My 2¢ Worth

'd like to wish all you moms a happy Mother's Day in honor of this Sunday's occasion. Moms are perhaps God's greatest creation. Only I didn't realize that until I became an adult.

h sure, I loved my mom when I was a child. I always kissed my mother good-night (usually) and hugged her when I saw her (if I wasn't in a hurry). I even remembered her birthday (not too difficult, as it's only 12 days before mine).

  always thanked her for the cookies or cake she left out for me when I was out late (except when I forgot). Sometimes I even told her that I loved her.

ut it was only as an adult that I realized just how important Mom was to me. She taught me values and taught me good morals. Even with the cooking and cleaning and the other household chores, Mom always had time for me.

ou know, in a lot of ways, Mom was doing for me what I was incapable of doing for myself! So happy Mother's Day! You all deserve this occasion. Too bad we don't set aside more than one day a year to remember our moms.

Feature Article

The Perfect Internet Product - A Cookbook?

by: Willie Crawford http://ProfitAutomation.com/

So you've decided to go into business for yourself on the internet. You've heard it's the perfect way to supplement your income with little or no investment. But what will you market to achieve fame and fortune?

Actually it all depends upon your goals and interests. You do need to offer something for which there is a proven demand. You need something that can be delivered cost effectively over the internet. You need something that you can easily locate the market for.

Why not write you own cookbook?

Why a cookbook?

• Everybody eats.
• People are constantly looking for new ways to prepare their favorite foods.
• Many people are avid cookbook and recipe collectors.
• You can create an ebook that has practically no delivery cost.
• You can print hardcopies later from the profits of your ebook or you can use print-on-demand to have copies printed as needed.
• Most people have or can compile a collection of their favorite recipes.

Writing a cookbook involves pulling together some recipes, some photos or illustrations, and organizing your collection. You need some specialized theme to write your cookbook around. You can create a cookbook around a single food, a style of cooking, or around a purpose such as a charity.

Once you've written your cookbook, then your challenge may be in marketing it. As a seasoned cookbook author here are the elements I consider essential:

• A website to use in attracting visitors interested in your topic. Ideally, this website will contain content that gets you great search engine listings and traffic. A website can cost under $10 per month.
• A mailing list to discuss your cookbook or the type of food covered by your cookbook (to create interest in your cookbook). You can run your mailing list at no cost spending only an hour or so a week.
• A system on your website for taking orders. This can be as simple as a free Paypal account or more elaborate such as a shopping cart that can handle a variety of products. You can even have an affiliate program where you pay other webmasters for sending you referrals.

Putting together a cookbook is really little more than planning, getting organized, and then just doing it!

But can you really make big money selling your own cookbook? The answer to that very important question is that you can if you can generate enough interest or attract enough attention. That is where the majority of your work will come in. You will need to learn effective internet marketing techniques and implement them.

Since writing and publishing a cookbook does involve so little work, it can prove profitable even if you don't sell a million copies a year. Your overhead will be so low that if you only earn a few thousand dollars a month, you will be doing great. The cookbook will sell for a long time, while requiring no additional work.

One of the secrets of many successful online entrepreneurs that I know is that they don't try to make a fortune from just one product. Instead, they have several... perhaps a dozen products each generating a nice income. Combined, these products, generating multiple streams of income, allow these entrepreneurs to reach their online income goals.

Of all of the products that you could create and market online, a cookbook is one of the few requiring no specialized knowledge or training. So for many internet beginners, it makes sense to make their first product a cookbook. Start generating some quick income. Then focus on other related or unrelated products.

If you'd like to learn more of the step-by-step details on writing your cookbook, you need to learn from someone who's done it. A good place to begin is by visiting the site writeacookbook.com At this site three experienced cookbook authors explain everything involved. Their cookbooks range from German cooking, to soul food and Southern cooking, to recipes for your dog. That gives you an idea of the possibilities.

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Willie Crawford has been teaching others how to build an on-line business since late 1996. Frequently featured in radio, magazine and newspaper articles and interviews, Willie teaches the average guy what the top marketers are doing but seldom talking about. For example, Willie demonstrates the power of automated residual income through his system at: ProfitAutomation.Com Visit now for a business boost.

Points vs. Pixels

When specifying point size using Cascading Style Sheets, the text will appear larger on PC than on Mac. While "font- size: 10pt" can be a comfortable size on a PC, on a Mac it can be a bit of an eyestrain.

Also, when specifying point size, the user can increase and decrease the text size on the page.

Specifying pixel size, on the contrary, will result in essentially the same size text on both PC and Mac monitors; i.e., "font-size: 12px" In this case, the user can not (with most browsers) change the text size.

Which you specify, points (##pt) or pixels (##px), depends on your preference and on what you want the user to experience. If you want to let the user adjust the text size at will or let the user's browser preference determine the size, specify points. If your design depends on a rigid text size or if the text size must be consistent across platforms, specify pixels.

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Second Article

Don't You Know?

by: Ken Darby The Pebble

A woman came home from a nearby farm with two buckets of cow manure for her garden. "What's that for?" Asked her 6-year-old daughter.

"The strawberries, " Mom answered.

After staring at the buckets for a moment, the youngster asked, "Can I just have mine with whipped cream?"

I guess she would rather have whipped cream. Yet here, again, as with all jokes, it points out a truth for us.

The little girl responded that way because she did not know what her Mother was really planning. She had not yet experienced the idea of putting the manure on the ground around the strawberries in order to fertilize them and help them grow.

When we say, or do, things are you always conscious of those around you so you know they are aware of what you say or do?

How many times do you run into conflict because those around you don't know what you are doing?

It happens to me all the time. Having thought out a course of action I go ahead and do it. Sometimes those around me have no idea what I'm doing and, if it concerns them, they will speak up, usually angry.

It all goes back to the "Folks are always down on what they're not up on!" theory.

Yet it shows, too, a responsibility for us. We must ensure those who are affected understand the issue. If we do this before we act it will save everyone frustration.

How many times have you written material, a letter, an ebook, a website, from the platform you understand, yet have given no thought to your audience and how many of them understand?

Communicating is one of the world's greatest skills. It takes one hundred percent thought, even some inner guidance, to get it done correctly for all listeners or readers.

When writing or speaking try to keep those thoughts in the back of your mind —

Don't You Know?

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Ken Darby writes articles, books and other material helping people achieve their goals. We pay for your dream home. For an amazing income opportunity take a look at www.thenewsshop.com/oursalespeople.html You might want to see if an internet business is for you.
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