Your Official Job-Application Checklist - Education for the 21st Century

October 21, 2012

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It follows that obsessiveness is a good quality in applicants for tenure-track positions. Most fields (although not all subfields) are buyers? markets. With hundreds of candidates?many of them highly qualified?for one position in, say, 20th-century American literature, harried committees are often looking for some way to narrow the pool. A missing item (like Page 2 of your teaching-philosophy statement), a late upload (because you put off doing it until the midnight of the deadline and your hard drive crashed), or even a typo on the sixth paragraph of your cover letter may get you passed up before you?re even fully considered.

So details matter. All the more reason to get the materials and the procedures right.

Create a system; follow it. One of my doctoral advisees is seeking a tenure-track position?he?s amazing, by the way; please hire him!?and has shown the true diligence of the professional. He has constructed an Excel chart to help him keep track of the openings, the required materials for each, references, deadlines, keywords in the job profile, and so on. While it took him some time to put together and will require updating, the chart will help him avoid the ?What is that deadline again?? problem.

Follow his lead: Create some sort of system that will help you know the who, what, where, and when of the hunt. Allow some boxes for ?extra? or ?other? to annotate details native to a particular search, such as a page-length limit on a cover letter.

Note any new developments, such as when your references confirm they have sent off your letters of recommendation, and check them off as they occur. Include a box for ?connections? to fill in with any information about faculty members at the hiring department?especially the search chair or committee members. If you used one of their books when you were working as a TA, for instance, you might want to make a note of that and mention it if you get an interview.

Scan the chart at least once a week to make sure you aren?t missing any coming deadlines.

The CV as introduction to you. Faculty members are busy, and even something as important as a new hire will not get everyone?s deep, undivided, thoughtful inspection. That?s why some materials are more important than others in capturing the committee?s attention, with the CV and the cover letter (more on that later) perhaps tied for No. 1.

The CV is the most accessible document you will send in: A committee can glance over it a lot more easily than a teaching-philosophy statement or a sample of one of your publications.

The first page of the CV may even be the make-or-break initial filter of whether you fit the position profile. Just looking at your dissertation title may excite one committee and persuade another to stop reading. If you are applying for a job in a particular subfield, and your dissertation and advisers are obviously in another, the searchers may simply view that as a look-no-further indicator of ?not right for the position.?

So what can you do? Certain information is required on every CV, but you can reorganize it for different positions to emphasize areas in which you fit well with the job description at hand. If you are applying for a job at a teaching-oriented college, for example, your classroom experience should be prominent on your vita.

Don?t be afraid to annotate as well where an item on your CV may require additional explanation. Case in point: The dissertation title may not mention a subfield sought by the hiring department, but what if half the chapters of your thesis do? An italicized note elucidating that connection would help. Likewise, if a journal you?ve written for is obscure but has a high impact factor, let the reader know.

Another CV challenge involves which information to leave off. Perhaps you?re applying for a specialized position. Should you delete a few of your publications in unrelated areas to avoid confusion? Maybe, since you are trying to tell the committee that you are focused on what it says it wants. In addition, a CV can look ?stretched? if you include items that seem minor or unrelated?hobbies, marital status, talks at book clubs, and such.

Perhaps the most controversial item to remove from a CV is the dissertation?s year of issue, in the case of an older candidate whose Ph.D has, to use the horrific terminology, ?passed its freshness date.? Yes, age discrimination is illegal even when masked by a request for a ?recent degree,? and dismissing great candidates because they have been adjuncting for three years in a very tough job market is hardly ethical.

Yet it happens a lot, or it would not be talked about so much. Here you have to make your own call. However, the date of dissertation is so common an item on a CV that leaving it off seems to be a clear signal to the committee that you, or your degree, are not fresh off the vine.

Letter of application. The second document that a committee is likely to read completely, or at least peruse, is the cover letter. Here, compared with your CV, you are allowed immensely more freedom of content, style, and tone?but all the choices may daunt you.

Best to begin by determining what you are not going to write. An application letter is not an autobiography, an encyclopedia of your accomplishments, or a cry for help. Think of it instead as a short (no more than two single-spaced pages), reasoned introduction to the main points of why the search committee, and, subsequently, the faculty and relevant administrators, should consider you for at least the next step of an interview.

Begin by taking hints from the people who will decide your fate. Carefully read the job ad to uncover four or five required and preferred characteristics for the position. For example, the department will probably mention a particular subfield. An ad might also include notations like, ?We are looking for someone to teach classes in ?social media and health? and ?introduction to strategic communication campaigns,?? or to take particular methodological approaches. Highlight those keywords?and enter them on the job chart you?ve created. Make sure your cover letter exactly answers how you fit each characteristic.

Cover letters do not have a standard format, and they would be painful to read if they did. But incorporating your skills, talents, and achievements as well as philosophy and outlook into the categories that a search committee has provided is the best way to organize a letter. That doesn?t mean that you can?t add further talking points, such as some relevant technical, intellectual, or experiential skill. A personal touch?mentioning how much (and why) you like the prospect of teaching at this kind of institution or living in the area?can?t hurt so long as it is sincere and specific, not forced and generic.

Be positive in the style and tone of your letter. Never complain about your current situation. You are auditioning to be not just a researcher or teacher but also a colleague, so sound like you will be a good one. Don?t simply list your solo achievements; offer some examples of your cooperation with or service to others.

A cover letter is rarely a good place to deal with problems. Perhaps you received below-average ratings from students for a class you taught by yourself. Consider asking your references to offer context. Your adviser, for example, might explain that the below-par evaluations were the result of your teaching a tough, ?eat-your-peas? skills class that was undergoing a content revision. She might then add how you worked hard to learn from the experience and have greatly improved as a teacher.

Similarly, be careful about overcongratulating yourself. If you are applying for a research-heavy position and you have already published quite a bit, don?t actually say things like, ?I am the most published graduate student I know!? Rather feature your publications list up high in your CV, mention them in your letter, but leave the effusive praise to your references. Instead of sounding like a prima donna, you will seem a star in the making.

References. I have written several columns already about choosing good references for an application. You want to make sure they are not, by error or intention, actually ?unrecommending? you for the job, nor should they be so over-the-top that they are not taken seriously.

Here I want to restrict myself to the actual selection of your references. First, you don?t want a reference list that looks like you?re trying to avoid something or somebody. Listing three assistant professors, for example, is problematic because (a) they are much less likely to have longstanding personal connections in your field; (b) they are unlikely to be ?names? that might lend you some of their prestige; and (c) their uniform selection may prompt the search committee to ask, ?Didn?t this candidate impress anyone on the senior faculty??

So balance the roster. Your adviser is almost a requirement. But other supporters can include those who are familiar with different parts of your expertise. Not every reference letter can or should be identical. For a mixed position of teaching, research, and service, you might have one of the standard troika write about your excellence in research, another about your classroom skills, and a third talk up what a great colleague you?ve been.

Others to include? Your department chair may not have supervised you or sat on your committee but can testify to your professionalism and good citizenship. (Note: The head of the search committee may call your chair anyway.) Consider listing outsiders as well, such as professors you have impressed at other colleges.

Your teaching philosophy. No item in an academic-job application is as puzzled over and even derided as the teaching-philosophy statement. There is nothing wrong with the idea per se; it is important that you be able to articulate why you do what you do in the classroom.

Perhaps the problem is the word ?philosophy.? It forces people to think they must sound lofty, high-minded, and altruistic. I prefer to call the document a ?teaching statement.? In it, I would rather read an explanation of your practical approaches to teaching, an annotated description of your experience, and, perhaps most important, your attitudes toward the craft through the observations you have made and lessons you have learned.

You?ve probably taught or been a TA in at least one course that did not have great results or strong student-evaluation scores. Here is an opportunity to show how you ?course correct? versus showing how correct your courses have been. Talk about the problem student in that course, the time you realized your lecture had turned out to be incomprehensible, the discussion section from hell. Then describe how you bounced back, learned from the experience, and did it better thereafter.?Good teachers, as other good teachers realize, are constantly adapting. No one gets it right every time and certainly not the first time.

Review, proof, and check off. You may never hear if your application packet suffered from a small or epic fail of logistics. A kindhearted search chair may call you to say that Page 2 of your CV is missing, or she may toss your application aside and proceed to the next one. Almost nobody will call you to tell you that you forgot to proofread your teaching statement.

So look things over several times. Have a trusted and literate friend do the same?perhaps you can trade off the duties. That advice may seem self-evident but we all make mistakes in the rush of any major project. Also, check off on your job chart any application that is ready to go.

Getting all of the required materials done correctly and promptly will not necessarily get you the position, but the effort will allow you to leap the first hurdle toward being considered for it.

That said, this is 2012. We are in the third decade of the public Internet. Along with the official application materials comes the much hazier world of what search committees learn about you from the Web. How not to be embarrassed by?and instead prosper from?the unofficial materials of the job search will be the focus of my next column.

David D. Perlmutter is director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa and a professor, Starch Faculty Fellow, and International Programs Faculty Fellow. He writes the ?Career Confidential? advice column for The Chronicle. His book, Promotion and Tenure Confidential, was published by Harvard University Press in 2010.

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Apple?s Fiscal Q4 2012 Results: $36 Billion In Revenue, Net Profit Of $8.2 Billion, Earnings Of $8.67 Per Share

Apple has just released its fiscal Q4 2012 earnings, and the consumer computing giant reported generating $36 billion in revenue (compared to $35 billion in Q3, and $28.27 billion in the year-ago quarter). The company also recorded profits of $8.2 billion (compared to $8.8 billion in Q3, and $6.62 billion in Q4 2011), which works out to diluted earnings of $8.67 per share.

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Viral Marketing 101 ? Not Using It Could Kill Your Business!

Creativity.

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While there are so many methods and schemes used by so many e-commerce sites today, there are still some of those that can help you with an extra boost in the popularity ratings. One of these is the so called Viral Marketing.

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The biggest well known secret in generating wealth in the internet based business or e-commerce is Traffic. Everybody knows it; every site wants it and every site needs it. The point of websites is to be visited and viewed. Many elaborate designs, money and countless hours of developing a site to make them beautiful and attractive are utilized. Without traffic, it is for naught.

With traffic comes a potential customer which basically means sales which in turn means profit. While many sites have collapsed in the past with the downturn of many internet based business, many smaller sites have generated good money by concentrating on a certain niche and some subniches.

This is a reason why e-commerce site laser target certain groups of people and drive them to their site to showcase their sites and products. Precision marketing is essential so that you could count on all the traffic on your site as potential customers.

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There is one hard and fast rule in generating income for your website: A steady flow of website traffic. If no one goes to your site, it hardly bares a chance of generating an income. Many sites have tried and failed in doing so, and these results to the sites demise. It takes money to maintain an income generating site; it also takes money to make money.

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Internet. Business. Profit. To fully integrate all of these words into a successful merging you will need another word. Traffic. Every article you will find about making your site or company successful would always include the importance of generating traffic.

So, we all know that in the core of it all, traffic is the most essential thing to a successful internet based business company. Aside from ensuring that you have a great product to sell, and you have your company?s internal organization well taken core of, it would be time to get to the nitty gritty of things, generating traffic.

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More and more webmasters have the recurring dilemma on how to increase the flow of traffic in the websites. During the past few years many methods that been developed to solve this predicament. While most of them would work there are those that would not make even a small impact.

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Establishing your own E-commerce site is not like what it used to be. There are thousands of competition that is all too willing to get a bigger share of the pie. Every scheme and method you can find to augment your sales would be very beneficial.

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Putting up a company would of course require a lot of things, to get straight to the point, you need a capital. To make money requires money as well. But of course, with the versatility the internet offers, there are many ways you could find that could help optimize the potential of your site or business in generating traffic.

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There are so many success stories you will hear about businesses making it good in the internet. The troubling thing is, there are maybe a tenfold or even a hundredfold of stories contradictory to theirs. Many have unsuccessfully launched a business enterprise that is internet based but only a handful shall succeed.

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Like Neo, traffic is ?The One?. Without traffic, all your effort would just go to waste. Every business needs customers, without them you wouldn?t have anyone to sell your products to. In the internet world traffic is the walk in customer. The more traffic you have the more people would be able to sell your products to.

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Overture or now known as Yahoo because of Yahoo?s takeover, was the original inventor of the use of the P4P or Pay for Performance. Overture saw that the internet was fast becoming the easiest and most convenient way to shop, and advertising was going to hit at an all time high because of the many businesses in the arena.

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Writing essays is not exactly as easy as when you learn how to write it perfectly. In practice, there are lots of obstacles and problems to be solved in the middle of writing it. The writers? block is the most terrible obstacle students have to face during their essay writing times. This writers? block can be dealt with the help of some samples as references and guidance in continue writing. However, it is impossible to write any essays when you do not provide yourself with any samples of essays. Essays samples can be accessed through customerwriting online services. It depends on the online writing service providers whether the access to the essay samples is premium or free.

Makers and sellers of consumer-electronics devices have begun releasing their earnings reports for the most recent quarter. Here?s a glance at selected firms that report unit sales on phones, pill computers and alternative devices. Some firms as well as Samsung Electronics Co. don?t unharness knowledge on unit sales.

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As a small business owner you can often feel alone, even when surrounded by many people.

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What is a small business network? In this instance it is a network of either similar or dissimilar small businesses that work together to help each other solve their business issues and also to help each other manage and grow their businesses.

Let?s examine an example of a small business network for similar businesses.

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The value of a business idea is closely related to the person that intends on exploiting the business potential of the concept. A great idea in the hands of a buffoon is worthless whilst a semi-good idea in the hands of a shrewd operator can be the start of a great enterprise.

When a newbie entrepreneur asks me what their new idea is worth I usually reply ?nothing!? Most ?new? business ideas can not be patented because chances are that somebody somewhere in the world is already doing something similar.

I was talking to a couple of sisters that have just recently qualified from university. The younger one asked me for advice on how to exploit their latest business idea. When the older sister found out that her younger sibling had revealed their ?multi million dollar idea? to me she was very angry with her sister. I had to explain to her that her business idea was nothing special and that people are debating new ideas all the time on online business forums.

Veterans own over 5% of all small businesses in the United States. This growing number of small businesses, upwards of 4 million, is due to the success rate of veteran business startups being higher than the average due to the experience veterans have gained serving in the armed services. While there are a number of services to help veterans with business education, loans, and many organizations to help place veterans in jobs, until 1999 there were no services specifically focused on helping veterans start their own small businesses or franchise businesses.

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Surprisingly, starting an online business is similar to initiating an offline business. The same principles like fair pricing, building customer confidence, truthful advertising, providing quality products and services still apply. Updating your website regularly with products and services that your customers require will help develop a long term relation with your customers.

Internet business calls for one to be smart and hard working hence don?t be misguided to believe you can acquire instant riches overnight. Online business takes creativity, money, research, planning and determination to succeed. With a good business idea, it is advisable that your start up cost is minimal.

The skill in website designing is important but having an eye catching website that offers great products and services is simply not enough. One needs to have a marketing strategy not to mention accounting knowledge and business management skills.

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The Internet business, retail or otherwise, is much like any other brick and mortar business. It requires a saleable product and service, relevant communication to attract customers, and the backend logistics to deliver the goods. Some people still consider the World Wide Web as an easy maze that will lead them to a `pot of gold?. Let?s discuss some key considerations for building a successful retail Internet business.

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Research

It is important to know if you have any customers, where they are and how best to convince them to buy from you. Without asking and answering these basic few questions in the beginning, you are taking what is best described as a `shot in the dark? approach. You may get a hit, but what are the chances? Just because you are selling online, you are not immune to the problems of any other regular retail business enterprise.

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and NO?s you need to know:

It?s easy-peasy to set up an online business

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Are your business accounts all over the place?

Many people who start small businesses are obviously entrepreneurial but not all of them have sound accounting skills. Small business bookkeeping can be a difficult thing to keep on top of, particularly when your time and energy is taken up with the day to day efforts of trying to make your business as profitable as can be. Small business bookkeeping can actually bring businesses down if it is not taken care of properly so it is really worth employing somebody to do your small business bookkeeping for you if you are worried that you cannot do it successfully yourself.

What services can I expect for my small business bookkeeping?

Working with a bank to obtain a small business loan can be an easy or difficult process, depending on how prepared you are to meet with the lender and discuss your business? situation and needs.

One of the leading causes of business failure is insufficient start-up capital. Ironically, though, lenders rarely approve loan requests for the businesses that have the highest need for a small business loan. Instead, lenders tend to prefer to offer small business loans to those businesses that have been in operation for two or more years.

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Wouldn?t you like to have a surefire way to attract good business ideas whenever you need them? Perhaps after reading this article you can! But like the old saying, not everything that glitters is gold. Not all business ideas, no matter how good they may look or sound at the time, will turn out to be ?good? ideas as at first thought.

While there is no magic formula as such, are there steps you can follow to help you find your best and ideal moneymaking business idea? I think there are:

Unfilled Gaps

A good business idea can come from what you are currently doing. Perhaps an idea could come from a job or business you are already engaged in now or from somebody else?s job or business.
Have you found a gap in the feature or benefit of a product or service?
Could it come from a passion of yours or an interest or from something you saw? In all, is there something you?ve identified such an unfilled, or poorly filled, gap in the market? This is a preview of Develop These Sure Fire Ways To Attract Good Business Ideas You Can Start Today. Read the full post (926 words, estimated 3:42 mins reading time)

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Online businesses often look at ways on how to decrease their budgets and be careful with what they spend money on. Since search engine optimization is one of the most important areas to help improve the traffic for many online companies, it?s important to do some of the basic task yourself.

The more SEO an online business understands how SEO works, the faster and better SEO tasks can be performed on the business websites.

Here are top five seo tips for search engine optimization:

1) Submit your site to Google Places, Yahoo Local and Bing Local

Instead of hiring a local search guru, it?s possible to submit your own site to the leading local search directories; Google places, Yahoo local and Bing Local. It?s not hard at all. Simply sign up for the services and choose 5 relevant categories related to your business. Try to upload a few photos and videos if possible. After you become listed, ask happy clients to do reviews. Positive reviews will increase visibility in local search.

Funding is the first requirement for all businesses. Without enough fund, you can?t expect a business to survive. After making your business project, you need money to execute your marketing plans and promote your brand. It is not necessary that as soon as you start putting money in your business, you start generating revenue. A business takes time to establish and make loyal customers. Customers don?t come to you until you create a good reputation in market.

It means that until you develop a sound base of loyal customers, you can?t expect any money to take out from your business, whereas you need to put in more and more money in your marketing and promotional activities. You need different types of capitals to run your business smoothly. Business capital is different from marketing capital. You have to divide your capital perfectly so as to maintain a perfect balance in all business activities.

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It is rightly said by Somerset Maugham that,

?Money is like a sixth sense, without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five?

Money is important for every business it could be small or a big one. A person can invest his own money or can borrow it from the market. If you don?t have sufficient funds or you don?t want to invest all your money into your business you can borrow it from potential lenders such as banks; financial institutions or you can also get an Online Business Loan.

Online loan is designed for people who wish to expand or start a new business. Online business loan has widened the scope of opportunities of getting a loan. You can now get a business loan online by just sitting in front of your PC. You can use a business loan to buy a business, for buying machinery, for debt consolidation or to pay for advertising and marketing expenses. You will find online business loan fast, professional and effective for making your application

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Small business owners spend years growing their dreams into income streams that support them and their families. They sink every dime they have into developing websites, offering new products, and getting in front of potential customers. Over time, these businesses grow into entities of pride and value. It is impossible not to feel proud of an endeavor that started as an idea and evolved into a way to earn a substantial or comfortable living.

In the process of becoming a consistent and viable way to earn a living, small businesses become inherently valuable. Owning a business is like owning stock, only you own all of it. The problem, though, is finding a way to recapture some of the value you have created. Imagine owning a $ 1 million dollar business, but not being able to access any of that $ 1 million. It is a challenging situation, and it is not unique. Small business owners tend to have nearly all of their wealth in their businesses, which means that they cannot diversify their investments and protect themselves from normal business risk.

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Recently I got involved with an online company by the name of ASJ Business which is based out of India and I was very much impressed by the customized product packages and the incentive plan offered by them. The online business is one of the most important services for advertising. It not only complements your other forms of advertising, but also reaches a unique, distinctive class of audience.

The good thing about their product Package was that besides products they included life insurance policy, zero balance bank account and online e-learning package for free and I believe the extra complimentary items offered by them certainly makes the package a sale able product and members associated will be able to easily able to meet their targets and earn handsome amount of money. Also besides the above package members are being offered handsome commission for introducing other members in the network and would also be liable to receive further commission on the sale made by them too. Online business ideas like these can certainly make it easier for people to earn good amount of income and hence lead a respectable life.

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Learning how to raise capital for your business idea is often difficult for many otherwise very capable would be entrepreneurs. Raising finance, be it from a bank, a venture capital firm or a business angel, has a lot to do with being able to sell your business idea, and less about how good that idea actually is. The best business idea can get nowhere if you cannot convince your prospective investors of its potential as an investment and your ability as a business owner of making it a success. You should keep the following key points in mind when trying to raise capital for your new business idea.

Prepare a business plan

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Article by Sharon Prosperity

I discover myself coming up with new ideas all of the time. Most of my business solutions revolve around my center mission, but not long ago I followed someone who I trusted into one of those business ideas that seemed ?in line? with my mission initially, but as time passed, it just didn?t feel appropriate. I wasn?t enjoying what I was doing and lost heart in it entirely. This is a partnership that just didn?t function for me. Has something like this happened to you before?

How invested are you in your business solutions?

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Businesses have spread far and wide as compared to the traditional type of setting up a stall or building and selling goods and services. Now one can do that all in the virtual world which we call the internet. The internet knows no limitations, all one needs is a working computer and an internet service provider to be able to acquire access to the internet and make use of all the services it has to offer. It is because of this that people have found several ways in which to make a living out of living off the internet.

Online businesses are one of the easiest and less costly things to engage in as there is not much at stake. There is no real need for a concrete company or establishment in which to perform day to day operations as everything required by the user may be done and obtained visually. Other online businesses involve those that provide online service media to the public such as live streaming, pod casts, interactive games or presentations and several other means.

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A small business needs a loan at one point or another. Whether it is to start the business, expand or even save a struggling one, there is value in putting other?s money to work for you. While there are costs associated in obtaining a loan and interest in using it, the returns for a successful venture is well worth the risk.

Business lenders choose and approve loans for small businesses that have a high probability of success, favoring individuals with good credit ratings. As a result, it can be difficult for some people to get small business loans. A business? current financial standing and background influence on the likelihood of getting a loan approved. Even with a good credit history, there is still a chance you?ll be declined. Some businesses go through several business lenders at a time on a trial and error basis until they get approved. That can be an arduous process! However there is a way to make it easier. With the help of the right people, business finance needs can be met quickly.

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I don?t know how many of you really understand the potential of starting an online business since it can open up doors to immense business opportunities where you can make lots and lots of money for leading a comfortable and respectable life. Money is really important and nothing would be better than earning the same from your own business. There are a number of companies out there which give you an opportunity to get associated with them and offer a chance to become an entrepreneur and earn income -as per their efforts. It could be a good option to scourge for the right company which could take you to the path of success. Finding the path to success is quite difficult and in case you come across a company which offers you a brilliant idea to start a new business it would be a good option to pounce upon it and start earning a decent amount of income.

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Sometimes to take on more business and attain greater success, a company needs significant financial investment to acquire new capital, staff or inventory. Small business faces many problems due to its size. There are many cases of bankruptcy and undercapitalization which is the result of poor planning and which leads to close down of small businesses

Entrepreneurs only have dreams and ideas until they have some capital to put their ideas in motion. Whether it?s a product or service, you will need a way to create and deliver it ? as well as enough money and time to lay the groundwork of selling and establishing important relationships. In order to keep the business run smoothly specially during the initial years the entrepreneur should have access to funds at least equal to the projected revenue for the first year of business in addition to the anticipated expenses.

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I wish I had discovered the magic of online business earlier in my life. The benefits of having one are enormous, and there?s no major risk for starting one of your own as of today. So allow me my fellow reader to give you some of the great reasons for starting your own online business right now. Here we go?

1. The Market Potential

Let me spare you the huge numbers and statistics of the enormous Internet growth. It has made a huge impact in our lives, the way we communicate, and of course, the way we shop. Utilizing the Internet, your market is not narrowed to where you geographically live. Your products can be sold to anyone with an Internet connection world wide, without limits.

2. Don?t Have Your Own Products?! So What?

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More people dream about starting a small business than they do about going to college or seeking promotion.

However, owning a small business is more than just a full time job, it can become your lifestyle.

The lifestyle you create depends on the small business that you create. It is important to find the best small business to start.

There are two types of businesses namely the one where you have to work incredibly hard or the other where you work smart and not hard.

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In a few words, we can summarize all about becoming profitable with your business ideas within four very easy stages. Understanding. Preparation. Do it Now. Sell it. There are no simple way to making money with your ideas for a business. Let?s put it this way. If you?re seeking a bypass that you can use to materializing any top business idea online, you may desire to ignore this article. But in order to commence making money from your online business, there are A lot of things to be done. The best thing Is for you to hold on to your day job (if you still have one) and take all four stage we Advise here and THEN you quit your day job.

Understanding

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Article by JP Batra

Ontological engineering is generally based on a computer software that gather the data from various sources and compile methodologies and studies to form the ontologies. Such ontology represents the various information that you have compiled and the computer operated integrated decision support system gives the desired outcomes that would be expected. Such ontological engineering offers a large scale representation of abstract concepts, action, time and physical objects that would be concerned with a particular activity.

Ontological engineering makes the knowledge contained with the computer software applications, within enterprise and procedures explicit for a particular domain. This allows the resolving of inter operability issues and problems. Ontology engineering provide the formality between the various terms and terminologies and offer the an easy to understand conclusion that you can use in the formulation of your futuristic decisions. Ontological engineering is offering the business professionals an easy way to manage their corporate dealing and is making them know the various concepts that they can employ to survive the increasing competition.

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In business parlance the business which is most difficult to run is a small business. There are many constraints which have to be overcomed for a businessman to feel settled with the business and its operations.

Running a small business is a challenge that very few people were able to cope up with and get the best out of in the years gone by. The primary reason for that was lack of help from the government and also lack of funds which is a basic requirement and cannot be done without. That could be primarily attributed to perception of many people towards the small business and their skeptical attitude towards the whole idea. However these days the perception has changed drastically and many people who matter see things differently. As a result of that see that there are many changes that have taken place. Changes like:

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Article by Corrisa Malone

Why are so many folks right now looking for home business ideas? It could be that many good hard-working people like yourself have turned to the Internet to find legitimate ways to either supplement their existing income or find ways to make a full-time income from home. Is this what you?re interested in doing?

With a bad economy and people losing their jobs and careers, it?s no secret that you?re probably looking for a low-cost home business to provide a solution to your money problems. And if you have a family and a job, then in all likelihood you?ll need a home business that you can do part-time.

When looking at home business ideas, taking the careful approach to a home business is a smart idea. A lot of people make the mistake of jumping into a home business (that they have not researched good enough) and then quickly quitting their job thereafter in hopes that the business will make them rich overnight.

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Those that can, do. Those that can?t, teach.

Words to think about, as you pursue your desire for a money-making business on the internet. The gurus of today are the teachers of tomorrow. They go from not knowing anything, to internet business idea consultants overnight, and charge you big bucks for their knowledge.

The one flaw in their plan, concerns the ever changing fads of the internet. Most of what they teach, is what they did to get started. However, what they did to succeed has passed by, and heaven forbid they should tell you what they are doing right now to make money.

Yes, in essence they tell the truth. Just not the truth which will help you at all with your business.

To be fair, there is a handful of gurus that you can trust to actually be genuine internet business idea consultants. They really do care about the quality of the methodologies that they teach.

Rarely is there the individual who does not encounter an ethical or moral dilemma at some point in his or her business life. Whether that individual is the owner of a multinational corporation, a small business entrepreneur, or a new or established employee, everyone is likely to have to face such an instance eventually. Much like a personal ethical dilemma, an individual is faced with making a decision based on how it will affect not only himself, but on how it will effect the organization as a whole. One of the major problems when dealing with an ethical dilemma in business is that individuals are often swayed by business profits and the legality of a decision.

The Institute of Business Ethics, whose slogan is ?doing business ethically makes for better business?, describes the term business ethics as such.

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You don?t have to be a genius to come up with a business idea. It?s the exact opposite! It?s really simple to come up with business ideas all the time, however, the challenge lies in coming up with a business idea that works for you and suits your personality and needs.

This is where most people get stuck, many people want to start their own and think about it all the time, the big question is, what business should I start? And it is not a small question, often, the kind of business you are in will dictate whether you will be successful or not.

So, if you have some sort of framework or directions to get your mind focused on business ideas that will suit you and work with your own situation, then you?ve taken a big step toward becoming successful in business.

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There are more than 5 billion web pages with millions of businesses trying to do business online. But only a few have succeeded while the rest are mere billboards on the internet superhighway.

These few have succeeded in overcoming the value hurdles by constant innovation.

Constant and never ending innovation is the key to creating value in business more so when your business is totally web based and online. Why is it more important in online business than traditional brick and mortar businesses?

Let us look at a few key components of value creation in traditional vs. online business

Human Presence in Enhancing Value

Traditional business has one major advantage. It is the ability to communicate one to one and personally with the customer. While communicating directly with the customer by a sales person, the owner or the resource person, the personality of the person is added to the overall value of the goods or services.

Article by Charly Hinels

Keep studying my TFT or That Free Thing review if you?re curious what the corporate and opportunity is all about.

You?re in luck as a result of this multi level marketing firm review will give you the information you?re trying for. Before that nonetheless, I need to make it clear that I am not a TFT member and am under no circumstances affiliated with them. I wrote this review as a result of like you, I?ve seen the corporate around. Who doesn?t like receiving free stuff? Most, if not all of us do. However could that be its downfall?

That Free Thing Review: What is TFT? Do You Actually Get Free Stuff?

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Every business doesn?t grow with the money, it grows with the idea as one of the dialogues of the movie ?Badmash Company? says. The same way every business need to tackled in best possible ways to justifies its growth aspects.

There are many ,b>business ideas you can go for and counted as best online business. Before initiating any business ideas you need to be prepared for the same so that business can survive in the most adverse conditions.

Best online business includes casino, dropshipping, dvd rental, ebook,ebay, ecommerce, business loan, beauty products, bill consolidation loan, educational software, fantasy sports, fast cash loan, finance and investment leads, fitness, floirst / flowers, home safety tip, home security, home theater, homeschool, horse racing, hosting reseller and hotel.

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The small business opportunities ideas usually fit those people who are interested in getting some extra income, without necessary trying to make a full time living on them. This is mostly because these ideas usually address to those people who do not have a lot of money to invest in large businesses that could bring them high profit margins. Whatever reason you might have to look into the small business job ideas, you should know that some of them are truly valuable sources of income that provide great and very lucrative opportunities, while allowing you to stay at home.

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The Ultimate Manual To Developing Your Online Business

When it comes to creating an online business, being in a position to produce targeted, high quality targeted traffic is vital to your success. Even should you aren?t currently promoting a product or service of your own, but are instead involved in affiliate marketing or CPA offers, you still must be in a position to produce visitors so that you can create profitable campaigns.

SEO doesn?tt need to be a time consuming or hard process, in fact, you may rapidly optimize your entire site in less than 30 minutes, lets begin now, here are a couple of on page activities to be completed.

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Article by Rena B. Courtney

Today event planners play a serious role in most component of life. This is because individuals are incompetent at organizing their own event plus they rely on them. The earth has advanced a great deal it?s necessary for the businesses to organizing various events to be able to conserve a good image of their firms in order to boost the sales with their products through marketing. On the flip side, people desire to organize a lot of types of event of their personal lives and without event planners they can do it.

As a result it has changed into a very flourishing business where people earn quite a lot of money. If you?re considering event planning then it?s the perfect time to begin with your very own business. Irrespective of how deteriorated the economical conditions on the planet are becoming, different firms are still organizing various conferences simply because should keep marketing their products, satisfy clients and staff by offering banquets and conventions. They don?t have enough time to result in the arrangements themselves therefore they really want event planners to begin this job. Hence, you can generate good deal of profits.

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Being a small business owner is not easy. Apart from the problems that the small business owners have to face in operating business, the severest of problems is in raising capital. It is not easy to raise capital for business use; particularly in an environment in which small business owners are accorded a status similar to borrowers with bad credit. Self employment is considered a bad credit case because of the unstable income generation through small business. It is said how a small business owner will pay fixed installments on a loan if he has not made much income (profits) in a particular month. Banks and financial institutions are thus not receptive to the demands of the small business owners.

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Article by Bradley Whisner

Need some fresh business ideas for 2012?The following are 2 strategies that happen to be currently trending in numerous business spheres. These business models pop up on tv plus the newspapers quite frequently. These two models are World-wide-web Marketing and advertising and also Network Marketing and advertising. These have already been close to for fairly a while, but each is commencing to trend inside a big way.

World-wide-web Advertising and marketing:

You may have a lot of distinct types of World-wide-web Marketing and advertising to select from. Facts Advertising, Affiliate Advertising and marketing and Search engine optimisation are all buzz words you might hear. Should you aren?t up to speed on anything then don?t be concerned. The point is merely that there are many people around making cash on the net via World wide web Marketing and advertising.

Pros:

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Smart business people are leveraging the power of Internet marketing strategies to attract more qualified customers to their small business. Small Businesses that you would not expect to find on the Internet are now using online marketing to draw in customers like a magnet. Traditional small business marketing methods are expensive and the results are not measurable.?Positioning yourself as the expert in your field and providing valuable information to your potential customers will magically attract qualified prospects to you.?This article will provide valuable small business marketing ideas to help you develop marketing strategies for your small business.

My time is limited, and I have found that using the search engines is a great way to find products and services that meet my needs.?The information available on the Internet lets me compare products and services and get reviews from other customers who have purchased the products I am looking for.?

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Online business networking can actually be crucial to the success of your business. One major advantage of online business networking is the ability to spread positive feed back about your business by means of people knowledgeable about the services you offer.For most small business owners, proper networking Avenues are necessary for their continued existence and success.

Business networking serves many purposes like sales, general marketing, knowledge exchange, and business development.Online networking sites offer unprecedented ways for entrepreneurs to identify and connect with potential partners.Many business people contend business networking is a more cost-effective method of generating new business than advertising or public relations efforts. This is because business networking is a low-cost activity that involves more personal commitment than company money.

Business networking websites have grown over recent years due to the internets ability to connect people from all over the world.

In my last article I talked about how an idea is not going to make a business. I said what?s important is who is behind it, but you still need a business idea to start a business and the better product or idea you have the easier the process will be. Here are 3 steps you can take to easily come up with 100 business ideas in less than a year.

Step One:

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Everyone has to decide for themselves what level of sacrifice and risk they?re willing to undertake in order to enjoy the satisfactions of working independently. Knowing some strategies for managing the risk of starting a business will allow you to make a well-informed decision.

Finding funding can be a lengthy process. Often some financial aid is needed, particularly for small companies in order to balance the outgoings while the business gets under way. For most people, anything involving money involves some level of fear. It?s important to acknowledge to yourself and to others that you are taking a risk, and you?ve decided it?s a risk you want to take. So consider the fear of starting a business natural, and find ways to manage it.

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Are you looking to make money from the Internet by starting an online business? I guess you are if you are reading this article, which was a stupid question on my part! Starting an online business is not as easy as you may have been led to believe. There are so many things that go into building an online business, including time, money and a lot of learning. Before you go jumping into spending your hard earned money and wasting a lot of your time, I would suggest you first start a free online business.

Why do I say to start a free online business? It will involve a much shorter learning curve, there is no cost involved, except your time, and what you learn will be invaluable to you when you start developing a long term presence online.

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The first step of creating a business is setting up a presence on whatever topic you enjoy writing about. There are many resources out there which will let you have a free blog or website. Some of the most common resources include blogger.com, wordpress.com, webs.com, and 000webhost.com. All of these are free and will give you a domain name, storage, and bandwidth. I personally recommend setting up a blog because it makes updating your presence with fresh unique related content extremely easy. Google and the other major search engines favor the websites that have content updated regularly so if you would like to begin an online business with the intent of being able to earn money online having a presence that you can update is important.

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Setting up a presence is actually quite a bit easier than you think. All you need is an idea such as teaching online business or instructing webmasters how to build Free Website Traffic.

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Study confirms benefits of transcatheter aortic valve replacement over 3 years

Public release date: 24-Oct-2012
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Cardiovascular Research Foundation

Results of PARTNER Cohort B trial presented at TCT 2012

MIAMI, FL OCTOBER 24, 2012 A study found that transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) yielded lower mortality rates after three years compared with medical therapy in patients deemed to be ineligible for conventional aortic valve surgery. Results of the PARTNER Cohort B trial were presented today at the 24th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium. Sponsored by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF), TCT is the world's premier educational meeting specializing in interventional cardiovascular medicine.

TAVR is the recommended treatment for patients with severe aortic stenosis who are not suitable candidates for surgery. Outcomes beyond two years in such patients have not yet been extensively studied.

Inoperable patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis (AS) were randomly assigned to transfemoral TAVR or to standard therapy (which often included balloon aortic valvuloplasty) in the PARTNER trial. Data on three-year outcomes were analyzed according to intention to treat (ITT).

A total of 358 patients underwent randomization at 21 centers. The Kaplan Meier estimated rates of death at three years were 54.1 percent in the TAVR group and 80.9 percent in the standard-therapy group (P

"After three years of follow-up, the benefits of TAVR were sustained as measured by all cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, repeat hospitalization, and functional status," said one of the investigators, E. Murat Tuzcu, MD. Dr. Tuzcu is Professor of Medicine and Vice-Chairman of the Department of Cardiology in the Sydell and Arnold Heart & Vascular Institute at the Cleveland Clinic.

"Three-year data continue to support the role of TAVR as the standard-of-care for symptomatic patients with aortic stenosis who are not surgical candidates," said Dr. Tuzcu.

The results of PARTNER Cohort B Three Year will be presented on Wednesday October 24 at 12:17 PM EST in the Main Arena (Hall D) of the Miami Beach Convention Center.

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The trial was funded by Edwards Lifesciences. Dr. Tuzcu reported no financial conflicts of interest.

About CRF

The Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) is an independent, academically focused nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the survival and quality of life for people with cardiovascular disease through research and education. Since its inception in 1991, CRF has played a major role in realizing dramatic improvements in the lives of countless numbers of patients by establishing the safe use of new technologies and therapies in interventional cardiovascular medicine.

Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) is the annual scientific symposium of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation. TCT gathers leading medical researchers and clinicians from around the world to present and discuss the latest developments in the field.

For more information, visit www.crf.org.

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Cardiovascular Research Foundation

Results of PARTNER Cohort B trial presented at TCT 2012

MIAMI, FL OCTOBER 24, 2012 A study found that transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) yielded lower mortality rates after three years compared with medical therapy in patients deemed to be ineligible for conventional aortic valve surgery. Results of the PARTNER Cohort B trial were presented today at the 24th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium. Sponsored by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF), TCT is the world's premier educational meeting specializing in interventional cardiovascular medicine.

TAVR is the recommended treatment for patients with severe aortic stenosis who are not suitable candidates for surgery. Outcomes beyond two years in such patients have not yet been extensively studied.

Inoperable patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis (AS) were randomly assigned to transfemoral TAVR or to standard therapy (which often included balloon aortic valvuloplasty) in the PARTNER trial. Data on three-year outcomes were analyzed according to intention to treat (ITT).

A total of 358 patients underwent randomization at 21 centers. The Kaplan Meier estimated rates of death at three years were 54.1 percent in the TAVR group and 80.9 percent in the standard-therapy group (P

"After three years of follow-up, the benefits of TAVR were sustained as measured by all cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, repeat hospitalization, and functional status," said one of the investigators, E. Murat Tuzcu, MD. Dr. Tuzcu is Professor of Medicine and Vice-Chairman of the Department of Cardiology in the Sydell and Arnold Heart & Vascular Institute at the Cleveland Clinic.

"Three-year data continue to support the role of TAVR as the standard-of-care for symptomatic patients with aortic stenosis who are not surgical candidates," said Dr. Tuzcu.

The results of PARTNER Cohort B Three Year will be presented on Wednesday October 24 at 12:17 PM EST in the Main Arena (Hall D) of the Miami Beach Convention Center.

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The trial was funded by Edwards Lifesciences. Dr. Tuzcu reported no financial conflicts of interest.

About CRF

The Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) is an independent, academically focused nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the survival and quality of life for people with cardiovascular disease through research and education. Since its inception in 1991, CRF has played a major role in realizing dramatic improvements in the lives of countless numbers of patients by establishing the safe use of new technologies and therapies in interventional cardiovascular medicine.

Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) is the annual scientific symposium of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation. TCT gathers leading medical researchers and clinicians from around the world to present and discuss the latest developments in the field.

For more information, visit www.crf.org.

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Hypnosis helps hot flashes

Public release date: 24-Oct-2012
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The North American Menopause Society (NAMS)

CLEVELAND, Ohio (October 24, 2012)Hypnosis can help cut hot flashes by as much as 74%, shows a study supported by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. This is the first controlled, randomized study of the technique to manage hot flashes, which affect as much as 80% of women who go through menopause. The study was published online this month in Menopause, the journal of the North American Menopause Society.

Controlled, randomized studies may pit an active drug against an inactive placebo pill. But it's hard to find a placebo for mind-body techniques. The researchers at the Mind-Body Medicine Research Laboratory at Baylor University, Waco, TX; the school of Nursing at Indiana University in Indianapolis, IN; and the College of Education at the University of Texas, Austin, met that challenge by randomly assigning the postmenopausal women volunteers to hypnotherapy or "structured attention," which is used as a control intervention with minimal effect.

The women who underwent hypnosis had five weekly sessions in which they received suggestions for mental images of coolness, a safe place, or relaxation, whatever their preference. They also got an audio recording of a hypnotic induction and were asked to practice it daily. The control group had five sessions in which a clinician provided discussion of their symptoms, attentive listening, interpersonal exchange, monitoring, measurement, and encouragement and avoided negative suggestions. The controls also got a recording that they were asked to listen to daily, but this one had information about hot flashes.

All the women kept diaries that tracked hot flash frequency and severity, and they also had hot flash frequency measured objectively by a skin conductance monitor. After 12 weeks, the women who underwent hypnosis reported 75% fewer hot flashes, compared with 13% fewer among the controls, and an 80% reduction in hot flash scores (a combination of frequency and severity), compared with 15% in controls. Skin conductance showed a 57% reduction in hot flashes for the women who underwent hypnosis, compared with 10% in the controls. The hypnosis participants also reported significantly less interference with their lives from hot flashes and better sleep than controls. Moreover, their level of satisfaction with the treatment was high.

How hypnosis eases hot flashes isn't clear. The authors of the study speculated that it may be because hypnosis may improve the function of the parasympathetic nervous system. This system is popularly called the "rest and digest" system, which puts the brakes on the sympathetic or "fight or flight" nervous system that controls body functions that ramp up during hot flashes, such as sweating and heart rate.

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The study will be published in the March 2013 print edition of Menopause.

Founded in 1989, The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) is North America's leading nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the health and quality of life of all women during midlife and beyond through an understanding of menopause and healthy aging. Its multidisciplinary membership of 2,000 leaders in the fieldincluding clinical and basic science experts from medicine, nursing, sociology, psychology, nutrition, anthropology, epidemiology, pharmacy, and educationmakes NAMS uniquely qualified to serve as the definitive resource for health professionals and the public for accurate, unbiased information about menopause and healthy aging. To learn more about NAMS, visit our website: www.menopause.org

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Public release date: 24-Oct-2012
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Contact: Eileen Petridis
epetridis@fallscommunications.com
216-696-0229
The North American Menopause Society (NAMS)

CLEVELAND, Ohio (October 24, 2012)Hypnosis can help cut hot flashes by as much as 74%, shows a study supported by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. This is the first controlled, randomized study of the technique to manage hot flashes, which affect as much as 80% of women who go through menopause. The study was published online this month in Menopause, the journal of the North American Menopause Society.

Controlled, randomized studies may pit an active drug against an inactive placebo pill. But it's hard to find a placebo for mind-body techniques. The researchers at the Mind-Body Medicine Research Laboratory at Baylor University, Waco, TX; the school of Nursing at Indiana University in Indianapolis, IN; and the College of Education at the University of Texas, Austin, met that challenge by randomly assigning the postmenopausal women volunteers to hypnotherapy or "structured attention," which is used as a control intervention with minimal effect.

The women who underwent hypnosis had five weekly sessions in which they received suggestions for mental images of coolness, a safe place, or relaxation, whatever their preference. They also got an audio recording of a hypnotic induction and were asked to practice it daily. The control group had five sessions in which a clinician provided discussion of their symptoms, attentive listening, interpersonal exchange, monitoring, measurement, and encouragement and avoided negative suggestions. The controls also got a recording that they were asked to listen to daily, but this one had information about hot flashes.

All the women kept diaries that tracked hot flash frequency and severity, and they also had hot flash frequency measured objectively by a skin conductance monitor. After 12 weeks, the women who underwent hypnosis reported 75% fewer hot flashes, compared with 13% fewer among the controls, and an 80% reduction in hot flash scores (a combination of frequency and severity), compared with 15% in controls. Skin conductance showed a 57% reduction in hot flashes for the women who underwent hypnosis, compared with 10% in the controls. The hypnosis participants also reported significantly less interference with their lives from hot flashes and better sleep than controls. Moreover, their level of satisfaction with the treatment was high.

How hypnosis eases hot flashes isn't clear. The authors of the study speculated that it may be because hypnosis may improve the function of the parasympathetic nervous system. This system is popularly called the "rest and digest" system, which puts the brakes on the sympathetic or "fight or flight" nervous system that controls body functions that ramp up during hot flashes, such as sweating and heart rate.

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The study will be published in the March 2013 print edition of Menopause.

Founded in 1989, The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) is North America's leading nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the health and quality of life of all women during midlife and beyond through an understanding of menopause and healthy aging. Its multidisciplinary membership of 2,000 leaders in the fieldincluding clinical and basic science experts from medicine, nursing, sociology, psychology, nutrition, anthropology, epidemiology, pharmacy, and educationmakes NAMS uniquely qualified to serve as the definitive resource for health professionals and the public for accurate, unbiased information about menopause and healthy aging. To learn more about NAMS, visit our website: www.menopause.org

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Source: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/tnam-hhh102412.php

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