You Won’t Be Your Best without an Editor I don’t care whether you’re Ernest Hemingway or some guy with a third grade education. You need an editor. You may not realize it, but those writers with eight books on best seller lists—they all had editors who, not only did corrections, but may have radically re-shaped that best seller before it hit the bookstore racks. None of us particularly jumps for joy when we’re corrected, but I, for one, genuinely appreciate an expert editor going through my manuscripts even if she comes up with a few hundred suggested edits. When my manuscript finally hits the public eye, I want it to be the very best, most skillfully-written piece of work possible. Isn’t that what you want? You may be writing your life story, a how-to book, a novel, a children’s book, a business or motivational work, or perhaps something inspirational or religious. Maybe you have your own website or landing page on the internet. I see glaring errors on web pages every day. Never be embarrassed to seek out an editor, and preferably, it should not be your mother or your best friend. There’s a pretty good chance they will not only gloss over errors but may pronounce the book a masterpiece. Only a true editor will look at the work objectively and point out the ways it could be improved. You may be a little threatened by the idea of finding an honest editor. After all, how much editing do you need and what is a fair price? Do you feel that you’re accomplished enough that you only need a one- or two-page critique, giving you the basic strengths and weaknesses of your work? Do you need a simple proofread for minor spelling and punctuation errors? Do you need a thorough copy edit in which grammar and sentence structure are added to the perusal? Or are you such a beginner that you need a rewrite or a ghostwriter to reshape the entire project? A good editor should be able to tell you what the manuscript needs. In regard to cost, there’s a significant variance among editors. Some editors charge by the hour and others charge per page. The best advice is to compare estimates from several different editors, paying attention to any recommendations or testimonials that may be available about each. Try not to fall head over heels in love with your every golden word. I’ve found novelists seem to struggle the most with this. A very common tendency among novel writers is to overwrite. I’ve received manuscripts of well over 300 pages. Each incidental act, every little word of the characters was painstakingly recorded. When the protagonist entered a room, the room was meticulously described. It was not unheard of for me to suggest cutting close to 100 pages of extraneous blather. However, I found that some novelists were deeply grieved by these cuts, ignored my input, and had their books self-published at full length. Sad. So, you may be thinking, “I’ve got this manuscript I’ve poured my life into. My dream is to get it published, but between editing and publishing I’d have to be super rich.” No, if you find the right editor and publisher, it’s very possible to see your book gloriously in print for somewhere in the neighborhood of $2,000. Surely you can save that much money to be a published author with a quality book. .editingfactory.org

Apart from exploring new destinations, what is it about traveling that you enjoy? Trying different kinds of food? If eating out is something you’re fond of, here’s a bit of info for you. Wherever you go, an online restaurant guide is an easy way to find a find find local restaurants that have a promising menu to offer. Well, then how would you know if the restaurant you’ve chosen has good quality food, serves affably and offers a pleasing ambience? Local restaurant reviews can tell you that as well. They can be found in almost every restaurant guide on the internet. So, the next time you travel, remember, a restaurants directory on the internet can help you choose the best one in town, to pamper your appetite!

When it comes to choosing jewellery, the reason it is so important to get it right is because with a single jewellery set it can transform your whole outfit into a classic and elegant one suitable for any occasion. But when a dress or top is too beautiful to be overpowered by a particular necklace, the most important accessory to wear turns into the earrings. This is not a negative impact on your outfit however, as earrings are not only the item that people are most focused on when talking to you, but they can also be chosen to your benefit by complimenting your skin and hair colour and making your eyes look dazzling. When looking at this seasons fashionable earring collections, it seemed that pearls in combination with gold colours are among the favourites. If you’re thinking you’d like to follow the fashion this time of year, a good tip would be to balance out your pearls and gold with outfits of a dark shade, such as a little black dress and lace, or mix with browns which are often complemented with rich gold tones. The effect of this seasons earrings are extremely detailed. They are mainly designed in dark (except from the cream of the pearls) or gold colours and either use small detail or big and glamorous, nothing really in-between. So it seems that diamonds are not really big this time but it terms of the designs of diamond earrings they are becoming an ‘all rounder’ feature in which you can wear them every season and on most occasions, or simply just to match your diamond engagement rings. When wearing a nice outfit the best way to match your style of earrings is to always go with the opposite of what your outfits doing. If the look is overpowering or highly detailed then go for something more subtle such as stud diamond earrings or ones of a plain design, or if your outfit seems a little bland, splash out with some huge, chandelier styles full with glitz and glam. The key is to not be afraid, if it’s in fashion, you can’t be wrong! If you were looking for jewellery sets but without the necklace, why not go for combinations in earrings and rings instead? With a little black number, diamond sparklers in your ears matching your diamond rings and even bracelets, you’re bound to be the head turner of any party …and its still not OTT!! Earrings can be and look however you want them to with the right combinations and attention to detail. Sometimes an outfit choice can turn out best if you start with the earrings and work your way down! With earring designs you’ll be spoilt for choice.

To a great many people in Southern California, the law regarding infringement of trademarks, copyrights or intellectual property in general is so confusing, it is humourous. Whether you live in Santa Ana, CA, San Diego, Huntington Beach, Orange County, Palm Springs, Palm Desert, or Newport Beach, you are as likely to be confused by the law of infringement as someone who lives in La Jolla, Anaheim, Irvine, Westwood, Santa Monica, Westminster, Mission Viejo, Newport Beach, Buena Park, Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga or Yorba Linda. The standard for whether there has been an infringement by one person of another’s intellectual property, namely their patent, trademark or copyrighted work, often comes down to whether there is the “likelihood of confusion” in the public. To test this test set forth by the courts and by statutes, I went out into the public to see how readily the public was confused. I didn’t have to go far to find confusion. I found a dog walker trying to find an address. “Can I help you find something?” I asked her. “I’m confused,” the dog walker said. “I thought 64th street would be right after 63rd street.” “They put another street between the two,” I said, “just to confuse people like you.” “Figures,” the dog walker said. Clearly, the city was guilty of infringement on a person’s senses and well being. I next went into a coffee shop that wasn’t one that I normally went into. But instead of having the normal choices of tall, grand and venti, this shop had single, double and triple. I could see that I wasn’t the only one confused. I asked the person standing in line ahead of me, “Is a triple three times the size of a single, or is it the same size but with three shots of espresso in it?” “Beats me,” the person said. “What I want to know is what these low-fat sticky buns have that could possibly make them low-fat.” I wondered, with such confusion among members of the public, was this coffee shop infringing on either the other coffee shop’s terminology or were we, the public, just naturally confused about things. I decided I needed to see someone really smart, so I went to see a professor who was in part responsible for the new atom smasher and the super collider to see if he was faring any better than the rest of us. “Professor, can you clear up some confusion the public is having?” I asked. “I’ll certainly try, but first I’m having difficulty understanding how some news channels can ignore facts when they report the news.” “We all wonder that,” I told the Professor. “But they simply report dogma, assume that their opinions are correct and arbitrarily reject anything to the contrary. Or worse, they simply state what they want to believe and sprinkle it with a few facts.” The Professor was clearly confused. “Is that how we scientists should be doing our work? Reject any type of testing or experimentation or observation to develop our theories?” I left the Professor in a highly agitated state of confusion. Clearly the news anchors were adding to the public’s confusion. I found myself wandering inside the mental ward of the local hospital for some clarity. “Are you confused?” I asked one of the patients. “Not at all,” he replied. “I know who I am today and even if I think I’m someone else tomorrow, I still won’t have any doubt about it.” “What if you think you’re me tomorrow?” I asked. “I still won’t be confused,” the patient said. “What you feel is up to you. Like they say, I’m okay, You’re okay. Who cares if anyone moved the cheese.” I left the mental ward feeling much better about things. Confusion is in the eye of the beholder. The infringer isn’t the one confused. He may cause confusion in others, but the infringer is actually quite happy with him or herself. At least some of the public appeared not to be confused, even if they might only be the ones believing they are someone else. Visit our website at .californiaattorneyslawyers.com If you have need for a patent, trademark or copyright lawyer anywhere in Southern California, we have the knowledge and resources to represent you as your Huntington Beach Trademark Lawyer and Rancho Cucamonga Trademark Attorney in San Diego, Orange County, Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Long Beach, Santa Ana, Anaheim, Riverside, Chula Vista, Irvine, San Bernardino, Huntington Beach, Fontana, Moreno Valley, Oceanside, Rancho Cucamonga, Ontario, Garden Grove, Palmdale, Corona, Escondido, Orange, Fullerton, Costa Mesa, Victorville, Carlsbad, Temecula, Murrieta, Mission Viejo, El Cajon, Vista, Westminster, Santa Monica, Santa Barbara, Hesperia, Newport Beach, Buena Park, Indio, and Coachella.

You just wrote the perfect article. Your keywords and the context of your article easily came together into a flow of information that will engage the reader and best of all…you can’t wait to get this article submitted so that your bio link will help with your organic search engine rankings. Unknown to you you have a somewhat large problem brewing. The article site you chose to submit to is using nofollow link attributes in the author bio anchor tags. Confused? If the words you are hearing do not make sense then there is a good chance you need to place your article submissions on hold and learn a little bit about the nofollow link attribute. Nofollow link attributes are used by webmasters to prevent certain links from passing pagerank to a link from their website. In the context of this article, we will be looking at the author bio links of article directories. The nofollow attribute was born out of the need to control comment spam on blogs and forums. Google implemented this special attribute tag as a way for webmasters to tag their links and prevent them from passing pagerank. The belief behind the concept was that if spammers couldn’t get pagerank from their spammy comments, then they would discontinue posting them and thus the problem would be solved. The nofollow gave the webmaster a new tool to use against spammers and at the same time gave them a new tool to control whether a link passes pagerank to an external link. Keep in mind that the nofollow attribute is a very granular way to help control pagerank. It’s a way of saying, here is a link,but I am not vouching for it. Google also requested that paid links have this attribute placed in the link. The objective here was to prevent webmasters from buying pagerank. Paid links had been exploited and Google needed a way to combat them as well. One again the nofollow attribute is recommended and requested to be used anytime a paid link is placed on a website. The most noticeable use of the nofollow has been adopted by webmasters as a way to try to pinch pagerank within their internal linking strategies. By placing nofollow links in the internal menu links some webmasters are trying to sculpt their pagerank and obtain higher pagerank for their individual web pages. Google employees have stated that this can be tried, but webmasters should not concern themselves with their internal linking and instead, link out to relevant content. So in a nutshell, Google does not actually condone using nofollow attributes to try to sculpt pagerank. Now let’s take a look at how the nofollow attribute can affect article marketers. As you know, most article sites will allow you to post outbound links from their site back to your site. Ideally, you will be using optimized keywords for the anchor text in these links. What you may not know is that while the link is clearly visible, it can have a nofollow attribute applied to it. This simply means that the bio links you place will not count towards increasing the pagerank of the site you are linking to. Yikes, you mean I just wrote an excellent article that is not going to help me get traffic to my site. Actually, you may still get direct referrals from the bio links but sadly enough, the nofollow links will not help you increase your own pagerank or search engine rankings. As of right now all three major search engines are supporting the nofollow attribute and thus you will not gain any SEO benefits from placing bio links that are nofollowed. Why do article directory owners place these links. You will find that most place them on all links as a way to combat spammy links. Whether you realize it or not, you as an author could be contributing to the problem. Here’s an example. Suppose you write an article on “writing” and the content you use is relevant to writing. This would be an ideal situation for promoting a writing related site. But answer the following question. Where does your bio link point to? Is it a writing related resource? Does it point to something that is entirely unrelated to writing? If you link to something totally unrelated to the content of your article then you may be forcing the article directory owner to continue the use of the nofollow link attributes. In other words, they want to keep their links relevant and it is just easier to apply the nofollow attributes across the board. Most article writers may completely unaware that the bio links they are posting have the nofollow attributes in them. There is a very easy way to spot them if you use the Firefox browser. Check out the Firefox Extension — KnofolloFind Nofollow Attributes In Links Here: .knofollo.com/

For Immediate Release Contact Information: Brenda Farrar-Ejemai E-Mail: favorbloomsthefamilyinthecar.com A SHELTER IN THE TIME OF STORM Author Releases Documentary after 4 Years Columbia, MD-April 5, 2008– Well-known author, Brenda Farrar-Ejemai reveals, what was at first anonymously written, a documentary that records her experience in New York City over 17 years ago. Faced with the unexpected trauma of homelessness, her struggle began. THE FAMILY IN THE CAR, A Revelation, which the author describes as “on-time”, time-lines the journey of this struggle. It shows how members of a family who were all their lives sheltered, as well as privileged, now were without. “The trauma was so unbelievable, I felt that period in my life was a dream and not actually lived,” Ejemai said. Although it was written in 2004, the author felt led to release it in 2008 and reveal the true characters in the documentary. It is impacted with trials, but ends with triumph. This documentary will not only encourage, but will inspire those who are experiencing or have experienced this trauma. There are a number of middle class Americans living secretly homeless today. Brenda Farrar-Ejemai has taken a leap-of-faith in the writing of this documentary. With the rise in foreclosures in the United States today, this documentary is not only timely, but relevant. The face of the homeless is changing rapidly. No longer can the homeless be viewed only as the poor, criminals or mentally ill. Homelessness is involving the middle class as well. “This is a story that all Americans should read and see. …informational, educational and compelling.” Donald L. Vasicek, Producer, Olympus Films + .donvasicek.com A DOCUMENTARY FOR OUR TIME # # # If you would like more information about the documentary, The Family In The Car, A Revelation or to schedule an interview with Brenda Farrar-Ejemai, please contact Favor Blooms, LLC, P.O. Box 765, Columbia, Maryland 21045. .TheFamilyInTheCar.com .ebookstand.com/books.grp/BR2191.html ISBN: 978-1-58909-485-7 Available on Amazon.com

One of the most reasonable approaches to surviving an economic downturn is to slash all unnecessary business expenses. In their panic to save money, wild-eyed and frothy-mouthed entrepreneurs begin looking suspiciously at their marketing plans. On the surface, advertising cutbacks would seem to be a logical choice. Why Entrepreneurs Make the Mistake of Cutting Their Marketing Budgets If you have taken a close look at the magazines that arrive in your mailbox every month, you may have noticed they’ve been down-sized… and it wasn’t the publisher’s idea. Advertisers are running for hills in droves as they pull back and slash their marketing budgets - in many cases by half. The result is formerly burgeoning magazines that are now a shadow of their former selves. It’s a tempting… but very dangerous strategy. Especially when you consider that your company thrives on both client retention and new growth to survive. To stay out of economic harms way, you need to keep your marketing momentum at full throttle even during a recession. And now is the BEST time since your competitors are hiding from potential customers. Your marketing will really stand out even more! But, if you think that “hunkering down” through an economic storm is the way for your business to survive a recession… Here Are the Top 10 Sure-Fire Ways to Kill Your Small Business 1. STOP MARKETING and pretend everybody knows who you are and what you have to sell. 2. STOP MARKETING and fantasize that you have more important worries than promoting your business. 3. STOP MARKETING and make believe your customers won’t notice that you discontinued your monthly client newsletter. 4. STOP MARKETING and keep telling yourself that your customers would never abandon you. 5. STOP MARKETING and ignore the potential new clients that would buy your products or services if they were contacted by you. 6. STOP MARKETING and stop thinking about your competitors and the fact they want your customers. 7. STOP MARKETING and keep telling yourself it costs too much to market. 8. STOP MARKETING and disregard the fact that marketing is not a business expense but an investment. 9. STOP MARKETING and make-believe your established customers don’t need to be reminded that you appreciate their business. 10. STOP MARKETING and forget that now is the best time to market since all of the idiots are cutting back on doing it. Certainly the choice is yours. You can follow the above practices and drive your business into the ground. It’s up to you. But do you really want to bury your business forever? If the answer is ‘no’… Here Are 3 Reasons Why You Should Relentlessly Market Your Business Today: * Prove to your clients that you really do value and appreciate them - market to them using a print newsletter. * Show your customers that you are a successful entrepreneur willing to invest in your relationship with them - send a monthly print newsletter. * Instill trust, credibility and confidence in you and your company as well as your service or product - publish a customer newsletter. The Bottom Line If asked to list their company’s most valuable assets, many would include buildings, equipment, inventory and accounts receivables. Very few would even think to include their customers. Your clients are the most valuable asset you have. When you use attentive, relationship-building marketing strategies like distributing a print newsletter, you create a bond that will allow you to weather any type of economic environment. When Print Newsletter Marketing Expert David Gruttadaurio discovered the power of consistently writing and distributing print newsletters to attract and retain clients, he instantly tripled the sales of his cleaning business. Now, David is revealing his bullet-proof plan to survive this new, emerging economy with his Profit Exploding Newsletter Secrets Report at: .NewslettersMadeForYou.com

Logo design is a part of graphic design. Today’s world cannot survive without graphic design like logo design which is now really an important element for business world. The corporate world is widely using graphic designs, logo designs, web designs and much more to promote and establish their business. In the 21st century there are millions of logo designers are available who designs the logo for promoting product and business. There is a famous quote that first impression is the best impression, is true and logo make the first impression and also logo should contain a short note about the business. Those people who want to establish their business in a higher level they must have an awesome logo which help the business to expand. A company logo is an unavoidable element for their business. A picture or some graphic styles more attract the customers than some words. Logo designing is an art everyone cannot enter into it because creating a design they must have some creative ideas which make the logo perfect and attractive. Logo is the most important thing which gives an outlook about your company to the customers. So choosing a right logo design and hiring an experienced logo designer is an important element in business. Logo design is the first promotional item for your business because it grabs the attention of the customers towards your product or company easily. There are lots of ways available, through which people can easily design their logo, as they can hire experienced professional logo designers through online or agencies. Logo designing software is also available for those people who want to design their logo personally. Hiring a logo designer for designing your logo is a vital choice. Before hiring any professional logo designer you must consider several things. First you must decide what the budget for hiring a logo designer is is. Before hiring any logo designer you must research all about him like his experience criteria, his past work details and also search for those inexperienced but skillful logo designers who also provides quality logo design in affordable rate. But before choosing any logo designer you must check the past work details and the samples designs as it is the primary thing to do. Nowadays almost all logo designers and graphic designers kept a portfolio which is really useful for the clients who want to hire them. In their portfolio some logo designers kept the past clients reviews which make your job easier. Checking the sample designs will give you an idea about the credibility and capability of the logo designer. There are lots of famous logo design service firms are available but before taking service from them research all information like their rates and the time which they take to complete the logo to design. So firstly communicate with your logo designer about rate, how many days you can give him for design the logo, the specifics and if both of them are satisfied with working with each other then you can go for it undoubtedly. Resource box Isabel Paull is a professional Logo Designer. You can check out his website at .yourcreativeweb.com

Hiring footballers from foreign countries is an age-old practice for the Indian football clubs in India. Every year, the reputed football clubs based in different parts of the country sign players who mostly come from Nigeria and Brazil. East Bengal and Mohunbagan, the two most reputed football clubs of Kolkata are among the major hirers of international footballers. Over the years, skilled and talented international footballers have come to play for Indian football clubs and have entertained the football lovers of the country for long. The list of such footballers is quite long but same names that will be remembered by the club football lovers of the country forever are Cheema Okeri, Omolo, Douglas D’Souza and Hous Ramirez Baretto. Though Cheema has retired from club football for quite sometime and is now concentrating on coaching, in his golden days, he used to be the biggest crowd puller. The extraordinary talents of the international footballers have always helped them switch over from one club to another. The Indian football clubs always get engaged in tough competition among themselves for snatching performing foreign footballers as they aim at trophies and championships. The contribution of international footballers to the Indian football clubs is undeniable. There are several clubs that have owned championships and leagues depending on the performance of their international players. It is due to their skills and talents that standard of Indian football clubs has gone up significantly. But their skills do not come in use of the national football team as international players are not allowed to play there. That’s the reason behind the noticeable difference between the standard of Indian national football and club football. Though in the recent times the national football team has shown improved performance in international tournaments, the football lovers of the country are still not very optimistic about it. Performing well at club level is good but perhaps it’s time for the Indian Football Academy (IFA) to concentrate on making the national team strong and for that it needs to pick up talented national players.

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