Archive for July 15th, 2008


How To Lose Weight Effectively - Get The Body You Deserve

Do you really want to lose weight? Are you comfortable with Your Body? More than 60% of the world is overweight today, and the truth is whether or not you believe it more than half of that 60% will ever do anything to lose that extra weight.

So you might ask the question: \’Why are so many persons overweight?\’

Well some of the common causes of being overweight results from:

  • overeating- In general terms it refers to the persistent consumption of excess food in relation to the energy that the person expends, leading to weight gain and often to obesity.
  • Eating too Late- if you are eating too late you are not active enough for your body to metabolize the food in your system thus it will be stored as fat.
  • Wrong Diet- This is a big factor as most people love to go the fast food way, eating a lot of fatty foods. too much sweets etc
  • Lack of Exercise- you will burn less fat, and not only that but you will be at risk of various diseases
  • Genetics- It was passed down to you from your parents, or from your ancestor linage.

Another question you might ask is: \’Can You Really Lose Weight?\’

When you think of weight loss and losing weight, the first things that probably come to your mind are either those “lose weight fast !!” articles that are in every magazine and newspaper in the world that never work and are written by some personal training idiot that has no idea what they\’re talking about… or maybe you\’re thinking of all of those weight loss pills that claim to be safe and allow you to “eat whatever you want and still lose weight because the pill will do all of the work for you” or whatever stupid line they are using to get you to buy their useless unsafe weight loss product. Or, maybe you\’re thinking of rice cakes and never eating and being hungry all day long.

Well, if you are thinking any of those things, forget it! Forget all of it!

First of all you if you really want to lose weight you must be serious (like most other stuff in life). Losing weight is as difficult as you want it to be. By saying that i mean only you can determine how fast you lose weight.

Did you just wake up one morning and find yourself overweight?

I bet your answer to the question above is NO. therefore you should not expect that your weight will just vanish overnight.
If you are reading this article it is not to discourage you and tell you you cant lose weight because you can. But as I said before it is totally up to you to take action. Sitting, researching, reading articles and testimonials of others will put you nowhere if you do nothing for yourself, and thats a fact.

We are in the 21th century and more than 90% of the human genes have been identified. What this means is that if we know which genes or hormones causes people to gain excessive weight, then that gene can be altered to reverse the effect. This technology has been incorporated into medicine and pharmaceuticals to provide products to effectively reduce fat and weight gain.

However not every product is right for you. So before you spend your hard earn cash do a little research on the product:

Review the testimonials if there are any,
Check if there are before and after pictures,
Is there a money back guarantee on the product-
this helps because no one wants to waste their money on something that does not work for them.

Some words Of Advice:

Be confident in yourself, accept who you are and believe that you can be better.
If losing weight is your goal then never give up trying; Success or failure is in your hands
Never be discouraged when people say you are fat or bulky or whatever harmful words they might use to describe you, but rather use it as motivation to achieve your goal.

One thing you should always remember is that if you continue to do what you have always done you will continue to get what you always got.

Casey Gentles is an aspiring professional heath administrator who believes that everyone can lose weight and get the body and lifestyle they deserves. The recommended weight loss product is Proactol, it is a clinically proven daily supplement which will easily help you reduce excess body weight. To review this product and take advantage and discover the real you click here to start losing weight


4 Tips for Successful Product Marketing

That being said, there are four key tips to better connect with your customers:

1) Use terms your customer can relate to, not industry jargon.

This point is illustrated eloquently by Jay Cross of the popular online marketing blog PronetAdvertising.com. In his article “Speak Your Customer\’s Language”, he stresses that marketers often become so entrenched in their fields that they believe everyone else knows as much as they do.

“As businesspeople we develop tunnel vision regarding our products. The better parts of our days are spent actively working in our fields. We are more experienced and well-read than most ever care to theorize about. This leads us to use super-specialized language that doesn\’t always click with customers. I was as guilty of this as anyone. When I did anti-spyware I was guilty of calling my product a “data-driven Internet security solution” or “gateway threat prevention.” And while these terms do apply in a certain context of knowledge (say, a rival CEO\’s), they are outside of the realm of a typical customer\’s knowledge base. Now that I\’m out of that market I can see it with fresh eyes, including the much simpler terms the common man describes it with.”

The solution to this problem is to discuss your products with people outside your company and outside your market. This is the only true way to learn the outsider\’s perspective. Once you get an idea of what this is, you can apply it to the packaging and marketing of whatever product you have to offer.

2) Focus on benefits, not features.

This is one of the most oft-made mistakes in all of marketing. To an extent, this is understandable. When you have spent months or years toiling to create a new product, you are naturally excited about all the little things that make it tick and want to describe them to your customers. The problem, as with the last tip, is that the customers do not share this context of knowledge or enthusiasm. So what is the difference, precisely, between features and benefits?

A feature is what something IS. For example, a 50 number speed dial, or a 6 CD changer.

A benefit is why someone CARES. For example, fewer keystrokes and less hassle changing CDs.

Sadly, Entrepreneur.com notes that “not one in ten companies understands the difference” between features and benefits when it comes to preparing marketing campaigns or materials. For this reason, many well-intentioned marketers stress features over benefits and the bottom line suffers as a result. If you want put your marketing efforts into hyper drive, go over everything you put out with a fine-toothed comb and make sure benefits are top, front, and center. You will be amazed at how much of a difference this makes.

3) Write at a fifth-grade level. Really.

This might sound like we are demeaning your customers, but rest assured that this is not the case. It is simply a fact that most buyers respond better to simple language than complex language. In his book “Meaningful Marketing”, Eureka! Ranch founder Doug Hall notes a study proving this to be so. “Whether it\’s the lack of reading done by most adults after high school, the immense information overload people experience, or a little of both, consumers simply shut down when confronted with lengthy tomes. The solution? Read your marketing material to a child in late elementary or middle school. Do they understand your product? If not, what did you need to tell them before they did? Incorporate what you learn into your marketing and you will be astounded at the results.”

4) Know whether your customers are right-brained or left-brained

Most of us are familiar with the idea of diving people into categories of right-brained or left-brained. Right-brained people are supposedly more emotional and impulsive while left-brained people are apparently more logical and deliberate in their decisions. In most cases your customer base will be a mixture of both, but one group tends to outweigh the other. You should make it a point of determining whether most of your customers are right-brained or left, as this can significantly amplify your marketing efforts. For example, left-brained customers will expect fliers and copy with lots of facts, product comparisons, and a clear demonstration of value for the money spent. While this is important to right-brainers too, you are more likely to win their business with enthusiasm and energy.

Running a product marketing campaign with these items in mind will help increase conversion rates on most marketing.

Eric Corl is the Founder and CEO of Idea Buyer, a marketplace for new technology and products that allows inventors to showcase their intellectual property to consumer product companies, entrepreneurs, retailers, and manufacturers at http://www.IdeaBuyer.com

You can email him at EricCorl@IdeaBuyer.com