Down Comforter Sets

Some great comforter sets here.
Truly great down comforters here.
Superb down comforter sets here.
Fabulous daybed comforters here.
Deliciously warm down comforter set here.

House Insurance Comparison

Just adding the finishing touches to house insurance comparison.

Zero Debt

Just set up a new blog all about achieving Zero Debt. Looking good!

Car Insurance

Hi,

Have just set up a car insurance blog, perfect if you're looking for a Free Car Insurance Quote.

All the very best, Allen

Short Term Health Insurance

Hi,

Just created a new blog, all about short term health insurance.

Please check it out (for you and your loved ones).

Funny 50th Birthday Poem

Gee! I have been busy. If you have a look at this post here about my quest for a funny 50th birthday poem, you will see what all the fuss is about. By the way, if you're looking for a funny 50th birthday poem, I thought you'd be interested to find out that I have created a blog that focuses on exactly that, a funny 50th birthday poem.

If you don't like that one there's another funny 50th birthday poem here.

If you would like to check technorati for a funny 50th birthday poem you can do that too. By the way, if you're interested in blogging then I teach the importance of and more about technorati here.

As you can see, I've been busy, but not too busy to write your funny 50th birthday poem. Please get in touch. Thanks, Allen

Alvin Phangs Atomic Blogging Product Review

Blogging. One word that has changed the face of the Internet in the last couple of years. In terms of SEO, if you do not blog, you are effectively sunk (without trace). I think the main reason for this is that blogs give search engines exactly what they want and that is fresh updated content. When you tie in the power of RSS feeds and Social Bookmarking sites then you have a mighty beast indeed.

I have covered a lot of aspects about blogging in my Alvin Phang's Atomic Blogging Product Review, but here are my top seven things you should do when blogging:

1. Blog often with unique, keyword researched and focused content.

2. Submit your blog to as many social bookmarking sites as you can find.

3. Submit your RSS feed to as many places as you can find.

4. Keep your ping list updated. Here's my updated ping list.

5. Create an article out of your post and submit that to article directories, with a link back to your original post. There's more on article marketing here.

6. Submit your post to your blogger blog.

7. Submit your post to your Squidoo lens. There's more on Squidoo marketing here.

Of course, you have to consider the time taken in all of this and the return expected. There are a lot of good tools and short cuts discussed in Alvin Phang's Atomic Blogging Product Review, so please take some time to read that before launching into a full time blogging career.

366 FREE Internet Marketing Tips AND Secrets

Here's the next tip in our 366 Free Internet Marketing Tips AND Secrets and I think it's an absolute beauty. I will be covering some detailed strategies for Google Adwords and Pay Per Click in the weeks to come, but here's something you can implement today and save yourself some instant cash!!

Simply, all you have to do is to choose your currency correctly when you set up your Google Adwords account. Already have an account? No problem, set up a new one, it's quite legal and within Adwords guidelines. But whatever you do, choose your currency as something OTHER than US$ (and not £ Sterling!). Important!!

Let's take the Australian Dollar for example. Well, at the time of writing, the Australian Dollar was worth around 88c of a US dollar. Well, what does this mean to you? It means that when you bid 1c for your keywords (I will show you how to get Adwords for 1c in future editions) you will only be paying $0.0088 per click, rather than $0.01 per click, a saving of around 12% (It's a good idea to check the currency exchange rates to choose the best option, for example, it may be the South African Rand tomorrow, the trick is to see what the minimum bid will be in that currency and then convert back to US$. Anything below 1c saves you...).

There you have it. An Internet Marketing SECRET (no more I think) that has the potential to save you 12% and a whole lot more, especially when you set up your accounts to only receive 1c clicks (and I'll show you that nice Internet Marketing Secret in an edition to come).

OK, if you followed my tip on Squidoo in yesterday's edition (you should) then you will be eager to gain a few more Squidoo tips and strategies, that'll be tomorrow. Until then, all the very best, Allen

Welcome! My name is Allen Jesson and over the next 366 days I will be sharing my ten years of online experience with you in 366 Internet Marketing Tips AND Secrets. I suggest that you keep these in a folder as this series will form an 'all you need to know' about Internet Marketing. You could even split the folders further as today's tip relates to Search Engine Optimisation. Tomorrow's will relate to Google Adwords (including a handy little tip that will save you around 12% from your Adwords bill) and so on. So, without further ado, here's day 1:

TIP 1 - Search Engine Optimisation = How To Get To Google #1

How did I get to become "the most popular poet on the Internet?" It's true! Just key that phrase into Google and there I am, in spots number 1 AND 2.

How did I do that? Let me show you. This is not a fluke and I rank on the first page for literally hundreds of search terms. Just key in 'anniversary poem' or 'gift poetry' into Google and see if you can find www.agiftofpoetry.com or www.giftofpoetry.co.uk. At the time of writing I was #1 + #4 and #1 and #2 respectively. I will show you how to do this. So you too can have results like this in just a few weeks from now (depends on the search term of course, it may take a little longer for highly lucrative terms such as 'mortgage' and I'll explain why later).

Firstly, you need to know that a major part of Google's ranking algorithm....

Please subscribe to 366 FREE Internet Marketing Tips AND Secrets  to read the rest of this post...

More tomorrow, until then, all the very best, Allen

366 FREE Internet Marketing Tips AND Secrets

Boy - Have I been busy!! Sorry, for not posting for a while but we have created loads of videos and a heap of new web-sites. I've also started a new blog entitled

366 Free Internet Marketing Tips AND Secrets

You can also view it here:

366 Free Internet Marketing Tips AND Secrets

If that's not enough, here are a few more of my sites....

ADSENSE - ADS FOR CENTS

- ADWORDS

AFFILIATE MARKETING - DOMAIN SENSE - INTERNET STRATEGY

MAKE MONEY

- NEWBIES - ONLINE SENSE

- OPTIMIZATION SENSE

SEO SENSE - ONLINE STRATEGY



- SUCH SENSE

The Affair

(This can, at times, be a little slow to load. If so,
then just follow the link below)

The Affair

More great videos at A Gift of Video

The Unknown Soldier

Latest video to be posted...

The Unknown Soldier

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=4653740754270719660

Poetry Videos

Hi, Lest We Forget...I have posted the first few of many poetry videos on the site at http://www.agiftofpoetry.com/2007/10/25/a-gift-of-poetry-videos/ Please let me know what you think regards, Allen

11th Edition - All About Mothers

Welcome! In the last edition we spoke all about fathers, well to
square up the ledger I think it's only right to talk about mothers.

I love my mum (or mom, depending on where you reside). She's always
been there for me and still loves me unconditionally. It's a
wonderful thing. Of course, we are our own people and we clash in
certain areas, but I think a mother's job is to train her
fledglings to fly the nest and look after themselves. Mum taught me
that. She has taught me many things and I'm sure your Mom has
taught you much too.

I know we don't say thank you often enough. I know I don't. Thanks
for bearing me. Thanks for feeding me. Thanks for clothing me.
Thanks for cuddling me. Thanks for MY life. Thanks for EVERYTHING.

That's what today's edition is all about really, people saying
'thank you' to their mom, whether on their wedding day, their
anniversary or just saying thank you when the time was right.

By the way, if you haven't said 'I love you' to your mother for a
while, I suggest you do. It just might help. Here are a few real
life examples of people doing just that. I hope you enjoy them. All
the very best, Allen


The Sonnet I Bought For My Mum

Everyone gets their 15 minutes of fame and I am no exception. A
while ago The Guardian newspaper featured one of my poems. The full
story can be found here:

http://books.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1713744,00.html

Not exactly a glowing review but you can't win them all!! This lady
was far happier with the results:

http://www.agiftofpoetry.com/poems_and_poetry/mother-day-poems.htm

Lisa couldn't read her poem without crying. But she was thanking
her Mom and Dad on the occasion of their 60th Wedding Anniversary.
Full story here:

http://www.agiftofpoetry.net/60th%20wedding%20anniversary.htm

Finally, this edition wouldn't be complete with my thank you to my
Mum, written a few years back:

http://www.agiftofpoetry.com/To_Parents/parents_mum.htm

Okay, that's about it for today. I could go on but I'd better save
some for the next edition, which will be sent to you in about 7
days time. In the meantime, if I can help in any way, please let me
know.

Until then, all the very best,



Allen Jesson
Poet

http://www.agiftofpoetry.com - Uniquely written gift poetry.
http://www.giftofpoetry.com - Create your own! (With some help :o)

Enjoy Life Tip No 12 - Don't Use Your Judgment (Too Quickly)

We all use our judgement each and every day. We are preprogrammed
to do so, we wouldn't have got this far otherwise. We have so many
decisions to make in a day, so many images to take in, so much
information, our brains just can't cope with all that processing.
So we have to use judgments based on predfined or prediscovered
information. For example, if we approach a green traffic light we
decide to keep on going because our judgment is based on prior
knowledge that green means it's ok to go.

Like I say, we couldn't survive without those judgment skills.
Sadly, those skills don't often transfer when it comes to judging
people. We usually make our mind up about a person based on very
scant knowledge indeed. Often our first impression. Often on what
someone else has told you about that person. Beware! That is all I
ask. When you look at a tree you see less than one quarter of that
tree. The roots are buried underground (50%) and you can't see the
other
side of the tree so in fact, it is a lot less than one quarter but
that would be laboring the point. Because the point I really want
to make is that people are just like trees, there is a lot hidden.

Probably around 90%.

SO, I am not asking you to like and love everyone, but just give a
little more. Give a little leeway, give a little love, give a
little more time before you decide that so and so is no good.

Because deep down, I bet he or she is.

It's just up to you to find that goodness.

Anniversary Poem 9/11 Part II

This is the second poem relating to the dreadful events of 11th September 2001. The first poem can be found below.

(Written on the 15th September 2001)

The World And Its Soul (Part II)

I have been blessed and cursed with perception,
because I can see what life has in store,
and my dreams of eternal peace,
seemed to have been dashed for ever more.

I have four beautiful children,
My God! What sort of life have I given them?
A world full of hatred?
With hopes and dreams condemned?

I have this dreadful feeling,
that we, as one, are on the edge,
and peace to you my fellow man,
is what I really want to pledge.

But how can life carry on?
With this cancer held within?
Without freedom of speech and movement,
where on Earth can you begin?

And when I think of my children,
from new born to troubled teenage,
how do I love them on the one hand,
and contain this burning rage?

I walked with my youngest son today,
a beautiful spring day in all its glory,
but the sun had lost its golden touch,
it had lost the magic in its story.

I keep trying to look for the positives,
and look for hope on the other side,
but then I cry me a river,
and gee, how I've cried.

I do hope for peace,
but I know we must do our battle first,
we need to satisfy our anger,
we need to quench our bloody thirst.

And hope springs eternal,
and may these days into history fade,
and may we all be very proud,
be proud of the roles that we've played.

Today, I took my four year old to the beach,
and this maybe, comes as no surprise,
because I saw the answer to our dilemma,
when I looked straight into his eyes.

He didn't care too much about what had gone,
but he did care about the sand in his shoes,
and then I thought about his tomorrows,
because he has literally everything to lose.

We all still have that hate and anger,
but we need to temper that callous steel,
we need to look at our family,
and think of how others might feel.

Retribution won't be denied,
but we need to dilute with common sense,
we need the world to survive,
we still need our children's innocence.

Love is stronger than hate,
and love and justice will prevail,
and I hope my children's children,
learn from and live to tell this tale.

So, I am still bitter,
and angry on a whole,
but we need to rebuild, not destroy,
the World and its Soul.

Copyright Allen Jesson :) 2001
www.agiftofpoetry.com

This is the second poem relating to the dreadful events of 11th September 2001. The first poem can be found below.

(More at www.agiftofpoetry.com !)

Anniversary Poem 9/11

This is the first poem relating to the dreadful events of 11th September 2001.

(Written on the 12th September 2001)

The World And It's Soul (Part I)

Today I am in mourning,
the world lays heavy on my heart,
I know I have to get something down,
but I just don't know where to start.

Words have been my friend,
at most times they've served me well,
but today they are so inadequate,
because this story is so very hard to tell.

Everything for a reason,
or at least that's what I thought,
but try adding up the logic,
and today it comes to naught.

There's a baby crying somewhere,
her Daddy won't be coming home tonight,
he was in the wrong place at the wrong time,
and got involved in someone else's fight.

And as the chaos unfolded,
the sun in the sky brightly shone,
but it too seemed strangely sad,
the warmth in its smile had simply gone.

The images will always haunt me,
one last jump to save their lives,
one last thought of their children,
one last thought of their wives.

The Brothers, the brave rescue workers,
who went in when most would have fled,
so courageous and dedicated to the end,
maybe that's enough said...

Apart from; I am not a vengeful man,
but I too, have an unyielding anger deep inside,
and I pray that they get these bastards,
and that they have no place left to hide.

My children have lost their innocence,
so too the World as it grieved as one.
How do you explain this madness?
What can you tell your teenage son?

My heart goes out to the families,
and to the American nation as a whole,
for today I lost a part of me,
and so has the World and it's soul.

Copyright Allen Jesson :( 2001
www.agiftofpoetry.com


This is the first poem relating to the dreadful events of 11th September 2001. The second poem follows. (You can see more at www.agiftofpoetry.com)

Why I Love Writing Bespoke Poetry

Word for word....received yesterday...


"Dear Allen,

I am speechless with delight! You captured the essence of what I wanted and frankly I am blown away with your insight and skill! THERE IS NO ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. I knew I was going to be happy after reading some of the poems you already have written, but this…..it chokes me just to read the title! You got it exactly!!!! Because of this, my gift to my daughter will be the all time best gift I have ever given her. Thank you, thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart! This is the most wonderful thing ever and I, usually verbose, cannot find words to express my feelings about this perfect poem you wrote.

I am ready to proceed! I chose the RIBBON CARD RANGE in silver please. The verse for the outer card is to be:


No matter how old we all become,
I'm still Mommy and I will always be,
I love, cherish and protect my children,
and yes, I take my role very seriously.


For the paper to be printed on…..I am not really excited about any I see on the site…. Have you any antique looking parchment paper? Less is more in my mind for that… 

How can I pay you now and finalize this? And will let me know how to order the 2nd poem as well please? Thank you again Allen, for all of this. You have helped me guarantee that I am giving my daughter a gift straight from my heart."

(name withheld until after the wedding and then I'll publish the whole poem and story as I have been kindly granted permission)

Birthday Poem

Hi - I love my job. I wake up every day to feedback like this:

Morning Allen,

As you had done poems for me before I knew it would be wonderful but I am blown away by this. Your amazing! I didnt think you could capture every thing that I wanted to say but you have and its wonderful. Thank you again I cant wait to give it to him.

Just a couple of changes, I have put them below in red. Tell me what you think….happy for your suggestions, you are the expert!

Could I just have an email copy of this? Don’t worry about printing it on paper. Oh and no objections to you publishing it on your website.

Thanks
Shiree

Get the full story about this birthday poem here:

http://www.agiftofpoetry.com/2007/08/13/birthday-poem-the-promising-dockers/

Wedding Poem From Mother To Daughter

Hi - It is peak wedding season so I am writing a lot of wedding poems at the moment. This feedback was recieved after the first draft of "A Mother's Love For Her Daughter". I am not going to share the whole wedding poem until after the wedding but this was the feedback I received, word for word…


"Hi Allen, Thank you so very much, it made me cry, so I don’t know what I am going to be like at the wedding.

I have changed a few things (I feel awful for doing so as it is so beautiful) and put in my words on how I would say it. I have changed it in RED
Allen I know it’s all over the place, I hope you will fix (I know you will be able to do so). Thanks again, be in touch soon. Warm Regards, Moya"