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The Dream

Love, if I weep it will not matter,

And if you laugh I shall not care;

Foolish am I to think about it,

But it is good to feel you there.

Love, in my sleep I dreamed of waking,

White and awful the moonlight reached

Over the floor, and somewhere, somewhere

There was a shutter loose- it screeched!

Swung in the wind- and no wind blowing-

I was afraid and turned to you,

Put out my hand to you for comfort-

And you were gone! Cold as the dew,

Under my hand the moonlight lay!

Love, if you laugh I shall not care,

But if I weep it will not matter-

Ah, it is good to feel you there.

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thank you for reading my post poem!!!!

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Sowing the Seeds of Opportunity: How to Multiply Your Freela

You can turn your $200 fee to write a press release into $2,000 to carry out an entire PR campaign simply by convincing clients to invest in campaigns, instead of individual assignments. Campaigns achieve better results and cost less in the long-term for clients, compared to individual assignments. And, of course, as the freelancer, you get paid much more for turning out a succession of assignments that assimilate a successful campaign.

Here’s how to multiply your writing sales by convincing clients to invest in long-term campaigns, instead of short-term individual assignments.

• Know the short-term and long-term view results. A client approaches you to write a brochure. He may or may not know that his product can also benefit from other types of promotional pieces, such as ads, direct mail, news releases, websites, and so on, to sell his product or service. Your job is to educate the client. The brochure may be the first promotional piece in a consortium of promotional pieces. Here, you must know the short-term and long-term view results of the brochure.

The short-term view results are the results the brochure will achieve for the client; and the long-term results are the results the brochure will achieve/contribute for the entire campaign. It answers the questions, “How do the results of this brochure fit into the entire campaign?” and “How can these results be strengthened with other forms of promotional materials?”

Show the client how a campaign that’s comprised of a succession of assignments can achieve and exceed his expectations and outsell and outdo the performance of a single assignment.

• Use “tie-in” services. Whenever a client approaches you with a single assignment, ask yourself what tie-in services can supplement the single assignment. A news release achieves better results when it’s accompanied with a photo. And a press kit complete with press releases, photos, brochures, and company information can achieve better results than a single press release. All of these extra tie-in services can turn writing a single press release into multiple writing sales.

• Offer the “concept to completion” benefit. Instead of pitching yourself as a freelancer who can write newsletter copy, pitch yourself as a freelancer who produces newsletters, from copy to completion. You multiply your income by outsourcing parts of the job and delivering a finished product, not a piece of the product. You also can extend your “concept to completion” services by pitching yourself as a marketing consultant, in which you make recommendations to the client as to the best way to market the newsletter.

• Develop strong consultative skills. Besides selling your freelance services, also offer consulting services. Clients pay you to explain ideas, concepts, recommendations and turnkey solutions as to the best way to achieve the results they desire. Consulting with clients can lead to securing freelance work, since clients realize you have the skills and expertise to undertake the task.

• Know the future needs of clients. Clients come with present needs and future needs. A client may hire you to write a newsletter now, but they’ll also consider you for future work if you know what their future needs are and how to fulfill them. The company may be ushering in a new product line, creating a new division within the company, sponsoring a charity event, or creating a website. All of these future events need a freelancer to do promotional writing and freelance work. That’s you. Your job is to show clients how you’ll address their future needs with solutions that’ll increase their profitability and/or productivity. This is usually accomplished with a proposal through which you pitch yourself as the freelancer who has the solutions to undertake the future tasks.

• Use proposals to secure work. Proposals are an inclusive persuasion tool to convince prospects that you can increase their profitability and/or productivity with your freelance services. Proposals specifically show the client how you intend to achieve the desired results, the time and costs involved, and why you and your solutions are the best choices to boost the company’s profits.

• Adaptations. Any of your freelance writing services can be adapted for websites, turning a single assignment into two assignments. Get paid to write a press release or brochure, and then get paid again to adapt the copy digitally.

• Add-on services, such as desktop publishing services, marketing consulting, compiling and selling media lists, and project coordinating can help multiply your work and your income.

Brian Konradt is a former freelance copywriter and graphic designer, and founder of FreelanceWriting.Com (http://www.freelancewriting.com), a free web site dedicated to help writers master the business and creative sides of freelance writing.

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Learn about Online Video Production & Distribution – Article One

The smart old Chinese sentiment has a critical meaning; the anecdote described the truth that each and every person identifies with an event noticeably more if it is viewed. By means of video production or videography it is realistic to record a string of occasions. Visit the Vidify website for cost-effective video production and distribution solutions.

At the present time in several different organisations presentations, video is commonly adopted. By implementing video production it’s possible to deliver the essential information to a number of different likely clients to help entice them. Online Video production nowadays is employed for numerous different purposes; however, more than a few online promotional videos & awareness related productions are usually produced in order to achieve specific business targets.

Audio video presentations are very much in style and as a result are used in nearly any nature of industry activity. Creative agencies at the outset primarily work with a certain kind of client or an organisation that are wanting to create a promotional video, a presentation or a collection of video clips. The total occupation of video production is often carried out by freelancers; however there are a few online video production companies around at the moment.

Involvement of music composers, cameraman & script writers are also very common when creating internet video productions. What’s more, advertising companies and PR agencies have very recently become involved with online video production and publishing.

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10 Secrets For Copy That Sells

Are you wasting your money by brining visitors to a sales offer that just doesn’t convert? Here’s how to pull more sales and put more money in your pocket by using these simple secrets for hard-hitting copy.

1) SELL THE BENEFITS: Forget about trying to explain your product. Instead, give the customer what they want to hear. When selling a computer monitor, you could say, “Big 19 inch screen”.

But that’s explaining your product. Try something that gives the reader its strongest benefit, like “19 inch screen reduces eye strain and provides a comfortable working environment for you”.

2) DEFINE YOUR LETTERS PURPOSE: Are you writing to entertain or sale. Are you looking to pull a response or do you want people to enter their credit card information. Define your specific goal before you get started, and work hard to lead your customers along your chosen path.

3) WRITE IN “EASY” WORDS: Hey, we’re not looking to win awards here. We want to make some money, right? Don’t try to wow readers with your use of vocabulary. Use words that even a child can grasp.

4) KNOW EVERY BENEFIT: Before you even start, right down every single benefit that a customer will receive with your offer. Later, you can use these benefits for some hard-hitting bullets.

5) MAKE IT SHORT: While your letter doesn’t need to be short, every sentence and paragraph should be tightly focused and broken up into small, easy to chew on pieces.

As an example, take a look at this article. Sentences are short and punchy. Some aren’t proper. But they get the point across and make it very easy to read.

6) USE HEADINGS: You need to have one that hooks your reader in the beginning to lead them in. Then, to keep them hooked, you should break up your copy with a few subheadings that set the hook even deeper to keep them reading.

7) UNDERLINE AND BOLD: Use this on words and phrases you want to jump out. But don’t overdo. The principal quickly becomes diluted with overuse and none of it will be read if it’s splattered everywhere.

EDUCATE YOUR CUSTOMER: If you can teach your readers something then they’ll believe you to be an expert. And if you can lead them to that, then chances are they’ll buy. We all want to learn from the experts.

9) GIVE THE READER AN ORDER: Don’t leave choices to the reader. If you do, they might choose to click away from your site. So, use phrases like “Click Here”, “Order Now”, or “Go Here”.

10) USE YOUR P.S.: Your P.S. will get read. Trust me. And the way to make it work for you is to restate your offer in a different light. That way, if your heading grabbed them, the restate and added benefits of your P.S. can tighten your hold and force them to read the rest of your sales letter.

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Pensions & Debt Advice

Pensions and debt advice

The statistics highlight a clear difference between the two types of pension. The ONS report shows that on final-salary schemes, workers paid an average of 4.9 per cent and employers 15.6 per cent of the worker’s salary in the last year. For money purchase schemes, workers paid an average of 2.7 per cent and employers 6.5 per cent.

Many experts agree that workers should save at least 10% per cent of their total income to ensure an adequate income throughout retirement.

A spokesperson for Debt Advisers Direct said: “The findings highlight two important things: firstly, the need for workers to save adequately for their future, and secondly, the importance of being on the right pension scheme.

“The statistics show that final-salary schemes contribute over 20 per cent of the worker’s salary, whereas money purchase schemes contribute just over 9 per cent. It’s better than having no pension at all, but workers should consider whether a money purchase scheme will cover them fully for retirement.

“Most people do not usually associate retirement with debt, but in fact statistics show that increasing numbers of people are now retiring with debts to their name, or falling into debt because their pension doesn’t cover their outgoings.

“Our advice to people with debt problems is to seek expert debt advice as soon as possible, before they get too close to retirement age. There may a number of debt solutions that could help them clear their debts, and in general, the sooner they act, the more options they’ll have – as they approach retirement age, they may find they simply no longer have access to certain debt solutions.”

As long as the individual acts in time, a debt management plan or debt consolidation loan could simplify their finances and reduce their monthly outgoings by spreading out debt repayments over a longer period of time (although, in general, the longer the repayment terms, the more they are likely to pay in interest).

For people with debts of around £15,000 or more, an IVA (Individual Voluntary Arrangement) may be more suitable. An IVA is a legally-binding agreement between an individual and their creditors, in which they repay only what they can afford over a period of (normally) five years. Once the IVA is successfully completed, the remaining debt is written off.

Lasting for a specified time period, an IVA can be a particularly suitable debt solution for people approaching a deadline such as retirement. However, IVAs do represent a substantial financial commitment and can require homeowners to free up some equity. As with any debt solution, an IVA should never be entered into until the borrower has discussed all the alternatives – and the pros and cons of each – with a professional debt adviser.

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Revving Up Your Writing Productivity

Productivity begins by recognizing and valuing your
brilliance, time, and space. It starts with awareness of
what works and what does not. It continues with examining
what needs grease, or other needs. Search for the truth for
what you need in order to rev up your writing.

1. Long to-do lists. Long to-do lists can be emotionally
draining without even knowing it– even overwhelming and
paralyzing at times. We all know it’s important to set our
priorities. To reduce its negative efforts on our psychic
it is important to limit your to-do list to only what you
have time to accomplish for that day. It is also important
to be specific about what part of a long-term project can
you accomplish that day as well. If you write down, “work
on my ebook for 12 hours this week” it holds a different
energy than, “work on my ebook for 1 hour today.”

Fieldwork: Break down the bigger projects into daily doable
chunks so you get that “accomplishment high” of checking
them off. This is also a quiet but effective motivator.
Try it, you’ll see.

Every morning review your to-do list. Get honest with your
time. If you only have one hour and your list requires
three, don’t’ set yourself up for feeling like a failure
because you didn’t things completed. Move and reschedule
the other two items. By getting honest with your time, and
commitments, you begin to see higher productivity as well.
If you complete your list sooner, just pull from the next
day, and you will feel like you are ahead of the game
instead of behind the eight ball.

2.Plan. Before you begin to write, create a quick one
page writing plan. The writing plan can be just for that
day or just that particular writing time. It only takes
five or ten minutes after you get use to creating one.

Fieldwork: Start with recording what your vision is for
that writing time or project. See the end result, feel it,
and it will become a reality. Is it an e-mail, printed and
mailed, or uploaded to your web site? Or is it a simple
warm up or exercise to increase your writing skills? See it
completed with as much detail as possible.

Next, what is your writing mission in eight words or less?
Continuing on…What is your writing objective or
objectives, strategy and plan?

Like I said earlier, it doesn’t have to be anything fancy.
I’ve done many on napkins or several Post-It notes that were
handy.

If defining a whole writing project, you might want to
create something more permanent. What matters is clarity
and the picture of the end result. As Dr. Stephen Covey
says in the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, “Begin with
the end in mind.” Meaning begin with a vision of what the
result looks like and feels like.

3. Leverage your time. If you can pay someone else to do
less money than what you charge, delegate it. If your
brilliance is stronger in writing and not typing or editing,
stick with the writing. Hire out the typing and editing.
If you are thinking you can’t afford it, then you haven’t
found a way to value your time and your plan is off. You
may most likely not be working on your right priorities.

Fieldwork: Check and rework your plan so that you leverage
your time. Be honest with your self and what is your
brilliance. Only one item contains the highest energy, the
others may come class, but one stands out. Focus on that
one and watch the miracles occur. Who else can do the other
items so you can stay focused on your brilliance?

4. Process — a series of actions bringing about a result.
Prolific writers use many processes that range from how they
write — ink, tape recorded, voice recognition software,
stenographer, court reporter — to everything else that
requires to complete their goal.

Fieldwork: What are your processes? Draw a flow chart of
your writing process, editing, sales or marketing, filing or
any other processes that accompany your writing. In each
area, ask yourself, “What can be completed easier and
faster?” Can an interactive form on your web site save you
time? Would an interactive appointment process save you
time? Can a virtual assistant provide support? When asking
questions, let cost aside, and allow all possibilities to
enter.

5. Systems — a group of interrelated elements. What is
your backup plan for operating without electricity? What
system backs you up when your bridge line collapses in the
middle of a class? What system do you use if your hard
drive fails or heaven’s forbid there’s a fire? What systems
require backup plans, what can slide, and for how long? How
do you communicate your backup plans to others?

Fieldwork: Make a list of your systems and then create some
contingency plans.

6. Support. Do you have a support team? Who do you call
to pass on a project that you prefer not to do or you are
too busy to handle? What about when your editor or editors
are on vacation or busy themselves with other projects? Do
your editors understand your topics? Example: If you are a
coach, does your editor understand coaching? If an engineer
or accountant, do they understand the lingo? Do they need
to? Do you have a hardware technician or two available?
Software specialists? Can they come on short notice?

Fieldwork: Make a list of support personnel and add names
to each of those areas.

7. What are your power writing hours? They change
frequently. What works on Mondays may not on Thursday
because you are sleep deprived by this time every week.

Fieldwork: Track your power hour patterns for a few weeks.
Also record what affects any changes, like a TV-show you
stayed up late to watch. Heavy meals late at night. Look
for the patterns and then make new choices that create big
changes in your writing production.

8. Do whatever it takes to stay unconfused. Too many
thoughts flying around in the old noggin? Try this system
that I adore when this occurs.

Fieldwork: Create a make-shift white board if you don’t
have one. Use the side of a bookcase, picture, or semi-
glass wall. Using Post-It notes, write one idea per note,
and paste them up. Stand back and take a large picture
view. What is appearing? Move them around according to
your needs. What do you see? Nothing, give it some space
and return and take another look. Keep moving, adding or
deleting until patterns and pictures appear.

9. Exit plan. What is your exit plan for the writing or
project? Do you plan to get out if something occurs? What
is your measurement when you no longer want to be a
freelance writer, what to move on to something else, or even
just use writing in a different manner? If you are writing
an ebook, what happens if it isn’t making any money? When
do you say, that’s enough effort on this, write it up to
experience, learn from it, and begin spending your energy on
something else.

Fieldwork: Never take any new project one, until you know
what your exit plan is for it. Practice writing them even
if they are a sentence or two. This shifts your thinking
that stuff is forever because nothing is.

10. Environments do affect your writing. It might not
matter if it’s well-organized. Do you have different areas
or places that provide different energy for different types
of writing? Do you prefer to sit in a garden to write a
garden article? Then again, you may prefer to sit in your
car. Can you sit in a bookstore to write one way? In the
library, another? The kids playing loudly for another?
Totally quiet for yet another?

Fieldwork: Know what environment fuels what type of writing
for you. Make a list, then plan your writing around those
environments. Notice as your topics change so will the
environments need to change.

Reviving up your writing productivity begins with you –
good communication internally and externally. My friends
tell me that they can recognize the gleam in my eye when
something is taking form so they allow me space without
interruption to take record my thoughts. Is this what you
need? If productivity needs revving. Think, what it is and
ask for it.

About the Author

Catherine Franz is a business coach and prolific writer. To
read additional articles or find out more about any of her
monthly eNewsletters, visit the Abundance Center at:
http://www.abundancecenter.com. Or Catherine’s blog:
http://abundance.blog

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Are you planning to get new furniture and require 25000 euro

That’s why now you need to check up on and stick out if you can have a money loan at a serious percent interest rate. 13.1 percent loan rate may come along so ok but will that be invariant after you’re going to reinforce your loan.

The Dutch translation says: Woon je in Zevenhuizen-Moerkapelle of Slochteren en hebt u BKR notering. Lenen met een BKR notering is nog nooit zo eenvoudig geweest. Koop een andere woning met met lenen negatieve bkr, 261729 euro is geen probleem om te lenen. Van Lochem tot Aalburg, geld lenen met en BKR codering gaat hier altijd.

Check out to see if the moneylender who wants to give you a credit loan is trustworthy. It doesn’t matter if you live in Longview Texas or in Encinitas California a right online investigation will relieve you often lots of pain. A lot of the moneylenders wil show you a rate that looks secure but feels poorly or so after a period of time. Nowadays you can inquire rates quickly on the internet and jut out if there are other conditions you should be aware of. A bank in Cambridge Massachusetts or so may have a total different actual rate of interest for a 35000 dollar deferred payment then a merchant bank in Elgin Illinois and that makes a immense clear difference in your yearly costs. You should be lustrous today to inspect if you have a special offer or if you don’t with the merchant bank that offers you a loan.

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How to Find a Good Content Writer

More and more writers are piling onto the web to offer you their
expert writing services. But are they really experts?

Here’s how to tell if the copywriter or content writer you’re
considering has the “write” stuff:

1. What credentials do they bring to the job? Find out if they
have an appropriate background like journalism, advertising or
public relations.

2. How many years of writing experience do they have? Look for
someone with a portfolio that goes back before there was an
Internet.

3. Does their own website meet your standards for well-written
content? If it’s riddled with spelling and grammar mistakes or
seems unclear, you know you’re dealing with a wanna-be and not
a pro.

4. Ask for samples of the type of writing you need, whether it’s
website content, a sales letter or a news release. Do you like
what you see?

5. Make sure their work comes with a guarantee. Not just “I
keep writing until it’s good enough”, but a full money-back offer.

6. If you think you’ve found your writer, commission a small,
inexpensive project first. If you’re happy with the quality and
the speed with which it’s produced, you know you can send him or
her more important work.

7. Be wary of writers who take days or, heaven forbid, weeks to
answer your correspondence. That’s your first clue that the
customer does not come first.

About the Author

Suspect your e-content is not working hard enough for you?
Heather Reimer writes action-inspiring web content, sales letters,
news releases and articles, all at low rates.
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How to Evaluate Writing Contests: Six Starter Questions

At some point in your writing career you will probably encounter the possibility of entering writing contests. As you peruse writing newsletters and magazines, at any rate, you’ll almost inevitably find listings of competitions; you may very well begin to wonder how to decide whether a given contest is “right” for you and your poetry or prose. Here are six “starter” questions you can ask yourself to initiate that process of evaluation:

1. Do you recognize the press, university, writing center, magazine, literary review, etc. that is sponsoring the contest? Do your writing friends and teachers know about it? (A number of Internet boards post warnings about “scam” contestsit can’t hurt to check those out.) Is the administering organization one you’d be happy to have publish your work?

2. Does the competition post the names of past winners (and the titles of their winning works)? Can you locate the published stories, poems, essays, or books?

3. Is an award guaranteed? Some contests stipulate that an award may not be given in a particular year; this may not be appreciated when fees have been collected; you may choose not to hand over a fee to such a contest.

4. What does the rest of the fine print say? Have you given over rights to your work simply by submitting it? Such details are often included in that tiny type. Read it carefully.

5. Is judging “blind”are you asked to submit a manuscript without any identifying material on it?

6. If a fee is charged, does it seem “worthwhile” considering the potential prize? For example, a $25 entry fee for a possible $100 prize might not seem as alluring as a $25 fee (or less) for a $500 (or more) prize.

Considering these questions should set you on the way to thinking more critically about the contest process, and they’ll assist you as you navigate the many listings and advertisements you’ll find the more time you spend investigating opportunities to develop your writing career.

© Copyright 2004 Erika Dreifus. All rights reserved. Article reprint permission is granted provided that the entire article, including the “About the Author” information, remains intact and unaltered. Please send a copy of the reprint to erikadrei@yahoo.com .

About the Author

About the Author: Dr. Erika Dreifus is a writer and writing instructor in Massachusetts. She edits the free monthly newsletter, “The Practicing Writer,” and is the author of “The Practicing Writer’s Guide to No-Cost Literary Contests and Competitions.” Visit her website at http://www.practicing-writer.com .

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