Cool Site Promotion Tips Most People Don’t Use

Simply consider the following tips to start promoting your site, one might be helpful if done the right way.

1. Add Bookmark button on your Site: Take good advantage of this, by asking your site’s visitors to bookmark your site or simply have it saved in their Favorites list. Try as much as possible to do it, using a widget called AddThis. As soon as you insert the “AddThis” JavaScript on your webpage, it’ll automatically ascertain the title and URL of that page. And immediately your site’s visitor click the bookmarking button on your page, the visitor is automatically brought to the page that lets him or her chooses which of the bookmarking service he or she prefer. Try to use “AddThis” throughout your site, the reason is this, If you’ve gotten a very good and unique content that your visitors will like to bookmark, it will easily generate hundreds of backlinks to your website.

2. Email Signature: Always use an email signature when reaching out to your potential buyers, to promote your service or product. Almost all the email programs do allow you to assign a signature that will appear at the bottom of each message you send out. Make it brief with a catchy headline and description of your business, which includes business name, address, phone number, business website, and your e-mail address.

3. Publish Newsletter: Of course, it is one of the great methods to reach out to your prospects, by alerting them of some changes you’ve made on your product or about new product you are about to lunch. You see, it will generate trust, and they will not hesitate to develop a business relationship with you since they already trust your brand, and believe me they will love to buy whatever you offer them.

The Ultimate Newbie Internet Marketing Checklist

New internet marketers will certainly find the many bumps in the road. There are ways however, to avoid the many mistakes and you can take a lesson from those of us that have already been in your shoes. We all started at the beginning and you can use the following checklist to be sure you don’t make the same mistakes we made.

Three Must-Haves You Can’t Avoid

1. The Domain Name

So many new internet marketers try to avoid spending the small amount of money it takes to get their own domain name. Even if your first domain name never makes you a dime or you sell it a few months after starting it, you have to start with your own domain name. If you don’t own the domain name you are working with, you simply don’t own your business.

Sure, you can start with a free blog or website, but what happens when it starts making money? You can’t just transfer everything to your own domain name because the traffic is not pointing there. The total cost for your own domain name ranges from $2 a year to around $20 a year (assuming you purchase a new domain with no age to it yet). This is a very small price to pay for the full ownership of your website or blog.

2. Real Hosting

Another thing new internet marketers skip over because it cost money, is real hosting. Again, you can start with free hosting, but you simply cannot take it to the next level when your site starts making you money. This is one of the biggest mistakes the new internet marketer will make and it is not a good way to start your online business.

Free hosting gives you only a limited amount of space, usually requires you to work from a sub-domain name of their main domains, and most free companies display annoying ads on your site. If you want to see the true potential of your website idea it is important to get at least shared hosting when you start online.

3. A Plan

The final of the must-haves is a plan. Those new to internet marketing often forget to plan their marketing, budget, time, tasks, and most importantly, their goals. Without a plan, you will most likely fail. Start by doing the necessary research and put together a plan for at least the next few months before you start your online journey.

Three Road Blocks New Internet Marketers Stumble With

1. Taking Action

If you are new to internet marketing, you have probably already heard that you have to take action to be successful. This is a common sense mistake and many new internet marketers make this mistake more than any other does. If you don’t take action, you will never develop the online income you desire.

Even writing one article, building one backlinks, buying a domain name, or getting a hosting account is taking action. Start with the first small thing and work your way through all the small steps. Don’t believe those that say “don’t sweat the small stuff”. The small stuff is exactly what will help you achieve your larger goals.

2. Program Hopping

Many new internet marketers buy at least a couple different programs. These can range from guides meant to teach you a specific marketing method to what we all know as the get rich quick scheme. Some programs are very good for making money online, while others are simply garbage.

The roadblock however, is not choosing the wrong program or guide, but hopping from one to the next before you give even one a chance to worry for you. It is important to set up your plan with the right marketing methods and stick to it. If you don’t stick to your plan, you will never find out if it works or not.

3. Expecting too Much too Soon

Probably the one roadblock that is caused by other internet marketers for the new marketer more often than any other one is the fact that all new marketers have higher expectations than what is possible. Expecting to quit your job or make thousands, your first month is a roadblock that claims many new internet marketers every month.

Your expectations need be backed by patience. Most online marketers will not make much money at all until they have been at it for at least a few months. It takes time to build up traffic to a website or blog and you have to work with your plan for longer than just a week or two before you can expect to make money online.

Planning Properly for Patient Success

If you are trying to make money online with internet marketing, then you need to plan for success. The plan you put together has to be well researched and you have to take the “baby steps” to achieve success. There is an old question that has been asked by many, how do you eat an Elephant? The answer, one bite at a time.

This question is very powerful and shows us that if we take one small step at a time we can achieve our goals. If your goals include creating a full time income online, you must first build your website or blog, and then you have to create traffic to it. Only after you have a website and traffic can you possibly make money online.

Your first dollar is the hardest and having your first $100 day is not going to be easy either. However, the struggles you experience to learn the necessary lessons for internet marketing success will lead you to exactly what you are after, a full time online income.

How to Market a Home Based Business – The 3 Pitfalls You Must Avoid at All Costs

You bought into the dream, but they never told you how to market a home based business. You see, without getting enough of the right kind of people in front of your offer, you will not make money. If you can’t make money, well you really don’t have much of a business now do you?And you don’t want to blankly copy what 97% of people are doing on the Internet, because most people you see aren’t making any money either.Let me explain why.Most people are falling into the same pitfalls that lead to failure. The reason that only 1% – 3% of marketers make the big bucks is because they do certain things and they do them in a certain way.Some people like to believe that the “gurus” and those at or near the top are keeping “secrets” from them.Look…there’s no conspiracy!But there are things you should really take into consideration if you want to know how to market a home based business, successfully.However, in order to do more of the right things that lead to success, you’ll have to stop doing the things that lead to your failure.So, why do people fail? These are 3 of the likely culprits:Not going after your target market. Sure you can do mass marketing and hope that enough of the “right” people see your message. The faster and smarter route is to market directly to those who are more likely to be interested in what you have to offer.
Not enough marketing training. Unless you have a lot of marketing and business experience under your belt or you have a marketing degree hanging up on your wall, you are going to need to get training. You either learn it on your own, which can take a lot of time, or you “pony up” some money and get involved in a internet marketing training course. It’s not a question of if you need training but a question of when you’re going to get serious enough about your business to get it.
Not making a marketing plan. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Inconsistent actions in your business, will lead to inconsistent results, and worse yet, lackluster results. You must have a daily method of operation. These are things you are committed to doing to move your business forward everyday.Are you tired of seeing people around you have success? Are you getting weary of working on a business that’s producing dismal results? Are you serious about making money? Well, now you know the pitfalls to avoid when it comes to knowing how to market a home based business. Now focus on the things you should be doing.

How the Internet and Web Designing Changed My Life: A True Story of Building a Home Based Business

For a long time I have been longing to own a home based business but I could not get the right ideas. While working in Gulu, in northern Uganda, with a reputable child development organization, I developed an idea of making office stamps and sell them to schools, hospitals, local government, NGOs and businesses to supplement my income and grow my own home business as well. I was inspired by the fact that in all the public offices I visited, the stamps used on very important official documents were wooden with bad impressions.In 2008, I made my business plan and even managed to secure a short term loan to purchase a computer, a stamp-making printer, designing software (CorelDraw Graphic Suite X4) and blank stamps imported from Dubai. When I finally started my home based business of making stamps in 2009, I got so motivated by making the sales I least expected. My stamps appealed to everyone because they are forge-proof and are of good quality. I made sales right from the start and I still continue to make sales now and again.Since I was working from home and only in the evening, I found it tiresome to get customers to grow my home business and also to deliver the stamps. My only affordable free marketing strategy was the word of mouth. It does wonders for me. Customers started calling me from time to time for my services. I found it bothersome yet I still had to concentrate on my job. I decided to employ a salesperson, who disappointed me by not making any sale in two weeks. Do you know why? She lacked marketing skills.I thought of having my own website with an aim of getting orders to make more sales. Some young man came to my office, marketing his web designing and computer maintenance services. I picked interest in web designing and he asked me to pay an equivalent of USD 1,300/- to have my website designed and hosted. He gave me a business card that bore all his contacts, including his website. But when I tried to load his website, I realized it was hosted with a free host. Besides, it made me feel that he was not an expert in web designing.Eventually, I opted to design my own website. Luckily, I chanced on Web Design Mastery e-books, which I immediately purchased online and started reading them. It cost me some good money to print 15 books in color and to bind them. Hmm… buying the e-books was easy because I had the money. But when it came to reading them and understanding the HTML language, the language used in web designing, I was really lost. I almost gave up. But since I had spent some good amount of money and that I was enthusiastic about having a website for my home based business, I had to persevere. I read and read over until I started understanding the various codes.After three months of reading, I started designing my first website, which I hosted with HostGator in June 2011. The actual designing took me three months. I designed, redesigned so many times. I spent sleepless nights and people around me started complaining. I got stressed up due to too much sitting and my eyes started having a blurred vision because of being on the computer for long every day.When I finally launched my web site, it was real relief and happiness to see it working properly, thanks to the very good tutorials of Web Design Mastery. Shelley Lowery is my living hero because she opened my eyes to the internet world, where most rich guys have accumulated their wealth. Before I learned web designing, all what I knew about the internet was to surf, receive and send emails. But now, I have known much about internet businesses and even marketing. Isn’t that great!The reason why I refer to Shelley Lowery as my living hero is that in addition to being a good teacher with her e-books, she introduced me to two other web sites in one of her e-books. This is where I had an opportunity to read about Stone Evans’ programs, which inspired me to start yet another home based business with the Plug-in Profit Site. This further widened my understanding on how I could easily accumulate wealth by just promoting other programs.Promoting affiliate programs needed a lot of internet marketing skills, which Stone Evans took me through one by one every day and for 30 days. I am also becoming slowly an upcoming marketing expert and I recommend everyone to sign up for these wonderful programs that can change one’s life. My life has changed since then. I always thank God for giving me that vision of learning to design web sites, which opened my eyes to the Internet, where the richest guys in the world have accumulated their wealth.This is my living testimony and I wish I had godly power to change the minds of others; I would make everyone on earth to begin promoting affiliate programs to better their lives. But because I am a normal human being, I can only use a pen to reach many people through the internet and through this article of testimony. I therefore appeal to whoever chances to read this article, to grab this wonderful opportunity by reading about how one can make money from promoting affiliate programs.If you sign up for the programs Stone promotes, you will not only discover great home business ideas that will help you to make money from your home, but you will also learn how to market your own home based business, which is a great way of accumulating a lot of wealth from just your computer.I now use my web site to receive orders and provide my customers and visitors with information. I know longer move up and down to pick orders. When I finish designing the stamps, I use a local courier to deliver them to my customers wherever they are. Do you see the power of the internet?I count myself a lucky person to have multiple streams of income: my full time job, my stamp making business and my marketing business. I would like everyone not to be left behind in this era of information. Internet users are increasing everyday and they are all looking for information to better their life. Through the internet, you will really discover great home business ideas that will obviously change your life positively. This is a great opportunity worth grabbing.

Legitimate Green Home-Based Business Opportunities in 2010

With all the world focused on ways to reduce, reuse and recycle, there has never been a better time to get started with one of the dozens of new legitimate green home-based business opportunities. 2010 seems to be starting out as the year the World has finally decided to Go Green and the numbers of new businesses catering to this important issue is growing faster than dandelions in May.If you haven’t noticed, there is a full-on land rush for companies to make new products and offer services designed to help the environment or aid in the reduction of global warming. Businesses all around the globe are jumping into this new green market and trying to capture their piece of the green pie. And why not? This is a wildly important and emerging market that has no end in site. The timing has never been better to get into this new green market. There has clearly never been as many new opportunities for the average person to get involved with the green movement to make extra income. Or even start a full-time, Online, Green home-based business.Have you looked around lately at how many companies are “going green”? Maybe you’ve even asked yourself why? Well, the answer is simple and it should be clear. There is money to be made, and lots of it. Any time there is a new movement which gains favorable public support, there is going to be a rush for businesses to get involved and profit. And boy howdy, how businesses are finding huge profits in this green movement. The best part of it, you can too.Let’s take a minute to consider just how easy it has become for anyone to profit from the green movement. Whether you’re new to Network Marketing or a seasoned, full-time professional, direct marketer, there is no doubt you’ve seen some of new green business opportunities springing up. Simply Google something like “green home based business” or “eco friendly home business” and you’ll quickly see, there are dozens of money making opportunities available that are tied to helping our environment.Perhaps one of the easiest ways for you to find a green, home-based business opportunity that is right for you is to contact one of the many already successful green home-based business owners and start asking questions. You will want to do your due diligence and research what companies are growing and which ones best fit your needs. Realize that not all of the new “green” home businesses will be right for you. Be sure to take a good look at what the product is and if it is something you will use. Make sure to thoroughly examine all your options and seek the advice or counsel of someone who has already gone before you. Remember, the time has never been better for you to get involved with one of the many legitimate home-based business opportunities in 2010.

Home Based Business Success – Changing Karma For Home Based Business

I spent many hard earned dollars trying to find a way to earn extra income in a home based business. I bought or invested in many at home possibilities and on-line opportunities. None of them panned out in the least. Maybe I am not a good, independent, home based business person, or a good salesperson. Or maybe my focus was on the wrong thing – - making money. Perhaps I had bad karma.I don’t know what the reason was, but home based business success eluded me. So I decided I needed to make a philosophical change. Instead of focusing on what my business could do for me, I made a shift to what can my business do for everybody else? Instead of helping just ourselves, let’s help others.Network marketing your home based business is all about connecting. In a broad overview, it means telling people you know, your network of friends, relatives and associates, about a product or service you’re trying to sell. And you should try to steadily grow your network of associates and friends as much as possible to expand your potential client base. The really big, successful, home network marketers have a huge network that they always manage to keep growing. Interestingly, they seem to focus it around other network marketers.Well, my idea is a little different. What happens if you don’t want the focus of your network to be other network marketers? Well, not unless they want to help other people who need support. Where there is big need, there are people who want to help – - and usually, lots of people. To me, that means there is a network of friends, family, co-workers or concerned, community people who want to make a difference. What a wonderful group of people! What a network! Wouldn’t it be great to to have those type of people in your home based business network and in your downstream?Our local Women’s Center, which also included the Rape Crisis Center, was always hurting for funds. Every year it was a fight to have enough to stay afloat, much less expand any services. I know there were plenty of supportive people within the community, but their contributions were like one time deals. With the MLM opportunities out there now, these local supporters could grow a strong network of residual income for their special organizations. Their help would continue for year after year and continue to grow. Do you know of any organizations that wouldn’t like that? They would not only have more revenue to keep operating, but would also be able to expand their programs. How cool is that?As for individuals, like wounded veterans or police-people or fire-people, the same would be true. These people’s family, friends, supporters could finally have a substantial, residual building way to help these local heros. There would be a realistic way to try and pay back their sacrifices for us. How? If there are easy, low cost, home based opportunities that use MLM to do the lion’s share of the work, then what a deal. Why not utilize those home based businesses in a new way? Let’s spread the success around and help our communities and heros at the same time.Change your karma. Generate new success in your home based business. Share the dream!

Distinguishing Features of Project Management in the 21st Century

The purpose of this article is to investigate the current hot topics of project management. In the 21st century, there is a clear swift from hard systems approach of project management to soft factors, a demand for strategic thinking in project management (Buttrick, 2000), new success factors (Atkinson, 1999) and project uncertainty management (Ward & Chapman, 2003). Broader project management theory and more intense research efforts are also a trend in the field (Winter & Smith, 2005).

Human beings have been executing projects from ancient times (Kwak, 2003). From relocating a tribe to constructing enormous buildings such as the pyramids, projects were a dominant element of history. Not long ago, those involved in projects understood that they needed methods and processes to help them manage these projects more efficiently. To meet this need, scientists and practitioners worked together to form a new concept which was called «project management». According to the PMBOK’s definition “project management is the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements”. (A Guide to Project Management Body of Knowledge, 2004). There are many different views in the literature concerning the birth of project management. Maylor (2005) mentions that “project management in the way that we would understand it today did not exist until the 1950s” and Wideman (2001) tracks the first use of project management in the UK’s Institution of Civil Engineers report on UK post war national development first published in 1944.

Since then, there have been a lot of changes. “The hard systems approach, which treated the project as a mechanical activity, has been shown to be flawed” (Maylor, 2005). The soft skills of project management are getting more attention because it is now clear that “the ability to apply these skills effectively throughout the life cycle of a project will enhance the success of a project exponentially” (Belzer). In spite of the perfect understanding of planning, scheduling and controlling, projects have still a high rate of failure. Belzer points out that “more often they fail because of a project manager’s inability to communicate effectively, work within the organization’s culture, motivate the project team, manage stakeholder expectations, understand the business objectives, solve problems effectively, and make clear and knowledgeable decisions”. To address these problems in the 21st century, a project team needs to develop a series of soft skills such as “communication, team building, flexibility and creativity, leadership and the ability to manage stress and conflict”. (Sukhoo et. al, 2005).

In addition, project management requires a stronger strategy orientation. “More than 80 per cent of all problems at the project level are caused by failures at a board level in firms to provide clear policy and priorities” (Maylor, 2001). The approach that Maylor suggests is very different from the traditional link between strategy and projects, as he proposes a “coherent, co-ordinated, focused, strategic competence in project management which eventually provides source of competitive advantage”. This two-way methodology that relates organisational and project strategy is illustrated in figure 1. To better understand the project’s strategy, there is also a need to analyse “the experiences from past activities, politics during the pre-project phases, parallel courses of events happening during project execution and ideas about the post-project future” (Mats Engwall, 2002).

Moreover, Maylor highlights a change in project’s success criteria, from conformance to performance. In 1960s project managers seek to comply only with the documented specifications of the project, while current projects require real performance. In other words, the success criteria of the 21st century as indicated by Maylor have changed to as short time as possible, as cheaply as possible and towards a maximum customer delight. Other academics imply nowadays a much simpler view of success criteria which is focused only in keeping the client happy (Ferguson, 2005) in contrast with the 90s view of just finishing the project on time and on budget.

Changes in risk management are also one of the hot topics of project management in the new century. Ward (2003) propose the term «uncertainty management» and recommends that a “focus on «uncertainty» rather than risk could enhance project risk management”. Adams has an interesting view of risk as he describes it as “a reflexive phenomenon – we respond to perceived probabilities and magnitudes, thereby altering them”, a definition that differs from the traditional quantitive analysis of risk. Green broads even more the scope of risk management and includes the clients. He thinks that “the process of risk management only becomes meaningful through the active participation of the client’s project stakeholders”. In his point of view there is a new way of assessing risk management that “depends less upon probabilistic forecasting and more upon the need to maintain a viable political consistency within the client organisation”.

The conventional theory of project management consists of a narrow focus on projects as unique and totally separated units of work. But current projects tend to be integrated smoothly in the general context of organizations in order to “develop the «management of project portfolios» and «programme management» which are more strategically orientated towards «doing the right projects»” (Winter & Smith, 2005).
It is common ground in the literature that the theory of project management needs more research. Koskela and Howell (2002) suggest that the theoretical base “has been implicit and it rests on a faulty understanding of the nature of work in projects, and deficient definitions of planning, execution and control”. From their point of view, enrichment of project management with new methods and techniques cannot be done with any stable theoretical background. As a result, there is a trend of putting more effort in research and rethinking the way which «bodies of knowledge» is written so that complex projects’ actions will be better documented.

Natural Supplements to Grow Taller Review – Herbal Facts and Marketer’s Claims Review

Why do many consumers take dietary supplements to grow taller? The reasons are varied-many times medically valid, sometimes not. In low or appropriate dosages, some supplements offer health benefits under some circumstances. Some people use supplements with good intention: perhaps in search of protection from or a remedy for health problems such as depression, aging skin, cancer, or arthritis. Still others seek added benefits: perhaps better athletic performance or sexual prowess. Too often, supplement use is based on scientifically unfounded marketing promises. But, some people still claim to undeniable scientific proofs.

It would be great, but boosting your nutrient intake won’t cause your cells to produce extra energy or more brain power. Only three nutrients carbohydrates, fats, and proteins supply energy or calories to grow taller. Vitamins don’t. Although B vitamins do help body cells produce energy from the three energy nutrients, they don’t produce energy themselves. Many powerful drugs and toxic chemicals are plant-based. Varieties of mushrooms can be classified as “culinary delicious” or “deadly dangerous.” In the same vein, herbal supplements should be used with caution! Any healthy natural supplements to grow taller, without proper doctor acknowledgement and governement authority approbation sounds really fishy to me.

Athletes and other physically active people need about the same amount of nutrients as others do to grow taller just more energy, or calories, for the increased demands of exercise. The extra amount of food that active people eat supplies the very small amount of extra vitamins needed to grow taller and have more energy production, too.

Although protein needs are somewhat higher for some athletes, especially for those in strength-training sports, food can easily provide the extra. On another note, physical activity, not extra amino acids (protein), builds muscle. For more on nutrition for athletes and ergogenic aids.

Dietary supplements to grow taller won’t protect you from the harmful effects of smoking or alcohol abuse. Here’s the real scoop: Smoking does increase the body’s need for vitamin C; drinking excessive amounts of alcoholic beverages can interfere with the body’s use of most nutrients. If soil can grow crops, the food produced is nutritious. When soil lacks minerals, plants don’t grow properly and may not produce their potential yield. Growing area does affect a food’s iodine and selenium contents.

Supplements won’t give you instant grow taller results, it would take at least a 2-3 months training for instance. For vitamins and minerals to do their work, they need several hours or several days to interact and do their work in your body. For any benefits from other dietary supplements to grow taller, you likely need to take them even longer. Supplements to grow taller are easy to spot. By law, they must be labeled “dietary supplements.” About eighty thousand dietary supplements are marketed in the United States with multivitamin/mineral supplements being the biggest product category-and with an average of 500 new products launched each year. They’re sold in many forms-for example, tablets, capsules, softgels, gelcaps, liquids, powders, and bars.

Do you consume a varied, balanced diet to grow taller? With some exceptions, supplements usually aren’t necessary. If you’re healthy and if you’re able and willing to eat a balanced, varied diet. You probably can get the vitamins and minerals you need from smart food choices. According to national studies, most Americans have enough healthful foods available to do that, yet they may not. Under some circumstances, vitamin/mineral supplements offer benefits and are advised; like those for growing taller.

A woman with heavy menstrual bleeding? You may need an iron supplement to replace iron from blood loss. To enhance absorption, take iron supplements with water or juice on an empty stomach. If nausea or constipation are problems, take iron supplements with food. Absorption may be decreased by as much as 50 percent when taken with a meal or a snack. A woman who’s pregnant or breast-feeding? You need more of some nutrients, especially folate and iron-and perhaps calcium if you don’t consume enough calcium-rich foods. Check the label’s Supplement Facts to make sure you get enough for a healthy pregnancy. Ask about a prenatal vitamin/mineral supplement.

Someone unable or unwilling to regularly consume a healthful diet to grow taller? You likely need a dietary supplement to fill in the nutrient gaps. However, eating smarter would be better if you don’t have food-related health problems! Take a supplement with the advice of a doctor or a registered dietitian. For example, pre-menopausal women who don’t consume enough calcium to grow taller and stronger bones from food likely need a calcium supplement-unless they’re willing to improve their diet. Some babies after age six months, children, and teens may need a fluoride supplement to grow taller and perhaps iron or vitamin D.

If you are not able to meet your calcium and vitamin D recommendations with foods to grow taller, you may need calcium or vitamin D supplements to grow taller. Ask a dietitian or your doctor about the right dosage and type. And enhance their absorption by taking them with food. Only food can provide the mixture of vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, and other substances for a health quality that can’t be duplicated with dietary supplements to grow taller alone. Fortunately for most Americans growing taller, there’s plenty of quality, quantity, and variety in the food marketplace.

Enjoy plenty of calcium and vitamin D-rich foods. They provide more for bone health calcium, phosphorus, vitamin D and overall health than supplements do. And a varied, well-balanced eating plan offers other nutrients that appear to promote bone density, including magnesium, potassium, and vitamin K

Supplements to grow taller carry labeling, showing the amounts of vitamins and minerals in a single dosage. If you already eat a healthful diet, you probably don’t need any more than a low-dose supplement. Taking a multivitamin/mineral supplement, with no more than 100 percent of the Daily Values (DVs) as a safety net, is generally considered safe. Most nutrient supplements are produced in low dosages.

Supplements with water-soluble vitamins or minerals can be risky if taken in excess, over time. For example, taking extra vitamin B6 has been suggested to help relieve premenstrual tension. Yet there’s limited evidence to support large vitamin B6 doses for relief of premenstrual syndrome (PMS). Many women have viewed large vitamin B6 doses as harmless, since they are water-soluble. Instead, they may cause irreversible nerve damage when taken in very large doses above the Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL): 500 to 5,000 mg vitamin B6 per day.

That said, can you overdose on vitamins or minerals naturally as you grow taller with food? That’s highly unlikely. As we mentioned, taking very high doses of dietary supplements or taking too many, too often can be dangerous. The vitamin and mineral content of food is much more balanced fortunately. In amounts normally consumed, even if you enjoy extra helpings, you won’t consume toxic levels of nutrients. So eat a variety of foods-and enjoy! Note: Nutrient amounts to grow taller can add up if you consume a lot of highly fortified foods.

You may take dietary supplements to grow taller for potential health benefits. It’s not uncommon for people diagnosed with cancer, AIDS, or other life-threatening health problems, who are desperate for a cure, to put their hopes and healthcare dollars in alternative treatments, including dietary supplements. However, supplements may offer a false sense of security-and a serious problem if you neglect well-proven approaches to health or delay medical attention.

Drink plenty of fluids with calcium supplements to avoid constipation. The lactose and vitamin D in the milk help to enhance calcium absorption. If you don’t drink milk and want an alternative to calcium pills, consider calcium-fortified juice or soy beverage. One cup of calcium-fortified juice or soy beverage can contain about 300 milligrams of calcium, the same amount as in a cup of milk, and provides vitamin C, folate, and other nutrients. Still, you need a vitamin D source to aid absorption; some calcium-fortified juices and soy beverages are also fortified with vitamin D.

Calcium supplements help to protect against osteoporosis (brittle-bone disease) It can’t make up for your lifestyle choices or poor health habits. Regular weight-bearing physical activity is important to grow taller and obtain healthy bones. For healthy bones, avoid smoking, too.

Vitamin nasal sprays or patches are effective to grow taller? No research evidence says so, even though they’re promoted for faster, more efficient absorption. In fact, they may not be absorbed at all. Here’s the reality check: Fat-soluble vitamins need fat from food to aid absorption. Vitamin C in your intestine aids iron absorption-a problem if vitamin C comes from a spray. Vitamin B12 binds with intrinsic factor made in the stomach during digestion. That cannot happen with a spray or a patch! So that means all the place that try to claim that you could grow taller with that are just scam.

Indeed, herbals and other botanicals have known medicinal qualities helping us grow taller; 30 percent of today’s drugs come from plants. Yet, herbals and other botanical supplements also are sold as dietary supplements rather than regulated as drugs. Like many plant-derived pharmaceuticals, these supplements can offer both positive health benefits and harmful side effects.

On the up side, enough scientific evidence has been collected on a handful of botanical supplements to support their limited use. For example, under a doctor’s guidance, gingko biloba may be used to help treat the symptoms of age-related memory loss and dementia (including Alzheimer’s disease); green tea extract may help reduce cancer risk. A growing body of research evidence is being gathered about their safety and effectiveness, as well as their limitations and dangers.

On the down side, like other supplements to grow taller, herbal and other botanical supplements are regulated differently from pharmaceuticals, which are meant to cure or prevent disease. You aren’t as protected from misleading claims as you might think. When you think about the quality and effectiveness of these grow taller methods; you can see that the marketer’s are absolutely in control of the quality…

According to current law and regulations, herbal and botanical remedies to grow taller and other dietary supplements to grow taller can enter the marketplace without FDA approval. The burden is on the FDA to remove a dangerous dietary supplements to grow taller from the marketplace. Currently dosages of herbal remedies aren’t standardized, so dosages vary among products. Some are even copies of the actual real-product that is made by legitimate herbal company; they put the same product name change what is inside and put the same label. Be very careful, you can look up grow taller 4 smarts free scam alerts to be ahead of scammers.

Although packaging claims can’t say that a supplement to grow taller cures or prevents disease, it may carry claims for its purported health role. Many claims have only limited scientific evidence. Are herbal supplements or botanicals are safe during pregnancy and nursing? There’s not enough scientific evidence yet to recommend safe levels for herbal supplements for pregnant or nursing moms. However, some are known to be harmful to a baby.

How to Detect Drug Abusing Teenagers

The effects of substance abuse in teens are not only individual; they can also be seen on the society. They may face problems at school or college and may involve in criminal activities. It is therefore very important to detect drug abusing teenagers. Drug testing should be conducted on a regular basis at schools and homes to identify and save them from harmful drugs of abuse.

Signs of drug abuse
Identifying certain signs helps you to detect if the kid is addicted to the drugs. Some of the common physical and emotional signs are:

• Change in sleep patterns
• Poor motor coordination
• Poor hygiene and illness including nausea and excessive sweating
• Irregular heartbeat
• Impaired thinking
• Mood swings
• Hyperactivity or overtired
• Depression

Drug abusing teens lose their interest in family activities, often abuse verbally and physically at home or school, and disrespect the family or school. In addition, abrupt decrease in grades, memory and attention loss, and lack of interest and concentration on studies are some of the signs at school. The moment you observe any of the above mentioned signs, you need to immediately check if the kid is abusing drugs. Drug testing is one of the safest and easiest ways to detect the drug abuse among teens.

Types of drug tests
There are different types of methods to detect the teens who are using drugs. Some of the common ones are urine, saliva, hair, and blood tests.

Urine drug test
Of all the types, urine testing is used most commonly as it is inexpensive method used to detect a drug user. You can use urine test kits at home or school to check if the child is addicted to illegal drugs. Quick and accurate results are obtained by these test kits.

Saliva drug test
It is more advantageous as it is relatively non-intrusive. Saliva from the mouth is taken through a swab and is checked for the presence of drugs. Most recent drug abuse can be detected by saliva tests. Conducting saliva test is very easy and also provides accurate and immediate results.

Hair drug test
This method is also non-intrusive. A hair sample of 1.5 inches in length is enough for conducting the test. Drug or its metabolites deposited at the hair shaft are detected by hair tests. You can get very reliable and accurate results by this method.

Blood drug test
You can also use a blood sample of the teen to detect illegal drug usage. It is however expensive and you need to approach laboratory as you cannot conduct it at your home.

Detection periods
The detection period depends on the method of test conducted. These detection periods vary from the type, dosage, and frequency of drug used.

Urine drug test can detect drug or its metabolites for 30 days in frequent users and for 2-3 days in occasional users. The test detects Cocaine for 4-5 days, Heroin for 2-4 days, Methamphetamine for 3-5 days, PCP for 3-7 days, and Codeine for 2-4 days.

A saliva test is mostly used to detect recent drug usage. However, it can also detect drugs consumed 3 days back. Of all the methods, hair drug test has a longer detection period. It detects illegal drug consumption for about 90 days.

What if results are positive?
Once the kid is tested positive by drug test kit, talk to him/her about the result. You can get a confirmatory result through laboratory tests. Communicate with him regularly regarding the effects of drug abuse. Ask him to leave companions or friends who are habituated to drugs. If necessary, send him/her to substance abuse treatment program.

Importance of intervention
Detection and intervention of drug abuse at primitive stages can prevent further damage. Drug intervention is an attempt made by family members or school authorities to help the teen get out of drug abuse or addiction. The main objective of intervention is to make the teen understand the physical and mental destruction caused by drug abuse. If you are not able to speak to the kid on this, you can take help of your friends or relatives. You can also consult specialists who counsel drug abusers and help them get back to their normal life.

Parents and school authorities should always keep an eye on the behavior and activities of the teens. Necessary measures have to be taken in order to prevent them from taking drugs.

Prevent Teen Drug Abuse Using Drug Testing Kits at Home

Teen drug abuse became a serious health problem in United States. It is hurting the healthcare system, burdening the economy, and causing millions of deaths every year. Of the many causes that promote drug abuse among teens, lack of parental supervision is a major one. Teens should be guarded properly by their parents as they are still immature.

Since, early intervention leads to effective prevention of this unhealthy habit, parents should identify drug abusing habits in teens and take preventive measures. Parents can take help of home drug testing kits which are effective and easy to use.

In this article, we will discuss about teens and their vulnerability to drug abuse; how to identify teen drug abuse and how important are drug testing programs at home to prevent teen drug abuse.

Teens – vulnerable to drugs abuse: Many scientific studies have already proved that teenagers are more prone to risk taking and are vulnerable to drug abuse when compared to adults. This typical behavior of teens during adolescence is because of the major changes in parts of the brain that are responsible for functions such as self-control, judgment, planning, organization, and emotions. Since teen brains are not yet fully developed, they cannot take proper decisions and fall victims to unhealthy habits like drug and alcohol abuse.

Signs and symptoms of drug abuse: The primary step towards prevention of drug abuse in teens is to identify their unhealthy habits. Prominent changes, both in their behavior and in physical appearance can be noticed even at the early stages of abuse. Following are the warning signs:

Physical and emotional changes:
• Red eyes
• Finding difficulty to speak
• Sudden fall or rise in weight
• Lack of hygiene and showing less interest in personal grooming
• Aggression and arrogance
• Depression and irritation

Social and behavioral changes:
• Dissociation from old friends and acquiring new social group
• Sudden anger or depression
• Poor attendance and academics at school
• Spending time lonely
• Abnormal odor in breath or clothing
• Pipes, needles and other suspicious substances in their room

Importance of home drug test kits: The moment you see the signs that indicate drug abuse in your teen, it is the time to confirm drug abusing habits using reliable methods. They are useful devices for the parents to confirm these unhealthy habits in teens. They are simple, easy to use, provide instant and accurate results, cost-effective and above all ensure privacy. Some multi-panel drug testing kits can detect multiple drugs of abuse at a shot.

Best drug test methods to implement: When it comes to home drug testing, urine and saliva tests are considered to be the best methods. There are two other methods – blood and hair tests also, but they need special devices and expert supervision, hence are not recommended for home testing.

Urine test can detect the drugs in your teen’s system up to three days after use. If you believe that your teen has taken drugs during the last few days, then this method is effective in offering accurate results. However, it is necessary to check that your teen is not providing fake urine sample which can lead to false results.

Saliva drug testing is an ideal drug test if you suspect that your teen abused drugs on that particular day. These kits can detect drug use up to 48 hours.

Need for random drug testing: If you are conducting drug tests on your teens at regular intervals, following a regular pattern, your teen may notice the pattern and either try to manipulate the sample before the test or stop abusing drugs few days before the test. Hence, practicing random drug tests is always an ideal way to identify the drug use which effectively helps in detecting the drug abuse among your teens. Random testing makes teens say ‘NO’ to drugs as they know that you can conduct drug testing any time at home.

Home drug testing kits can be considered as effective solutions in controlling and preventing drug abuse in your teens. So, make sure that you have some of them at home to test your teen to help him stay away from drugs.