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Thursday, April 28th, 2011

See how it works? You are reading this because the title was compelling enough to get you interested. Now lets teach you how to do it. The title is the first thing that people see when looking for information. If your article is not compelling enough you will not get many views, even if your article is good. Here you will learn how to make an irresistible title. Think of the title as a label. You walk into the supermarket looking for a certain product. When you get to the place where they are, you find out that there are 2 different products that you can buy. Both of them are in a box. The first one is in a box where you can read tips to help you, a description of the product and they even name reasons why you should buy it. It´s a pretty box with nice colors. The second product has it´s name on it and a small description on a white box… That´s all. Which one would you buy? If i had not tried any of them before, i would definitely buy the first one. Can you see how a well constructed box almost sell for itself? The box is the first thing that the potential customer sees. Before start reading the article, the first thing people see is the title. Even before reading all title, the first thing they read is the first word. There are thousands of articles, so if your first word is not good enough to get the reader to keep reading, then they will jump your article and go to other one. Does not matter how good your article is. If your title is not compelling enough, people won´t even get the chance to read the article. People like titles with numbers. Titles that helps them, teach them something, stir curiosity or improve their quality of life somehow. If you can find words that match those feeling, then you are going in the right direction. If you are new at this, than probably it´s hard to come up with words like this. Below there are some good words that you can start your title with that will help you to get many people reading your article. The Magic Formula For… The Formula to… Top 3… Top 5 Ways to… How to… Learn How to… 10 Ways for… 5 Reasons to… Hope this could help you. Until next time. Take care. A LOT OF MONEY can be made on the internet. It’s not hard once you know how things work. Obviously, you’ll need a sound PROGRAM to follow. If you are serious about changing your life on the internet, go to my website Internet Income. Most Internet programs are garbage or scams, and unless you have the time and money to test them all out, you’ll basically go round in circles, and ‘LOSE MONEY’. Before you make a costly mistake, come and check this out: CLICK HERE.

As Published: Ld-Online.org Washington Parent Magazine Imagery The Sensory-Cognitive Connection for Math Nanci Bell and Kimberly TuleY .lindamoodbell.com/ Why can’t everyone think with numbers?  Why do some children learn math readily, handle money and time concepts with ease, retain information from year to year, and think with numbers effortlessly?  What cognitive processes do some have that others do not? Mathematics is cognitive process-thinking-that requires the dual coding of imagery and language.  Imagery is fundamental to the process of thinking with numbers.  Albert Einstein, whose theories of relativity helped explain our universe, used imagery as the base for his mental processing and problem solving.  Perhaps he summarized the importance of imagery best when he said, “If I can’t picture it, I can’t understand it.” For the people who “get” math, the language of numbers turns into imagery.  They use internal language and imagery that lets them calculate and verify mathematics; they “see” its logic.  Imaging is the basis for thinking with numbers and conceptualizing their functions and their logic.  The Greek philosopher Plato said, “And do you not know also that although they [mathematicians] make use of the visible forms and reason about them, they are thinking not of these, but of the ideals which they resemble…they are really seeking to behold the things themselves, which can be seen only with the eye of the mind?” The relationship of imagery to the ability to think is one of the preeminent theories of human cognition. Allan Paivio, author of the Dual Coding Theory (DCT) and a cognitive psychologist, stated, “Cognition is proportional to the extent that mental representations (imagery) and language are integrated.”  Research from the 1970s and into the 1990s has validated Dr. Paivio’s work as a viable model of human cognition and its practical, as well as theoretical, application to the comprehension of language (Bell, 1991). Dr. Paivio believes that in order to think and understand, humans must be able to simultaneously generate imagery and corresponding language to describe that imagery. Mathematics is the essence of cognition. It is thinking (dual coding) with numbers, imagery and language; reading/spelling is thinking with letters, imagery and language.  Both processes, often mirror images of each other, require the integration of language and imagery to understand the fundamentals and then apply them.  Dual coding in math, just as in reading, requires two aspects of imagery: symbol/numeral imagery (parts/details) and concept imagery (whole/gestalt).  Numeral  Imagery Visualizing numerals is one of the basic cognitive processes necessary for understanding math.  For example, we image the numeral “2” for the concept of two.  When we see the numeral “3,” we know that it represents the concept of three of something: three pennies, three apples, three horses, three dots.  If someone gives us two pennies for the numeral three, we have a discrepancy between our numeral-image for three and the reality (concept) of three.  The first imagery needed for math is the symbolic (or numeral) imagery that represents the reality of a number concept. What does numeral imagery look like?  Here’s one example.  Cecil was very good in math. He could think with numbers, arrive at answers in his head, and mentally check for mathematical discrepancies in finance or life situations easily.  He explained this ability,  “I just visualize numbers and their relationships. Certain numbers are in certain colors, and the number-line in my head goes specific directions.”  Not only could Cecil visualize numerals and concepts, both types of imagery, but he also had an unusual talent for color imagery. He assigned colors to specific numbers!  “What color is the number 14?” he was asked. His eyes went up, and in all seriousness, he said, “Light blue.”  Similarly, number 3 was reddish pink and the number 88 “kind of a purple.”  Quizzed again months later, Cecil assigned the same colors to the same numbers. Chronological relationships appear in our minds on a number line, the days of the week, the months in the year.  Imagery is our sensory systems’ way of making the abstract real.  It is a means to experience math. Concept Imagery While imaging numerals is important to mathematical computation, another aspect of imagery is equally important:  concept imagery.  Understanding, problem solving and computing in mathematics require another form of imagery–the ability to process the gestalt (the whole).  Sometimes children or adults can visualize the numerals, the parts, but cannot bring those parts to a whole, just as they can sometimes visualize individual words but cannot bring those words to a whole to form concepts.  Mathematical skill requires the ability to get the gestalt, see the big picture, in order to understand the process underlying mathematical logic.  “Concept imagery is the ability to image the gestalt (whole),” Bell (1991).  Concept imagery is basic to the process involved in oral and written language comprehension, language expression, critical reasoning and math.  It is the sensory information that connects us to language and thought.  The ability to create mental representations for mathematical concepts is directly related to success in mathematical reasoning and computation.   However, because some children do not have this imaging ability, they are often mislabeled as not trying, unable to retain information, or having dyscalculia (the inability to perform arithmetic operations). Manipulatives May Not Be Enough Joanie’s second grade class covered a review of recognizing numbers, addition, subtraction, and even some multiplication. They worked a lot with concrete manipulatives and  Joanie was doing well at the end of the year. But her third grade teacher complained that Joanie didn’t know anything about numbers. Concrete experiences-manipulatives-have been used for many years in teaching math (Stern, 1971).  However, like Joanie, many children and adults have often experienced success with manipulatives, but failure in the world of computation (NCTM, 1989; Moore, 1990; Papert, 1993).  They have what has often been described as “application problems.” Joanie’s  second grade class had spent a lot of time with manipulatives.  Some of the children moving on to third grade continued to “think with numbers.”  Their experience with manipulatives became part of their mental deposit of imagery.  Like a bank deposit, these images could be drawn upon at will.  However, not all children create mental imagery as they work with concrete manipulative.  For these children, the process of turning the concrete experience into imagery must be consciously stimulated. On Cloud Nine® Math Concrete to Imagery to Computation Arnheim (1966) wrote, “Thinking is concerned with the objects and events of the world we know…When the objects are not physically present, they are represented indirectly by what we remember and know about them…Experiences deposit images.” Numbers can be experienced and the relationships between them can be made concrete by using manipulatives.  What appears abstract can be experienced and imaged to concreteness.  Math’s roots are in the realm of the concrete, and imagery is the link to mathematical processing, retention, and application. To develop concept and numeral imagery, the On Cloud Nine® math program (developed by the authors) integrates and consciously applies imagery to the cognitive process of computing and conceptualizing math and mathematical principles.  As individuals become familiar with the concrete manipulatives, they are questioned and directed to consciously transfer the experienced to the imaged.   They image the concrete and attach language to their imagery.  The integration of imagery and language is then applied to computation. Individuals develop the sensory-cognitive processing to understand and use the logic of mathematics. The program moves through three basic steps to develop mathematical reasoning and computation using: 1) manipulatives to experience the reality of math, 2) imagery and language to concretize that reality in the sensory system, and 3) computation to apply math to problem solving. On Cloud Nine® manipulatives serve two purposes:  1) to concretize numbers and mathematical concepts, and 2) to serve as a base for establishing imagery. When asked to add the numbers 3 + 2, children who are drawing on their vault of images may see 3 apples and 2 more oranges to show 5 pieces of fruit.  Others may draw on an image of a number line and place their mental finger on the 3 as a starting point. The “+” tells them to move forward and the “2” indicates how many places.  They know the answer because they can “see it” in their mind’s eye.  These children may look up as they access their images (defocusing).  Children who don’t seem to have a vault of images may say things like “I don’t remember that one.”  They need explicit instruction in imaging the concrete and applying that imagery to the computation. How does imaging as a conscious process work?  The On Cloud Nine® math program begins with numbers in isolation

Tuesday, April 26th, 2011

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Headlines are like going fishing. With good bait, you can catch more fish. With good headlines, you’ll get more prospects who could become paying customers. When you go fishing, you bring the right kind of bait to catch the fish you want. Advertising works the same way. If you want someone to read your ad, you have to catch their attention. You do that with your headline. Headlines are important because headlines are your bait. They are critical to getting potential prospects to read your offer. If your ad can win an Oscar but your headline stinks, your ad doesn’t matter. Just like going fishing, if you bring the wrong bait, you won’t catch any fish. You might as well have not spent the time fishing ( or writing). People are living very busy lives. They don’t have time to sort through the multitude of ads they receive every day. People scan headlines, and if your headline doesn’t catch their attention, your ad will get tossed aside (usually in the circular file). (Hmm? I wonder if fish lead busy lives. Maybe salmon since they have to travel upstream when their ready to lay eggs, but I digress.) Headlines are about connecting with (and hooking) your prospect. People search the Internet because they are looking for information. Even if they want to buy a product, they’re initially looking for information about that product before they make a buying decision. To catch your prospect’s attention, your headline needs to answer a question or need they have, even if it’s unconscious. Ultimately, when people search, they are asking “what’s in it for me?” Your headline needs to tell them what they’ll get when they read your ad. What’s the benefit to them? This is why keyword research is such a critical skill. Keyword research will help you get to the heart of your prospect’s need. Hopefully you now understand why headlines are an important component of your ad. In fact, headlines are the most important part of your ad. Your headline is the bait. Get your prospects to read your ad by giving what they want, whether they express directly or unknowingly. Good headlines, just like good bait, will increase your odds of success. Happy Fishing…er I mean, Business Building, Yoli Yolanda Allen is a retired Air Force officer and online business owner. Read more from Yolanda at her blog, .OnlineBusinessPlankOwner.com. You can learn more about Yolanda’s online business from her business partner, Michael, a top producer, at .HearFromMichael.com/?t=amcw2. Enter your name and email address to get a complimentary business overview. Find out if this is the business that can help you earn the income you need to design the lifestyle you want.

Article marketing is a very good way to accumulate backlinks that point back to your site and generate visitors. Unfortunately, search engine companies like Google have clammed down hard on duplicate content so your works must appear somewhat ‘original’ or unique to be acceptable in article directories. In this article you’ll discover quick tips to rewriting one good article under 1 hour and you’ll have no worries about other writers accusing you of plagiarism. First of all, there must be an appropriate mindset that comes before the skill. If I may attribute a quote by Stephen King correctly, he said, “The more you read, the more you write.” It simply means anyone is capable of mentally storing accumulated knowledge for as long as s/he keeps reading, and with this pool of knowledge arise a desire to express oneself based on what s/he knows. This is the fundamental first step to establishing expertise. No one can lie about what s/he doesn’t know and shouldn’t downplay what they truly know if they can be in a position to help others and get paid for it. Second, the structure and length of the article must be determined before writing commences. I recommend a length of 410 words to beat the minimum limit for acceptable article submission. A classic set of criteria for structuring would be: 1. Describe a problem, challenge or scenario that needs to be fixed. 2. Describe the consequences if the problem remains ignored. 3. List down possible solutions to help fix the problem. Put them in point form. 4. Highlight the benefits of applying the solutions. 5. Present in a case study, a real or theoretical positive outcome when the solutions are applied. 6. Summarize the key theme of the article and re-emphasize the need to solve the problem. End it with a “call to action”. A 410-word article is really short and you’ll surely find yourself surpassing this limit when you practice writing often enough. Another thing to bear in mind is the use of synonyms. As you research for your content, be alert for words which you can replace with another of the same meaning. This will help you beat duplication. The most wonderful thing about rewriting content is that although your words have to be unique, the ideas behind them are not. You can research a wide range of PLR articles or other people’s articles and cut them up, add to them, combine them with other content, or go one step further and create an e-book or audio/video product only because you don’t feel ‘right’ with how they write…the sky really is the limit! Include your own personal opinions and experiences about the topic or explain in greater detail the theories or concepts that are only mentioned briefly in other articles. Coming up with a list of solutions in point form is as easy as deriving one tip you can summarize in a single statement from each and every article you research. The more things you can think of, the more unique your resulting product will be. Rewriting articles is not difficult at all. It’s not like I’m asking you to “start from scratch”. Once you get past the initial phase and develop a habit and a personal taste for expressing yourself in a professional way, article writing can be a very enjoyable activity. You can do it fast and never have a shortage of unique content again! Click here to get 111,107 articles for only $1! Nelson Tan is the webmaster behind Internet Mastery Center. Download $347 worth of FREE Internet Marketing gifts at .internetmasterycenter.com

If you’re an online writer who knows search engine optimization (ie, SEO copywriter), chances are you know more — much more — than your clients and many other freelance writers about internet marketing. And, if you’re good at it, you can make money a few extra hundred dollars a week (or day, if you market right) from this knowledge. This is over and beyond just writing simple SEO articles. Following are three easy, profitable, add-on services you can offer to your clients. By becoming more of a “one-stop, SEO shop” you will not only increase the number of clients you have, but how much money you make as well. I. Internet Marketing Consultant: Many clients — especially those who are just beginning to pay attention to how powerful the web can be to their bottom line — know next to nothing about internet marketing. When you mention things like meta tags, long-tail keywords and keyword discovery, their eyes may glaze over. This is good for you, for you can offer internet marketing consulting packages. How much should you charge as an SEO consultant? Well, that depends on a variety of things, eg, your level of knowledge, how much time comes in each package, whether you offer a written report, etc. Do some web surfing to see what others are charging. At a minimum from a precursory web search, the going rate seems to be somewhere around $100/hour. The beautiful thing about being a consultant is that you charge what you want (always keeping in mind what the market will bear). II. Social Media Marketing: Many SEO writers are intimately familiar with social networking sites like Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, etc. Many clients aren’t. Again, this presents a perfect opportunity for you to offer these services to clients. Anyone who’s ever set up a Twitter account, for example, knows that it can be done literally in under a minute. And, all you have to do is post to it three or four times a day. If you set up and monitor accounts like this for clients, it’s literally just minutes out of your day — and you can charge handsomely for it as most clients just want to be active in these mediums. BUT, they don’t have the time or know how to manage these accounts themselves. So, they gladly pay freelancers like you to do it for them. III. Ebook Tutorials: Ebook tutorials are an excellent way for clients to maximize their time, while generating leads and sales at the same time. For example, if your client is a web design firm, you can point out to them how easy it would be to separate themselves from the competition by giving away a free ebooklet detailing all the benefits of having a website. Or, you can show them how an ebook will help them save time by giving away a “most frequently asked questions” tutorial. While SEO content may be your bread and butter as an SEO writer, these easy-to-offer ancillary services can be quite profitable. And, they provide variety to your work day. May be reprinted with the following, in full: To learn everything you need about how to start a lucrative online writing career as an SEO writer career, log on to Work-from-Home-Writing-jobs.com for first-hand information from a successful SEO copywriter. There are tons of testimonials from others who’ve found success in this freelance wriitng niche as well.

Friday, April 22nd, 2011

When submitting articles online, you would usually not need to know HTML. But there are still a few article directories that only allows text submissions, and any formatting you need to do must be done also in text. This article goes into some detail about the following HTML tags: underline < u >, bold < b >, italics < i >, line break < br >, unordered html list < ul >, list item < li > and anchor < a >, and should be all that you need to know for a simple article. HTML tags are enclosed within angle brackets, and the HTML tags in this article are shown with a space before and after the opening and closing angle bracket. This is done so that they will not be mistaken for actual formatting tags. When you are submitting your own articles, you must remove both spaces. In addition, the text that is supposed to go into your articles will be in italics for easier reading. It might look a little daunting but I promise that you will end up with better looking articles, and it really is easy once you get the hang of it. Okay? Let’s continue… The Opening And Closing HTML Tags In most cases, HTML tags have an opening and a closing tag, although some tags are used singly. In the following example, the italics tag has an opening and closing tag and they need to be used together: < i >This whole sentence is in italics.< /i > Note the opening and closing tags. But the line break tag does not need to be closed and is used as follows: There will be a line break after this sentence.< br > Nesting This basically means that the tags can be used inside of each other. However, they cannot be interlinked. This is correct: < i >< b >The text in this sentence is in bold and italicized.< /b >< /i > This is another way that tags can be nested: < i >The word < u >underlined< /u > is < u >underlined< /u >.< /i > This is wrong: < b >< i >The HTML tags are not nested properly.< /b >< /i > Bold, Italic And Underline Tag The bold, italic and underline HTML tags are < b >, < i > and < u > respectively. They have a corresponding closing tag which are < /b >, < /i > and < /u >. They are used to bold your text, put it in italics and to underline it. The following will be in bold, in italics and underlined: < u >< b >< i >This line is in italics, underlined and bold.< /i >< /b >< /u > Line Break Tag This tag is the only tag introduced here that does not need a closing tag. It is used to start a new line. It is used as follows: A line break follows this line.< br > You can also put 2 or more line breaks together: You have inserted 2 line breaks after this sentence.< br >< br > The Anchor Tag This is the tag that you want to pay the most attention to as it is the most complicated. It is also the one that will bring visitors to your website. Let’s say you want to link to your website or blog at MySiteDotcom. you would write something like the following: Click < a href="MySiteDotcom" >here< /a > to visit my site. Take note that only “here” will be underlined and can be clicked. In addition, MySiteDotCom must be an actual url. Unordered HTML List And List Item Tag An unordered list can be created by using the unordered HTML list tag < ul > and the list item tag < li >. They are used together to create the unordered list. For example, if you wanted an unordered list of 3 items, you would write something like the following: There are 3 items in the following unordered list: < ul >< li >First Item< /li > < li >Second Item< /li > < li >Third Item< /li >< /ul > Observe the nesting of the list item tags within the unordered HTML list tag. Conclusion Each article directory is different and each have their own sets of tags they will accept. But the tags introduced here will definitely stand you in good stead. When in doubt, read their guidelines and help files, and always use the preview feature before submitting. ==================== David Lim runs a website about online money making ideas that are practical and easy to implement. With a little time and effort, these ideas can easily be adapted into rewarding home based businesses.

Are you looking for a new job but don’t know where to start? Do you need resume help? Writing a professional resume requires hard work and it is necessary to get help from the experts, or at any rate have your resume reviewed, before sending it to prospective employers. You may ask where to find resume assistance and advice. There are quite a few alternatives available for getting help with your professional or executive resume. However these samples are solely provided to guide you and the supplied information, including samples and examples of resumes, are not guaranteed for legality or accuracy. Furthermore letters and other correspondence may be edited in order to fit your personal choice or situation. Before you start working on your resume, review resume samples that meet a variety of employment positions. The sample resumes available online provide job searchers with examples of resume formats and templates that will actually work for almost every job searcher. But keep in mind not to copy a resume example that you like. Remember, your resume needs to impress the hiring manager so you can surely get the interview. That means it needs to be at least near perfect so choose your resume very cautiously. Recap resume examples, and then select a format that highlights your strengths and achievements. If you are not getting results from your current resume, then it is certainly not in line with today’s most sophisticated expectations for top-level resumes and therefore must be updated. Professional writers can actually save you thousands of bucks and reduce the time you spend looking for a job. You can check out examples of resumes through trusted sites that offer quality services and find the best one. Professional resume writers can actually save you thousands of bucks and reduce the time you spend looking for a job. They also provide example resumes or resume writing samples to which you can choose from and find the one that suits best. Are you confident with your current resume? Stand Up to your search needs by learning the secrets to a perfect professional resume. If you don’t know where or how to start writing your executive resume, you can begin your search for a resume writer.

I’m an SEO writer and the bulk of my clients are internet marketing firms. Working with them has been an eye opener on many levels, the main one of which is traffic generation. Because they hire me to do the work that generates the traffic for their web clients, following are a few traffic-generating tips I’ve learned. 3-for-1 Blog Posts: One of my clients uses my competence as an SEO writer in the following way: He hires me to write blog posts for three separate blogs. While I write nine posts - three for each blog - there are only three main articles. You see, I write one main post, then rewrite it two more times. I say the same thing, but just in a different way. In this way, he gets a 3-for-1 blog posts that allows him to drive traffic to his sites in a couple of different ways. He uses the posts to submit to article marketing directories, post on a website and to post on a blog. One article generating traffic three different ways - this saves time and money. Become an Industry Leader: Another client relies on my skill as an SEO writer to generate abstracts of articles from industry-leading publications in their niche. This drives traffic in two different ways: (i) it positions them as a go-to source of information, making clients return again and again. Instead of reading long articles from various different publications, clients return to their site again and again to bone up on pertinent information; (ii) The client gives me a keyword phrase to write around. This drives traffic from the search engines to their site on a continuous basis. I write anywhere from three to six abstracts a week for this client. This means their site is constantly being updated with fresh, relevant information. Talk about generating search engine juice! Keywords Drive Traffic: If you don’t take the time to figure out keywords for every article, blog post and updated page on your site, you’re really missing out on traffic. A skilled SEO writer can help you choose keywords if you don’t know how, or have to time to devote to the process. The bulk of clients who hire me as an SEO writer order keyword-driven text. Even web content you wouldn’t think to optimize, they optimize (eg, press releases). The Key to Increasing Web Traffic: Just in case you haven’t noticed, the running thread in all of these lessons is fresh content - produced by an experienced SEO Writer — that is optimized for search engines. This is the key to driving traffic to your site. The bottom line is, if it’s going to be posted to the web, you should optimize it for search engines and you should update your site often. Internet marketing firms charge thousands of dollars to employ these key methods - because they work. Now if these techniques are good enough for internet marketing firms, shouldn’t they be good enough for you? Employ a skilled SEO writer to get you on your way. About the Author: Yuwanda Black is a freelance SEO writer and the author of How to Make $250+/Day Writing Simple, 500-Word Articles. Ms. Black says, “You can work from home as a freelance writer in your PJs, getting assignments via the internet. I do it every day.” Learn more about how to become a successful freelance writer.

You run a dance school and, of course, need students. How do you advertise yourself out there? There are many ways but let’s start first with yourself. You need something people can remember you by, something that can easily be transferred from one person to another. It also has to be something easily kept. A business card is what you need. Here are some tips to guide you when printing business cards. Tips to Consider When Creating Custom Print Business Cards 1. Keep your design simple. Choose a logo or single image to represent your school. Keep the look professional by keeping it simple. 2. Background. Avoid using a whole picture as a background. It will make it harder to make the text stand out and will focus the attention on the picture, not on the information it holds. A business card should have something to catch their attention but not too much that they miss out on the more important information. 3. Text. Make sure you use a font that is easily readable against the background. Choose a color that will make your text stand out yet not be too glaring. 4. Use the back of your business card. Put in a picture of your studio, of the instructors, or of some students. 5. Pictures. When using pictures in a business card, keep it to a minimum. Avoid using a whole picture as your background. If you do choose to use a whole picture, watermark the part where the text will be.