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If you don't know much about Justin Bieber's rise to superstardom, James Parker provides a good primer:

How did he do it? With YouTube, that’s how. Kissed in his cradle by the witch of the Web, Justin was throwing up little promo reels by the time he was 12. Singing a Brian McKnight song into the bathroom mirror. Or sitting on some municipal steps somewhere, busking mightily about the Lord: “You’re my God and my Fa-ther!” he bellows through the legs of passersby, the wooden body of his guitar reverberating with his shouts. ...

Bieber wasn’t from the Disney factory, and he didn’t have a show on Nickelodeon, so the marketing plan was skewed toward his already established constituency in social media: lots of Facebooking and YouTubing and sugary tweets to his millions-strong Twitter army.

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In February of 2007, 83.24 percent of users visiting TechCrunch did so from a Windows machine. One year later, in February 2008, the stranglehold remained firm at 80.44 percent. In February 2009, the number was at 74.04 percent. Last year, it was 61.59 percent. And this year? The number of people visiting our site from Windows machines dipped to 53.84 percent.

The writing is on the wall.

Look at those numbers again for a second. In four years, Windows share among TechCrunch readers has fallen 30 percentage points. That’s incredible.

The knee-jerk reaction in the comment section will likely be something like “it’s because you guys cover Apple so much”. But the fact of the matter is that Macintosh share, after rising for three of those four years, fell last year as well. It’s the mobile devices — specifically the iPhone, iPad, and Android devices — that are eating away at Windows.

In fact, if the trend over the past four years continues at about the same pace, in two years, devices made by Apple (Macs, iPhones, iPod touches, and iPads) will surpass devices that run Windows as the top visitors to TechCrunch. And depending on how popular the iPad 2, iPhone 5, and OS X Lion are, it could easily happen next year.

Here are the broken down numbers:

Feb 2007

• Windows: 83.24%


• Mac: 13.59%


• Linux: 2.51%

Feb 2008

• Windows: 80.44%


• Mac: 15.15%


• Linux: 2.97%


• iPhone: 0.77%


• iPod: 0.15%

Feb 2009

• Windows: 74.04%


• Mac: 20.48%


• Linux: 3.01%


• iPhone: 1.60%


• iPod: 0.28%


• Android: 0.09%

Feb 2010

• Windows: 61.59%


• Mac: 28.62%


• iPhone: 4.07%


• Linux: 3.49%


• Android: 0.87%


• iPod: 0.53%

Feb 2011

• Windows: 53.84%


• Mac: 27.64%


• iPhone: 6.72%


• iPad: 3.44%


• Linux: 3.28%


• Android: 3.06%


• iPod: 0.62%

While even the last batch of stats shows that Windows still has a nice cushion over number two, Mac, if you add the Apple products put together, it’s a different story.

• Feb 2007: 13.59% Apple products


• Feb 2008: 16.07% Apple products


• Feb 2009: 22.36% Apple products


• Feb 2010: 33.22% Apple products


• Feb 2011: 38.42% Apple products

In the four year span, Apple has added 25 percentage points to their share among TechCrunch readers. That nearly all of the 30 percentage points that Windows lost in that same span (Android’s growth pretty much fills in the rest).

So it currently stands at Microsoft’s 53.84 percent versus Apple’s 38.42 percent. Again, a big year for iPad, iPhone, and Mac could mean a changing of the guard as soon as next year. But unless something drastic changes, you can be sure that Apple will be dominant among TechCrunch readers in two years.

The latest rumors have Windows 8 showing up sometime in mid/late 2012. But the fact of the matter is that Windows 7, much more widely praised than the disaster that was Vista, hasn’t helped Microsoft buck this trend among our readers. Perhaps they’re only hope of gaining back share at this point is Windows Phone. So far, that hasn’t been going too well. Nokia should help that, but will it be enough to offset the Windows losses?

Humorously, Microsoft’s best hope for not falling to Apple may well be Android. If Google’s platform continues to make gains, it could prolong Apple passing Microsoft.

But again, Apple has iPhone 5, iPad 2, and OS X Lion on the immediate horizon — all within the next few months. And then there’s the very real possibility of another iPad in the fall.

The iPad 2 and iPhone 5 are likely to push the Apple share forward immediately. But don’t sleep on OS X Lion either. The early indications are that Apple has indeed made it much more iOS-like. That means millions of iPad/iPhone/iPod touch owners who have traditionally been PC users, are going to feel a lot more comfortable on a Mac than ever before.

And a new PC-to-Mac data migration system built in to Lion will only help that.

OS X Lion is going to feed off of iOS users, and vice versa. And the Mac ecosystem is going to continue to expand. Just as happened in the browser world with Chrome taking over, a transition is happening among TechCrunch readers in the ecosystem space. The numbers don’t lie. And Microsoft better pray that our readers aren’t leading indicators of overall trends in the space — which is exactly what you have been in the past.

For Apple, the mobile market is a cash cow. The company’s iPhone and iPad are proving to be the top mobile companions for people around the globe. Apple has sold over 100 million iPhones. Its iPad sales have hit 15 million. The company understands the mobile market and it knows how to capitalize on it.

But what about the living room? It has the Apple TV, sure, and the Mac mini is often times connected to an HDTV, but what else has Apple done to push the envelope in the living room? It still hasn’t launched the long-rumored television we keep hearing about, and it seems that offering a game console — a hope for many Apple fans over the past few years — won’t happen.

I fully realize that Apple can’t be everything to every customer. It delivers computers, smartphones, tablets, personal media players, two operating systems, wireless routers, and much more. But I also realize that Apple is an entertainment company. It’s about trying to give people more opportunity to enjoy their lives through technology. And it would only make sense if it doubled down on the living room.

Let’s turn our attention to the Apple TV for a minute.

Prior to its announcement in September, rumors were running rampant over what the former “hobby” would offer. Folks thought it would deliver gaming, interface with DVRs, include Apple’s App Store, and much more. They thought it would be a sizable update over its predecessor.

Instead, Apple offered a stripped-down alternative.

The second-generation Apple TV comes with the ability for users to stream Netflix content. It has Flickr and Internet radio. And it allows users to stream their music over their home network to their televisions. It offers movies and television shows, as well, but most would agree that it’s slim pickings for now.

At that event in September, Steve Jobs said that Apple’s research showed customers didn’t want everything a company could pile into a device. They simply want the ability to consume the content they enjoy without the fuss that might come along with something like Google TV-based devices.

But by delivering the bare minimum, Apple did itself no favors. The company took the easy way out and pretended like it no longer views the living room as a hobby. The only issue is, the Apple TV is still a hobby. It’s a device that lacks all the functionality we’ve come to expect from Apple — a company that typically prides itself on offering the best value for the cash. And at least so far, it leaves me wanting more.

So, what am I looking for? I want to see Apple improve the Apple TV by bringing its App Store to the platform. I’d also like to see some kind of gaming component come to the device, either through the App Store or as part of a more-capable platform.

And perhaps most importantly, I’d like to see Apple think beyond its set-top box and deliver products that try something new. I’m not sold on the possibility of Apple offering a groundbreaking television, but if it can surprise me, I’m all for it.

Simply put, I’m looking for Apple to be Apple. Right now, it’s just like every other company in the living room; it’s content to have a presence but not dominate.

That needs to end.

No single company can stake claim to the living room right now. Steve Jobs just needs to take advantage of that void and do something special.

But first, he needs to take the living room — and its revenue potential — seriously.

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What is your social media brand? Do you have one? Sure, many small business owners and entrepreneurs are coming around to the enormous importance of social media as a marketing, customer service, and, yes, even sales tool. But if you haven’t thought about how social media can define your brand, you are probably missing a HUGE part of what social media tools can do for your business. Here’s more…

Tools & Techniques

Creating a great brand with these blog tools. Tools that improve the look and functionality of your blog also improve your brand. A well-maintained small business blog is one of the most obvious and least expensive branding tools at the entrepreneur’s disposal even more so than social media channels like Facebook and Twitter because of how a blog can be customized to fit your needs and personality. This list of tools is a great way to start. EpicLaunch

What Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi can teach you about social media. One of the stars of the hit reality show “Jersey Shore”, “Snooki” is a perfect example of personal brand, but social media entrepreneurs could also learn much about building their own online presence from Snooki. Being yourself and using a simple, short tag to indelibly brand your identity are also great techniques in social media. One site is already trying to apply the starlets techniques in the social media space. Brand-Yourself

Tito Philips doesn’t want your comments on his blog! At least, not if they’re the wrong kind. And the wrong kind would be comments left for no other purpose than to get the blogger and his/her readers to visit your blog and perhaps comment on it in return. Why is comment trading bad? Don’t get Tito started! There are many ways to engage in social media marketing. Be sure you understand and respect some of the attitudes you may face. Blogging Bookshelf  

News & Trends

The best of the best. Want to get a look at arguably the 20 best Facebook fan pages for business on the planet? By now you should know the value of a Facebook fan page to your branding efforts. What’s also true, however, is that not all Facebook sites are created equal. If you want to take your social media marketing to the next level, have a look at this list of cream of the crop sites. Inc.com

Even churches use social media marketing! In this article on the growing market for tech services among religious organizations, we learn that many churches have also already entered into the social media space. As houses of worship, particularly huge mega-churches, expand and build congregations, it’s easy to see how social media can work as a marketing tool here as well. Is your religious organization using social media for branding? WSJ

Tips & Tricks

20 tips that will make you a Twitter star. Among the tools popular in the new digital space is Twitter. The microblogging platform can be used for business or non-business purposes and it can be the key to your small business’s success. Learn how to use Twitter like a pro and you may be surprised at the benefits your small business gains as a result. Global Copywriting

Valuable lessons in social media. Gary Vaynerchuk, author of The Thank You Economy and a successful social media entrepreneur in his own right, has many insights to share with small business leaders seeking a new way to define their brands in an age of social communications. Read some of the takeaways Vaynerchuk shares with those trying to define their businesses with social media. E-Marketing Associates

Success Stories

Doubt the power of FB to create brand for almost anyone? You won’t after you read the story of Princeton English Professor Jeff Nunokawa and “Jeffbook”, a collection of 3,221 brief literary essays on Facebook, that have created an incredible cult status for Nunokawa in the process. His motivation? Not too different from those of most marketers. Nunokawa simply started sharing where he knew his audience already spent lots of their time. The results speak for themselves. Fast Company

Increase exposure with niche social media. Blogger Mavis Nong talks about the importance of niche social media sites including social bookmarking sites as a key method of creating exposure for your online business. Mavis talks about her experience with our sister site BizSugar.com (thanks for the shout out! ) and explains how smaller more focused social sites can sometimes have a surprising impact even larger than the big guys. Attraction Marketing Online

Opportunities

Sponsors wanted for new SugarTone Sweet Business Blogging Contest. Put the power of social media to work for your brand. We’re looking for sponsors to help with a brand new blogging contest involving two of the fastest growing small business communities on the Web, BizSugar.com and Bloggertone.com. Learn more about the contest by reading the full announcement and get in touch today! BizSugar Blog

What’s affecting me, my clients and other small-business owners this week.

THE QUAKE IN JAPAN, A GOOFBALL IN VENEZUELA Japanese earthquake damage is estimated at $310 billion and could be the costliest natural disaster ever. Japanese exports suffer. Kate Rogers of Fox revisits how to protect your business from catastrophe. “Small-business owners can determine if they should be seeking disaster coverage by weighing their investment in the business itself, among other factors. If the business is the sole form of income, the risk is much greater than if it is a hobby or part-time project.” Elsewhere around the world, the war industry gets a boost in Libya. And Hugo Chávez of Venezuela says capitalism may have destroyed life on Mars.

REAL ESTATE FALLS, JOBS RISE Mark Thoma says commodity prices are increasing because of world demand. A small-business owner in Georgia is trying not to pass on the cost of high gas prices. Detroit’s population declines 25 percent. Existing-home sales fall to the lowest on record. Meredith Whitney, an investment adviser, says, “Unless the government comes out with a 50-year mortgage, this market is in trouble longer term.” Gallup’s job-creation index is the highest since September 2008. Durable goods orders fall.

ANNE HATHAWAY AND WARREN BUFFETT The Fed earns $79 billion and predicts that the recovery is taking hold. Nonetheless, one of its officials warns that the United States is approaching insolvency. Meanwhile, Warren E. Buffett predicts growth but some think his company’s stock is buoyed by Anne Hathaway. Household balances sheets continue to improve. Scott Grannis says “the Philadelphia Fed Business Outlook Survey came in very strong. It hasn’t been this strong since the economic boom times of the early 1980s. It’s very difficult to ignore the mounting evidence of a strong economic recovery.” Architect billings increased slightly in February.

DEFICIT THRILLS The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget is thrilled to see 64 senators calling for comprehensive deficit reduction. But Stan Collender, a budget expert, isn’t thrilled at all: “Does a letter that is so vanilla that it could have been written at any time over the past 40 years really indicate any movement on the current budget debate?” James Pethokoukis of Reuters says he thinks President Obama’s budget is wildly dangerous.

A NEW DEFINITION OF SMALL BUSINESS Timothy F. Geithner says that American small businesses need greater access to capital to spur innovation. The Small Business Administration, facing even more cuts, is for the first time in more than 25  years proposing to change the way it defines small businesses. JPMorgan Chase says it will cease its debit card rewards program because of new legislation that would restrict fees. Missouri gets $27 million in incentives for small-business growth. The Small Business Savings Account Act makes its way through Congress.

TAKING CREDIT The health care legislation celebrates its first anniversary and Ezra Klein defends it by saying, “Is it a perfect piece of legislation? Not even close. Will everything work as expected? Almost certainly not. But for all its flaws, it’s a good law. And it’s worth trying.” Many small businesses are still not taking advantage of the health care tax credit.

TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES A Google project manager pitches cloud computing: “Web-based software is much less costly for buyers than traditional software, and programmers can be so much more innovative, that it’s worthwhile for an entrepreneur to say, O.K., let’s start from scratch.” Paul Mah, an information technology expert, gives us eight reasons to upgrade to Internet Explorer 9. Firefox 4 is released. Microsoft jumps to second in video search and introduces a new PC tool for small business. Netflix suffers an outage. BlackBerry’s tablet is scheduled to arrive in April. AT&T buys T-Mobile but not for the reason you think. And boy. has computer technology come a long way in 10 years.

THE GROWING APPS MARKET Information Week reports that 38 percent of small- and medium-size businesses depend on mobile apps. Amazon introduces an Android app store, and Apple is not pleased. Minda Zetlin of Inc. asks if you should make a tablet app for your business: “The answer is likely a yes if one, your product or service is one where having tablet access could benefit customers; and two, your customers are the type who use tablets.” Just in time: a flood of royal wedding apps.

SPEAKING OF THE BIG WEDDING General Electric releases a much-needed William and Kate refrigerator. Jack Daniels introduces a new product — perhaps to help us forget the royal wedding. Danny Wong gives us three winning ideas to consider. A dating site features a new single man every day. Score plans an e-business learning Web site for small business. Small Business Television is rebranding itself and has introduced a new Web site. Small Business Opportunities magazine is doing the same. A small business introduces its first electric car. Sales of e-books have doubled. The group buying industry is projected to grow to $2.7 billion this year.

TWITTER’S TAX BREAKS Casey Hibbard explains how one company used social media to make $300,000 in a weekend. Robert Scoble discovers the future of work: “Just when we thought we figured out the new ’social enterprise’ market along comes Convofy.” Twitter shows San Francisco’s businesses how to save a bundle on taxes. A one-legged wrestler shows us how to become a national champ.

IT’S GOOD TO BE GREEN A woman in Canada gets a standing ovation for being green. The Manhattan Chamber of Commerce holds its green marketing event on Wednesday. The Clinton Global Initiative holds its university conference this week with a focus on entrepreneurship and a live webcast.

ADVICE FOR SXSW: HAND OUT PILLOWS The Global Entrepreneurship Congress meets in Shanghai this week. April 2 is International Pillow Fight Day. The South By Southwest conference: as seen from a bunch of social media video bloggers — which is yet another reason I won’t attend next year. American Airlines offers a big promo for California business travelers. John Jantsch wants to know the worst business advice you ever received. A third-base coach gives life advice.

SEARCHING FOR HELP WITH SEARCH An American Express survey finds that more than half of small-business owners say they need help with search-engine marketing. A video about why it’s not important to go viral goes viral. Dharmesh Shah shares a few low-cost advertising ideas for start-ups and cautions readers to “think of advertising not as a long-term traffic strategy but as a testing tool to improve your Web site and find out more about your ideal visitor.” An advertising blog discusses how to develop a relationship with the media. Lucy Thornton comes up with a few good marketing themes for April.

A 100-MILLION-MEMBER NETWORK LinkedIn officially reaches 100 million members. Seems like a good time to read the co-founder’s 10 rules for entrepreneurial success.

TRIED TALKING? Whitson Gordon of Lifehacker gives us his top 10 tricks for working while on the go. Example: “Whether it’s that old, dead iPod or the smartphone you’re already carrying with you, you probably have gigs of unused storage lying around waiting to be filled with portable apps, files and other digital travel necessities.” Melanie Brooks of Workawesome.com explains why she uses a leather day planner instead of a smartphone. Greg Schinkel warns against hiding behind our keyboards: “Before you hit ‘reply to all’ and send back a zinger to someone who maligned you, stop and go talk to the person.”

THIS WEEK’S AWARDS

BEST WAY TO GET YOUR CUSTOMERS TO LOVE YOU Ben Yoskovitz talks about the benefits of delighting your customers: “The rewards are immense. Loyal, rabid fans tweet shamelessly about how incredible you are, how valuable your Web application is and how successful your start-up will be.”

BEST WAY TO MARKET WITHOUT A BUDGET Shisha Dublin-Green explains how to market without a marketing budget: “Form an alliance: if you have a hair salon that’s mostly frequented by women with young children and elderly women, you can offer a service whereby you arrange to do their grocery shopping whilst they’re in the salon. You may decide to form an alliance with a local reputable grocer or delivery service to provide this for your customers. This could also be a way to reach out to new customers via your local grocer.”

BEST ADVICE FOR BOOTSTRAPPERS The Smart Bear says that the things money cannot buy are still the most valuable things: “Show proof of your ability to master the things money cannot buy — your ability to learn, change and improve.”

THIS WEEK’S QUESTION: How do you bring in customers without spending a lot? We do free webinars every month.

Gene Marks owns the Marks Group PC, a Bala Cynwyd, Pa., consulting firm that helps clients with customer relationship management. You can follow him on Twitter.

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Conservative Conference Warns Of Hidden Islamic Danger In ‘Race To The Top’ Funding

A new memo that has been making the rounds in conservative circles is a dire warning about an onslaught of Islamic “Gulen schools,” a growing international network of charter schools begun in Turkey that offer “a blend of religious faith and largely Western curriculum.”

At the Educational Policy Conference, a large gathering of social conservatives in St. Louis in January, prominent neoconservative and anti-Muslim conspiracy theorist Frank Gaffney, and former Colorado State Board of Education member Peggy Littleton sounded the alarm on the “creeping threat” of Gulen schools hidden in President Obama’s landmark education initiative, the Race to the Top program, which encourages innovation in education, including charter schools. Littleton, who currently serves as an El Paso County Commissioner, told conference-goers that “the only reason [Obama is] pushing more charter schools” through Race to the Top is “because of these Gulen schools.”

ThinkProgress caught up with Littleton after her speech. She told us that the Obama administration “intentionally had already thought through how they could have a proliferation and a sneaking creep, if you will, of Gulen schools by embedding their acceptance and even promotion of charter schools under this new wonderful thing of Race to the Top.” She warned that these schools were teaching our children to “hate Americans.” Watch it:

Not to be outdone, Gaffney told the audience that, along with the federal government and CPAC, Gulen schools were “another example of this Muslim Brotherhood kind of operation, stealth jihad.” Completing Fox News host Glenn Beck’s “worldwide Muslim caliphate theory,” Gaffney also declared that Fethullah Gulen, the namesake of Gulen schools, “is a fellow who I think envisions himself being the next Caliph.” He finished by calling Gulen schools “an insidious, seditious program” and called on conference-goers to spread the word to friends and elected officials. Watch it:

Full transcript, after the jump

First video:

LITTLETON: If you’ve done any research on Gulen schools, you need to get on the Internet and do some. Because I believe – and this is just my own personal opinion without any factual data to back it up – one of the only reasons the Obama administration is willing to stand in the face of teacher’s unions, who supported his campaign with large numbers by the way. The only reason he’s pushing more charter schools, even in the face of teachers unions, is by making states adopt charter school rules that are open and who are applying for Race to the Top funds, I think that he’s doing that because of these Gulen schools. The Gulen schools are the Muslim schools in our country. I’m showing you how many of them are already operating, you can see there’s 107 of them. Twelve of them are opening in 2010, nine are pending, 22 were declined. There are over 150 schools in the United States that are already out there that are telling the kids of the United States of America, “hate Americans and the whole rest of the…” and you’ll hear more about that tomorrow, I’m excited you’re going to get to see that.

KEYES: Do you think the administration anticipated the rise in Gulen schools as a result of Race to the Top education money?

LITTLETON: I don’t think they tied it to the money in any way, shape or form. But I do think they intentionally – and again, this is my own opinion – but I think they probably intentionally had already thought through how they could have a proliferation and a sneaking creep, if you will, of Gulen schools by embedding their acceptance and even promotion of charter schools under this new wonderful thing of Race to the Top and “let’s fund the schools this way.” Even though there’s not really the direct funding source, I think it was the intention to promote charter schools.

KEYES: Couched in very flowery language.

LITTLETON: Absolutely.

KEYES: Why do you suppose they want to do that?

LITTLETON: Well, there’s going to be speculation, by everyone that’s out there. You yourself I’m sure have done the research, you’ve seen and heard some of the things our own president has said about the Muslims. You’ve heard that he thinks we ought to be friendly to some of their causes, that we should be tolerant in promoting some of the Muslims that are scientists and technology people. I think we need to go back and research what our president has said and by his own words and admissions, I think you can probably make the connection.

Second video:

GAFFNEY: As to this question about a Turk by the name of Gulen, this is one of those little-known stories that I’m thrilled that you’ve mentioned because it is another example of this Muslim Brotherhood kind of operation, stealth jihad. This is a fellow who I think envisions himself being the next Caliph. He is enormously influential in his native Turkey, where he has helped instigate, essentially, an Islamist takeover of the country with a wholesale repudiation and replacement of Ataturk’s secular form of government with one that is through-and-through Islamist. And that’s now increasingly making common cause with Iran, with Syria, with Hezbollah, with Hamas, which is very clearly hostile to Israel, which Turkey was until recently strategic partners with. In short, it is headed in a very dangerous direction indeed, Turkey is. This guy, Gulen, has been extending his influence by building large numbers of these schools all over the world. And the really extraordinary thing is he’s doing so from a safe haven in Rick Santorum’s great state of Pennsylvania. For a time his operation was considered a terrorist group, until inexplicably the Clinton administration decided it wasn’t anymore. And so he is churning out an insidious, seditious program from within the territory of the United States. And I would venture there isn’t one member of Congress today who has ever heard of his name, let alone understands what he is up to. We’re anxious to try to spread this word, and to those of you who are in contact with one of your five folks you are reaching out to happens to be your elected representative at the federal level or for that matter the state level, we can help educate and equip with this kind of information, we’re anxious to do it.

When it comes to hatching conspiracy theories, conservatives and Islamophobia are a match made in heaven. In the wake of Egypt’s peaceful democratic revolution, Fox News host Glenn Beck warned his viewers that former President Mubarak’s ouster portended an impending worldwide Muslim caliphate, a prediction that earned Beck the ire of even the likes of Bill Kristol. Leading neoconservative Frank Gaffney is also a regular propagator of fanciful theories of Islam, from Muslim Brotherhood infiltration of the Conservative Political Action Conference to Muslim Brotherhood infiltration of the United States government.

Over the next year or two, social commerce will disrupt e-commerce and social media, effectively turning our social interactions into commercial transactions. So how will this happen and where is the disruption taking place?

A Check-In Economy

You’re walking down the street staring at your phone and it’s telling you what deals are nearby. Perhaps not the best of visions but it’s the ecosystem that currently exists around check-in services like Foursquare and Facebook Places. The features are great, but staring at your phone could result into you running into something or even something running into you. It’s not elegant. The result has been an experience based on check-ins that take place when the consumer arrives at a venue.

Foursquare and Facebook both provide platforms that enable businesses to present deals or offers to visitors, in addition to rewarding visitors for repeat business. It’s an interesting business model and so far it appears to be having decent success. However, as deals disappear and users get tired of checking in, one has to wonder if this is truly the holy grail of social media marketing. If you want to know my opinion: it’s not. Check-ins are an early phase (reviews on Yelp were probably first) in a long shift which will completely disrupt commerce as we know it.

Will normal commerce continue to exist once social commerce takes hold? Definitely! However, a large portion of commerce will become much more integrated with our existing communication.

The Main Players

The goal for any business is to get more customers and more transactions (check-outs) and any new form of commerce will have to accomplish two things: It will need to empower the consumer and help transactions become frictionless. So if we examine all existing solutions through this lens, we should be able to determine how disruptive they truly are. Let’s take a look at a few.

Yelp

Yelp is one of the earliest innovators in the social commerce space. The site has empowered consumers through the amplification of their voices. Suddenly any consumer could instantly have a large (and targeted) audience of potential customers for the business they’re reviewing. Getting bad service? Try threatening the hostess or waiter with a bad Yelp review and see what they do. On a scale of one to ten, Yelp deserves a rating of ten when it comes to empowering the consumer.

As for transaction friction, Yelp has simply integrated with Open Table in order to make reservations easier. That’s about all the site has right now as far as I know, so I’d have to rate them a three on the empowerment scale.

Groupon & LivingSocial

The other major disruptors to online commerce lately have been Groupon and LivingSocial. So far though there’s very little that’s social about these services aside from them making it possible for users to share deals with others. That capability alone has helped grow these two companies to their current values in the billions. The two companies have empowered consumers through the power of numbers.

Consumers get a discounted price for a product or service, and the business gets a massive flood of new customers. While this strategy is rapidly becoming blemished with consumer and business complaints, it has proven to be extremely profitable. Shoppers also love getting a deal so it’s a win-win most of the time. As such, we’d rank these companies relatively high, like a seven, on the empowerment scale, due to the value provided.

However, the transaction isn’t exactly frictionless. After you make a purchase, you often need to go through a scheduling process, depending on the business. Given that the Groupon and LivingSocial effect can be as overwhelming as the Oprah effect, many businesses find it hard to respond to all the demand. While this model will become more integrated overtime, there hasn’t been a removal of friction for the most part, so we’ll score both companies a one on the frictionless scale.

Facebook Places And Foursquare

Facebook and Foursquare are both interesting in their approach to location and empowering the consumer. With Facebook, users could already complain to their friends. Foursquare, however, required the re-creation of a user’s social graph in order to accomplish the same thing. Ultimately, the business value of Facebook Places and Foursquare are a bit more abstract, giving businesses the ability to reward consumers for various behaviors within a given venue.

The existing rewards programs are reminiscent of traditional coupons, making them valuable for a segment of the population. While I’ve heard people extoll the values of creating a Place on Facebook or managing a venue on Foursquare, the return on investment has yet to prove itself.

For Facebook, the value presented by tracking user check-ins is improved advertising, and Deals appears to be more of an afterthought for the company, although that could change in the future. For Foursquare, the value surrounds rewarding consumers for frequenting a business.

Ultimately, I don’t find either of these products to be extremely empowering for the shopper.  The main reason is that once the consumer checks in, they aren’t as likely to change their decision to shop there. Contrast that with Yelp, where a bad review can result in a lost customer. As such, I’m ranking Facebook Places and Foursquare a three on the empowerment scale and a one on the frictionless transaction scale.

While I think both products will evolve over time, this space is still extremely nascent.

The Future

The convergence of local, mobile, and social (or “SoLoMo” as John Doerr calls it) is about to generate a tidal wave of change and we stand on the cusp of it. While I could wax poetic about the future of this space, I’ll simply say that the overall shopping experience will become much more social for a large percentage of transactions. If you think about all the purchases that involve social experiences (movies, concerts, travel, etc), these spaces are only beginning to get disrupted.

While the experiences are social, right now the transactions are not. So far the only social shopping experiences which exist today either provide basic integration with Facebook, sidebar chat with friends during the shopping experience, or other basic features. Over the next one to two years, we will see a wave of innovation in the social commerce space and it won’t be like the forms of interactions we have on the web; they will be completely different. While it’s easy to call the Groupons of the world overvalued, this is a trillion dollar market that is just beginning to unfold.

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SEO Services Vancouver For A Better Marketing Solution

 

When you begin your own website there are lots of ways you'll have to sell it off and something of the best ways is by using SEO services Vancouver if you maintain that area. The SEO or search engine optimization services would be the top way of getting good visitors to your site and therefore making more sales.

 

Now, you should know that you will not use SEO service if you're not an online business - however, if you don't have an online presence if you are a offline business, then you will not allow it to be very far.

 

It's a well known proven fact that if you are going to make it within the offline world you need to have an online business. This is something which all business people are learning hard way. Something that you should also know is the fact that it's not as easy as just setting up the web site and leaving it to complete its things.

 

You can do this in all sorts of ways, but these companies usually take advantage of multiple techniques to create an ideal marketing technique online. It is possible to hire them to write articles for you, post on forums and blogs, create meta tags and meta descriptions, cleanup the code, add alt tags to the images plus much more.

 

It is very important that you simply do this because otherwise the organization you have worked so difficult for could wind up losing the money. When you have an internet site that you want to produce, then you will also employ the services of a search engine optimization company, which means seo company. What this company does is basically take the best areas of your site, look into the code, create keywords and write various articles and documents to ensure that your website is placed near the top of the list for that major search engines like google.

As a result the SEO company cannot only increase your traffic, but also make sure that your site is fully optimized for that internet search engine spiders that will be brought to it. These spiders are used to analyze your site and place it in certain positions determined on certain keywords.

 

If you want to use the Search engine optimization Vancouver then all you've got to do is find the top companies. It's through these how the SEO gets done effectively and efficiently. Because of so many SEO companies to choose from you need to be sure that the main one you are going for is reliable. You should be in a position to request a breakdown of what you need, and the company should also have the ability to let you know know long they have been operating for. This will limit the list to reveal the very best ones.

 

Search engine optimization Offered by Different Vancouver Web Companies

The Vancouver SEO company services are extremely good for business growth as they provide quality services. If you are planning to create a website for your internet business, then you've come to right article when i is going to be explaining below how Search engine optimization Vancouver company services can increase your website ranking and make it popular.

Before that, you need to know what Seo is. It's not that complicated and i am sure you're going to get a grasp from it reading my article. The main goal of SEO is to get more traffic aimed at your website and target audience. It's a good decision to select a Vancouver SEO company that are experts in this sort of work, so that your website can be listed in search engines.

There is no reason for you having a website with no website ranking at all as you won't have any business and profits to outlive. It's a very tough atmosphere available because there are so many internet business people exactly like you, who desire their share of pie. You must be aware of the truth that nearly 85% of web traffic can be got from internet websites.

When a user types in a keyword or keywords for what he/she wants to know in various sites, these use crawlers to obtain web-sites using the relevant content and index them according to algorithms. You don't have to worry about the algorithms which these websites use as that is not important.

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What to anticipate Whenever Getting a Roofer

When it comes time to repair or even substitute your roof, it can be a daunting task to find someone who is actually competent for the job. There are many roofers out there, but the ones who will perform a great job for a reasonable price are not often easy to find. If you are in the marketplace for a contractor, make use of the ideas below for interviewing as well as hiring the right one.

Job interview and Discussion

The majority of roofing contractors offer totally free consultation services. This is particularly important, because it provides them an opportunity to assess what your homes roof needs, also it gives you a chance to evaluate them. As with all companies, trust your intuition concerning the individuals you let upward on your roof. No issue how great the contractor's status or recommendation, he or she ought to start by showing you with a company greeting card. If the contractor arrives searching as well as talking within an unprofessional manner, chances are that the job he is going to perform may also be less than professional. This isn't to say that you ought to anticipate companies to arrive in suits. They is going to be hiking in your roof, therefore the majority of will be dressed up in denim jeans and function boots or athletic shoes. If the service provider seems to be more interested in speaking upon his mobile phone during your roof compared to he's in evaluating your own roof's requirements, which may be another sign that he is not the one to do the job. For your lawful safety, be certain that the actual contractor has sufficient legal responsibility insurance coverage.

Roofing Evaluation

Anticipate that the service provider will be going up in your roofing. Actually, any kind of service provider who does not want to increase in your roof to evaluate the problem should be immediately discounted. Those who're seriously interested in their own function may possibly make a sketching of the roof's surface and tag problem areas onto it because they undergo their evaluation, or they will consider pictures or video of the surface area while they're up there. This is an extremely important action, since it enables you to see just what the problems are as well as know how they'll be fixed.

Estimate

The next step will be the written estimate. The contractor will require away their loan calculator and are available up with an itemized estimation. Some contractors goes to their own vehicle or truck as well as write up the actual proposal, while others will crisis the actual amounts for the job in front of you. Once you are given the proposal, ensure that you comprehend which products will be utilized, how long the task will require and if you will find any additional or even concealed costs that may occur throughout the restore from the roofing. The service provider will be able to solution all of these questions effortlessly and forewarn a person of any additional costs that could be incurred if the roof's integrity end up being broken within.

Once you have obtained a few created estimates from roofing companies, assess exactly what every company or service provider would like to provide for the cost. Do not necessarily discount the highest bid, simply because sometimes the highest bid will in reality be the service provider who the job correctly. Additionally, be wary of bids which are significantly less than others. They may be using inferior items or be untruthful about the possibility of hidden expenses. Most importantly, believe in instincts and opt for the actual service provider who enables you to feel most comfy about giving over your hard earned money.

 

Seven Uyghurs Sentenced to Death

2011-03-23

Critics of the sentences say China has politicized the robberies as acts of terrorism.

 

AFP

A Uyghur man walks past armed Chinese security forces in Urumqi, July 17, 2009.

Chinese authorities in the northwestern region of Xinjiang have ordered the executions of seven ethnic minority Uyghur men convicted of "violent" crimes, official media said on Wednesday.

 

The death sentences were handed down by the Supreme People's Court in recent days, according to state media in the regional capital, Urumqi.

 

The men were accused in connection with three separate attacks late last year in the Silk Road city of Kashgar, according to the news website Urumqi Online.

 

According to another website, the Xinjiang-based Tianshan news site, Aimaiti Tuheti, Yiming Dawuti, and unnamed "others" killed a security guard at a pedestrian mall as part of a failed Aug. 7 robbery attempt.

 

In a separate incident on Oct. 12, it said, Nuermaimaiti Aobulikasimu and 11 others broke into a house, bound and killed the couple living in it, and took their possessions.

 

It said the group also broke into the homes of two brothers, robbed them, and killed six people in a Nov. 11 attack in Kashgar.

 

The report gave no information about the victims or the schedule for the executions.

 

Three of the men were sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve, a sentence that is normally commuted to life imprisonment in China's judicial system.

 

They were convicted of deliberate homicide and armed robbery by the Kashgar Intermediate People's Court in the first instance.

 

'Strike hard' campaign

 

A Han Chinese resident of Urumqi surnamed Yang said a reference to "terrorism" in official news reports on the case showed that it was being politicized by the authorities, who have launched a series of "strike hard" campaigns in Xinjiang following deadly ethnic violence in July 2009.

 

"There is an implied political meaning; that they were somehow engaged in separatist activities or ethnic divisions," said Yang.

 

Exile Uyghur groups said the trials had been conducted behind closed doors, with scant opportunity for public scrutiny.

 

"The entire process against these men, from the trial through to the judgment, was opaque," said Dilxat Raxit, spokesman for the Munich-based World Uyghur Congress.

 

"There was also very little reasonable evidence to convict them on a legal basis, because all the evidence came from one side of the case," he said.

 

"We strongly condemn the Chinese government for continuing to pursue their policies of ethnic division," said Raxit.

 

"We are also strongly opposed to the death penalty in this case."

 

Earlier cases

 

Last month, the Supreme Court sentenced four Uyghurs to death for alleged involvement in an Aug. 19 bomb attack in Xinjiang’s western Aksu city.

 

The World Uyghur Congress pointed to concerns over lack of transparency in those cases too.

 

The Aksu blast left eight people dead, including two of the bombers, and 15 wounded after a man riding a three-wheeled vehicle threw explosives at a group of uniformed patrolmen. Four Uyghurs were arrested shortly after the attack.

 

State media characterized the cases as acts of terrorism and unrelated to longstanding ethnic tensions between Uyghurs and Han Chinese in the region.

 

Exiled Uyghur dissident Rebiya Kadeer has warned that attacks like those in Aksu will continue to occur until Beijing addresses the underlying source of tension in the region.

 

Millions of Uyghurs—a distinct, Turkic minority who are predominantly Muslim—populate Central Asia and Xinjiang.

 

Uyghurs say they have long suffered ethnic discrimination, oppressive religious controls, and continued poverty and joblessness despite China's ambitious plans to develop its vast northwestern frontier.

 

Those frustrations erupted in July 2009 in deadly riots that left nearly 200 people dead, by the Chinese government's tally.

 

At least 26 people, mostly Uyghurs, were sentenced to death in the aftermath of the riots, many of whom have been executed, according to state media.

 

China is believed to execute more people each year than the rest of the world’s countries combined, although the government does not publish official figures.

 

Rights groups say Beijing may execute as many as several thousand prisoners annually.

 

Chinese authorities blame Uyghur separatists for a series of deadly attacks in recent years and accuse one group in particular of maintaining ties to the al-Qaeda terrorist network.

 

New training scheme

 

China on Wednesday also announced a training scheme which places ethnic minority graduates from Xinjiang in work elsewhere in China.

 

Governments of the destination cities will spend 450 million yuan (U.S.$ 69 million) for the program, while Xinjiang will spend 400 million yuan (U.S.$ 61 million), the official Xinhua news agency reported.

 

The program targets some 60,000 jobless college graduates in Xinjiang, around 80 percent of whom are from ethnic minorities, and 60 percent of whom are women.

 

However, some commentators see the move as an attempt to assimilate non-Han Chinese into mainstream Chinese culture.

 

"From the point of view of ethnic minorities, the graduate work scheme is really taking the cream of youth from the minorities and using them to 'further cultural development,'" wrote one ethnic minority user on a popular microblogging service.

 

"In fact, the culture that is being advanced is Han culture, and this group of young people will have been totally brainwashed," the microblog update said.

 

An Urumqi resident surnamed Li agreed.

 

"They have run senior high school schemes like this before during the past few years," he said.

 

"Whether it's high-schoolers or graduate training programs, these are measures that are aimed at thought control and brainwashing, and the 'Partification' of their education," he said.

 

Reported by Qiao Long for RFA's Mandarin service. Translated and written in English by Luisetta Mudie.

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Wikileaks and the Uyghur

by henry upon Dec 20, This year
Henryk Szadziewski, Manager, Uyghur Human Rights Project

If it were ever uncertain, info acquired through the whistleblower web site, Wikileaks, offers verified Chinese language federal government fears over it's ongoing control of the region this phone calls Xinjiang, also is known as Eastern Turkestan. The leaked cables through Ough.Utes. diplomats demonstrate the degree to which Chinese authorities make an effort to persuade governments worldwide to adopt it's stance upon problems impacting Uyghurs. The actual wires additionally show the United States' issues and sights regarding the on going repressive measures in the region.

Most lighting of Chinese language government stress are the cables directed in order to Chinese frustration, or even the specter associated with Chinese ire, within the discharge of Uyghur detainees within Guantánamo to 3rd countries. A Dec 29, 2008 cable relates how Chinese Assistant International Minister Liu Jieyi met with the Ough.S. Ambassador in order to China in order to voice Beijing's powerful opposition of launch to any country other than The far east, and that when the U.Utes. did indeed accede to this ask for it would "avoid injury to bilateral relationships and also to cooperation ‘in essential areas'". In addition, a February '09 cable explains how the Chinese language Ambassador in order to Kyrgyzstan, Zhang Yannian, regarded as the feasible discharge of Uyghur Guantánamo detainees as "an unfavorable behave toward us" along with a "slap in the face". The U.Utes. federal government stood firm in not really liberating the actual detainees to China illustrates the extent of the politicized character from the Chinese language judicial system. Genuine concerns more than terrorism are easy to understand, however in the actual U.Utes. government's observe the detainees might most likely face do-it-yourself torture and execution if they returned to The far east

Chinese language government pressure in regard to the Uyghur Guantánamo detainees was not just applied to the Ough.Utes. federal government, but additionally in order to Brand new Zealand along with a handful of European governments that were thinking about resettlement. Albania, Indonesia and Finland, as well as European Union fellow member says just about all have the symptoms of borne the actual impact associated with Chinese federal government unhappiness. In the case of Indonesia, which was at first willing to think about 2 Uyghurs on solely humanitarian grounds, Uyghur Guantánamo instances had been less better than other detainees due to the unwanted effects accepting Uyghurs would have on relationships along with The far east. A Might 8, 2009 cable television applies exactly how "German Ambassador Michael Schaefer documented which Indonesia had informed The far east from the Ough.S. request to accept a few Uighur detainees kept from Guantánamo coupled with been consequently cautioned by The far east associated with ‘a heavy load upon bilateral relations' in the event that Indonesia were to simply accept any kind of detainees".

The diplomatic cables also talk about the unrest within Urumchi, the regional capital, in July '09. A This summer Thirteen, 2009 cable talking about bulk incidents within The far east says:

"Ethnic riots such as those who work in Xinjiang July 5-7 and in Tibet within March of 08 differ substantially within origin as well as nature through bulk incidents, XXXXXXXXXXXX emphasized in order to PolOff [Political Officer] upon XXXXXXXXXXXX. Both present serious problems for the actual Celebration, XXXXXXXXXXXX stated, however the Party leadership wouldn't hesitate to open fireplace on Uighurs or Tibetans when they considered it necessary to recover purchase. Bulk incidents pose another kind of threat, he said, since the management is ‘afraid' to fireplace upon Han rioters for fear of sparking huge public outrage that will change against the Celebration."

This can be a relaxing viewpoint, especially when one considers evidence presented in two reports launched this year through the Uyghur Human Rights Task (UHRP) as well as Amnesty Worldwide that detail eyewitness company accounts of the utilization of deadly reside fireplace against Uyghur protestors in July 2009. Additionally, the declaration that fire would not be deployed towards Han Chinese protestors has resonances for that different strategy taken by Chinese language protection causes within Urumchi in order to Han Chinese protests in Sept '09. During individuals protests, then Celebration Assistant, Wang Lequan, tackled demonstrators, that had required he let them know about government responses to protection concerns. A similar request to satisfy with the Celebration Assistant through Uyghur demonstrators in This summer wasn't met.

The actual wider consequences from the unrest additionally saw a short discussion on the impact it would have on Iran-China relationships, and on relationships with Australia after Globe Uyghur Congress Leader, Ms. Rebiya Kadeer, spoke in the National Press Membership in Canberra in July '09. Within the latter situation, the Chinese federal government "privately warn[ed] a significant Australian financial institution which vendors the nation's Press Membership to use its influence to block the Kadeer talk there".

The actual U . s . States' concerns about the situation within the Uyghur region also come through within the wires. Inside a discussion upon plan path in Tibet, U.S. authorities explain that it'll be impossible with regard to Chinese frontrunners to adopt the softer collection "if they appear like doing so under worldwide pressure". The actual cable dated April 16, 2008, 30 days after the episode of unrest in Tibetan regions, additionally relayed the actual observation "that domestic stability continues to be leadership's top priority above all else, which means there will ‘almost surely' end up being no rest of the present hard line on Tibet or perhaps in places such as Xinjiang." The information contained in the cable television additionally sheds light on the extreme sensitivity that china government sights territorial ethics, and also the possible spill over associated with unrest from Tibet.

The chance associated with solutions to stress in Tibet and Xinjiang as a result of municipal culture are debated in a February 24, 08 cable television. Whilst suggesting which China's financial achievement increases it's potential to deal with democratic change, the actual cable also talks about exactly how Chinese language frontrunners begin to see the effectiveness associated with "a restricted expansion of municipal culture, such as enhancements in the rule of regulation along with a stronger part with regard to approved beliefs, NGOs, charities and other actors within places that contribute to social stability and don't challenge Communist Party rule." This can be a notable change in thinking, which has observed Ough.S. authorities promote the idea which Chinese financial development, and financial relationships with The far east will bring about a progressively democratic society; nevertheless, more faith seems to be placed in a grassroots motion than one which begins in the best quantity of a Chinese language federal government. Nonetheless, the actual cable television concludes that "[i]n areas such as Tibet as well as Xinjiang, driving a car associated with separatism results in tighter restrictions on the development of civil culture." This method is viewed as counter-productive through the recognized, that shows that the actual Ough.S. government "should still express...serious issues more than Beijing's individual privileges report and appeal to China's developing consciousness which greater respect for human privileges, religious independence and the guideline associated with regulation will serve to promote the very improvement and social balance which China looks for in addition to to improve China's international image." This type of technique might take considerable diplomatic abilities thinking about "China's paranoid fear that the Usa privately promotes regime alter as well as ‘separatists' within Taiwan, Tibet and Xinjiang".

The actual wires offer insight into the daily business associated with diplomacy that's rarely owned by the general public, and it is interesting to notice the amount of work carried out behind closed doors on Uyghur issues. The significance of the actual part of the us as a monitor of Uyghur individual rights conditions in private conversations is created clear, as well as contrasts using its sensible open public position. Employees from the Uyghur Individual Rights Task is actually well aware of pressure the Chinese federal government puts on Uyghur activists; nevertheless, the facts of Chinese language government stress on it's counterparts is actually illustrative from the degree that Chinese language officials attempt to control contrary stories. With increased facts to come from Wikileaks, concerns over Uyghurs may not get the actual headlines, however the wires have shed new gentle on the paperwork of individual privileges conditions in the Uyghur area.

 

Search Engine Optimization And Marketing with articles Will Place You On The First Page

Search engine marketing and article promotion are a couple of the most powerful strategies that can be used promoting your internet site and get the revenue and success that you need for your internet business. Both of these stuff has been around for a really while already however they still still be really effective. In fact, these have helped many people free themselves in the traditional methods for money-generating options of society.

In this article, I will be showing the ways on what it is possible to properly execute seo and article marketing for the betterment of one's small business website. Additionally, I will even be discussing the different points that you must look out for when you're using these two website marketing strategies to market your website and obtain customers. Despite the fact that article marketing and Search engine optimization have been around for a long time already, you need to know that the trends and preferences concerning how they are performed are continually changing, and that's why you need to remain up to date with these things through the help of Seo forum sites so that you can quickly adjust and discover ways to make your strategies far better.

In the past article marketing to different websites used to be so simple yet the effects that they produce for web sites was really powerful. However, stuff has changed a lot today. Nowadays submitting the identical article to different websites is not a good suggestion because search engines have now changed with a huge extent in the manner they rank pages. They no longer rank contents that are identical like they accustomed to in the past. This is the most effective examples of changes that exist in web marketing trends. This change has given birth to wide plethora of methods that online marketers are using today. Nearly all of online marketers now produce articles and distribute them in really popular article submission sites and wait for targeted traffic arrive at their pages. This is perhaps that most reliable Search engine marketing strategy that you can use. Aside from being effective, this provides favorable outcomes regularly. A small problem with this particular strategy is that the caliber of traffic that you'll get from this defintely won't be so good if you don't do proper market and keyword research beforehand and use in-links. You first need to attend to these two things before you submit your posts so that you won't end up losing huge amounts of targeted prospects. This means that you have to practice good amounts of diligence if you would like your advertising initiatives to function.

Aside from articles, you can also use blogging, which can be another really powerful kind of internet marketing strategy today since it is highly well-liked by search engines. On this technique, you are able to choose to produce a single blog site that specifically targets your best market otherwise you can contribute to other weblogs which can be called experts in your niche.

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Roofing Companies Vancouver WA

There are several things to think about when looking for any roofing contractor. Price tag, experience, as well as referrals are some of the things you will probably be concerned about. Continue reading for even more ideas.

• Finding a Roofers

Before searching for a roofing contractor, be sure to have a general idea of the work that you need to did. By no means do you have to be a professional. If you have a Roof Qualification, read it completely to find the information regarding your present roof. Should you not have a Roofing Certificate, refer to documents closed during concluding to locate houses roof Inspection bed sheet. These files should provide you with everything you need to be familiar with your roof. Ahead of contacting any roofing contractor, you ought to have a list of requirements and specifications to help you decide exactly who works for your roofing project. Be sure you write down each and every potential covering contractor's answers and check all of them against one another. If you will find any discrepancies, be sure to take note this and take this into consideration when making a final decision. There are no uncomplicated ways to pick a roofing contractor, in case you take pay attention to to the info provided, your odds of a successful roofer project are usually greatly enhanced.

One of the best strategies to finding a roofers is by word of mouth marketing. Try asking a friend or relative that has had covering work performed, and had been satisfied with the task. Get the title of the organization and his or her contact info. If you have not sure of jaws referrals, try out first searching in the telephone book and online. A large advert or expensive website is just not necessarily a sign of the high quality of work, but can be a very good tool regarding measuring how long and dedication they have placed in their respected profession. Additionally, try obtaining current worksites and appearance at the covering work that's done or perhaps the process of getting finished. If you are visually impressed, ask the house manager for that name in the roofing contractor along with their get in touch with information.

• Background Research

When looking for a roofing contractors, it is imperative to 1st do your current background research. Acquire the best in the phone book or on the web is a suitable destination to find a service provider, finding pertinent information on these kinds of businesses is going to be found in other areas. First, check with areas like the Bbb, city, express, and local public records, as well as local certification agencies. Inquire your roofer if they are an affiliate of any roofing contractor associations. These kind of precautions will certainly mitigate the risks. Additionally ask them what forms of roofing they specialize in. Also ask your own roofing contractor regarding any guarantees they offer on their installed homes. Find out what safeguards they decide to try avoid harm done to other areas of the home simply by workers. Products such as gutters, home siding, and chimneys are near the coast proximity and for that reason susceptible to unintentional damages.

Make sure all of this details are included in your composed contract. Check if you need a covering permit and/or authorization from your property owners association beforehand. These people will let you know who's responsible for obtaining these enables and authorizations. If it is the obligation of the roofer, also have this included in your contract. Whether it is your obligation, get stated permits and also permissions collated while using estimated roofer project and still have it evidently posted or perhaps readily available.

• Accreditation and Recommendations

Roofing Contractors are not needed to be accredited in all says. Contact local licensing companies that oversee general development contractors for the list of needs. Once you have attained the requirements, make a list of thorough questions to ask your current potential roofing contractor. This simple checklist should immediately help you to weed out the skilled from the not qualified roofing contractors. Qualified building contractors should be able to effortlessly answer questions or even tell you that they need to do more research ahead of giving a definitive solution.

Even if a new roofing contractor offers all essential licensing, you need to ask to determine pictures associated with completed roof covering jobs and also speak to fulfilled clients. Have a list of queries handy to ask recent clients, such as the nature of the career, timeliness, and total satisfaction. Ensure these are recent clients as well as cross reference if possible. Regarding commercial roofing, make sure that your roofing contractor will be bonded. Looking at these references is another extra measure of security to limit the list of potential roofer contractors.

Search engine optimization Through Articles

Articles could be a very powerful way of Search engine optimization for your company web-site. Quality written articles have the ability to enhance your websites SERP and add quality in your company website. Writing informative keyword rich articles is vital in gaining new backlinks to your business website. Articles can and should be written on topics that are unique to your business or industry. The articles can discuss an array of issues and ideas in your industry. Articles that supply the various readers using a resource will almost always be just about the most popular and many likely forms of articles that can cause backlinks to your website.

Focus your articles on your own potential readers or customers. Search engine optimization articles should address real questions that are asked by current or past clients. Each article you're writing to suit your needs company should include detailed analysis and Seo keywords which will help associate your web site with all the content present in your website. Focus your articles on up to 3 keywords and stray from their website. Consistency is essential when writing Search engine optimization articles. In case you are covering Vancouver Search engine optimization make certain your always come up with information relevant to the keyword.

Give each of your Seo Articles an engaging Title that may persuade folks to learn and bookmark your articles. Ideally, the articles you're posting find yourself as links from other websites that are just like yours. This might help increase the power of every link all of which will assist in your SERP. Make sure to end each article with a keyword anchored link (see Easy Small Business Search engine optimization). This link will improve your rankings on the internet as well as other major search engines like google for the keyword coupled to the link. Submit the articles to a free article directory and Voila! In no time, your internet site could possibly be around the first page of Google.

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Vancouver Seo Company Aims For Google Places With Total Success

When individuals type in looking term trying to find a business inside their local area, they may find that Google places and Google maps is showing listings of local businesses. It is rather eminent so they can be optimized and listed on this first page whenever they desire to generate business. Vancouver SEO companies should be educated in this field for their clients.

There will be a lot of new Vancouver SEO companies starting up, simply because the necessity is there. Finding an SEO firm that has the client's best interest at heart might be tedious. The amount of keywords do they optimize for? What are keywords as well as the corresponding search volume? Do they understand how to optimize for Google places? And so forth. Search engine optimization will be the business of landing at the very top and Maxim Edge you can get there.

"My wife and i also started our Vancouver Search engine optimization company by accident. We have learned with the school of hard knocks and trial and error how to utilize the web to market any business. We began with the website, then this competition, and of course building quality back-links to push an internet site up in the rankings. It is not pushing a control button and watching what goes on type of business. It takes a lot of effort, plenty of research and lots of commitment. We work tirelessly for our clients and that we are very pleased with a high retention rate." Randy Neale says.

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Portraits of Uyghurs

In the center of the desert landscapes of Taklamakan, in the north-west part of China, the province of Xinjiang is a least populated province whereas it covers near to a sixth with the country's territory. Getting resisted while in centuries the chinese control, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, or Old East Turkistan, fell into within the Chinese Han control in 1949. From then, its population is mostly Uyghur People and Turkish - speaking System.

Muslim mainly, the Uyghurs have a very good religious identification which usually, in particular, enabled them to preserve a solid difference in opposition to the Chinese enemy. Of course, the Uyghur Kingdom of Mongolia knew a amazing civilization, until its absorption by the Mongolian Empire in the XIIIth century.

During their own background, the Uyghurs successively adopted Shamanism, Manicheism, Buddhism and the Nestorianism before finally converting to Islam when the Arab conquerors beat the Chinese in year 751 BC., thus starting the way to the Islamization of the complete Central Asia.

Under the effect of the religions which they taken on, the Uyghurs used successively, and sometimes in a competing way, a great number of written forms (turco-runic, brahmi, tokharien, soghdien) before developing their own unique graphic system.

The entrance of Islam was a great modification simply because it was supported by the assimilation of the Uyghur areas in the enormous Turkic and Muslim Kingdom. Thus, the descendants of Genghis Khan progressively replaced their writing by a Arabo-Persan alphabet, still used currently.

If their own writing, their language and their religion mark a real big difference with the culture of Chinese Han, Uyghur People also differ from their aspect, so aspect of Central Asia's people. A shiny skin, eyes representing a whole pallet of colors, from black to deep blue, features pointing out to the Mongolian, Turkish or Uzbek roots of these men and these women.

For a few years, China has integrated the proper identity of these remote people, although they represent only 8 million population - a trifle for this great region. So, Uyghur people are now part of the fifty six ethnic minority groups having been known in an official way by the People's Republic of China.

This statute will allow these people a few privileges in a country where their big difference is very often repressed. Thus, Uyghur families escape the "single child policy" and their language is recognized as the second official language in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

The integration of the Uyghurs and their culture in China, however, appears really illusory. The presence of all-natural sources in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, and its distance with countries recognised as sensitive, strongly motivated the government to accelerate the sinicization of this area. Million of Han thus came to settle in this new Chinese eldorado, monopolizing the more significant responsibility jobs.

In response to this true will to assimilate the Uyghur people into the Chinese culture, an independent party like East Turkistan Islamic Movement(ETIM) was born in the early 1990.

Asserting more freedom, but especially the acceptance of their true identity, this movement was severely repressed by the power authorities in location Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

The situations of September 11, 2001, were the perfect occasion for the Chinese government to justify true reprisals: they declared the "Uyghur freedom fighters" as dangerous terrorists linked to Al Quaida because of their Muslim origins and their proximity with Pakistan and Afghanistan... However, the terrible repression which followed did not calm down the anger. The Uyghur peoples population continues today to proudly continue to keep their identification and their civilization , even though they become a minority on their own land.

For additional information and facts about the Uyghurs, you can visit a Uyghur website called Uyghur News at http://www.uyghurnews.com

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By Richard Smith, a recovering capital markets IT specialist

Housing Wire’s Paul Jackson has another post up continuing his row with Yves over securitization chain of title issues. It presents itself as a rebuttal of her previous post, about an Alabama trial court decision that Jackson deems to be a significant defeat, but which Yves and more recently Adam Levitin have argued is both insignificant and not very relevant.

Normally I’d leave the two of them to slug it out. However, Jackson’s weekend submission, in which he says he is “going to address her latest talking points” piqued my interest. Rather than addressing any of the substance of the post itself, he mounts a bizarre attack on the motives of the attorneys behind the Alabama case, based on a pretty peculiar interpretation of one of Yves’ comments to the post. The comment:

Are you kidding? Each side spent over $250K on this case. Trials where you are making real legal arguments, as opposed to presenting papers for a judge to approve, are costly. And Alabama billing rates are a lot lower than in other states. For borrower’s counsel, since the borrower has no money, the “spent” is what their time was worth plus hard dollar expenses (experts witnesses and so on). They are out the real out of pocket real costs.

The banks’ lawyer gets paid, so yes, this is an epic fail for the bank. I’ve mentioned this in other posts. The more borrowers fight cases, the more loss severities are gonna rise. Investors already are losing 70% on the average foreclosure and housing prices are projected to fall further in most states this year. If on top of that they start having more cases with 300% losses on foreclosure, investors might wake up and finally do something a lot more serious to pressure servicers.

Sooo…bank attorneys run up a tab fighting a foreclosure in a pretty obscure courthouse, that results in a 300% loss to investors, when all the borrower’s attorney wanted was the house back and a loan modification. The big numbers are the result of the bank attorney’s posture, and of eleventh hour moves that many judges would have rejected: introducing an allonge on the eve of the trial. This was clearly a bad economic result for the borrowers’ attorney! It was not hard to see that the trial had become a war of escalation, with the bank’s attorney in an ideal position to up the ante. The post makes clear that unlike the bank’s lawyers, borrower’s counsel was “out”, in hard dollar terms, vastly less than the total, which would have to include the opportunity cost of unpaid for billing time.

For Jackson this somehow becomes the basis for a statement of his worldview: that everyone is greedy, ergo these attorneys must be too! In his own words:

Morality and the accompanying emotions to that noble love of justice are simply a varnish for the fires of greed. In other words, everything is about the money, and if you can find a viable angle to make more of it than someone else. And I mean everything.

Taking guidance from this exceedingly dubious, indeed self-refuting claim (if it’s all about the money, we can’t trust Jackson either, can we?) is quite foolish. In fact Jackson doesn’t really believe it either: elsewhere in his oeuvre, we find a bizarre exception to his rule:

Believe it or not, mortgage servicing is a noble industry. Or, at least, it’s supposed to be. Even in managing borrower defaults and repossessing property, there is something noble to the work, underneath it all — and it comes from following the law, enforcing contracts, ensuring that our nation’s system of property rights maintains its integrity for all Americans.

Though it could be that he’s just slapping a spot of varnish, on some fires of greed, for the money; I do hope that varnish isn’t flammable, Mr Jackson, or you may decide you are underpaid.

At any rate, armed only with his distractingly inept imagery and his defective moral compass, Jackson sets out on a fishing trip, in his latest, and gets hopelessly lost almost immediately:

Yves tries to suggest that in writing about the Congress case I was claiming “Mission Accomplished,” attempting to associate me with an infamous Dubya moment during the far-from-over war in Iraq. Nothing could be further from the truth.

If you have the attention span of a gnat, you might take this at face value. On the other hand, the very next sentence says this:

Yves spends a fair amount of time suggesting that the effect of the Congress case elsewhere will be muted, if it has any effect all. In attempting to minimize the relevance of this case, however, what she misses is an important reality: that the defense here saw fit to mount one in the first place.

So make your mind up, Mr Jackson: is the case widely relevant or not?

Or was the choice of court and case, perchance, simply something of a goof by some attorneys looking to develop a theory that might have more lucrative applications? That’s one sensible conclusion you could draw, and a basic step in puzzling that out, that does not even occur to Jackson, is doing some minimal research and actually looking up the plaintiff’s lawyers. And the idea that deep pockets types would go to of all places Alabama, not exactly known for cutting edge jurisprudence or friendliness to consumers, and hire two no-name attorneys to represent a black borrower, is beyond belief. If you are Jackson, though, you skip the homework, or the sanity check, and go for the ASF paranoia:

In many ways, the plight of the distressed borrower is a convenient lever to pull if — for example— you’re a buyside Wall Street firm that decided to load up with cheap nonagency mortgage-backed securities in the wake of the market’s collapse, betting on a mechanism that could open the door to damage claims and settlements worth more than the securities themselves. Or maybe a mortgage insurer looking for novel ways to repudiate claims en masse.

I’m not at all suggesting that’s what went on here…

I have a suggestion straight back at Mr Jackson: if you want to not suggest something, the best way is simply not to make the suggestion. Otherwise, it looks as if you’re trying to have it both ways.  Keeping the accusation vague is a smart move, admittedly, if you happen to be a bit clueless and not very brave. Bill Gross for one has made the trade that Jackson mentions, but does Jackson actually mean Bill Gross? He doesn’t say. Perhaps he doesn’t want Bill Gross on his case.

Yves by contrast doesn’t care a bit, roundly dissing Mr Gross’s self interested utterances. Ultimately, Jackson is too vague to be interesting here: it’s just a smear. As for the mortgage insurer theory: there’s no evidence for that either; just Tom Adam’s prior employment history and his occasional contributions at this blog. Mortgage insurers can make claims directly, on the very same theory that Naked Capitalism and the Congressional Oversight Panel have discussed. They have no reason to test a theory on a case in a largely irrelevant jurisdiction. And there are business reasons that the monolines are going the putback case route rather than this one. Remember that most of the MBS exposure (excluding CDOs) that monolines have is via HELOCs or second liens. That may put them in a position similar to that of the big banks: unwilling to take action on the first lien mortgages for fear of write downs on the second liens.

Yes, Bill Gross and MBIA and others are out there. And if they want to work the legals to make some money, or claw some back, they, or others like them, will. It’s really hard to see why the output of “Naked Capitalism” would so heavily in their ruminations as to be worth paying for (if that is what Jackson’s insinuating: he doesn’t seem to be able to bring himself to spell it out).

All of this stuff of Jackson’s is irrelevant and pretty much content-free;  but still, it’s an interesting glimpse of sell-side anxieties.

So what really matters about this case? Three things: the unfortunate Erica Congress, who has had her hopes dashed twice over now, once when she couldn’t pay her mortgage and a second time when she was turfed out of her house; and two blithe but pernicious affirmations by the judge: first, that an allonge doesn’t have to be affixed to the note, which just opens up the floodgates for document fabrication, and second that “digital signatures” are valid endorsements to the note.

Unfortunately, neither Jackson nor the judge seem to grasp the difference between a digital signature, “a mathematical scheme for demonstrating the authenticity of a digital message or document”, as Wikipedia has it, and a digitally reproduced signature, a simulacrum that can be knocked up in minutes by any sad sack in a servicer that can use Photoshop, Word, and a laser printer, and doesn’t authenticate anything at all, least of all a transfer of title. Using 21st century technology to recreate a state of screwed-up title that hasn’t existed in anglophone countries since the mid-17th century is nothing to crow about, Mr Jackson. As a citizen of the US, it ought to make your blood run cold. It’s not just about the money.

At any rate, the more this stuff is talked about, the more lawyers (in less frivolous jurisdictions) will furrow their brows about the damage being done to the integrity of basic property transfers. So we will keep the pot boiling.

I know that memories are short on Wall Street. But are they short on Main Street too? Reading Linda Stern’s latest paean to leverage and housing risk, it certainly seems that way. Saving for a down payment is hard, she says. It can take time!

And that doesn’t seem to pay. If you think about the cost of paying rent for five or more years, you may be better off jumping into a home with a low down payment now. That’s true even if you have to spend more money on fees and mortgage insurance to get one of those low down payment loans.

Well, yes, let’s think about the cost of paying rent for five or more years. In fact, let’s plug all our numbers into a rent-vs-buy calculator and see where we’re at after five years. The problem with Linda’s formulation here is that it helps to reinforce the common fallacy that 100% of rent payments are “wasted,” in a way that mortgage payments are not. But that’s simply not true. In both cases you’re paying money every month for your shelter; in the rental case that money goes to the landlord, while in the ownership case it goes to the bank.

Some small part of your monthly payment may or may not end up helping you build equity in your home, if house prices move up rather than down and depending on how much of your payment goes towards principal. But remember that the alternative here is saving up for a down payment — which is essentially the same thing as building up equity in a future home. If you save up $250 per month for five years and then put down $15,000 as a down payment, then you immediately start off with $15,000 of equity in your home. By contrast, if you buy today with no money down and start making mortgage payments, there’s a good chance your equity will be much less than $15,000 in five years’ time.

But Linda’s on a roll here, and manages to come out with one of the most astonishing pieces of personal-finance advice I’ve seen since the crisis hit:

Even if you have the money for a bigger down payment, there can be good reasons to save your cash. Mortgage rates continue to skirt all-time lows: Why not put your money to work for yourself and borrow as much as you can reasonably afford, on a monthly basis, at today’s rates? You can put the money you’re not paying into a down payment to work elsewhere. If home values rise, you will have done your best to leverage a small down payment into bigger equity. If they fall, you’ll have less skin in the game, and that could put more pressure on your banker to improve your loan terms lest you walk away.

This, in a nutshell, is everything that was wrong with the housing market before the crash — everything that we want to avoid going forward. Can’t Linda look around at the current devastated state of many people who bought with little or no money down, and see the dangers here? Evidently not. Instead, she seems to think it’s a bright idea to borrow more money than you need, to the point at which you’re pushing the envelope of what you can reasonably afford. And then take the cash you’re not using for a down payment, and “put your money to work for yourself.”

I barely know where to start on this. Here’s one way of thinking about it: banks are not charities, and that they expect to make money from their loans. They have a cost of funds which is lower than the mortgage rate that you’re paying; the difference between the two rates is their profit. You, however, if you follow Linda’s advice, have a cost of funds which is your mortgage rate: if you wind up getting a lower return on your savings than you’re paying on your mortgage, you would have been better off just using the money for a down payment. Needless to say, if there was an easy way of getting a higher return on capital than the mortgage rate, the banks would have done it already, rather than lending you the money. And it’s pretty delusional, frankly, to think that you can invest better than say JP Morgan. Yes, there are tax benefits to having lots of mortgage-interest payments. But they’re not sufficient to make the difference here.

Here’s another way: let’s say you own your home outright. Would you take out a mortgage against 95% of your home’s present market value, and then invest that money in the market somehow, trying to “put it to work for yourself “? Of course not: you don’t have remotely that kind of risk appetite. Borrowing money against your house to invest in the market is, always, stupid. But that’s exactly what Linda’s proposing you do.

And here’s one more: shit happens. Sometimes, you end up needing money, in an emergency. If you’re already borrowing as much as you can reasonably afford, that’s a big problem. If you have a bit of fiscal breathing room, you’re much better off. If you end up in a situation where you’re in a position to put pressure on your banker to improve your loan terms lest you walk away, that’s not a good situation to be in. It means you’re broke. It’s something you want to avoid, whereas in Linda World it seems to be something to actively court.

Linda’s also convinced that house prices are going to rise: if you buy now rather than later, she writes, that means you’re buying “while housing prices are low.” That’s debatable — they still seem quite expensive, on some measures: the price-to-rent ratio, for instance, is still well above its historical average. And more generally, buying low doesn’t help you in the slightest if prices just continue to grind lower.

Linda’s conclusion is that “the less you put down, the better off you are.” Which is true so long as you keep on making all your mortgage payments without any problem, and nothing goes very wrong either with your personal economic situation or with the US economy as a whole. That’s the way that leverage works: it makes everything sunny, so long as things go right. And then it plunges you into misery when things go wrong.

The scariest part of Linda’s post, for me, is when she talks about how it’s a good idea to “do your best to leverage a small down payment into bigger equity.” It’s not the dollar amount of the equity she’s talking about here, it’s the leverage used to get there, and the higher the leverage the better off you are. Following that advice got us into our current mess. And taking it now is a recipe for disaster.

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