Loy Krathong Festival

One of the most popular festivals in early November is the Loy Krathong Festival. It takes place at a time when the weather is fine as the rainy season is over and there is a high water level all over the country.

“Loy” means “to float” and a “Krathong” is a lotus-shaped vessel made of banana leaves. The Krathong usually contains a candle, three joss-sticks, some flowers and coins.

In fact, the festival is of Brahmin origin in which people offer thanks to the Goddess of the water. Thus, by moonlight, people light the candles and joss-sticks, make a wish and launch their Krathongs on canals, rivers or even small ponds. It is believed that the Krathongs carry away sins and bad luck, and the wishes that have been made for the new year due to start. Indeed, it is the time to be joyful and happy as the sufferings are floated away.

The festival starts in the evening when there is a full moon in the sky. People of all walks of life carry their Krathongs to the nearby rivers. After lighting candles and joss-sticks and making a wish, they gently place the Krathongs on the water and let them drift away till they go out of sight.

A Beauty Queen Contest is an important part of the festival and for this occasion it is called “The Noppamas Queen Contest”. Noppamas is a legendary figure from the Sukhothai period. Old documents refer to her as the chief royal consort of a Sukhothai King named “Lithai”. Noppamas was said to have made the first decorated Krathong to float in the river on the occasion.

In Bangkok, major establishments such as leading hotels and amusement parks organise their Loy Krathong Festival and the Krathong contest as major annual function.

For visitors to Thailand, the Loy Krathong Festival is an occasion not to be missed. The festival is listed in the tourist calendar. Everyone is invited to take part and share the joy and happiness.

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The Internet has fast become an efficient and trusted way for companies to market and sell their product. One of the reasons for this has been the rise of "Affiliate Marketing" - which is when a website directs traffic to itself through adverts on other (usually related) websites. Affiliated marketing either pays the affiliate through a pay-per-click program (the affiliate receives money every time an advertisement is clicked) or a pay-per-sale program (the affiliate receives commission every time a posted advertisement or sales page on their site generates an actual sale or subscription.) Generally, the pay-per-sale program (also called cost-per-sale, or CPS) is the tried and true form of affiliate marketing used. Affiliate marketing began just a few years after the world wide web was launched, originally popularized by well known companies such as CDNOW and Amazon.com. Google's Adsense is also a very well known type of affiliate marketing, but is not considered true affiliate marketing as the advertisements usually center around the theme of the website they are displayed on (known more as contextual advertising). Google does not directly sell the specific product. It sells the advertising and takes a percentage just as you do. Affiliate marketing is highly cost-effective - it costs both the advertiser and the affiliate nothing, while having the potential of bringing in a very large form of income for both parties. While pay per click (or cost-per-click) advertising can present a risk to the advertiser, because a click does not necessarily guarantee a sale, the cost-per-sale (CPS) system has very little or no risk at all for both parties because an actual product sale takes place before commission is paid. This makes the CPS model of affiliate marketing highly desirable for both, the seller and the affiliate marketer. Though affiliate marketing is a relatively new way to earn money on the internet, the concept of revenue sharing has been around for quite a while, long before the internet. Thanks to the World Wide Web explosion which has turned the globe in to a "right next door" sort of communication venue, affiliate marketing has taken it to new level, reaching farther and wider than traditional sales and business commerce. It has become a staple form of advertising, bringing in business for all types of electronic commerce, inexpensively yet at a very high profit. Online merchants find affiliate marketing very appealing due to the fact that it presents little to no risk both for the merchant or the affiliate. The affiliate earns a commission or fixed amount based on the number of sales brought to the merchant. These sale occur through sales pages and links on the affiliate' website or through email, blogs, banner ads, video or audio ads, syndicated feeds or articles. Some merchants (only about 1% of affiliate marketing) use a cost-per-click remuneration system,. This gives the affiliate an earning per click every time an internet searcher clicks on an advertisement on their site or email. However, dishonesty has taken advantage of this method in the form of false clicks which unfairly cost the advertiser money that does not lead to sales so CPC is regarded by many to be too risky. Google Adsense and other major CPC advertising services have managed to implement safeguards to detect such false click activity. But for many smaller sales businesses and individuals this is not the case. Both pay per click and pay per sale affiliate marketing bear no cost to the merchant in the original set-up. In other words, it costs nothing to place advertising banners on an affiliate site. The cost only occurs if there is a click or a sale. Merchants also get to set the parameters, and decide on the incentive schemes. This makes affiliate marketing a very inexpensive but highly efficient way to grow a business. Now you know the secret. Tap into it to create a passive stream of revenue that can add to your business or perhaps be the start of a whole new internet business empire for you!
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Systematic Approach to Market Research - First Step to Internet Marketing Success by Vincent Png

Most new internet marketers ignore a systematic three-step approach to market research when they embark on an online business. They either have no clue as to where to start or end up creating a product with little or no demand.

It is essential to follow through this three-step approach, namely niche market identification, opportunity identification and lastly production creation. You will save much effort and disappointment by not jumping the gun on the sequence.

Market research is about niche identification. Big brand names create demand. As small business owner, we do not exert the same market influence. Instead our focus should be finding a specific market with specific need and creating a solution to target this niche market. Use free tools that provide these research functions

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Start with a single keyword e.g. Guitar. Say, you have an interest in blues guitar. The natural instinct will be to research keywords - blues guitar. By doing that though, you have precluded yourself from other potential market opportunities associated with guitar e.g. second-hand guitars, guitar chords, guitar lessons online.

Look for less competitive keywords that appear in the search results. They represent potential niche markets that may yet to be fully exploited. Do a Google search to verify your suspicions using this method - type allintitle: keyword. This will return websites with your targeted keywords. This gives you a feel of your competition especially if you are planning to use SEO (Search Engine Optimization) to promote your product.

Extend your research by exploring micro-niche markets with common root words e.g. Blues guitar + learn/teach/online class. Some useful root words to help identify niche markets are: fix, help, learn, buy, solution, solve, successful, prevent, problem, get rid of, do it yourself, recipe, unrevealed etc.

Take advantage of other valuable tools you can use to uncover niche markets:

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Now that you have identified your niche, the second step is to identify the problems faced by people in that niche market. You can research through search engines, forums, blogs and even offline resources e.g. Papers, advertisements, magazines and TV. When you have identified a problem, you have identified an opportunity!

The final step is to find/create a product to satisfy your niche market. There are several approaches to accomplish this.

- Create content websites (Content Publishing)
- Promote other people's products (Affiliate Marketing)
- Selling other people's product through resale license ( Resale Rights Marketing)
- Sell your own products/ services (Product Creation)

It is important to get the first step right as it gives you confidence and a clear goal to work with. Once you have defined your niche market and target audience, creating the perfect solution that will bring you money and credibility would be much easier.

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Vincent Png (www.easywiasuccess.com) Successful Online Business is only sustainable using a systematic approach. If you would like to learn more in detail on how to apply the system, visit www.easywiasuccess.com or drop a mail to Vince

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Affiliate Marketing is the only way to earn a substantial income online, working from the comfort of your own home. Affiliate Marketing allows you to earn high income by online.

The Hands Down Fastes Way to Make Money Online by Dane Clark

Are you a complete beginner? Do you want to start making some serious money online? Are you ready for me to unveil the secret to serious online money? The name of the game is affiliate marketing and basically affiliate marketing is a simple marketing technique used by so many companies that you can’t count them without taking off your sox and shoes. The companies allow others to promote their products and in return they pay out affiliate commissions that sometimes can be as high as 75%. Affiliate marketing is win win for everyone, the companies increase their sales and the affiliates make money from their websites and affiliate links.

I am sure you are now asking the big question, how is affiliate marketing actually done? There are several ways affiliate marketers can be paid and at times this depends on the actual product. The most common way is to pay a commission based on the sales that an affiliate marketer generates as I explained above. For example, if people click through from your site to the product site and then buy the product you will get a percentage of the sale. This is really what traditional affiliate marketing is all about. However, with the constant evolution of the Internet, new methods of paying affiliates have become possible.

You can be paid for providing leads. This means that each person who fills out a form for more information on a product (a good example is insurance or credit card applications) the company acknowledges that you provided this lead and you are then paid. Or you may also be paid by the click. Getting paid by the click, means that certain ad networks will pay you for posting an ad on your site and when someone clicks on the ad you will get paid. I actually recommend sticking with the more traditional affiliate model because the sale of a product will always pay out more than a single click.

Hands down affiliate marketing is the best business online. No matter if you are a beginner or have had a site for 10 years you need to implement it into your marketing strategy because it will generate many sales. Do remember that you want to find the best products before you find the best commission because your customers want good products not terrible ones that can ruin your credibility. To receive a free step by step video series on affiliate marketing and how to build your own business visit my site at http://www.onlinemoneystarter.com

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Anung Kusuma is Affiliate marketer strategy from indonesia, he also give many tips about affiliate marketing. If you interested to knowing further just visit him here : http://www.akademibisnis.com for indonesian language http://www.affiliatesstrategy.com for english.

20 Possible Reasons Why Your Online Business Is Failing by Thomas James

Having a successful online business could be an ongoing task for many people, especially if they weren't taught the correct ways to advertise or market. If your business is failing it could be because of one or more possible reasons listed below. These tips should definitely help open your eyes.

1. You don't offer free original content.

2. You don't use a signature file on your e-mails.

3. You don't offer free software.

4. You don't have your own domain name.

5. You don't offer a free contest or sweepstakes.

6. You don't test and improve your ad copy.

7. You don't offer a free web site directory.

8. You don't give people any urgency to buy now.

9. You don't offer a free e-zine.

10. You don't attract the target audience that would buy your product or service.

11. You don't offer a free community.

12 You don't let people read your ad before they get your freebie.

13. You don't offer a free affiliate program.

14. You don't make your web site look professional.

15. You don't offer a free online service.

16. You don't give people as many ordering options as possible.

17. You don't offer free current information.

18. You don't let people know anything about your business.

19. You don't offer free samples of your product or service.

20. You don't make people feel safe and secure when they order.

To learn what you're really doing wrong, you should want to get some personal help or ask for additional advice. Additional help can be as easy as visiting http://selfequity.com and requesting assistance.
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homas James
Internet Marketing Consultant
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