Willie Crawford On More Traffic, More Subscribers, More Sales In Your Internet Marketing Business: Off Topic Archives

May 12, 2008

Mahalia Jackson Singing If I Can Help Somebody

I head this song on a video that a friend put
together upon the loss of a loved one. I
immediately recognized Mahalia Jaskson's
voice and had to find the sound track.

Here's a copy posted to YouTube.

It in many ways expresses why I do what
I do online and offline.

Here's the song:

Willie

Posted by Willie Crawford at 12:56 AM | Comments (0)

May 06, 2008

20 Ways To Make $100 Per Day Online

You have read this amazing ebook haven't you?
http://20Ways.org

If not, grab a copy now, take the phone of the hook,
turn off the television, and absorb this ebook!

I CONTRIBUTED to it, and I've read it 4 times :-)

Willie

Posted by Willie Crawford at 05:38 PM | Comments (0)

April 27, 2008

500 dollars in 24 hours without a website?

A new report reveals how you can turn the store front of any
offine business into a long term online cash stream.

This system takes less than 24 hours to set up and you can
easily charge offline business owners in your local area 500
dollars or more to do it for them...
http://TheRealSecrets.com/SimplyAmazing/

Here's the best part.

You don't need any complex internet marketing skills to do this.

In fact if you can set up a simple email autoresponder series
you're ready to go!

In this report Andrew Cavanagh shows you step by step how
to turn an ordinary offline store front into a customer stopping
magnet.

Then he shows you how to turn those customers into a huge,
tightly focused email list.

And how to turn that email list into an ongoing cash stream.

You can be the rainmaker for businesses in your local area. And
when you're flooding their stores with new business you can charge
substantial fees for your service.

This system is pure simplicity and following the step by step
instructions in this report you can be charging business owners to
set it up for them today.

Imagine how you'll feel banking a check for 500 dollars in the
next 24 hours.

Go claim your copy of this report now...
http://TheRealSecrets.com/SimplyAmazing/

Willie

By the way...

The price of this report won't last. Andrew will be raising the
price soon to reflect it's real value. I'd hate to see you miss out.

Go download your copy now...
http://TheRealSecrets.com/SimplyAmazing/

Posted by Willie Crawford at 06:41 PM | Comments (0)

April 26, 2008

Where And How I Set Up Joint Ventures

Just dropping you a quick note from Armand Morin's Big
Seminar in Atlanta, Georgia.

Armand and I have been friends since late 2003 when we
met at Dr. Bob Silber's seminar in the Florida Keys. He
spoke at the first seminar that I hosted, which was just
4 months after attending my very first seminar.

As you can see, I don't spend a lot of time agonizing
over a decision after making it. I attended my first
seminar, decided to host my own, emailed a few friend,
and four months later... did it.

That first seminar was a bit of a challenge, but being
a seminar host was one of those creditential that I
wanted at the time... so I quickly figured it out. I
wrote about the challenges of that first seminar in my
biography, "Git Off The Porch," which you'll find at
http://GitOffThePorch.com :-)

Back to the seminar I'm at now...

I attended primarily because I wanted to catch up with
a lot of old friends, and also iron out the details of
two projects with joint venture partners.

As I milled around in the bar/restaurant last night
the one question that I got was "what are you working
on now?" That naturally led to whoever I was talking
to sharing the details of their latest project with me.

As I reflected upon the joint ventures that I've taken
on over the past two YEARS, practically ALL of them have
been with members of The Internet Marketing Inner Circle.
I pointed this out to several people last night, and they
went over to join the site.

The Internet Marketing Inner Circle is at:
http://TIMIC.ORG

Reflecting upon how I now do joint ventures drove home
a number of important points... points that I frequently
teach, but that I also live.

1) I tend to prefer JV'ing with people that I actually
know. Since I spend HOURS some days brainstorming and
networking on the member-only focus at The Internet
Marketing Inner Circle, it's only natural that that's
where I'd find most of my JV partners.

Members of TIMIC are encouraged to use their real
names on the forum, and I teach those who will listen
that they should NOT do business with people who hide.
Would you go into an offline partnership with
someone who refused to tell you who they were? I harp
on this point, and teach what experience has taught me
works best in growing your online business on the forum.

The forum is actually where I do MOST of my online
teaching. Since it is such a caring and sharing
community, I enjoy helping fellow members out.

2) I tend to prefer promoting products for people who
reciprocate. They don't have to have a huge list, or
busy website, or be well-know... they just need to
acknowledge that I have "pet projects" too, and
approach me from that angle.

3) I like working on group projects since it's usually
easier to launch a project by leveraging the assets
of many rather than just depending upon your own
resources. In TIMIC we're actually in the process
of writing another group ebook... one that will feature
short chapters from 100 members.

Anyway, I DO highly encourage you to join TIMIC. It's
my online family... and "family takes care of each
other" :-)

I'll close by pointing out to you a free gift from
Dan Kennedy plus a chance to earn $5174 in his materials.
Dan is my favorite marketing "guru" and I own a HUGE
library of his materials. It has paid off handsomely.

Go register for a change to win a collection of
his course at: http://TheRealSecrets.com/dk/

Be on the lookout for photos from Big Seminar on my
blog. I take a lot of pictures at these events.

Willie

Posted by Willie Crawford at 01:25 PM | Comments (0)

April 18, 2008

15 Free Really Nice, Professionally Done website Templates

My friend Robin Araoz is a very talented graphic artist.
He did the graphics for MANY of my websites.

Grphic Artist Extraordinare - Robin Araoz

My friend Robin Araoz is a very talented graphic artist.
He did the graphics for MANY of my websites.

Robin is now offering a collection of 15 new, very
nicely done website templates for free. You can get them
at: http://TheRealSecrets.com/15FreeTemplates/

Robin operates a membership site where he offers PLR
rights to his templates, and this is his way of getting
you to take a look at them.

Please drop by Robin's site and download the free
templates. There is no obligation, and I really DO love
his work. He really over delivers on even his free
packages. The free templates that he's offering total
more that 200 MEG of files! They're all ready for you
to edit and use to set up your own sites in a variety of
niches!

Check it out: http://TheRealSecrets.com/15FreeTemplates/

Willie

Posted by Willie Crawford at 12:52 PM | Comments (0)

April 08, 2008

Willie Crawford Makes Over $1000 Per Hour!

See that that headline is about here:
http://warriorforum.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=234465

This IS something that you don't want to miss :-)

Willie

Posted by Willie Crawford at 11:10 PM | Comments (0)

April 03, 2008

Free Teleseminar On Generating Website Traffic - April 5th, at 11am CST

Please join the "Simple, Easy, Free Traffic Generation
Techniques Teleseminar" on Saturday, April 5th.

On that teleseminar, I plan on spending 2 hours discussing
simple proven ways that you can generate traffic for ANY
website. I'm just going to share some of the things that I,
and my clients, and some of my friends, do everyday to
generate traffic to our websites.

Generating traffic to a website should NOT be a struggle.
It should feel almost effortless.

That call will be Saturday, April 5th, 2008 from 11 am -
1pm CST (Noon - 2pm EST, 9am - 11am Pacific).

to confirm what time that is in your time zone, please visit:
http://williecrawford.com/5April08-teleseminar.htm

To register for that free call, please use the form at:
http://WillieCrawford.com/free-brainstorming-calls.htm

This call will be recorded, but the recordings will be turned
into a "for-sale" product. So, if you don't make Saturday's
call, expect to pay a minimum $27 for the MP3 and PDF
transcript of that call!

I do hope that you can make the call. I will be the one
doing most of the talking/teaching, but do hope to have
some guest experts on the call too ;-)

I will share things that do work amazingly well at generating
free traffic to my websites!

Thank you,
Willie

Posted by Willie Crawford at 05:47 PM | Comments (0)

March 24, 2008

How To Create A Rebrandable Ebook In Under 5 Minutes

Check out this video demonstrating the Viral
Document Toolkit by David Schwartz, and Willie
Crawford.

With the new Viral Document Toolkit,you can create
a rebrandable ebook in mere minutes. Those that
you pass the file to can rebrand links and blocks of
text in minutes and create a rebranded ebook.

Willie

Posted by Willie Crawford at 12:15 AM | Comments (0)

March 10, 2008

Jeff Walker's Product Launch Formula 2.0 Bonus

Here is the best bonus offered with Jeff Walker's Product
Launch Formula 2.0.

The Product Launch Formula Bonus package includes:

1) A solo mailing to a list of 120,000
2) Attendance at a live seminar in Atlanta, Georgia
3) 2 1-hour one-on-one consultations

With this product launch bonus offered by joint venture
broker, and product launch expert, Willie Crawford, you'll
definitely get the most of Jeff Walker's Product Launch
Formula.

Click here to read all about these Product Launch Formula
Bonuses, and to get at the front of the line for the
solo mailing.

Willie Crawford

Posted by Willie Crawford at 03:42 AM | Comments (0)

March 09, 2008

The Best Product Launch Formula Bonus

Product Launch Madness And Bonuses That Make Sense
Copyright 2008 by Willie Crawford

Back in early 2006, Jeff Walker launched a course called
Product Launch Formula. Product Launch Formula taught
a very detailed, step-by-step approach to launching any
product via the internet.

Jeff even provided case studies that showed how to use
his Product Launch Formula to treat a major affiliate
promotion campaign like a product launch.

Product Launch Formula taught a proven method of launching
a product, and in the process, convinced several THOUSAND
aspiring entrepreneurs that the time was finally right for
them to launch their product.

The only problem was that many of them decided to release
products all at the same time. Another problem was that
many of the product launches were in the "Internet marketing
niche" where many people launching products were seeking
joint venture with the SAME pool of super affiliates.

This triggered an interesting phenomena where super
affiliates were shown a plethora of absolutely incredible
products... many of which the same "100 super affiliate" all
chose to promote at the same time.

This triggered wave after wave of many of the super affiliates
promoting the same product packages during well orchestrated
launches. As soon as one of these well-orchestrated launches
was over with, the next one kicked off.

The thing is, there really were a lot of great product
being released. There were more great products being offered
to the same core group of customers than they could possibly
purchase AND digest... because it was coming at them so fast.

As the competition really heated up, and the market began
to tune all of the emails, something interesting happened.

Since many of these products really did solve a painful
problem in the marketplace, and since many people were on
multiple lists, and got pitched on the same product by dozens
of marketers... all on the same day, the distinguishing factors
soon became the bonuses that the affiliates were offering.

When any product launch has so many super affiliates promoting
the same product launch to the same customers, the product
becomes such a "commodity" that the bonuses become what
determines which marketer get the sale.

Soon, we had the "product launch bonus wars." Each launch soon
became a contest to see who could get the most creative, and
who could offer the most enticing bonus.. the bonus with the
highest perceived value.

It was at this point that many super affiliates began to do
their customers a big DISSERVICE. They began offering product
launch bonuses that made no sense. They began offering product
launch bonuses that distracted the customers too much, and kept
the customer from even having time to use the primary product.

Some offered such huge bundles of "fluff" that their customers
would read a mile long page describing their bonuses, be
convinced that something in that long list was something that
they needed, and grab the package just for that bonus. Often,
those customers soon discovered that they'd never use the
bonuses, and then they were STUCK with a bunch of useless
clutter!

The criteria that conscientious affiliate marketers should use
is to offer bonuses that help a customer to get the most use
out of a product. The bonus shouldn't distract them so much
that they never even find the time to take the primary product
out of its shrink wrap.

In my opinion, selling someone something and then overwhelming
them with bonuses that keep them from using the primary
product is totally WRONG!

I believe this so much that when I noticed Jeff Walker
preparing for a launch of version 2 of his Product Launch
Formula, after confirming that it really is one of the most
useful products that many of my clients needed, I had to ask
myself, "If I recommend this to my clients, how do I help them
to actually USE the product?"

I think that is a very logical approach to deciding what bonuses
to offer with any product.

Don't you?

For example, I acknowledged that anyone getting Jeff Walker's
Product Launch Formula 2.0 would likely be planning on doing
a product launch. If they are marketing online, they likely need
help in planning that launch, getting joint venture partners,
and publicizing their launch.

So, my "ideal" bonus for Product Launch Formula 2.0 evolved to:

1) A "solo" email, promoting only their product, sent to a list
of 120,000 subscribers.

2) A live 2-day seminar where they are taught many of the things
that they need to know to both launch their product and to
continue building and running a successful online business.

3) At least 2 hours one one-on-one consulting.

So, that's what I bundled as my bonus for Jeff Walker's Product
Launch Formula 2.0. My thinking was also that the live seminar
would put... as many as... several hundred ideal JV partners in
the same room.

My challenge issued to all affiliates promoting product launches
is to offer bonuses that actually help the customer use the
primary product and benefit from that purchase. My challenge
issued to potential customers contemplating buying ANY big
ticket item in particular is to look for bonuses that actually
help you to use the product.

Buying a product just for a bunch of bonuses that you'll never
use is generally illogical. Buying a product that comes with a
bunch of product launch bonuses that distract and detract from
the primary product is counter-productive. Offering your
customers bonuses during product launches that are inconsistent
with getting the most use out of that product is
unconscionable.

So there you have my opinion on "product launch madness and
bonuses that make sense." If you're serious about your business
growth, I encourage you to give what I've just shared with you
some deep though.

Soul searching and intuition are good things :-)
------------------

Willie Crawford is an internationally-acclaimed speaker, author,
seminar and radio show host, and leading Internet marketing
joint venture and product launch expert. You can learn more
about product launches and how to get your offer emailed to
120,000 at: http://BestProductLaunchFormulaBonus.com

Posted by Willie Crawford at 06:41 PM | Comments (0)

March 02, 2008

Why You May Not Want Lemon Slices In Your Water At Restaurants

This video will get you attention and make
you think before you ask for lemon in your
water or iced tea at a restaurant:

Willie

Posted by Willie Crawford at 05:42 PM | Comments (0)

February 01, 2008

Don't Miss My Free Ebook - "How To Keep Digital Product Thieves From Robbing You Blind"

This morning, I put the finishing touches on an
ebook entitled....

"How To Keep Digital Product Thieves From Robbing You Blind."

You can grab your copy of that free ebook, plus some other
valuable free gifts here:

http://www.giveawaygiant.biz/jv/members/18

My ebook is a brand new ebook, NEVER offered anywhere else
before, so this giveaway is not just offering a bunch of
JUNK!

Willie

Posted by Willie Crawford at 03:01 PM | Comments (0)

January 22, 2008

Willie Crawford On Time Management

From Willie's newsletter earlier today....

Good morning,

I started my day as usual, running down a short
checklist of things to do first. In case you're interested,
that list included:

- Check my helpdesk for unanswered tickets
- Check The Internet Marketing Inner Circle for new posts
and PMs
- Glance at my email
- Read for 1 hour
- Write for 1 hour
- Review my prioritized to-do list

That's the short checklist that I've already run through
today and I thought that by expanding upon the WHY those
things are on my list would be instructive.

------------

First, I check my helpdesk. It's the nerve center of my
entire operation since it's where customers and my assistants
communicate with me, and where I get a snapshot of what's
going on.

My helpdesk is at: http://WillieCrawford.com/helpdesk/

It's powered by the software that you can get for under $100
at: http://ThreePillarsHelpDesk.com

I have my helpdesk configured so that when a help ticket is
posted, ONLY the person who is responsible for that category,
can see that ticket when logging in as admin, AND when someone
posts a ticket to that category, that admin gets a desktop and
email notification.

I have my helpdesk configured so that certain categories are
used ONLY for my staff and I to communicate back and forth.

Since email is so unreliable, my helpdesk is THE center of
my business. It's where threaded conversations between me,
assistants, customers, JV partners, and clients are securely
stored and processed.

Today, I logged in, and in about 10 minutes got a feel for
all that had transpired in the last 24 hours, and also got a
reassurance that no customer support issues were festering just
beneath the surface. In 20 minutes, I did what use to take
me several hours.

-------------

I glance at my email, first skimming the "from" field, and
then skimming the "subject" field. That's how many of my
associates scan their email too. That's why it IS important
that your email clearly identify you. The subject should also
be VERY clear, because what I did next was select and delete
90% of the email in my inbox.

My helpdesk allowed me to know that important communications
were more likely to make it to me. It also gave me greater
confidence that I could delete MOST email without worrying
about missing something.

That takes us back to the importance of your email subject.
It should clearly state what the email is about. If it doesn't
there's a good chance that someone getting hundreds or
thousands of emails per day WILL delete your email unread.

I should add that I "mass delete" most email because it is
necessary for survival. I force myself to only "handle" each
correspondence once. So, when I first open an email, I
decide what to do with it, and often then write that action
right into my calendar.

If you get any volume of email and you have the habit
of saving it all out of fear of missing something, I assure
you that if you don't have the time to read it now, you're
very unlikely to have more time to read it later (as more
and more of it piles up in your inbox).

------------

Next I logged into the member-only forum of The Internet
Marketing Inner Circle. That forum is actually a nerve
center for my business and a lot of others. Right on that
forum, at this very moment, several projects that I'm a
part of are being coordinated.

-- We're coordinating an ebook where 100 members will share
how they earned their first $100 online. This group project
will inspire many, get the names of the 100 contributors
publicized, and earn money for affiliates who help to market
that ebook.

Incidentally, if you want to participate in that project, you
CAN. You do need to be a member of TIMIC. You can join at:
http://TIMIC.ORG

-- We are coordinating a group ezine that we're determined
to make one of the highest quality ezines on the face of
the planet. The ezine will be 99.9% content, and I'll tell
you more about that later.

-- Various pockets of people are jointly creating and
marketing ebooks, software, membership sites, free giveaways,
services... and just about anything that you can imagine.
I provide inputs on many of these projects, or even tie them
into other projects.

One of the things that I teach is that the easiest way to
launch a project is to tap into the energy... or momentum...
of an already successful project. That is, launch a new
project by making it a backend or upsell product to something
already getting lots of traffic from buying customers.

So, every day, I log into the TIMIC Forum at largely
pre-planned times. I plan those times because otherwise I
could easily lose control of my time.

I do also visit a few other forums, but those are during odd
times... perhaps while I'm listening to a teleseminar, or
on hold while making a phone call.

I DO get lots of gems from my time spent on other forums too,
although NOTHING compares to the quality of interaction that
I get from the TIMIC Forum.

------------

I set aside an hour for reading early each morning. That hour
is spent reading the next document that I ABSOLUTELY must get
off of my desk!

It can be an ebook, a software license, a JV agreement, or
some offline publication. I just set aside that time because
in that one hour, I get more read than I would in a day of
reading while doing other things.

This morning, I read an ebook on social networking that is the
best one that I've read to date. I read it because I was asked
to write the forward to it. That turned out to be an excellent
use of my time as this ebook is destined to become a reference
guide on the topic.

I also reviewed a JV agreement that I needed to get back to
a JV partner. JV agreements can be tricky because they need
to cover a LOT of things that most people probably never
consider. You need to cover such topics as... what happens if
the JV doesn't go as expected... or if one of you disappears for
a few MONTHS.

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I set aside an hour for writing. This time was spent writing
and editing 3 articles that should be very well-received. When
I don't set aside time to really focus on my writing, it often
shows :-)

So, this morning I finished polishing all three articles, and
they are now ready for publication.

----------------

Next, I turned to my "to do" list and identified what on the
list I really should do next. I looked for things that REALLY
needed doing, and that it made sense for me to do, rather than
outsource.

I also looked for one or two things that would take very little
time to finish off, so that I could get the pleasure of quickly
finishing those things, and then mark them DONE!

-------------------

So that's how I started my day. In the process I also reviewed
my plans for the rest of the day, and for the next week. Part of
that plan includes a trip out to Las Vegas this weekend where
I'll be speaking at Ross Goldberg's seminar.

Looking at that caused me add reviewing my presentation, and
perhaps dry-running it to my schedule. Although I must confess
that often when I speak at seminars, I don't finish writing the
presentation until the night before... or sometimes the day of.

Seminar speakers often use the excuse of "we wanted to get a
feel for the audience before finalizing the presentation." The
reality is that many of us are masters at procrastination.

That brings me to one other thing that continuously surprises
me about human nature. When we put off things that we image
will be difficult, we are often shocked by how simple and easy
they were to do once we actually sit down and do them.

That's why I do have a morning routine.

I once listened to an interview between Dan Kennedy and Robert
Ringer. The discussed waiting for inspiration to strike, and
they both agreed that for them it was often a matter of just
sitting down and getting started (they were speaking of writing).
It's evolved to that point for me too... after I start writing
the words just flow.

By the way, here's a link to check out Ross' seminar:
http://www.mastersseminar.com/?rid=5

It's inexpensive, hotel rooms in Vegas are CHEAP, and I'd be
honored to see you there. Bring lots of business cards, a
digital camera, and a jacket :-)

Pam

Posted by Willie Crawford at 12:01 AM | Comments (0)

January 05, 2008

Make $1,500 TODAY...?

I've read this ebook three times since downloading
it late last night. That's because I want to
memorize every word.

http://TheRealSecrets.com/AndrewCavanagh/

It that good!

Willie

Posted by Willie Crawford at 10:33 AM | Comments (0)

January 03, 2008

Learn These Free Website Traffic Generation Methods In MINUTES!

I'm catching up on a lot of reading and listening to audios
this morning.

I just finished going through a nice set of SHORT, lasar-focused
traffic generation audios. In the process I've picked up a few
things that I, or an assistant WILL be implementing to turn
up our traffic generation even more.

Here's a short segment from the webpage that shows part of
what you get:

You won't spend weeks (or months) learning these 7 simple traffic
strategies. Each audio is only 3 to 6 minutes long, so just 32
minutes from now you'll know the inside scoop on how to drive
hungry visitors to your web site!

Here's what you'll discover from these 7 audios in mp3 format:

# How to Get Free Traffic from Forums (3 1/2 minutes)

# How to Get Free Traffic from Blogging (5 minutes)

# How to Get Free Traffic from Niche Directories (6 minutes)

# How to Get Free Traffic from Friends & Family (3 minutes)

# How to Get Free Traffic from YouTube (5 minutes)

# How to Get Free Traffic from Online Networking (6 minutes)

# How to Get Free Traffic from Article Generation (4 1/2 minutes)

In addition to the 7 high-quality audios (which can be played on
your computer or transferred to your iPod or a CD) you'll also
get the 23 page transcript of the audios so you can read these
techniques if you prefer. Either way, you can satisfy your traffic
craving in almost no time at all!

But I'm not done yet... I'm tossing in 3 more audios!

In the Traffic Tidbits Volume 2 audios, plus 12 page transcript,
you'll discover:

# Time Honored Traffic Generation Secrets (5 minutes)

# Using Article Generation As An Affiliate Tool (4 minutes)

# Article Generation - To Outsource Or Not To Outsource? (5 minutes)

And as a special bonus, you'll also receive the following 3 Advanced
Traffic Tidbits audios and 13 page transcript:

# Advanced Article Marketing (5 1/2 minutes)

# List-Building Using YouTube (5 1/2 minutes)

# Driving More Visitors to Your YouTube Videos (4 1/2 minutes)

That's a total of 62 minutes of mp3 audios!

In just over 1 hour, you can have a clearer focus and dozens
of simple things that you can do to turn up the FREE websites
traffic.

Check it out here: http://TheRealSecrets.com/FreeTraffic/

Load the MP3 up in your IPOD and listen to them while out
walking the dog, or driving to work.

Learning what actually works can be totally painless ;-)

http://TheRealSecrets.com/FreeTraffic/

Willie

Posted by Willie Crawford at 10:54 AM | Comments (0)

December 30, 2007

The Beach Near My House In Beautiful Navarre, Florida

I live in a very beautiful part of Florida, and love the
area. From time to time, I have to remind myself of just
how beautiful it is. Like most residents, I take much
of the natural beauty and climate for granted.

Here's a webcam shot of the beach about 5 minutes from
my house in beautiful Navarre, Florida.
http://www.destinpasslive.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=40

This is one of my favorite places to sit and work on my
websites actually. There's an area with a few picnic
tables just off camera :-)

You can learn more about Navarre, Florida at my new
portal, Navarre Florida Information

Willie

Posted by Willie Crawford at 11:05 AM | Comments (0)

December 10, 2007

Let's Talk Soul Food, Collard Greens, Writing A Cookbook, and Marketing

Today, at 5:30pm CST, I'll be the featured guest
on Mary Lou Cheatham's radio show GreensCast.

Mary's show is at:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/marycheatham

Here's the show's description from the url above:

"Willie Crawford, world famous Internet marketer,
is the author of SOUL FOOD RECIPES. It is full
of amazing, mouth-watering, old-fashioned Soul
Food And Southern recipes he learned while growing
up on a North Carolina tobacco farm. He will
discuss the development, publication, and
distribution of this outstanding cookbook.

He is the author of the world's most famous collard
greens recipe. With Willie's permission, authors
Paul Elliott and Mary Cheatham included his recipe
in their cookbook, The Collard Patch.
http://www.CollardLovers.com"

Mary and Paul are authors of "The Collard Patch,"
the world's finest collars cookbook.

By the way, if you are in the market for a great
Christmas present, we are running a special where you
get autographed copies of my cookbook and of Paul and
Mary's cookbook. You can grab that special at:
http://www.collardlovers.com/soulcollards/

I'll talk to you on the show :-)

Willie

Posted by Willie Crawford at 09:33 AM | Comments (0)

December 01, 2007

Twentyfive Days To Make A Difference

Meet Laura and Her Pet Project - Twenty Five Days To Make A Difference

She is maintaining a blog this holiday season entitled
"Twenty Five Days to Make a Difference."

Each day, she will be doing something small to make a difference
in the world and blogging about it. She is also encouraging
other children and adults to do as well. The goals of this
project is to inspire as many people as possible to have a
meaningful holiday season by "making a difference." She is eager
to create a massive ripple effect with this project.

In order to encourage others to do so as well, she is saving her
allowance for the next twenty five days. She will monitor those
who participate in the project, and the person who consistently
works to make the most substantial, impressive "difference" this
holiday season will win a 25 dollar donation to the charity of
their choice.

Drop by to check out her blog, and then help spread the word :-)

http://www.twentyfivedays.wordpress.com/

Willie

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November 03, 2007

How To Speed Up The SLOW Computer

On Monday, November 5th, 2007, at 10PM EST, I'm hosting
a free teleseminar with Kris Mainieri.

Kris is the author of PC Secret Formula.

On the free call, Chris and I will be discussing how to
optimize your computer to make it faster, more secure, and
one of your BEST moneymaking tools.

Most online marketers have such slow machines, and with
just a few tweaks, your computer will be running many times
faster.

It will feel like you've just added an hour to your day.

Kris and I would like YOUR questions.

To register for this free call, and get your dial-in number,
please fill in the form at:
http://www.williecrawford.com/blog/archives/001672.html

You'll get an email with call-in number/access code, and an
email address for you to submit your questions in advance.

To confirm what time the call is in your timezone, please
visit: http://TheRealSecrets.com/CallWithKris.html

I look forward to talking with you on the call.

Willie Crawford

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Three Seminars I'm Scheduled To Teach At

I'll be speaking at two seminars in November, and one
in January. My December schedule is still in a state
of flux.

The weekend of November 9th - 11th,2007, I'll be in
Miami, Florida at Dr. Mike woo-Ming's Affiliate Tactics
Workshop. That IS this coming weekend, so get
registered now :-)

You can for that workshop where I'll be teaching some of
my most effective affiliate marketing tactics here:
http://www.affiliatetacticsworkshop.com

The weekend of November 16th - 18th, I'll be at Michael
Penland's Internet Marketing and Joint Venture Super
Conference in Orlando, Florida.

If you need to figure out the joint venture business,
this is an excellent seminar for that. My presentation,
which I've NEVER presented anywhere before, will knock
your socks off.

Get registered at: http://TheRealSecrets.com/16November/

The weekend of January 25th - 27th, I'll be speaking at
Ross Goldberg's Internet Marketing Masters Seminar in
Las Vegas, Nevada.

Las Vegas will be a lot of fun, and you can join us
here: http://www.mastersseminar.com/?rid=5

I'd love to meet YOU at any of these events. Just walk
up, say hi, and we can talk business, or just snap a few
pictures :-)

Willie

Posted by Willie Crawford at 10:20 AM | Comments (0)

October 25, 2007

Should You Add Video To Your Websites? It's Easy!

Willie

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September 26, 2007

EXCELLENT Advice On Buying A New Computer

Computer Secrets Unleashed!

My friend Paul recently told me that he was ready
to replace his ANCIENT computer system. He explained
to me that he only really used it for email and
surfing the net.

Paul knows that I run an Internet-based business and
ASSUMED that I could advise him on the best computer
system to buy.

The reality is that the last time I bought a computer,
I walked into Circuit City, and more or less picked
a laptop at random.

So rather than pretend that I had a clue about the
best options in computers for my friend, I asked the
experts hanging out at The Internet Marketing Warriors.

I got a LOT of recommendations for Dell, the Mac
loyalist came out in force, and it seems few people
like Vista :-)

I also discoverd all of the answers I needed in this
ebook...

Computer Secrets Unleashed.
http://TheRealSecrets.com/ComputerSecrets/

Now, I'm armed to help my friend get the absolute
best deal on a computer, and to get it set up properly
once he gets it. Not only that, after reading this
ebook... actually 3 different ebooks in a series,
I can actually BE an authority on buying and setting
up a computer.

I've finally learned, when you don't know... ASK :-)

Willie

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September 22, 2007

Willie Crawford Teaches Simple Methods Of Making $100 Per Day Working From Home

NEWS

September 21, 2007

CONTACT:

Willie Crawford
The Internet Marketing Inner Circle
Email: willie@williecrawford.com
Web: http://TheInternetMarketingInnerCircle.com/
Phone: (877)-262-3367

‘Average’ People To Show Other ‘Average’ People How To Make $100 Daily Online While Working Part-Time From Their Homes

NAVARRE, FLORIDA (SEPT. 21, 2007) — History will be made Oct. 8, when “average” people from all corners of the globe introduce other “average” people to the profitable world of part-time Internet Marketing.

“Millions of people dream about supplementing their income part-time from home but don’t have a clear idea on how to get started or a realistic sense of what’s possible,” said Willie Crawford, founder of The Internet Marketing Inner Circle (TIMIC).

“Our one-of-a-kind information product was created by ‘ordinary’ TIMIC members to show other ‘ordinary’ people how to achieve a goal of making $100 a day working online part-time,” Crawford said. “It’s a way for average people to give themselves a pay raise of $36,500.”

More details, including the website name TIMIC has chosen for the venture, will be released in the coming days.

Crawford is one of the most recognizable faces in Internet Marketing and has gained an international reputation as a mentor and speaker. From humble beginnings on a small North Carolina tobacco farm, Willie graduated from North Carolina State University and was commissioned an officer in the U.S. Air Force.

Crawford turned to the Internet in 1996 to supplement his military wages, turning his initial foray into a full-time business.

His biography — “Git Off The Porch” — inspired an entire generation of full- and part-time Internet Marketers.

“Many people aren’t aware that skills and interests they already have can translate into a sustainable part-time income that can make a real difference in their lives,” Crawford said.

“Each chapter in our forthcoming eBook was written by an ‘ordinary’ person who makes money by applying ‘ordinary’ skills that relate to their interests,” Crawford said. “That’s what’s makes this product truly extraordinary.”

Helping manage the venture is Dr. Mani Sivasubramanian, a highly successful Internet Marketer who happens also to have a full-time job: pediatric cardiac surgeon in Madras, India.

Dr. Mani said the venture covers a range of part-time marketing interests, including eBay, infoproduct creation, writing articles, providing services, participating in Affiliate programs and much, much more.

It’s “win-win,” Dr. Mani said.

TIMIC will issue an updated News Release and announce the website name next week. # # #

ABOUT TIMIC: The Internet Marketing Inner Circle (TIMIC) is a gathering place for online entrepreneurs across the globe to share information, ideas and professional skills, and to build healthy, long-lasting and profitable business relationships.

http://TheInternetMarketingInnerCircle.com

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August 04, 2007

Some Free Personal Development Gifts For You

Some Free Gifts For You... Really :-)

First Of All... Why am I being generous?

Throughout my entire life, I have learned that being
generous to others is absolutely more important than
anything else in life.

Seriously...

We all go through tough times at some point in our life.
We all go through struggles before we can achieve
something extraordinary in our life.

Why not be generous?
Why not give to others when you have plenty?

Today... I would like to share with you an abundance of
gifts I have found on the Internet.

If you want to gain confidence, conquer your fears, or
lose the extra weight you are carrying around, I would
like you to get these gifts for FREE!

It is NOT one gift, but there are 77+ self improvement
gifts. You can use them as a guide to face any obstacle
in your life.

HINT: There are more than 180+ gifts available, you may
not need them all, of course. But they are all yours!

Here is the link to download them now:
http://Chitterlings.com/FreeGifts/

This is FREE for a limited time.

I wish you luck with any challenges you may face in your
life. I know for certain will be able to overcome them
all.

Willie

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June 25, 2007

Herb Detox Diets: Detoxing Your Blood

Herb Detox Diets: Detoxing Your Blood!
By Beverley Brooke

Do you know that the most effective detox diets are based on
Herbs and supplements? The presence of toxic substances has
been shown to be the root cause of most diseases and getting
rid of these toxins in our body system is bound to ensure long
lasting health. Technology. We live in a grand time of
technological development. Computers the Internet/ cell phones/
digital cameras and DVDs. But the human body has not 'kept up'
with technology. Experts agree that it's not good to try and
loose excess weight in a quick manner. It's better to take your
time and incorporate a package of exercise.

Detoxification is unarguably very important for a long lasting
health. There are several ways to achieve detoxification of the
system some depend on the type of chemicals we are attempting to
rid the body of while others have a general effect. Sometimes
these side-effects are enough to put people off a detox program
but often the worse the reaction the more pertinent the detox is
for the body. If you are truly sick the symptoms above feel
awful as time progresses. The symptoms are more than transient
and more than mild.

When lotion is applied to the skin these chemicals are also
absorbed through the skin. These and many other toxins are
floating around in our blood streams stored in our fat clogging
up our livers and causing problems with our elimination
(resulting in constipation or diarrhea). Those ready for an
intermediate detox can do a 21 day whole body cleanse with the
Internal Cleansing Kit by Blessed Herbs. It contains herbs that
detoxify all the body's organs of elimination and toxic
substances. Hair analysis is perhaps the best method for
analyzing the presence and amount of toxins in the body this is
because the protein in the hair fiber tends to retain the
composition of the body tissue for a longer period of time.

Emotional RET Remedies: These wonderful homeopathic/flower
essence combinations were developed by Professional Health
Formulations to help with the emotional aspects of physical
symptoms within the body. The most important organ you should
consider when thinking about starting a detox diet is your
liver and how it will thank you dearly after. A detox diet plan
is not aimed at weight loss. See more at
http://www.diet-detox.info/SOP/Natural_Detox_Diet_Bodies.html

slow down on the program and start again very gradually. Some
people prefer their tea hot and some cold and some like sun tea
once again it doesn't matter. Use the process allow the body to
come into balance start to assimilate the nutrients it requires
and watch your health improve.You only need to do your research
and there will be lots of detoxification procedures to choose
from however it is always advisable to see your physician to be
sure of what toxins constitute risk to your health and perhaps
the best method to get rid of these.

About The Author: More on detox diets at
http://www.diet-detox.info

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June 15, 2007

American Diet - More Processed Foods, Less Natural Foods

American Diet - More Processed Foods, Less Natural Foods
The impact of refinement and food processing is a
nutritionally poor diet.

Changes in our food habits took place over history, more so
in the past 100 years. Processing has now become wide
spread. It's a sign of changing times and economic
prosperity as Americans look for more and more foods that
are quick and easy, and minimize the needs for home
cooking. Many traditional and time tried balanced and
health food habits were lost. Organ meats have taken a back
seat to muscle meats that are relatively lower in several
minerals, vitamins and essential fatty acids. After the
domestication of wild animals, changes have occurred
through breading and feeding. Commercialization of a
limited range of stocks results in limitations in
diversity, quantity, and quality of fats in animal foods.
This implies a reduction in the essential fats and the
possible increase in saturated fats.

The way the American food industry is set up, all foods
undergo more processing than foods in other parts of the
world, which strips the nutrients and dissociates food from
its natural state. The dependence on canned and preserved
foods is high, which results in nutritionally inferior
foods.

For example, canned tomatoes and tomato puree will not
contain as many phytonutrients and vitamin C as a regular,
fresh tomato.

Processing brings about changes in the fat, mineral, and
vitamin content of foods as well introducing into our food
supply many substances foreign to our human body chemistry.
Shortsighted farming methods deplete soils of minerals,
decreasing the mineral content of the foods grown in these
soils. The entire process ranging from cultivation,
transport, storage, and processing can a heavy nutritional
toll on the vitamin and mineral content of the agricultural
products.

As Americans, we should rely on canned and processed foods
once in a while, not all the time. It's important to eat a
diet rich in natural, organic foods that are free from any
type of processing or refinement. This ensures that we
obtain the maximum nutritional value from food.

Remember, processing is good for the profit margins of the
food industry, but is not necessarily the best choice for
the food consumer. Processed food is generally higher in
sodium, lower in vitamins and minerals and protein. These
foods are also higher in fat and carbohydrates, and may
contain preservatives and other chemicals that add to the
shelf life of food, but not necessarily its nutritional
value.

About the Author:

Did you like this article? To learn about exercise, weight
loss and equipment, visit
http://www.best-weight-loss-programs.net/ and
http://www.guide-to-exercise-equipment.com/

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June 14, 2007

Acid Reflux Recipes

When acid reflux becomes a regular part of life, the sufferer
is commonly advised to change his or her diet. Try to avoid
citrus, Try to avoid acids. See if changes make it better. So
you try. You experiment. And all the time, you're wishing there
were acid reflux cure recipes.

You finally go looking for such, and you find that there are
cookbooks that focus on eating to avoid acid reflux. The
trouble is that neither you nor your doctor can say for sure
that your current diet is the problem. You hate to put out
money for an acid reflux cookbook only to learn that your acid
reflux stems from another cause. You'd like to find someone
that inserts one little word in the phrase acid reflux cure
recipes.

Acid reflux FREE cure recipes!

If you could just find acid reflux free cure recipes, you would
try them. If it turned out that they did help, you wouldn't mind
investing in one or two good acid reflux recipe cookbooks.

The author can't take space here to give you a collection of
acid reflux free cure recipes, but let me contribute to your
search.

Acid Reflux Free Cure Recipes

Acid reflux free cure recipes have three things in common.

1. They eliminate or reduce portions of those foods that are
typically difficult to digest.

2. They include or increase portions of those foods that are
known to aid in digestion.

3. They are FREE!

Orange juice, for example, is acidic. Many people claim that it
increases acid reflux. So replace breakfast orange juice with a
ripe banana, which is easy to digest. Or opt for an apple.

Brownies and donuts are considered foods to be avoided by acid
reflux sufferers. They tend to sit, undigested, in the stomach.
Choose an easily digested dessert such as a fat free cookie or
jelly beans.

Acid Reflux Recipe Ideas

Here are a handful of ideas for acid reflux recipes.

1. Waldorf salad, made with ripe, healthy apples, nuts, and
raisins, is a good acid reflux cure recipe. Use any traditional
Waldorf salad recipe, but substitute low-fat mayonnaise and sour
cream. You will have a great-tasting salad that contains no
recognized acid reflux trigger foods.

2. Beef stew is another great acid reflux cure recipe. Use any
beef stew recipe you like, omitting the onions. Cut the fat
from the beef. If the stew seems to trigger acid reflux, eat a
smaller portion next time.

3. Gingerbread is a marvelous dessert for acid reflux
sufferers. Find a recipe that uses canned pumpkin and wheat
germ. Make it with unsweetened applesauce and low-fat
buttermilk. Then resist the temptation to mound whipped cream
on top of it! Try a low-fat imitation whip instead.

4. Roast turkey breast is a good main course. Cranberries
should be fine with it. Serve the potato baked instead of
mashed.

5. Lowly meatloaf is thought to have no specific acid reflux
triggers.

6. Spaghetti may cause acid reflux in some. You can reduce the
possibilities by beginning with acid-free tomato sauce. Omit
garlic and onion from your sauce, and try using more basil and
less oregano. There are a number of Italian spices that are
great in spaghetti sauce. Try fennel with basil.

7. Cheesecake, too, can be an acid reflux cure recipe. Make it
with reduced fat or no-fat cheeses. Use egg whites and/or egg
substitute.

While trying your acid reflux free cure recipes, learn what the
actual cause of acid reflux is. You may be surprised to know
that it is a muscular problem. There may be things you can do
other than alter your diet.

CAUTION: The information presented here is for educational
purposes only. If you have ongoing acid reflux problems, please
see your physician for advice.

About The Author: ©2007, Anna Hart. Anna herself lives with a
husband who used to suffer heartburn frequently, and she
empathizes with your problem. She invites you to read more of
her articles about heartburn, acid reflux, and GERD at
http://www.heartburnreliefblog.com. Anna continues to research
and post regular information on that site. If you would like to
use bananas for relief from acid reflux, you will want to read
what Anna says about them.

Posted by Willie Crawford at 07:14 PM | Comments (0)

May 06, 2007

Save Over 75% on Tax Lien Certificate Course

Some of you may have noticed that Willie sells
a course on investing in government secured
tax lien certificates. The course teaches how
to earn 16%, 18%, 24%, even up to 50% on this
investment.

Since Willie has been out of pocket and feels
bad about that, he's authorized me to offer
you his course for less than 25% of the
normal price. The sale price is now on the
website and will last for a day or two.
It's at http://InsiderLiens.com

Paris

Posted by Willie Crawford at 10:44 AM | Comments (0)

April 27, 2007

Different Types Of Vegetarians

Many people think of vegetarians as one homogeneous group that just doesn’t eat meat. But nothing could be further from the truth. There are different categories of vegetarians as diverse as the reasons for going vegetarian in the first place.

A vegetarian is generally defined as someone who doesn’t eat meat. But someone who is vegetarian could conceivably eat dairy products such as milk, eggs and cheese. A lacto ovo vegetarian doesn’t eat meat, fish or poultry, but does consume eggs, milk or cheese. A lacto vegetarian consumes milk and cheese products, but doesn’t consume eggs.

A vegan is someone who doesn’t consume any animal product or by-product, including dairy food. They eat only vegetables, fruits, nuts, grains and legumes. They also don’t use animal products, such as leather. Vegans also don’t use white sugar because it’s often processed with a substance derived from animal bones that whitens the sugar.

There are other categories within the vegetarian community. Fruitarians, for example, eat only fruit. Their rationale is that fruits, including fruits such as tomatoes, are self-perpetuating and don’t need to be planted to create the food source. They consider it a way of eating that’s most in balance and harmony with the earth, the most natural.

All of the above will eat cooked vegetables, fruits and legumes. There is also a growing movement towards eating only raw or living foods. This based on the assumption that cooking food processes most of the nutrients out of it, and to get all the nutritional value, vitamins and amino acids from food, it’s best consumed raw, or juiced. If cooked at all, it should only be cooked to slightly over 100 degrees, so the nutrients are still retained.

The more restrictive you become with your diet, however, the more educated you need to become to be sure you’re getting all the necessary proteins and vitamins that you need to maintain good health, especially muscle and heart health.

Willie

Posted by Willie Crawford at 12:08 PM | Comments (0)

December 24, 2006

Foods That Boost Metabolism

Foods That Increase Metabolism
by Andrew Bicknell

In the never ending battle to lose weight people have tried all
sorts of calorie cutting diets, energy boosting pills and the
latest “Fat Buster” exercise machine seen on late night TV.
During this quest to burn off the fat they come to realize that
maybe what they are doing is not working as well as advertised.
The reality is that if we give our bodies the nutrition that
they need by eating healthy nutrient dense foods we’ve already
won half the battle.

What happens when we eat healthy nutritious food? Our bodies
respond by increasing our metabolism, which in turn burns away
extra fat. Now while this is rather simplified and loosing
weight can require a little more effort as far as exercising
and eating right in a nut-shell this is the first best step to
loosing excess weight.

One of the first things we must understand is how our body uses
and stores energy. Our bodies get their energy from the foods we
eat but that energy comes in many different forms. We can get it
from protein, carbohydrates and fat and there are different
forms of these as well. It’s how our bodies use these various
forms of energy that affect our metabolism.

In the case of fat our bodies have very little trouble
converting them directly into fat stores for future use.
Because fats tend to get sent directly to fat storage the body
uses very little energy, or calories, accomplishing this. This
is also true of simple carbohydrates, usually in the form of
refined sugars, found throughout most of our diets. The body
not only uses very little energy converting these refined
sugars into fat the huge amounts of sugar the average person
eats causes the body to release larger amounts of insulin to
deal with this sugar overload. These higher insulin levels
stimulate our appetites to eat more and increase the rate at
which we store excess calories as fat tissue.

Foods that increase metabolism include those foods that are
high in complex carbohydrates and proteins. Why? Because
complex carbohydrates and proteins require more energy for the
body to break down and use. This results in extra calories
being burned just for the sake of digestion and cellular
metabolism.

Foods that are high in complex carbohydrates also help to
increase our metabolism in another way. Because complex
carbohydrates take longer to break down by the bodies digestive
system the release of the caloric energy is spread out over a
longer period of time. This results in less insulin being
released into the blood stream and a more balanced energy flow
during our waking hours resulting in less snacking on sugary
sweets. Sugars and fats on the other hand tend to cause energy
spikes followed by a low period during which we are tempted to
eat more of these fat producing foods to re-energize ourselves.

Most of the complex carbohydrates we eat come from fruits and
vegetables. Fruits and vegetables can help increase our
metabolism in one other way. They are high in fiber and our
bodies’ burn more calories digesting fiber then just about
anything else. In fact it is theorized that many fruits and
vegetables fall into the “negative calorie” categories of
foods. A negative calorie food is one that actually takes more
calories to digest then it actually contains. The resulting
increase in metabolism from eating negative calorie foods can
help burn away excess body fat stores and result in a gradual
weight loss. When combined with a moderate exercise program the
weight loss and metabolism increase can be even greater.

As you can see the foods that increase metabolism are healthy,
nutrient dense foods. Steering clear of processed foods and
refined sugars is key to not only increasing metabolism but
also living a healthy fat free life.

About The Author: To learn more about metabolism, how it works,
and thefoods that increase metabolism click here
http://metabolism.worfdog.com/foods-that-boost-metabolism.html.

http://TheInternetMarketingInnerCircle.com
http://MillionDollar90Days.com
http://TrafficGenerationTechniquesThatWork.com
http://NowThisRocks.com
http://NoHypeInternetMarketing.com

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December 08, 2006

My Top Website Traffic Generation Techniques

My Top Website Traffic Generation Techniques
Copyright 2006 By Willie Crawford

I recently conducted a 2 1/2 hour teleseminar that I entitled
"Website Traffic Generation Techniques That Work." I conducted
the teleseminar for two reasons:

1) I was partnering with two esteemed clients/friends in
creating an in-demand product. Our combined knowledge and
experience guaranteed a website traffic generation product
better than any similar product that I'd seen recently!

2. I was tired of seeing so many people with websites getting
practically ZERO traffic when it is so easy. I wanted to
explain to my subscribers and clients, in a plain-English
fashion, some very effective but simple methods of getting
visitors to their websites.

My websites currently get so much traffic that, while we
could always use more traffic, I no longer worry about
getting website traffic. I've reached what my friend Jack
Humphrey termed critical mass - that point at which one
could actually stop promoting for a while and the traffic
would continue.

When you look at website traffic generation - big picture -
it's just a matter of identifying where your ideal traffic is,
and "standing in front of it!" Here's are just a few ways
that I do that. We covered many more in the teleseminar.

These are all fast and easy to implement:

- Article Writing - Write 300 - 1000 word articles on topics
that your market cares about. Make sure that the articles
address a problem, worry or challenge that your market
faces. In the article point them to solutions that they can
find on your website. It's that simple.

- Affiliate Programs - With an affiliate program, you have
others send you traffic, and you don't spend a penny until
that traffic converts into sales.

You can set up a simple affiliate program selling an ebook
through Clickbank or PayDotCom.com and have an army of
people working hard to send you customers in no time.

If you don't have a product, you can take private label
products, and with a little effort, create products that
your market will be clamoring for, and that affiliates will
be thrilled to market for you. The best duplicable SYSTEM
that I've seen for doing this was developed by Louis Burleson.
You can learn all about Louis' easy to implement system at:
http://NoHypeInternetMarketing.com/TheKey/

- Ebay Sales - With over 100 million registered users, Ebay
is simply too big to ignore as a source of traffic. The most
important thing about that incredible number of Ebay users
is that they are buyers. They visit Ebay with credit card
in hand, and all you need to do is be there with the
products that they are looking for.

By some estimates that I've seen, Ebay gets MORE searches
per day than Google!

There are dozens of ways for you to lure some of those
millions of visitors to your website. Ebay even makes
it easy for you to sift through their database and see
WHAT the most common things are that people are searching
for. What could be easier? You sift through their database,
determine what lots of their users are searching for and
then create simple information product that cater to those
concerns. Then you advertise on Ebay, extremely
inexpensively, letting people know that you have the
solutions over at your website.

- Organic Search Engine Traffic - This seems mysterious
or difficult to many people. However, if you understand that
people visit the search engines seeking solutions to their
problems, then it's as simple as determining what problems
a lot of people are searching for solutions to, creating
solutions to those problems, and then making people aware
of the solutions through content on your site.

As an example, this article addresses the massive problem
of most websites not having enough traffic. It tells them of
the solutions offered on my site, and finally the article
facilitates the search engines telling searchers that
my site is where they'll find the solution. I'll feed this
article to the search engines through my article distribution
channels.

- Social Networking Sites - Sites such as MySpace, Youtube,
and dozens of bookmarking sites, get millions of users
every day. MySpace rapidly grew into the sixth most
visited site on the Internet.

MySpace users set up accounts and conveniently categorize
themselves into interest groups. Using very simple techniques,
you can redirect massive traffic from MySpace to your
website. You can also build your mailing list by interacting
with targeted niches on MySpace. The other social networking
sites function similarly.

- One of the easiest ways to get massive, extremely targeted
traffic is through joint ventures. Through joint ventures,
you get those who already have the attention, trust, and
loyalty of the traffic, to send their traffic to your
sales page. This is totally risk free and one of the
easiest and fastest ways to grow a web business.

Through organizations such as The International Association
Of Joint Venture Brokers (IAJVB), you find large list owners,
product owners, or joint venture brokers. You set up huge,
mutually beneficial partnerships, and leverage your combined
assets. You can get more information on using IAJVB at:
http://TheInternationalAssociationOfJointVentureBrokers.com

In the teleseminar, we also covered generating an endless
flood of highly targeted visitors through methods such
as publishing a newsletter, blogging, creating viral ebooks
and software, creating educational or entertaining multi-
media products, etc. We showed that there as so many
ordinary, easily-implement traffic generation methods that
there really is no reason for any website to suffer from
a lack of traffic.

Actually, I'll retract that statement. Your website does
have to be about something that people are interested in.
There does have to be enough people in the world interested
in your niche to offer you a pool of people that you can
"stand in front of."

I've just shared with you my top website traffic generation
technique. Now all you need to do is implement them. You can
discover many more by listening to the MP3 recordings or
reading the PDF transcripts from my recent teleseminar at:
http://TrafficGenerationTechniquesThatwork.com

--------------------

Willie Crawford, has been successfully marketing goods and
services on the Internet since 1996. He teaches his clients
and subscribers how to use common-sense methods to effortlessly
grow their businesses. You can learn more of Willie Crawford's
methods, and those of over 40 other top online markers by
visiting: http://TheInternetMarketingInnerCircle.com

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September 29, 2006

Join Willie Crawford On The Radio Saturday Night

Saturday night, September 30th, 2006, I invite you to listen in as
I'm the guest on Net Biz Radio. This is an actual radio show, but
one that you can also listen to over the Internet.

You can get more details at: http://www.netbizradio.com/
If you click on the menu link labeled "Insider" you can
sign up to be notified of each Saturday's line-up and how
to access the recordings from the show. I've listened to
past episodes of the show and this IS a QUALITY show ;-)

Here's more info about the show in general... snagged
from the site:

Net Biz Radio is a weekly, 1 hour radio program broadcast
from beautiful downtown Wheeling, West Virginia on the
powerhouse AM giant, WWVA 1170. The NBR studios are located high
atop the historic Capitol Music Hall, the long-time home of the
venerable country music show, The WWVA Jamboree.

Net Biz Radio is dedicated to enabling anyone, anywhere who
wants to learn how to make a living...either part-time or
full-time...on the Internet to do just that!

Even though, right now anyway, unemployment is low, there
are 100s of thousands of people who are looking to earn some
extra money to help with the bills, get the things they want and
need, save for the future...you name it!

So, if you've always wanted a business of your
own...especially if you're interested in growing that business
on the Internet...this is the radio show to listen to. If you
already own a business and want to expand your
marketing...either locally, reginally or nationally...this is
the radio show for you!

The show itself is a fast-paced, funny hour that's filled
with information, interviews, and special features. You won't
want to miss a LIVE show, but if you do, you can always go to
"THE LAST SHOW" button and listen to it at anytime you want.

Go sign up now. The host is taking questions during the show
although I know he has already received numerous questions via
email.

Willie

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September 19, 2006

Diabetes Care Begins With Apt Diabetes Diet!

Diabetes Care Begins With Apt Diabetes Diet!
by Ashish Jain

Diabetes people are special people. They need a special diet.

Diet is one of the most important part of your diabetes
treatment. Perhaps, more important than the medicine itself.
For, if you take proper medicines but neglect the diet, the
result would be counter-productive!

It is no exaggeration if you (being diabetic) are advised to
take care. Maintain the desirable body weight. Shed it, if in
excess. Maintain the level, if you are underweight. Always
remember, your blood glucose level should be normal.

The disease diabetes has a team behind it. Blood vessel
diseases and heart problems await in its wings. So always take
necessary care.

You have to understand your body and health related matters in
the proper perspective. You have the services of two
doctors—yourself and your family doctor. Both of you have to
live like good friends. You have to follow his advice and he
will of course understand your difficulties.

A doctor and a dietitian become the permanent friends and
advisers of a diabetic patient. You have to understood yourself
in a better manner by trial and error methods.

In all the major cities there are Diabetes Associations, who
conduct useful services such as conducting camps, holding
seminars and discussions and arranging group meeting. They also
publish bulletins containing useful and encouraging information.

What you eat is important. For a diabetes patient, how you eat
what you eat is also important. Instead of eating one or two
heavy meals, it is better to take small quantities of food,
several times in a day.

You have perfect understanding of your system, it is okay. But
your doctor knows it better. As for the diet, only follow his
instructions. That is your role. Do not go by ideas. He knows
the facts. Don't be in a hurry to lose weight, though it is
very important. If you lose two pounds in a week, it is ideal.
Don't be panicky about the weight loss subject.

Fruits, seasonal vegetables help you a lot. Oily stuff needs to
be avoided at all costs. Much more fiber must go into your
system.

There may not be a permanent cure for the diabetes—but the
permanent care can not be avoided. Unfortunately, you have the
stamp of diabetes on you! So, take care.

About The Author: http://www.diabitieslife.com/diabetes/ &
Diabities Diet provides detailed information on diabities,
diabities diet, diabities symptoms and more.

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September 06, 2006

Treating Diabetes With A Healthy Diabetes Diet

Treating Diabetes With A Healthy Diabetes Diet
by Mark Fazoli

Diabetes is a disease that is well known for elevated sugar
levels in the blood. These elevated sugar levels develop when
an individual has abnormal metabolism. This abnormal metabolism
may prevent the pancreas from making enough insulin to remove
the sugar from the blood. Although diabetes is known as a life
long disease, it is one that can be managed and treated
overtime.

When it comes to seeking treatment for diabetes, a diagnosis
will have to be made. This diagnosis most commonly comes from a
professional healthcare worker. Although it is best that
diabetes is diagnosed by a healthcare professional, you are
still advised to be on the lookout for common diabetes
symptoms. These symptoms may include fatigue, frequent
urination, frequent fatigue, and nausea. In the event that you
display any of these diabetes symptoms, you are urged to
schedule an appointment with your primary care physician or
another healthcare professional.

Once your primary care physician has been altered to the
display of diabetes symptoms, it is likely that he or she will
run a number of tests. These tests include a wide variety of
different urine tests. If you are diagnosed with diabetes, it
is likely that you will receive either a diagnosis of type 1
diabetes or type 2 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes, although it can
develop at any age, is more common among children. Type 2
diabetes typically develops in adulthood; however, like type 1
diabetes, a diagnosis can occur at any stage in life. While
type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes are the most commonly
diagnosed, there is another form of diabetes known as
gestational diabetes. Gestational diabetes is form of diabetes
that develops during only pregnancy.

As with many other health issues, diabetes has symptoms that
can make it difficult to go about your daily activities. These
symptoms, also mentioned above, commonly include frequent
urination, frequent fatigue, nausea, vomiting, and a frequent
feeling of thirst. These symptoms are why it is important that
you seek medical assistance, when they first begin to display.
This is especially important if you notice that your diabetes
symptoms are making it difficult to go about your daily
activities. This difficultly may not occur on a daily basis,
but it important to make a note of all of the instances where
it has. This may help your doctor to better develop a treatment
plan.

Unfortunately, with diabetes, there is no cure. Although there
is no cure, there are ways that your diabetes and be managed
and treated. These treatment options typically are used to try
and stabilize the sugar in your blood. This is often by done by
changing your eating habits, developing an exercise plan, or
with the injection of insulin. All of these treatment options
are important and effective, but your diabetes diet is perhaps
one of the things that you should be most concerned with.

When it comes to understanding a diabetes diet there are many
individuals who focus solely on the foods that they eat. These
foods are important and, in many cases, lifesaving or life
threatening; however, there is more to a diabetes diet than
just the food that you consume. The time in which you eat your
meals may be just as important as the food you eat, especially
if you have been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Developing an
effective diabetes diet plan, one that includes healthy foods
and established eating times, is one of the best ways to treat
and manage your diabetes.

If you have any questions or need assistance, when it comes to
developing a diabetes diet, you are advised to seek
professional help. That assistance may come from your primary
care physician or a registered dietarian. Whatever type of
assistance you seek, you should be provided with valuable
diabetes diet information that should last be able to last you
a lifetime.

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August 23, 2006

Restaurants And Food Allergies...a Problem?

Restaurants And Food Allergies...a Problem?
by Verona Raymond

Why don’t restaurants know what ingredients are in their food?

I have been allergic to dairy products among other things for
quite a few years. So when I visit restaurants, I always
politely request “no cheese, or sour cream.” The next thing you
know I get an entrée with a cream sauce on it. Most food servers
don’t even know that this contains dairy products!

Since the menus are never explicit about exactly what the
allergen ingredients are in the entrees, I will ask the food
server if a certain dish has dairy products in it if I’m not
sure. Sometimes I’ll ask if it contains something else I am
allergic to. They automatically look at you like you are the
pickiest person on the planet! Then I have to explain that I am
allergic to dairy products and other certain ingredients. They
will get a concerned look, and tell me that they will talk to
the chef to find out what is in the entrée I am questioning.

They usually come back to the table and explain that the chef
doesn’t know what is in some of the sauces or ingredients
because they are sent to them pre-packaged or bottled. So I
sometimes take a chance and order an entrée thinking that it is
okay. Even tarter sauce for fish sometimes is made with sour
cream, even though I like it made with mayonnaise and I’ve had
to stop eating it after trying it out.

One time I ordered dinner that I was allergic to unknowingly
and immediately I started getting a reaction and had them take
it away, I then just ate the bread that came with the meal. I
was very pleased when they took my order off the bill, but it
could have been avoided in the first place if they would have
been more knowledgeable about the ingredients.

I really appreciate the fact that it is now mandatory that the
allergen ingredients are listed on most all types of products
in the grocery stores! Especially when the label plainly states
that the product contains milk, instead of having to read
through the long list of ingredients that often list milk as
“whey” or “casein.” When you are allergic to dairy products
especially, it is always wise to learn the different terms for
dairy because not all products are plainly written on the food
labels. Some products say “dairy free” on the front label but
the ingredients label lists casein, so the labels need to be
checked thoroughly.

While we are on the subject of food labels with allergen
information, a thought comes into my mind (okay…I’ve been
thinking about this for a long time!) Why aren’t restaurants
required to list the allergen ingredients plainly on the menus
next to the entrée description? Are we allergy sufferers asking
too much?

I guess if I didn’t have food allergies, I wouldn’t really care
whether the restaurants did or not. But if a person does ever
experience what it feels like having an instant food allergy
reaction or some of the “soon to follow” reactions, they would
really want this information on all restaurant menus.

How extremely nice it would be to not have to bother the food
server, and have a dinner where I wouldn’t have to be worrying
whether or not, I am going to pass out, have difficulty
breathing or worse!

Food allergies are more and more common everyday. I am for
getting this valuable information on all restaurant menus! When
will this happen? Soon I hope.

About The Author: Verona maintains several websites including a
Food Allergy and Colitis website with a forum, plus a Christian
website. Both are filled with expert articles and information.
She currently enjoys writing her own articles available for
publication. This article may be reprinted freely as long as
all links remain active. http://foodallergyandcolitis.com
http://christianarticles.christianrhapsody.com
http://christianrhapsodyblog.blogspot.com

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Restaurants And Food Allergies...a Problem?

Restaurants And Food Allergies...a Problem?
by Verona Raymond

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Diabetes And Society

Diabetes And Society
by Celia Namart

One of the things most people do not know is that there are
several different types of diabetes, and that diabetes is a
disease that will stay with you for the rest of your life,
there is no cure from diabetes and that means that once a
person is informed that he has diabetes this condition will
follow him for the rest of his or her life.

Coming to terms with the fact that one has diabetes may be
psychologically difficult sometimes, especially if the person
has no experience with long and difficult diseases and
illnesses. The mental strain and the difficulty of grasping the
new situation might sometimes cause a state of confusion and
anger, denial and expressions of mood swings. While this is all
normal and understandable an adult behaving in such a way may be
problematic to explain to young children or even friends and
colleagues.

As in all other difficult situation that family and close
friends can always be a source of great comfort and relief, and
if you can find some people who also discovered in later stages
of life that they had diabetes that will help too, the idea of
companionship between patients of many diseases can help the
patient realize that there are ways to deal with the news and
that people have done that before him.

Dealing with the discovery of diabetes is not as crashing as
other fatal diseases that we know about and hear about on a
daily basis, but for a healthy individual this may come as a
complete shock, and any person that is not well informed abbot
diabetes to begin with may take this as a devastating
realization. It is important to stress that diabetes is
something that you can live with and that there is increasing
awareness around the world about diabetes patient and their
needs, as well as the medical attention that diabetics require.

The fact that there are three different kinds of diabetes
should make it clear that everyone needs to know about diabetes
since it is not an illness that is limited to young age only,
diabetes can be discovered later in life and the risks
associate with the lack of treatment for diabetes is high. The
lack of knowledge about diabetes causes future patients to
panic or be o relaxed about their condition, which is in both
cases dangerous to their health.

To summarize what has been said in this article so far, the
discovery of diabetes in a later stage of life can be a shock,
the family and friends should try their best to support the
diabetic and to help him or her to realize that this is a
disease that requires daily attention and that is potentially
dangerous if not treated properly, overall the level of
awareness in the general public to the diabetes disease and to
diabetics in general should be addressed and any individual
should try his or her best to explain the dangers of the
illness to others not only to increase the awareness but also
to try and improve society treatment of diabetics.

About The Author: Celia Nemart writes about family and medical
issues on the internet, Celia is a dedicated to increasing
awareness of Diabetes Symptoms at
http://diabetes.healthandcosmetics.com

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August 14, 2006

Crab Info

Crab Info
by: Pat Murphy

Crabs are probably the most popular crustacean in the dinner
table. They are succulent and delicious but don't cost an arm
and a leg like lobsters. These shelled delicacies are found and
eaten worldwide with distinct taste and preparation, depending
on the locale. But because of their intimidating appearance,
most people are wary of buying and preparing these tasty
crustaceans at home. It's a pity because these crustaceans are
very versatile. Whether steamed whole, made into sandwiches,
boiled in soups, or fried like crab cakes, these shelled
goodies never fail to satisfy.

To ease this intimidation, it helps to know important facts
about this particular seafood. These crustaceans are decapods
with bodies made up of carapace or hard shell. These hard
shells are their exoskeletons. These crustaceans shed their
shells regularly through a process called moulting. The
moulting process defines the difference between soft shells and
hard shells. For example, Alaskan crabs are big but if caught in
the early moulting stage, their shells are brittle and soft.
Hard shells are developed as the new shells mature.

It is very important to buy live, fresh crustaceans. Buying
them dead can cause poisoning and other digestive problems.
Choosing fresh crustaceans means looking for signs of life.
Aggressive and active crabs are preferable over those who can't
even crawl. Intact crab legs are also indications of health.
This means that the shelled critters were not handled roughly.

Cooking them is also a very easy process. Even cooking
weird-looking claws of stone crabs is a cinch. Just steam, pick
out the meat, add lots of butter, and a dash of lime juice. This
technique also applies to whole critters. As soon as the
critters change their color into bright orange, take them out
of your steamer. This steam and butter method applies to all
species of this succulent seafood, but not recommended to the
little ones. A small crab like a blue crab is better if it is
deep-fried. This makes for a crunch shell and juicy meat
inside.

Crabs are special delicacies. But what makes them special is
not their price tag. They are special because they require
effort to buy and prepare. The people who will partake of your
crab feast won't mind if they got a big or small crab. It won't
matter if you serve crab sandwiches or crab cakes. The effort
you put into cooking them will make the critters taste as best
as can be.

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June 13, 2006

The Power Of Cinnamon

The Power Of Cinnamon

More than 170 million people throughout the world suffer from
diabetes and the number continues to climb. Could it be that
many of these people could benefit from an easily accessible
product such as cinnamon?

This spice, which most of us have in our kitchen, has been
shown to have the power to cut blood sugar levels nearly as
much as statin drugs!

The magic ingredient in cinnamon is believed to be a substance
called MHCP. The MHCP is thought to be the reason cinnamon
reignites the ability of fat cells in diabetics to respond to
insulin and dramatically increase glucose removal.

In addition, two new studies reveal new evidence for the
beneficial effects of cinnamon as an anti-inflammatory agent
and support earlier research of its power as an anti-oxidant
agent and an agent able to lower cholesterol, triglycerides,
and glucose, and improve the functioning of insulin.

However, before you run out and buy a case of cinnamon, keep
the following in mind. Eating mouthfuls of cinnamon straight
from the bottle may not be the best solution. Table cinnamon is
not water soluble, which means it can build up in the body with
unknown consequences.

Also, some of the beneficial qualities of cinnamon, such as
lowering total cholesterol, only occurred by taking the capsule
form. It is believed that a persons saliva may have some
harmful effects on cinnamon.

Do not despair; there are still plenty of benefits if you dont
have time to get cinnamon capsules. It is my guess that most of
us will just use the cinnamon we have sitting in the cupboard.

Just a half a teaspoon a day is all you need to get the blood
sugar reducing benefits. You can also get the effect by simply
soaking a cinnamon stick in your next cup of tea.

While many type II diabetics are finding a great improvement in
their health with cinnamon supplementation, the good news does
not end with help for diabetes. Many non-diabetics are
discovering the energy boosting properties of this wonderful
spice and use cinnamon as a daily energy tonic.

There is also speculation by researchers that cinnamon can help
people with pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic cancer is a disease
were unusual amounts of insulin are produced by the pancreas in
response to a cancer tumor. This causes insulin resistance in
the cells and prevents the cell from getting glucose. In
theory, researchers think cinnamon might help overcome this
resistance.

Insulin resistance may also be involved in diseases such as
Alzheimers according to some scientists. Studies are ongoing
to test this theory.

The powers of cinnamon cannot be denied and its help for some
diabetics and pre-diabetics has been nothing short of
miraculous.

Of course, this does not mean to rush out and gorge on cinnamon
rolls and cinnamon flavored pie. There is too much sugar in that
diet. The best options are taking capsules or sprinkling a half
teaspoon of cinnamon on what you normally would eat.

Dont forget to inform your doctor before taking cinnamon as it
might have interactions with other medications.

About The Author: Through his avid research, Mr. Brooks has
come to the realization that being healthy is a choice and
encompasses not only proper diet but also a fitness regimen
that includes the mind, body and soul. Mike Brooks is the
publisher and editor-in-chief for the health information site
http://www.Ultimatehealthreport.com.

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April 11, 2006

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April 10, 2006

Protecting Yourself From Identity Theft

The following article was in today's issue of the I-cop
newsletter. It's good advice in preventing identity theft.
The I-cop newsletter is only sent to members, but you can
get information on membership on The International Council
of Online Professionals at:
http://www.i-cop.org/ref.cgi?id=williec

Here's the article...

Guard Your Wallet

Read this and make a copy for your files in case you need to
refer to it someday. Maybe we should all take some of his
advice! A corporate attorney is said to have sent the
following out to the employees in his company.

PERSONAL CHECKS

1. The next time you order checks have only your initials
(instead of first name) and last name put on them. If someone
takes your checkbook they will not know if you sign your checks
with just your initials or your first name, but your bank will
know how you sign your checks.

2. When you are writing checks to pay on your credit card
accounts, DO NOT put the complete account number on the "For"
line. Instead, just put the last four numbers. The credit
card company knows the rest of the number, and anyone who might
be handling your check as it passes through all the check
processing channels won't have access to it.

3. Put your work phone number on your checks instead of your
home phone.

4. If you have a PO Box, use that instead of your home address.

5. Never have your Social Security Number printed on your
checks. You can add it if it is necessary, but if you have it
printed anyone can get it.

WALLET CONTENTS

1. Carry only, in your wallet or on your person, the cards,
checkbook, cash, etc. you absolutely need.

2. Do not carry a Social Security card in your wallet.
Memorize the number. If necessary, write the number on a piece
of paper in a manner that you can recognize it but another
person cannot.

3. Do not carry any record of account numbers. Memorize them.
If necessary, write the numbers on a piece of paper in a
manner that you can recognize it but another person cannot.

4. Place the contents of your wallet on a photocopy machine:
do both sides of each license, credit card, etc. You will know
what you had in your wallet and all of the account numbers and
phone numbers to call and cancel. Keep the photocopy in a safe
place.

5. I also carry a photocopy of my passport when I travel,
either here or abroad. We've all heard horror stories about
fraud that's committed on us in stealing a name, address,
Social Security number, credit cards, etc.

CREDIT & DEBIT CARDS

Unfortunately I, an attorney, have firsthand knowledge because
my wallet was stolen last month. Within a week, the thief
ordered an expensive monthly cell phone package, applied for a
VISA credit card, had a credit line approved to buy a Gateway
computer, received a PIN number from DMV to change my driving
record information online, and more.

But here's some critical information to limit the damage in
case this happens to you or someone you know:

1. We have been told we should cancel our credit cards
immediately. But the key is having the toll free numbers and
your card numbers handy so you know who to call. Keep those
where you can find them easily.

2. File a police report immediately in the jurisdiction where
it was stolen or lost. This proves to credit providers you
were diligent and is a first step toward an investigation (if
there ever is one).

3. But here's what is perhaps most important: (I never even
thought to do this). Call the three national credit-reporting
organizations immediately to place a fraud alert on your name
and Social Security number.

I had never heard of doing that until advised by a bank that
called to tell me an application for credit was made over the
Internet in my name.

The alert means any company that checks your credit knows your
information was stolen and they have to contact you by phone to
authorize new credit.

By the time I was advised to do this, almost two weeks after
the theft, all the damage had been done. There are records of
all the credit checks initiated by the thief's purchases, none
of which I knew about before placing the alert.

Since then, no additional damage has been done, and the thief
threw my wallet away this weekend (someone turned it in). It
seems to have stopped them in their tracks.

The numbers are:

Equifax:
1-800-525-6285

Experian (formerly TRW):
1-888-397-3742

Trans Union:
1-800-680-7289

Social Security Administration (fraud line): 1-800-269-0271

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January 01, 2006

Forget "Thinking" Outside The Box…GET Outside The Box!

Forget "Thinking" Outside The Box…GET Outside The Box!

I happened to overhear a conversation the other day between two
men…

Young man has started learning about real estate investing. He
has read books and attended seminars put on by some gurus who
make more money selling information about real estate investing
than they do investing in real estate BUT at least he is taking
the initiative to learn more. This is more than most people will
do.

Old man owns his home. Young man wants to buy real estate as an
investment….apartment buildings, office buildings…that type
stuff. Old man has no experience in this area. During the
conversation old man says to young man…"are you doing anymore of
that real estate nonsense?"

By "nonsense" I know old man was referring to attending the "get
r*i*c*h quick" type seminars and not a condemnation of real
estate investing. BUT it came across as a condemnation of the
young man's process of educating himself about something new….
something that could improve his life and the lives of his
family.

Unfortunately, you probably have people like that in your life.
You may BE a person like that in someone else's life. People in
your "box" don't want you getting out!

You know the type. Negative about any attempt you might make to
improve your life…to be different…to stand out….to be more
successful than they are.

I heard a great analogy for this by attending a free investment
seminar. I knew this guy would be advocating some risky
financial moves but I figured since I was in the seminar giving
business myself, that I might bevable to learn something useful.
I did.

The people you associate with most are probably just like you.
You have similar educational backgrounds, families and incomes..
You live in houses and drive cars of similar value. You attend
the same church…your kids attend the same schools…you shop in the
same stores. You get the idea.

One could say you are in the same "box" or rut.

The analogy continues...

Unfortunately, the "instructions" on how to get out of your
"box" are posted on the "outside" of your "box" where you can't
read them. You'll need the help of someone who has already made
it out, to "read" you the instructions so you can get out too.

It's not enough to get that help though. You'll probably have
to deal with your "boxmates" who would rather you stick around
to keep them company in their sad little "box."

In listening to the conversation between old man and young man I
immediately flashed on the image of young man starting to climb
out of the box and old man reaching up and grabbing him by the
belt to pull him back in.

Sad but all too common I'm sure. If any of this sounds familiar
you might have some hard decisions to make.

If completely getting rid of a negative person from your life is
not possible (spouse, relative, employer) then you might have to
clam up about your goals, dreams and desires.

Discuss them only with people who will support you or preferably
with people who have already done what you want to do.

Author Dan Kennedy has coined the phrase "mediocre majority" to
describe most people. This is a group you want to avoid.

So, no matter what you want to accomplish, be it changing your
life to get out of debt…starting a business…going back to school
(imagine at your age!)…investing in real estate…mystery shopping…
losing weight…taking piano lessons or anything else, simply get
started and keep the pie hole shut! (salad hole if losing weight)

Good luck!

*****************
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area. For the last eight years he has been stunning audiences by
showing them that paying off their highest interest rates debts
first and/or paying extra on more than one debt is often the
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How To Get An Instant Pay Raise

How To Get An Instant Pay Raise

As a gentleman was leaving my class recently, he wanted me to
clarify something I had said. He was making sure that he should
take his four or five thousand dollar tax refund and pay off debt.

I was stunned. This money represented $400-$500 that could have
been in his pocket every month. A survey of my friends this
week revealed one who was getting back $2800 and one getting $3300
back this year.

Getting a large tax refund (over $500) means you are having too
much money withheld from your check every pay period.

Many people use this as a forced saving plan and it does not
make any sense. You are loaning the government YOUR money,
interest free. Every $1200 in refund is an extra $100 per month
you could have used to eliminate debt or invest for your future.

I 'd venture to say that most people who do get large refunds
could use this money every month to ease their debt burden. This
burden frequently leads to late charges and higher interest rates.
Instead, they like the feeling of getting that big check in the
mail and figuring out how to spend that chunk of money.

The ideal situation is to either owe or get back $100.

If you get a big tax refund then you should adjust your
allowances. The more allowances you claim, the less money is
withheld from your check for taxes. It generally does not matter
how many allowances you claim. If the government gets it's money
they really don't care how many allowances you claim.

Here is how to get it right. Take the time to complete the
appropriate worksheets included on Form W-4. The worksheets
will help you determine your withholding allowances based on your
income, adjustments, deductions, exemptions and tax credits. The
worksheets can help you figure the right amount so you don't have
too little withheld.

If you need help ask your payroll administrator at work or an
accountant.

Keep your money working for YOU!

Posted by Willie Crawford at 05:26 PM | Comments (0)

November 17, 2005

The Interview With God

Meet Morgan Westerman. He created a...
"Five Million Dollar Website System
That Brings Millions of Targeted Traffic
To Your Website At Zero Cost!"

How would you like to have millions of raving fans visiting
your website, telling their friends about your products and
services, without paying a single penny for all the targeted
traffic you can stand!? That's right! No advertising dollars!
None. Zero.

Sound too good to be true? Not when you follow the Morgan
Westerman system. Morgan discovered some extremely powerful
strategies that will unlock the floodgates and send avalanches
of lazer-focused traffic to your site for free, and turn your
visitors into fanatics who can't resist sharing your marketing
message with everyone they know.

Morgan created a website which more than 40,000,000 people
visited. This one website launched a small publishing business
for Morgan which is now worth over $5,000,000 ... with over half
a million subscribers and 140,000 customers in 152 countries
worldwide.

One of Morgan's sites... "The Interview With God" Check it
out at: http://TheInterviewWithGod.com

Morgan and I will be be speaking at a seminar in Orlando,
Florida, the second weekend in December. Click here to
check out that seminar!

Willie

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November 11, 2005

Is Bad Circulation Killing You? Read On...

I read a lot of books and ebooks every week on a
variety of topics. Some I read because I'm looking
for solutions to your problems. Some I read because
the authors ask me for reviews. Others I read because
the titles intrigues me.

One of the ones I read this week was entitled,
Beat Bad Circulation Before It Beats You Dead!
- Common Treatments And Natural Remedies
It did a great job of explaining what's probably happening
to you if you're over 40 and you experience...

- Cramping of the legs, buttocks, or feet

- Pain in your legs

- Legs and/or feet falling to sleep

- Tired aching feet

- Swelling of the legs

- Lower temperature in your arms, hands, legs, or feet

If you have any of these syptoms, or know anyone who does,
or suspect you have bad circulation, I recommend that you
check this ebook out at: http://www.beatbadcirculation.com

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October 26, 2005

Why Stress Causes Aging - What You Can Do to Stop It!

Here's nice article from my friend Dr.Jill Ammon-Wexler
of Quantum-Self.com I serve as a "prosperity advisor
over at this self development site!

Why Stress Causes Aging - What You Can Do to Stop It!
By Dr Jill Ammon-Wexler
Executive Advisor
© 2005 All Rights Reserved.

If you've ever blamed stress for new wrinkles or gray
hairs, you may have been right. Theres now strong
proof long-term stress makes us grow old before our
time. But - there's also new proof that a positive
outlook can reduce impact of stress on your health. It
cannot ravage the body if your the mind says "no."

The Physical Impact of Stress Want a reason to
introduce serious stress reduction into your lifestyle?

Studies show that high levels of stress can lead to
obesity, and definitely trigger a raft of diseases from
heart attacks and cancer - to ulcers, colitis, and all
the age-related disorders like arthritis. The Center
for Disease Control and Prevention claims as much as
90% of doctor visits in the USA are triggered by a
stress related illness.

When you get hit by stress, your adrenal glands crank
out powerful hormones such as adrenaline that drive
your blood pressure up. And with chronic stress, those
hormones stay at dangerously high levels.

New research has shown that over-the-top stress goes
beyond a temporary increase in blood pressure, and
actually injures (and often kills) the cells of your
body and brain. This accelerates the aging process,
leaving you prone to a long list of diseases.

Dr Elissa Epel of University of California in San
Francisco studied women suffering from the intense
stress of caring for chronically ill children. Her
study looked deep inside their cells to determine if
stress was affecting a key part of their chromosomes
called a "telomere."

Telomeres cap the ends of the chromosomes containing
your body's DNA, and are recognized markers of aging.
As people get older this cap gets ground down. When the
telomere gets too short to work properly, cells all
over your body start to sicken or die -- and the
diseases of old age set in.

Epel's research team found that the longer a woman had
cared for a child with a serious illness, the shorter
her telomere -- a finding that points straight to rapid
aging. "It's very sad," Epel says. "These women are
paying an intense personal price."

But this premature aging response was not confined to
caregivers: The study also studied mothers of healthy
kids. Most of the women in this group did not report
burn-out stress level. But those that did also had
shorter telomeres, and the related premature aging
response.

When the researchers looked at the stressed-out women
in both group, they found dramatic signs of damage.
"They had lost the amount of telomeric DNA one would
expect to lose in 10 years of aging," Dr. Epel says.

Proof a Positive Attitude Prevents Aging We all have
stressful things happen to us - loss of a job, a
natural disaster, a divorce, a car accident. But does
that type of stress doom us to DNA damage? Probably
not. Providing you resolve the stressful situation and
it does not become chronic, you can rebound and further
develop your resilience and stress resistance.

The women in Dr Epel's study who viewed their situation
positively didn't seem to suffer the ill effects of
stress. A positive outlook on life, a regular
stress-management regime, and the support of friends
can help buffer the potential damage of ongoing stress,
Epel recommends.

Lengthen Your Life A great way to reduce your stress
and slow down the aging process is laughter. Laughter
protects your nervous system and gives your endocrine
system a much-needed rest, all at the same time. Its
actually a tremendous healing activity.

When you laugh you boost your immune system, clear
waste products out of your internal organs and tissues,
and increase the oxygen in your body at both cellular
and organ levels. (It's interesting to note that cancer
cells die in the presence of oxygen.)

So if nothing else, at least do get a good laugh about
something. Click Here!
http://www.quantum-self.com/articles.php?articleId=135

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You Probably Have Adware And Spyware On Your Windows XP System!

Maybe you have Adware and Spyware on your Windows XP system and know it?

Maybe you have Adware and Spyware on your Windows XP system and don't know it?

Possibly, it's a bit of both.

I've read that within 20 minutes of going out on the internet with a Windows XP system you will have enough Adware and Spyware on you system to start causing it to run slow and sluggish not to mention the fact that
someone is spying on you.

Personally, I hate the thought of that happening and I think that you do too.

I've been running a powerful Window XP performance enhancing software for a couple months and the results have been much, much greater than I expected. I've used it on my gaming computer which requires an immense amount of power to run some of the programs and I've been very surprised at the increase in response and speed of my system.

You can have the pro's explain how it works in terms anyone can understand by clicking the link here!

I don't claim to understand all of the technical stuff!

They can explain how it works much better than I can and they even have a video that explains how it works.

Go ahead and take a look, I think you'll like what you see.

Wishing you all the best,

Willie Crawford

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October 23, 2005

Florida Bracing For Hurricane Wilma

It looks like Hurricane Wilma will hit southeast Florida on Monday now. I'm way up in the northwest corner of the state and the wind outside my house is howling.

As Hurricane Wilma crossed the Gulf of Mexico, she's expected to absorb heat from the warm Gulf waters and pick up speed. Hurricane Wilma's a category II storm right now... or was the last time that I check, but could easily build back up to a category 5 storm by time she hits Florida. Lets hope not!

You can get the latest news on Hurricane Wilma at this blog:
http://hurricanewilma.blogspot.com/

Willie

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October 19, 2005

Hurricane Wilma "The Most Intense Atlantic Hurricane On Record!"

Meet Hurricane Wilma, the most intense Atlantic hurricane ON RECORD.

They're already evacuating the Florida Keys but it's difficult to
predict a storms exact part. They can look at current and winds
aloft and get a pretty good idea though.

In northwest Florida, we haven't really made any preparations yet.
Most of us still have supplies from the when we prepared for the
last 5 or 6 storms to hammer the state. My generate still has gas
in it :-)

Let's hope it fizzles while still out in the middle of the ocean.
If it hits my part of the state I plan on evacuating this time
since I've already ridden out 2 category 4 hurricanes and they're
NO FUN. You sit listening to the winds and wonder if the house
is going to collapse :-)

If you want to keep up with the latest, we make regular posts on
my Hurricane Wilma blog at http://hurricanewilma.blogspot.com

Willie Crawford

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September 19, 2005

How To Never Receive Spam, Viruses, Or Any Unwanted Email!

Here's an email system that I recently started
experimenting with as a way to cut down on spam.

This system ONLY allows you to receive email from
other users of the system. Those users have to be
on your approved list in order for messages from
them to get through.

I see this as ideal for a close network of friends,
and business partners that you want to make sure
that you never miss an email from.

I didn't see a practical way to use this with say...
a mailing list or ezine since each subscriber would
have to be a user of the system, and add you to their
approved list.... although I guess that's possible.

There is a small annual fee for using the system, but
if you need an email box that is absolutely spam free,
check this out. I'll likely use it primarily with
consulting clients and partners I'm working on large
projects with.

Willie

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September 05, 2005

Car Auctions

Auction Cars! A way to save or make some money!

One of my buddies makes an absolute fortune buying
and selling cars at auction. He buys all kinds of
cars at auctions sponsored by police agencies, the
U.S. government, the postal service, car dealers,
banks... you name it.

Here are a few of his blogs where he discussed
buying cars at auction. He's just getting started
with blogging about buying cars at auction. Drop
by and leave a note for him. I've partnered up with
him on some parts of this project!

Used Car Auction

Government Car Auction

Police Car Auction

Public Car Auction

California Car Auction

Florida Car Auctino

Car Auction

Willie

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September 01, 2005

Send A Real Greeting Card To A Hurricane Katrina Victim For Free!

If you have friends who were affected by Hurricane Katrina,
they'd love to know that you're thinking of them. The problem
is that their utilities and phone may be out. When I went through
Hurricane Ivan, we were without drinkable running water, electricity,
cable or phone for around 3 weeks! We also didn't have mail
delivery for nearly 2 weeks.

If you'd like to send some type of greeting card... to be delivered
whenever they start mail delivery, if it stopped, you cand send
one free here:
http://MakeLoyalCustomers.com/willie

The way this works is that you visit this page and click on
the get a free sample account button. Fill in the form and we'll
set up an account for you to send 2 greeting cards at our expense.

We pay for the stamps and cards.

After the account is set up, you get an email telling you that it's
ready. Then you log into a webpage, choose a card, enter your
message, enter the recipients address, and click send. The company
that we work with will print your card in full color (looks like
a regular greeting card), put it in a regular envelope, put a
first class stamp on it and mail it for you. The card can be sent
any where in the world, but I'm suggesting sending it to a
Hurricane Katrina vicitim.

Why am I doing this?

I'm doing this to help spead a little cheer. Telling someone
that you're thinking of them always lifts the human spirit. I'm
also hoping that you'll enjoy using this system and want to
send more cards through it. If you do, I can set it up so
that you can send an unlimited number of cards for less than
$1.50 each... and that includes the first class postage!

Anyway, click here to visit the site. Fill in the form and
send a few cards at my expense.

Willie Crawford

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August 22, 2005

Send Out Cards - Did You See The Commercial?

Send Out Cards - Sign Up As A Representative Here! (Only Open to
Individuals With U.S. Addresses).

Send out cards - If you've seen our commercial and need
more information, I'm as close as the phone. Call me toll-free
or just sign up here.

As a SendOutCards.com representative, I earn a nice income and
would be happy to talk to you about becoming a Send Out Cards
team member.

I'll answer your questions honestly and with absolutely no pressure.

You can call me toll-free at 877-262-3367.

I'm one of those people who believe that not everything is for
everyone. So I'll actually be "interviewing" you as we talk,
and I'll tell you if I think that you're right for my team.
Anyone can do it, but it does take a little work.

If you've seen the commercial about SendOutCards.com and you'd
like more information, call me.

You can also get more information from our website at:
http://SendOutCards.com/willie

Or you can request a free trail account where you can actually
send out a few cards at my expense. Request the free trial
account by filling in the form at:
http://MakeLoyalCustomers.com/willie

I need for you to fill in the form because I'm setting it up so
that you can use a few of my pre-paid cards and postage to test
drive the system.

Thanks for your interest in SendOutCards.com

Willie Crawford
Send Out Cards Representative

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July 31, 2005

Alternative Treatments For Incurable Diseases

I read a lot and study alternative medicines and folk remedies.
Here's an interesting book on alternative medicines:

It's called Alternative Treatments for Incurable Diseases
Your Guide to Natural,Non-toxic Treatments for Dying Patients

Imposing title!

You can check it out by clicking here.

Willie

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July 30, 2005

Yahoo Image Search

On a recent call we discussed searching for images using the search engines. Here's a bit about it on the Yahoo Search blog...

Willie

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July 23, 2005

Answers To Your Car Related Questions

For any automotive repair type questions that you may have, I recommend that you drop by my friend Tommy's blog at:
http://www.auto-repair-answers.com/blog/

Tell Tommy that I sent you.

Willie

Posted by Willie Crawford at 08:49 PM | Comments (0)

July 19, 2005

Blogs About Hurricanes

Since I live in the heart of hurricane country, I thought I'd blog
about it. So, I've created blogs for all of the named Hurricanes
of 2005.

Feel free to drop by any of these blogs and share your thoughts
or experiences on that particular hurricane. Here are the blogs
(some still need some work):

Hurricane Arlene
Hurricane Bret
Hurricane Cindy
Hurricane Dennis
Hurricane Emily
Hurricane Franklin
Hurricane Gert
Hurricane Harvey
Hurricane Irene
Hurricane Jose
Hurricane Katrina>
Hurricane Lee
Hurricane Maria
Hurricane Nate
Hurricane Ophelia
Hurricane Philippe
Hurricane Rita
Hurricane Stan
Hurricane Tammy
Hurricane vince
Hurricane Wilma

I'll share information, resources and experiences on these storms
as the season continues. I hope all of these blog eventually grow
in popularity.

There are three list of approved hurricane names that basically
rotates. New hurricane names are only created for particularly
nasty (unusual storms).

Feel free to post relevant comments to these blogs.

Willie

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July 18, 2005

Let's Meet In New Orleans In September

September 9th - 1lth, 2005, I will be at a seminar a friend is sponsoring in New Orleans. The seminar is for those running web businesses who want to learn how to earn tens of thousands of dollars per month from tightly focused niche websites. It also teaches traffic generation and conversion, as well as how to generate at least $10,000 per month from Google AdSense revenue... virtually hands-off.

If you'd like more details on the seminar, click here. I plan on being at the hotel at this link.

I'd love to meet you at this seminar or even just hanging out in the hotel lobby :-)

Willie

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July 09, 2005

Lots of Information On Controlling Cholesterol

Here's a site set up by a partner that contains lots of information on controlling your cholesterol. In fact, the entire site is nothing but articles on controlling cholesterol. Bookmark the site and also tell "The Professor" that Willie sent you.

Willie

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July 03, 2005

A Warning For Webmasters - Don't Get Your Site BANNED!

I just finished reading a report that opened
with the headline:

“Before The End Of 2005:
Thousands Of More Websites Will
Vanish From The Search Engines…
Their Traffic Will Plummet… More
Lawsuits Will Be Served… And
Entire Businesses (And Incomes)
Will Literally Sink Overnight…”

The report went on to prove why all of these
predictions are VERY accurate. A lot of it
had to do with people using improper search
engine tactics, and the fact that the
search engines are taking drastic steps to
stop the search engine spamming.

The 18 page report is a good read and contains
lots of great tips on how you can protect your
websites. You can download at copy from:
http://www.williecrawford.com/shocking_report.pdf

Willie

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June 27, 2005

Remembering Summer

Having grown up on my grandmother's farm I related to a lot of things mentioned in this article by my friend Dr. JL Scott.

I had a really neat childhood. My brothers and I went to
school in the city, but nearly every weekend, plus holidays and
summers, were spent on our beloved grandparents' farm. In the
city, I learned to be quite the little lady. But, on the farm,
I could just BE. So, I had the best of both worlds.

It's those summers I've been flashing back to lately. I have
NO idea why! Maybe I'm worn out. Maybe it's one of those,
"Stop the world, I wanna get off," things. Maybe we just work
too damn hard and forget to relax and enjoy. Or, maybe we're
not ALLOWED to relax and enjoy anymore.

Now, I know everyone didn't get to spend childhood summers in
the country. But, I wonder how many folks remember things like
this ...

Waking up, just past dawn, to the cool, morning breeze gently
lifting the white, "summer curtains" in the bedroom, listening
to the quail give their "Bob White!" call, then heading to the
kitchen to gobble the cold oats (not oatmeal slow-cooked OATS)
left for us by Pappy Lee (our grandfather) when he went to the
barn to feed the animals.

Or, on days when we woke up early, having Pappy make us
buckwheat pancakes, topped with pure butter and homemade
sorghum syrup, made as only he could make it.

Racing to the barn behind him, dogs at our heels, to help
"feed" and check on any new arrivals, and see if the (harmless)
bull snake, kept for controlling the mouse population, had shed
its skin. Then, back to the hen house to gather eggs.

And, maybe watch Pappy kill and dress a hen, carefully removing
any unlaid eggs, to be boiled up with the chicken and homemade
noodles for supper (called "dinner" in the city) that evening.

Helping Nonny (our grandmother) bake pies "from scratch,"
using LARD - while the morning was still cool enough to turn
the oven on - where the leftover dough was shaped with a
chicken-shaped cookie cutter, sprinkled with sugar and
cinnamon, with a "red-hot" for an eye, and baked to make the
very BEST cookies in the entire world.

Lying in the grass, watching cumulous clouds lazily making
perfect shapes of animals and other things as they floated
by. Or, hiding out under the young Weeping Willow tree,
staring up at the leaves, and fantasizing what life would be
like when we "grew up."

Running through the orchard, picking fruit off the trees,
wiping it off on our clothes, and eating it on the spot,
without concern for washing off any pesticides. Or, snatching
strawberries from the patch, or grapes from the vines as we
passed by, and it was okay to do that.

Picking flowers from the flower beds, taking them to the house,
and washing the ants off them in the sink before sticking them
into a Ball fruit jar, where they presided over the kitchen
table with the oil cloth cover, and the mean cat that would
reach out from another chair and swat our bare, brown legs
with her claws extended, if we dared to sit down without
looking.

Swinging on the tire swing, hung from the huge, old Cottonwood
tree in the barn yard, that lightning struck at least once every
year.

Riding the Indian Paint ponies, whooping like little savages
bareback racing the trains on the tracks out behind the farm
along the full length of the property, with the engineers waving
to us all the way across.

Telling my brothers they'd better not chew that gum without
asking and laughing so hard when they did it anyway, and found
out later it was Ex-Lax.

"Going to town" on Sunday mornings to the Sunday School that
taught us to sing "Jesus Loves Me" and "God is Love." And, to
the church service afterward and, on Wednesday evenings, where
the pastor preached hellfire and damnation.

And, showing up for Vacation Bible School every day for two
weeks in the summer. And, the "Ice Cream Social" at the end,
with homemade ice cream being cranked in a churn and sugar
cookies with colored sugar sprinkles, to celebrate our latest
"graduation."

Hot afternoons reading books like, Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry
Finn. Or, learning new words by doing, "It Pays to Increase
Your Word Power" in Reader's Digest.

Working in the garden, helping pick vegetables that would be
carried to the house and used for supper, or be cleaned for
"putting up" - to be used when wintertime came.

Shelling peas, or removing the ends of snap beans, while sitting
on the old glider out on the screened-in porch, with Nonny
telling us stories about life back in the "olden days."

Drying dishes that Nonny washed in a big metal pan in the sink,
while Pappy Lee sat in the kitchen, next to his radio, listening
to a baseball game or, listening to us, because he cared about
what we had to say.

Heading to the pond with Pappy after supper to fish, watch the
dragonflies, listen to the cicadas, and maybe even catch a
turtle on the line, big enough to make turtle soup.

Catching lightning bugs and putting them in a jar, with holes
punched in the lid, to see if we could get enough to read by.

Watching Nonny and Pappy play bridge on Friday evenings with
Mr. and Miz Roberts, and all four of them smoking cigarettes,
and drinking iced tea (which they shared with us), loaded with
sugar and fresh mint, and nobody worrying about second-hand
smoke or making the kids hyper-active.

And, being fascinated by how Mr. Roberts could keep his
cigarette in his mouth while he played bridge, and talk around
it, and grow a two-inch ash, and still get it to the club-, or
diamond-, or heart-, or spade-shaped ashtray before it fell.

Going to bed at night, after a bath with Ivory soap, kneeling
beside the bed, reciting, "Now, I lay me down to sleep ... ,"
listening to the lonely, quiet, wonderful, sound of a train as
it whistled its warning way up at the crossroads, and waiting
for it to pass.

And, listening to the bull frogs over at the pond. And,
smelling the foot-wide white flowers that bloomed at night, on
the Moon Vine outside the window. And, lying there facing that
window, with just a thin cotton cover, watching a bazillion
stars twinkle, as if inviting us to reach out and touch them,
and holding us in awe of the universe.

Feeling so very safe as we drifted into the untroubled and
innocent sleep of childhood ... And, we were.

Remember?

--------------------------------------------------------------
dr. jl scott is the Director of the International Council of
Online Professionals (iCop): the membership site for current
and future online business owners. Created BY the members,
FOR the members! http://www.i-Cop.org--------------------------------------------------------------

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May 31, 2005

Are You Thankful Today?

I first read this article when my friend Bill Carey pointed it out to me through his sig file in an email. That goes to show that people do read sig files :-)

I liked it and wanted to share it with you...

Are You Thankful Today?
(c) Charlie Page

http://xrl.us/GetReal

People are funny creatures. We can be greedy and
impatient one day, kind and considerate the next.

And always, we are unendingly complicated.

Take being thankful for example. Most cultures dedicate
a day to thankfulness. In America we have an actual
holiday dedicated just to expressing thankfulness.

That's good I suppose (one day is better than none) but
what about Tuesday morning, or the next 12 minutes? Are
we thankful then too?

Are *you* thankful today?

Allow me to share five ways in which I'm thankful, and
I'll bet that you find you are thankful for many of the
same things too.

=====> FAITH

I'm not selling anything here and I'm no preacher, but
I must say that I am so very thankful for my faith.

Faith has been a constant in my life for almost 30
years. I have hard times and good times and great times
and horrible times, just like everyone else.

But in the midst of all of that, I know there is
someone greater than me, guiding my steps, and I know
He is there ... always.

No words of mine can express how good that is, but you
can count yourself blessed indeed if you know what I'm
talking about.

=====> FREEDOM

You are reading this on a computer connected to the
Internet. In contrast, many countries will forever deny
their citizens the ability to do what we do everyday -
sign on and read email - for fear that truth will set
them free.

If you live in America, your Constitution guarantees
you life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. You
have rights. You have the right of free speech, the
right to peacefully assemble and to protest.

Students in Tian'anmen Square made the ultimate
sacrifice on June 4th, 1989 in an attempt to gain for
themselves a right that we in America have enjoyed for
over 200 years.

We move freely from state to state with no border
guards. We are free to worship as we choose. We have
access to our elected officials. If we don't like
something they do, we can vote them out of office.

For these things we should be grateful indeed, because
they ensure our continued freedom and ability to
determine our own fate.

Are you free today? If so, take time to thank someone
who fought for that freedom. Not just on Memorial
Day, but every day.

=====> FAMILY

Nothing in the world can replace the happiness that
family brings. My family is probably as weird and
wonderful as your own, and sometimes I shake my head in
disbelief and say that no one would believe the "crazy
uncle Joe" stories if I told them.

But I'm thankful every day for my family, and for the
way I was raised. It makes me tremble to think of how
different my life as a child was from today's children,
and I'll be forever thankful for being raised in a
place and time where things like innocence and
integrity and the truth mattered.

The day I was married was the most life-changing day I
could have imagined. Suddenly, two people became one.
That she wanted an old shoe like me is a mystery I
still can't figure out, but I've long since stopped
second-guessing my wife. Certainly she had her reasons.
I'm just glad she didn't change her mind. ;)

The day I became a dad the world started making more
sense than ever before, and I knew in a way that can't
be expressed why I was on this earth. If you're a
parent, you know too. No greater privilege exists. No
greater stewardship can be granted. No greater joy can
be experienced.

If you are part of a family, you can be thankful right
now too.

=====> FORTUNE

Here's the good news ... you are rich right now.

The sheer fact that you are reading this article means
you are better off than 2 billion (yes - that is a "B")
citizens of planet earth who can't read.

If you know, right now, where your next meal will come
from you are better off than 17% of children living in
America. The rates for other countries are staggeringly
high.

In these things and more, most of us are privileged in
ways that others only dream of.

Our world encourages us to be competitive, to win.
These are necessary traits if we are to progress.
Progress is necessary and good. Yet the siren song of
business, the desire for double digit growth and the
constant comparisons of ourselves to others often cause
us to forget that we have so much more than we think.

If you ate a meal today, you can be thankful indeed.
Many people did not.

=====> FUTURE

The Internet itself is a reason for great thanksgiving.
It may seem cliche, but the fact remains that in no
other time in the history of the world has it been
easier to open your own business and change your
circumstances.

For many the Internet is not a convenience, but rather
the only way out of desperate circumstances.

A computer programmer in one of the formerly Communist
countries of Eastern Europe found his way out of
poverty by selling his services cheaply over the
Internet.

Providing excellent customer service and thankful for
the opportunity itself, the income he earns makes
possible such "luxuries" as proper medical care and a
steady food supply.

While the average per capita income in his country
remains under $1000 U.S., he eclipses that number and
is building a future for himself and his extended
family.

We in America view Thanksgiving as a one-day event, yet
one can guess that it's Thanksgiving every day in his
home.

My knees buckle when I think of how much I have to be
thankful for, and no list would be complete without
including you.

The honor of working for myself, serving clients and
readers for so many years, is more than I ever thought
would happen to me.

That's my list. I'm thankful for it all, and want you
to know that includes you.

Now let me encourage you to take just a few minutes
right now and make a list of your own. Then tell the
people on that list that you are thankful for them
today, while you can and while it's fresh on your mind.

If you are having difficulty finding your blessings,
try starting with these simple questions. Do you live
free today? Does someone love you today? Have you heard
children's laughter? Are you part of a family?

The more you think, the more you will realize that you
are blessed indeed. When we harbor the illusion that we
can change the future, and allow our thoughts to stay
there, we forget the joys of today.

We must not let the speed of the Internet or the
constant demands of our business life steal our sense
of well-being and appreciation for the people in our
lives.

There will be plenty of time for websites and talk of
income later. Today is a day for being thankful and
counting every blessing twice. Count yours today and
every day and you will find that you are rich indeed.

*******************************************************
Charlie Page helps people succeed in their Internet
businesses. Visit Charlie at

http://xrl.us/GetReal

Willie
Chitterlings.com
WillieCrawford.com

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May 20, 2005

How To Easily Write Your Own Cookbook PLUS 30 Free Pre-Written Cookbooks

Here's a special offer I ran in my recipe list and also wanted
to share with you. It's for a teleseminar on writing your own
cookbook....

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120 Lip-Smacking Good Jam Recipes
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May 15, 2005

The Face of the Waters

Studies have shown that most of us drink too little water. Here's an excellent article on the importance of proper hydration...

The Face of the Waters
by Jeremy Likness

The story of creation begins with water. Water is an essential nutrient in our diet, but many people fail to address this important component of health. While part of the problem can be addressed by consuming foods such as fruits and vegetables that are naturally rich with water, taking in additional water is also important.

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. Genesis 1:1-2

An amazing discovery was made in 2003. Lurking far below the surface of the ocean, an unusual squid was sighted with 20-foot long tentacles. It is estimated that only a very small percentage of the planet has been explored, and most of that is under water! We constantly hear about the “secrets of the deep” - the amazing life forms that the ocean displays to us, but we forget about the magic of our own bodies. Water is essential for health and nutrition. A co-worker asked me the other day, “How much water should I be taking?”

More than 70% of the Earth’s surface is covered by water (less than one percent of that water is suitable for human consumption). In excess of 75% of the human body is water. A coincidence? Maybe. When you measure your body fat, the amount of fat is called “fat mass” and the amount of remaining mass is called “lean mass.” Many people mistake lean mass for muscle - in reality, the majority of that lean mass is water and skeletal tissue - typically less 1/8th is actual muscle mass!

In the human body, water lubricates joints and organs. It maintains muscle tone. Water keeps skin soft. Water regulates body temperature, filters out impurities, and keeps the brain working properly. Water transports nutrients to and from cells. While the human body can store energy as glycogen, fat, and tissue, it cannot “store” water - the body uses its own water supply and expects a constant resupply of fresh water to function. Water is critical in moving nutrients into and out of a cell, an action known as the “ion pump”. When you take in the improper balance of sodium and potassium or do not drink adequate water, your body will increase a hormone and try to “retain” water by keeping your kidneys from filtering it. Ironically, one of the best ways to stop retaining water is to drink more water!

While humans can survive without food for several weeks (documented cases have shown lengths of up to two months), we can only survive a few days without water. Thirst is a signal that your body needs to be re-hydrated, but by the time you are thirsty it’s already too late. Just a fraction of a percentage drop of your body’s water supply can result into huge performance decreases. Even slight dehydration can be critical. In the recent sports season, a few deaths resulted from dehydration.

Contrary to popular belief, “chugging” a gallon of water is not going to provide your body with the water it needs. When too much water floods your system at once, your body will pass most of it on to your bladder, and only absorb a slight amount. Weight in the stomach is a signal for digestive processes to begin, and a number of biological chemicals enter your stomach and change the pH balance. This can result in indigestion and stomach pain. The best way to take water is to steadily sip it throughout the day. You should also eat plenty of fruits and vegetables - most of the produce you eat is filled with water, and the body can process this water very efficiently.

So - how much water? There are a million theories and equations. I’ve heard to drink “eight cups a day,” which is better than nothing, but how can every adult, with so much variety of size, shape, metabolism, exercise habits, etc, require the exact same amount of water? Then there is the complicated equation that involves computing your basal metabolic rate and energy expenditure. I had to throw that one out, too - who wants to run a computer program every day just to figure out their water needs? I just prefer to drink like a fish and then I’m done with it. Just kidding.

What I’ve found is two ways for computing water intake that both work incredibly well. The first is a little too vague for some people to follow, but very effective - it is recommended by nutritionist Will Brink. Will says to drink enough water to have two or three absolutely clear urinations per day. If you do not have these clear urinations, then either you are not drinking enough water, are not eating healthily or have some type of infection or other illness.

For a normal, healthy adult, two or three clear urinations is a great “ruler.” If you do not have these, then increase your water intake until it happens.

If that is a little too general or explicit for you, another way is to take your weight and divide it in half. This is a “baseline” amount of ounces to drink every day. For every cup that you drink that is not water, drink a cup that is water. For every bout of exercise, drink a cup before and after, and one extra cup for every hour that you exercised (round up!). That’s it. Let’s take me as an example.

If I weighed in at 200 pounds, 200 / 2 = 100 ounces of water, or about 12 cups.

Let's say I also ran on the treadmill for 30 minutes. One cup before, one cup for the exercise, and one cup after is three cups total. 12 + 3 = 15 cups.

I drank two cups of coffee, so I should have two extra cups of water. 15 + 2 = 17.

That’s it - today’s water requirement for me is 17 cups! And I have no problem getting those in - I have an extra large mason jar that holds about 64 ounces. I fill these up and keep them full all day long. I sip them constantly. I probably end up drinking between one to two gallons today because I love my coffee and my exercise.

The type of water to drink is the subject of much debate. I prefer filtered tap water because of the potential for harmful agents in “raw” tap water - although many health gurus recommend tap water due to the fact that they provide plenty of vitamins and minerals. Keep in mind that if you drink too much non-filtered water, you may increase your chances of acquiring kidney stones if there are many foreign materials that your body has to filter out. When you look at a water filter before you toss it out, that is exactly what your body’s filter - the kidneys - would have had to process as well. Distilled water is also an option.

Now go out and drink some water!

Willie Crawford
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May 11, 2005

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May 10, 2005

Dealing With Debilitating Lower Back Pain

Lower back pain is one of the most common complaints in the world. This is especially true of those of us who spend a lot of time sitting in front of a computer.

My friend Jesse Cannone has written a lot on the topic and even offers a very nice video on dealing with the problem. You can check out Jesse's site by clicking here.

Jesse is a professional trainer and fitness expert who's written dozens of articles on the topic. Here's one aimed at people working to get back in shape...

“Bodybuilding Sins” That Cause Back Pain and Missed Workouts

by Steve Hefferon, CMT and Jesse Cannone, CFT

It’s one thing for someone who sits at a computer all day and never exercises to have back pain, but for a bodybuilder, someone who spends hours and hours each week pouring everything they’ve got into building muscle, it should be criminal!

The reason we say this is because, if you are going to spend so much time, money, and energy trying to build the “perfect body”, you have to make sure that you not only look good, but also feel good…

We’ve identified what we call “Bodybuilding Sins” that lead to back pain, sciatic pain, and other injuries… read em and take action now if you are serious about bodybuilding and are fed up with your back pain.

Because there is so much information to share with you, we’ve broken it down into a series of 5 articles, each covering a different component of how back pain affects bodybuilders.

Here’s a breakdown of the articles to look for:

Article #1 - Choosing The WRONG Exercises (below)
Article #2 - Training Variations for Pain Relief and Maximum Results
Article #3 - Targeted Stretching
Article #4 - Targeted Exercises
Article #5 - Rest, Recovery, and Injury Prevention

Article #1 - Choosing the WRONG Exercises

Get ready, this is gonna hurt! The exercises most bodybuilders focus on the most, are the ones that cause the most problems… hopefully, you’re different J

But before we share with you what those exercise are, let’s talk real quickly about what bodybuilding is…

The goal of bodybuilding isn’t to get as big as you can, or at least to us it isn’t and shouldn’t be, but to build a balanced body that is as strong as possible in every way. For example, while being freakishly big may get people’s attention, it serves you no purpose at all…

while on the other hand, what if you were not only big, but also extremely strong and powerful, lightning fast, flexible, and agile enough to kick ass if needed?

So many bodybuilders build massive amounts of muscle yet are so unbelievably weak and inflexible… for example, we know a guy who can bench press over 350 lbs but can’t do a measly 50 push-ups!

The point is, the exercises you choose and how you perform them not only determine how big, strong, and flexible you are, but also affect how your body functions and whether or not you suffer from aches, pains, and injuries like back pain and sciatic pain.

Ok, here they are… the exercises that create the most problems and are most likely to lead to back pain:

1. Bench Press

2. Leg Extension

So, any of your favorites on this list?

While there are others, these are the two that cause the most damage.

There are several reasons why these exercises made our list of the “worst bodybuilding exercises”. First, all of them target areas that already tend to get worked a lot in everyday life and often times are overdeveloped…

and by focusing so much on these exercises you end up creating muscle imbalances, or worsening existing muscle imbalances, which pull your bones and joints out of their normal position…

and this leads to uneven pressure and wear and tear on your muscle, ligaments, tendons, bones, and joints and will sooner or later lead a break down or injury.

For example, chronic overuse of the bench press, coupled with little or no exercises targeting the upper back, leads to an overdevelopment of the chest and a lack of strength and development in the upper back…

This all too common combination leads to what we call “Turtle Back”. You know what we’re talking about, when the shoulders are pulled so far forward, lats are as wide as barn, and from behind, their back looks like a giant sea turtle shell!

This “Turtle Back” posture can create neck, upper back, and shoulder pain and injuries faster than you can pop an Advil!

Plus, how many times during your day are you forced to lie on your back and push up a bar loaded with weights? There are so many better exercises for chest development that not only stimulate more muscle, but also build more usable strength.

Now let’s talk about the fabulous thigh builder, the leg extension…

Not only does it place an unbelievable amount of strain on the knee joint, but it also will quickly overdevelop the quads, which are already getting far more work than their counterpart, the hamstrings.

An imbalance between the quadriceps and hamstrings, which is also extremely common in bodybuilders, is a key contributor to back pain. This imbalance is easily identifiable by what people often call “Bubble Butt” or “Ghetto Booty”.

So hopefully you can see how important it is to choose your exercises wisely. We strongly recommend you cut out these exercises, or at least cut back on using them and add in targeted exercises for the opposing muscle groups and targeted stretches for those tight, overdeveloped muscles.

The key to eliminating back pain, or any other ache, pain or injury for that matter, is to bring your body closer to balance…

What good is muscle if you can’t use it? How many more workouts are you going to miss because of back, neck, or shoulder pain? How much bigger and stronger could you be if back pain and other injuries weren’t ruining your training?

Just imagine how bad things will be 10, 20, or 30 years from now if you don’t make changes to your training now… but don’t take our word for it, ask some of the older bodybuilders who are paying the price now... you can spot them easily at the gym because they limp around trying to find something they CAN do.

Look for the next article, “Training Variations for Pain Relief and Maximum Results” very soon and in the mean time, if you are suffering from back pain or sciatic pain, here’s what you need to do…

Head on over to our website http://www.losethebackpain.com now to find out exactly what’s causing your back pain and the specific steps you need to take to get relief fast and get back to training at 100%.

--------------------------

Article by Jesse Cannone, CFT, CPRS and Steve Hefferon, CMT, CPRS

Find out which back pain exercises actually work and you need to be doing… and which ones you must avoid like the plague!

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April 05, 2005

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Willie

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April 02, 2005

Show Someone You Love Them With - "the Power Of Personal Notes"

My friend Wanda Loskot wrote a very nice article on The
Power Of Personal Notes. You can read it here:
http://attractionmarketing.com/articles/personalnotes.html

I've shared with you before that I send real (physical)
greeting cards right over the internet. In fact I send
HUNDREDS most weeks. These cards cost me 98 cents each
(including first class postage). I send them because
they drive THOUSANDS of dollars worth of business to me,
and because they make people feel good.

Few things make a friend feel good quicker than receiving
an unexpected card or letter from you. The thing is that
most of us are lazy, so we just don't do little things
like sending cards. With the system I use, I can send
a greeting card in under a minute.

I don't need to go down to the store and browse through
their often limited selection.

I don't need to go to the post office to mail the card.

I just browse the selection of more than 2500 cards,
pick one, enter my personalized message (in my own
handwriting font if I want to), enter their mailing
address (or pull it up from my online database of
thousands of addresses I automatically uploaded from
my database) and click send.

The company prints the card, stuffs it in a nice
envelope with a first class stamp, and mails it for me.
A few days later my friend, loved one, or client
gets the card. VERY POWERFUL!

How powerful?

Wanda wrote about the card that I sent her on her
blog here: http://attractionmarketing.blogspot.com/

The card I sent her had one of my favorite poems by
Maya Angelou...

"People will forget what you said,
people will forget what you did,
but people will never forget
how you made them feel"

I first met Wanda way back around 1997... if I'm not
mistaken. Well, I've never physically met her. I use
to hang out on a discussion board that she ran. She was
the one who told me to put my photo on my website.

I sifted through my photo collection and found one
that I could "tolerate." Most of us are somewhat
uncomfortable with how we look. I timidly stuck that
photo up there,and now it's virtually a trademark. It's
on hundreds of sites that feature my articles, interviews,
and products. The picture is probably 15 years old now,
so it needs replacing, but as I said, it's practically
a trademark.

Anyway, check out the system that allows you to warm hearts
so easily, and even earn money at the same time.

NOTE: Anyone can become a customer and use the system. Cards
can be sent anywhere in the world. However, they only offer
distributorships in the U.S. right now :-(

They do plan on expanding into other countries soon :-)

If you go to http://SendOutCards.com/willie you can see the
system.

If you'd like to see a sample card, I'll even set up a free
sample account where you can send a card at my expense. If
you send it to someone in your household, then you both get
to see their face light up, and to see the quality of the
cards. To get the sample account setup, fill in the form
accessed by the link in the left menu bar here:
http://MakeLoyalCustomers.com/willie This is a lead capture
website. In order to set up the sample account I do need
your address. I enter that, allocate some of the cards and
stamps that I've paid for and then email you a username and
password.

If you'd like to know how you can make money by telling
others about the system, you can read the details by
clicking on the "Income Opportunity" link at
http://SendOutCards.com/willie

After reading that page, click the more info link at the
bottom of the page and there's a chart showing how much
you get paid. You'll be asked to enter a number. Enter
mine which is 2663. FYI, every time I sign someone up I
earn $150. Lately I've signed someone up every day, so this
is getting to be VERY lucrative.

Take a look and let me know if you have any questions. You
can call me at my home office between 8am and 10pm CST
any day. The number is 877-262-3367 (that's toll-free
in the continental U.S.)

Willie

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March 30, 2005

She Cured Her Arthritis AND Lost 120 Pounds - Read Her Inspirational Story.

I Cured My Arthritis You Can Too!
That's what Margie titled her book :-)

I don't yet have arthritis and don't anticipate getting it even
though my grandmother had it and my mother has it. That's because
I have a very good grasp of what causes it.

On a recent visit, I gave my mother a copy of this book:

My friend and fellow Floridian Margie Garrison wrote it. She
wrote this book after she cured her on arthritis... largely
through diet. He doctors had told her that there was no
hope for her leading a normal, pain-free life. They told
her to expect to spend the rest of her life in a wheel chair.
Instead, she CURED herself.

I found the book very inspirational and very informative.

Margie also lost 120 pound. She tells how she did that and
you can too in her ebook I Lost 120 Pound You Can Too

Check out Margie's books. Tell her that Willie Crawford Sent You.

Willie

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March 26, 2005

OT: Willie Crawford's Customer Appreciation Seminar

I just wanted to make sure all of my customers and clients who were interested didn't miss my upcoming Customer Appreciation Seminar. It's less than a month away.

Click here for full details and to sign up!

Willie

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March 03, 2005

25 Things My Mother Taught Me

25 Thing My Mother Taught Me!

1. My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE.
"If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning."

2. My mother taught me RELIGION.
"You better pray that will come out of the carpet."

3. My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL.
"If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!"

4. My mother taught me LOGIC.
"Because I said so, that's why."

5. My mother taught me MORE LOGIC.
"If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the store with me."

6. My mother taught me FORESIGHT.
"Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident."

7. My mother taught me IRONY.
"Keep crying and I'll give you something to cry about."

8. My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS.
"Shut your mouth and eat your supper."

9. My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM.
"Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!"

10. My mother taught me about STAMINA.
"You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone."

11. My mother taught me about WEATHER.
"This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it."

12. My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY.
"If I told you once, I've told you a million times, Don't exaggerate!"

13. My mother taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE.
"I brought you into this world, and I can take you out."

14. My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION.
"Stop acting like your father!"

15. My mother taught me about ENVY.
"There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do."

16. My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION.
"Just wait until we get home"

17. My mother taught me about RECEIVING.
"You are going to get it when you get home!"

18. My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE.
"If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to freeze that way."

19. My mother taught me ESP.
"Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?"

20. My mother taught me HUMOR.
"When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me."

21. My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT.
"If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up."

22. My mother taught me GENETICS.
"You're just like your father."

23. My mother taught me about my ROOTS.
"Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?"

24. My mother taught me WISDOM.
"When you get to be my age, you'll understand."

25. And my favorite: - My mother taught me about JUSTICE.
"One day you'll have kids."

Willie Crawford
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