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We are all social animals. Not many of us think about prisons.
Why is prison life a punishment? Because you can not move around
and meet people. With friendship, we break the barrier that
stops us sharing our life with others. During early childhood,
only mother is enough. But observe the pain on the face of a
child who has no friends to play with, and you will realize why
friends are so important? Why does even a small child need
friends? He/she can surely play with parents and enjoy life?
Friends are needed because most of them are from the same age
group and we relate better with people of our age group. Give it
a thought.

Many of us carry a childhood friendship in our adult life. That
gives us an opportunity to share memories of the childhood spent
together. That’s why, when we meet a old childhood friend after
a long time, we love to go back to our memories. We go back to
those days, when things were much better. One is also known by
the friends one keeps. What does this mean? This means that
people of similar taste become better friends. That is a big
advantage of friendship. To share thoughts about things of
common interest.

Many times, something in our life, some incidents etc. can not
be shared with anyone but friends. A friend will understand our
problem and not lecture us about mistakes. A friend will be with
us and will always be for us. That is friendship. Good friends
share every thing in their life including the intimate details,
and one who has such friends is very lucky. To share is very
important. To talk, to discuss, to exchange ideas, to smile, to
laugh and to cry together, we need friends. If we have good
friends, we should always take care of the friendship and make
the bond stronger. A friendship lost is a very big loss. We can
not go back to childhood days and make friends again. Value
friends, and value the friendship as a treasure.

Connect with friends with love and care. Send them some ecards
from time to time to share your care. Here are few especially
selected for you. Send them, if you like them.

Thinking Of You

How Are You Doing?

Long time, No see?

Very Cheerful Morning

It’s A Beautiful Day

Thanks For Your Friendship

You
Care For Me

How often have you been searching for a phone number or address
and seen an advertisement for a criminal background check? This
tool that was once available only to law enforcement officials
is now available to anyone who is willing to pay for it. Think
it’s all a bogus ploy for money? Think again.

Criminal background checks can be used by businesses and
individuals for a variety of purposes. Some of those reasons are
commonly understood. A daycare, school or after-school program
will likely run criminal background checks to be sure that
workers have no history of child molestation. While it’s not a
foolproof method of being sure that children are safe, it is a
step in the right direction. By the same token, nursing homes
and retirement centers may run a criminal background check to
eliminate workers and volunteers who have known violent
tendencies. Hospitals and doctor’s offices may use criminal
background checks to look for drug abuse, since workers will
likely have access to drugs on the premises.

There are some other reasons for a business to run a check. A
company may choose to run a criminal background check on every
applicant before offering a position in the company. This is
particularly important in some industries. A company that makes
airplanes, for example, will probably want to be sure that
employees are not associated with any terrorist groups and that
they have not been involved in any terrorist activities. A
meat-packing plant may run a background check to be sure that
potential employees are not animal rights activists looking to
create issues for the company.

Neighborhood organizations and individuals may also run criminal
background checks on those living in the area. While some say
it’s an invasion of privacy, finding out that a new neighbor has
been arrested for assault or that he (or she) has been involved
in a child abuse case allows the neighbors to be alert. It’s not
possible to always prepare for every possible situation, but
information like this can be what it takes to keep children and
families safer.

So how do you run a criminal background check? You’ll find
plenty of online sites ready to offer the service. Take time to
evaluate the company offering the information before you sign
up. Remember that these checks typically aren’t free, so be sure
of what you’re going to get before you pay. You should also keep
in mind that there are some free online sources of information.
Your state department of corrections may have information if you
know that someone has been in prison, and sex offenders will be
registered with your local police department.

“Your price is too high.” “We’re loyal to our current supplier.”
“I prefer your competitor’s product.”

Classic objections such as those are very hard to overcome when
they pop up near the end of your sales call after you have
presented your company and your product, and after you have
expended most of your sales ammunition. But objections are far
easier to handle if you uncover them earlier in the process.

An objection is the customer’s response to an unasked question.

Action Selling defines objections as the customer’s response to
questions you failed to ask earlier in the sales call. If you
can ask all the right questions before making your formal
product presentation, you will uncover every potential objection
that otherwise would come back to bite you and you can modify
your sales presentation accordingly.

Here are those three classic objections again, with questions
that could have exposed them before they arose:

“Your price is too high.” (Q: How much do you currently pay?)

“We’re loyal to our current supplier.” (Q: What do you like
about your current supplier? What would you like to see them
improve?)

“I prefer your competitor’s product.” (Q: What are the
capabilities of the product you’re using now? What would you
like to see added?

Does this sound obvious? Then why aren’t you doing it? Probably
because, like 19 out of 20 salespeople, you don’t plan to do it
and you don’t prepare good questions prior to a sales call.

But suppose you do ask excellent questions and an unforeseen
objection surfaces anyway? In that case, just follow the same
rule: Ask questions to understand the objection, try to quantify
it, and look for possible solutions.

Objections are the customer’s response to unasked questions. Ask
The Best Sales Questions early in the sales call, and customize
your sales presentation so that you’ll hear far fewer objections
later. If you do hear an objection late in the call, figure out
the question you should have asked-and ask it now.

In The Field:

“We had never prepared questions in advance of a sales call
before,” says Brent Bearden, Manager of National Sales at Summit
Biotechnology. Now, thanks to the Action Selling sales training
program, Bearden says, “we uncover the information we need to
gear our presentations in a way that prevents sales objections
from arising.”

In one case, good questioning delivered an even greater benefit.
Summit, a division of billion-dollar agricultural giant Monfort
Inc., sells animal sera and related products to pharmaceutical
companies. Questions designed to uncover and thoroughly
understand one customer’s resistance to a particular product led
Summit to develop an extremely successful new product that
anticipated and overcame the objection. “We would have missed
out on a multi-million-dollar opportunity without Action
Selling,” Bearden said.

The best way to deal with objections is to ask good questions
early in the sales call; questions that reveal and quantify
potential objections, allowing you to search for solutions.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder — Cliche? Yes. True? It depends.

Missing a person could be one hell of an ordeal. The stress it may bring is almost tantamount to mental torture. Distance is often the most fearsome test for relationships to withstand. What if a person has been away for too long? The tendency is that the person desserted or even both parties cope through looking for other activities with the attempt to make preoccupation forget the loneliness or homesickness a person feels.

But you know what? The rigors and melancholy that these trying times could bring may be alleviated. How? It’s as easy as getting the phone, dialing the phone number of that person and talking to that person. Calling your loved one more often and a lot longer is a surefire way to surmount that “abandoned” feeling.

Now the real problem is what if you need to be tight on your budget? Phonecards used for international calls often come with a hefty price tag. How do you deal with that when there’s some tuition, utilities and other bills waiting for you to act on.

Don’t fret. There are some ways for you to save on international calls. Just read on.

One way for you to not pinch much from your wallet while making that awaited international call is to know what kind of phone will receive your call. Overseas calls to mobile devices such as pagers and cellphones can cost you much more than when you call to a land line phone. This is because of the system called “calling party pays” employed by several overseas carriers. Ask your honey if she can just look for a landline instead of calling her through her latest Nokia.

How about getting some help from your good old smooth operator? NOT. Unless your call is for an emergency, don’t let the operator sweet talk you. You’ll see that what you can pay for only a few cents per minute could cost you some precious dollars after asking an operator to assist you with your call.

Go PPC. No, it’s not about your pubo-coccygeal muscles or those Internet marketing hype known as pay-per-click! It’s about using prepaid phone cards. Enjoy the convenience of not having to think of your bills after making that international call through the use of prepaid phone cards. Just make sure that you don’t fall for the mistake of buying expired cards or those that have high connection and maintenance fee.

Opt for pre-paid plans. If you’re not a prepaid card person despising all the fuss on knowing first all the hidden charges, prepaid plans could be of great help for you to save your hard-earned bucks. Websites that especially cater to those who’d really like to save on their international calls abound.

Choose what will not burn much of your time and what you’re most comfortable with. With these tips on how to save on your international calls, you don’t have to look for other activities to just resist the temptation of making that international call. Just call!

www.MrLongdistance.com owner Bernard Pragides has been in the telecommunication business since 1997. Please feel free to contact us if you have any queries on phone cards or international call rates. You may email us at HelpMeSave@MrLongDistance.com

Bluetooth headsets make up one of the fastest wireless markets here in the US and around the world. Headsets with Bluetooth wireless technology are capable of working with a variety of other Bluetooth enabled devices such as cell phones, PDAs, and digital music devices (like the iPod). Unlike conventional headsets, Bluetooth headsets do not require wires of any sort, but rather receive information from your portable device through 2.4GHz radio waves. The range of communication for most headsets is somewhere around 10 feet, which is usually plenty long.

Not surprisingly, there are a wide variety of Bluetooth headsets out there, and it really comes down to tastes in styles and preferred features as to which one is right for you. You’ll want to make sure, for instance, that your Bluetooth device - whether it be an iPod, laptop, or PDA - will work with your chosen headphones. Here we list below some of the most popular Bluetooth headsets and their relevent features.

Logitech Mobile Bluetooth Headset

Logitech’s Bluetooth headset is a real competitor in the market. It is a solid product with a dependable brand name, fully capable of providing sound connection between your cell phone and the headset. The device is entirely compatible with most major Bluetooth phones, but you may have to look into its compatibility with other devices. Like most headsets, the device can clip easily to either ear. It comes with an adjustable, swing-out boom that includes a noise-blocking microphone. The battery unit is rechargeable and is capable of giving you about 7 hours of talk time.

Motorola Bluetooth Headsets

Motorola currently has two stylish Bluetooth headsets on the market: the HS810 and HS820, and one soon to be released: the HS850. The HS810 and HS820 are very similar in style and shape.

Both devices are, of course, Bluetooth enabled and can thereby communicate with Bluetooth 1.1 compliant devices, including handsets, PDAs and computers. The device is compatible with the Motorola V600 and V710 phones. The HS810 and HS820 both weigh about 20 grams, and the HS820 has a slightly longer talk time range of 6 hours, compared with the HS810’s 5 hours max. They both can run on standby for 100 hours. The HS820 has the ability to communicate with your phone up to 33 feet away, and is equipped with a couple nice features: conference call and voice dialing. The HS810 sells for $99.00 and the HS820 for $79.00.

Information concerning the newest headset by Motorola, the HS850, has just recently been released. Those lucky enough to have tested and reviewed this device have, so far, given it high marks. Like it predecessors, the HS850 has a simple yet attractive design. The main casing is black, with silver around the control area (image below). One of the more innovative features of this device is the flip-on connection system that enables the headset to connect with your phone as soon as you flip it open.

Jabra FreeSpeak Bluetooth Headsets

Jabra, a leading provider of hands-free communication devices is optimistic about its newest headset the Jabra FreeSpeak FS258 released recently in Malaysia. Weighing only 23 grams, the FS258 is the lightest behind-the-ear device produced by Jabra. The company is encouraged by a new trend in the US towards banning the use of cell phones while driving is some states, such as New Jersey.

Bradley James is a senior editor at SciNet.cc, a website containing many helpful consumer electronics review articles. For more information on Bluetooth wireless technology, please visit our Bluetooth headset webpage.

New York, NY, 11/28/2005 - The free discussion forums at
snarkish.com are celebrating their first birthday by awarding an
iPod nano in their “Type for Tiunes” contest. Forum members who
post trenchant, compelling messages between Nov. 28 and Dec. 4th
are eligible to win.

Snarkish.com - the free grown-up discussion forums for
people with their clothes on - is celebrating its first
anniversary by giving a free iPod nano to a new or current forum
member who posts at least one interesting, creative, and
relevant message in any of the 20 Snarkish.com forums during the
week beginning November 28 and ending December 4. The winner
will be drawn randomly from all eligible entries.

The contest is part of a membership drive being held in
connection with the Snarkish anniversary. To participate,
entrants must sign up for their free membership, or log in to
their current account, and post a message that is substantive
and relevant to the forum they choose. Entries can be news
topics or replies to existing online topics. Quality, not
quantity, is what counts.

Binky explains, “This contest will attract new members who’ll
provide fresh viewpoints and the current members get a chance
for the nano. As a bonus, we introduce the new members to a
forum where they aren’t plagued by tweenagers with surging
hormones and pulsating emoticons.”

Snarkish is a collection of reviews, articles and discussion
forums about current events, entertainment, Mac and Windows
support, politics, books, photography, and more. Snarkish member
Jim Nichol says, “Snarkish forums offer real depth. For example,
the movies we discuss don’t stop with Harry Potter. We have
screenwriters on board who are familiar with indie, obscure, and
foreign movies worth watching.” David Bondelevitch, another
long-time member, says, “Snarkish is one of the few forums on
the net where you can communicate with adults about virtually
any topic and get an intelligent response.”

Binky, a former CompuServe forum manager, founded Snarkish in
response to what she terms the “AOL-ization” of CompuServe.
Joining her are former MAUG members Alan August, David Ramsey,
and CompuServe’s Showbiz forum staffer Nicholas D’Amato.

Entries will be judged by forum staffers Binky, Alan August,
Steve Lee, Howard Oakley, and Nicholas D’Amato. Complete contest
details are found at http://snarkish.com.

The latest research shows that more and more people use their
ringtones as a fashion statement. Countless companies are
growing up to cater for this need and the music industry is
taking note. However caution needs to be given for those wishing
to purchase ringtones from the internet. In a recent survey, 36%
said they had been mislead by a ringtone provider at least once.

Despite this, the ringtone business is set to become a multi
dollar business within the next 3 years. Already in Europe more
people bought ringtones last year than CD singles. This craze is
only expanding with advances in mobile phone technology, which
allows consumers to listen to MP3 quality ringtones on their
mobile. The most popular being TV shows and films. These new
tehnologies are allowing consumers to customise their phone like
never before. Not only ringtones but wallpaper and logos etc.
The list is endless.

This is especially true of teenagers who make up the bulk of
ringtone consumers. To a teenager a ringtone is not a way for
you to know that your phone is ringing but a fashion statement.
It tells who you are to others around you, on the bus, in the
street, where ever it may be. Its like wearing sports wear or
“grunge”, it tells people who you are and what you stand for. So
what started out to be a “fad” might turn out to stay with us.
Who can predict what will be the next “fad” in the mobile
market.

Perhaps you have been hesitate to get into the mobile device
world. Today, more and more consumers are turning to methods of
improving and enhancing their communication needs. This can
often start in the form of using a cellular phone. Many
providers have a wide range and selection of this product for
your review. Quite often you can do your own research to find
which product is the one that will suit your needs. Popular
wireless phones include camera, prepaid, free cell phones and
pay as you go.

Where the catch is the monthly plan that you
may or may not wish to accept. The benefits of prepaid cellular
phones is that often there are no contracts to sign, no monthly
bills, no credit checks and best of all you can simple add air
time when you wish. For most other cell phone plans you are
committed to a contract for upwards of three years. The most
common features can include stuff like free anytime minutes,
free long distance, free roaming, text messaging, voice mail,
caller ID, photo capability and more. It really depends on how
many different bells and whistles that you are seeking.

One
important factor to take into consideration is the reception of
the digital phone that you are thinking about. Good things to
factor are the reviews written about a particular make and
model. This well help to determine if users have had positive or
negative experiences with the phone. It is wise to read the fine
print so you can see if there is a trial period you can work
with. If you are not happy with a particular aspect do not go
with that model. The best feature about prepaid cell phones is
that you can control your budget. You know exactly how much
money is going out the door every month.

Userplane’s Michael Jones explains why online video must be
included in your marketing mix.

Thanks to online video ads, guys with bad hygiene and pathetic
social skills can try wooing VH1 VJ Rachel Perry– and they even
get a well-mannered response. Ah, the wonders of the internet.

The ad campaign was an innovative partnership between laddie-mag
Maxim and Pontiac to hype the carmaker’s Solstice Roadster.
Users logged onto the magazine’s website and submitted pick-up
lines to an image of Perry, actually an incarnation of the
beautiful celebrity compiled from hundreds of pre-recorded
videos. People with the best lines registered to win a car.
Depending on the attempt, the program culled Perry’s retort in
real time from hundreds of pre-recorded responses. The site was
flooded with users. According to Advertising Age, 16,000 people
registered in its first three weeks.

The titillating Pontiac campaign was the successor to Burger
King’s Subservient Chicken, an online craze of its own. The two
demonstrate the unique potential for online video ads. They lock
millions of users to the sites, create a viral response by
allowing fans to email the links to friends, and generate pop
culture buzz. And of course, the online video ads paid off in
higher chicken sandwich sales and registrations.

We shouldn’t be surprised online video ads are becoming so
popular. The streaming ads are a natural outgrowth of
technological advances, evolving consumer habits and the
perennial desire to gain traction with users. They are a
much-needed advance in the maturation of the internet and will
help ensure its future profitability. Fortunately, companies are
realizing this. The online research aggregator eMarketer
projects streaming video spending will nearly triple to $640
million in the next two years, and grow to $1.5 billion by 2010.

Three key factors have caused the rise of online video ads, and
will guarantee the medium soars in 2006. 1.) A tech-savvy
culture If the internet were a child, we could say it’s leaving
the awkward ugly stage and beginning to blossom. Let’s face it,
only a small number of consumers jumped on board with the latest
technologies when they over-promised on the results or didn’t
work out the bugs. At first, technology was holding back
advances, which held back the profits. I was like a parent,
cringing and wincing at those banners and pop-ups. It was like
seeing my youngster lurching through puberty. Hang in there
little buddy, you’re gonna make it! Now, technology is catching
up with expectations, which entices a broader range of consumers
and gives marketers a piece of the action. I’m beaming.

The rapid adoption of broadband internet access is the primary
driver of online video ads. And it’s only going to get better.
The U.S. market hurdled a barrier to internet advertising this
year when more than half of online households were using
high-speed connections. A study by eMarketer estimates the
number will continue to grow, from 42.3 million households in
2005 to 69.4 million in 2008.

With all those high-speed connections out there, comScore
Networks found consumers putting them to good use. More than 94
million people in the United States viewed a streaming video
online in June of last year, according to comScore. The company
recently released the first comprehensive assessment of the
online streaming marketplace and, surprisingly, discovered that
technology isn’t just for youngsters anymore. Consumers between
ages 35 and 54 accounted for more than 45 percent of online
video ads watched in August 2005. It is 20 percent more likely
that these mature adults will watch an online video than the
typical internet user, the study found, and people between the
ages of 25 and 34 are 12 percent more likely to watch a
streaming video. These are hot marketing targets, and they love
their streaming media.

“Contrary to public perception, it’s not just ‘college kids’ or
‘bleeding edge’ internet users who are streaming videos,” said
Erin Hunter, senior vice president of comScore Networks media
and entertainment solutions. Publishers are using innovations
like high-quality video product clips, music videos, movie
trailers — even news broadcasts — to engage consumers, Hunter
said. “This creates a fantastic opportunity for advertisers to
capitalize on what is now a mainstream audience,” she added.

2.) An evolving business mindset The video ad pioneers have
mainstream companies hot on their heels, jumping on the online
video bandwagon. Todd Herman of MSN told Clickz.com that 23 of
the top 50 brands have advertised on the site since its launch
in August 2004. They include Pfizer, Procter & Gamble, General
Motors and Johnson & Johnson.

Hunter, of comScore, says advertisers are “waking up” to the
potential of online video ads. “People want more than a
two-dimensional experience online, and this powerful medium now
reaches everyone with engaging and interesting content,” Hunter
said.

The internet makes users part of the media experience. They
aren’t just viewers, as they are on television. They’re
participants. They’re members of the online community.
Advertisers are taking advantage of this increased engagement
and loyalty. On New Year’s Eve, MSN aired 30-second video ads
from the entertainment and automotive industry throughout its
live web cast from Times Square. The coverage allowed internet
viewers to become part of the show– sending emails that were
included in the web cast.

Companies are also mainstreaming online video ads because they
use quantitative data to connect consumers to products and
services. This is the new “golden metric” to determine ROI,
according to Diane Mermigas, contributing editor to The
Hollywood Reporter. “It is impossible to counter the logic that
paying 28 cents for a click on Google by a targeted consumer who
might engage in an electronic transaction is not preferred to
paying 10 cents per reader for a national magazine print ad that
might not be seen,” Mermigas writes.

Mermigas says traditional media outlets can cash in on the
online action by moving consumers and advertisers to websites.
In the future, look for more joint marketing sales between
internet video advertising and traditional media outlets.
Companies will integrate campaigns, combining online videos with
TV spots run on cable networks. This naturally extends the
campaign because video production costs were paid when the
content was prepared for traditional media.

3.) Interactive, engaging and informative Finding your ads’
target audience is only a start, you have to lock them in to be
effective, get them to engage. TV, radio and print have skinned
this cat every which way for decades, but they’re still
handicapped. They’re dealing with passive mediums and can’t
snoop while the consumer interacts with the pitch. The truth is,
they don’t know who’s paying attention or for how long!
Meanwhile, customers who check out the new online video ads by
Ross-Simons not only get a behind-the-scenes peek at the styles
of jewelry merchant, their interaction with the ad teaches
marketers what works.

Ross-Simons just launched its streaming ads on its website. They
star soap opera actress Lauren Koslow of NBC’s “Days of Our
Lives,” and allow consumers to click on highlighted items to
learn more or order the product. The videos engage customers and
allow them to take action at the moment of interaction. It’s
more than an advertisement– it’s a prelude to a transaction.

Shot on digital video, there is little comparison between online
advertisements and their passive cousins. Programmers can blend
interactive concepts with the campaigns, like hidden “Easter
eggs,” flash, 3-D and high-resolution images. Many online ads
include viral elements like emailing the ad to friends or
allowing users to become part of the online community by posting
comments on the site.

David Hallerman, senior analyst at eMarketer, said, “More than
any other advertising format, internet video has the potential
to blend hot marketing elements together– branded
entertainment, paid search, viral marketing, consumer generated
media, behavioral targeting, website brand marketing and online
gaming.”

And every time a user emails an ad, clicks on an Easter egg or
conducts a search, we’re learning more about our target
audience. We’ll take that information and improve, giving
consumers what they really want next time, and the time after
that, and the time after that. The best part is that this is
only the beginning.