Free Classifieds-What Are They?

By Alex Wu

As the World Wide Web is ever expanding across the globe, the prospects for its users are beginning to seem insurmountable. At the moment you are just a short click away from accessing millions of businesses with items, services and products formed to make your life simple and swift. There was a time when free classifieds were found only in store windows or through the local papers; this is now being eclipsed by the use of free classifieds online.

One of the many things that you may be searching for within free classifieds is employment. There are many businesses that now advertise on the internet. They do this for many reasons; it is cheaper to put a classified on a website-it may even be free of charge. Many employers will reach a wider audience by using free classifieds online than they would confining it to local the press, local stores or specialized magazines. To find the skills they need they can search far and wide for that perfect employee.

It is also a useful tool for people that are trying to find employment. This method is of particular value to people who would like to work from home or work as a freelancer. Many of the free classifieds will have employers looking for staff to do data entry work, writing or telesales from home. This is a great option for students and stay-at-home parents who would like to work from home whilst still being able to study or raise their family.

It may also be the case that you will find some agencies advertising for temporary staff or staff who can work from home in the free classifieds. There are also lots of larger businesses and well-known companies that are beginning to advertise their vacancies within the free classified advertisement sector. This is for many reasons, including the ones mentioned previously.

As well as advertising positions to be filled, free classifieds can also be useful to post information about your talents and skills in order to gain employment. There are more and more websites of this design available for people seeking employment quickly, and many businesses will look through these advertisements to find staff that are suitable for their available jobs.

As the use of the internet grows globally there are more and more websites dedicated to free classifieds available to the job hunter. Day by day you will find providers who will give you advertising space on their site. Some providers may charge a small fee for a classified advertisement; this may depend on the nature of the item being advertised. If you are an employer you may receive a special deal for having long running adverts on a particular website.

Whichever sites you look at to place your advert, it is best to ensure that you have all the necessary information about them. Do not place an advert if you do not trust or feel uncomfortable with that particular provider.

Whether you are looking to hire staff or looking for work to suit your needs, using the free classifieds is a convenient and fast method to employ.

About the Author:

Alex Wu runs a free classifieds website that lets people post their ads, build profiles, and connect. He hopes to create an active environment for businesses place their free classified ads.

Online Backups Protect Your Business

By Daniel M. Dugal

By now you've heard of what the right online backups can do for you and you're no doubt curious about how they'll help you get more sales and clients. Well, the ways that getting the right service behind you will seem a lot more clear when you see what you're up against if you don't decide to get this protection for all of your mission critical data. Here's a scenario that can and has happened to many businesses and how having the right online backups saved the day.

Company A

For the sake of argument, we'll say that this company makes widgets they sell on the Internet in the United States and Canada. One day, they decide to go global and get a piece of all the international business that their competitors have been hoarding, so they hire a few more employees that are willing to travel , assign them BlackBerrys and viola, they're off to Asia to get more business.

Problems Start

Now one day they notice that the salesman they have in Hong Kong has been on top of a new contract so the head office asks to see all the vital data. But the employee pushes the wrong button and everything, including the deal, seems lost. Well, that's no the case with the right online backup system.

The Right Solution

That mission critical data was saved by the forward thinking people at the head office who subscribed to the right solution which was an off site online backup service. The information for the new deal had been saved in their Level 4 Data center and the day was saved. It was all about the fact that the service backed up the data automatically and made it simple for Company A to get the information back.

It's plain to see that you might never need to use the right data protection but if you do, you'll be grateful that you've got one of these accomplished services on your side.

About the Author:

Remote Data Backups.com , CEO Daniel M. Dugal has worked in the data protection industry for years. His company currently protects over 500 million files and RDB's online backup storage is used in over 30 countries globally.

The Man Who Offered to Beat Me Up

By Dr. Joe Vitale

Today I received a long letter from a man who created a new self-defense system. He claims he can defeat anyone in under 3 minutes.

He wants me to promote him and his method. He went on to say he'd be happy to meet with me to prove his skills.

What did he have in mind?

He wants to beat me up.

I'm serious.

"If I can defeat you within 3 minutes," he said in his letter, "then you promise to promote me and my products. Deal?"

He went on to give me the contact information for his agent so I could set up the match.

It might have made an interesting webcast. I can just see the headline:

"51-year-old formerly obese Internet Marketing Expert meets 30-year-old Superman-fit Martial Arts Expert in Quick-Kill Match. Register now."

Gee, I wonder who would win?

I'd lose even if I went armed.

What would you have done?

How would you have responded to his offer?

Unless you're a fighter looking for a match, you'd probably toss this offer in the trash.

I often wonder what people are thinking. Does this guy really think I'll fight him? And then, if I lose, I'll gladly smile and start marketing him?

I don't claim to be a fighter and am not seeking bouts. I'm also not seeking new clients. Especially clients who want to break my nose to prove they are better than me.

When you reach out to anyone, keep in mind that no one likes to be told they are inferior. It is not a good way to win friends and influence people. In fact, it's not a good way to do much of anything.

I think the lesson here is that we all have egos. The better way to approach people is to put your ego under theirs.

In other words, be willing to lower your status. Don't flaunt your stuff. Instead, show your weakness and ask for help.

This nervy fighter might have done better by offering to teach me his new method, not offering to embarrass me with it.

Contrast his behavior to that of a man in Florence, Italy. This gent heard I loved leather jackets. He went and bought two of them and sent them to me, gratis.

I'll never forget *him*.

This works in your marketing, too.

Rather than boast that you or your business is the greatest, focus on how you or your business can make your customer or client the greatest.

Or surprise your customers by giving them gifts (much like this article is a gift). People love to be surprised on the positive side.

See the difference?

This redirection of focus can trigger a true transformation in your sales.

Take heed.

See you in the ring.

About the Author:

Dr. Joe Vitale is the author of way too many books to list here. His latest title is "The Attractor Factor: 5 Easy Steps for Creating Wealth (or anything else) From the Inside Out." Register for his monthly complimentary ezine at MrFire.com. He is also the founder of Operation Yes, the movement to end homelessness.