic the product solves and the like.

That’s affiliate marketing in a nutshell.

Now, like teeny tiny mustard seeds grow into huge bleeping towering trees, that nutshell can blossom into venues you can hardly imagine! For example, some vendors (does Amazon.com ring a bell?) have beeyons and beeyons of products which allow you to market virtually anything and everything….and other vendors provide you with the tools to build an entire store within 5 minutes that focus on specific niches. For example, check out my Exercise Store like so:

Notice all those cool tabs that have targeted niche products? That store was built using AOM - an incredible Amazon affiliate tool that everyone should use (there are two versions, free and paid - I myself use the paid as I always want all the commissions I generate…driven to me. :) ).

But wait! There’s more! You can ALSO (you knew there’d be something like this, right?) build entire sites about niches!

Consider my site ExerGamingNews.com .

I built that when I was in my DDR kick! Not only can you find DDR jokes and news, you can also find, oh, hmmmm…DDR clubs! Look very closely to the right hand side, however - you’ll see targeted niche products (in this case, offered by eBay) proudly march down the side. And of course, I’m an affiliate of eBay as well….should anyone buy any of those auctions, I get the commission.

So! With that as a nutshell, how can you learn affiliate marketing?

First off, you can check out my ebook Beginners Make Money Cookbook over at my Rich Hermit series. But don’t buy it there - I offer readers like you a complimentary copy HERE! (Just scroll down until you see the Complimentary Download image). Besides completely demystifying how to make money online, I also have a chapter or two about affiliate marketing as well.

Next, you can check out some nifty affiliate marketing forums like:

And then don’t forget about great affiliate marketing blogs like:

Affiliate marketing, while it does take time to know the ropes, can really be a true boon to helping you bring in more and more income and beef up your bottom line. And with the economy smooshing itself as it currently is doing…that can only be a Very Good Thing Indeed.

Enjoy,

Barbara Ling

ps - speaking about affiliate marketing, have you seen:

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Free way of Updating your location via your iPhone - Great apps !

Barbara — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:55:13 +0000

Morning!

If you have a luscious iPhone and are a dedicated Twitter user (and confess, don’t we ALL want both of those criteria?), you might have seen those cute little Twitter updates that describe where a person is currently located.

This is accomplished via the miraculous marriage between the iPhone and GPS!

And it’s yours, free.

Just visit TwitterFon, install and enjoy!

Looking for other iPhone goodies? Here’s some excellent resources for you to enjoy:

It’s amazing the kinds of goodies you can scout about online…if you know just where to uncover their lair.

Enjoy,

Barbara Ling

ps - speaking about the iPhone, have you seen:

Please click here to continue your search.

Black Friday tips and tricks

Barbara — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:33:20 +0000

Morning!

Today is Black Friday! If you’re an individual who adores living on the cutting edge of utter insanity, you might be seized by a delightful urge to brave the traffic and pounce on the superDeDuper sales that are currently screaming for your attention.

And if so, I’d certainly be remiss if I didn’t offer you some excellent advice to ensure you make the most of your courageous adventure!

And let’s begin:

1.) Be aware of time!

Many retailers will not only offer bargains for this Friday, but even more so if you arrive, say, before 12 noon and the like. Thus, if you’re reading this article at 1pm, you’re kinda sorta out of luck.

2.) Hunt down Early Bird Savings

Not only might prices be less at a particular time, but savvy stores will stock up on popular items with the caveat, No Rain Checks! Thus, once they’re sold out…they’re history, they made like a drum and beat it! Here’s where your friend The Internet and various/sundry coupons/circulars will be your buddy for life - you can uncover super bargains via home store web sites.

3.) Wear nice warm comfy clothes

Especially if you’re standing on line at a God-forsaken hour while your ears are slowing being frozen into rock-hard flapjacks stuck to the side of your head…you want to make certain you’ve dressed appropriately to handle the Arctic temperatures. After all, if the doors open and you’re more cold than absolute zero, chances are…the other insane shoppers will probably mow over you once the starting bell has run.

4.) Know where your prey resides

Looking for women’s clothing? PS3s? Caviar? Make a beeline STRAIGHT to where your goal is beckoning with open arms. Other peoples might simply want to stroll calmly about the store, gazing upon the yummy bargains that are beckoning like a siren’s call….not you! If necessary, use GPS satellite tracking to ensure the precise location of your life’s desire.

5.) Tag Team!

If you have a shopping buddy, split up the responsibilities and let your friend pounce on one set of bargains while you plow over other shoppers in search of the rest. A corollary to this is for you both to practice the art of tripping shoppers in front of you, opening that crucial space required for a mad dash to the final sale. Tag teams can work wonders this way.

Looking for online help? Check out:

This should give you plenty of great resources to help you plan out your Friday. Me, well, after having driven 1,900 miles in the past 4 days…I’m just giving myself a well-deserved rest and letting my fingers do the walking on Amazon.com. It’s much more gentle on my sanity.

Enjoy,

Barbara Ling

ps - speaking about Black Friday, have you seen today’s current deals?

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Don’t shoot for being an HONEST person, instead….

Barbara — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:34:50 +0000

Morning!

Today’s post comes from that most magnificent of insightful individuals, the secret cartoonist behind http://www.Nicky510.com . If you’re not on his mailing list yet, you have not a clue as to what you’re missing - you can sign up for free and receive goodies like the below.

And I quote:

I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.

George Washington

I’ve written of George before and likely will be doing so again. The more one reads of him the more one realizes just how amazingly lucky this country was to have found him.

Notice that he doesn’t say "I’m an honest guy." That this is true is inherent in his sentence construction. And he isn’t saying that he’s clearly going to be honest now and forever. His first utterance is "I hope." He hopes that he shall be strong enough and virtuous enough to continue (here’s where it’s clear that he considers himself to, in fact, be honest at that point in time) to be an honest man.

George realizes that maintaining this condition isn’t easy - far from it in fact. Every day events conspire to work against that goal. It’s so much easier to stray from the path of honesty than to hold to it, especially as doing so quite often comes at an price that’s immediately obvious and clear.

What’s less obvious is what’s lost when one turns away from honesty.

It’s a truism that once a person is known to be dishonest, even just a little, the assumption of dishonesty remains in all future actions. Is he telling the truth? Maybe and maybe not. However, for the honest man, there are no such doubts. If you’ve always been honest the assumption is that you say what you mean.

That’s quite a powerful weapon to have in one’s arsenal.

George realized it and that realization served as a reminder and goad whenever temptation raised its head. Once you’ve spent a lifetime building up your reputation, it makes but little sense to toss it all away for a short term gain.

Just imagine if today’s politicians held George’s views and we the voters could be confident that they meant what they said. Politics would sure look a lot different, wouldn’t it?

It certainly would indeed.

What do YOU think?

Enjoy,

Barbara Ling

Impress your girlfriend or wife in one easy step! Bunches of Twilight Fan Sites

Barbara — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:10:56 +0000

Morning all,

Brief, pithy and to the point - want to impress your girlfriends or wife? If they’re vaguely similar to 98% of the world, they’ve probably heard of the movie Twilight - the vampire love story that has bunches of females swooning in joy. Right?

Well, if you *really* want to impress them, point them in the general direction of:

Twilight Fan Sites!

That should keep your loved ones both busy for a couple of hours…and extremely impressed indeed with your Twilight knowledge!

Enjoy,

Barbara Ling

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I love it when YOU cry - the benefits of 4 decades of life.

Barbara — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:02:03 +0000

Morning!

You know, I’m really a big believer in fate and destiny and all that nifty neat thingees that I personally believe govern our actions.

Sure, folks might say…you can always change your destiny, but I think, should that happen…it occurs because your destiny WAS to change.

Being the all-powerful Matriarch of the Ling family, raising my kids, making money online, helping fellow entrepreneurs, etc….all of the above have helped me realize one blazingly cold stark fact of life.

And it’s this:

EVERYTHING happens for a reason.

Here’s why I think this.

One of my personal gifts in this life is that I can solve anyone’s problem, no matter what it is. True, that really does sound arrogant and ego-centric…but for the past 20 years, I’ve seen close friends and acquaintances and even people whom I really do NOT like come to me and ask for enlightenment. In every case, I’ll sit, listen, zero in on exactly where the problem is occuring…and then lead that person to see the light herself instead of coming out and saying, you know, here’s where the issue is.

It’s part and parcel of my healing gift. I’m very grateful to my guardian angel to have it.

I counsel people of all ages. From the early teens to the late 70s and everywhere in between, I’ve been able to put myself in their shoes, not judge, and simply witness their journey towards understanding their true inner selves.

Which brings me to the point of this post.

Age is truly a blessing. (betcha you didn’t see that one coming, eh?)

I’m in my 40s…so I’ve had 4 decades of learning. That’s 4 decades in which I have:

Experienced tremendous success
Done had my heart ripped out and that sucker stomped flat
Mowed my way thru 4 fiancees until I grew up enough to know what I really craved in a relationship
Dealt with soul-searing corporate politics and found my reputation in tatters
Fought with depression
Came to terms with death
Learned how to love whole-heartedly even if I knew I’d get hurt
Wrote 25+ books/ebooks, was heraled in Inc. Magazine, Microsoft Small Business, etc
Developed the self-confidence to NOT allow people to take me for granted
Broke the 2004 Google code with technology that gained popularity in the late 1980s
Learned that being a mom was far more important than being a friend to my kids

Now…think for a minute. All of those experiences carved and tempered my very soul and inner spirit…and gave it incredible strength and wisdom to boot. One of the most precious things I’ve taken from my life’s journey so far is the following:

If the heart doesn’t hurt, the lessons are never learned.

In other words, when you’re down on your knees in shock from a punch to your heart…and your soul feels like it’s being slowly shredded by a rusted carrot grater being operated by a relentless cereal killer….

Your mind and inner spirit are finally open to learning something very precious indeed.

I’ve been the witness for countless people crying….and the fellow traveler to watch them gain the lessons they so very much needed to learn. It’s really agony to see people you love cry…but when you realize what they’ll gain from it in the future, you understand how very necessary the pain truly is.

I remember facing off with one of my kids awhile back…she started crying, and I realized at that moment I had two choices:

Make things easy for her and take the pain away
Make things tough for her, be a supportive witness and watch her deal with the consequences.

I chose the second. And let me tell you, that was one of the THE HARDEST things I have EVER done in my entire life…because I knew I could stop her pain cold.

But if I did that….she wouldn’t have learned….and she would have repeated the same mistake again.

To this day, she isn’t aware of the fact that when our confrontation had ended, I was knocked out of commission for 24 hours (Giving up that much of my life’s energy always weakens me to the point I get quick sick for some time afterwards).

Was it worthwhile?

Heck yes!

Would I do it again?

You bet!

Did it utterly drain me?

You have not a clue.

And the most important question…did my child learn?

To the point I couldn’t be more proud of her.

When your loved ones cry, there’s a lesson that is clamoring to be internalized. And while it might cause you undeniable pain to watch that person get crushed to their knees and see their soul bleed…if you provide the supportive love that enables them to withstand the agony, you can help them mature and become stronger for this life than they would ever imagine possible.

And sometimes being that rock of support and pillar of strength is more difficult than you can believe as well. But for the people you love…it’s worth every bit of pain. That’s what my 4 decades of life has taught me.

What has your life taught YOU?

Enjoy,

Barbara Ling

An Unfettered EAGLE amongst turkeys - embracing your learning style

Barbara — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:07:56 +0000

Morning all!

So nice to see you at my blog today! I woke up after enjoying a restful sleep, turned over, and heard my vertebrae go "You’re joking, right?"

Not the most promising of physical moods, let me tell you!

Given that today is my beloved adult sparring class, methinks I’ll be most gentle on myself today. If my back is still bothersome by this evening, I’ll focus simply on kata - those are always enjoyable to perform.

But I digress.

Yesterday one of my kids came home with tears in her eyes about her poor grade in her spelling definitions test. Now, in my family, there are a few rules when it comes to academics - anything requiring simple memorization HAS to score above a 90, else I will implement consequences. But there is ONE extra compoment to this - I go over the test myself, and if I can understand from where the mistake originated (ie, the kid DID study but her thought process went left while the others took a jolly saunter off to the right), I don’t count that as a bona-fide mistake.

So! Kid came home and we started reviewing the test. And flap my earlobes and call me Dumbo, but for 3 out of the 5 questions she got wrong….they would be have considered correct GIVEN the way she approachs life in general.

My gosh, the way she thinks….it’s utterly bizarre and yet, totally believeable at the same time. This particular child of mine is virtually a carbon copy of me back from when I was that age (okay, true, there are a few differences, the main one being she’s utterly magnificent and possesses self-confidence and style and ….), so I’m generally in sync with how her mind works, but still….wow.

Thus, an opportunity now arises.

I believe in NOT squelching such uniqueness…yet at the same time, she’s going to be hosed later on in rote memory tests if she DOESN’T learn how the rest of the world thinks.

So I need to teach her how to be, well, ordinary….and yet how to embrace her unique patterns of thinking and let them send her into the far realms of creativity.

It will be a challenge, but one that will benefit her in the long run as well.

You see, I firmly believe that while creativity is the fuel on which great achievements run, we DO live in the real world as well…and as such, need to possess the ABILITY to conform.

In other words, we might be eagles at heart, but if our circumstances plops us down among a flock of turkeys, we had better know how to happily peck for seeds with the crowd too.

I’ve always known my child has a very unique learning style - it was because of that that I designed and created my Lingstar Learning Reading Enrichment program when I taught her how to read. Ever since that time in my life, I educated myself about different learning styles and how what fits one child can leave another one colder than a refrigerator hibernating at the North Pole!

Learning styles are a cause for celebration! There are several out there, including:

Visual learners grasp ideas through seeing.These learners like visual enhancements such as slides, pictures, graphs, videos, demonstrations and the like. He or she might have a vivid imagination, and possess the ability to focus visually on the teacher for a long period of time. If you were to ask the first thing thought of when hearing the word "dog", it might be a mental picture of the complete animal. Visual learners can see the information they learn in their mind like a movie picture.
Auditory learners grasp ideas by actively listening (and not just hearing!) their teacher. They learn best when they can concentrate on the speaker and process the information.
Tactile/Kinesthetic learners grasp ideas through doing. They learn best when physically engaged in a "hands on" activity. He or she involves all their senses (touch, sight, etc.) to understand the lesson. In the classroom, they might thrive in a setting where they can actively use different materials from stations to absorb new information…they learn best when they can be physically active in the learning environment.

Do you see the above in yourself…or any of your children?

If so, remember….discovering the BEST unique learning style will give wings to your imagination and create a fire burning in your belly.

Everyone has their own best ways of becoming brilliant in their own areas…never ever short-change yourself at all. Your future successes will thank you for it.

Enjoy,

Barbara Ling

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Beef up YOUR hiring appeal with these free resources

Barbara — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:55:38 +0000

Morning all,

One of the best ways to stay head and shoulders above the thundering herd is to offer companies/corporations something only YOU can deliver. And if you’re competing against dozens of other highly-qualified folk for a key new employment position…you simply HAVE to possess an ace in the hole.

Here’s one way to do so….learn! Teach yourself…for free!

Were you aware that hundreds if not thousands of tutorials exist online from which you can benefit for free? Everything from technology to training dogs to selling combines to … you name it, the resources and quick tips are there for those with the courage to seize them with both hands.

Take selling combines! Yes, combines, those thingees that help farmers harvest their big huge football-field-sized fields. Did you know about the Combine sweet spot? Heck, did you even KNOW combines HAD a sweet spot?

Well…they do! The "sweet spot" is the where the machine is operating at full capacity and maximum efficiency. And there are several techniques farmers can employ to bring their machines to this hallowed place….thus helping them become more efficient and cost-effective to boot.

Now, if YOU were a salesman for combines, being able to "talk the talk" to that precise detail certainly would help make that personal connection so important in buying decisions, wouldn’t you say?

And IF you were applying for that salesman position, being able to rattle off 7 bona-fide steps to bring a machine to sit up and beg would certainly impress the interviewer, wouldn’t you agree?

‘course you would! Because you’re a smart savvy individual as well….and you know that profitable knowledge is one of the most precious things you can offer a potential employer.

So! Prior to going on an interview or for a client consultation….research just what the requirements are and then go out of your way to educate yourself about them. 2 nifty tutorial sites include:

Visit them now…you’ll see what I mean.

Remember, with the economy as lousy as it is today, you need every possible edge you can generate when it comes to shining above the rest. Be proactive and make that happen today…your future income will thank you.

Enjoy,

Barbara Ling

Setting up autopilot blogs, product pages and more

Barbara — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:55:09 +0000

Morning all,

This is a long post, but I urge you to read it - you’ll see several of my secret techniques that I use to build up traffic and income for any niche imaginable.

Have you ever wanted to generate direct intrest to your products online?

Okay, true, that’s like asking, have you ever wanted to experience soul-searing unimaginable joy every 10 or 15 minutes, but I digress.

Here’s one way to tackle this. Recently, I released the Job Seeker’s Power Advantage over at

http://www.jspoweradvantage.com

I severely underpriced it at $37 as I wanted to test if consumers could recognize such an incredible deal. Alas, it appears the answer is NO - I’ve received several emails stating how the price is *so* good folks believe it NOT to be true.

Joy. So soon, I’ll be increasing the price. But that’s not the secret I want to share right now.

My challenge was and IS to generate wowness for my visitors. Sure, I have my affiliate program over at
http://www.jspoweradvantage.com/affiliates/…

But relying solely on your affiliates is delivering control to outside sources. I want to build up excitement myself as well.

So! You know how Google generally loves to index blog postings? I figured it would be truly nifty neato indeed if I could generate useful posts automatically…and then design my layouts so that visitors would be presented with my JSPA no matter from where arrived.

Enter a domain I bought 4 years ago -

http://www.joblessnews.com

Visit there now. You’ll see resources for Career Help, Job Tips, the Recession and more….but more importantly, you’ll see one of my great big huge bleeping banners for JSPA too!

This site posts automatically, meaning…I set it up ONCE and then let it run on autopilot.

But I didn’t stop there - I also built

http://www.joblessnews.com/shop.php

with

http://www.joblessnews.com/seeaom.php

It took me less than 5 minutes to set up that store…and because it’s hooked directly into my blog, the site should be indexed rather well in the future.

How did I do it?

One of the best resources you can use for automated blog posting is found at CF.

This resource is something that allows you to set up campaigns that will automatically post to your blogs…whatever it is you’d like. I personally choose news feeds myself…but you can also use forum postings, chat discourses and more.
I have many similar resources set up like the above! And it can be applied not only to ONE product, but you can use it to market other niche resources, offline businesses and the like.

For niche ideas, check out:

http://nr.barbaraling.com

and for offline brilliance, mosey on to:

http://www.barbaraling.com/olb.php

Remember, when it comes to making your ihncalm online…do NOT rely solely upon your affiliates or rest on your laurels…you simply HAVE to take control of your future today.

It really does work.

Enjoy,

Barbara Ling

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Make Yourself IRREPLACEABLE

Barbara — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:30:10 +0000

Morning!

I just can’t believe how really insightful the free Daily Dose can be - check out what arrived in my inbox today!

Crow’s Quote of the Day

One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike - and yet it is the most precious thing we have.

Albert Einstein

Why does Albert feel this way? Is it because he was a physicist and is simply being parochial, valuing what he himself does?

I don’t believe so. The question one needs to ask is "What is it in our world that’s fundamentally unique and irreplaceable (except with itself)?" Religion? Not really. We’ve had hundreds of religions on our planet during the time we’ve been on it, with a huge number being practiced today. There’s certainly no lack of them and they’ve shown a robust tendency to spring up rather easily. Take Mormonism, for example. It only came into existence a short while back and offers a modification of the belief structures displayed by already existing faiths. So, although many could argue as to which is "the right one" it seems that there’s enough overlap and reinvention to reduce the "fundamentally unique" aspect.

Well then, how about our social structures? Again - no. Democracy has been fiddled with for thousands of years and other forms (utopias, dictatorships, theocracies, etc) have shown up quite regularly over time. Nothing unique there.

Art? Nope. The Athenians were fantastic representational sculptors and painters. Speaking of painters, the neolithic artists did a bang up job decorating their caves with material that’d easily sell in an art gallery today.

Science though. Now there’s something different.

Mankind has been trying to figure out how the world works for tens of thousands of years and it’s only in the last couple of hundred that we’ve really parted the veil. What we now know is such a leap from our past understandings that it’s almost breathtaking.

Here’s another way to think about it. If you took Pericles from ancient Athens and put him into the US Senate he’d have no trouble understanding what was going on. If you transported an ancient Roman priest to a modern church and explained to him what was happening at the front of the congregation he’d nod his head and follow it completely. He wouldn’t necessarily agree but he’d "get it."

HOWEVER.

Take the top scientific mind from Alexander’s court and bring him into a modern research lab and he’d be completely confounded. Not a hope of understanding what was going on. Quarks? Hadrons? Dark matter? Electrical impulses traveling to axons? No hope at all. This material is absolutely solid, built upon a structure constructed over the decades, and completely beyond someone without the grounding and training that’s easily available today. Today, mind you, not a decade ago.

That’s what is precious about it. This "thing" we call science is the end result of YEARS of constant building and improving and if suddenly wiped from the earth it wouldn’t be recoverable without centuries of toil (and a lot of luck) ….MORE….

WOW! Read the above and tell me that’s just not utterly brilliant!

So let’s now take those ideas and apply them to the most important person you could ever imagine…YOU!

Tell me now….are YOU irreplaceable? Hmmmm?

In the corporate world, it’s been said that NOBODY is irreplaceable. I do suppose that does make sense - you don’t want your company’s bottom line to be dependent upon one sole individual whose absence would cause sheer financial panic!

But…..what about in your own personal teeny tiny network? You know what I mean…your family, your friends, your loved ones….do you make yourself so unique and loved that if you were to disappear tomorrow, nobody could even come close to the magnificence you offer today?

I know I do! Besides being godlike when it comes to raising my kids, turning on a dime with regards to the economy, and always knowing how to create profitable products, I also:

Go out of my way to help out my friends
Proactively look out for my colleagues online…and alert them when issues arise about which they need to know
Constantly show my husband, kids and loved ones just how unique and important they are

You see, your life ISN’T only what HAPPENS to you…it’s also how you CHOOSE to affect others in your network.

So many times, I hear people tell me, yes, I heard that so-and-so came down with a cold/flu/terminal case of death/etc., but you know, business being what it is…I just didn’t have time to drop an email to ask how they’re doing or call or what have you.

Think about it. It takes less than 2 minutes to send a message that says, Hey! Someone cares about you!

And looking out for your friends online? It takes less time than spilling your coffee to set up a Google alert to be notified when someone’s company or business or name/etc. pops up online. And because Google automatically can send you that information when it happens, voila - you can then simply notify your friends/family what’s currently taking place online.

Making yourself irreplaceable means you don’t ONLY look out for Number One…it also means you ENHANCE your loved one’s life by your presence in it.

And truly….being a stalwart friend or parent or lover really IS what makes the world go ’round.

It’s something upon which to think, eh?

Enjoy,

Barbara Ling

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