Blogging For Business Owners

If you run a small company, you may find that the world of blogging for business owners is a world that you want to be a part of. Blogging is a great way to get the word out to consumers about your product or service, and it can even be useful for inspiring employee loyalty and helping you keep your workers at peak morale. If you are looking for a way to take your business to the next level, consider what starting a blog might be able to do for you.

Blogging for business owners has a lot in common with all other types of blogging, but it has its own unique pitfalls and strengths. The key to having a successful blog as a business owner is keeping your goals clear and concrete at every step of your blogging adventure. It can be all to easy to get sidetracked, especially if you are just learning about the exciting possibilities of blogging technology, but if you want your blog to succeed you need to stay focused. Write up a plan for how often you will update, how you will promote your blog and retain readers, whether you will feature photographs or video, and other aspects of your blog, and then stick to it with the same kind of determination that you used when you built your company.  

British Council Presents: International Young Creative Entrepreneur (IYCE) Award 2009

The IYCE Awards celebrate the most talented creative entrepreneurs in emerging countries – extraordinary individuals who bridge talents and their consumers, creative ideas and the market. This international competition promotes the role entrepreneurs play in exploring the economic potentials of the creative industries.

Over 1,000 creative entrepreneurs from 130 countries have participated in IYCE Awards since 2005.

But only Indonesia has won 4 international awards in just 3 years!

Yoris Sebastian won second prize at the IYCE Music Award 2006 in London. Animator Wahyu Aditya and filmmaker Sakti Parantean followed that success by winning the IYCE Screen Award in 2007 and 2008. Recently, fashion designer Oscar Lawalata snatched the IYCE Fashion Entrepreneur Award 2009.

Now, it’s your turn!

Join the competition. Become Indonesia’s next Creative Champion in London. You can win a 14-day all-expenses paid trip to the UK, promote your work in London, join Master class with top UK designers, and compete for the £5,000 grand prize!

Who can apply?

You must be Indonesian citizen, 25-35 years old by 13 September 2009, and work or run your own business for at least 3 years in any of the following design sector:

• Architecture, interiors and environment
• Product design manufacture: furniture, industrial products and craft
• Design promotion: exhibitions, events, festivals and retail
• Consultants providing specialist services in any of the above areas
• Have English language skills to IELTS 6 (or TOEFL 550).

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How to apply?

visit www.oopshey.com

Childhood Heroes

There is an old proverb that says that it takes an entire community to raise a child. Even if you aren’t a certain child’s parent, you can influence them in order to grow up to be a better person. One of the easiest ways to do this is as a coach. The characteristics that you show the children and youth through each game will give them qualities to look back on, all which will help them throughout their life.

The major way that a coach can influence children is simply by being dedicated to a game. If you know sports at all, you know exactly what it takes to simply play a game. One of the major qualities that you need in order to get through a game is goals. Sometimes this is the goal to win, while others it is simply to make it through the entire game. Along with this, you will be influencing the children to persevere through the game, no matter how hard it is and to be determined to finish. All of these qualities will help the children have a foundation for the rest of their life in whatever they do.

A coach’s responsibility does not end here. More than teaching the children how to play the game, as well as giving them the support to get through the game, are certain things that children and youth may need to hear while they are playing. It is up to the coach to make sure that everyone who is playing the game understands what it means to get through a game, work as a team, and do so to the best of their ability. This will allow the children to understand what it means to finish their work in excellence. This will especially be seen if the children win the game and see the outcome of their hard work.

Of course, every coach knows that it is not about winning the game, instead it is the process. This specific message will need to be given to the kids after every single defeat that they work through. You will want to make sure that they understand it is not the outcome of the game that is important, but rather, the process that they went through in order to finish the accomplishment of the game. If you are a coach, understanding how to deal with loss can help show those who are playing the sport a mature way to approach several situations.

Being a coach is more than showing children how to play a game. It is also showing them what it takes to get through any scenario that they may come up against in their life. As a coach, you will be building a foundation for them to succeed, and to understand that success is more than the final score board.

Making Friends around the World

There are MySpace members who are members for the sole purpose of making friends online. This may include friends from nearby geographic regions who might become friends offline as well or friends from faraway countries who can offer insight into other cultures in addition to friendship. Typically this type of member is one who enjoys conversation and meeting new people. To these individuals friendships are usually more important than other types of relationships such as business relationships.

The use of MySpace to make friends is ideal because it is relatively safe, as long as certain precautions are taken. Most importantly members should avoid providing information such as their full name or address to others. This is important because although two individuals may have a seemingly wonderful friendship online there is always the opportunity to mask ones identity online so one of the friends may be a deceptive individual with malicious intent. This individual may use information such as a home address to stalk, harass or otherwise harass those they meet on MySpace.

While there is the potential for dangerous situations online, those who follow safety precautions can enjoy their online interactions without fear of being hurt by others. In these cases, it may not really matter if their online friend is actually not telling the truth about his identity because the other MySpace is still enjoying the conversations and is not putting herself at risk because.

Listening to Music on MySpace

Another fun activity MySpace members can enjoy is listening to music. MySpace members can place audio files in the background of their website so visitors hear this music when they enter the website. Alternatively members can place links to other musical tracks on their website for visitors to enjoy. One use of music on MySpace websites is for new bands that are looking to promote their music to place numerous tracks on their website in an effort to build up a following.

Members of MySpace who want to find some new or different music to listen to can spend some time searching other members’ website in search of music they may find interesting. Once they find websites with music they enjoy, they might want to add these members to their friends list and check back frequently to see if any new music has been posted.

Flirting on MySpace

Finally, members of MySpace may join for the sole purpose of finding others to engage in flirtatious relationships. For many the act of flirting is an enjoyable activity and flirting online is especially appealing to some because they do not have to worry about being nervous. Many individuals find they have a great deal more of confidence flirting with those they are attracted to in an online community than they do flirting with those they know in reality. Flirting can certainly be a harmless activity but when it is done online precautions should be taken to avoid potentially dangerous situations. The most basic precaution which should be taken is to keep the flirtations online and do not let them morph into meetings offline. Take care to avoid divulging any information which can allow others to determine where you live is very important. While flirting online may be a fun activity there is no way to be sure of the intentions of the person with which you are flirting.

Unique Oops Hey T-Shirt Announces Launch of ECommerce Site

Oopshey.com today announced the launch of its cutting edge eCommerce site providing humorous apparel to the social scene. oopshey.com specializes in fun and crazy shirts featuring adult humor themes, amusing sayings, proven pick-up lines, and in an unusual twist, the punch lines to classic jokes. oopshey.com

Fashioned from the belief that life should be enjoyed and that humor is often the best aphrodisiac, oopshey.com strives to provide clothing that generates discussion and human interaction. "In social situations, many people find it difficult to strike up a conversation with a stranger. Most often, the interaction begins with a silly comment or joke. We created the clothing at oopshey.com to jumpstart those personal exchanges and help like-minded people find each other," states oopshey.com , Firmanullah Hasan. "In a society where everyone wants to wear something different and unique, oops hey! provides clothing that cannot be found anywhere else and gives the wearer an outlet to showcase their sense of humor," continues Firman.

Visitors to the website can select from an extensive collection of designs, and choose from more than 60 styles and colors. OopsHey's clothing is of the highest quality, and is available in both men's and women's styles, ranging in price from $8.00 to $29.00.