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da taylor asked:


I’m almost finished with my website (created with Microsoft publisher). I should be publishing to the web very soon. But I cannot afford to do it on the hosting sites that charge fees. Are there any web hosting sites for free? Especially on yahoo?

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Leroy B asked:


I heard a commercial about making money buy owning an adult web site. For a certain amount of money the company offers to build and maintain the website, as well as tracking the number hits and members for the site. I was wondering if anyone has made money with a web site adult or not without getting naked for the world to see?
Thanks for all the great answers. I just wanted to clarify that we would like to start a web site, be it adult or dating, and were wondering if anyone had attempted this with any kind of success. If not successcul, what was the problem?

Thanks

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Steve189 asked:


More people than ever are leaving Britain and moving abroad and many of those are deciding that France is the place for them. No wonder then that experts are saying that property prices in areas of France popular with the British are beginning to climb.

Of course there are many web-sites, magazines and British Estate Agents all dedicated to persuading you that they have the perfect property for you, so it’s not surprising that people get confused.

But, how do you go about finding that perfect place that you can call home amongst all these offers? There really is no substitute for living in France and finding your own perfect home, but of course that means you will need to look for a property that is to let and then take your time finding your dream home.

There are many British people with French rental property who will rent them out to make a little extra cash, which of course helps to pay the bills. Experience tells us that you should be looking for a long term let in France, to enable you to spend time finding your dream home. And this means that you can now experience the wonderful life available to you, before committing yourself on a more permanent basis to a particular area.

Good hunting.

Steve.

www.letsrentpropertyinfrance.com



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Mike Testa asked:


Funerals are a growth industry. As baby boomers age the U.S. death rate slowly creeps up. Not only is the death rate increasing, but funeral prices are now outpacing inflation (currently at 5%).

Since the average family plans a funeral only once every 15 years, many are shocked when they learn the typical funeral now costs more than $7,000…with many funeral services topping $10,000.

Rising funeral prices have become an even greater burden for a typical family already struggling with high gas and food prices. The souring economy has made it even harder for Americans to manage the financial toll created by expensive funerals.

However, thanks to a new breed of professional, more families are able to better control funeral expenses. For many people, these new professionals have given them a much needed financial lifeline when facing one of life’s most stressful events.

Enter the “funeral accountant”. While still a relatively rare occupation, a funeral accountant is a certified public accountant that specializes in helping families reduce their funeral expenses. Working with a funeral accountant can often reduce a family’s funeral expenses by 50% or more….saving thousands in the process.

This article shares some basic tips from America’s best known funeral accountant, Michael Testa, CPA. Michael is the creator of the successful www.funeral-tips.com website.

These simple strategies can be used by just about any family that wants (or needs!) to substantially lower the high cost of funeral or cremation services.

Tip #1 Find out what funeral options and prices are available in your area. Spending time to familiarize yourself with local offerings allows you to compare services and prices to ensure you find just what you need at the most reasonable cost.

Tip #2 Find out which funeral goods and services are required and which are optional. Simple ignorance causes the vast majority of families to pay for items that they not only didn’t want, but that they weren’t even required to buy. They simply bought what the funeral director told them they “needed” to buy. Remember: many funeral directors now work on a commission basis. The more you buy, the more they make. So funeral homes are not likely to offer you lower price options or point out items that aren’t required.

Tip #3 Find out who else sells the funeral goods you might need to buy. Simply knowing of other available purchase options gives you the leverage you need to negotiate a discount from your local funeral home. Knowing how much things should cost (and where the item can be purchased at a more reasonable price) can be enough to motivate your funeral director to reduce his prices to ensure he keeps the sale.

There are actually quite a few things you can do to reduce and control run-away funeral costs. This article only touched on a few of the more obvious strategies. You can find more money-saving tips and strategies by visiting www.funeral-tips.com



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Brendan O’Brien asked:


Finding a good property manager is like any other vendor search – it’s worth your time up front to make the best possible choice. That’s because a bad manager can cost you a lot of money, up to the entire value of your rental property investment. Consider:

• Your property manager will be receiving rent and fees on your behalf. A crooked manager could steal you blind.

• Your manager will be in charge of finding new tenants. A naïve or slipshod manager could bring in bad tenants who trash your building.

• Your manager will handle maintenance. A greedy manager could charge a fortune for simple repair jobs.

Here’s a thirty-question checklist for interviewing prospective property managers. The answers you get will provide a very solid understanding of each manager’s qualifications. You can also get an impression of a prospective manager from other cues – I’ll explain those at the end.

Finally, remember that you have to compare managers to others within an area. It’s possible that none of the prospective managers in one city will match the high standard of your terrific manager in another. On the other hand, if you can’t find a good manager in a city where you plan to invest in real estate, maybe you shouldn’t invest there.

The first questions have to do with finding good tenants, which I think is the key to a happy building. A building with good tenants tends to have fewer maintenance and other issues.

• How many vacancies do you have right now? Out of how many total units that you manage?

• What is the average length of time it takes to fill a vacancy?

• Is that average time getting longer or shorter?

• How do you market your rental units?

• Do you require an exclusive arrangement for marketing to new tenants?

• How does your web site look?

• What factors would make you reject a prospect?

• Would you accept a tenant who met your qualifications in some areas, but not others? Which qualifications are most important to you?

• What screening methods do you use?

You want a manager who finds good tenants reasonably quickly. He should use a variety of methods to find prospective tenants, such as a web site, Craigslist postings, newspaper ads, signs, flyers and more. Your manager should follow an extensive screening process, but be willing to accept a “maybe” tenant if the situation is right. You want a look at the web site to make sure that is inviting to prospective tenants, and constantly updated.

As for the exclusive arrangement, property managers never mind when you or somebody else finds prospects for them. However, in almost all cases, they will still want a rental fee for moving the prospect into your rental unit. Make sure you have a clause that if the unit hasn’t been rented for some time, and you or someone else you find brings in a new tenant, the rental fee is cut in half. You don’t want it cut to $0 because the manager will still have to screen prospects.

The next questions relate to tenant management. It’s just as important to keep good tenants as it is to find them.

• What does your lease look like?

• What is your late rent policy?

• What other rules do you set for tenants?

• What percentage of tenants do you have to evict?

• How does the eviction process work here?

• How do your tenants contact you?

I recommend sticking with the manager’s preferred lease, late rent policy, and rules unless you have a really major objection. If the manager is really experienced, chances are they’ve developed smart rules and policies over time. Tenants should be able to contact the manager through a variety of ways during the day, and have an emergency number for off hours. If the manager is always evicting tenants, he’s bringing in bad tenants.

The next questions relate to maintenance.

• Which kinds of maintenance jobs are handled in-house?

• Which ones do you use an outside handyman for?

• Which ones do you use professional contractors for?

• How many quotes do you get for jobs?

• How expensive does a job have to be for you to contact me before doing it?

• What are your rules for contractors being inside occupied rental units?

• Who are your preferred contractors?

Managers should have a well-thought-out system for assigning jobs to different parties – in-house employees, handyman and professional contractors. Almost any plumbing, heating, or electrical job should be handled by a professional. Other jobs, such as paving a parking lot, require special equipment that usually only professionals have. But most small jobs can be done by handymen who will cost you less.

You want multiple quotes for major jobs – say, anything over $500. You should also have a rule that contractors can never enter an occupied unit –even if the tenant is not home at the time – without a manager’s representative being there. Finally, you want the names of preferred contractors so you can run a quick check on them.

The last group of questions relates to experience. You want managers to know the local real estate world inside and out.

• How long have you been a property manager?

• How long have you been a manager in this area?

• Can I see some of the other properties you manage?

• Do you personally invest in real estate in this area?

Finally, you need to understand your arrangement with the property manager.

• What is your fee structure?

• How will I get reports?

• Do you require an exclusive arrangement to broker the property?

• How much notice will you give before terminating a contract?

The manager’s fees aren’t really important unless they are much higher than everybody else’s, or are so high that you really can’t afford them. Reports are very important because they are your only window into how your investments are performing. The best way is to get them on your own computer, on your time – as may be the case if they use on-line property management software.

You should not accept any exclusive arrangement to broker properties unless they have a limited term. In other words, if the properties don’t sell after a certain time, you can re-list with a different broker for no penalty.

Also, you should require good notice for the contract to be terminated – at least 30 days. That gives you time to find another manager.

Here are some other things to watch out for:

• A manager with a messy office or personal appearance. Chances are he doesn’t much care about the condition of the properties either.

• A manager you have a hard time reaching by phone or email. If he won’t return your messages now when he’s trying to get your business, what are the chances that he’ll do better later?

• A manager whom you sense is trying to intimidate you with knowledge. The “don’t ask stupid questions, I know all about this” approach is often a cover for not really knowing much at all.



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Matt Helphrey asked:


Copyright (c) 2008 Matt Helphrey

As fun as writing articles is, I would never do it if it didn’t pay me back in return. And I’m not just talking about paying me back with a boost of confidence either. I write articles to make money, build rapport, and boost brand name recognition.

All of this is very possible if your article marketing is done correctly. It IS NOT as simple as putting something down on Wordpad and submitting it to all the article directories. In fact, they may be the worst thing you can do. Let me explain.

There are a couple of ways that you can make article marketing profitable for you and/or your home based business. You can take a very well written article and submit it to a bunch of directories and have success. Success to me is defined by the amount of traffic you get back to your website as a result of the article you wrote.

By writing a very thought provoking, informative, and interesting article, you can get a hoard of visitors back to your website because they will be interested to see what else you have to offer. The only problem with submitting one single article to many directories is that the search engines will not index alll of the directories you submit to. Thus you will never be able to build your rankings in the search engines through back links.

So the key to making money through article marketing is to submit fresh, unique, interesting articles to the many article directories.

There is an easy way to do this so you are not using all your time in the day constantly writing articles. Take the original article you wrote and tweak some things up to trick the search engines.

First, take the title and give it three to five new names.

Second, completely rewrite that articles introduction three seperate times.

Next, choose 10-15 random sentences throughout the article and reword them so they make sense and still convey the same message.

Last, and this isn’t necessarily required but does help, change the resource box a few different times.

What you end up with is five seperate and very unique articles. To the normal person they are the same article reworded, but to the search engines they see it as you putting extra effort into submitting more quality goods to the people who are searching for those goods.

In conclusion, to get the most out of your article marketing efforts and to optimize your money making, it would be wise to use this leveraging method to distribute your articles each and every time you submit. The search engines love fresh content and you will be rewarded handsomely for your efforts.



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Douglas Stuart asked:


Can you make money online? Is it more than just a dream? Well an easy answer is just look at the sales pages, sales pages and more sales pages that there are online !

I’m sure you’ve seen some of these things, they’re written in such a way that even if you’ve already bought the product your hand twitches for your wallet every time you stumble past the site again! Sales is selling and the internet is a selling tool be that for a physical product,service,information etc so please keep this in mind as you move forward .

Running an online business can be a low cost operation with few overheads and there are plenty of honest and reputable money making ventures available online to choose from.My advice would be to review the various opportunities then split these down into categories that are of interest to you.Just by virtue of the sheer numbers available you are bound to find a stable way that you could enjoy to make a living from one of the offerings.

Start by planning what you want to achieve with your business, what type of business will it be, what resources you will need and what knowledge do you need to have before starting to build your business. My advice to you would be to start off with lower priced products or services and gradually increase as your sales and naturaly your confidence does as well.

Perhaps you are retired and all you want is a little extra mad money ? Or maybe you are a new parent and you want to contribute to the household income without compromising time with your child ? Perhaps, you want to learn more about eBay and how to make money with auctions ?

My initial advice to you would be to search the net on those topics that are of immediate interest to you or that you are particularly passionate about.Firstly that will give you an indication of how many other people are interested in the same things as you and whether it would make the basis for a viable online niche business.

That way, you can also master the art of focused searching which is a niche itself. Also search the Intenet for more information, and connect with real people who have learned the tricks of using the Internet. I assure you that you will be glad you made the decision to find out more.

Affiliate Programs are an easy way to make money online as all you have to do is sign up with an affiliate program, lets say eBay .Affiliate marketing also lets you make a lot of money despite having to invest less than you would setting up your own business. My advice would be to get hold of the most suitable affiliate sites ,relative to your own interests and browse through the necessary guidelines and read the affiliate guide.

Affiliate marketing has been around for years and will be around for many more years to come you can make money online with affiliate marketing very easily but hard work and dedication are required.

Affiliate marketing is a performance based legitimate work from home employment opportunity. However it is important for you to note that you must continually advertise your affiliate links and get people to buy through your links.

Affiliate programs offer another source of future online income,as to make money with websites, you have to learn how to market them and affiliate marketing will certainly teach you how to do that.

Internet video marketing is becoming more mainstream and videos are being used on websites more productively than in the past. Since a video is easy to edit it is possible to make multiple language versions of one video by dubbing the voice.

Internet marketing and making money online continue to generate lots of interest, more and more people are buying products or attend seminars to learn how to start their online business.However, my experience tells me that do not hope for a quick success because internet marketing takes hard work and dedication, but the internet provides the cheapest way to communicate with lot of people.

Whilst on occassions it is mind boggling to think about it in these terms,the internet literally helps you in reaching out to hundreds of millions of people who use the Internet daily worldwide.

Blogs and Websites provide updated rich content and search engines love updated relevant content and once your site is generating traffic, you can then monetise it with adsense etc and you can never monetise too early.

Blogging is a very effective and inexpensive way to promote your work as blog marketing is really only as hard as you make it. Blogging has been so popular in recent times that in the largest part they have taken over from the traditional websites of old with many internet users having their own blogs for their own personal use. However whilst some of them make blogs for fun an increasing number use them to sell or promote products or services.

Web 2.0 seem to be the latest thing to hit the online community ,as even blogs are now considered part of web 2.0 social networking tools. Web 2.0 has provided many opportunities to build relationships with prospects and consumers that are interested in what we have to say and offer.Im sure as much of this unfolds there will be new opportunities on the horizon as web design has been divided into “generations” today’s websites are considered the fourth generation.

Running a business online means that you have an international audience as opposed to just a local or national audience.Having a worldwide audience also means that your business is up and running seven days a week twenty four hours a day.

Everyone needs a good, stable ladder and it is always best to invest in a ladder that will fulfill any challenge you take on.However everyone can do it as long as you have a computer and internet access.

Please understand and realise that internet marketing, is just like any other business, in that it takes time to develop and grow.However If you have the determination and dedication to learn the correct techniques, and if you are willing to put the work in, you will reach your goals of earning big money online.



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Joe Silla asked:


Gifts should never be mentioned on any wedding invitation that is given out by the bride’s parents, the groom’s parents or the bride and groom.  Gifts should not be expected at any time either.

Any gifts that are given should not be opened or used until after the couple has been married.  Gifts should remain kept away until after the wedding ceremony.

If the wedding is called off, the gifts should be returned to those that have given them.  It is often necessary to keep a record of who gave what to insure that this is easily done should the couple not stay together.

If a wedding is postponed indefinitely, gifts should be returned to the guests.  If the wedding is postponed and a date is given, gifts may be kept but should never be opened or used until after the couple is actually married and living together.

Those that have been married in the past can still have a wedding shower thrown for them.  It is often a necessary thing just as much as those that have not been married before.  Depending on how large the wedding will be should determine how formal and lavish the wedding shower is and therefore the gifts that are given to the bride that has been married before.

For those that are having a wedding shower and do not need things for the home, especially those that already own homes, it is often appropriate to give a lifestyle gift in place of the standard bridal shower gift?  This may include things like gift certifications to spas, hotels, or even favorite restaurants. 

Other appropriate gifts in this type of situation include a vacation package or part of it or a gift of lodging at a bed and breakfast.  Other gifts of the same type are most welcome.

Monetary gifts are always appreciated and are more than well used for any type of gift throughout the wedding shower or the wedding itself but monetary gifts may be more costly than the average gift for a bridal shower. 

When it comes to gift registries, these are appropriate for the wedding shower.  It is now proper etiquette to provide information with the wedding shower invitation about where the bride and the groom are registered for their wedding.

The bride and groom should register for their wedding gifts together.  This should be done in several ways.  It is appropriate to register at several locations to give guests options to select from.  It is also appropriate and necessary to select gifts from all price ranges.

Gifts should be selected based on needs and tastes but should have a complete scope of prices so that no one feels obligated to purchase something that is too costly.  On the other hand, those that do want to purchase a very nice gift for the couple should be able to find these items to select from as well.

The bride and groom should not send out invitations to the wedding shower, but it is appropriate for them to fill a gift registry. 

Never request that only monetary gifts be given at either the bridal shower or the wedding itself.  If this is the preferred method, the host of the wedding shower or the host of the wedding itself should encourage monetary gifts only through word of mouth. 

Another option for this situation is to list a honeymoon registry where guests can provide gifts to help with the creation of the honeymoon or the costs of it.  A fund can be set up on one of several websites to provide for this need as well. 

Returning Gifts

Even with the best of efforts, gifts may be duplicated; the wrong size or it may not be of use to the bride and the groom.  When this happens, it is okay to return the gift and purchase something that is useful instead. 

For this reason, gift receipts, which are commonly found today in most department stores, should be provided to the couple.  The couple can then make exchanges if they are necessary. 

The only exception to this rule is when gifts are given for sentimental value or they are hand made.  Then, the gifts should not be returned but displayed. 

Do not be offended if the couple does return the gift that is given to them by you.  It is more important that they have a gift that is of use to them to remember you by.



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MDB asked:


I would like to create a web site detailing all aspects of a community.This includes crime rates, employment, recreation facilities, religious institutions & many other amenities that matter to people when they decide to move to a new community.Users would have the option to find a local agent & this would generate free leads. Would a site like this generate traffic & be beneficial to real estate agents? Anything out there already?

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can they also publish it or do i have to go to other sources or how is that handle..

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