Yasni.

com could be called the “underground” People Search Engine

What is Yasni? It is a FREE search engine which helps your find people. It puts together all
the public information about people and makes it easier to find who you want. For example
if you put Jackie Paulson into the search engine it will give you valuable information about
me! Yes, the person writing this article. This will include images, videos, social networking
profiles and posts or blog posts.

Thus, if you want to find someone go to Yasni.com and plug in the name of who you want to
find they will be there! FREE!

http://www.tut.com/theclub/

TUT.com is a wonderful place to social network and stay positive. If you sign in you
will get Notes sent to you from the “Universe” and they really keep you motivation and
inspired. You can create a vision board, blog and do so much more, so why not check it
out. It’s all Free!

20 Ways to Use LinkedIn Productively

If the number of requests to join LinkedIn, the business networking network, that clog your
email inbox is any indication, then you know it is becoming a legitimate business tool, and one
that most professionals need to effectively leverage to boost their professional prospects.
LinkedIn, in fact is a web worker’s best professional friend.

And although it’s just one of many such networks, LinkedIn, is in short a network for business
opportunities. On LinkedIn, people don’t chat about music or what they did on Saturday night,
but instead focus on opportunities and how the network can help you. And that’s a winning
formula. Here are just some of the most common and productive uses of LinkedIn. :

1) Increase freelance work. If you’re a freelancer, or you want to be, getting work can
sometimes be a challenge. Or perhaps you get a lot of work, but you want to focus more on
quality work that gets you the highest pay per hour. Set up a profile that shows what you can do,
your experience, what you have to offer. Link up with others you know, and you’ve got a free
way to market your services. It could take awhile before the jobs start rolling in, but it can’t hurt
to start now.

2) Find your dream job. You’ve already got a job, but it’s far from perfect. What you really
want to do is create the perfect widget. Well, you’ll never get a job doing that if you just sit and
watch television. Put yourself out there on LinkedIn, search for companies that are looking for
perfect widget makers, and contact them. The search for the dream job starts with a single click.
3) Boost your business. Got a small business but want to generate more customers? Perhaps
you’re not connecting with the right people. LinkedIn can increase your chances of hitting that
big deal that puts your business exactly where you want to be. Again, this can take some time,
but it doesn’t hurt to give it a try.

4) Improve your Google results. When someone Googles you, do you really want the first thing
they see to be your posts on the fly fishing forum? As your LinkedIn profile will have a fairly
high Google PageRank, it should rank fairly high in your search results. And you can fill it with
stuff you want people to see.

5) Check references for potential hires. Trying to hire the perfect widget maker? Well, you’re
not likely to find out about an applicant’s sordid past mistakes by calling the references on their
application. Do a search for others who worked at the same company at the same time, and get a
better background check in minutes.

6) Get advice. Use LinkedIn’s Answers feature to ask a question and get some great answers. As
always, you’ll have to sort through the self-promotional fluff, but there are some true experts on
LinkedIn, and it’s worth a shot to ask your question.

7) Easy resume. Don’t feel like creating an old-fashioned resume and photocopying, faxing or
emailing it to 20 different companies? Create a LinkedIn profile that serves as a resume, and then
send people the URL. Be sure to get a vanity URL for this, as you can set the URL of your
LinkedIn profile (I think perfectwidgetmaker is available).

8) Do research. Need to find out about business trends for an article, need to find an expert or
need to contact people for further information? LinkedIn is a decent place to start, especially if
you’re running dry on Google. Start with the advanced search feature.

9) Jazz up your profile. Don’t just go with a plain Jane, boring profile — be sure to put the right
information on it to give it the most impact.

10) Get connections. When you start out with LinkedIn, you probably have between 0 and 1
connections. That’s not very productive. Get others you know in your network by allowing
LinkedIn to access your Gmail contacts.

11) Prep for an interview. If you’re going to a job interview, it’s best to know the background
of the person you’ll be talking to. Check out their LinkedIn profile to find out more about their
work experience, interests, education and more. This will give you an edge.

12) Batch process messages. LinkedIn, like any other social network, can become just another
stream of information and messages that you need to wade through. That’s not productive, and
you have enough of these streams to deal with already. Simplify that by setting it to only give
you weekly messages all in one batch, or to only notify you of new messages whenever you
decide to log in.
13) Increase your credibility. If you’re trying to market yourself as an expert, for example, or
develop credibility in your field, it looks good to have a strong presence in a network such as
LinkedIn, with lots of connections. If you answer questions with the knowledge of an expert in
the Answers section, even better.

14) Brand yourself. Whatever your aim in business, be it as a freelancer, as a potential

employee, as a writer, as a business … it’s only smart to develop your own personal brand. What
do people think of when they hear your name? A strong presence on LinkedIn only reinforces the
branding you’re doing elsewhere. And while you’re at it, be sure to link to your website from
your profile.

15) Find people. Looking for old friends, for old business associates that you want to re-
establish a relationship with, for former employers or employees, for someone you met at a
cocktail party but can’t find their card? Do a LinkedIn search.

16) Help others. The best way to network is to help others succeed. They’ll never forget you,
and you will be paid back tenfold some day. Use LinkedIn to help others — promote them, link
to them, connect with them, recommend them, answer their questions.

17) Get to know a company. If you want to know about a company, you could Google them or
go to their website. But using LinkedIn, you can find out much more about it. For example, do an
advanced search on the company and uncheck “current companies only” to see what kind of
talent has left the company, and how fast. And connect with them to see what they have to say
about their former employer.

18) Throw out a net when you don’t need it. Sure, a network like this is good when you’re job
hunting. But what about if you’re not looking for a job? That’s the perfect time to put yourself
out there and make connections. Because when you don’t need it, people are more likely to get to
know you, because you’re not pushing yourself on them. You’re just forming relationships —
and that will pay off when you do need it. And who knows? Maybe the perfect offer will come in
when you’re not even looking for it.

19) Get publicity. It can be hard to contact media or top bloggers. But many of them have a
LinkedIn profile, and you can contact them through the profile. I highly advise you not to spam
them — but a press release or a polite email letting them know about a new launch, for example,
might be appreciate or at least noticed. It shouldn’t be your whole marketing strategy, but it
could help.

20) Market research. Planning to launch a new product? Do a little research into what
companies are offering similar things, about what kind of potential customers are out there, and
what they’re like, and what their needs are, and what kind of demand there is for your type of
product. It can take some creative searching, but the information is there, waiting to be mined.
Talk to employees or former employees of similar businesses, or of potential customers, and you
can get the answers you’re looking for.
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Why Gratitude Needs To Be Part Of Your Daily Routine

One of my favorite quotes ever has to be this one:

"Saying thank you is more than good manners. It is good spirituality." - Alfred Painter

Living by this has definitely made life a lot easier, happier, and optimistic. The science backing
the benefits of gratitude are undeniable. From boosting happiness to increasing the achievement
of goals, gratitude is a simple yet incredibly powerful thing that all of us have to do.

So the next time you say thank you to a person holding the door for you or to a waitress, just
remember that you're doing a service for yourself too.

PS: A really fun way to make gratitude a daily habit is through GratitudeLog.com.

I use it every day and on days I feel down I can feel an instant boost of happiness almost
immediately.

10 Reasons to be Grateful

Everyday we see more evidence of people who've contracted the fatal disease of entitlement.
Paris Hilton is great example. Here is a young woman with everything to live for, every
privilege, every benefit. And now by flaunting the law, she is going to jail for a brief time. She's
all over the news. And the one word I keep hearing from all the newscasters and speculators is
the word "entitlement," that she feels entitled.

All of life is a gift to be enjoyed. The Scriptures tell us that every good and perfect gift comes
down from the Father of Lights, that is, God. If you're finding it easy to feel sorry for yourself,
and hard to count your blessings, here are the Top Ten Reasons that might help remind you to be
grateful:

1. If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more blessed than the
millions who won't survive this week. That's a reason to be grateful.
2. If you've never experienced the horror of war personally, the loneliness of imprisonment, the
agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation, you're ahead of 20 million people around the world
at this moment who are. Remember to be grateful.

3. If you're able to attend a church of your choice this week without fear of harassment, arrest,
torture, or death, you are more blessed than almost 3 billion people on this planet. That's a reason
to be grateful.

4. If you have food in your refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof over your head and a place
to sleep, you are richer than 75% of the world population. That's a reason to be grateful.

5. If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, or spare change in a dish somewhere, you are
among the top 8% of the worlds wealthy. That's a reason to be grateful.

6. If you can hold your head with a smile and truly proclaim that in your heart you are thankful,
you are more blessed than the majority of people who have every reason to be thankful except
the power to be so.

7. If you can hold someone's hand, hug them, touch them on the shoulder, you are more blessed
because you can offer encouragement which is, more times than we know, God's healing touch.

8. If you can read this Dave Rave you are more blessed than over 2 billion people in the world
who cannot read anything. That's a reason to be grateful for the people who've invested in your
life.

9. If at the end of this day you're going to retreat into your home being surrounded by those who
love you, you'll experience today what the majority of the earth's population will never
experience in a lifetime. That's a reason to be grateful.

10. If you get up every morning convinced of the protection, the providence, and the promises of
God for your daily life, if you feel that you serve a purpose, that you've found work that is
meaningful; if you feel like your life matters then you have every reason to be grateful.