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Hank Aaron Celebrity Sports Weekend

Posted by CMB Virtual Assistants on August 17, 2009 at 9:18am

Wow! Time really goes fast. It is already August. Those of us that believe in starting early will have to start our Xmas shopping soon. LOL Well it’s a busy time of the year for me. I am the chair person for the 39th Annual UNCF Banquet benefiting The LeMoyne Owen College in Memphis, TN. The banquet is the culminating event for the Hank Aaron Celebrity Sports Weekend (HACSW). The HACSW is August 21-22, 2009. This weekend encompasses a golf tournament (Friday morning Aug. 21), a 5K Walk/Run (Friday evening, Aug. 21), a Children Breakfast (Saturday morning, Aug. 22), and a banquet reception (Saturday night, Aug. 22). We are heavily in the planning stages. We have secured the entertainment for the gala reception-The Stylistics. YEAH!

The golf tournament will be hosted by Stax Legend, David Porter. 32 teams of four will come out and golf with celebrities to help raise money for scholarships at LeMoyne Owen college. The tournament will be held at Quail Ridge Golf Course. Tee time is 8 a.m. To sign your golf team up for the tournament visit www.loc.edu or call 901.435.1540.The 5K Walk/Run attracts over 1000 walkers/runners throughout the Mid-South area. Registration opens at 5 p.m. and the race starts at 7 p.m. Entertainment this year~Will Graves and Soul. Pre-registration ends August 18. Onsite registration is available, day of, but keep in mind the first 800 registrants will receive a gift bag from Nike filled with gifts.

The children’s’ breakfast will be held on Saturday, August 22. The breakfast is host to 500 children. The children are treated to a full breakfast, opportunity to meet the celebrities, and each child will receive a gift bag full of items for school and play... Tickets are still available. To purchase tickets, please call 901.435.1540CMB Virtual Assistants is a proud supporter of the Hank Aaron Celebrity Sports Weekend. Pamela King is the chair of the banquet reception and co-chair of the Dee Griffin 5K Walk/run. For more information, visit www.loc.edu and look for information about the Hank Aaron Celebrity Sports.
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25 Ways to Simplify Your Business

Posted by CMB Virtual Assistants on August 17, 2009 at 8:57am
Executives are always looking for ways to cut costs and find ways to increase working hours. Entrepreneur magazine writer, Chris Penttila, wrote a great article on fine tuning your business with ideas for simplifying and streamlining your operations.The article offer ways to simplify your technology, money, management, marketing, and even your personal time. As a business owner, periodically you must reevaluate how you are operating your business.Check out the article and see how many of the 25 ideas you can implement today.http://www.entrepreneur.com/growyourbusiness/businessstrategies/article83162-1.html
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Is Social Networking Profitable or Pointless?

Posted by LaShanda Henry on August 16, 2009 at 7:00pm
Selling On Social Networks -7Day eCourse for BeginnersSome entrepreneurs think social networking is profitable and others think it’s pointless. The ones who don’t do it are either making good money doing ‘other stuff’ or they’re upset because they can’t get social networking to work for them. As someone who makes good money social networking, let me give you a few good reasons why social networking isn’t pointless and how it can be very profitable for you. When you think about the fact that every show you watch and practically every friend or family member you have is on Facebook, Youtube, or Twitter… what does that tell you? People are social networking more and doing everything else less. They are watching less tv, their reading fewer magazines and newspapers and that means that if you want to reach more people, more customers, you’ve got to tap into the profit potential of social networking. Print media is out, social networking is in and it's free, which is all the more reason for you to learn how to profit from it while you still can. If you just sit back and look at the entrepreneurs scrambling to join a ton of networks, you might think the profit simply comes from sharing your business link with as many social friends as you can, but it doesn’t. Truth be told, only a handful on people know how to profit from social networking because most people are doing it wrong. The easiest way to profit from social networking is to spend money advertising on popular social networks OR to spend time figuring out how to profit the no-cost marketing way. If you are like me, investing thousands in advertising isn’t an option, so your only option is to utilize these free spaces the right way. The secret is simple. Think of social networks as free media outlets where you have access to thousands of potential customers. Initially your job is NOT to get those people to buy; it’s to get THEM to notice You and when they do notice you… that’s when the magic starts to happen. I doubled my profits in a matter of months by meeting the right people on the right social networks. I made a few mistakes and made a lot of money, so I can honestly tell you how this ‘STUFF’ works if you want to know. Take my 7 Day ecourse, “Selling on Social Networks.” It is filled with eGuides and social networking training videos that you can watch online. Get Instant Access Now: http://www.socialmediasistas.com/selling-on-social-networks.php
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Cutting To The Chase has received an Awesome Review!

Posted by Stephanie Morris on August 16, 2009 at 5:45pm
Cutting to the Chase has received a rave review! Come check out the review and if you haven't picked your copy, it isn't too late!Blurb:Ashley Bennett is a physical therapist burnt out from the job because of all of the rich, spoiled patients she has had to put up with. She moves back to San Angelo, TX to be closer to her family and friends. She has made enough money to live comfortably for a little while until she decides what she wants to do. Unfortunately things don't go as she planned. Upon stopping by the hospital where she started out in physical therapy, she runs into her old mentor. While there her help is enlisted for a patient who needs her expertise. When she finds out the new patient is Christopher Morgan, her world is sent into a tailspin. She and Chris have a history. They have been friends since the age of five and she had kept a secret from him. It is a secret that could rock the foundation of their friendship. She is in love with him.Christopher Morgan feels like he is having the worst luck in the world lately. His mother is an awful meddlesome matchmaker distracting him from being able to find the woman of his dreams on his own. It only gets worse when his horse training session goes awry and he ends up in the hospital. To top it all off he is told his new physical therapist is Ashley Bennett, his childhood friend and woman he has secretly been in love with for years. He had no idea she was back in town but now that he does he doesn't plan to let her go.Happy Reading!Stephanie Morris
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TRAVEL AGENTS ALERT!!!!!!!

Posted by Ms. Felecia on August 16, 2009 at 3:45am
AN OPEN LETTER TO YTB AND ALL MLM TRAVEL AGENTS From Peter Stilphen, MCCEmail: liberty3675@embarqmail.comhttp://www.oxadox.com/article/Straight Talk Concerning The Travel Agent Distribution System.NO LONGER DO BUSINESS WITH YTBHello Fellow Travel Professionals,Welcome to my newsletter where I discuss the travel agent distribution system with straight talk, sometimes with humorous thoughts and sometimes down right provocative.Consumers are a little more savvy which also contributed to the downsizing of companies like Global Travel International and putting a hurt on the likes of YTB, Traverus or World Travel Ventures.TRUE which provided a code that identified the travel agent to the supplier. It was very helpful at the beginning as it helped many travel agents get started in the business. Although there was no guarantee to the supplier that the code holder was a well trained travel agent, it did provide a potential contact.TRUE is a for-profit entity with its revenue not necessarily being utilized for additional training and education as is the non-profit entities of IATAN and CLIA. I believe that the profits from travel photo ID cards should in some manner accrue to the benefit of travel agents and not to possibly line someone's pockets.If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, talks like a duck, I would say it's a "card mill" in a duck suit I think it's time for TRUE to end the hypocrisy and come out of the closetOUR MONTHLY LIST OF THE MOST NOTABLE BUMS IN THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY If you find that I am incorrect in listing one of these companies, I will do a retraction in the following issue. A-1 TRAVEL-VACATION.COMACTIVE TRAVEL NETWORKAMERICAN TRAVEL BUREAUAMERICAN VOYAGER TRAVEL a/k/a GRAND VOYAGER TRAVELCASH CARD WORLDWIDE, now known as TRAVEL REACTIONCOASTAL VACATION CLUBGATEWAY ASSURANCE SYSTEMGOLDRUSH GETAWAYSEE TRAVEL BENEFITSGLOBAL TRAVEL INTERNATIONAL Many hotels no longer accept their card.FUN TIME VACATION CLUBGAZOOBA TRAVELGT TRENDS formerly PRT TRAVELHOLIDAY PLANNERS a/k/a INFINITE FRONTIERS and formerly AMERICAN VOYAGER, not to be confused with Holiday Planners , Branson, Missouri.INTELETRAVEL(terminated by IATAN, a member of OSSN, ARTA and ASTA)INTERNATIONAL WORLD OF VACATIONSKE TRAVELJOIN CRUISE TO CASHMY LEISURE BUSINESS.BIZ, A spin off from World Ventures. They grow like weeds in a manure farm.NET TRAVPROTRAVEL NETWORK (NOW PTN, INC), a piece of work (not to be confused with ProTravel International) Recently changed its name to PTN, Inc so it can sell non-travel item.TRAVELBRIDGETRAVELENCIATRAVELONE (Beacon Travel)TRAVELSTAR(JOYSTAR), Chapter 7TRAVELWIZE a/k/a CYBERWIZE, just friedTRAVERUS (Supported by OSSN)ULTIMATE CHOICE TRAVELWORLD VENTURES TRAVELYTB INTERNATIONAL (In serious financial trouble) YOUR TRAVEL BIZ, YTBCARS THE FOLLOWING SUPPLIERS, WE CALL THEM THE "GOOD GUYS," NO LONGER DO BUSINESS WITH YTBAS A BUSINESS PROMOTER IN TRAVEL I CAN ONLY SAY GOD WILL MAKE A WAY FOR HIS PEOPLE TO SUCCEED AND OVERCOME, I AM INTERESTED IN HEARING YOUR STORIES AND OFFERING SUPPORT AND INFORMATION THAT CAN BRING A CHANGE TO YOUR ISSUE(I WILL POST MORE INFORMATION THAT CAN BE A HELP TO YOU SOON)
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Putting The Buzz In Your Business By Shyra Smith

Posted by Rickey on August 15, 2009 at 11:34pm
Putting The Buzz In Your Business By Shyra SmithShyra's clients are treated like they're famlily!She takes your baby and treats it like it's her very own! She believes there is a solution to every problem and excuses won't allow you to resolve them. Shyra's coached many on how to overcome obstacles in their life in order to bring their dreams to reality. It's time to live the life that you really DO want and stop allowing yourself to stay around the toxicity that is keeping you from making YOU happen!Happy Miraculous Monday, October 22!There are different types of people. Those who let life happen to them, those who persevere in life, and those who shape their life into what they want it to be. Now before you resign yourself to being one of the former two, I want you to know that the difference between these types of people is all in the mind and you can shape these thought patterns to make your dreams a reality.Where to begin? First and foremost is prayer. Pray for a clear understanding of what your purpose in life is and ask God to align your actions with His will for your life. Your hopes and dreams don't just spring from nowhere, but they have a definitive source, and that is from the Creator.Each and everyone of us has a purpose in life, find that purpose and your life's direction will suddenly become clear. Notice I said clear, it doesn't mean it will become easy, but you will notice that you suddenly have so much more energy to pour into the pursuit of your goals.With each passing day, you must remind yourself that you're getting closer to your destination. Keep note of the little victories and never accept failure as final. A setback is simply another chance to try again. Train your mind to go where you want it to go, instead of saying and thinking, "I want to be successful", you must replace that with, "I will be successful."Speak faith words and it will manifest itself in your life. I know these things and I can say these things because I am proof. I have always had a desire to help people and throughout my life I naturally gravitated towards roles that enabled me to do so. This was all well and good, and it was even spiritually rewarding, but I still felt that I was missing something. That something was what led to the creation of The Black Scroll.check this book out nowPutting The Buzz In Your Business By Shyra Smith

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Let's Talk About Sex, Drugs & Hip Hop with Our Children. The Up in the Attic Movie

Posted by KAMAL IMANI*The Soul Griot! on August 15, 2009 at 7:30pm
The “Up in the Attic” MovieAn Important Educational Tool for the Hip Hop Generation“Let’s talk about Sex, Drugs & Hip Hop”Written & Directed by Kamal Imani“Many of us have spoken about the youth, but not with the youth”The new movie entitled “Up in the Attic” is the perfect conversation piece for engaging dialogue between today’s youth and their elders. Parents, educators, social workers, clergy and other professionals will find themes common to today’s youth such as; sex, drugs, violence, hip hop, peer pressure and other relevant subject matter.Up in the Attic has a comedic but realistic feel to it. Its backdrop is the 1980’s hip hop era in the Teaneck New Jersey (A Suburb of New York City) which is also near the urban areas of Paterson and Newark New Jersey. The DVD, which is now available on http://www.upintheatticmovie.com and major DVD websites, can be used for personal one on one discussion or in group or community settings.You can also invite the author and director Kamal Imani to your venue to speak with your youth or organization. In addition to his street smarts and notoriety as an established Spoken Word Performance Poet, Actor and community activist, Kamal has a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the New York Institute of Technology and has attended Morehouse College, Bergen Community College, Teaneck High School, Computer Career Training Center and Kovat’s Real Estate School and is a husband and father residing in Englewood New Jersey.For more information or to have Kamal speak at your event or with your youth organization, contact Mr. Kevin Barksdale at 201-923-9213. For more information on the movie please visit http://www.upintheatticmovie.comJoin our social network at http://www.upintheattic.ning.comAdd us on MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/upintheatticmovieTwitter Kamal Imani

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Up to your neck in alligators?

Posted by Michelle Diane on August 15, 2009 at 4:25pm
Are you up against a wall, backed into a corner? Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired of the worry that won’t let you sleep? The Twelve Universal Laws of Success dug me out of just such a hole. Like a recipe for making a success pie, follow the steps and get success every time. Universal laws are no respecter of persons; what works for me will work for you.Are you desperate for a way out? Don’t read any farther if you’re still playing. But if you have the determination and grit to soar phoenix like from the ashes, The Twelve Universal Laws of Success was written especially for you. I had to share these principles now, so many are suffering in these tough times. Learn The Twelve Laws of Success at (http://www.numnpublications.com/12laws.html or http://www.numnpublications.com/12success.html)
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Saturday, Aug 15th Tax Savings

Posted by Lenisa L. Cooper on August 15, 2009 at 3:50pm
Okay, now let’s talk about those 3 qualifications for the home business tax breaks that I mentioned last Saturday.The first one is:RUNNING YOUR BUSINESS CONSISTANTLY:This can be 3 to 4 hours a week. Week after week, why?Because the Government wants you to be able to ramp up this so called part time job to full time should the need arise.This is the biggest objective the Government had. To encourage every taxpayer to have a home based business and to run itactively because it provides the ideal safety net in these times of economic stress and layoffs.The second requirement:HAVE PROFIT INTENT:Here is the easy part. Some of the activities you do for requirement number one are the same activities you will do to prove profit intent.So, does the time and effort you are putting in your business indicate an intention to make a profit.Do you depend on the income from the business? Would the income from this business help you to survive should you get laid off or lose your day job? This means you have profit intent. No one does things to lose money and continues to do so.If you have losses, are they due to circumstances beyond your control or did they occur during the start up phase of your business.Do you have knowledge needed to run your business successfully?This does not mean you have to personally be an expert. Are you learning from someone who is? Do you read up on the subject? Take relevant classes. Does your day planner have notations of times spent learning up on the subject in an effort to establish expertise?And by the way, if your business has made a profit any 3 of the past 5 years, the above factors are not even a consideration.And finally qualification number 3:KEEP GOOD RECORDS:Do not let this scare you. It is not a difficult thing. Let me help you organize.I find the envelope system helps me a great deal. Keep all receipts. When you come home from shopping for supplies, having a business luncheon, getting gas, what ever you did that on that trip from the house to time you come back to the house. Keep all proof of what your activities were.In your car: Keep pad and pencil to jot down your miles. Again, from the time you leave the house to when you return. Even if you went to the grocery store before returning home, keep the track of the miles.Your envelopes should be marked for current months use. Place only the receipts for that month in that envelope. Do this for each month. Set aside a day to take that months receipt and further organize them by the activity they represent.Now you can do this each day if it is easier for you. I am not that particular. I have what I call the end of the month records day. I take an hour or two that day, just for me to further separate and organize that month’s envelope. After making sure each item is in it’s correct category, then that envelope is placed in a shoe box that holds all the other years envelopes and other papers required for my business.Then when tax time comes, all I need do is take along my shoe box.It is that simple.Next week: How some of your personal expenses can become valuable Business Deductions.Yours Truly,LenisaDish Gardens by Lenisawww.Lenisa.Etsy.comLenisahbb@yahoo.com
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Authors Increase Your Sales

Posted by Angle Bush on August 15, 2009 at 1:16am
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The Highly Anticipated Guide to Professional Speakingwww.anglebush.comThis step by step guide will provide you with important information on:How to Get BookedCreating your Electronic Press KitHow to Create a Marketing Plan and much moreBonus Section includes 10 Professional Speaking LeadsWhy journey into professional speaking? How does this help my sales?Professional speaking will allow you the opportunity to increase your sales by putting you in front of consumers. If you are an invited speaker people are there to see you, to hear you. This will provide you with an opportunity to be heard and seen by audiences who can tell others about you - as you know networking and word of mouth are very important tools in selling and marketing any product or service and professional speaking is an avenue to start the discussion.Ready to Increase Your Success in 6 Easy Steps?Get Your Copy of SPEAK NOW- visit http://www.anglebush.comIncrease Your SalesExpand your AudienceMeet Your CustomersCommunicate Your MessageStart Your Journey Today!!!http://www.anglebush.com
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Riland Educational Corporation is seeking vendors for it's Annual CommunityHealth and Arts Festival.

Posted by Barbara Andrews on August 15, 2009 at 12:10am
When: September 26, 2009 10am - 6 pm Where: Clarkston, Georgia's Milam Park.Vendor Tables are $35 and are first paid first placed. We have 5 tables left with electricity and they are $40. Reserving a table gets your business card free placement in out dircetory to be passed out the day of the event. If you aren't able to be there $10 you can add your business card to our directory to be given out to every patron. Tables can be reserved and paid for at www.rilandcorp.com
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3 Ways to Make Your Business Better

Posted by LaShanda Henry on August 14, 2009 at 11:44pm
I've been working with my *hubby* (my silent business partner) on new ways to make my existing online business ventures better. Whether business is bad or good it can ALWAYS be better ... am I right? Anyhoo, we came up with a few solutions that just make sense to me, so I'd like to share them with you. URL: http://sistapreneurs.ning.com/forum/topics/3-ways-to-make-your-business LaShanda p.s. I wouldn't be me if I didn't have something special to offer you this weekend. If you haven't already gotten my eBook 'How to Make Your First $1000 Online' and if you haven't taken my 7 Day eCourse - 'How to Find Customers Online' - you can take advantage of both these offers right now. Here is my weekend special. Find Out How to Get Started, Find Customers, and Make Money Online. Download my latest eGuide which includes 2 eBooks, 1 eCourse, 15+ Video Tutorials you can watch online! Special Price $27 | $67 OFF Coupon Code: GIV4U. URL: http://socialmediasistas.com/beginners_guide.php
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you will absolutely love this...dark skin to light skin....Black women are so awesome

Posted by SoulSeed Tees on August 14, 2009 at 5:30am
this is my newest t-shirti was inspired by this because i am a chocolate sister and i see that we still have an issue with our many beautiful huesit is time that we get over it and heal and become for, by and of each otherhttps://www.storesonlinepro.com/account/images/autoresize.img?picture.image.url=%2Ffiles%2F3178205%2Fuploaded%2FAKIM+165.JPG&picture.width.max=96&picture.height.max=96&picture.image.mask.apply=false...if you can't click the link go to my pagewww.soulseedtees.cominfo@soulseedtees.com
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my apologies

Posted by Fabiola Sully on August 14, 2009 at 3:08am
I want to apologize to everybody in the group. I made an error regarding my twitter page. it's www.twitter.com/mysticpoet729.Again, sorry for the error.
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