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Family fundraise for girl's life-changing operation
The family of a girl, who suffers from cerebral palsy, have begun fundraising for a life-changing operation, after the NHS turned her down.
The family of a girl, who suffers from cerebral palsy, have begun fundraising for a life-changing operation, after the NHS turned her down.
Medical staff at the Royal Derby Hospital are using Skype to keep in touch with kidney patients undergoing dialysis at home.
The Health Protection Agency has issued guidance on what to do if you think you have norovirus.
The family of a girl, who suffers from cerebral palsy, have begun fundraising for a life-changing operation, after the NHS turned her down.Read the full story
Medical staff at the Royal Derby Hospital are using Skype to keep in touch with kidney patients undergoing dialysis at home.Read the full story
A young mum who picked up an infection while giving birth to her son at Heartlands Hospital in 2009 has been compensated by the hospital.
Doctors missed four chances to treat the infection and were left with no option but to perform a full hysterectomy on Hayley Sanders, who was 19 at the time. She was in such pain in the months after the ordeal that she was unable to bond and care for her newborn son.
The hospital have now agreed to pay a five-figure sum to Hayley out of court, just days before the case was due to be heard in the High Court.
Campaigners in the Midlands have issued a fresh call for parking charges at hospitals to be scrapped, claiming it is 'unfair' to place an extra burden on people and families already suffering with illness.
A report by the Health and Social Care Information Centre reveals the average cost of parking at a hospital is £1.15 per hour - but some, including Midland hospitals, charge much more than this.
Birmingham Women's NHS Foundation Trust charges £2.70 per hour.
It comes after Coventry University Hospital lifted a cap on the amount of money it could demand from people for parking earlier this year.
Former patients at New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton are being asked about the quality of care they receive.
This is part of an overhaul of inspections by health watchdog, the Care Quality Commission.
Wolverhampton is one of the first four trusts in the country to be inspected.
The decision to build a hospital in Peterborough using borrowed funds, while paying a private company to run a second hospital nearby, has been criticised by a group of MPs.
The Commons Public Accounts Committee says that both hospitals now have uncertain financial futures.
A short film has been produced by patients, volunteers and staff at Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust in order to help improve patients' experiences when they visit the hospital.
The film, which is the first of its kind in Europe, uses a simple theme 'You are the patient experience'.
It has also been adopted by hospitals in Australia and the United States.
View the video below:
University Hospital of North Staffordshire is cancelling routine appointments and some services because of the heavy snow. Attempts are being made to keep the City General site operational. Relatives are asked to continue to collect patients who are being discharged.
If you have a concern, please contact the relevant department on your appointment letter or visit www.uhns.nhs.uk for department numbers.
The Prince of Wales has made a direct plea to doctors and nurses to listen to their patients and to show them "human kindness" following reports of patient neglect at a hospital in Worcestershire.
In an article in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, the prince said the industry must "listen and honour what is being said and not said by patients".
He added that a health service's vision should acknowledge "physical and social environment, education, agriculture and architecture".
A catalogue of failings uncovered by the mass legal action is one of the worst ever exposed at an NHS hospital, The Sunday Telegraph reported. It included:
The hospital has paid out £410,000 in 38 separate cases, with the largest settlement at £22,500.
Most are of about £10,000 for each family for the appalling conditions endured by patients from 2002 to November 2011.


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Thanks to whoever suggested it here..
Well.. I was doing a thing where I'd pen little dots on my arm every time I swore and pay it back at the end of the day (10c each) but that got a bit awkward and difficult to track after a week or two weeks so I'm not sure if I've had much progress. I just shrug and put heaps of money in my 'stop bl**dy swearing!' jar. At least some charity will be pleased!
Also, I've increased my usage of the words 'Gosh', 'Wow' and 'Yikes'. :)
Rose has written 3 entries about this goal
Thanks to whoever suggested it here..
I don't know what to do!
I try to correct myself but..
I stopped swearing very frequently, towards the end of last year. But now, the more I try to curb it, the more it slips out! I adore words and want to be able to instantly call upon the mot juste without resorting to swear words. Why is this so engrained?
I guess it's especially hard because I don't want to compromise. Making visceral (?) noises (e.g. "Gah!") is primitive, and using phonetically similar euphemisms (?) (e.g. "Mothertrucker!") is irritatingly pointless (nobody's fooled).
I've been saying "Curses!" a little bit.
"A plague on your house!" doesn't work as well.

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Ravens' Ray Lewis to Retire
Ray Lewis, one of the most feared linebackers in the NFL, is set to hang up his cleats after the playoffs, ending his stunning 17-year career with the Baltimore Ravens. Playing his final home game against the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, Lewis had been sidelined since October with torn triceps.
(Photo: AP Photo/Tom Uhlman)
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Summer Solstice: Fun Summer Vacations on the Cheap
It's the first day of summer and that means spending more time outdoors and for families with kids on summer break it can be prime time for vacations. We love to get a away as a family and we were excited to snag a deal. If you're in the same boat, I want to share a few tips that have helped us.
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You know that already, I started a fight with my consumer debt back in… 2012. We will all agree that I lost the first round (2012) when I failed to go drop under 300K of debt. In 2013, I used a similar technique… and got similar results.
Einstein defined madness by doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. I guess that there is always a little bit of madness in each of us!
But towards the end of 2013, I started to get very sick of seeing so many debts on my balance sheet and began to look around to find a solution. I sat down for hours looking at both columns; revenues vs expenses, and found out the solution wasn't in the latter.
When I decided to pay off my debts back in 2012, I did what made sense: I created a sound budget. I thought by looking carefully at how cash was flying out of my wallet, I would control my personal finances and my debt would drop. It didn't happen in 2012 and the same result happened in 2013. I was very good at finding excuses:
#1 The addition of central A/C
#2 The addition of a pool
#3 Car repair$
#4 Vacation
#5 etc, etc, etc,
But I ignored the most important part of my budget during this exercise: my sources of income. I'll go back to this point later on in this post but I want to finish about how to do create an effective budget first.
Making a good budget doesn't require a fancy online app where you get 3D graphs in multiple colors. All you need is a pen and a piece of paper (or an excel spreadsheet if you don't feel like using an old fashioned calculator!). I've made a list of all monthly expenses and classify them into three simple categories:
What I can't do anything about: mortgage, taxes, electricity bill (you can't cut that forever), healthcare (mainly products for kids), savings (pay yourself first!), gasoline.
What I can reduce: food, restaurant, wine, car payment, insurance, etc.
What I can waive: car expenses.
At that time, there was only one expense I could completely waive without affecting my lifestyle too much: sell my second car. I didn't have a car payment on my RX-8 but it was costing insurance, gas and car maintenance bills on a monthly basis. By selling my old car, I was getting rid of a few hundred each month.
Then, I attacked what I can reduce. I actually sold my two cars to replace them with a new one back in September 2013. It has increased my total debt but my monthly payments were greatly reduced. Since my car value drops as fast as my new car loan, it had no effect on my net worth; only on my budget. I've slowed down on wine and cut out restaurants. I went to my own limit of my lifestyle.
After cleaning up my budget and reducing expenses, the numbers still didn't work perfectly yet. I faced a dilemma: I had to either cut back on lifestyle or find another solution. I consider that I've worked too hard when I was younger to give away on my current lifestyle. I love the way I live and don't want to sell my house, miss going on vacation or reduce my children's activities. This brings me back to finding another solution.
For several years, I was able to both increase my lifestyle and not increase my debt level. It just happened recently when I've lost control over my personal finance temporarily. My first reflex was to cut down on my expenses and try to manage my budget tightly. This was a mistake.
In fact, a few years ago, I accepted a new position at work. It was a promotion but also a long term move where I could make more money… but only in the future. Since I had to start a new book of clients from scratch, in the beginning bonuses would be smaller than in my previous career. This is exactly what happened in 2012 and 2013. On top of making less from my day job, I also started to make less from my online company. Back in 2010 and 2011, I was withdrawing some good amounts to support my lifestyle and enjoy life. In 2012, Google slapped us big time and we had to reconsider our business model.
While the business is now back on its feet, it wasn't the right time to withdraw company money for leisure. So back in 2012, the issue I ran into was not a spending problem, it was an income problem.
The key with your personal finance lies within your ability to make money, not to reduce expenses. I can appreciate my "new" strategy as we are now making more money since September 2013 with the opening of a daycare at home. On top of this, the company is now generating more income and we can also benefit from it.
I saw the positive impact instantly on our budget as months are easier to get by and I see my debts reducing each month now. I don't have to wait for a bonus or a tax refund to apply a lump sum payment on my debts.
That's right! This year, I will get rid of 15K of consumer debts and go on two vacations! We will have a couple's vacation and a family vacation! Both can be done because we are making more money than ever.
So I won't have to sell my house or get rid of my new car and will continue to live the way I want. On top of this, my debts are going down and I'll be ready for more investments no later than 2015!
The morale of my story is simple: focus on your ability to make more money and you will pay down your debts. You can spend hours to reduce your expenses, do things by yourself to save a few bucks and burn yourself out in a miserable frugal life. Or, you can live the life you want, enjoy all the good things while making the money to pay for it. I'm done fighting with my budget. It's time to make some more money now!
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I'm back from vacation and I can tell you, it feels great… besides the fact that we are still under meters of snow here! Darn!
The main reason why I've decided to post this report again is actually for my own follow-up. Since my third child arrived, my online business has been harder to manage. Producing this report helps me to keep track of my main goal: making 100K online in 2014. A few weeks ago I outlined my business plan as follow:
Therefore, my revenues should be represented as shown on the following graph:
Instead, February shows the following results:
Overall, my online business has generated $7,945.01 (+13%). This is gross revenue and does not account for expenses. My online expenses are around $3,000 per month. I spend a lot on VAs since I want to take care of my family more than I want to spend time on my computer ;-).
The blog business peaked last month mainly due to higher traffic and Adsense sales. I've also brokered a few good advertising deals that pushed my results beyond my goal for a second consecutive month.
Since I operate several blogs, I get numerous advertising requests. I don't do much private advertising on my blogs anymore as I've previously mentioned but I've kept this part of the business for other sites I own. Most of the time, I don't have enough sites to complete massive advertisers' requests. This is why I run this advertising brokerage service on the side. I take a 15% "finding fee" to dispatch advertising across my network. It's a pretty good deal for everybody as it doesn't take me forever to close a deal and both the blogger and the advertiser are happy.
I'm losing steam on this part of my business at the moment mainly because I've failed with my February campaign. My goal was to offer a combination of two products (an external investment newsletter and my dividend stock investing tool) at a discounted price. I offered a $169 package deal for both services. I had a deal with the external investment newsletter to offer their product with a $100 rebate. Then, I offered them combined, both products and included their promotion within my package. So customers could get 2 products with a total value of over $288 for $169.
Unfortunately, my pricing strategy combined with my product offering was too complex and not straightforward. It resulted in only 2 new yearly memberships. Later in the month, I quickly turned around and pushed the external investment newsletter by itself. It resulted in 32 new sales within a week.
Their product was offered at a rebate, mine wasn't. This was probably why it didn't fly that much. I didn't want to reduce the price of my membership as I think it would be a lack of respect for existing members. I made a decision to not play with my price and not offer additional rebates. Sometimes, I'm tempted to do so, but I always remember the customer who first paid the "full price". I think it's important to show them respect.
In the meantime, I got my product approved within an affiliate marketing system. This means that I will be able to give affiliate links to other bloggers or website owners wanting to sell my membership service. I'm offering 40% of the sale price to other blogger. This is definitely a great deal for both parties. I'm definitely looking forward to see how it will go in the upcoming weeks with this strategy.
This business division also includes my two books for sale on Amazon:
Dividend Growth – a 4.5 Star Investing Guide
2014 Best Dividend Stock Picks – After beating the benchmark with my picks in 2012 and 2013, I'm going back for a third year with 20 US and 10 CDN favorite picks.
Sales are stable right now with Dividend Growth (I sell rough a copy a day) and the 2014 Best Dividend Stocks continues to roll as my picks are doing as good or better than my benchmark. The easy money is gone and now investors are looking more than ever for undervalued stocks.
My niche sites produced more income in February but I've done nothing yet to improve the situation. I was simply lucky that I got more traffic and more Adsense revenue ;-). I must admit that my click-through-ratio and earnings per click are quite high with my niche sites. For example, I have one site making $30-$40 per month with Adsense with as little as 200 visitors per month. This can give you the kind of potential such a site can have if you bring it up to 2,000 visitors. Then again, 2,000 visitors/month is far from being impossible!
I'm currently looking at how I will improve traffic for these sites. I have a few ideas on the table and I'll discuss them with my partner soon… we have our annual meeting coming up!
February was another challenging month in terms of time management. In January, the whole family got sick one after another without any breaks. In February, we were completing the earnings season (when public companies issues their quarterly financial reports). We wanted to cover all stocks in our Dividend Growth Portfolios. This makes 45 different stocks across 10 portfolios.
Nonetheless, the final product (three very strong investing newsletters sent to our members) was a complete success. I was very proud to provide an accurate follow-up and performed trades upon our analysis.
Then, second thing that went well was the advertising brokerage activities. We completed several deals and many bloggers benefited from it. Plus, making a 15% commission each time you send a couple emails is always appreciated!
Time management, again, was a big pain. I was stuck between demanding hours at work, children/family activities and my sites. In my latest income report, I had listed 7 tasks to be accomplished in February (this included January's unfinished tasks as well) listed as follows:
As you can see, I'm not too happy about my overall results. Excuses explain what happened but still, they don't bring results to the table. I know that my membership site won't bring in money month after month if I stop promoting only 3 months after launching. I have a good customer base but it won't increase overnight based on wishful thinking!
Since time is always an issue and I'm starting March a little bit late due to a vacation, I will restrain my objectives and make sure I complete all the tasks on time. So here's quick list:
#1 Finish the 500K+ portfolio and advertise it
#2 Write two guest posts for my membership site
#3 Offer my affiliate program to three bloggers and walk them through
#4 Finish my niche site development plan
I know it's not many tasks, but I want to make sure to succeed and finish the first quarter of the year on a strong note. In two weeks, we will already have three months done in the year. It's crazy how time flies!!
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Price it too low, and people think it's cheap
Price it too high, and people think you are a nut job!
In marketing, the question of pricing is probably the hardest to answer. Unfortunately, this is a question we must face every time we want to sell something. You can't start negotiating your price with each client and moving the price up and down all the time will not send the right message to clients and future customers. The early joiners will fell that they got ripped off if you drop your price from time to time and the late subscribers will simply wait forever until you put on a huge promotion before buying (who pays full price at Canadian Tire?).
Before I launched my membership website about Dividend Growth Portfolios, I was very uncertain about the right price. It is a high-end product when you consider the knowledge put in place and the possible return on your investment. On the other hand, this is also a very crowded and competitive industry where giants such as Morningstar and Motley Fool offer services for just a few bucks per month.
My partner and I weren't able to find a sweet spot where we felt comfortable so we decided to ask around. Based on my own experience, looking for an external point of view won't help… much. The first problem when you ask feedback about pricing is who do you ask. Asking internet marketing specialists, they will answer: shoot for the sky. Asking friends, they will answer: price it modestly. Ask potential buyers, they will answer to drop your price as low as possible (they are not fools!). Nonetheless, this is what I did; I asked an internet marketer, friends and potential buyers.
If you ask a potential buyer what price they would pay for your house, chances are they will shoot low since they think they can get a bargain. But if you ask 1,100 people about your house, now you have a chance to hit a few honest people. This is what I did with my new project.
I've built a list of 1,100 potential buyers and told them about my project. I've sent a series of 4 emails:
The purpose of my investing website is to simplify the investor's investment process. I want investors to save time and still make money being a DIY investor. I gave my readers a choice between 3 options:
I received about 400 answers from this email. It took me forever but I personally replied to each one of them. Without any surprises, most readers answered option #1. However, I got about 30 or so (so 7.50%) answers telling me they would be okay with option #2 or #3. This is without counting numerous longer emails explaining their reasoning. I received a lot of details about the current offers on the web along with pricing from other competitors.
We always have the best product as the design, the quality and everything else is better than our competitors. Now that I've accepted that, I had to look at my competitors with fresh eyes; with the customer's eyes. The target price was definitely between $9.95 and $15 per month. Most of them were charging $9.95 which didn't give me much room to play with. I was happy to notice that most of my competitors offered almost too much info. And this is something I wanted to solve with my site: I wanted to have something that cut the crap and gets directly to the point. One of my competitors offers 20-30 page reports on a bi-weekly basis. Who has the time to read, analyze and take action on over 60 pages of information monthly? I know something for a fact; I don't! My competitive advantage was to offer high value-added features only if I was going to charge as much (or even higher) than my competitors.
The fact that I had two years of great investment records behind the belt was another factor. Ideally, I would have had to wait until I have five years, but that will happen in three and I will be able to crank my price if I keep beating my benchmarks!
From my own experience, I notice that when you play with additional options or different price ranges, you increase the level of confusion for your potential buyers. And if they are confused, they will likely not proceed with the purchase.
It happened to me yesterday again when I tried to book a couples massage at a spa (I know, I'm a good hubby ). The item "couple massage" was priced per person, so I added the two items in my "cart". The next screen was to search for availability. I selected 2pm. The system found 4 massotherapists available for that time. But, the system didn't allow me to select two massotherapists at the same time! I had to select one at 2pm and another at 3pm. It's like I had to create another account for my wife and reserve another couple massage under her name to get both reservations at the same time. Do you think I completed the reservation? No way!
Back to my membership website; I offer 2 pricing options: basic with a monthly subscription and premium with a rebate of 2 months + a free book for an annual subscription. In my case, I think it was the right choice. The proof is that I have about 50% of my members choosing monthly and the other half annual.
But I created additional confusion when I did my official launch with a combined offer including another newsletter. For a limited time, I offer both my services along with another investing paid newsletter for a package price. I didn't sell many subscriptions for that package and I think I know the reason: it gets confusing if you go see the newsletter, then my website and then go back to the original offer. There are simply too many places to find information before you make the purchasing decision.
I thought it would be a good idea since I had run a promotion for that investing newsletter in the past with great success. There wasn't any big package; just a plain rebate on an investing newsletter.
After looking at how I've priced my service, I thought I would have done something slightly different. Instead of going for $14.95/month right up front, I would have started with $9.95 for the first 100 members. Then, I would have increased it to $14.95. It would have created a bigger buzz around the launch (especially if I had told the offer was sent to 1,100 investors!).
On the other hand, I wanted to price the site for what it's worth and I think investors are getting a lot from it. In fact, feedback is very good to date so I'm pretty confident that people are happy about the pricing. I wanted to make sure I make my money back quickly and it was the case as I've come to profit only 6 weeks after launching my site.
I just think that I could have generated a bigger buzz and gotten more members on board at first. Now, I can't offer a rebate as I would feel unfair to my first members to sign-up.
As you can see, it's never easy to come up with the right pricing strategy!
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Last week, I disclosed my first income report in over a year. The main reason why I decided to publish my income again is because I want to use this report as a way to follow-up on my progress and hold myself accountable.
I can already say it was a great idea since I've noticed that I was very far behind with my niche site income. I was under the impression that I was making about $500/month from them but I only made $134.22 in January. OUCH! This is about 16% of my goal of $833.33 per month from this segment.
Since the plan for my membership website is already well detailed and my blog business is on pace, I have decided to concentrate my efforts to design a plan of attack to boost my niche site income.
Over the years, we went a little trigger happy on buying domains, put together a few articles and called it a niche site. Back in the day, it was a great strategy to sell a few links and make a few bucks from Adsense. These sites didn't require any attention from us and the money was still coming in slowly, but passively.
Now we need to step-up and create bigger sites in order to generate additional income. I didn't want to shoot everywhere to see what comes out of the bushes. This is why I've selected 7 sites with potential. They are disclosed as follows:
I have selected these sites because I have two niches (investing and jobs) that I'm very comfortable working with and I know they are profitable. You don't need much traffic to generate money with such topics. On top of this, I tried something new with an insurance related site and it works very well. It is incredibly hard to rank for insurance keywords but it is by far the most profitable niche I've come across so far.
Since I work with a limited time schedule, I can't focus on everything. Focus on everything…. these are 2 words that just don't work together. You can't focus and work on everything… this is called a waste of time!
This is why I will be focusing on 2 simple metrics for each site:
I already know the revenue per visitor can be very high for each site. It's all a matter of converting them at this point. Working with these 7 sites, I will apply the following strategies to improve my chances of having each visitor take an action which generates money for me:
A) Change the theme for most sites in order to make it easier to navigate through
B) Perform adsense optimization on each site
C) Add affiliate resources to help visitors
D) Improve the newsletter subscription option to keep more visitors
The second metric to focus on is obviously traffic. This is a joint problem for all niche sites at the moment. You can optimize your site all you want, if you don't get visitors, you don't make any money.
This will be purely trial and error for this part. I know for a fact that I have never updated my 7 niche sites and Google obviously doesn't like this. The first challenge will be to update them on a regular basis. I'm thinking of writing 1 article per month for each site which will bring my work load to 7 more posts. This is a lot of work but I think it can make a big difference.
Then, I will try several link building strategies:
a) Starting with keyword research to focus on easier topics to rank with (Matt from Dumb Passive Income has a great service for keyword research by the way)
b) Commenting, carnivals and create web 2.0 properties to improve the number of links (the usual stuff)
c) Look at expired domain redirects (a new strategy mastered by Jon from Authority Website)
d) Write epic posts and mention other bloggers as link bait
I can't really put many hours on my niche site at the moment as I have several tasks to achieve with regards to my membership website. This is why I'm considering hiring a VA to do several tasks. Since niche sites have generated a 100% passive income of $134.22, this could be my budget for March. I could use 100% of my niche site income to generate bigger revenues. Since this segment of my business is dying at the moment, I won't jeopardize much by using pure profit to improve this division.
A few months ago, I used a good VA from ODesk to do some link building. I intend to use the same guy to work on specific tasks. For the rest of the month of February, I will concentrate on putting this plan together and build a small tutorial so my future VA will be able to achieve his work quickly.
This will be quite a challenge! But I can't really go under $134 anyway, right?
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Since the beginning of the year, I have discussed on this blog about my big project of launching a membership website. I really wanted this project to be perfect so I didn't publicize all over the place to announce my new site back in December. I started with a soft launched that enabled me to #1 recover my investment and #2 control comments and suggestions from my new clients. It's been two months now since I secretly launched this project, now it's time to tell you more about it!
Dividend Stocks Rock is an online membership site that gives you access to all the tools and techniques you can use to build a dividend stock portfolio personally. This is not about stock recommendations or some kind of guru principles. It's about sound investing decisions made based on solid stock research.
I've been investing since 2003 and while my investing journey includes failures, I've also earned a few bragging rights:
#1 After borrowing from a $20,000 line of credit to invest, I bought my first house with $50,000 in cash down. All generated from my trading abilities.
#2 in 2012, I launched my first stock pick book and selected 20 US and 10 Canadian dividend stocks. I lagged the US market by 1% but killed the Canadian market by more than 8%.
#3 in 2013, my second edition of the Best dividend stock picks for the year beat BOTH the US and Canadian benchmarks.
I've noticed that many readers were interested in my point of view with regards to the economy and the stock market. They were curious about my stock picking process and how I manage my own portfolio. This is why I created Dividend Stocks Rock – to share my knowledge with as many people as possible.
The Dividend Stocks Rock site will build your knowledge, skills, and investment capability from the ground up. You'll master the techniques you need to understand what drives portfolio growth and individual stock growth to build the portfolio you want. Most importantly, it will give you the data at your finger tips that will allow you to put the process into action from day 1.
My goal with this site was to cover the dividend investing world from A to Z from the Canadian and American markets. This is why you will find a lot of information on North American dividend stocks. But I couldn't compete against the big guys. I didn't want to enter the playground of data mining and build a filter stronger than Finviz or Ycharts. I couldn't compete with news and tons of articles that you can find on site such as Google Finance or Seeking Alpha. I wasn't able to build a complete site such as MorningStar, Dividend.com or Parsimony Research.
When I look at such a list of "competitors", it seems that there isn't any place for a smaller player like me, right? If you think so, you are wrong. I personally use all these sites for my own stock research and portfolio management. But they all share the same flaw: they are too big and contain too much information for the average DIY investor. After discussing with many of my readers, I've noticed that many of them are brand new DIY investor and are floundering somewhat in the ocean of information and products offered to them. In fact, there is just too much info to digest for people to properly manage their own portfolios. Folks feel overwhelmed and simply do not know where to start. This is where I have found my niche: by doing the work I do and simply deliver the results so decision making is easier.
The other unique feature I can offer clients is even stronger: ME! Instead of logging into a big site managed by a dozen or hundreds of people, you enter in direct connection with a passionate dividend investor. I'm not here to give direct stock recommendations, I'm here to help investors build their portfolio according to their own investing strategy.
The site is being divided into 4 categories:
This section was created for beginner investors who want to learn how to build their own portfolios. It explains the DSR philosophy. You don't need thousands of dollars to start investing; a few hundred is enough. The idea is to have a clear investing process to achieve your goals.
The DSR Investing Baby Steps is an 8 Step process that will guide you through all phases of investing. You can either read each step on your screen or download them in an eBook (pdf) format.
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Rated 4 out of 5 by jechho Nice stay Had a three night stay here in August, after the Olympics. As spg platinum members we were upgraded to a jr. suite that had a very small bed. Asked for a room with a king size bed, and was given another jr. suite . They seemed to be out of regular suites, but the jr. suite was rather big. Pluses: - location - the room (facing courtyard) was surprisingly quiet - bottle of wine was awaiting us on the second day, that is how to treat platinum members! Minuses: - the bathroom was old and dingy, and the aircon pretty noisey. - the lounge could be rather crowded at times. - windows were small, so not a lot of natural light We snagged a great deal, and would stay here again - if we could find a similar bargain. September 15, 2012
Rated 2 out of 5 by ghp2 Disappointing stay at an average hotel For a SPG Category 6, you'd expect a truly luxury experience, but the reality is that Le Meridien Piccadilly has average (if not subpar) décor and average service levels. Hallway carpets were worn, paint in the rooms was marked, food in the Club Lounge was of low quality, and check in staff were less than helpful. Check in was unpleasant - the room wasn't ready (at 4PM) and they claimed they didn't have an alternative, so I was told I'd just have to wait in the lobby. Not the bar with a drink voucher or the club room (which I would have access to once my room was available anyway). After an hour I talked to a different member of the staff who found me a room eventually. I wouldn't bother with this hotel again. May 28, 2012
Rated 2 out of 5 by michele good location but needs improvement I stayed here from June 2nd to June 5th. I was put in a very noisy room right next to elevator/stairs and house keeping closet. i could not sleep at all. so i asked to be moved. they said they would move me when i return from my work in the evening. when i returned they had not moved me and had to wait in the line to get access to the reception staff. finally they moved me. the toilet in the new room was not working properly so they had to come to fix it. needless to say it was not a pleasant experience. what i also found is the reception desk staff is fairly small. that means for check in or check out or room change you do have to wait for at least 15-20 minutes before you could speak with the reception staff. July 5, 2013
Rated 1 out of 5 by CalifTraveler Great Location, Poorly managed You can't ask for a better location, within walking distance of many attractions and close to the Picadilly underground station. Management seems to feel that they don't have to do anything to make your stay pleasant, since you're staying there for the location. Rooms are noisy, club lounge is way understaffed, and apparently has been for a long time. It is also noisy and often very crowded. Food runs out. This hotel has the worst platinum recognition of any major Starwood hotel I've stayed at. I'll leave it at that. Nice staff, but poorly managed. January 24, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by picc Elegant and beutiful I found Le Meridien Piccadilly one of nicest Starwood properties. We travel all over the world, and this is tops. Very elegant, refined, quiet, luxurious. The club lounge was well stocked and staffed. The beds were so comfortable I got an 8 hour hour sleep the first night despite traveling from LA and having jet-lag. June 28, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by Robert350 Great location for tourists The location of this hotel is superb for those coming to see London. Walking distance to the theatre district, SOHO, Trafalgar Square, etc. We arrived early in the day and they made every attempt to get us in our suite ASAP. The room with 2 bathrooms was VERY appreciated. Thank you! The lounge was friendly and well stocked with drinks and much more than the traditional rolls and jam for breakfast. The only criticism is for the decorator of the rooms. We had a fabulous entry way, and a wonderful vintage round window in the sitting room which should have been celebrated rather than ignored. I understand that this is out of the immediate managements control, but just want to give the feedback for the next remodel. Celebrate the architecture! October 10, 2012
Rated 5 out of 5 by Glowgirl1 Great Location with wonderful staff This was our second stay in a 2 week period. We found the staff very responsive. We had club lounge access and found it very crowded. There was a family of 20 or so that overwelmed the staff and many of the other club patrons. There was another group that were staying at the hotel and brought people from outside to hotel into the club room for meetings. I don't know what the solution is. We felt so bad for the staff who knew that the other guests were upset and even angry because they paid the same for club room access for one as the other group did for 6 or 8 including children in one room. June 5, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Mike3364 SPG At its Best I always felt special here. Ilya made a point of checking me in swiftly but always made eye contact and made a point of using my name. I was recognized as a Platinum, and treated as someone special. The upgrade was appreciated, and the room was both well appointed and spotless. I love this location...but was amazed at the lack of noise. Isn't that all that really matters? This is a wonderful hotel. You can't go wrong! June 22, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Sonder74 A superb stay We stayed at Le Meridien Picadilly recently and the hotel is in a superb location to explore London with excellent facilities including a large indoor pool and good sized gym amongst other facilities. The food and service at the Terrace Grill & Bar was first class. As with most high end hotels, it is a pleasure to stay here but what I found truly great about my stay was the level of service and professionalism of all staff. Well done on such high standards of customer service. March 18, 2014
Rated 3 out of 5 by Buffaloforever OK hotel, nothing more This hotel is ok when you are staying for business. Friendly staff, good breakfast. My room was far too hot, and it didn't get cooler during the night. So I didn't sleep well. June 26, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by TXGirl14 Great location We only stayed for two night. Hotel is in great location. Staff was really great and we enjoyed being on the club level. My only issue was the wi-fi in the room. My phone would never find the connection but my IPAD did. It took a long time to connect and would have to do it often. My IPAD would lose the connection. Overall, I enjoyed my visit and would stay again. June 21, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Rooie Great place to stay in London Have stayed at Le Meridien a few times and will always go back when in London. It is in a great location for sightseeing, shopping, restaurants, shopping and theatre. Rooms are a great size, spotlessly clean and well maintained, staff extremely friendly and helpful and the Club Lounge is a great place for a cold glass of wine at the end of the day! June 21, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by JohnandAnn Great accommodation in the heart of London We have stayed over the weekend for the fourth time and I have to say that we love this location and hotel. From the moment you walk into the door you feel welcomed. The Concierge and Front Office is very helpful, welcoming and genuinely cares. They took care of our luggage due to an early arrival. Our room was not ready but we were provided with helpful information on what to do while waiting. Franzi at Reception checked us in and she provided us with a great room, definitely worth waiting for it. The room we stayed in was a Club room in a corner and offered lots of space to relax after shopping. (book Club room, you have also access to a Lounge) The breakfast buffet has been changed from a few months ago. Great improvements! Try it out. All in one, a great weekend in the heart of London – You have to stay here. December 10, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by RaymondC Hope this was a one off bad experience Normally excellent, this time very poor . June 24, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by shakill I like the hotel I like the hotel that's why I keep coming. June 24, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by yagy a nice time the hotel was very nice. the ,orning breakfast was good. The people were friendly and helpful. Close to the Tube system, easy to get around the area walking. June 23, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by gerri12 Good location Nice hotel, as you would expect from a good hotel. June 24, 2014
Rated 3 out of 5 by basha27 The hotel was so so was ok overall, defintely over priced. hotel stars mostly for location. June 23, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by Nadeem Awful reception staff Reception staff at hotel cold and unwelcoming. The front desk is your face to the world. Staff should smile, be engaging and helpful. Unfortunately, that is not the case at your hotel. The inroom food service lacks breadth and the burger I eventually chose was horrendous and not cooked to specifications. June 20, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by thelawman GREAT SERVICE TO PLATINUM members This is my second time back and I will stay again when I go back to London. The staff was excellent. They worked hard to get me the room I wanted. The gym is big and the pool is terrific. The pool is indoor and if you like to work out you are in for a treat. The manager dropped off wine and cheese the first night and dropped off organic juices the next night. The tea service is awesome and the breakfast with the french bread and fresh juices is amazing! June 8, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Matti123 Experience Very good experience, would not hesitate to return to the Hotel June 23, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by PALF our stay This hotel is very well situated in the middle of London .We enjoy ourselves every time we come ,The staff are so friendly and recognise us when we visit it is a real home from home ,see you soon April 2, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by A101 Great Location this hotel must be the best located in London to attend a show. Makes me feel special as a Platinum guest. June 22, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Karenlynn Great location. Exceptional staff We arrived during a very busy Art week in London and were told that reservations were quite difficult to find. Le Meridien had the availability we needed and it was our first stay with them. The staff was outstanding, the room was immaculate and the location was perfect. We have stayed in London 3x per year for the last ten years and will now make Le Meridien our new 'go to' home. Many thanks, Sergio and hats off to your staff. October 23, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Darco A home away from home What I appreciate in Le Meridien Piccadilly the most is their way they treat their customers.The minute you walk through the door, they make you feel right at home. From the staff at reception to the waiters in the restaurant: everybody does their utmost to make your stay an unforgetable one. The rooms are great, the food is delicious, the location is perfect. Come and experience it yourself, you won't regret it! November 18, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by milkchug Fantastic location but an OK experience I was most surprised by the fantastic location; you literally walk out of the hotel and you're literally blocks from everything, Starbucks, theaters, restaurants, shopping, etc. The major downside was the overall service, from the lackluster concierge who didn't seem interested in providing any special service, to the front desk which was unresponsive to our requests to issues with our electrical plugs. October 23, 2011
Rated 2 out of 5 by arvitam A Category 6 How? at best a 4 but more like a 3 Excellent Location, excellent Staff especially Nicolas at the Front desk. The rest is below average. How can this hotel be a category 6 beside the location. Rooms need to be redone entirely. Terrible bathroom, terrible furniture and the beds are far from being comfortable. This is a Category 4 at best I would like to have some explanation why it's a 6, ReallY!? Thank You December 28, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by santri1969 Excellent central London location Have stayed at the Le Meridien Picadilly on multiple occasions due to its central London location for business and tourist purposes. Great SPG platinum recognition - have always been upgraded to a Junior suite. Good pool and friendly staff. Rooms generally need an upgrade in terms of being up to date - seem a little worn out. My preferred London location due to great access. June 9, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by Dusty Hotel fine club room does not work Having just stayed at this hotel twice in the last month I twice had to complain that in the mornings there were too many people in a small space ,not enough food or staff to look after them.The main restaurant was quiet in the mornings and the club room a disaster. For the last two days of my stay my wife and I had breakfast in the main dining room which was perfect. April 2, 2013
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U r right mehak Sid should win !
sidd shld win d shw...
bt i thnk juhi gonna win
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Hats off to you Mahek.. hope u returns back with wild card entry.. BB is a deserted bhoot bangla without you.. we would definitely miss..
I really hope juhi wins da show
I soo totally agree . If anyone after Mehak deserves to win , then it's Sid.
well sid is also not saint. he changed his behavior just bcoz he feared tht his career will end if sumone like salman khan goes against him.
Horrible, sick people like Sky should never win. A fake like Juhi shouldnt win either. Amar is a true coward and shouldnt win. Sonali does what others tell her and shouldnt win. Sunny is hot but dumb and shouldnt win.
Only Sid is worthy of a win from the remaining contestants.
LoL Sid should win. What a Joke.
Mahek is the true winner of BB5 :) she is the best .. BB is sooo unfair with Mahek .. she should stay .. i thought that shonali or sid would get eliminated this week .. but i was shocked when sanjay called Mahek n said u have 5 min , come !!!! i almost cried :( i dont thing that she got eliminated bcz of low votes , bcz she has a huge fan following , n her fans r more than sid n shonali's fans .. i think BB was unfair with her ;\
I really with that she comes back with a wild card entry ... really wish soo .. n wish that she wins the show too :)
but frm the current contestants , i like Amar , n i hope he wins if Mahek is not there for now .. but if Mahek comes back , then i'll wish for Mahek n h i hope soo .. ( bcz Mahek & Amar r my fvrts ) ^_^
aftr u dats sid who dserv 2 win
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The founder of a Bradford children's charity has received a prestigious award recognising outstanding achievement in young people.
Rich Jones, chief executive of the Joshua Project, in Great Horton, has won one of the UK's Ten Outstanding Young Persons awards, organised by Junior Chamber International.
As a UK winner in the Humanitarian Leadership category, Mr Jones will travel to the JCI congress in Leipzig, Germany, in November, to be in with a chance of winning a TOYP world accolade.
The Joshua Project, set up in 2007 and based in the My Impact Centre on Cross Lane, works with children and young people to overcome barriers, such as poverty, educational disaffection and social exclusion, that may block them from realising their potential.
"I always say that those of us involved in the work of the Joshua Project do it not for awards or plaudits, but because we're motivated by love and a commitment to seeing lives and communities transformed for the better," said Mr Jones.
"It is in an honour to work alongside some incredible, unsung heroes who make our work with children, young people and families possible.
"I'm humbled by this award and thankful to JCI UK in bestowing it, for recognising the importance of grassroots, one-life-at-a-time, transformational work.
"This award is received on behalf of the children, young people and families we work alongside, who are my inspiration."
The awards recognise young people who excel in their chosen fields to create positive change, and Phil Cockayne, deputy president of JCI Bradford, said Mr Jones was a more than worthy winner.
"I first met Rich at a junior chamber meeting when he delivered a presentation about the work the Joshua Project do in the local community, and whether we could do anything to support his work," he said.
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