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Street Drawing - Sometimes Talent Like This Needs Shown

Well sometimes you just get an email that you have to share to the world well this was one of those emails as I so admire the talent that these artist have.

Nikolaj Arndt's artwork is jaw-dropping and very realistic.

Remember these pictures are all painted on FLAT CEMENT .......

How Effective Is Your Marketing Campaign? Making Email Work For You

Show consumers the products you are selling in a manner that is informative and attractive and they will purchase from your website. Is it really that easy? Indeed! If you can design a marketing campaign through your emails that meet these standards, then it will likely be a success. This guide will give you the advice that you need, so make sure to read on!

In order to better your email marketing plan, consider joining emails with social network sites, including Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. This can give customers a simple way of sharing your information with their friends as well as giving you a great way to increase your email contact list.

Something that every e-mail marketing consultant should remember is that branding is vital and must be consistent across all platforms. Consistency is recognizable when dealing with every aspect of an email design. Sending dissimilar emails can make it hard to remember who you are.

For the most effective email marketing campaigns, provide customers with plenty of choices. Subscribers should have the option to select how many emails they want to get, when they get them and how much information they want to give. They will be increasingly comfortable when you give them more control over the entire process.

A great way to follow up with a client is to send them a coupon for something free in their email. Include a statement in the email urging them to take advantage of your offer. You can also use the end of the email as a way to notify them of the free items.

Keep in mind that email marketing is all about building up your reputation. Put in the effort necessary to ensure that you target the customer base you want to reach. Your reputation as a business is at stake, don't forget that.

Give your customers the feeling that you care about them personally by adding some kind of individual touch to your emails. By making the email seem personalized, and less like a form letter, the recipient is less likely to ignore it. An easy way to identify your customer is adding their first name, but you should do more. Try to retain data about the time, place and reason for their initial registration with you. Make use of such data in your emails.

Try different email formats until you find what works best for you and your readers. Be sure to always include any important information near the top of the emails. Be sure to try various formats to see what gets the best feedback Stick with what works. When you do this all of your customers know where they need to look for when searching for information they are interested in reading.

Now that you have read this article, you surely have the tools you need to have a great e-mail marketing campaign. Think of what you would like to experience if you were someone curious about your products, and then sell to yourself. You'll be blown away by the quality of the results and how quickly they appear.

Your Answer is Here

THE OPTIMIST CREED

I ran across this today and wanted to share

Author:  Christian D. Larson

Originally Published in 1912 in a book entitled “Your Forces and How To Use Them.”

Promise Yourself -

• To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.

• To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet.

• To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.

• To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.

• To think only of the best, to work only for the best and to expect only the best.

• To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.

• To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.

• To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile.

• To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.

• To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

Let’s keep a positive, optimistic attitude in our internet marketing efforts.

Aging - how are you dealing with it

Every once in awhile you get an email from a friend that says perfect what you'd like to say - and I think this is one of them on aging - how are you dealing with it.   Hope you enjoy this one as much as I did and instead of forwarding it to that magic amount of friends - thought I'd share it here lol

I  would never trade my amazing friends, my  wonderful life, my loving  family for less gray hair or a flatter belly. As I've aged, I've become  kinder to myself, and less critical of myself.. I've become my own  friend. I don't chide myself for eating that extra cookie, or for not  making my bed, or for buying that silly cement gecko that I didn't need, but looks so avante garden on my patio. I am entitled to a treat, to be messy, to be extravagant.
 
 
I  have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon;  before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging.  
 
Whose  business is it if I choose to read or play on the  computer until 4 AM and  sleep until noon? I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 60  &70's, and if I, at the same time,wish to weep over a lost love  ..... I will.

 
I  will walk the beach in a swim suit that  is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive into the waves with abandon if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet set.They, too, will get  old.  
I  know I am sometimes forgetful. But there again, some of life is just as  well forgotten. And I eventually remember the important  things.  
Sure, over the years my heart has been broken.How can your heart not break when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even when somebody's beloved pet gets hit by a car? But broken  hearts are what give us strength and understanding and compassion.   A heart  never broken is pristine and sterile and will never know the joy of being imperfect.

I  am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face.
So  many  have never laughed, and so many have died before their hair could turn silver.
   
As  you get older, it is easier to be positive.You care less about what other people think.. I don't question myself anymore. I've even earned the right to be wrong.  
So,  to   answer your question, I like being old.  It has set me free.   I like the person I have become.  I am not going to live forever,  but while  I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what  could   have been,  or worrying about what will be.  And I shall  eat dessert every single day  (if I feel like it).

Merry Christmas Everyone

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You have to take baby steps before walking

From everyone that I chat with online, most feel that since you can google almost any subject and it's instant - they feel that making money online is like that also - well I'm here to tell you that it is NOT. Don't believe all the ads that you see - get rich in 24 hours, quit your job and work online, for x amount of dollars you can make x amount of dollars in a week - and the list goes on and on - this is simply effective advertising - these people have put in a catchy phrase to get your attention.

The reason that I bring this up is that I feel that this is really important to learn no matter what you do on the internet - examples would be your title on your blog, your hot link that you use in traffic exchanges, text ad sites, solo ads, etc. Now you see these catchy phrases all the time - and the best place I like to look is magazines - I know crazy huh but you can get some great headliners for almost anything that you are going to be putting together - here are some that I have used more than once depending on what I'm doing at the time - but you can always build on these. Better Than Ever...... Important Facts......... Wake-up Call........ Spread the Word.....Discover the Truth..... This is just a few of my favorites - then you can either write an article, blog, lens on Squidoo, and even build a splash page, lead capture page with that. Tell them why it's better than ever, tell them the facts, tell them why this is a wake up call, tell them why to spread the word and most of all tell them the truth.

This one is my favorite as I love making splash pages, writing blogs and articles and showing people this is working for me, why, tell them how I'm using what I'm promoting and then show them the proof of payment. The internet is a big world out there and you have to earn trust on here just like if you had your own business out of a building. This is one of the baby steps that I have learned.

Another one that I feel is important and that is branding yourself - YOU have to get your picture on what you are doing - let people see that you are a real person - I see so many use an avatar or a pic of a cat and they hide behind that - well I would rather know the person that I'm dealing with vs the mystery of who I'm dealing with. I know this is not easy and it took me forever to finally break out of my shell and put my picture up - but believe me this works. I know there are concerns about privacy - well in your profile - you can still let people know some things about you without giving away your private info. Example........I love line dancing as this is great for me physically and mentally - it gets me out of this chair and clears my mind as I think about the dance steps and gives my brain the break it needs from work. Example two.......I love gardening - I have many flower beds around, enjoy chatting about gardening - now I have just opened up the door to people that like gardening to break the ice with me - send me a question on gardening and learn to get to know each other that way. Example three..... the other one I use to break the ice with new people I meet is games - there are so many games on the net - mention that you love playing Mafia, Farm Town, Farmville, etc on facebook and that you love bowling or playing pool on Pogo. You get the idea - now see how much you have learned about me and I gave away nothing private about me.

I will be writing more about these baby steps - this is a great start for anyone just starting on the net and really don't know what to start with or how - I like blogs and an excellent place to start - you can even create one right from this page - you just go to the top of the page and click on create - and don't be shy - if this granny can do this - so can you. (see how I let you know that I'm a grandma) So lets get started - don't put off it off till tomorrow - take action and do it NOW. Good luck everyone and look forward to reading and following your work.