Carnival of the Capitalists returns to Spooky Action



This week sees an eclectic approach to the traveling business show, recognized by one and all as Carnival of the Capitalists and arrives at Mike DeWitt's popular eclectic blog known as Spooky Action.

This week's edition of Carnival of the Capitalists highlights some of the best bloggers writing on the internet today, as well as some of the best and most popular entries ever to the Carnival.

Blogging topics presented include entrepreneurship, management, market trading, internet commerce, marketing, the national economy and personal finance.

As you would expect from Carnival of the Capitalists, there are many discussions of economics, marketing, business, and small business.

It's always great to read and discover the many high quality blogs out there in the blogosphere.

We don't always get to them all, and this edition of Carnival of the Capitalists has introduced many of us to some brand new ones; as well as some long time contributors.



I have an entry in this week's Carnival of the Capitalists as well.

My post is titled "Connections: Bloggers plus dots equal business" where I discuss how bloggers are connectors. Everyone who creates a blog, and shares part of the world of citizen publishing and citizen broadcasting. There is much more to the relationships than simple connections. People are more than dots on a map. They are your friends, clients, customers, business partners, and extended family.

If you wish to submit an entry to next week's, or any Carnival of the Capitalists edition, e-mail your entries to the new address:

thecotc -at- gmail -dot- com

You can always use the handy entry form at Gongol.com where all you have to do is fill in the blanks. Talk about making it easy to be included!




If you are searching for new and exciting ways to expand your blog's readership, you should seriously consider sending an entry to Carnival of the Capitalists.

Merely being included in the company, of the first rate regular Carnival of the Capitalists contributors, will enhance the reputation of your blog.

The extra visitors sent to your blog won't hurt either!

The growth and staying power, of Carnival of the Capitalists, is beginning to catch the attention of people outside the blogging community. Each hosting, brings a fresh assortment of new readers, to the various blogs involved.

The visitors aren't only bloggers anymore.

Readership is expanding to include the mainstream media, various government and private organizations, many businesses, and other interested people from beyond the blogging community.

Many people are introduced to some tremendous blogs that they might otherwise have missed.

Next week's Carnival of the Capitalists will be at Scott Allen's internet marketing blog known as Revenue River.

In the meantime, click your mouse over to the Spooky Action hosting of Carnival of the Capitalists.

If the great posted entries don't convince you to click, or the possibility of finding some brand new blogs to read doesn't do it, then visit Carnival of the Capitalists and get into business for yourself.

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Connections: Bloggers plus dots equal business



Bloggers are connectors. Everyone who creates a blog, and shares part of the world of citizen publishing and citizen broadcasting. There is much more to the relationships than simple connections. People are more than dots on a map. They are your friends, clients, customers, business partners, and extended family.

Whether writers, video blog developers, or verbal podcasters, bloggers do much more than just connect the dots. Bloggers form and build relationships far beyond anyone's imagination. In fact, so many crucial and life changing blog seeded relationships have been created that no one even thinks about it any longer. The multi-faceted interaction is now almost taken for granted.



An entirely new business model is emerging as a direct result of the blogosphere's relationship developing power. As with so many new technological developments, countless unexpected and wonderful things flow forth in abundance. One of these powerful outcomes is the blogger business partnership. Bloggers who have never met one another in person are forming online companies and establishing conferences. More importantly, the people are working together successfully.

How did all of this business activity take place? The business partners met through their respective blogs. The primary introduction, sharing and the important trust factor were formed and nurtured through shared blog posts, comments, and emails. Over time, the relationship blossomed into friendship and a full fledged business establishment was the happy event. Had the participants not been bloggers, there is only a minute chance their paths would have crossed in the offline world. Even if the people had met in person, the friendship pattern might have taken a much different course. The blog was the crucial catalyst.



As a business model, the blogger connection group is only in its infancy. Still in diapers, the blogger formed business has a long way to grow. That is great news for prospective entrepreneurs. The market for shared online services is growing, and is untapped to any real extent. The opportunities for bloggers, who have clicked on some deeper level, to share their talents and skills is only in the beginning stages. The initial hesitant baby steps toward blogger based companies have only started to appear online. There will be more bold movements in the future.

Bloggers are connectors, and it may be due to the personalities and traits that bloggers share together. The desire and urge to write and share ideas and thoughts with the world are characteristics all bloggers have in common. As a result, bloggers are often kindred spirits, and may connect on a much deeper level than with other people.

Meeting a blogger, with whom you have read, written, and shared thoughts, is like meeting an old friend. It may also be meeting a new business partner.

Bloggers are connectors. New entrepreneurial businesses are often the happy response, to those modest meetings, that started with a humble blog posting.

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Janine Popick: Small business technology to compete with the giants - Blog Business Success Radio

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Award winning entrepreneur and email marketing expert Janine Popick, CEO of VerticalResponse, and blogger at VerticalResponse Email Marketing Blog shares ideas for using technology to level the playing field so small business can compete with the giants, and how low cost marketing applications can boost your company's success, as my internet radio show guest on Blog Business Success; hosted live on Blog Talk Radio.

The show airs live on Thursday, August 9, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time; 5:00 pm Pacific Time.

Janine Popick discusses ideas and techniques for using technology to help your business compete with much larger companies. You will learn:

* How email marketing can grow your business at a low cost

* How simple postcards can enhance a direct mail campaign

* How to create professional looking email newsletters on a small budget

* Low cost marketing techniques that will look like you have spent a bundle



Janine Popick (photo left) is the CEO and co-founder of VerticalResponse, a leading self-service direct marketing provider to over 25,000 small businesses.

Janine brings over 17 years of experience leading direct and Internet marketing programs for some of the biggest brands in technology and entertainment. Janine lead the Direct division of NBC Internet as well as XOOM.com. She also managed direct marketing for a variety of technology companies like Claris Corp. a wholly owned subsidiary of Apple Inc., Insignia Solutions and Symantec Corporation.

Janine holds a Bachelor's degree from Hofstra University in Communications and English. She has been a private investor and serves as an advisor in the U.S. and Europe.

Janine is the VerticalResponse CEB (Chief Executive Blogger) and won the 2006 ClickZ Best Marketing Blog Award as well as the 2007 Stevie Award for Best Blog for the VerticalResponse Email Marketing Blog.

She is a columnist for Inc.com “Women in Business” and has been published in DM News as well featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, ClickZ, and B2B Magazine.

She frequently enjoys trips to Europe as well as to her home in Lake Tahoe, California.

Listen live on Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern, 5:00 pm Pacific time.

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If you miss this very informative show, it will be available for download as a podcast for iPod, iTunes, and MP3 players; or play it right on your computer. To download this, or any other of my guest interviews, go to the Blog Business Success host page and click on Archived Segments. Once there, click on the podcast icon at the end of the episode description, to download the show free of charge for your listening enjoyment. You can also subscribe to the show feed.

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To call in questions for my guest, the number is: (347) 996-5832

Let's talk with Janine Popick as she shares ideas for using technology to level the playing field so small business can compete in the business big leagues, and how low cost marketing applications can boost your company's success, on Blog Business Success Radio.

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Carnival of the Capitalists at Linked Intelligence



This week sees a social media approach to the traveling business show, recognized by one and all as Carnival of the Capitalists and is at Scott Allen's social media blog known as Linked Intelligence
.

This week's edition of Carnival of the Capitalists highlights some of the best bloggers writing on the internet today, as well as some of the best and most popular entries ever to the Carnival.

Blogging topics presented include entrepreneurship, management, market trading, internet commerce, marketing, the national economy and personal finance.

As you would expect from Carnival of the Capitalists, there are many discussions of economics, marketing, business, and small business.

It's always great to read and discover the many high quality blogs out there in the blogosphere.

We don't always get to them all, and this edition of Carnival of the Capitalists has introduced many of us to some brand new ones; as well as some long time contributors.



I have an entry in this week's Carnival of the Capitalists as well.

My post is titled "Conquer The Crash by Robert Prechter - Book review" where I discuss how just as inflation, asset value bubbles and bull markets can develop, so too can deflation, crashes, and even economic depressions, writes Robert R. Prechter Jr. in his controversial and provocatively titled best seller Conquer the Crash: You Can Survive and Prosper in a Deflationary Depression. Basing his conclusion of an impending crash of the various asset bubbles on the Elliott Wave Theory of market changes, the author sees the current market situation as unique in the lifetime of everyone alive today. He also sees a major crash in the charts.

If you wish to submit an entry to next week's, or any Carnival of the Capitalists edition, e-mail your entries to the new address:

thecotc -at- gmail -dot- com

You can always use the handy entry form at Gongol.com where all you have to do is fill in the blanks. Talk about making it easy to be included!




If you are searching for new and exciting ways to expand your blog's readership, you should seriously consider sending an entry to Carnival of the Capitalists.

Merely being included in the company, of the first rate regular Carnival of the Capitalists contributors, will enhance the reputation of your blog.

The extra visitors sent to your blog won't hurt either!

The growth and staying power, of Carnival of the Capitalists, is beginning to catch the attention of people outside the blogging community. Each hosting, brings a fresh assortment of new readers, to the various blogs involved.

The visitors aren't only bloggers anymore.

Readership is expanding to include the mainstream media, various government and private organizations, many businesses, and other interested people from beyond the blogging community.

Many people are introduced to some tremendous blogs that they might otherwise have missed.

Next week's Carnival of the Capitalists will be at a as yet to be determined business or economics blog.

In the meantime, click your mouse over to the Linked Intelligence
hosting of Carnival of the Capitalists.

If the great posted entries don't convince you to click, or the possibility of finding some brand new blogs to read doesn't do it, then visit Carnival of the Capitalists and get into business for yourself.

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Conquer The Crash by Robert Prechter - Book review



Conquer the Crash

You Can Survive and Prosper in a Deflationary Depression


By: Robert R. Prechter Jr.

Published: Jan 1, 2004
ISBN: 9780470870907
Format: Paperback, 352pp
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc







Just as inflation, asset value bubbles and bull markets can develop, so too can deflation, crashes, and even economic depressions, writes Robert R. Prechter Jr. in his controversial and provocatively titled best seller Conquer the Crash: You Can Survive and Prosper in a Deflationary Depression. Basing his conclusion of an impending crash of the various asset bubbles on the Elliott Wave Theory of market changes, the author sees the current market situation as unique in the lifetime of everyone alive today. He also sees a major crash in the charts.

Robert Prechter bases his economic forecasts on the wave theory of human advancement discovered by Ralph Nelson Elliott in the 1930s. Elliott found, through careful examination of stock market charts, that the market moved in waves. There were always five waves in one direction followed by three corrective waves. Of the five impulse waves, the first, third and fifth waves were always corrected by the second and fourth waves. Not only were these waves found in large scale charts over years and decades, but also down to minute hourly and daily chart records as well.



Ralph Nelson Elliott (photo left)

R. N. Elliott wrote that the fractal nature of the charts, recording the same basic patterns, reflected that of nature. Just as a seashore forms the same outlines whether viewed from the ground, the air, or even outer space, so too do the fractal waves of the stock market. Elliott's most powerful insight was that markets move as a result of human thoughts and actions. He found that economic busts follow great boom times, and always in very predictable patterns.



Robert Prechter (photo left)

Picking up on these repeating patterns, and projecting them into the future, Robert Prechter believes we are currently in the fifth wave of the current economic super cycle that began in the 1930s. More importantly, we may be completing a fifth wave in a larger grand super cycle that began with the birth of the United States in the latter 18th Century. As a result, the correction for these two massive cycles will be harsh and deep. Asset values, including real estate, stocks, and bonds, will crash to very low Great Depression levels. The early stages of the predicted crash may already be happening in the real estate and subprime lending markets.

Despite the pessimistic economic forecast, Conquer the Crash is really an optimistic book. The contrarian aspect of not following the highly inflated assets is good advice at any time. The hope and dream created bubble economy is certain to reverse, and the wave theory points that out as surely as night follows day. Instead of spending money now, the author advises holding onto cash until the crash reaches its bottom level. At that point, the cautious buyer can once again be a contrarian, purchasing the home, business, or other assets at rock bottom prices.

For me, the power of Conquer the Crash: You Can Survive and Prosper in a Deflationary Depression by Robert Prechter is in the background to the fifth wave bubble and how it is driven by human emotions. Understanding that people cause stock market and housing market changes is empowering for the individual. Knowing that social mood is the driving force behind rises and falls in the markets, and those moods ebb and flow in waves, helps the prudent investor to recognize buying and selling opportunities.

I highly recommend Conquer the Crash: You Can Survive and Prosper in a Deflationary Depression, despite its 2004 publishing date. The current fifth wave of high degree is powerful and long lasting. As a result, the crash has been postponed and a severe recession avoided up until now. The future may not be as bright for buyers of expensive stocks and real estate, however.

Read Conquer the Crash: You Can Survive and Prosper in a Deflationary Depression and learn how wave theory can affect your family's financial status, and how to profit from the waves of social mood. As surely as bad times follow booms, a strong and growing economy will reassert itself as well.

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