VoIP Service: an Alternative to Unified Communication
The business entities and corporate houses have recognised the need of IP telephony solutions over the traditional PSTN system. The business entities quickly and easily deploy a full-featured next generation IP phone system in their organisation. As a matter of fact, these hosted IP solutions are easy to install as they do not require much in terms of investment.
In the present day world, VoIP services have become a logical alternative for businesses entities as they deliver the most scalable, resilient, secure and reliable network services. In addition, the benefits of cost effectiveness and productivity are considered as an inherent part of these solutions. These benefits make the services all the more effective. By adopting these services in the business entities, the users have observed and seen the remarkable growth in their entities. These services have motivated other small and medium sized businesses to part of revolutionised world.
The VoIP phone service support a unified communication suite, as it allow the business users to send and receive phone calls, text, videos and images quite efficiently. With the dependence on a broadband connection, the users enjoy seamless communication on a global scale in more efficient way than PSTN services. These services are based on a single IP network that ensures an efficient transmission of different types of multimedia content even on a low bandwidth.
The intelligent application of packet switching technique allows the businesses to improve their organisational productivity by almost double. Moreover, it reduces the communication costs by approximately half more so when compared with pre-existing PSTN services. The best part of business IP solution is that it enables the business users to avail IP services by using either mobile or land-line phones. The business entities without worrying about the bills enjoy longer distance and international calls at significantly affordable rates.
The VoIP phone services vary from one business entity to other. This is because these services are based on type, size and operations of the business. Depending upon the prior business requirement, there are two type of services namely call termination or IP Centrex services. Both of these VoIP services are in conjunction with advanced packet switching technique wherein calls are routed over the single IP network. The users enjoy business-class phone capabilities for their day-to-day business communication without feeling insecure over the data.
The users also avail the benefits of business VoIP plans including all the premium services such as call waiting, call forwarding, callback, ID caller, 3-way calling, high-speed Internet accessing and many more.
While selecting the appropriate VoIP service provider, the users must check out for offers and services. Among the wide list of features and offers, the users should opt for the providers who have a global presence and offer efficient customer support services around the clock.
Windows Xp Professional – a Complete Summary Pt 2
Windows Xp Professional – a Complete Summary (contd.)
Sharing Resources:
Windows XP as a network operating system it needs to share its resources on the network. Sharing in Windows XP enables us to share folders and printers. By default out of the box Windows XP totally disables inbound connections. The first time you share a file or folder you will be asked to run the network setup wizard or if you know what you are doing then you can just turn on sharing. The first thing you need is do is to turn off simple file sharing in the folder options. One big trick which Microsoft does not tell you is that when you turn on network sharing all inbound connections are made as guests. So turning on network sharing turns the guest account on its own. Another issue is that all users with blank passwords cannot connect to your system. So if you as an administrator turn off the guest account then the users connecting to your machine must have an account setup on your local machine and also a password. Enabling sharing can be right clicking the file you want to share and go to properties and choose either network setup wizard or just enable file sharing. Microsoft actually changes your local security policies which can be accessed through security options in your local security policy. The first thing is that guest account in turned on. The next change is in network access where the default is guest account. You can change this to classic, as a result of which local users will authenticate as them. Share permissions can be bypassed by local access when the user has physical access of your terminal so they should be used in conjunction with local permissions. A better way is to use one only and not confuse it with the other, in most cases leave your share permissions open and concentrate on NTFS permissions. In a Windows XP setting you need to make sure you manage your shared resources. You can access this management console by right clicking on My Computer and choosing manage. You can then look into the shared folder listing and take a look at all shares even your hidden shares. This also shows you the all the files currently open or being used. You can also access this console by logging on as another user and then choosing administrative options from the control panel and then right clicking on computer management and selecting run as. You then select to log on as administrator only when using this tool. You can even choose to log on and connect to another computer remotely by right clicking computer management (local) listing and then choose connect to another computer. Finally select the machine or enter the name of the machine you want to connect to and then you can manage shared resources on that terminal remotely. You can even take a look at how many computers you are currently connected to remotely by looking into the session’s folder inside the management console.
Offline Files and Folders:
Microsoft has tried to solve the end user the trouble of not being able to access files incase he/she cannot connect to their files by introducing CSC or client side caching also know as offline files and folders. This gives us the ability to have the files and folders available to us without having to connect to the office. When you make changes to file and connect back online all changes will be synchronized with that shared file. However, it does not take care of conflicts, i.e. in a case when you have changed the file offline and it was also changed by another user when you connect back up the synchronization engine gives you an option to choose between which file you would like to upload. Configuring offline folder is very easy since all you have to do is to right click and choose them to make the file or folder available offline. Windows XP maintains a virtual path to that offline folder. You can disable offline availability by simply heading towards the sharing tab for that folder and file and clicking on caching and there you can turn off caching. You can even select automatic caching which makes that file available to other users. You can manually synchronize when you reconnect and even access your synchronization settings by accessing the synchronization option from the tools menu and choosing which files you would like to synchronize. You can even schedule synchronization. You can even look into more options inside the offline files tab inside the folder options window through the tools menu dropdown.
Configuring and Managing Printers:
Printing has become pretty powerful in Windows XP. Local printing is by far the easiest of all since it now operates on plug and play. As long as the drivers are signed you as user do not have to do much do except just use it. However, in a case of a non-signed drivers or an old printer you need to log on as an administrative user to manually install it. Once the printer is setup sharing is extremely easy and you can also set up permissions on that printer so that everyone cannot use it. Sharing a printer is extremely easy all you have to do is go up to the printer and right click and set up sharing. You can even add drivers to other operating systems where a user who has an older operating system can install drivers from your machine to make that printer available to him/her. You do have to make these drivers available on a network share for the other user to download. You can even publish your printer in the active directory to enable users for searches for quick printing. Normal users installing printers need administrative rights to install printers which are not detected through plug and play. You can set security settings for these printers by just right clicking on the icon and set up the print security settings through the security tab. You can even setup internet printing by using IIS and printer drivers for that printer and then print out to a URL or a web page which is assigned to a printer. You can start a print job by going to a web page as long as you have authenticated user rights to view that web page. You can install this service by installing IIS through add and remove windows components. If you talk to most network administrators you will find that most of their time is spent organizing and managing printers. Managing your printers inside windows XP is mainly done by print que itself. Only administrative users have the ability to pause and delete and change priority of print jobs. You can delete a print that is stuck and you might have to start up the spooler service on that machine to clear up all the junk. Print que can easily be accessed by just double clicking on the printer. In this window you can right click on the print job and either restart, pause or cancel it. You can go to printer properties through this window and then change the printer name and give a higher priority to it for executives or managers who need their print jobs to print faster and then set up another virtual printer connected to same device and give that printer another name and lower priority and for other people. The trick is to go the higher priority printer and remove the everyone from the security tab and add only the executive and manager groups. You can even create one printer icon to set up on multiple physical devices on different ports; this creates a print pool for high volume print environments. In this scenario the print look for the next available open printer to print to, incase the one before is busy.
Remote Connectivity:
Microsoft’s new operating system has enabled us to a whole new variety of remote connections and telecommuting. As internet connections become faster and faster telecommuting is becoming a much stronger and feasible option for many executives constantly on travel or working from home. With Windows XP you can maintain multiple connections for your home office and other environments. Dial up networking is extremely easy to configure on Windows XP. All you have to do is go to control panel and head to network setup and internet and then choose to create a new network connection on your machine. Virtual private networks in networking use the same strategy in network. The concepts are almost the same except that instead of dialing a phone number you are dialing an IP address. VPN’s use a little different technology that usual. You use PPTP (Point to point tunneling protocol) or L2TP (Layer two tunneling protocol). L2TP uses certification authority where both ends should have matching certificates. By default data encryption is turned on when using a virtual private network. Check the properties of a new VPN connection to change its settings and add or remove more options and protocols. You can even add smart card authentication for a VPN connection as authentication.
Internet Connection and Utilities:
As more and more homes today have more than computer we find the needs to have one single internet connections for each one of them, since we are trying to avoid the clutter at home or office. Internet connection sharing gives us the ability to have one internet connection and share it over the network. Internet connection sharing provides NAT (network address translation), DHCP and DNS for the client computers connecting to main gateway computer. You can access this from the advanced tab of tour internet connection. A new feature in Microsoft’s Windows XP is ICS (Internet discovery and control). This new feature allows the client to initiate a connection even when the main admin is not connected or dialed in to the connection. The user then can see all the stats on his computer through yours like the time and speed of the connection. You can turn on port forwarding for running web servers. You as an admin can make sure that users cannot share their own internet connection using ICS for other users. You can use group policies to make sure that ICS cannot be turned on for members of your group or domain. ICS uses a new feature known as UPnP (Universal Plug and Play).This is has no relation to hardware plug and play. ICS goes out and looks for internet connections available for sharing on the network. However, UPnP is not installed by default and has to be installed separately through the add remove windows components inside networking services. This scans available internet connections in the network automatically. In order to set up ICS you need to go to the connection which connects you to the internet and head towards the properties of that connection and go to the advanced tab to turn on ICS. Internet connection firewall is slimmed down version of firewall. Only requests made inside the network are entertained by the gateway computer and all other requests made from outside are dropped if the matching sending request from inside cannot be found. It is highly recommended that you use internet connection firewall on your network. However, it is not at strong as other third-part firewalls which stop applications from connecting to the internet. Make sure you turn on this firewall link on the connection connecting outside to the internet and not inside since you might block all users connecting through that computer. You can take a look at advanced settings for port forwarding and other services like FTP.
Web Services:
Windows XP professional has IIS 5.1 included in it. You can install IIS through add remove components. The IIS included in Windows XP pro is almost as powerful as the professional series version of IIS. You can take a look at IIS by running Internet explorer and then typing localhost which will pop by default the documentation of IIS as well. Internet explorer lets you setup security zones for various websites which you can add security zones like trusted websites. In this case the security and permissions will be set to a minimum for these sites. You can choose security settings to prompt for ActiveX controls for a more control over the internet applications. You can manage IIS through the computer management console in administrative tools inside the control panel.
Remote Desktop:
One of the big technologies Microsoft is trying to push is telecommuting. However, the biggest drawback to this is internet bandwidth. Microsoft’s answer to this is remote desktop. This uses Microsoft terminal services but you can only connect one user at one time on one machine. If a user is logged on locally it will log him off if another user is trying to connect to that machine. IIS 5.1 enables the user to connect to another computer using a browser and without any client. The administrator can create a group for users to connect to their desktop remotely. He can also remove this ability from group using his security policies. One setback can be blank passwords for remote logons, blank passwords are only entertained for physical console logon’s and may create problems when connecting remotely. You can remove this restrain through the local security policy setting but it may cause to be security loop hole. Setting up remote desktops is as easy as going to the remote tab of properties through My Computers and checking it on. You can then add users or groups you would like to give the ability to connect using remote desktop. You can then access your computer remotely by going to communications tab under accessories and then choosing remote desktop connection. You can then connect to your computer and even play around optimizing your settings to suit you best. You can also do this through the web using internet explorer. You can use the IP address or your computer name (http://[computer name]/tsweb) if DNS is setup. You want to make sure that you have the required ports opened up and the ability to setup VPN connections. You can even transfer files from one computer to another. Remote assistance request has been added to standard help menu in Windows XP which enables a user to connect to another user running Windows XP.
System Performance:
Windows XP lets the user tweak performance to his/her own standards. Applications performance in Windows XP can be controlled through the system control panel. You can also tune processor and memory operations to your liking. You can access these through system properties under My Computer and right click to properties or just hitting Windows key + pause. You can then go to advanced tab to go a long list and tabs of performance enhancements and settings. You can create shortcuts to applications for compatibility among different operating systems. If an application was written for earlier version you windows you can create a shortcut to that application and put in the name for the application. You can then right click to go to properties and then choose the compatibility tab to choose to run this program under other Windows operating system. Finally you need to monitor this entire performance enhancement and a way to log settings where you can compare this some standards. Some of the usual standards are like processor time should stay below 85% consistently. Periodic or un-periodic spikes are acceptable during loading of heavy software. Also interrupts should remain steady; if this number keeps going skyward this indicates a bad piece of hardware. Other things you might want to look at are hard drives through disk performance monitors. It can also show how your network is performing. If you are on a switch then this is pretty much useless though.
Windows Backup:
Backup is something no administrator can avoid to go without. Windows backup utility is standard backup program so incase of disaster you can restore all your information. Windows XP has introduced a volume shadow copy in where all applications and documents open at that time will stored as is using a snapshot of the system. The first thing you need to do is backup the local system state along with volume shadow copy and the drives you want to create the backup for. Only administrators and backup operators group can backup the system completely. Backup operators along with the administrators are the only one who can backup all the files on the system even the files they do not own. However, normal user can backup only his/her files. You can access the Windows XP back program through accessories and then system tools. This enables a lot of option including scheduling backups. Windows backup needs to logon using a user account to run a scheduled backup program so you want to make sure that this program runs with user account with full administrative access or a member of the backup operators group. If you haven’t prepared tapes since Windows XP backup utility does requires prepared tapes you can go into the settings of the backup command inside that schedule backup and add a /um command at the end for unmanaged media.
Disaster Recovery:
If all else fails and your system in a state you cannot do a normal start up there are tools provided by Microsoft’s Windows XP to recover as much as possible. Windows XP offers you several boot options like the safe mode to get you inside the base clean operating system with most functions in operation. You also have safe mode with networking or command prompt. You can then try to identify the problem or some installation that caused you to stop booting. You can then use last known good option to go back to previous operable state. You can also turn on the boot log which writes all the information into the log file saved as Ntbtlog.txt. Microsoft also has provided us with GUI based utility known as MSCONFIG enabled from the run menu. You can run through the options in this GUI based window. There is also the recovery console which you can access from the Windows CD, but if you want recovery console has bootup option you can just drop in the Windows XP CD and run this command through the prompt. “cd:i386winnt32 /cmdconsâ€. This will install it on the hard drive and you can access it the next time you boot. When you bootup you do need to logon as a local administrator for you access the files inside and finally you reach a completely DOS based console. Some of the commands you can run are fixboot and fixmbr for trying to fix the boot sector. The recovery console has restricted disk access, since it can be a wide open security loop hole. You can access disk media such as floppies but you can only copy from the floppy not into a floppy.
How to really find things on the Internet – A plain English guide.
How to really find things on the Internet – A plain English guide. Part one Introduction The Internet, one of man’s greatest inventions, the great liberator of information, the equal opportunist offering everyone a stage for their voice… The biggest information rubbish tip ever perceived.Millions of pages of information stored across the world, with thousands more pages added everyday. It’s far too easy to feel overwhelmed and disheartened when trying to find the stuff you’re looking for on the World Wide Web. Forever confronted with pages that don’t actually tell you anything or just link to other sites. The feeling of going round in circles becomes all too familiar! It’s at this point most people usually give up and go back to more traditional non-internet offline methods, and who can blame them? We’ll, me actually! … In these guides, you’re going to learn that the Internet IS the greatest invention ever! An information source so rich, you’ll learn things you never thought you could. A resource so valuable, you’ll wonder how you ever managed to get by without it. Best of all turning the Internet into this amazing tool is easy to learn. In straight forward plain English I’ll show you how. By the time you have read through these short guides, you’ll be able to go straight online and find the stuff you’re looking for. So let’s get going with Part One: “Where to Begin?”Where to begin?Like all tasks, the first key question you ask yourself is where to begin, and this is also true when searching online. Many people instinctively head for a search engine such as “Google”. This indeed can be, and often is, a great place to start, but it can also be the worst. Why? Because search engines are going to give you far too many non specific results. From the word go, you’re going to be overwhelmed by too many choices, many of which don’t even relate that well to your subject. So what do we do? Where do we start?Well before you even touch the keyboard, have a little think about what you’re looking for. Are you looking for a specific product or a range of them? Maybe you’re looking for advice and support for something that’s happening in your life. You could be looking for training or step by step how-to guides to build or fix something. It might even be that your’re researching for some course work. The point being there are many types of searches you can perform and what type of search you are carrying out decides the best place for you to start.By defining what type of search your doing, you can work out which of three search styles will be the best place is to start your search. So what are these “Search Styles” I’m talking about?Search StylesThere are three main areas on the Internet which provide the best results for getting information out of the Internet: Search Engines, Reference Sites and User Knowledge. So let’s have a rundown of each of these:Search Engines: Everyone knows about these. “Google” has become so famous the term “to Google someone” is even in the Oxford English Dictionary. There are many other search engines out there though, Yahoo, Msn, Ask.com to name a few. Search Engines are the grand librarians of the internet and spend 24 hours a day trawling the internet collating every page they find. This is undoubtedly their greatest strength but unfortunately is also their biggest weakness. All will be explained a little later on in the guide.Reference Sites: These are the great encyclopaedias online, such as Microsoft’s Encarta. They are very much just electronic versions of the printed material, but with the added bonus of powerful search options to extract out the information more quickly. There is another type of encyclopaedia though which truly harnesses the power of the internet and these are known as “wiki” sites. The “wiki” names comes from honouring the first of these sites www.wikipedia.org. What makes the “wiki” sites so special is that they are free; they are created and updated by users of the internet and can be edited by anyone who visits the site. If you are an expert in your field, you can submit information to be added into the encyclopaedia. This would of course be verified before publishing. The upshot of this is that you have sites with up-to-date information on every possible imaginable topic.User Knowledge: There are two areas which fall into “User Knowledge”, the more widely known Forums, and News Groups (“Usenet”). Both offer a great source of information which is usually specific to what you’re looking for. Forums are websites where like-minded people are talking and sharing information which is the same interest as yours. There are key areas to find help, advice and even reviews about topics you’re searching for. News Groups is an area of the internet many users are unfamiliar with, as you used to have to use “News Reader” software to view them. Fortunately though, Google provide the ability to look at News Groups through your standard web browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc.). News Groups work in a similar way to Forums, but there are literally hundreds of thousands of them covering every topic known to man.Which Search Style to use?Ok so you now know the three main information sources to help you find what you’re looking for, but which one is best for each type of search? Obviously you can use any of the three search styles for any topic you’re looking for, but choosing the right one will improve your results and you finding what you’re looking for drastically. The best way to highlight this is to look at some scenarios:Looking for a specific product or a range of them: Let’s say you’re looking for a new pair of running shoes and you know the brand and item name of shoes you’re looking for. Knowing this makes searching the internet a simple task.You could either go straight to a shopping site which you know are likely to sell the shoes, or you could browse to a price comparison site, which will show you where to buy the shoes and for the best price. Alternatively you could enter the brand and item name into a Google search and it will actually list a series of price comparison sites for you to check. Searching for a specific product which you know about is the easiest search you can do. But let’s complicate things up a little.You’re still looking for running shoes, but you’ve got no idea which ones to get, which ones are best and what the best prices would be. Where do you begin? To make sure you get the best running shoes that suit your needs, you have to do a little bit of research. Find out which shoes are regarded best for each price range and how people have found using them. The best way to achieve this is to use the “User Knowledge” search style. This means visit the forums and news groups and read all the information you can gather from people who are already using running shoes.Doing a simple search in Google for “running shoes forum” will return dozens of quality forums, where you can spend time reading through the thoughts, opinions and reviews of people who have experience in that field. You’ll also be likely to be recommended the best places to buy the shoes and for what price and provide you with direct links.This is only one brief example of using the Search Styles to find what you’re looking for on the internet. In the following Parts to this guide, we will look at each of the Search Styles in more depth, and provide you with a few hidden gems about successfully searching on the internet. The days of you trawling through the internet with no real direction will be at an end. You will be able to amaze people at how easy you can find the right information that they’ve spent hours trying to find and eventually had to give up. You’ll be surprised at how simple this all really is, and feel a great sense of accomplishment when you locate any bit of information you require.Next TimeIn Part two, we’re taking an in-depth look at search engines. We’ll show you their strengths and weaknesses. You’ll learn how to make the search engines work for you and not the scam sites. We’ll even show you a few hidden tricks; you would never believe they would do. See you then…Angus Business Searchhttp://www.businesstrawler.com
Discussing the Advantages of VoIP
VoIP services have taken the business world by storm, by giving them features which not only help them in cutting down their total call cost but also assists in increasing their overall productivity. The advantages of VoIP telephony are numerous, making it flexible enough to be adapted by all the sectors of the industry, including the residentials. The main advantage of VoIP telephony, as mentioned earlier, is that it greatly reduces the cost of call transmission, by almost 50%. This is the chief reason for increasingly large number of people adopting its services.
VoIP works over the Internet. The voice, which is in the form of analogue signals, is condensed and converted into digital IP packets, which are then transmitted via Internet rather than optical fibers as is the case with traditional public switch telephony network. These IP packets are then later reconverted and condensed before finally reaching the receiver. Since the voice packets are sent via the Internet, the cost of spending thousands of dollars on optical fibers is saved.
Moreover, in PSTN, a dedicated line is given between the two destinations through which the voice travels. This line remains occupied during the entire time a call is being made, irrespective of whether there are noisy packets that are being sent or dead air. As a result, other calls cannot pass through that given channel during the time of the call. This not only makes using PSTN more expensive but also less efficient. In the case of IP telephony service, however, only the noisy packets are transmitted. As a result, the call duration comes down and brings the tariff drastically down too. VoIP services are, thus, not just cost-effective but also more efficient.
VoIP service can be used anywhere and anytime without any geographical constraints. Its mobility has made it the favorite of on-the-run businessmen, who get the advantage of making cheaper calls without any roaming expenses even from some remote destination. For making the call, the only appliances needed are a computer or a regular phone or an IP phone, ATA, Internet connection and headset. VoIP has made it easier for residentials to communicate with their loved ones from far off places at a cheaper rate. This is precisely why voice over internet protocol has reached the homes of end-users, and is not just restricted to the business sector.
There are certain sets of people who are still apprehensive about shifting to VoIP for their daily communication and networking needs. Since the voice is send via the Internet, security and stability of service are other factors which raise doubts in their mind, and rightly so. One can get past these problems by choosing the best VoIP service providers. Established voice over IP providers ensures ease of integration and assists your every step. They also make certain that you get secure and reliable connection by providing you with the best routes.
Trafficking: Issues and Framework of Laws
Trafficking: Issues and framework of laws
Trafficking of human beings is the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of people for the purpose of exploitation. Trafficking involves a process of using illicit means such as threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability. Exploitation includes forcing people into prostitution or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs. For children exploitation may include also, illicit international adoption, trafficking for early marriage, recruitment as child soldiers, for begging or for sports (such as child camel jockeys or football players)
Trafficking in human beings is a global issue, but a lack of systematic research means that reliable data on the trafficking of human beings that would allow comparative analyses and the design of countermeasures is scarce. There is a need to strengthen the criminal justice response to trafficking through legislative reform, awareness raising and training, as well as through national and international cooperation. The support and protection of victims who give evidence is key to prosecuting the ringleaders behind the phenomenon. The trafficking of Human beings is a matter of global concern as it involves the violation of fundamental rights. Although numerous separate abuses that contravene both national and international law are committed during the course of trafficking, it is the combination of the victim’s displacement from their community and their commercialised exploitation that makes trafficking distinct. There is a large body of international and national instruments like declarations, conventions and prohibiting trafficking. An overview of selected International conventions that regulate trafficking is presented below.
The United Nations obligates States to refrain from committing human rights violations and also to take positive steps to ensure that individuals are able to enjoy their human rights. A State’s legal obligations are articulated in human rights instruments, such as treaties and conventions. The UN also drafts politically binding documents that do not have the force of law, such as declarations and resolutions, but which nevertheless represent important guidelines on States’ obligations. More information about the United Nations system, human rights documents and enforcement mechanisms can be accessed from the International Law section of this site.
The United Nations addresses trafficking in women from various directions. First, the UN human rights instruments apply to women and men equally, and are relevant to the kinds of abuses that women suffer in cases of trafficking. In addition, the UN international standards on the treatment of crime victims also obligate States to protect victims of trafficking. Second, of the types of violence against women addressed by this site, trafficking in women was perhaps the first to receive the attention of the UN as a transnational crime. This section, therefore, includes a historical overview of the UN conceptualization of trafficking, prior to the emergence of an international women’s human rights movement. Third, the UN treaties and resolutions that articulate the rights of women are applicable to the situation of trafficking and define trafficking as a form of gender-based violence. Since the early 1990’s, all major UN instruments on States’ commitment to ensure women the full enjoyment of their human rights and their protection from violence have included specific obligations to combat trafficking in women. Fourth, the UN Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime entered into force in September 2003. The accompanying Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children received its 40th ratification in September 2003 and entered into force on December 25, 2003. The Trafficking Protocol contains the international consensus definition of trafficking and sets forth State obligations to prevent trafficking, to protect victims and to prosecute perpetrators of trafficking. For more information on the Trafficking Protocol, please see the section entitled The Trafficking Protocol and Recent Initiatives. Finally, at its 60th session in April of 2004 the United Nations Commission on Human Rights appointed a Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children for the explicit purpose of focusing on the human rights of victims of trafficking. To do so, the rapporteur’s job is to gather and exchange information from governments, non-governmental organizations and victims of trafficking in order to propose appropriate measures to prevent and remedy trafficking violations. Working within the major international instruments and definitions of trafficking, the Special Rapporteur will conduct country visits, publish reports, and take up cases where individual or widespread rights abuses have occurred.
States are obligated to protect the rights of trafficking victims under general human rights instruments. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights guarantees women the right to life, the right to be free from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and the right to security of person. This Covenant also grants trafficked persons the right to an effective remedy for acts violating their fundamental human rights. The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights provides such basic guarantees as the right to an adequate standard of living (including food, clothing and housing), the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, the right to education and the right to favorable work conditions, which includes fair wages, equal pay for equal work and reasonable limitation of working hours.
1. International Agreement for the suppression of the white slave traffic – 1904.
The agreement was formulated with the intension of securing for women of full age who have suffered abuse or compulsion against criminal traffic know as the white slave trade.
2. International convention does the suppression of the white slave Traffic 1910.
This convention criminalised the procurement enticement or leading away of women or girl under the age of 21, even with her consent for immoral purpose irrespective of whether may have been committed in different countries.
4. Slavery convention 1926
States parties are enjoyed to discourage all forms of forced labour slavery means the owner’s control over another person, without the salve’s full informed consent for exploitation.
5.Forced Labour Convention (ILO) 1930.
Article-1 of this convention calls for the suppression of the use of forced or compulsory labour in all its forms as soon as possible.
7.Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
Article 4 of the Declaration prohibits slavery and the slave trade. Article – 13 recognies the right of persons
8. Unconventional for the suppression of the traffic in persons and of the exploitation of the prostitution of others (1949).
This convention is a compilation of four previous international conventions 1904, 1910, 1921 and 1933. It made procurement, enticement, etc for prostitution punishable, irrespective of the age of the person involved and his/her consent to the same (Article -1). Brothel keeping was also denounced as illegal and punishable Article 20. However, it is limited to trafficking for prostitution and related activities.
10.Abolition of forced Labour convention (ILO) 1957.
Under this convention, states parties under took to abolish any form of forced or compulsory labour that is used as a means to establish political coercion, economic development, labout discipline or racial, social, National or religious discrimination.
15.United Nations convention against Torture and other cruel; inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (1984)
The convention provides against the expulsion or return of a person another state if there are substantial grounds for deeming him/her to be in danger of torture. Victim compensation measures are also stipulate in it.
16.Tourism Bill of rights and the Tourist code (1985)
Adopted by the WTO, the code enjoins that state parties should preclude any possibility of the use of tourism to exploit others for the purpose of prostitution.
Legal Frame Work Against Trafficking In South Asian Countries:
BANGLADESH:
The Bangladesh constitution guarantees equal rights and equal protection to every one regardless of gender. The fundamental principles of state policy require the state to prevent prostitution. Article 34(1) prohibits all forms of forced labour. The suppression of immoral Traffic Act 1933 protects all children up to the age of 18 from sexual exploitation. The women and children repression; prevention Act 2000 provides stringent penalties against trafficking, Kidnapping, collection random, rape, the sexual exploitation etc., These provisions also apply to both internal and cross broader trafficking. These were the some of the legal framework in Bangladesh Against Human Trafficking.
BHUTAN:
There is very little information available on the laws of. Bhutan on trafficking. In 2001, the UN committee on the Rights of the child considered Bhutan’s initial report and noted the absence of legislation on the minimum age of for employment. There is insufficient data and awareness regarding the Human Trafficking. It also suggested that new laws Need to be promulgated and existing law need to be suitably amended to address these issues.
MALDIVES:
There is no specific law to prohibit or prevent the trafficking in persons. There are no reports of persons being trafficked to from or within the country following Nationwide consultations, the Government has drawn up a National plan of action on the basis of the Beijing platform for action and the common wealth plan of Action on Gender and Development.
NEPAL:
The constitution of Nepal enshrines the principles of equality and Justice for every citizen without any discrimination on the basis of race, caste, sex, creed, etc., and safe Guards the human rights of all citizens. Code of law 1963. Lays down provisions against Inter-state and other of slavery and domestic trafficking-section decrees prison sentences of 20 years for International trafficking and 10 years for attempted sale, plus fines equaling to the amount of transaction.
PAKISTAN:
One of Pakistan’s major problems is the smuggling of children to countries in Gulf for camel Jockey and racing. The high profits and the lessening fear of harsh punishment have bolstered syndicates of Human traffickers across “Asia, the middle east and Europe.
The prevention and control of Human Trafficking ordinance 2002 has been promulgated to deal with all types of human trafficking. However the legislation suffers from certain limitations. Also legislation is focused on trans border trafficking and not on domestic trafficking. And the Human trafficking ordinance 2002 defines Human trafficking to include trafficking for any purpose, via, prostitution Forced labour and services. It also takes into considerations the organised nature of the crime and presumes the vicarious liability of each member of the trafficker’s group by providing for stringer gent punishments; the ordinance also includes provisions for the compensations for the victims.
SRILANKA:
In country trafficking is one of srilanka’s major problems s.360 of the srilankan penal code deals with the offence of trafficking defined as the act of buying or sealing or bartering of any person for money or for any other consideration. Those assisting, arranging the travel, recruiting, etc., said to be trafficking and be prostituted.
The national child protection Authority act is a landmark initiative that can help in preventing child abuse and in protecting child abuse and in protecting the rights of children.
INDIA:
The constitution of India, under Article 23(1), prohibits trafficking in human beings and forced labour; this right enforceable against the state and private citizens.
However, trafficking was never defined in Indian laws except in the Goa children Act, which is specified to the state of Goa. In India the law has no express provision for confiscating the assets amassed by the traffickers, nor does it have provisions for the victim protection. The concerned authorities should consider these points so that the laws and provisions are made victim friendly.
Let us prevent commercial dealings in human beings.
To Voip Or Not To Voip- That Is The Question!
I used to love the TV commericals that Vonage, a well-known provider of VOIP or Voice over Internet Protocol telephone service. My favorite one was the one with the rocket that went berserk and flew all over, with people dashing around madly to get out of the way. I watched the wayward rocket totally mesmerized, and then started laughing so hard when the Vonage theme music started playing that I almost fell off the couch! I liked the one where the photographer fell into the fountain, too. I wish Vonage would bring those commercials back- the ones that they show now are so dull in comparison. Most of these ads try to sell their calling services based on how much cheaper they are in comparison to traditional telephoning plans. They also discuss quality and clearness of telephone calls. If you are smart, you have, in all probability, questioned how much of this is honest information and how much is hype.
VOIP or Voice over Internet Protocol is plausibly one of the most radical advances in the telecom industry. It permits you to speak to another person on the other side of the world by employing a digital network connection precisely the same way that you get e-mail or surf internet sites. Due to the fact that your voice is changed into a digital signal, it can be transmitted around the block, on the other side of the country, or around the world for exactly the same price. For VOIP telephone calls, the idea of long distance does not exist. A single basic benefit is its low-price. If you have a fast Internet connection (DSL or cable), you can make computer-to-computer telephone calls anyplace on the globe FREE. Computer-to-phone telephone calls normally have a fee, but are usually still less expensive than typical telephone service. Perks like call forwarding, call waiting, voicemail, caller ID and 3way-calling, are packaged with VOIP telephone service at no additional fee. At the same time you are speaking on the telephone, you can transmit graphics and documents.
VOIP telephoning plans are available in two types; bulk rate pricing and unlimited calling. Bulk rate pricing permits you to receive a monthly ration of minutes to telephone anyone you desire (similar to your cellular telephone ). If you exceed your monthly limit you will receive overage fees. Unlimited calling is precisely the way it is meant- you have no cap on the number of telephone calls you can dial. Limitless telephoning packages start at $35 a month depending on the VOIP service supplier and the extra perks included with your plan. Unless you are making many telephone calls or the limitless telephoning plan is very cheap, bulk rate pricing is normally a more beneficial choice.
Like cellular telephones, VOIP companies permit you to “port†or bring your existing phone number with you into their company. This is very handy since you will not need to advise your friends and family that you have changed your telephone number. Presently there is no law that VOIP suppliers must permit you to take your number with you if you are not satisfied or wish to switch companies. A few of them will, others will bill you an extra charge, and some will refuse to cooperate with your wish. Make sure, then, to take a look at this prior to putting your signature on any contracts.
Another benefit is its flexibility. You can make and get telephone calls as long as you have access to a broadband connection by just logging in to your VOIP account. Because of this factor, using VOIP is as easy as sending e-mail. While you are vacationing, you just take a headset or Internet phone with you; then you can speak to family or colleagues virtually for free.
Phone-to-phone VOIP is also portable. VOIP telephones are pocket-sized and light enough to take anyplace. Once you contract with a VOIP company , the Internet phone or adapter employed by that company is given a unique identification number. This ‘phone number’ stays valid, even if your VOIP company is in New York and you’re connected to the Internet in Tokyo. While connected to a broadband connection, anyplace on the planet, you can make and receive telephone calls just like you were sitting in your own living room .
There are a few bugs that still make a negative impression with VOIP being more popular with the public. Lack of uninterrupted telephone service during power failures and problems with 911 emergency calling make up the 2 largest stumbling blocks.
Traditional telephone service keeps going due to the electric current running through the phone line at the time of a blackout. This is not possible with VOIP telephones. At the same time that the electricity fails, there goes VOIP service. Battery backups and electric generators that furnish power are the present-day answers to this dilemna.
A huge headache involves emergency 911 telephone calls. VOIP services usually aren’t useful in emergencies. Traditional telephone gear can trace the locations of telephone calls. Emergency calls are channeled to the closest call center where the operator can distinguish your location, in case you are unable to talk. With VOIP, at this time there is no way to figure out the location from which Internet calls are coming. There is an emerging standard called e911 however, which is trying to resolve this restriction.
VOIP also has voice quality and reliability issues. Data sent through the Internet normally reaches its destination scrambled. E-mail and text files can be reassembled in the proper order when it arrives. Voice data also comes in scrambled, but it’s more difficult due to the real-time nature of VOIP. Many data bundles may have to be unloaded when they don’t make it in time, in order to make voice connections with the smallest time lag. This can create quick silences in the audio flow.
Space and speed of the connection specify the quantity of data dropped. Many networks get more traffic and therefore are more likely to create audio dropouts. One way to supply superior caliber audio connections is to produce dedicated data routes.
With the unbelievable amount of work committed to VOIP, these bad aspects will certainly be settled withinin the next 2 years. It is forecast that by then VOIP will be better accepted by consumers far and wide.
Should the Internet be regulated
The Internet has been a tremendous leveler of the playing field for individuals, small businesses and giant corporations. They all coexist and compete more equally than ever before in this technological environment. Internet regulation is an issue that will determine whether this equality continues or not.
Net Neutrality is at the heart of the debate on Internet regulation. Columbia law professor Tim Wu defines Net Neutrality this way; “Network neutrality is best defined as a network design principle. The idea is that a maximally useful public information network aspires to treat all content, sites, and platforms equally.”
Google’s web site says it “is the principle that Internet users should be in control of what content they view and what applications they use on the Internet.” “It is this neutrality that has allowed many companies, including Google, to launch, grow, and innovate.” (http://www.google.com/help/ne tneutrality.html)
That sounds fair and right, doesn’t it? Who would be against it? On November 7, 2007, Business Week interviewed Edward Whitacre CEO of SBC Telecommunications, a company that since merged with AT&T.
When asked about upstart businesses such as Google, Vonage and other companies who make a profit on the Internet, he said “Now what they would like to do is use my pipes (Internet bandwidth) free, but I ain’t going to let them do that. The Internet can’t be free in that sense, because we and the cable companies have made an investment, and for a Google or Yahoo! or Vonage or anybody to expect to use these pipes [for] free is nuts!”
Mr. Whitacre is not talking about these companies accessing the Internet free. No, these companies pay their Internet providers a fee each month just as you or I do. He is talking about additional charges for bandwidth used. A tiered system whereby users would pay more for high bandwidth sites and applications.
Since Google is successful, they have more users accessing their site resulting in more bandwidth used. Thus Google would have to pay much more than I would since I have an unknown website. Of course, Google’s extra costs would be passed on to the consumer or to the advertisers on the site. Other broadband providers want to assess extra charges in the same manner.
It’s like charging you a toll to drive on a road that you already pay a monthly fee to use. The more you use it, the more you’ll pay. Is it fair to do this? Consider what may occur.
Do you use the Internet as a place of
VOIP For Your Business
Many businesses are considering VOIP for their telephone businees needs. Many don’t know exactly when they should consider it an option for them. Many do not understand how it differs from regular telephone service and how the two differ.
Many companies are now beginning to look into alternatives to high priced telephone systems currently in use. They are realizing that there are huge benefits financially to those switching over to VOIP. They are realizing there is greater functionality with VOIP as well as cost savings and room for growth.
The simple basics of VOIP is that it uses high speed internet lines to carry voice traffic instead of telephone lines.
There are two basic technologies.
IP telephony runs over a local area network also known as a LAN. this is a very cost effective way for communicating within an organization. It allows voice transmissions between people within a company who are part of an internal network.
VoIP is carried over a wide area network also know as a WAN. VoIP can be used to transmit voice through a WAN (such as the internet) or carry voice over a public WAN (such as the Internet) or a private WAN, which provides enhanced security for communications.
Why would a business consider making this change?
Large companies currenly use PBX systems. This is a private phone system within an organization. Users work with a certain number of lines for all external calls.
Some companies use a cental office exchange service know as Centrex, which is basically a PBX in which all routing occurs not on a company’s premises, but at the local telephone company.
Some use “Key systems”, which are very small PBXs, designed primarily for small offices.
These systems all share the same problem. When it comes to long distance the costs are enormous. As more and more this becomes a global world, long distance becomes a major necessity and this means one thing…large long-distance bills, Coupled with this these systems are difficult to change or expand with company growth and are unsuited to support more technically advanced communications. Because these systems are based upon proprietary technologies, companies are limited to only what the phone companies provide.
VOIP services make this a thing of the past. As VOIP gains popularity among companies seeking more cost effective services these antiquated phone systems are slowing disappearing. Expansion of services will be a breeze because of the technology involved with VOIP.
Companies will benefit from reduced overall costs as IP-based voice technology can virtually eliminate toll calls. It also slashes the cost of making add-ons, moves and changes to the system.
Enhanced functionality. VOIP offers all the options that callers are used to using such as call waiting, caller ID, unified messaging, directory services and vertical-specific applications. In addition, VOIP is a standard, open protocol, allowing companies to build their own audio applications or purchase other applications that will come from software developers.
Easy Expanion. As your company expands and grows this cost effective system will allow for expansion with very little cost.
Easy To Use. With VOIP, employees wil have many options–they can use a VOIP phone that is identical to a regular desk phone or use a “softphone” which loads into desktops, laptops or PDAs as software. Added benefit is that they will be able to use their telephone number in any location.
In time VOIP networks will become even more usefull as it will be able to support the convergence of data, video and voice services. This will enable companies to be ready for a plethora of multimedia applications that are emerging from developers. VOIP technology will give guaranteed levels of reliability, quality of service and security.
VOIP is now a fully developed technology, providing companies with a valuable voice system today, and allowing for the latest technological advances that will develop in the future.
Companies need to get in on the ground floor to take advantage of all the new technology that is coming and the savings it will afford.
About the author:
Jean Sutherland is a technical writer for the popular website http://www.voip-place.com/where everything VOIP is discussed. She is also the owner of the successful website The Company Newsletter at http://www.thecompanynewsletter.comwhere you will find loads of free software, articles on marketing and common computer questions.
The Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Joint-Ventures
What is a Joint Venture?
In internet marketing terms, a joint venture is where a product owner and a list owner agree to work together for their mutual benefit.
My clients are all product developers, and so am I, so this will be written from that point of view.
Why Joint Venture?
“Joint Venture” is the answer to the question, “I’ve finished my e-book, what do I do now?
You need to create a relationship with someone who has a list of people that they can offer your product to. More specifically, you’re looking for people who already market products like yours to their list. It needs to be a good “fit.”
The question you need to answer is “What’s in it for me.” That’s the question that will be on the top of your potential JV partner’s mind. They want to make the most money with the least effort possible.
One day, you’ll have your own huge list- until then, your job is to make it very, very easy for your JV partners.
Don’t waste your time blindly sending JV proposals to absolute strangers. This almost never works.
Take the time to develop relationships with your potential JV partners. Subscribe to their e-zines and newsletters. Research their businesses. Get to know them.
Lists
You’ll hear it over and over again: “The gold is in your list.”
When you’re first starting out, you won’t have a list. Every move you make should include building your list as one of your goals.
You will need to JV with people who have large lists. Some of the people on those lists will soon be on your list. That is the single most important factor in a JV agreement. You can market to these people for the rest of their lives.
Be prepared to give up a large chunk your initial sales income to the list owner. The first sale is just that, the first sale. After you’ve acquired these customers, you can sell them other products and keep 100% of the money.
The gold is in your list. All other financial considerations are secondary.
Build your list.
When you’re researching potential JV partners, you’ll want to find out all you can about their lists.
This list needs to be “double opt-in,” which means that subscribers have agreed to be on it, and then confirmed that agreement.
Single opt-in lists are not as responsive- I tend to avoid them.
People who market to “non-opt-in” lists are known as spammers.
There are two things to look at, initially, when analyzing a list: size and focus.
Size, in this instance, does matter. Bigger, in this case, is better. You’re going to sell to a certain percentage of the people on the list. That percentage is a function of the “fit” or focus of the list and the effectiveness of your sales material. The more people on the list, the more sales that percentage represents.
The focus of the list is very important. If you’ve got a copywriting e-book, and you market it to a list of automobile mechanics, you’re wasting your time.
Carefully research your potential JV partners to ensure that their list is a good “fit” for your product.
Who Is Your Customer?
The first step in creating a successful Joint Venture is to have a clear mental image of your potential customer.
Analyze your product, and then visualize who would benefit from it.
Some parameters to think about are:
1. What is your potential customers’ level of expertise? Is he an “absolute beginner?” Is she an expert?
2. Where does your customer get their information? Some people only receive information from their television sets. Others read books. Others only get information from the internet. Most people use a combination of sources, but you will notice trends. Laundry detergent is most effectively marketed on television. E-products, like e-books, teleseminars, etc., are most effectively marketed on the internet.
3. After you’ve identified the broad area of where your customer gets his/her information, see how finely you can focus. Some people only trust news from the New York Times. Others only trust Fox news. The same trend is true in internet marketing. Some people are very tech oriented, and like a “nuts and bolts” proposal. Others respond to personality marketing, and are more interested in the seller than the product.
Get inside your customers head and try to imagine what they are reading and listening to.
4. What vocabulary does your customer respond to? If you’re selling pop-music ring tones for cell-phones, your customers will expect a hip, young voice and vocabulary. If you’re selling an e-book of stock market tips, a more mature tone is needed, along with a vocabulary that addresses the specific terminology of that market.
You’re looking for a list that speaks to your customer.
Types of Joint Venture Partners
Potential Joint Venture partners fall into three categories.
1. 800 pound gorillas
2. Big Dogs
3. Everybody else
Let’s look at them in a little more detail-
Stalking the 800 Pound Gorilla
The 800 pound gorillas are the household names. The Elvis’s of internet marketing. You know who they are.
If you don’t know who they are, go to www.gurudaq.com and start reading. That site lists the most popular internet marketing gurus in a faux stock market list. The ranking is irrelevant, but the same players show up on it in varying order every day. You can research these gorillas easily with the links on this page.
You want to create JV’s with the gorillas before you contact the big dogs and affiliates. The 800 pound gorillas like drinking from a clear stream. If they have to compete with hundreds of small affiliates, they will probably pass on your proposal.
Ultimately, you want to establish relationships with the list-owners who market to your customers.
Here are some strategies for establishing those relationships:
1) you know them (try giving them guitar lessons!)
2) you get to know them (meet them at a seminar),
3) work your way up through their organization- they’ve probably got a staff of people who go through JV proposals- they may get 20-50 a day, or
4) you get lucky- for example, your girlfriend’s brother is listed on GuruDaq.
You should immediately start sending proposals to the 800 pound gorillas who might be interested in marketing your product. We’ll discuss how to create this proposal later in the book. This may be a long-term goal for you, but stick with it. Some of these guys can send a million emails with the wave of a wand.
Research these gurus, and identify the ones who are selling to the customers you want to sell to.
The next step is to find out where this customer goes online. Who is already talking to your customer? Who is already selling products to your customer?
Google is a remarkable tool for research.
It is also a dynamic tool that changes frequently.
Right now, the top slots in a Google search get there by spending money and time. Search engine optimization is tricky, but what you need to know is- the top spots on a Google search belong to savvy marketers who invest time and money.
If you are selling a product- let’s say, a JV proposal e-book- you can use Google to identify who the strongest marketers are in your niche.
I just did a search on “JV proposal,” and e-book. There were almost 8,000 hits.
Find the ones that resonate with your niche, subscribe to their e-zines, and read them.
People with big lists publish e-zines and newsletters.
If you’re selling an e-book about Search Engine Optimization, do a search on “Search Engine Optimization” and see where that leads.
Today, it turns up over seven million “hits.” That’s more than we need.
It also turns up a lot of information- if somebody gets to the top of a list that big, they’re worth talking to.
If you’ve got the Google toolbar, or the Alexa toolbar, you can find out a lot more about them- but the fact that they turn up at the top of the list tells you just about all you need to know.
Let’s look at the obvious resources first.
The best place to look for JV partners is in the world of e-zine publishing.
Again, a Google search on “SEO, Search Engine Optimization, E-Zine” will turn up- just a second- 229,000 Web addresses.
You should probably start with the top ten. If they’re on page 1 of a Google
search that is that broad, they’ve got a lot of traffic. They probably have a large list of subscribers, too.
Read their ‘Zines. Are their customers your potential customers?
If it’s not a perfect match, don’t bother.
The Big Dogs
The Big Dogs- This is the group that hasn’t quite hit “Elvis” status yet, but they’re in the trenches and have a good track record. They’re easier to get to. You probably don’t know their names, yet, but they’re easy to find.
You’ll see them mentioned in forums. You’ll read about them in newsletters. They’ll show up as co-authors on books they write with the gorillas.
By the way, the absolute best forum for learning about info-product marketing is InfoProduct U, at http://www.infoproductu.com. Bill Hibbler and I run that one, and there are hundreds of potential JV partners who are also members.
Find these people while they’re still on their way up and establish a relationship with them.
You might hire them as a coach. You can sign up for my coaching program at http://www.yourportableempire.com .
Subscribe to their e-zines and newsletters. Mine are at:
Milagro World: http://www.milagroworld.comS
Effortless E-books: http://www.effortlesse-books.com
Effortless Copywriting: http://www.effortlesscopywriting.com
Blog: http://www.patobryan.com/blog
This business, like every other business, is built on relationships. If you can establish a relationship with a “big dog” before he becomes an “800 pound gorilla,” you might end up with a relationship with a real heavy hitter.
Everybody Else
Everybody Else- I have hundreds of affiliates for some of my e-books. About five of them actually make sales. You will naturally attract these affiliates through the Clickbank directory, and through the promotion you get from the other two categories. It might be worth your time to place an ad at commissionjunction.com, but I’d make that a low priority at first.
I subscribe to several forums. Most of them have a place where you can advertise your affiliate programs. Be sure to only advertise them in the specific place where they’re welcome. If you solicit for affiliates in an informational thread on a forum, you’ll get flamed- at best, and banned at worst.
I just did a search on affiliate directories- here are the top ones. Some of them charge to list your product, some don’t. I don’t have any recommendations. I’ve found all of my affiliates by listing my products in the clickbank directory and through personal relationships.
http://www.commissionjunction.com
http://www.associateprograms.com/
http://www.affiliatetip.com/
http://www.affiliate-programs-directory.com/
http://www.affiliatefirst.com/
http://www.refer-it.com/
What About the Competition?
There is no such thing.
A competitor is a potential partner.
A competitor is a person who is already marketing to your customers. They’ve already got a list of people who buy products like yours.
A list of people “who buy” is much more valuable than a list of people “who are interested in.” It takes a leap of faith on the part of the customer to actually reach in their wallet, pull out their credit card, and buy. Once that faith is established, it’s much easier to get them to pull out the card a second time.
This is why you are willing to give up a large percentage of the first sale to get names on your list, and this is why your competitors are your best potential partners.
Your potential partner understands this. They also understand that if their customer bought one product in this category, they will probably buy another. They’ve already got the list. They are looking for products to sell to their list.
It’s a win-win proposition.
At an internet marketing seminar last year, I heard a list-owner talk about “creaming” somebody else’s list. It made perfect sense. If a list-owner sends 10,000 emails directing his subscribers to your sales page, and 1,000 of them buy, then the 1,000 that bought are the “cream” of his list. They are the ones who are interested in your product, and willing to pay for it.
Those are the ones you want.
Sample Joint Venture Letter
Below is a sample joint venture proposal.
Joe Vitale said, “it’s pretty bare bones, but it will work.”
That’s what I was going for.
It is just a simple template. Do not copy it verbatim. Use it as a guide.
All the pieces are there. Make your JV proposal as long and as detailed as it has to be, but not any longer.
There is a temptation to include your resume, or detailed information about yourself. Resist it.
Emphasize the benefits of your product, and the “fit” with the list-owner’s list.
The phrase I hear most marketers use is “polite and persistent.” You may not get a response to your first email.
Wait a few days, and then follow it up with a “did you get my previous email” email.
If that doesn’t generate a response, wait a few days and then enquire again, including a reminder of the product’s benefits and the fit with their list.
Dear ____________,
Thank you for providing such a valuable resource.
I’m a subscriber to your E-Zine, _________________, and especially enjoyed the issue about __________________.
I have developed a new product (written an e-book, developed a software program, etc.) that I think your readers will enjoy and profit from.
The features that make it especially attractive to your subscribers are- _______
It’s the ____________.
Your complementary copy is at www.___.com
The sales page is at www. com.
You are welcome to 75% of the gross sales generated from your list. For the next week, I am offering it to you exclusively, and will not offer it to any other marketer until I have heard from you.
If you are interested in offering it to your list, contact me any time at
___@___.com, 555-555-5555.
Thank you,
_________
Go To Work!
Generating JV relationships, like much else in life, is something you’ll get better at as you go along.
Over time, you’ll be able to launch a JV deal with a personal email or a casual conversation over lunch.
You’ve now got the tools to establish those relationships. The sooner you get started, the sooner you’ll get there.
Is VoIP a Reliable Platform?
Voice over IP is considered as a reliable platform for sending and receiving video, voice and data through a single line over IP telephony. The data or information send through VoIP platform increases efficiency and productivity of telephony services. The Public service telephone network or PSTN is overcome by new IP service. VoIP services give more of reliability, continuity, scalability, security and quality network to its users. Well, that is because VoIP is based on packet switching mode of transmitting.
The VoIP is a process of converting analog voice signals into digital packets over IP network i.e. broadband internet connection. This process is reconverted before reaching receiver end i.e. digital data is turned back to analog voice. This makes the communication easier task for both sender and receiver. The packet switching allows seamless communication without any discontinuity. Moreover, user can listen to voice transmission without any hurdle in stream of packets.
For availing VoIP solutions and services, user has to install one additional piece of Analog Telephone Adaptor (ATA) to its computer. This equipment allows user to make longer distance and international calls at cheaper rates. Other than that, user can carry VoIP phones anywhere across the globe and enjoys calling at low rates. While opting for these services, user can carry varied jobs at same time like while talking with friend user can even surf the Internet. Services offered over IP telephony are inexpensive and considered as an efficient mode of communicating world wide. Thus, voice over IP services cut down heavy monthly telephone bills by 50 percent.
The VoIP platform provides seamless connectivity between sender and receiver. So, at both the ends, user enjoys high-voice quality communication anytime and anywhere. Today, with its benefits all PSTN users are planning to opt for VoIP services, as it is considered as reliable communication platform.
