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Most individuals are more self conscious about their abs than any other muscles in the body. Everybody would like to have a rock hard six-pack. The bicycle exercise is a very effective and efficient abs workout. To perform the bicycle exercises start by lying with your back down and interlace your fingers around the back of your head. Bend your knees and bring them up to toward your chest. Don’t pull on the neck; lift your shoulder bladders off the ground. Turn your body to the right; bring your leg out at a forty five degree angle. Bring your left elbow towards your right knee. Perform the same exact exercise by bringing your right elbow towards your left knee. Do these exercise at least twelve to fifteen times.

The captain’s chair is the second most effective abs workout it works the obliques abdominal muscles. You’ll need exercise equipment to perform this exercise. The captain’s chair exercise is used very often at gyms and health clubs. To start the exercise, stand on the chair and grab the handholds to balance your upper torso. Push your back firmly against the pad. Contract your abs by raising your legs and lifting your knees towards your chest. Breathe evenly and do not arch your back. Slowly lower yourself back down. You will want to repeat this exercise at least twelve to fifteen times.

More six pack abs on this link.

In an ideal world, you’d walk out of every first date
with a clear ‘yes’ or ‘no’ etched in your mind for a second date
with the person in question. Unfortunately, in reality you often
come out confused, not knowing if the guy/gal is really worthy
of a second date. As a result you often say no in haste and
repent not taking the chance later. At times the opposite
happens and you may really regret giving someone a second
chance. We came up with some questions you could ask yourself
clear the confusion and help you make the right decision.

How did you react when you first saw your date?

If the first thought that crossed your mind was that you have
dated better, do not let that stop you from going on a second
date. Your date may have intellectual qualities or a sense of
humor which may more than make up for the lack of physical
attributes. Do put up points in their favor if you felt that
they took time and made an effort to look good. However, if
their grunge look made you wonder if they even knew they’d come
for a date, don’t think twice before saying no.

How much eye contact did you make?

Eye contact fosters trust and understanding and hence is a
pointer to the quality of future interaction you may have with
someone. Making a fair amount of eye contact, indicates positive
interaction, and should be taken as green light for a second
date. If your date was looking around quite a bit and you don’t
even remember the color of their eyes, give it up before you
regret wasting more time.

How did the conversation flow?

It will be a rare first date where you have a lot to say to each
other and conversation flows from start to finish. Even if
conversation was bumpy, at times flowing and at times sprinkled
with awkward pauses, it’s worth a second chance. On the contrary
if you found yourself wondering ‘Did he/she really say that?’
several times during the date, it may not make sense to pursue
things further.

Did your date mention any past relationships?

If your date mentioned a previous relationship in passing it’s
nothing to worry about but if they went into longwinded details
about a former bloke/ babe, think twice before going out with
them. They may be rather hung over on the previous relationship
and hence may not be ready to move on.

What did your date want to know about you?

Did they ask you things like what you like to do for fun, what
kind of places you hang out at? If they did they are a potential
hit. On the other hand if they hardly asked anything about you
it may be better to refuse to take things ahead. If they asked
you rather too much about your daily schedule including
seemingly irrelevant details like where you park when you go to
work etc. treat it as a safety red flag and retreat as fast as
you can.

How would you sum up what you know about your date?

At the end of the date do you know rather too much or too little
about your date? If you know what kind of car they drive, what
they enjoy most in life and the movie they enjoyed best you are
on the right track. If you don’t’ know what work they do and
feel that your date was rather cagey with details about
themselves don’t go forward with the next date.

How did you feel at the end?

If you felt a frizzle of excitement, you should not be reading
this article. If you felt rather happy but not on top of the
world, there exists some potential. If you felt confused and
wondered about their intentions don’t feel any inhibitions in
not going out with them a second time round.

Would you want to be friends?

This is the one question that you should base your decision on.
If you can think of the person you dated as becoming your friend
you should go ahead, else you should walk away. If you can’t see
them as being your friends, believe me you won’t reach the lover
stage!

Edible wedding favors are bound to please almost everyone at a wedding reception. It doesn’t matter what type you eventually decide on a sweet option or a savory one, they will still be enjoyed. Chocolate candy might not be the most elaborate gift even if it does come in a special wrapper but that does not make it any less welcome to hungry guests. There is no reason why the chocolate cannot be from a specialist purveyor which will really impress the guests. Many companies exist that can create special wrappers that should have details of the wedding printed on them even if everything else is from a standard template.

It is not unusual to see a picture of the happy couple on this sort of wrapper or even a presentation box. Some couples decide that their edible wedding favor will consist of a special tin of candy. As with candy wrappers, there is no reason why the tin cannot be personalized for the wedding. You can guarantee your guests will take the tins away with them even if they are empty because not only will they be a reminder of the day but they are practical as well. Almost everyone likes candy and that is why such a large percentage of weddings feature it as their edible wedding favor.

By using a large glass bowl in the center of every table, the bride and groom can fill them with their own choices of candy for everyone to share. You can give each of your guests a small container which matches the theme of the wedding such as a sand pail for a beach themed wedding or anything else which is appropriate. The bride and grooms guests can then use the containers to put in any candy they like to take away when they leave. An unusual edible wedding favor is a cookie that can be made especially for the day. You can select cookies which are rather plain in nature but place them in keepsake boxes with the bride and grooms’ names as well as the date of the wedding.

Why not place an image of the happy couple with the wedding details directly onto the face of the cookie to add a finishing touch. It won’t be difficult locating a bakery that can do this type of work and you can speed up the process even more by supplying your own ideas on how you would like the cookies to look. An unusual and more exclusive option for edible wedding favors is to give the guests coffee, cocoa or tea. There are a number of specialty teas and coffees available which can then be packaged in something appropriate for the wedding. Just like the previous ideas, personalizing the package with the bride and grooms picture just completes the gift. These are just a few gift ideas for your guests, I’m sure you can think of more if these do not interest you.

Everyone is taking paid surveys these days. But few are making the big money you see advertised all over. These 7 steps will dramatically increase your profits from taking paid surveys online.

Step 1 - Find a Free Paid Surveys Directory

There are several websites out there that will try to get you to pay up to $60.00 for a paid survey directory. There is no need to pay for a list of paid surveys. There are several websites that offer this type of information for free and they can be found easily by searching MSN, Yahoo, or Google.

Step 2 - Set up an email account just for your paid surveys

Once you have established yourself as a paid survey panelist you will start to receive several invitations to participate in paid surveys everyday. You don’t want these emails getting mixed up with other email accounts you may not often check. The best thing to do is set up a free email account at Yahoo, Hotmail, or Google and use it only for your paid surveys.

Step 3 - Join the Top 20 Paid Survey Panels

Anyone just starting out should always start by joining the top 20 paid survey panels. These are the most popular survey panels and also the ones that are known to send the most paid surveys on a regular basis. You can easily find the top 20 survey panels by typing in top 20 paid survey panels on any of the major search engines, like MSN.com or Google.

Step 4 - Confirm Your Registrations

Sometimes a paid survey panel will send you a confirmation email or follow up survey to check that you are really the person that registered. Make sure you confirm all registrations. You may not be considered an official panelist until you confirm your registration.

Step 5 - Check Your Paid Survey Email Account Often

Several people may be invited to participate in a paid survey. But sometimes there are only so many people needed. In order to maximize your profits you want to be able to respond to a paid survey invitation as soon as possible. Make sure you check your email at least once a day.

Step 6 - Take All Surveys

Alot of times you will be sent short surveys that don’t pay very much or only enter you into a drawing. This is very often a survey to see if you fit the demographics for a more important and higher paying survey. If you do you may be invited to participate in a high paying survey or even a focus group or product test. This can be very profitable.

Step 7 - Invite Others to Join

Several of the most popular paid survey panels offer their panelists even more money for bringing in other panelists. These companies are in constant need of new paid survey panelists as alot of people lose interest after a short period of time. You can make alot of money recruiting others. Some of these paid survey panels will pay you up to $4.00 just for getting someone else to sign up. These are some of the companies that have referral programs:

Survey Club - $1.00 per referral

NFO My Survey - $1.50 per referral

Lightspeed Research - $.75 per referral

Survey Savvy - $.82 per survey taken from your referrals

These are just a few. Most all of the top 20 paid survey panels have some type of referral system. As you can see this money can add up quick. An informative article or ad on a high traffic forum or message board can easily bring lots of new sign ups.

Chris Price is an expert in the paid survey industry. Mr. Price has participated in hundreds of online paid surveys, focus groups, and mystery shops. He currently runs one of the largest free paid surveys directories online, wahmservice.com

The links below contain more information on paid surveys:

Top 20 Paid Survey Panels

Free Paid Surveys Directory

Traffic Power Tips - In the next few minutes you will start to
receive quality traffic to your site(s).
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Webremises Newsletter April 18th - Michael Hein

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

New Generation of Traffic Exchanges

CrazyBrowser - Software for browsing multiple pages
simultaneously

AutoIT - Automate any manual action, mouse clicks, etc

Creating a Rotation Page using JAVASCRIPT

Building your downline

Combining all of this for guaranteed success

all without spending any money…

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Hi Again and welcome to the next edition of the webpremises
newsletter. If you can, you should print this out to read with a
nice cup of tea or coffee because once you start reading, you
won’t be able to stop and this is a MASSIVE PACKED ISSUE. Again
as promised, no selling, no funny stuff, just great reading and
some really fantastic software and scripts which are completely
unbranded for you to use.

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New Generation of Traffic Exchanges

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I have spent a month experimenting with a new generation of
great traffic exchange programmes and have examined various ways
that you can achieve MAXIMUM traffic turnover using 3 pieces of
software and a great javascript for your web page to build
downlines which eventually will generate ALL of your traffic
automatically.

Whether you have a website or not, you will need to build up
traffic first. The steps that I will guide you through in this
article should be followed carefully and you will see that you
can start building traffic today which you will send to your
website when your traffic network is built up. The idea is that
within the next few weeks you will have a web of affiliates who
will be building up traffic for you because you will receive
commission for each of their page views. Once this “self
working” solution is set up you can start thinking about your
product pages.

YOU DO NOT NEED A WEBSITE AND YOU WILL NOT BE SELLING YOUR
PRODUCT WHILE YOU BUILD UP TRAFFIC - ANYONE CAN START THIS NOW
FOR BENEFIT

Here is the plan outline:

We are going to sign up with 3 great next generation traffic
exchange programmes first of all, and these will supply us with:

1. Approximately 10,000 hits per week which will be fead into
your special rotation script (explained later)

2. A referral URL which will be used to sign up new members to
your downline for each traffic exchange programme, this will
increase the number of hits per week that you can feed into your
rotation script (explained below).

We will then use a JAVASCRIPT (provided below) to create a
rotation page. A rotation page is a page of html which will
randomly send the visitor to one of the 3 referral URLS. This
way, when you sign up to the traffic exchange programme you
enter 1 URL which will cover ALL THREE of the referal pages.
Don’t let this put you off if it sounds too complex. I will
guide you through every step carefully. You will start to
receive a number of signups in your downline for each of the
traffic exchange programmes within a few hundred hits. I usually
get about 10 new affiliates per 1000 hits, that’s not bad. If
you keep this up for a couple of weeks you will see the evidence
for yourself and within a couple of months you will have a
network so big that you will not need to surf for hits yourself
because your downline will do that for you.

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CrazyBrowser - Software for browsing multimple pages
simultaneously

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Help yourself to the following download for a great piece of
software called crazy browser:

CRAZYBROWSER - PLEASE CLICK HERE

Crazy Browser is a powerful Web browser. It has the ability to
open multiple sites and windows inside a single browser. It also
has a Smart Popup Filter that blocks errors and popups
automatically! Multiple pages can be saved as a GROUP and
reopened together. You will be able to surf faster and earn more
credits than ever before.

Now click on all the links below to join these FREE next
generation traffic programs:

HITPULSE - PLEASE CLICK HERE WEBMASTERQUEST - PLEASE CLICK HERE
FASTFREEWAY

IMPORTANT!:- When you join these programs make sure to save all
the URLs- both for your start pages and for your referral links
you will add them to the crazy browser and your rotation script
in a moment!

If you are already a member of these programs you can just use
the URLs you already have. You can also add any program you like
if I don’t have it here.

IMPORTANT!:- When you join these programs make sure to save all
the URLs- both for your start pages and for your referral links!

CrazyBrowser has a feature that allows you to save any
combination of URLs as individual groups. To create your group
of start page programs do the following:

In the address bar, copy and paste your surf-for-hits URL of
HITPULSE, press the Enter-Key.

HITPULSE surf page is loading.

Now type into the address bar the surf URL of WEBMASTERQUEST,
again press the Enter-Key and WEBMASTERQUEST is loading, in a
new window.

Now, If you want to go back to HITPULSE click on the tab to the
left.

To go to WEBMASTERQUEST, click on the right tab.

(Also, you can scroll through tabs by pressing the F3 key.)

Now enter all your remaining surf-for-hits URL’s, and don’t
forget to press the Enter-Key after you type in the URL.

After you finish entering the start page programs, click on the
main menu “Groups” and then click on “Save all pages as group”.
You can join as many as you like and enter them on crazy browser.

A Windows file window will open. Give your group a name, like
“10000Hits”, and click Save.

After having done this, every time you start CrazyBrowser you
can simply click “Groups”, then the name of your saved group in
the drop-down menu. All of your programs should load on one
screen. You can now surf them all at once.

If you have a slow connection and/or not very powerful computer,
opening eight to ten pages at the same time may be too much.

In this case, try surfing fewer pages until your computer is
running fast enough that you are happy with it. My suggestion
would be to group them together in groups of four which seems to
be the most practical.

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Creating a Rotation Page using JAVASCRIPT

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ROTATOR JAVASCRIPT - PLEASE CLICK HERE

Download the above word doc and then make the necessary changes
on the script to replace the three rotation URLs so that they
contain your own affiliate links which will be provided on sign
up by the traffic exchange. There is additional documentation
inside the script itself. When you have replaced my affiliate
URLs with your own you should click on FILE, SaveAs and make
sure that you name the file:

rotator.htm

You can now upload this file to any webspace to be hosted,
remember to write down the location of the file, e.g.

www.yoursite.com/rotator.htm

This is the URL that you will set as the site which will receive
visitors from the traffic exchange for each credit that you
receive from them. When you test the URL you should notice that
everytime you visit that URL you will be directed seamlessly to
one of the 3 exhanges randomly (neat, 3 in 1 site).

If you have no webspace or domain then help yourself to a
completely banner free, no-cost domain and webspace from:

FREEWEBS - PLEASE CLICK HERE

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Building your downline

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Now you have 3 exhanges to surf which will generate hits into
your rotation page, the more hits you send into your rotator the
more signups you will receive for your efforts, YOU WILL RECEIVE
SIGNUPS.Try your best to build up 1000 hits total daily. This
does not take long and it is always very rewarding to wake up
the next morning and have 3 new downline members earning more
hits for you.

You will soon find out that it is quite boring to spend hours
upon hours clicking through random sites. It is worth your while
because you will receive great returns quickly. But for the
extremely lazy people you should read the below info.

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AutoIT - Automate any manual action, mouse clicks, etc

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This is a very special windows scripting tool which can be used
to automate virtually any manual action you perform on your PC
including mouse clicks, switching windows, typing any text or
keyboard command and even though a complete beginner may be put
off at first, it is extremely easy to pick up, and I advise you
familiarise yourself with this FREE tool because it is an
invaluable time saver which can put your clicking on auto-pilot
while you have a well deserved nap.

Download this tool by using the link below and remember to read
the documentation:

AUTOIT DOWNLOADS - PLEASE CLICK HERE

Download these example scripts to see how it’s done:

EXAMPLES - PLEASE CLICK HERE

All of the information that I have given you above has generated
many hits and downline affiliates for me in the month of March
2003. This is why you should act fast and get it all done asap.

I am always eager to hear about your success, so let me know by
sending an email to:

articles@webpremises.com

Click here

If you have any issues or queries do not hesitate to contact me:

michael.hein@webpremises.com

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Do you find great joy in being a coach? If so, you will find
that your enthusiasm is contagious and will attract
clients. Be sure to develop a superb and supportive
community. Enlist them in building a practice and in
supporting you as you go down the coaching road. Embrace
change. It is your constant companion as you build your
coaching business.

1. Be someone that they really enjoy as a person and as a
vendor.

2. Call your client each quarter to ask if they’re having
any problems or challenges with their organization.

3. Continually improve your product or service.

4. Keep your client informed about future changes and
upgrades about the product/service they bought.

5. Keep your client informed about what the media and other
clients are saying about your service/product.

6. Educate your client on making the most of your
product/service.

7. Do the unexpected, again and again.

8. Create a “special client-only” club or group that receives
extra things (e.g. autographed books, audio tapes, and
special invitations) - anything worthwhile.

9. Be 6-24 months ahead of the competition - and stay
there.

10. Use high tech, low tech, or no tech, to keep your name in
front of your clients. After all, they are the ones who
will bring you the business.

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I believe the key to effective time management is having a PLAN.
Once you have done that, communicate your plans to others
involved in your life (those nearest and dearest to you), or
those people working with you in business.

SOME HINTS IN TIME MANAGEMENT:

1. Prioritise your goals. Set up the following:

* A weekly plan: Plan for a week at a time.

* A ‘don’t forget’ list.

* A ‘what now’ list.

2. Focus on the important things - the things that really matter
to you.

3. Throw out irrelevant bits of paper.

4. No matter what pressure you are under, try to control your
stress level at all times.

5. Control interruptions (even a ‘closed door’ policy is not a
bad thing).

6. Don’t procrastinate.

7. Prepare a reminder list of essential details.

8. Plan to get the routine tasks out of the way as quickly as
possible.

9. Develop routines. Ask yourself this question: can any
(procedures) be eliminated or speeded up?

10. Focus on one task at a time.

N.B:

10. Pat yourself on the back each day by reviewing your
accomplishments.

11. Self monitor and self evaluate your progress on the way to
your goals.

12. Set and keep deadlines for yourself and others (Don’t
“interrupt” yourself).

13. Learn to say “no” to others’ demands.

14. Slow down for success.

15. Distinguish the really urgent from the seemingly urgent.
Sort out low priority work. Put it aside for later or eliminate
it totally.

16. Encourage others to get to the point on the telephone or at
meetings. Without being too rude, of course!

Waffle less (I love ‘em), yourself!

17. Respond less formally, but with more speed, eg. a
hand-written compliments slip rather than a typed letter.

18. Make time for yourself to relax; because this recharges the
batteries.

19. Delegate for success. Ask yourself the question: Is this
only something I can do? If not, to whom can the work be
appropriately assigned? Is this person prepared now, or does
he/she need further instruction to complete the task efficiently?

20. Provide clear and realistic expectations. Keep only the
paper you need on your desk (if you are lucky enough to have a
desk, that is!). Clear out irrevelant files. A tidy mind is an
effective mind, but tidy desks are really rarely creative. Thank
goodness I have an excuse then!

21. Communicate clearly to your sub-ordinates and co-workers.
Hard if you are at the bottom of the barrel, like me! Get
messages across clearly the first time.

22. Set aside time to mentally regroup, to think and to plan.
Very important. Review progress regularly to see which plans are
working and which ones aren’t. Work with individual players and
set aside time for individuals. Remember everyone is a unique
individual with their own needs.

22. Have direction. Believe in yourself and what you are trying
to accomplish. Review your skills periodically and pat yourself
on the back with your progress to date.

Finally (and most importantly),

23. Take care of yourself and BE HAPPY.

(c)David Foard - All Rights reserved
http://www.online-jewelry-appraisals.com
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It looks like a million dollars but after a couple of months it
doesn’t have the same ‘Sparkle’ or look it once had (a bit like
me really).

So what are we to do?

The first thing is to make sure it is SAFE to be cleaned!

Naturally, delicate items should be best left to a professional
Jeweler to clean. BUT Opals, Pearls and Emeralds are very
susceptible to damage in a Jewelers Ultrasonic cleaning tank, as
it can loosen pearls from their mounts and breakdown Opal and
Emerald quite easily.

SOLUTION: Clean them yourself! BUT VERY GENTLY. Make up a
solution of Washing up liquid (Clean of course, not after doing
the Sunday dishes) and use an old Toothbrush and carefully clean
around the mount, using the bristles of the brush to get into
the setting and CLEAN BEHIND THE STONES.

But beware as too much pressure could ‘Pop’ the stone out of
it’s setting, so if in doubt - take it out (of the bowl I mean).

Yet even this has a good point. If you lost it somewhere other
than the washing process, not only would you probably never find
it, you’d be very annoyed at me for suggesting such a thing in
the first place. However; if the stone came out in the wash, it
would prove that the setting was so worn it would have come out
sooner or later anyway, so better to ‘catch the falling star’ as
it were, and get your local Jeweler to reset it safely back for
you.

See, I just did you a favor… no need to thank me just yet.

Let’s continue….

Don’t have the water too hot and certainly don’t leave the items
to soak all day.

Pearls are generally only glued onto your Jewelry (rings,
brooches etc) and if the item is a few years old (say over 20)
then the glues used then were not as good as they are today.

A couple of minutes should be enough. Dry everything on a paper
towel in a warm area (under a sun drenched window is perfect)
and finally buff up with a soft cloth and check everything
before you wear it again.

It should look good for another few months.

By the way: In General terms, the only difference in the
cleaning fluid used by your Jeweler or purchased from a
proprietary Brand would be Ammonia! A small cap of Cloudy
Ammonia bought from Coles or Woolies or your local Supermarket,
mixed with washing up liquid is a terrific cleaner. It smells a
little but the results are perfect!

DIRTY DIAMONDS? Just to continue from the previous section: Most
of the white colorless gemstones used over the past hundred
years or so as Diamond Imitations or Simulants, were either
Paste (Fancy name for glass) Spinels or White Sapphire
(corundum) and occasionally Zircon (Not to be confused with
Cubic Zirconia CZ’s which is quite modern).

When you first purchased your beautiful ring it glistened like
diamond, but slowly became duller and duller. Ladies, you are to
Blame!

Hand Cream is the biggest culprit of them all as it gets under
the stone and dulls it. Wearing your Jewelry while Gardening
doesn’t help much either and you certainly shouldn’t wear your
rings while doing the washing up (all that grease sticks to the
stone).

This is one of the major ‘Properties’ of a Diamond.

Just clean it in the same solution as we suggested above and
brush it with an old toothbrush. It will return to sparkling
quality in no time.

Once every few months is perfect, so don’t over do it.

There are several other SPECIAL REPORTS available through our
eMail-on-Demand subscription box at the website, so please take
some time to visit.

There is a timely warning on Security issues. It’s good advice,
plus there is some great tips on Investing in Jewelry, Insurance
guidelines and other notes on selling, Hallmarking tips etc, and
they are being added to all the time.

And the best bit is they are FREE….

Thank you for taking the time to read this special report. If
you thought it interesting, useful or found it helped you in any
way I would appreciate your comments via email at the address
shown below.

This is my personal email address and I read every comment -
good or bad.

Alternatively: why not pass it on to a friend. I’m sure you can
think of someone who might benefit from this useful information.
Treat it as doing me a big favor. I will certainly appreciate it.

Thank you. As usual…. Take care and watch the road.

kind regards. David Foard F.G.A.A. resident gemologist/valuer at
the Online Jewelry Appraisal Center.

P.S. There are many other complimentary Reports available to you
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P.P.S. If you administer a website or publish an ezine, please
feel free to use this article as long as you leave all links in
place, do not modify the content and include our resource box as
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where you used it. If you need other great content -
complimentary of course - then drop me a line at the email
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In Part I, we covered how to grab the reader’s attention with the opening sentence. Now
we’ll get them interested, arouse desire, and get them to take action. Let’s get moving.

Interest

Now that you have the reader’s undivided attention. The next step is get them interested in what you have to offer. In this case, since you’re applying for a job, the goal is to get the reader interested in you, right?

So how do you do that? You feed them interesting facts. Like how much money you saved your previous employer. By telling them how you were at top of your class. Or that you were one of the top salespeople and the qualities you possess that enabled you to become a top performer.

Look at your past. There have to be some accomplishments you can talk about. And you must possess some strengths that enabled you to achieve those accomplishments. Don’t keep them to yourself. Tell the hiring manager. Create enough interest to make the reader want to know more. How else can they make an informed decision? You’re not helping anyone by holding back.

Desire

You’ve grabbed the reader’s attention and created interested, now you’ll arouse desire by describing the benefits the company will get if it “buys” what you’re selling (which is you). What are the benefits of hiring you?

You’ve got a proven track record. You possess qualities that have made you successful in the past and will continue to make you successful in the future. The hiring manger will be congratulated for making such an outstanding hiring decision. Those are some general ideas. I’m sure you can think of some that are more specific to you and your situation.

Fill in the details that apply to your situation. Do you have some special certification or accreditation? Do you have a specialized degree? Do you have unique and relevant experience that make you an ideal candidate for the job? Surely, there are several benefits you can use to sell the hiring manager on bringing you in for an interview.

Even if you’re trying to switch careers, my killer “System” will get you noticed. You’ll get interviews just because the hiring manger wants to meet someone who’d send such a creative cover letter.

Action

All that’s left now is to get the reader to pick up the phone and call you. Don’t leave the reader hanging. You’ve grabbed their attention, created interest, and aroused desire. Now tell them what to do next. And don’t be timid. I like to use a subheadline - a headline within the letter. It looks like this:

Here’s What To Do Next…

Can you be any clearer than that? I don’t think so. You could also use something like: “Here’s How To Schedule An Interview With Me…”

Then give them your contact information - all of it. Your phone number, fax number (if you have one), mailing address, email address, cell phone, etc. People are different and you don’t know what their preferred method of communication is so make it easy for them to “order” an interview with you.

Some people will want to pick up the phone and call you. Others prefer email. So give them multiple ways to contact you. That increases the chance they’ll contact you for an interview. And that’s what you want, isn’t it?

So there you have it, the AIDA formula. Apply it to transform stale, boring cover letters into Killer Cover Letters that’ll get the phone ringing off the hook.

Here’s What To Do Next…

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