Entries from February 2009 ↓

Since the reduction in vat form 17.5% to 15% private plates have become more affordable for most people. Those that could claim the vat back are unaffected but normal working class drivers have benefitted. Add to this the slow market and the fact that most sellers will accept a bit less than the asking price and private number plates start to look like a good investment. Vat is due to return to 17.5% again in December and assuming that the market returns to more normal levels of sales , prices will rise again, any number bought now could be worth a bit more in 12 months time.

If you plan to visit South Africa, your travel options are numerous. You can cruise there, sail there, or most folks choose to fly. There are three international airports in South Africa when you are looking for SA Flights, Tambo International Airport, Durban International Airport and Cape Town International Airport. From the US, it takes about 15 hours air time. Most flights are overnight flights. If you are a resident of the US, you do not need a visa to enter South Africa. As long as you are staying for 90 days or less, you simply need to bring your passport. Make sure that it has at least 2 blank pages left. Also important to note, depending on where you are travelling from, and where you plan to visit in South Africa, you made need to get some immunizations before you travel. It is possible to be exposed to yellow fever, rabies, meningitis or malaria while traveling in certain areas of the country. Check with the CDC before you leave home.

This Christmas I was fortunate enough to get an iGolf GPS handheld unit for a gift.  Now if I ever had any doubts about how much my wife loves me, this definitely dispelled all of them.  I am in love with this unit because it’s easy to use and all the courses I play in my home town are already mapped so I don’t need to map on my own.

Here’s what I like about the iGolf GPS Caddie II – it has more features and functionality than another big name brand that costs almost twice as much.  Now that’s a golf gps unit that any serious golfer will die for.

Once you are already familiar with your target marketing, it would be time for you to take a look at your offerings. Based on what you learned about your target market, take note of what your selling points are. Write down how your products and services can benefit your target market and how best to communicate those selling points to them. If you can communicate these effectively to your target market, you can develop a web marketing campaign that will allow you to make money online.

The last step you should take before developing your entire web marketing campaign is to study what your competitors are doing. Check for what they are doing right and what web marketing elements they lack. You may then use that information to develop your own web marketing strategy that will make your online business more successful than theirs. If you can position your own online business as something much better than your competitors, you will find no trouble in your efforts to make money online.

Creating an effective web marketing plan takes a lot of work. However, if you follow these necessary steps before developing your web marketing plan, you will be amazed at how effortless it will eventually be to make money online.

In this day it age it is becoming more and more important to be able to cut down the lead time in responding to the needs of the customer.  By shaving off hours or days in completing the order we can remain competitive edge and retain our customers.  We tried various methods of tweaking the system to provide the information in a timely manner but it did not work.   Then we decided that the only way to do it was to install electronic data management for the shop floor.   Now we can make real time production changes when they are needed to get out orders out on time.

1. Think before you snack – if you see something tempting like cake or cookies – think twice.  Ask yourself is this yummy cake worth it? or is there a better choice of snack for you?  The key here is, stop yourself from eating without thinking.

2. how to lose weight and keep it off ?  Think long and aim to practise good eating habits for life.  That means eating plenty of natural foods, scaling back on the processed foods, drinking less sugar and eating out less.

3. Aim to get in 5 serves of vegetables and fruits daily.  Not only is it healthy, it is filling as well.

Unlike products that solve problems, for example therabreath, some products with their restrictions cause more problems.  Did you know that twitter now puts a limit on the number of messages you can send in any given day.  Isn’t that maddening. 

Now that is a problem that is difficult to overcome. What do you do?  There is very little you can do about it.  But you have to do something – If you could that is. 

When I say ‘limit’ I’m talking about the direct messages. There doesn’t seem to be a problem with replies as of yet. Anyway, another restriction to deal with. 

If you’re looking for a work at home opportunity and a way to start a business at home, you’ve come to the right place especially if you have looked at all the home business reviews. I’ve spent thousands of hours studying Home Business Ideas that work! Times are tough. We’re living in a difficult economy and some people are predicting it will stay this way for the next ten years – if not even longer. Many people have lost their jobs, and most people now have shrinking retirement portfolios – if they have retirement savings at all. Credit card debt is rampant. Is there an end in sight?

Sometimes, I wish I had a car that had a gps in it. I have absolutely no sense of direction and I work for a delivery service. I am planning on buying a portable global positioning unit next month, but until then, I need a solution for directions. Does anyone have any advice about google mapquest driving directions? I have never used these type of services, so I have no idea how or even if they are effective. If anyone can offer me advice about the above or perhaps another solution that works well for someone who needs directions, I would appreciate it.

My father can be very stubborn.  He is in his late sixties now and retired from his job as a mailman.  After my mother passed away a few years ago, I started to look after him since I’m the only one of three kids who lives nearby.  One day he was complaining about an old injury that had flared up.  Two years before he retired he fell and slipped on the ice.  Ever so often, he can hardly walk because of pain.  I showed him some chiropractic newspaper ads and he said that there was nothing anyone could do.  After I nagged and nagged, he finally went to see the chiropractor and got some relief.