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What I understand about Site Build It and How To Start an internet business
The letters C T P M unlock the secrets to Site Build It.
C stands for content. First one has to brain storm, gather the right data, analyze it with the tools from SBI and make the decision that evidence from the software is going to be most successful.
B V3 tools help brainstorm one’s initial seed word. (These tools are concept finders and sequentially filter some of the input to create a selling concept.) These tools involve hosting, domain name videos /instructor/ updating help forums. ) B V3 is a process oriented key word tool. Site Build It started with seventy modules and B V 3 adds ten modules. This portion of the tools are said to be great money makers.
T stands for Traffic. C-T is the most important part of the SBI program. Apparently Site Build It helps direct traffic to one’s site based on the integrity of one’s content and meaning real information from the builder and people who are really interested in the content. SBI tells one how to optimize the business through a component of its soft ware. One submits the site through a document called a site map xml file. SBI automatically gets one listed at site engines and turns free traffic into business. SBI reports on how each page ranks for one’s keyword at each engine. If certain pages are not rating well, SBI tells one in simple language what to do to rank it higher. It also tracks spider visits and checks page indexing. The soft ware produces traffic stats to help one see where one ranks and click analysis also. Apparently this part of the soft ware is easy to understand, with a useful functional format. SBI sites are compatible with Google and free Google analytics.
Click analysis is unique. Critical information is available and about visitors who click into and out of one’s site, offering vital insight into user behavior and how to increase visitor monetization. Basically one has to create content that is going to popular with many people and then direct traffic to one’s web site based on common interest. Directing traffic to the web site is preparation for monetization or pre-sell.
P is pre-sell. This is a period of time in which people come to one’s web site and develop trust and confidence. One gets targeted because people like you and your content. Pre-sold traffic is the population that will bring income or monetize one’s web site. What people are going to like is a professional reliable site. When one consistently updates their site and presents professional formatting for the content then trust building is enhanced. The content has to be original and not plagiarized web pages.
Monetization involves an exchange of services and goods for money. It can be easily done through Pay Pal or Click Bank.
Content 2.0 is the soft ware that resembles Face Book, Twitter, and My Space. It is interactive and yet the business owner filters the content. When people are excited by the content they naturally want to contribute and interact with what attracts them. According to people familiar with its use such interaction contributes several hundreds of pages to one’s web site. It is at this point that the business is running itself because people of one’s caliber are writing the content.
One does not need to use Ad Sense because the green part of the Google page is going to be where the ratings are and the advertisement of one’s seed words.
I believe that Site Build It helps one brain storm the seed word with a search engine of one’s own or teaches one how to do so with pre existing search engines. When one sees the number of clicks in the last half hour on a web site one knows how popular one’s idea is going to be. On the other hand if there are too high a number of clicks next to the seed word then one has picked a topic that is too general. So when one uses words that people click on frequently then one can determine how to select words that are going to demonstrate the content in one’s own unique manner.
I have not tried to do it yet. I also do not know what interests me other than to get out of my friggin depressive episodes and learn to cope with them and not shape my reality with beliefs that do not improve the quality of life.
One day I tried Google but then looked at the expense and returned the goods and cancelled. I would like to do a site for people who have given us so much and yet suffered from major depressive disorder. Van Gogh comes to mind but there are many modern novelists and ordinry people of less fame and misforturne that daily contribute to the quality of our lives that we enjoy and they remain strangers.
I would like to use the we are unified with a common cause to accentruate the positive at the same time provide clear links to mood disorders in my research. I also am a person who will find solutions that have worked for me and countless others to get well and to cope with the rough times. The first thing that comes to mind is a day of remission is a day that I can tell you that I write a list of everything I like to do as I am free to recall all of it and then suggest you do the same for those times when mood closes the access to our own resources for creating well-being and happiness.
Cleaning for a Reason
If you know any woman currently undergoing Chemo, please pass
the word to her that there is a cleaning service that provides FREE
housecleaning - 1 time per month for 4 months while she is in treatment.
All she has to do is sign up and have her doctor fax a note confirming the treatment. Cleaning for a Reason will have a participating maid service in her zip code area arrange for the service. http://www.cleaningforareason.org
This organization serves the entire USA and currently has 547 partners to help these women.
Cleaning for a Reason ~
If you know any woman currently undergoing Chemo, please pass
the word to her that there is a cleaning service that provides FREE
housecleaning - 1 time per month for 4 months while she is in treatment.
All she has to do is sign up and have her doctor fax a note confirming the treatment. Cleaning for a Reason will have a participating maid service in her zip code area arrange for the service.
This organization serves the entire USA and currently has 547 partners to help these women.
On May 28, 2009, my Grandpa, was given final rest and peace. Thank you God, for knowing the right time to bless and keep him in good hands.
Angel You Have Flown
You shined brighter than any light
You gave more than anyone I've known
No one used to hug me as tight
Beautiful angel away you've flown
How you gave your help for those in need
Four legged creatures so desperate for your care
They soon knew your love and so does the word seed
More dogs were in your yard, as those who dump animals dare
I can't forget your laughter
Or you asking "Whose sweetie pie are you"
Your voice and words are in my heart forever
May you find a world so shiny and new
You soar now, with God's angels hidden among us
I can only imagine what you may see in heaven
We know that God will fulfill His purpose
Guiding us through our lives, and to you again
So, why is it that Harry Reid and President Obama are pushing so hard and fast for this proposed Healthcare plan to pass without proper review by all parties? Is it because because Harry Reid is not comfortable with his own State's Worker's Compensation System? I would deduct YES. Because I know of a case which I blogged about ( workcomp1 - You can enter it in the search field with this title:This Man's Worker's comp Malpractice)
) that is still not being paid the proper attention to and has not garnered the attention of any media outlets as of yet, even with numerous phone calls, letters and emails, personal face to face meetings and letters from the editor of The Disability Digest...
...SCARY is the only word I can come up with, especially since the media is in such a fervor to find out about such menial news such as the Dr. that Michael Jackson used (which does not affect any residents of NV--other than he lived here and had a practice). But this case certainly affects anybody that may get hurt on the job, YET the media CHOOSES NOT to pay attention to it in order to inform the general public of what could happen if they get hurt on the job as this gentleman did.
So, once again, in this public forum, I will ask that the Media outlets in Nevada (more specifically Las Vegas) would please get in touch with this man so his case can be properly investigated and he gets the treatment appropriate for his disability which has not been appropriately & timely by the NV worker's compensation system thus far.
If this news does not sit well with any readers of this story, I would ask that you please (sooner than later) contact your Congress-people & Representatives, AS WELL as your local Media outlets, so that this will be brought to the forefront and help all the injured/disabled workers experiencing a similar situation with this defunct Worker's Compensation system in Nevada.
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Hello,
I am a man who has lived with a physical disability for almost twenty years, since November, 1990. I am a TBI survivor and have written some articles that would inspire and encourage everyone.
Links to them can be found at my website. The address is http://mysite.verizon.net/reszcnrl/
There is nothing for sale, nothing to buy. It is my goal to aid as many people as I can.
Will everyone please spread word of the existence of my work? Pertinent health writings, such as, "Overcoming a Physical Disability," and "Going to College with a Physical Disability," among others, are located at my site.
Thank you for your assistance.
Sincerely,
Todd A. Gettings
Hello,
I am a man who has lived with a physical disability for twenty years. I have written some articles that would inspire and encourage your patients.
Links to them can be found at my website. The address is http://mysite.verizon.net/reszcnrl/
There is nothing for sale, nothing to buy. It is my goal to aid as many people as I can.
Will you please spread word of the existence of my work? Pertinent health writings, such as, "Overcoming a Physical Disability" and "Going to College with a Physical Disability," among others, are located at my site.
Thank you for your assistance.
Sincerely,
Todd A. Gettings
The dictionary provides it's definition
General population think they know
"Restriction...disadvantage...disqualification"
Today I took off "D" and found "Is Ability"
Many use the word as a label
And I know, cause I use to not wear it
God taught me a lesson on being capable
In the end I understood a better description fit
Give me a conversation and I will HEAR more
Show me a moment, now I SEE
Giving love like I never did before
God blessed me with "Is Ability"
Now I don't work, I LIVE
No more stolen time with my family
Learning & trying harder to FORGIVE
All because of my "Is Ability"
It's taken three years to find it all
Reaction is to resist, not seeing the opportunity
My happiness flows without that dark wall
Thank God for my "Is Ability"
by Karen Lee Richards, ChronicPainConnection Expert
Current research is confirming what biblical wisdom told us centuries ago – that laughter is good for us. Proverbs 17:22 observed, “A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.”
You know that laughing makes you feel better emotionally, but now scientific studies are also revealing positive physiological effects. Laughter:
Well-known author Norman Cousins was the first to document the physiological benefits of laughter, giving validity to the adage that laughter is the best medicine. In 1964 Cousins was diagnosed with a painful, degenerative connective tissue disease and given a one-in-500 chance of recovering. He theorized that if stress and negative emotions could increase the body’s susceptibility to illness, then surely laughter and positive emotions could improve the body’s ability to heal. Cousins discovered that ten minutes of good “belly laughter” seemed to have and anesthetic effect on him, allowing him two or more hours of pain-free sleep. He began watching Marx Brothers comedies and Candid Camera
episodes for his self-prescribed daily doses of laughter. Cousins eventually laughed himself back to health, beating the odds and making a full recovery.
Cousins so firmly believed in the benefits of laughter that he provided funds to launch a pilot study investigating the healing power of humor. In this study led by Lee Berk, DrPH, Associate Director at the Center for Neuroimmunology at Loma Linda University Medical Center, patients’ blood was monitored before, during and after sessions of mirthful laughter. They found that mirthful laughter can reduce stress hormone levels and increase the secretion of growth hormone, an enhancer of key immune responses. Dr. Berk explained, “The biological effects of a single one-hour session of viewing a humorous video can last from 12 to 24 hours, while…daily 30-minute exposure to such humor and laughter videos produces profound and long-lasting changes in these measures.”
Take Yourself Lightly
Fibromyalgia (FM) is not a laughing matter – but maybe it should be. While the illness itself is a serious subject, dwelling on how miserable you feel serves no purpose except to make you feel worse. I once had a t-shirt that said, “Angels fly because they take themselves lightly.” Take a lesson from the angels and learn to take yourself lightly. FM certainly offers you many opportunities to practice laughing at yourself. Relating the fibro-fog experiences alone could keep an audience rolling on the floor. I’ll bet you can share a “cloudy” moment when you put the milk in the cabinet or your car keys in the freezer. What is important is how you react to those experiences. You can cry and get depressed about your increasing forgetfulness or laugh at your silly mistake and feel better. It is your choice. Here are some “observations” to help you start seeing the funny side of FM.
You know you have FM when…
Fill Your Life With Laughter
How can you bring more laughter into your life? Taking yourself lightly will put a smile on your face and give you an emotional boost, but to kick the healing effects of laughter into high gear, you need some out-loud, double-over laughter.
The first step is to find out what makes you laugh. Not everyone responds the same way to humorous material. While one person may find the Three Stooges hilarious, another may think they are silly and childish. You may crack-up watching Saturday Night Live while your neighbor finds it offensive. Do you like physical humor like slapstick or do you prefer relationship humor like Friends? Or maybe dry humor tickles your funny bone. Think about what makes you laugh out loud, then set out to incorporate that kind humor into your daily life.
Today there are seemingly unlimited sources for humorous material of all types. Cable and satellite TV offer 24-hour comedy stations as well as movie channels devoted solely to the comedy genre. Video and DVD rental stores have comedy sections with hundreds of movies to choose from. There are thousands of humor books available at the library or bookstores, both locally and online.
And, of course, there is always the Internet. A Yahoo search of the word “humor” yielded more than 41 million sites! You can find general humor sites as well as sites specializing in a particular category of humor. A quick scan revealed sites devoted to philosophical humor, college humor, psychological humor, political humor, Christian humor, garden humor, humor in the news, science humor, twisted humor, police humor, sports humor, kids humor, farm humor and dozens more. There are even sites where you can sign up to have a joke e-mailed to you every day. One such site, www.AjokeAday.com, promises clean humor and claims to be the number one full-time, professionally maintained joke site since 1995.
A Joke a Day Keeps the Doctor Away?
Laughter is not a cure-all and Dr. Berk does not suggest that patients discontinue their medications or other treatments. However, laughter can help you harness your inner healing resources. It can essentially convert the negative, destructive effects of stress into positive, healing energy. So let yourself go. Let that smile give way to a giggle, then let that giggle burst into a wholehearted laugh!
To get you started, here are some of my all-time favorites...
Laughing at Life
For many years I have kept a file folder labeled “Giggles.” Whenever I come across a joke, a cartoon or a story that strikes me as funny, I drop it into the file. On days I am feeling a little down or discouraged, I pull out my file and have a good laugh. Being a writer, I particularly enjoy the real-life linguistic bloopers. Below are some of my favorites.
Actual sentences from letters to a county welfare department:
Excerpts from real church bulletins:
Real notices from around the world (in English?):
Quotes from actual medical records dictated by physicians:
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Reprinted with permission of the National Fibromyalgia Association from Fibromyalgia AWARE, March - June, 2004
© Karen Lee Richards, 2008
My name is Monty and it's good to be here today. It's my understanding there are some folks out there that would like to find a individual grant, Well there are many grants that you can apply for, but as always you have to know where to look.
If you go to the (Foundation Center) or just go to your google search or other and enter foundation center.
Once the search page pops up it should be right there. If not go to any library website and they will have the address. Look for the Grants for Individuals on line. It will cost you $ 9.95 per month or you can contact me at wfh2356@aol.com send me your name, email, phone, address, or just the state that you live in and, email, and the type of grant you desire. I can add a attachment to my email and send you some info.
I know how hard it is to find grants for individuals. The only other way is to pay a grant writer at a nonprofit 501(c)(3). Most foundations give only to them. However, there are a few that will work with individuals.
Do not give any foundation your SS Number, Bank Account, or Date of birth unless you know who you are dealing with. I had to pay by credit card to get access to the list of foundations in the Foundations Center Website.
There are a few other places that I have good luck finding grants for individuals. One is on MSN Live Search, in fact it is better than google I found. This time type in Individual Foundation Grants or Individual Disability Foundation Grants and Yes it does make a difference how you word it...
Well I have to run now, so if you need some help, just dial me up,,,
Monty wfh2356@aol.com
dealing with for the past 7 years. In May of 2007 I finally
self diagnosed myself and told my primary doctor I needed to be sent to a
Rheumatologist to confirm my diagnosis. My new Rheumatologist did just that and
put me on gabapentin 900 mg's a day and Amytriptelene 25 mg's every night. I
could feel the medications helping immediately but it was not nearly enough. I
had never had any suicidal tendencies until I started taking that damn
Amytriptelene. I' am a Soldier and always will be so any tendency like that for
me is not good because I keep a loaded weapon in arms reach at all times, so I
threw that crap in the garbage. If you are taking that crap and having suicidal
tendencies even after the time has elapsed for the medication to take affect, I
highly recommend you throw that stuff in the trash immediately and tell your
doctor you did and why you did and that goes for any anti-depressant drugs your
currently taking. If they are not helping in the allotted time they are supposed
to help than they are hurting you and making your depression worse I guarantee
it. I will tell you exactly what I have done to get to the point I' am at right
now in my recovery process and right now I feel pretty damn good considering I
have been diagnosed with about 30 different things due to injuries during
combat, preparing for combat and chemical exposures. My pain is under control
for the most part I take 10 mg's of Mobic everyday for the inflammation and I
take 100 mg's of Tramadol every 4 to 6 hours when I need it, but I always try
not to exceed 800 mg's per day. I' am sleeping because I take an Ambien every
night and I just recently changed to Ambien CR because I was still waking up
several times through the night on regular Ambien, really good stuff and it gets
me to the REM and the final 4th stage of sleep that allows my body to recharge
properly the way the lord designed us to recharge. Just April 24, 2008 I went
and seen a new Rheumatologist and told her I needed Lyrica she gave me several
samples of 75 mg capsules and wrote me several prescriptions for pain/sleep and
this wonderful drug Lyrica. I swear to you 20 minutes after I took the first
pill I could feel a huge difference it was like night and day between the
Gabapentin and the Lyrica. I now have doubled the dosage to 150 mgs per day and
most of the time I feel better than I have in years but I believe it is time to
go to 225 and will after I talk to my doctor again. It is not a cure all drug
but it is the closest thing to it on the market today and it will help
tremendously with the Neuropathy and the Fibrofog that your experiencing I
had them both very bad too before I started taking the Lyrica. You nor your
family can give up there are literally hundreds of scientific tests being ran
right now specifically for Fibromyalgia and they will find a cure. Also there is
a National Fibromyalgia Association web site that is full of information and
blogs with real stories from real people that are in misery due to this nasty
crud! I also take several natural herbal supplements and have for the last 3
years starting with a good quality Omega 3 that is has at least 1200 EPA and 720
DHA combined in 3 capsules, if you can eat 3 times a day than I would take 1
after each meal. I usually only eat once so I take all 3 after I eat. Omega 3 is
scientifically proven (that is all I deal with by the way) to be one of the
building blocks for all of your major organs, heart, brain, immunity system,
central nervous system and even your skin. I also take a very strong
multi-vitamin with minerals and natural herbs E.g. ginkgo biloba, ginseng,
lutein, etc... that is actually for Senior Citizens, and I' am only 40 years
old. I take 240 mgs of Ginko Biloba in 2 doses daily too and it helps with the
Fibrofog as well. If you have IBS ( a symptom associated with Fibromyalgia than
you need Bentyl for that, it will literally get rid of it but you have to take
it daily. Also diet changes are essntial you have to help your cells rebuild in order to have the energy that it takes to get through the day whatever your daily challenges may be. It is very important to lower the saturated fats as low as
possible and eat things with the good fats preferably things full of Omega 3 and
Omega 9, get rid of food high in Omega 6 fats that is what is killing all of
America. If possible cook everything in Extra Virgin Olive Oil and even use that
for salad vinaigrettes and add it to your vegetables. Roast, braise or saute
everything cut out frying altogether. Buy Smart Balance heart healthy butter and
use Egglands Best eggs (they come from vegetarian fed chickens same benefits as
regular eggs but much healthier and they ave found a way to add Omega 3 to them. Fruits and veggies high in color deep dark and
bright greens, reds, yellows, and incorporate lots of black beans (very cheap
and excellent for you) the darker the bean the healthier it is for you. If you
listen and follow everything I have told you than I promise you will have better
days and you can even get your life back and the kids can get their Mothers and Fathers back!
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT USELESS BY
ANY MEANS AND GET RID OF ANY NEGATIVE TALK OR THOUGHTS LIKE THAT! Support,
patience, understanding and Love is what you need right now, it is high time the
kids returned some of the favors you have done for them all of their lives!
Lastly, I do not know if you have filed for Social Security benefits but if you
haven't I would if I was you and that will also qualify you for Medicare to help with any insurance issues. For that you need a doctor that will
support all of your disabilities and put it in writing along with all diagnosis
and I would hire a good law firm, in fact I would hire ALSUP, they have a 97%
success rate if they accept your case and you only pay after they win your
benefits. I really hope you are well enough to read this email and I pray that
it does all of you and your family wonders and helps you get back to yourselves. Good
luck to you and your families with everything you do from this point forward and
if you ever need any assistance or just have more questions feel free to contact
me, You have my word if I can help you I will. All of you are in my prayers.
Remain Blessed!
Michael L. Somervill
So you have a disability and need to find work you can do from home...right? Are you having a tough time finding employment options? Are you thinking of starting your own business from home, but have no idea how to get started? If you answered yes to all these questions, by now you are probably frustrated and about to give up!
I know exactly how you feel because I spent months looking on the Internet trying to find options that would allow me to work from home. I needed something that was extremely flexible and that would allow me to work an hour here or there and then maybe not for a week or two. I certainly couldn't find anything that gave me the flexibility I needed with my illness . Truthfully, most of what I found sounded like a scam.
That is when I decided that I would need to do something on my own, start my own business. I have always been entrepreneurially inclined so the thought of starting my own business worked well for me but not everybody is cut out for it….
So first things first…. One of the most important things an entrepreneur, or anybody for that matter, can do is better understand who they are, their strengths and their weaknesses.
So, before I go on, this would be a good time for you to take a personality test. Take the time now to assess if you are the type of person to succeed in your own business. Just don’t wait to figure it out after you get started! Just click on “Benevolent Leader” below and you can start your own personality test.
My results came up:
If you want to read about my results you can click on My personalDNA Report
Done? Good, that should have given you a little more insight to help you determine if you have the personality and drive to create your own business.
According to Entreprenuer.com there are 5 things that separate the entrepreneur from the average 9-5 guy:
1. PASSION
2. POSITIVITY
3. ADAPTABILITY
4. LEADERSHIP
5. AMBITION
And I would add ORGANIZATION....but that's just me.
If this sounds like you it's time to consider starting your own business.
So you have the personality, drive, ambition and all that other good stuff but you have absolutely no idea what business you could start...Well, for our situation, anyone living with a disability one of the best options is starting an online business.
OK this all sounds good, but now what? And how do you go about selecting a business that will succeed on the Internet? And, how do you know where and how to start?
The problem is that most of us are not certain what the best way to approach this is or we don’t have any web design experience. If you are anything like me, you have already done a ton of searches on home-based business opportunities and have felt let down by all the scams and get-rich-quick schemes out there. It took me over a year, traveling to another country and listening to my Dad’s advice to come across this Site Build It opportunity.
I now have a successful business on-line, Healthy Holistic Living , but when I got started I knew nothing about how to begin. I floundered for a while until I found the right way to go about it.
The first thing I learned was that the most important principle you need to understand is WHAT DRIVES THE INTERNET. You may think you know, after all you have searched a ton of successful sites and it all looks fairly simple. But building a business on the Internet has its own set of rules and principles.
Luckily after a rough start I was introduced to a business tool called Site Build It that took all the mystery and fear out of building a successful web business.
You see, I had zero, zip, nada computer experience... sure, I used one at the office but I never really ventured on the Internet until I got sick. And I had no tech background so the idea of building a web site and writing code was beyond my skill level. So when I came across Site Build It and read over there Action Guide , I thought this is the ticket for me.
Site Build It’s philosophy of “following your passion” resonated with me. That combined with powerful business tools that handled all of the technology and an incredible price sold me right away.
We are only limited by the tools we choose to use, our vision and our belief system.
Once I got started with Site Build It, my ideas just pored out and everything followed effortlessly. Don’t get me wrong, it is still hard work with lots of numbers crunching before you begin the actual page writing, but the tools are there to support you all the way. This program is designed to let you know in advance if the information you plan to focus on has any value/demand on the internet and how you can then monetize it. It will help you figure out how to take your ideas and put them into action. It will help you with the web design layout and how to monetize the traffic without ever leaving your home or, if you choose to travel, you can build and maintain your website anywhere in the world where you have internet access.
Again, you don’t have to have any site-building experience, the Site Build It program is specifically designed for the neophyte.
So, what’s your next step if you want to build a unique, successful and profitable website? This is where the word UNIQUE comes in; this is your knowledge, your passion and your experience. It's about finding your niche, and giving people quality information they can trust!
First, find what you are most knowledgeable about. Second, find what you are most passionate about and using the Site Build It program build a website around that with lots and lots of information, articles, research data, pictures, whatever, to create credibility and trust and then consider monetizing the traffic that will come to your site in search of your knowledge!
Want to learn more about "me"? Check out my Bio Page or you can listen to my interview with Brian Therrien at The Disability Digest
Want to learn more about the tools that I used to build a successful on-line business? You can go to Site Build It
If you have questions about how to start your own on-line business you can contact my via my Bio Page or you can contact me via my web site
Curious about the success of my site using Site Build It ? Do a quick search:
- Go to the Google home page and key in "holistic living", I should be listed as #3! Now try keying in "healthy living tips", I should be #9!
- Still not sure? Ok, go to the Yahoo home page and key in "benefits of living healthy", I should be #2! How about "healthy holistic living" I should be #1!
-All right now, let’s go ahead and check out MSN and key in "Holistic Living tips." I should be #3! OK, you get the point, I hope, because I could go on for a while!
-OK one more, key in “disability digest” into MSN, Yahoo or Google I am on page #1 for all three search engines!
The neat thing about Site Build It is that it doesn’t take long to achieve this kind of success. I built the first page on this website July 2006! And I was able to incorporate this program into my life in a Holistic way, without changing my vision and my belief system. The key is to follow your passion and allow yourself to be open to the tools presented to you.
And last but not least according to outside ranking sources my site; healthy-holistic-living.com is in the TOP 1% of all web sites on the internet today for traffic statistics!
Simply put my year and half old, little, one man show web site has more traffic coming to it than most web sites on the internet today! You can check out my results (click on Health & Medicine) Thanks to Site Build It I was able to accomplish this without the expertise of a web master and in a very short period of time!
To get technical, according to Alexa.com I am in the Top 1% out of 100,000,000 sites but in all actuality there are about 160,000,000 sites but why quibble!
Look for my future Blog posts where I will share tips and more about my experience as well as answer any questions you may have.
Last Minute Tax Tips
Most of us welcome the middle of April - the weather finally starts to show some of the promise of Spring, letting us know that Summer can't be far behind. For a few harried individuals, however, this time of year is the start of nail-biting, hope-I-didn't-forget-anything dash of paperwork in order to meet the IRS's filing deadline on the 15th. If you're one of these bleary-eyed souls, this last minute guide is for you.
Beat the Deadline
In order to be considered on time, your return must be properly addressed and postmarked no later than April 15. That doesn't mean that you have until the 15th to start your taxes, however. Procrastinating until the last minute can easily cause you to miss potential sources of tax savings and will put you in far greater jeopardy of making mistakes.
File a Paperless Return
Filing your return online can be far easier than putting pen to paper the old fashioned way. A number of professional tax return preparers offer electronic filing of tax returns in addition to their normal return preparation services. In most cases these e-filing services do a good job of guiding you through the entire filing process. Most charge a modest fee and offer a range of additional e-filing products for those who need additional assistance.
In addition to being fairly easy, e-filing is the typically the quickest and most accurate method of filing tax return. If you're due a refund, the waiting time for e-filers is half that of paper filers. By filing online you also have the option to have any refund directly deposited into your bank account. Almost 80 million taxpayers filed their returns electronically in last fiscal year.
Payment Options
If you can't immediately pay the full balance of taxes you owe, there are still alternatives available to you. You can apply for an IRS installment agreement, using their new Online Payment Agreement application on IRS.gov. This Web-based tool allows qualified taxpayers or their official representatives to self-qualify, apply for, and receive immediate notification of approval. You also have a number of options for charging your balance on a credit or debit card. There is no IRS fee for credit or debit card payments, but the processing companies will charge a convenience fee. E-filers with a balance due may pay their taxes directly from their checking or savings account on the April due date with no service fee.
Extensions
Should you find that you are unable to file by the due date of your return, you can request an extension of time to file. However, it's important to note that an extension of time to file is not an extension of time to pay. You will owe interest on any past-due tax and you may be subject to a late-payment penalty if payment is not made timely. To receive an automatic 6-month extension of time to file your return, you must file Form 4868 by the due date of your return.
Joint Returns
If you are married and will be filing a joint return, remember that both husband and wife must sign the return. If your spouse cannot sign (because of disease or injury) and requests that you sign the return, you should sign your spouse's name in the proper place followed by the word "by" your signature, followed by the word "husband" or "wife". Don't forget to also sign in the space provided for your own signature. In addition, you must attach a statement that includes the form number of the return you are filing, the tax year, the reason your spouse cannot sign the return, and a statement that your spouse has agreed to your signing for him or her.
Special Rebate
Unless you've been sleepwalking for the last few months, you probably have heard about the individual rebates that many taxpayers will be receiving as part of an economic stimulus package. Under the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008, some 130 million Americans will receive checks entirely separate from normal refunds. The most common questions: who will be getting money, how much and when?
If you earned more than $3,000 for the 2007 tax year but owed no taxes, you will get some money back. If you had any net tax liability for 2007 you should likewise seem some form of rebate. In many cases there is a rebate bonus for taxpayers who claim children (those under 17 years of age). Non resident aliens are excluded from the rebate program. The rebate amount begins filing out if your adjusted gross income is over a certain threshold ($75,000 for single filers, $150,000 for married couples filing jointly).
In general, the basic rebate amounts break down as follows:
Individual taxpayers could receive rebate checks ranging from $300 to $600.
Married couples will get up to $1,200.
Most individuals who have income of $3,000 but who do not have to file a return will get $300.
Some taxpayers with children will receive an additional $300 per child.
Because the IRS needs time to the normal glut of 1040s from filing season, checks will not start being issued until May at the earliest. According to the IRS, payment date will be based on the last two-digits of your Social Security number, with checks being mailed between mid-May and Mid-July. If you previously requested that your standard tax return's refund be directly deposited to your bank account, the additional rebate will likewise come through as a direct deposit.
Go to the Pros
If you've decided to wait until the last minute to file your tax return, chances are this isn't the first time in your life that someone has told you to seek professional help. In all seriousness, when the deadline is fast approaching obtaining a seasoned tax expert is a sound decision. The extra care, protection and expertise that a knowledgeable tax preparer can provide are more than worth the cost of their services.