Recently sent to me by our good friend, and my father’s best friend, I hope you enjoy these two selections. Sometimes your strategy for living just means taking a break and appreciating life

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The value of attending a class on foreclosure mediation cannot be over stressed. With housing prices continuing their downward spiral in many areas, particularly in the West, as the homeowner you need as much information as you can possibly gather.

Here in the Las Vegas area, the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada in conjunction with UNLV’s William S. Boyd School of Law, regularly hold classes to help homeowners facing lender foreclosures. Their class is a few hours long and worth every minute. You will walk away armed with the information you need should you choose to go the route of Mediation with your lender.

We have firsthand experience with this – due to a long span of unemployment for my husband. Our dilemma is similar to many who, through no fault of their own, purchased homes they could afford before the economy took its nose dive affecting so many. However, having exited Round 1, we came out winners. Being prepared – having every single piece of paperwork ready and with you – is your key to a successful mediation.

For us, the lender side was unprepared. This is a sharp stick in the eye for them, and a winner of a conclusion for us. It’s not over, but we have high hopes that when all is said and done, we will have something we can live with – an affordable payment to make each month.

Whether you decide to keep your underwater home or not, choosing Mediation is your best choice for both individuals and families. There are numerous other factors to consider that go beyond the stay or go decision. Six states are labeled recourse states. Be sure to know what sort of laws govern your state, and take these factors into consideration.

Your life strategy lesson for the day… do not sit back and let things happen to you. Be proactive. Be prepared. Be knowledgeable. Take the bull by the horns. After all, those you “go up against” are mere humans working in a highly flawed system. These are two points in your favor if you are prepared!

It goes without saying that in order to be seen on the internet, your business must be highly visible. Creating visibility takes innovative thinking, a willingness to be in the game for the long haul, and the patience, motivation and money to get the job done… properly.

That! Advertising Agency is a relative newcomer to the internet, bringing a wide range of personnel with a mixture of traditional and non-traditional methods of advertising to, and for, their clients.

Take Mike Knorr for instance. He is That’s Social Media Director and places emphasis on pay per click (PPC), search engine optimization (SEO) and web design. Most individuals and businesses would agree that all three of these areas must be aggressively targeted to ensure traffic. PPC, SEO, and particularly one’s website’s layout, are functions that, when properly executed, reap visitors. However, make even the smallest mistake and your business is in a world of hurt. There are just too many others – your competition – to get these essential tasks wrong.

Ken Korr is CEO and “Chief Idea Generator” for That!. Certified in MCT, MCP, MCSE, and the proper implementation of Google Adwords, Ken’s ideas and forward thinking lead the team.

That! Advertising Agency also has not forgotten that offline is as important, for many businesses, as online. Offline print ads and the use of television and radio spots are also their forte. In the right circumstances, for the right businesses, That! can get these types of spreading the word recognition done for you.

Sound marketing strategies are few and far between when one goes it alone online. It makes sense to investigate services that bring skill sets to the internet that you either do not have the talent to apply or the time it takes to do it yourself.

I don’t know about you, but one thing I’ve noticed recently is the large volume of videos out there that “make” you listen to them. Well, okay, no one can make you listen, so what I really mean is the video that starts up and has no controls.

Internet marketers think it clever that the rest of us are subject to their breathy reports on “how to make money” or “how to get unlimited traffic” or “how to… whatever” yet are rude enough to exclude those precious control buttons like “STOP,” “PAUSE,” and “FAST FORWARD.”

I’ve got one running right now, sans headphones. What really adds insult to injury (in my mind) is that they just read what comes up on the screen TO you.

Let’s face it, if mastering the English language and accompanying reading skills is beyond you (and I acknowledge that there are people who have a tough time with it), then having someone read the script is handy.

However, for the rest of us, please give us back the control to do something other than just close the window. I might need to head to the loo or answer a phone call or go to the store. If any of these happen, you can bet your booties I am not re-starting that video from scratch.

Put the controls back on guys – I’d hazard the guess that you are not creating a “waiting with baited breath audience,” but a bunch of individuals that have a life and need to get on with the basic strategies of living. Individuals, like me, irritated that we cannot even pause your marvelous video.