Archive for February 25th, 2010

Elin Woods Hired a Divorce Attorney

One week after top-ranked Woods announced an indefinite break from golf and admitted adultery, new reports kept a media firestorm swirling around the first billionaire athlete for a fourth week with no end in sight.

Elin Woods has hired 82-year-old Sorrell Trope, a noted Divorce attorney who has represented such stars as Nicole Kidman, Hugh Grant, Nicolas Cage, Britany Spears and Cary Grant in a 60-year career, the New York Post said.

Trope’s reputation as a tough dealmaker could help the former Swedish model, who reportedly signed a pre-nuptual aggrement with Woods but might be in line for even greater riches given her humiliations of the past weeks.

At least 14 women have claimed — or been said to have had — affairs with Woods ( Jamie Jungers: I have Sex with Tiger ), who has commented only in statements on his websites and said nothing about the extent of his admitted infidelity.

The Wall Street Journal reported that the National Enquirer kept quiet about a Woods affair in 2007 in exchange for the 14-time major champion speaking with sister publication Men’s Fitness for a cover story.

Under terms of the deal, the Enquirer would not publish photographs and a story on Woods having an extra-marital affair and Woods agreed to a cover and photo spread in Men’s Fitness, the Journal reported, citing unnamed sources.

American Media Inc., which owns both publications, denied such a deal took place in a letter to the Journal while Woods agent Mark Steinberg had no comment to the newspaper.

It was two days after an Enquirer report on Woods’s affair with showclub hostess Rachel Uchitel that he struck a tree and hydrant in an early morning drive, purportedly one caused by a row between him and Elin.

It was Mindy Lawton, a Florida restaurant employee who has claimed a liaison with Woods, who was in the pictures not published by the Enquirer, the Journal reported.

Woods was photographed meeting Lawton in a church parking lot near the home he shared with Elin, according to the report, which added that the source told the newspaper the pictures were poorly lit and details were tough to make out.

But the mere threat of publication made by the Enquirer to representatives of Woods was enough for them to suggest the Men’s Fitness deal, the report said.

Woods at the time had a deal with Golf Digest for up to one million dollars in annual donations to his foundation in exchange for Woods limiting appearances in other magazines and writing a techniques column, it said.

The scrambling by Woods to buy silence from those who could expose details of his misdeeds is not yet over, according to celebrity website TMZ.

Woods is doing all that he can to save his marriage, including making calls behind-the-scenes to women with whom he had affairs about possible deals, it said. Prior reports had Woods paying Uchitel to remain silent.

Also Friday, Woods lost backing from his third major sponsor in a week when Swiss watchmaker Tag Heuer revealed it is dropping the golf star from U.S. advertising campaigns in the wake of his sex scandal.

In a move that follows consulting firm Accenture ending a six-year deal with Woods (Nike Golf Beleve in Tiger still), Tag Heuer chief executive Jean-Christophe Babin told Swiss newspaper Le Matin his firm will not use Woods images in U.S. ads for the foreseeable future.

Tag Heuer’s move mirrors that of razormaker Gillette, which last weekend announced it was dropping Woods from commercials during his hiatus, calling it a supportive move.

Woods found support in at least one controversy.

Concerns had been raised about Woods being aided in his recovery from knee surgery by Canadian doctor Anthony Galea, who faces Canadian charges involving a banned drug and is linked to performance-enhancing substances.

Galea did nothing in helping Woods to violate doping rules, the doctor’s lawyer said Friday

How To Retire Early–And Not Go Broke In the Process

I would have loved to retire early. Instead, here I am, over 70, and still working three days a week. Most of my friends, family and neighbors my age retired years ago. So what went wrong? Well, it’s mostly because I made some bad career decisions over my lifetime. Actually I could be working five days a week, but I told my employer I needed to cut back.

I worked full time for someone, somewhere for over 50 years. I paid my dues many times over. So they let me cut my hours. I like to think that I can still give them a good job–just not as often.

You see…I had a dream. I’ll retire at 50, or maybe 55. Well, 60 wouldn’t be too bad, but then I turned 65 with no hope on the horizon. Finally hope was restored and that’s what I want to share with you.

Are you familiar with the term “passive income.” Some of you may already have it. You see the stock dividends roll in. You smile as your IRA or 401k starts to swell. WHAT? That isn’t happening?

I learned that I could develop a passive income, even at my age. And that I could do it with NO out-of-pocket expense.

Sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? I don’t blame you if you are skeptical. I was too when I first began to research Internet Marketing. But what I encountered over the first couple of months was that most of the FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITIES only benefited the scammers that were selling them. I learned some tough, expensive lessons during my “Trial Period.”

I learned that the people selling those Get-Rich-Quick schemes probably were getting rich on the backs of us newcomers. So I did more research, I signed up for free newsletters, I read the blogs, downloaded one tip after another (and still do if it’s free) and the pieces of the Internet Marketing puzzle began to fit together.

With this one article, I hope I can show you how to retire early by developing a passive income from the Internet.

A couple of months back I received a free video tip from a really nice chap–a very
successful Internet Marketer. The title of the video was, “She Did Everything Wrong, and Still Made $100,000 Her First Year.” Long title, short message. This woman began a part of Internet Marketing called “Affiliate Marketing.”

Before I tell you what SHE did wrong, I’ll explain a little bit about Affiliate Marketing. This is what I did to get my passive income started. So far it’s working:

1. To become an affiliate marketer I signed up with ClickBank.com. CB is one of the largest businesses of its kind. They sell electronic products–electronic books (e-books) and computer software. When they get an order, the product is delivered directly to the buyer. I never handle a product or deal with customer service. Signing on as an affiliate with CB is FREE.

2. Next, I checked out some of the products available. There are more scientific ways to decide, but that comes after learning about keyword searches, finding niches, etc. But I took a shortcut. I decided I would market things I was familiar with: Photography and natural cures (I have high blood pressure). I contacted the authors through CB and was given a “Hop Link.” More on that in No. 3 below. Signing on with e-book authors was FREE.

3. The final step requires a little creative work. Anything worth having is worth working for. The idea with this step is to direct potential buyers–people searching on Google, Yahoo, Bing and other search engines for information on photography or cures (other than prescription drugs) for high blood pressure. To do this I write articles on these subjects and I post them on article directories and ezines. Step No. 3 is also FREE.

When folks like you search a topic, the search engines look for the “Key words” being searched throughout the Internet. Some of these search engines look at article directories like where you found this article. If the searcher finds enough good content in the article he will most likely want more information. This is where the “Hop Link” comes in. The searcher clicks on the link, which is like a coded message that tells ClinkBank who should get a comission if a sale is made. Many authors offer commissions of from 50-75%.

Now have you been keeping tabs on how much this costs to be an affiliate marketer? Let’s see: 0 0 0 = 0. See, there is a way to make money or develop a passive income–whichever term turns you on. You can get s

Why Should You Write An Ebook

The fact is that this is the perfect time to write an ebook. What the publishing industry needs are people who can tap into the world as it is today – innovative thinkers who can make the leap into the new millennium and figure out how to solve old problems in a new way. Ebooks are a new and powerful tool for original thinkers with fresh ideas to disseminate information to the millions of people who are struggling to figure out how to do a plethora of different things.

Let’s say you already have a brilliant idea, and the knowledge to back it up that will enable you to write an exceptional ebook. You may be sitting at your computer staring at a blank screen wondering, “Why?” Why should I go through all the trouble of writing my ebook when it’s so impossible to get anything published these days?

Well, let me assure you that publishing an ebook is entirely different than publishing a book in print. Let’s look at the specifics of how the print and cyber publishing industry differ, and the many reasons why you should take the plunge and get your fingers tapping across those keyboards!

Submitting a print book to conventional publishing houses or to agents is similar to wearing a hair shirt 24/7. No matter how good your book actually is, or how many critique services and mentor writers have told you that “you’ve got what it takes,” your submitted manuscript keeps coming back to you as if it is a boomerang instead of a valuable mine of information.

Perhaps, in desperation, you’ve checked out self-publishing and found out just how expensive a venture it can be. Most “vanity presses” require minimal print runs of at least 500 copies, and even that amount will cost you thousands of dollars. Some presses’ minimal run starts at 1,000 to 2,000 copies. And that’s just for the printing and binding. Add in distribution, shipping, and promotional costs and – well, you do the math. Even if you wanted to go this route, you may not have that kind of money to risk.

Let’s say you already have an Internet business with a quality website and a quality product. An ebook is one of the most powerful ways to promote your business while educating people with the knowledge you already possess as a business owner of a specific product or service.

For example, let’s say that you’ve spent the last twenty-five years growing and training bonsai trees, and now you’re ready to share your knowledge and experience. An ebook is the perfect way to reach the largest audience of bonsai enthusiasts.

Ebook’s will not only promote your business – they will help you make a name for yourself and your company, and establish you as an expert in your field. You may even find that you have enough to say to warrant a series of ebooks. Specific businesses are complicated and often require the different aspects to be divided in order for the reader to get the full story.

Perhaps your goals are more finely tuned in terms of the ebook scene. You may want to build a whole business around writing and publishing ebooks. Essentially, you want to start an e-business. You are thinking of setting up a website to promote and market your ebooks. Maybe you’re even thinking of producing an ezine.

One of the most prevalent reasons people read ebooks is to find information about how to turn their Internet businesses into a profit-making machine. And these people are looking to the writers of ebooks to provide them with new ideas and strategies because writers of ebooks are usually people who understand the new cyberspace world we now live in. Ebook writers are experts in Internet marketing campaigns and the strategies of promoting and distributing ebooks. The cyberspace community needs its ebooks to be successful so that more and more ebooks will be written.

You may want to create affiliate programs that will also market your ebook. Affiliates can be people or businesses worldwide that will all be working to sell your ebooks. Think about this? Do you see a formula for success here?

Figure out what your subject matter is, and then narrow it down. Your goal is to aim for specificity. Research what’s out there already, and try to find a void that your ebook might fill.

What about an ebook about a wedding cake business? Or an ebook about caring for elderly pets? How about the fine points of collecting ancient pottery?

You don’t have to have three masters degrees to write about your subject. People need advice that is easy to read and easily understood. Parents need advice for dealing with their teenagers. College students need to learn good study skills – quickly. The possibilities are endless.

After you’ve wri

Is There Such Thing As A Remedy For A Broken Heart – 3 Steps To Get Over Your Broken Heart

One of the worst experience a person can have in the world is to be left alone with a broken heart. Given the choice, nobody will want to experience the pain left behind by a break up.  You should know that the more you love your ex, the harder for you to let go and the more pain you will feel.

Unfortunately, there is no simple solution or remedy for a broken heart.  Does this mean you are destined to feel sad and hurt for the rest of your life?  No, of course not.  You will not be doomed to feel isolated, depressed, and not want to go anywhere or do anything. 

The following are 3 steps that can help you get over your broken heart by easily dealing with all the pains and hurts that you are feeling deep inside your heart.  While they’re certainly not an instant remedy for a broke heart, if you keep them in mind and given some time, you should be able to feel better.

1. Control Your Emotions

It is just pretty normal that your emotions after the break up are so intense that you lose control of yourself. There are actually times when you curse the person whom you loved, especially if they were responsible for the break up. Thus, you have to learn how to control your emotions so that you can be sure that you can easily recover from the break up. 

It is to be expected that your emotions go on a roller coast ride for a while. There is nothing wrong with feeling sad, angry, depressed, etc…The problem comes when you let those emotions take control of your life.  If you need to feel sad or cry, then do it; however, force yourself to stop after a few minutes.  If you can take control of your emotions, you will be able to get over the break up, easier and faster.

2. Learn To Accept

Try to take an “Everything happens for a reason” attitude.  You just have to accept the ending of your relationship with your significant other. Besides, God, fate, destiny, whichever you believe in; probably has a better plan for your love life that you don’t even know about.  It may be hard to believe this now, but if this wasn’t your first relationship, then you know that you can find happiness again, because you’ve already done it at least once.  If you don’t learn to accept that it is over, you will only keep re-opening the emotional wounds.  

3. Let Go and Move On

Letting go and moving on goes hand in hand. Hence, once you are certain that you have let go of the romantic bond with your significant other, you can move on and start your new better life. After all, breaking up with your significant other is not the end of your world.

Indeed, you can still get rid of the feeling of sadness after the break up even if there is no remedy for a broken heart. You simply have to put into action the aforementioned steps so that you can recover and start a new life.  It may take some time, but don’t let it ruin your life.  Take the good from the relationship, learn from the bad, and move on.