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The RIGHT books can be great sellers at the RIGHT time of year. Note the word RIGHT because certain times of year are notoriously unkind to the mainstream info products seller.

The run up to Christmas, for instance, typically brings little demand for business opportunities books which often fare better just after Christmas when credit card and other bills land on the doormat and tempt the individual to look again at ways to regenerate his fortunes.

Summer, too, with holidays on the horizon, creates a feelgood factor that outweighs worries about boring old things like bills, work and money. When the cold months return though, its a different matter, theres little to do now but work out ways to make money for next years travels ... and then theres Christmas closing in ..!

Generally speaking, January to June and September to November, are kindest to anyone selling business opportunity and other moneymaking titles, including marketing, investing in stocks and shares, building a property portfolio, making money at auction.

So what happens in between, how does the specialist seller of business opportunities and moneymaking books survive the leaner times? The answer is he either makes enough during the good times to cover the bad, or he finds something additional to sell with all-year-round or seasonal appeal. Lets look at seasonal appeal today.

SEASONS, ANNIVERSARIES, SPECIAL EVENTS - A MARKETERS' DREAM COME TRUE!

Seasons, anniversaries, special events - some of universal interest, like birthdays and family celebrations, others with a high market following, like Christmas, Easter, Valentines Day, Mothers Day, Crufts Dog Show, 100 years since someone famous died or something important happened, and so on, and so on. And so on!

The benefits of focusing on seasons, anniversaries, special events, are many and include:

* High Niche Market Potential. At Christmas, almost everyone thinks Christmas, and much the same goes for Valentines Day, Easter, Halloween. The result is niche markets that last just a few weeks, sometimes just days, but theyre potentially most profitable of all.

* History Repeats Itself. Seasons and anniversaries come and go, and what you learn one year will benefit coming years endeavors. Youll learn which ads to repeat and which to bin, which media to focus on and whose advertising sales reps. to cold shoulder, while all the time building a list of enquirers and buyers for future promotions.

* Great Research Potential. Every season, anniversary and special event comes with ready made ideas for you to copy next time round. Be careful, however, and learn to distinguish between legal and illegal copying of other peoples ideas, products and intellectual copyrights. When you know the distinction, buy as many advertising publications as possible for your target audience, visit web sites, save marketing emails, compile a huge swipe file of print and online marketing ideas and initiatives. Especially product ideas.

* Sense of Urgency To Buy. Most seasons, anniversaries, special events, are of limited duration and people know if they dont buy soon, the ads. will quickly disappear. Theres a sense of urgency attached which forces people to buy NOW, unlike non-time-sensitive promotions which might be put to one side to study later, and promptly forgotten!

* All-consuming Passion. Virtually every season, anniversary, special event has a huge audience of followers, and usually buyers, too, of theme-related products and services. At such times of year, the occasion fills MOST peoples minds, MOST of the time!

* Nostalgia. The most popular seasons, anniversaries, special events, have been spoken about, filmed, written about over many years, sometimes centuries, so a mass of research material exists which can itself form the basis of your product. More than this, history itself interests todays readers, so you could create a product based purely on the background to a particular season, anniversaryor special event. Take virtually any publication and youll find the Christmas edition of issue one to forever includes articles, ideas, snippets of useful information, jokes, puzzles, pictures, and more, which can be lifted untouched (out of copyright items or with permission only), or adapted (by rewriting, paraphrasing, not plagiarising) for your info products.

* Niches Within Niches. Many very profitable market niches exist within already seller-friendly niches. Cat lovers for example, and Elvis fans, are highly responsive buyers within other profitable markets, such as Christmas where books, calendars and diaries come bearing pictures and facts about most popular subjects, including cats and the King.

* Free Publicity. Opportunities for low-cost, no-cost marketing are great, as for example where a book about James Dean was launched on the anniversary of his death and sparked countless television and media mentions through carefully timed news releases about the book.

* Media Self-Promotion. Its a well-known fact that few writers specialise in seasons, anniversaries and special events, so editors are frequently short of features around those special times and will welcome articles, fillers, photos, cartoons and other printable matter in exchange for a write up about your products.

Avril Harper is a business writer and triple eBay PowerSeller and webmaster of http://www.resell-rights.net. She has produced several free guides to making money from resell rights titles - which you can download with other freely distributable reports and eBooks at http://www.toppco.com.

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Ever tried your hands on making skeleton leaves craft? Haven't? Then you must because they make lovely gifts and apart from being beautiful, they are also inexpensive, light and easy to post. A skeleton leaf is a leaf in which you have removed the leaf part and only the skeleton remains.

You can buy artificial skeleton leaves in craft shops or online. They are convenient, sometimes economically priced, robust, and easy to preserve. You can also buy genuine skeleton leaves but they are costlier and frail. But, you can make your own skeleton leaves easily, and there are a couple of advantages in doing so. First, the price is right. It costs next to nothing to make your own skeleton leaf. Secondly, you can choose from a variety of leaves and color them any color you want.

I have always used the simplest method to obtain skeleton leaves. All you need is patience, leaves of your choice and a bucket of water. Place leaves in bucket and let them lye there for a few days. But you must remember to change the water daily and remove whatever pulp gets collected over the days otherwise the leaves may start decaying. After 10 days or so, when you get the leaves out, half of them will have the pulp removed already from them ( if you have been watchful). So clean them with care by washing with plain water and put them in sun for drying. See, it's as simple as that.

There are other methods to make skeleton leaves, which you can try:

Take long leaves and press them between old telephone books. They should remain here in a dry, undisturbed place for several weeks. Make a solution of washing soda, and carefully lay the pressed leaves into the solution. When the flesh becomes pulpy, take the leaves out of the washing solution and rinse them carefully in cold water. Gently brush away the pulp with a toothbrush Washing soda is caustic it is better to use proper protection when handling; the best thing to do is to wear gloves.

You can also use this method;

Place selected green leaves in a pot with 1 tsp Bicarbonate and 1 tsp Baking Powder and cover with water. Boil and reduce to a low heat. Stir gently from time to time. Once leaves have softened, rub off flesh gently. When complete, bleach the leaves and leave to dry on paper towels.

Another method involves using bleaching powder:

Select a fallen leaf. The sturdier the leaf, the better your results will be. Maple leaves are good bets for beginners, if any grow in your area. Clean the leaf, then soak it in a strong bleach solution until it turns white. Be careful not to get the bleach on your skin. Remove leaf from bleach. Rinse gently. Remove soft material by nudging carefully with a stiff paint brush. If desired, dip the skeleton leaf in food coloring or other colorings material. Allow it to dry before using it in an altered book or other craft project.

Skeleton leaves Craft, which you can make:

Make Invitations, greeting Cards from skeleton leaves. You can also make decorative wall hangings. I once painted different animals on leaves and then simply pasted them on the wall of my bathroom in a circular fashion. The assorted jungle looked nice besides the mirror. They can also be used to create matching gift wrap and tags, decorate frames, boxes, scrapbooks and much more!

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It's probably no secret that men in increasing numbers are undergoing elective plastic surgery. Cosmetic plastic surgery is a growth industry, and men are becoming a significant factor in that increase. Just as an example, the American Academy of Facial and Plastic Surgery reports that as of March 2007 there was an "astonishing" 91% increase in men receiving non-surgical facial plastic surgery since 2000. Botox injections are the most sought after non-surgical procedure among men.

Liposuction was performed on over 53,000 men followed by over 45,000 rhinoplasty (nose) procedures and 33,000 eyelid surgeries. About 13% of all plastic surgery patients are men according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

Given this trend, there would seem to be a need to introduce some sanity into the plastic and cosmetic surgery picture for men in the light of the all too frequent, obsessive quest for the knife among women reported incessantly in the media.

Here are a few tips concerning plastic surgery which are specifically applicable to the males of our species.

The Face

1. Facelifts have a tendency to produce a feminizing effect in men. However, there are several less drastic procedures that actually can yield better results, namely chin liposuction, forehead lifts and neck lifts. Since male temperaments seem to be less patient with the time frame required for recovery from plastic surgery, these smaller procedures are better accepted.

2. Chemical peels, of course, are non-invasive and can eliminate fine lines and blotches, which often make men, as well as women, look older than their years.

Liposuction

1. Try as one might, in many cases no amount of intense gym work on abs or love handles will rid the body of unwanted fat deposits. Liposuction can easily dispense with these imperfections. Not only that, liposuction can work beautifully in removing fatty breast tissue, helping to sculpt the abs to a profile not seen since the patient was a strapping youth.

2. Best results are obtained from liposuction when men discipline themselves to continue working out regularly. This minimizes the chances of reappearance of localized fat deposits. Avoidance of alcohol for at least three to five weeks following surgery is also highly recommended, and there is no better time to stop smoking. Smoking can hinder the desired outcome in any cosmetic surgery procedure.

Implants

1. Pectoral and calf implants can present problems. Among other things, they have a tendency over time to migrate.

2. Again, the preferable route is liposuction around these areas to allow pectoral and calf musculature to appear to be more distinct.

Overall, men, unlike women, seek less involved plastic surgery yielding an improved masculine look with less time spent recovering. So in terms of their bodies, temperament and objectives, men are quite different from women in the way they approach plastic surgery. The long and the short of it is that masculinity must be preserved at all costs.

Robert G. Knechtel operates several websites covering health and self care issues, including Guide to Plastic Surgery - Articles and News which highlights Plastic Surgery for Men and Plastic Surgery Gone Wrong.