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Today numerous video production and publishing businesses operate to satisfy requirements of different organisations. Apart from corporate presentations, videography is also in use to capture significant instances of life like that of wedding anniversaries, birthdays, special occasions; holidays etc. Handy video camcorders with digital chips are now extensively accessible in the consumer market. Short films have happened to become popular as well as being very enlightening & engaging. In actuality videos allow individuals to relate better to the subject matter than any other brand of media communications.

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For aspiring and experienced speakers alike, each aspect of credibility is to be closely guarded and continually built upon. This series of articles will focus on 15 facets of credibility that must exist for all speakers to succeed over the long run. “Instant Credibility” through celebrity or notoriety must be nurtured for a career to flourish. If you are building from the ground up, each point must be examined and properly attended to in order to build deep roots on the speaking circuit.

Facet #4: Grammar

Notice I didn’t say good grammar - though that is the primary goal. Our use of grammar is a reflection of who we are, from our upbringing to our education, from our geographic point of origin to our economic class. Correctly or incorrectly, grammar is a tent pole on which we are evaluated, judged, and categorized.

5 Effective Uses of Grammar:

1. Incorrectly - to make a point. Incorrect grammar in the midst of an otherwise grammatically correct presentation will draw attention to your point. Use this to either illustrate a mistake or to create humor.

2. Colloquially - but tread lightly! In the South, using “y’all” is appropriate, although still best used for humor unless you are a Southerner yourself. But beware over-usage, which may be mistaken for disrespect.

3. Simply - don’t risk confusion. Many speakers spend hours to hone a sentence for the perfect phrasing, and the result will often leave the audience straining to remember (or even understand) the fancy words.

4. Clever Phrasing - triads and alliterations.

a. Triads are words in threes, often with the same first letter, such as big, bad, and bodacious. Presenting ideas in threes is one of the oldest tricks in the book - our minds are trained to pick up on triads - not too little, not too much.

b. Alliterations are words that sound the same used to make a point: expect my advice to be concise and precise.

5. Correctly - what a concept! Correct usage of whatever language you are speaking in identifies you as intelligent, learned, and credible. It allows the audience to focus on the meaning of your message instead of critiquing the words from which it’s built.

An often over-looked grammatical faux pas is the umm, err, ah method of stalling or regaining thought. While many speakers dismiss this concept, saying it “keeps them real”, who would you rather listen to? I go nuts listening to someone say uh 20 times as they work to make their point, regardless of their inherent genius.

The best approach when you are grasping for words or concepts is silence. It’s never as long as you think it is, and it almost always makes you look thoughtful and ponderous. It will often work in your favor, underlining the point you have just made.

Your use of grammar as a speaker will work to build your image to the audience. Poor grammar will often pigeonhole you as a pretender and limit your opportunities. Strong and creative use of grammar will set you apart from the crowd, and add to your credibility on the stage.

If grammar is a weakness, (and just ask a few family members, they’ll tell you), fix it. Take a class at a community college, or go buy a book and analyze a recording of your last presentation. Use grammar check when you write. As my old English teacher used to say: “You must know the rules in order to know when to break them.” This investment in yourself is well worth your time and money!

Next Tip: Notes

Rich Hopkins is a speaker, coach, and consultant who aligns his clients with their own potential.

Teaching Perspective, Passion and Persistence, he has 20 years of business background in marketing, sales, and customer service. He consults with individuals, student groups, non-profit organizations, and corporations. http://www.richhopkins.net

Se for verdade, que dentro desse imenso universo somente a o
nosso pequeno planeta, foi agraciado pela graa de Deus com do
dom da vida.

Ento porque ns, os seres humanos, os seres supostamente
inteligentes procuramos de qualquer quer jeito dar um fim na
vida de todo o Planeta?

Os cristos, acreditam que somente a terra que tem a vida.

Os céticos também…

Os cientistas, j pensam que a vida é uma simples questo
matemtica, que independe de ajuda divina.

Eu acredito que a vida é MUITO preciosa para se jogar fora como
vemos por ai.

O que é a vida? No digo somente estar vivo, reproduzindo e
evoluindo…

A vida e conseguir produzir alguma coisa, pensar, ter a certeza
que se est vivo. Estar vivo é muito mais que ser e viver como
um vrus, usando outras células somente para se reproduzir e
depois destruir o hospedeiro.

A vida é muito simples e bela… voc pode dizer que bastaria
uma flor, para que um planeta seja definido como vivo, ou
somente um pequeno e insignificante verme.

Para mim, estar vivo é conseguir fazer e produzir algo de bom,
algo que ajude os outros vivos e viverem melhor.

E a vida em outros planetas? Assistindo mais uma vez o Discovery
Channel, me lembrei de uma pequena experincia de escola, quando
se pega um copo de gua dentro de uma cmara e se vai tirando o
ar… A gua, que é a base da vida no nosso planeta, precisa de
uma presso atmosférica igual ou superior que a nossa… sem
isso, ela simplesmente no existir. Por isso que em Marte no
h gua e talvez, exista somente na forma de gelo.

Os cientistas j especularam a possibilidade converso de
energia mesmo sem o uso do oxignio, como ns fazemos. J se
pensou da possibilidade de vida respirando hidrognio e Metano e
também baseada em silcio, como o monstro do Alien.

Ento, seria possvel encontrar vida em planetas como Jpiter,
Saturno e Urano, que tirando a grande gravidade, a atmosfera é
totalmente baseada em Hidrognio e Metano, que nem d para
existir oxignio, se acontecer explode tudo.

A descoberta do uso do oxignio pelas células primordiais, foi o
que possibilitou acelerar a evoluo, j que sem a converso de
energia sem o oxignio, seriamos mais lentos que os lagartos.

Mesmo assim, a vida sem o oxignio é possvel, conforme os
cientistas j descobriram em diversos lugares, como no fundo do
oceano, totalmente sem oxignio, bem como nos ambientes mais
extremos, como no frio da Antrtida e também nem guas ferventes
de vulces.

Ento, a vida em si, é possvel… talvez o Universo possa estar
cheia e fervilhante de vida na forma de células, bactérias e
outros micro organismos.

E a vida Inteligente? Bem… vida inteligente é algo mais caro e
penso eu, complexo… muitas vezes mais complexo que somente em
raros casos. A evoluo nos fez inteligentes para que pudéssemos
sobreviver, j que tnhamos um corpo frgil, no tnhamos
garras, nossas crias precisavam muito da ateno dos pais entre
outras coisas.

A vida inteligente em outros planetas até poder acontecer, mas
talvez os escrpulos, com certeza no sero os mesmos que os
nossos.

A vida pode ser um acidente de 1 em um bilho e o Universo tem
pelo menos uns 15 bilhes de anos, e mais de 2000 bilhes de
Bilhes de estrelas… ser que a vida tem sorte?

Panspermia, o que é isso? Imagine que a um dia a nossa
civilizao consiga conquistar o espao. Imagine que consigamos
atravessar as enormes distncias viajando mais rpido que a
velocidade da luz, seja dobrando o espao, seja por buracos
negros, ou até por algum outro método ainda no pensado. Imagine
que ns, os humanos, consigamos crescer a nossa civilizao e
existir por pelo menos 1 milho de anos.

Dentro dos mais de 15 bilhes de anos de existncia do Universo,
pelo menos os ltimos 3, teramos galxias e planetas possveis
de ter vida e com certeza vida inteligente.

Para ns, mortais, 1 milho de anos é muito tempo, mas para o
Universo, isso no é nada… e em 3 bilhes de anos, uma
civilizao poderia ter se expandido e até colonizado planetas,
mas como todo império, chega algum momento que se perde o
controle e sem o acesso materiais e tecnologia, uma colnia
cairia na barbrie e com o passar dos milhes de anos, deixaria
de até lembrar da sua origem.

Na série Star Trek, se tem essa idéia, j que se encontram
muitos bpedes humanides e de certo modo compatveis no DNA.
Como que isso pode? Somente se existiu em algum momento alguma
grande civilizao que colonizou a Galxia.

E porque pensar na Panspermia? Se a vida é to preciosa. Se
somente a Terra foi abenoada por Deus. E principalmente, que em
todo o Universo, no dever existir vida como a nossa. Com
certeza, no haver poetas, leis, pessoas e até tudo o que
passamos nos ltimos 5 mil anos.

Somos nicos e sobrevivemos sempre as adversidades, evoluindo e
crescendo. Porque no poderemos pensar que seremos os semeadores
da vida na Galxia e até no Universo?

No livro de Arthur C. Clark, ele mostra vrias possibilidades,
que vo desde ao envio de embries humanos congelados, a
produo de humanos com base na construo do DNA.

Sondas poderiam ser enviadas para estrelas e planetas possveis
de manter a vida, poderiam ser adaptadas de acordo com a
necessidade do local que seriam encontrados. A vida seria
diferente e principalmente, poderamos somente entregar os bons
valores que ns temos.

Vamos semear o Universo? Da mesma forma que nos anos de 1500 o
homem descobriu a América, precisamos voltar nossos olhos para o
espao. Precisamos focar e investir nessa conquista. O espao e
vasto e com isso, no haver limites para a humanidade.

A vida é maravilhosa, mas muito frgil… no consigo imaginar o
nosso planeta e a sua riqueza em vida destruda, seja por algum
acidente ou até por alguma coisa intencional, como uma guerra
nuclear ou coisa pior, como um choque de algum asteride.

Precisamos deixar de lado o nosso lado mesquinho, onde somente
estamos pensando no pouco que temos. A maioria das pessoas
somente pensam nos seus dias, como um cachorro faminto, que
engole de uma s vez, um pedao do melhor filé, sem sequer
pensar ou sentir o gosto.

Toda civilizao um dia vira p Olhe s os Romanos, os Gregos e
até outras grandes civilizaes que deixaram de existir. Veja o
quanto seus poderosos hoje tem? NADA!!! Nada mesmo…

No livro de Arthur C. Clark, ele mostra uma cidade que existe a
1 bilho de anos e durante algumas partes, ele mostra que a
cidade foi mudando ao passar dos milhes de anos. A cidade era
perfeita, onde o computador central dispunha de sistemas
tecnolgicos para se auto renovar, criando tudo, inclusive ns,
os seres humanos.

J que a mudana e até o desaparecimento do suposto poder é
inevitvel, vamos mudar o nosso pensamento e procurar criar
grandes coisas como poemas, msica, obras de arte, naves
espaciais e coisas que possam de fato durar e levar o nosso
legado para as estrelas.

You have a non-fiction book in mind. You know it’s going to be great and it’ll help a lot of people. But you also have mountains and mountains of material–so much good information! So much excellent research! How do you organize it all to create a powerful book? Here are the basic building blocks of a non-fiction book. Keep these in mind and you won’t get overwhelmed by your material.

1.) Think About Your Reader

When you think about your reader you’re thinking two things: “What does the reader get out of my book?” and “What kind of relationship do I want to establish with the reader?” One of your duties as an author is to offer your reader something of value which could even change their life for the better. Ideally you’ll make it clear what this value is when you title the book. It’s pretty clear, for instance, what you’ll get when you pick up Stephen Covey’s “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”. This could also provide the structure for your chapters. If you’re teaching how to improve your golf stroke in 10 steps, you could include a chapter on each step. You don’t have to make it more complicated than that.

As for your relationship with your reader, what do you want it to be? Will it be a teacher/student relationship? Peer-to-peer? A storytelling relationship? If you’re writing a biography, you may want to be a storyteller and have your reader be a listener. Will your voice be friendly and homely? Or authoritative and formal? The point is that you’re always asking yourself “To whom and I speaking and how do I want to be heard?” What choices will best suit your audience?

2.) What’s Your Theory?

Theory is how the writer is proposing to make his ideas play themselves out. It’s how it all works. In Anthony Robbins’ book, “Awaken the Giant Within”, he’s making the point that you are in control of your decisions and you can really tap into your human potential. Well, how do you do that? His theory of how you do that is to become aware that you are in control of everything that happens within you. You are in control of your emotions, of making choices, of creating what he calls “neuro associations” that will draw you towards a positive behavior or help you move away from a negative behavior. That’s his theory.

I’m assuming if you have already decided to write a non-fiction book that you have a plan that you’re presenting to the world. Non-fiction books are often the result of what you do in your everyday life; you may notice that things could work better if people did things in a different way. Maybe your how-to just makes more sense, or it fits your readers better than someone else’s theory. That’s why it’s important for you to have your own ideas. It truly is about what you’re bringing to the book, how much you’re putting yourself into it, because that’s what brings energy and vitality to the work and makes a lasting impression on the world.

3.) What Stories Will You Tell?

Stories are a crucial ingredient in non-fiction books. They are what will help bring your points home to the reader and make them real. Most writers use anecdotes from their professional lives. Life coaches use stories from clients, real estate brokers use stories from people they’ve worked with. Stories help the reader see that 1) other people have dealt with the same problems and 2) the writer has direct experience and knows how to bring about a successful solution.

When you use stories you’re also using an ages-old technique–it’s even used in the Bible, where stories (or parables) are told to educate the reader on complex concepts. I think our brains still respond positively to this technique. Stories can be a softer way of taking medicine–that spoonful of sugar that helps the medicine go down!

4.) What’s Your Call to Action?

When you craft a call to action for your reader, you are designing a way of telling them, “Here’s what you do now that you have this information, here’s how you make it work.” Let’s use a weight loss book as an example. Maybe the theory is about overeating. If you were writing this book, you might want to include calls to action throughout the book giving the reader different strategies about how to avoid overeating. You’ll include how not to overeat in restaurants, how to avoid overeating at bedtime, how to avoid overeating while traveling or at buffets, whatever.

In some books the author will present questions and exercises. That’s part of a call to action because it makes the reader stop and absorb what they’ve just learned and even to design their own action plans based on their own unique circumstances. In our example above, you might challenge the reader to choose two alternative things they could do instead of overeating.

What’s Next?

Now you have to write the book! Keep this structure in mind and you’ll be well on your way to creating a powerful book that will inform, educate and–in the best of all possible worlds–change the way we live for the better.

MS: Bob, how important have Ezine Articles been in
achieving your success in online business?

BL: Very important! Most of what I learned 6 or 7
years ago about doing business on the Internet came
from articles written by others already working
online. Today, most of my new customers and clients
are generated by the articles I write.

MS: How long have you been writing Ezine Articles and
what are the main topics that you write about in your
Ezine Articles?

BL: I’ve been writing Ezine articles for 5 years and I
mainly write about Marketing and Sales

MS: Bob, amongst all the promotion techniques you use,
how important are Ezine articles?

BL: 1st …by a large margin

MS: Are there other techniques you use?

BL: Yes. I also do off line promotions by postcard.

MS: Bob, what sort of articles have you had most
success with? In your experience, what kind of
Articles are most in demand?

BL: “How to” articles about how to find more prospects
and customers or how to close more sales. I’ve been
very successful at building my own business and
helping other business owners build theirs. I write
about the things I learned and use …and tailor my
writing specifically to help other small business
owners.

MS: Some Ezine Writers promote a product or service in
their Resource Box, while others aim only to get a
subscription to their free Newsletter. What would your
advice be for getting maximum results from your
Resource Box?

BL: Both methods are effective. To generate the
maximum response the byline must offer the reader an
enticing benefit.

MS: What have you found to be the most effective ways
of getting your Articles published?

BL: Building my own list of publishers who requested
articles from me.

MS: Apart from getting your Articles published in
Newsletters, are there any other ways you use your
Articles to promote your website? (such as turning
them into a free E-Book)?

BL: A few of my articles are in eBooks. 32 of them are
compiled into a print publication titled, “How To
Build A High-Profit Business On A Low-Impact Budget”
(http://BobLeduc.com/highprofit.htm)

MS: Bob, is there any particular program or software that
you find especially useful as an Ezine Writer?

BL: Yes. 2 programs:

#1. MS Word. I use this word processor to write my articles.
I created a template with the formatting I want for writing
articles. The built in word count tool helps me control the
size of an article as I write. Then I can save the article
as plain text with line breaks at 60 characters per line
…the format I use for submitting to publishers.

#2: I use WorldMerge by ColoradoSoft to email articles to
the publishers on my list. It creates individual email
messages with personalized information merged into each.

MS: It sometimes seems that everything that could
possibly be written about has already been written
about. What would be your response to that?

BL: Maybe every subject was been written about. But
not every aspect of every subject has been covered.
Plus, the world is changing — FAST. Every change
creates more things to write about.

MS: What would you say is the single most important
style tip for writing a good Ezine Article?

BL: Make your articles easy to read. Use simple, easy
to understand words and examples. This is easy if you
only write about things you do yourself — or things
you learned yourself by trial and error.

MS: And finally Bob, what would be your advice to
someone who wants to write Ezine Articles but has
never written for the Internet before?

BL: (1) Recognize that most of the articles you read
were written by someone just like you. (2) Choose a
topic you know a lot about from personal experience
…even if others already wrote articles about it.
Then force yourself to start writing YOUR article on
that topic.

MS: Thank you Bob.

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Michael Southon has been writing for the Internet for over 3
years. He has shown hundreds of webmasters how to use this
simple technique to build a successful online business. Click
here to find out more: http://ezine-writer.com/
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For those of you who don’t know what I’m about, here’s a short
summary.

I’m a writer living in England. I have written a novel, ‘St Brodag’s
Isle’, which is supported by a website (http://www.stbrodag.com) and
a newsletter. 2002 is going to be my campaign year - a year in which
I intend to make a living out of my writing. As I go through the
year, I’ll be posting articles such as this one, which will detail
the step-by-step approach that I’m going to be taking. I’ll be honest
with my failures as well as my triumphs. And in a year’s time I hope
to be looking back at a year that exceeded my expectations.

Right, so what have I been up to in recent weeks? I’m glad you asked.

My subscription list has DOUBLED! Granted, I don’t have a list of
20,000 members but I reckon that’s not a bad performance since
Christmas. And what about sales of my book? Well, again it’s
progress - long, hard, slow progress - but progress nonetheless. I
won’t be moving to Monaco just yet but I might be able to buy food
next week!

Now, I’m going to let you into the secret of how I’ve made a
difference to my subscription list. It’s simply this - I’ve talked to
a few people. Not just any old people. I’ve interviewed some
published writers and promoted this to people and fan sites that I
think will generate interest.

Before I go any further, let me reassure you that I didn’t interview
these people just to get my subscription list up on my newsletter. I
really am interested in what published novelists have to say. I’ve
picked up a few tips from the people I’ve talked to.

But never one to look a gift horse in the mouth, I just happened to
mention the fact that I was interviewing these people on a few forums
that I visit. I signed up ten people on one day, which for a little
newsletter like mine is superb going.

I bet you’re wondering how hard it was to arrange the interviews? In
all honesty, it was one of the easiest things I’ve ever done. Find a
writer’s web page, email them with a request for an interview and
wait for a response. I’m getting a 50% acceptance rate at the moment.

So there you go.

How to increase your subscription list by getting exclusive
interviews!

About the Author

Andy Walsh is a househusband and writer living in Cumbria in the UK.
He writes novels, short stories, articles and poems some of which you
can read at http://www.stbrodag.com. Check out ‘PROMOTE YOUR WRITING’
at http://www.stbrodag.com/promote/promote.htm.

When you’re doing research or looking for information on a
particular subject, it’s a lot like a detective checking all his
possible clues.

The important thing is knowing who or where your sources are.

In almost all instances, your first move should be to your
encyclopaedia. If you don’t have an up to date set, there’s
always your public library.

Most of the time, an encyclopaedia will give you at least the
general facts about your subject.

You may have to check other sources for more detailed information
on the subject.

After you’ve selected a number of books for background
information, check the magazines either directly related to your
subject, or those carrying articles on the subject.

Most of the time, you’ll find that magazines will provide you with
more up to date and timely information than books.

To check out information on your subject in magazines, look in the
Reader’s Guide To Periodical Literature.

Under subject and author headings, the completed section of this
guide will list articles printed in magazines since the turn of
the century.

The Suggestions For Use section will instruct you how to read the
codes under each heading.

If you can’t find the subject listed, think of similar subjects
that might be related.

The Suggestions For Use section will instruct you on how to read
the codes under each heading.

If you can’t find your subject listed, think of similar subjects
that might be related.

If your subject is part of a particular field of study, there may
be a special index that will help you.

Among these special indexes, you’ll find: Art Index, Business
Periodicals Index, Consumers Index, Education Index, Humanities
Index, Social Sciences Index, Biological and Agricultural Index,
and Applied Sciences and Technology Index.

You’ll even find a Popular Periodicals Index which lists articles
that have appeared in currently popular magazines.

You’ll also find that most city newspapers are veritable gold
mines of reference material.

Most of the big city newspapers have computerised indexes.

Several of the special national newspapers such as The Times also
have reference indexes.

Without a doubt, the Times Index is the most complete.

In these newspaper indexes, subjects and people are listed
alphabetically with the date, page number, and usually with the
number of columns devoted to that particular story.

About all you have to do is avail yourself of this information is
to stop by the newspaper office, tell them the kind of information
you’re looking for, and ask their help in locating it within their
index.

Facts on File is a world news digest that’s found at most public
libraries.

This is a weekly publication that’s broken down into four
categories: world Affairs, US Affairs, Other Nations and
Miscellaneous.

Editorials on File is a similar service that comes out twice a
month.

It is a survey of newspaper editorials that span a wide range of
subjects.

If you want to know about business trends, you should ask for and
look at the Moody’s Reports.

These cover banking and finance, industry and public services.

Most large public libraries also keep pamphlet files for brochures
from various information services and government agencies. Be
sure to ask about these.



Whenever you have a question or want more information on a
subject, always check first in the material that has been written
about it.

Public libraries and newspapers are free, and will definitely
point you in the right direction even if you don’t know much about
sources.

One of the best sources of information is people. Ask around, and
more often than not, you’ll find someone right in your own area
who is well versed on your subject.

An introductory phone call and an explanation as to why you’re
researching the subject will almost always lead you to many people
who’ll be glad to talk with you.

Interviewing and talking with people will give you the chance to
ask questions and hear specific explanations about the details
that may not be fully covered in a book, newspaper or other
publication.

When interviewing, your questions should be open ended - in other
words, questions which do not allow for a simple yes or no.

You should get the people you’re talking with to discuss their
experiences relative to the subject.

Post hypothetical situations, asking what they would do or what
would happen under a given set of circumstances.

Researching and gathering information on a particular subject can
be fun, exciting, and very informative. It will never be dull or
boring.

The important thing is to search out all the available sources,
and then to take advantage of them.

From there, you’ll find it’s very much like putting a jigsaw
puzzle together; the closer you get to completing the picture, the
most excited you become.

Many people find that when they begin a research project on a
specific subject, they quickly uncover so many interesting related
subjects that it’s hard to confine their enthusiasm to just the
one subject.

This is what learning is all about, regardless of the use you
eventually make of the information you gather.

The more you learn, the more you want to learn.

Curiosity about all things, and good, basic research, are the
prime requisites for any successful writer.

To have read about or experienced only a few aspects of a given
subject won’t interest very many people.

What the people want is a thorough discussion of the subject from
as many different points of view as possible.

This, of course, requires research, and to do research, you have
to know where to find the material you want.

Hopefully, we’ve ‘turned you on’ with the idea that the
information you’re interested in is available and virtually at
your fingertips.

All it takes is just a bit of effort on your part to avail
yourself of it.

Just remember, whatever has been thought of or dreamed of by man
since the beginning of time has been written about, and you can
learn about it with a reasonable amount of searching.

About the Author

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may guess correctly that it was focussed (no pun intended,
honest!) on flowers, plants and tree with some really high
quality close-ups that made me feel as though I was entering
another world.

As the art director, graphic designer and website designer of a
garden centre, garden center to our American cousins, which was
the flag ship of our group and our group belonging to the UK’s
largest chain of independent garden centres, I was in the
perfect location to photograph flowers, plants, shrubs and trees
at the drop of a hat.

The website really took off, paying for its self, the film and
processing including scans from Fuji Labs UK and then began
making a profit. Not a huge profit but enough to plough back in
and expand the library.

I was contacted from a number of horticultural photographers
over the first few years but declined their portfolios as I
simply didn’t have the time to manage a team of photographers
and their work.

Over the years however, I couldn’t ignore some of the quality of
work being submitted and it wasn’t just flower photography, it
was every theme imagineable.

In 2004, with many of my own photographs, all the photos from www.Flower-Photos.co.uk
and the sister site www.My-Flower-images.com I launched an all
subject royalty free and rights managed stock photography
website and image library called: www.Photo-Image-Stock.com or www.BuyRoyaltyFreeStockPhotography.com with
6 other photographers from around the world contributing a wide
spectrum of themes from food photos and cuisine to motorbikes to
landscapes and seascapes… it grew and grew and now in June
2005, there are 20,000 photos up on the site and that’s only a
small percentage of what I still have waiting to be sent up with
more being submitted every week!

I and the library don’t take a penny or any commission from
sales. The payments go directly to the photographer, I get a
larger viewership as there’s more to see and hopefully broaden
my chances of actually selling some of my own photos!

I was sick of paying $200 for an image from stock
photo libraries and then as I went through the online form and
entering where the image was to be used and how many issues were
to be printed, the price soar to $1,500 or more!

I thought it was about time someone started a library offering
really high quality stock photography at a flat low cost price
that didn’t get higher the more editions or posters were being
printed, where it didn’t matter if the photo was being used on
an inside page of a magazine or the front cover, where you could
use the image over and over again with no additional charges….
www.Photo-Image-Stock.com provides just that
- One flat rate of $77.00 / £40.00 / €58.00 for a
single image and discounts for multiple image purchases as below:

2-4 images (10% discount): $69.00 / £36.00 / €52.00
per image

5-9 images (20% discount): $61.00 / £32.00 / €47.00
pi

10-19 images (30% discount): $54.00 / £28.00 /
€41.00 pi

20-40 images (40% discount): $46.00 / £24.00 /
€35.00 pi

The majority of stock photos are taken using slide /
positive film but where digital cameras have been used, only the
highest quality digital images have been accepted.

The slide film used is either Fuji Velvia or Sensia at ASA50 or
ASA100, then the film is processed at FujiLab UK
and scanned to CD at 450dpi and a physical size of 20cm x 13.5cm
(8" x 5.5")

which is higher than the industry standard requirement of
300dpi but means that these images are crystal clear if used as
a front cover of a glossy magazine.

There’s also a second option for web designers or
for those with low budgets so low they can’t even afford our low
rates, subscibing to our service for a low monthly or annual
rate and downloading almost an indefinite number of medium res’
photos high enough res’ to be used on printed material if
reduced in physical size but easily high enough res’ to be used
for in-house posters or on web pages.

I set out to provide excellent quality stock
photography at a very low and affordable price that would enable
graphic designers, web site designers, art directors, picture
desks and anybody else, to stretch their budgets further and not
choke every time they ordered a photograph from an stock
photography library…. I hope I have accomplished this in some
small way.

Anybody wishing to purchase our images can visit us
at the websites above and any keen photographers with quality
work wishing to submit their work can also find a
submissions page with further information on our website
also.

We are different but we compliment

Like a reason for a statement

We are collinear when we’re together

And coplanar when we’re apart

I love it when you say I love you

And when I say I love you too

Our love is as deep as the ocean’s blue

A postulate and that is true

But time cannot and will never be tricked

When a bisector cut the line where we are linked

But love takes a long time to heal

And construct another line for us to live

Slopes may come and block our way

But hold tight and don’t be afraid

Eliminate your fears, let courage be paid

As we solve problems along the highway

We are opposites, we are tangent externally

But if we’re together, we’re tangent internally

Let no transversal cross in our life together

Promise that we’ll always stay forever

We’ll always stay the same in loving each other

What ever they say does not matter

For God knows our love is congruent

We are points destined to be together

What we must have is a sphere of love

An indefinite line of time and space

What ever it takes we will stay forever

All we need is each other

About the Author: my name is Frederick Rimando a student of Christ The King College. I’m 16 years old and i love composing poems.
the poem was about love. it was composed with the use of geometrical terms. it was the poem i submitted for my Geometry Project. Hope you like it.

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Features and Benefits: Which is Which, and Why Do I Need to Know
the Difference? — (c)2002 By Linda Elizabeth Alexander

How do you guarantee that your ads, sales letters, web copy and
other marketing materials as hard-hitting as possible?

You’ve heard that when writing promotional copy, you should
promote benefits rather than features. Benefits show the genuine
value of your products to your customers. They go beyond the
specs of your product to tell customers about all they will lose
if they don’t buy from you now. How do you distinguish between
features and benefits? And once you do, how do you communicate
those benefits?

1. Write down features and benefits before you start.

People don’t buy products — they buy what products do for them.
Before you begin, make two columns for a list: One for features
(your point of view) and another for benefits (from your
customers’ points of view). Are they buying telephone service,
or connection with their loved ones? Are they buying a portable
heater, or in- home comfort and protection from the elements?
Are they buying college courses, or the lucrative career that
will ensure their financial security?

2. Write the way you speak.

Use your company’s voice and personality in your copy. Make it
sound like a written conversation between your company’s
personality and your customer. Every company will have its own
style and tone, depending on what the you sell.

2. Write in second person point of view.

Remember to write that conversation as if it were you and one
customer speaking. Be sure to use “you” and “me” a lot -
companies don’t sell products, people do. Here are a few
examples to keep you on track:

“You will feel … ” “You’ll learn hat …” “…brings you … ”
“As you know,… ”

4. Provide a call to action.

No, you’re not ordering customers around when you tell them what
to do — but without spelling out specific actions to take,
you’ll risk losing their response.

Tell them exactly what you want them to do, and be specific. If
you don’t ask for the sale, you may not get it. For example:

“Please fill out the form and mail it to …” “Enter by December
13 for your chance to win …” “Call toll-free today 1-800-…”
“Click the blue box to read more …”

Follow these tips when communicating features and benefits and
be sure your customers are hearing the message you want them to
hear. That way, they will also respond to your call to action
the way you want them to, and you make the sale!