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Trophies For Excellent People

Posted in Marketing on March 10th, 2010 by Bernard Tan – Be the first to comment

Trophy stand for triumph for people who accept it. These are an object of great appreciation and adoration to people who receive them. Trophies can make people pleased of what they attained . Trophies are normally given during sports competition, beauty contest, and other competitions.

Common trophies are made up of plastic, acrylic, resin, enamel, crystals, and metals like pewter and steel. Gold and silver trophies are the dear and the most desired ones.

The figures of trophies differ on what it is intended for. Basketball-shaped trophy is presented during basketball game, football-shaped during football game, golf-shaped for golf competition, and human-shaped if it is for beauty contest . Other forms of trophies are beer can, all-star statuettes, home plate plaques, and pyramid trophies.

Trophies can be customized that can make them unique and valuable. The trophy’s design is very important rather than its price.

Trophies are also presented to police officers, firefighters, and other active duty government officials for recognition of their excellent valor and bravery. Usual forms of trophies given to them are cup-shaped trophies, plaques, and bobble-head images of officers.

In schools, trophies are handed as awards for recognizing great people. These are handed to brilliant students and best teachers who have done their best in academe.

In business world, trophies are granted as an award for commitment and brilliant performance in a respective company. Trophies are also handed during trainings, conferences, organizations, and other company events.

Trophies serve as memorabilia of how we made things in the past and an aspiration in the future. These trophies are exhibited in a cabinet where all people inside the house can see them.

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The Revolutionary Age, Home-based Business Network Marketing

Posted in Marketing on March 10th, 2010 by Charles Joseph Scott – Be the first to comment

The New age has come for the home-based business network and promises a blossoming industry that could help absolutely everyone produce their dream wealth.

In America alone, it has been said that over a trillion dollars is spent every year. Statistics show that it is growing at an amazing rate. Noticeably, the much debated health care costs continue to skyrocket as everyone is gradually seeing the need for prevention rather than just caring and treating sicknesses. People from all walks of life, doctors, executives, professionals, laborers, moms, dads and even students are now getting aware of the need to stay healthier at a lower cost, not from pharmaceutical products but from scientifically produced natural products that are mostly manufactured by MLM companies.

This is an exceptionally large market and it’s also indeed a real situation, not only a sheer illusion. The rising and aging population is without a doubt seeking a healthier and affordable solution for wellness. The wellness revolution has come to the increase of home-based business network marketing companies that happen to produce many of the healthy and balanced wellness solutions. The industry now faces a big chance to create wealth through natural wellness alternatives that are manufactured from fruits and plants.

This trend was described by Paul Zane Pilzer, one of the world’s top economists being the “Democratization of American wealth”, where the creation of wealth will not only happen among the exclusive group of existing rich people but all over the broad populace that also includes an incredible number of average, working-class people. He forecasted that two in the formidable growing industries where the increase of wealth will occur, are in wellness and network marketing.

Majority of this incredible market is composed of the so called powerful economic force, the well-to-do people from the ages 40-60. This sector in the society today is discovered to have high demand for products that will slow down their aging process, prevent them from diseases by having healthier bodies and minds. These people represent a potential market for healthier alternatives to maintain their active lifestyles.

As the increase of the health awareness continue, the new approaches to health and wellness that mostly are carried by home-based business network marketing industry offer brilliant opportunities for ordinary people to possibly achieve their dreams. Additionally, the innovative MLM compensation structures, the universally acceptable and state-of-the-art marketing system as well as the impressive products rolled in the new age of home-based business network marketing.

Charles Joseph Scott is a seasoned online network marketer, learn more from his articles and find your place in the profitable world of the Network Marketing Business.

Green Screen: Making The Impossible Possible

Posted in Marketing on March 10th, 2010 by Phil Guye – Be the first to comment

Green screen is one of the most well liked techniques employed in the creation of films. How often have people been awed by the fantastic antics done by super heroes on the enormous screen? Many have wondered how heroes are able to jump from a tall building without getting hurt, or how a heroine or model is ready to travel to different nations in the blinking of an eye. Well, this will all be attained by shooting in a local studio with a green background and then inserting a background of any place of imagining a director wishes.

All this is formed possible with the help of green screen. An actor can go to worlds that she hasn’t ever been, bringing with them situations and places that you have only dreamed of, which can be done with the strategy of the green screen that’s both convenient and cost reductive. This methodology is very common on television.

One of the finest examples where this system is used is in the weather forecast section in stories. The TV often presents someone standing in front of an animated world, talking about the diverse weather conditions around the globe as clouds and raindrops are conjured up on screen. In reality, there is simply a green screen present and later the animation is added to the background. This technique is followed by almost all the television networks.

This technique is extremely simple, all an individual wants is a camera, a green screen and video modifying software. The person has to make sure the color is the same through without even a tiny change in the shade. The surface must be even while taping or else it is going to be extremely difficult to edit that specific segment. Another important point while using this technique is that the subject should contain a small amount of the same green color. However, one must note that only a tiny portion of the subject can be green or in similar shades. When the subject contains a little portion of green, one can hide or minimize the impact of the edges that might appear if the perimeters are uneven or not uniform. The part of the subject coloured in green must be minimal. Else, when it is edited it will look like there’s a hole or an empty space in the subject.

Once the green screen is erected, the very next step is to shoot the topic. To achieve perfection using this technique, the subject should have a well defined outline as it’s going to be better to trace and cut the subject out and superimpose it onto the new background. There should be no loose edges on the topic and the lighting has to be absolutely perfect. The camera should focus on the subject and not on the background. This is critical as the topic may not look clear when it comes time for editing. This method gives the best results when shot in the out of doors.

There are a lot of other sites giving different forms of advice on how to use green screen but most of them are not very specific or concise. Before following these, be sure to check my own articles and reviews on Green Screen and Green Screen , additionally, you can reach me at phillipguye@hotmail.com or 1-323-851-3825

Green Screen Studios

Posted in Marketing on March 10th, 2010 by Phil Guye – Be the first to comment

Green Screen Studios is an inexpensive video and filmmaking system in which two frames are melded into one. It’s also commonly called Chroma key or infrequently color keying. An outstanding use is in TV weather bulletins where the weather person seems to be standing in front of a giant graphic display. What occurs in reality is that the weather person stands in front of a blank Green Screen Studios. Different graphic displays are then digitally added to the blank green portions to finish the illusion.

Green is a preferred color because it is so different from human skin color that good separation is achieved. It is also the color to which digital cameras are most sensitive. The other available color blue is less beneficial because it’s a common color in both male and female clothing and requires brighter lighting. Plenty of the newer Star Wars movies make extensive use of color keying methodologies. Green Screen Studios is also far less expensive than having your characters or props in front of an honest to goodness projection or TV screen.

Any project that involves green screen production should require the same sort of homework in sourcing a suitable Green Screen Studios as a sound stage for a picture or a recording studio for music. The taping or filming of your characters or your props in front of a Green Screen Studios and the successive keying out of the green background requires talented and accomplished technicians.

It is accepted that cost will be an imperative consideration and that Green Screen Studios will charge based totally on the size and the quality of the appliances and the abilities of their technicians. This must be balanced out against the indisputable fact that inexpensive facilities could be deadly for the standard of your project. Inversely, expensive facilities may be a waste of money given the production that you have in mind. A good Green Screen Studios will be offering such amenities as acceptable stage size, lighting, green rooms and air conditioning. A three wall cyclorama is a bonus if your project involves lots of movement by the characters. Other key points to consider would be privacy, comfort and adequate power availability.

In choosing the right Green Screen Studios you need to be sure that the color is completely even and the surface fully flat. The screen must also have the correct dimensions. It is suggested that you go through every shot you plan and then measure the screen area so you have the right dimensions. Make allowance for a little extra in case you need to widen or frame the shot more than you had envisaged. Inspect the area on both sides of the screen to ensure that there’s sufficient space to place your lights. Eventually, obtain the maximum possible space between your characters or props and the screen itself. This could make the job of lighting a heap less complicated.

There are so many other websites giving a variety of forms of advice on how to use green screen but a lot of them are not very specific or concise. Before following these, make sure to check my own articles and reviews on Green Screen and Green Screen Studios, additionally, you can reach me at phillipguye@hotmail.com or 1-323-851-3825

Take Your Company Public: Going Public On The OTCBB

Posted in Marketing on March 3rd, 2010 by James Scott – Be the first to comment

Whether you’re trying to raise debt or equity capital there are still certain unwritten rules that apply that cater to the mentality of today’s investor and funding community. Certainly there are scores of private placement memorandum and business plan chop shops that wouldn’t know how to properly consult with your company or write a fundable document even if they wanted to but they will gladly take your money to throw together a template and try to pass it off as custom work.

The issue is this, it’s not necessarily the consultant, though these fly-by-nights shoulder a large portion of the blame, but the client usually doesn’t even have the proper structure in place to attract a funding source even if they had the most incredible PPM and business ever to hit the venture capital marketplace. Here is a simple (very basic) way to evaluate your company to find out if you are properly structured to attract capital. Have a corporate meeting and ask yourselves the following questions: What type of corporate structure do you have and why did you choose that particular structure? Break down your executive infrastructure, where do your individual executives stand in your industry, do the unthinkable, Google everyone’s names; are the people running your company real industry players? Are all the basic positions accounted for (president, CFO, controller etc)? Next, look at your advisory board and board of directors. If by some miraculous act of God you actually have these two groups represented in your company, how did you qualify them? Sorry but if you have an attorney on your board because he’s, um…well, an attorney, that’s not good enough.

You need an industry specific legal guru who not only spells out the intricacies of your business genre’s regulation but they must also be actively qualifying potential strategic partnerships as alliances for your company. He should be reaching into his client base and actively picking companies that could enhance your company in distribution or in any other way that will have a profitable outcome for all involved. Each of the members must be serving a similar purpose.

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Next, on what criteria are you basing your share price or loan amount? If you don’t have a clear cut ‘use of proceeds’ model, you need one. This and many, many other questions need to be asked before you are actually ready to raise capital and in all reality, until your corporate structure is in place you shouldn’t even attempt to write a business plan or a private placement memorandum. If you are serious about setting up your company to attract investors you need a turnaround consultant, you can’t do this on your own. There is an entire industry that centers around structuring companies for their first and ongoing capital raise.

Before you blackball your company by prematurely attempting to raise capital, the critical concepts you need to keep in mind are (precisely in this order): corporate structure, infrastructure, advisory board, board of directors, use of proceeds, business plan, private placement memorandum, investor finder, funding. Look at each aspect listed here as its own item, break it down and analyze every minute aspect of each element and look at everything objectively and eventually your company will evolve into a structure that is fundable and stabilized for years to come.

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Raise Capital: PIPE, DPO, PPM, OTCBB, Pink Sheets or Reverse Mergers

Posted in Marketing on March 3rd, 2010 by James Scott – Be the first to comment

There are many ways to use capital without using bank loans, lines of credit and other shady methods like shelf corps and bogus platform scams. If you are truly trying to raise capital for your company here are some simple breakdowns of your options with a quick definition for each one:

 PIPE: Private Investment In Public Equity this is used primarily by mutual funds and private investment firms where they buy discount stock in order to raise capital, there are two types of PIPEs traditional where common and preferred stock is issued at a set cap to raise money for the issuer and a structured pipe issues convertible debt.

 DPO: Direct Public Offering is when you sell equity shares directly to customers, suppliers and employees.

 PPM: Private Placement Memorandum is also known as an offering memorandum takes advantage of Regulation D rule exemptions 504, 505 and 506. This process came into existence with the’33 securities act and popularized in the late’80s, companies can raise money from the public via private placement; there is virtually zero interaction with the SEC after you file form d as long as you stay legal. (most popular form of fund raising).

 IPO: Initial Public Offering: extremely expensive, need SOX 404 audits, must have board of directors, quarterly financial reports to shareholders, report heavily to the SEC and 1 out of every 1000 companies that want an IPO actually qualify. I love participating in these but most companies just can’t qualify for one reason or the other.

 OTCBB: Over the Counter Bulletin Board is an electronic quote system that is the next best thing if you can’t go public via ipo, there is minimal red tape to startups and small businesses and is legitimized by the stringent ongoing reports to the SEC which keeps investor confidence high (these are extremely solid and I suggest this structure to companies when I am hired by their company or legal team as a consultant as a fast, easy way to raise big capital from the public otc)

 Pink Sheet: you can look at pink sheets as the Burger King, while the OTCBB is McDonalds, they are competing otc mechanisms. Pinks sheets are commonly referred to as penny stock and notorious for ‘pump em’ and dump em’ controversies and a lot of crooked people are involved with this platform. This is not a long term process that will allow one’s company to grow, pink sheets companies are typically short lived but it is cheap to set up but not a professional structure that could be upgraded in time to an IPO.

 Reverse Merger: a group funds the filing and creation of a public shell, they then sell that shell to a company that wants to go public, the established company merges it’s entity into the public shell. The sellers retain around 30% equity after they charge an upfront fee of 300k to 1m. 99% of reverse mergers are successful with the merger, but unsuccessful to bring them to trade and the entity basically just fizzles out.

Taking your company public is actually quite simple and inexpensive when you have the right consultant putting the structure together for you. There are countless ways to raise capital quickly and easily. It’s important that you understand your options before you waste time entering into the red tape infested banking system for a loan.

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Bowles Defeats Torres For WEC Bantamweight Title

Posted in Marketing on March 3rd, 2010 by Ross Everett – Be the first to comment

Brian Bowles used a counter right hook late in the first round to defeat Miguel Angel Torres by TKO and win the WEC Bantamweight title in the main event of another exciting fight card from Zuffas MMA promotion showcasing the lighter weight classes. Though Bowles entered as a highly respected, undefeated challenger his stoppage victory over Torres”a fighter who ranked high atop most pound for pound best lists”has to be considered one of the major MMA upsets of the year.

The event will be remembered for the main event and the shocking upset of Torres, whom commentator Frank Mir had been championing as the pound for pound best fighter in the sport of late. Torres certainly had the credentials”a fighter equally as dangerous on his feet as on the ground, hed compiled a 37-1 record entering the fight against Bowles.

Bowles entered the cage accompanied by the music of Johnny Cash. This prompted WEC commentator Todd Harris to quip “It takes a special man to walk in to Johnny Cash”. He wasnt kidding, and Bowles quickly announced his presence with authority rocking Torres with an overhand right and scoring a takedown within the first minute. After a groundfighting sequence, the two fighters exchanged punches again and initially it looked like Torres was getting the best of things as he landed a multiple punch combination that sent Bowles backing up. Almost out of nowhere, however, Bowles countered with a perfectly placed short right hook that sent the champion to the canvas. He followed up with some nasty ground and pound punches including a big left hand that knocked his opponent unconscious and forced the referee to wave off the fight.

In his postfight interview, Bowles was clearly pleased but not exactly surprised by the result. His comments indicated that hed been very well prepared for Torres considerable skills and though he conceded that hed been stung by the punching barrage waited for the opening to throw the right hook that ended the fight. Bowles displayed considerable class in victory, and Torres conducted himself in a matter befitting a champion as he accepted the defeat.

A rematch between Bowles and Torres is almost inevitable, but theres plenty of talent in the WEC bantamweight division. The semifinal bout on the card pitted two of these competitors in what may have been an elimination match for #1 contender status as Dominick Cruz handed feisty Joseph Benavidez his first professional loss via unanimous decision.

Further muddling the picture in the bantamweight division was an earlier fight on the card, in which Takeya Mizugaki outlasted Jeff Curran to win a split decision victory. Mizugaki scored takedowns in all three rounds and did enough from the top position while fending off submission attempts to earn the verdict and make his claim for #1 contender status.

Ross Everett is a widely published freelance writer and respected authority on sports betting odds comparison. He writing has appeared on a variety of sports sites including sportsbooks and sportsbook directory sites. He lives in Southern Nevada with three Jack Russell Terriers and a kangaroo. He is currently working on an autobiography of former interior secretary James Watt.

Is Your Company Going Public: What Qualifications Your Executives Need To Attract Investors

Posted in Marketing on March 3rd, 2010 by James Scott – Be the first to comment

If your company is about to start taking steps for a public offering you will most likely want to bring in employees that will help season your business plan and private placement memorandum for your initial rounds of capital. The human resources section of your PPM is crucial and on your business plan your ‘key executives’ portion is critical.

You must be able to justify, many times over, the reason for the existence of this executive in your business. Let’s start with pedigree: This employee must have a traceable track record of success working with similar corporations at the same stage your company is in now, they must be able to prove that they played a key role in their previous employers growth. Next their education; if we lived in a perfect world, college education wouldn’t matter but in the mind of the investor, a university level education is a period of maturing and intellectually achieving the capacity to translate ideas into empirical strategies.

Your employees must have a 4 year degree if they are acting as anything other than administrative support. Community colleges and associates degrees don’t count and it’s better not to include these individuals as key players in your business model as it could bring into question your qualifications to run the company. The employee must also have a portfolio of ongoing education certifications and/or certificates of program completion. A university education is one thing but continuous professional growth is another element that is crucial to demonstrating an individual’s desire to stay on top of growing trends and contribute to their employers overall strategy.

Now, for the most important part; your executive must have a strong portfolio of industry specific contacts that will contribute to setting up and maintaining strategic alliances and partnerships on behalf of your company.

At corporate meetings, after you go over the plan for the day or the week you need to be able to assign each of your executives goals for setting up quality and qualified partnerships that enhance distribution, intellectual capital, publicity exposure etc. Without a powerful contact base one goes from being a excellent executive with VP level horizons to a general employee that needs to be micromanaged by a management team member.

Look at each executive in your company as a light bulb on a Christmas tree. When you roll out your small or medium size business to raise capital you want your tree blazing with blinding lights making you stand out in your industry.

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Pittsburgh Tops Cleveland For 12th Consecutive Time

Posted in Marketing on March 3rd, 2010 by Ross Everett – Be the first to comment

The Pittsburgh Steelers have been playing the Cleveland Browns for longer than any other team in the National Football League, dating back to’50. And while it hasn’t been quite that long since the Cleveland Browns won a game against the Steelers it may be starting to feel like it. On Sunday, Pittsburgh won for the twelfth straight time dating back to 2003 as they topped Cleveland by a final score of 27-13.

The good news for NFL betting enthusiasts who took the +13′ with the Browns as a road underdog is that they managed to cover the pointspread by the slimmest of possible margins. Betting against the defending Superbowl champion is a long standing handicapping concept, and this season at least its worked like a charm-the Steelers have only covered one of their first six games. Cleveland, meanwhile, evened their NFL pointspread record at 3-3 on the season. The Browns have covered three straight after dropping their first three both straight up and against the spread. The 40 combined points went OVER the posted total of 37′.

Pittsburgh dominated the game in virtually every statistical category. They amassed 28 first downs to 12 for Cleveland, held a 543 to’7 total yardage advantage and a 36:46 to 23:14 time of possession advantage. Most of the post game talk from both sides was about a controversial spot in the first half where the Steelers were given a first down on a short yardage play when it appeared that they didn’t make the required yardage.

After the contest, Derek Anderson spoke of the frustration of continually coming up short against the Steelers. The Browns have only one once in ten games since Pittsburgh moved into their new home at Heinz Field:

“We’re not trying to lose every time we go out here. We put tons of hours in and … it’s frustrating. Every single week, it’s frustrating.”

Steelers’ tight end Heath Miller said the team is happy to be where they are at this point despite not playing up to their standards:

“I think we haven’t played our best ball yet and that’s pretty comforting. We’ve gotten a few wins here without playing our best.”

The Steelers will host Brett Favre and the 6-0 Minnesota Vikings next Sunday. The Steelers are a -4 home favorite with the total set at 45. After a bye week, the Steelers will hit the road to play another undefeated team as they take on the Denver Broncos on Monday, November 9. Cleveland will host the Green Bay Packers this Sunday, with the Browns a +7 home underdog and the total set at 42′.

Ross Everett is a freelance writer and highly respected authority on sports betting odds comparison. He writing has appeared on a variety of sports sites including sportsbooks and betting odds portal sites. He lives in Las Vegas with three Jack Russell Terriers and an emu. He is currently working on an autobiography of former energy secretary Donald Hodell.

Packers Blank Woeful Lions

Posted in Marketing on March 3rd, 2010 by Ross Everett – Be the first to comment

The Green Bay Packers didn’t do a good job protecting their quarterback last Sunday, but against the lowly Detroit Lions it didn’t really matter. Packers’ QB Aaron Rodgers was sacked five times, but Green Bay used a big first half offensive outburst to coast to a 26-0 NFL victory over the Detroit Lions. Rodgers threw two first half touchdown passes which was complimented by four Mason Crosby field goals as Green Bay improved to 3-2 on the season. The Lions slumped to 1-5 with the loss.

NFL football betting enthusiasts who backed the Packers as -14 home dogs easily cashed their tickets with Green Bay’s third pointspread cover in five games. Detroit slipped to 2-4 against the spread.

In the victory, Packers’ receiver Donald Driver passed Sterling Sharpe for first place on the franchise reception list. Sharpe finished his career with 596 receptions, Driver now has 602. After the game, he talked about the accomplishment:

“It couldn’t it come in a better place — at home in front of the fans I’ve played in front of for so many years. It feels good. Now I just have to wait on Sterling to call me and congratulate me.”

Despite the convincing victory, cornerback Tramon Williams wasn’t happy with the relatively narrow margin:

“It feels like a 50 to zero game, but we didn’t quite get there. I felt we should’ve put more points on the board.”

For the Lions, their quarterback woes continued. Matthew Stafford is already out indefinitely with an injured knee, and against Green Bay backup Daunte Cullpepper injured his hamstring in the third quarter and was replaced by the Lions’ third string quarterback Drew Stanton. Cullpepper is now listed as ‘questionable’ on the official NFL injury report. After the game, he talked about Detroit’s lack of offense:

“It’s very disappointing, very frustrating. It’s embarrassing to me not to be able to move it on the field and get points on the board. We’ve got to figure out a way to do that, simple as that.”

The Packers will play on the road this Sunday, heading to Cleveland to face the Browns. Green Bay will host the Minnesota Vikings the following Sunday followed by a trip to Tampa Bay on November 8. Detroit has a bye this weekend and will return to action as they host the St. Louis Rams on November 1. They’ll play their next two on the road, with games in Seattle and Minnesota.

Ross Everett is a freelance sports writer and highly respected authority on World Cup soccer betting. His writing has appeared on a variety of sports sites including sportsbooks and betting odds sites. He lives in Las Vegas with three Jack Russell Terriers and a kangaroo. He is currently working on an autobiography of former energy secretary Donald Hodell.