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The Endowment Claims Crisis
Endowment claims hit 10,000 for yearThe number of compensation claims relating to mis-sold endowment mortgages has risen to unprecedented levels. The Financial Services Compensation Scheme, which processes claims against firms which are no longer able to meet their liabilities, says it was inundated with 10,000 new claims in the half-year to the end of September - far in excess of the forecast of 7,000 for the full year. The FSCS now estimates that as many as 22,000 new endowment claims will be received during the full 12 months for 2005-06. Loretta Minghella, chief executive of

os - misspelled words, missing words, etc. These are the sorts of errors that could have been caught by any word processor or even just reading the article before hitting send.

The advent of private label rights content and "article spinning" software has definitely increased this problem! What's article spinning? Many people buy the rights to articles written by others. Then they run them through special software that is supposed to randomly replace words and phrases, much like yo

Dirty Little Secret of Workers Compensation Insurance
Workers Compensation Insurance agents are paid commission based on the size of your company premium. The bigger the premium you pay the bigger your agent's commission. Your agent may never cause your premium to go up unnecessarily but has he done everything he can to reduce it and reduce his commission?The first workers compensation law was enacted in the United States in 1911 by the State of Wisconsin. By 1948, every state had some form of "workman's comp." Basically this is a government mandated social insurance pact between employers and employees. Employers are forced to cover

Article marketing is one of the best ways to promote a website. Article marketing is relatively simple, extremely effective, and generally free (or at least very low cost).

There is one catch. For article marketing to work, your articles have to be accepted by the article directories you submit them to, and they have to be published by webmasters and eZine publishers.

As the owner of a popular article directory, ElectricText, I can tell you that there are 5 simple ways to avoid getting your articles rejected. Avoid these 5 things, and your article marketing will likely be highly successful.

1. Poor Writing

You don't have to be a great writer to get your articles accepted in most article directories. But you do have to be at least okay. Not everyone has natural writing talent. Don't be afraid to ask someone you know to review your articles and help you improve them.

2. Bad Grammar

Many people are not very good at grammar or are writing and submitting articles in a language (usually English) other than their own.

Article directories and publishers expect articles to be ready to publish, with no editing required. Minor issues may be overlooked, but when hundreds (or thousands) of article submissions are coming in per day, it's easiest to just reject articles with bad grammar.

This does not mean that you have to give up on article marketing if your grammar is not perfect or English is not your native language. Just find someone who can help edit your articles. Most articles that I have to reject for bad grammar could have been fixed with just 5 or 10 minutes of editing.

3. Badly Edited (Or Badly Spun) Articles

I am continually surprised to receive articles where the author obviously did not check the spelling or read through the copy before submitting it. Many articles that are otherwise quite well-written have a number of minor typos - misspelled words, missing words, etc. These are the sorts of errors that could have been caught by any word processor or even just reading the article before hitting send.

Google Analytics: What is it?
Are you finding it difficult to keep track of your site's performance in the search engines? Aside from having to download software that offer to keep track of your website's SEO performance, Google now has a newly integrated service especially for SEO people out there concerned with their web site's performance.This Google tracking service is known as the Google Analytics. It is a powerful service that keeps track of your web site's success on organic and paid search results. Google Analytics gives you better understanding on how your web site's web visitors react on your site. It give

getting your articles rejected. Avoid these 5 things, and your article marketing will likely be highly successful.

1. Poor Writing

2. Bad Grammar

Many people are not very good at grammar or are writing and submitting articles in a language (usually English) other than their own.

3. Badly Edited (Or Badly Spun) Articles

Your Fees - It's About Value - Not Time
"It's different here. Businesses here won't pay what they'll pay in ________". You fill in the blank. Have you heard that one? If I've heard it once I've heard it a hundred times.And to some extent, the statement is true. Every place is different. Businesses are made up of people and every person is different.However, if you have done your homework, if you've developed a level of trust with your client and if your client - wherever you are - perceives your product or service to provide the same value that clients in ____________

ery good at grammar or are writing and submitting articles in a language (usually English) other than their own.

3. Badly Edited (Or Badly Spun) Articles

Ways to Maximize PPC Publishing Online
Today PPC has become so expensive that people are getting away from it. But this is not recommended as PPC brings targeted traffic to the website but someone having less knowledge could spend out 1000s of dollars with no enhancement in sales revenueWhy is this so?Well PPC campaign requires that the publisher must select right sets of keywords. For instance if you are selling Movies and you put the keyword on PPC 'Buy DVD' you are going to get wrong traffics as those who are looking to buy blank DVD will land to your website and immediately exit and you will cry for the clicks c

ish is not your native language. Just find someone who can help edit your articles. Most articles that I have to reject for bad grammar could have been fixed with just 5 or 10 minutes of editing.

3. Badly Edited (Or Badly Spun) Articles

The Three-Mile Radius
In last year’s animated film Shrek II, a giant gingerbread man steps on a building and sends all the customers scurrying across the street. The name of the establishment they leave and the one they run into is “Farbucks” – poking fun at the fact that an unending stream of patrons appears willing to pay four bucks for a cup of coffee.While it’s an exaggeration to say there is one on every corner, since 1992, Starbucks has exploded from 192 locations to more than 9,000 worldwide, and will average four new store openings every day this year.Starbucks isn’t the only retailer attempti

os - misspelled words, missing words, etc. These are the sorts of errors that could have been caught by any word processor or even just reading the article before hitting send.

Unless you overdo this (see #4), there is really just one problem. Article spinning software often produces some rather clumsy wording. Sometimes it's hard to tell whether an article was written by a non-English speaker or by article spinning software.

In both cases, the fix is simple. Edit your articles manually before sending them, or have someone else edit them. Check your spelling and grammar. Read the article out loud to see if it flows. I see a lot of articles that probably would have been edited if anyone had tried to read them aloud before hitting send.

4. Duplicate (Or Almost-Duplicate) Articles

This one ties in with #3, as it seems to be largely a result of private label rights content and "article spinning" software. There are a few authors who constantly submit multiple copies of the same article with very slight differences.

I have literally had to ban authors from submitting articles after spending an hour or two per day for several days trying to weed out 5 or 6 unique articles from 50 or 100 duplicates. I quickly realized it just isn't worth it, as there are many other authors and articles to publish.

I guarantee that irritating editors and publishers and getting banned is just about the dumbest way to try to do article marketing!

5. Plagiarized Articles

I'm not sure which irritates me more: #4 or #5. I can't count the number of people who copy and paste articles right out of Wikipedia (an online collaborative encyclopedia), then submit them as their original work. Often they don't change anything! Yes, I realize that Wikipedia is "copyleft" not "copyright," but there are still rules.

There is nothing wrong with using Wikipedia as one of your sources - it's an excellent source. But use a few more sources too, then add

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Sustainable design is the buzzword today along with green building. There is a difference between the two. While green building means resource efficient and environmentally conscious, sustainable design is based on three areas; energy conservation, indoor air quality, and resource conservation. Viewed as new-age in construction circles, sustainable design looks at homes holistically, and not just a bunch of unrelated systems thrown together. Natural forms of energy, such as wind, solar, and geo-thermal if available on-site are maximized.

The most important secret to success with blogs is learning how to start making money with the lowest possible traffic numbers.

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