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Are You A Designer Handbag Lover?

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0600

Article Body - I've had the fortune of being in the retail industry for 30+ years, and have spent a lot of time with fashion retailers such as Limited Brands, Nieman Marcus, Coach, and others. I have always been intrigued by the brand each one of these fashion retailers have created that separates them from the pack.

While top-end fashion prices are mostly dictated by the materials used in manufacturing and the quality of workmanship, the "branding" also plays a major part of the "value" these high-end retailers provide.

One of the most visible examples of this branding is in designer handbags. Having a wife and two teen-age daughters at home, I'm all too aware of how much scrutiny a purchase decision for a designer handbag includes.

There are many choices today for designer handbags, for example - Prada handbags, Gucci handbags, Coach handbags, Fendi handbags, Kate Spade handbags, Jimmy Choo handbags, Miu Miu handbags, and many more designer inspired handbag options. On top of that, there are other options such as vintage handbags, replica handbags and handmade handbags.

The bottom line though is that there currently is a high demand for designer handbags. Except for the highest end (for example, Hermes handbags), designer handbags are now becoming more affordable. Part of this is because there is more competition, and part of it is because there are now more options of where you can purchase designer handbags.

The internet and e-commerce have really brought high-end products like designer handbags to the masses. For many years, the only place to get designer handbags was at high-end retail stores which were typically only in the major cities. People who had no access to these stores really had no access to these products.

Today there are numerous internet websites that specialize in designer handbags. These websites provide quality, genuine, authentic and original designer handbags from a variety of places. For example, original designer handbag providers make their products available through affiliate programs. Another great place to purchase designer handbags is off eBay. You can find a wide variety of eBay sponsored websites, not only for designer handbags, but for many other products as well.

Another important factor is that there are now replica handbags give customers seeking designer inspired handbags more options. While they are obviously not "the same" as the authentic designer handbag that you could buy on 5th Avenue, today's quality of replica handbags can provide a great alternative. I see many teen-age girls carrying replica handbags of some of the best authentic designer handbag options.

So the moral of this story is, if you are a designer handbag lover, you have more options today than any woman that has come before you. Shop around, and you will find the right designer handbag for your style.

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Resource - Ron has spent 30+ years in the retail industry, mostly in an IT-sales capacity. He has been involved with some of the largest retailers in North America, and spent much of his time in the fashion industry.

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Pinehurst Golf Vacations On A Budget

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0600

I just recently completed my 7th golf trip to Pinehurst, and once again I am left amazed at the tranquility and peace that I experience every time I go there.

I live on a limited budget (what with a wife, 3 teen-agers, etc.) so playing Pinehurst #2 at $375 is out of my league. But that doesn't hinder getting a great golf vacation experience if the only thing I do at #2 is go in the clubhouse. Far from it, as a matter of fact.

This year we played 6 rounds of golf in 4 days, stayed in a very nice condo overlooking Pinehurst #5, and spent less than $500 total including golf, carts, condo, and food (and beer of course!). We played outstanding courses that always seem to be mostly empty, had a lot of great memories. After our rounds we were able to walk down history's path by making side trips to the Pinehurst #2 pro shop (where you could spend the whole day), and having dinner at the Carolina Inn (highly recommended).

So here is the recap of the courses we played, and my personal rating of the overall experience:

- Mid-South - This is a fine old-style classic-style Arnold Palmer course that has recently been refurbished. I had heard good things about this course, but until this year have never played there. It probably is the toughest course I have played in the Pinehurst area, and features many difficult par 4's that all seem to play uphill. I hit a lot of mid-to-long irons into the par 4's, something that usually does not bode well for my score. Although I played poorly, Mid-South will definitely be on our list to play again in the future. My rating would be **** (4-star out of 5).

- The Carolina - We first played this course about 10 years ago when it first opened, but for some reason have not returned. Our whole group had positive memories from The Carolina (another Arnold Palmer design) so we decided to play 36 holes there when we booked our trip. What a great experience! First, the course always seems to be empty and the conditions were fantastic. To me, The Carolina symbolizes everything about Pinehurst - wetlands, rolling hills, stately pine trees, sand everywhere, lots of abundant wildlife and overall tranquility. This is a course you must surely play. My rating is *** (3 stars out of 5).

- Tobacco Road - If you haven't played Tobacco Road, grab your camera (and some back packing equipment) and head on down. Tobacco Road is like a wil roller coaster ride and you will be talking about this course for years. Tobacco Road is cut out of an old sand quarry, and is much like desert golf in that there are strips of green in the midst of a vast expanse of sand. Tobacco Road is very much a target golf course where you have to hit it in the right spot to have any chance. For whatever reason, I shot my best round of the week (76) on Tobacco Road, which has a slope rating of 141. I have played Tobacco Road 5-6 times now, and it's one of my favorites, although there are some who do not like it. I recommend that you give it a try at least once just for the visual beauty that it provides. My rating is **** (4 stars out of 5).

- Longleaf - Another beautiful, well-maintained golf course in the Pinehurst area. Longleaf is built on an old horse farm where some of the structures still exist. A nice class-style layout, Longleaf is very playable for most golfers. My rating is *** (3 stars out of 5).

In my opinion Pinehurst provides the best golfing value for your dollar. And unless you've been there, the peace and tranquility of Pinehurst is difficult to understand. So, pack your grabs and come to Pinehurst for a truly great golfing experience.

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Hugo is a long time golfer, playing for 40 years in and around NC. A former collegiate golfer, Hugo doesn't hit it as far or as straight as he used to, but enjoys the game more than ever.

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Organic SEO - Why Not Start Now?

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0600

If you are like most people, when you decided to build your website you considered, how it will look, and then changed your mind; you also considered what content you found necessary and then added to that; you looked over it with a fine tooth comb and said okay its ready. But is it really?

Yes, you may have a very nice website, chocked full of great products that "everyone" needs. But how do you get people to your website? And how do you convert those visitors?

The key is building an organic SEO website. Getting organic visitors are the most highly targeted visitors you will ever get, thus making them more highly qualified and more highly converting than any other visitors you can get. Hands down, organic SEO marketing is the best and most cost effective method to grow your business because people "find" you. Once you have organic search engine ranking, you have little to no ongoing marketing costs.

There are many methods you can use to build an organic SEO website, and there are a wide variety of tools on the internet that help you. But you should make organic SEO a design from the very beginning, because in the long run it will provide a higher chance of success. It will also jumpstart building your successful online business.

While you may understand that you need to use organic SEO practices to have your website highly optimized, where do you start? There are a number of steps:

1) Keyword selection - The single most important aspect of your business. Choose wisely. And here's a hint, don't choose the most competitive keyword for your subject, there's way too much competition. You can find a number of keyword tools and websites that help you select the right keywords.

2) Onpage optimization - Make sure you follow standard SEO practices. Make your title for each page unique, optimize each page with the best keywords for that page, bold your keywords in the text, use an H1 tag, use a description that incorporates your keywords, etc. While this will not get you all the way to the #1 position in Google, it is icing on the cake for the other things you do for organic SEO.

3) Offpage Optimization - I hated the idea of writing articles, and put it off for months. Funny thing, I noticed almost instant results once I started writing articles. Now it's a big part of my organic SEO strategy. The reason are twofold: a) these articles create backlinks to my website and get propogated around the internet (creating more backlinks which Google loves), and 2) readers of my articles click on my website to get more information. So for 30 minutes of work, I get a large number of backlinks and direct clicks to my website. What a great investment of time.

4) Directory Submission - This is so simple to do that it's hard to believe more people don't do it. Take four hours and get your website listed. Or, you can hire someone to do it for you. It will make a huge difference in getting your website properly indexed in Google.

5) Monitor your progress - There are countless number of tools that can help you monitor your website traffic, alexa ranking, Google page rank, and other metrics you need to manage. You can visit HomeBizOutlook to see some of these great SEO tools.

If you don't want to go through all this yourself, there are a number of affordable SEO companies to help you. An SEO agency will guide you the process of building your organic SEO pages to provide an affordable SEO optimization strategy. A good professional SEO service will help you build both a strong onpage and offpage organic SEO strategy.

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