by Jeff Fisher, Copyright 2004

It may bark like a dog and look like a dog but, is it really always a dog?

A similar query may arise with many "design contests," especially those popping up all over the Internet on a daily basis. Business and organizations, with the ability to pay going rates for professional graphic design services, have found the lure of winning a "contest" will reel in large numbers of designers for the chance of a few minutes of fame, a little glory and perhaps cash or prizes not nearly worth the value of the design effort on the open market. In return, those conducting these design lotteries often get a virtual menu of design options, and the rights to use all entries as they please, with little need of valuable prize options or the outlay of much cash.

After climbing the highest mountain in South East Asia, I wonder what could be the next 'mountain' to climb."We came, we saw, we conquer"Just like the Singapore Team from NUS, I believed that they really did their best in trying to scale the Highest Peak of the World (standing I think at 8815metres).well, kudos to those we climb mountains, for it is never easy!Kliminjaro, here I come!!!

phew... after saying a loadsful of love crap.. i am finally back Yea! pui pui.. erm i am really not a lovesick person on normal days... just a little craze, emotional, lonely and controversial.. hehe quite mad actually.. haha minus the left brain of john nash.i do genuinely hope to hear from anybody who would like to have some intellectual exchanges with me.

Never have thought that heartache from love would bring me here, to write what i cannot share with the people i care, with people who don't know me.. What an irony! A friend once told me... all u need is to love ur guy and not understand him, easier said than done. How can anyone love anything she doesn't understand? Isn't honesty the most important element in any form of relationship? My "boyfriend" (or not) told me recently of the love-turn-obligation he has towards me. Yes u r right, he initiated a break-up with me. Like most women (i guess), i didn't take it very well. My "yi ku er nao, san shang diao" techniques lasted for 2 whole weeks before i was "granted" a 2nd chance with a 2-yr expiry, haha.

About the SubmitterThis piece was originally written by Thomas J. Leonard, who passed away a few years back.  He’s greatly missed by me and the thousands of people he helped.  I hope you enjoy this! Feeling stuck and unproductive is natural and it can be caused by overwork, lack of momentum, a bad mood, a success block, the weather and/or dozens of other factors. And, while it's helpful to understand why you're stuck and unproductive, sometimes it's just better to do one or more of the PRACTICAL things which follow!

If you've been in the copywriting realm for very long at all, you've heard the phrase "features vs. benefits." It's a fundamental copywriting principle and driving force behind much of what we, as copywriters, create. But there's also another aspect to this equation.

What happens after customers buy your product or service? Once they've used what you have to offer, what will be different in their lives? What will the end results, of their buying decision, be? Getting your customers to look at the end results of their actions can be an extremely powerful persuasion tool that you'll want to incorporate into your copy.

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Check out this cool pictorial description of a birth process in Barbie World.It describes the birth procedure so hilariously and yet so truely.

Questions torment your customer, partner, dog, cat and every one else.

Here's why ‘WHY’ is such a profit-making marketing trigger.

“Stop taking two and three plates of food,� my mother said to me angrily.

I was at a wedding and seven years old. Back then, at a lot of the weddings we used to go to, the food would be pre-served on a plate. I could never get enough of those calorie-ridden platters. Waylaying different waiters, (so I would not be recognised), I’d polish 3-4 plates without blinking an eye.

Mum wasn’t impressed, and told me to stop and desist.

“Why?� I’d ask. Her stock reply was always, “It’s bad manners to do that.� This Dustbin Hoffman act obviously got her goat, but it left me unfazed. It must have bugged her more than I expected though, because in a short while Dad was peering down at my food-stuffed face.

Ah.. dawn beckons.. but I missed it!!   Too tired last night!!Anyway, got time to do my exercise - quick one - and off to the bath!  Breakfast is oats + a dash of condensed milk...   not getting fat I hope!  A real tough workout - getting fat with all the great food I have been indulging in...Whoa!  better rein in myself.. too many distractions... MSN Messenger, Ryze, Yahoo Groups and now this.... man! u are getting potty in your old age... I think I would call you heow... except you are an old man!!Better go organise your work.... ha ha...addictivvvvveeeeee...!!!!!!!!!