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Visit CoolAdz of the Month

Notice the CMF Ads widget on top of my sidebar? I display advertisements that are related to my blog and this month the advertiser is Injader website. Injader is a content management system for blogs written by Ben Barden.

Ben is admin of CMF Ads and a very nice person. Some members of CMF Ads use Injader. Check out the forums if you are interested, or visit the Injader site.

Tell him CyberCelt sent you!

Tags: injader, cms, cmf ads

Slow Money Alliance

You may find this post a little strange coming from me, an Internet marketer, but I would like to show you how you can quit worrying about making "fast money," "easy money," "money from home," "money from the Internet" or "money while you sleep." Now, invest as if food, farms and fertility mattered, as it does.

Slow Money Principles

In order to enhance food security, food safety and food access; improve nutrition and health; promote cultural, ecological and economic diversity; and accelerate the transition from an economy based on extraction and consumption to an economy based on preservation and restoration, we do hereby affirm the following Principles:

1. We must bring money back down to earth.
   
   
2. There is such a thing as money that is too fast, companies that are too big, finance that is too complex. Therefore, we must slow our money down -- not all of it, of course, but enough to matter.
   
   
3. The 20th Century was the era of Buy Low/Sell High and Wealth Now/Philanthropy Later—what one venture capitalist called “the largest legal accumulation of wealth in history.” The 21st Century will be the era of nurture capital, built around principles of carrying capacity, care of the commons, sense of place and non-violence.
   
   
4. We must learn to invest as if food, farms and fertility mattered. We must connect investors to the places where they live, creating vital relationships and new sources of capital for small food enterprises.
   
   
5. Let us celebrate the new generation of entrepreneurs, consumers and investors who are showing the way from Making A Killing to Making a Living.
   
   
6. Paul Newman said, "I just happen to think that in life we need to be a little like the farmer who puts back into the soil what he takes out."
   

What would the world be like if :

• we invested 50% of our assets within 50 miles of where we live?
• there were a new generation of companies that gave away 50% of their profits?
• there were 50% more organic matter in our soil 50 years from now?

Visit the Slow Money Alliance website for more information and to sign the principles. Become part of the emerging network, working to improve the health of local food systems and the economy.

Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money, written by Woody Tasch, presents the philosophy, strategy and mechanics for bringing money back down to earth . . . Step toward a financial system that serves people and place as much at it serves industry sectors and markets.

I believe that Slow Money may save us all. What do you think?

Tags: slow money alliance, invest as if food, farms and fertility mattered

Best of the Worst Advertising 2009

After a two month submission period, the judges of theTracyawards have finally handed down the recipients of the First Annual Tracy Awards, an awards show created to honor the best of the worst in advertising?!?

Each Tracy recipient is, in our judges' opinions, a unique little nugget of embarrassment that's helped lower the bar in the world of advertising creativity and execution.

Take a look at the best of the worst advertising on The Tracys. All the applicants may be viewed one the Cream of the Crap pages. I think you will find a lot of the advertising that has made you cringe over the past year.

Tags: thetracyawards, cream of the crap

Another Webinar for Your Calendar

Science of Social Media Marketing Webinar
presented by HubSpot

Dan Zarrella is a social media and viral marketing scientist who writes extensively about the science of viral marketing, memetics and social media. He currently works as an inbound marketing manager and product owner at HubSpot and recently authored The Social Media Marketing Book.

Webinar will cover:

• The history of word of mouth
• Lessons from social psychology, memetics, and statistics
  
• Scientifically proven best practices
  

Free but you must register here.

Tags: webinar, free webinar, social marketing, social media

Wall of Sound with iPod and PDX-60

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Yamaha. All opinions are 100% mine.

My son just came home with a new piece of electronic equipment, a Yamaha PDX-60. I have not seen the PDX-60 so I just smiled as he set it up. It resembled a a small boom box with a charging cradle.

Then my son placed his iPod on the dock on the front of the PDX-60, picked up the small remote and pushed PLAY. Evidently, the PDX-60 was made for use with the iPod, although an iPhone will work with some adaptation. With the built-in dock you can listen to your music and operate the iPod via the product’s remote control while at the same time charging the battery on your iPod and your iPhone!

Enjoy your iPod or iPhone games, music and movies from anywhere in the room. Thanks to Yamaha yAired (tm) wireless technology, we experienced nothing but quality sound with a deep, rich bass.

I have so much music downloaded onto my computer, so I need to sync my iPod with my computer and then I can use my son's PDX-60 to listen to the music. I really like the remote control on the Yamaha PDX-60 and the sound quality,

Mobile Shopping : Cyber Monday

Mobile phones will have an impact on retail sales this year. Cyber Monday shoppers are reaching for their mobile phones more frequently to make a purchase or research products. In fact, 3.8% will shop from a mobile device such as an iPhone or a BlackBerry, according to Shop.org.

MediaPost Publications Shop By Phone: Mobile Makes Dent In Cyber Monday Sales 12/01/2009

A recent survey found that 87.1% of retailers will have a special promotion on Cyber Monday, up from 83.7% last year and 72.2% in 2007. The majority -- 42.9% -- will focus on specific deals, compared with 32.9% on one-day sales, and 15.7% on free shipping for all purchases.

The web performance unit at Compuware released its list of the most responsive retail sites on the mobile Web. Number #1 was Amazon, mobile website loading in 2.85 seconds,

MoSite - Load Time

Amazon - 2.85 seconds

QVC - 2.94 Seconds

Newegg - 3.33 seconds

Overstock - 3.35 seconds

Best Buy - 3.43 seconds

Walmart - 3.84 seconds

Victoria's Secret - 4.93 seconds

Barnes & Noble - 5.23 seconds

Nordstrom - 5.44 seconds

Musicians Friend - 5.72 seconds

1800Flowers - 5.92 seconds

Sears - 6.06 seconds

Buy.com - 6.22 seconds

Target - 6.95 seconds

Tags: mobile shopping, cyber monday, online shopping

Alternative Teacher Certification

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of USC. All opinions are 100% mine.

In 2008, Texas reported a need for 82,000 new teachers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts teaching to be one of the fastest growing occupations over the next 5-10 years. The need for teachers is highest in math, science, special education, foreign languages, technology applications, and bilingual education.

I was a substitute teacher in San Marcos for several years. I liked walking into a new classroom each day and enjoyed helping students of all ages. With my work background in training, staff development and working with at-risk students, I was in demand at several schools. There was a time that I seriously considered becoming a certified teacher.

The alternative teacher certification involves becoming licensed without receiving a traditional bachelors' degree in education or other traditional teachers certification programs. It was created to allow those who did not focus on education during their bachelor studies to more easily acquire their teacher certification.

I remember researching alternative teacher certification programs in Texas. The program was expensive and demanding, not flexible enough to hold a paid position as a teacher while pursuing certification. Now, there are online programs that allow you to complete your coursework on your schedule.

University of Southern California Rossier School of Education offers an innovative combination of interactive online education with field-based experiences in your local area. It is possible to complete an accelerated Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) degree within one year! Read about this internationally renowned research institution and get an overview of the alternative online teaching program information.