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The Dot Com Woman. Vol. 5, Issue 26

 

The Official Ezine of 'Dot Com Women'
EVEolution On Web


09.03.2007
 

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Editor's Note

Fall will be here soon and one of the best ways to enjoy late summer is to spend time in the garden. Very soon, we will fill you up with the best tips for Fall and Winter gardening but till then, enjoy your beautiful garden while summer lasts. Another good thing to do right now is plan your home improvements for fall after which you could go in for some good organizing strategies to ready your home for the holidays.

And for those who own businesses, there couldn't be a better time to plan your holiday business strategies. We have a nice article featured on low-cost marketing strategies for small businesses and you might also want to take a look at the holiday advertising opportunities we have for you.

 


Contents:
1. What's Hot at DCW

  • Caring for Your Flower Garden

  • 20 Effective Tips to Organize Your Home

  • Turn Stress into Positive Energy

  • Remedies for Diaper Rash

2. Business & Entertainment

  • Holiday Advertising Opportunities

  • HOME BUSINESS - Low Cost Web Site Promotion

  • Recipes - Coconut Sambal

  • Health - 7 Diet Secrets of the Stars

  • Back to School - After School Reading Activities

3. Useful Info


  What's HOT at DCW Website DOT COM WOMAN OF THE MONTH

 Caring for Your Flower Garden
Our readers worldwide have shared with us their favorite flower gardening tips. These easy, yet practical tips will ensure a pretty flower garden that remains colorful throughout the year.

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Interview with Mary Cox Bilz
Quadriplegic Author & Mouth Artist

Interview with Mary Cox BilzUnable to use her hands to type, because of a birth defect, Mary’s proficiency at the use of a mouthstick empowers the writer to pour out her spirit on the computer keyboard.

Mary is also an accomplished mouth-artist. her inspirational greeting card line, art prints, and books can be viewed on her website and are available at local bookstores.

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 20 Effective Tips to Organize Your Home
Things run more efficiently in an organized home. People can locate things they're looking for. A home free of clutter not only operates more efficiently, it looks better, too! Here are 20 tips to help you organize your home.

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 Turn Stress into Positive Energy
Managing stress differs from person to person because of individual’s perception of what is stressful. It can, however, be cured by changing your habits, lifestyle and even perception towards life. Here are some activities or things you can do in eliminating negative energy/ stress.

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Remedies for Diaper Rash
Diaper rash is one of the issues that you will have to deal with as a new parent, especially during warmer months. Diaper rash is usually caused by heat, moisture, and skin sensitivity. To treat diaper rash you need to know what is causing the rash and some remedies.

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Business & Entertainment

 

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HOME BUSINESS

Low Cost Web Site Promotion

Anybody could own a web site. Anybody could up sell their own products and services to their target audience. Anyone could try to promote their web site with a low cost. But there are not many web sites that have a truly successful web site with traffic all day through. What these individuals or companies lack is the most essential factor of success – a low cost web site promotion that really works.

If you have been trying to promote your own web site and you have received traffic every hour, my hands are down for you. But for those people who need assistance, who does not have the patience to promote their own product and services, and lacks knowledge to properly advertise themselves, here are some guidelines to help you achieve success with a low cost web site promotion.

Search Engine Submission and Ranking are the two basic parts to a low cost web site promotion. Both of the parts have the same effect on the market of the web site – for your products and services presented in your web site catches the people’s attention.

The first inexpensive method of web site promotion is the search engine submission. This first part is the act filing information and submitting your web site to search engines. There are two types of Search engine submission – manual and automatic. For a low cost and effective web site promotion, automatic submission is ideal because after filling up the information, a software program would forward this information to other search engines.

The second money-saving web site promotion is ranking. This refers to the numerical position in which your web site appears on a search engine, based upon the web site’s criteria. Some search engines rank the order in which your search results appear primarily by how many other web sites link to each page. The leading web sites on this order would eventually fulfill a low cost web site promotion.

Other types of inexpensive web site promotion you could use to boost up traffic on your web site are banner advertising, classified ads, text links and section sponsorship. Banner advertisements pop up above and below web pages, and sometimes in another window. Text links and section sponsorship may cost more, but these methods helps in promoting to your specified target audience. It wouldn’t harm your web site to try these methods.

Always remember that the effects of your not so costly web site promotion hits are increasing significantly each day. Don’t waste time; find an effective and affordable web site promotion of your choice today.

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RECIPES

Coconut Sambal

1 medium sized onion
150g finely grated fresh coconut
5 teaspoons lemon juice
1 level teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon chili powder

This recipe originally from Sri Lanka makes a wonderful accompaniment to almost any curry. It should be served chilled which makes a nice contrast to the hot curry. It is meant to be quite spicy and a little of it goes a long way but you can cut down on the chili powder if you want it a bit more tame.

First peel the onion then grate it quite finely into a mixing bowl.
Add the grated coconut and combine it well with the onion.
Now add the rest of the ingredients and blend them in thoroughly if you possess a liquidizer or food processor that will do the job beautifully.
Cover the bowl with foil or clingfilm then chill the sambal in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
Transfer to a serving bowl so that everyone can help themselves.

Serves 6-8 as an accompaniment.


HEALTH

7 Diet Secrets of the Stars

Celebrities always look fabulous. Whether appearing in television or films or strutting down the red carpet during movie premiers and awards, they never cease to fascinate us with their larger than life presence. The truth is, it takes a lot of effort to look the way they do, and being the public figures that they are, they cannot afford to slack off when it comes to taking care of their physical appearances. Their livelihood largely depends on how they look. Aside from the clothes, the hair and the makeup, celebrities have to take good care of their bodies.

So it is no surprise that these stars have their own secrets when it comes to staying fit and gorgeous. Their health agenda can range from extreme workouts to well-planned meals. Who doesn't want to know their secrets in staying absolutely sexy? Here are some of the diet secrets of seven women celebrities.

1. Jennifer Aniston
The star of the phenomenal television show Friends not only mesmerized audiences with her adorable comic sense and her famous hairstyle, she was also known for having one of the sexiest bodies in Hollywood, as she appeared in countless magazine covers. To stay trim, Jennifer follows the 40:30:30 diet method. The diet consists of:

40% Low glycemic carbohydrates
-Foods such as beans, fruits and vegetables, legumes

30% lean proteins
-Tofu, fish, chicken, turkey, beef and low fat dairy products

30% essential fats
-nuts and seeds, fish and olive oils

It is essential that every meal should contain macronutrients to attain the balance of hormones and maximum weight loss.

2. Kate Hudson
The gorgeous daughter of actress Goldie Hawn gained 60 pounds during her pregnancy, which she needed to shed quickly before commencing on her next film. From her previous eating plan, she switched to a higher protein diet. She consumed high protein meals in smaller portions, and she combined this diet with an exercise program that includes weight training and cardiovascular workouts. After getting a lot of flak because of her post-pregnancy figure, Kate removed all that baby weight in only four months and has gained abdominal muscles that gained the envy of many in Hollywood.

3. Oprah Winfrey
As one of the most successful talk-show hosts in the world, there is no question that Oprah needs to maintain her physical appearance for her millions of audiences. Known as one of those celebrities who are constantly battling weight gain, she has recently toned up her figure and has never looked figure in age 50 by combining a regular exercise regime and diet plan. Oprah works out five days a week, spending 30 minutes on the threadmill and doing free weights. Her eating plan consists of legumes, fish, nuts, fruits and vegetables, chicken and dairy products that are lowfat. She limits her consumption of white sugar and flour. Oprah also credits her trim figure to her habit of not eating anything after seven in the evening.

4. Gwyneth Paltrow
A lot of people may find it hard to believe that the perpetually slim Academy award-winning actress actually needs to diet. Gwyneth actually follows a healthy eating plan that resembles Oprah's, avoiding sugar and white flour. She usually follows a macrobiotic diet, eating foods like vegetables, brown rice, and lean meat. She also eliminated dairy from her diet, and does yoga everyday.

5. Madonna
The pop star known as the Material Girl has always flaunted a body that is to die for, and has become a true fitness paragon over the years. She keeps herself in tip-top shape by having Ashtanga Yoga, and follows a strict diet that mostly shuns junk foods. She adopted a macrobiotic eating plan that includes organic foods rich in lean protein.

6. Claudia Schiffer
The bodacious German supermodel eats salad and steamed vegetables for dinner and eats only fruits before the afternoon. While on locations, she prefers to eat black grapes and drinks tomato juice and herbal tea.

7. Christie Brinkley
Long-time supermodel maintains her all-American good looks by being a vegetarian. She does not keep junk foods of any kind inside her home to make sure that she does not eat them when cravings occur. She snacks on sweet potatoes in place of candy bars, and she adopts a liquid juice diet when she needs to slim down fast.

Celebrities are just like ordinary people. They need to maintain their figures just like anyone else, and there is more pressure on their part since they are constantly in the public eye. Ordinary folks can have celebrity-like bodies, too, and by following these diet and fitness plans, they can also look like red-carpet worthy.

For more weight loss and diet secrets, visit http://www.SureshotWeightloss.com

 


BACK TO SCHOOL

After School Reading Activities

In a world that is slowly but surely turning away from books and getting glued to monitors or television screens, the importance of developing a passion for reading cannot be overlooked. Reading is a habit and should be established when the child is relatively young. What can you do to foster this habit?

Enroll your child for reading classes:

There are many well structured after school reading classes that aim to draw the children to books. They help kids with diction, idioms and phrases. For young children, these classes can be fun with animated characters and pictures. Illustrated picture books, rhymes, silly songs and pretend stories all attract the young child. Use creativity to capture the child's vivid imagination.

Pique your child's interest:

If your child has a favorite character, pick a series of books that features this character. For my son, it was Spiderman. Thanks to friendly neighborhood spidey, my son latched on to comics fairly early in his childhood.

Build a home-library:

A skill like reading cannot be learnt in isolation. Do not leave all the hard work to the after school program. Pick up books that you think your child will like. The Internet is also a rich resource of reading games that will attract little children to the fine art of reading.

For more Back to School Ideas and Advice for Parents, visit http://www.itsschooltime.com.

 


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C' Ya next week,
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'The Dot Com Woman' Ezine is published by Lata Tokhi, Editor & Contributing Author.

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