Month: February 2016

Never Give Up

Never Give Up

Life can be very challenging at times, following our move to the UK from tropical climes we have had to to face up to higher prices and colder weather. Lucky for us this winter has been milder than normal. We realised from the start that we needed extra income. Jasmin my wife found some cleaning jobs to build an additional income stream , however it was at a cost. Lots of driving early morning and late nights for minimum wages. I spent six months applying for many jobs, filling in many forms and hearing nothing. What has happened to the country, it does not take much effort to send out a reply say sorry you have not been successful in this technological age.

Go Ape Zipline

The next problem is the zero contract hours usually run by agencies where you are registered on the books of an agency, you then rely on the agency to find you work. Both my wife and myself spent a few hundred pounds getting certified documentation such as Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) checks for working with vulnerable people. Jasmin attended a week of care work training at her own expense and then never heard any thing more. My own teaching agency rarely contacts me and has never offered me work.

No replies to job applications are one thing but, if you are lucky enough to be selected for interview there are employers who still fail to advise you if you are unsuccessful.

With this kind of scenarios it is no wonder that people become disolutioned.

As last year drew to a close, we took stock of our situation and wrote out our new year resolution, publishing on a group page for anyone to see, this simple action help focussing on goals and from time to down when spirits are low, we have found it refocussed our minds and effort.

I decided that in view of the poor response to job applications, due possibly to my age, although Agism is banned in the UK, I would stop applying for jobs and would instead concentrate on building my own online business with MarketHive at the end of February.

The middle of February approached and my thoughts and actions started to change as I prepared to return to full-time online marketing and then the breakthrough on 17th February:-

Do you feel as strongly as we do about living life adventurously? Then Go Ape could be for you!

I Just love adventure it been in my blood for the past 15 years and is the reason I took early retirement and became an adventure racer!, my last job in my favoured sport was teaching sailing 8 months previously and this one although land based offered the chance to help people to enjoy outdoor challenges in safety.

This is my calling, my prayers have been answered.

Four days later I was requested to attend an interview/practical assessment. 7 fellow applicants on the half day assessment aged 17-30 all younger than my own children.

To start off we had to introduce ourselves speaking for two minutes and I was surprised that most found this hard, this was where their age was against them. As I got onto adventure racing, I asked them to stop me when they had heard enough.

We split into two groups for a team task, the result was our group would probably survive the other would probable not survive

The stakes were high on the physical test a climb UP a zipline, I was in the last two the youngest and the oldest, all our predecessors had completed the task. Being the gentleman I took the the slightly higher line which reduced my starting run up and we were off. My feet left the ground early and as the momentum from my run slowed it was hand over hand with my arms keeping a steady rhythm I pulled past the girl and as angel steepened approach the landing platform arms started to fail, I turn around to see if going forward was better, not really so turned backwards once again, so near I am not giving up, Stop hold on rest a little regain composure, climb again, burn in arms platform there, not quite last effort. Clip on safety lines . Success. The final task disconnect the pulley system, now the higher line presented a problem as I was already standing on tip tow and needed to jump to be able to release the karibeener. A few attempts were required with a little help from an instructor, a bang in the face, I was off. Time to encourage the girl who was now on the steepest part and was stalled ready to give up and no amount of encouragement would change her mind she gave up and returned down the zip. Final task attach to zip line and return to start, pleased to complete in style landing on my feet.

Final task one on one interview, felt confident, a very good company to work for even thuogh I had never heard of them

Was a little surprised but happy the following day to be accepted, and immediately set about raising my fitness level after an inactive winter.

This is why I will never give up 

be prepared to do whatever it takes and more

David Ogden
Helping people to help themselves

David

A Beginner’s Guide To Learning Mobile Marketing

If you're thinking about getting into mobile marketing but aren't sure how, then look no further. This article is geared towards informing you of some valuable tips about how to succeed with mobile marketing. Remember that these tips are only going to benefit you if you read this article thoroughly and digest the information.

Make sure that your emails are mobile device friendly. An increasing number of customers are reading emails only on their mobile devices. If your emails are not mobile friendly, they might never be seen by a significant portion of your clients. This means that valuable advertising dollars are wasted, and your campaign will not be successful.

Do your best to target your message to fit the needs of the people that you are sending it to. If you are sending out a message about one thing that that person is not interested in, there is a great chance that they will not take the time to read your future messages.

Be very aware of the market conditions around you when involved in mobile marketing. If anything changes that you're not absolutely prepared for, you can easily be left behind and lose a lot of business. The internet is constantly changing, especially the still-evolving mobile leg of it. Always stay prepared for change.

Keep your mobile marketing messages short and sweet. Although many cell phone and smartphone users are signed up with plans that offer unlimited data transfers, not everyone has this luxury. If your ad consumes a great deal of their monthly allotment of data, chances are good that your efforts will go unappreciated and even resented.

If your mobile marketing campaign includes multiple images and pages, it is best to keep the file sizes very small. Many cell phones and smartphone plans have limitations on broadband access and transfer speeds. If your message takes too long to load or consumes too much bandwidth, the customer is likely to abandon it.

Make your messages relevant. This is the most important aspect of mobile marketing. A text message can be very personal and it interrupts someone no matter what they are in the middle of doing. Avoid re-purposing an e-mail. Your text message should be short and very relevant to the audience whom you are sending them out to.

Balance your mobile marketing within an integrated media strategy. Mobile marketing alone will not take your brand to the next level. Neither will direct mail or internet marketing alone. You need to develop a multi-channel strategy that works in harmony with each other to really tell the story of your brand. If you feel your mobile marketing strategy is acting on its own, now is the time to bring it into your larger marketing strategy.

Hopefully this article has given you some ideas to use when creating your own mobile marketing campaign. The information you have learned from this article will only be useful if it is applied. Incorporate your new knowledge into your mobile marketing strategies, and watch your success grow.

Thank you,

Ida Mae Boyd
Skype me at imboyd681
Please include in the Skype Contact message “Market Hive”

P.S.

Check out the MarketHive:

The MarketHive consist of Free Inbound Marketing Tools and it is a social network for entrepreneur.
By signing up you will become a member with me in the MarketHive Social Network for Entrepreneurs.
The following video that explains it all to you.





You can sign up for a Free MarketHive account at

https://markethive.com/marketingwithida




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ATTENTION – Makes Inbound Marketing Better
	


	
	
	

		
So this is basically what inbound marketing is all about. It's about letting your prospects find you rather than broadcasting your marketing message to the masses hoping it reaches a prospective customer (as in traditional outbound marketing). So far so good.


Now, how do they find me and why?


I'll publish the right content in the right place at the right time, my marketing will become relevant and helpful to my customers and it will not interrupt. Great intent, right?


I'll create targeted content that answers prospects' and customers' basic questions and needs, then share that content far and wide.


This is good.


I'll use SEO, I'm pretty good at that, is that In-bound Marketing? No it is not. SEO is a tactic, inbound marketing is a strategy. Social strategies are developed with the Markethive tools.


Markethive is In-bound Marketing. It has the tools to communicate through multiple channels simultaneously. SEO is a single channel. You can do in-bound marketing without SEO.


Inbound marketing is really Organic Earned Marketing.


The content you create and publish will over time organically earn you the marketplace you target.


As entrepreneurs using Markethive we see inbound marketing a little differently, we see it as social things we can do on web that earn traffic and attention, without directly costing any money.


Inbound marketing is all about earning attention and love.


There is no single way to do inbound marketing, and it's not about being everywhere. Your goal should not be to have a presence on all channels but to really be present on the channels where your audience exists.


So, how do I get anyone in my audience to pay attention to me and my message?


Brand building.


Inbound marketing helps with brand building and having a good brand helps with inbound marketing.


The best way to build a brand is to be truly remarkable, recognizable and authentic, and to provide the world the the answer to the question “Why”.


But does being truly remarkable, recognizable and authentic and having great content always get enough attention? Not always and usually not enough.


What about attention?


Consumers have a tendency to pay attention only to messages that address a need or interest or are consistent with the consumer’s attitudes, opinions, and beliefs, a selective attention.


Why does Attention become “Selective”?


It has been estimated that the average person may be exposed to over 1,500 ads or brand communications a day. Because a person cannot possibly attend to this amount of information (content) flow, a process called selective attention is used to filter the information, some information gets screened out.


Selective attention means that marketers have to work hard to attract consumers notice. The real challenge is to explain what stimulates people, what will they notice. Here are some findings:


    

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    People are more likely to notice information that relates to a current need. A person who is motivated to buy a computer will notice computer ads; he or she will be less likely to notice DVD ads.
    

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    People are more likely to notice information that they anticipate. You are more likely to notice computers than radios in a computer store because you do not expect the store to carry radios.
    

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    People are more likely to be stimulated when deviations are large in relation to the normal size of the stimulation. You are more likely to notice an ad offering $100 off the list price of a computer than one offering $5 off.
    

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Although people filter out much of the surrounding advertising, you can get favorable attention by contacting your community with unexpected social invitations with appropriate information.


Use Social Publishing to get noticed.


Successful inbound strategies are all about remarkable content – and social publishing allows you to share that valuable information on the social web, engage with your prospects, and put a human face on your brand.


Write and publish, be truly remarkable, recognizable and authentic and interact on the networks where your ideal buyers spend their time.


Be Remarkable, get attention, let people know your story, earn a reputation, inbound marketing is really Organically Earned.



 




David

	


	





	

		
		
Get Inbound Marketing Tools at the lowest Price
	


	
	
	

		


First let me state that Internet Marketing Tools are now defined as Inbound Marketing Tools.


Who doesn't want inexpensive Inbound Marketing Tools that work? In this day and age when advertising your business online is must. It is also a must that you get these tools at the lowest possible price.


You may ask, how can I get them? Please read on to find out.


MarketHive 


The MarketHive Inbound Marketing System is priced at a reasonable price (free) as compared to other Inbound Platforms from medium to large businesses that cost around $72,000 per year on average.


Unlike any of the other Inbound Marketing (automated marketing) platforms, the MarketHive is a vertical Social Network design for and by Entrepreneurs.


The following 31 minute video will give you a cost comparison between some of the top Inbound Marketing systems.






Click here if you would like to register for a free Inbound MarketHive System


Thank you,


Ida Mae Boyd

MarketHive Alpha Founder

Skype me at imboyd681

Please include in the Skype Contact message "Market Hive"




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Inbound Marketing Systems Compared
	


	
	
	

		




The MarketHive Inbound Marketing is priced at a reasonable price (free) as compared to other Inbound Platforms for medium to large businesses that cost around $72,000 per year on average.


Unlike any of the other Inbound Marketing (automated marketing) platforms, MarketHive is a vertical Social Network design for and by Entrepreneurs.


Free trial by invite only.


The following 31 minute video will give you a cost comparison between some of the top Inbound Marketing systems.




Free trial by invite only






Click here if you would like to register for a Free MarketHive System


Thank you,


Ida Mae Boyd

MarketHive Alpha Founder

Skype me at imboyd681

Please include in the Skype Contact message “Market Hive”


David

	


	





	

		
		
Inbound Marketing
	


	
	
	

		
    Inbound Marketing


Do you know that if you have  a inbound marketing system it virtually guarantees success of your business, provided you pay attention to how you use it. There are so many ways to communicate with potential clients these days, you will always find something that will work for you. A lot of inbound marketing systems are automated, but you must never forget that your leads will respond better if you speak with them. Human Intervention is important for success.


Inbound Marketin


I am a member of MarketHive which is a free for life marketing system offering a suite of essential tools fully integrated into a social media site, designed from the bottom to get your message across to potential clients.


I believe in the system which has been enhanced so as to offer serious marketers the opportunity not only to promote their own business but also a way of sharing in the advertising revenue of the system, with a pathway of optional upgrades levels marking levels of achievement  and providing  additional affiliate income.


Some people who own marketing systems tend to be attracted to the idea of passive marketing, it sounds good. Money for doing nothing. But to be honest, a lot more money can be earnt by taking an active role,  encouraging and demonstrating to your leads, how to set-up the system to suit what they want to do.


Your leads need to be nurtured just like a parent nurture their children as they develop and learn about life and it is the same with MarketHive. The members you personally introduce  are referred to as your children and you should support them. Additional support is provided from other members, plus a support team.


According to Jake Newfield Vice President of Business Development at Alumnify, Author of A Cloud in the Sky, Writer for Elite Daily & Tech.co

2016 signifies a new era of marketing. Customers are changing, and as marketers we need to change along with them. Traditional outbound marketing campaigns like cold emails, cold calls, snail mail, and trade shows are not as effective as they once were several years ago. Consumers are now bombarded constantly by ads, information, and other messages from marketers trying to sell them, and they have become jaded. An outbound campaign no longer packs the same level of effectiveness as it once did. Thus, to reach our consumers it will require a strategic, well-planned inbound campaign to stand out from the competition and get noticed. If we embrace it, this change can be good; it can create more opportunities and expand out client base. Inbound marketing offers a refreshing variety of new, effective techniques that can enable us to see unprecedented growth. However, if we fail to embrace this adjustment of customer acquisition, our business' growth can be stunted. Inbound marketing will be king in 2016, and success will largely be dependent on a company's ability to perform with it.


Now you know that inbound marketing is going to be important for success, you need to consider your options. What is going to work for you and how much are you prepared to pay. Prices vary from  free to thousands of pounds a month, if you need help I suggest you watch this 30 minute video.






David Ogden

http://markethive.com/david-ogden

Helping people to  help themselves




David

	


	





	

		
		
Why is Green Fire Engineered Reclamation
	


	
	
	

		
Here is the problem we are addressing.


Open Dumpsites


Open Dumpsites are a global problem. There are approximately 350 recognized open dump sites globally. They receive roughly 40% of the world’s waste and they serve about 3.5 – 4 billion people. That's half of the world's population.


The 50 biggest dumpsites directly affect the daily lives of 64 million people, a population the size of France, and indirectly affect half the worlds population


There have been and still are international calls for solutions to solve this escalating global health emergency. Green Fire has the solution.


While the risk of disease and illness to millions of people living in the immediate vicinity of open dumpsites is cause for concern in its own right, the impact of the gases and toxins being released into the atmosphere by burning the waste has global consequences.


Our intent is to achieve a coordinated response to the issue through a global alliance of organizations capable of delivering real change. Unless we do, the problem will exponentially accelerate as the global population increases


We are Green Fire


Green Fire is a passionate multi-disciplinary organization specializing in carefully engineered waste Remediation and Reclamation.


A number of years ago our group came together with a focus on developing ways of economically resolving the global epidemic of health risks facing society from waste. The result is Green fire Engineered Reclamation.


Green Fire Engineered Reclamation is an engineering company, made up of entrepreneurs, engineers, scientists and academic experts focused on the world's waste problem initially the open landfills.


We pride ourselves on our ability as a collective group to integrate all appropriate technologies, Green Fire's as well as third party technologies. We integrate technologies to build the best possible solution for the landfill and the local community.


We are focused on landfill mining.. With our technologies we are able to reclaim and re-purpose landfill real-estate by first removing the raw and useful materials from what has been rejected and secondly generating power from the remainder leaving only inert material to be used for manufacturing.


What we do is process the waste through the “application of heat.”


Green Fire has a patented technology several years in development and with several million dollars invested.. It is now ready to be taken into useful production.


The Green Fire Technology is an efficient electrochemical system powered by electricity that produces an intense field of radiant energy, a plasma, that causes the breaking apart of the molecular bonds of solid, liquid and gaseous compounds of materials both hazardous and nonhazardous.


With the Green Fire system, waste materials are prepared and fed into a first phase gasification chamber that operates at temperatures of approximately 1,500 degrees Fahrenheit.


The heat of the first stage plasma gasifier transforms the organic (carbon-based) materials into an ultra-clean, synthetic gas, called syngas. The clean syngas is then converted into transportation fuels such as ethanol and diesel, or industrial products like hydrogen and methanol. The syngas is used as a substitute for natural gas for heating and is used for electricity generation.


After the first phase, the waste materials flow into a second closed chamber where they are superheated to temperatures between 10,000 and 20,000 degrees Fahrenheit using an electricity – conducting gas called plasma.


In this secondary stage of the Green Fire process, inorganic (non-carbon-based) materials are transformed into environmentally inert raw materials.


That brings us to the recovered materials


These inert recovered materials will be re-purposed to enhance the local communities with appropriate technologies that include 3D Printing for site specific manufacturing and fabrication. The ultimate focus is creating a local manufacturing business for the betterment of community commerce.


Green Fire will provide the education and training, to local qualified individuals and professionals. All education provided will be supported by a mentoring program until a comfort level for independent operations has been reached at which point support and oversight will be minimizes to an as needed basis.


We build small low cost villages with our processes and materials. We provide designs to manufacture low cost housing for the local village.


We estimate that in most cases that 3D printing will best serve this process but it will be site specific based on the resources available.


Our villages are designed for a population range from of 50 to 150 individuals, although some are smaller, and larger villages of up to 2,000 individuals can exist as networks of smaller sub-communities.


These villages are provided electricity, fuels and clean water utilities as well as training and communication systems from Green Fire operations.


Green Fire Villages


Green Fire Villages are intentional villages whose goal is to become completely autonomous and more socially, economically and environmentally safe.


Who populates these initial villages?


Green Fire staff and employees, but most importantly the Landfill Pickers, and additional community support personnel such as medical, and emergency staff.


It is the people of the village that provide the labor for Green Fire operations.


There are approximately 15 million people who directly survive on and make the landfill an integral part of their lifestyle. These people have formed and are a part of a global organization. The Landfill Pickers are the initial target of Green Fire.


It is our intent to enhance the living standard of these people and the surrounding communities.



 




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What is meant by Inbound Marketing?
	


	
	
	

		
Inbound Marketing Tools


I Just recently held the phrase Inbound Marketing and I said to myself what does that mean?


I started to research the phrase Inbound Marketing and found out the following:


Inbound is about creating and sharing content with the world. By creating content specifically designed to appeal to your best customers, inbound attracts qualified prospects to your business and keep them coming back for more information.


This information is published through blogs, videos, eBooks, social media marketing, etc.


Inbound marketing also refers to the marketing activities that bring visitors in, rather than marketers having to go out to get the prospects' attention.


Inbound marketing gets the attention of your prospects and, makes your company/website easier to be found and draws customers to your website by publishing interesting content. 


I would like to invite you to the MarketHive Network. The MarketHive consist of Free Inbound Marketing Tools and it is a social network for entrepreneur.


The following video is a quick overview of the MarketHive Free Inbound Marketing System. At the end of this video it will ask you to sign up below.  Please disregard that and Click here  if you would like to register for a free account.






Thank you,


Ida Mae Boyd


MarketHive Alpha Founder


Skype me at imboyd681


Please include in the Skype Contact message “Market Hive”




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He sent her roses – A love story
	


	
	
	

		
I post this to honor my 38th wedding anniversay, Today.


Happy anniversary, Dear.


This story tells of love and dedication.  Every year I dig this out of my archives and read it a few dozen times just to get my relationship into prespective.


Enjoy


He sent her roses

 

The person who did this was Jack Benny….

You have to read this it is absolutely beautiful……                             

 

Each year he sent her roses,

and the note would always say,

I love you even more this year,

than last year on this day.

 

My love for you will always grow,

with every passing year.'

 

She knew this was the last time

that the roses would appear.

She thought, he ordered roses

in advance before this day.

Her loving husband did not know,

that he would pass away.

 

He always liked to do things early,

way before the time.

Then, if he got too busy,

everything would work out fine.

 

She trimmed the stems and

placed them in a very special vase.

 

Then, sat the vase beside

the portrait of his smiling face.

 

She would sit for hours,

In her husband's favorite chair.

While staring at his picture,

and the roses sitting there.

 

A year went by, and it was

to live without her mate.

With loneliness and solitude,

that had become her fate.

 

Then, the very hour,

The doorbell rang, and there

were roses sitting by her door.

 

She brought the roses in,

and then just looked at them in shock.

Then, went to get the telephone,

to call the florist shop.

 

The owner answered, and she asked him,

if he would explain,

Why someone would

do this to her,

causing her such pain?

 

'I know your husband passed away,

more than a year ago,'

The owner said,

'I knew you'd call, and you would want  

to know.

 

The flowers you received today,

were paid for in advance.

Your husband always planned ahead,

he left nothing to chance.

 

There is a standing order,

that I have on file down here,

And he has paid, well in advance,

you'll get them every year.

 

There also is another thing,

that I think you should know,

He wrote a special little card…he  

did this years ago.   

Then, should ever I find out  

that he's no longer here,

that's the card that should be sent to  

you the following year.'

 

She thanked him and hung up the phone,  

her tears now flowing hard.


Her fingers shaking,

as she slowly reached to get the card.

 

Inside the card, she saw that he

had written her a note.

Then, as she stared in total silence,

 

this is what he wrote…

 

'Hello my love, I know it's been a  

year since I've been gone.

I hope it hasn't been too hard for you  

to overcome. I know it must be lonely,

and the pain is very real.

Or if it was the other way,I know how I would feel.

 

The love we shared made everything

so beautiful in life.

I loved you more than words can say,

you were the perfect wife.

You were my friend and lover,

you fulfilled my every need.

I know it's only been a year,

but please try not to grieve.

I want you to be happy,

even when you shed your tears.

 

That is why the roses will be sent to  

you for years.

When you get these roses,

think of all the happiness that we had  

together, and how both of us were blessed.

 

I have always loved you and  

I know I always will.

But, my love, you must go on,

you have some living still.

 

Please…try to find happiness,

while living out your days.

I know it is not easy,

but I hope you find some ways.

 

The roses will come every year,

and they will only stop,

When your door's not answered,

when the florist stops to knock.

 

He will come five times that day,

in case you have gone out.

But after his last visit,

he will know without a doubt!

 

To take the roses to the place,

where I've instructed him

and place the roses where we are,

together once again.

 

May we all be loved  so much.




David

	


	





	

		
		
Singapore Makes Plans to 3D Print Public Housing
	


	
	
	

		
BY MICHAEL MOLITCH-HOU ON · 3D PRINTING,ASIA,CONSTRUCTION,NEWS,LOW INCOME HOUSING


[This article and video demonstrates the viability of 3D printing. The Green Fire Engineered Reclamation solution to low income housing is using 3D printing and the inert raw materials recovered from landfills to build the housing in panelized designs for the villagers to assemble. M]


In a world of economic scarcity, public housing has become essential for sheltering our species’ most vulnerable populations. Interestingly, the island city-state of Sinagpore having a unique approach to public housing, with 80% of the resident population living in government buildings and, more than that, the small nation implemented some housing practices that the United States has sometimes been too afraid to tackle when it comes to public housing:socioeconomically integrated public developments. Now, Singapore is moving beyond these important strategies to novel methods of construction, namely 3D printing.


 




David