Understanding Twitter: The Power of Hashtags

Twitter is the simplest of the major social networks but the most powerful for marketers. Its hashtag (#) system allows you to reach out to groups with specific interests, and to engage with them over time. Twitter allows for instant impact, and long-term relationship building. The Benefits of Twitter Facebook.com and Linkedin.com are on-line social networks based on pre-existing relationships. When you join you seek out your family, friends, and business contacts. … [Read more...]

How to Read Tea Leaves for Beginners

The art of Tea Leaf Reading or Tasseomancy has been around for centuries. Like any of the other forms of Divination, there are many ways to approach this special mystical task. Tea Leaf Reading can provide powerful insight into one’s life simply by interpreting a few stems and sticks. This article is geared for the beginner Tea Leaf Reader to feel comfortable in a simple style of reading. Of course, it all starts with a cup of tea. The cup itself should have a … [Read more...]

Write a Personal Disclosure Policy for Your Blog or Website (and Why You Need One)

Not all aspects of running a blog or running a website are sexy. Some tasks are downright boring. One of the least exciting blogging and webmaster tasks is writing the disclosure policy. Writing and posting a disclosure policy isn't just something that bloggers and website owners do to look important -- it's actually the law. If you are making money from your blog or website -- even if it's only a few cents for the entire year -- the FTC requires you to disclose that … [Read more...]

The Leatherback Sea Turtles of Trinidad

In the early morning darkness, all along Trinidad's northeastern beaches, a mysterious ritual takes place every year. Here, giant leatherback turtles, some over six feet long and weighing half a ton, roll in on the ocean waves and start climbing the sloping shore. Anxious locals wait for them. Their dimmed headlights further illuminating the shimmering wetness of the turtles leathery skin. The turtles crawl slowly along the beach, pulling their huge bodies over the … [Read more...]

Feng Shui Love Cures for Single Women

Using feng shui principles in the home can make a single woman feel more attractive and desirable so she attracts love into her life. Single women who live in cluttered, messy homes wearing sweatpants every day are unwittingly shunning love and passion. On a practical level, men who date women often check out their apartments or homes to see whether they know how to keep house. It might sound sexist and old-fashioned, but many men still look to a woman to be the … [Read more...]