--------------------- Welcome to *CATLINES* the MEWsletter! For cat-loving Home Business PURRSons: home business workers desiring to share what they know --------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A MESSAGE FROM YOUR EDITOR IN HER OWN VOICE! Click This Link To Play The Audio Message (or type it into your browser) http://PlayAudioMessage.com/play.asp?m=12458&f=MXEPDX&ps=6&p=1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEW! MY KITTY BLOG: http://mycatablog.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~ A Place To Rethink: NEW! http://www.anotherwaytoday.com corresponding blog: http://www.anotherwaytoday.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~ Brand new! another newsletter for you! Especially for your friends who are not as into cats as we are! BIZLINES: http://www.bizofchoice.com (our new sister publication) -------------------- Remember to Help the feline population by adopting or fostering stray, hungry, frightened cats! @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ New entries on our website; come check them out! 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(EPAI) Join Free At: http://www.EzinePublisher.org ********************** >^..^< >^..^< >^..^< >^..^< *CATLINES* vol. 3, Issue 5, July 15, 2004 Published monthly (most of the time)by http://www.catliness.com (in nine lives of progress) WINNER OF THE GOLDEN WHISKERS AWARD http://www.meowhoo.com hosted by Katherine Cook at: http://www.katstorm.com ===================== Editor: Lauren Merryfield =======>^..^<===== Treats For July (Note: copy the links into your browser to make them work; music and great verses you don't want to miss!) ******* http://www.mamarocks.com/happy_fourth_of_july.htm Happy Fourth Of July Happy Fourth Of July Have A Wonderful And Safe Fourth Of July! ******* http://www.njagyouth.org/liberty.htm ******* http://www.mamarocks.com/why_i_love_her.htm Why I Love Her Kim Sung "WHY I LOVE HER" ~ America ~ You ask me Why I Love Her? Well, give me time and I'll explain. Have you seen a Kansas sunset Or an Arizona rain? Have you drifted on a bayou Down Louisiana way? Have you watched a cold fog drifting Over San Francisco Bay? Have you heard a bobwhite calling In the Carolina pines, Ken H. Leung Or heard the bellow of a diesel At the Appalachia mines? Does the call of Niagara thrill you When you hear her waters roar? Do you look with awe and wonder At her Massachusetts shore, Where men who braved a hard new world First stepped on Plymouth's rock? And do you think of them when you stroll Along a New York City dock? Have you seen a snowflake drifting In the Rockies, way up high? Dale Gehrman Have you seen the sun come blazing down From a bright Nevada sky? Do you hail to the Columbia As she rushes to the sea, Or bow your head at Gettysburg At our struggle to be free? Have you seen the mighty Tetons? Have you watched an eagle soar? Have you seen the Mississippi Roll along Missouri's shore? Rudi Reichardt Have you felt a chill at Michigan When on a winter's day Her waters rage along the shore In thunderous display? Does the word "Aloha" make you warm? Do you stare in disbelief When you see the surf Come roaring in at Waimea Reef? >From Alaska's cold to the Everglades, From the Rio Grande to Maine, My heart cries out, my pulse runs fast At the might of her domain. You ask me Why I Love Her? I've a million reasons why: My Beautiful America, Beneath God's wide, wide sky. ******* http://www.mamarocks.com/fireworks.htm Happy 4th of July! Lauren, Jim and kitties, who do *not* like this stuff!) ******* (Every day is hug your cat day!) ******* Summer Is The Best http://www.mamarocks.com/mamas_links5.htm ******* ******* ===================== >From my friend, Chris L.  She sells everything! http://tishtreasure.zoovy.com ===================== If you are in need of traffic and want to learn what Power Linking is all about, OR you have wanted to check out Power Linking but thought it was too expensive, now is your chance to grab the entire Power Linking package for $30 off! 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And if you do it--you just may have Jaspur Jaws to answer to, lol. _____________________ --------------------- >^..^< >^..^< >^..^< >^..^< (4 kitty heads, representing Jaspur, Mikey, Gabrielle and Maryah, suPURRvisors and helPURRs in these adventures into catliness.) ===================== >^..^< >^..^< >^..^< >^..^< And now! ... 4 cats present... * CATLINES * ===================== Table of contents: 1: Kibble Nibble: mewsings from the food bowl (editorial) 2: Kitten Kabootle's Kubbyhole (catly writings) (in loving memory of Kitten Kabootle, now living at Rainbow Bridge) 3: biz-catskills (home-business, motivational or general biz articles) 4: look what the cats dragged in (jokes, quotes, very brief verse) 5: from Outside the catbox (questions, comments from readers) 6: subscription info and other strays --------------------- BE SURE TO TELL YOUR FRIENDS TO SUBSCRIBE TO CATLINES! 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My surgery went well and I am in the "hibernation phase," of my recovery, easily tired, but otherwise doing quite well.  The four days in the hospital seemed like more than a month and fortunately, when I got home, I was able to sleep in my own bed, conking out immediately.  There's no way to get much sleep in a hospital unless they put you to sleep. The kitties have been somewhat PURRturbed that my tummy is off-limits as a resting place or take-off and landing pad. When I lie on my stomach, I protect this area with a pillow, just in case. Gabrielle has been the most insistent, though I now believe she is pawing my abdomen and lying near it as a means of protection and nurturance.  She's hung around me more than usual since I've been home. Maryah, who figured out I could not reach clear to the floor, approached me in standing mode and even stepped up onto the first step of two into our tub, making it easier for me to pet her. Mickens steered clear of my middle by staying up on my chest, flopping onto my right shoulder, as he usually does.  But oh, his joy!  the other day, five weeks out, when I could allow him to prance on me again! Jaspur has been fleetingly protective, too, avoiding understanding that this area is under reconstruction. When I figure out a reasonable way to handle the spam in my inbox, I am sure things will be on more of a schedule.  So far, none works well enough to know which emails I consider spam and which ones are those I consider legitimate. Well, here we go, catlovers, with July's edtion! ******* Lauren Merryfield ~~~~~~~ ATTENTION ADVERTISERS: Beginning with the March, 2004 Issue: Advertise In Catlines Newsletter We offer two forms of advertising to our subscribers. Solo ads and feature ads. Your feature ad can be up to but not to exceed 5 lines @ 65 characters each line. Your solo ad can be up to but not to exceed 20 lines @ 65 characters each line. 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This happened a few days ago on a cat-related list.  When some of us reacted to the negative posts this person chose to believe that we were attacking her personally.  Among other things, she said she felt "lower than a stray cat."  This description really touched a raw nerve in me. Taking this term literally, I protested; insisting that stray cats are just as valuable than any other cats; in fact, most of us receiving CATLINES have taken in at least one stray kitty in our lives. One such stray for my family was Rafael, whom we nicknamed Ralph. He was named after a favorite Spanish teacher at the time. Ralph showed up one day on our front porch, nameless, tagless, half-grown, but wearing a rope-like flea collar.  He seemed quite tame, allowing us to pet him immediately. We gave him food and water out on the porch, but soon my sister and I let him in.  He was just fine with this and, in fact, when Mom placed a cardboard box containing kitty litter in the middle of the kitchen floor, Ralph happily leapt in and did his thing!! Where did Ralph come from?  Did he belong to someone else?  We put a lost cat ad in the paper, deciding that if no one claimed him after two weeks, he was ours. Ralph was ours--or we were his--for 19-and-a-half years!  This is an amazingly long life span for an indoor-outdoor cat; the kind most of us had back in the 1960's. Life isn't easy for stray cats.  Many who became tame enough for my sister and me to handle would be around for maybe 3 or 4 years, if that.  Back when I was little, cats were normally not allowed in our house, however, Minerva made it in there to have her litter of kittens in our dirty clothes basket behind the basement door.  I remember the tiny mewings! Dub, short for W.K., short for Wild Kitty made it inside and I remember how he would rest on the heat register between our diningroom and livingroom, thumping his tail, proud of the metallic thud it made and the laughter this elicited from us. I've thought about Dub frequently the past few months.  Our youngest, Maryah, reminds me of him in many ways, her coming to us as a skittish feral being one.  Another is that she makes a similar rolling meow as she darts past me or near me, just as Dub did, as he passed by my sister and me, slightly closer to us every day until we could finally reach out to pet him. A third way in which Maryah reminds me of Dub is that as she rolls around on the floor, purring up a storm, she has added tail-thumping to her happy routine, which makes me laugh, just as Dub did. I could go on about other strays who have come into and out of our lives, however, my love for those whom I've known causes me to flinch at the idea of someone saying they feel "lower than a stray cat," and my suggestion would be: get some counseling so that you feel equal to a stray cat and then bring at least one in to love and enjoy! @@@@@@@ Subject: Cat Haiku For ALL the cat lovers in the audience.............. Cat Haiku The food in my bowl Is old, and more to the point Contains no tuna. So you want to play. Will I claw at dancing string? Your ankle's closer. There's no dignity In being sick - which is why I don't tell you where. Seeking solitude I am locked in the closet. For once I need you. Tiny can, dumped in Plastic bowl. Presentation, One star; service: none. Am I in your way? You seem to have it backwards: This pillow's taken. Your mouth is moving; Up and down, emitting noise. I've lost interest. The dog wags his tail, Seeking approval. See mine? Different message. My brain: walnut-sized. Yours: largest among primates. Yet, who leaves for work? Most problems can be Ignored. The more difficult Ones can be slept through. My affection is conditional. Don't stand up, It's your lap I love. Cats can't steal the breath Of children. But if my tail's Pulled again, I'll learn. I don't mind being Teased, any more than you mind A skin graft or two. So you call this thing Your "cat carrier." I call These my "blades of death." Toy mice, dancing yarn Meowing sounds. I'm convinced: You're an idiot. --Harlan Bennett @@@@@@@ ===================== Jim Edwards is so prolific.  Ready to keep up with his products? 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Pass it along to people you know. http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com (Editor's note:  They have catly jewelry there, too, proceeds going to help animals) ===================== MEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWMEOW Lauren Merryfield is the editor/publisher of CATLINES.  She and her husband, Jim, live in Washington with their three feline "kids," Jaspur, Mikey and Gabrielle. Daughter, Lynden, lives in Nebraska, Lauren's homeland. Lauren has been published in several magazines and books including "The Braille Monitor," "Future Reflections," (national Publications) and "News From Blind Nebraskans," state newsletter. "Heartwarmers of Love," an anthology, contains her story "Love Far Beyond The Physical," concerning the marriage to her husband Jim. Most recently, her story "Kabootle: Rescue Cat," was published in a new anthology by Angel Animals, entitled "God's Messengers: what animals tell us about the Divine." Lauren is a member of the Cat Writers' Association: http://www.catwriters.org and co-owner of http://www.catliness.com where one can join CATLINES. She has recently opened her first honest-to-goodness online store, selling cat-theme jewelry items, some are one-of-a-kind: http://www.animalloversjewelry.com She is now a member of the APLB--Association For Pet-Loss And Bereavement http://www.aplb.org and, Heaven forbid, says Jim, the Cat Collectors' Club: http://www.catcollectors.org And even *more* "Heaven forbid," she's on Ebay: EBAY!  We're there!  Bid Now! http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/meowheart/. She recently decided to CATer to those who really are interested in non-cat items too, bringing about: http://www.stuffandsuchandeverything.com She is enjoying spreading her catliness around! MEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWMEOWMEOW --------------------- InstantAudio (note: Have you heard my audio message yet? My above message was made using Instant Audio!) 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Let me clarify, and don't "tune me out" before I explain. :) In the *right* setting, I'm a big fan of discussion boards. ...Usually that means that the board is operated inside a password protected directory, like in paid membership site, or where posters are carefully screened and moderated by the board owner to keep out riff-raff and losers. But, that's it. In most cases, the free discussion boards that abound online are at best a massive time-suck, and at worst, an obsession that keeps you from getting anything done and drive you out of business. The reasons are simple, but before we get to that, let me tell you a personal story:      Never, Ever Take Business Advice      from Someone Driving a Gremlin! A few years ago, during my college days at BYU, there was a financial "network marketing" company going around that had a lot of "followers". One of my friends from my freshman dorm joined, and went at it whole-hog. He rented an office, he paid his money to go to all the conventions in Hawaii, he paid to get licensed, he paid for the brochures... And He never made a single dime! Not one. ...And he kept at it, trying his best for over 2 years. He also drove a beat-up AMC Gremlin and was pretty much flat broke! Can you imagine the difficulty of his task? Trying to sell financial products to middle-class families, but when you show up to their home for your appointment -- you get out of a Gremlin??? In a face-to-face situation, it's common sense that you would weigh somebody's input and opinion on financial matters by their own financial success, right? It's just obvious. So why is it that when that this guideline just goes out the window when we talk about "free discussion boards"? Let me give a few appropriate examples, with all the names changed to protect the guilty ;) On one *very* popular Internet Marketing discussion board, the number of posts made by each member is tracked... Along with the date they joined, a little bio about them, and a link to their website. Doing a little research I found something shocking... Two of the top five most prolific posters have yet to make any real money online... How do I know? Simple: A) Neither one has an operational website B) Between the two of them, they have made over 5,000 posts C) Both of them have even asked for financial donations -- right on the board! Now, something doesn't add up here. The board is supposed to be about making money online, and you would *assume* that if someone took the time to make over 2,500 forum posts (which both of them did) they'd have to be making *something* online, right? Wrong! When it comes to free discussion forums:      The More Someone Posts, the Less Chance There is That      They Have a "REAL" Business Online That Makes ANY      Money! Now, there are exceptions to this, but I can name them on one hand. (The board owner and a *few* truly benevolent successful marketers that try to lend a hand when it's needed..) It would be funny if it weren't so sad. Most of the people posting are "wannabes".  They spend all of their disposable income buying the latest ebook, the newest SE software, and then they go on the forums to dispute and argue the relative merits of each... ...And they never even bother to DO anything, or get any of their grandiose ideas off the ground, or to test out the ideas that they read. Don't fall into the trap of wasting all of your productive hours monitoring, reading and posting in that type of environment. Forums are addictive, so be careful. Here are the only free discussion boards that I'd recommend visiting and occasionally interacting on: 1) Anthony Blake's Entrepreneurial Success Forum http://www.ablake.net/forum 2) The Warrior Forum      (This one isn't actually even a free board.  You're      supposed to be a member to be able to access it, but it      has a gazillion links to it in any search engine.) Warmly, Kirt Christensen & Terry Dean webmaster@scientificmarketing.com P.S.  Feedback on this article?  Drop us a line! P.P. S.  "You've got to be before you can do, and you've got to do before you can have." (Zig Ziglar) ============================================================ Kirt Christensen Creates Hard-Core "How To" Info for Internet Businesses, Based on His Experience & Systems that Have Sold Over $29,000,000 of "Stuff" Online since 1997. "Get Your Hands On The Amazing Secrets of Seven of Today's Most Brilliant and Innovative Internet Marketing Gurus - Bleeding Edge Information They're Afraid to Leak to The Public!  As Part of a Unique Marketing Test, I Won't Charge You One Red Cent for the Entire Package If You're One of the First 100 to Give It a Whirl!" http://EcommerceProfits.com Scientific Marketing LLC http://ScientificMarketing.com 3402 S. Melissa Dr. Spokane Valley, WA 99206 509-927-1125 ============================================================ @@@@@@@ What Are Blogs? By Sharon Housley (c) 2004 What are Blogs? Having heard the term previously but not having paid much attention most are just to afraid to show their ignorance and ask the question, what is a blog? Lets face it; the term blog does not conjure pleasant images. Blogs are web logs that are updated regularly, usually on a daily basis. They contain information related to a specific topic. In some cases blogs are used as daily diaries about people's personal lives, political views, or even as social commentaries. The truth of the matter is that blogs can be shaped into whatever you, the author, want them to be. Email Marketing from Your Browser - Affordable and Simple! Where Did Blogs Come From? The roots of blogging can be traced back to the mid 1990's. Who the very first blogger actually was is unclear, as the art of blogging did not really take hold until 1999. The original "weblogs" were link-driven sites with personal commentaries. The very first blogs were human guided Internet web tours. While initially thought of as diaries or online journals, blogs have evolved into the latest fresh web content. The Future of Blogs A buzz word in techie circles, "blogging" is the wave of the future. Whether its a fad, or proves to be a new way to communicate with existing and potential customers it deserves at the very least a cursory look. Why is Blogging Helpful to Businesses or Individuals? Just as animated .gifs were once cool, blogging is the trendy thing to do. That does not mean that it is not beneficial to businesses. Webmasters struggling to keep fresh, attractive content on their websites to lure visitors back, have found blogs the answer. Content is a necessity for online businesses, both for purposes of being found by search engines but also because it gives visitors a reason to come back. Start Earning Residual Income With Your Website! Having established that blogs are not only trendy but also beneficial to businesses, its important to understand how they can be used to your advantage. We currently manage and update three blogs on a daily basis. The first is our new business blog at: http://www.notepage.net/blog.htm This professional business blog allows us the opportunïty to tell potential, or existing, customers industry news, updates, or generally how mobile or paging software can be used in specific situations to alleviate problems. The bottom line is we control the content. It's updated daily, which increases the chances that search engines will spider on a regular basis and it helps with page rank because it's been submitted to all the logging directories. Initially started on a whim we've found it beneficial to report tips, tricks or make visitors aware of new regulatïons related to the mobile or paging industry. The second blog we manage is at: http://www.softwaremarketingresource.com/blog.html This blog is less formal and contains marketing tips, or promotional advice for software developers or online marketers. We found that we had overflow from our monthly newsletter. Generating a daily blog would require very little effort and would assist us in creating fresh content which our readers told us was of significant interest. Get high rankings in Google and Yahoo! Clïck hëre! The third blog is a combination of both styles and contains tips for small businesses. The small business blog is located at: http://www.small-business-software.net Blogs & Your Business The bottom line is you need to determine how a blog will benefit your business, determine a schedule and adhere to it. Let your readers know what to expect and when to expect it. Blogs provide great supplemental content and direct attention to areas of your business that you want to showcase; you direct the content but let your readers guide you. Creating a Blog There are numerous online tools that can be used to create a blog. We found that because of security concerns, it would just be best to use a standard html program. In our case we used Dreamweaver and create daily posts. It's really not much more complicated than typing an email. The content is then sent via FTP to a web server. If you want to test the waters there are online web-based tools that help you publish to the web instantly. The most popular web-based tool is likely Blogger. Other Advantages to Blogs While you may initially create a blog for your existing customers, you may find that you can attract new customers by illustrating your expertise in a specific field. There are numerous websites that act as "blog search engines". Be sure to submit your sites to these websites to increase your exposure. This will also help with your page rank and possibly increase the likelihood you will receive decent ranking with Google. You can also create an RSS feed in order to syndicate blog content and gain additional exposure. About The Author Sharon Housley manages marketing for NotePage, Inc. a company specializing in alphanumeric paging, SMS and wireless messaging software solutions. 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