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Monday, August 12, 2013

The best way to make money besides having a J-O-B ....

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Many web sites that promote traffic to clients' sites for a fee won't tell you like Linkreferral
is that there is an easier,more direct,cost effective way of doing the same thing that Google and Alexa don't mind. (as fake traffic or rather unnatural is unliked). It's called exchanging links with people who are either in the same field or share a like mindset to you.
You can even do it at a site like the one you find yourself on like EasyHits4u exchange links on our web sites,blogs,shared sites like facebook,google plus and twitter.
without  going against them by emailing back whoever emails you and asking to.

Other traffic catching ways to get traffic,not necessarily buying ones though as not targeted paid leads,sorry but true, are:  writing articles on topics you know something about like well let's see,making money and how to get traffic! Also having a web site that offers people something they want and need. Now it's time to ask yourself what do you have that people would want or rather pay for?! hmm. What unique set of skills do you possess that your competitors don't? let's face it for the most part you don't want people who are here as a customer or rather you won't get us as a client. Why? Because we are in the same boat as YOU! We are looking to make money,promote our own pages or find money on the net by trying some get rich quick scheme,which doesn't work(cause if it did everyone would be doing it. Why people usually keep what do,a 9-5 job,M-F. even if they despise it which most do.
Moving right long...Have you figured out what you do better than most people you know yet? Well..let me help you. I have a friend who has fallen for many schemes online,no other name for what they are. They promise a lot of fast money for little time or effort and don't deliver and he loses his disability check dollars each time sadly. The reality is there is no guaranteed money on the net except in porn. fact. The only definite money Is from your job you have now.

Now maybe you are asking yourself how is this helping me find out what I am good at? It isn't but was just a side bar to what am going to say about that same friend mentioned earlier. what he doesn't realize is that he has the power already to make all the money he will ever need in his lifetime. All he has to do  is do what he loves and it's not work and he will stick with it as it interests him and he is good at it too! Wild huh? Well in his particular case that is food and gardening or rather he likes to cook, I like to eat and eat what he cooks,lol and he enjoys gardening so he grows organic,let's be healthy,and then uses what he grows in green and fruit salads etc. He is even talking of expanding this concept into the public sector by selling firstly to his neighbors and then people he does biz with daily like Cumberland farms where he buys his soda and gas and Holiday where he buys his sandwiches for lunch,etc.!

This business angle will generate money faster than anything else you do. I am not saying sites like Easyhits4u aren't good at all. I am saying that this is the best way to make a good income. Theirs are great at getting untargeted traffic like at Trafficswarm 
of people in same set of circumstances who don't buy as yourself who you don't want or need in your life! Just my humble opinion. It is a fact that you get what you pay for in this life and if you don't buy it and it's free then it really doesn't have much value either.

Commenting in forums and other's blogs generates traffic and sometimes income when people buy after visiting your site,too!

like many people I have had many jobs and careers. The average person will try atleast 3 different careers in their life and move to 5 jobs. I am not average in anything I do so I have had more in 11. Several of them were my own start up businesses as I like many of you am an entrepreneur. That is where the money is today or rather the happiest earned buck. Don't get me wrong, entrepreneurship is not without it's risk and you will have to work harder than anyone else in your company as you are the one who cares the most. You may not even see a salary right off for a bit. Most companies go under the first year. If you do turn a profit and stick to it,you will succeed though in the long run but that is a story for another day. 

article by Ann Reilly. excerpt from this can be found at Easy Hits4u a traffic generating site for your biz under their Articles page.


                                                                                                                     Ann Reilly

                                                                                                         

 

Thursday, January 01, 2009

Google Gift for 2009!



Ugh! They, yes Google..lowered my Page Rank down to a 1 from a 2! I guess I should be grateful it wasn't a 0 huh?! How about you?! How is your page rank?! My Alexa rank is better though..Is now about 400,000. Was at one point, 1 million, before I joined entrecard for social marketing and increasing my traffic to my blog! Linkreferral, an affilia marketing site, was who i used before and i never made one sale and only met other webmasters and online business owners there in the same boat as me! Who needs that!? I am also with easyhits4u but I don't notice any improvement with them. I go to different sites there daily too and supposedly they say I am getting traffic back but I find few people visit me from there or blogupp, another traffic inducing site! Again, for that, as I have written on before in my posts and on countless blogs and forums on the net, your best bet for increasing your traffic is to trade links with other sites and blogs you respect and frequent and post on the forums and these sites and blogs. Remember guys to ask these places and their webmasters to backlink to your page! Also please use keywords and Stumble anything you write on the web! Oh and don't forget to PING your blog so people know when you update it!

What we all need more than just aimless traffic and entrecard droppers who stay but 5 secs and go on to the next blog for nothing more than to do their dropping quota, so they are in the topspots on Entrecard for advertising purposes..(man that was a mouthful!), but anyway...What we really need is loyal readers who backlink to our blogs and buy our art in my case and jewelry and use our services, in my case pet tips as I am a pet pro and health advice as I am an alternative health practitioner. Here's to your Health and Wealth this New Year, everybody!

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Internet Tools For Your Blog: The Linkreferral Concept

Internet Tools For Your Blog: The Linkreferral Concept

Now my take on LInkreferral,lol..as I do believe other opinions are welcome and can be of benefit as opposed to this one by it's site owner,omg! ha!!

linkreferral sucks! I made no money and wasted my time, in the two years I was there and the members are mean and give bad reviews and act like kids in the forum,ugh! To top it off the site owner asks for money for credit on the referrals he get from having his link on our sites,outrageous! Most affiliate programs pay you for that privilege. Contrary to what he claims, one needs money from targeted not untargeted traffic as that is who buys our products and utilizes our services. Aimless hits only increase perhaps page rank but even that is no measure of a site's genuine popularity as evidenced by it's daily fluctuation. There is even some who have been penalized by Adsense for having linkreferral affiliation as is coercing the public to visit one's sites unnaturally! You be the judge tho,visit linkreferral and see what you think! As contrary to it's site's owner's opinion of me, I don't slander people's sites! He on the other hand offers a slanted view of linkreferral by writing articles on the hubpages,squidoo,social marketing sites like bloglog and blogspot, all singing his praises and erases comments that disagree with him! That is not accurate reporting which shows both sides of the story. He is like Oprah who only invited Obama and not McCain! MLM's, surveys and most affiliate programs claim to induce traffic and offer fast easy money but..we all know that the only real money out there is from a JOB where unfortunately you need to work,spend time at and don't make a lot after taxes! Anything on the net is a fluke and added creme to one's pudding but no promise of a regular check. Sorry, but I speak the truth.

The only good way I know of how to get traffic is by commenting in forums and on web sites and blogs like this one and exchanging links with reputable web sites and other blogs! Google wants quality backlinks not junk and that is all link exchanges and viral programs like linkreferral offer. Who wants someone visiting for 5 seconds?! I'll take a buyer any day over that and if you too want this you will be best served by avoiding Linkreferral and other link exchanges as they quite simply SUCK!

-Artzstuf
http://freewebs.com/annspets4

Saturday, August 15, 2009

How I Get Traffic or Hits to MY Blog, Website,Make Good Money and Attract Loyal Readers and Buying Customers of my Product, Service..



'mob of potential loyal readers and customers to your blog,web site and or business'

Unless you are famous and or beautiful like Megan Fox as seen in this photo,
you may have to influence people a bit to come to your blog,unnaturally, contrary to Google or Alexa's wishes. Sorry guys but I speak the truth. Is what any business owner has done for decades any way by advertising. Oh an having beautful women on yor postpage doesn't hurt either! lol..Read more * (you can also enter the word traffic and simply read ALL my posts on this popular topic amongst bloggers or click here for the page of my blog posts written on 'traffic'!

Wednesday, April 01, 2015

Using white vs. black hat methods for (SEO) Search Engine Optimization

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You may be asking yourself, 'what is SEO, or search engine optimization?' Well it is simply how one finds you and your business on line through a Google search. You need to add a few keywords. Example being, You are looking for chakra jewelry or jewelry worn to balance your chakras, energy fields of your body. You would enter very specific keywords to find this particular niche. You woud not look under jewelry as too broad a topic and many businesses would come up. Some keywords can use are reiki jewelry, balancing jewelry, healing jewelry. It is the goal of every peson or business to come up on top of Google. Manyy pay top dollar to achieve this. It doesn't have to cost you a lot though if you know what you are doing,have a pc, time to do this yourself.

Some tips can give you to increase your Google rank as it is called and Alexa rank is another are below. First design a nice web site with photos that is well written with no spelling or grammatical errors(can be free but a dot com is better so you own the site and domain name). It should include an introduction page with something about your business or yourself and what do,another page where you expand on that and state specifically the services you offer, next you can include a sample of your work, some checkable reviews from businesses,peope who have used your services,company and a contact link with email or phone number, depending on if you prefer to speak online and not be bothered with many calls or not. You also need an e-commerce site so one can buy your product or pay you for your services. This is linked to your bank account often with paypal, Square,etc. The transaction fee is about 3%. Through out your site you need to use keywords for SEO, search engine optimization.(seo,seo tips,search engine optimization,blogging)

Blogging about your business or self is another way to get your name out there and create 'buzz' online. Make sure to add posts regularly or articles about news with your company or if say you are an artist, what made today, show a picture. Also say where will be exhibiting or what event will be at next where one can buy your work. make sure you have an e-commerce site on your blog as well. Have a link back to the business or web site page as well. Remember this is not a friendly blog but ths is how you make more money for self and company. This is business. Treat it as such. Doesn't mean can't enjoy it but you need to be motivated and disciplined to succeed in this market place as the competition is fierce. Add keywords to blog posts(seo,seo tips,search engine optimization,blogging)

Once site and blog are completed you need to add them to search engines. There are sites can add them to 20 search engines at once for free. Free is the word here as you need to do as much as possible for as little as possible so make a profit and don't end up in the red. Have interesting content that people want to read that is helpful to them and you will get traffic.Go to forums,blogs and post on them with a comment about what they are saying and a link to your site. Ask for backlinks(where they link back to you). Is best if they are in your field but not nearby so as to be competition. You can pay to have people write about you, your product and your company online at article writing places too. Post comments and pix about self, company also on facebook and twitter.(seo,seo tips,search engine optimization,blogging These are all white hat and natural ways to attract traffic or hits to your page  as opposed to black hat, unnatural way by paying companies,clickng on people's sites to click on yoursfor 3 seconds.

Sunday, April 15, 2007

Links Page

First 3 links are related to sites that sell sex toys and 3rd is P.T. article on sex today. Although this site is on health and recovery there is a relation as is recovery partially from love and sex addiction. One site sells toys and such to enhance experience in a healthy way with in a committed loving relationship. The second gives tips on how to improve the sex life. Third shares on how the sex behavior of many today is unhealthy.

Come to my store below! Can even get some sex education tips and join the chat forum.

Target="_Top">TooTimid.com Discreet Online Adult Store

or this one....

Ashley' Sex toys

Psychology Today Articles on Sex Today

http://www.managedego.com


I like the art on these sites...


http://www.devigallery.com/ GAllery

Creative Forces by Carolyn

freewebs.com/bead-on-a-wire


Increase your traffic....

Link referral


linkmarket


freewebsubmission.com

Submit Plus

Trafficswarm.com

submit express

Directories to join and exchange links!

The A To Z Directory


NameProz.com


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Sunday, January 04, 2009

Went shopping this weekend!



Cool ice sculpture from winter festival...

Yeh...Despite the recession, I saw a lot of people at the new mall in Westchester, NY on the Bronx border, in Mt. Vernon. Many were flocking to the sales and regularly discounted items at stores like T J Maxx and Petco. I even joined the Pet pals club to save on food and toys and other necessities for my pets. I am glad that one can go to this mall in like 5 minutes from New Rochelle. Before this, we really didn't have any place to shop but dollar stores so we had to drive or hop on a bus or train to White Plains. This is so much more convenient, however; it was a pain leaving with the traffic as there is now urban sprawl! ugh! I still had a very nice time and day in general as my mom went back home after visiting for the holidays so I went down to my old stomping grounds where she lives, to return her!

I bought a nice pair of shoes for like $ 35, some socks,coffee from Hawaii,tea from London etc. I also went to a thrift store and bought some pet training books and some curtains for my new house. I would say that in this economy, these are the kind of places that are doing well..Yes, thrift stores and consignment shops and Walmart,Peter Harris and TJ Maxx, who sell designer clothes for less and Petco and Petsmart, where you can really save on pet supplies and even groom your pet while you are there. And yes.. they are pet friendly so by all means, bring Fido along!

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Why do they or we?!??!


'not take our or their clothes off the clothes line after taking the time to wash them and put them on it?! It is annoying to me to see this as I look out my window into my neighbor's yard lol! Yeh you guessed it, they are now dirty as it rained the other night,yeh we needed it or rather the plants did but ..that 's besides "the point and yeh I have one" as Ellen Degeneres,did I spell that right?!,would say..Anyway, yeh the clothing now is in the proverbial mudd. It really makes no sense. Well now you are probably saying to your self what is she ranting about now and what does this have to do with me and my business an more importantly this topic?! Well I think there is an analogy here to our web sites,blogs forums and the like. What good is it if you spend alot of money on them only to park them here and forget about them?! Please for the love of God and money,llol, update them!! I don't know how many sites I have seen here that date back to 2007! Yeh that is not so long ago but..if you are concerned about traffic and SEO,you really need to be current,pertinent,interesting and smart. Write about what you think others,not only you would deem vital and of import.'

my link referral post in forum today.

Friday, August 30, 2013

Promoted business and....

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still am.  Will see if it help me get some sales,improves my Google page rank and Alexa score too.  Had free trial on vistaprint before along with the free biz cards. added manually to search engines too.and got no biz sadly from it.  Also added postcards with my art,jewelry and photos on it.  

Also visited several linkexchanges to get more traffic to my sites and maybe a new client.  So far my page rank hasn't changed,have had more page hits but no new customers or sales.  Any ideas about what else could do besides being listed in phone book,advertising in paper as can't afford it.  Could get biz if could sell at local events like larkfest in albany but too pricey.

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Had free trial web page..



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my new real paid site is here!  have since cancelled it. was a free trial that brought no revenue sadly. did a campaign midaugust to midseptember,including this website,joining traffic exchange sites free,search  engines and got new business,post cards. wrote html,meta tags,keywords all for naught as still in same google and alexa ranks and no money coming in since June when attended BIANYS conference.





Saturday, August 12, 2017

Cohoes Bed Bugs!

spam deleted. Thanks! 'here's to your health!' Cohoes has bed bug infestation in buildings of NY. Are in my apt. building on Columbia st. as high turn over, transient population, drug traffic squatters who pay no rent. Advice. Don't move here. Land of no opportunity except for few. Noisy here too. Complain to no avail to police and landlord. Have spent $200 dealing with bug problem as landlord, exterminator didn't treat.

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Welcome

Welcome!!



You can change your LIFE simply by how you look at it NOW and altering the way you think. Stop giving your personal power to others and what they think of you and what you do and create your own reality and world that brings you joy. Get out of your rut. This zaps your energy because it creates hopelessness and sadness. Some action may be required but it's worth it. It may be scarey but we have to give up some things,people to have some thing better. ex. you will not meet a new one for a relationship if you are still with the old one. It is important to do own thing and if you are even friends with someone cotrolling thru anger if doesn't get own way and words and actons on your part have failed..it is important tahtn for you to set limits without even saying it. Make yourself suddenly busy,unavailable,minimize contact,go out more and get to know others. cAn be scarey meeting new people and possibly facing rejecton but isn't bad if done in an activity where people are meeting for an art class and may go for coffee after. You can speak of you but don't hog chat. Ask about next person. Be aware if you feel like complaining,drop judgement,accept all,don't compare. be present in the moment. Not in past or future. Be open to new experiences instead of being so influence by the bad that may have happened. Block it out and stay busy. If live in apast or future dyou poo on today. Make yur realtiy better by the things you do daily. Create your own beautiful world. Note* This takes time,just as you didn't get this way over nite,you will not get healthier quickly either. You will improve tho if you commit yourself to this daily. Set a goal. click on page that pertains to what you want to work on.

Altho I am an artist the focus of this site is on health and how to maintain good overall health using SPIES. This encompasses the whole human being's needs and not just one part. I give you tips on how to tap into the spiritual,physical,intellectual,emotional and social parts to self and feed those needs daily. The art is my creative side which I think we all have. I find it relaxing and rewarding:) There is an emphasis on the emotional as I am trying to heal my damaged emotions.

This is a personal site as opposed to just commercial. Ofcourse I do welcome if you choose to buy from my stores to which I am an affiliate and my art(sketches,paintings) and photography as well as some of my modeling photos. My blog is an extension in parts to living healthily today like Drama Triangle which can find in blog.



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Monday, August 11, 2008

How do I get more traffic to my web site?!




(As appeared in LR,Linkreferral forum yesterday..)


Well you could have good content on your site for starters! If you have a page with good info on it that is of interest to the general population then it will get hits. If it caters to a more specific part of the public like say Britney Spears fans then you may only get people say in their teens and twenties who enjoy Britney! It is best to gear yourself to a wider audience in my humble opinion. On my site for instance, I deal with health. Then I get more specific and say alternative including aromatherapy. I offer a store and sell hand made soy based soap and candles and healing arts namely chakra jewelry and water color paintings of land scapes. Chakra means energy or chi,Qi in chinese. REiki is energy work for your body. We also offer meditation, feng shui, weight loss tips...In this way, you can see how you can target the general population and then hone in on more specifically the market you want to attract. More

Sunday, March 25, 2007

Link to Another Blog

Blogarama


I am trying to link to otehr sites to increase my traffic so people read stuff on my site and writings on here.

I did some food shopping today and went to friend's place and ate some take out pzza I got and watched some movies on cable. One was the Suspect. Had seen it before years ago but was good so saw it again.

I got some bird seed on my way home for my wild birds out back. Saw some bunnies back there tonite. :)





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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Etsy Give Aways!



Etsy Give Aways! Well..I joined this innovative way to bring targeted traffic to your site or blog, by donating a pair of earrings for whoever visits my site and blog and takes the time to write a good review about them and my art and jewelry including photos, on ehow,viewpoints and Merchant Circle! Here's what you can win (pic above). After you write reviews, email me the links to them so I can look at them. Best reviews will win. Good luck!

-annspets4 (on Etsy)
No I don't have a store on there anymore as I have a FREE one on blujay.

Saturday, September 03, 2011

Bought a tent,used for my biz today..

Closer to... SANE!: Today was last Cairo Market day

While I appreciate your comments to my posts, I would ask firstly that they pertain to topic and are not spam in nature. Thanks!

New web site is being worked on to increase traffic and can help more people holistically to supplement traditional medicine. Check back often to see how it is progressing. Again, do not claim to be a doctor so dont say to go off your meds that work or stop seeing doctor,therapist but to try some of my suggestions such as making art,the arts(dance,singing,music),deep breathing,stretching,meditation,etc. as a therapeutic approach to wellness.

Am off to sell some chakra jewelry and healing stones and share with public their healing powers. Also will offer some teaching of meditation.

Enjoy your day. -Ann

Thursday, July 24, 2008

articles

How to Go "Green" Easily,Effectively and Affordably (cont.)

Besides the vaporizer which is healthy, one saves on fuel with it. My sinuses are less dried out by the heat, with it. My skin is less dry and the dander on my pets should decrease too.. I am even thinking of getting an Infrared heater for about $ 150., next month, as it should pay for itself in 2 months by cutting my propane bill in half monthly! It operates off of the humidity in the room,being created by the vaporizer, which makes the room warmer by providing warm moisture to the room which makes one more comfortable. The infrared heater gets hot quicker but yet is perfectly safe for the home against fires.

2. I just bought Thermal-backed curtains as they are used to keep the heat in and the cold winds out and to keep the place cool in the summer so saves on fans and air conditioners. It even blocks outside noises.

3. Of course I recycle and I should be rewarded for this too! Besides the bottle tax on soda, 4. there should be one on juice and water, like in California. I think it should be higher if we do the right thing.. This is what Patterson, the governor of NY, wants too by imposing a sugar tax on soda. Due to the high instance of obesity in this country, he is making Obesity Awareness, his platform. There will be an emphasis on childhood obesity because many children are dying of heart attacks and strokes one normally sees later in life, due to the poor condition they are in. Video games, computers and tv's instead of parents and baby sitters, are not helping this trend either! Shows like "Ruby" and the "Biggest Loser", are also bring the rising obesity in Americans, to the forefront.

5. I also bought a space heater to focus the heat on one area so I can lower the heat as propane is too pricey to keep above 68 degrees.

6. I also applied for weatherization for the cottage I just moved into, that I am eligible for FREE for if the landlord pays for the audit which he said he would as will increase property value of the place in that we may get a new energy saver stove and refrigerator.

Go Green!!


I Hate Linkreferral! (cont.) 9-11-08


SAmple post from this forum to show you how mean some of it's members here are and how their ridiculous behavior is uncensored or curtailed but instead glorified for traffic by it's web site Linkreferral owner,Mike! How sad what some people will do just to get $! No morals really,ugh!! More My I hate LInkreferral Group.






my poly clay jewelry made you like?


8/11/08 "Traffic" post (cont.)

It is best in these matters to be as specific as possible. We all know that health care is a hot topic now,especially with the election. More importantly tho, many have no health insurance so they are interested in getting affordable advice for what ails them. Now it is as easy as receiving an email for $5. with excellent info in it from an expert in that particular field. It is key on your blog or site to give some free information and then if one wants to know more then they can pay for it! lol..Yes you want to get them interested tho. If you share nothing but say you are a doctor or a therapist you are robbing your potential client of the experience of knowing you.
  If you mention your therapy approach or give a link to some articles on say brain injury that you have written ..then one knows a little about you and if they will feel comfortable with you as their doctor. Having a doctor or therapist is a very personal choice and one is not comfortable with just anyone. Why I think a photo and a little bio is helpful for one to get a sense of who you are and what you are about so they know what they are in for. In this way the consumer and visitor to your page can make an educated decision. Also by touching on the weight loss topic, you are diving into a multibillion dollar industry. Evidence of this can be seen easily if you do a google search under weight loss as 25 million sites will come up! Why it is vital then to offer something very specific like in my case ..health,alternative,aromatherapy,hand made,green,affordable,soy,candles,soaps,essential oils,biodegradable,not tested on animals,castile soap,body,room,sprays,cleaning products...and so forth. You can see in this instance how these key words which you would put in your meta tags, can hone one into the specific product you are selling. this is very important because as you get more specific less people are offering what you are and then you will find less merchants there and more customers which is always nice. In this place LR,linkreferral, you find the opposite so one can not expect to do much business here! Hello! This place is more for educating yourself on how to have a great site,blog,store,forum and business and for networking with others in your field! This is important if you want to attract the people who will buy from you and more importantly return to your site and stick with you for a life time as a loyal customer!! These are the people you want as a client or rather, a visitor to your page. Just like any fool can have a child, anyone can have a web page. There are very few tho who are good parents or really know what they are doing on the net and even fewer who will actually succeed here. Again, having an excellent web site and being in good SEO and advertising yourself so that people can find you is key! Do the one thing you do better than anyone else that you love and don't mind spending say 80 hours a week on and you can't help but be successful at what you do. Have a nice day. Here's to your health and wealth!

Ann Reilly is a successful alternative medicine practitioner,artist,jewelry designer,animal expert,rescuer,environmentalist,human,animal rights activist, artistic model and makeup artist who lives in the Hudson Valley of NY, USA with her rescue dog and 3 cats. She enjoys photography and has written articles for her local newspaper and offers FREE!! medical tips to the public in her blog Closertosane. She shares her love of art with the world thru her business Artzstuf.

Woodpecker (cont.)

Haven't heard from DEC,Dept. of Environment and Conservation after my complaint regarding the business down the road. As for the woodpecker, I have not seen it since but was quite a site! Was told probably was a pilated one not ivory but I think they are wrong as was bigger. Oh well.


Rest of past post on 7/21/08 'Living Consciously'

Their actions don't stop us tho from flocking to their stores to get a great deal on toilet paper now do they?! No, we will not stop saving a dollar here for the bigger picture of say buying from a Mom and Pop shop down the road that charges $ 1 more for the sake of protecting children working or the sweat shops making your earrings for a dollar in some Third World country or China! No, us Americans will not give up the convenience and economical sense of a Walmart. This one stop haven is a place for many to spend in these economically trying times! We don't care who is getting abused or violated in the process as long as we are comfortable and happy!

The cattle industry is a prime example of how many haven't stopped shoving meat into their fat traps even though they process to love animals! We all know how brutal the cattle industry is in shooting it's cows right in front of one another, right in the head! Or the chickens dying on the conveyor belt! These inhumane practices are alive and well despite the efforts of your PETA and Humane Society or ASPCA. Yes some have stopped buying fur as they realize one can be equally as warm in wool, without killing 50 mink in the process. Yes some are using alternate skin care products of botanicals like Arbonne instead of say Neutrogena or ones doing animal testing and having animal by-product like your anti-menopausal potion made from calf liver! Yes we are exploring options but.. the ones who are are few and far between as many still endorse the companies like Revlon and Neutrogena that are full of chemicals and do in fact do animal testing.

It seems that we have no conscience as long as we get what we want at the expense of innocent children, animals, women...or our planet. With the awakening of America due to the efforts of Al Gore and the 11th Hour, we now are at least trying to do something about global warming. Many tho still do nothing as they think it is all a hoax contrived by the Green party and crazy Ralph Nadar. Not sure how many species of animals and flora need to be wiped out before we stop going to space and bombing in the desert!

With all the social problems plaguing America, we still have not stopped butting into others' affairs as evidenced by our involvement in Iraq, despite the fact that we never found one weapon of destruction there! Yes Binladen in fact was in a cave some where in Afghanistan but.. we still are bombing Iraq and killing it's people and animals and destroying it's landscape today! health care is the number one threat facing our nation today! Along with education and our environment yet.. it is not of interest to the Republican party who is war hungry and more concerned about keeping their voters who got them into office like the tobacco and oil companies, happy. Not sure how many more children right here in the states have to go hungry or go to bed tonite without health care or how many more women have to die from breast cancer that has spread throughout their bodies because they couldn't afford a followup visit, before we wake up and smell this bitter brew of Black yes Black coffee!

from my Ezine article 7/21,08




Rest of past post "Good Company" below

 food from local farms donated to food pantries for poor.

about you? In what way do you impact the community in which you serve?! Are you a "good company"?! I for one, support the ethical humane treatment of animals,not PETA, and feed,water,rescue abandoned pets. I have rescues at home, a pit bull and 3 cats! I don't know who was helped more by my actions,them or me! I definitely think they prolong one's life an add to it but.. they also make you healthier! I was depressed before I got on the green wave(eco-friendly too)! Or rather healthier. I lost about 100 lbs. this past year and have kept it off without diet or exercise or joining a crazy program or gym. I adopted a dog who needed a home as it's owner was moving to a place that didn't allow pets. I also took in an abandoned kitten!! They are incredible and truly a gift! I have taken my attention off my selfish self, and I take care of them! In response they give me love unconditionally! I think animals are a wonderful example of what we could and should be if we just give love a chance and peace! Today I take but one anti-depressant as compared to the other crap I was on, and I embrace a healthier life style and give to my animal causes! One can't be self destructive, when one has a pet or a child or an elder parent to take care of! Man that is a good thing! Peace and love, Ann.'

from my post on Linkreferral forum (htttp:/www.linkreferral.com, a web page to get traffic to your web site)today. Referring to the link of a web site started by a child, Free KIbble in response to the devastating effects of storms out west and the many displaced animals thrown in shelters as a result of being now homeless as so are their former owners, who can't take care of them anymore. This wonderful child started a company and web site to feed them! It was modeled after Free Rice, , to combat hunger and poverty world wide. Please give to these wonderful sites and causes, now , won't you?! Yes there is really no excuse for poverty now,as we have plenty of food to feed the world!




Past post, "HOme Spa"


I know today is supposed to be extremely hot here in upstate NY. Be especially careful folks if you have respiratory and heart problems or are elderly. Use your air conditions as opposed to fans which just blow pollen and such about..I use fans as I have pets and the other can be linked to arthritis. I like open windows especially in the summer but then that is me and I don't have major health concerns OK?!

What other home spa treatments are there you may be asking yourself?! Well I mentioned the other day that green tea was good for hair. It can also be used as a tint for hair along with vegetable oils. Henna is also used for a more natural effect as opposed to peroxide found in many dyes. Health food store does carry some colorings though that are not harsh or tested on animals. I like the Kiss my Face line of products see Kiss my face and Burt's Bee's soaps and such. Kiss my face line originated in the Hudson Valley of upstate NY in response to vegetarian's desire for ethical non animal testing healthy skin care products. I know my therapist years ago and we're talking say 1996, she used to use them..Anyway,the prices are great too.

I bought a tinted plum colored lip balm by Alba brand with peppermint flavoring in it. mm..They call them Terra Tints. They also come in like an ice pink and earth brown tones. see It has oils in it like olive,coconut and soy for moisturizing benefit too. In fact according to Dr. Bronner and Woods,they both also have great castile soap..see Dr.Woods and Dr. Bronner Anyway they say all you need is enough sleep and to use the castile soap with lavender,peppermint,olive,coconut,tea tree oils in it...and that is enough of a cosmetic for the skin. Makes sense as if you have perfect skin,skin being our largest organ..then why would we even need makeup to cover it up?! I would add to that beauty regimen tho in tha I say drink alot of water also so you get all the poisons out of your body. Cranberry juice is good too as is sitting in the dead sea salts, I mentioned earlier.. as they bring the toxins to the surface and then you take a warm shower and then nap.

In these economic times it is hard now to go on a vacation or at least one that is far. NOt only this but it is a pain with the terrorists and the airport searches and long lines now with the gas situation and also the cost of travel whether by car or bus or plane..

What does one do?! Stay home! Make your home your sanctuary and a great place to be by investing in some home improvement. I bought recently some plants to beautify the front yard. I also bought an oil diffuser, a must with pets I have my paintings on my walls to a add a personal touch. I need to add light and color to the living room as is dark and drab. I will accomplish this with some wall treatments like adding canvas to the wall in a pastel color.

The room is a weird shape too as is rectangular not square. Slowly I will get it together. I have a nice front porch as i choose not to go in the back yard as there is poison ivy and weeds back there and the neighbors took it over anyway as are inconsiderate and rude. Yeh is supposed to be shared but what you gonna do with such people but avoid them. That is what I do. Let them hang out with the mosquitos I'll keep the front where I have a table chairs my bird feeders to watch the birds wind chimes and yes all my plants I just bought! I also go a rose bush a friend will put in ground for me today so I can have fresh roses all season. I love the smell of roses how about you?

Friend Bill worked the organic farm yesterday as is in charge of composting. In exchange he got some produce. He is bringing some radishes and fresh spinach to me today. mm..

In case you didn't know the leafy vegetables are great against depression. I don't know about you but I rather eat well than take those nasty pills with the side effects. Don't get me wrong,they are a great buffer. In times of stress they help. However food,healthy food can do wonders for you and help you think and function better. Omega fatty acids found in flax seed have been linked to better brain function and eye improvement as well. In fact vitamin deficiencies of omega fatty acids can cause learning difficulties. The oils too that I use in my practice help you be happier like orange and it makes you more alert like the fennel with the licorice smell.

Many office buildings that are SICK would be better off if windows were opened and they used these oils to help their employees. In the long run all would be healthier and do more work. Instead the air filtration vents are polluted often with dead animals like mice and they breathe in the fumes all day in close closed quarters. ugh!

Talk to the management. They did studies and checked the vents and you'd be surprised what they found. It's like the mattresses. Many are full of dust mites. Why you need to not only change your sheets regularly,at least once a week,but you also need to steam clean the mattress and rugs in your home. Rugs attract bugs like fleas and yes mites as they burrow into the weave of the rug and infections caused by the animal scratching and biting insanely in response to the bite and itch. They can cause mange in your pets and skin diseases so beware. Many vacuums have HEPA filtration systems that have good suction in picking up the dirt. The dust particles is what accumulate and can cause disease. Now vacuums are being made with lights on them with natural light to kill the bugs as well.

There are also natural sea salt air cleaners which absorb the pollutants. Keep your windows open and fans on to circulate the air during the summer months as it is warm enough now as opposed to the winter when the windows are closed due to cold temps. Drink lots of water and have juice too like grape for the heart and cranberry for the urinary tract. This flushes the toxins naturally without colon cleansers from the body. Load up on raw! Yes raw veggies and fruits,nuts,trail mix cereal,granola bars for snacking healthily. Use olive foil in your foods too.

Don't forget to exercise but be smart about it Please! Don't be out there in the high noon jogging like you see some fools do. Walk or bike for cardio in the morning early or in the evening hours. Don't forget our weights for toning but not too much ladies! We don't want to look like Neanderhals do we! ~ Let's embrace our femininity and lift not more than 10 lbs. but increase the repetitions to atleast 15 a day to prevent those sagging arms. You want to wear the sleeveless tops to be cool so do this.

EAt alot of salads too . One can have egg,macaroni,chef,tuna,chicken...you don't have to eat like a rabbit folks and yes yo can even use sow mayonnaise but use moderation n all things even as we know our exposure to the sun! We still do need the vitamin E it gives us so indulge but use sun screen.


Included copy right now as some here feel the need to use my blog name for their posts as they lack originality and can't come up with one of their own to represent self and thoughts. omg! how lame is that?! I tried to get some help with this but person who runs forum this person attends did nothing to help me and said person probably never even heard of me as they are in England and they made up a name themselves by stringing words together. To add insult to injury they said my request for them to intervene and ask for name change, was bizarre! I don't find it bizarre to not want to be linked to other person's posts. To top it off, if this isn't bad enough, someone else out there is using my site and company name Artzstuf. Forum owner said I could seek legal recourse if I wanted. For now I won't as is too much of a pain but.. I may in time as everything they write out there links to my stuff I write under these names which is rubbish I say! What you think? Has anyone ever copied for their own amusement anything of yours?!

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Past post..
my beer bottle cap earrings from my etsy shop.


something for a client I deliver and in a timely manner. Recently a client decided to return some of my merchandise I had made for him rather than pay me for the product he had ordered. I have decided not to do business with him anymore, even though I have made $ in the past with him. I don't like losing customers but is best as when I do close a door a window to something better opens.

Wednesday I made a couple of sales and picked up two new accounts. I can see myself doing business with one of them as she was fair and didn't haggle with me, which I don't like as my prices to store owners are wholesale to begin with. I need to make a profit. The other one haggled which made me wary. She has some items I can get in her store that I may be able to resell but I probably won't as I know the distributor she deals with and what the prices are and her price she offered wasn't great. I have a friend closing a store which is probably a better way to go.

This week end I visit my mom on Saturday and do a flea market on Sunday. Today I am filling an order for an for a fashion show she is putting on as she is using my earrings in it which is exciting and flattering! I hope with the exposure some orders will be placed as I plan to leave business cards with her as well.

As long as I listen to my intuition and do what feels right for ME and choose the next right action I find it leads me to proper connections I need which are people who appreciate me and my work and are willing to pay me for it at a reasonable rate I can live with and on.

As we know it is not easy out there and it is even harder as an entrepreneur who doesn't have a steady check and is not paid by the hour when I show up at work guaranteed. I make $ if I sell. Fortunately for me I do see opportunity not lack even in this poor economy. People are still buying as they are still enjoying their lives and part of that involves once in awhile treating oneself to something nice like a unique or pretty piece of jewelry,art or photography which is where I come in. :)

Feel free to share your thoughts

.link to Articles here which is continuation of posts on first page of blog.

Friday, January 12, 2007

So today I went and got my driving permit again



as never had a car to practice on in between lessons in the past. I have been saving for car and have my first lesson Monday. I will take steps and get license and pre licensing course and insurance one and then look for a car as I have $ saved. I also have been putting $ aside for other stuff like inspection and such. Once I have car I plan on moving to a quiet cottage where I can have some privacy and not be bothered by neighbors.

Linkexchange.com - Site I traded links with and they review my site and I review otehr business owner's sites so we get traffic to pages and possibly some business. My work has been seen and reviewed atleast but not bought of late altho I made some $ off modeling.

Below see some of my work

Monday, April 10, 2006

Raise Mental Health Awareness Today (May=Mental Health Month)

Raise Mental Health Awareness Today (May=Mental Health Month)
Why are there no runs for Mental Health?!

Me..

Me..
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landscape painting

landscape painting
by Stanley Maltzman,(great art teacher. I studied with him.)

My water color painting

My water color painting
"Cows" (Click link to see more of my ART!)

Henry Hudson River

Henry Hudson River
Quadricentennial

Me

Me
on the couch..Yeh, who doesn't need therapy?!

Mail me FREE stuff to Review!

Mail me FREE stuff to Review!
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New Book on China

New Book on China
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