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You wouldn’t want to start getting telemarketer calls on your cell phone would you? Then you definately need to know that 15 days from today all cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies and you will start to receive sales calls.

That means that soon you will be charged incoming minutes for these sales calls… To prevent this, call the Do No Call list the following number from your cell phone: 888-382-1222. It is the > National DO NOT CALL list. It will only take a minute of your time.

It blocks your number for five (5) years. Help others by passing this info along to all your friends. OR go to: DoNotCall.gov

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Have you ever been kidnapped and brought to a surprise party? Well, as I was perusing thru my morning favorite blogs I saw that my friend Alice Seba had invited me to a “come as you are” blog party. How fun! Thanks for the invite Alice! I’m in an awesome mastermind group with Alice and have learned so much from her. She’s one smart cookie! *grin* I’m “game” for that.

So here’s me at 7:53 am with wet hair and all (notice the thermal underwear shirt underneath the sweater. It’s supposed to snow a bunch today in Chicago. Brrrrr. And I’m pointing to the invite on Alice’s Blog.

Here are the instructions for coming to the party:

If you are on the invite list, take a picture of yourself (as you are) and post it on your blog. Then invite the next 4 bloggers that you want to see “as is”.

Then tell us WHY you look that way in your picture and saying something about the person that ‘tagged’ and invited you to the party.

So I’m inviting:

• Pam Slim
• Christine Hohlbaum
• Darina Loakman
• Mila Sidman

I’ll be looking to see you in your God given glory coming “as you are”.

Isn’t this fun?

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One of my fellow contributing authors to the More Build it Big Book is coming to Chicago and has generously offered to do a free event! Marcia Wieder, known as America’s Dream Coach, will be presenting, “Forget Resolutions…This Year Go For Year Dreams”

Here are the details for the event below.

Feel free to pass this along to any friends or business associates.

COMING ON DEC 12 IN NORTHWEST CHICAGO SUBURBS

What: Free Event - Forget Resolutions…This Year Go For Year Dreams
Who: Presented by Marcia Wieder, America’s Dream Coach
Date: Tuesday, December 12
Time: 9 am - 12:30
Location: State Bank of the Lakes, 50 Commerce Dr, Grayslake, IL 60030
In the lower level meeting room
RSVP: Kristie Tamsevicius via email at kristie.tamsevicius@gmail.com

As seen on Oprah: “Marcia’s right! You have to be able to identify what you really love and what you really want, before you can get it.” Oprah Winfrey

Do you dream of doing less and having more? Would you like to be more successful and less stressed out? How about being healthier or in better shape? Do you want more quality time with friends and family? A new job, more passion, more money, greater ease? How about more fun?

See why and how it’s more powerful to move towards what you want, then to try to get rid of something. Learn a powerful technique for easily getting more of what you want. Take this time to dream, to reconnect to your passion, to explore how you want the next year of your life to be and to get inspired to make something big happen!

To reserve your spot at this free event RSVP to Kristie Tamsevicius via email at kristie.tamsevicius@gmail.com - or for questions call 847-244-8450.

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If one of your goals for the coming year is to get organized, to organize your home office, and to organize your life, then here are some books you’ll want to check out. These are the “best of the best” when it comes to decluttering your work and life.

6 Hot Organizing and Organization Books

• Organizing from the Inside Out by Julie Morgenstern (she has a great new daily planner from Franklin Covey too!
• Outwitting Clutter by Bill Adler Jr
• Clutters Last Stand: It’s Time To De-junk Your Life! by Don Aslett
• The Frantic Woman’s Guide to Life by Mary Jo Rulnick
• Seven Layers of Organization: Unclutter Your Home, Unclutter Your Life by Christopher Lowell
• Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen

Have you read any of these books? Which ones were your favorites? Are there any great organizing books that aren’t listed here? Share your organizing tips and organization resources!

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I just had to share how excited I am for my mom. She is an artist and a teacher at a school in Conroe, Texas. They asked her to do a mural in the school. And to be very honest, the school thought they were just getting a nice painting. And what my mom created is really a masterpiece that encompasses the entire hallway. She finally finished it after working on it for 6 months.

It’s funny, she said that the other teachers came up to her and said, we thought the painting would be nice, but we have NO idea it would turn out like this. She really blew them away.

Anyway, they are doing a big unveling ceremony for it on Wednesday. I guess the papers, TV etc are coming out to cover it. And they are having a ceremony to honor her, her work, and her contribution to the community.

So, I just wanted to share how proud I am of my mom. Everyone deserves one shining moment in their lives - this is hers. I am SO proud of her.

Since I am in Chicago, I haven’t seen it. But I guess it’s got the “I think I can” Choo Choo Train going thru it and so other cool stuff woven in. I am having her send a picture which I will post here later.

My mom taught me that you can do ANYTHING you set your mind to. She has fought against some terrible things in her life. She has always been put down for being different. But it’s because of her different take on things and her creativity that she has really made a difference.

So here’s to my mom. If any of you are in Texas and see anything in the newspapers or on TV about Paula Nelson from Conroe, Texas (by Houston) and her mural at the school in Conroe, please let me know.

How has your mom inspired you?

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If you are racking your brain trying to come up with a good home business idea, here are some ideas you might want to try:

Home Business Idea #1:
Start a Virtual Assistant Business -
Being a VA is like being a secretary, except that you do it from home. Virtual Assistants help clients from all around the world run their business more efficiently by taking on routine tasks like booking travel, typing, proofreading, website updates, promoting articles, etc. Here’s information on how to start your own virtual assistant business!

Home Business Idea #2:
Start a Face Painting Business and earn money with face painting by making rainbows and cute art on little kids faces!

Home Business Idea #3:
Earn extra money over the holidays with your start your own Santa Letter Business. Imagine the look on a child’s face when they get a letter from Santa. Well, here’s how to start your own Santa Letter business.

Those are 3 easy ways to earn money from home that are simple to start. - Cool home business ideas to earn cash huh?

To your success,

Kristie Tamsevicius

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Search Engine Marketing Program Success
excerpted from an Advertising Age Search Marketing Fact Pack 2006

What kind of success did search engine marketing bring the companies who implemented it?
Data from IntelliSurvey & Radar Research commissioned by SEMPO, Dec 2005, via eMarketers’ Search Marketing: Spending and Metrics April 2006 Study found the following.

1. Increased Traffic Volume 80% - Yeah, you would hope better rankings would bring you more traffic!
2. Conversion rate 76%
3. Clickthough rate 69%
4. Return on investment 62%
5. Cost per click 60%
6. CPA 54%
7. Total number of online sales 52% - Interesting, all that extra traffic online increase sales for 52% of companies.

Hmmmm… kind of makes me wonder if people should focus first on making their website really sell and getting the conversion rate up, then getting traffic second.

Psst. The Motherload Guide to Websites that Sell shows you how to do just that!

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Best and Worst Performing Online Ad Tactics
From Advertising Age Search Marketing Fact Pack 2006
According to MarketingSherpa, January 2006 via eMarketer’s Search Marketing 1: Spending and Metrics

1. Paid search ads 52% rated best — 8% rated worst
2. e-mail house list 47% best - 9% worst
3. rich media ads 38% best - 21% worst
4. behavioral targeting 36% best - 23% worst
5. search engine optimization 33% best - 14% worst
6. contextual targeting 31% best - 19% worst
7. affiliate marketing 29% best - 22% worst
8. text link ads 23% best - 20% worst
9. pop-ups, pop-unders 22% best - 39% worst
10. ads in email newsletters 16% best - 34% worst
11. banner ads 14% best - 39% worst
12. email rented lists 10% best - 52% worst

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Advertising Age had a cool little insert called “Search Marketing Fact Pact 2006“. There were some interesting statistics on search engine marketing I thought I’d share with you.

What’s the Top Search Engine? - Google of course!
No surprise here. According to comScore qSearch, in August 2006 Google gets 44.1% of traffic, followed by Yahoo with 28.7 %, and third is MSN with 12.5.

Males love Google - Females love Yahoo
According to Hitwise, males prefer Google 53.16% of the time (versus 46.84% of females)
and 50.25% of females prefer Yahoo (versus 49.75% of men)

Top 10 Categories Reached by Search
According to Hitwise for week of Sept 30, 2006.

1. Heath and medical - 43.19%
2. Education - 40.76%
3. Food and Beverage - 37.76%
4. Government - 31.14%
5. Community - 30.11%
6. Travel - 28.63%
7. Music - 27.74%
8. Shopping and Classified - 25.23%
9. Aviation - 21.90%
10 Automotive - 21.32%

Top Search Terms - My Space tops the charts!
for four weeks ending Sept 30, 2006 (study lists the top 50)
1. myspace
2. myspace.com
3. ebay
4. yahoo
5. www.myspace.com
6. mapquest
7. my space
8. myspace layouts
9. yahoo.com
10. steve irwin
11 craigslist
12 dictionary
13 lyrics
14 walmart
15 map quest
16 google
17 wikipedia
18 white pages
19 youtube
20 ebay.com

This data on search engine marketing, keywords, and the findings of these search engine studies is pretty interesting stuff huh?

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How’d you like to win cool prizes just for being a cool mom?

Well, Parent to Parent is partnering with Big Idea and Walmart in a fun contest over the holiday season!

To enter the contest, just tell us why you are a MOM CEO (Chief Everything Officer) in your home and you could win some incredible prizes.

The Grand Prize is 1 $100 Walmart Gift Card and a copy of the new veggie Tales movie, “Gideon: Tuba Warrior”

HERE’S THE DETAILS:

What: Veggie Tales/Walmart/Parent to Parent Contest

When: October 27 to December 15, 2006

Why: Everyone needs a little extra shopping money — how’s $100.00 sound? Besides that, the Veggie Tales DVD is so new — you WON’T find it in stores until November 04, 2006.

Click here for details on the Veggie Tales - Mommy CEO Contest and how to enter and win.

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