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In college football, "Bedlam" used to just be the annual Oklahoma/Oklahoma State rivalry game. Now, though, it's an apt description for the absolute chaos happening across pigskin nation. Between your favorite team playing in a new conference, your favorite coach losing his job, and your favorite player going to either the NFL or a prison cell, it's understandable if the casual fan has lost all freakin' track of what's going on. Luckily, we're here to help.
What the **** Is "Conference Realignment"?
It's not like that thing they do to your tires. Driven by years of intra-conference imbalance, and sparked by a new generation of lucrative TV deals that threatened to make things even worse, the past two years have seen an explosive chain reaction of defections and switcheroos that have completely redrawn the college football landscape. Now the Big 12 has ten teams, the Big 10 has twelve, and your favorite school rivalry might not be played again for another twenty or thirty years. It's sort of like Occupy Wall Street, if even the smallest players were multi-million-dollar football juggernauts.
The full scope of this, including non-BCS and less prominent programs, is even bigger, but here are the major moves of the past two years that will be impacting the BCS picture in 2012:
The Big East is an inept, straw-man shell of a conference, whose winners seem to lose one or two or three walkover games per year, but frustrated fans in better conferences by getting an automatic BCS bowl bid anyway. Or should we say it was, because with TCU and West Virginia bolting for the Big 12—the former before it ever played a single Big East game—and Pittsburgh and Syracuse leaving for the ACC, the Big East has been relegated to the ranks of the non-BCS conferences. Its champion still gets a guaranteed spot in a BCS bowl game the next two seasons, but none of its teams are ranked in the preseason top-25.
Those two additions to the Big 12, meanwhile, were a nice recovery from what was almost the total implosion of the conference, after they lost Nebraska to the Big 10, Colorado to the Pac-12, and Missouri and Texas A&M to the SEC. The impetus for much of this was Texas's Longhorn Network, which will further upset the imbalance of money and recruiting might that irked the conference's sparsely populated northern division—in case you didn't know, the state of Texas likes football. The old Big 8 from which the modern conference sprang is now a historical relic, with Nebraska and Oklahoma negotiating to rekindle their classic rivalry...in 2020, at the earliest.
With Nebraska's defection, the Big 10 now has an even twelve teams, creating a conference championship that relegates the classic Ohio State-Michigan matchup to penultimate status. Conference reps say they're standing pat for the foreseeable future—but the current two-halves setup kind of depends on Penn State being a Leaders division power, which...womp womp.
The Pac-10, ACC, and SEC come across as the stable elder statesmen among the BCS morass, each adding two good but unremarkable programs (Utah and Colorado, Pittsburgh and Syracuse, and Texas A&M and Missouri, respectively) that bolster their memberships without upsetting their long-standing power structures. At the end of the day, the disputes aren't over, and all of the nation's biggest football giants (see below) remain exactly where they were before. And who loses? The paying customer, and thousands of unpaid student-athletes, of course.
Scandals, Scandals, Scandals!
Arkansas's Bobby Petrino, had a much more readily lampoon-able path to infamy, getting into a motorcycle crash and lying about the presence of a passenger, namely his 25-year-old employee/mistress. In more on-the-field areas, there was also the firing of Ohio State coach Jim Tressel, whose failure to disclose a ticky-tacky NCAA violation (his players exchanged autographs for services from a local tattoo parlor) brought down his whole "honest" and "character-driven" coaching regime. Between them and the usual buttload of drug-, money-, and academics-related suspensions and expulsions of college athletes, it's rough going for anyone who's not just a fan of the game, but also of the supposedly virtuous student-athletes and leaders of young men who are supposed to make college football less cynical than its professional counterpart.
A Quick and Dirty Top-10 Preview
Preseason polls are about as bad as predicting the eventual champs as you are perusing the books at Caesar's, but polls drive perception as much as the other way around: Teams with high preseason rankings simply have to not screw up, while low starters have to be flawless, and hope for upsets. Here, a brief and totally speculative look at the early frontrunners:
1. USC: The AP poll's preseason favorite. Loaded with A+ starters at QB (with Heisman frontrunner Matt Barkley), WR, RB, OL, water boy, etc. However, their scholarship penalties from Reggie Bush-related chicanery mean depth is a question, and Lane Kiffin is and always will be a dirty weasel.
2. Alabama: Despite having four players stolen in the first round of the NFL Draft, the defending champs are fully (re)loaded on both sides of the ball, despite Nick Saban being a dirty weasel. A benevolent god wouldn't let him win his fourth championship, right? Right??
3. LSU: The Mad Hatter loses the Honey Badger—star cornerback and Heisman finalist Tyran Mathieu, who is now in drug rehab—but boast another elite defense and a more experienced offense, which will hopefully do better than last year's 21-0 egg against Alabama in the title game.
4. Oklahoma: With a title in 2000 and three championship game loses since then, the Sooners are quickly becoming the Chicago Cubs of college football. Question abound as to whether Bob Stoops's pass-happy offense and its video-game numbers can go up against big, bad, and fast SEC defenses.
5. Oregon: No such questions abound for the Ducks' similarly finesse-based Blur offense, though, because 1) they came within a field goal of beating Auburn two years ago, and 2) ESPN spends every minute of every Ducks game fellating about how damn fast it is (they average one snap every 15 seconds). Still far more proven than Kiffin's Trojans (heh, heh), though, so don't be surprised if Chip Kelley's is the Pac-10 team in the title hunt come December.
6. Georgia: The best of the forgotten SEC stepchildren, because the two headliners obscure the fact that the conference has five of the top ten teams. Georgia doesn't play Bama, LSU, or Arkansas in the regular season, so a conference championship upset could put them in the title game.
7. Florida State: A perennial disappointment of late, you figure the Seminoles have to not bungle their lofty preseason expectations one of these years. They return the bulk of their starters from a group that wasn't as bad as advertised last year, but everything has to go right for a team to win it all, and this one hasn't come close to that mark in a long time.
8. Michigan: It's all about "Shoelace," as Denard Robinson is known; the mercurial quarterback is a decent passer, but one with the big-play legs of Chris Johnson. The man had 1,176 yards rushing last year, to go along with 36 total TDs. All hopes for the Wolverines lie with him running and throwing a swath of destruction through the Big 10.
9. South Carolina: Steve Spurrier continues to plug away at his second SEC coaching post, and the Gamecocks seem to get a little better every year. Heisman contender Marcus Lattimore powers a very un-Spurrier-like run-heavy offense, and they crashed the SEC championship game in 2010, but completing the logical next step against powerhouses like LSU and Alabama might be more like a leap.
10. Arkansas: Even with Bobby Petrino riding off into the sunset (and crashing his bike, see above), the Hogs are a better team than they have been in decades—which still might not be enough to keep them out of the ranks of SEC also-rans. Thus is the power of the conference that has won the last six national championships.
11. BONUS: West Virginia: Had to include a mention for the Mountaineers, who are favored by some to win the Big 12 in their first year as a member. QB Geno Smith and the rest of their high-powered offense seem like they'll be right at home, but can they really avoid laying any eggs, after years of tripping over hapless Big East opponents?
The Upshot: There Will Be Playoffs (Playoffs?!?)
For the casual fan who just fast-forwards to the good stuff every season, this year's biggest college football news is the promise to install a new four-team playoff, in the hopes of preventing some of the rankings controversy that's plagued every college football season since, oh, about the beginning of time. It's an encouraging sign of progress, from a culture that's famously resistant to it. What's next, paying athletes a small fraction of the billions of dollars they make for the NCAA, and the fat-cat executives who run their schools? ...Nah, just kidding.


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by Penny SansevieriMarch 9, 2015
Welcome to Author Marketing Experts' Blog Carnival. This week we have guest posts on self-publishing, and writing. Thank you to all of our contributors.
Sarah Bolme submitted Important Information for Christian Authors posted at Marketing Christian Books, saying, "Do you finish every book you start to read? Many people don't. I once saw a statistic that said that most people only read about half of a nonfiction book."
Hazel Longuet submitted How I improved my writing productivity by 100% posted at A Novel Experience, saying, "I was struggling to hit my daily word count targets – these are the simple steps I took to improve my writing productivity by 100% – they can help you too."
Colin Dunbar submitted Format a Book with Word: Formatting for Smashwords posted at Format Books in Word, saying, "This is the first of six posts covering the formatting of your book for Smashwords."
That concludes this week's carnival. Our weekly roundup offers the best book marketing, self-publishing, writing, and general publishing industry tips to guide authors, would-be authors, publishers and others on their book journey. Submit a post to our weekly carnival by using this link: http://www.amarketingexpert.com/submit-ame-blog-carnival/
March 7, 2015
There's so much to learn and do for book promotion. Educate yourself with these book marketing and publishing industry tweets, courtesy of bloggers, marketers, authors and others. The topics include a simple way to sell more books, social media tips for authors, the top 10 things authors must know about Amazon, and more. Happy marketing!
* The Top 10 Things All Authors Should Know About Amazon
Amazon's algorithms work in interesting ways. Here's a breakdown on how scarcity, sales, reviews and more impact your sales:
* Discoverability Isn't Nearly Enough to Help Readers Find Your Book
Learn what inbound marketing is, and how it can direct readers to your book:
* 5 Reasons They Won't Tweet About Your Book
Not feeling the love on Twitter? Learn why your tweets may need some tweaks:
* Social Media for Authors: Improve Your Marketing Results
Let this podcast help you find ways to use social media for successful marketing;
* A Simple Way to Sell More Books
This is a tactic many authors overlook, but it makes a big difference:
* 35 Alternatives to BookBub
Although BookBub has a huge following, it's not an option for many authors due to its high rejection rate. Consider these 35 sites as good alternatives:
* The 10 REAL Reasons Your Book Was Rejected: A Big 5 Editor Tells All
It's hard not to take rejection personally, but typically it's your manuscript that gets rejected. Learn why:
* Tips to Evolve as Author and to Find More Readers
The publishing landscape changes rapidly. Keep up with the evolution so readers can find your book:
March 6, 2015
Have you ever considered entering your book into a contest? Perhaps you've wondered what a book award could do for you? Book awards are often a great way to gain recognition for your book, and also it's a great way to get feedback.
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March 3, 2015
Welcome to Tip #45 of our 52 Ways to Market Your Book! I hope you're enjoying these tips and they are helping you sell more books. So, ready? Here we go!
Creating Powerful Content that will help you sell books
These days it's a must that every marketer create fresh, enticing content. While not everyone uses the term "content," it still comes down to creating words, tweets, blog post, and whatever content you create, it means extra work for you. How can you keep up with your marketing, social media, and your content creation? More importantly, how can you create compelling content that readers will not only want to read, but that will also encourage them to buy your book?
For years, I've been creating all sorts of content. Whether it's blog posts, tweets, Facebook updates, white papers, or HuffPo posts, it's all about crafting helpful information people can use and messages that will drive users back to our website. The idea isn't just to push something out there, but to push it out consistently. The best way to generate content is to stay in close touch with your industry. Keep apprised of your marketplace, industry news, and changes to your field because all of this can help to spark ideas. If you're scratching your head wondering how to do this, here are some quick tips to help turn you into a content machine.
- Networking: you should be networking with other experts in your market. Getting to know other voices is very important not just for networking, but also for idea generation. Ideas and inspiration come from everywhere; sometimes they come from tweets you've seen, other times they might come from blog posts you subscribe to, or Facebook accounts you are a fan of.
- RSS Feeds: once you identify your network of experts, subscribe to their blogs. I find that staying immersed in your industry will help to percolate ideas.
- Tweets: as I mentioned above, following experts in your market will really help not only for networking, but also as you're building your knowledge base.
- Newsletters: many experts have newsletters. You should be subscribing to all of them. Newsletters are also a great way to gather fresh, new content ideas.
- Guest blog posts: inviting other experts as guest bloggers on your website is a great way to generate content. Not only that, but it's a fantastic way to connect to new people in your industry. Guest blog posts also help to bring in fresh readers, especially when the guest blogger helps promote the blog to his or her community of readers.
- Your book: if you've written non-fiction (and even to some degree with fiction) you should be able to excerpt pieces or portions of it and syndicate it online. In some form or fashion, Red Hot Internet Publicity has been pushed online. Whether it's in blog form, a tweet, syndicated article, or a Facebook update, I have broken this book into a million little pieces all being used as content.
Once you have a good content strategy, then it's time to plan for your content. I recommend that you take time once a week to do this. Sometimes I'll skip a week, but I always make it up. If you're new to this, treat your content strategy like your new workout routine. At first it won't be easy, but you have to keep up a regular pace until it becomes part of your marketing regime.
Keep your content organized by collecting this valuable content in a folder, either electronically or in a paper file. If you're gathering information electronically, I would suggest using something like Evernote (which I love!) or OneNote. Evernote has a great app for both iPhones and Android so if you see something or get content inspiration while you're away from your computer, you can add it to Evernote and it will sync up to your main file. Tres cool… That way you can get to it quickly and easily. Once you have identified various ways to gather content and you've started building this content, you'll start to see your platform really growing. The more you push out there in the way of information, the more will come back to you in the way of readers and buyers.
How does content help you sell books? The more of an authority you are, the more eyes you will get to your message – and the more eyes you get, generally the more buyers you get. Also, I believe that information builds trust and these days, whether you're buying a book or something else, consumers want to buy from people they trust. Building trust is a big piece of what we do, and content creation is a part of this strategy.
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March 2, 2015
Welcome to Author Marketing Experts' Blog Carnival. This week we have guest posts on getting published, writing, and book publicity. Thank you to all of our contributors.
Hazel Longuet submitted This Week's 20 Most Popular Articles On Writing posted at Novel Experience, saying, "Here are top 20 articles that got most traction from my social media followers last week. They cover the whole gamut (writing, self-publishing, book promotion, author platforms, social media). A collection of great articles from great authors."
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Sarah Bolme submitted Are You Paying Attention? posted at Marketing Christian Books, saying, "The average person's attention span is 8 seconds while a gold fish's attention span is 9 seconds. Find out what this means."
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Erica Verrillo submitted 12 Writing Contests in March – No Entry Fees posted at Publishing… And Other Forms of Insanity, saying, "There are lots of writing contests with deadlines in March (some even fall on the Ides), and they cover the spectrum from poetry to Hoosier lit. Short story contests abound. So, don't be shy. Take a chance and enter a contest. Who knows, you may win!"
That concludes this week's carnival. Our weekly roundup offers the best book marketing, self-publishing, writing, and general publishing industry tips to guide authors, would-be authors, publishers and others on their book journey. Submit a post to our weekly carnival by using this link: http://www.amarketingexpert.com/submit-ame-blog-carnival/
February 28, 2015
Let's take a look at some top book promotion and publishing industry tweets, courtesy of bloggers, marketers, authors and others. The topics include the real reason your book was rejected, how to get good reviews for your books, social media tips for authors, and more. Happy marketing!
* 6 Reasons Why Some Books Will Never Be Bestsellers
"Why am I not selling books?" is something many authors ask when they don't see results. If your book isn't selling, this is why it might be happening:
* How to Get Good Reviews for Your Books
All authors want to get book reviews. These steps will help you find the right reviewers:
* Get to Know Your Amazon Central Account
This feature is something many authors overlook. Here's what you should know to take advantage of it:
* The 10 REAL Reasons Your Book Was Rejected: A Big 5 Editor Tells All
A rejection hurts, but it's not about you. There are many reasons a manuscript doesn't get selected:
* The #1 Marketing Strategy for Writers with a Day Job, Kids, Etc.
This is the reality for many authors: they have jobs, families, lives – on top of their writing. Here's how they can steadily promote their books, too:
* Discoverability Isn't Nearly Enough to Help Readers Find Your Book
There are a lot of books out there and if you passively wait for readers to find you, you could wait a long time. Try this instead:
* Social Media for Authors Podcast: Improve Your Marketing Results
Using social media is less of a chore if you learn about the shortcuts and tools that can help you:
* How to Self-Edit Your Book Before Turning it Over to a Professional
You should hire a professional to edit your book, but here's how you can get your book into good shape before handing it over:
February 26, 2015
Even if everyone loves free, you can't just put the book up on Amazon, mark it free, and call it a day. You have to promote it.
There are a lot of sites that let you list your book for free (see our post about them here: http://www.amarketingexpert.com/ebook-deal-guide/ ), but during your promotion you should be on sites like Twitter, sending messages using hashtags and pinging other accounts. Below I've included both the hashtag suggestions as well as some of the Twitter accounts that would love to hear about your freebie. Make sure you plan your freebie at least two weeks in advance because sometimes listings on sites require that much notice.
Hashtags to use
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February 24, 2015
Welcome to Tip #44 of our 52 Ways to Market Your Book! I hope you're enjoying these tips and they are helping you sell more books. Want the complete book of tips? Get it here!
What the Shopping Channels Can Teach Us About Selling
Whether we admit it or not, we've all watched a home shopping channel, even if we just stopped by for a minute or two while channel surfing. Home shopping channels are big and the two of the biggest are HSN and QVC; together they generate a combined total of $10 billion in sales every year. They are geared to selling 24/7. What can we learn from this mode of sales? Well, actually a lot. When you break down their method of selling you'll see quite a bit of brilliance behind the shopping channels' strategy that can be applied to your own marketing and sales efforts.
Details, details: The first thing the host will do is give you an overview and then zero in on the details, pieces, parts and bonuses. When you're showcasing your book or product, it's important to not just focus on the 30,000 foot overview, but the minutiae as well. The caveat is: it has to be exciting to your consumer. The idea is to push the product, then entice them with the details. How will you do this? Start with one, big, overarching question or pitch. Let's say you wrote a book on dieting, you might say: "If you're ready to finally lose those extra 30 pounds for good, this is the last diet book you'll ever need to read." Now, that's a pretty big statement, and you'll need to follow it up with some details that help build your case. See what I mean? If the book has recipes, highlight several and talk about them. If the book has some never-before-revealed secrets, highlight those too and make sure your consumer knows the whole package they're getting, not just the idea.
Repetition: If you've ever watched HSN or QVC you know that their specials are repeated over and over and over again. Telling your consumer once won't cut it, but telling them twice generally won't either. You have to tell people again and again and again. Think about it: How many times are you telling folks about your book? How can you adapt this to book marketing? Think about the different ways you reach out to your consumer. How many times are you mentioning your book? If the answer to that is "I don't know," then you might want to rethink your marketing strategy. Now, I'm not saying that every Tweet and Facebook update needs to have your book title it in, but what I am saying is that if you are doing any kind of target marketing, email, or mailing, you need to make sure that you continue to push the message of your book for as long as you are marketing it.
Results: What will this book do for your reader? If it was featured on the Home Shopping Network you can be sure you would know, and it would be explained to you in Technicolor detail. Often, they will demo the product on the air. Why do they do this? Because the before and after is wildly popular with consumers. Now, if you're not on HSN, how will you demo this? For starters, you can get testimonials for your website. Remember: what someone else says about your book, message, or product is 1,000 times more effective than anything you can say. You can also consider a YouTube channel (think of it as your very own HSN) and get video testimonials, or demo the ideas in your book. If you're marketing a product, demo the product on video. Remember we love to know it'll do XYZ for us, but seeing it is 1,000 times more powerful than just hearing it.
How's it selling? It never fails: during the broadcast, the host will always tell you how well the product is selling. In fact, often they will tell you that it's nearly selling out, thereby heightening the urgency to buy. As part of your book marketing have you pushed your updates to your audience? Have you told them how well it's selling? Share stats with them, social proof, and popularity. Remember, people like what other people like. If a lot of other people like your book or product, tell your new consumers. It will help heighten their excitement.
Packaging, bonuses and oh, wait, there's more! The beauty of this last line (as hokey as it might sound) is that it keeps the consumer on edge and ready to dial, but there's more… so the additional bonuses entice them further. When we offered my book, Red Hot Internet Publicity, packaged for a limited time with another title (the offer was "Get 2 books for the price of 1") we tripled our sales. Packages and special offers work, though it's generally a good idea to offer them for a limited time. As you'll see from one of the points below, urgency sells.
Pricing: Consumers love a bargain and the Home Shopping Network knows this all too well, so the discounts are crucial if they are trying to sell out a product. If you are trying to push your book, don't get greedy. As I mentioned in the point above, the deeper the discount, the better the response. Be clear on your price point, i.e. what you need to make a profit, then play with the numbers and see what your consumer responds to. Now, you don't have to offer shippable product as a special offer or price enhancement; it can also be electronic which makes it easier and raises your profit margin.
Urgency: Let's face it, while it might seem cheesy, urgency sells. "Only 10 minutes left to buy!" and suddenly the phones light up. During the process of the sale, sale updates, bonuses, discounts, etc. all help to heighten the urgency of the buy including the limited time offer. When you're running a special promotion, the best way to get people to beat a path to your door is to give them a deadline.
Remember the upsell: When you've got someone's attention, why not try and sell them more? If you have bundled product, or special additions to your product, be sure and mention it. In fact, one of the most effective ways to generate sales is to entice your consumer by offering bonuses. Keep in mind that the bonuses need to have value to the consumer: they must enhance your product, not detract from it. You likely wouldn't offer a copy of a colleague's fiction book if you are selling a book on building your business. You might want to sell something a bit more compatible like a handbook, white paper, or webinar (either pre-recorded or live). Upsells are great when the product pairing is complimentary.
If you're not convinced by these tips, try watching a shopping channel and see if you don't agree. Their methods of selling are so finely tuned, you'll see a real pattern in how they present each and every product. What that says is: if it works, stick with it. Try one or all of the above insights and see if it doesn't tip the selling scale in your favor.
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Welcome to Tip #43 of our 52 Ways to Market Your Book! I hope you're enjoying these tips and they are helping you sell more books. So, ready? Here we go!
Ten Reasons Why You Should be Blogging
With all the Tweeting, Facebook Liking, and LinkedIn connecting going on, it's easy to forget about blogging and finding the time to do so. Blogging, however, can be extremely useful for more reasons than just populating your website with content (although that's important too). Let's look at some reasons why you must blog and why it should matter to you!
Blogging gives "voice" to a website: In an age where there are millions of websites and millions more coming online each month, how can you stand apart from the crowd? One way is to get a great-looking site, but as we all know, sometimes budgets allow just the basics. A blog can then step in and (through your voice) give content and character to any website, regardless of how fancy or plain it might be. In fact, some of the best blogs have carried the success of many a less-than-spectacular website.
Content marketing: We all know that we need to create content and lots of it, but who has the time? Well, now you can use your blog as a content creating machine. You can develop original content there and push it out to different areas. For example, I will sometimes use my blog posts for Twitter updates, Facebook updates, and article syndication.
Search engine candy: Blogs are great optimization tools. Search engines (especially Google) love sites that are updated frequently. One easy and quick way to do that is via a blog. Each time you update your blog it pings the search engines and tells them the content on your site has been updated.
Social media must: If you're going to tweet, or want to be liked on Facebook, there's no two ways about it, you must have a blog. That's the site you send them to for your complete content, where they can comment, become a follower and help you grow your tribe.
Blogger friendly: If you're going to pitch bloggers, you must first have a blog. Love bloggers? Be a blogger first. Similar to the step above, you can become active on other blogs, commenting and sharing ideas, and attract them back to yours where they can return the favor. By the time you pitch them, you're not just another email in an inbox, you're someone they know and like.
Be an industry leader: It's hard to be a leader in the industry if you don't have a voice. A blog can give you a voice. Also, by blogging on your market, you can stay in touch with your market and hot topics much easier. Stay dialed in, stay current: a blog can help you do that.
Media, speaking: I've gotten media interviews and speaking gigs from my blog. If you blog enough and on interesting, relevant issues, you can gain some serious momentum for not only your website, but your career as well.
The competitive edge: No matter what category you publish under, there is always a lot of competition. Yes, you can compete with a better cover, a better book, but on your website a blog will help define you as the author in a unique way that a book category can't. When you're in a cluttered market, like dating, dieting, or finance, a blog can really help to define and refine your message.
Credibility: Blogs are great credibility builders. Getting on topic and giving your opinion (and yes, being different) can really help to build your footing and credibility in the marketplace.
Site traffic/SEO: Aside from what a blog can do for your site as it relates to Google, an active blog can also help to increase site traffic and help further optimize the site. It's a fantastic tool for getting your site better links, traffic, and a higher ranking in search engines.
So now that I've convinced you to blog, I want to refer you to another piece I've written on blogging called "How to Become a Powerhouse Blogger in 15 Minutes" I hope that this piece, along with the tips provided above, will help you launch or reinvigorate your blogging campaign.
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This post is just beyond precious…and you are the cutest pregnant mommy in the whole universe. And I love how you said you are done but choosing to make a choice to rejoice (as we tell our kids). It is hard and so many of us can relate to that last stretch of "let this be over so I can meet this little one." Great post Amy.
I can very much relate!! especially to feeling like a rotisserie chicken each night…hehe…
I am six weeks away from my due date, and very much ready to meat my little one and NOT be pregnant for a little while…
Thanks so much for sharing your heart! This post made me smile:)
It is a bit hard to know that it really is the end of a chapter but having gone through all of those same feelings and emotions after baby number four, I can tell you that I really appreciated the time I took feeling, enjoying and just basking in being pregnant one last time.
It is fun moving on to the next chapter, too. As the kids grow and you are able to to more things together as a family of six.
Enjoy these last days with your three little ones and know we are all waiting with you to welcome baby number four.
Beautiful post by a beautiful lady! Blessings to you and your family as you soon enjoy your new precious bundle! Thank you for sharing.
Hi Amy. That's a wonderful attitude to have when it's not always so easy to have. I only had one son so I never had to struggle with taking care of other little ones while being pregnant. I was able to be totally selfish and suffer in bed or on the couch with no one to answer to. Kudos for being a great mom. I just love that photo of you and your daughter. You both look beautiful.
I came by to tell you thank you for posting a wonderful tutorial and for being brilliant last February. I finally got around to making your canvas lined bins. I'm thrilled. I still love yours so much. Anyway I posted it here today, if you'd like to take a peek:
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What a beautiful post, Amy! Soon enough you'll meet your new little one and the sciatica will be forgotten. This post made me realize that I really am ready to start thinking about the possibility of a #3…just need to convince T. 😉
Beautiful and beautifully said! Best wishes on this final journey and on the new adventures to come!
You look just beautiful…I know it's difficult but for the most amazing reason in the world – congratulations
There's the belly! It's not really fair that you are 9 months pregnant and can look that good. Beautiful as always and I loved the way you phrased everything in this post. It captured my feelings exactly – wish I was better with words. Hopefully you have that baby SOON! XOXO
Oh, so sweet ~ hang in there! As a mom that just dropped her oldest off at college I can whole-heartedly agree that each and every moment is precious and irreplaceable. Keep the faith!
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Yup! I knew that feeling, and I feel for you! The first thing I said after I pushed her out was "I'm not pregnant anymore!!!" However, I am having "phantom" baby kicks in my belly! So sad that she is out! I had to laugh about rolling over in bed. My husband used to have to wake up and roll me out so I could use the bathroom!
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Sweet post and a sweet picture. I can imagine how you are feeling with only a bit more to go before you hold another precious little one in your arms. Hold on to each precious moment as you've said for soon enough it all becomes a memory.
All best…and enjoy..
Judi -
Amy, my youngest is 17 and the only one left at home and just yesterday I told someone I am wanting to go back in time with all my babies at home and that just isn't going to happen. You are soooo wise to take in every one of these moments. I remember when it was time to stop nursing my last child and I mourned that never would I have that precious time. Enjoy every minute of it!
Thank you so much for this sweet post… it touched my heart.
Just found your blog, and I LOVE it. I am your newest follower! Congrats on the pregnancy, I am sure it isn't the easiest blessing
Amy, you look absolutely adorable. What a wonderful time of life. Best wishes on your new little gift from God!
It sure is different with the last, huh? My baby is 2 now and I notice even the way I am mothering him is a bit different just because he is it. Good luck to you in getting your little one here! Thanks for a thoughtful post Nice to read, take a deep breath and not tear my hair out after all
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Closed-loop supply chain network equilibrium under legislation
Hammond, David and Beullens, Patrick (2007) Closed-loop supply chain network equilibrium under legislation. European Journal of Operational Research, 183, (2), 895-908. (doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2006.10.033).
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This paper expands previous work dealing with oligopolistic supply chains to the field of closed-loop supply chains. The model presented has been formulated with the intent of examining issues surrounding the recent European Union directive regarding waste of electric and electronic equipment (WEEE). The network modelled consists of manufacturers and consumer markets engaged in a Cournot pricing game with perfect information. Closed-loop supply chain network equilibrium occurs when all players agree on volumes shipped and prices charged. Certain properties of the model are examined analytically. Numeric examples are included and have been solved using an extragradient method with constant step size. The equilibrium solution obtained provide interesting insights that lead into a number of areas for future research.
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The atom transfer radical copolymerization (ATRP) of methyl acrylate (MA) with 1-octene was investigated in detail. Well-controlled copolymers containing almost 25 mol % of 1-octene were obtained using ethyl 2-bromoisobutyrate (EBriB) as initiator. Narrow molar mass distributions (MMD) were obtained for the ATRP experiments. The feasibility of the ATRP copolymerizations was independent of the ligand employed. Copolymerizations carried out using 4,4'-dinonyl-2,2'-bipyridine (dNbpy) resulted in good control, with significant octene incorporation in the polymer. The lower overall percent conversion obtained for the dNbpy systems as compared to that of the PMDETA systems was attributed to the redox potential of the formed copper(I)-ligand complex. The comparable free radical (co)polymerizations (FRP) resulted in broad MMD. An increase in the fraction of the olefin in the monomer feed led to an increase in the level of incorporation of the olefin in the copolymer, at the expense of the overall percent conversion. There was a good agreement between the values of the reactivity ratios determined for the ATRP and FRP systems. The formation of the copolymer was established using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time-of-flight-mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS). From the obtained MALDI-TOF-MS spectra for the ATRP systems, several units of 1-octene were incorporated in the polymer chain, and only one pair of end groups was observed. On comparison, in the FRP systems, due to the multitude of side reactions occurring, several end groups were obtained. In general, narrow chemical composition distributions were obtained for the ATRP systems as compared to FRP.
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No doubt Budge had a great backhand but I've read he was often aced on the service return which means to me that while he hit a lot of winners on the return, he paid for it. The other thing was that I heard he couldn't chip the ball well on the backhand at all and the means to me a lack of touch. That's a couple of negatives to me that I don't feel Rosewall and Laver had.
I read some people stating that Rosewall's backhand was semi-flat and they indicate he couldn't do what some backhands could do. I've seen a lot of Rosewall in person and on video and trust me when I say that the man was almost never aced and almost always got his racket on the ball to return it. Dennis Ralston wrote an article on the service return and he stated that at the time he wrote the article that
Rosewall had not missed a backhand return of serve in two weeks.
That's astounding!
Rosewall generally hit the ball back low against serve and volleyers but he could also drive the ball back with great power passing the volleyer. He could hit sharp angles plus he had a great lob on the backhand side. He also had an excellent drop shot on the backhand side and it was one of the most consistent backhands ever, along with Borg.
There was really nothing Rosewall didn't have an answer to on the backhand side. I read he could hit topspin in practice but why do it if you already have a backhand that has the answer to all situations.
Arthur Ashe ranked Rosewall's and Laver's backhand as the best he had ever seen. He wrote this in the late 1979's when Borg and Connors were in their prime. It's not as if Ashe didn't respect Borg and Connors at that point. Ashe wrote at that point that he felt Borg was the GOAT and yet he still ranked Rosewall's and Laver's backhand the best he had ever seen.
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The effects of general anesthesia legislation on operating room visits by preschool children undergoing dental treatment. | |
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PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of state-level general anesthesia (GA) legislation on operating room visits for the treatment of dental caries on preschool-aged children. METHODS: The North Carolina Ambulatory Surgery Discharge Database was used to observe GA visits for fiscal years (FY) 1997 to 2001. A pretest/post-test design with concurrent comparison groups was used for 2 analyses: (1) all children treated for dental caries were compared to those treated for otitis media; and (2) those whose treatment for dental caries was reimbursed by Medicaid were compared to those whose treatment for dental caries was not reimbursed by Medicaid. RESULTS: In the prelegislation period (FY 1997 and 1998), there were 3,857 GA visits for dental core and 21,038 for otitis media. Postlegislation (FY 2000 and 2001) dental visits increased to 5,511(43%), and otitis media visits increased to 22,279 (6%)-a statistically significant difference (P<.05). Before the legislation, there were 1,370 non-Medicaid dental visits and 2,487 Medicaid dental visits. Non-Medicaid and Medicaid dental visits postlegislation increased to 2,195 (60%) and 3,316 (33%), respectively. This difference was significant (P<.05). CONCLUSIONS: General anesthesia legislation resulted in an increase in access to care for children needing dental care in North Carolina. |
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Sidebar: Teachers can be heroes on the reservation
Would-be astronauts, policemen, pro athletes � they�re spread all across Indian country. Nine-year-old Kyra Harmon of Lower Brule wants to be a teacher. In Pine Ridge, 11-year-old Luke Lakota thinks he�d like to be a fireman like his father.
Whether any of that comes true depends in large part on whether the forces of reservation life � from gang involvement to the lure of alcohol to homes forged in poverty and dysfunction � doesn�t crush them first.
�Dreams can be dashed pretty young on the reservation,� said Raven Soulliere, who works in Lower Brule and Fort Thompson for the TRIO Talent Search program, which identifies and assists individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds who have the potential to succeed in higher education.
�A lot of these kids will do all right,� Soulliere said. �But somewhere between sixth and eighth grade for a lot of them, reality sinks in. There are all the issues of living on a reservation. Then they start to become more informed. They read better. They become more aware of what is going on community-wise and politically with the tribe. It starts to hit them that, �you know what, I may not have a chance in hell.� �
To succeed within reservation communities where unemployment pushes 80 percent and alcohol has destroyed families, the influence of a parent or relative, a teacher or coach, can�t be underemphasized.
Nineteen-year-old Autumn White Eyes just flew off to Hanover, N.H., where she began her freshman year at Dartmouth College in September. As a child, she remembers lying in a hospital bed in Pine Ridge after an asthma attack and thinking she might like to be a doctor one day.
The realities of sleeping on the living room couch because there was no bedroom for her, of her family standing in line for government commodities, of gangs bloodying each other outside her front doorstep, could have easily thwarted that vision.
�But I�ve been fortunate,� White Eyes said. �I live with both my parents. I think I only have two other close friends raised by both their parents.
�And with my family, our spirituality was always important. I grew up with it, going to sweats, praying for things I care for. I don�t think a lot of my friends do that, or not as often.�
At the Boys & Girls Club in Lower Brule, 12-year-old Jarrett Brouse talks about how his father has influenced his life, taking him fishing and hunting and �showing me respect, and how to be nice to others. I want to be like him.�
Nearby, 9-year-old Alex Randall calls her mother her hero �because she goes to work instead of staying home and being lazy. That inspires me. ... maybe to be a police woman some day.�
Whether that inspiration survives the tides of poverty continually washing over reservation life is a question never answered the same way. Just down the street in Lower Brule, Janessa Driving Hawk lives in her uncle�s house with her 3-year-old daughter, Neleigh. Janessa was barely a teen herself when the simple care she provided her diabetic great-grandmother led her to believe that she could be a nurse one day.
But then she became pregnant at 15 and dropped out of school. Now at 18, still just at a freshmen level of high school, she is trying to go back to classes.
�I want to be a nurse,� Janessa said. �But I feel like I will be lucky to even graduate from high school. Most people are just stuck down here.�
The truth is, surviving today is more of a priority for many tribal youth than dreaming about tomorrow. In her work as a community advocate on the Pine Ridge Reservation, Tiny DeCory sees youth who have been sexually abused. She sees the young kids on drugs and alcohol. She has counseled the 16-year-old mother of two threatening suicide at 3 in the morning.
�We have some that come from horrible home lives,� DeCory said. �They don�t want to go home. They�re hungry. Nobody�s there for them. You might have 25 people living in one house, so they�re just stuck outside playing until it�s time to go to bed.�
So pervasive is alcoholism on the reservations that many teenagers say the only things to do are play basketball and drink. Jay Phelps, a 17-year-old student at Pine Ridge High School, said she�s seen kids as young as 10 drunk and using drugs.
�We were walking outside of the school after a basketball game, and a little guy came up and asked me for a lighter,� Phelps said. �And he�s just in middle school.�
In public, such scenes are a head-shaker. At home, where moms and dads have forsaken parenting for the bottle, lives are altered forever.
As a young girl, no more than 9 or 10 back in 2001, Ashley Mesteth was at her grandparents� home near Manderson on the Pine Ridge Reservation when her drunken father held an assault rifle to her head.
Her parents had separated, Mesteth said, and the split only fueled her father�s alcoholism and rage at the thought of losing his children.
�He pointed a gun at my head that day, then at my heart and then back at my head,� Mesteth recalled.
Eventually, the police came and took him to jail. Though his frightened child wanted her father to stay there �to show him how much he hurt me and scared me,� Martin Mesteth Sr. was out within 48 hours.
Six or seven months later, on Jan. 29, 2002, he committed suicide.
Lori Garnier said it took a lot of counseling to get her daughter past that experience. Now at age 18, Ashley Mesteth said she would like to be a physical education teacher some day. But just as important to her is getting away from the reservation.
�It�s not where my body, soul and mind want to be,� she said. �And when I have children, I don�t want them to see what I�ve seen.�
There is so much that reservation children see and hear and feel that their white counterparts across South Dakota never experience. Asked what he dislikes most about living in Pine Ridge, 11-year-old Luke Lakota pointed to the gang symbols painted on the trees at Youth Opportunity Park.
�I don�t like that. ... and all the fighting,� he said. �People fight too much.�
Phelps at Pine Ridge High said housing on the reservation has been most difficult for her. After her father, Christopher Phelps, was killed in June 2005 in Iraq, her family eventually moved back to Pine Ridge. The lack of housing on the reservation meant they had to move from one relative�s home to another.
�My mom calls me spoiled,� Phelps said. �But, I mean, when the propane tank goes out in the winter, you can�t shower. Or having to wait to go into a room to change your clothes for school because there are so many people. ... that�s hard.�
Paul Iron Cloud, director of the Oglala Sioux Tribe�s housing authority, said his tribe needs 4,000 more homes to ease the housing crunch there. He doesn�t know how children succeed in houses where four or five families live.
�That�s got to be a big stress,� Iron Cloud said. �When you�ve got to do homework or want to study, then you�ve got all these people in the house, how in the world does that work in that kind of atmosphere?
�Then you have families that are always having parties in these houses, too. And the home life is bad if the parents are drunk or abusive. It�s not good.�
It is not easy to hold onto a dream formed in those pre-teen years of 8 to 12 when �you�ve got kids wondering each day, �Am I going to be hit or am I going to be hugged?� � Soulliere, the TRIO advisor in Lower Brule said.
The fact is for Autumn White Eyes, the hugs made all the difference.
Only time and the challenges of reservation life will decide if the would-be teacher and fireman are as fortunate.
Reach reporter Steve Young at 331-2306.


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