Popular 2011 SEO Tools

There are a number of popular SEO tools available online that will make your work much easier. The SEO experts will advise you about these effective tools that will solve your problem areas. The first and most important tool is Google Analytics.

This is a free tool that gives you an easy solution to analyze the traffic of your website. You can track your site and find out the number of page views you have received in a particular time frame. You can also find out the length and depth of visit and the geographical location of your visit. The three SEO elements covered by Google Analytics are search traffic, search keywords and content performance.

Alexa toolbar is very useful for internet users. This is widely used by many webmasters for many years due to its ability to measure the performance and popularity of a website. Alexa is able to give you accurate results up to the top 100,000 sites existing online.

Another great tool that helps you to find out the right keywords for your site is KeyCompete. You can determine the keywords of your competitors easily. This could be obtained through their PPC programs. This is an online tool with lots of useful features. No one can overlook the usage of this tool to find out the appropriate keywords for their sites.

 You can get information about your competitors and receive reports about their performance in major search engines like Google and Yahoo through the SEO tool SEOmoz. This helps you to find out what your competitors are doing and help you to keep track of their progress. Knowing these things will help you plan your future moves accordingly.

This also helps you in site error detection, traffic tracking and keyword research. IWEBTOOL has many tools in one that covers most areas of SEO. The great feature of this is the Google PageRank Prediction. This predicts the ranking in Google. This gives account of the links a domain has and measures the speed of the website. With Website Speed Test you can find out the time taken for site loading.

Widexl helps you to locate pages that are linked to your site. This feature has a meta tag analyzer that helps you to analyze the meta tags, page loading time and keyword density. You can check the links of your site on six search engines and make comparisons among competitors with another great tool of Widexl, Search Engine Saturation.

The SEO tool, Link Diagnosis helps the website owners to examine the link competition. This provides main details about eh links of the competitors. You can get details about anchor text, page ranks, etc. The Link Diagnosis runs only in Firefox browser.

SEO Logs is a combination of many free tools for SEO like Web Page SEO Optimizer, Keyword Difficulty Check, Backlinks Analyzer Tool, HTTP Headers, Domain Age Check, Alexa Rank Comparison, Adsense Profit Calculator, etc.

This helps you to measure the difficulty of keywords to get ranked in search engines. It also can detect the faked Pagerank and give PR value results. With these popular SEO tools you can optimize your site easily.
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Common Mistakes in Search Engine Optimization and How to Avoid Them

If you want to achieve a strong online presence, you need to optimize your website for search engines for a higher exposure rate. And on that count search engine optimization or SEO is the best option if you want an easy way to obtain huge traffic on your website. However, some beginners do commit some mistakes on SEO practices. So aside from helping their website achieve huge number of visitors, those mistakes only do harm to the website. It is therefore crucial that you know the common mistakes that you should avoid.

The use of too much flash and scripts on the website

One popular mistake in SEO is the use of too many flash and other scripts in the website. Of course, it is a plus point if your website is appealing to the eye thus many website owners try to incorporate flash pages, which are not optimized for search engine to crawl. Since there is not enough content for search engine to index your first loading page, the spider will not be interested in your website. This will result to a very low page rank. If you really want to use flash in your website, it is recommended that you make up your flash page with some text and graphics that optimized correctly for the search engine.

Not maximizing what ALT tags can do for the content and the images

This is one recommendation that should not be forgotten- the need to use the ALT tags. These tags are used to describe the images that are used in the pages. Try to incorporate these tags every time images are used in the website. And when writing these ALT tags for the images, the best SEO efforts means including some of the keywords in these tags.

Keywords are considered as the foundation of search engine optimization. However, there are some who stuff their content with too many keywords. Overstuffing and using too much keyword in the resource will not help your cause. And when the spiders find out what you have been doing, then you are only courting disaster since the page ranking may be affected. Instead of keyword stuffing, a good strategy is writing good and informative resources that readers and internet users can really appreciate. At least by doing that, your site can get a return visit from the readers.

Content duplication

It is also a mistake to steal content from other websites. Take note that robots can distinguish an original content from a plagiarized one. You need to come up with good yet informative content to entice your readers to come back. Therefore, plagiarizing content is not conducive to your page ranking.

And lastly, most of the newbie SEO practitioners overlook the search engine guidelines. It is important to read and be familiar with these guidelines so as to avoid using the SEO techniques and practices that are prohibited. One of the bad or fraudulent techniques in SEO is the black hat. Consider these actions as unethical actions at least in the realm of internet and SEO. Once this is used, you may be at the risk of getting your website banned in the search engines. To put your online marketing on the right note means steering away from these common search engine optimization mistakes and traps.

About the Author: Seomul Evans is a SEO services consultant for Dallas based Search Engine Optimization Company specializing in white hat SEO. 
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Tactics Successful Entrepreneurs Use to Keep Their Minds Sharp

In doing some research for an article years ago, I came across an excerpt from John C. Maxwell's book, "Developing the Leader Within You". Maxwell tells a story he read in a Norman Vincent Peale book where Peale was walking through the twisted streets of Kowloon in Hong Kong and came upon a tattoo studio. In the window were samples of tattoos available where you had an unlimited amount of choices. One of those choices was a tattoo that read "Born to Lose". He walked into the shop, in astonishment, and pointing to those words, asked the Chinese tattoo artist, "Does anyone really have that terrible phrase, Born to Lose, tattooed on his body?"
He replied, "Yes, sometimes."
"But, I said, I just can't believe that anyone in his right mind would do that. The Chinese man simply tapped his forehead and in broken English said, Before tattoo on body, tattoo on mind."
Never were so few words so powerful. The mind plays an important role in everyone's success.
If you're like many self-employed business owners, you have probably experienced the highs and lows of entrepreneurship. At times, you might even have caught yourself buying into the doom and gloom.
Despite daily challenges, successful entrepreneurs arm themselves by practicing certain tactics to keep their mind and mindset consistently sharp. These are the same elements that have and continue to work for my clients and me for years:
Assume PAAR - Power, Accountability, Authority and Responsibility over the results you want to achieve and the life you want to lead. Successful entrepreneurs don't wait for things to fall on their lap. They take a proactive approach and do what it takes to achieve their outcomes. At times, entrepreneurs give away their personal power with self-limiting thoughts or attitudes. They quit thinking of alternative ways to achieve success. Entrepreneurs who embrace PAAR create solutions for each challenge.
Take a step ahead in spite of fear. Successful entrepreneurs take a proactive approach, don't stop at small thinking, and are willing to stretch what is possible even if they are uncomfortable. When fear appears, they don't say, "I don't have (fill in the blank)." They create a plan and work the plan. They step ahead in spite of the fear.
Invest in Themselves. There is a major difference between ambitious entrepreneurs and ones that struggle. Successful entrepreneurs invest in themselves. They take chances when others don't and they seek out resources rather than needlessly reinventing the wheel. They realize that their mindset is critical to their success and they continuously feed it to improve it.
Adopt a Commitment Approach. Winning entrepreneurs have a commitment approach. They see a solution and they implement the solution. They fully follow through and do what they say they are going to do.
There's a story that illustrates these fundamental tools in action. In the book, The Relationship Edge in Business, best-selling author Jerry Acuff shares a story of Mike Accardi who opened up a restaurant only to have it fail. He walked away from the business, moved with his wife and daughter from Tennessee to Louisiana where he went to school, quit school, and was extremely poor. As Mike describes it, "I was kind of in the midst of an identity crisis." He took a clerk job, punched the clock daily, and settled into a boring routine. One evening he went to the store to pick up a prescription for his daughter and, while waiting in line, looked at a small rack of books on the counter and one caught his eye. It said "You can have anything you want." It was The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale. The book was 95 cents. He didn't have the money to purchase it after buying the medicine. So he went home, collected all of the returnable bottles in his house, went back to the drug store to cash them in, and bought the book. He found a way to invest in himself.
He consumed every word in the book. He read the book again, a third time, wrote an outline and started to get excited. He tells others that what he got most from the book is that you have to know what you want, write it down and put a time limit on it. At one point, he excitedly told his wife that he made a list of goals: a house, two new cars, property and, he said, he would have all of this in five years. Just five years...
His wife laughed, exclaiming that he wasn't making enough to buy groceries. He decided to draw up a plan for his discretionary items and didn't deviate from his plan. He made a commitment that he was going to have everything on his list. When they decided to move back to Memphis where their families were living, they discovered a second child was on the way. At night he worked in his uncle's liquor store while he spent the days looking for a career.
Each day, he checked his list and took the next step. It took six months to find a job where he became a full-time commissioned sales person. Within two years, he was top five out of 42 salesmen where he stayed in the top five for the last 27 years. But he didn't get everything on his list in five years. Within just 3 1/2 years, he had everything on his list.
Successful entrepreneurs realize they must do things differently. When you are committed, you control your income and your outcomes by the choices and actions you choose to take.
Consider this assignment to help accelerate your results:
Notice if you're blaming others (or the economy) and identify your responsibility for your outcomes. Change up the way you react to situations and look for alternative solutions. Fully implement those solutions.
Invest in yourself. Whether it is reading a self improvement book each day, attending a workshop, or improving your knowledge base, feed your mind and invest in yourself. An investment in you is an investment in your business, your clients, your relationships and your life.
Show up. Eighty percent of success is about showing up. Make a list on how you are (or are not) showing up in your business each day. Do you get distracted playing solitaire on the computer during the day or take too many personal phone calls? Set boundaries for yourself and others and/or reshape the way you work so you're fully present.
A minimum of each quarter, revisit this assignment and check your progress. Often times it only takes a little shift in any one of these areas to start changing your results.

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A Quite Decent Proposal

This week I've learned two things. One that keeping bagels in the freezer means you get ice cubes with sesame seeds in. The second is that men have an uncanny knack of sensing when another male is sniffing round their territory.

I've been insanely busy - thankfully far too occupied to dwell upon the beau's continued absence. On Tuesday I went to the launch of a swanky new menswear shop opposite Claridges. Some tailor I've never heard of that makes flashy suits for the likes of Daniel Craig, and, erm, Ant and Dec. In fact all three of them had been touted as 'confirmed guests', but seemingly sent Patrick Kielty and the bloke from Coupling, who gets his arse out a lot, in their place. I wasted ten minutes of my valuable time trying to talk to a hot young British actor who was standing outside. Sadly he was so out of it he couldn't actually enunciate and just kept opening and shutting his mouth while his eyes rolled back in his head. Not that impressive.

On Thursday it was off to a lipstick party at Battersea Power station where Kate Moss flew in by helicopter and we all lined up to ogle her as she entered the venue, like at a bad wedding. She walked by so fast it was like she on castors, then was whisked to the VIP section surrounded by her slightly ghastly entourage. It was a bit of an anticlimax and I left soon after, ripping my feet to shreds in 7 inch glitter platforms, unable to find an actual road, let alone a cab.

I got home and was feeling rather low when my phone buzzed with a text. Unknown number.

Slight feeling of dread.
'Darling, how are you?'
'Darling WHO are you?' was my reply.

My jaw dropped when I realised it was Andy, a man I had a bit of a 'thing' with a couple of years ago, after meeting him at a terrible bar in the City. (It sounds like I spend all my time in the square mile preying on rich suits but I assure you it's a twice-yearly occurence at most.)
He was terribly charming and handsome - which led him to aquiring not only a wife and children but also a mistress whom he coyly referred to as his 'girlfriend'. Now it appeared he wanted to add me to the jolly hareem. I applauded his honestly (but not his decision to sport garish red braces). I wasn't convinced at first. My friend was in hysterics as she watched him trying to nuzzle my neck seductively.

'He was doing his best sexy moves' she recalls, 'and you just looked bored out of your head whilst flipping over his tie to see where it was from.'

He won me over in the end and we had a lukewarm affair for several months; he'd ring me furtively from the bottom of the garden at his weekend home in the Cotswolds and turn up at my flat at ridiculous hours of the night whenever he had a window in his schedule or a watertight excuse. It only really continued because I was on the rebound following a messy split from hateful man, and because he always brought me lovely baubles, mainly from Louis Vuitton where I'm sure he got a discount for buying three of everything.

It had petered out to nothing and I'd deleted him from my past, but now this. He was clearly drunk.

'I'm so fond of you' he texted. God I HATE the F-word.

'You were always the one who made me laugh. And all those extraordinary shoes...'

I wasn't in the mood for rose-tinted reminiscing so asked him to cut to the chase.

Turns out he sold the London pied a terre; wifey probably sussed that it was his Zone 1 shag pad. So he now stays at hotels when he's in town.

'I have the penthouse at the Sanderson on Tuesday night' he taunted, 'Be lovely to see you again.'

I'm very familiar with said room - and I really don't like it. Due to building regulations they aren't allowed to divide it up with actual walls so there are green curtains all up and down it, lending it the cold air of a gynaecological ward. And who wants to pee - or worse - wth only a curtain for modesty? Least sexy hotel ever in my opinion, but he loves it for some reason.
I'm non committal, as every fibre of my rational being screams DON'T GO THERE. But I'd be lying if I said the idea of a no-strings five star hotel tryst didn't pique my interest just a little.
I slipped off to sleep and had an unsettling dream about smear tests.

The next morning I debated it all the way to work and when I got there I opened up my email. Of course there was one from the beau after a week's abscence.

'Ive been as busy as a one-legged arse kicker' it read, and I took this to be as near as an apology as I would ever get. He's been taken out every night recently by various people who want to employ him after he quit his current job. How terribly arduous for him. No mention of taking ME out however. And he's away all weekend again. The hotel offers keeps buzzing round my head. Should I? COULD I? 

I still haven't made up my mind.

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‘Man Flu' Is Not A Myth

Women may joke about 'man flu' but according to new research men really do suffer more when they have a cold.
The study found that females have around twice as many white blood cells as males making the female immune system more effective at fighting off infections than the male system.
So when a man rushes to his bed at the first sniff of a cold he may not be faking it, after all.
Scientists at Queen Mary University of London infected mice and rats with a variety of infections to study their immune systems. They looked at white blood cells in the lungs and stomach, which defend the body against infection.
Dr Ramona Scotland, who led the research, said: “We found that the females had around twice as many white blood cells than males which was a huge surprise.”
“When we started to look at how these white blood cells behaved we found that not only were there more cells, but that the cells were more responsive to bacteria and other invaders – and that they worked more effectively.
“Crucially, they didn’t release as many of the chemicals that stimulate the immune system response. It’s the release of these mediators that makes you feel lousy when you’re fighting off an infection.”
The research, which was reported in the medical journal, Blood, found that for every infection tested, the female mice and rats were less sick than the male.
Dr Scotland concluded: “I believe that the same will be true for people because this is a very ancient part of the mammal’s immune response."
“Man flu is a bit of a joke but from what I’m seeing there is a real difference,” she added.

5 Natural Ways To Combat A Cold
1. Onions

Onions are a natural source of high levels of quercetin, a potent antioxidant that helps to keep the body in peak condition and fight the common cold. Absorption of quercetin from onions is twice that from tea and three times that from apples. As little as two to three onions per week can have a significantly positive impact on health.


2. Sun Chlorella
Sun Chlorella is a single-celled fresh water green algae contains almost the complete range of all known vitamins and minerals, amino acids, trace elements, anti oxidants and enzymes needed by the body for fending off winter infections.
3. Sleep
Those who sleep less than seven hours a night were three times more likely to become ill than those who get an average of eight hours a day or more, according to research published in The Archives of Internal Medicine.
4. Hot liquids
Hot drinks such as herbal teas not only help to combat dehydration but they ease congestion and help to soothe the inflamed lining of the nose and throat.
5. An extra pillow
Sleeping with your head slightly raised will help to clear congestion by gently draining your nasal passages.

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Mesothelioma Fact

Mesothelioma Fact , Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer that occurs in the thin tissue that lines most of the internal organs. Asbestos is the cause of about 90 percent of all mesothelioma cases. Asbestos is a mineral found in the neighborhood. Asbestos fibers are strong and resistant to heat makes it very useful to be applied to a variety of needs. People who work in environments polluted many asbestos fibers have a greater risk of exposure mesothelioma. When asbestos split, asbestos dust is formed. If dust is inhaled or swallowed asbestos fibers will then settle in the lungs or in the stomach and can cause irritation that causes mesothelioma. Some people who over many years exposed to asbestos pollution can not have mesothelioma, while others the opposite. This indicates that other factors may be related, namely the hereditary factors do you have a family history of cancer in some people is a condition that increases the risk. Risk factors that may increase the risk of mesothelioma such as:
• Exposure to asbestos fiber dust pollution
• Living with someone who works in an environment with asbestos (the asbestos fibers are attached to their clothing or skin)
• Smoking
• SV40 virus is found in many primates
• X-ray radiation
• Family history with mesothelioma Many people who experienced mesothelioma exposed to asbestos fibers while working at places such as:
• Mine
• Factory worker
• Manufacturing of electronic components
• Construction of rail
• Shipbuilding
• Construction workers
• Mechanics Prevention : • Beware if you work in an environment with asbestos • Follow standard safety regulations • Do not use objects that contain asbestos in your neighborhood

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PLANNING INCOME AND EXPENSE EVERY MONTH

I said that there are several things to help your finance every month : 1. Plan your income and expense every month 2. Do the plan strictly 3. Have reserves fun 4. Take some insurances This article will discuss Plan your income and expense every month Starting right now, plan when you will get your salary, how much its amount, and when you will spend your money, what the posts and how much the amount of expenses. The plan called Budget. In example, you will receive this much on your salary on 27th, then from that amount you will use this much for this expense, that amount for that expense, and so on. So, if you make a budget first, you will detect on the first place whether there will be deficit or not in the middle of the month. If yes, you can revise the budget to avoid deficit. Composing budget is very easy. If you have already known the amount of average income and expense every month, you could also predict how much income and expense for the next coming months. Budget function Many people feels uncomfortable to draw up and have budget. They think budget is the same with restrain their shopping desire. NO. The function of a budget is to inform if your expense surpass your income or not. If yes, you ocan revise the budget so deficit can be avoided. But, if you do not have budget, you will be difficult to know if your family expense has surpassed the income. So, if there is deficit at the end of the month, you just realize it at that time, after all has happened. IMPORTANT Include saving in your budget. Usually people save their money later, after their money was spent. So, sometimes they cannot save their money because all of their money was spent for shopping. Thereby, it would be better if saving is not included later but earlier. Therefore, when you draw up a budget, insert saving as one of the posts that you must do earlier, at least after you repay your loan. Do the plan strictly. A plan is useless if it is not done. In here, plan of income and expense as much as Rp250,000, if you strictly obey and want to do according the budget, at the end of the month the discrepancy between income and expense of your family will be certainly figured out, namely Rp250,000. Thereby, it would be easier to make another plan froward, because you have already known that every end of the month you surely have discrepancy of Rp250,000, which can be used for another purpose. However, sometimes people, although have already made up a simple budget, is still unable to meet their budget. If he, i.e. allocated Rp 500,000 per month for shopping, the figure could expand to Rp750,000. This can be prevented with a harder system, namely 'envelope system'. If you have already drawn up a budget, you should allocate the amount right away according to each post. Each post is represented by one envelope. If the money in the envelope is empty, you don't have to try opening the other envelopes, because you have already known that budget for the related post has touched its limit. Envelope system is a little complicated, but perhaps it is the sacrifice that you should doso that you will not experience deficit. The most important, your expense now is more controllable.

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Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer that occurs in the thin tissue that lines most of the internal organs (mesothelium). The doctor divides mesothelioma into several types based on which part of this cancer occurs. * Pleural malignant mesothelioma, which occurs in the tissue lining around the lungs and is the most common type. * Peritoneal mesothelioma, occurring in tissues that line the stomach. * Pericardial mesothelioma, occurring in the tissue lining around the heart. * Mesothelioma of the tunica vaginalis, occurs in the lining around the testicles The symptoms of Mesothelioma Signs and the symptoms of mesothelioma varies based on where the cancer occurs. Pleural mesothelioma, signs and symptoms include: • Shortness of breath • Pain when breathing • Pain when coughing • Pain in the lower rib • an unusual lump in the chest under the skin layer • Lost weight suddenly • Dry cough Peritoneal mesothelioma, signs and symptoms include: • Pain in abdomen • Swelling in the abdomen • Changes in bowel movements, such as more frequent diarrhea or constipation • Lump in the tissues in the abdominal area • Lost weight suddenly Other forms of mesothelioma Signs and the symptoms pericardial mesothelioma and tunica vaginalis are unclear. On health , there is no complete information about this. Pericardial mesothelioma have signs and symptoms that may include difficulty breathing or chest pain. While mesothelioma of the tunica vaginalis can be detected first by the enlargement of the testicles. The Causes of Mesothelioma In general, cancer occurs when cell DNA mutation. This mutation makes the cells continued to grow and flourish while others have normal cell cycles of life and death. Accumulation of cancer cells can form a malignant tumor. It is unclear what causes the initial genetic mutations that lead to mesothelioma although scientists identify factors that may increase the risk. Cancer may result from a combination of several factors, such as heredity, environment, health condition and lifestyle. Benign pleural mesothelioma Benign tumors that form in the chest sometimes called benign mesothelioma. But the term is misleading. Benign mesothelioma is not started on the same cell where the cancer is formed. And in some cases kacil, benign mesothelioma can be very aggressive. For this reason, some doctors now prefer to call this tumor as a solitary fibrous tumor. Solitary fibrous tumors usually do not cause signs and the symptoms. It is unclear what caused the solitary fibrous tumor, but tumors are associated with asbestos contamination pollutants. Treatment for solitary fibrous tumors usually includes surgery procedures.

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The Internet: Then and Now

Today, let’s take a trip down Internet memory lane – to a time when “Google” most likely brought thoughts of something dirty, and Chrome was simply one of the color choices for your Windows 98 windows. OnlineUniversity.net brings us this infographic that charts the changes that the Internet has made in the last 15 years – from the top visited sites in 1996 vs. the top visited sites in 2011, as well as the differences in how things looked just a decade and a half ago. And let me tell you, things look a whole lot better nowadays. Fun little facts from the infographic: Would you have guessed that internet usage per American has increased 54-fold since 1996? Back then, can you believe that prodigy.com was visited by 18% of all internet users? Did you even know that Travelocity is that old?

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A SECRET OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

A huge earning is usually considered for measuring the wealth of someone. However, why do so many people with huge income frequently end up running out of money in the middle or at the end of the month? What is the problem? If you have a job now, do you remember the first one you ever had? Usually, the first experience on work is the most unforgettable experience. Let's take an example. Anto was still living with his family until he got a job at the age of 23, as a clerk in a trading company. At that time, he had just graduated. Although he had to go through a probationary period, Anto was so excited when he knew that he would get his first salary. His salary was Rp 600,000, which he would receive on the 27th. We can guess what he would want to do: he wanted to treat his family. He wanted to express his gratitude for getting a salary for the first time in his life, and he also wanted to show them that he was independent now. Let's see: he received the salary on the 27th. On the 29th he took his family out for a meal in an all-you-can-eat restaurant, so each of them could satisfy their appetite. The pre-tax cost for one person was Rp 22,000, and after tax was Rp 24,200 per person. All of his family members were 7, consisting of his father, mother, one big brother and 3 annoying younger brothers. All was 6, plus Anto made it 7. It means that he had to pay the dinner bill of Rp 169,400. Which means, only 2 days after he received his salary, he had already spent 28% out of his salary for that month. So, he had only Rp 430,600 left for the rest of the month. "No problem", thought Anto. "It's my own family that I treated, not other people. Besides, it's not every day I do that. Once a month is enough." Days went by. One week, 2 weeks, 3 weeks. "Hmm…that stuff in the mall looks pretty good. There is a very interesting looking shirt. Okay, it costs Rp 28,000. There's also this nice pair of trousers to wear for work. Very cheap, costs only Rp 65,000. It won't hurt to look stylish at the office". He then started buying things. "Okay", Anto thought, "one shirt and a pair of pants for this month. The rest of my salary would be used for transportation and food until the end of the month" . What happened? On the 24th of the next month, just three days before his second-month payday, he had only Rp 50,000 left. Anto started thinking. Okay...., such was because he spent most of his money to treat his family. Also this was his first time working. Within the coming months, his finance would be better. The second month, he got his salary again. Still in the same amount. No raise yet. The difference was no more treating the family. Days and weeks went by. A few days before his third salary, he only had Rp 75,000 left. Three months passed by, he was finally accepted as permanent employee. He got a Rp 150,000 raise to Rp 750,000. "Not bad", Anto thought. This meant that I would be able to "breath" and save a little. But strangely, a few days before even one month period ended, his still had only little money left. The sixth month, the seventh month, the eight month, although he got a raise, but he still ran out of money and could not put any into savings. As a matter of fact, Anto is not the only one, whose income is under Rp 1m, with this problem. Even people with millions per month income still have trouble saving money. What is really happening? Many people think that by getting a raise, they will not run out of money in the middle of the month and they can save for sure. Every month they hope that they will get a raise the next months. But after they really get a raise, they still run out of money. It is clear that the solution here lies not on how big your income is. The amount of your income does not guarantee that you will not run out of money in the middle of the month. The size of your income does not guarantee that you will be able to save. The key here is not how much money you make, but how you manage your income so that it can be stretched in a one-month period. There is no fixed way on the right method to manage your finance. However, based from experiences, there are several things that can help you manage your finance well each month: 1. Plan your income and outcome every month. 2. Carry out the plan strictly. 3. Have reserved fund. 4. Join insurance plan. In the next number, we will discuss each of the approaches.

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Launch Your Dreams!

Just about everyone has dreamt of one day being their own boss, owning their own business and doing what they love to do. Whether you love to cook and want to open your own restaurant or you have designers eye and would like to open a staging or design company. The only thing stopping you is YOU!
All great businesses start with an idea. However a great idea cannot be set into fruition without drive, motivation and perseverance. I know what you're thinking; what about capital, cash, dollars, dough, funds, greenbacks, money, moo-la. Well, some capital maybe necessary depending on what type of business you're launching. We will get into creative ways to get started with little or no capital as well as some ways to generate capital in other articles. Just remember that the most important capital in your business is you. If you're driven, passionate and focused it will overflow to your partners, employees, colleagues, and so on.
So, what do you love to do? What are you passionate about? What do you have a lot of knowledge and experience in? What do people ask your advice for? Where do you see yourself in 5, 10, 20, years? What can you see yourself doing as an Entrepreneur? Think about these questions and create a business plan. It doesn't have to be an elaborate one at first but consider it a roadmap and try to take all things into consideration. First and foremost, start up costs if applicable: rent/occupancy, website, payroll, taxes, utilities, phone, internet, equipment, inventory, supplies, loans, professional dues, insurance, advertising, gas/transportation, shipping etc... It's no secret that many businesses fail in the first few years and in my view it's mostly due to poor pre-planning. Some prospective entrepreneurs plan their vacations more thoroughly than they plan for their business. They plan for what if scenarios and have alternate plans prepared. The same approach should be applied when starting a business but it should be much more thorough. A good business plan is not only to help your banker understand your vision, which is critical to any financing request. It also helps you focus ideas and strategies, and measure their effectiveness down the road.
Make sure you do your due diligence, research what needs to be completed before you can conduct business legally and properly in your city / state or contact an online incorporation service that can prepare the proper documentation for you. Know your competition; you should know your competition better than they know themselves. This is going to go a long way in marketing your company as well as overall customer satisfaction. You might gather vital intelligence on what they're doing during a slow economy and be better prepared to respond. If you plan and prepare more effectively than your competition, you could benefit if they can no longer meet their customers' needs or keep them satisfied.
Know your customers, find out who any and all of your potential customers can be and plan or market accordingly. Customer relationships are everything in business and will keep you going when things get tough. In fact, the bonds of enduring relationships are forged in hard times, so here are three important steps to take: First, engage your customers in regular dialog on how an economic downturn is affecting them or their business, how they might respond when things slow down, and then be prepared to offer solutions. Second; provide unparalleled customer service. Being honest and responsive will help set you apart from your competitors. Last but not least; reward your best customers by adding value to the relationship, e.g., more lenient payment terms, employee or referral discounts, loyalty rewards. Plan for long-term success with longer term contracts (if applicable); ask your satisfied customers how you could increase the business you do with them. You might propose a discount to customers who agree to sign a long-term contract or who are willing to pay cash up front for contracted products or services. The notion of receiving cash up front is attractive because it feeds your cash flow and can make it easier to receive favorable financing from a bank. If you are willing to trade some income for some security, then both parties win.
If you're a startup be prepared for what Bankers look for when you approach them for financing. As a startup, you must convince your banker by your Business Plan that your business will be successful. We will get into that in more detail in the next paragraph. Since your business is new, the bank will look closely at how you've repaid personal debts. Get a copy of your credit report. Address any problems up front. A bank doesn't want to provide all the money to start your business. The amount you invest from your personal assets shows how confident you are in your ability to manage a profitable business. Collateral, the bank needs to have something with which to secure the loan. You can provide information on this in your financial statements. This will show assets, liabilities, and owner's equity. Show how you'll repay the loan with a monthly cash flow projection. Include details about the assumptions you used. A Business plan will help the banker understand your vision, critical to your financing request. It also helps you focus ideas and strategies, and measure their effectiveness down the road. Last but not least; You should have experience and expertise to success in your industry. Prepare a professional resume or biography that demonstrates this.
As mentioned previously you must create your most valuable Document, Your Business Plan. You should know, Your Business Plan should not be created just to obtain a loan. The Business Plan should keep you focused, get your employees and partners engaged, and should be flexible so that you can make adjustments and modifications as things change. It can also determine whether you are ready to go into business. You may not think you need a business plan or just don't understand why it is so important to have one. A sound business plan will help build your business, weather market fluctuations, manage sudden growth, and prepare for changing business conditions. It will help you manage your business better. Here are three reasons why:
First: Objectivity - You will be better able to identify areas of weakness and strength, identify needs you might otherwise overlook, find opportunities early, and starts planning to best achieve business goals.
Second: Efficient Management - If completed properly, the finished product will help you manage your business and work effectively toward its success. But only if you implement what you've written, and measure results against projections. Don't put it in a file and forget about it. Lack of planning is why more than half of all new businesses fail in the first five years.
Third: State Your Vision - Your employees, investors, and lenders will understand your vision if you have a well written plan that provides the basis for your financing proposal. If your venture is marginal, the business plan will show you why, and help you steer clear of the high tuition of learning through business failure.
Every Business Plan should include: Cover Page, Overview, Business Description, Product/Service, The Market, Your Competition, Business Location, Management, Personnel, Intended use of Financing, Desired Results from Financing, Financial Data/Accounting System, Risk Analysis and Rationales for your projections.

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