07:10:26

Good Morning My Friends!! I was sent this cute email and wanted to share it with my friends here.

It is rather self explanatory so no need in my going on about it. Just a fun post for everyone to enjoy! Copy and paste it and send it out to your friends if you want. We are here to share.

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Do you know the #1 song the day you were born? This is to much fun to pass up. Let's have some Sunday Fun!! Put this link in an email and send to all of your friends !!
My Birthday song was: "Good Night Irene" by Gordon Jenkins & The Weavers.

Go here: http://www.joshhosler.biz/NumberOneInHistory/SelectMonth.htm

P.S. To get the results it calls for ITunes. If you do not have ITunes you can go to Tropical Glen and play the same songs without any download.
http://tropicalglen.com

I found this super article this morning on how to use Craigslist.  I found it most interesting and helpful.  The article explains how to advertise and promote using Craigslist.  I wanted to share this information with you so you can better advertise there if it is one of your advertising sources.

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How To Use One Of The Best Free Advertising Resources Available - Craigslist
By: Joe Rispoli

If you have not yet discovered Craigslist dot org, then you may be missing out on one of the best, free advertising resources out there.

Craigslist is ranked the 41st largest in the world by Alexa. This means that millions of people visit this website every month. Classifieds stay posted on Craigslist for 45 days, plus these classified ads sometimes find their way into Google search results!

Posting ads on Craigslist regularly can be a great help in getting your website indexed and drive traffic to your website.

Follow these simple rules and you can drive traffic to your site regularly.

1. Do not post multiple times in the same category or the wrong category.

2. Do not post to multiple cites.

3. Do not post too many ads too quickly.

4. If you post multiple ads, use different titles for each ad and modify the body. If possible try and change any links to your site within the ads.

5. Opportunity type ads are only accepted under small business services.

6. Another suggestion is to use different email addresses for each ad. If you have your own domain this should not be a problem. Just use different prefixes for your domain and you will then be able to approve each posting confirmation email.

7. Post only a few ads a day, then wait a few more days to continue. This will drive traffic to your site and prevent you from getting banned.

I am Not suggesting that you spam Craigslist. They have many safeguards in place to prevent spamming, but why not take advantage of what they do allow?

If you follow these tips your website will get indexed quickly which could help it move up in the rankings. Just remember that your IP address can be blocked by Craigslist if you do not follow the rules.

What is the best way to use Craigslist effectively?

1. Target your audience.

Know who you are trying to attract to your business! Once you do know your target audience you can then aim to reach that audience by posting in the correct advertising category on Craigslist. Even though Craigslist claims to have over 4 billion hits a month, what really matters is that your business is in the right place to be found by the right people.

Reaching your target audience is much more important then reaching a large audience. Craigslist offers advertisers the opportunity to promote their business through a number of different sections and categories. This makes it easier for people to find the information they need, which should be your information!

2. Marketing strategy.

Not only can you drive traffic to your website by placing ads in Craigslist but you can also participate in the discussion forums. Just make sure you provide useful information and accurate answers to questions relating to your business. Do not forget to place a link to your website in your signature and be careful when posting that your messages are not mistaken for spam.

Creating a successful online business costs money and advertising it does not have to cost you more. Take advantage of Craigslist and other similar websites that are free for you to use.

Here are some other free advertising resources that can be used to promote your online business.

- Trade-pals dot com is a directory of business professionals that provides leads to its members.

- MySpace dot com can be used to join in on business group discussions.

- Ziggs dot com gives you a detailed profile that is placed into categories that can be searched on by people seeking your services.

- Pr dot com is a press release website.

- Linkedin dot com is a business networking site.

It is worth your time to take advantage of these free services.

Why not let them provide free advertising for your business 24 hours a day?

Copyright 2007 Joe Rispoli

Article Source: http://www.myarticlesdirectory.com

Joe Rispoli has been gathering free online marketing resources for over 10 years. They can be found at his website UcanTo.com where you can also subscribe to his Free Advertising Resources Ezine which includes Free Email Marketing Software.

Hello All,

It is now possible that I may have another subscriber!! THUD !! This is not to take away from the importance of my 2 loyal subscribers but the very idea of having now 3 subscribers astounds me!!  Anyway, let the show roll on!!

First, I want to thank my 2 subscribers.  I appreciate you loyalty in reading my Rants and Raves. 

Today, we are concerning ourselves with keywords to help us promote CMU7. 

This community is somewhat similiar to other social networks

but it has more of a business aspect to it.

We are now Web. 2.0 compliant thanks to our fine and extremely busy owner Beef.

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When working the social networks there are certain words or key phrases that will help  a search engine better find a community.

Below is a list of social network keywords that should help you find, advertise, market and promote Community Marketing University.

business, businesses, ads, ad, advertising, promote, promoter, promotions, promoting, advertise, money, make money, work from home, market, marketing, marketer, sell, seller, sellers, selling, sale, sales, sold, network, networking, community, communities, friend, friends, blog, blogs, blogging, instant messenger, chat, music, video, videos, books, group, groups, software, soft ware, ebook, ebooks, forum, forums, classified, classifieds, free,

You should insert these keywords into your blogs and forums to better help the search engine find your sites and articles.

*******Of course, you should always insert CMU7 or Community Marketing University in your blogs and tags lines on other

             blogs where you make comments.

Happy Marketing,

roadcat

I live next door to Texas so I couldn't resist this Cowboy Joke!!

"Cowboy logic"

-  There's two theories to arguin' with a woman. Neither one works.
-  If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try  orderin'
somebody else's dog around.
-  If you find yourself in a hole the first thing to do is stop diggin'.
-  Never smack a man who's chewin' tobacco.
-  It doesn't take a genius to spot a goat in a flock of sheep.
-  Never ask a barber if he thinks you need a haircut.
-  Good judgement comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad
judgment.
-  Always drink upstream from the herd.
-  When you give a lesson in meanness to a critter or a person, don't be
suprised if they learn their lesson.
-  When you're throwin' your weight around, be ready to have it thrown around
by somebody else.
-  Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier 'n puttin' it back.
-  Always take a good look at what you're about to eat. It's not so important
to know what it is, but it's critical to what it was.
-  The quickest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it back
in your pocket.
-  Never miss a good chance to shut up.

roadcat

 2008-07-13  18:52:30

There are certain subjects in the English language that just drive me crazy (for me that is a pretty short trip)! The English language is a mish mosh of many different languages and continues to be hard to understand. However, there are certain standards of the English language that if not observed just make you look dumb!

One thing bloggers and copywriters share is a conversational style of writing. This style of writing means it is fine to fracture a few sentences and dangle a modifier in order to obtain a style of writing the reader is comfortable reading. Often bloggers and copywriters will make use of ellipsis when and EM dash will work just fine. However, there are some grammatical errors that can just make you look dumb! Now you don't want that do you. I admit I was not near as a fanatic in my earlier years of writing.

Here are 6 grammatical errors that drive me crazy and will only make you look stupid. Believe me, people check your grammar.

1. "To" vs. "Too"

Ok. here we go!

"To" is a preposition. Example: I am going to write this article and hope some kind person reads it.

" Too" is and Adjective. Example: I hope no one finds this too offensive.(This "too" is used meaning-also and secondly more than enough.

2. "Your" vs. "You're"

This one drives me crazy. "Your" is possessive pronoun. This is your blog shows possession.

"Your're" is used as a contraction for "Your are." Example: You're going to learn how to market at CMU7.

3. It's vs. Its

I admit this is a hard one. It is difficult sometimes to figure out which one to use. It's a common grammatical error and can be

avoided by thinking about what you're writing.

"It's" is a contraction for it is or it has. It's nice to have a place to blog. It's been great writing this article for the members of Community Marketing University.

"Its" is a possessive pronoun. Example: This site is gaining its momentium.

The easiest rule fo thumb is to say your sentence to yourself using "it is". If it sounds goofy then "its" is likely the correct choice.

4. There vs. Their

I know. I know. This one seems to make a lot of typers stumble and fall but the difference in these two are quiet large but it is really easy to figure out. This seems to trip people up quiet often so make sure and watch for it when you are proofreading.

"There" is used as a reference to a place ( Let's go there) or as a pronoun ( there is hope).

"Their" is a plural possessive pronoun, as in "CMU7 is their site" or "they are going to voice their opinion" on this blog. Always do the

"that's ours!" test. If you are talking about more than one person or something that person possesses then "their" will get you there.

5. Affect vs. Effect

I admit I have to stop and think on this one. It requires real mental concentration to sort this one out. So here we go.

"Affect" is a verb. Example: To be able to communicate clearly will affect your income. "Effect" is a noun. Example: The effect of poor communication is well documented. The Trick: Sort out by thinking in terms of "the effect" because you can't stick a "the" in front of a verb. It has been known to be done by lawyers using "effect" as a verb "( a strategy to effect the settlement):" but this is usage should be ignored if you want to write like a real human being.

6. The Infamous Dangling Participle

This is the most common and egregarious mistakes you can make as a blogger or copywriter.

This writing error can damage the flow or your writing and make your copy hard to understand. It also hurts the flow of your copy and your reader can get lost as to the meaning of what you are trying to convey.

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Check out these two examples from Tom Sant’s book Persuasive Business Proposals:

After rotting in the cellar for weeks, my brother brought up some oranges.

Uhh… keep your decomposing brother away from me!

Featuring plug-in circuit boards, we can strongly endorse this server’s flexibility and growth potential.

Hmmm… robotic copy written by people embedded with circuit boards. Makes sense.

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In both of the sentences above the grammatical problem is that the participal phrase that begins the sentence does not modify the part of the sentence that follows. Your opening phrase should always modify what immediately follows. If it doesn't then you have not only left the dangliing participle and your reader. The reader will wonder what in the world you are talking about.

Sometimes you have to stop and think about what you're writing and use your brain for something besides holding you're ears apart.

I can't always tell you the technical problem with a sentence but I can fix one. I learned most of my grammar from reading. I write to satisfy a yen in my soul that will not be silenced.

roadcat

Random Acts of Kindness

Do you believe in "random acts of kindness"? If so; what are the requirements? Should there be a return on a random act of kindness?

These are all little thoughts running through my head today.

I definitely believe in "random acts of kindness". I also believe these acts of kindness should be done automatically as an integral part of our personalities. However, some people do these acts of kindness only because they expect a return on their investment of their time or money. Everything to them is about money whether it be loaning money to friends or family or donating to charities. These acts of kindness should be done from the heart and not from a financial point of view. We should be willing to do acts of kindness without expecting a "return on our investment".

I think there are other ways of doing acts of kindness including taking care of friends who have hit upon hard times or taking in abandoned animals. All are considered acts of kindness if they are done from the heart, automatically, without expectations of return. I think if you do something expecting a return then it is not a random act of kindness. Sometimes the smallest gesture can reap the largest rewards. Often, a small helping hand up for friend, family or other animals can unknowingly reap the greatest returns. I have taken in everything from abandoned animals ( my favorite act of kindness) to abandoned people.

Once my best friend was gazing out the living room window as a Ruby Throated Hummingbird banged himself into the window. It was a loud "Thud" as he had a head on collision in the late morning when the shadows are near twelve o'clock and the double paned windows present the inside of a house as dark. My friend was distressed over the tiny birds accident. Immediately an investigation followed as my friend dashed out the back door an found the unconscience bird laying on it's back barely blinking it's eyes.

A curious Mockingbird had already found the hummer and was standing guard over his back yard friend.

Grabbing the planting trowl, my friend scoops the tiny hummingbird and places him on the brick ledge.  Regaining conscience the hummer begins blinking his eyes faster and faster.  My friend  stands by hoping for the best.  After a few minutes the Ruby Throated Hummingbird does one last blink, raises it's head, and stares at my friend as if saying "thank you." The little bird sits on the ledge, begins to flap his wings with a loud buzz that sounds like a tiny motor and soars off to the apple tree.

I consider this one of the nicest "random acts of kindness" as the hummingbird could have been left to his own fate. With no help he mostly likely would have made it but he might not have.  Another animal might have found it first and devoured it for lunch. That theory will not be proven as my friend, out of the kindness of his own heart and concern for the tiniest of God's creatures, did a random act of kindness for a hummingbird on a hot summer morning.

What do you consider "Random Acts of Kindness?"
roadcat

ONE

Recently, when I went to McDonald's I saw on the menu that you could
have an order of 6, 9 or 12 Chicken McNuggets. I asked for a half dozen
nuggets. "We don't have half dozen nuggets," said the teenager at the
counter. "You don't?" I replied. "We only have six, nine, or twelve," was
the reply . "So I can't order a half dozen nuggets, but I can order six?"
"That's right." So I shook my head and ordered six McNuggets.


TWO

I was checking out at the local Wal-Mart with just a few items and the
lady behind me put her things on the belt close to mine. I picked up one of
those "dividers" that they keep by the cash register and placed it between
our things so they wouldn't get mixed. After the girl had scanned all of my
items, she picked up the "divider", looking it all over for the bar code so she could scan it. Not finding the bar code she said to me, "Do you know how much this is?" I said to her "I've changed my mind, I don't think I'll buy that today." She said "OK," and I paid her for the things and left. She had
no clue to what had just happened.



THREE
A lady at work was seen putting a credit card into her floppy drive and pulling it out very quickly. When I inquired as to what she was doing, she said she was shopping on the Internet and they kept asking for a credit card number, so she was using the ATM "thingy."



FOUR
I recently saw a distraught young lady weeping beside her car. "Do you need some help?" I asked. She replied, "I knew I should have replaced the battery to this remote door unlocker. Now I can't get into my car. Do you think they (pointing to a distant convenience store) would have a battery to fit this?" "Hmmm, I dunno. Do you have an alarm, too?" I asked. "No, just this remote thingy," she answered, handing it and the car keys to me. As I took the key and manually unlocked the door, I replied, "Why don't you drive
over there and check about the batteries. It's a long walk."



FIVE
Several years ago, we had an Intern who was none too swift. One day she was typing and turned to a secretary and said, "I'm almost out of typing paper. What do I do?" "Just use copier machine paper," the secretary told her. With that, the intern took her last remaining blank piece of paper, put
it on the photocopier and proceeded to make five "blank" copies.



SIX
I was in a car dealership a while ago, when a large motor home was towed
into the garage. The front of the vehicle was in dire need of repair and the
whole thing generally looked like an extra in "Twister." I asked the manager
what had happened. He told me that the driver had set the "cruise control"
and then went in the back to make a sandwich.


SEVEN
My neighbor works in the operations department in the central office
of a large bank. Employees in the field call him when they have problems
with their computers. One night he got a call from a woman in one of the
branch banks who had this question: "I've got smoke coming from the back of
my terminal. Do you guys have a fire downtown?"

EIGHT
Police in Radnor, Pa. interrogated a suspect by placing a metal
colander on his head and connecting it with wires to a photocopy machine.
The message "He's lying" was placed in the copier, and police pressed the
copy button each time they thought the suspect wasn't telling the truth.
Believing the "lie detector" was working, the suspect confessed.

NINE

A mother calls 911 very worried asking the dispatcher if she needs to
take her kid to the emergency room, the kid was eating ants. The dispatcher
tells her to give the kid some Benadryl and it should be fine .. The mother
says, I just gave him some ant killer..... Dispatcher: Rush him in to
emergency room!

Life is tough .
It's tougher if you're stupid

Luv You Guys!!

roadcat

Stopping in to wish everyone a Happy Memorial Day!! Don't forget to remember our veterans who gave up an

unspeakable amount of time to help defend our great country.  Often, they give their lives.

We should all be proud of these fine men and women who served in our armed forces.

It is a great honor to live in this country.

I hope everyone has a fantastic day and don't forget what it is all about.

Remember, Freedom is never free.

roadcat

I want to thank Beef and everyone that helped him develop this wonderful site for all the members of CMU7. Community Marketing University should really blast off now! Members must remember that Steve can not do this by himself and we must make a diligent effort to promote CMU7. After all, when you promote the site you are promoting yourself as well. We are CMU7.

I can not believe what a change this is from the old CMU7. What an attractive front page. We will also, have a new newsletter which will cover the usual and special events. Thanks again to Beef, Nana and the whole team who has given us the NEW CMU7!