Another day, another newsletter to write…

by admin on January 18th, 2010

Another Week, Another Newsletter to Write…
By Jessica Albon
Copyright 2004, The Write Exposure

Are you at the end of your rope when it comes to writing your newsletter? Do you sit and stare at that little blinking cursor?

Even the most prolific newsletter publishers face times when they just can’t stand the thought of writing another issue. The next time that feeling strikes, use these three techniques to pull yourself out of it.

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Renew your commitment to discipline
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There’s something to be said for forcing yourself to do something, even when you don’t want to. Whether that’s exercising your muscles, getting up an hour earlier, or keeping your promise to readers to get your newsletter out on time, you’ll shore up your personal integrity by honoring the commitments you make.

If just the thought of training yourself to become better disciplined isn’t enough, consider this question asked by Sam Horn in her book, ConZentration: What will I remember a year from now?

Will you remember that you played hookey for a day? Or will you remember that you got your newsletter out on time, every time, for the entire year?

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Pare down the newsletter
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Last year, I was writing two feature articles per issue. And though the newsletter came out less frequently, I was still writing both articles at the same time. It was simply too much writing for me.

So many of my clients feel they have to put out a long newsletter or not bother. In reality, just as you’re busy, so are your readers. Most publishers get better results with shorter, more frequent newsletters.

Plus, brevity makes readers happy.

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Use a content formula that makes sense
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If you hate to write, arrange your newsletter so there’s a minimum of it to do. For instance, if you can include photos that’ll communicate your point instead, use them. If you can run interviews instead of articles, conduct interviews.

Find articles that are easy for you to write and write them. You’ll find your readers genuinely notice the difference between a happy writer and a miserable one. They respond better when you make the newsletter easy. No one wants to feel guilty for making you suffer.

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Will the London West End Beat Off The British Recession

by admin on December 19th, 2009

With the recession really upon the companies of London, could the city’s beloved theatre productions keep the ticket sales coming in? Over in Broadway, the theatre shows can be found being hit with poor musical ticket sales as further individuals are choosing to entertain themselves at home rather than go out. Tons of people, usually couples and families are staying at home watching the very latest films than heading out to watch a theatre production. The New York musicals have responded quickly by putting down ticket prices to encourage theatre lovers back, so far with amazing results. Infact, Shrek the Musical is selling a family musical ticket bundle of two adults paying whole price with up to three children attending the musical for free. With the reputation of the Shrek blockbuster movies, the reputation has furthermore transferred to the Broadway adaptation.

Over in London, the show revenue have additionally found a downturn. This economic downturn has caused many plays to observe their bottom line even even more so. And with various shows having high priced stars, like Christian Slater and Orlando Bloom, the theatre show businesses need to recoup this expense. Luckily for the capital city and of course the shows there are cheap ticket booths that allow theatre goers to purchase tickets for top west end shows at a fraction of the ticket face value. These well known musical ticket retailers have observed a boom in ticket revenue ever since the Great British economic crisis and this allows the musical lovers of London and its incredible visitors to be able to actually afford to buy their favourite west end shows without spending too much money.

As the downturn continues, we could find that a multitude of theatre productions might well look to offer similar show packages to that of Broadway with family show ticket bundles. Though, there are a few theatre shows that will stand the test of time – theatre productions like Grease and Wicked have been around for various years and show no indicators of poor tickets sales.

Shakira Talks about the Importance of Children Receiving a Good Education

by admin on December 16th, 2009

Singer Shakira talked about the importance of education, described the nature of her charity work and outlined plans for the future in a speech delivered to the packed chamber in the Oxford Union today.

The 32-year-old Colombian singer started by apologetically admitting that there will be no “singing or hip-shaking” and went on to describe her strong belief in the “democratisation of education” as a tool to break the cycle of poverty.

She said, “I cannot subscribe to the idea that the older days were better days. I strongly believe that the best is yet to come. With the universal access to education to feed our collective intelligence with our commitment to lead and organise in places like this with students like you…we can be so close to create a network of intellect, enormous think-tank.”

The two-time Grammy Award winner explained that this conviction stems from her own experience.

“When I was eight years old I saw my parents undergo bankruptcy. I remember it as if it was yesterday. We returned home, all of our furniture had gone, the big colour TV was now a small black and white one, our cars were gone. I couldn’t understand why it was happening.”

She added that in order to gain perspective her father showed her orphans sniffing glue in the park. This experience was a catalyst in setting up the Barefoot Foundation at the age of 18, when Shakira first achieved international success.

The foundation funds the building of schools and community centre s, as well as providing food, because “nobody can learn on an empty stomach”.

Shakira also stressed her strong belief in a better future and emphasised that she likes “to make things happen”.

She said, “So tell me, how many things that are inconceivable today will be obvious tomorrow? How will society be structured? Will it still be organised in couples or communities or governments, presidents and prime ministers….? Will we eat junk food without gaining weight….I’d love that!

Using Astrology to Help Your Life Become Better

by admin on October 19th, 2009

Astrology is the method of determining the character and future of a person through the alignment of the stars and planets. Astrology does not work and cannot predict future events or personalities. The Eastern astrology is event oriented, they will tell you what happened in the past and what will happen in the future with much grater accuracy. The most prevalent application of horoscopic astrology is to use it to analyze the birth charts of individuals in order to read character, psychological traits, and to some extent destiny.

Arab era astrology is the immediate ancestor of the Western astrology of today. Our astrology may be in fact the successor to that third stream of ancient astrologies. Developed by the Greeks and based on some of the fundamental ideas developed in Babylon, this type of astrology is also known as ‘judicial’ or ‘genethlialic’. This is the form of astrology that most of us are familiar with today, whether or not we are believers or skeptics. The question of why people believe in astrology is more interesting than the details of the horoscope. Psychologists have shown that customers are satisfied with astrological predictions as long as the procedures are individualized in some rather vague way.

Astrology is best understood by learning how it began. Astrology is unquestionably the oldest and at the same time currently the most popular of all pseudosciences. Astrology is also used to deepen understanding of our own nature. This psychological approach has grown significantly in the past 30 years as more and more astrologers develop their counseling skills. Astrology is Magical Thinking, which has given us creationism and most forms of alternative medicine. It’s at odds with scientific reasoning and it puts the practitioner squarely in opposition to the tradition of The Enlightenment.

Tarot Card Readings: What You Need to Know before You Start

by admin on August 11th, 2009

Tarot cards are fun, entertaining and are great for helping us to find direction to solve our problems. If you want to learn how to read tarot cards, the first thing you need to do is to buy a deck. Sometimes, a used deck is good, but only if it has come from an advanced reader or from someone that you know and trust. Most people will tend to go out and buy a brand new deck. When you are searching for your deck, take a close look at the cards and the illustrations on them. Quite often, a deck will magically “speak” to you, signifying that it is the deck for you. The only two other things you are going to need are a notebook for writing down questions and reading results, and a nice, handy pencil or pen. You need to have a good understanding of Tarot readings before attempting this.

To get started, clear out a clean space inside your home free of clutter and distractions. Have a radio by your side to play soft music in order to enhance readings and concentration. You do not always have to listen to music; however, some people prefer to perform their readings in complete silence that is fine. Just choose whatever works for you and your concentration level the best. In order to enhance concentration even more, try lighting a candle or two near you while you are doing your readings. Here is the order of steps in which to follow once you have gotten your deck out and ready to use:

1. Once you have taken your deck out of the box, separate the Minor Arcana cards from the Major Arcana cards.
2. Some people may choose to flip one portion of the deck upside down while leaving the other right side up, although, this is optional.
3. Shuffle your deck thoroughly at least 5 times. This will allow you to touch every single card at least once and spread your energies over the cards.
4. Once you have asked your question, you may want to try the simple spread. This consists of 4 cards in a diamond shape, it is usually best for beginners, and still provides accurate answers.
5. If you are letting someone else ask the question, you may want to let them cut the deck and choose the cards, although this is also optional.
6. The Minor Arcana cards will suggest the strongest messages while the Major Arcana may seemingly represent background influences.
7. If you choose to turn some of the deck upside down, it can change the meanings. For example, say that the “soul mates” card has been chosen and it is turned upside down, this might possibly mean that your soul mate is being blocked off by some other influence.
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Taking Part in the Euro Lottery with Virtual-world-direct You Can Rest Assured You Will Always Have the Best Chance of Winning

by admin on July 23rd, 2009

When playing the Euro lottery with Virtual World Direct (vwd) you can be confident that you will be in very capable hands. My guess is they are amongst Camelot’s largest clients, if not the largest euro lottery ticket buyer.

They have over two hundred thousand customers taking part in the UK lotto, Spanish lottery and the EuroMillions of which the Euro Millions is probably the biggest lottery syndicate. Founded in 2002 and a long standing member of the lottery council they have all the credibly that is required, also a outstanding track record.

To take part in a lottery syndicate you must pay £5.00 weekly for the UK Lotto and the Euromillions with the Spanish Lotto costing £20 per four week cycle (Only monthly subscriptions). Being a member of a elottery syndicate evidently reduces your pay out but increases your opportunities of winning plus because of the unique way the lotto numbers are formulated the advantage of winning the lotto is increased still further!

The business sector opportunity is another produced Virtual World Direct offers and now they have shed the signing up fee and the yearly subscriptions therefore anyone interest in getting an extra income can capitalise. The way it operates is if an affiliate introduces a lotto player to any of Euromillions, UK lotto or the Spanish syndicates, vwd will pay that affiliate twenty per cent of that players subscription, likewise, if that lotto player decides to become an affiliate, the affiliate that introduced them will make five per cent of that player/affiliates earning, down to level seven. Global revenue is another motivator that rewards affiliates that reach a minimum level within e-lottery with a share of the companys global income.

Most Individuals Don’t Know but the Odds of Scooping the Euro Millions Are One in Seventy Six Million? Can We Alter those Odds? Lets Examine if Its Attainable

by admin on May 14th, 2009

Euro millions the smarter way to play! Have you dreamt of finding them? Lingering in the midst of your psyche that one day you will earn perfect financial independence or do you ever envisage that you may never have to go to work again. Yet, there are times when you hear about individuals winning the Euro lottery and then walking off with Millions.

Fortunate for them, for us though, it seems euro millions elottery syndicate are probably the most efficient manner to jointly choose those tricky euro millions lottery results. The idea works on one elementary rule and that is the more lottery tickets your individual consortium buys the better your prospect of winning. There are however those people that profit with just one ticket whilst they are rare though a couple of individuals are able to win the lotto by buying 1 or 2 tickets on their way home from the office. Nonetheless more and more people are joining lottery syndicates. This tried and tested method gives you a lot more chances to profit by purchasing piles of euro millions tickets as possible. So, why not become a lotto syndicate leader

To be able to become the syndicate leader and then purchase the lotto tickets you have to reside in the UK. This does not mean that it is called for you to reside in the United Kingdom to take part in the UK National lottery though. All you need to do is to organise or sign-up to a lottery consortium and then have the lotto tickets bought in the UK. As soon as the lotto draw has been made then all you have to do is tick-off your lottery winning numbers. Colleagues, friends and fellow workers putting their money in the pot to purchase lots of lottery tickets – is not a recent conception! On that point numerous reports of factory employees and colleagues that have attained the jackpot. Surprisingly though, still when they realise they have gained a huge quantity of money with their lotto numbers, they nonetheless return to employment
as though nothing has happened.

Euro Millions and Something You Might Not Recognize. How it Works, Who it Applies to and How You May Encounter this Huge European Lotto

by admin on April 11th, 2009

The European lotto was in the beginning launched by the national lotteries of the United Kingdom, Spain and France and was revealed on February 2004. The starting lotto draw was on Feb 13th 04 in Paris. The UK, France and Spain were the only nations partaking in the beginning but lotteries from Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, the Republic of Ireland, Luxembourg and Portugal also became active in Oct 2004.

The Euromillions lottery or the Euro Lottery, as it is usually recognized, pools the lottery ticket receipts of the 9 partaking Euro countries giving a enormous Euromillions “jackpot”. With the amount of countries joining the Euro on the increase, that will without a doubt lead to even more countries partaking in the European lottery. A growth in the amount of people partaking in the Euromillions Lottery will lead to a prolonged growth of the already enormous EuroMillions jackpots.

Q. How Would You Play The Euro millions Lotto?

Every participant has to choose five main numbers from 1 to 50 and 2 Lucky Star numbers from one to nine. During the draw, five primary and two lucky-star numbers are then selected at random from two lotto draw machines containing numbered lottery balls.

Euro Lotto Winnings

The prospects of scooping up the Euro Lottery jack-pot is a far-off one in seventy-six million but the possibility of acquiring a money prize is a somewhat decent 1 in twenty-four. When the jackpot is not won in a given lottery draw, it is carried forward to the next week which results in an ever increasing jackpot prize. New rules brought in on the 09/02/2007 specify the amount of consecutive roll overs to eleven, with the “jackpot” rolling down to smaller prize levels on the 11th lotto draw if the prize is not collected.

The recent rules likewise initiated EuroMillions Super Draw which happen twice yearly and offer “jackpots” in the region of 100 million pounds. The difference with “Super Draws” is that the jack-pot must be collected during the week of the lottery draw; this means, when there is no lottery ticket matching, all the drawn numbers then the top prize will then be distributed to the lottery ticket bearer(s) on the next winning prize tier.

The Recent Marvellous World of DVD Players and Recorders

by admin on November 27th, 2008

Digital Versatile Disc recorders are capable of being used with a digital telly to tape your much-loved dramas and movies in addition to see pre-recorded comedies programs. Incredible image & sound quality, on the other hand the video recording facility means that they are more pricey than players and they are also harder to operate than Video Cassette Recorders (VCRs). The choice of recordable models available presently might also add to the shoppers’ confusion.

Having the accurate connections between your DVD recorder and your TV & personal hi-fi system can definitely make an extensive dissimilarity to the overall quality of the sound & picture.

The connections to consider:

S-video connection: This is the next greatest thing to component video and is an alternative for all DVD Players that do not boast component output and tellies that don’t take account of component input. You may possibly require a separate cable despite this the picture difference should be categorically worthwhile.

SCART leads: A widespread type of DVD connection found in the United Kingdom items is the SCART lead. This holds both audio and video signals. SCART connections are very widespread on DVD players together with TVs. Gold protected SCART leads offer a significantly improved connection. A SCART connection will give you a significantly better image than S-Video can & is close to component standard. SCART cables are not normally integrated among players. You should expect to shell out on the order of twenty-five pounds

Audio connectors: Digital Versatile Disc players, principally the more high-priced models, may have numerous sound outputs. Outputs are traditionally likely to include phono, digital coaxial and digital optical. If you are attempting to connect to a separate hi-fi player this might be by far a very valuable attribute to have. Buy a Sony DVD Recorder at Sound and Vision Online.

Progressive scan is the most recent buzzword in the Digital Versatile Disc recorder industry and although considerably more top end recorders incorporate it, it can’t in actual fact be used unless on the other hand you have a digital telly. With it your program can be refreshed sixty times every second therefore helping to make an astounding roughly flicker less picture & is far more superior to anything supplied by the abundant of interlaced scanning ways