The media intensive coverage of  27 year old Jade Goody’s illness and tragic death, has caused an upsurge in the UK of women asking to be screened for cervical cancer. This has been welcomed by cancer charities, as the proportion of women taking up the invitation for a test has been steadily falling for the past ten years. 

In the UK there is a free national screening programme and almost 4 million women are tested every year. However more than one in five eligible women do not go for a test, and it is hoped the publicity surrounding Jade Goody will improve the proportion screened. The good news is that the screening programme has worked, with cervical cancer deaths reduced by nearly 70% in the past 30 years.

(1) Publish Articles
These should be between 500 and 1,000 words with links for visitors.  The title is important it should grab the attention of surfers. Eye-catching titles often start with ‘How To….’, or ‘7 Secrets…’, or  ’10 Mistakes….’   You need to submit your articles to as many places as possible, and because of varied design constraints, it is best to keep your title around 50 to 60 characters wide. Have a look at these websites for more information www.ideamarketers.com or www.submityourarticle.com   You should aim to write one article per week and you can submit them directly to places such as www.ezinearticles.com or www.articlealley.com

After a training run last night, a group of us were going through our stretching routines. The conversation turned to race mementoes.

Clare said that she keeps her race number and writes the finishing time on the back. I mentioned that I used to stick the finishing time onto the back of my medals. Jackie thought that was a great idea and wished she had done it years ago. I suggested that she could still do it, all she needs are her old diaries for the race times. At this Helen said “Oh yeah, as if we haven’t got better things to do”. 

Are eBooks a waste of money?…….I’m asking this as a consumer who has loads of unread PDF files on my hard-drive. But I am also posing this question as a potential eBook author and publisher. Being a keen member of John Thornhill’s Masterclass I am looking forward to week 7 which I think is product development, and I’m pretty sure will involve eBooks. So before producing anything  I really would like to know what the advantages of an eBook are to the customer?

We have all entered our name on Google to see what happens. Just 4 or 5 years ago I was on the first page, due to my membership of Kenilworth Runners. They have had a web presence for around ten years now, so all the races I had run in was being picked up by Google. Now though, I don’t think I’m even on the first 10 pages – I’m not sure because I got bored looking.

Did you know that if all men lived long enough, they would eventually die of prostate cancer? As it is 25% of men over 40 are diagnosed with prostate cancer, and 11% of men die of the disease. These are sobering statistics and the tragedy is that prostate cancer is recognised as being amongst the slowest growing, therefore the earlier the detection the better the prognosis. If you only go to the doctor when you develop symptoms it may be too late to treat, however if you detect the cancer early enough there are options for a cure and recovery.

This is my 6th post and I haven’t mentioned ‘Making Money on the Internet’ yet, so as this is my blog’s title I had better start. Actually I want to talk about Direct Mail…’what’s that got to do with the internet’? I can hear you ask. Well quite a lot because the Internet makes Direct Mail much cheaper to operate. Many people miss out on the opportunities provided by direct mail because it is traditionally high cost. You need an address list, envelopes, postage and full colour sales material with a pre-paid reply envelope for orders.

My first love – ah, I remember it as if it was yesterday. 1971, I was 17 years old and still learning the ways of the world. I marched into the Warwick Hotel and asked for a pint of Double Diamond. The TV adverts assured me that “it works wonders” and If I drank enough of them I would end up with a girl on each arm. What 17 year old could resist that?

When I was a kid my school held an annual cross-country race. That was my opportunity to mess about at the back and have a good laugh with my mates. In the fifth year, just before I was to leave for the world of work, I decided to actually run the race as hard as I could, to see how fast I was….I finished 6th – no I didn’t win, this is a real life story.

Today I enjoyed the advantage of having a secret super-power. Let me explain.

I have been a long distance runner for over 20 years now and have completed 17 marathons. This involves a lot of regular training. I average 5o miles per week , and when training for marathons this goes up to 100 miles ( I like nice round numbers!). Now this is of no interest to anyone but myself, and perhaps other members of my local running club, Spa Striders. However today I was able to use my fitness to help in my every day life.