NFL spokesman Greg Aiello confirmed during the Broncos' 34-17 win over the Steelers on Sunday night that commissioner Roger Goodell and Ben Roethlisberger(notes) will meet soon. The NFL Network is reporting that the meeting will take place Friday, after football jerseys
the Steelers' final preseason game.
Roethlisberger was suspended by the commissioner for six games after being accused of sexually assaulting a Georgia college student in March. He was not criminally charged in the case. If the Steelers' QB's suspension is reduced to four games, he would make his 2010 season debut on Oct. 17 at home against the Browns. If his six-game suspension is upheld, he would return on Halloween night when the Steelers visit New Orleans.
"The commissioner has stated that he would make his decision prior to the start of nfl jerseys wholesale
the regular season and that he would meet with Ben again as part of the process," Aiello said.
2010年8月31日星期二
Harrison’s hit on Orton sends scare into Broncos
DENVER (AP)—Tim Tebow’s(notes) ill-fated dart into the end zone earlier this month sparked quite the conversation among his devotees and his haters alike: Can the former Florida star survive in the NFL if he doesn’t tone down his bruising running style?
Kyle Orton(notes), for one, was squarely in his corner. The Denver Broncos’ starting quarterback said he’d have done the exact same thing as Tebow did when he dashed for the goal line on the final play of his pro debut even though two defenders nfl jerseys
rendered the rookie a human sandwich with bruised ribs.
“Try to score every play that you can,” Orton said. “And if that’s the option, then that’s what you’ve got to do.”
Even though it’s the preseason, where stats don’t count but the aches hurt just the same.
So, it was no surprise Sunday night when Orton found himself as the last line of defense as Pittsburgh linebacker James Harrison(notes) was rumbling downfield after picking up a fumble that would be overturned.
Harrison saw Orton go low for the tackle along the sideline and he put his helmet down and hit Orton head on, leaving the quarterback shaken, the Broncos miffed and their fans wondering if this summer-long injury epidemic had claimed yet another key starter.
“I don’t know if I went after him or he went after me,” Orton said. “You have to try to save a touchdown and took a pretty decent shot, yeah.”
Orton said that while he only had the wind knocked out him, it was obvious that Harrison went down to meet him head on, and Broncos coach Josh McDaniels stopped just short of calling Harrison’s hit a cheap shot.
“It kind of looked like Harrison knew he was going to go low and then he took the liberty to go ahead and go after the quarterback,” McDaniels said.
That’s just football, Harrison countered.
“I play aggressively,” he said. “I was going to the ground and wanted to get as many yards as I could.”
As it turns out, it was all for naught as the officials quickly huddled and ruled it an incomplete pass.
Brady Quinn(notes) came in for one snap, was nfl football jerseys
sacked on a blitz and the Broncos punted. When Denver got the ball back, Orton was under center again, much to the relief of the Broncos and their fluttered fan base.
As ballyhooed as their arrivals were this spring, neither Tebow nor Quinn look anywhere near ready to take over Denver’s offense if Orton gets hurt.
Judging by the rotation and their performances Thursday night, it appears that Tebow has moved up in the pecking order ahead of Quinn.
Tebow was erratic: he telegraphed an interception but came back to drive Denver 74 yards on five plays for a 3-yard touchdown strike to fellow rookie Eric Decker(notes),
“Just up and down out there,” Tebow said. “Some good things, some bad things—and a lot of things I’ve got to go work on and get a lot better at.”
One thing he did much better this time was stay in the pocket. He didn’t scramble at all in completing half of his 10 passes for 72 yards.
For the first time since Denver made him a surprise first-round pick in the draft, Tebow looked like a bona fide NFL pocket passer Thursday night.
“Trying to be,” Tebow said. “Just trying to do what I’m asked.”
“We’re not calling plays for him to run the ball. That’s just the bottom line,” McDaniels said. “When he went in there, we wanted him to throw the ball from the pocket, we wanted to do some things and test him, see how he did, see how he handled it and none of the things that we were doing were designed scrambles or designed runs.
“And I told him, too, if he scrambles again, get down, you know? That would be better for all of us.”
While Tebow looked a lot better, Quinn appeared stuck in neutral, although he was playing with the second- and third-stringers when he went just 1-for-2 for 2 yards in mop-up duty against the Steelers.
“I may not always look statistically good,” said Quinn, who insisted he was nevertheless making progress in McDaniels’ intricate offense.
Still, he might have already been supplanted by nfl jerseys wholesale
Tebow as Orton’s primary backup.
“It’s honestly something I’m not focusing on,” said Quinn, who’s instead looking to make an impression with much more playing time in the preseason finale at Minnesota on Thursday night.
Kyle Orton(notes), for one, was squarely in his corner. The Denver Broncos’ starting quarterback said he’d have done the exact same thing as Tebow did when he dashed for the goal line on the final play of his pro debut even though two defenders nfl jerseys
rendered the rookie a human sandwich with bruised ribs.
“Try to score every play that you can,” Orton said. “And if that’s the option, then that’s what you’ve got to do.”
Even though it’s the preseason, where stats don’t count but the aches hurt just the same.
So, it was no surprise Sunday night when Orton found himself as the last line of defense as Pittsburgh linebacker James Harrison(notes) was rumbling downfield after picking up a fumble that would be overturned.
Harrison saw Orton go low for the tackle along the sideline and he put his helmet down and hit Orton head on, leaving the quarterback shaken, the Broncos miffed and their fans wondering if this summer-long injury epidemic had claimed yet another key starter.
“I don’t know if I went after him or he went after me,” Orton said. “You have to try to save a touchdown and took a pretty decent shot, yeah.”
Orton said that while he only had the wind knocked out him, it was obvious that Harrison went down to meet him head on, and Broncos coach Josh McDaniels stopped just short of calling Harrison’s hit a cheap shot.
“It kind of looked like Harrison knew he was going to go low and then he took the liberty to go ahead and go after the quarterback,” McDaniels said.
That’s just football, Harrison countered.
“I play aggressively,” he said. “I was going to the ground and wanted to get as many yards as I could.”
As it turns out, it was all for naught as the officials quickly huddled and ruled it an incomplete pass.
Brady Quinn(notes) came in for one snap, was nfl football jerseys
sacked on a blitz and the Broncos punted. When Denver got the ball back, Orton was under center again, much to the relief of the Broncos and their fluttered fan base.
As ballyhooed as their arrivals were this spring, neither Tebow nor Quinn look anywhere near ready to take over Denver’s offense if Orton gets hurt.
Judging by the rotation and their performances Thursday night, it appears that Tebow has moved up in the pecking order ahead of Quinn.
Tebow was erratic: he telegraphed an interception but came back to drive Denver 74 yards on five plays for a 3-yard touchdown strike to fellow rookie Eric Decker(notes),
“Just up and down out there,” Tebow said. “Some good things, some bad things—and a lot of things I’ve got to go work on and get a lot better at.”
One thing he did much better this time was stay in the pocket. He didn’t scramble at all in completing half of his 10 passes for 72 yards.
For the first time since Denver made him a surprise first-round pick in the draft, Tebow looked like a bona fide NFL pocket passer Thursday night.
“Trying to be,” Tebow said. “Just trying to do what I’m asked.”
“We’re not calling plays for him to run the ball. That’s just the bottom line,” McDaniels said. “When he went in there, we wanted him to throw the ball from the pocket, we wanted to do some things and test him, see how he did, see how he handled it and none of the things that we were doing were designed scrambles or designed runs.
“And I told him, too, if he scrambles again, get down, you know? That would be better for all of us.”
While Tebow looked a lot better, Quinn appeared stuck in neutral, although he was playing with the second- and third-stringers when he went just 1-for-2 for 2 yards in mop-up duty against the Steelers.
“I may not always look statistically good,” said Quinn, who insisted he was nevertheless making progress in McDaniels’ intricate offense.
Still, he might have already been supplanted by nfl jerseys wholesale
Tebow as Orton’s primary backup.
“It’s honestly something I’m not focusing on,” said Quinn, who’s instead looking to make an impression with much more playing time in the preseason finale at Minnesota on Thursday night.
2010年8月29日星期日
Kansas City (54-75) at Cleveland (53-76)
The Cleveland Indians have broken out of their slump in part by taking advantage of the Kansas City Royals’ struggles on the road. Indians starter Fausto Carmona(notes) hopes the Royals will also prove the key to ending his losing streak. Carmona will try to avoid dropping a career-worst fifth consecutive start and help his team complete a home sweep of the Royals on Sunday.
The Indians (53-76) entered the weekend losers of cheap nfl jerseys 13 of 17, but now have a chance to post their fourth consecutive win in the finale of this three-game set. They can also complete their first sweep of the Royals since Aug. 19-21, 2008. Should they pull it off, they’ll move into a fourth-place tie with Kansas City in the AL Central.
Asdrubal Cabrera(notes) homered to lead of the 10th inning Saturday and lift Cleveland to a 4-3 victory.
“It felt really good because I can’t remember ever hitting a home run to win a game,” said Cabrera, who was sidelined two months earlier this season with a broken left arm. “I still am not 100 percent, maybe 90.”
Achieving the sweep might be Minnesota Vikings jersey easier said than done with the struggling Carmona (11-12, 4.20 ERA) heading to the mound.
The right-hander has posted a 6.48 ERA while losing his last four starts. He gave up four runs over 6 2-3 innings of Tuesday’s 5-0 home loss to Oakland. He also dropped four straight starts from May 22-June 7, but has never lost five consecutive outings.
Carmona was tagged for seven runs and nine hits over five innings Aug. 18 in Kansas City but threw five innings during a 4-0 victory over the Royals on May 12, also on the road
This time, he’ll face a Kansas City team that’s 1-4 heading into the finale of its six-game road trip and is 4-17 away from home since July 8.
Carmona is 3-1 with a 3.18 ERA in four career home starts against the Royals (54-75).
He’ll square off again with Bruce Chen(notes) (8-7, 4.88), who won the Aug. 18 game despite allowing a career high-tying 11 hits.
The left-hander followed that 9-7 win by giving up five runs, five hits and five walks over 4 1-3 innings of Monday’s 12-3 loss in Detroit. He’s 1-3 with a 6.10 ERA in his last four road starts.
“I didn’t pitch very well, and it cost us the game,” he said. “I nibbled too much instead of Miami Dolphins jersey attacking the strike zone.”
Chen is 1-2 with a 7.98 ERA in three career starts versus the Indians.
The Royals will try to back him up by recording double-digit hits for the fourth straight game overall and the seventh time in their last eight matchups with the Indians. Kansas City has batted .328 in those eight games.
The Indians (53-76) entered the weekend losers of cheap nfl jerseys 13 of 17, but now have a chance to post their fourth consecutive win in the finale of this three-game set. They can also complete their first sweep of the Royals since Aug. 19-21, 2008. Should they pull it off, they’ll move into a fourth-place tie with Kansas City in the AL Central.
Asdrubal Cabrera(notes) homered to lead of the 10th inning Saturday and lift Cleveland to a 4-3 victory.
“It felt really good because I can’t remember ever hitting a home run to win a game,” said Cabrera, who was sidelined two months earlier this season with a broken left arm. “I still am not 100 percent, maybe 90.”
Achieving the sweep might be Minnesota Vikings jersey easier said than done with the struggling Carmona (11-12, 4.20 ERA) heading to the mound.
The right-hander has posted a 6.48 ERA while losing his last four starts. He gave up four runs over 6 2-3 innings of Tuesday’s 5-0 home loss to Oakland. He also dropped four straight starts from May 22-June 7, but has never lost five consecutive outings.
Carmona was tagged for seven runs and nine hits over five innings Aug. 18 in Kansas City but threw five innings during a 4-0 victory over the Royals on May 12, also on the road
This time, he’ll face a Kansas City team that’s 1-4 heading into the finale of its six-game road trip and is 4-17 away from home since July 8.
Carmona is 3-1 with a 3.18 ERA in four career home starts against the Royals (54-75).
He’ll square off again with Bruce Chen(notes) (8-7, 4.88), who won the Aug. 18 game despite allowing a career high-tying 11 hits.
The left-hander followed that 9-7 win by giving up five runs, five hits and five walks over 4 1-3 innings of Monday’s 12-3 loss in Detroit. He’s 1-3 with a 6.10 ERA in his last four road starts.
“I didn’t pitch very well, and it cost us the game,” he said. “I nibbled too much instead of Miami Dolphins jersey attacking the strike zone.”
Chen is 1-2 with a 7.98 ERA in three career starts versus the Indians.
The Royals will try to back him up by recording double-digit hits for the fourth straight game overall and the seventh time in their last eight matchups with the Indians. Kansas City has batted .328 in those eight games.
Millwood: 7 scoreless in O’s win over Angels
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP)—Kevin Millwood(notes) scattered six hits over eight gritty innings and Orioles No. 9 hitter Josh Bell(notes) hit a two-run homer, leading Baltimore to a 5-0 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night. Millwood (3-14) won for the first time since posting back-to-back interleague wins over San Diego and Florida on football jersey June 19 and June 24. The 35-year-old right-hander, who spent his previous four seasons with the Texas Rangers, beat an AL team for the first time since pitching a complete-game 11-3 victory at Angel Stadium on Oct. 1, his final start of 2009.
Millwood struck out five, walked one, and escaped jams in the fifth and seventh innings after the Angels put runners at the corners with one out both times.
Jim Johnson(notes) pitched a scoreless ninth, allowing one hit in his first appearance since April 30. He had been sidelined because of inflammation in his right elbow, and was reinstated from the 60-day disabled list Friday.
The Halos were shut out for the seventh time this season and fourth time in 14 games. They have been held to fewer than three runs in 26 of 70 games since June 8.
A victory on Sunday would give Baltimore a sweep of the season series, the first for either club in the 50 years since they began playing each other. The Orioles swept the Angels at Camden Yards in Buck Showalter’s first three games after taking over as manager on Aug. 3.
The Orioles, whose 47-83 record is the second-worst in the majors, are 15-11 this month with two games remaining. It will be their first winning record in August since 1997, when they were 18-10. The last time Baltimore had a winning record in New Orleans Saints jersey any month was June 2008 (15-12).
Scott Kazmir(notes) (8-12) gave up four runs and eight hits over 5 2-3 innings. The left-hander is 1-7 with an 8.29 ERA over his last nine starts, after winning his previous four outings.
Kazmir matched zeros with Millwood until the fifth. Bell, who hit his first two big league home runs a week ago against Cliff Lee(notes), drove Kazmir’s 0-2 pitch over the 18-foot wall in right-center after Cesar Izturis(notes) beat out an infield single up the middle.
The Angels mounted a threat in the fifth after a walk and a hit-and-run single by Torii Hunter(notes), but shortstop Izturis fielded rookie Peter Bourjos’(notes) hard grounder up the middle and stepped on the bag before completing the double play.
Two innings later, Millwood retired Bobby Wilson(notes) and Bourjos on popups after Mike Napoli(notes) doubled with one out and took third on Erick Aybar’s(notes) single.
The Orioles increased the margin to 4-0 in the sixth. Ty Wigginton(notes) led off with a double and made it all the way home on Jake Fox’s(notes) infield hit to the right of the mound.
Kazmir fielded the ball, then had to sprint to first base when he saw that Napoli, a converted first baseman, was nowhere near the bag. Fox slid safely as Kazmir toppled over him, and Wigginton easily beat the one-hop throw to the plate that Kazmir made from the seat of his pants. Corey Patterson(notes) ran for Fox and scored on a single by Izturis.
Craig Tatum(notes) drove in the Orioles’ final run with an RBI single in the eighth.
NOTES: Kobe Bryant, wearing a Torii Hunter jersey, attended the game with his wife and daughters Natalia and Gianna. Natalia threw a ceremonial first pitch to Jered Weaver(notes). … Don’t expect to see Orioles manager Buck Showalter back behind the “Baseball Tonight” desk at ESPN doing postseason analysis. Showalter expects to undergo knee surgery the day after the regular season ends, and will be busy with other responsibilities related to the Orioles’ organization. “I know we’re going to have a minicamp in Baltimore and get a chance to see some of our guys,” Showalter said, adding with a straight face: “I’m not going back to ESPN. I can’t be bought.” … Millwood used 10 pitches to retire the side in order in the first inning—something he didn’t do in any of his previous 16 starts, after pitching a 1-2-3 first in eight of his first nine outings this season. He has allowed a major league-worst 38 first-inning runs this season. … Orioles 2B Brian Roberts(notes) sat out the game because of a left hip strain, an injury he aggravated during Friday night’s victory. The two-time All-Star, who has played in no fewer than 155 games in any of New England Patriots jersey the previous three seasons, has been limited to just 35 games this season—mostly because of back problems. … Orioles CF Adam Jones(notes) sat out his fourth straight game because of a bruised left shoulder after getting hit by a pitch from Gavin Floyd(notes) during the Orioles’ 7-5 loss to the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night.
Millwood struck out five, walked one, and escaped jams in the fifth and seventh innings after the Angels put runners at the corners with one out both times.
Jim Johnson(notes) pitched a scoreless ninth, allowing one hit in his first appearance since April 30. He had been sidelined because of inflammation in his right elbow, and was reinstated from the 60-day disabled list Friday.
The Halos were shut out for the seventh time this season and fourth time in 14 games. They have been held to fewer than three runs in 26 of 70 games since June 8.
A victory on Sunday would give Baltimore a sweep of the season series, the first for either club in the 50 years since they began playing each other. The Orioles swept the Angels at Camden Yards in Buck Showalter’s first three games after taking over as manager on Aug. 3.
The Orioles, whose 47-83 record is the second-worst in the majors, are 15-11 this month with two games remaining. It will be their first winning record in August since 1997, when they were 18-10. The last time Baltimore had a winning record in New Orleans Saints jersey any month was June 2008 (15-12).
Scott Kazmir(notes) (8-12) gave up four runs and eight hits over 5 2-3 innings. The left-hander is 1-7 with an 8.29 ERA over his last nine starts, after winning his previous four outings.
Kazmir matched zeros with Millwood until the fifth. Bell, who hit his first two big league home runs a week ago against Cliff Lee(notes), drove Kazmir’s 0-2 pitch over the 18-foot wall in right-center after Cesar Izturis(notes) beat out an infield single up the middle.
The Angels mounted a threat in the fifth after a walk and a hit-and-run single by Torii Hunter(notes), but shortstop Izturis fielded rookie Peter Bourjos’(notes) hard grounder up the middle and stepped on the bag before completing the double play.
Two innings later, Millwood retired Bobby Wilson(notes) and Bourjos on popups after Mike Napoli(notes) doubled with one out and took third on Erick Aybar’s(notes) single.
The Orioles increased the margin to 4-0 in the sixth. Ty Wigginton(notes) led off with a double and made it all the way home on Jake Fox’s(notes) infield hit to the right of the mound.
Kazmir fielded the ball, then had to sprint to first base when he saw that Napoli, a converted first baseman, was nowhere near the bag. Fox slid safely as Kazmir toppled over him, and Wigginton easily beat the one-hop throw to the plate that Kazmir made from the seat of his pants. Corey Patterson(notes) ran for Fox and scored on a single by Izturis.
Craig Tatum(notes) drove in the Orioles’ final run with an RBI single in the eighth.
NOTES: Kobe Bryant, wearing a Torii Hunter jersey, attended the game with his wife and daughters Natalia and Gianna. Natalia threw a ceremonial first pitch to Jered Weaver(notes). … Don’t expect to see Orioles manager Buck Showalter back behind the “Baseball Tonight” desk at ESPN doing postseason analysis. Showalter expects to undergo knee surgery the day after the regular season ends, and will be busy with other responsibilities related to the Orioles’ organization. “I know we’re going to have a minicamp in Baltimore and get a chance to see some of our guys,” Showalter said, adding with a straight face: “I’m not going back to ESPN. I can’t be bought.” … Millwood used 10 pitches to retire the side in order in the first inning—something he didn’t do in any of his previous 16 starts, after pitching a 1-2-3 first in eight of his first nine outings this season. He has allowed a major league-worst 38 first-inning runs this season. … Orioles 2B Brian Roberts(notes) sat out the game because of a left hip strain, an injury he aggravated during Friday night’s victory. The two-time All-Star, who has played in no fewer than 155 games in any of New England Patriots jersey the previous three seasons, has been limited to just 35 games this season—mostly because of back problems. … Orioles CF Adam Jones(notes) sat out his fourth straight game because of a bruised left shoulder after getting hit by a pitch from Gavin Floyd(notes) during the Orioles’ 7-5 loss to the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night.
2010年8月28日星期六
Export-Import Bank supports mining equipment loan guarantees
The U.S. Export-Import Bank is one step away from final approval of loan guarantees that would save hundreds of jobs at Bucyrus International, the South Milwaukee mining equipment manufacturer.
Thursday, a senior official at the government-run bank said its board of cheap nfl jerseys directors voted unanimously to approve $917 million in financing for Reliance Power Ltd., an Indian power plant operator that would use about $400 million of the money for Bucyrus coal-mining equipment.
The equipment orders were at risk of falling through after the bank - citing environmental concerns over the massive coal project in India - voted earlier to deny the loan guarantees.
Pressured by the White House and Wisconsin's congressional delegation, however, the bank reconsidered.
It has now voted twice to move forward with the loan guarantees and is only about a month away from a final vote.
The deal now goes to Congress for a 30-day comment period. Then it goes back to the bank for a final vote in September or October.
"Unless someone in Congress gets a bee under their bonnet, this should be done" soon, said Bucyrus CEO Tim Sullivan.
Export-Import banks are trade-promotion agencies that provide financing for projects that, collectively, generate billions of dollars in business and stimulate economies.
The U.S. Export-Import Bank did a record-high $21 billion in financing last year, helping U.S. companies get their products overseas.
Now that the bank has voted twice to move forward with the Bucyrus deal, opponents concede it's not likely to be sidetracked.
"There was an enormous amount of political pressure that came to bear on this project," said Michelle Chan with Friends of the Earth, a Washington, D.C., environmental group that opposes the construction of coal-fired power plants.
"This project was unusually politicized," Chan said. "But, going forward, what we really have our eye on is the large coal plants coming down the Cincinnati Bengals jersey pike. We are already looking at the other projects to see if the (Reliance) deal sets a very bad precedent."
Bucyrus, the world's largest mining equipment company, has four more potential deals that would need U.S. Export-Import Bank financing because the loan guarantees allow the borrower to get a lower interest rate.
Those deals in India, Turkey and South Africa could be at risk if they don't meet the bank's environmental standards.
The standards are so high that only sophisticated Chinese-made power plant equipment could meet them, Sullivan said. That puts U.S. power plant builders out of the running for many projects in developing nations, and it puts a damper on sales of U.S. mining equipment if operators of coal-fired power plants turn to other countries for financing.
The slowness at which the U.S. Export-Import Bank moves also could discourage borrowers.
In some countries, export credit agencies issue loan approvals in 60 to 90 days. By the time the U.S. Export-Import Bank makes its final decision on the mining equipment, the Bucyrus deal will have been in the works for nearly a year.
"That is the biggest complaint," Sullivan said. "It has sent a signal to some of our potential Indian customers. They don't want to go through the process."
Now confident that the financing will be approved, Reliance officials are moving ahead with the equipment purchases.
"They are proceeding now as if they have final approval," Sullivan said "The word from the Cleveland Browns jersey Export-Import Bank is they want to complete the process, get the project approved, and then deal with the environmental movement separately on whatever is coming down the pike."
Thursday, a senior official at the government-run bank said its board of cheap nfl jerseys directors voted unanimously to approve $917 million in financing for Reliance Power Ltd., an Indian power plant operator that would use about $400 million of the money for Bucyrus coal-mining equipment.
The equipment orders were at risk of falling through after the bank - citing environmental concerns over the massive coal project in India - voted earlier to deny the loan guarantees.
Pressured by the White House and Wisconsin's congressional delegation, however, the bank reconsidered.
It has now voted twice to move forward with the loan guarantees and is only about a month away from a final vote.
The deal now goes to Congress for a 30-day comment period. Then it goes back to the bank for a final vote in September or October.
"Unless someone in Congress gets a bee under their bonnet, this should be done" soon, said Bucyrus CEO Tim Sullivan.
Export-Import banks are trade-promotion agencies that provide financing for projects that, collectively, generate billions of dollars in business and stimulate economies.
The U.S. Export-Import Bank did a record-high $21 billion in financing last year, helping U.S. companies get their products overseas.
Now that the bank has voted twice to move forward with the Bucyrus deal, opponents concede it's not likely to be sidetracked.
"There was an enormous amount of political pressure that came to bear on this project," said Michelle Chan with Friends of the Earth, a Washington, D.C., environmental group that opposes the construction of coal-fired power plants.
"This project was unusually politicized," Chan said. "But, going forward, what we really have our eye on is the large coal plants coming down the Cincinnati Bengals jersey pike. We are already looking at the other projects to see if the (Reliance) deal sets a very bad precedent."
Bucyrus, the world's largest mining equipment company, has four more potential deals that would need U.S. Export-Import Bank financing because the loan guarantees allow the borrower to get a lower interest rate.
Those deals in India, Turkey and South Africa could be at risk if they don't meet the bank's environmental standards.
The standards are so high that only sophisticated Chinese-made power plant equipment could meet them, Sullivan said. That puts U.S. power plant builders out of the running for many projects in developing nations, and it puts a damper on sales of U.S. mining equipment if operators of coal-fired power plants turn to other countries for financing.
The slowness at which the U.S. Export-Import Bank moves also could discourage borrowers.
In some countries, export credit agencies issue loan approvals in 60 to 90 days. By the time the U.S. Export-Import Bank makes its final decision on the mining equipment, the Bucyrus deal will have been in the works for nearly a year.
"That is the biggest complaint," Sullivan said. "It has sent a signal to some of our potential Indian customers. They don't want to go through the process."
Now confident that the financing will be approved, Reliance officials are moving ahead with the equipment purchases.
"They are proceeding now as if they have final approval," Sullivan said "The word from the Cleveland Browns jersey Export-Import Bank is they want to complete the process, get the project approved, and then deal with the environmental movement separately on whatever is coming down the pike."
One-person start-up roasts coffee for restaurants, groceries, pubs
Wauwatosa — A couple of decades in the restaurant and wine businesses are the basis for Robb Kashevarof's new venture: Valentine Coffee Roasters.
Kashevarof, 42, is a new entrant to the area's coffee roasting scene, which is dominated by Alterra and Stone Creek, plus the smaller Bay View roaster Anodyne. All three have coffee shops in addition to their retail and wholesale businesses.
Kashevarof football jersey considered opening a shop, but for now he is focused only on selling to restaurants and retailers, and after 18 months, he's still striving toward turning a profit.
"I'd like to pay myself," Kashevarof said. "That's right around the bend."
Valentine Coffee Roasters is selling 300 pounds of coffee per week now, mostly to local restaurants, as well as to Nehring's Sendik's on Oakland Ave. in Shorewood and Groppi's Market in Milwaukee's Bay View neighborhood. That's enough to cover costs; 500 pounds per week would turn a profit.
The business is named for Kashevarof's grandfather, who was an Aleut Indian, and it is owned by his wife, Virginia, who works as a nurse. Valentine qualifies for certain benefits as a woman-owned business, and it was easier to get a loan with Virginia as owner.
Robb is the sole employee for now. He does the selling and the roasting, and he focuses intensely on each batch, monitoring and recording the temperature every 30 seconds. It takes 15 minutes to roast each five- to six-pound batch. Afterward, he performs a cupping exercise to check for taste. Some beans will have a chocolate finish. Some taste a bit like strawberries.
"If it sounds like I'm talking about wine, that's my background," he explains.
Kashevarof roamed far from Milwaukee after attending Wauwatosa West High School and Marquette University. He played professional soccer in Poland, managed restaurants in Oregon and Hawaii, and sold wine for General Beverage Sales Co.
"Coffee is like wine," said Jan Weigel, publisher of Fresh Cup magazine in Portland, Ore. Elevation and other growing conditions dictate the flavor of the beans, she said.
Weigel's trade publication sees a range of roasting operations around the country, with varying ambitions. But most roasting businesses, like Kashevarof's, attempt to find restaurants to buy their coffee, even if they operate a coffeehouse, she said.
Most of Carolina Panthers jersey Kashevarof's coffees are not blended, and none are flavored.
"What the farmer has done, I let it shine through," he said.
For now, Valentine Coffee operates from a storeroom/kitchen at the headquarters of The Bartolotta Restaurant Group in Wauwatosa. Kashevarof worked for owner Joe Bartolotta in the past, and Bartolotta has served as a mentor, he said.
When the coffee business grows, Valentine will need to find a place of its own, but for now, the business gets free rent in exchange for supplying coffee to Bartolotta's Mr. B's and Harbor House restaurants. By the end of September, Valentine also will supply Lake Park Bistro and Bacchus.
The biggest challenge has been the need to provide brewing equipment to each of the restaurants he supplies, Kashevarof said. The expensive equipment wasn't part of his original business plan, he said.
Terry Davis, owner of Ambex Inc., a coffee roasting company in Clearwater, Fla., said Kashevarof's oversight was typical for new coffee roasters.
"The biggest barrier to entry for new wholesalers is not understanding the ins and outs of different parts of the coffee industry," said Davis, who formerly operated a roasting business and learned from his own mistakes.
New roaster operators have trouble figuring out how much to charge for their coffee, particularly when dealing with restaurants. They also neglect to figure the cost of their own labor into profit margin calculations.
"Coffee tends to attract non-traditional business people," Davis said. "Sometimes you're so in love with the product that you forget it's a business."
These days, with the growing popularity of eating local foods, small coffee roasters have a good opportunity to get their products into grocery chains, Davis said. Coffee is an appealing product for a chain store looking for local items, because there is almost no chance that customers could be sickened by tainted coffee beans, he said.
Getting into restaurants can be more difficult, because the larger ones get coffee from big chains, Davis said.
Farmers markets are another good bet, because the roaster can sell product at retail, and has the opportunity to put it in front of the public.
Kashevarof started at local farmers markets, selling cups of Chicago Bears jersey freshly brewed coffee for $1.50 as well as bagged coffee beans.
"It's been a good test market," Kashevarof said.
Kashevarof, 42, is a new entrant to the area's coffee roasting scene, which is dominated by Alterra and Stone Creek, plus the smaller Bay View roaster Anodyne. All three have coffee shops in addition to their retail and wholesale businesses.
Kashevarof football jersey considered opening a shop, but for now he is focused only on selling to restaurants and retailers, and after 18 months, he's still striving toward turning a profit.
"I'd like to pay myself," Kashevarof said. "That's right around the bend."
Valentine Coffee Roasters is selling 300 pounds of coffee per week now, mostly to local restaurants, as well as to Nehring's Sendik's on Oakland Ave. in Shorewood and Groppi's Market in Milwaukee's Bay View neighborhood. That's enough to cover costs; 500 pounds per week would turn a profit.
The business is named for Kashevarof's grandfather, who was an Aleut Indian, and it is owned by his wife, Virginia, who works as a nurse. Valentine qualifies for certain benefits as a woman-owned business, and it was easier to get a loan with Virginia as owner.
Robb is the sole employee for now. He does the selling and the roasting, and he focuses intensely on each batch, monitoring and recording the temperature every 30 seconds. It takes 15 minutes to roast each five- to six-pound batch. Afterward, he performs a cupping exercise to check for taste. Some beans will have a chocolate finish. Some taste a bit like strawberries.
"If it sounds like I'm talking about wine, that's my background," he explains.
Kashevarof roamed far from Milwaukee after attending Wauwatosa West High School and Marquette University. He played professional soccer in Poland, managed restaurants in Oregon and Hawaii, and sold wine for General Beverage Sales Co.
"Coffee is like wine," said Jan Weigel, publisher of Fresh Cup magazine in Portland, Ore. Elevation and other growing conditions dictate the flavor of the beans, she said.
Weigel's trade publication sees a range of roasting operations around the country, with varying ambitions. But most roasting businesses, like Kashevarof's, attempt to find restaurants to buy their coffee, even if they operate a coffeehouse, she said.
Most of Carolina Panthers jersey Kashevarof's coffees are not blended, and none are flavored.
"What the farmer has done, I let it shine through," he said.
For now, Valentine Coffee operates from a storeroom/kitchen at the headquarters of The Bartolotta Restaurant Group in Wauwatosa. Kashevarof worked for owner Joe Bartolotta in the past, and Bartolotta has served as a mentor, he said.
When the coffee business grows, Valentine will need to find a place of its own, but for now, the business gets free rent in exchange for supplying coffee to Bartolotta's Mr. B's and Harbor House restaurants. By the end of September, Valentine also will supply Lake Park Bistro and Bacchus.
The biggest challenge has been the need to provide brewing equipment to each of the restaurants he supplies, Kashevarof said. The expensive equipment wasn't part of his original business plan, he said.
Terry Davis, owner of Ambex Inc., a coffee roasting company in Clearwater, Fla., said Kashevarof's oversight was typical for new coffee roasters.
"The biggest barrier to entry for new wholesalers is not understanding the ins and outs of different parts of the coffee industry," said Davis, who formerly operated a roasting business and learned from his own mistakes.
New roaster operators have trouble figuring out how much to charge for their coffee, particularly when dealing with restaurants. They also neglect to figure the cost of their own labor into profit margin calculations.
"Coffee tends to attract non-traditional business people," Davis said. "Sometimes you're so in love with the product that you forget it's a business."
These days, with the growing popularity of eating local foods, small coffee roasters have a good opportunity to get their products into grocery chains, Davis said. Coffee is an appealing product for a chain store looking for local items, because there is almost no chance that customers could be sickened by tainted coffee beans, he said.
Getting into restaurants can be more difficult, because the larger ones get coffee from big chains, Davis said.
Farmers markets are another good bet, because the roaster can sell product at retail, and has the opportunity to put it in front of the public.
Kashevarof started at local farmers markets, selling cups of Chicago Bears jersey freshly brewed coffee for $1.50 as well as bagged coffee beans.
"It's been a good test market," Kashevarof said.
2010年8月27日星期五
Bradford good, Pats defense bad in Rams 36-35 win
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP)—Poised and precise, Sam Bradford(notes) made an impressive debut as a starting NFL quarterback. It may have earned him the No. 1 job in the regular-season opener.
The top pick in the NFL draft zipped football jersey passes between and over defenders, threw for two touchdowns then watched the second half from the sidelines as the St. Louis Rams beat the New England Patriots 36-35 on Josh Brown’s(notes) 37-yard field goal on the last play Thursday night.
But will Bradford be back under center for the Rams first snap Sept. 12 against the Arizona Cardinals?
“We’ve got to look at the film,” coach Steve Spagnuolo said. “I want to see how he handled things when there was pressure.”
He seemed to do just fine.
Bradford completed his first six passes, finished 15-of-22 for 189 yards and was sacked just once. He rarely got flustered and quickly located open receivers.
“It was a blast out there tonight,” he said. “I had fun. I was used to doing what I was doing—moving the offense up and own the field.”
The 2008 Heisman Trophy winner missed most of last season at Oklahoma with a shoulder injury and made his first start since last October. When training camp began, Spagnuolo gave the starting job to A.J. Feeley(notes), but he was sidelined with a sprained right thumb and Bradford got his chance after struggling for two games as a backup.
“He was putting the ball on the money,” Rams running back Steven Jackson said. “You can tell he really knows the offense. I’m really impressed with how far he’s come in a short time.”
Other than Tom Brady(notes), who completed 18 of 22 passes for 273 yards, and rookie tight end Rob Gronkowski(notes), who caught two of Brady’s three touchdown passes, there was very little impressive about the Patriots (2-1).
St. Louis (2-1) led in time of possession, 43:46 to 16:14, and in offensive yards, 462-288. The Patriots gained more than 10 yards on just four of 11 series while the Rams went nine for 11. And only one of the Patriots possessions lasted more than five plays; the Rams had nine.
“We didn’t do well on anything,” New England nfl jerseys wholesale coach Bill Belichick said.
The Patriots offense didn’t get a first down until 3:10 remained in the first half and finished with 12. Their defense gave up 30.
“They were able to move the ball at will,” safety James Sanders(notes) said. “It was demoralizing.”
New Rams owner Stan Kroenke had a much different feeling. One day after the NFL approved him, he went into his team’s locker room before the game.
“That was terrific,” Spagnuolo said. “He stayed for the entire game— late into the night.”
The Patriots had rallied from a 27-14 deficit to a 35-27 lead on Brady’s touchdown passes of 65 yards to Randy Moss(notes) and 20 yards to Gronkowski and Brian Hoyer’s(notes) 5-yarder to Sam Aiken(notes) with 11:14 left after an interception by Brandon McGowan(notes).
Keith Toston(notes) scored on a 2-yard run but an incomplete pass for a conversion left the Rams behind 35-33.
They got the ball back after a punt and kept shredding the defense. Quarterback Keith Null(notes) directed a 41-yard drive to the Patriots 19 and Brown won the game with his third field goal.
Bradford led scoring drives on three of his first four series.
He went 4 for 4 for 48 yards and a 5-yard touchdown pass to Michael Hoomanawanui(notes) on his first series. On his third possession, Bradford was 3 for 4 for 48 yards, setting up a 25-yard field goal by Brown for a 10-7 lead.
And on his fourth series, he hooked up with Hoomanawanui again for a 12-yard score and a 17-7 lead. Brown added a 45-yard field goal after Gronkowski’s 14-yard touchdown catch, putting St. Louis ahead 20-14 at halftime.
Bradford “made some good throws,” Patriots cornerback Leigh Bodden(notes) said, “but we didn’t make a lot of plays to make him look bad.”
Another Rams rookie quarterback, free agent Thaddeus Lewis(notes) from Duke, led a 15-play, 76-yard march on the first series of the third quarter. It lasted 9 minutes, 19 seconds and ended with a 20-yard scoring pass to Brandon Gibson(notes).
The Patriots had grabbed the lead just 12 seconds into the game on a 97-yard kickoff return by Brandon Tate(notes).
Then Bradford took the field.
“Before I went out there, I took a deep breath and said, `Do what you know how to do,’ ” he said.
And that’s what he did.
Notes: Donnie Avery(notes), who led Rams receivers with 47 nfl jerseys wholesale catches last year, “probably has a significant knee injury,” Spagnuolo said. Avery was hurt late in the first half when he jumped and landed after a long pass to him fell incomplete. … The Patriots rushed for just 28 yards on 11 carries., Two Rams runners, Toston with 41 yards and Kenneth Darby(notes) with 35, outgained them. … Wes Welker(notes), playing for the second straight week after major knee surgery in February, had two catches for 41 yards for the Patriots.
The top pick in the NFL draft zipped football jersey passes between and over defenders, threw for two touchdowns then watched the second half from the sidelines as the St. Louis Rams beat the New England Patriots 36-35 on Josh Brown’s(notes) 37-yard field goal on the last play Thursday night.
But will Bradford be back under center for the Rams first snap Sept. 12 against the Arizona Cardinals?
“We’ve got to look at the film,” coach Steve Spagnuolo said. “I want to see how he handled things when there was pressure.”
He seemed to do just fine.
Bradford completed his first six passes, finished 15-of-22 for 189 yards and was sacked just once. He rarely got flustered and quickly located open receivers.
“It was a blast out there tonight,” he said. “I had fun. I was used to doing what I was doing—moving the offense up and own the field.”
The 2008 Heisman Trophy winner missed most of last season at Oklahoma with a shoulder injury and made his first start since last October. When training camp began, Spagnuolo gave the starting job to A.J. Feeley(notes), but he was sidelined with a sprained right thumb and Bradford got his chance after struggling for two games as a backup.
“He was putting the ball on the money,” Rams running back Steven Jackson said. “You can tell he really knows the offense. I’m really impressed with how far he’s come in a short time.”
Other than Tom Brady(notes), who completed 18 of 22 passes for 273 yards, and rookie tight end Rob Gronkowski(notes), who caught two of Brady’s three touchdown passes, there was very little impressive about the Patriots (2-1).
St. Louis (2-1) led in time of possession, 43:46 to 16:14, and in offensive yards, 462-288. The Patriots gained more than 10 yards on just four of 11 series while the Rams went nine for 11. And only one of the Patriots possessions lasted more than five plays; the Rams had nine.
“We didn’t do well on anything,” New England nfl jerseys wholesale coach Bill Belichick said.
The Patriots offense didn’t get a first down until 3:10 remained in the first half and finished with 12. Their defense gave up 30.
“They were able to move the ball at will,” safety James Sanders(notes) said. “It was demoralizing.”
New Rams owner Stan Kroenke had a much different feeling. One day after the NFL approved him, he went into his team’s locker room before the game.
“That was terrific,” Spagnuolo said. “He stayed for the entire game— late into the night.”
The Patriots had rallied from a 27-14 deficit to a 35-27 lead on Brady’s touchdown passes of 65 yards to Randy Moss(notes) and 20 yards to Gronkowski and Brian Hoyer’s(notes) 5-yarder to Sam Aiken(notes) with 11:14 left after an interception by Brandon McGowan(notes).
Keith Toston(notes) scored on a 2-yard run but an incomplete pass for a conversion left the Rams behind 35-33.
They got the ball back after a punt and kept shredding the defense. Quarterback Keith Null(notes) directed a 41-yard drive to the Patriots 19 and Brown won the game with his third field goal.
Bradford led scoring drives on three of his first four series.
He went 4 for 4 for 48 yards and a 5-yard touchdown pass to Michael Hoomanawanui(notes) on his first series. On his third possession, Bradford was 3 for 4 for 48 yards, setting up a 25-yard field goal by Brown for a 10-7 lead.
And on his fourth series, he hooked up with Hoomanawanui again for a 12-yard score and a 17-7 lead. Brown added a 45-yard field goal after Gronkowski’s 14-yard touchdown catch, putting St. Louis ahead 20-14 at halftime.
Bradford “made some good throws,” Patriots cornerback Leigh Bodden(notes) said, “but we didn’t make a lot of plays to make him look bad.”
Another Rams rookie quarterback, free agent Thaddeus Lewis(notes) from Duke, led a 15-play, 76-yard march on the first series of the third quarter. It lasted 9 minutes, 19 seconds and ended with a 20-yard scoring pass to Brandon Gibson(notes).
The Patriots had grabbed the lead just 12 seconds into the game on a 97-yard kickoff return by Brandon Tate(notes).
Then Bradford took the field.
“Before I went out there, I took a deep breath and said, `Do what you know how to do,’ ” he said.
And that’s what he did.
Notes: Donnie Avery(notes), who led Rams receivers with 47 nfl jerseys wholesale catches last year, “probably has a significant knee injury,” Spagnuolo said. Avery was hurt late in the first half when he jumped and landed after a long pass to him fell incomplete. … The Patriots rushed for just 28 yards on 11 carries., Two Rams runners, Toston with 41 yards and Kenneth Darby(notes) with 35, outgained them. … Wes Welker(notes), playing for the second straight week after major knee surgery in February, had two catches for 41 yards for the Patriots.
Bradford good, Pats defense bad in Rams 36-35 win
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP)—Poised and precise, Sam Bradford(notes) made an impressive debut as a starting NFL quarterback. It may have earned him the No. 1 job in the regular-season opener.
The top pick in the NFL draft zipped football jersey passes between and over defenders, threw for two touchdowns then watched the second half from the sidelines as the St. Louis Rams beat the New England Patriots 36-35 on Josh Brown’s(notes) 37-yard field goal on the last play Thursday night.
But will Bradford be back under center for the Rams first snap Sept. 12 against the Arizona Cardinals?
“We’ve got to look at the film,” coach Steve Spagnuolo said. “I want to see how he handled things when there was pressure.”
He seemed to do just fine.
Bradford completed his first six passes, finished 15-of-22 for 189 yards and was sacked just once. He rarely got flustered and quickly located open receivers.
“It was a blast out there tonight,” he said. “I had fun. I was used to doing what I was doing—moving the offense up and own the field.”
The 2008 Heisman Trophy winner missed most of last season at Oklahoma with a shoulder injury and made his first start since last October. When training camp began, Spagnuolo gave the starting job to A.J. Feeley(notes), but he was sidelined with a sprained right thumb and Bradford got his chance after struggling for two games as a backup.
“He was putting the ball on the money,” Rams running back Steven Jackson said. “You can tell he really knows the offense. I’m really impressed with how far he’s come in a short time.”
Other than Tom Brady(notes), who completed 18 of 22 passes for 273 yards, and rookie tight end Rob Gronkowski(notes), who caught two of Brady’s three touchdown passes, there was very little impressive about the Patriots (2-1).
St. Louis (2-1) led in time of possession, 43:46 to 16:14, and in offensive yards, 462-288. The Patriots gained more than 10 yards on just four of 11 series while the Rams went nine for 11. And only one of the Patriots possessions lasted more than five plays; the Rams had nine.
“We didn’t do well on anything,” New England nfl jerseys wholesale coach Bill Belichick said.
The Patriots offense didn’t get a first down until 3:10 remained in the first half and finished with 12. Their defense gave up 30.
“They were able to move the ball at will,” safety James Sanders(notes) said. “It was demoralizing.”
New Rams owner Stan Kroenke had a much different feeling. One day after the NFL approved him, he went into his team’s locker room before the game.
“That was terrific,” Spagnuolo said. “He stayed for the entire game— late into the night.”
The Patriots had rallied from a 27-14 deficit to a 35-27 lead on Brady’s touchdown passes of 65 yards to Randy Moss(notes) and 20 yards to Gronkowski and Brian Hoyer’s(notes) 5-yarder to Sam Aiken(notes) with 11:14 left after an interception by Brandon McGowan(notes).
Keith Toston(notes) scored on a 2-yard run but an incomplete pass for a conversion left the Rams behind 35-33.
They got the ball back after a punt and kept shredding the defense. Quarterback Keith Null(notes) directed a 41-yard drive to the Patriots 19 and Brown won the game with his third field goal.
Bradford led scoring drives on three of his first four series.
He went 4 for 4 for 48 yards and a 5-yard touchdown pass to Michael Hoomanawanui(notes) on his first series. On his third possession, Bradford was 3 for 4 for 48 yards, setting up a 25-yard field goal by Brown for a 10-7 lead.
And on his fourth series, he hooked up with Hoomanawanui again for a 12-yard score and a 17-7 lead. Brown added a 45-yard field goal after Gronkowski’s 14-yard touchdown catch, putting St. Louis ahead 20-14 at halftime.
Bradford “made some good throws,” Patriots cornerback Leigh Bodden(notes) said, “but we didn’t make a lot of plays to make him look bad.”
Another Rams rookie quarterback, free agent Thaddeus Lewis(notes) from Duke, led a 15-play, 76-yard march on the first series of the third quarter. It lasted 9 minutes, 19 seconds and ended with a 20-yard scoring pass to Brandon Gibson(notes).
The Patriots had grabbed the lead just 12 seconds into the game on a 97-yard kickoff return by Brandon Tate(notes).
Then Bradford took the field.
“Before I went out there, I took a deep breath and said, `Do what you know how to do,’ ” he said.
And that’s what he did.
Notes: Donnie Avery(notes), who led Rams receivers with 47 nfl jerseys wholesale catches last year, “probably has a significant knee injury,” Spagnuolo said. Avery was hurt late in the first half when he jumped and landed after a long pass to him fell incomplete. … The Patriots rushed for just 28 yards on 11 carries., Two Rams runners, Toston with 41 yards and Kenneth Darby(notes) with 35, outgained them. … Wes Welker(notes), playing for the second straight week after major knee surgery in February, had two catches for 41 yards for the Patriots.
The top pick in the NFL draft zipped football jersey passes between and over defenders, threw for two touchdowns then watched the second half from the sidelines as the St. Louis Rams beat the New England Patriots 36-35 on Josh Brown’s(notes) 37-yard field goal on the last play Thursday night.
But will Bradford be back under center for the Rams first snap Sept. 12 against the Arizona Cardinals?
“We’ve got to look at the film,” coach Steve Spagnuolo said. “I want to see how he handled things when there was pressure.”
He seemed to do just fine.
Bradford completed his first six passes, finished 15-of-22 for 189 yards and was sacked just once. He rarely got flustered and quickly located open receivers.
“It was a blast out there tonight,” he said. “I had fun. I was used to doing what I was doing—moving the offense up and own the field.”
The 2008 Heisman Trophy winner missed most of last season at Oklahoma with a shoulder injury and made his first start since last October. When training camp began, Spagnuolo gave the starting job to A.J. Feeley(notes), but he was sidelined with a sprained right thumb and Bradford got his chance after struggling for two games as a backup.
“He was putting the ball on the money,” Rams running back Steven Jackson said. “You can tell he really knows the offense. I’m really impressed with how far he’s come in a short time.”
Other than Tom Brady(notes), who completed 18 of 22 passes for 273 yards, and rookie tight end Rob Gronkowski(notes), who caught two of Brady’s three touchdown passes, there was very little impressive about the Patriots (2-1).
St. Louis (2-1) led in time of possession, 43:46 to 16:14, and in offensive yards, 462-288. The Patriots gained more than 10 yards on just four of 11 series while the Rams went nine for 11. And only one of the Patriots possessions lasted more than five plays; the Rams had nine.
“We didn’t do well on anything,” New England nfl jerseys wholesale coach Bill Belichick said.
The Patriots offense didn’t get a first down until 3:10 remained in the first half and finished with 12. Their defense gave up 30.
“They were able to move the ball at will,” safety James Sanders(notes) said. “It was demoralizing.”
New Rams owner Stan Kroenke had a much different feeling. One day after the NFL approved him, he went into his team’s locker room before the game.
“That was terrific,” Spagnuolo said. “He stayed for the entire game— late into the night.”
The Patriots had rallied from a 27-14 deficit to a 35-27 lead on Brady’s touchdown passes of 65 yards to Randy Moss(notes) and 20 yards to Gronkowski and Brian Hoyer’s(notes) 5-yarder to Sam Aiken(notes) with 11:14 left after an interception by Brandon McGowan(notes).
Keith Toston(notes) scored on a 2-yard run but an incomplete pass for a conversion left the Rams behind 35-33.
They got the ball back after a punt and kept shredding the defense. Quarterback Keith Null(notes) directed a 41-yard drive to the Patriots 19 and Brown won the game with his third field goal.
Bradford led scoring drives on three of his first four series.
He went 4 for 4 for 48 yards and a 5-yard touchdown pass to Michael Hoomanawanui(notes) on his first series. On his third possession, Bradford was 3 for 4 for 48 yards, setting up a 25-yard field goal by Brown for a 10-7 lead.
And on his fourth series, he hooked up with Hoomanawanui again for a 12-yard score and a 17-7 lead. Brown added a 45-yard field goal after Gronkowski’s 14-yard touchdown catch, putting St. Louis ahead 20-14 at halftime.
Bradford “made some good throws,” Patriots cornerback Leigh Bodden(notes) said, “but we didn’t make a lot of plays to make him look bad.”
Another Rams rookie quarterback, free agent Thaddeus Lewis(notes) from Duke, led a 15-play, 76-yard march on the first series of the third quarter. It lasted 9 minutes, 19 seconds and ended with a 20-yard scoring pass to Brandon Gibson(notes).
The Patriots had grabbed the lead just 12 seconds into the game on a 97-yard kickoff return by Brandon Tate(notes).
Then Bradford took the field.
“Before I went out there, I took a deep breath and said, `Do what you know how to do,’ ” he said.
And that’s what he did.
Notes: Donnie Avery(notes), who led Rams receivers with 47 nfl jerseys wholesale catches last year, “probably has a significant knee injury,” Spagnuolo said. Avery was hurt late in the first half when he jumped and landed after a long pass to him fell incomplete. … The Patriots rushed for just 28 yards on 11 carries., Two Rams runners, Toston with 41 yards and Kenneth Darby(notes) with 35, outgained them. … Wes Welker(notes), playing for the second straight week after major knee surgery in February, had two catches for 41 yards for the Patriots.
Rodgers throws 3 TDs, Packers rout Colts 59-24
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP)—Aaron Rodgers(notes) extended his sizzling start to the preseason, throwing three touchdowns before halftime.
The points just kept coming after that for the nfl jerseys Green Bay Packers (2-1), who scored six offensive touchdowns and twice on special teams on their way to a 59-24 preseason rout of the Indianapolis Colts at Lambeau Field on Thursday night.
Expectations are high in Green Bay this season, and Rodgers has shown every indication that he is ready to lead a deep playoff run.
“When we get into a rhythm like we have this preseason on offense, we’re going to be tough to stop,” Rodgers said. “It’s fun.”
For the Colts (0-3), the biggest worry wasn’t the final score.
Running back Joseph Addai(notes) left the game in the third quarter with a concussion and linebacker Gary Brackett(notes) hurt his right hand. Addai said he “just got a little dizzy” but was fine after that.
“Really, they didn’t do any tests, they didn’t need to,” Addai said. “I was fine. If I needed to go back in, I could’ve.”
Colts coach Jim Caldwell didn’t have an immediate update on injuries, and wasn’t overly concerned about the lopsided final score.
“It wasn’t 59 points against our starters, it was 59 points overall,” Caldwell said.
Rodgers threw for 195 yards in the first half Thursday. In three preseason games, he has completed 77.4 percent of his passes with six touchdowns and no interceptions.
Peyton Manning(notes) made plenty of big plays against a porous Packers pass defense early on, but Rodgers was up for an offensive exhibition against one of the NFL’s elite quarterbacks. Trailing 17-7 early in the second quarter, Rodgers rallied the Packers to a 28-17 halftime lead—including a masterful touchdown drive in the two-minute drill just before halftime.
Adding to the injury problems for Indianapolis, cornerback Jacob Lacey(notes) left the game with a concussion, offensive tackle Tony Ugoh(notes) hurt his toe and defensive tackle Antonio Johnson(notes) sustained a groin injury.
“Obviously the score got away at the end, which is certainly possible in the preseason; you’re playing a lot of new jersey nfl young guys,” Manning said. “Offensively, some things that we did well, but as with most preseason games, some things that we can certainly improve on.”
Manning threw for 214 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. He stayed in the game for one series after halftime, only to have things turn ugly.
Manning was hit and stripped of the ball by outside linebacker Frank Zombo(notes), an undrafted free agent making a bid for a roster spot, and it was scooped up by linebacker Robert Francois—who delivered a hard hit Addai when the running back tried to tackle him, leaving him woozy on the sideline.
The Packers’ offensive and special teams success was tempered by another shaky preseason performance from the first-team defense, although rookie safety Morgan Burnett(notes) pounced on a Manning pass for an impressive interception late in the second quarter.
Green Bay’s defense has struggled in its first three preseason games. Defensive coordinator Dom Capers is keeping his scheme fairly vanilla until the games count—although he did dial up pressure at times Thursday—and a few key players are out injured.
Green Bay was without cornerback Al Harris(notes), outside linebacker Clay Matthews(notes), defensive lineman Cullen Jenkins(notes) and safety Atari Bigby(notes).
“Defensively, we haven’t played a game yet with all of our players on the field,” Packers coach Mike McCarthy said. “So the continuity is probably not where we’d like it to be right now.”
The Colts played without center Jeff Saturday(notes) and tight end Dallas Clark(notes).
Packers running back Ryan Grant(notes) got his first extensive preseason action, with mixed results. Grant rushed for 36 yards on eight carries, but lost control of the ball before teammate Scott Wells(notes) recovered. Packers backup running back Brandon Jackson(notes) lost a fumble.
“We had the ball on the ground too many times,” McCarthy said. “We need to eliminate that from our play.”
Notes: The Packers lost cornerback Brandon Underwood(notes) to a nfl football jerseys shoulder injury, defensive lineman Jarius Wynn(notes) to a concussion and linebacker Desmond Bishop(notes) to a hamstring injury. … Packers TE Jermichael Finley(notes) caught 6 passes for 85 yards and a touchdown. … Colts WR Reggie Wayne(notes) caught 7 passes for 96 yards and a touchdown. … Tara Greene, wife of Packers outside linebackers coach Kevin Greene, sang the national anthem
The points just kept coming after that for the nfl jerseys Green Bay Packers (2-1), who scored six offensive touchdowns and twice on special teams on their way to a 59-24 preseason rout of the Indianapolis Colts at Lambeau Field on Thursday night.
Expectations are high in Green Bay this season, and Rodgers has shown every indication that he is ready to lead a deep playoff run.
“When we get into a rhythm like we have this preseason on offense, we’re going to be tough to stop,” Rodgers said. “It’s fun.”
For the Colts (0-3), the biggest worry wasn’t the final score.
Running back Joseph Addai(notes) left the game in the third quarter with a concussion and linebacker Gary Brackett(notes) hurt his right hand. Addai said he “just got a little dizzy” but was fine after that.
“Really, they didn’t do any tests, they didn’t need to,” Addai said. “I was fine. If I needed to go back in, I could’ve.”
Colts coach Jim Caldwell didn’t have an immediate update on injuries, and wasn’t overly concerned about the lopsided final score.
“It wasn’t 59 points against our starters, it was 59 points overall,” Caldwell said.
Rodgers threw for 195 yards in the first half Thursday. In three preseason games, he has completed 77.4 percent of his passes with six touchdowns and no interceptions.
Peyton Manning(notes) made plenty of big plays against a porous Packers pass defense early on, but Rodgers was up for an offensive exhibition against one of the NFL’s elite quarterbacks. Trailing 17-7 early in the second quarter, Rodgers rallied the Packers to a 28-17 halftime lead—including a masterful touchdown drive in the two-minute drill just before halftime.
Adding to the injury problems for Indianapolis, cornerback Jacob Lacey(notes) left the game with a concussion, offensive tackle Tony Ugoh(notes) hurt his toe and defensive tackle Antonio Johnson(notes) sustained a groin injury.
“Obviously the score got away at the end, which is certainly possible in the preseason; you’re playing a lot of new jersey nfl young guys,” Manning said. “Offensively, some things that we did well, but as with most preseason games, some things that we can certainly improve on.”
Manning threw for 214 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. He stayed in the game for one series after halftime, only to have things turn ugly.
Manning was hit and stripped of the ball by outside linebacker Frank Zombo(notes), an undrafted free agent making a bid for a roster spot, and it was scooped up by linebacker Robert Francois—who delivered a hard hit Addai when the running back tried to tackle him, leaving him woozy on the sideline.
The Packers’ offensive and special teams success was tempered by another shaky preseason performance from the first-team defense, although rookie safety Morgan Burnett(notes) pounced on a Manning pass for an impressive interception late in the second quarter.
Green Bay’s defense has struggled in its first three preseason games. Defensive coordinator Dom Capers is keeping his scheme fairly vanilla until the games count—although he did dial up pressure at times Thursday—and a few key players are out injured.
Green Bay was without cornerback Al Harris(notes), outside linebacker Clay Matthews(notes), defensive lineman Cullen Jenkins(notes) and safety Atari Bigby(notes).
“Defensively, we haven’t played a game yet with all of our players on the field,” Packers coach Mike McCarthy said. “So the continuity is probably not where we’d like it to be right now.”
The Colts played without center Jeff Saturday(notes) and tight end Dallas Clark(notes).
Packers running back Ryan Grant(notes) got his first extensive preseason action, with mixed results. Grant rushed for 36 yards on eight carries, but lost control of the ball before teammate Scott Wells(notes) recovered. Packers backup running back Brandon Jackson(notes) lost a fumble.
“We had the ball on the ground too many times,” McCarthy said. “We need to eliminate that from our play.”
Notes: The Packers lost cornerback Brandon Underwood(notes) to a nfl football jerseys shoulder injury, defensive lineman Jarius Wynn(notes) to a concussion and linebacker Desmond Bishop(notes) to a hamstring injury. … Packers TE Jermichael Finley(notes) caught 6 passes for 85 yards and a touchdown. … Colts WR Reggie Wayne(notes) caught 7 passes for 96 yards and a touchdown. … Tara Greene, wife of Packers outside linebackers coach Kevin Greene, sang the national anthem
2010年8月25日星期三
Experience The Thrill Of Starbucks Tops 10miliion Facebook Fans...!
Social Media is becoming a breakthrough marketing force to be reckoned with. A year ago, Starbucks knocked off Coca-Cola as the most popular corporate brand on Face book, with its page on the social network drawing 3.7 million fans. Now the coffee giant has become the first brand to nfl jersey clear the 10 million-fan mark on Face book, with its nearest rivals — Coke and Skittles — both trailing behind at about 6.5 million. Lady gaga is just ahead of star bucks with 10.4 million fans. Search engine marketing is proving to be beneficial for branding.
Indeed, special offers, coupons and discounts distributed via Face book seem to be at the heart of Starbucks' magnetic appeal on the social network. Last July, it added 200,000 fans in one week through its Free Pastry Day promo, allowing fans to print out coupons for complimentary confections with a beverage purchase.
It is worth bearing in mind the components used to drive towards this success which includes a focus on promotions advertised primarily on face book to drive traffic to its page. This included special offers, discount and coupons at the heart of football jersey the campaign. (Starbucks tops 10miliion facebook fans, Marketing Daily)
Search engines have been offering lately a high importance to social media sites and links coming from them. For example, if you set up a Twitter profile and begin "twittering" the Googlebot will soon be crawling it. It is therefore, a freat way to get your sites indexed in the search engines, or letting the search engines know when you add new content to your page or your other social networking sites.
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Indeed, special offers, coupons and discounts distributed via Face book seem to be at the heart of Starbucks' magnetic appeal on the social network. Last July, it added 200,000 fans in one week through its Free Pastry Day promo, allowing fans to print out coupons for complimentary confections with a beverage purchase.
It is worth bearing in mind the components used to drive towards this success which includes a focus on promotions advertised primarily on face book to drive traffic to its page. This included special offers, discount and coupons at the heart of football jersey the campaign. (Starbucks tops 10miliion facebook fans, Marketing Daily)
Search engines have been offering lately a high importance to social media sites and links coming from them. For example, if you set up a Twitter profile and begin "twittering" the Googlebot will soon be crawling it. It is therefore, a freat way to get your sites indexed in the search engines, or letting the search engines know when you add new content to your page or your other social networking sites.
SysComm is a team of SEO experts with excellent knowledge of Internet Marketing, Search Engine Marketing, online reputation management professionals and has been using white hat SEO techniques for years. We provide affordable SEO service packages which include creating Internet marketing strategies, SEO services and search engine marketing plans. Please contact us to nfl jerseys discuss your internet marketing strategies or to claim your free social media marketing analysis report card today!
SEO Consulting Service - Driving Your Business Ahead
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Search engine optimization is not child's play. The Internet is a rapidly changing business sphere and the search engines have certain guidelines which the sites have to follow. Adhering to all these factors is hard work which a layman cannot understand. An SEO marketing consultant firm or individual knows the nature of the Internet and the search engines.
SEO in a nutshell, is a set of football jerseys strategies which is implemented on a site. When a search engine spiderbot crawls through, the strategies implemented gets measured with a relevance score so that it gets positioned top in the search results based on the keyword typed. There are different SEO strategies applied by SEO consulting firms to achieve the above objective, but some of the important strategies most of them use are listed below:
Keyword Selection: The foremost strategy of an SEO campaign is keyword research. An SEO consulting firm will select the keywords or keyword phrases that are relevant to your services/products and which the users are most likely to use when they are searching at the search engines.
Meta tag Optimization: Another vital strategy used by SEO consultants. Found at the remarks page of the HTML code, meta tag plays a vital part as the search engines' "spiderbot" always crawls through it.
Content Optimization: Optimizing your content with relevant keywords along with the information you provide is vital as it increases the chance of catching the attention of the search engines and the audiences.
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2010年8月24日星期二
Pay Per Click Services is The Best Place to Find Such Companies.
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One of the most economical ways for online advertising is to hire pay per click services. India is a huge economy with both large and small scale businesses. Although big businesses can also benefit from PPC advertising, it is ideal for small businesses to get immediate internet presence as it does not involve a huge cost. PPC advertising is very beneficial for those websites that can process sales online or want to go in for short-term promotion campaigns. PPC advertising also promises a fast and high return on your advertising investments.
Points to be considered
The first point to consider is to find a genuine company that provides quality pay per click services. India is the best place to find such companies. Secondly, before you choose a PPC service provider, make sure that they have enough measures to minimize the traffic coming from less reliable sources. Although you can not completely get rid of junk traffic, you can at least decrease it. Finally, be sure that you are not ignorant about the fact that no matter what is the amount of nfl jerseys traffic that hit your website; the cost per click remains the same.
PPC Specialist Birmingham
Birmingham is a hub for PPC Specialists. Most of them are good at it. PPC Services providers in Birmingham help clients achieve their web presence objectives. They are very familiar with Google AdWords, MSN AdCenter and such other web tools. They know how to make the bid. The PPC Specialist in Birmingham is nfl jersey an expert in strategizing, developing, implementing and launching PPC Campaigns. There are several reasons why these professionals are in huge demand and their skill is justified with the array of features they incorporate in their service.
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The PPC Services Provider assists in reviews pertaining to SEM PowerPoint Presentations and takes care of under-performing listings. He has the onus of creating monthly reports with performance analysis and suggests improvements. Keyword research too is conducted with CPC estimates and a quality keyword portfolio is developed. He will suggest fresh content for websites and will help out the account manager with client management and communication.
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2010年8月20日星期五
Albuquerque Internet Marketing - Using Social Media in the Duke City
What the heck is social media and how does it affect you as a local Albuquerque business owner? I believe the game of social media is misrepresented. Many expert consultants and gurus say it is about the number of followers. I disagree. It is not about the number of follower it is about the number of listeners. If you have 10,000 followers but know one listens to what you have to say it will not make a difference. Yet if nfl jersey you have only 100 followers but they are raving fans and listen to what you have to say they are valuable.
Social media is just a new way of creating relationships. Sites like Twitter, Facebook, Flicker, LinkedIn, and Myspace are all just tools. These are tools to help you build relationships. I was raised that when you are meeting someone you extend your hand and offer a firm shake. You look the person in the eye, smile and say nice to meet you. The relationship that is started with a handshake only continues if you have something to offer to the other person.
This is the same with social media. The platform has changed, however the actions have not. Using the above mentioned tools allow you to communicate with more people fast than ever before. However the message still must be valuable. As a local business owner in Albuquerque using social media as part of nfl jerseys your internet marketing strategy is very smart. However it is important to not loose site of why you are using social media strategies. The reason you should be using social media tools is to create a deeper relationship with your customers. People want to do business with friends. Using social media is a great way to form friendships with your customers.
The next step in effective social media marketing is to listen to your customers. They are willing to listen to you so you should reciprocate. Remember you are building friendships with your customers. It is important that you as an Albuquerque business owner open up as well. The message across the social media tools should not be all about brand building. The message needs to include some personal stuff too. You want your customers to form a relationship with you and not your brand.
If you use social media as it is intended to be used by listening to your customers and answering their questions or concerns you will be wildly successful. Don't be afraid to disagree with your customers on stuff either. Social media is a conversation tool. It is OK to have a debate. This shows people you are real and that you believe in your product or service enough that even if you disagree you expect that people will do business with you.
The game has changed and the use of nfl jerseys social media tools by Albuquerque business owners is a must. It is time to open up and be as transparent as possible with your customers. Social media is a great way to increase business and stimulate word of mouth marketing that so many businesses want. Follow these tips and you will be well on your way to creating a community of people that want to do business with you. Remember people want to do business with friends. So extend your hand, shake firmly, and look the person in the eye...Then ask them to follow you on your social media sites.
Social media is just a new way of creating relationships. Sites like Twitter, Facebook, Flicker, LinkedIn, and Myspace are all just tools. These are tools to help you build relationships. I was raised that when you are meeting someone you extend your hand and offer a firm shake. You look the person in the eye, smile and say nice to meet you. The relationship that is started with a handshake only continues if you have something to offer to the other person.
This is the same with social media. The platform has changed, however the actions have not. Using the above mentioned tools allow you to communicate with more people fast than ever before. However the message still must be valuable. As a local business owner in Albuquerque using social media as part of nfl jerseys your internet marketing strategy is very smart. However it is important to not loose site of why you are using social media strategies. The reason you should be using social media tools is to create a deeper relationship with your customers. People want to do business with friends. Using social media is a great way to form friendships with your customers.
The next step in effective social media marketing is to listen to your customers. They are willing to listen to you so you should reciprocate. Remember you are building friendships with your customers. It is important that you as an Albuquerque business owner open up as well. The message across the social media tools should not be all about brand building. The message needs to include some personal stuff too. You want your customers to form a relationship with you and not your brand.
If you use social media as it is intended to be used by listening to your customers and answering their questions or concerns you will be wildly successful. Don't be afraid to disagree with your customers on stuff either. Social media is a conversation tool. It is OK to have a debate. This shows people you are real and that you believe in your product or service enough that even if you disagree you expect that people will do business with you.
The game has changed and the use of nfl jerseys social media tools by Albuquerque business owners is a must. It is time to open up and be as transparent as possible with your customers. Social media is a great way to increase business and stimulate word of mouth marketing that so many businesses want. Follow these tips and you will be well on your way to creating a community of people that want to do business with you. Remember people want to do business with friends. So extend your hand, shake firmly, and look the person in the eye...Then ask them to follow you on your social media sites.
Youtube Video Marketing
If you are not using YouTube video marketing as part of your website traffic generation strategy then you are passing up a big opportunity. The truth is that Google owns YouTube so by delivering suitable content to YouTube you can benefit by improving your site ranking on Google. Creating and posting a video on YouTube can often be a very quick way to show up in Google search results for a specific search term. You then need to ensure that your video links back to your website.
Once you have realized the place that YouTube has in marketing your business the next thing is to ensure that you go about it properly. As nfl jersey with most things, there is a right way and a wrong way to go about YouTube video marketing, and if you don't follow some of the right guidelines you could limit the results that you get.
The first thing that you need to get right is having good content. If you are going through the trouble of creating a video then it may as well be something that people would want to watch. If it doesn't attract attention, people won't view it and definitely won't bother to trace it back to your website.
Also if you can come up with great content then it is going to be much more likely for people to want to share it, creating additional traffic from this form of viral marketing. So do some research and find out exactly what type of videos are popular in your niche. Luckily you can do this pretty easily by searching YouTube itself and seeing which video have the highest amount of views. You will then begin to see which type of videos people like to watch.
Once you have identified some good content the next thing is to make sure that you keep your video fairly brief. Typically people will not want to watch anything greater than 5 minutes, and more often than not, less than 3 minutes will suffice unless you have something pretty good to say. If you have content that is looking like it might be longer than 5 minutes then you might want to consider breaking your videos down into shorter individual videos and using them in a campaign.
Another tip is to try and use humor if at all possible. Some of cheap nfl jerseys the most popular videos, and indeed most of the ones that have real viral success, are normally shared because people find them funny. You need to use your judgment with this since often trying to force humor can actually backfire on you and people might not find it funny.
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By regularly creating new video content and submitting it to YouTube, you will benefit from the cumulative effect of having more and more content which refers back to your website. If you are serious about search engine optimization then you need to make YouTube video marketing part of your website marketing plan. If you do this right then you can build up a loyal following of nfl jerseys people who look forward with anticipation to your next video.
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The first thing that you need to get right is having good content. If you are going through the trouble of creating a video then it may as well be something that people would want to watch. If it doesn't attract attention, people won't view it and definitely won't bother to trace it back to your website.
Also if you can come up with great content then it is going to be much more likely for people to want to share it, creating additional traffic from this form of viral marketing. So do some research and find out exactly what type of videos are popular in your niche. Luckily you can do this pretty easily by searching YouTube itself and seeing which video have the highest amount of views. You will then begin to see which type of videos people like to watch.
Once you have identified some good content the next thing is to make sure that you keep your video fairly brief. Typically people will not want to watch anything greater than 5 minutes, and more often than not, less than 3 minutes will suffice unless you have something pretty good to say. If you have content that is looking like it might be longer than 5 minutes then you might want to consider breaking your videos down into shorter individual videos and using them in a campaign.
Another tip is to try and use humor if at all possible. Some of cheap nfl jerseys the most popular videos, and indeed most of the ones that have real viral success, are normally shared because people find them funny. You need to use your judgment with this since often trying to force humor can actually backfire on you and people might not find it funny.
Once you have created your video you need to make sure that you mark it properly to get the maximum exposure for the website that you are trying to market. You need to consider that your video might be shared or posted in other places so you want to make sure you get the traffic benefits from it. Therefore, you need to make sure to include your logo, name, and website URL in a number of places in the video. Customizing your video to add these elements should be fairly straightforward.
By regularly creating new video content and submitting it to YouTube, you will benefit from the cumulative effect of having more and more content which refers back to your website. If you are serious about search engine optimization then you need to make YouTube video marketing part of your website marketing plan. If you do this right then you can build up a loyal following of nfl jerseys people who look forward with anticipation to your next video.
2010年8月19日星期四
What Do People Want From An Internet Business?
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You can always unsubscribe.I deleted a lot of my Gmail accounts because I was sick of having emails from idiots who claimed to be professionals but were offering me nothing but sale after sale after sale I have an email list (I have several) and I'm proud to say that everyone of my subscribers have found something of value in what I am sending them. I don't send them offers which will benefit me, occasionally I might but that's the thing, it is occasionally. What I do send is valuable content that I know will help them, I am in the same boat, these are my colleagues, not dollar signs.The Internet Marketing road is a long one. I have been online just over two years and only now I'm making some money. Its not enough to live off but the education and the people I meet is invaluable, you can't put a price on nfl jerseys that.I hope that the serious ones out there reading this will take some of what I'm saying to heart and learn from.I always answer my emails, you never have to put in a support ticket, contact with me and together we'll make it online.
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2010年8月14日星期六
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Email marketing is one such promotional tactics used by the advertisers to advertise their products or services. The essence is that one can create an ad or a newsletter, fetch for a potential customer and reach out to him. It has an assurance that a customer has received the mail. Avoid using promotional words as they can trap you in the snare of Spam. Create informative content that your reader would like to read. A marketer simply needs an opt-in list and an Internet connection in the marketing campaign. In this way, you can reach out your customers cost-effectively and easily.
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Effective Techniques For Your Honey Beekeeping Adventure
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Get hold of the appropriate beekeeping equipments
This comprises bee garments, beehives, smoker and certainly the bee colonies.
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You can boost your sign-up rate if you can reward these people with free niche ebooks that contain information that are relevant to their needs and demands.
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2010年8月5日星期四
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Pick a product that appeals to you. Then do some research about that product to see if they are in demand. Promoting a product you are more passionate about is easier than promoting one for the sake of the earnings only.
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Since affiliate programs are very easy to join, you might be tempted to join multiples of affiliate programs to try and maximize the earnings you will be getting. Besides you may think that there is nothing wrong and nothing to lose by being part of many affiliate programs.
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The technique is to do it slowly but surely. There is really no need to rush into things, especially with affiliate marketing. With the way things are going, the future is looking real bright and it seems affiliate marketing will be staying for a long time too.
Mistake number 3: Not buying the product or using the service.
As an affiliate, you main purpose is to effectively and convincingly promote a product or service and to find customers. For you to achieve this purpose, you must be able to relay to the customers that certain product and service. It is therefore difficult for you to do this when you yourself have not tried these things out. Thus, you will fail to promote and recommend them convincingly. You will also fail to create a desire in your customers to avail any of what you are offering.
Try the product or service personally first before you sign up as an affiliate to see ifcheap nfl jerseys it is really delivering what it promises. If you have done so, then you are one of the credible and living testaments aware of its advantages and disadvantages. Your customers will then feel the sincerity and truthfulness in you and this will trigger them to try them out for themselves.
Many affiliate marketers makes these mistakes and are paying dearly for their actions. To not fall into the same situation they have been in, try to do everything to avoid making the same mistakes.
Time is the key. Take the time to analyze your marketing strategy and check if you are in the right track. If done properly, you will be able to maximize your affiliate marketing program and earn higher profits.
However, like all businesses, there are lots of pitfalls in the affiliate marketing business. Committing some of the most common mistakes will cost the marketers a large portion taken from the profit they are making everyday. That is why it is better to avoid them than be regretful in the end.
Mistake number 1: Choosing the wrong affiliate.
Many people want to earn from affiliate marketing as fast as possible. In their rush to be part of one, they tend to choose a bandwagon product. This is the kind of products that the program thinks is "hot". They choose the product that is in demand without actually considering if the product appeals tofootball jersey them. This is not a very wise move obviously.
Pick a product that appeals to you. Then do some research about that product to see if they are in demand. Promoting a product you are more passionate about is easier than promoting one for the sake of the earnings only.
Mistake number 2: Joining too many affiliate programs.
Since affiliate programs are very easy to join, you might be tempted to join multiples of affiliate programs to try and maximize the earnings you will be getting. Besides you may think that there is nothing wrong and nothing to lose by being part of many affiliate programs.
True, that is a great way to have multiple sources of nfl throwback jerseysincome. However, joining multiple programs and attempting to promote them all at the same time will prevent you from concentrating on each one of them.
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The technique is to do it slowly but surely. There is really no need to rush into things, especially with affiliate marketing. With the way things are going, the future is looking real bright and it seems affiliate marketing will be staying for a long time too.
Mistake number 3: Not buying the product or using the service.
As an affiliate, you main purpose is to effectively and convincingly promote a product or service and to find customers. For you to achieve this purpose, you must be able to relay to the customers that certain product and service. It is therefore difficult for you to do this when you yourself have not tried these things out. Thus, you will fail to promote and recommend them convincingly. You will also fail to create a desire in your customers to avail any of what you are offering.
Try the product or service personally first before you sign up as an affiliate to see ifcheap nfl jerseys it is really delivering what it promises. If you have done so, then you are one of the credible and living testaments aware of its advantages and disadvantages. Your customers will then feel the sincerity and truthfulness in you and this will trigger them to try them out for themselves.
Many affiliate marketers makes these mistakes and are paying dearly for their actions. To not fall into the same situation they have been in, try to do everything to avoid making the same mistakes.
Time is the key. Take the time to analyze your marketing strategy and check if you are in the right track. If done properly, you will be able to maximize your affiliate marketing program and earn higher profits.
Choosing The Right Affiliate Program
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What is the hit per sale ratio? This is the average number of hits to a banner or text link it takes to generate a sale based on all affiliate statistics. This factor is extremely important because this will tell you how much traffic you must generate before you can earn a commission from the sale.
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What is the hit per sale ratio? This is the average number of hits to a banner or text link it takes to generate a sale based on all affiliate statistics. This factor is extremely important because this will tell you how much traffic you must generate before you can earn a commission from the sale.
How are referrals from an affiliates site tracked and for how long dofootball jerseythey remain in the system? You need to be confident on the program enough to track those people you refer from your site. This is the only way that you can credit for a sale. The period of time that those people stay in the system is also important. This is because some visitors do not buy initially but may want to return later to make the purchase. Know if you will still get credit for the sale if it is done some months from a certain day.
What are the kinds of affiliate stats available? Your choice of affiliate program should be capable of offering detailed stats. They should be available online anytime you decide to check them out. Constantly checking your individual stats is important to know how many impressions, hits and sales are already generated from your site. Impressions are the number of times the banner or text link was viewed by a visitor of your site.
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