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Forum Marketing – Using Forums To Market Your Products And Services

June 11th, 2009

Forum marketing is a great way for instant visitors. It is possible to make sales directly from a forum board, but only in certain situations. You can probably get instant sales by posting ads within the forum where it is allowed. In most cases however, it is a good idea to setup your signature to flow the traffic to your info site first. Word of mouth will generate much more quickly for a free and useful web site.

It is profitable compare to any other marketing services. What you should do when first joined a new forum such as creating a good profile. Warnings telling you that posting too much can be a lost for you. Moreover, the steps to make forum marketing successful and the importance of forum based marketplaces will be told. It also reveal why you should first start selling your products in forums and what technique you should use. Tips for forum based marketplaces such as try to give resale rights, some special offer only for that forum. How can you produce more quality products and how to keep your previous consumer to support on your next products.

To do forum marketing, you find good, well populated forums that relate to your niche. You simply participate in those forums, and include a signature file at the bottom of all of your posts, that lead people to your website. Forum marketing does not take much time at all, once you’ve found the forums that you want to participate in. Again, these are slow, but effective (and free) ways to generate traffic. But no matter how slow they are, they are essential to your overall online business because of the virility of these techniques, and the credibility that it gives you.

Forum marketing is an awesome way to get free traffic, there is a right way and a wrong way to go about it. Visitors to forums aren’t there to be confronted with a bunch of advertisements and spam. They visit forums to find answers to their questions and to get help with problems they have. Following the tips below will help you to be successful in your forum marketing efforts. Only post in active forums directly related to your subject. One of the biggest mistakes you can make in forum marketing is posting in forums that are unrelated to your subject. Doing this will not gain you any visitors or profits and you’re likely to be banned anyway.

It is quickly becoming one of the best. Many people are jumping on board to make big money using forum marketing. Most forum users are very intelligent and open to online purchasing and selling. These users not only know how to use the internet to make money but they also know how to use affiliate online secrets to help them do it. Many of the forum users are respected experts who are also bloggers that write about specific topics covered in the forums. Some forums will not fit your needs, so it is extremely important to find the right community for your business needs.

Always remember that forum marketing is where you market your business through online discussion groups by helping others to solve their problems. You’re not allowed to advertise or market directly through your posts, this is seen as spamming the forums. It’s a “surefire” way to get banned from ever posting to them again. Here’s the secret to highly effective forum marketing. The power of forum marketing comes through your effective use of your own signature file. It’s in this signature file you can hyperlink a keyword phrase back to your website, which when clicked on can get people over to your website.

Gary David is the author of The Newbie Fast Track Guide that teach newbies to become an experienced marketer in the shortest time possible.

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Neuroliminal: A New Tool for Solving Brain Problems

June 11th, 2009

Neuroliminal – A New Tool for Solving Brain Problems

By Phil Bate PhD

There’s a new kid on the block. I invented it, and named it “Neuroliminal”. It’s simple to use and costs a small fraction of the cost of clinical Neurofeedback (AKA EEG and HEG Biofeedback).

Neurofeedback (aka EEG biofeedback) has over the past 40 years been proven to be the most effective “brain training” for virtually allmental or brain problems, including::

ADD/ADHD//Autism
Depression
Insomnia
Epilepsy
Anxiety
Schizophrenia
Addictions
PTSD
Fibromyalgia

When combined with HEG Biofeedback, the results for Autism, Stroke Recovery, and Brain Damage are considerably improved. (Many of the more serious ADD/ADHD cases are closer to the Autism area and misdiagnosed).

Such a biofeedback combination (called Neurofeedback) is now used by many clinicians for all the above. The only real drawback is cost. The EEG and HEG electronic machines are expensive, and clinicians charge from a low of $75 up to $250 per half hour session. Typical number of sessions for ADD/ADHD is 40-60. with an average cost of $4000.

Some Autism cases have required up to 200 sessions for good improvement. The same (or more) holds true for HEG BF added. While this therapy is definitely the best, it is also completely out of the range of mid and low income families. Their only economical choice is Ritalin and other dangerous drugs, as Neurofeedback is not usually covered by insurance.

What does EEG Biofeedback actually do?

In actual practice it’s absurdly simple. Brain waves are obtained by contact sensors, amplified a million or so times, then filtered to separate out various “bands”, and these bands are used to train the client in various ways to raise the amplitude of one small band, and lower the amplitude of another. The “hard part” is the electronics and the computer used. Otherwise it’s just a matter of connecting the sensors, explaining what to do, and the clinician oversees a few sessions, and then leaves the client with the machinery.

Clinicians do not even to begin to understand the electronics, nor do they have to. It’s so simple that I started a company (BHT Inc) in 2000 to lease such machinery for home use. This cut the price drastically (cutting out the “doctor” time), and proved to be just as good as the average clinician insofar as results are concerned. My company (Biofeedback Home Training Inc) and I stopped doing this back in 2004, as I considered that leasing or selling such expensive machines is immoral when I can sell this Neuroliminal system for a small fraction of that cost.)

EEG Biofeedback isn’t exactly rocket science, although the amplification and filtering does come from this era of science. Using the audio signals obtained as above, we can drive different visual displays.

Originally, the audio signal was hooked up to an averaging voltmeter, and the client used the conscious mind to keep trying to raise this output voltage. Later, it became a computer display that was a circle or square that the client kept trying to increase in size. Still later, it was used to drive game like displays, making it a lot more fun. (The voltmeter and the circle/square displays are pretty boring, and motivation is harder.)

The actual brain wave band mostly involved in mental/brain problems seems to be a small band just above the Alpha brain wave. It was named Sensory Motion Response (SMR). It seems that most mental/brain problems originate in this wave band of 12-14 Hertz. Raising this amplitude seems to solve most of the mental/brain problems outlined above. (My original theory (stated in 2000) is that raising SMR somehow changes the brain/body response to various allergens that cause such symptoms or diseases. This has been shown in volunteer testing to be the case in all probability.)

Why this is so, we don’t know. The unconscious mind is still largely unknown and undiscovered territory. Like many other phenomena – while we don’t know how it works exactly – we do know how to use it. Hypnosis, and, for that matter, even electricity are examples of such!)

HEG biofeedback is a relative newcomer. It uses infrared sensors to determine the actual blood flow in the brain. The same principle of “feedback” is used to consciously try to increase this blood flow. This has proved to be very effective when combined with EEG biofeedback in cases of Autism, Stroke Recovery, and Brain Damage cases. Of course, it can also help in all other “brain problems” where poor blood flow may occur undetected. The same cost factors as EEG Biofeedback obtain here.

In most cases, HEG training seems to only increase frontal brain blood flow. I believe that in cases where blood flow is lowered as a result of a stroke or brain damage, increasing the blood flow in this particular area would be more efficient. By letting the unconscious mind decide where to increase this blood flow, the Neuroliminal training may very well be superior to HEG BF. The unconscious mind “knows” much more what needs to be “fixed” than the conscious mind.

So what is Neuroliminal, and how does it work?

Instead of using the conscious mind to gradually “train” the unconscious to modify the amplitude of various brain waves, Neuroliminal therapy trains the unconscious mind in a very direct form. It uses subliminal messages while the client sleeps, or works, or relaxes. This accomplishes the same brain wave training as Neurofeedback.

The original volunteer testing (raising the SMR brain wave only) used 40 plus persons, and over 20 persons completed the four week test. A second eight week similar test showed even better results, and showed clearly that this “training” is analogous to EEG Biofeedback, with each night sleep roughly equivalent to one half hour session. (The result summaries of all volunteer tests are shown at: http://DrBate.com/Ref/SubliminalSynopsis.html)

Since NASA research in attention/concentration improvement showed clearly that lowering the Theta brain wave increased attention, a further set of over 40 volunteers were tested in the fall of 2005, primarily for ADD/ADHD. This test both raised the SMR brain wave, and lowered the Theta brain wave. The results in this test were excellent, with 23 subjects finishing a minimum of 4-5 weeks (most actually completing the full 8-10 weeks. All the 23 either solved their “brain problem”, or were still improving. Two autistic cases had greatly improved, and both were continuing to use the CD audio. ADD/ADHD cases along with Insomnia and depression cases were solved or improved dramatically.

In August/September 2006, I started a new volunteer test program of 8 weeks. This audio incorporated both the EEG Biofeedback of routine of raising SMR and lowering Theta, but also included a brain blood flow set. This test concluded in January 2007. The results were beyond expectations. Of the 9 autistic cases, all improved, some dramatically, and some slowly as would be expected. The only two epileptic persons in this test have been free of seizures for at least a week. Both have had almost daily seizures for years, and both have allergic reactions to drugs.

Phil Bate PhD – Retired Orthomolecular Psychologist
Inventor of Neuroliminal Training solving brain problems of:
ADD/ADHD/Autism, Depression, Insomnia, Epilepsy, etc
http://DrBate.com

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JFK Airport Shuttle Advice for Booking Cheap Flights Online

June 11th, 2009

The internet has made it a lot easier to find your own flight, hotel room, car rental and detailed information on activities offered in a specific destination. Rather than calling the airline directly, you can do a bit of browsing online to get up to date, relevant information on all kinds of vacation destinations.

It also makes sense to book online. Not only are the fares often lower, but you avoid the booking fee which is now assessed by most of the airlines if you book over the phone with an agent. This fee usually varies from $5 to $15 per transaction. Even basic trips with frequent flyer miles can now be booked online, thus avoiding the booking fee.

The biggest and most well known of the travel websites still account for much of the online airfare business and are all fairly easy to use. You input your departure and destination city, dates of travel and number of passengers. In just a moment, you have your results on the screen in front of you. In some cases, several pages of results appear so be sure to check them carefully; the cheapest of the options is usually the first one in the display.

Although it???s easy to find and book cheap flights online, there are some strategies that can help you get an even lower fare. Flexibility is important to getting the lowest airfare. Not only the time of year and the day of the week you travel, but even the time of day can make a difference. Traveling at inconvenient times such as early morning or overnight can lower the airfare; and in many international markets, midweek travel is cheaper than weekend (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) travel. Combining airlines or flying in and out of two different cities is nearly always more expensive.

When searching for cheap flights online, always indicate that your dates and times of travel are flexible, if the site has that feature. This option can be worded differently on different sites. It may say something such as my travel dates are flexible??? or perhaps check fares before and after the dates I gave???. In that case, check the applicable box to make sure you get all the possible options. You may find there is a big difference in fares depending on the date, time and number of connections required.

Flexibility of your departure and arriving airport is also important when it comes to booking a cheap flight. Sometimes fares can vary between nearby airports. If you are flying into or out of New York, check fares for all three NY airports JFK, LaGuardia and Newark. Heading for Chicago? Often fares into Midway airport are lower than those for the nearby and much larger O???Hare airport. If you are flying into Los Angeles, you may want to check fares that arrive at nearby airports such as San Diego, Orange County and Long Beach. The web site may check these options for you, or you may have to specifically request them yourself. As time consuming as this process may be, it can be absolutely worth the effort.

If you travel frequently to the same destination, or are planning a trip some time ahead of the dates, consider signing up for advance notification of sale fares. Most of the travel and airline sites offer this feature, which may go by different names, such as fare alert or tracker or last minute specials, etc. This notification of impending lower fares or airfare sales is usually emailed to you or the information will appear on the home page when you access the airline???s site and log in. This can be particularly useful if you have to travel on short notice. Airlines will sometimes lower fares to sell empty seats if you can buy your ticket a day or two beforehand.

If you are booking your flight online, always read the fare rules. It is often easy to overlook or ignore these. With most of the airlines, the cheaper fares are nearly always non-refundable and have a charge for changing them, often $150.00 or more. Although, if you don???t fly as scheduled, you can usually use the ticket as credit against a future trip.

Some cheap fares booked online do not permit upgrades, mileage accrual or the option to fly standby for other flights. Also, certain types of fares don???t allow you to book them online, such as student fares, government and senior fares and bereavement fares. When dealing with these types of fares, it is worth calling the airline as they may be cheaper.

Last but not least, if you are booking a plane ticket online, make sure that it is in the name of the person traveling and matches their photo ID. The airline may charge you to change it or even worse, may not allow any changes to the name at all.

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