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"Challenges are what makes life
interesting;
overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."
--Joshua J. Marine
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The OnLine Exchange E-ZINE....
"Biz-Talk" Edition
http://www.marketingtrendz.com
ISSN: 1528-3992
(c)Online Exchange...August 17, 2001
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The OnLine Exchange is a Free Publication
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and resources for all businesses.
Over 20,000 webmasters, opportunity seekers,
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IN THIS ISSUE:
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1. Our Biz-Talk Top Sponsor
2. Biz Talk -- Slow Dance
3. A Biz-Note from The Editor
4. Interactive Classifieds
5. Featured Article- Please Forward this to Everyone You Know
6. Effective & Affordable E-Zine Advertising Information
7. Parent's Time-Out - Give 'em a Big Kiss!
8. OnLine Exchange Contest - You Can Be The Next Winner
9. The Humor Exchange- Laugh A little!
10. OnLine Exchange Information Data
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2.) BIZ TALK
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SLOW DANCE
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Have you ever watched kids On a merry-go-round?
Or listened to the rain Slapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
You better slow down. Don't dance so fast. Time is short.
The music won't last.
Do you run through each day On the fly? When you ask
"How are you?" Do you hear the reply?
When the day is done Do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred chores Running through your head?
You'd better slow down Don't dance so fast. Time is short.
The music won't last.
Ever told your child, We'll do it tomorrow?
And in your haste, Not see his sorrow?
Ever lost touch, Let a good friendship die Cause you never
had time To call and say "Hi"?
You'd better slow down. Don't dance so fast. Time is short.
The music won't last.
When you run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting there.
When you worry and hurry through your day,
It is like an unopened gift.... Thrown away.
Life is not a race. Do take it slower
Hear the music Before the song is over.
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3.) BIZ-NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
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Hello Faithful Subscribers,
I hope you are enjoying each edition of
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Please take the time to read this ezine. It is filled
with valuable information for you and your business.
The talk on the internet for the past few weeks has
been Global Debit Card. What is going on with it?
The launch date was on July 15, 2001. So far, no
launch date has taken place, and many members who
signed up and spent their hard earned money is
anxiously awaiting this big Launch date.
There is nothing worse than delays in a business.
It is not a good way to start one, so many people
are getting very discouraged. There have been
many, many people advertising for this getting downlines
set up for the big day, which has not come.
In fact, one of the co-ops sponsored MarketingTrendz
and The OnLine Exchange for a month anticipating some
great rewards. Still nothing. How do these people tell
their downline? Not only is OneCard Express getting a bad
rep over this, so are the affiliates who have signed up,
spent money, started advertising and have a growing downline.
It is the affiliates who have to humiliate themselves,
emailing people to let them know the status.
Though it has nothing to do with the affiliates,
it is their downline that will be yelling and screaming about it.
The affiliate will get the brunt of the complaints,
and One Card Express will just keep stalling for
one reason or another.
I am not saying that this Global Debit Card is not legit,
or that they are a scam. Nothing of that sort has come
out. But, we may want to just sit on it until after the
launch date and see what happens.
In my professional opinion, it is not wise to invest
in anything that has not yet launched. Sign up for it,
show your interest, and when the company has launched
then you can decide whether to invest in it.
We will keep our eyes and ears open for updated
information pertaining to The Global Debit Card.
Don't forget to participate in our Weekly
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...Until Next Time,
Debbie Solomon
editor of The OnLine Exchange
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5.) FEATURED ARTICLE
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Please Forward This to Everyone You Know
.........by Steve Wood
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Normally, I write about web site design issues
or web site marketing, but due to reasons I will
explain in a moment, I'd like to cover something
a little different in this article. We've all seen them
- they come in many forms. At one point or
another, I'm sure we've all fell for them, and even
passed them on. What am I talking about? Email
hoaxes, of course.
In the past couple of days, I've received a particular
email message from four unrelated sources. You
may have seen it yourself. It's the one that warns
you about a virus that may be on your computer
and your virus detection software cannot detect
it. The one that directs you to look in your
C:\windows\command directory for a particular file (SULFNBK.EXE)
and delete it. Then it instructs you to "warn" all of your
friends
by forwarding the message to everyone in your address book.
Why are we so gullible?
Well, I'm not sure about the answer to that,
it's probably best left to the cyber-psychologists
to ponder. However, I would like to attempt to
educate those who are still falling for these, and
show them what to look for and how to check
these things out before passing them on.
The file above that the message told you to delete
is actually a Windows file that is used to restore
long file names. This particular hoax would result
in minimal damage to your system, but think of the
possibilities (rather, probabilities).
The next such message might contain instructions that result
in formatting your hard drive (wiping out all of the files
on your computer). Believe me, there are plenty of people
out there that would simply follow the step-by-step instructions
without really knowing what they were doing.
I can see the instructions now, "Don't worry
about the message that says, 'are you sure you
want to remove everything on your hard drive?'
- that's just part of the virus talking."
*CLICK*!
Here are some of the better-known hoaxes
that are still making their way around the Internet:
~ The "Money from Microsoft" hoax - Microsoft
will pay you money for forwarding this email! "A
week ago I got an email from Microsoft asking
me for my address. I gave it to them and
yesterday I got a check in the mail for $800."
~ BUDSAVER.EXE hoax - a popular screensaver
is actually a virus!
~ Good Times - one of the original hoaxes. It's
been around since 1994, but is still out there!
Warns of another non-existent virus.
~ The Email Tax Legislation hoax - a bill is going
to be passed that will tax every email you send!
This has gotten so bad that many congressmen
have actually set up web pages to explain it's
all a hoax.
For the most part, these hoaxes are fairly
harmless. They are simply annoying. However,
this latest one that I received that actually had
you deleting files scared me and prompted me
to write this article. This "harmless" prank is
now capable of causing serious damage that
could potentially cost millions of dollars to
correct.
Ok, so what should you look for? And once
you see it, what should you do?
Well, the most common aspect of all of these
hoaxes is that they all tell you to forward the
message to everyone you know. That should
be a major red flag. Whenever you see that,
you should automatically be suspicious. They
also contain a message that if you think rationally
for a moment, if the message were true, you
would surely have heard about it in the news,
but you never have.
Once you suspect that a message might be a
hoax, check it out to confirm your suspicions
(it only takes a minute). I usually go to the
Symantec Antivirus Research Center at
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/index.html
This site has information about all of the viruses
running around the net, but also information
about the hoaxes. I simply click on the search
button and enter in the main keyword for the
message (such as SULFNBK.EXE). Immediately,
it will take you to the page describing the hoax.
I then send a link to that page to the person who
sent me the offending email and ask them to inform
everyone else they sent the hoax to.
To look at a list of current hoaxes out there, use this
link: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html
By the way, if you got hit by the SULFNBK.EXE
hoax and deleted your file, visit this link for
information on how to restore it:
http://symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/sulfnbk.exe.warning.html
I hope this article will encourage everyone to
think before hitting that "Forward" button. To
do you part in this fight, forward this article to
everyone you know!
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The author, Steve Wood, designs & hosts web
sites and offers a web site design course at
http://webdesigncourse4u.com
He owns and operates Wood Interactive,
LLC at http://woodinteractive.com
You can receive Steve's Web Site Design Tips & Tricks by
sending a blank message to: mailto:tips@woodinteractive.com
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7.) PARENT'S TIME-OUT
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Time Out for Parents
Welcome Parents. It is time for a little Time-Out.
Running an online business or working outside of the home
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9.) THE HUMOR EXCHANGE
(Laugh A little- You Deserve It)
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MERGER MANIA
A number of years ago there was
a proposed merger between Fairchild
Electronics and Honeywell Computers.
Rumor had it that the new company
would be called Fairwell Honeychild.
There is a merger in the works
involving Polygraph Records,
Warner Brothers, and Keebler.
It will be called Poly-Warner-Cracker.
There has long been a rumor
that W. R. Grace Co. was
going to buy the Fuller Brush
Co. and Mary Kay Cosmetics
and then merge with the Hale
Business Systems. This would
result in the new mega-corporation
Hale Mary Fuller Grace.
Don't forget the failed merger
between Yahoo and Netscape:
Net'n'Yahoo.
Others in the works:
~ 3M & Goodyear = mmmGood
~ John Deere & Abitibi-Price = Deere Abi
~ Honeywell & Imasco & Home
Oil = Honey, I'm Home
~ Denison Mines & Alliance &
Metal Mining = Mine, All Mine
~ 3M & JC Penney & Canadian
Opera Company = 3 Penney Opera
~ Knott's Berry Farm + National
Organization of Women = Knott NOW
~ Zippo Manufacturing & Audi
& Dofasco & Dakota Mining =
Zip Audi Do Da
(I did warn you!)
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