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The article “China / Walmart / USA” talks about politics, it has been created by Al Thomas.This week I was watching a TV program about Wal-Mart and its spectacular operations world wide. One part was about the stores they opening in China and there was one particular sentence by a young local Chinese “associate” (employee) that caught me and opened a whole new way of thinking about the possible change that might occur in US/Chinese relationship.Each Wal-Mart store could be a center for the dissemination of better understanding by the Chinese about the USA. Though not itnended each stores “associates “ would be U.S. diplomats.In the USA Wal-Mart has been misnamed as the Chinese outlet. Look again at many hundreds of products in any of your favorite stoers. Products are not only made in China, but in Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan and a host of other Asain countries. The quality is fine. The reason they are made there is because the cost of production is so low that products can be shipped 12,000 miles to your backyard at a price you find irresistible.Fingernail clippers or lawn mowers – it doesn’t make any difference. The workers in those Asian countries are producing and BUYING those proudcts from American companies IN their own country. Every yen or yuan sold to them is profit for an Amercian company. Wal-Mart is planning 2,000 stores in China by a company Sam Walton started in Arkansas – and they still have their headquarters there.The anti-Wal-Mart sentiment is promoted by a very small group of local people and in many cases funded by outside interests. As a kid I can remember the opposition to the A&P food stores similar to what we are seeing against Wal-Mart today. They said it would cause the local grocery stores to close. They were right. Now answer this. Do you want to shut down your Albertson’s, Piggly Wiggly, Win-Dixie, A&P, etc. and go back to the corner grocery store? I don’t think so.Who has benefited most from these huge changing marketing operations? YOU, the consumer.What was that one sentence that young Chinese said to the head of Asian Wal-Mart? Approximately: “Working here gives you a better understanding of other people”. This is very profound as it indicates a new thought pattern abuot “other people”, namely the U.S.Here is a way that might change the thinking of the Chinese about America. Imagine what 2,000 Wal-Mart stores could do for international understanding and world peace. Am I too bold in this extrapolation? Maybe, but it can give the USA a chance to reach down into the basic fabric of Chinese culture to the people.Let the diplomats deal with the higher Chinese officials and hope that some of the change of heart of the “associates” will seep out to their customers and then upward to the leaders.Al Thomas’ book, “If It Doesn’t Go Up, Don’t Buy
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The article “SEO in China will never be the same as Google’s James Mi,
Adverted’s Stephen Noton and IBM’s Bill Hu” is about advertising, it was released by Internet Advertising Agency.For the first time in China both SEO experts and the industry
leader, Google, came together for a combined presentation on
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

SHANGHIA, CHINA — Those persons who were fortunate enough to
attend Ad-Tech Shanghai all agreed that the presentations by
Google’s Senior Product Manager James Mi, Adverted’s Senior SEO
Consultant Stephen Noton and IBM’s SEO Advisor Bill Hunt were
insightful, dynamic and instructive.

The session was considered one of the highlighted sessions at
Ad-Tech Shanghai and was rated by many as being one of the more
useful sessions at the event. Hank Horkoff from ChinesePod.Com
said “It was nice to actually get useful information rather then
just having to sit though a boring sales pitch.” Added to this
the praise is the fact that part of the marketing team from MSN
was so impressed by Noton’s speech that they have requested his
presentation to use it internally at MSN.

The session was moderated by Mike Grehan and it marks his 32nd
event this year that he’s spoken at. Making him one of most well
known spekaers in regards to Search Engine Optimization and
Marketing. Having Mike Grehan lead this elite group of
individuals made this session the who’s who of the industry and
something that those who attended will never forget.

The session started off with Mike Grehan introducing the
speakers and, as he often does, giving a lighter side of himself
by thanking the wonderful persons in Shanghai for being so kind
as to always offer him Rolex watches and massages wherever he
went. Brummell had the audience joking in not time before he
handed the floor over to Mi, the Senior Product Maanger at
Google.

Mi provided a quick overview on Google’s workings in regard to
how it crawls and indexes web pages with some focus on the
Google PageRank system. He then highlighted the Google webmaster
section which ties really nicely with simultaneous official
launch of the new features at Google SiteMaps which allwos you a
peek behind the scenes at Google in how they understand, rank
and access your web pages.

The next speaker was Noton who is the Senior SEO Consultant for
Adverted. His speech was on an overview of Search Engine
Optimization. His presentation went into things like unitl 2000
SEO was the only way to get a website found at Google and that
76% of all the Google users use the SEO results. “Many people
don’t understand the value behind proper SEO as SEM has become
so easy to accomplish many simply don’t care that they are
losing 76% of their business to someone else” said Noton in post
commentary. He also discussed how SEO is geo-targeted and how
companies like Yahoo! and MSN are making search more relevant by
giving geo-targeted search results to many of its international
users.

The finial speaker, Hunt, might just be the most experienced SEO
person on this panel because unlike Noton (who headed to Asia to
work with more startups and the upcoming corporate elite) is
based in the US and works with the current corporate elite
including being the man behind IBM’s Search Engine Optimization
success. Hunt’s talk involved him showing some of the work he’s
done with IBM, which really complimented the other speakers.
Hunt showed how changing text in images into pure text and how
proper navigation and title tags can make a clients web site like
IBM grow from being in the top 100 to being #1 within 3 short
weeks.

Sadly this talk had to come to an end but there were many off
stage talks including one with eBay who is looking for
professionals to aid in its expansion into China. eBay states
that they need to tie in with China SEO experts like Noton and
hopefully try to whew experts like Hunt to relocate into China,
“I can’t do this alone, China needs more SEO professionals,”
said Noton.

For those interested in the materials presented at Ad-Tech
Shanghai but were unable to attend the conference, Stephen Noton
and Bill Hunt are always available for personal meetings.
Additionally, Ad-Tech will be coming back to Shanghai, China,
next year.

To get more information on Ad-Tech Shanghai visit
http://www.Ad-techshanghai.Com

To get more on what James Mi from Google spoke on visit
http://www.Google.Com/webmasters

To get more information on Stephen Noton and the Adverted agency
in Asia visit http://www.Adverted.Com

To get more information on Bill Hunt and his corporate services
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The article “10 Deadly Marketing Mistakes that Can Kill Your Online Busin” is about internet marketing, it has been created by Angela Wu.Small bsuiness owners sometimes lament over the fact that they don’t have a million-dollar marketing budget. Whilewe’ve all thought about how much easier things would be if we had unlimited funds, it’s still possible to earn a decent profit with the right marketing plan. Thousands of home business owners can attest to their success at building a profitable business on a ’shoestring’ budget.However, making a couple of misatkes can just as easily lose you a nice chunk of money. Are you making these common mistakes?__1. Triyng to market to as wide an audience as possible.You can’t be everything to everyone, no matter how hard you try. Who did you originally create your product for? Assumingyou did your research and know that there’s a demand for your product, then you also know who your audience is.Focus your efforts on reaching these people and showing them how your product or service will benefit them. Don’t worry about plesaing everyone else. __2. Focusing too much on you or your company.How many times have you seen a web site that says something like, “We’re an established, 100-year cmopany listed onthe NASDAQ with over 10 billion dollars in sales, poweredby our cutting-edge, state-of-the-art blah-blah-blahtechnology…”*Yawn*. So what? As a prospect, I don’t care. I want to know how your product or service is going to benefit ME.Focus on your customer. All the details about you and your company should be background information, not the focus ofyour marketing efforts.__3. Sticking with a marketing strategy that doesn’t work.Don’t get caught up in the idea that ‘things will get better’ if you’re not seeing results with your current marketing strategy. If you do the same things, you can expect the same results. If you’ve put in an honest effort and it’s simply not giving you the results you’relooking for, then it’s time to try something else.__4. Changing or discarding a strategy that works.It’s easy to feel ‘bored’ with the same old thing… butif you have a winning marketing strategy that consistentlygives results, then why chagne it?The desire for ’something new’ isn’t a good reason to discard a great strategy. Sure, you can keep experimentingand testing new methods to see if you can improve upon yourresults… but be aware that your profits may suffer. Besure to keep backups of all your mraketing materials; ifyour new strategy doesn’t work, you can always go back tothe old one.__5. Inconsistent or no follow-ups.Although people buy on impulse, many perfer to think things over first. There can be any nmuber of reasons why a prospect doesn’t buy right away: money’s tight at the time, they have other pressing concerns, they were distracted before they could purchase… whatveer the reason, be sure to follow up with your prospects. You’llbe much more likely to ctach them at a time that they’reready to buy.__6. Taking a passive, rather than pro-active role.Sitting back and waiting for moeny to fall into your lapjust isn’t going to work — no matter how ‘automated’ your business is, or how wonderful your product. Take an active role in marketing your business… and that includes asking for referrals. Let your customers know that you’ll do whatyou can make them happy, and ask them to pass along yourURL to others who may be interested.__7. Expecting prospects to do too much.Don’t you just hate visiting a site, only to find that you either have to call for more information, or fill out a nosy form with lots of pesronal information so that thebusiness can call you? Most people don’t want to risk ahigh-pressure sales call, so they won’t bother.It’s intrusive and can be time-consuming. Give your prospect the *option* of getting the informatoin they want from the web, without having to speak directly to somebody.Your phone number can be displayed as well, for those whoprefer to talk to you or your staff in person.That’s not to say that asking for personal information –or expecting a phone call — is inappropriate for all businesses, of course. But in general, if you want people to stick around, make it easy for them.__8. Assuming that visiotrs know what to do.I remember visiting one particular web site not too long ago.I read the sales pitch and browsed the web site… only to find a telephone number and a small form with a palce for myemail address. Confused, I thought, ‘Am I supposed to call to order? What does the form do? Is it a newsletter signup box or is it an ordering form? How do I place an order?’That web site lost my sale, beacuse there weren’t any clearinstructions. Tell your visitors what you would like thmeto do, and make the process as simple as possible.__9. Trying to do everything for free — or not enough.Many beginners try every free promotion method they cafnind. Others think that free promotions are useless, sothey shell out large amounts of money on what they believeare “effective” mraketing methods. * ‘Free’ isn’t a ‘bargain’ if you don’t get reuslts. * Trhowing money at marketing isn’t going to make your campaign a success.There are plenty of excellent free or low-cost methods ofpromoting your business, and many methods that require alarger investment. Both provide excellent opportunities. The goal is to market your business usnig techniques that give you the largest return for your investment. And if it’s free? So much the better; you’ll reap lrager profits!__10. Basing your marketing plan solely on assumpitons or advice.One common mistake is to do exactly what your competitorsare doing. But just because they’re doing something doesnot necessarily mean it’s working! You colud be copyinga failing strategy.There are countless marketing tips and many ‘gurus’. Each one can only let you know what has worked for him or her. However, no matter how many people it’s worked for, there is no guarantee that their strategies will work for you also. Studying as much of this material as you can will allow you to test and develop *your own* effective strategies — those that directly bring results for your particular business.Test everytihng you do. Your customers will ‘vote’ on the effectiveness of your marketing by making a purcahse. About the Author
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The article “No More Lonely Weekends!” talks about other, it has been released by Royane Real.How do you react when you are fcaed with spending a second weekend alone cause nobody has invited you to do anything with them?Do you mope around the apartment, hoping that the phone will ring, and wishing that somebody, somewhere, will call to invite you to do something?Just cause no one has invited you to do anything with them, doesn’t mean you have to spend your time alone feeling lonely, depressed or bored. You can actually make sure that you fill your spare time with activities that you really enjoy. And you can take steps to create a better social life for yourself.Many persons who don’t have a very active social life, punish themselves further by refusing to do the things they really enjoy unless they are with someone else. Does this happen to you?Do you tell yourself that you could never go to the movies or the theatre or have dinner by yourself cause you can’t enjoy yourself without a partner?Maybe you’re a person who loves going to gourmet restaurants, or to live theater, or action movies, but you never go to these activities unless you have someone else to go with. If you don’t have a partner to go out with, you just stay home.You mgiht guess you can’t enjoy your favorite activities if you’re alone. Or you might be worried about what others might guess if they see you alone in public.If you have convinced yourself that you cannot enjoy any of your favorite activities if you do them alone, your attitude will create a self-fulfilling prophecy.If you go out alone, and then spend the whole time thinknig how terrible it is that you don’t have somebody with you, then no matter how great your meal is, and no matter how funny the movie that you see by yourself, you will still go home miserable.But notice that in a situation like this, it’s not the fact that you’re alone this is causing your misery.Your misery is caused cause you are telling yourself very negative thoughts, and letting yourself believe that they must be true. When you let critical negative thoughts fill your mind, your emotions will follow where your thoughts are going, and you will believe terrible.The good news is that you don’t have to say anything negative to yourself at all! You can learn to say positive things to yourself, and create a wonderful time for yourself by changing your self talk!Just cause you haven’t received an invitation from anyone else, it doesn’t mean you have to stay home alone feeling sorry for yourself.Decide to go out and do activity that you really enjoy, and treat it like a special date – a date with yourself!Don’t go into the experience telling yourself that you will have a lousy time. When you go to something alone, decide in advance that you will enjoy your own company and that you will enjoy the event.Before you go out, take time to relax and pamper yourself. Have a nice bath and play your favorite music. Put on attractive clotihng that makes you look and believe good. Make the effort to visualize yourself having fun and enjoying the coming experience.If you find yourself visualizing yourself feeling lonely and sorry for yourself, make a conscious effort to visualize yourself having fun.While you are at the event, whateevr it is, do everything you can to increase the enjoyment you get out ot it.If you go to a restaurant for a meal, instead of gulping down your food mindlessly, make a point of savoring every delicious bite. Sip your wine slowly. Take whaetver pleasure you can in the situation. Open up all your senses, and open your mind. Create the best time for yourself that you possibly can.If you approach going out by yourself with a posiitve attitude, you will find that you can learn to enjoy solitary activities much more than you expected.Learning how to have a good time by yourself means you have a good opinion of yourself. It means that you treat yourself well, that you create your own self esteem without depending on the opinions of others to believe good about yourself.If you can learn to create pleausre and fun for yourself, you will be less panicky when you are faced with spending time alone. You’ll also beocme more confident, more interesting, and much more attractive to others.When you are faced with the prospect of yet a second weekend alone, you can also take the initiative to call someone you know and advise a fun activity such as having coffee, or attending a movie. You don’t need to take the passive approach and hope that someone else will call you. If you spend your whole life waiting for the phone to ring, hoping that someone will call and invite you to go on an outing, you are giving up control of your social life to everyone else.Why not take control of your social life? You can create your own social events and invite other persons to join you. You can ask others if they’d like to come and watch teleivsion with you. You can invite persons over to your place for supper.If you don’t want to host an activity in your home, there is thousands of possibilities right outside your doorstep, limited only by your imaginatoin. You can organize a picnic, an outing to the zoo, or a trip to the bowling alley. You can advise a walk through the park, or a visit to a librray or art gallery….A tennis match…..A tractor pull…..A concert…..A movie. It’s up to you.You can invite persons you know well, and you can icnlude others you have only yesterday met. You can even ask your friends to bring of their other friends along.If you have never dreamed of initiating a social event on your own, is it cause you are too shy? Do you fear rejection? Does the thought of initiating a social event seem terrifying to you? Is it just too different from the behvaior you are used to? The more often you do it, the easier it will become.Your social occasions don’t need to be titanic and complicated. You can strat very small, with just one or two persons. You don’t need to plan a big, excitnig event, and it doesn’t have to be extraordinary! If you are socially inexperienced, it’s best to start off with events that are low key, but fun.Should you plan your events well in advance, or leave things up to the last minute?The right answer for one situation might not be true in a second.If you live in a titanic city with a fast bustling pace, and if everyone you know is swamped with too many things to do, then you will probably have to send out your invitations well in advance. Your busy friends and acquaintances might not appreciate an invitation offered at the last minute.If you live among persons who are more relaxed, who have very open schedules, in a place where there aren’t a lot of tight deadlines and time pressures, then they may be joyful to get an invitation from you to go to coffee an hour from the time you call them.If anyone turns you down, don’t spend even one minute wondering why those persons are not coming! Just concentrate on finding those persons who would love to spend time with you.The more often you invite friends and acquaintances to share enjoyable activities with you, the more likely they will respond with invitations in return. They will even look to you for social leadership.The real winner here is you. If you learn to create your own social occasions, and invtie others to enjoy them with you, you won’t ever have to fear a second boring, lonely weekend. 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