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HOME OFFICE TIP
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Working from home often means working alone. Working alone
means that you're often facing rejection without the benefit
of another person's perspective and sense of humor. These two
elements are essential in a healthy rejection-coping mechanism,
and this is where a solid professional support system really
proves invaluable. You can always tell your best friend about
a business disappointment and receive some sympathy. But no
one will understand it better than another home-based colleague
who's been there and might even have some tips on his or her own
experiences.


FEATURED ARTICLE
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10 Surefire Ways to Annoy Your Visitors
by S. Tanna

1. Start with your entry page. Be sure to include a huge
graphical logo, but absolutely no useful information. In general,
large unnecessary downloads such as background music (ideally
totally inappropriate music), multimedia presentations and video
files, are an essential element of the truly annoying site, so
include six or seven on every page.

2. Very tiny text (SIZE=1) can be a great way to damage your
visitors' eyesight. Unfortunately modern browsers include a
font-sizing feature which negates much of the power of this
technique. Webmasters can seize back control by mixing tiny
(SIZE=1) and very large (SIZE=6) text on the same page.

3. Low contrast color combinations like yellow on white, or
better yet, dark gray on black, have been proven to increase
web surfers' aggression levels.

4. WRITING EVERYTHING IN CAPITAL LETTERS CAN HAVE INTERESTING
EFFECTS IN YOUR VISITORS' PSYCHOLOGICAL MAKE-UP. EXPERIMENT WITH
switching between CASES FOR absolutely NO REASON, preferably EVEN
IN THE midDLE of WOrds, TO REALLY WIND THEM UP!

5. Make sure absolutely every page positively requires horizontal
scrolling.

6. Frames can be a powerful technology for making people's blood
boil. Be sure to use them heavily, and don't let users easily
break out even when leaving your site. For extra credit, combine
this with horizontal scrolling and have the 'Home' button
"accidentally" put the entire frame-set inside the smallest
frame.

7. Forms are most interesting when they don't work at all.
Unfortunately, it won't waste much of your visitors' time if the
form has only a couple of fields. Therefore make sure your form
has at least 20 fields which must be filled out exactly right
(add validation code), and wait till they've struggled through
them all, before giving a CGI error.

8. Banners adverts are one of the most under-used technologies on
the web. Some sites have only 2 or 3 per page. Show those sites
how to do it right, by having at least 20 banners per page.
Remember never use a text link when you have a chance to use a
banner!

9. Sadly some hosts do not add pop-ups to your pages. If your
web host is holding you back in this way, don't despair. After
you've mailed your letter of compliant to the hosting company,
add a little JavaScript to your pages to achieve the same effect.

10. Finally the old ideas are often still the best ones: Bad
English is well-known technique that many webmasters are familiar
with. Be sure to include a more than adequate number of speling
misteaks in all your text, or for a really exciting twist make
your sentences really long, with way too many clauses, a
superabundance of over-long and unnecessarily obtuse terminology
and gratuitous jargon, and unexpected changes from formal
language into a more colloquial style: as it this way cool
example!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Exclamation marks are also good, the
more the better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

It has come to my attention that there are a few webmasters who
actually want people to enjoy their site, bookmark it, and maybe
even come back more than once. If you are a member of this
particular minority group, you can of course do the exact
opposite of these suggestions.

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WORDS OF THE WEALTHY
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An asset can be liquid or illiquid property that can be sold for
cash. This can include stocks, bonds, and real estate. Liquid assets
include those assets that can be instantly converted into cash.
Illiquid assets are just the opposite; they are not easily converted
into cash.


TREASURE TIP
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You don't need a college education to earn a high income, but
it does help. According to Census Bureau surveys in 1993, less
than 6 percent of U.S. households earn more than $100,000 per
year, 68 percent of which are headed by college graduates. The
median household income of college graduates is $55,000, which
is 76 percent higher than the median income for all households.


FINANCIAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Q: I really don't have the desire to own a home, but I do have
the money. Should I continue to rent, or buy?

A: Financially speaking, you probably would be better off owning
if you can afford it. But the first and most important question you
have to ask yourself, is "Do I want to own a home?" If you do not,
you should not, because owning a home is a big responsibility. When
something breaks or goes wrong, it is your responsibility to fix it
and to pay for the repair as well, So no matter how the bottom line
numbers read, if you don't want to be a homeowner, don't be. But
remember, if you decide to keep renting, make sure you invest your
savings so that you can easily purchase what you want if your feelings
about home ownership should change.


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