New Years Trial- Exercise More or Move More

Ok here it is first new suggestion of the year from me…

One of the top New Years resolutions people have is to loose weight, and they hope to do this by using two methods, and sometimes in conjunction:

  1. Eat differently
  2. Exercise

Another post I’ll talk about eating differently, for this one I’ll discuss exercise.

Warning: If you plan to go for 2-3 hours to the gym right away with little to no previous exercising, then STOP NOW! If you don’t gradually work up to 30 to 60 minutes of exercise then you will win a Expenses paid trip to the Lazy Boy recliner in your living room.

Lazy Boy recliner

Step One- Plan & Commit to Your Plan

Using the steps below start an exercise plan gradually to avoid injury and to not “Fall off the Wagon.” I would at times decide to do a 5K race and not start training until two weeks before the race. I did OK at the race, but I managed to hurt myslef in the process and could have done better. Write down the plan, post it on your refrigerator, in your car and by your computer at work to remind yourself of your plan. Now Commit to the Plan!, be positive and know that you can do this.

Step Two- Start Small

Lets start simple to avoid injury and show that simple changes can really do alot. Drive to work or to the shopping mall and intentionally try to get a spot far from the door to the building. (This is opposed to waiting five minutes for the closest spot.) This extra little walk is a start. Next if where you work is below five stories (not the total height, just the floor you work on), take the stairs instead of the elevator to get up to your office. If you have to go down for lunch, to get something from your car or any other reason, take the stairs down.

Next is the importance of drinking water. The proper amount of water will keep you healthy and when you urinate it should be clear not yellow. This will cause you to get up more often to get water and go to the bathroom (more steps). Don’t forget to check your office mailbox for any mail. The more steps the better and its Simple.

One of my next posts will cover the other steps to Exercise Success. Stay Tuned

Get Fit Slowly,

Sam Carrara

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New Years Trial- Start Early on Resolutions

Greetings one and all,

Have you started on your New Years resolutions for 2008 yet? Here’s a short list to get started:

  1. Eat more or less Ice Cream
  2. Watch more or less Television
  3. Love your family more
  4. Make more money
  5. What else…..

Tell me what you plan by leaving a comment. For more ideas try:

http://www.suburbanoblivion.com/2007/12/29/obligatory-resolutions-post/

Get ready for the New Year,

Sam Carrara

p.s. Watch my posts as I plan to be more regular in posting with some juicy tidbits to help you out.

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Should We be Paying Top Partners by Check or Paypal?

After looking at multiple ways to pay hard working affiliates, I’ve come up with some short tips and but end up with a question:

Paypal is easy because it is electronic, but you are limited to sending $15,000 per day and you can’t pass a message along with it to promote new product competitions, discount codes, etc.

Check takes a little time and costs postage also. You could produce a separate promotions newsletter to go with it, but that takes time to put the whole package together and making sure you log the check in the affiliate software.

Is there an Affiliate Software out there that allows you to send checks, can update the checks automatically and can print a short newsletter on it at the same time? It can be a combination of software, but works with the minimum amount of effort. An example of what the check would look like is below:
Business Affiliate Check Idea

Take care of your Affiliates,
Sam Carrara

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Bobcats Basketball- Domain Name Money

Charlotte Bobcats Logo What’s a Bobcat’s Basketball Management to do when your team needs help and nobody comes to the games??

“Lets create news by getting a new website name!! But, lets offer bottom dollar for it, that will make news!!”

How much do you think the owner of Bobcats.com got??? $50,000 is all for a seven character commonly known name… Continue reading

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Importance of Alexa Ranking Improvement

Why would an Alexa Ranking be important to me? And is it important to both a Marketer and an Advertiser?

I have watched this site go from about a six million (6,000,000) ranking to six hundred thousand (600,000) and back to two million (2,000,000) just based on how often I post. For those of you that are new to Alexa Rankings, the lower the number the better. The current top 10 list as of this post is:

  1. Yahoo.com Continue reading
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