Winning Words for the Web

Written by Oscar Bruce


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Winning Words

How do you make your web site dazzle, charm and seduce? For your site to be truly distinctive and compelling it will rely on successful semantics. Words and phrases carefully selected, then orchestrated to create feeling, then desire, and finally "action." Inrepparttar end,repparttar 108006 success of your site rests entirely on your visitor's decision to purchase and do it "now." Great graphics can't get that decision. Dazzling colors will not. Only moving and inspiring words can accomplish that mission.

You may have magical powers when you are there in person...Think you can charm a dog off a meat wagon in person...Then onrepparttar 108007 other hand, perhaps not. In either case, your words and phrases must carry your message without benefit of your presence. You can't rely on your great smile or your winning body language. Onlyrepparttar 108008 site's words will tellrepparttar 108009 world who you are, what you do and what you stand for.

So, expand your inventory of words and phrases, and then choose them with precision. You will be amazed atrepparttar 108010 difference it will make.

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Oscar Bruce is considered the ultimate personal communications guru. His dynamic books are considered field manuals for mastering conversation and confrontations. His website offers several verbal strategies that can add power to your conversations at no cost. HIS FREE NEWSLETTER and other products are available at http:///www.oscarbruce.com


How to Reduce Computer Eye Strain

Written by John A. Manley


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Transformrepparttar Way You Work and Create More Reliable Vision

•Sit Straight and Breathe - Back and neck strain create tension inrepparttar 108005 eyes and slouching preventsrepparttar 108006 lungs from expanding properly as well. Plenty of oxygen is crucial torepparttar 108007 eyes (and your brain!). Take deep breaths whenever you think of it. Keep a window open, when weather permits. Have hanging green plants over your workspace.

•Ten-Ten-Ten - Every ten minutes, look ten feet away, for ten seconds or otherwise you will create near-point stress. Our ancestors were gatherers and hunters—farsighted occupations. Our genes have not yet evolved for sustained arms-length work. A good freeware program that reminds you to take these "micro-breaks" is Workrave.

•Blink, Drink and Splash atrepparttar 108008 Sink - The flicker rate of monitors causes our eyes to blink less and thus dry out. Writers, try getting intorepparttar 108009 habit of blinking every time you read or type a period. Designers, userepparttar 108010 moving of an image as your reminder. Drink plenty of water and make a point of wetting your eyes every time you userepparttar 108011 restroom.

•Don't Use Your Eyes - Close your eyes whenever you can. If something is loading or you need time to think, close your eyes. While closed, keeprepparttar 108012 eyes turned upward to prevent sleepiness.

•If you're typing a rough draft, try doing it blind. Experiment with your computer's voice synthesizer for reading long on-line documents or reviewing your own work.

•Palming - Whenever you have a minute, cup your palms over your eye sockets (without touchingrepparttar 108013 eyes). This total absence of light will give your eyes a true rest. Rarely doesrepparttar 108014 average person experience total darkness. Sleeping inrepparttar 108015 pitch black is highly recommended for strengthening vision.

A Super-Technique for Relearning How to See

1.Retype an excerpt from a piece of writing, such as an inspirational quote, a grammar rule, or a spelling definition. 2. Printrepparttar 108016 excerpt out in small print. As small as you can read when held at arms length. 3.Cut this out and tape it acrossrepparttar 108017 top of your monitor. 4.Sitting back, takerepparttar 108018 first letter inrepparttar 108019 excerpt and mentally trace an outline around it. Include every nook ofrepparttar 108020 particular font. 5.Now close your eyes and visualizerepparttar 108021 character as filling your entire field of vision. Imagine it is pitch black on a pure white background. Seerepparttar 108022 edges ofrepparttar 108023 character as being very sharp. 6.Open your eyes and tracerepparttar 108024 letter once more. Then readrepparttar 108025 entire line. 7.Repeat this a few times throughoutrepparttar 108026 day. When you feel your vision is sharper, print out another quote at a decreased point size.

Reading small print is like lifting weights with your eyeballs. This technique has created microscopic vision in its most serious practitioners. Many legally blind people after intense practice withrepparttar 108027 Bates Method now have driver's licenses.

Unlike Spiderman, we need to work for our "spidey"-powers. But you can always try microwaving a spider and see what happens when it bites you.

Resources

The Cure of Imperfect Sight by Treatment Without Glasses (1920) by William H. E. Bates, M.D.

Self-Healing: My Life and Vision by Meir Schneider, Ph.D., L.M.T.

Relearning to See: Improve Your Eyesight--Naturally! by Thomas R. Quackenbush

Vision For Life at www.improveyourvision.com.

John A. Manley is an Ontario, Canada based freelance writer who specializes in direct mail response projects. He also writes science fiction with a metaphysical bent. His work has been published in Freebird at www.freebird-zine.com. Contact John at creativityrising@distributel.net.


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