Online Business Opportunities For The Modern Entrepreneur

Internet business opportunities often have very low start-up costs and with so many proven business models in place getting started with an online franchise could be your fast track to becoming your own boss.But, when you enter the online business world, it is much more than just building a website, putting a few products on there and then expecting the customers to come flooding in.An online business is just like any business – it requires a solid business plan. If you are considering your online business opportunities, firstly make sure that you are opting for a legitimate online business opportunity. So how do you know what are genuine online business opportunities and what are just rubbish scams?First Steps for Online Business Opportunities
What is the product? Be careful of an online seller who offers vague descriptions of what the business is and how it will work.
You need to know what would you be selling or doing.
How and why will potential customers find and use your website?
Is it your responsibility to drive traffic to the website?
How would the business generate income and what are your specific expenses?
The internet is not an enchanted place for business online owners. Success with online business opportunities requires the same solid planning and hard work as in any other business venture. It’s your business and your reputation and you cannot jump in feet first without knowing what you are doing.When it comes to online business opportunities, affiliate marketing is one of the easiest methods is through. This is because becoming an affiliate marketer is quick and requires simple promotional techniques that will convert prospective buyers into customers.There are a multitude of different online business opportunities, niches, and markets to choose from. You can become an affiliate for just about anything from digital products to bicycles and everything in between.The concept of affiliate marketing is based upon on a regular sales position except that everything happens online and there is no face-to-face contact with the customer. Also, you don’t have to buy any stock or worry about fulfillment You sell products on behalf of a manufacturer or company and get paid a commission when you make a sale.It does sound like an easy business opportunity, but you will need to work your market to succeed. You will need to invest time and money, into making sure you have up-to-date training, knowledge and traffic to the websites which are selling your products.An affiliate business is just like any other “traditional” business, it has to be worked to be successful. You have to stay focused, do research to see what people are buying now, pick a niche product in that market, actually get started, make a schedule and then stick to it.

Know More About the Latest Fashion Trends

Setting a trend is extremely important for any business be it for bags, shoes, jewelry, or clothes. As we all know fashion has been the main part of pop culture and people are connected to it in various ways. Today’ trend is a combination of the fashion in the 1980 and the present day. So many items that were thought of as outdated are now back in trend and you will find every woman in the US sporting at least one item on herself that is a piece of today’s fashion.Dresses are one trend in America that keeps changing rapidly. What you see today will be gone tomorrow. The latest fashion of dresses for the American ladies is the spring blouses which have really caught on this season. You will find most ladies sporting blouses with huge puff sleeves, kimono sleeves, ruching and those with fantastic graphic prints. And the beauty of it is that these blouses can be worn in combination anything like skirts, pants, shorts, jeans etc. and they can even be used with jackets to make it look more official, making this outfit a perfect one for any occasion.Another very common fashion trend in the US this year is the penchant for black and white combinations. Not to mention the fact that this has been a favorite combination of Americans since time immemorial. The advantage of this combination is that it can be used both for daytime as well as night time wear.When considering men’s fashion wear, this year the male cardigan which seems to have been reborn this season, becoming one of the hottest selling items. This too is not a new fashion trend as it had been worn by many well known figures like the comedian Bill Crosby, Simon Amstel who was the British TV presenter, and the reputed rock star Kurt Cobain. But today the male cardigans are worn by both sexes.The other trends that have changed for the guys and the gals is the T-shirt. Today the T-shirt is the in-thing and is considered the benchmark of fashion trends. In fact The T-shirt is said to be the “building block” of the fashion industry of the present day.With ever changing season the trends in fashion also change and everyone buy clothes in keeping with the change. But at the end of the day when you find that you need something really casual to wear; something that is classy at the same time casual; something that will suit your style and your choice of colors; something that can be worn no matter what time of the day it is; then the most evident choice is the T-shirt.Even the t-shirt has been passing through a variety of fashions depending on the moods of the season. They have passed through socio-economic and cultural changes and any which way you look at it are still the hot favorites of men women and children of both sexes too. Adorning a T-shirt make you feel forever young. T-shirts have become of the main parts of fashion and have taken on an extremely stylish appearance too.

Career Education Services – What Does This Mean For You?

When you are in college and are working hard to get through it you may not be bother to go to the career education services. Ironically, the sooner that you go to the career education services the better chance you will have of planning what your future will be once college is over. You don’t have to go there right away or even during your freshman year. However, you need to be realistic and acknowledge that at some point in time you will have to go to the career services office.The sooner that you go to the career services office the better chance you will have of dealing with the end of college. They can help you get started with the career choice you want. The career education services are a powerful tool that you need to take advantage of.One way that they can help you while you are still in school is to help you find internships in the field that you have chosen. This will make you a more attractive candidate to future jobs and even to graduate schools.When you have no idea on what you want to do for your career you still need to go to the career services office because this will mean more to you than other students who do know what they want to do. Some of the career services offices have tests that you can take to help you figure out what you want to do. This will help you figure out what your talents are and what you are suited for.When you do go to the career education services you will need to be prepared for the meeting. They can be helpful to you but you have to realize that you may only have one hour or even thirty minutes with the counselor. You need to do some soul searching and figure out what types of subjects that you gravitate towards. Then you can ask the counselor what someone with your interests can do for your career. The more information that you can give to the counselor the more they can help you with your career choices.

The Happy Family Of Google, Facebook And WordPress

Recent changes to Google and how searches are done could bring a horrific result for some business owners online. If the desired Google standards are not adhered to one could find themselves no longer appearing in the search engines.For the last 14 years I’ve worked online, with a 5 year sabbatical (serious health crisis!) mid-stream. But even during that time I was a ferocious student of what was going on in the Internet world.Google, the world’s largest search engine has always played a key role in the success or failure of the online business owner. Only outpaced by Facebook (studies show that Facebook outpaced the search engine giant in May of 2010) it holds the key to traffic for anyone desiring to earn an income through a website and internet based company.During my time online I’ve known several business owners personally who have lost enormous amounts of money because of changes that took place with Google’s algorithms. One can see easily how Google spiders, ranks and displays searches here.Technology overview of Google.About two years ago I began to notice that Google was leaning more and more towards what was going on in the blogging world. Changes slowly took place for search rank. I also noticed that every client I worked with who put their website into a WordPress environment was always, sometimes instantly, taken to the top of search listings. The software platform that exists behind WordPress made it super easy to score high in the search engines.So when someone would come to me when I ran a million dollar copywriting firm and asked me to write copy for them I always encouraged them to put their entire website into WordPress. The results that I could create for every single business I worked with got to a point where WordPress made it super easy for me to generate leads for a client, lower their ad budget, increase the stick ability, create high organic rankings and longer keyword tails if I put their website into WordPress.This began a service freelance firm of writing copy, giving consulting on marketing and online business building and helping companies port themselves over into WordPress.In November of 2009 I walked away from high paying retainers to build the company I have today that offers WordPress training, copywriting coaching, mentoring and marketing consultation to large and small companies.It’s my job to give you the facts when it comes to WordPress and online marketing. Then it becomes your job what you do with that knowledge. My opinions are not based on the regurgitation of something I read online or the suggestions of certain experts I read about in books. They are based on the cold hard facts of what I’m doing with my own company, have done in all of my companies and those of my clients.Here is my advise to you now as a small or large business. GET INTO WORDPRESS. Period.Google just recently made some changes to how they rank sites. Here comes a radical statement; If you do not get into WordPress in the next 6-12 months I pity you because it will be harder than it’s ever been to compete. Mark my words- this is not a fad, it’s not a suggestion and even though I do sell WordPress training- I’m not after my company growth when I say this. I’m standing here waving a red flag giving you fair warning: If you have a company right now that is producing a profit online, whether it’s $ 4,000 per year or $40,000 per day- or even if you are just starting out. Get into WordPress. You will have to anyways in the next 6-12 months so I advise you do it now.Google, Facebook and WordPress work in sync like I’ve never seen occur before. When shopping carts came out in full force in the late 90′s and I was using Miva and Monster Shopping carts I began to see things change in the early 2000′s. When I was paying $ 20,000 per month on PPC Pay-Per-Click ads in the year 2000-2001 with Google and Overture (now Yahoo) I knew that there was no way that this was going to be the long term way for people to earn an income online. It wasn’t going to be possible for everyone. Not everyone could shell out that kind of money. So something had to change.And it has. WordPress and Facebook, along with Twitter are making it easier than ever for a small business owner to compete with a large company.Here’s another thing coming down the pike that has already disrupted many industries like MLM and Direct Sales companies that specialize in creating self-replicated websites: If they don’t get those self-replicated websites into a structure that is like WordPress (or is in WordPress) they will lose enormous amounts of money in the next 6-12 months.In my career online I spent 31 months in the direct sales and network marketing industry. Broke allot of company records, generated over 30,000 leads myself, closed more than 500 kits personally and made $ 1.8 million. This was not done because I had a self-replicated website and built it like everyone else. As a matter of fact I was doing things so unique and so different that one of the largest lead providers in the world asked to borrow my ideas and ‘copy’ my sales copy. It was so effective the things I did with video and my own created website that one of the fastest growing training companies in that niche borrowed some of my strategies and created their own system for their clients to grow their businesses with. My mode of operation is to always do things like the big companies are. So I created blogs, my own landing and swipe pages, used videos of experts and myself and did it in a unique way that set me apart.If you are building any kind of business in MLM or direct sales- listen up closely, please. I beg you.Google has made some big changes to the way they index sites and who will appear on the first pages of their search network.Facebook has also jumped on board with index changes and implementation to get your WordPress site and it’s network linked together in a big way. If you think the new “Facebook Like Button” plugin that is available is just a cute way to look like Facebook on your WordPress page, think again. All comments, posts and pages are now being indexed with Facebook and are appearing in Google. No longer is Social Media a fad and something people are enjoying in their spare time. More people gather on Facebook than any other place on the internet in the entire world!OneRiot.com is a real time search engine that is making waves in the indexing of real time content. All Facebook posts, pages, comments and more are now a part of their real-time searches. Have you ever wanted to see what people are talking about online, as they’re talking about it? Check out OneRiot.com and you might reconsider some of the things you post on your Facebook page.A recent announcement showed that the US Library of Congress is now going to begin archiving Tweets from Twitter. Think it’s still a fad?When I built my first company 14 years ago we sold high end kitchenware. Grainmills, blenders, mixers and more. By our second year we had over 400 items we shipped out and had drop shipped in the continental USA. My small dream of making some extra money part time from my home while raising my babies grew to a multi-million dollar company. I always did my own copy, newsletters, direct mail campaigns and post card mailings. Our PPC ads were our biggest connection piece for gaining new customers and our newsletter with over 30,000 subscribers. Post card mailings and direct mail catalog pieces kept us in touch with our clients.If I were to do this over again, build an eCommerce business that I could run from my home and connect with people all over the world it would be done in very many different ways. My $ 20,000 per month in PPC would definitely be spent in different ways. (Yes, I was spending $20k per month on PPC in 2001-2002!) Media Buys would be a huge aspect of my business. I’d do regular blogging and write a regular newsletter like I am now. Social Media would be a huge effort we’d be operating regularly with such a company. Currently more than 50% of our company profits are coming in through Social Media and we just made the switch to a new company mission less than 6 months ago. We’re pursuing Media Buys; I’m doing guest blogging, JV partnerships and other things that don’t even cost me money, just my time, to the tune of more than 30,000 clients on our list in the last 120 days.Can I be frank with you?If I were to build any company online right now, as I am and as I intend to do for years to come, I would NEVER EVER build it outside of WordPress – ever. Far too many headaches, too much time and too much manpower is on the top of the list of reasons why not. The cost alone would make me stay away from that nightmare again. Plus, it’s not as fun.WordPress changes and refines itself and makes it easy to keep on running while they do. A recent upgrade to WordPress 3.0 implemented into our company on Friday was effortless. Sure, there might be some of you that are seeing a few hiccups along the way (get on my Wed call if you did see that happen) but most of the updates I see inside of WordPress, as long as you aren’t running hundreds of substandard plugins, are effortless. I’ve been working on this platform for the last 4 years.Are you serious about your business?Serious about making an income online and not playing around?Serious about having a vision that goes beyond you, your pocketbook, your life and what you gain? Like taking care of others, impacting thousands and changing the world? The keys I’ve given you today will make it easier than ever.

An Inside Look at the Importance of a Smile in Sales

If you’re in sales, then you’ve probably heard all sorts of advice, from “don’t oversell” to “focus on solving problems.” However, one of the best pieces of advice that many forget is to smile! After all, your smile is one of the first features people notice about you, and it plays an essential role in the first impression you make. Keep reading to learn all about the importance of a smile in sales (as well as how cosmetic dentistry can help!).

Smile: Your Sale Depends on It!

Knowing your product and knowing your audience are key in sales. However, you don’t get far if your client doesn’t trust you or believe you. That’s why it’s so important to make a good first impression! Here are a few ways a smile can help:

• Smiling is more powerful than you might think – One study found that smiling has the same effect on our brain as $25,000 in cash!

• Smiling communicates your state of mind – Smiling is a non-verbal cue that you are happy to be where you are, that you are confident in your product, and that you are ready and willing to help.

• Smiling creates a ripple effect of positivity – Have you ever seen a friend yawn and done the same? Or seen someone take a sip of water and immediately realized you’re thirsty? Thanks to the mirroring neurons in our brains, we naturally mimic the behavior of those around us.

But What If You Don’t Like Your Smile?

If you don’t like your smile, don’t worry – that’s where cosmetic dentistry comes in. Whether you’re struggling with misaligned, misshapen, cracked, or otherwise imperfect teeth, your smile goals aren’t out of reach. The first step? Scheduling an appointment with a skilled cosmetic dentist. For both my father and myself, providing high-quality, personalized, and judgment-free dentistry is a passion. There’s truly nothing better than seeing someone walk out of our office with a dazzling, confident smile! So, don’t wait to make your dream smile a reality – it could make all of the difference when it comes to your personal and professional life!

Where to buy beautiful rugs, floor mats and more.

Where to buy beautiful rugs, floor mats and more. Including unique t-shirts, dresses, bags and artworks. All in one website with free shipping worldwide!

QueenNoble.com is the exclusive online art gallery and home décor online store where items were designed by artist QueenNoble Dr. Elle Ramirez. You can get all your home decorating needs in one place without worrying the shipping fee. You can collect all her original art pieces and open editions from your comfort zone in just few clicks. All original artworks will be shipped straight from the country of exhibition with free shipping worldwide. Home décor on QueenNoble is not your usual home decoration items. Every items were designed by QueenNoble Dr. Elle Ramirez exclusively made from handmade paintings turned to manipulated photos to make stunning designs for every home décor items such as the rugs, lamps, wall decors and more. Of course the original artworks of QueenNoble are all available to every collectors who collect only original artworks. The prints are premium quality, framed and ready to hang for everyone’s convenience. Rugs, lamps, pillows and others are designed by QueenNoble, and then manufactured by partnered companies in Europe and in The United States.

The artist And Designer QueenNoble

Dr. Elle Ramirez also known as QueenNoble is an American international fine arts artist, designer, sculptor, photographer and an author. Dr. Ramirez creates rare textured and embossed abstract artworks from wall sculptures to embossed paintings. Her career began from year 2006 up to this present day. (See Wikipedia.)

QueenNoble is known for her textured and embossed abstract artworks mimicking planets, natural stones and rocks, abstract engraved portraits, several monochromatic and vivid concepts.

“Live Minimal” is one of QueenNoble’s art books released year 2021. (See Google Scholar Books)

QueenNoble is also an author of several mental health books like “Quarantine: The Challenges During Quarantine and How to Keep Our Sanity”. QueenNoble is also the author of the Novel called, “The Cart Season 1”. (See more on Amazon)

One Of A Kind Products You Can Buy On QueenNoble

One of a kind luxury collectibles with certificate. Unique items designed and curated by QueenNoble Dr. Elle Ramirez are now available on the official website. One collectible is to one collector or owner. Collectibles can be a wallet, bag, a piece of art, a furniture, a dress or a shirt and more. A first come first served basis. Handmade with love and attention. Own something that no one has in the entire world. Only on QueenNoble. What will you get on the top of that? You will receive a certificate of authenticity upon receiving your item. Free shipping worldwide. Free repair and replacement in case of a major manufacture error. Most items are handmade and are genuine leather so slight imperfections are visible which are the signs of most genuine leathers in the market. Varieties of items and vast selections although items are very quick to be sold.

Who does not want a one of a kind item? It is really disliked to run to someone with the same exact dress in an occasion or a business meeting! Now on QueenNoble not only original hand-painted artworks are available now you get to wear an art yourself anywhere and anytime. Display a furniture or a décor and be asked by a friend or a colleague, “Where can I buy one?” and of course the answer is “You can’t buy that in the market.” Because It is only one!

What happens after you buy a one of a kind on QueenNoble? The price increases yearly for 10 years. What an investment for yourself or a luxurious lifetime gift for a special someone!

From the author’s words:

If you are a collector and a shopper, QueenNoble is definitely where to go specially if you are looking for unique designer’s décor such as rugs, comforters, bags, wall art etc. A lot of selections to choose from. The designs are contemporary and modern. In one look you know where the products are from since you can only find them on queennoble.com. The processes are also very convenient and shipping is fast worldwide.

I bought a one of a kind bag. When I received it it came with an envelope consisting the certificate. The leather bag is stunning. Fast shipping and free delivery. They also offer free repair in case there is a manufacturer error for free.

Note also that if you are a merchant you can sign up on their trading program. There is a 15-30% commission. Less work for you all you do is share the url of the product and your designated coupon code which you’ll receive when you sign up and you get paid everytime someone uses your coupon code. Sound interesting right? Copy code, share url and code on your social media and earn as you go.

QueenNoble is also on Saatchiart, Artmajeur, Singulart Galleries. On QueenNoble’s original artworks, all artworks with certificate of authenticity will be shipped straight to the collector from the current exhibited country and also free shipping worldwide.

What are anti-ligature blinds?

Anti-ligature blinds are becoming increasingly popular in a range of different settings. The way these blinds differ from traditional blinds is that they are designed to prevent suicide by hanging.

Initially, uptake for this type of blind was largely restricted to high-risk environments such as psychiatric hospitals and prisons, where suicide is common. In mental health environments and detention centres, suicide via hanging is common and preventative measures must be implemented. A huge range of objects could be used to create a ligature point, meaning anti-ligature systems are highly important.

Over the years, anti-ligature blinds have been supplied to hospitals, schools, student accommodation and even hotels.

How do they work?

There are a range of different systems on the market, but the most reliable could well be the magnetic anti-ligature system. YewdaleKestrel® products utilise load release magnets which separate when a downward force is exerted on the product. This means that the product falls to the ground safely and prevents suicide via hanging.

The magnetic systems used in Yewdale’s products are highly reliable because magnets don’t lose their strength for hundreds of years, guaranteeing a lifetime of lifesaving functionality.

Anti-ligature blinds usually have a magnetic connection point above the blind’s barrel. The blind is easy to reconnect to the magnetic bracket after it has fallen to the floor.

If you are considering an anti-ligature blind, Yewdale is a highly recommended company. Based in the UK, Yewdale produce a wide range of anti-ligature products, commercial blinds, and healthcare products including hospital cubicle tracks and medical curtains.

Yewdale produce other anti-ligature products too including a soft, lightweight en-suite door and other accessories such as soap dispensers, toilet roll holder, shelves and artwork. You can see the full range on the website using the link below.

10 Unsafe Symptoms of Cell Phones Usage on Teens

10 Unsafe Symptoms of Cell Phones Usage on Teens

Over and wrong utilization of PDAs can harm mental as well as actual health. Parents might consider giving their teens cell phones for security motivations. Be that as it may, the conceivable abuse and opposite symptoms of cell phones on young people are not obscure. While it effectively is mindful of your kid’s whereabouts, taking into account its antagonistic consequences for teens is significant. As indicated by a review led by the Seat Exploration Center, around 785 of all youngsters between ages 12 and 17 have cell phones (1). It is a typical sight these days to see a gathering of youngsters standing together yet having no discussion and being engaged with themselves. Teens utilize their cell phones to call their folks and do other great and awful things. Around one of every four teens approach the web, definitely more than grown-ups. Look at the post to know whether cells are great for teenagers, the adverse consequences of PDAs, and tips on the safe use of cell phones.

Impacts Of Cell Phones On Youngsters

There is no question that a cell phone is a convenient device. It facilitates correspondence with partners, companions, and family members. However, every innovation that gives such advantages comes with a bunch of adverse consequences. The effect of cell phones on youth and society is tremendous. This region requires consideration when you are giving your high schooler a phone. This is the way PDAs influence, teens.

Teen tendonitis (TTT)
Abundance generation of messages can prompt High schooler Tendonitis (TTT). It causes torment in the hands, back, and neck because of the unfortunate stance. As per a five-year partner study, extreme phone use is known to bring about outer muscle problems, for example, tendonitis and first carpometacarpal joint pain in the lower arm and thumb.

Stress
Having a mobile phone will entice your high schooler to go the entire day talking or messaging as opposed to doing useful things. Studies have demonstrated that youngsters who invest a lot of their energy in their cells are more inclined to pressure, uneasiness, and melancholy. Research has additionally tracked down that extreme utilization of cell phones might bring about an expanded gamble of emotional well-being issues.

Sleep misfortune
Most teenagers keep their phones close by while resting to answer messages and calls and stay reachable nonstop. This might prompt rest interference and disturbance. Investigations have discovered that young people who use cell phones after the lights out experience expanded sluggishness. Additionally, undergrads who use phones after the beginning of rest are accounted for to be alert an extra 46 minutes out of every week.

Mishaps
Adolescents will quite often go to calls and text while driving, which is demonstrated to be risky. As indicated by the Places for Infectious prevention and Counteraction (CDC), adolescents are bound to be diverted more than drivers of some other age. Thus, utilizing a mobile phone while driving ought to be a severe no.

Uneasiness
Depending on messaging as an essential method of correspondence can increment uneasiness in youngsters. Messaging is right away satisfying, yet it likewise creates tension. The moment answered by a companion can give pleasure and euphoria. However, if there should be an occurrence of deferred reaction or no reaction, this equivalent joy can transform into disillusionment. Likewise, mobile phone habit can transform into a fixation to promptly take a look at messages and answer. It might likewise increment tension by making a deception that they had gotten a message in any event, when there was no message, making them regularly look at their telephones (3).

Hazard of malignant growth
Despite the fact that there’s no obvious proof of the connection between wireless use and disease, there are a few measurably huge relationships in certain individuals. Information gathered from five European nations have shown an expanded gamble of acoustic neuroma in people who utilized a cell for at least ten years.

Despite the fact that there is no unmistakable examination supporting the gamble of malignant growth and cell utilization, it is said to have a wide scope of well-being impacts.

Cyberbullying
As indicated by a review led on 13-18-year-olds by Cox Interchanges, 15% of kids had been cyberbullied on the web, 10% had been cyberbullied by cell, and 5% had cyberbullied someone else through a phone.

As indicated by a review, cyberbullying makes young people miserable and reluctant to go to class. This study has likewise observed that youngsters who are cyberbullied have a higher gamble of psychosomatic issues, for example, incessant migraines, issues nodding off, a higher pace of tension, and depression.

Cyberbullying is considerably more challenging to recognize than actual harassment as it will in general be more imperceptible. Additionally, the culprits can take cover behind the obscurity presented by the web.

Bogus distinction
The most recent advancements in cells have made it simple for youngsters to get any data. The majority of the things projected via online entertainment and the Web may not be exact, yet teens who are innocent (at their age) could view them in a serious way and get impacted. This could lead them to live in a dreamland and foster bogus renown. Some may likewise turn to wrongdoings to satisfy their dreams.

Heftiness
Steady utilization of phones may likewise cause weight in young people. As indicated by a review led by Harvard T.H Chan School of General Wellbeing, youngsters who spend more hours daily on phones are bound to become stout. The concentrate further says that youngsters who spend over five hours daily before screens are 43% bound to get less rest or exercise, bringing about weight

Vision issues
Expanded utilization of mobile phones is said to cause vision issues in young people. According to a review led by 30 clinical understudies, 83% of them were found to have wireless vision conditions. The side effects incorporate pressure, redness, consuming sensation, obscured vision, and dry eyes.

Over-the-top use of mobile phones outperforms their value and makes new issues for young people. While you may not prevent your teen from utilizing a mobile phone, it is feasible to restrict the use by laying out some guidelines.

Prior to giving wireless to your youngster, ensure they know about the focuses underneath.

Tips On Safe Use Of Cells For Youngsters

Cells are staying put, basically not at any point in the near future. Along these lines, you want to show your adolescents about cell phone security and how to dependably utilize it. They additionally need to have concurred limits for cell phone use. Here are far to stay away from the antagonistic impacts of cellphones on youngsters:

Complete weight loss strategy

For those who want to lose weight

Research on the causes of obesity, knowledge about weight loss, and various diets for weight loss are updated every year. However, with the update of knowledge and the release of diet pills one after another, the obesity rate continues to rise every year, and there is no sign of wanting to decline. I used to be very, very fat, and I am also a person who is prone to obesity.

So I understand the voices of fat people, I really want to lose weight, but I tried many ways to lose weight at that time without success.

I have tried the common boiled meals on the market, eating less and moving more, but it was not until I tried other diets that I managed to lose weight. After I lost weight, I began to study the essence and method of losing weight, and wrote him in this weight loss strategy article, hoping to help you.

A few key myths about losing weight

The weight loss myth of eating less and moving more

The phrase “eat less and move more” is actually true, but most people do it wrong. Many people think that they should eat less of everything, so they limit their calories to a very low level, and it feels a bit like eating an ultra-low-calorie fairy meal. Then, for the hyperactive part, the first thing that everyone thinks of is aerobic exercise such as running, cycling, etc., but in fact, this is a very short-term and easy way to regain weight, mainly because eating too little is an easy way to lose weight. The reason for the loss of muscle mass, coupled with the fact that aerobic training is not helpful for muscle mass growth, causes the metabolism to drop too much.

Maybe you can lose 5 kilograms in this way, but if your metabolism declines, you will easily regain the weight. And it’s all the fat that gets back up, not the muscle you lose that makes you look fatter than before. This is what we call the yo-yo effect, lose weight, get fat back, get fatter than before, lose weight, get back on Fat, get fatter than before.

Stop taking diet pills and meal replacements

At this time, you may start to seek other ways, eat weight loss meal replacements, taking diet pills, and so on. But believe me, most diet pills will inevitably hurt the body, especially the gastrointestinal tract. You may actually lose weight in the moment, but when your gastrointestinal tract is damaged, you will be fatter than before.

The key to understanding how to lose weight

You must have thought, why some people will not gain weight no matter what they eat, while some people will gain a kilogram the next day after eating a little bread? What is the cause of obesity? This is not a simple answer that can be solved!

You can see the link to the picture below, mainly talking about the influencing factors of obesity, which are very, very complicated.

Image source: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/296290/obesity-map-full-hi-res.pdf

In the middle of this picture is the heat balance

So we can know that calorie balance is very important

But this article doesn’t keep preaching that calorie balance is the key to losing weight like other sites

If you don’t know what calorie balance is, you can probably imagine that our body has calorie consumption (exercise, thermogenesis, basal metabolism), and calorie intake (eating).

When calorie consumption exceeds calorie intake, the weight will drop, so the truth of weight loss is to eat less and move more, very simple. In the short term, it is really possible to simply achieve weight loss by eating less and moving more, but simplicity is not simple, because the operation of the body is very complicated. Many people think that they can control their calorie consumption, that they can achieve a lot of calorie expenditure by running all the time, and that eating fairy meals (low-calorie meals) can reduce calorie intake and then easily lose it.

However, according to research, 90% of people who use calorie control, eat less and move more to lose weight will fail or regain the weight.

Because eating less and moving more for too long, metabolism will easily drop, hormones will easily become imbalanced, and muscle mass will easily be lost. Even if you lose 10 kilograms, you will easily regain weight.

When losing weight, the body is like a factory

For me, the key to long-term weight loss and maintaining good posture is the environment in the body, such as hormones, the level of inflammation in the body, and the gastrointestinal system.

Think of the body as a factory

-Your hormones are the managers and workers of factory operations

-Inflamed condition is how good factory machinery and hardware are

-Calorie intake is wages for factories as well as fuel

If the manager of this factory is an idiot, or if the hardware in your factory is completely rotten, then no matter how it works, it will create a pile of waste. Just as our hormones are already out of balance and the level of inflammation in the body is very high, no matter how much you eat, if you don’t solve the existing problems, it will easily accumulate into fat. It may be easier to understand with a few examples.

Hormones vs Weight Loss

This study looked at the effects of sleep and weight loss

Research source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20921542

Both groups of humans were calorie-restricted, but one group slept 5.5 hours a night and the other 8.5 hours. Both groups lost weight, but the group that slept less lost 55 percent less body fat and 65 percent more muscle mass than the group that slept more. It is equivalent to losing weight, but most of the loss is muscle mass, which reduces metabolism and makes it easy to regain weight later.

There is such a big difference mainly because poor sleep has a negative impact. The imbalance of the secretion of these things will easily increase fat and reduce muscle.

This next study looks at the effect of insulin sensitivity on body composition!

Research source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19471290

Basically, many chronic metabolic diseases, obesity, and poor muscle-building effects are closely related to low insulin sensitivity. Insulin is an anti-catabolic hormone whose main function is to store nutrients in cells. For example, after heavy training, our muscles will be more sensitive to insulin, and the nutrients we eat will be more easily absorbed into the muscles. When insulin sensitivity is low, the nutrients we eat are more likely to be stored as fat rather than absorbed into muscles.

We can simply say that the nutrients in the food eaten by people who are insulin insensitive are more likely to be stored as fat, and the relative fat mass will be much higher than the muscle mass.

To put it simply, the key to losing weight is actually to improve hormones, improve inflammation in the body, and add an appropriate calorie deficit. It is not difficult to achieve a calorie deficit. What is more difficult is how to choose the type of food that suits your body to improve hormones and achieve a long-term good body.

If you only pursue short-term weight loss and rely on a lot of calorie deficits to achieve the effect of weight loss, and then the hormones are still the same after the loss, then I can guarantee that you will gain weight very easily.

With so many ways to eat on the internet, which diet should I try?

When talking about losing weight in Taiwan 30 years ago, everyone would definitely want to use boiled meals

When it came to losing weight five years ago, everyone might think of using a low-sugar diet. When it came to losing weight in the past two or three years, everyone might directly think of the ketogenic diet.

I lost 30kg in 3 months on a low-sugar diet myself for the first time, so I used to believe that a low-sugar diet was the best way to lose weight

But after my long-term understanding of weight loss-related research, genetic cognition, and observation of students, there is no diet that is most suitable for everyone! Although it is said that high-carbohydrate foods will most stimulate insulin secretion, which in turn promotes the storage of nutrients into fat, some people are naturally good at metabolizing carbohydrates, so they can still be healthy and strong after eating high-carbohydrate throughout their lives.

For example, this study compared the responses of people with high and low insulin sensitivity to high- and low-carb diets.

Research source: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1038/oby.2005.79

The study concluded:

-For people with high insulin sensitivity, eating high-carb and low-fat to lose weight is very helpful

-However, people who are insulin insensitive use a high-carb low-fat diet to lose fat, but the weight loss effect is not so good.

But on the contrary, studies have also shown that people with low insulin sensitivity have a very good weight loss effect on a low-carb high-fat diet, which shows that improving insulin is very important for weight loss, and it also shows that people with insulin insensitivity are more suitable

Lose weight with a high-carb diet.

So if you have been obese for a long time, you know that you eat carbohydrates easily, or you know that you have diabetes in your family and want to lose fat, then I would suggest that you can start by reducing carbohydrates, which is what we call low carb diet!

The Negative Impact of E-Levy on Mobile Banking.

DEFINITION OF TERMS

Mobile Banking is a service provided by a bank or other financial institution that allows its customers to conduct financial transactions remotely using a mobile device such as a smartphone or tablet.

Electronic Transaction Levy or “E-Levy” is a tax applied on transactions made on electronic or digital platforms.

ADVANTAGES OF MOBILE BANKING

Mobile banking offers numerous benefits such as ease of transaction, convenience, time-saving, managing your finances, and budgeting. Some advantages of Mobile Banking in remote areas include:

Financial Inclusion — mobile banking offers convenient and easy banking services to people in remote areas. Thus, it allows banking on the go and offers all benefits of a banking system to rural areas without the presence of a financial institution.

Accessing the bank 24/7 — Mobile banking provides ubiquitous banking services without the need to visit the bank to have access to services. This offers time to benefit and ease of transacting at a distance.

Cost-benefit — Mobile banking saves the banks the cost of building physical infrastructures (branches) and maintaining branches and staff. Also, reduced costs on the customer side since the burden of visiting the bank for services is eliminated.

Improving resilience in the face of poverty — Mobile money acts as both a savings vehicle and a means of transferring funds during times of economic or environmental shocks.

Strengthening the formal economy — For many micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), opening a mobile money account can facilitate access to formal financial services. Mobile money is well placed to address the issue of informality that blights many developing economies and hampers domestic resource mobilization efforts. Mobile Money enables ease of transacting, thus increasing business profits for MSMEs.

Facilitating economic growth — Mobile money has been shown to contribute to economic growth by increasing both productivity and per capita incomes

DISADVANTAGES OF E-LEVY ON MOBILE BANKING

The design of mobile money taxation policy appears to be the antithesis of a well-designed tax system. The disadvantages include:

Inequity — Mobile money taxes as currently structured to create inequity in the tax system. As the tax is mostly borne by the poor and users of the services are subject to additional taxation (unlike bank or cash transactions), the principles of both horizontal and vertical equity in the tax system are contravened.

Uncertainty -. Uncertainty and lack of transparency over taxation systems can have a direct impact on the operations of the tax authority, increasing enforcement costs, as well as discouraging investment.

Inconvenience — The administration of mobile money transaction taxes creates an inconvenience for MMPs who must calculate and collect the tax on the revenue authority’s behalf. There is an additional inconvenience for users of the service for whom remote digital transactions become more expensive or out of reach if they revert back to cash.

Inefficiency — Badly designed mobile money taxes have been shown to have a distortionary impact on demand for mobile money services. This in turn has had negative impacts on overall tax takes, as well as impacting the attainment of national economic and development goals.

EFFECT OF MOBILE BANKING — CASE STUDIES

The decision to impose taxes on mobile bank transactions will trigger so many problems.

Ghana — According to The Fourth Estate Ghana; Although the government projects a 24% decline in transactions when the levy is finally implemented, preliminary findings published by the bank of Ghana indicate the value of mobile money transactions had dropped by 3.2 billion in December 2021, less than 2 months after the proposal to introduce E-levy.

Uganda — An e-levy of 1% introduced in 2018 has led to an overall drop in the person-to-person transaction by more than 50%, and a 24% drop in industry transactions within the same year the tax was introduced according to a report by Global system for mobile communication (GSMA).

Congo — An e-levy of 1% was introduced in 2019. The government had to reverse the tax on cash outs only due to negative results of the levy on Mobile money users such as a decline in mobile money agents (unemployment) and high-value withdrawals by people.

Other countries include Benin (5%) and Cameroun (0.2%). In all these countries, the e-levy has imposed a negative effect on the economy and people. If we want to ensure the financial inclusion of people in rural areas, we need to ensure that we encourage mobile banking by withdrawing the e-levy tax.

Reference:

https://thefourthestategh.com/2022/03/16/e-levy-this-is-what-happened-when-other-african-countries-passed-it/

Purohit, S., & Arora, R. (2021). The benefits and challenges of mobile banking at the Bottom of the pyramid. Journal of Contemporary Issues in Business and Government Vol, 27(1).

Charles G. Kpan, Jr. is an Information Technologist with over 5 years of experience in the provision of Information Technology Services and an emphasis on Web Development and Visual Branding. He’s the managing Director of CYGEC IT SOLUTIONS INC. and holds a bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology from Blue Crest University, Liberia.