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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Happy New Year

Wishing Everyone a Happy New Year

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Monday, August 31, 2009

Quote of the Day

"What we actually learn, from any given set of circumstances, determines whether we become increasingly powerless or more powerful." -- Blaine Lee

Build A Great Business By Networking

Networking is one of the best ways to build in home business. Over the course of your business life you'll come in contact with a number of other business people. They could be lawyers, business services, suppliers, customers, etc. These people are important to your business in more them or they bought your product or service, you can also gain their business knowledge,experience, ideas, and advice. How do you do this? Stay Connected! Network!

Networking is when two or more different businesses stay in contact on a regular basis to build and improve each others business. Consider all the benefits you'll gain from talking to other businesspeople: Knowledge or information that you didn't have before Advice on how to solve a current business problem Leads to a new business project or opportunity Joint ventures and cross promotion dealsLearn important skills that you didn't have before Constructive criticism that improved your business Brainstorming that sparks a profitable business idea Encouraging and motivational statements.

There are many ways to meet business people. Join business clubs and associations. Participate in on-line business-related forums, e-mail discussion groups, and chat rooms. Go to business expos and trade shows.Use your creativity to come up with even more ideas. If you have the time, start your own networking group. You could hold meetings at a local seminar room, at a park , or at your own business building. If you want to hold meetings on-line use a private chat room.Publish a print or e-mail newsletter to keep members informed of meeting time and dates.

Keep all your business associates' contact information all in one place. Have it organized by business type or profession for easy finding. So when you need some advice on a new marketing campaign you can call that marketing expert you met at that trade show in York a couple of weeks ago. Networking is a sure fire way to build a successful business. I have used it countless times and will continue too. I have also met a lot of business people who are now some of my closest friends.

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Saturday, August 22, 2009

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Railway Trip To Malaga

Enjoyable Ride on the Costa del Sol Coastal Railway

The Costa del Sol coastal railway runs from the city of Malaga down the coast through Torremolinos, Benalmadena and terminates at Fuengirola. My husband and I recently went for a return journey from Carvaial (Two stops out of Fuengirola to Malaga City.

The line serves a very busy built up costal area including commercial developments, holiday complexes and housing. Carvaial station like those on the rest of the line as been modernized and is kept in good condition. You buy your tickets from a machine that is multi lingual and easy to use. The fares are cheap and there is a train every half hour throughout the day.

The line itself is electrified and serves some 22 stations and is extremely busy. You can get many good views from the train including sea view. It is nice to see a different view of the Costa del Sol than the one you get used to from a car. As you travel into the City of Malaga you can see evidence of work on the new Malaga Metro You can also see the new high speed line and old line from the north trailing in on the left hand side. The new standard gauge high speed line is served by AVE trains to Madrid and Barcelona. The old line has a local service to Alora.

The newly rebuilt main station in Malaga is an impressive complex with many shops and entertainment venues. The railway facilities are first class and give passengers a very favorable impression of Malaga. We spent an hour looking round the station and had nice tapas at one of the many eating establishments in the new station. Our train on the return journey was packed with people standing. At each station those passengers who left were replaces by more who joined the train. It was only when we reached Benalmadena that everyone found a seat.

The old EMUs on the line are due to be replaced later in the year by new citidas units. Plans to extend the line are in hand to extend the line in the short term to San Pedro de la Alcantara and eventually all the way to Algeciras. I would recommend that anyone visiting the Costa del Sol make at least one journey on the line for the views and that it is quite possible to organize a number of days out to various places served by the line as a very cheap alternative to using a car in what is at times an extremely congested road network.

See also www.andaluciandreams.blogspot.com

Thursday, August 20, 2009

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Monday, August 17, 2009

Quote of the Day

"You live longer once you realize that any time spent being unhappy is wasted."
Ruth E. Renkl

Friday, August 14, 2009

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Saturday, August 1, 2009

Quote of the Day

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
-Albert Schweitzer

Quote of the Day

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your overwhelming tasks into small, manageable tasks, and then starting on the first."

~ Mark Twain, US humorist, writer and lecturer, 1835 - 1910

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

El Burgo In the Sun

Just joined twitter, thought it was time to promote our home a bit more, we have
found several houses that we like just need a buyer for ours.

The summer fiestas are upon us and there's a lot going on. The weather here is great we have not had any rain for 6 weeks and I have got my tan back, this Sunday we have a fiesta which is held down by the river in the National forest.

The fiesta will start in the village of El Burgo at the Church The Virgin will be taken down to the river carried by 20 plus men, the journey goes from the church down 100 steps down the main street and on to the the river a total of 2mile.

People of all ages will be singing, dancing and enjoying the free food and entertainment provided by the town council of El Burgo. Time to meet old friends and make new ones.

The Paella is always cooked by the local women and everyone as to have a stir, the music and dancing take place looked on by the Virgin of the Sierra de la Nieves
Tomorrow we are going the the lakes will take pictures and load them on to photo gallery for you to see. Will hopefully have others sorted out to put on as well

Please pop by again and don't forget to leave a comment

www.my1standalucianhome.webs.com

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Spanish Visitors Rules

Many of us living in sunny Spain like having our annual visitors to stay but sometimes the welcome wears a bit thin. One of my friends, at the end of her tether, sent the following to her family, not entirely tongue in cheek. It really does strike a chord.

Dear all,

Yes of course we would love to see you again this year, but we have to tell you that there will be a few changes:

1 We recommend that you hire a car from the airport as we no longer do free airport pick-ups and deliveries.

2 Day-time flights only, please. We go to bed at midnight, so no middle of the night flights (however cheap)

3 We no longer complete with the all inclusive hotel holiday deals. We do not provide breakfast, lunch and dinner together with all-day snacks and of course alcoholic refreshments. We will of course tell you where the best menus del dia (mid day meal) can be found.

4 We do not have a live-in-maid, so you are responsible for making your bed, mopping the floor and keeping the bathroom clean.

5 We do not provide a free laundry service so please bring your own hand, bath and beach towels, or contribute to the soaring cost of electricity to keep washing ours for you.

6 Our daily, free sightseeing trips to local places of interest have been cancelled because we are sick to death of looking at the save caves and views etc over and over again. We will provide maps and information for you to explore on your own.

7 Our free telephone service to the UK has been suspended, use your own mobiles.

8 You may be on holiday and want to stay out until 3 in the morning, but we live here, so keep quite when you come home.

9 Should you wish to spend time lazing around our pool and prefer to stay in, we shall expect help with food preparation, shopping etc, we will operate a joint kitty, from which all food and drink shopping cost of petrol for joint trips etc will be deducted.

10 We are retire and living on our pensions which, due to the awful exchange rate and decreasing each month – so we were considering coming over to you for two weeks instead.

What dates did you say you were booking?

Spanish Travel Tips. Be On Your Guard

Travel Tips Be Careful

Wherever tourists gather, be it at a castle, railway station or in a café bar you are more than likely to be approached by gypsies offering bunches of roses and or other plants. These can be very nice and a good buy but be careful. If this happens, first hang on to your bag. They are often in groups and whilst you are looking at the offerings, another picks your pocket or your bag. It happens all the time.

You will come across beggars everywhere, outside supermarkets at the bus station and again at tourist attractions. They often have a sign printed in English telling you their story. You may be approached by children or by young women with a card saying that they are refugees and have no money. If you feel strongly about these issues you should make a donation to a registered charity as often money given in the streets ends up in the pockets of organized gangs.

Finally, how to deal with the Looky, Looky men of African origin who sell CDs DVDs and watches, toys and sunglasses. More and more they drop by your table as you enjoy your coffee in the sun. They have a great sales pitch but the goods are sometimes worthless. If you are tempted to buy it is always a good idea to ask around bar owners and local residents to find out who are the regular and reputable Looky, Looky men because some of their stuff can be ok. If you do not want to do business with them Keep your money in you wallet or purse Smile and say no thank you and they will go away.

Spanish Beach Bars Saved

Chiringuitos Saved

The ministry of the Environment has now said that the beach restaurants – chiringuitos – can stay on the sand without disciplinary action being taken against them.

Only those where a move is easily possible off the sand will do so, and only with the agreement of the owners.

This is a new concession on the part of central government, which had announced pans to impose the 18 year old Ley de Costas (coastal law) which decreed that all beech was public land and the restaurants should be moved off it.

It as now been decided that the chiringuitos are now beach installations and no further action will be taken.

Monday, July 27, 2009

Quote of the Day

"But for money and the need of it, there would not be half the friendship in the world. It is powerful for good if divinely used. Give it plenty of air and it is sweet as the hawthorn; shut it up and it cankers and breeds worms." -- George Macdonald

Sell A Fee Based Ezine Subscription

10 Reasons To Sell A Fee Based Subscription Ezine Read it below!

1. You will create residual income. For example, if you charge a monthly subscription fee, you will get recurring income every month.

2. You won't have to spend all your time marketing to gain new subscribers. Just get and keep enough subscribers to reach your monthly income goal.

3. You can figure how many subscribers it'll take to meet your income goal. Note on your ad that you'll only accept a limited number of subscribers.

4. You won't have any shipping or materials costs like offline subscription publications. You'll just have your internet access and web site expenses.

5. You can sell back end or up sell products inside a fee based subscription ezine. It could be your own products or affiliate programs you've joined.

6. You can start an affiliate program that will give people residual commission. People will want to join because it's residual instead of one time sales.

7. You could publish a free ezine and allow people to upgrade to your fee based ezine. If they like your free one, they'll likely subscribe to your paid ezine.

8. Your ad copy automatically builds itself into an order pulling machine. Each issue you archive gives you new benefits to add to your sales letter.

9. You could transform your fee based content into another product to sell. It could be an ebook, video,audio book, report, book, etc.

10. You could become known as an expert on the topic of your fee based ezine. You may get hired by other businesses to do speaking engagements.

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Monday, July 20, 2009

Quote of the Day

"Money doesn't sleep." -- Wall Street Movie

19 Questions to Ask Before Creating Your E-Book

Here are 19 Questions To Ask Before Creating An eBook.

1. What will be the title of your ebook and will it have a subtitle?

2. Will you be the only author or will there be other co-authors?

3. Will you publish a print version of your ebook?

4. How many pages will your ebook be?

5. Will your ebook contain graphics, pictures or charts?

6. Will your ebook include an appendix and index?

7. Will your ask other authors to contribute related articles to your ebook?

8. What file formats will your ebook be available in; text, pdf, exe, html, etc.?

9. Will your ebook be sold as a product or will your ebook be used as a promotional tool?

10. Who will be your ebook's target audience?

11. What major benefit does your ebook give your target audience?

12. Will you offer your prospects a guarantee and testimonials to read?

13. Will you include a bibliography about yourself in the ebook?

14. What personal information will you yourself in the ebook?

15. What colors and graphic(s) will be included on the ebook cover?

16. Will you let your prospects read free sample chapters or excerpts to entice them?

17. Will you turn the ebook into other information products like videos, audio books, teleclass, etc?

18. What type of payments will you accept for the ebook?

19. Will you allow others to give away your free promotional ebook?

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Monday, July 13, 2009

Quote of the Day

"The day, water, sun, moon, night -- I do not have to purchase these things with money." -- Titus Maccius Plautus

15 Ideas to Make Money with E-books

15 Creative Ways To Make Money With eBooks.

1. Allow other e-zine publishers or web site owners to republish small nuggets or excerpts of information from your ebook with your byline or ad included.

2. Make extra profits from selling monthly updates of your ebook. You could also back end sell the extra never released chapters of your e-book.

3. Give away a free ebook and then give people an option of buying the paid version of the ebook. Also let others give away the free version of your ebook.

4. Divide your ebook content into reports then give people the option of just purchasing the info they want.

5. Purchase reprint rights to other people's ebooks an combine them with your in a large package dealor private ebook library web site.

6. Change the benefits on your ebook ad copy into links. When people click on it take them right to the order page. It'll give them a urge to buy your ebook.

7. Charge people a cheap price to read half of your ebook. If they like it, they can pay full price to read the other half.

8. Offer freebies that are related to the ebook your selling. It could be free monthly ebook updates, free e-zine, free consulting, etc.

9. Show your prospects a sample page out of your ebook. Just black out some of the important info.This will make your prospects curious to buy.

10. Provide a low and high priced version of your ebook. Show benefits of each version side by side. People usually spend a little more for extra info.

11. Offer the reprint rights to your ebook. You can sell the rights with the regular purchase price or as a separate higher price.

12. Make your ebook available for offline people.Your could turn it into a print book, report, video,audio book, print newsletter, etc.

13. Redesign your ebook for specific niches. You can create multiple profits with very little work. Ex:Turn a business ebook into a craft business ebook.

14. Give your prospects discount coupons on other products when they purchase your ebook. It could be your products or others that you made deals with.

15. Divide your ebook into online newsletter issues.You could charge a reoccurring monthly subscription for people to view each issue.

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Thursday, July 9, 2009

Plug In Profit Site Review

Something Hard to Find:
An Unbiased Plug-In Profit Site Review


The Plug-In Profit Site (PIPS) is an online home business opportunity developed by Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy. You may have heard of it and are interested in joining, but being a smart person you decided to look for a review. Well if it's a review you need, you came to the right place


If you are not yet familiar with the Plug-In Profit Site, it is a popular online business opportunity in which several affiliate and home business programs are combined into single system. It is essentially a downline builder for MLM and residual income programs. That is, you get your own site promoting several affiliate products and home business programs so you can make money. The site itself is set up for you for free, and you are provided with great training and support to help you along the way.


Click here to check out the Plug-In Profit Site yourself. Be sure to read the whole page to truly appreciate what Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy is offering.

The Plug-In Profit Site is definitely a package that's hard to beat when it comes to ease and speed of starting your own successful Internet business. But before we move on, let's make this clear:


Plug-In Profit Site is a home business opportunity, and like all legitimate businesses you must put some effort into if you are going to succeed and make money.

Now that that's out of the way, read on...



The Highlights of Plug-In Profit Site

These are the benefits of joining Plug-In Profit Site and why people like it.
You can read the sales letter all you want, but of course you won't take it too seriously until you hear it from someone who's been there already.
•Ideal for complete newbies who have no experience in online business
•Website is designed and set up for you at no cost to you. It is also completely customizable to the owner's desire.
•Complete training is provided to help newbies into promoting and working their business. Also introduces to newbies the many aspects and components of internet marketing.
•Included with Plug-In Profit Site is a 400 day pre-written newsletter campaign for members to send to their mailing list and follow up on prospects.
•Members have their own message board devoted to PIPS, where members can discuss and share tips and tricks, and ask for help.
•Serves as a great foundation for people new to online business to expand to other areas of internet marketing.
•Since the niche is already set for PIPS, there's no need for researching what to sell and promote, since it is all given.
•Perhaps the most important thing is that it can potentially earn a decent amount of residual income. Some people make some extra pocket money from PIPS, while there are some who manage to earn their living entirely online from PIPS.
•PIPS works on a system of duplication: one person can do something to succeed, and others can do the same thing with success as well.
•The helpdesk and support is extremely helpful and responsive.
•Plug-In Profit Site also provides an exclusive advertising co-op that you can join to receive a share of all the traffic, subscribers and sales from a large-scale, professionally-managed online and offline advertising campaign.

The Drawbacks of Plug-In Profit Site

What the sales letter won't tell you.
This is a review right? Not some lens that blabbers about the highlights of the program. Like almost anything you'll ever find, there are also things that nobody wants you to know about, because they want to make money off of you. Well that's what sets this lens apart from all the rest.
•On top of the initial start-up costs, you will also encouter back-end expenses that Stone recommends. These include upgrading your autoresponder, upgrading your account in some affiliate programs, etc. However it is entirely up to you if you want to invest more in your business.
•It's not fool-proof, despite what anyone makes it out to be. If you think something is fool-proof, then you underestimated your fools. That being said, not everyone makes money from PIPS. But honestly, you mind telling me of a business opportunity that is truly fool-proof? I didn't think so.
•If you want to truly customize your site, you're either going to have to learn some HTML, or pay money to have your site upgraded (I beat them by teaching myself HTML and doing all the upgrades myself).
•The training given to you can only teach you so much. A lot of things vital to surviving in the world of internet marketing (such as search engine optimization) are things that you will have to learn on your own.

Is Plug-In Profit Site Right For You?

Do you match these kind of people?
I won't say Plug-In Profit Site is for everyone. Rather, it is for people who want to start making money online for whatever reason, and are willing to do the work and learn what it takes to succeed. Here's a sampling of people who might be interested in PIPS.
•A disgruntled worker who is tired of the corporate world and desperately wants to work from home and enjoy life without a job running his life.
•A student who needs some extra money and doesn't want to work some low wage job, since those are usually the jobs available to students.
•A person who is content with their career and job, but would like some extra pocket cash for something like a vacation, a new car, etc.
•Someone experienced in business/marketing and would like to add more streams of income to their life (these people would have quite an advantage over most people starting in Plug-In Profit Site).

Why do Some Fail?

Not everyone makes a profit.
Honestly, with all the business opportunities you see on the internet, can you tell me about one that has 100% success? I didn't think so. Plug-In Profit Site is no different. Here are a few reasons I can think of that people fail with PIPS.
1.They simply give up before they have a chance to succeed.
2.Lack of promotion of their business.
3.They think that they can just wait for their success without doing anything to help their business.
4.They don't join the Plug-In Profit Site advertising co-op which is an easy way to promote your site on autopilot. It is very effective and I highly recommend it to all Plug-In Profit Site members. The co-op builds your opt-in email list, it writes and submits articles for you, it writes and submits a press release for you, it blogs for you and so much more - virtually all the things you need to do to build a successful online business is what the Plug-In Profit Site Advertising Co-op does for members.

The problem is that a lot of people join Plug-In Profit Site and then don't want to do ANYTHING to promote their site. So even though there are built-in advertising opportunities that can do 90% of the work for you, some people just won't do it. As the old saying goes: "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink."

So Where Does This All Lead?

Have you decided if the benefits outweigh the costs?
There's only one person in this world that can decide if Plug-In Profit Site is truly right for you, and that person is you. While I can give you information about the benefits of joining PIPS, I can do no more as to getting you to join.

Now maybe you've decided Plug-In Profit Site seems like it's worth a try. If so, sign up here . It really is one of the best home business opportunities I've ever seen.

The Plug in Profit Site is what I have been dedicating my time and effort to into earning money on the internet. It takes some learning and patience, but I've found it to be well worth it. It's more fun than most jobs, and it definitely pays better. :-)

So do you want to start learning how to make money on the internet? Would you like to have your own money-making website? Are you willing to take consistent action toward changing your life and creating a better financial future for yourself?

If you answered "yes" to any of those questions then I would highly recommend Plug-In Profit Site.

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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Quote of the Day

"Money is usually attracted, not pursued." -- Jim Rohn

Survey Your Visitors

1. You'll find out what type of content visitors want to see at your web site. This will attract your visitors to revisit and read the content.

2. You'll find out how to improve existing productsor services. This will attract new customers to buy from your business.

3. You'll find out which products or services your customers would like to see you sell in the future.This will increase your back end product sales.

4. You'll find out how to improve your customer service. This will cut down on customer complaint sand how to better resolve problems.

5. You'll find out how to improve your sales letters or ads. This will increase your sales, traffic or ezine subscribers.

6. You'll find out what kind of articles or interviews they want to see in your free e-zine. This will raise your e-zine's readership.

7. You'll find out how to design your web site to fityour visitors needs and wants. This will increasethe time your visitors spend on your web site.

8. You'll find out what kind of non related productsor services your customers would buy. This will helpyour business easily move into a different market.

9. You'll find out how to better price your products.This will help you sell your products or services atat a price that will pull the most orders.

10. You'll find out were your potential customers are hanging out. This will inform you where to market and promote your products.

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Thursday, June 25, 2009

How To Find MLM Business On The Internet

Finding a MLM Opportunity on the Internet

Multi-level marketing opportunities abound on the Internet. If you find yourself signing up to receive information about business opportunities, 95% of what you will receive is MLM. For those who are looking for that type of business, the odds are in your favor, but for those looking for a real business opportunity with immediate income potential, it can be frustrating. For the person who is interested in the world of MLM, you need only search the Internet to find how many opportunities are available.

One of the most appealing parts of multi-level marketing for many people is how easy it is to set up and how little the initial investment is. Unfortunately, those who are new to network marketing and MLM can be led into believing that there is almost no work involved, and sadly, many of the sites that other networks have for the sole purpose of recruiting tell you just that very thing. You see advertisements like, “I made $60,000 the first month.” Really? And how was that? Unless someone went out on the street and grabbed everyone he saw and dragged them by the hair into his network, there is no possible way that someone can build a network that quickly. Is it deception? More likely exaggeration and an attempt to draw more people into the network so they can make the $60,000 in one month that they are claiming.

When you’re looking for a MLM business opportunity, the key is to look for reality. Don’t believe all of the claims that you see about how quickly the business can start earning money for you because each person is different. Another determining factor is how much time you have to devote to promoting your business and bringing in new members to the network. If both a husband and wife work, there is little time to work on the business, especially if there are children; however, if a wife is fortunate enough to stay home, she can work on the business during the day as she has the time.

The important thing in this type of business is to find the one that suits your needs. Some organizations are set up to require a lot of out of town meetings with the upline, and others are almost exclusively Internet-based. You must choose the one that meets your needs and budget. The differences in needs are one of the reasons that so many different organizations exist on the Internet and have not yet become saturated. New ones are developing on a daily basis, so if you don’t find the right organization for you today, keep searching because eventually you will find exactly what you need in order to make your dreams and aspirations a reality.

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Monday, June 22, 2009

Another 5 Ways To Promote Your Site

1. Holding a contest or sweepstakes is an proven way to promote your web site. You can announce your site to hundreds of web sites that list free contests and sweepstakes. Send out a press releases about your contest or sweepstakes. Ask entrants to your contestor sweepstakes if they would accept offers from your business in the future by e-mail.

2. Use online chat rooms to promote your web site. Find the right chat room where your targeted audience would gather. Announce to everyone in the chat room something interesting or free that's offered on your web site. This will draw visitors to your web site. Always be aware of chat room rules before engaging the visitors in a sales pitch that could be considered spam.

3. Cross promote your web site with other sites. I try to find other web sites. that have the same target audience, but are not in direct competition with my business. Doing cross promotions with other businesses increases your profits, sales, and beat your competition.You can find businesses to cross promote all over the Internet.

4. You can easily promote your web site by using traffic generators. It could be a free e-zine, service, e-book, contest etc. Giving away traffic generators gives you the opportunity to get free advertising by including your ad on them. There are online directories that will also let you submit your freebie information. You can even let other people give away your traffic generators.

5. Posting messages to e-mail discussion lists is a greatway to promote your web site An e-mail discussion list is a group of people connected together via e-mail that can communicate with one another. When you post amessage to a list include your signature file at the end.Include an attention getting sentence why they should visit your web site.

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Sunday, June 21, 2009

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Friday, June 19, 2009

Quote of the Day

"May the blessing of light be on you, light without and light within. May the blessed sunshine shine on you and warm your heart till it glows like a great peat fire, so that the stranger may come and warm himself at it, and also a friend." --

Traditional Irish blessing

10 Great Ways to Boost Your Profits

Here are 10 great ways to boost your profits.

1. Create benefit intensifiers for your list of ad copybenefits. Example, The Benefit: "Save More Time",The Benefit's Intensifier: "Never Seen Before".

2. Use a little humor in your ad copy. It could be the little extra motive you need to close a sale. People are usually persuaded easier if they're in a good mood.

3. Ask your visitors questions that induce thoughts, feelings, memories and emotions that will influence them to buy.

4. Tell your visitors what their friends or family will probably think when they buy your product. People care about what other people think of them.

5. Use blue, underlined text links. People have been branded that blue, underlined text are links. You donot want to lose visitors by using a different color.

6. Consider outsourcing part of your work load to a virtual assistant. You won't have to pay the extra employee costs and you can save precious time.

7. Increase your traffic by holding a free stream by selling the reprint rights to your web site content. It could be articles, e-books, reports, etc.

9. Spy on your competitors by buying their products. You'll find out about their customer service, followup marketing, up sell offers, etc.

10. Allow your visitors to assume you are a large corporation. Use professional web design, graphics,content, customer service, etc.

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

5 More Frequently Asked Questions About MLM Business

Most Frequently Asked Questions About MLM Opportunities

What is the meaning of MLM?

MLM is short for “Multi Level Marketing.” Multi level marketing is a business model wherein you recruit more members into the network. Anyone that you sign-up into the program is considered one of your first-level members. If your first-level members sign-up other people, then the newcomers are considered your second-level members, and so on and so forth.

Multi level marketing bears a strong similarity to network marketing programs. The main difference lies in how you earn money from each program. In a network marketing scheme you can earn money by selling your partner’s products; you may also earn money by getting more downlines. In an MLM opportunity, on the other hand, you only earn money when you recruit new affiliates or members.

A Downline. What is It?

A “Downline” is a term used to describe people whom you have recruited, directly or indirectly, under the terms of a multi level marketing opportunity. Downlines are most often the source of rewards in an MLM set-up. Generally, the more downlines you have, the higher the income you can expect to have.

What is a Commission Plan?

When deciding on which MLM or network marketing program to join, one of the most important things you should consider is the commission structure. This is the factor that will most directly affect your income under the MLM opportunity.

You usually receive a percentage of sales according to the number and proximity of downlines that you have. For instance, you might to stand to earn 30 percent of first level sales, 20 percent of second level sales, etc., or perhaps 30 percent of a first level recruit’s membership fee. Additionally, most companies offer bonuses to their members when certain sales volumes or recruitment metrics have been reached.

What is an autoship?

An autoship is a unique insurance policy that might be either beneficial or harmful, depending in the person involved. In an MLM or network marketing opportunity, you only get paid once you’ve reached a certain target volume. However, some people sign up for programs and consequently do not do any work at all – and yet expect commissions from the work that other people have done. An autoship policy prevents such people from taking undue advantage of the work of others – it automatically orders a minimum amount of a product or service to be paid for by the representative. This policy does not affect active members, but will certainly be a problem for inactive members.

Anything else I need to know?

Yes. Some MLM opportunities are excellent moneymaking programs. However, do not make the mistake that everything will be easy or effortless. Multi level marketing is a business, and profits have to be made before commissions are paid out. If you produce, you won’t have to worry about your rewards. But you will have to work hard to make a good living.

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Sunday, June 14, 2009

Network Marketing. An Easy Home Based Activity

An Easy Home Based Business Opportunity: Network Marketing


The advertising says it’s an easy home based business, but is it really? After all, creating a successful network marketing business takes a great deal of work. For those who have never been involved in any kind of a network scheme, you definitely have a lot to learn about this type of business opportunity. It is not, contrary to what you may think, a business that will sell itself without any help from you. Certainly, once you have spent the time to build the network and have everything in place, that will happen, but it may take anywhere between six months to six years to accomplish that.

The most important thing for a newcomer to this kind of business to understand is that easy does not necessarily mean that there is no work involved. What it DOES mean that it’s easy to learn how to do the business and become successful. It is not something that is going to happen overnight, or even in the next month or two, but if you stay consistent in your efforts, you will become successful. No, it isn’t easy in the respect that you can join a network, sit back, and do nothing, but in time, if you build the network correct, it will earn money for you. At that time, you can choose to continue building the business or to sit back and reap the benefits from the net work you have already built.

Based upon the things you can be called upon to do in most other business, network marketing is rather easy. After all, you don’t have to worry about a building, office staff, inventory, or anything of that nature. In fact, with some of the online network marketing schemes, the upline or corporation handle the shipping of products for you, which leaves you free to work on the more important aspects of your business such as recruiting new members and working with those you have recently brought into the network.

How soon can you expect to see something for your efforts? That depends on you as an individual. The more effort you extend into building your business, the quicker it will happen for you. Even in network marketing organizations where the downline is placed for you, there is still training and promotion that you must do in order to keep everyone focused and to bring more people into the network. This type of business is definitely people-oriented, and the more people in the network, the more successful the network is going to be. On the other hand, since it is a people oriented business, if you do not work well with people or are not comfortable with the idea of training and mentoring those in your network, this is not the type of business in which you want to become involved.

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Saturday, June 13, 2009

Quote of the Day

"Money will buy a bed but not sleep; books but not brains; food but not appetite; finery but not beauty; a house but not a home; medicine but not health; luxuries but not culture; amusements but not happiness; religion but not salvation;Quote of the Day a passport to everywhere but heaven." -- Unknown

10 Internet Marketing Tips

1. Create a directory of web sites on a specific topic. Give people the option of adding the directory to their web site by linking to it. Put your business advertisement at the top of the director's home page. This technique will get lotsof people to link to your web site and give you free advertising.

2. Do you have a product or service that doesn't sell good? Offer it as a free bonus for someone else's product or service. Get free advertising by placing your web site or business ad on the product or in the product package.

3. Trade autoresponder ads with other businesses. If both of you send out information with auto-responders just exchange a small classified ad to put at the bottom or top of each other's autoresponder message.

4. Start a free tip line. Offer a free daily, weekly, or monthly tip recorded on your voice mail. The tips should be related to your business. Include your ad for your web site or business at the beginning or end of your message.

5. Exchange content with other web sites and ezines. You could trade articles, top ten lists, etc. Both parties could include a resource box at theend of the content.

6. Offer to insert ads into your product package for other businesses. Just ask, in return that they do the same for your business. You should only trade insert ads with businesses that have the same target audience.

7. Offer a free daily class in your web site's chatroom. The class should be related to the subject of your business or web site. This will get people to visit your web site everyday.

8. Do you have a product that doesn't sell good? Offer it as a free bonus for another businesses product or service. You'll get free advertising by placing your web site or business ad on the free bonus.

9. Place different emotional response ads for thesame product or service all over your web site. One ad may hit their hot button to buy more than another ad.

10. Publish your e-zine in e-book format. You could offer a larger number of articles per issue. It also allows you to include graphics with your ezine. Your advertising revenue would increase because you could charge businesses for large color ads.

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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Quote of the Day

Quote of the Day: "The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves." -- Victor Hugo

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Helping Others with Free E-Books

Many people don't have the time or skills to write and create ebooks to give away to their web site visitors. Giving away ebooks from your web site can easily increase traffic and sales. Why not create promotional ebooks for other people to use so they can promote their web site. First, you will need to write and create your own ebook to give away to your visitors. If you don't want to write one, you could ask permission to use another writers' articles or material.

Be sure to include your text or banner at the beginning of the ebook. Once your ebook is uploaded to your web site you can allow people to download it and give it away to their web site visitors. Your ad will continue to be spread all over the internet. You can take this strategy one step further tomake it even more powerful. Allow people to sign-up to get a version of the ebook with their own text or banner ad included in it.

With their own ad included in the ebook, they'll work harder to promote it. That means your ad will be seen by even more people. It's now a win/win situation for you and your visitors!

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Monday, June 8, 2009

MLM Opportunity That Works as a Business At Home

Regardless of what you may have heard in regards to operating a business from home based on an mlm opportunity, work is still part of the equation. There may be promises of untold riches being available by setting up a network marketing business online and then allowing the system, as it is often called, to do the work for you. Several claim all you have to do is cash the checks when they come pouring into your mailbox.

You should always research the fine print of any agreement before entering into a multilevel marketing program to help you determine it is a legitimate venture. If a business is an honest one, they will have contact information for you to get all your questions answered. Some of those that are not completely honest will most likely not have anything but an email address for to contact, which will rarely be answered and many will not even list a mailing address, making it harder for you to report them for fraud.

A good home business mlm opportunity will offer a good product or service that not only will people want, but they can also use along with training provided by the company and an internet business that is so easy to set up you could possibly begin seeing income almost immediately. It most likely will not be in the form of thousands of dollars a day as some sites may claim, but eventually, of you have followed the company’s business plan and made a sincere effort, it should produce enough income to make it a full-time, at home business, producing enough income to live comfortably.

Once you have established the multilevel marketing business to a level that is showing empowered gains, that is continued growth without any real effort on your part, you can exert the required labor to maintain this business and begin another, or even a third or fourth before you reach the maximum amount of work you can perform without killing yourself like you did working for someone else.

While getting rich is the goal of many people looking for mlm opportunity, patience is a virtue to make it happen. Proper planning will eventually catch up to you and you will see your business fall apart and someone else will take over your position and make the money meant for you. The old axiom that failure to plan is to plan for failure is especially true in home businesses and unless you fully understand what it is your website is peddling, you have little chance of convincing others that it is a great mlm opportunity.

The idea behind home based multilevel marketing businesses is to understand the opportunity in which you have become involved, promote it and make money and then recruit others, either local or long distance, help them succeed and make even more money.

Death of Oldest Spanish Blogger at 97

The worlds oldest blogger Spanish Grandmother Maria Amelia Lopez who started her blog two years ago as died at the age of 97. Her grandchildren introduced her to the internet and she wrote "On December 2006, my grandson gave me a present, this blog when I was 95 years old and my life changed."

Her blog amis95.blogspot became a global success with 1.5 million hits. In one of her last posts she wrote "when I'm on the internet, I forget about my illness. The distracton is good for you. Being able to communicate with people wakes up the brain, it gives you great strength."

Friday, June 5, 2009

Quote Of The Day

Quote of the Day: "When I was young I used to think that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old, I know it is." -- Oscar Wilde

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Three Affiliate Programes That Pay

Affiliate Programs That Pay Big Bucks: Which Ones Are The Best?

No matter who you are or where you’re from, there’s one thing that you have in common with the rest of humanity: You have limited resources. Simply put, you do not have all the time, money, contacts that you want. In order to remedy this situation, you must try to engage in the activities that will offeThreer you the most rewards for the least physical and mental effort. This does not mean not working hard; it simply means that you must be efficient – otherwise you will waste your already limited resources in ventures that will not give you an adequate return.

One of the worst kinds of ventures to enter is a fraudulent one. For those who wish to make money over the internet, affiliate programs seem to be a great solution. Unfortunately, not all affiliate programs are legitimate, and some that are legitimate are likely to be low-paying. So what is there for an efficiency-minded internet worker to do? There is only one good answer: He will do his research and find the affiliate programs that pay the big bucks.

Here are three such affiliate programs:

Success University. Widely considered to be one of the most lucrative affiliate programs on the internet today, Success University essentially sells a personal improvement course culled from the works of some of America’s most popular and well-respected authors and speakers. When Success University boasts of being able to change people’s lives, it isn’t kidding – there’s enough material here to help millions of individuals reach their own personal version of success.

To make money with Success University, you will have to convince other people to sign up to the program. For each subscription you are able to get hold of, you will get a commission of anything from $20 to $40 dollar, depending on the current rank you hold in the organization.

Empowerism. Another very successful affiliate program, Empowerism is a training course that teaches people how to do business over the internet. With a track record going back to 1998, it is a stable company with good overall growth prospects, coinciding with the growing use of the internet worldwide.

To make money with Empowerism, you will have to recruit at least three people to start with on your 3x9 forced matrix. Every person in your matrix (which has almost 30,000 potential positions) earns you a dollar a month.

Host4Profit. Rounding up this trio of affiliate programs that pay big bucks is Host4Profits. Host4Profits offers all domain name owners the opportunity to earn money from the very beginning. Host4Profit is really a web domain host that pays you back for your contributions. Money is mostly made from referrals, around $10 each month per referral.

By joining these three excellent affiliate programs, you will be able to build the wealth and success that you truly desire.

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Evaluating A MLM Opportunity

Evaluating A Work At Home MLM Opportunity Can Improve Chances Of Success

Before committing your time and money to any work at home multi level marketing plan, you should conduct a full evaluation. Not only of the program you are considering becoming a part of, but also your commitment to operate it with the effort it will take to be successful.

Many multi level marketing programs have a fee to join, with the promise that the fee will be returned many times over from the sales you will make on the site. For most of the honest multi level marketing companies that is more than true. Many people may wonder why they are being charged a fee to essentially work for the company. The fact is, you are not working for the company. You are working for yourself, at home, using techniques and technology developed by the company at considerable expense.

The minimal fee most multi level marketing companies impose before you start earning money is to protect their investment as well as to supply a little motivation for you to at least give an honest try to operate the business. Consider brick and mortar franchise businesses and the fees they charge for you own one of their businesses. Their name is on the building and their reputation is on the line every time they sell the right to use their name, equipment and operational methods to someone from outside the company.

The huge initial investment and the monthly franchise fees motivates the new owner to use all the company’s directions for success in order to be able to make a living doing work for themselves under someone else’s name. With multi level marketing you will be using another company’s name, products and methodology, but your name will on the web site as well. Prominently displayed for everyone to see.

Like the franchise owner knows the company’s program works well or he may not have been as interested in owning one of the stores, to be involved an work at home an MLM opportunity must also follow the developer’s plan or the chance of success is greatly reduced. Like the old saying goes, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it.

Many work at home MLM opportunities have been developed, tweaked, tried and then reworked until the company devised a successful solution. Since you are most likely just beginning to work at home in this field, you probably will not find success in changing the methods devised by specially trained people.

If you give the work at home MLM opportunity a whole-hearted honest attempt and it does not produce income for you, then perhaps it was not the right opportunity for you. This will present you with two three options. You can quit and find another opportunity, you can quit and go back to working for someone else or you can decide that maybe your efforts were not the best and go back through your training to better understand where you may have become derailed.

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Monday, June 1, 2009

Affiliate Programs That Pay Big Bucks and Make Money

Make Money With Affiliate Programs That Pay Big Bucks

Many website owners are finding money on their websites for doing nothing but adding a link to another company. This affiliate marketing plan can bring in additional income without any work on your part at all. When a visitor to your site clicks on an affiliate link and makes a purchase, the company pays you a commission on the sale.

The type and style of your website will determine how many companies for which you can work as a silent sales person and if you become affiliated with the right internet companies, you can make big bucks with affiliate programs. For example, Success University, which offers unrivaled instruction on the techniques of internet marketing will pay its affiliates to help them bring in new students. While most people sign up for these internet classes to learn how to market their site, bring in a few extra bucks a month is an added bonus. It is conceivable for a Success University affiliate to make up to $40,000 per month by enrolling students. While this amount may be an extreme example it is a possibility.

Learning the secrets of internet marketing will also teach you how to bring your site into the forefront of search engines and how to have the right content on your site to not only attract search engine spiders, but also buyers for your product or service. You can create an additional income stream with another successful internet company, host4profit, as a reseller of their web hosting services. How much you can make will depend on the services your customers choose and the number of customers you sign up for web hosting.

Empowerism is another means of making money from internet affiliate programs as many companies are offering to train people on empowerism and many people are looking for that training. By bringing them together, you can receive your sales commission on each person who enrolls.

However it is not all about services in the affiliate marketing world. Many brick and mortar companies also sell from the internet and if your website can draw people to them to increase their internet sales, then they will pay you a sales commission on every sale that you are responsible for them getting.

Looking at affiliate marketing from the other side, if your internet business is not receiving the traffic you believe it deserves, you can sign up with an affiliate marketing company to get links to your site on others’ sites improving your exposure and your potential for sales. Companies such as Commission Junction and Link Share, two of the top affiliate marketing sites, can help you get your links on thousands of websites at no cost, the only time you pay is when you have a sale on your site, and the affiliate who brought you the customer receives the sales commission.

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Saturday, May 30, 2009

Intoduction to Affiliate Marketing MLM Network

Introduction to the Affiliate Marketing MLM Network

No matter how Internet savvy you may be, there is a possibility that you have not familiarized yourself with one of the more popular type of MLM Network, the Affiliate Marketing network. Even with all of the different affiliate programs that are available, many people don’t have any idea how they work, or even what they involve. Though not a new concept it has only recently begun to regain in popularity, and most assuredly as part of the multi-level marketing concept of business ownership.

Affiliate marketing programs are in existence all over the Internet, but unless you choose one that has numerous products such as Amazon or ClickBank, you are not going to make enough money to replace your day job. Since all affiliate marketing programs are different, the key is to affiliate with those that will offer you the highest rate of return on sales and/or have the widest variety of products from which a customer can choose. Of course, you will need to have your own website, as most of the affiliate programs do not offer that as part of the program. What the affiliate does is add the affiliate codes to his or her website, and when someone goes to the affiliate’s website, clicks on the banner to the product website and purchases, the affiliates receives a “commission.” Sometimes it is a percentage but most of the more popular ones are a flat rate per mineralized sale.

Promotion is not included as part of the affiliate membership, so if you want to make money from your affiliate programs, you will need to promote your website. It is advisable to have a website specifically dealing with your affiliate marketing because otherwise visitors to your site may get interested in other information on your site and never get around to looking at your affiliate links. The Internet is full of free hosting programs such as Tripod, Angel Fire, and others; your own Internet provider may offer a certain amount of web space for your use.

If you choose to make use of a website you already have, it is highly advisable to place your affiliate programs on the front page with no other information to detract from it. This way you will at least be assured that everyone sees that page first, and be certain that your Meta tags point to the affiliate programs so that when someone is looking for certain products, your website will come up in a search. Another thing you may want to think of is Search Engine Optimization (SEO) in order to make sure your website ranks high with the search engines, thereby guaranteeing a steady stream of traffic to your site. There are a few free programs that only require you to place their banner on your website, but if you plan to make this a business, you want to invest in someone who will provide you with the most for your money. Making the programs depends on your marketing tactics, so the better your marketing tactics, the more money you will make.

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The Affiliate Marketing MLM Network: Earn More Inviting People To Join

Affiliate Marketing MLM Network: Earn More Inviting People To Join You

When the network marketing concept was first introduced in the American market in the 1940’s a lot people were able to earn considerable income while staying at home. The basic idea of network marketing is that the distributor will use the direct channel of distributing their products through entrepreneurs all over the globe who are willing to sell their products for commissions. However, since we are talking about actual products here, a member will need to consume certain products of the merchant in order for him or her to get his or her commissions. Using the product of the merchant yourself will also help you promote the product since you will now be able to personally vouch for its quality.

What is more attractive about the network marketing program is that independent retailers and distributors are give the chance to recruit members and earn commissions from the sales generated by their recruits. In other words, if you are engaged in network marketing and you invite people to join you, you can actually earn overriding commissions on whatever sales generated by your team.

In our modern times, different companies and business entrepreneurs all over the globe through the use of the Internet technology are applying the networking marketing idea through the affiliate marketing MLM network. The affiliate marketing MLM network give the member a chance create a team where he or she can earn commissions of whatever sales generated by the team members. You may recruit members online and offline.

How does one get started in an affiliate marketing MLM network program? It is really very easy to join an affiliate marketing MLM network program. There is no prior business experience needed for you to qualify as members. Once you become a member, the company will provide you the necessary trainings. In most cases, the person who recruited you and the other members of the team will help you get started so it is not really difficult to find your way around. The key here is to work closely with the team and help each other. If you are a good team player, there is a big chance for you to prosper in this type of business.

When it comes to earning potentials, the affiliate marketing MLM network program can give you limitless income potentials. The limits in the affiliate marketing MLM network program are your willingness or unwillingness to work and get your business on the road. You see, when it comes to earning money through the affiliate marketing MLM network program, the amount of effort that you will put into your business would determine the amount of income that you can derive out of it. If you work hard selling the product and recruiting new members, you can actually earn thousands of dollars in a year’s time. On the other hand, if you do not exert enough effort to get your business on the right track, you will not really earn much in this type of business.

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Sunday, April 5, 2009

Summer is on it's way?

At last real shorts and tee shirt weather, it's been over 21 degrees for the last four days so I hope that summer is really on it's way

The winter seems to have dragged on It started in November and stayed well into march, however in the UK it as been winter for a lot longer how glad I am we decided to come to Spain.

It's coming up to Easter and there will be lots of Celebrations fireworks, parades, and of course Church, Easter is taken very seriously here, and we will be out and about taking pictures to put on the web site hope you take a look at them on

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Monday, March 30, 2009

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Friday, March 27, 2009

As My Home Got Your Name On It, Grab A Bargain





Our home is now up for sale
the web site is up and running and we have put up the for sale signs.

There as been some interest and one time waster, still its early days. We have visited our bank and they have told us we can transfer our mortgage to a new owner this will make it a bit easier to raise finance for our buyer

There are lots of ways to help you raise the capital for buying a property in Spain

It's 20 degrees here today a nice warm spring day, we are looking forward to Easter, there are great celebration here in the villages so there will be lots if pictures on our website in the coming weeks

We are asking 200,000 euro however we are open to offers this is for a three bedroom finca set in approx 7 acres of land

Friday, March 20, 2009

Our Home in Spain

Are you thinking of coming to live on the Costa del Sol?

Hello
It’s been a couple of months since I last posted on my blog. We have been busy collecting the olive crop from my smallholding. This is hard but satisfying work beating the trees with a long pole, collecting the olives in nets on the floor, filling sacks and taking the olives to the local olive factory for processing into virgin olive oil.

We have had additions to the family, my bitch Becky as given birth to three pups, Maggie, Rosie and Paca, they are beautiful little things. Their proud father Pepi plays with them all the time.

On January 31st 2009 we decided that we will sell our current home in Spain, I am very excited that we have taken the decision. My husband is not well and moving nearer to family on the Costa del Sol will be a help to me if needed.

That said we will treat it as a new adventure and we are looking forward to the move, they say the housing market in Spain is depressed and nothing is moving, that may be so however we believe that every house as a buyer waiting for it so here goes.

Thinking of coming to live in inland Spain? Our home is nestled in a valley midway between Yunquera and El Burgo in Malaga Province, Anderlusia. On entering the valley you encounter a rough road which is made good each year by the National Park. Drive along a little way and you enter the valley proper.

There are 20 plus property’s here and it is so beautiful and peaceful,l a place to die for as they say. Only three homes are occupied full time the rest are weekend homes for people who live and work in Malaga and Ronda

Low and behold Thursday February 12th 2009 the electric people have arrived to start installing the high tension power so that at last we will have real electricity, wow thought we would have moved before it arrived.

We use a generator for electricity, we have our own legal well and get good sweet drinking water. There are three good size bedrooms, a large bathroom, living room and kitchen with breakfast bar, every window looks out onto fantastic views. Plus it is a legal build

The property sits in 25,000m2 of fenced land it is in 2 plots one with the house on and the other has a footprint for a house, we have olive, lemon, orange, fig, almond, avocado, walnut, carob, cherry, apple and pear trees.

Two years ago we planted a fruit orchard of quince, pomegranate, peaches, apricots and plums, we also have an allotment for growing our own vegetables.

We have 5000m2 of pine forest which is part of the Sierra de las Nieves National Park with pine and cork trees, wild rosemary, lavender, sage and lots of rare wild plants plus wild mushrooms, many of the plants I'm still trying to find out the names of. We get plenty of wood for winter fires, the national forest workers cut it leave some for the locals to collect plus there are always thousands of cones to collect which are great for starting you fire and helping to keep it burning if the wood gets a bit damp.

We have set aside land for a swimming pool and greenhouses, leaving plenty of land over for growing other crops, and keeping animals. With 34 chickens keeps us in eggs with some left over which we sell to the locals in the village of El Burgo.

We are ideally placed for rural tourism which can be grant eligible, The Spanish Government are looking to give help to bring tourist and jobs to Spain


More posts to come with infomation on the villages, people and lots of other things.

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Monday, February 16, 2009

New Year Resolutions

First I have to say sorry Ive not been keeping my blogs up this year.

Well we have finished picking the olives for oil that as kept us busy until the middle of January and now we are ready to make our New Year Resolutions for the year.

February is a good time to make ours, most people will have made them by now and broken them by now. As we are taking a breath before the next round of work its time for us to make ours, we like to look on them as goals

Our first one is we are going to sell our home here in Spain and move nearer to family nearer to the coast still in Spain.

Second its time to move our Internet Business forward, so there will be articles, motivation and advice for you to follow, as well as my posts on selling our home, which I hope you read its call As My Home Got Your Name On It.

Third to set up our other websites more about them later.

Fourth to finish my ebook which is nearly there, got bogged down with e-book compilers.

Itś oh so easy to get way laid when you work from home there are so many things that just happen to pop up that you just have to do.

Please pop by again and don't forget to leave a comment.

Making the Decission

Thinking of coming to live on the Costa del Sol

On January 31st 2009 we decided that we will sell our home in Spain, I am very excited that we have taken the decission. My husband is not well and moving nearer to family will be a help to me if needed.

That said we will treat it as a new adventure and we are looking forward to the move, they say the housing market is depressed and nothing is moving, that may be so however we believe that every house as a buyer waiting for it so here goes.

Thinking of coming to live on the Costa del Sol? in Andalusia nestled in a valley midway between Yunquera and El Burgo lays our home, on entering the vally you encounter a rough road which is made good each year by the National Park. Drive along a little way and you enter the valley proper.

There are 20 plus property´s here and it is so beautiful, peaceful a place to die for as they say, only three homes are occupied full time the rest are weekend homes.

Low and behold Thursday 12th 2009 the electric people have arrived to start installing the high tension power so that at last we will have real electricity, wow thought we would have moved before it arrived.

We use a generator for electricity, we have our own legal well and get good sweet drinking water. There are three good size bedrooms, a large bathroom, living room and kitchen with breakfast bar, every window looks out onto fantastic views. Plus it is a legal build

The property sits in 25,000m2 of fenced land it is in 2 plots one with the house on and the other has a footprint for a house, we have olive, lemon, orange,fig, almond, avocado, walnut, carob, cherry, apple and pear trees.

Two years ago we planted a fruit orchard of quince, pomegranite, peaches, plums,apricots and plums, we also have an allotment for growing our own vegetables.

We have 15m2 of pine forest which is part of the National Park with wild rosemary, lavendar and lots of rare wild plants plus wild mushrooms, many of the plants I'm still trying to find out the names of.

We have set aside land for a swimming pool and and greenhouses, leaving plenty of land over for growing other crops, and keeping animals

Keeping 34 chickens keeps us in eggs with some left over which we sell to the locals in the village of El Burgo.

More posts to come with info on the villages, people and lots of other info, if you would like to see our pictures leave a comment with your email address and I´ll send some to you.

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