HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- Microsoft's decision to cut its online instant messenger service to Cuba, among other countries, was denounced in an article published Friday in the Juventud Rebelde newspaper.
The article, entitled "Cuba ¿la red cercada? (Cuba, the besieged internet?), reports that according to a communique issued by the giant software company, MSN Messenger Services have been suspended to Cuba and other "enemy" countries of the US, including Iran, North Korea, Syria and Sudan in accordance with US legislation.
The article points out that Microsoft's measures have caused widespread international controversy and that the move is not consistent with the company's advertising campaign launched 10 years ago. The campaign boasted that MSN Messenger would foster exchange between people without regards to race, beliefs, political ideals or any other discriminatory factors.
Not even the corporation's spokespersons have been able to give a convincing answer as to why the measure was taken now. "Is this a tenth anniversary present the company saved for itself, or is it another way to further tighten the siege against Cuba promoted by the most reactionary sectors of US politics and the economy," the article asks.
And Microsoft is not the only company that denies the use of advanced technology in Cuba.
In an open violation of international law, since the 1960s the US has prevented all major world computer manufacturers like Intel, Hewlett Packard, IBM or Macintosh from directly selling their products to Cuba -- not even for humanitarian purposes like healthcare.
As an example the article notes that in 2003 the US Trade Department refused to grant a license for USA/Cuba-Informed to send 423 computers to be used in Cuban hospitals and policlinics on the grounds that "it would harm US foreign policy interests."
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Sunday, May 31, 2009
Saturday, May 16, 2009
The Network Marketing Concept
The Internet has been a good source of information for people worldwide. The innovation of new technologies pushed the World Wide Web to evolve as well; thus, online business was born.
Affiliate marketing on the Internet is one way to conduct business transactions to give your income a boost. Since the ability to do payments is now integrated into the Internet system, many have found that doing business online is lucrative and hassle-free.
The Concept of Affiliate and Network Marketing
Being an online salesman is much easier that going door-to-door to sell your product. Affiliate marketing has the same concept, yet with a different twist. Using the Internet, you can search thousands of products to affiliate with, and sell to make a decent profit.
Also, the Internet can give you an unlimited number of prospect customers for your product, and you don't have to travel around the world to do so. All you need to do is to send them an email that will serve as your communication with them.
Steps to Affiliate and Network Marketing
1. The first step to get started with affiliate marketing is to search out a profitable product to sell. There are plenty of Web sites that offer countless of products by different producers worldwide. My particular product is Travel and Health Care.
You have to make sure that the product you chose has a positive review, and will conform to the needs and wants of many online consumers. Travel is a 7 billion dollar industry and expected to grow to 11 billion.
2. You need to create a Web site where you can post the product's information in detail, and make it accessible to different surfers. You may also need to subscribe your site to many search engines so that you will be included in search listings as is http://www.ahmtravelblog.com
If you already have a site on the Web for your affiliate product, you need to make sure that it integrates the methods for SEO or Search Engine Optimization. SEO will make sure that your site will be on the top list of search results by search engines.
3. Create articles with keywords or key word phrase that will promote your product and your business. Not only will positive articles give your product a good review to various consumers, you can also use it for SEO purposes.
3. Aside from searching email addresses to market your product to different consumers, you can implement a guest book in your Web space to collect information. This will also provide a great opportunity for your site's visitor to interact with you directly and be aware of their sentiments regarding your affiliate product.
4. Last but not the least, you need to drive more traffic to your Web site. You can do link building with other popular sites to increase traffic to yours.
Affiliate marketing on the Internet is one way to conduct business transactions to give your income a boost. Since the ability to do payments is now integrated into the Internet system, many have found that doing business online is lucrative and hassle-free.
The Concept of Affiliate and Network Marketing
Being an online salesman is much easier that going door-to-door to sell your product. Affiliate marketing has the same concept, yet with a different twist. Using the Internet, you can search thousands of products to affiliate with, and sell to make a decent profit.
Also, the Internet can give you an unlimited number of prospect customers for your product, and you don't have to travel around the world to do so. All you need to do is to send them an email that will serve as your communication with them.
Steps to Affiliate and Network Marketing
1. The first step to get started with affiliate marketing is to search out a profitable product to sell. There are plenty of Web sites that offer countless of products by different producers worldwide. My particular product is Travel and Health Care.
You have to make sure that the product you chose has a positive review, and will conform to the needs and wants of many online consumers. Travel is a 7 billion dollar industry and expected to grow to 11 billion.
2. You need to create a Web site where you can post the product's information in detail, and make it accessible to different surfers. You may also need to subscribe your site to many search engines so that you will be included in search listings as is http://www.ahmtravelblog.com
If you already have a site on the Web for your affiliate product, you need to make sure that it integrates the methods for SEO or Search Engine Optimization. SEO will make sure that your site will be on the top list of search results by search engines.
3. Create articles with keywords or key word phrase that will promote your product and your business. Not only will positive articles give your product a good review to various consumers, you can also use it for SEO purposes.
3. Aside from searching email addresses to market your product to different consumers, you can implement a guest book in your Web space to collect information. This will also provide a great opportunity for your site's visitor to interact with you directly and be aware of their sentiments regarding your affiliate product.
4. Last but not the least, you need to drive more traffic to your Web site. You can do link building with other popular sites to increase traffic to yours.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Concept of Affiliate Marketing
By: SUMAN
The Internet has been a good source of information for people worldwide. The innovation of new technologies pushed the World Wide Web to evolve as well; thus, online business was born.
Affiliate marketing on the Internet is one way to conduct business transactions to give your income a boost. Since the ability to do payments is now integrated into the Internet system, many have found that doing business online is lucrative and hassle-free.
The Concept of Affiliate Marketing
Being an online salesman is much easier that going door-to-door to sell your product. Affiliate marketing has the same concept, yet with a different twist. For more details www.money-secret-exposed.com Using the Internet, you can search thousands of products to affiliate with, and sell to make a decent profit.
Also, the Internet can give you an unlimited number of prospect customers for your product, and you don't have to travel around the world to do so. All you need to do is to send them an email that will serve as your communication with them.
Steps to Affiliate Marketing
1. The first step to get started with affiliate marketing is to search out a profitable product to sell. There are plenty of Web sites that offer countless of products by different producers worldwide.
You have to make sure that the product you chose has a positive review, and will conform to the needs and wants of many online consumers.
2. You need to create a Web site where you can post the product's information in detail, and make it accessible to different surfers. You may also need to subscribe your site to many search engines so that you will be included in search listings.
If you already have a site on the Web for your affiliate product, you need to make sure that it integrates the methods for SEO or Search Engine Optimization. SEO will make sure that your site will be on the top list of search results by search engines.
3. Create articles with keywords or keyphrase that will promote your product and your business. For more details www.ad-tracking-pro.com Not only will positive articles give your product a good review to various consumers, you can also use it for SEO purposes.
3. Aside from searching email addresses to market your product to different consumers, you can implement a guest book in your Web space to collect information. This will also provide a great opportunity for your site's visitor to interact with you directly and be aware of their sentiments regarding your affiliate product.
4. Last but not the least, you need to drive more traffic to your Web site. You can do link building with other popular sites to increase traffic to yours.
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Saturday, March 21, 2009
So, what is the problem with MLM and network marketing?
What is Network Marketing anyway? Why do so many of my friends think that I would be good at Network Marketing? What Makes people think that I want to sell Widgets door to door, or over the Internet? Sure, I could use an extra 500 to 2500 dollars a week, who can’t?
It never ceases to amaze me the extreme polar views on the topic of network marketing and MLM. Some people are passionate about it in the extreme, and there are even top celebrity authors like Robert Allen, Mark Victor Hansen, and Robert Kiyosaki doing it and advocating it. Yet, in many circles, you might as well declare yourself a leper as admit to being in network marketing.
So, what is the problem with MLM and network marketing?
Maybe it's the pyramid structure? But you can't really take issue with the tiered compensation structure—almost every large sales organization in the world has that. Salespeople get commission, and sales managers get overrides or bonuses on top of that, and sales directors on top of that, and VPs on top of that.
Or maybe it's the fact that you have to pay to participate in it? But that can't be it—that's a standard franchising model. And I assure you, the franchise fee of most traditional franchises dwarf the sign-up cost of any MLM program by comparison.
Now certainly, there are illegal pyramid, or "Ponzi", schemes. This is where the money is all being made off of signing up other people, with little or no real product ever being delivered. But in spite of whatever perceptions people may have, the fact is that Amway, Excel, Meleleuca, PrePaid Legal, USANA, and many others have sold millions upon millions of dollars of products to happy customers, many of whom are NOT also reps. So, there may be a perception problem here, but if so, the perception is out of line with the reality.
But surely the bad reputation MLM'ers has some more basis in fact than the occasional illegal pyramid scheme?
The real problem with MLM is not MLM itself, but some of the people it attracts. Network marketing is just a business model, and it really amounts to "micro-franchising". Its upside is that it has a very low cost of entry, with the potential for exceptional revenue, and there are those who achieve that.
But those same things that make it attractive make it attractive to many who are NOT really qualified or prepared to become business owners. The salient characteristics of MLM make it attractive to people who:
• have not done well in their business or profession and have little money saved up to invest
• have no previous experience owning or running a business
• have no previous experience in sales
• have little or no experience developing business relationships other than that of employer/employee/co-worker
• are not satisfied with their current level of income
• have unrealistic expectations of the amount of work involved compared to the revenue realized
Don't get me wrong—I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with any of these things, or that this describes even a majority of network marketers—only that it describes a disproportionate number of network marketers, and that many of them never do anything about it.
As a result, many network marketers end up:
• over-selling the opportunity
• inappropriately discussing business in social situations
• coming across as desperate
• over-focused on new recruits and neglecting existing customers as a result
• being either inaccurate or deceptive when talking about their business
Again, I'm certainly not saying that this describes a majority of network marketers, but it does describe enough of them to tarnish the reputation of the rest. To pre-judge someone based on the basis of a small minority of people in that group is horribly unfair, but we must realize that most prejudices have some basis in reality, even if it has been distorted.
So what's the solution?
There's a first time for everything. And network marketing/MLM is a great opportunity for people to have their first business, their first sales role, etc. My point is this—recognize it for what it is: it's a business, and you are a business owner. And if you've never owned a business before, if you've never done sales before, if you've never networked before, you need to learn about how to do so, not just from the network marketing/MLM experts, but from established experts in those fields.
Network marketers who are serious about building a business should be reading and learning about business fundamentals, the latest sales and marketing techniques, strategies for networking and business development, etc., not just swapping tips at your team's weekly or monthly meeting. Act like a small business owner, and people will treat you like one.
Next Time Let's Look at the current trend In Network Marketing How to.
It never ceases to amaze me the extreme polar views on the topic of network marketing and MLM. Some people are passionate about it in the extreme, and there are even top celebrity authors like Robert Allen, Mark Victor Hansen, and Robert Kiyosaki doing it and advocating it. Yet, in many circles, you might as well declare yourself a leper as admit to being in network marketing.
So, what is the problem with MLM and network marketing?
Maybe it's the pyramid structure? But you can't really take issue with the tiered compensation structure—almost every large sales organization in the world has that. Salespeople get commission, and sales managers get overrides or bonuses on top of that, and sales directors on top of that, and VPs on top of that.
Or maybe it's the fact that you have to pay to participate in it? But that can't be it—that's a standard franchising model. And I assure you, the franchise fee of most traditional franchises dwarf the sign-up cost of any MLM program by comparison.
Now certainly, there are illegal pyramid, or "Ponzi", schemes. This is where the money is all being made off of signing up other people, with little or no real product ever being delivered. But in spite of whatever perceptions people may have, the fact is that Amway, Excel, Meleleuca, PrePaid Legal, USANA, and many others have sold millions upon millions of dollars of products to happy customers, many of whom are NOT also reps. So, there may be a perception problem here, but if so, the perception is out of line with the reality.
But surely the bad reputation MLM'ers has some more basis in fact than the occasional illegal pyramid scheme?
The real problem with MLM is not MLM itself, but some of the people it attracts. Network marketing is just a business model, and it really amounts to "micro-franchising". Its upside is that it has a very low cost of entry, with the potential for exceptional revenue, and there are those who achieve that.
But those same things that make it attractive make it attractive to many who are NOT really qualified or prepared to become business owners. The salient characteristics of MLM make it attractive to people who:
• have not done well in their business or profession and have little money saved up to invest
• have no previous experience owning or running a business
• have no previous experience in sales
• have little or no experience developing business relationships other than that of employer/employee/co-worker
• are not satisfied with their current level of income
• have unrealistic expectations of the amount of work involved compared to the revenue realized
Don't get me wrong—I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with any of these things, or that this describes even a majority of network marketers—only that it describes a disproportionate number of network marketers, and that many of them never do anything about it.
As a result, many network marketers end up:
• over-selling the opportunity
• inappropriately discussing business in social situations
• coming across as desperate
• over-focused on new recruits and neglecting existing customers as a result
• being either inaccurate or deceptive when talking about their business
Again, I'm certainly not saying that this describes a majority of network marketers, but it does describe enough of them to tarnish the reputation of the rest. To pre-judge someone based on the basis of a small minority of people in that group is horribly unfair, but we must realize that most prejudices have some basis in reality, even if it has been distorted.
So what's the solution?
There's a first time for everything. And network marketing/MLM is a great opportunity for people to have their first business, their first sales role, etc. My point is this—recognize it for what it is: it's a business, and you are a business owner. And if you've never owned a business before, if you've never done sales before, if you've never networked before, you need to learn about how to do so, not just from the network marketing/MLM experts, but from established experts in those fields.
Network marketers who are serious about building a business should be reading and learning about business fundamentals, the latest sales and marketing techniques, strategies for networking and business development, etc., not just swapping tips at your team's weekly or monthly meeting. Act like a small business owner, and people will treat you like one.
Next Time Let's Look at the current trend In Network Marketing How to.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Former President Bill Clinton Talks About The Importance Of The Profession Of Network Marketing and Direct Selling
Former President Bill Clinton talks about the importance of the profession of Network Marketing and Direct Selling to the economy.
Someone once said that success is that old ABC—Ability, Breaks and Courage. Most people think that the hardest part is getting the big break—wrong!
Don't stay in a career rut when all you need is the ability to recognize an opportune moment when you see it and the courage to grab it when it comes along.
The Internet is the new horizon of world enterprise and it's a good chance for anyone with the vision to see it. Ben Franklin once said, “To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.” When I discovered my Internet business I knew this was the break I was looking for… and I jumped on it!
Thousands of ordinary people like us are making outstanding incomes working at home through the Internet. But there's room for a lot more! A few folks will grab the Internet gold rush and reap the rewards, most will sit cautiously on the sidelines and watch it go by.
Are you a watcher or a doer?
To succeed as a home-based entrepreneur you don't need a lot of:
• Money
• Talent
• Experience
All you need are:
• The Right Tools
• Persistence
So, why wait any longer? Somebody is going to make good money online—it might as well be you! Select the Web site below and find out how quickly you can get on the road to financial success!
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