Drug and Alcohol Interactions

Alcohol is so much a part of our lives. It is everywhere. It is easily obtained and used in many ways, for pleasure, business, dining, socially in groups and meetings. People tend to use alcohol without hesitation or thought. They also forget that it is a drug. In fact, it is the only drug that you don't need a prescription for, which makes it so dangerous. When people use alcohol with other medications it could be and life threatening. Alcohol was one of the first drugs discovered by people. As far back as the earliest civilization alcohol was consumed by many. Sailors were probably some of the first guinea pigs of drug and alcohol interactions.

Captains of sailing ships often needed extra crew members at the last minute and with the knowledge that it would be difficult to roundup willing volunteers, they would go to the local taverns and make a deal with the shady bartenders to spot a likely candidate in the bar. They would be slipped some chloral hydrate, a tranquilizer that was a forerunner of barbiturates, in their drinks rum or grog as they would call it. The chloral hydrate produced a supra additive effect by delaying and modifying alcohol metabolism and adding a sedative action all its own. The drug would knock the sailor out cold and before he knew what was happening and before he would wake up he would be so far out to sea there was not much he could do. He would be trapped. Putting aside the issues of alcohol abuse, we are also concerned with the very serious potential of alcohol interaction when used with other medications that we may take as prescribed or not. People rarely tell their doctors that they occasionally have a drink from time to time.

Although they are usually asked and told by their doctor to not use prescribed medications with alcohol people often ignore the warning label on the bottle which states-"Do not use with alcohol". Surprisingly there are an amazing number of drugs that can be very hazardous combinations with alcohol. There are many different medications that can enhance the effects of alcohol. Anti anxiety agents such as Librium, Tranxene, Valium, or Xanax should never be combined with alcohol. Beer is alcohol too. Reflexes can be slowed and mental function can be impaired at very low doses. Anti- depressants and even some tension headache relievers such as Florina l or Fioricet (which contain the barbiturate butalbital) can be a serious problem. Also antihistamines are another danger. They are found in allergy, cold and flu remedy's.

Always read the labels and ask the pharmacist about the cautions of medications that are safe.

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What Is Traffic And How Do I Get Some?

In order to succeed online, you MUST have these three elements:

Something to sell A website that makes the sale People coming to that site and buying

Deciding on and setting up numbers one and two are as easy as pie. In fact, you could have these in place within the next 10 minutes.

The third element, getting real people to come to your site and buy something, has most people stumped.

In Internet terms, getting visitors to your site is called getting traffic. There is no other topic on which so much is written, and so much is wrong.

Being a fairly simple minded fellow, I like to keep things simple and easy to understand. In that light, here are some thoughts on understanding, and getting, traffic.

There are basically two types of traffic, paid and free.

This means you are going to have to pay for traffic through either your efforts (free traffic) or your pocketbook (paid traffic).

Everybody pays... some with time, others with money. I'm sure by now you know that the "three click" wonders don't work for anyone... except the people selling them!

There is paid traffic and free traffic; nothing more and nothing less.

Let's take a look at free traffic, and see how it works:

Free Traffic

'Free traffic' is the siren song of the digital age.

Is it possible to really get free traffic to your site? Sure. Can you build a business based on this traffic? Yes.

BUT you will have to work hard, and learn how to get (and use) free traffic.

The main sources of free traffic are:

SEARCH ENGINES

Often considered to be the best way to get free traffic, the goal is to get your site listed in the coveted 'top ten' search results. You can't trick the search engines, so the best way to do this is to provide lots of good content.

If your site is helpful to readers, you will do well.

If you try and outsmart the search engines to get traffic you will go broke buying the latest and greatest. These items either won't work, or won't work for very long.

Create a content rich site (with original, high quality content) and the search engines will reward you by displaying your site when people search for the type of information you provide.

FREE ADS

Free ads are a mixed blessing. While they are free, which is good, they usually don't work, which is bad.

If you can place a free ad in a place where ads are usually sold, it might be worth your time.

Word of warning: ad blasters and automated submitters do not work in testing, and should to be avoided.

ARTICLES

Without a doubt, marketing with articles is the number one free traffic method, and anyone can do it.

You start by writing a short article - around 500 words - that describes a problem people face and provides ways to solve that problem.

Once your article is written, you can submit it to article directories, ezines, etc, to get the widest possible distribution.

Write and submit an article each week and soon you will get very interested visitors who are proven to buy.

VIRAL MARKETING

This is when you create something of value that others can give away, while making sure you benefit from it being given away.

The key here is that you both win when the product is given freely.

In most cases, the person who gives the book away for you wins by providing good information that they don't have to write. You win because the product contains links back to your site.

The most common form of this is either some type of software, short e-book or report.

PUBLISH AN EZINE

Publishing an ezine is highly profitable and easy to do. All you need to do is gather, or write, articles about a specific subject and publish an ezine (like the one you are reading now) on a schedule. That might mean every week, or every month.

You can get great articles from all sorts of places, like article directories or ezine directories.

Publish an ezine, offer it to everyone in your address book and who visits your site, and watch your traffic grow.

PUBLISH A BLOG

This is super easy today. If you have a hosting account, the chances are you have blogging software on that account free. If not, you can always use Blogger.

Just as with a website, on a blog you publish great content and search engines will send traffic over time.

It's easy to interact with your readers by letting them comment on posts, and you can tailor the structure to meet your personal needs. Plus you can offer an RSS feed, rather than just emails, for those who prefer getting content automatically.

PARTICIPATE ON FORUMS

This is an excellent, and free, way to earn while you learn. Visit forums that are specific to your site and post questions or make comments.

This works well if you understand reciprocity and are wiling to give a bit before you receive. Don't use your forum post as an ad in disguise.

Once forum members get to know and trust you, they will visit the site you list in your signature area. By becoming involved in the forums specific to your topic of interest, you will get very targeted free traffic on a steady basis.

As you can see, there are many ways to get free traffic to your site. Remember that these methods will take time. But if you have more time than money right now, these techniques will work to get traffic to your site.

I hope they work for you too.

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Fast Cash Video Marketing - What You Need To Know To Make Money Out Of Video Marketing

Today, we are going to touch on the topic of video marketing. Video marketing has gained popularity over the last few years, with the rise of YouTube and other video streaming websites.

There are three main reasons why you need to do video marketing today:

1. Videos have a high click through rate

Do you know that the average video on YouTube has 150,000 visits and an average click through rate of 25 - 30%? This means that for every 100 people who watch your video, 25 - 30 of them will click your video and go to your squeeze page or website. This is much higher than the 4 - 5% for most pay per click programs.

2. Videos give you a rank advantage

You get an advantage in the search engines because videos are now ranked in the search engines too. In fact, if you are the only video in a niche with the right keywords, you can be ranked in the first page of the search engine easily.

3. Videos are considered more entertaining and better way of presenting information and selling benefits.

Consider reading about the iPhone versus watching one of Apple's launch video for the iPhone 4, which one is more interesting? If you can present information in an entertaining way, people will like you and trust you, and in the long run buy from you.

Now that you know why you should be doing video marketing, it is important to understand why it is so powerful.

1. Videos are an experience

A video is not a just a bunch of text that sells you something. It provides an experience for the viewer. Good videos brings them on a ride into another world

2. Videos rides on the emotions

How people feel about you or the product determines how many sales you make. This is because people buy out of emotions. Videos are the perfect medium that allows the strongest emotions to be elicited. People can be whatever you want them to be - depending on how you make them feel

3. Videos are personal

One of the things that people forget about YouTube is that it is all about the person. If you can (and you should) show your face here and there to share more about yourself and give your professional tip in person. People want to find out about you, before they want to know about your product. One of the best advice given to me by a sales mentor is that people buy people.

Keep these tips in mind and use it to your advantage in video marketing.

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Traffic Generation Methods You Never Knew About

I am always on the lookout for new traffic generation methods. While the old-school methods do work, it is always interesting to find the next breakthrough way of generating some solid traffic to your website. Who knows, one of these methods could be a winner for you.

Here are just five of the methods I recently uncovered:

1. Underground Forums

There are several underground forums that offer freebies or downloads of hot products currently on sale. If you want to generate traffic for list building, you can ask a friend to upload a link for a "backdoor" registration or link to a product you are selling. It is a good way to get a regular stream of people coming into your website. A word of warning though - don't get caught promoting your own product or you might get banned.

2. Email Signature

Your email signature is a secret weapon most people miss out on. If you regularly communicate with people over the web, you will at least reach out to 3 - 4 people per day. Imagine if those people saw your link and clicked on it? Instant traffic without doing much work! Put in a link to your website and a short one sentence describing the benefit of checking out your website.

if you are using a messenger service, feel free to update your status with your link and a short reason why people should check it out.

3. Pay With A Tweet

"Pay With A Tweet" is a project by "Innovative Thunder" for fun. While it is still new, it has the potential to send your link and spread the word about you to dozens of people. The idea is that you offer a product for download and all people have to do to get access to the download is to click on the "Pay with a tweet" button. Your link is now shared with the person's followers and the cycle continues! The first book the team launched had over 13,000 downloads in 72 hours just using this method.

Imagine putting up a link to an e-book and getting people to share it on twitter. You can simply leave affiliate links and a short bio of yourself in your book and share it!

4. Facebook Groups

You will be surprised how easy it is to get dozens of traffic coming into your website simply by placing your link in a post to the group or a reply to a post. I like to make sure that my link is relevant to the group and if I am commenting to a post, that the link is relevant and helpful. This is to make sure I do not get kicked out the group and that I am still providing value.

This helps spread the word because other members of the group will see the link and check it out! Instant traffic!

Try out these unusual methods of traffic generation and see how they work out for you.

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How to Increase Website Traffic With Article Marketing and Promotion

Thousands of website owners are looking for ways to increase traffic to their websites. The fact is, you will never make money online if you aren't getting a steady flow of visitors to your website. Article marketing will help drive highly targeted people to your business even while you sleep. If this is something that you would like, keep reading.

It will be impossible to succeed with marketing articles if you do not know who your target audience is. You need to research your target market. Who wants to learn about your products and services? How old are they? Believe it or not, these things are very important. But let's start with the basics. People who are looking for information online will use keywords to do it. What keywords are they using to find the information you offer? Use the Google keyword tool to find out what people are typing in the search box. Then, keep records of all the keywords your target audience uses to find you.

The next step is to write your articles. Your articles should help people solve their problems and answer their questions. A good article will walk them through each step to solving their problem. Make sure to write shorter articles because people don't like to read for very long in one sitting. I suggest that you stick with 400-500 words per article.

Are you writing enough articles? If you aren't writing at least 5 per day, you're losing. This is because it takes time for your content to get indexed in Google, Yahoo, and Bing. If you aren't writing enough, how do you expect to get traffic to your website? It won't happen. Stick to a proven plan and write often. This is how you will succeed with article marketing.

Are you getting enough back-links to your website? The fact is that back-links are what Google, Yahoo, and Bing use to determine whether or not your website is good enough to be on the first page of their search engine. If you are writing articles every day and are targeting different keywords in your anchor text, you will cause your website to climb higher in the search engines. And when this happens, things get very exciting. The key is to make sure your personal website has high quality content to begin with. Then, you will submit articles to the directories that link to your website causing it to climb to the first page of Google.

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How To Use Yahoo (Overture) To Increase Your Website Visitors

Overture was well - known for its foresight, quickly realising that people were turning to the internet to shop. It invented the Pay for Performance, or P4P as you may know it. You may also know that Overture was subsequently taken over by Yahoo.

In order to make sales, your website must be in a prominent position so that it will attract customers. More traffic equals more sales and is therefore crucial to any internet business. SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) means using different methods to get your website to rank as highly as possible. However a lot of these methods are laborious and time - consuming and it is easy to become disillusioned if your website is nowhere to be seen when you are putting hours of work. Although these methods may be low - cost or even free, your precious time can be spent more productively.

An easier and more time effective way of directing traffic to your website is to use adverts. One of the many services Yahoo provides is to put a site or business advert in their sites - when certain keywords are entered this advert will be displayed.

Google has a service known as AdWords but Yahoo offers something very similar. As you enter your keyword search, you will notice on the right side of your screen that certain adverts will automatically appear. The keyword or phrase determines which ads will be shown. These are ads which have actually been paid for.

For example if you have a site selling gardening equipment, you would choose appropriate keywords to trigger your ads. So if someone searched for a leaf blower and that is one of the keyword phrases you have chosen, your ad may be shown. This is a great way of generating traffic to your websites.

There is obviously a charge for using this service, and this can be done in different ways. You may be charged for the actual number of keywords or phrases you choose, or it may be on the number of times your ad is actually clicked on. Other services such as having your ad shown on third party sites as well as the search engine pages are also available. Such third party sites would support any ads linked to a similar theme / niche to their own. Obviously the more opportunities you can create to promote your sites, the more chance you have of increasing traffic, attracting potential customers and ultimately gaining sales - your goal. This small investment will soon bring profits to your internet business.

In today's expanding internet market, competition is fierce, so it is extremely important for you to try different things to set you apart from the crowd. Yahoo would be a perfect place for you to begin your advertising and watch your internet business expanding and becoming more successful!

I hope you have found this article useful!

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