Enterprise 21 is the food and beverage technology solution from Technology Group International (TGI). Unlike generic ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) solutions, Enterprise 21 is clearly differentiated with requirements serving the food and beverage sector. According to TGI Vice-President Rebecca Gill, “Food and Beverage manufacturers require special technology functionality from Ingredient Tracking with Substitute to Lot Number and Property Tracking.” Overview of Enterprise 21 Manufacturing System Features: * An online product configurator allows for quick and easy quoting that is completely integrated with the manufacturing plant floor. Rules-based configurations allows for multiple levels of product specific attributes which are utilized within pricing sheets, throughout inventory control, and manufacturing. * Allows for definition of both multilevel formulations and bills of material (BOM.) * Where-used functionality enables rapid access to all finished goods utilizing a specific component material. * Formulations and BOMs are easily duplicated and updated. Multiple versions of the original formulation/bill are numerically controlled. * Automatic “yield” calculation for raw material utilization based upon BOM and routing yields. Actual usage variations from standard amounts are easily recorded. Substitutions are easily recorded as well. * Cost variances from standard amounts are tracked and reported. * Inquiry screens enable tracking of production runs through the production recording process. * Machine downtime can be recorded by multiple reason code. * Employee exposure to hazardous chemicals is automatically tracked. * Lots are tracked from the raw material stage through shipment of finished goods. * Inquiry screens provide the ability to trace shipped product back to specific finished good product lot numbers, and further back to the specific raw material numbers used to manufacture each finished product. Additionally, Enterprise 21 offers the ability to “mass replace.” Food manufacturers can query on all BOM’s which have a certain ingredient and mass replace that ingredient for quick updates. About Technology Group International, Ltd. Founded in 1990 and headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, Technology Group International is a proven technology leader delivering Tier 1 application software functionality at a price performance level that can be readily accepted by organizations of all sizes. Specializing in software solutions for small and mid-market manufacturing and distribution companies, TGI’s integrated Enterprise Series software suite is a complete business process management solution. The product offering includes Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP), Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Warehouse Management System (WMS), Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS), Decision Support System (DSS), Business Intelligence (BI), Manufacturing Execution System (MES), and eCommerce. TGI implements, maintains, enhances, and supports its packaged distribution and manufacturing software solutions directly and via its channel partners.

Technology Group International www.tgiltd.com Rebecca Gill 800-837-0028

Many believe that humans are special beings and do not belong in the same category or classification as animals. Should experimentation be done to prove that humans are unique or to show that they are in fact animals, just very well adapted and highly evolved ones? This topic of interest is nothing new and the subject came up in an online think tank recently. One of the researchers of the “Why Are Humans Unique Project” was rounding up some volunteers and stated:

“If you are sincere in conducting an experiment on the classification and isolation of humans to animals groups, I could help you gather and compile data for the analysis and we could post the results here.”

Then one think tank member stated; “I see no need to isolate humans from animals, as it is obvious that they are of the same over all grouping, just a different species of animal. Although it appears to me that the huge differences in “humans” themselves requires further scrutiny, as they are not all the same, some are vastly superior from what I can see in many ways and their capabilities are seemingly light-years apart in my observations.”

Thus it appears that not only is there a question of What Makes Humans Unique, but what makes some humans so much more unique than other humans? Interesting indeed. In fact in considering this perhaps you have noticed the big difference individual humans? And if so, what is your take on the whole thing? Consider this in 2006.

“Lance Winslow” - Online Think Tank forum board. If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; http://www.WorldThinkTank.net/wttbbs/

Online fraud is an increasing problem that can be avoided. Every year more and more people shop online, and every year seems to bring more ways to trick unsuspecting buyers. This report was written to help protect you as a consumer.

Following the guidelines set in this report will protect you from most types of online fraud, and help you recover in the event that you are taken advantage of.

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Before You Buy
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Before you buy anything online, review the store’s refund policy. Make sure they will accept returns on defective or wrong items. Also, see how long the return period is, usually, it is 30 days.

Review the store’s privacy policy. You want to know that your information is being handled responsibly before giving it to anyone.

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During Check Out
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Plastic or plastic? During the checkout process you will be given a few payment options. Of these, you will probably see credit or charge cards. As you know, if someone accepts credit cards, they also accept debit cards. Debit cards are not the same when it comes to limiting your liability for fraudulent use. Debit cards are fine for most things, but not online purchasing.

Credit or charge cards are the ideal way to pay online. If you pay by credit or charge card online, your transaction is protected by the Fair Credit Billing Act. Under this law, you have the right to dispute charges under certain circumstances and temporarily withhold payment while the creditor is investigating the disputed charges. In the event of unauthorized use of your credit or charge card, you generally would only be held liable for $50 worth of the charges.

Some credit companies even offer an online shopping guarantee that ensures you will not be held responsible for any unauthorized charges made online, and some may provide additional warranty, return and/or purchase protection benefits.

Double check everything. Make sure your billing, contact, and email addresses are correct and yours. You don’t want your purchases delivered to someone else.

Always ensure that the checkout is being completed on a secure server. You can tell if a server is a secure server by the web address, it should begin with an https://. In addition, the bottom of your browser should contain a padlock image.

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After the purchase
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Always keep a record. You should receive a receipt or invoice after your payment. If you do not, politely request one from the vendor.

Be sure to save this receipt, you will need it as a proof of purchase if the item is defective and needs to be returned, or was never received.

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Ongoing Precautions
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You should regularly check your credit card and bank statements for any unauthorized payments. If you notice anything that you did not authorize, be sure to notify your credit card company or bank immediately.

Some malicious applications will rest on your computer, and send your private information to someone else. This is a common cause of identity theft. For this reasons, you should always run the latest version of your antivirus program with the most recently updated databases. You should also run spyware removal programs regularly.

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Conclusion
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Following the guidelines outlined in this report should lead to a satisfying online experience. The only identity theft victims are people that don’t know or follow safe shopping practices.

About the author:

Jeff Mueller is the founder/webmaster of
Slick Shoppers http://www.slickshoppers.com
Dedicated to finding the best deals and
savings on brand name items.

“Are We Diluting Our Own Profits…
With Too Many ‘Bonuses’?”
copyright 2001 John Evans

When we offer something for sale, it’s a great
incentive to give a bonus to the purchaser. It
makes buyers feel good about buying from us, and
it makes us feel good that we have given something
of real value.

When ebooks started coming out, many were free, while
others had to be purchased. They all, of course, are
(usually) valuable in their content, and also valuable
to the author. Why to the author? Simply because the
ebook carried the author’s messages, or links, which is
the main reason for an ebook in the first place.

But somewhere along the line, the whole idea of bonuses
seems to have gotten out of hand. How? Follow this
scenario:

Marketer #1 writes an ebook, selling it for $17.95.
As a bonus for ordering, you also receive 2 more ebooks,
free if charge.

Not bad, so far.

But then, along comes Marketer #2, who buys from #1,
and ADDS 3 more bonuses to the ebook offer. Now we can
receive 5 bonuses for our $17.95 purchase. Marketer #3
now buys the package from #2, adds yet another 5 bonuses,
for a total of 10 bonuses. And on, and on, and on.

I’ve seen packages out there that are giving 15 and
20 bonuses with your purchase.

Then, of course, some of those original $17.95 ebooks
are finding there way into these ‘packages.’ The very
same ebooks that many of us are still trying to sell.

How many of those $17.95 ebooks have you seen “on sale”
for $1.00? Or given away free? Plus umpteen bonuses?

To me, that’s really diluting the profits of everyone
trying to sell ebooks. There’s always someone willing
to ‘give away the store’, in an effort to knock out
the competition.

There are some ebook authors out there, though, that
seem to have the right idea. When their ebook is
purchased, there is a stipulation that the ebook CANNOT
BE GIVEN AWAY, OR RE-PACKAGED. And it must be SOLD for
(between 2 price ranges).

But, even then, I’ve seen these very same ebooks being
GIVEN, and RE-PACKAGED against the author’s wishes.
And this, as I see it, violates the author’s copyright.

Bonuses are great instruments if used correctly.

But ARE we?

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What separates a professional motivational speaker from an ordinary guy? Mostly it’s just studying the basics and practicing the established techniques of an established, successful professional motivational speaker.

Unless you are that one in a million type of person who can just wing it on stage and hold a large audience of people captive with the strength of your personality and the power of your voice, you must learn the basics before you begin to speak publicly. These naturals exist, that but they are few and far between and, truth be told, they’ve practiced and rehearsed even that seemingly relaxed, improvisational style. Most people take the time to learn the basics. Here are some to start with:

Audience awareness
Many beginners are so concerned with their appearance and the way they come off that they pay absolutely no attention to who they are talking to. The better you know your audience the better chances you have of being accepted by them

Content
You can be charming and have the voice of an angel, but after a few minutes, if you don’t start speaking about something the audience wants to hear, you’ll be ignored until you stop.

Test your equipment
Fiddling with microphones, slide presentations and such is the true sign of a nervous amateur and someone who will not be listened to.

Preparation
Stumbling over your speech and being unfamiliar with your subject material is a sure way to be ignored.

Be humorous
Unless you are a stand up comedian brought in to relax the audience you want to use some humor in your speaking but not so much as to detract from your message.

Be approachable
Getting in and out of an event fast is a good way to be forgotten. Take the time to meet people, and talk with them. That way they’ll pay more attention to you when you speak and they’ll remember you when you’re done.

There are so many things you have to learn to become a professional motivational speaker. You have to look right, sound right, act right and say the right things to be accepted as someone worthy of being listened to. It takes time and hard work studying and practicing the lessons of an established professional motivational speaker before you can be accepted on your own. When that happens, then you can formulate your own teaching program and instruct others how to duplicate your own success.

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Motivational Speakers provides detailed information about youth, professional, and Christian motivational speakers, as well as advice on how to become a motivational speaker. For more information go to http://www.e-motivationalspeaker.com and/or visit our affiliate site at http://www.growthink.com.

An explanation of SEO basics: This article is a great primer if you’re getting started with an SEO campaign or looking to hire a firm. If you’re just getting started with:

- Selecting an SEO firm - Trying to start a search engine campaign - Reviewing your current SEO efforts

…read on. This article should provide you with a high-level review of the SEO process, dispel a few SEO myths, and help you understand legitimate optimization strategies.

What is SEO

Search Engine Optimization, or SEO, defies easy definition. But here’s a short version:

SEO: Using keyword analysis and other legitimate practices to gain the highest possible search engine and directory rankings, under a given key phrase, for a given URL.

I’ll break this definition down a bit and hopefully prevent a hail of angry e-mails:

Keyword Analysis is the process of mining keyword search data to find the best balance between the keywords you need and the best potential search niche. More on this later.

Search Engine means an automated search engine. ‘Search Engines’ include Google, AOL Search, Ask Jeeves and MSN Search. A search engine obtains its results from ‘bots’ — small programs that read your web site in much the same way you would: By reading the content on a page, and then moving from page to page via links. A directory, on the other hand, is built at least in part by human beings deciding where each site fits into the directory structure. Yahoo’s directory area and Open Directory are both examples of directories.

Ranking is the numeric rank reflecting your position in the results list when someone performs a search on a particular set of keywords.

Highest Possible means getting as close to number one as you can. Often you just can’t get that number one spot. Maybe someone else has a 400-page web site solely dedicated to the key phrase for which you’re attempting to optimize. Or maybe they’re paying a fortune in advertising. That’s life, sometimes…

Key Phrase is the keyword or set of keywords someone types into the little ’search’ field in Google or Alta Vista or any other search engine.

A URL is the address of one page on your site. Most search engines display keyword search results and provide a link directly to the page most relevant to those results, rather than your home page. It’s very, very important to keep that in mind when you build and optimize your site.

Legitimate Practices is my pet peeve. A true search engine campaign will not use practices such as page or content cloaking, redirects, or lists of links (so-called ‘link farms’) but relies on good coding practices, well-written content, steady link popularity work and site features that will be as valuable for site visitors as for search engine ranking. Anything less is a short-term fix that will reduce your rankings.

So, the long version of the definition would be: SEO: Using keyword analysis, good coding practices, well-written copy, link popularity analysis and careful site organization to move a web page as close to the number one search results position as possible for a given key phrase, in both search engines and directories.

Hey, that’s not so bad after all. But how do you get started? First, you separate reality from myth…

SEO Urban Legends

There are quite a few SEO myths out there. Here are my favorites:

The Keywords META Tag Matters. Mostly wrong. Only Inktomi pays any attention to the keywords meta tag. Do something basic, but don’t bother putting in keywords that aren’t supported by your page content.

Search Engines can read Flash, images and video. Search engines can read one thing: Text. Anything else, while legitimate as a design tool, will not help your ranking. And relying too heavily on Flash or images may reduce your site’s visibility. Google is one partial exception — it can read some Flash links, but still cannot read Flash content.

Mirroring my site in multiple locations will improve ranking. Actually, just the opposite. Duplication of content will generally have no effect or, worse, reduce your ranking in major search engines. Most search engines now have rules against this form of ’spam’ and may reduce your ranking or ban your site.

‘Doorway’ pages improve ranking. Pages that have lots of keywords but then automatically redirect to the main site will not help you in major search engines, such as Google. And, if someone catches you and reports you to Google or the other search engine, you may be banned altogether. A ‘landing’ or ‘bridge’ page, though, that’s designed to be as useful for users as for search engines, and does not redirect the user, can help by providing real, useful, keyword-rich content.

Firms promising to get me #1 rankings in 10,000 search engines for $99.95 can help. I alternate between tooth-grinding and hysterical laughter when I see these ads. First, there aren’t 10,000 search engines. Actually, there are probably 10-20 to worry about. Getting listed in the other thousand or so is largely a waste of time. Second, no one can guarantee any ranking in any search engine for a specific keyword. Period. And the price is less than half the cost for an express submission in a single directory (Yahoo). Chances are anyone trying to get you to spend the $99.95 operates a ‘link farm’ where they list dozens, or hundreds, of sites. To learn more about how to choose an SEO firm, check out Google’s article: http://www.google.com/intl/mr/webmasters/seo.html .

Firms charging me more money and guaranteeing a #1 ranking on Google can help. This is the latest SEO scam. I can get you a number one ranking on Google, too, as long as I get to pick the keyword or can get you ranked under a fairly unique company name. But no one, and I mean no one can guarantee a #1 rank under a specific keyword. Even Google says so.

Search engines are now almost savvy enough to read your pages like a human being would, so anything that will drive away a typical site visitor will also probably reduce your ranking. Things that will increase your search engine ranking include:

- Good content - Good, clean HTML code - Useful, relevant TITLE and DESCRIPTION tags - Relevant, appropriate links from other web sites

There are some basic steps that, well executed, will do more to increase your rank than an ocean of snake oil.

The SEO Process

A typical SEO campaign starts with keyword analysis, and then emphasizes insuring your site doesn’t impede search engine bots and follows up with ongoing link and traffic analysis.

Step 1: Keyword Analysis. If you say the right word enough times on your site, you’ll get that coveted #1 spot, right? Wrong. Choosing the right keywords starts with a list of the keywords or phrases under which you’d like to be found, and typically ends up somewhere completely different. Selecting the best keywords is a four-step process: First, list the keywords and phrases under which you’d like to be found. Next, find out whether anyone searches on those keywords, and whether they’re searching for relevant items. Third, find out how many other sites are struggling for rankings under those keywords. Finally, pick keywords with the same meaning but a better search-to-competition ratio.

Don’t forget about relevance, either. If you want a high ranking under ‘tires’, you’re going to have your work cut out for you. And in the end you’ll likely end up getting found for ‘bicycle tires’, ‘automobile tires’, ’spare tires’ and who knows what else. Is it worth it? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. But you have to do your homework to find out.

There are several tools that help you research the number of searches and competitors for keywords. Wordtracker ( http://www.wordtracker.com ) is a good one — don’t depend on their results from Overture, though, unless you’re specifically preparing an Overture campaign.

Keyword analysis is the hardest part of a campaign, in number-crunching terms. It requires a lot of work and may not tell you what you want to hear. But in my experience it’s critical to a successful campaign.

Step 2: Search Engine Readiness. Almost every web site we review has one or more problems that will prevent search engine bots from properly reading all content. Showstoppers include:

- An all-Flash or all-images home page - A home page that automatically redirects to another page - Pop-up ads (does anyone really read these things?) - A site full of pages with fewer than 400 words on a page - Broken links - Navigation that is generated by JavaScript - No TITLE or DESCRIPTION tags

A major step in any SEO campaign is making sure that the site will present the friendliest profile to search engines. Happily, the investment in optimizing will also pay off in a faster, more universally compatible site.

Step 3. Content and Site Preparation. You’ve done your research: You know which keywords match your message, and your site’s HTML code is one big search engine welcome mat. Now it’s time to make sure that your site contains those keywords. This is where I most often see folks get confused — should you rewrite your web content to emphasize keywords? Yes, but with extreme caution. Should you make small, appropriate changes? Yes. Here are my guidelines for content preparation.

Don’t write for keywords (much). This almost always leads to stilted, hard-to-read prose. Writing keyword-rich content that really works for users is an art form. Be careful.

Do a little careful editing. If you use the word ‘car’ but ‘auto’ is the keyword you need, chances are you can do a few replacements without marring your carefully crafted copy.

Spend time on the titles and description tags. Make sure every page in your site has a unique, relevant TITLE and DESCRIPTION tag.

Never use an automatic page generator. Tools like WebPosition Gold offer to generate optimized pages for you. Don’t. They tend to hurt your ranking as much as help, and they generate ugly, ugly pages.

Write more stuff. More content is almost always better. If your site is just missing a specific keyword or phrase, but you think it’s important, then your potential customers probably do too. By adding a few more pages with content focusing on those absent keywords, you’ll likely help visitors and improve your keyword ranking at the same time. And, the more text-rich your site is, the better the odds that you’ll catch longer, stranger but really important key phrases that you can’t anticipate.

Step 4. Link Analysis. Quite a few major search engines (Google, most importantly) weigh your ‘link popularity’ when ranking your site. A more accurate term, though, is ‘link analysis’, because these engines don’t just count up the number of links to your site. They look for links near and containing relevant text. So a page full of links, one of which happens to be yours, won’t help very much. But a link from a related site, near a short paragraph that contains relevant keywords, will probably give you a boost. Having keywords in the link itself is even better. A quick example:

‘http://www.portentinteractive.com’ doesn’t help much.

‘For search engine optimization, visit http://www.portentinteractive.com’ is much better.

There are a few ways to build your link popularity:

- Contact sites that relate to yours and request a link exchange. This works really well, but obviously takes a long time.

- Syndicate your content. If you can provide an easy way for interested webmasters to link directly to relevant stories on your site, you provide an instant link popularity boost, and get your message out to boot.

- Start an affiliate program. If you sell a product, consider setting up an affiliate sales program.

Step 5. Submit your site. Many search engines, Google included, allow you to submit your site for free. Generally you can submit your home page and let the search engine crawl the rest of your site. Some directories and engines offer paid ‘express’ services, and some, like Teoma, require that you pay for URL submission. Which engines you choose depends on your budget and campaign.

Step 6. Review, Revise, and Keep Going. Think you’re done? Wrong — search engine optimization is an ongoing project. At least once per month, review your rankings, site traffic reports and link popularity and tweak your site as necessary. The tools you need to measure results are:

Site traffic reports. Any hosting company should provide you with a site traffic report, and most of the reporting tools in use today provide a ‘referrals from search engines’ section. Take a look at this section for a good measure of results.

Link counts. Use the link: command on Google to determine your link popularity.

Your keyword list. Search on the relevant search engines to see if your ranking has improved.

Your brain. You have to interpret what you see, and decide whether changes are warranted. There’s magic formula for this. Sorry about that…

So now you’ll get instant results, right? Well, not quite…

A Word About Expectations

SEO can take time. Even Google only refreshes its entire index once a month, so don’t expect instant results.

If your work doesn’t generate increased rankings within a month or two, don’t panic. Look at your site traffic and search on the keywords you chose. Make sure that the search engine you’re checking actually includes your site — most likely the bots just haven’t gotten around to ‘crawling’ your site.

Still stumped? Find a professional. Sure, we cost money. But you may have missed something about your site that’s preventing a good keyword rank, and a second set of eyes can help.

A Solid Marketing Strategy

If you follow the basics and keep at it, you will get results. What’s really important is to make sure you don’t award too much weight to one area (such as link popularity) at the expense of the others. A well-rounded campaign will provide solid, long-term results.

About the Author

Ian Lurie is an Internet marketer in Seattle, WA. He started his web design and marketing firm, Portent Interactive, in 1995. Portent offers complete Internet marketing support, including search engine optimization, e-mail marketing, and web site design and development. Recent projects include SEO and production for www.princesslodges.com, SEO, marketing strategy, design and production for www.dessy.com, and, on the more whimsical side, frida.filmateria.com. Ian has a law degree from UCLA and has successfully avoided practicing law for almost ten years.

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A Powerful and Free Office Suite

By Stephen Bucaro

Open Office is a free open-source office suite that not
only competes with Microsoft Office, but can open and save
Microsoft Office file formats. It was created using code
developed by Sun Microsystems for their Star Office product.
Open Office includes a word processor, spreadsheet,
presentation manager, drawing application and several
other applications. There are versions for Windows, Linux,
Mac, and Solaris.

Open Office is easy to use because the interface is
similar to other office suites. Naturally, the first thing
I had to try was the drawing program. Within seconds I was
able to create 3D textured text and complex textured 3D
objects.

Why switch to Open Office? Because now is the time to free
yourself from Microsoft’s Monopoly. If you are not prepared
to jump right to Linux, Open Office makes a good transition.
You can work with Microsoft Office file formats in Open
Office. Then when you switch to the Linux, you can continue
to work with Microsoft Office file formats in Open Office.

At the OpenOffice.org website, www.openoffice.org, there
are links to download version 1.0, and version 1.1 beta2.
Version 1.1 adds PDF and Macromedia Flash export; DockBook,
PDA offic-file formats, and flat XML and XHTML.

When you click on the link to download a version for your
operating system, you are taken to a chart of FTP servers
hosting the download. For example, if you are located in
the USA you would click on the Indiana U link.

If your operating system is Windows, you download a 60 MB
zip file. With a 56K modem, it might take three hours to
download. You’ll need a zip file extraction utility to
uncompress the download. The most popular zip file
extractor for Windows is WinZip. You can download the
WinZip trial version from www.winzip.com

The Linux version comes in a 70 MB “tarball”. With Linux,
you can open a terminal window and use the “tar” command
to uncompress the download. Both versions come with an
easy to use setup program. If installing on a multi-user
system, like Windows 2000 or Linux, make sure you are
logged in with Administrator rights before you install
the program.

During installation, Open Office may inform you that it
can’t find a Java runtime environment. Certain features
require a Java Runtime environment to function. I don’t
know what features those are (not the 3D textured graphics)
You could go to Suns Java Website, java.sun.com, to
download and install the Java Runtime environment before
you install Open Office.

You can continue to work with Microsoft Office file
formats without the excessive cost and frequent crashes.
Open Office is easy to use and you can even create 3D
textured text and complex textured 3D objects. Download
this powerful and free open-source office suite today.
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E-PUBLISHING BENEFITS WRITERS AND ARTISTS

Just like all other aspects of life, the digital revolution has taken on the world of publishing also. With digital publishing coming to the fore, the publishing world has undergone several fundamental changes. Earlier, publishing was strictly related to paper. However, now paperless publishing or electronic publishing is gaining more prominence. Electronic publishing or ‘e-publishing in which books, journals and magazine are being produced and stored electronically rather than in print. These publications have all qualities of the normal publishing like the use of colours, graphics, and images and are much convenient also. Electronic publishing empowers all writers in way that no technology has ever done before. Whatever you write— fiction, poetry, news, how-to books or business documents— there are exciting things happening that will directly effect how you write and distribute work.

The digital revolution has not just benefit writers alone, but has also revolutionized the works of the artists, photographers, and other creative person. There are already hundreds of thousands of books and journals published in the digital format and their number is rising every day. People are looking at electronic publishing optimistically as it is going to play a pivotal role in the modern world of e-commerce. Electronic publications may be produced in a variety of formats, including online, on the disk or CD-ROM, as a fire that can be downloaded or transmitted via e-mail or as a file that that can be downloaded to a hand-held electronic reader or a similar device. Many e-publishers offer books in several of these formats. E-publishers produce and distribute new books, which are appearing for the first time and many only appear in electronic formats (though some may also be produced in a “books on demand” format as well).

Thus, e-publishing does not include the following type of electronic books production: providing electronic text versions of previously published works (such as classic literature, non-copyrighted material, or works that have entered the public domain), either online or on CD-ROM, offering on an electronic version of a book that is simultaneously being produced on print. In this case, the book would be considered a print publication, and the electronic edition would be considered a subsidiary form of publication. Electronic publishing is relatively a new concept, but offer a lot of opportunity to creative person, both for self-employment and regular jobs. The best part of this career is that since, every-thing has to be done on compute; those telecommuting can also pursue this career. These are many publishers, sites, and news wires, who want people to work from their home. The demand for such person in electronic publishing is more in B2V (business to business) portals where there are good revenues also.

As per a report, online services are worth $ 1053 million of the$ 8.1 billion business-to= business sector total and continue to expand. Therefore there lie many opportunities in a new media career within the business- to business arena with tremendous opportunities for growth. Moreover since the revenues from internet advertising are also on rise especially in the B2b sector, self employment in electronic publishing may also prove beneficial. According to the US bureau of labour ‘statistics’ occupational outlook hand-book ‘employment of desktop/ electronic publishing specialist is expected to grow average”. In fact, the outlook lists desktop publishing specialist as one of the 10 fasted growing occupations in the nation, with a 73 percent increase in the number of positions expected between 1998 to2008.

Contrary to other popular career for pursuing career in electronic publishing, you do not need any special degree or certificate as this career is absolutely based on a person’s own capabilities. But, degree or diploma in journalism or creative writing or a degree or diploma in web publishing can offer a decent platform to launch career in electronic publishing. However, if you wish to have that cutting edge in this career there are several courses available abroad both full-time and through distance learning for pursuing a career in electronic publishing.

There are many courses available on this fast track career, which can offer good opportunities in the field of electronic publishing. However for existing professionals in the field of electronic publishing, the career opportunities are even brighter as you can do a lot of work on freelance basic. There are many portals, which invite people to write the reviews of the services and product and mostly the professionals in electronic publishing deal with this job. Further, since conventional publishing involves a lot of money and also infrastructure, thus the professionals in this field would find electronic publishing an exciting opportunity to become publisher themselves as it neither does not involve big costs nor does it require huge infrastructure. Furthermore, there is a death of such professionals in the field of news wires and other online electronic publications all over the world. This concept is fast becoming popular in India also as a lots of online publications are coming in and thus day is not far when this career will also become a prominent career for professionals as will as other creative persons.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Pawan Bangar,
Technical Director ,
Birbals,
India

(Montreal) April 5, 2005 - After trumpeting the release of its long-awaited live video chat solution upgrade, 2much.net has announced its delay - due to high sales.

Since the LiveCamNetwork 1.9 was launched in November 2003, the number of sites powered by the software have grown more than 900%, according to company spokesman Greg Jones.

The main reason for this success appears to be the MBase model-sharing feature the upgrade introduced.

“Prior to 1.9, we sold you a website where you had to sign up your own performers and get your own traffic,” 2much owner Mark Prince explained. “With 1.9, everyone could and did share out their models to the MBase. This means that a new webmaster doesn’t have to wait to have his own. The second his site is online, he can use his administrative interface to see who’s available to pick and click and enable the models of his choice to appear on his site.”

The operator could then charge his visitors 4.99$ a minute or more to his site visitors to chat with the hostesses. The money is split between the site the visitor is on and the site the model originates from.

“On top of that, a site with models but who may not have much traffic because it just went online can share out those models to the MBase - resulting in them getting traffic to their chat rooms and making sales until their webmaster acquires traffic to the site directly,” said Prince.

The internal network concept worked well enough to result in a webmaster BBS being created for site owners to communicate via the administration interface.

“Just to keep up communications between the various active webmasters,” Prince explained. “So they could announce that they have a new performer, or that another performer may not have been in her room when a client entered, and so on. It’s another free tool we added to the system.”

Site SEO and online presence was also increased after Media & Communications manager Greg Jones gave the site and its network a going over. “The result was that many non-industry people heard about the software,” said Jones. “Quite a few regular mainstream guys and girls have acquired a system as their introduction to the internet.”

Non-adult entrepreneurs were apparently more open to a new business and technology model, according to Jones, which is basically the concept of independantly operated live video chat sites.

New owners and operators found they needed no programming knowledge to engage and manage their online business. All they needed was the acquisition of traffic, and an abiltiy to learn online management and networking for advertising.

The next version of LiveCamNetwork, or LCN V2.0, will continue its trend of development by incorporating the suggested changes and new ideas all these webmasters and entrepreneurs have suggested.

“We had no idea this was going to be the success it has become,” Prince said. “Had we known we could have stopped selling 1.9 to work on 2.0, or just not announce the upgrade so soon.”

The company has had to focus on maintenance, security and support over the last six months of the 1.9 release, and this has prevented ongoing testing and implementation of 2.0

“But this is all for the better,” Jones stated. “This way we’ll have a hell of a network ready for the upgrade, which will feature customized niched model selection and advertising possibilities, more models, and more fun on the front end for the visitors. V2.0 is coming, it’s just going to be better than if we’d released it last month.”

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About the Author

Zombay writes for iSN News as well as doing SEO for a variety of sites.

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