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Monday, March 16, 2009

The Elections are Over, now we heal towards change and recovery

We did our parts in spite of the risk even to our own self, safety and integrity. We placed everything on the line because some thing needs to be done. Yet, we were victorious, we were right and we have perservere. Today is a new world, it is time to unite, get over it and live towards the present and the future.

Over the so much uncertainties, challenges and opposition beneath the odds change has come to America and soon to be the world.

Change is about fundamental values. It needs to come from own individual self. Only when we start to forgive the people that had question us, attack us, mock on us because of our believes can we fully start to feel the healing of repentance. It is just a mere acknowledgement of saying it is done and we have chosen the right man to lead the change.

Never before did we see a president that was not afraid of ratings, off traditional politics and most of all the giants of corporate greed.

To people that have question me I say, I forgive you but I also hope that you will start to correct what mark you have done. There is still a time to help and together we can still work together in healing the wounds.

Should we both succeed, I will do my best in my remaining time and efforts to ensure that our ultimate goal of education and helping the limited income earner succeed. If it will take me once again to stand in the town halls and podiums like in the past so that we can bring the inspiration and motivation for hope start booking the slots.

Yes, faith has a deeper meaning in life and it is about living the ideals that we all believe on. And then we can say that we live in land of great opportunity, that anything is possible in the land of the dreams.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Celebs supporting books through MSNBC Video

Thank you dear celebrities and great writers for acknowledging the importance of books as gifts. It came in the right timing that people need some value on entertainment amidst the economic uncertainties.

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Celebs Come Out to Support Books

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Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Why I Believe in Mentors and Adore Them

Regardless of what stage we are big, small, struggling, micro or home based entrepreneur there is some magic that a mentor can bring to our lives.

Thank God for the technology of blogging we can freely express ourselves in our free will, desire and time.

Way back as a very young entrepreneur, it was always my wish upon a star to have a mentor because I knew that having some one who had been there will at least limit our failures and reach success more easily. Of course people have different reasons but mine is because:

1. They ultimately are trustworthy people as they can keep important life-stories of their peers.
2. Instantly, a mentor can affirm that a certain method or way can be successful or not.
3. They act as our advocates as they have the courage to confront. Such people can easily size up a person's personality and they can differentiate the good ones from the crooks.
4. Mentors can sometimes be very philosophical as they have the inner ability to mix religion, love, humanity while still having the analytical accumen for success and profitability.
5. And in final, mentors really give their time for the student to succeed and is determine to make them succeed if they see that a person is coachable and can be successful.

Well to sum up with a short advertisement, this was one of the highlights why I was inspired in writing a self-published book called "How do u integrate success in a small business" published by lulu.com and available by going to http://www.howdoyounitegratesuccess.com

How about you, do you have a mentor?

Friday, February 20, 2009

Affordable Books for limited income earners, the business model

Perhaps by merely opening your televisions today, live streaming videos on the internet or listening to radio ads all you keep hearing is the same word "Affordable". Yes, I am experiencing the same with my little bit of tidbits smile and at the same time acknowledging my ego of simple saying, did I not tell them for the longest time.

10 years and counting has been a long time someone can use a branding word, find the time and traction to launch simultaneously, yet simply still be humble and proud about the social awareness it has created towards humanity. Yes, the truth depicts the realities of times, a recession similar to the great 1929 depression, a president of change, a tumbling financially challenges world but still have the obligation to tell the world to be compassionate, hope for the best, have faith and believe in God and the laws of attraction.

Like any e-commerce and web content traffic generated business, the simple business model of Affordable Books comes from the multiple revenue streams of online advertising. But wait, if you have not notice yet not all of you see is a paid advertising, some are my own choosing because of the social consciousness of the particular business or entrepreneur. On the other hand, for the benefits of the silicon valley valley wags, yes there are several applications with Alexandria that are now either on the market or the development stage. One good example would be our affordable books application now on mighty Face book or www.ning.com

Supported by the big three's, www.google.com, www.yahoo.com and www.microsoft.com (don't forget www.live.com) the affordable will rise and show how human compassion, and equality impacts the new world of technology.

I remember the pre-dot com age when my favorite search engines were still www.excite.com, www.exactseek.com and www.netscape.com Thanks to compatriots in Redmond and Seattle that the business model has finally been recognized. As it is said, at the end of the rainbow is a pot of gold which is now the global shift to online collaborative change.

Affordable Books for limited income earners, the business model

Perhaps by merely opening your televisions today, live streaming videos on the internet or listening radio ads all you keep hearing is the same word "Affordable". Yes, I am experiencing the same with my little bit of tidbits smile and at the same time acknowledging my ego of simple saying, did I not tell them for the longest time.

10 years and counting has been a long time someone can use a branding word, find the time and traction to launch simultaneously, yet simply still be humble and proud about the social awareness it has created towards humanity. Yes, the truth deficts the realities of times, a recession similar to the great 1929 depression, a president of change, a tumbling financially challenges world but still have the obligation to tell the world to be compassionate, hope for the best, have faith and believe in God and the laws of attraction.

Like any e-commerce and web content traffic generated business, the simple business model of Affordable Books comes from the multiple revenue streams of online advertising. But wait, if you have not notice yet not all of you see is a paid advertising, some are my own choosing because of the social consciousness of the particular business or entrepreneur. On the other hand, for the benefits of the silicon valley valleywags, yes there are several applications with Alexandria that are now either on the market or the development stage. One good example would be our affordablebooks application now on mighty Facebook or www.ning.com

Supported by the big three's, www.google.com, www.yahoo.com and www.microsoft.com (don't forget www.live.com) the affordable will rise and show how human compassion, and equality impacts the new world of technology.

I remember the pre-dotcom age when my favorite search engines were still www.excite.com, www.exactseek.com and www.netscape.com Thanks to compatriots in Redmond and Seattle that the business model has finally been recognized. As it is said, at the end of the rainbow is a pot of gold which is now the global shift to online collaborative change.

Monday, February 16, 2009

Is "risk" a friend or foe especially in investment during bullish markets

As the saying goes, if you want to nurture great returns you have to take great risk. which is in the investing world is viewed as the higher the risks, then the assumption is on market volatility.

For me, risks is an uncertainty for the fear of loss but it is there if we presume it as a loss then risk does not or will not exist, It is just like in the process of retail and the business model we use at Affordable Books. When buyers and competitors leverage on lower pricing to kill the smaller guy like us, the giants have the thinking that they have prevailed and created a more bigger opportunity for them. So a lot of the small independent sellers like us suffer and sometimes sadly think that the opportunity was not worth the effort all along.

So the capitalistic behaviors is immediately "refocus and assess" the business risks and potentials towards viability. However, creatively speaking from an investment perspective point of view, we sometimes think that leveraging on lessening risks by just going towards big name brands might have good market returns after all. Unfortunately, the same capitalistic tendencies were the driving factors of the financial collapse of the system today. Instead of nurturing small and emerging small businesses who of course will not pose profit on the balance sheet, investors would rather niche on the brand giants who have the clout and backing of the system.

There are so many intellectual ways of measuring risks. Whether you are the traditional investor who measures on rates of return, gauging on how well a business is run either big or small can be a trend indicator towards profitability and viability. This is especially true when the service is personalized. The business ethics and consistency are always the same no matter what circumstance, thus the business is able to react to the different market prevailing conditions,

There are a lot of mega names in the business community today who are in trouble simply because of inflation, rising financial and debt obligations compensated with un-wise spending patterns, For some taking too slow might be an impediment but we would rather grow slowly with full control and a well run business model towards achieving solid returns.

After all, a founder is the epitome of the business as he/she had gone through so many variable cycles for the business. The one great rule over the years that I have personally learned is that sometimes we have to continue to focus and don't be misled especially as the other indicators show that there is absolute viability and profitability in the long term. Which investor are you? The emotional or the intelligent or both might help you make the decision to pursue or not.