If you can dream it, meaning you can pull through it!

<div class="post-header"><br /><div class="post-header-line-1"><br /><span class="post-author vcard"><br />Posted by<br /><span class="fn">Krishna Vandanu</span><br /></span><br /><span class="post-timestamp"><br />at<br /><a class="timestamp-link" href="http://bablashot.blogspot.com/2009/07/jika-anda-bisa-memimpikannya-berarti.html" rel="bookmark" title="permanent link"><abbr class="published" title="2009-07-11T12:07:00+07:00">Saturday, July 11, 2009</abbr></a><br /></span><br /><span class="post-labels"><br />Labels:<br /><a href="http://bablashot.blogspot.com/search/label/Motivation" rel="tag">Motivation</a>,<br /><a href="http://bablashot.blogspot.com/search/label/Tips" rel="tag">Tips</a><br /></span><br /></div><br /></div><br /><div id="contentleft"><br /><span class="transc dct-rlnk">If you can dream it, meaning you can pull<br />through it! Wow! It is one of the words spirit into my grip so far. I<br />strongly believe those words. It was a wise sentence that was brought<br />from one of the most successful people in the world, Walt Disney,<br />founder of the Walt Disney Company.</span><br /><br /><div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter"><br /><br /><dl class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_482" style="width: 310px;"><br /><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><br /></dt><br /></dl><br /></div><br /></div><br /><span class="transc dct-rlnk">If you've ever dreamed of a limousine<br />ride, you're able to have a limousine! If you've ever dreamed of having<br />a house like palace, you can have a house like the Palace. Surely all<br />must be realized by 3 things:</span><br /><br /><span class="transc dct-rlnk">Benediction</span><br /><br /><span class="transc dct-rlnk">Business</span><br /><br /><span class="transc dct-rlnk">Charity</span><br /><br /><span class="transc dct-rlnk">In my opinion, the most important factor<br />to realize your dream is your Mental. Mental never give up and want to<br />try. So also in the world of Online Business. If you've ever dreamed of<br />every day your account is increased by 1 million dollars, you are able<br />to do it. All you have to think about is:</span><br /><br /><ol><br /><li><span class="transc dct-rlnk">You must know the right track in running your business.</span></li><br /><li><span class="transc dct-rlnk">You have to be creative. Create something that is different from the others.</span></li><br /><li><span class="transc dct-rlnk">You should be able to deliver more value<br />to your customers, you should be able to give at least 5 points WHY<br />SHOULD BUY THEM FROM YOU.</span></li><br /></ol><br /><span class="transc dct-rlnk">So ... from now on, for you who already<br />have a dream that you will be successful, try to realize this dream,<br />remember and instill in you these words:</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b><span class="transc dct-rlnk">IF YOU CAN dream it, YOU CAN DO IT!</span></b></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span class="transc dct-rlnk">See you at the peak of success!</span></div>

If you can dream it, meaning you can pull through it!

Posted by Krishna Vandanu at Saturday, July 11, 2009 Labels: Motivation , Tips If you can dream it, meaning you can pull through it! Wow! It...

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Active Search Results Page Ranking Technology

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b>About Active Search Results Page Ranking Technology<br /><br /></b></div><br /><center>ASR Ranking</center><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><i>ASR Ranking</i> is a new search engine page ranking algorithm that allows search engines to rank search results higher for <br />websites where the owners or promoters of those websites have a history of <br />performing actions or events defined as <a href="http://www.activesearchresults.com/help/faq.php#activity">Activity</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The goal of <i>ASR Ranking</i> is to rank websites higher in organic search results<br />where there are real active people supporting those websites. Websites will rank higher<br />in the search engines results page (SERP) when the <i>ASR Ranking</i> is higher.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />People searching the Internet benefit by having their search results include websites with more <br />up-to-date information about products, services and content; fewer dead links<br />on the visited websites; more search results from websites that are maintained<br />on a regular basis and better feedback from inquiries sent to the <br /><br /><a name="more"></a>website by<br />those people who are searching.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />An analogy would be similar to walking into a store where there are no <br />employees to provide customer service such as answering questions or taking<br />product returns. This is a store with low activity. On the other hand, a store<br />with multiple people providing prompt customer service is a store with high<br />activity. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />It is easy to identify this type of activity when you physically walk into a <br />brick-and-mortar store but is very difficult to recognize when you visit an <br />online store (website). <i>ASR Ranking</i> offers the tool to separate the two by <br />ranking a website higher in the search results when that website has higher <br />activity, therefore, a higher <i>ASR Ranking</i>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Website owners and promoters benefit due to no direct costs to promote their website(s), <br />an increase in traffic to their website and a higher visibility on the search<br />engines.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=3861076408851542502&postID=7587651908271570687" name="activitytypespoints"></a><br /><br /><br />The following section describes ways for website owners and promoters to earn a higher <i>ASR Ranking</i><br />at Active Search Results. As mentioned above, when you perform activity, your membership will earn a higher <br /><i>ASR Ranking</i> and as a result, your websites will display higher in Active Search<br />Results' search pages. The following table outlines some of the activity types that will earn your<br />membership additional ASR Ranking Points which increase your <i>ASR Ranking</i>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><br /><table border="1" cellspacing="0" style="width: 468px;"><br /> <caption>ASR Activity Types and Ranking Points</caption></table><br /><table border="1" cellspacing="0" style="width: 468px;"><caption><br /></caption><br /> <tbody><br /><tr><br /> <th>Activity</th><br /> <th>ASR<br /><br />Ranking Points</th><br /> </tr><br /><tr><br /> <td>  <a href="http://www.activesearchresults.com/help/activatemembership.php">Activate Membership</a></td><br /> <td align="center">3</td><br /> </tr><br /><tr><br /> <td>  <a href="http://www.activesearchresults.com/members/listlinks.php">Add a Backlink to ASR</a></td><br /> <td align="center">3</td><br /> </tr><br /><tr><br /> <td>  <a href="http://www.activesearchresults.com/login/login.php">Sign In</a><small> During the Past 1 Week Using the <br /> <a href="http://www.alexa.com/toolbar" target="_blank">Alexa Toolbar</a></small></td><br /> <td align="center">3</td><br /> </tr><br /><tr><br /> <td>  Open 1 Email during the Past 1 Week</td><br /> <td align="center">2</td><br /> </tr><br /><tr><br /> <td>  <a href="http://www.activesearchresults.com/login/login.php">Sign In</a> <small> During the Past 1 Week Without Using the<br /> <a href="http://www.alexa.com/toolbar" target="_blank">Alexa Toolbar</a></small></td><br /> <td align="center">1</td><br /> </tr><br /><tr><br /> <td>  <a href="http://www.activesearchresults.com/members/listurls.php">Submit New URL</a> During the Past 1 Week </td><br /> <td align="center">1</td><br /> </tr><br /><tr><br /> <td>  <a href="http://www.activesearchresults.com/members/listurls.php">Re-Submit URL</a> During the Past 1 Week </td><br /> <td align="center">1</td><br /> </tr><br /></tbody></table><br /></center><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />As an example, compare two websites that are very similar with respect to the content, description, title, keywords, etc...<br />We will refer to them as website A and website B. If website A's owner activated their membership (3 ASR Points), <br />has signed-in (1 ASR Point) and resubmitted one or more websites during the past 1 week (1 ASR Point), they will<br />have earned 5 ASR Ranking Points. If website B's owner signed-in (1 ASR Point), re-submitted their website during the <br />past 1 week (1 ASR Point) but did not activate their membership (0 ASR Point), they will have earned 2 ASR Ranking Points.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />As a result, when an Internet searcher searches on keywords similar to both websites A and B, website A will <br />display/rank higher because A's ASR Ranking is 3 points higher than B's ASR Ranking.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Also, website B will rank higher compared to other similar websites that have earned 1 or no ASR Ranking Points.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />By default, all membership accounts are assigned a baseline of 10 ASR Ranking Points. The activity mentioned above would<br />then be added to the baseline ASR Ranking to calculate the total ASR Ranking. Members can find their ASR Ranking by <br /><a href="http://www.activesearchresults.com/login/login.php">signing in</a> and visiting their <a href="http://www.activesearchresults.com/members/memberinfo.php">Member Info</a> page.<br />Their ASR Ranking is displayed on the third line in their member information section.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />ASR Ranking Points are calculated once every 24 hours. Indexing starts at 3:00 am and completes at 4:00 am -4 GMT. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Click on the links in the <a href="http://www.activesearchresults.com/help/about.php#activitytypespoints">table</a> above to start increasing your ASR Ranking Points. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><h3><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=3861076408851542502&postID=7587651908271570687" name="aboutasr">About Active Search Results</a></h3><br /></center><br /><br /><br />Active Search Results (ASR) is an independent Internet Search Engine <br />using Active Search Results Page Ranking Technology (ASR Ranking) with <br />Millions of popular Web sites indexed. ASR has its own spiders <br />visiting Web sites daily that are submitted <br />to ASR and crawlers that index other popular Web sites on the Internet.<br />Active Search Results does not depend on nor utilize any other search <br />engines or directories for its search results.<br />All search results are contained within Active Search Results' indices <br />and databases.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Active Search Results was launched in August of 2009 by its founder and CTO<br />Mark McLellan. As of April 2010, Active Search Results has gained a Google PageRank of 4 and as of October 2010, <br />Active Search Results has gained an Alexa Traffic Rank of 4,806. Mark McLellan has been<br />designing IP networks and Internet websites for over 20 years and launched his first search engine<br />in September of 1997. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Mark McLellan holds a BS in Computer Information Systems from Goldey-Beacom<br />College, Wilmington, Delaware and a MS in Computer Science from West Chester<br />University, West Chester, Pennsylvania. He has also earned the following<br />industry certifications: Novell Certified Netware Engineer (CNE), Microsoft<br />Certified Systems Engineer Plus Internet (MCSE+I) and Cisco Certified Network<br />Associate (CCNA).<br /><br /> <br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br />var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true};<br /></script><br /><script src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=kivandanu" type="text/javascript"><br /></script>

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MerchantCircle to Take Over Operations of the Popular Bloglines Platform

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPMofwbXS4b_UyZPiDYOQ61WqdavYIQlXjvjGvG3IfxNZQuMrMx_DpNfoVP4VOpTTG7tAIRjUaGRnxVKyh9PXbgOor22Qua_UoUFXxsB1Tk5quuI0kaC9fYDb6Zyyy2_x4cFQSmOYXBOc/s1600/hpBLLogo.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPMofwbXS4b_UyZPiDYOQ61WqdavYIQlXjvjGvG3IfxNZQuMrMx_DpNfoVP4VOpTTG7tAIRjUaGRnxVKyh9PXbgOor22Qua_UoUFXxsB1Tk5quuI0kaC9fYDb6Zyyy2_x4cFQSmOYXBOc/s1600/hpBLLogo.png" /></a></div><br />We have some exciting news to share today that we think is going to make the experience on MerchantCircle even more valuable for our users. We’ve reached an agreement with <a href="http://www.ask.com/">Ask.com</a> to assume control of the RSS reader site <a href="http://www.bloglines.com/">Bloglines</a> in order to rejuvenate and integrate it with the MerchantCircle experience.<br /><br />For those of you who may not be immediately familiar with Bloglines, it is the world's most popular free online service for searching, subscribing, publishing and sharing RSS feeds, blogs and rich web content. Bloglines was a pioneer in bringing RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds and rich content to mainstream Internet users. It’s been touted for excellence around the world with many awards and accolades, including Time Magazine's Coolest Websites for 2004 and Search Engine Watch's "Best Blog/Feed Search Engine" award.<br /><br />Ask.com, which has owned the property for the last few years, had decided to retire the service to focus more on its core offerings. This provided a wonderful opportunity for MerchantCircle to acquire the operations to reinvest in the platform and enhance it for its 2.7 million users.<br /><br />But what does that mean for you? There are a lot of exciting plans on the horizon, but we can say for now that you will soon see Bloglines integrated for your use on your account dashboards. From there you will have the ability to organize and follow online information about your business, your community and your industry.<br /><br />There’s so much potential and we are excited about the next steps. For now, please see our <a href="http://bablashot.blogspot.com/2010/11/merchantcircle-to-revitalize-bloglines.html">press release</a> and news story on TechCrunch about the changing hands of Bloglines. <br />MerchantCircle.com | Blog

MerchantCircle to Take Over Operations of the Popular Bloglines Platform

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MerchantCircle to Revitalize the Bloglines Service

Largest Online Network of Local Business Owners will Assume Operation of the Popular RSS Service and Enhance it for the Future <br /><br /><b class="pressLocation">Mountain View, CA, November 4, 2010 —</b> <a href="http://www.merchantcircle.com/" title="MerchantCircle">MerchantCircle</a>, largest online network of local business owners in the nation, today announced that it has reached an agreement with <a href="http://www.ask.com/" target="_blank" title="Ask.com">Ask.com</a>, an operating business of IAC to assume the management of the <a href="http://www.bloglines.com/" target="_blank" title="Bloglines">Bloglines</a> personal news aggregation platform. This agreement will allow the popular service to continue uninterrupted for its 2.7 million users. Beginning on December 1st, MerchantCircle will offer a richer, more local Bloglines experience for existing and future users. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.<br /><br />The deal carries strategic significance for MerchantCircle and its network members. MerchantCircle will promote the service to its more than 1.4 million local business members through their account dashboards by integrating pre-created RSS feeds that deliver targeted content on their local areas and industries. Existing Bloglines users will also have an opportunity be exposed to blog content tailored to their locale. Providing local content will be a key element to the future of Bloglines. This will include new deals and specials from local business owners in a particular city.<br /><br /><a name="more"></a><br /><br />“We believe the value of the Bloglines platform remains strong, and we see a significant opportunity to localize it for even more relevant content aggregation for users,” said <a href="http://www.merchantcircle.com/corporate/bios.html#Ben" title="Bio of Ben T. Smith">Ben T. Smith</a>, CEO of MerchantCircle. “We are in the business of enabling conversations between local merchants and consumers. We look forward to exposing content aggregation to our members while transforming Bloglines into a faster, richer and more flexible user experience.”<br /><br />“We’re really happy to have reached an agreement that ensures the preservation of Bloglines for the loyal users who still love the platform,” said Doug Leeds, President, Ask.com. “Though operating the service no longer makes sense for Ask given our focus on our Q&A offering, MerchantCircle will build on the existing feature set, improve the experience for all users and enhance it specifically to meet the needs of local business owners.”<br /><br />For more information and future updates visit www.bloglines.com<br /><br /><h4><br /><br />About MerchantCircle</h4><br />Founded in 2005, MerchantCircle is the largest online network of local business owners, combining social networking features with a variety of free marketing tools that enable merchants to maximize their online visibility. Currently, over 1.4 million merchants use the MerchantCircle network to upload pictures, blog, create coupons and newsletters and connect with customers and other merchants. Local consumers can find more than 20 million business listings through <a href="http://www.merchantcircle.com/">www.merchantcircle.com</a> or major search engines in the <a href="http://www.merchantcircle.com/" title="MerchantCircle.com">U.S.</a>, <a href="http://www.merchantcircle.ca/" title="MerchantCircle - Canada">Canada</a>, <a href="http://uk.merchantcircle.com/" title="MerchantCircle - United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> and <a href="http://uk.merchantcircle.com/" title="MerchantCircle - Australia">Australia</a>. In addition to its free services, MerchantCircle offers a portfolio of premium online advertising solutions including search engine marketing and instant website development.<br /><br />Ranked as one the <a href="http://www.quantcast.com/merchantcircle.com" target="_quancast" title="MerchantCircle on Quantcast">Top 100 web sites</a> in the U.S. by Quantcast, MerchantCircle is based in Mountain View, Calif., and funded by Rustic Canyon Partners, Scale Venture Partners, Steamboat Ventures and IAC. Learn more at <a href="http://www.merchantcircle.com/">www.merchantcircle.com</a>.<br /><br /><h4><br /><br />Media Contacts:</h4><br />MerchantCircle<br />Sean Pate<br /><a href="mailto:sean@merchantcircle.com">sean@merchantcircle.com</a><br />650-352-1335 x514

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10 Mistakes in Campaign Blog

<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"><br /><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=3861076408851542502&postID=5466036787662382718"></a><br /><a class="addthis_button_tweet" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=3861076408851542502&postID=5466036787662382718"></a><br /><a class="addthis_button_compact" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&username=kivandanu">Share</a><br /><br /><span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="">   </span><span title="">1. </span><span title="">Too<br />much use of Java Script, this could hamper the search engine crawlers<br />to index web pages for admission to the first page of search engines. </span><span title="">This<br />can lead to your blog will be placed under the list that appears when<br />the search engines do crawl, not to mention the risk of indiscriminate<br />entry of Flash and Frames.<br />   </span><span title="">2. </span><span title="">Ignoring<br />the link between postings and links to other sites, articles which are<br />interconnected both within the blog itself or with other blogs is the<br />most powerful Link Building. </span><span title="">In addition to optimizing your articles ever created, we too can build a network with other bloggers who will benefit together.<br />   </span><span title="">3. </span><span title="">You are not wise enough when promoting your site or blog on a busy forum but not relevant. </span><span title="">You should be careful in using this tactic or target your blog readers would be "disappointed" with your tactics.<br />   </span><span title="">4. </span><span title="">You did not enter the relevant Keywords. </span><span title="">Keywords are what will make your blog listed in search results when users type in keywords on search engines. </span><span title="">Find keywords that are relevant and unique, then your blog will be crowded by visitors from search engines.<br />   </span><span title="">5. </span><span title="">About Keywords again. </span><span title="">You must choose the right keywords to be able to truly compete in the search engines. </span><span title="">There<br />is no point using the most popular keywords because chances are you<br />will find it very difficult to compete achieve a decent ranking in the<br />face of other, more popular blogs.<br />   </span><span title="">6. </span><span title="">You rely on SEO just to fuel your blog traffic. </span><span title="">Try to use other methods such as social media, social book marking, participate in forums, PPC and link baiting.<br />   </span><span title="">7. </span><span title="">Not exactly in using social media in the promotion of your blog. </span><span title="">The secret in using social media like Facebook and Twitter are effective in promoting your blog is to build friendships. </span><span title="">Ignoring this will greatly affect the promotional efforts in social media.<br />   </span><span title="">8. </span><span title="">Content you boring. </span><span title="">If<br />you want to get a promotion by word of mouth, you must provide content<br />that is interesting, fresh and useful for visitors willing to "help"<br />promote your blog, at least by word of mouth.<br />   </span><span title="">9. </span><span title="">Too many pop-ups, It's one that I often look at the blogs that are emerging. </span><span title="">Better get rid of pop-ups that are not useful.<br />  </span><span title="">10. </span><span title="">You<br />seem eager to promote your blog, this can be seen from the quality of<br />your posts and responses to reply to incoming comments.</span><span title="">taken from: http://www.eriricaldo.com</span></span><br /></div><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br />var <span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" class="goog-spellcheck-word">addthis</span>_<span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" class="goog-spellcheck-word">config</span> = {"data_track_<span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" class="goog-spellcheck-word">clickback</span>":true};<br /></script><br /><script src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=kivandanu" type="text/javascript"><br /></script>

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HOW TO: Calculate the ROI of Your Social Media Campaign

<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/Mashable/%7E3/pkjuUc4BxK8/"></a><br /><br /><div><br /><div style="float: right; margin-bottom: 10px;"><br /><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://mashable.com/2010/11/05/calculate-roi-social-media/&service=bit.ly"><img align="right" height="61" src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://mashable.com/2010/11/05/calculate-roi-social-media/" style="border: medium none; margin-right: 5px;" width="51" /></a><a href="http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://mashable.com/2010/11/05/calculate-roi-social-media/&title=HOW%20TO:%20Calculate%20the%20ROI%20of%20Your%20Social%20Media%20Campaign&srcTitle=Mashable&srcUrl=http://mashable.com"><img align="right" src="http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/gbuzz-feed.png" style="border: medium none; margin-right: 5px;" /></a><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://mashable.com/2010/11/05/calculate-roi-social-media/&src=sp" name="fb_share" style="text-decoration: none;"><img align="right" src="http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/fb.jpg" style="border: medium none; margin-right: 5px;" /></a><a href="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis/login?url=http://mashable.com/2010/11/05/calculate-roi-social-media/&title=HOW%20TO:%20Calculate%20the%20ROI%20of%20Your%20Social%20Media%20Campaign&related=true&style=true"><img align="right" src="http://mashable.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-digg-this/i/diggme.png" style="border: medium none; margin-right: 5px;" /></a></div><br /><div style="float: left; margin-bottom: 10px;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="clear: both;"><br /></div><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEtnPnVQxFuZCEHE3REcBRtkBwFL-gRczv5lsJmQH8lqnK-AbgD3HdYZQhGqpbU5OvPuvFYa-J_L_6B3pNilClZQkO8eQglKmpIM3URVKxDP-90JSrwBPMT-n4-ovwQIZHAW3OUuGEly-N/s1600/225moneygraph.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEtnPnVQxFuZCEHE3REcBRtkBwFL-gRczv5lsJmQH8lqnK-AbgD3HdYZQhGqpbU5OvPuvFYa-J_L_6B3pNilClZQkO8eQglKmpIM3URVKxDP-90JSrwBPMT-n4-ovwQIZHAW3OUuGEly-N/s1600/225moneygraph.jpg" /></a><i>Jamie Turner is the Chief Content Officer of the 60 Second Marketer, the online magazine for <a href="http://bkv.com/directmarketing/default.jsp">BKV Digital and Direct Response</a>. He is also the co-author of “<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0132100568/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_i2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1ERYEJH27VTE6JQRAY3G&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846">How to Make Money with Social Media</a>” now available at fine bookstores (and a few not-so-fine bookstores) everywhere.</i><br /><br />First the bad news: If you’re going to calculate the ROI of your social media campaign, you’re going to have to know math. That may come as a disappointment to people who thought social media was only about accumulating <a href="http://mashable.com/category/twitter">Twitter</a> followers or monitoring <a href="http://mashable.com/category/facebook">Facebook</a> “Likes,” but it’s true. The future of social media is about math, metrics and monetization.<br /><br />The problem is that most companies aren’t doing an effective job of measuring the value of their social media campaigns. In fact, <a href="http://econsultancy.com/us/blog/6664-investment-in-social-media-still-modest-report">a recent survey</a> by Econsultancy found that 47% of the companies they surveyed said they were “not able to measure” their campaigns and that “the jury is still out” on the value gained from their social media investment.<br /><br />If you’re one of the people who isn’t measuring your social media campaigns on an ROI basis, you’re setting yourself up for failure. Here are some tips, advice, and a little bit of simple math to get you on the right path to ROI success.<br /><br /><hr /><br /><h2><br /> Understand the Value of Your Social Media Campaign<br /></h2><br /><hr /><br />According to the <a href="http://www.the-dma.org/index.php">Direct Marketing Association</a>, if you run a direct response campaign and spend $1, you’ll typically generate $10 or more in return. They know this because they’ve been tracking the transactional data from direct mail, paid search, direct response TV and other campaigns for more than 50 years.<br /><br />But what if you’re new to social media or new to the world of direct response metrics and don’t have that data or experience? What should you do then?<br /><br />Fear not. There’s a solution. It involves understanding the 3 categories of social media measurement as well as a simple formula that will help you calculate the ROI of your specific campaign.<br /><br /><hr /><br /><h2><br /> The 3 Categories of Social Media Measurement<br /></h2><br /><hr /><br />There are hundreds of different ways to measure social media, which makes it kind of difficult to wrap your mind around. To help with that, social media metrics can be broken down into three different categories.<br /><br /><ul><br /><li><b>Quantitative Metrics</b>: These are the metrics that are data-intensive and number-oriented. You can really get overloaded with different metrics here, so the trick is to pick the key metrics that most influence your business and not get bogged down with the rest. Those metrics might include unique visits, page views, followers, demographics, frequency, <a href="http://mashable.com/2010/10/29/how-to-reduce-bounce-rates/">bounce rate</a>, length of visit or just about any other metric that’s specifically data-oriented.</li><br /><li><b>Qualitative Metrics</b>: These are the metrics that have an emotional component to them. For example, if 75% of the people who mention your product online call it “cheap” and only 25% call it “inexpensive,” that’s a qualitative metric that has an impact on your business. There are several companies that provide in-depth analysis of the qualitative metrics online. Some of these include RapLeaf, Nielsen and Adobe Online Marketing Suite.</li><br /><li><b>ROI Metrics</b>: In the world of social media, all roads should lead to ROI. After all, during business hours, social media isn’t just about being social, is it? We’re doing it to make money. And if you track what percentage of people you converted from a prospect to a customer on your e-commerce site, or how many people you converted from a prospect to a client on your <a href="http://mashable.com/2010/11/04/b2b-social-marketing-strategies/">B2B website</a>, then you’ll be able to measure the success of your social media campaign on an ROI basis.</li><br /></ul><br /><hr /><br /><h2><br /> Break Out Your Thinking Caps for Some Math<br /></h2><br /><hr /><br />The most important formula in social media is your <b>Customer Lifetime Value (CLV)</b>. In a very basic sense, Customer Lifetime Value is the amount of revenue a customer will bring to your company over the course of their lifetime with your brand.<br /><br />So, for example, if you’re a lawn care company and you know that a typical customer spends $80 per month with you and that the average customer stays with your company for 3 years, then your Customer Lifetime Value would be $80 x 12 months x 3 years = $2,880.<br /><br />Once you know your CLV, you can decide how much you’d like to invest to acquire a customer. This is called your <b>Allowable Cost Per Sale</b>. Many people use 10% of their CLV as a starting point for their Allowable Cost Per Sale. In the example above, your CLV is $2,880 and 10% of your CLV is $288, so your Allowable Cost Per Sale is that number: $288.<br /><br /><hr /><br /><h2><br /> Putting Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) to Work<br /></h2><br /><hr /><br /><br /><br /><center><img alt="Coins Image" height="182" src="http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/money-growth-640.jpg" width="400" /></center><br /><br />To keep things straightforward, let’s assume that the lawn care company relies exclusively on direct mail to acquire new customers. Since a typical response rate for a direct mail piece in the lawn care industry is 0.5%, and since it costs about $1.44 to create and send a direct mail piece, you know that you have to send out 200 direct mail pieces to acquire a new customer. Here’s how the math works out:<br /><br /><ul><br /><li><b>Number of pieces sent:</b> 200</li><br /><li><b>Cost for printing and postage:</b> $1.44</li><br /><li><b>Total cost to send 200 pieces:</b> $288</li><br /><li><b>Response rate:</b> 0.5%</li><br /><li><b>Customers acquired:</b> 200 pieces mailed x 0.5% response rate = 1 new customer</li><br /></ul><br />See how that works? For every $288 spent, the lawn care company gets 1 new customer.<br /><br />Let’s take it a step further. If you’re a large, national lawn care company, you might spend $2.8 million on your annual direct mail campaign. By using the math above, you know that every year, you’ll gain about 10,000 new customers from your $2.8 million direct mail campaign. (Remember, you’ll also lose thousands of customers each year from ordinary churn, so let’s not all go out and start lawn care companies based on the math above.)<br /><br />Now, let’s assume that your CFO (or your CEO or CMO) wants to test the validity of a social media campaign. In order to do the test, you might slice off 10% of your $2.8 million direct mail budget and use that for a social media campaign. If you know that your $2.8 million direct mail campaign generates 10,000 new customers, then you also know that 10% of that (or $280,000) should generate about 1,000 new customers via direct mail.<br /><br />That’s the pivotal number: 1,000 customers. After all, now that you know the math around your direct mail campaign, you’ll understand that your social media campaign has to match that in order to be considered a success.<br /><br />In other words, you have $288,000 to set up, launch and run a social media campaign that needs to generate 1,000 new customers per year.<br /><br /><hr /><br /><h2><br /> What You’ll Need<br /></h2><br /><hr /><br />You’ll need a Facebook page –- no problem. You’ll want a Twitter page –- again, no problem. And you may want to create a series of videos for a <a href="http://mashable.com/category/youtube/">YouTube</a> channel –- a bit of work, but also not a big problem.<br /><br />You’ll want a <a href="http://mashable.com/2010/10/27/build-an-app-for-your-smb/">mobile application</a>, since prospects and customers are beginning to expect them. And you’ll want to develop a monthly e-newsletter with lawn care tips to stay in front of prospects and new customers. (Yes, I consider <a href="http://mashable.com/2010/01/20/social-media-email-marketing/">e-mail marketing</a> a social media tool.)<br /><br />The most important part of the campaign, however, is a series of landing pages on your website designed to capture prospects and help convert them into paying customers. The landing pages will be designed specifically around the social media campaign, and they’ll need to have Google Analytics, Eloqua or Adobe Online Marketing Suite installed so that they can track traffic and conversions.<br /><br />The key point is that all of your social media programs –- Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc. –- should drive people to the landing page on your website where you can convert them from tire kickers (prospects) to paying customers.<br /><br />Looking at the program outlined above, it’s easy to see how quickly your $288,000 social media budget can get used up by Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, mobile applications, e-newsletters and landing pages on websites. All that said, it’s very realistic to assume that a campaign of that magnitude would generate 1,000 new customers each year. Better still, it may generate 1,100 new customers or even 1,200 new customers.<br /><br />Remember, all you have to do is to generate 1,001 new customers in order to march into your CFO’s office and show them that social media can provide a positive return-on-investment.<br /><br />See? Math isn’t that scary after all.<br /><br /><hr /><br /><h2><br /> The Bottom Line<br /></h2><br /><hr /><br />We’ve covered a lot of ground here: the three categories of social media measurement and the single most important formula in social media. But the bottom line is that, as businesspeople, we don’t use social media to be social, we use social media to grow our business. And if you use the program outlined above, you’ll be able to prove the value of social media on a campaign-specific, ROI basis.<br /><br />Good luck. And keep me posted on your success stories. I’d love to hear more about how you’re using social media to grow your sales and revenue in the comments below.<br /><br /><hr /><br /><h3 style="font-weight: normal;"><br /> <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">from Mashable</span></i></h3><br /><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"><br /><a class="addthis_button_tweet" href=""></a><br /><a class="addthis_button_compact" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&username=kivandanu">Share</a><br /></div><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br />var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true};<br /></script><br /><script src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=kivandanu" type="text/javascript"><br /></script>

HOW TO: Calculate the ROI of Your Social Media Campaign

Jamie Turner is the Chief Content Officer of the 60 Second Marketer, the online magazine for BKV Digital and Direct Response . He is also th...

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How to Succeed at a Job Fair

<a href="http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2010/11/04/how-to-succeed-at-a-job-fair/">How to Succeed at a Job Fair</a>: "<br /><br /><img alt="job fair" border="1" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/jobs.aol.com/articles/media/2010/11/job-fair-kevork-djanseziangetty-images.jpg" style="float: left;" vspace="4" />Looking for a job, especially at a <a href="http://aol.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/CareerFairs/default.aspx">job fair</a>, can be a lot like trying to get a date at a crowded bar -- there are plenty of potential dates to choose from, but chances are none will want to dance with you or date you for the long-term.<br /><br />If you've ever been to one of the many job fairs across the country, you've seen the long lines of job applicants with <a href="http://jobs.aol.com/articles/category/resume-and-cover-letter-tips/">resumes</a> in hand, all pushing for a spot up front to get a <a href="http://jobs.aol.com/jobs-by-title/recruiter-jobs">recruiter's</a> ear. It's a meat market without the drinks. I've been to a few since being <a href="http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2009/11/03/can-being-laid-off-really-make-you-better-off/">laid off</a> in June 2008, and have for the most part found them to be a waste of time unless you go in prepared and with a goal of <a href="http://jobs.aol.com/articles/category/networking/">networking</a> rather than getting a job immediately.<br /><br />"<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style"><br /><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" href="" layout="button_count"></a><br /><a class="addthis_button_tweet" href=""></a><br /><a class="addthis_button_compact" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&username=kivandanu">Share</a><br /></div><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br />var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true};<br /></script><br /><script src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=kivandanu" type="text/javascript"><br /></script>

How to Succeed at a Job Fair

How to Succeed at a Job Fair : " Looking for a job, especially at a job fair , can be a lot like trying to get a date at a crowded bar ...

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Merapi volcano photos from various sources

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://i.okezone.com/content/2010/11/04/340/389708/x3ZHa2RA9c.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="">Clouds of hot or wedus gembel</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i> (Foto: Reuters) </i></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://i.okezone.com/content/2010/11/04/340/389824/rVy1G5JGhu.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h5><br /><br /><br /><br /><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="">Clouds of hot or wedus gembel</span></span><i> (Foto: Daylife.com) </i></h5><br /></td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://i.okezone.com/content/2010/11/04/340/389862/MP5huLsqZW.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="">Merapi volcano erupts</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>. (Foto: twitter) </i></span></td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://i.okezone.com/content/2010/11/04/340/389846/Hj3CNt5eEW.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h5 style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><br /><br /><i><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">MerapiVolcano (Koran SI)</span></i></i></h5><br /></td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><img height="199" src="http://stat.k.kidsklik.com/data/photo/2010/11/04/1554288620X310.JPG" width="400" /><br /><br /></div><br /><div class="font10" style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>KOMPAS IMAGES/KRISTIANTO PURNOMO</i></span></div><br /><br />

Merapi volcano photos from various sources

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Obama Says He'll Negotiate With Republicans on Bush Tax Cuts

<div class="story_inline assets"><br /><div class="story_inline attachments"><br /><div class="image thumbnail"><br /><div class="thumbnail_container"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="US President Barack Obama " src="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/data?pid=avimage&iid=ik9wCRKV0KAQ" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">US President Barack Obama.</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /><div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /> </div><br /></div><br /><div class="caption"><br /></div><br /></div><br /></div><br /></div><br />President <a href="http://search.bloomberg.com/search?q=Barack%20Obama&site=wnews&client=wnews&proxystylesheet=wnews&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&filter=p&getfields=wnnis&sort=date:D:S:d1&partialfields=-wnnis:NOAVSYND&lr=-lang_ja" title="Search News">Barack Obama</a> said he is “absolutely” ready to negotiate this month with congressional Republicans, who have hardened their stance that soon-to-expire Bush-era tax cuts should be extended for high-income taxpayers. <br /><br />Obama, a Democrat, said today that he hopes to avoid “brinkmanship” in the lame-duck session of Congress when he confronts Republicans over how to prevent expiration of lower taxes on wages, investments and multimillion-dollar estates that were enacted in 2001 and 2003. Unless Congress acts, those tax policies expire Dec. 31. <br /><br />“My goal is to make sure that we don’t have a huge spike in taxes for middle-class families,” Obama said at a White House news conference when asked if he would seek a compromise with newly empowered Republicans on such matters as preserving the tax cuts on the first $1 million of income. <br /><br />Obama has been adamant that the U.S. can’t afford to extend policies that benefit high-income Americans, whom he defines as individuals earning more than $200,000 annually and couples making over $250,000. Treasury Secretary <a href="http://search.bloomberg.com/search?q=Timothy%20F.%20Geithner&site=wnews&client=wnews&proxystylesheet=wnews&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&filter=p&getfields=wnnis&sort=date:D:S:d1&partialfields=-wnnis:NOAVSYND&lr=-lang_ja" title="Search News">Timothy F. Geithner</a> has said that doing so would add $700 billion to the national debt. <br /><br />“My hope is, is that given we all have an interest in growing the economy and encouraging job growth, that we’re not going to play brinkmanship but instead we’re going to act responsibly,” the president said. <br /><br />While defeated Democrats will still control both houses of Congress when it convenes for a lame-duck session the week of Nov. 15, the tax-cut battle will test whether Obama and Republicans can find common ground on divisive issues. Republicans gained at least 60 seats in the House of Representatives in yesterday’s election, or 21 more than necessary to win control. They also won at least six new seats in the Senate, narrowing the Democrats’ majority. <br /><br />‘Right Policy’ <br /><br />“We continue to believe that extending all of the current tax rates for all Americans is the right policy for our economy at this time,” <a href="http://search.bloomberg.com/search?q=John%20Boehner&site=wnews&client=wnews&proxystylesheet=wnews&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&filter=p&getfields=wnnis&sort=date:D:S:d1&partialfields=-wnnis:NOAVSYND&lr=-lang_ja" title="Search News">John Boehner</a> of Ohio, the House Republican and the likely Speaker in the next Congress, said today. <br /><br />Republicans have faulted Obama and Democrats for failing to act earlier to extend the tax cuts enacted during President <a href="http://search.bloomberg.com/search?q=George%20W.%20Bush&site=wnews&client=wnews&proxystylesheet=wnews&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&filter=p&getfields=wnnis&sort=date:D:S:d1&partialfields=-wnnis:NOAVSYND&lr=-lang_ja" title="Search News">George W. Bush</a>’s administration. Among other things, the policies established lower marginal tax rates, eliminated the so-called marriage penalty, doubled a child tax credit to $1,000, lowered rates on most capital gains and dividends to 15 percent, and phased out the estate tax. <br /><br />Tax Rate Increase <br /><br />If Congress takes no action, individual income tax rates will increase to 15, 28, 31, 36, and 39.6 percent from 10, 15, 25, 33, and 36 percent now, respectively. Reinstated limits on certain deductions and exemptions would push rates even higher for taxpayers in the top two brackets. <br /><br />Many married couples would pay more in income tax than if they were single. The child tax credit would be reduced to $500. Rates on capital gains would revert to 20 percent, and dividends would again be taxed at ordinary income rates. The estate tax, repealed for this year only, would affect estates exceeding $1 million and would have a top rate of 55 percent. <br /><br />Obama campaigned on preserving the tax cuts only on the first $250,000 of a couple’s income. That would mean increasing the top two marginal rates and higher rates on capital gains and dividends; Obama has sought to cap the dividend tax rate at 20 percent. The president also wants to exempt the first $3.5 million of estates from taxes and levy any excess with a top 45 percent rate, reverting to the rules that existed in 2009. <br /><br />Renew Them All <br /><br />Republicans have long insisted that all of the Bush-era tax cuts should be renewed. Doing so would cost the government about $5 trillion in foregone revenue and interest costs on the debt over the next decade, according to an Oct. 27 report by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. <br /><br />Wisconsin Republican <a href="http://search.bloomberg.com/search?q=Paul%20Ryan&site=wnews&client=wnews&proxystylesheet=wnews&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&filter=p&getfields=wnnis&sort=date:D:S:d1&partialfields=-wnnis:NOAVSYND&lr=-lang_ja" title="Search News">Paul Ryan</a>, who is in line to become chairman of the House Budget Committee, said Republicans hope the president “puts the class warfare rhetoric aside, puts the redistribution ideology aside and works for the better of the economy.” <br /><br />Senate Majority Leader <a href="http://search.bloomberg.com/search?q=Harry%20Reid&site=wnews&client=wnews&proxystylesheet=wnews&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&filter=p&getfields=wnnis&sort=date:D:S:d1&partialfields=-wnnis:NOAVSYND&lr=-lang_ja" title="Search News">Harry Reid</a>, who won a close bid for re-election in Nevada, told reporters today that the Democrats are still “focused like a laser” on extending tax cuts to middle-income taxpayers. He said permanently extending all the Bush-era cuts would be “a road to a $4 trillion debt. That won’t happen.” Reid’s $4 trillion figure doesn’t include interest costs. <br /><br />Obama also said he would push to renew dozens of expired breaks that primarily benefit businesses, including a tax credit that subsidized research and experimentation. Separately, Congress must act to roll back a $70 billion alternative minimum tax increase, already in force for 2010, that would affect more than 30 million households. <br /><br />Alternative Minimum Tax <br /><br />Pat Heck, a partner at the Washington law firm K&L Gates LLP, said the need to prevent the increase in the alternative minimum tax will be the biggest catalyst for Obama and lawmakers to strike a deal. <br /><br />“That absolutely has to be done,” Heck said. “Without the AMT patch you’re going to have 25 million taxpayers get hit by a tax bill next year that they hadn’t planned on.” <br /><br />A short-term compromise is most likely on the Bush-era tax cuts, he said. “I think there’s enough time for them to come together; it’s not rocket science.” <br /><br />To contact the reporters on this story: <a href="http://search.bloomberg.com/search?q=Ryan%20J.%20Donmoyer&site=wnews&client=wnews&proxystylesheet=wnews&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&filter=p&getfields=wnnis&sort=date:D:S:d1&partialfields=-wnnis:NOAVSYND&lr=-lang_ja" title="Search News">Ryan J. Donmoyer</a> in Washington at <a href="mailto:rdonmoyer@bloomberg.net" title="Send E-mail">rdonmoyer@bloomberg.net</a> <br /><br />To contact the editor responsible for this story: Mark Silva at <a href="mailto:msilva34@bloomberg.net" title="Send E-mail">msilva34@bloomberg.net</a> <br /><br /><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-03/obama-says-he-will-negotiate-with-republicans-on-extending-bush-s-tax-cuts.html">Obama Says He'll Negotiate With Republicans on Bush Tax Cuts - Bloomberg</a>

Obama Says He'll Negotiate With Republicans on Bush Tax Cuts

US President Barack Obama. President Barack Obama said he is “absolutely” ready to negotiate this month with congressional Repu...

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