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Converting Online Shoppers into Offline Buyers :: How Retailers can stop Losing Customers to Competitors

BulletproofGuy1@hotmail.com (Bulletproof Guy) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:32:42 PDT

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Converting Online Shoppers into Offline Buyers :: How Retailers can stop Losing Customers to Competitors

Every once in a while I gauge the effectiveness of online retail sites by looking for something I need.

Today I tried just this with my sites set specifically on home improvement sites. The results were far from stellar and, in fact, quite discouraging.

If you are a brick and mortar retailer that has a website, consider the following situation. Chances are your customers are just as frustrated with your site as I was with the ones I visited. This could be costing you sales and, more importantly, customers

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Free Link Management tool - TLB gives it an Preliminary A+

BulletproofGuy1@hotmail.com (Bulletproof Guy) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:56:51 PDT

Free Link Management tool - TLB gives it an Preliminary A+

Well Duncan Carver has done it again. I just saw this new link management tool that he is releasing for free and had to do a quick blog about it. From initial glance of the feature set it seems to be a very well rounded tool with features that you would expect to get in a much more expencive script. For $0 you cant go wrong. I’m going to download it tonight and try it out on some of our sites. ...…

Heres the link. Let me know if any of you try it out and have comments.

http://www.onlinemarketingtoday.com/software/link-management/

Arelis Backlink Grabber Tool - Why you need it.

BulletproofGuy1@hotmail.com (Bulletproof Guy) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:56:08 PDT

Arelis Backlink Grabber Tool - Why you need it.

If you are currently using Arelis to find link partners you have probably been frustrated with the time it takes to use the backlink grabber function. Currently in Arelis you must search one site at a time to import backlinks. This process can take hours and hours. With our new tool it will do a keyword search and pull in all the backlinks for the top 20 sites. It then emails you a .csv file that is exportable into Arelis. This tool should save hours of work. It is in Beta right now so we would be happy for any feedback.

Marketleap Link Popularity Trend Report

BulletproofGuy1@hotmail.com (Bulletproof Guy) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:30:04 PDT

Marketleap Link Popularity Trend Report

There is a great new report that marketleap is offering to see the link popularity trends for a website. If you are not familiar with marketleap they are one of the most popular tools for checking your link popularity. Especially now that the Google Links: tool is giving poor data. Marketleap gives you a much more detailed view of the links coming into your site.

If you check your link popularity using that tool you will find a new option for seeing the trend of you link popularity over time. http://www.marketleap.com/publinkpop/ . I wish I could link to it directly but you have to run the report first to see the option. Once you have run the report you will see a link that says “click here for your trend/history report. Clicking the link will give you some very nice graphs, averages and other useful data.

Why is this important? Well, there are a few reason you would want to look at the trend of a sites link popularity. You may want to see if a competitor is collecting links at a faster pace then you. Another reason would be that you wanted to see Also, with some of the sandbox theories out there it might be very interesting to see some trends of sites that were effected heavily. Perhaps getting too many links too fast is hurting your rankings? etc. etc.. etc.… I’m sure you search engine professionals will find many uses for that tool.

Directory of SEO Blogs

BulletproofGuy1@hotmail.com (Bulletproof Guy) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:53:03 PDT

Directory of SEO Blogs

Aaron Wall over at www.seobook.com has an excellent directory of seo blogs to help quench your thirst for knowledge.

Seo Blog List

Google ranking factors list - up-to-date

BulletproofGuy1@hotmail.com (Bulletproof Guy) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:52:30 PDT

Google ranking factors list - up-to-date

Here is a great list that has been around for a while of all of the major Google ranking factors. This is great information for all of you newbies and some of you pros as well.

http://www.vaughns-1-pagers.com/google-ranking-factors.htm

Search Engine Optimization SEO Tools

BulletproofGuy1@hotmail.com (Bulletproof Guy) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:51:51 PDT

Search Engine Optimization SEO Tools

Here’s a great search engine tool. Faganfinder.com has collected the link, similar, cache, and other commands for many of the best search engines into a single handy interface. A very nice tool.

Advanced Backlinks checking commands

BulletproofGuy1@hotmail.com (Bulletproof Guy) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:50:55 PDT

Advanced Backlinks checking commands

Search Engine Genie has written a very usefull article on checking backlinks in Yahoo, MSN, and Google. It provides a nice workaround to Googles broken link: command.

"Google Suggest" Keyword Digging

BulletproofGuy1@hotmail.com (Bulletproof Guy) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:44:26 PDT

"Google Suggest" Keyword Digging

RapidKeyword has a new feature that will pull related keywords from Googles Beta Suggest Program. I dont use RapidKeyword too often myself but it does have a nice array of ways to dig up keywords.

There is also a Trial Download on their site http://www.rapidkeyword.com/

Here is the announcement that they made

Dear RapidKeyword Customer,

We are very excited to announce a brand new feature of our keyword software.

As you know Google has released a beta of a new service called Google Suggest, which will make keyword suggestions to you as you type in the search box.

The new feature in our software will allow you to harvest these awesome keywords and make a list of them. This feature is so exciting because finally you can gather some real no-nonsense keywords that lots of people use in Google.

Fire up RapidKeyword right now and check out this new feature. Click on the FIND button and then select the Google Keyword Suggestion. Enter a keyword and watch about 90 keywords rolling in.

Enjoy the new feature, and thank you for using RapidKeyword to find the best keywords out there.

Yahoo's Site Explorer - The most accurate tool for looking at a sites backlinks.

BulletproofGuy1@hotmail.com (Bulletproof Guy) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:44:47 PDT

Yahoo's Site Explorer - The most accurate tool for looking at a sites backlinks.

Hello Fellow Link builders,

I’m sure a lot of you had heard the news that Yahoo was building a system to allow people to easily gather both inbound link and indexed page data, but it wasnt until today that I actually searched for it, found it, and used it. And I have to tell you I am extremly impressed. They even include an api for using the information in our tools. Kudos to you Yahoo.

http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/

If you havent been there yet, go there now. If you like the Google backlink command you are going to love using Site Explorer.

As of today Textlinkbrokers has 11,416 pages indexed and 84,729 backlinks.

It would be awesome if someone built a Firefox extension to access this great tool. If someone knows of one, let me know.

Link Building Using SEO for Firefox

BulletproofGuy1@hotmail.com (Bulletproof Guy) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:45:16 PDT

Link Building Using SEO for Firefox

For those of you who don’t already know, Aaron Wall (Seobook.com) released his “SEO for Firefox” extension (SFF) a few weeks ago. It has gotten some really great reviews so far. I started using it last week and it has already saved me a good amount of time.

In Aaron’s own words:

SEO for Firefox pulls in many useful marketing data points to make it easy get a more holistic view of the competitive landscape of a market right from the search results.

If your a link builder it can be a real lifesavor. It’s also great for researching domains for acquisition.

Out of the box, SFF only pulls pagerank automatically. If you dont mind your searches being slowed down a bit you can default it to include actual data of things such as Age, Yahoo Backlinks, Links in DMOZ…

Even with all the options defaulted on, SFF will show you the search results first and then add the additional data in real time as you sit there browsing. There is still a slight slowdown in browser performance but you can customize it to show only the info you need which will speed it up.

I’m packing for SES San Jose and didnt have a bunch of time to write a comprehensive review, but take my advice and download it. It will definitly save you some time.

Here’s a screenshot:-

SEO Tool I would Love to See Built - Site Theme Keyword Cloud Generator

BulletproofGuy1@hotmail.com (Bulletproof Guy) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:45:53 PDT

SEO Tool I would Love to See Built - Site Theme Keyword Cloud Generator

Here’s another SEO tool I would love to see built.

Site Theme Keyword Cloud Generator
This tool would allow someone to enter the URL of their site in order to have a keyword cloud built based on the keywords found throughout their site.

The tool would spider a certain number of pages (Lets say 10-100), and return a keyword cloud.

Heres an example of a keyword cloud that blinklist.com uses

It would be great to be able to visually see the theme of a site. This would could be used to analyze your competitors or to just get a rough idea of how a search engine might see it.

If anyone wants to team up to make this tool. Let me know. I’ll fund it if someone wants to manage the building of it. This would be a great free SEO tool.

5 steps to a perfectly optimized web page

BulletproofGuy1@hotmail.com (Bulletproof Guy) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:30:33 PDT

There is so much talk out there about what the ‘perfect’ web page looks like. In this article we give you tips on what we consider perfectly optimized as well as tips on helping turn the page into a great conversion tool.

Step one – Know who you are targeting
As with any marketing campaign the first step in optimizing ANY web page is to know your target audience. Is your site B2B (business to business) or B2C (business to consumer). This is important because this not only affects the tone of your site, but also the keywords you chose.

It is imperative that you nail who your target is before you do anything else because if you don’t it doesn’t matter how big your site is, or how many pages you have. If you don’t write to the right crowd you aren’t going to get too much business.

The best thing is to write down who you think the target is. Be as detailed as possible. For example, your target may be a 30-45 year old female, in middle management, who drives a mini-van and takes her 3 kids to school before she goes to work. She makes $45,000 per year and has a bachelors degree in finance. This is the type of detail you need. You should be able to picture this person in your mind. Not just the abstract idea of her, but a physical look as well. the better you can picture them in your mind the more successful you will be.

Once you know who you target is the next step is choosing keywords.

Step two – Choosing the right keywords

This may be the most difficult part of your journey, especially if you don’t fit the target profile. That is, picking the keywords they will use to find your site.

You can start by using free tools like Yahoo!s keyword suggestion tool. It gives you a good place to start picking keywords.

Start with a phrase you know your site is about (i.e. if you sell widgets, then simply put “widgets” in the search box). The tool will then not only spit out other related words, but also the search volumes associated with each for the previous month.

A word of caution however: Sometimes, depending on when you use the tool, the search volumes are from a couple months ago. So if your product is seasonal based, the numbers may actually be lower or higher than represented.

Don’t be afraid to get a few hundred words to start. Remember, right now you are just gathering ideas – phrases that could drive traffic to your site. They aren’t all necessarily being used by your target customer.

You can also go to Google’s Adwords site and perform the above steps. Start with a phrase or two which describe your site or product and use Google’s suggestion tool to help expand your list.

At this point you want as many phrases on your list as possible. Don’t worry, you will cull the list pretty quickly.

Once you have a huge list of words, the next place to go is a site like Wordtracker, which has a keyword analysis tool. This tool can be used for a one time fee, or if it’s something you might want to return to you can purchase a subscription. It is a fairly simple tool to use and will give you a good idea of just how likely your site will be able to compete for a phrase.

A warning about Wordtracker: The software uses search volumes from some fairly minor sites such as Dogpile, so the estimates could be a little skewed. But again, unless you deal with an SEO firm that has their own proprietary software, this is about your best alternative.

Also remember as you are culling your words, don’t just focus on the competitive factors. These won’t account for your target audience. Therefore you need to have that picture in your mind of the target as you are selecting phrases that they might use. If you are unsure, you could always as for help from friends and family that fit the target profile.

A good rule of thumb would be to chose about one phrase per page. That doesn’t mean that you will only have one page per phrase, but it gives you a good target. So if your site is 300 pages, consider having a list of 300 phrases.

Step 3 – Write your pages

Now that you have your keywords its time to write, or re-write, your content to make them more appealing to the target audience, inserting the key phrases you’ve selected whenever possible.

Keep in mind that you don’t want to over do it. Also now is a good time to ensure you have proper keyword density’s and page length.

I recommend pages that are 400-500 words long. If they are a little longer or shorter that is fine, however if they are approaching 1000 words or more you should split them up, trying to hit that 400-500 word limit.

On this 400-500 word page you should have 2 or 3 occurrences of a key phrase, and you want to limit the key phrases used to 2 or 3. In other words you could have between 4 and 9 occurrences of all your key phrases per page. This should provide you with optimal keyword density.

Above all, make sure the pages are readable. Don’t optimize for optimization’s sake. If only one key phrase applies to the page, then only use one.

Step 4 – Optimize your Pages

This can be done in conjunction with the writing. In fact it should be done at then to save time. I purposely made this a separate step so that I could outline the finer points of optimization.

Provided that you are following the guidelines found in step 3, your pages should already have good keyword density, now is the time to improve that optimization by adding optimized meta tags and if appropriate, some image alt tags.

First is to write the meta description tag. While many engines will index thousands of characters in your description, I recommend no more than a couple hundred characters. That is about how long this paragraph is.

The meta description should be a readable sentence or two with the same keywords that you wrote the page for. In other words, the same phrases should appear in the meta description as the body. They should also appear as near to the front of the tag as possible however don’t sacrifice readability for this. If the tag doesn’t make sense with them at the front, then reorganize until they do make sense. Be sure to use proper punctuation as well.

Also preferred but not mandatory is a meta keywords tag. While none of the major engines use this tag, other smaller ones, and some specialty engines do use the meta keywords tag. If your target uses one of these engines then it makes sense to have that tag in place.

Also, with the keywords tag there is a lot of debate over using commas or not. Personally I do not use commas. I just combine the phrases and remove duplicate words. For example, if the page is about blue widgets, yellow widgets and red widgets then the keywords tag could be: “blue yellow red widgets.”

Common sense should be used when deciding if you will use image alt tags as well. If your keywords match the image and you can make a compelling image description, then do it. Otherwise don’t.

Step 5 – Write a compelling title tag

I purposely left this as a separate step from meta tags because this is the most important part of your optimization program. Again, it can be done at the same time as the previous two steps, but it’s importance can not be over-emphasized.

This is because the title tag is the tag which is displayed in the SERP (Search Engine Results Page). It is the link that people click on, and also the tag which is generally read by the visitor before they decide to visit.

Therefore, if your title tag isn’t compelling, it doesn’t matter how well optimized your page is, it may not get that click.

For this step, you need to look at your competition to determine what they are doing. Perform a search to see what is compelling about their listing? Is there one that stands out? If so what are they doing? For example, if on every other site the keyword is the first phrase on the title, then consider moving your keyword in to the second or third phrase.

This is because, as you will notice, engines like Google bold the search term in the title and snippets or description. One way to make your title stand out is to have the term in a different position than the competition. That way the bolding stands out like this:

key phrase in title tag
key phrase in title tag
title tag with key phrase
key phrase in title tag

Notice how the third one stands out from the rest?

I can not emphasize enough how important that title tag is. As I said, it is the “hook” to get visitors to your site. If the title is ineffective, then it won’t get clicked which means you don’t get the opportunity to woo that client.

Summary

As you can see, optimizing a page has less to do with optimal keyword density and more to do with knowing who it is that will be using that page.

If you don’t know who your target audience is you will never be able to properly optimize your pages. Sure you can optimize it for whatever keywords you choose, but if they aren’t the words that your customer will search for, what’s the point?

Typical Websites Not Search Engine Optimized Finds Study

BulletproofGuy1@hotmail.com (Bulletproof Guy) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:33:05 PDT

Typical Websites Not Search Engine Optimized Finds Study

According to a recent study, more than 60% of websites lack the proper web programming to be ranked properly by Internet search engines.

According to the Front Page Public Relations report, websites, in many cases, do not contain the necessary titles, descriptions, keywords and other Meta tags required to be read and indexed properly by leading search engines, nor do they include the beneficial language in search results to entice customers to click through to their websites.

How to Improve Your search engine optimization tips Ranking on Google

BulletproofGuy1@hotmail.com (Bulletproof Guy) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:32:48 PDT

How to Improve Your search engine optimization tips Ranking on Google

Background: Google's Page Ranking Algorithm

As many of you are probably already aware, Google ranks a page according to the number and quality of links leading to that page. For example, if your page has 100 quality links leading to it, it will rank higher than another page that has only 20 links pointing at it. Quality links come from pages that are themselves "important" (Google's own terminology).

Note that this is not a secret. Google actually publishes information about their ranking algorithm on their website. You can read it for yourself at http://www.google.com/technology/.

Improving Your Page Rank on Google

There are numerous tips floating around in webmaster circles about how to improve your ranking in search engine results on Google.

Get Those Inbound Links

Since Google ranks your pages according to the number of links pointing at your page, it stands to reason that you should try to get as many links pointing at your pages as possible. This is so obvious that I'm only mentioning it for completeness sake.
Your Title Tag

Google seems to give weight to the title of your page. By title, I mean the text that is sandwiched between the HTML tags in the <head> section of your web page. If you use a Web editor that automatically inserts a title like "New Page", remember to change it to some meaningful text with your keywords inside to reap the benefit of this feature. </p></li><li><h3>Content-Laden Pages (Keyword Density)</h3> <p> It has often been observed that Google considers keyword density a large factor in ranking pages in search engine results, more so than many other search engines.</p></li></ol><ol><li><p> </p> <br /></li><li><h3>Keyword-laden Links?</h3> <p> According to a paper published by one of Google's founders, if the links pointing to your page has the relevant keyword text in them, it will cause your page to be ranked higher in search engine results. For example, a link with the text "Cheap Shoe Store" pointing at your site will cause your site to be listed earlier if a visitor searches for "cheap shoe store" than if the link simply said "click here".</p></li></ol> <br /> <br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://OneMillionTips.blogspot.com</div> </article> <article> <h1>7 Reasons Why Kids Need Recess (Even the Kids Who Misbehave)</h1> <p>BulletproofGuy1@hotmail.com (Bulletproof Guy) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:14:19 PDT</p> <div style="text-align: center;">7 Reasons Why Kids Need Recess (Even the Kids Who Misbehave)<br /><br />Four times in the past month, I’ve heard from parents or teachers who are upset by school policies that allow teachers or administrators to withhold recess as a form of punishment. The children’s infractions range from tardiness to failure to complete homework to acting out in class – which covers a wide range of behaviors and ensures any number of children will go without recess on any given day.<br /><br /> <br /><br />The research, however, is clear: Children need recess, the benefits of which range across developmental domains. Following are just seven reasons why, if we want children to achieve optimal intellectual, social/emotional, and physical success, they should not be denied recess.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> 1. Everyone benefits from a break. As far back as 1885 and 1901 the research is quite clear on this: Both children and adults learn better and more quickly when their efforts are distributed (breaks are included) than when concentrated (work is conducted in longer periods). More recently, the novelty-arousal theory has suggested that people function better when they have a change of pace. Because young children don’t process most information as effectively as older children (due to the immaturity of their nervous systems and their lack of experience), they can especially benefit from breaks.<br /> 2. Recess increases on-task time. Dr. Olga Jarrett and her colleagues approached an urban school district with a policy against recess. They received permission for two fourth-grade classes to have recess once a week so they could determine the impact on the children’s behavior on recess and non-recess days. The result was that the 43 children became more on-task and less fidgety on days when they had recess. Sixty percent of the children, including the five suffering from attention deficit disorder, worked more and/or fidgeted less on recess days. Dr. Jarrett’s research demonstrated that a 15-minute recess resulted in the children’s being 5 percent more on-task and 9 percent less fidgety, which translated into 20 minutes saved during the day.<br /> 3. Children need outside light. The outside light stimulates the pineal gland, which is the part of the brain that helps regulate our biological clock, is vital to the immune system, and simply makes us feel better. Outside light triggers the synthesis of vitamin D. And a number of studies have demonstrated that it increases academic learning and productivity.<br /> 4. Unstructured physical play reduces stress. The National Association for the Education of Young Children recommends unstructured physical play as a developmentally appropriate means of reducing stress in children’s lives – and studies show that stress has a negative impact on learning as well as on health. For many children, especially those who are hyperactive or potentially so, recess is an opportunity to blow off steam. Outdoors, children can engage in behaviors (loud, messy, and boisterous) considered unacceptable and annoying indoors. And because recess is a break from structure and expectations, children have an opportunity to take control of their world, which is a rarity in their lives.<br /> 5. Children need to learn to be social creatures. Recess may be the only time during the day when children have an opportunity to experience socialization and real communication. Neighborhoods are not what they used to be, so once the school day ends, there may be little chance for social interaction. And, of course, while in school children are generally not allowed to interact during class, while lining up, or when moving from one area of the school to another. Some school policies even prevent children from talking to one another during lunch. How can children with so few opportunities to socialize and communicate be expected to live and work together in harmony as adults? When and where will they have learned how?<br /> 6. Our children’s health is at risk. We’re all aware that many of our children are suffering from overweight and obesity, but even children who have no weight issues require physical activity to sustain optimal health. The outdoors is the best place for children to practice emerging physical skills, to experience the pure joy of movement, and to burn the most calories. Research has even shown that children who are physically active in school are more likely to be physically active at home. Moreover, children who don’t have the opportunity to be active during the school day don’t usually compensate during after-school hours.<br /> 7. Physical activity feeds the brain. Thanks to advances in brain research, we now know that most of the brain is activated during physical activity – much more so than when doing seatwork. Movement increases the capacity of blood vessels (and possibly even their number), allowing for the delivery of oxygen, water, and glucose (“brain food”) to the brain. This optimizes the brain’s performance! Furthermore, numerous studies have shown that students who are physically active have improved academic performance, achieve higher test scores, and demonstrate a better attitude toward school.<br /><br /> <br /><br />There is one more reason why recess should not be withheld from children as punishment: It doesn’t work. Experimental studies and anecdotal evidence indicate that the same children tend to miss all or part of recess every day, which means that the threat of missing recess is ineffective. And, as Eric Jensen, author of several books on brain-based learning, tells us, “sitting for more than 10 minutes at a stretch reduces our awareness of physical and emotional sensations and increases fatigue,” the result of which is reduced concentration and discipline problems. The rationale for demanding children sit more, therefore, is counterintuitive both to what the research shows and to what we know about children.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://OneMillionTips.blogspot.com</div> </article> <article> <h1>What Is the Best Way to Teach a Child How to Ride a Bike?</h1> <p>BulletproofGuy1@hotmail.com (Bulletproof Guy) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:12:38 PDT</p> <div style="text-align: center;">What Is the Best Way to Teach a Child How to Ride a Bike?<br /><br /><br />Question: What Is the Best Way to Teach a Child How to Ride a Bike?<br />Answer:<br /><br />You might be surprised at the passionate opinions out there on the topic of how to ride a bike. There are articles and web sites devoted to bashing training wheels, calling them "worthless" and even "evil." There are also millions of kids who have used training wheels (also called "stabilizers") to learn how to ride a bike successfully.<br /><br />What's best depends on your child's interest and confidence level, her physical ability, and the environment where she'll be learning. Consider these popular methods for teaching a child how to ride a bike:<br />Riding a Bike with Training Wheels<br /><br />Most starter bikes for kids come equipped with training wheels, which fit onto the bicycle's back wheel and help the rider balance. With this method, the child learns how to pedal and steer first, without having to worry about keeping the bike upright. Once he has mastered pedaling and steering, you can gradually raise the training wheels higher off the ground so that the bike is a little more unstable.<br /><br />As your child gains confidence on this less balanced bike, eventually he will be ready to have the stabilizers removed all together. Sometimes it helps to have him practice on a grassy area, instead of pavement, so falls are less painful. And of course, your child should always wear a bike helmet, whether he is on a tricycle or a two-wheeler.<br />Riding an Undersized Bicycle<br /><br />This method takes the opposite tack, teaching the child to balance before she learns to pedal or steer. You need a bicycle small enough (or with the seat lowered far enough) that your child's feet can easily touch the ground. In this manner, she'll be able to control her own balance by putting her feet down when she feels unsteady. It's even better if you remove the pedals, to keep the focus exclusively on balance at first. Start your lessons on a slight downhill, so your child gets the feeling of moving forward while balancing.<br /><br />After your child is comfortable with coasting downhill, you can reattach the pedals and have her try putting her feet on them while she rolls. Eventually, she will master turning the pedals with her feet; then you can try having her ride on a flat (not downhill) surface. After a few practice sessions on flat ground, she may be ready for her seat to be raised to a more comfortable pedaling height, or to move up to a larger bike.<br />Riding While a Parent Pushes the Bike<br /><br />If your child resists riding an undersized bike, or you don't have one available, you can try this old standby. Settle your child onto his bicycle, without training wheels, and hold him by the shoulders. Don't use the handlebars or seat; if you do, it subtly influences the child's balance and prevents him from learning the skill on his own.<br /><br />As with the training-wheel method, use this strategy to help your child learn pedaling and steering without having to focus just yet on balance. Eventually, you can begin to work on letting go and allowing your child to balance on his own.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://OneMillionTips.blogspot.com</div> </article> <article> <h1>Fitness for School-Aged Kids</h1> <p>BulletproofGuy1@hotmail.com (Bulletproof Guy) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:11:42 PDT</p> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Fitness for School-Aged Kids</span><br /><br /><br /><br />Does your child run, play, and move for at least 60 minutes a day? That's how much moderate to vigorous physical activity school-aged kids and adolescents need to stay fit and healthy. Short bursts of 10 to 15 minutes count toward this daily tally, so make sure your child has lots of opportunities to get moving.<br />At School<br /><br />Academics are important, but so is finding time for fitness. When kids have the chance to run and play at recess, they focus more (and fidget less) during class. Physical education (PE) provides another opportunity to move during the school day. It also exposes kids to new sports and games, and introduces important health habits.<br /><br />But not every child gets enough recess and PE time:<br /><br /> * Only 8% of elementary schools provide daily physical education.<br /> * In 12-17% of public elementary schools, kids don't have recess every day.<br /><br />The National Association for Sport and Physical Education, among other groups, recommends at least 150 minutes of PE a week for elementary schoolers—that means an average of 30 minutes a day. The association also urges schools to schedule at least one 20-minute recess period every day. If your child's school doesn't meet these goals, ask the principal or school board to consider changes—and look for ways to help your child stay active outside of school hours.<br />At the Park, Playing Field, or Pool<br /><br />By early elementary school—age 6 or 7—most kids have the physical coordination and attention span, plus the ability to grasp rules, which they need to play organized sports. A few years later—between ages 10 and 12—most can handle the added pressure of competitive team sports.<br /><br />Look for classes and recreational leagues that stress fitness, skill-building, fair play, and most of all, fun. Ask your child what sports he's interested in, and give him the opportunity to try many different activities. You both might be surprised at what he's good at and loves to do!<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://OneMillionTips.blogspot.com</div> </article> <article> <h1>What to say to a child who resists phys ed class</h1> <p>BulletproofGuy1@hotmail.com (Bulletproof Guy) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:10:32 PDT</p> <div style="text-align: center;">Probably for as long as schools have had physical education classes, kids have complained about them. Is yours one of them? Try to change his tune; gym classes can be an important way for children to meet their daily needs for physical activity. If your child claims to hate gym, try these steps to help adjust his attitude.<br /><br /><br /><br /> 1. Empathize. If you start by saying "Well, even if you hate gym, you have to go," you've already lost your audience, says Tamar Chansky, Ph.D., a clinical child psychologist in Philadelphia and the author of Freeing Your Child from Negative Thinking: Powerful, Practical Strategies to Build a Lifetime of Resilience, Flexibility and Happiness. A better approach, says Dr. Chansky, is to start with phrases like "I hear you, it's not your thing" or "I don't think you're the only one feels that way."<br /><br /> 2. Tease out a reason. Try to find out what is behind your child's "I hate gym!" declaration. What, specifically, bothers her about PE class? Dr. Chansky suggests asking, "What's the worst thing for you about gym class?" Your child might answer that she never gets picked for teams, or that everyone else is better at sports than she is. Don't guess or assume—you might be wrong.<br /><br /> 3. Problem-solve together. The goal here is to have your child come up with his own solutions. Ask leading questions, like "Is improving your performance in PE important? How do you think you'd do that?" Be ready to offer suggestions, but try framing them as questions: "So you want to try shooting baskets on the weekends—would you like me or Dad to play with you? Or maybe Alex, or Donny?"<br /><br />"Hate" is a strong word and provokes strong responses from parents (that's why kids use it!). "When a child says they hate something, we see a huge mountain in front of us," says Dr. Chansky. "We don't see how we will convince them to climb up that mountain. It helps if we can see our job as walking with them, instead." And just maybe, your child will walk into her next gym class without dragging her feet.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://OneMillionTips.blogspot.com</div> </article> <article> <h1>Twelve steps for recovery from the effects of alcoholism</h1> <p>BulletproofGuy1@hotmail.com (Bulletproof Guy) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:59:12 PDT</p> <div style="text-align: center;">The Twelve Steps, originated by Alcoholics Anonymous, is the spiritual foundation for personal recovery from the effects of alcoholism, not only for the alcoholic, but also for their friends and family in Al-Anon Family Groups.<br /><br />Many members of 12-step recovery programs have found that these steps were not merely a way to stop drinking, but they became a guide toward a new way of life.<br /><br />Over a six-month period, visitors to the Alcoholism site participated in a study of the 12 steps and 12 traditions by sharing their experience, strength, and hope on the bulletin board. Their stories provide great insight into how they have applied the principles in their lives. Below are links to their study of the 12 steps. The index for the study of the 12 traditions is on this page.<br /><br /> Step 1: Honesty<br /> After many years of denial, recovery can begin when with one simple admission of being powerless over alcohol -- for alcoholics and their friends and family.<br /><br /> Step 2: Faith<br /> It seems to be a spiritual truth, that before a higher power can begin to operate, you must first believe that it can.<br /><br /> Step 3: Surrender<br /> A lifetime of self-will run riot can come to a screeching halt, and change forever, by making a simple decision to turn it all over to a higher power.<br /><br /> Step 4: Soul Searching<br /> There is a saying in the 12-step programs that recovery is a process, not an event. The same can be said for this step -- more will surely be revealed.<br /><br /> Step 5: Integrity<br /> Probably the most difficult of all the steps to face, Step 5 is also the one that provides the greatest opportunity for growth.<br /><br /> Step 6: Acceptance<br /> The key to Step 6 is acceptance -- accepting character defects exactly as they are and becoming entirely willing to let them go.<br /><br /> Step 7: Humility<br /> The spiritual focus of Step 7 is humility, asking a higher power to do something that cannot be done by self-will or mere determination.<br /><br /> Step 8: Willingness<br /> Making a list of those harmed before coming into recovery may sound simple. Becoming willing to actually make those amends is the difficult part.<br /><br /> Step 9: Forgiveness<br /> Making amends may seem like a bitter pill to swallow, but for those serious about recovery it can be great medicine for the spirit and soul.<br /><br /> Step 10: Maintenance<br /> Nobody likes to admit to being wrong. But it is absolutely necessary to maintain spiritual progress in recovery.<br /><br /> Step 11: Making Contact<br /> The purpose of Step 11 is to discover the plan God as you understand Him has for your life.<br /><br /> Step 12: Service<br /> For those in recovery programs, practicing Step 12 is simply "how it works."<br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://OneMillionTips.blogspot.com</div> </article> <article> <h1>A Proven Diet That Will Allow You to Shed Up to a Pound Per Day</h1> <p>BulletproofGuy1@hotmail.com (Bulletproof Guy) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:48:10 PDT</p> If you are looking for something that will help you lose weight, it won't take you long to find something. Actually, it won't take you long to find EVERYTHING. Weight loss programs, diets, and exercise products make up the category of some of the best selling products in existence. Pills, potions, and programs all promising to help you get into the best shape of your life are virtually everywhere, but do they work?<br /><div style="text-align: center;"></div><br />Some do to be sure, but their actual results vary greatly. If you are looking for something that is just about guaranteed to help you shed some serious weight, as much as a pound per day or more, then you might want to start drinking some lemonade.<br /><br /><br />That's right, one of the most effective diets in existence requires you to drink lemonade every day. The Master Cleanse Diet, often called the Lemonade Diet, is a detox type diet program that will help you to rid your body of unwanted toxins and undigested fecal matter and has been working for those who have used it for more than 60 years.<br /><br /><br />Originally created in 1941 by Stanley Burroughs as a way to detoxify the body, the diet has sparked some recent interest due to well known celebrities such as Howard Stern's sidekick Robin Quivers and singer Beyonce have had such great success with it. While the diet has shown great success from those who have used it, it is not easy by any means.<br /><br /><br />First of all, the drink itself consists of water, the juice of several real lemons, a teaspoon of cayenne pepper, and a tablespoon of organic maple syrup. By most accounts, the taste is actually not too bad, kinda like spicy lemonade. The hard part is, this is ALL you get to drink. Whether you choose to stay on the diet for 3 or 10 days or maybe even longer, the key is you can only drink this concoction and nothing else. Usually, dieters drink about 8 glasses of this drink per day and it begins to go to work immediately.<br /><br /><br />The Master Cleanse diet will rid your body of toxins and oftentimes pounds of undigested fecal matter in the colon. This matter can prevent needed nutrients from being absorbed in the body and can lead to an unhealthy state. Clearing and detoxifying your body using this Master Cleanse diet can not only help you lose weight quickly, it can also make you feel better than you have in year. Many people report feeling years younger after completing the diet and vow to make it a yearly or even more frequent ritual.<br /><br /><br />Be sure to use your due diligence when trying a diet of this nature. You should receive enough nutrients through the ingredients of the lemonade, but it is also wise to consult with your physician anytime you are going to undertake a food fasting diet of this kind. If you monitor your health, and stick to the program, you CAN be successful in losing up to a pound per day using this 60 year old liquid diet.<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://OneMillionTips.blogspot.com</div> </article> <article> <h1>Free Weight Loss Tips</h1> <p>BulletproofGuy1@hotmail.com (Bulletproof Guy) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:47:12 PDT</p> <div style="text-align: center;">Welcome to The Lose Weight Diet's free list of weight loss tips. The purpose here isn't to just give you a big list of tips, but to also help you separate the useful tips from the useless ones.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I consider a weight loss tip to be anything that could in any way be helpful to a person looking to lose weight. It could have something to do with your diet plan or workout program, or maybe just the mental aspect of weight loss such as staying motivated and sticking to your diet. It could just be some way of improving your lifestyle so that it becomes more ideal for losing weight.<br /><br />Really, any piece of information that could positively benefit someone trying to lose weight will be included on this list. Also, along with each weight loss tip will be sort of a "tip review." By that I mean I will include my own common sense opinion of the usefulness of that tip. You're welcome to disagree with this opinion of course, however in most cases you'll probably be thinking the exact same thing.<br /><br />This list of weight loss tips will be updated on an ongoing basis, by the way. So, whenever something new pops into my head or somehow comes to my attention, I'll be sure to add it to this list.<br /><br />Tip rating system:<br />A - Would probably be useful to everyone, and I myself do it.<br />B - Could be useful to some people.<br />F - Useless, or stupid, or unsafe, or any combination of the three.<br />Take the stairs instead of the elevator.<br /><br />This is one of the most popular weight loss tips on this list. I've seen this one everywhere. But, let's be honest here... unless you live or work on the 400th floor, taking the stairs instead of the elevator isn't going to do much for you in terms of losing weight. Sure, you'll walk a little extra, and that's obviously always good. But uh, 1 or 2 flights of stairs a few times a week won't have much (if any) effect on the weight loss of most people.<br /><br />Tip Rating: B<br />I gave this one a B instead of an F because I don't want to sound like I'm discouraging extra walking of any kind. Yes, walking is great for everyone. However, don't expect an occasional flight of stairs to make 20 pounds disappear.<br />Workout early in the day so there is less chance of missing your workout.<br /><br />I do this, but not out of fear that I may miss my workout. However, I can see how this would happen to people. Something might come up, you might get tired, you might forget, who knows. What I do know is that there are more possible reasons for why a person would miss a workout at 6pm than there would be at 6am. Your alarm clock rings off, you eat, and you go workout. There's very little time in there for something to get in the way or for you to come up with an excuse. So...<br /><br />Tip Rating: B<br />This weight loss tip has a lot to do with your schedule, though. I realize that a lot of people workout in the afternoon or at night because they just can't workout any other time. This tip is more for the people who have the option of getting their workout in early if they wanted to.<br />Keep a workout and diet log or journal.<br /><br />I'm a big fan of this one. Progress is made by improving upon what you've already done. This applies to workout progress, too. Want to get stronger? Want to increase muscle? If so, you're going to need to make progress. To do that you're going to need to keep track of how much weight you lifted and how many sets and reps you lifted it for on each exercise. By knowing this information, you'll know exactly what you need to do in your workout the next time in order to improve on it.<br /><br />Were you able to do a certain exercise for a certain weight for 8 reps? Next time try doing 10 reps of the same weight, or try adding 5 pounds and getting the same 8 reps. This type of progress is what causes muscle and strength gains, and it is only possible when you know exactly what you did the previous workout so you can improve it.<br /><br />As you learned throughout The Lose Weight Diet, one of the most important parts of your weight loss diet plan is keeping track of how many calories and grams of protein, carbs and fat you're eating each day. No matter how great you think your memory is, keeping a log of it all (on paper, on the computer, on fitday.com, etc.) is the only way you'll be able to keep track of it as accurately as possible.<br /><br />Tip Rating: A<br />There is no reason to not do this one.<br />Plan and prepare your meals in advance.<br /><br />You know what makes sticking to your diet real easy? When you plan what you're going to eat in advance and, if possible, have it ready for you. For example, I know I'll be eating egg whites as part of my breakfast every single morning. By knowing this I can figure out how often I need to buy eggs so they're always in the house. I never wake up wondering what I'm going to eat or if I'm going to find something I SHOULD be eating. I also know I'm going to eat tuna fish, whole wheat bread, brown rice, chicken breasts, nuts, vegetables, etc. every single day. I have it all ready and waiting at all times.<br /><br />By planning what you're going to eat in advance and having it prepared for you when possible, you greatly lower your chances of eating something you shouldn't be eating.<br /><br />Tip Rating: A<br />Everyone reading this needs to stay as strict and consistent as they can with their diet plan, and this tip helps that happen.<br />Sleep enough!<br /><br />Hold on. If you're thinking "Wait, are you saying I can lose weight just by sleeping? AWESOME!!!!" you'd be slightly mistaken. Sleep alone will not cause weight loss. It will however help. There are a bunch of science-y reasons for this, and if you are in the 1% of people reading this who want to know those reasons, email me and I'll explain. If you're in the other 99%, just know that sleeping enough will indeed help your weight loss.<br /><br />That's not all though. You know what it feels like when you're tired? You become lazy. You don't feel like doing anything. Well, when you're goal is losing weight, you can't be lazy and you can't feel like not doing anything. Sleeping enough will eliminate this problem.<br /><br />Tip Rating: A<br />Yes, you just read "sleep enough" on a list of weight loss tips. This one is really as easy as they get. You have no excuse.<br />Keep junk food out of your house.<br /><br />You know all of that really tasty junk food that is high in saturated fat and useless calories that serves no positive purpose other than being yummy? Good. Then you also probably know you shouldn't be eating any of it. One way to stop eating junk food is to stop putting yourself in a position to eat junk food. By having these types of foods in your house you are obviously going to be much more likely to eat it than if they weren't there. So... throw out/give away whatever junk food you have in your house now and don't buy anymore.<br /><br />Tip Rating: B<br />This tip isn't for everyone. It's mainly for 3 types of people... those a little low in the will power department, those who eat when they're bored, and those who live alone or live with people who don't eat junk food. I mentioned the 3rd type because I know a lot of people live with family/friends who eat junk food all the time therefore making it impossible for you to just stop having it in the house. I know what that's like.<br /><br />For me, I have the will power to not care or let it bother me at all. If you're like that too, great. If not, you have 2 choices. TRY to get like that, or try to convince the other people in the house to cut down on the junk food. Even if they don't care about weight loss, junk food is still unhealthy for them whether they are trying to lose weight or not.<br />Drink hot water.<br /><br />They say drinking hot water instead of cold water will help speed up your metabolism and help you burn more calories.<br /><br />Tip Rating: F<br />Stupid, stupid, stupid AND useless. I'm not saying that this isn't true. I'm not saying that hot water won't have a different effect on your metabolism than cold water. What I am saying is that any supposed benefit would be so slight that it would be a complete waste of time and effort to even give it another second of thought. These are weight loss tips, not time loss tips. If you want to lose weight, focus on your diet and your workout. If you want to burn your tongue, drink hot water.<br />Eat right AND workout.<br /><br />Like I mentioned back in Phase 1 of The Lose Weight Diet, it is technically possible to lose weight through JUST your diet plan or JUST your workout. However, for best weight loss results and for best all around health, you should do it through a combination of both. This will also make it easier to keep the weight off once it's gone.<br /><br />Tip Rating: A<br />What more needs to be said? Do both.<br />Set realistic goals.<br /><br />No one wants to just lose weight, they want to lose it FAST. They want huge results... quickly. The only problem is, weight loss doesn't happen fast. Results don't come quickly. The reason you need to know this is because setting goals that can't be reached will make you very depressed and discouraged when you realize you didn't reach them. You are basically setting yourself up to fail.<br /><br />Forget everything you've ever seen or heard. Every advertisement for a weight loss program, pill, machine, or product of any kind is lying to you. The people who claim to have lost huge amounts of weight in insanely short periods of time are lying to you. Those amazing before and after pictures are lies. Yes, really. Like I mentioned in the lose weight fast article, the only way you are going to lose 40 pounds in 1 month is if you have some sort of chainsaw accident.<br /><br />When you set realistic goals, like losing 1 pound a week or losing 6 pounds a month or losing 60 pounds a year, goals that can actually be reached, you are setting yourself up to succeed.<br /><br />(I'll admit that whole "setting yourself up to succeed" line was pretty lame, but really, it's true.)<br /><br />Tip Rating: A<br />Weight loss is all about persistence. And, setting crazy goals that you can't reach and then not reaching them is an extremely common reason for a person to give up. To avoid that, set realistic goals.<br />Change how you eat your food.<br /><br />This one is actually a compilation of similar weight loss tips all revolving around ways people trying to lose weight should eat their food to almost "trick" themselves into not eating more than they should.<br /><br />For example, eat slower. The faster you finish your food, the more likely you are to eat extra food. Chew slowly. Put your fork down after every mouthful. Take a minute break in the middle of eating. Take smaller bites. Drink water before/during eating so you get full faster. Instead of starting off with your full serving amount, take half a serving and then go back for seconds. Use smaller plates. Etc., etc., etc..<br /><br />Tip Rating: B<br />As much as I really want to give this one a giant F, I can't. You see, to me, this tip is stupid and useless. I know there are people out there who feel the same way. But, for every person like us there is probably someone else thinking "Ya know, if I took smaller bites it probably would feel like I ate more than I actually did." I can't really argue with that. If you think something will help you, go for it.<br />Workout on the same days, at the same times.<br /><br />Working out is obviously an important part of weight loss. And, the best way to stick to your workout is to turn your workout into something that just gets done without really thinking about it. Make it a regular part of your life. You know how you just know to brush your teeth after you wake up? In that same way you should just know to workout. It needs to become part of your normal routine. The best way to accomplish this is to workout at the same times, on the same days.<br /><br />If you workout on random days at random times you become more likely to miss a workout. If you train yourself to workout on a strict schedule, it will become much harder for you to break from that schedule. That of course means you won't miss workouts.<br /><br />Tip Rating: A<br />This one obviously depends on your own personal schedule, but no matter what kind of schedule you have, you should try to workout on the same days of the week at the same times of the day. For me it's to the point now where I know what day it is by what I did in the gym that day. "What day is it? Oh right, I did chest and triceps. It's Monday." When your workout becomes such a regular part of your life, you'll see how hard to becomes to miss one. </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://OneMillionTips.blogspot.com</div> </article> <article> <h1>Washington Computer Repair Services Where Can I Take My Computer for Repair?</h1> <p>BulletproofGuy1@hotmail.com (Bulletproof Guy) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:29:42 PDT</p> Washington Computer Repair Services Where Can I Take My Computer for Repair?<br /><br />Need to take your computer in for repair in your area and not sure where to go? Many people believe that the only place to get computer repair service is that company with the full page ad in the newspaper.<br /><br />That computer repair service might be the best one in town, but how can you be sure? There must be other computer repair service options in your city, right?<br />Answer: There are many companies in your area that offer computer repair services and you should make your choice based on recommendations from satisfied local customers.<br /><br />It's easy to get a recommendation on where to take your computer for service right here on this site. Free free to skip down to the Readers Respond section at the bottom of the page to read recommendations from locals like you!<br /><br />I Think Those Computer Repairing Services should list several of the more popular computer repair services on this page here.<br /><br />If you'd like to see your favorite local computer repair service listed right here, leave your opinion below. And Sure Those Coputer Repair Services will respond to you.<br /><br />Choose the Best Computer Repair Service<br /><br />With so many computer repair options in your city how do you decide where to take your computer when it needs service?<br /><br />In my experience, positive referrals to a computer repair service from previous customers is the very best indication that you will get great service too.<br /><br />Check out Readers Respond at the bottom of this article to see what other locals thought of specific computer repair companies. Have an opinion of your own already? Leave it for others to read!<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://OneMillionTips.blogspot.com</div> </article> <article> <h1>North Carolina Computer Repair Services Where Can I Take My Computer for Repair?</h1> <p>BulletproofGuy1@hotmail.com (Bulletproof Guy) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:12:22 PDT</p> North Carolina Computer Repair Services Where Can I Take My Computer for Repair?<br /><br />Need to take your computer in for repair in your area and not sure where to go? Many people believe that the only place to get computer repair service is that company with the full page ad in the newspaper.<br /><br />That computer repair service might be the best one in town, but how can you be sure? There must be other computer repair service options in your city, right?<br />Answer: There are many companies in your area that offer computer repair services and you should make your choice based on recommendations from satisfied local customers.<br /><br />It's easy to get a recommendation on where to take your computer for service right here on this site. Free free to skip down to the Readers Respond section at the bottom of the page to read recommendations from locals like you!<br /><br />I Think Those Computer Repairing Services should list several of the more popular computer repair services on this page here.<br /><br />If you'd like to see your favorite local computer repair service listed right here, leave your opinion below. And Sure Those Coputer Repair Services will respond to you.<br /><br />Choose the Best Computer Repair Service<br /><br />With so many computer repair options in your city how do you decide where to take your computer when it needs service?<br /><br />In my experience, positive referrals to a computer repair service from previous customers is the very best indication that you will get great service too.<br /><br />Check out Readers Respond at the bottom of this article to see what other locals thought of specific computer repair companies. Have an opinion of your own already? Leave it for others to read!<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://OneMillionTips.blogspot.com</div> </article> <article> <h1>New York Computer Repair Services Where Can I Take My Computer for Repair?</h1> <p>BulletproofGuy1@hotmail.com (Bulletproof Guy) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:12:15 PDT</p> New York Computer Repair Services Where Can I Take My Computer for Repair?<br /><br />Need to take your computer in for repair in your area and not sure where to go? Many people believe that the only place to get computer repair service is that company with the full page ad in the newspaper.<br /><br />That computer repair service might be the best one in town, but how can you be sure? There must be other computer repair service options in your city, right?<br />Answer: There are many companies in your area that offer computer repair services and you should make your choice based on recommendations from satisfied local customers.<br /><br />It's easy to get a recommendation on where to take your computer for service right here on this site. Free free to skip down to the Readers Respond section at the bottom of the page to read recommendations from locals like you!<br /><br />I Think Those Computer Repairing Services should list several of the more popular computer repair services on this page here.<br /><br />If you'd like to see your favorite local computer repair service listed right here, leave your opinion below. And Sure Those Coputer Repair Services will respond to you.<br /><br />Choose the Best Computer Repair Service<br /><br />With so many computer repair options in your city how do you decide where to take your computer when it needs service?<br /><br />In my experience, positive referrals to a computer repair service from previous customers is the very best indication that you will get great service too.<br /><br />Check out Readers Respond at the bottom of this article to see what other locals thought of specific computer repair companies. Have an opinion of your own already? Leave it for others to read!<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://OneMillionTips.blogspot.com</div> </article> </main></body></html>

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