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WinXP Routing - My consulting services business is heavily dependent on Internet access. Without it, I am pretty much dead in the water.

Before Gertrude Ederle began her historic swim off of Cape Griz-Nez, France, she underwent extensive training for endurance and technique-even though she was already an accomplished record-breaking swimmer with Olympic medals to her name.

With the ever-rising tide of email most business users are experiencing, the challenge to gain space in prospective customers' in-boxes and to sustain their loyal readership over time is growing, too. Now that my free weekly email newsletter, The Marketing Minute (http://www.yudkin.com/marksynd.htm), is celebrating its 300th issue, I'd like to offer these guidelines for creating a newsletter that can outshine the competition.

Question: Carey, I bought a computer through PeoplePC, so I get their service included for 3 years. I have been having trouble staying connected through them and so am currently trying a free trial AOL disc. I don't even know where your site came from that showed up on my computer all of a sudden and I don't know if I will ever be able to find you again. I was downloading music from WinMX and at the same time checking something on eBay and still got disconnected.

I stopped by a preschool the other day, and met Sam. He caught my eye right away because he had presence. We call him "Mr. President," the teacher told me. "He's bossy."

Now hear this: Studies at Harvard and Stanford reveal that 85% of the reason a person gets a job and gets ahead in that job is because of his or her attitude. Only 15% of the time does it have anything to do with technical or specific skills!

It has been awhile since the devastating attack on America, yet many people are having a hard time continuing with their daily life and work. I think about the attack and all the peoples' lives that were forever changed and torn apart and have a hard time also. It is a heavy load for us to deal with, but we must carry on the American dream and tradition.

In a recent issue, WepProNews provided a great article outlining how bid-per-click search engines can generate new leads and sales for your business. Mainstream sites like GoTo.com have been able to use this bidding system as a source of commercial revenue much earlier than their competitors, making them the current market leader in the bid-per-click listing arena. Considering they have also carved out almost 3% market share (meaning they are used by 3% of all Search Engine Users), this is a remarkable feat.