How to Become a Bestselling Author on Amazon By ML Banner

How to Become a Bestselling Author on Amazon By ML Banner Becoming an Amazon Bestselling Author with a First Fiction Book: An Interview with ML Banner Last updated 07/06/2017.Writing is no easy thing. Most authors who end up making a living out of it actually say it’s one of the hardest professions. It takes a lot of time, dedication and energy.If on top of writing, you also have to do all the activities associated with publishing the book, it becomes more than just â€Å"hard†. 2014 was described by hybrid author Kristine Kathryn Rusch as the year when indies say â€Å"the end of the gold rush†. If you like roaming around on Kboards, you see more and more posts from authors â€Å"quitting† indie publishing.But now and again, you get to read about the latest awesome indie success story, and that always brings the optimism back. And who better than Hugh Howey to do that? When we read the guest post on his blog by ML Banner, bestselling author of Stone Age (his first book!), we thought we definitely had to interview him. So we did.He’s sharing his experience, insights, and creative marketing techniq ues with us. Through his creative marketing techniques, ML was able to become a bestselling author on Amazon  almost overnight - after working hard on his book, of course.For the lovers of the written word, we’ve transcribed most of the interview below. However, we strongly encourage you to switch the volume on and hit play, you’ll get so much more - like a very persistent fly constantly trying to interrupt Michael! Hi Michael, great to have you here. First, congratulations on getting your two first books out last year, and on hitting the ground running. You’ve had this idea for a book for a long time, right? What made you decide to â€Å"author publish† it in the first place?I have to say that the primer to this, probably, was Hugh Howey. I read about him in a Wall Street Journal article in 2013: about his Wool series (that I then read and loved) and what he had done to self-publish them. So that was always in the back of my mind, but to be honest at that time I didn’t really have the intention to write any fiction.Then I read an article one day about solar flares (I’ve always had a very keen interest in science), and what could happen if we had a similar solar storm today. So I just started doing research on it to find out that something like this actually happened once back in 1859, and that if it happened again today, it could be catastrophic. I thought: â€Å"ma n, this would make for a great book, I’m sure it must be on Amazon!† So I searched for it, and it wasn’t there†¦So I started rumbling, and thinking: â€Å"well if I had to write that book, here’s probably how I would approach it, with this plot, these characters, etc.† And I actually started writing the book, without my wife even knowing about it!And with that first book, you’ve actually become a bestselling author on Amazon in your category, so you’re the perfect example of the â€Å"indie publishing dream†. But you’ve also done a lot of pre-launch work for that, and a lot of things that I don’t see many authors out there doing. Do you think that’s because you have a tech/startup background?Sure, I know I approached it kind of differently. But first, once I knew I was going to self-publish, I really immersed myself in everything about self-publishing, reading book after book, articles, etc.Then, the fa ct that I have been a founder of several companies in the past (the last one is currently running: SmallBiz.com) and have worked a lot with technology has made me approach self-publishing from the same viewpoint. I used Google+ a lot, for example, as I’m a big believer in it, trying to forge connections with other writers.Also, I knew I had to approach the actual publishing bit as a publisher: â€Å"I have to be a publisher myself, so how can I really make this successful?†. I tried to come up with some creative ideas, the same way you’d do when starting a business: you try to do things differently to stand out in a competitive market.For example, I had a character in the book who was a scientist and I thought: it’d be really cool if he had this research institute. So I created a persona for him online: a G+ profile, a Twitter account, and a website for the CMER Institute. The key was really to think from my character’s standpoint and see what I wo uld do, in his place, to get the word out about this phenomenon that endangers the world.The beautiful thing about eBooks is the connectivity: you can embed hyperlinks. So I linked to this CMERI website where my character actually offered a reader magnet; a free ebook called â€Å"The Apocalypse Survival Guide†. And I actually got over 1,200 downloads of that book. Some people even seem to believe that the CMERI is real, as I got a couple of media inquiries!I think that’s definitely something more authors should do: explore the possibilities of eBooks to create something bigger than the story.I agree, I’ve seen only a rare few authors taking advantage of that. The thing you have to remember is that it’s so easy now to set up a web presence (for the author or for one of the characters). I have a GoDaddy unlimited account which costs around $200 a year so for the cost of a domain I can set up a professional-looking website in an hour or so, and embed your book in there. Also, if you can put some freebie stuff on your website, people usually love that. All this is really part of building a platform, which is one of the two most important things when you’re marketing your book.And you have actually set up your website around 6 months before the launch, if I’m not mistaken. But how do you get people interested in it when you don’t have the content yet? How did you manage doing pre-launch marketing?I did set up my author website probably 6 months before I launched, yes. But frankly, I had no one coming to it. You know, I see a lot of author websites out there and people seem to be confused about what their purpose is. My sole purpose with the website, right from the get go, was to acquire a mailing/subscriber list.Now, I don’t want to make it seem like I had all the answers, though, because I didn’t. It was trial and error. There’s a lot of things I did for the launch of my second book that I did n’t do for the first one. I set up the platform early on because I knew I was going to need that, but until I launched the first book, I think I only had 2 or 3 subscribers (probably friends)†¦Then, I set up the website for my scientist character, and a third website for the book series. I started building the platform from there because I knew it had to be there for when I launched. Also, at that time I wasn’t really worried about the launch, I was thinking: â€Å"get the book out and don’t worry too much about the marketing†. I’ve since changed my thinking on that with book two, where it was all about the launch.To me, a big part of getting a book launched is trying to get your reviews in line. Now, most reviews are just a condition of book sales (in my experience, you get one review every 50 to 100 sales or so). But what you can do is get the people ready for pre-reviews. That’s much easier when you already have a following, of cours e, but to get started I would go with Google+ and Goodreads communities. I set myself up early on on Goodreads: although it’s hard to do anything there until your book is launched, I immersed myself from a reader standpoint in different communities and once I had the book ready, I asked for people to do an advanced copy review. There are plenty of people out there, so if you’re writing a book that you think lots of people will want to buy and read, then surely you can entice a dozen people or so to review it.Amazon also does a cool thing with the pre-orders, which allows you to actually have a presence, a â€Å"product† even when your book is not necessarily ready. Just be careful not to miss the deadline, else you’ll be stuck in Amazon darkness for a year. You can set up the pre-order and then go to Goodreads and Google+ communities and tell everyone: â€Å"hey, I’ve got this book coming up, and I need some advance reviewers, who’s interes ted?†When launch time comes, the big thing to me is visibility. If you’re a brand new writer with no following, this means you’ll have to do something to get the Amazon algorithms to work for you. I think it’s best to launch at $.99, even if you’re just making 35%. You need to get on the â€Å"Hot New Releases† and there are things you can do to focus on that, as I explained in the Hugh Howey post.Another thing that worked well for me was doing giveaways (of other people’s books), just to build up my readership list within my genre. I like this idea of â€Å"giveaways†: not only is it something that you can do before your launch, it’s also a way to build relationships with other authors within your genre, who can then help you promote your books, right?Absolutely, I’m a big believer in the collaborating with other authors in your genre. It was in a Google+ community I think that another author told me to â€Å"befriend someone in my genre†.I took this idea to heart: there were a couple of authors I really liked so I wrote a review of one of their books on my blog and then contacted them directly. The important thing is to build a relationship. It might take some time but it’s worth it, because once you have this relationship you can ask them if they’d like to review your book, or tell their audience about it. And likewise, when they are the ones running a countdown or launching a book, you will tell your audience!One of my first relationships was with a UK author, and we ’re actually going to co-write a book within my Stone Age world now. That is a relationship that kind of grew from almost a year of corresponding back and forth and trying to help with each other’s marketing.This is actually something really unique and exciting in this world that we’re living in, the writers’ world. These people who are trying to sell their books in the same genre are not your competitors, they can be your best allies. On top of that, they already have developed their platform, they already have a readership (with their readers). So you just need to have them tell their readership about your book.I agree, and when doing that I think it’s especially important, even if you’re a starting author with not much to offer, to start by offering something, right?Oh definitely, I think it’s a mistake to approach immediately with â€Å"what can you do for me?†. The only exception to that is: â€Å"what has worked for you? †, that’s a different question that most are going to be very receptive to.Many authors, especially those that have done well, really want to share that with other authors. Look at bestselling author Hugh Howey, he’s a perfect example. And there are many like that, who are ready to welcome you, embrace you, and help you in your journey, especially if you’re willing to listen and learn. The best thing to do is to make their acquaintance, start with that first email.Of course, you need to build the relationship, but that’s like with anything else. On your first date, you’re not going to take the girl to meet your parents! That’s important to keep in mind: learn from the person, ask questions, don’t be a bother but actually try to help when you can.One thing that worked for me was to monitor their books. I’m kind of a data person so I’ve got spreadsheets with my book, my bestseller ranking, the number of sales, and Ià ¢â‚¬â„¢ve tracked many other books in my genre the same way, to get an idea of what’s going on and how much the bestseller ranks fluctuate. So when I see one pop up and hit #1, I’ll send an email to the newly bestselling author just to say: â€Å"Congratulations, that’s awesome! How did you do it, did you use a promo newsletter, or just had the magic Amazon-algorithms for you?† We’ve all got a lot to learn from each other.Hugh Howey was one of those that I was tracking, and when my book passed his in the ranking and went on to hit #1, I reached out to Hugh to say â€Å"hi† and let him know he had been a wonderful influence and the main reason why I decided to self-publish. I was rather surprised he responded back the next day, we corresponded a bit after that and the guest post on his blog was part of that.And that’s how we all found out about you! I’d have a more specific question now on exclusivity. What made you decide to go with KDP Select and be exclusive?Part of it was simplicity. I was still doing this as a very part-time activity, so I didn’t have the time and energy to explore the other platforms. It was also a business decision: I looked at the books in my genre that were bestsellers and hung a bit in there and found out quite a few of those were with Select.The other part was the Countdown. The little countdown clock is just a perfect psychological tool for readers. Plus, when you do the Countdown, Amazon exposes you to a portion of the market that you would otherwise not get. Not only does it bump up your book during the countdown period, it actually keeps it there for a bit after that, in my experience.Here’s the key thing, actually: once you can push your book to a place on Amazon where it’s visible, then there are other points of visibility that can connect you. Countdown helps you a lot with that first step. Then, when launching the second book, it was almost natural t o also have it in Select.What about Kindle Unlimited? And don’t you feel you’re â€Å"missing out† on other opportunities through other platforms?I think that Kindle Unlimited is quite interesting, even though it’s gotten a lot of bad press and is pretty much an untested thing. There are certainly some things about KU that aggravate me, personally, but I have to admit that the borrows have really propped up my books and maintained a visibility that they wouldn’t otherwise have had.Gaining visibility on the other platforms seems to be a very difficult thing. I’m actually surprised that BN, Apple or Kobo are not mimicking some things that Amazon does and that work so well for authors to get their works in front of readers. I think they’re handicapping themselves because of that.Of course, the market is changing every day, with new players constantly coming in, so it’s our job as independent authors to follow that and see which on es you can use in order to get our books out there.Well, thanks so much for your time and advice. I look forward to seeing more indie success-stories like yours!Follow @ML_Banner,  @RicardoFayet  and  @ReedsyHQ  on Twitter!Or, if you prefer red math signs to blue birds, we’re also on Google+: +MLBanner, and  +ReedsyWhat creative marketing techniques do you personally use in your quest to becoming a bestselling author? What’s your take on exclusivity and KDP Select? Do join the conversation, or ask Michael any question you want (even about what happened to the annoying fly after the interview) in the comments below!

Definition and Examples of Mass Nouns in English

Definition and Examples of Mass Nouns in English A mass noun is a  noun (such as advice, bread, knowledge, luck, and work) that names things that, when used in English, cannot usually be counted. A mass noun (also known as a noncount noun) is generally used only in the singular. Many abstract nouns are uncountable, but not all uncountable nouns are abstract. The contrasting term is known as a  count noun. Examples and Observations Fun does not have a size.(Bart Simpson in The Simpsons, 2001)Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.(Albert Einstein)Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back.(Eugene ONeill)After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.(Aldous Huxley)I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted.(Og Mandino) Double Duty: Count Nouns and Mass Nouns James R. Hurford, Grammar: A Students Guide Some nouns can serve as both count and mass nouns. The noun war is an example. In war is ghastly, war is a mass noun, whereas in the wars between Rome and Carthage were ruinous, war is used as a count noun. Unusual Plurals R.L. Trask,  Mind the Gaffe! English nouns denoting things that cannot be counted, such as wine, coffee, and intelligence, do not easily form plurals in their central senses. Some of them, however, can be pluralized when they have transferred senses, such as varieties (Rhone wines), measures (four coffees), or embodiments (alien intelligences). You should not overuse such unusual plurals, however, since they can easily become pretentious, as they do in those silly signs announcing  ice creams and hair stylings. Distinctions Between Count Nouns and Mass Nouns Edward J. Wisniewski, On Using Count Nouns, Mass Nouns, and Pluralia Tantum: What Counts? Is there a conceptual basis for the grammatical distinction between count nouns and mass nouns? One answer is that this grammatical distinction is, to a very large degree, semantically opaque and unprincipled... In general, people learn which nouns are typically used as count nouns and which are typically used as mass nouns without any understanding of why these differences in syntax occur. Another answer is that the grammatical distinction between count and mass nouns is to a very large degree conceptually based. That is when speakers use count nouns to refer to things they implicitly have something in mind that they are trying to communicate that is common across all uses of count nouns. A similar view applies to the use of mass nouns. A third answer and the one that I propose is that the count-mass noun distinction is to a very large degree conceptually based, but there are exceptions. Some exceptions do not seem to have a clear explanation, but others may occur because of competi ng communicative functions of language. The Lighter Side of Mass Nouns Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbras 24-Hour Bookstore Hi there, I say. Let me ask you a question. She giggles and nods. How would you find a needle in a haystack? The first-grader pauses, pensive, tugging on the green yarn around her neck. Shes really thinking this over. Tiny gears are turning; shes twisting her fingers together, pondering. Its cute. Finally, she looks up and says gravely, I would ask the hays to find it. Then she makes a quiet banshee whine and bounces away on one foot... Its so simple. Of course, of course. The first-grader is right. Its easy to find a needle in a haystack! Ask the hays to find it! Sources Hurford, James R. Grammar: A Students Guide. Cambridge University Press, November 25, 1994. Sloan, Robin. Mr. Penumbras 24-Hour Bookstore: A Novel. Paperback, Picador, September 24, 2013. Trask, R. L. Mind the Gaffe!: A Troubleshooters Guide to English Style and Usage. Harper Perennial, November 21, 2006. Wisniewski, Edward J. On Using Count Nouns, Mass Nouns, and Pluralia Tantum: What Counts? Things and Stuff: Mass Terms and Generics (New Directions in Cognitive Science), Oxford University Press, 2010.

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Animal cruelty, also called animal abuse, is the human infliction of suffering or harm upon non-human animals, for purposes other than self-defense or survival. To me, animal cruelty is wrong and is a serious issue all around the world and must be stopped. Animal testing is a form of animal cruelty that if gone wrong is considered as animal cruelty. Animal testing can be considered good if the scientists don’t painfully harm the animals. The only animals that should be used for testing are mice, rats, and hamsters, not cats or dogs or other house pets. How can someone have the audacity to harm any animal? Animal testing is used for trialing new medicines, cosmetics, and injections to know they are safe for humans, but what scientists do to the animals in labs is gruesome. There are pros and cons of this debate, but mainly cons because who wants to put acid in a cute bunny’s eyes for no reason. Some pros are that, animal testing has contributes to many life-saving cures and treatments such as experimenters removed the pancreas from dogs which led to the discovery of insulin which sa... Essay -- Animal cruelty, also called animal abuse, is the human infliction of suffering or harm upon non-human animals, for purposes other than self-defense or survival. To me, animal cruelty is wrong and is a serious issue all around the world and must be stopped. Animal testing is a form of animal cruelty that if gone wrong is considered as animal cruelty. Animal testing can be considered good if the scientists don’t painfully harm the animals. The only animals that should be used for testing are mice, rats, and hamsters, not cats or dogs or other house pets. How can someone have the audacity to harm any animal? Animal testing is used for trialing new medicines, cosmetics, and injections to know they are safe for humans, but what scientists do to the animals in labs is gruesome. There are pros and cons of this debate, but mainly cons because who wants to put acid in a cute bunny’s eyes for no reason. Some pros are that, animal testing has contributes to many life-saving cures and treatments such as experimenters removed the pancreas from dogs which led to the discovery of insulin which sa...

How Childhood Has Changed over the Centuries

In relation to the changing ideas about childhood over the centuries, there are several points of discussion that arise. Many ideas surrounding the change and evolved over the centuries, ideas such as the views towards education and the impact of the industrial revolution on westerns societies views towards childhood, due to the limited space, this essay will focus on two underlying issues which have contributed greatly to the changing ideas about childhood over the centuries, which are; the recognition of childhood and innocence in western society and the extent to which childhood throughout history has been socially constructed.This essay will argue how the concept of childhood has changed over the centuries. Furthermore, this essay will outline that the concept of childhood throughout the centuries has been constructed from a state of adulthood. This essay will begin by exploring the innocence of children and outlining the change in the recognition of childhood by western society. Following this, it will explore the great extent as to which childhood has been socially constructed and how it has shaped the concept of childhood in different eras.The idea of recognising and separating childhood from the adult world has had a complex history over the centuries. Depending on where you look for evidence and whichever approach to the history of childhood you adopt, the same conclusion is reached: children today occupy a different status from that of the young in earlier centuries and different cultures. Modern childhood as we know it is historically specific. According to Aries (1960), the major difference between contemporary childhood and childhood in earlier periods is the lack of recognition of the concept of childhood.He goes on to say that as far back as the medieval period, ‘the idea of childhood was non-existent’. This concept is prevalent throughout the artworks Aries uses as evidence for his findings. From these artworks, Aries (1960) argued that there was no concept of childhood; rather, children were regarded as small adults. Based on this evidence, this conclusion about childhood cannot be fully drawn as artwork was often composed from a conceptual perspective and it cannot be used as fact.It can however be argued that childhood was recognised as being non-existent due to the attitudes towards children of this era. In direct contrast, the innocence of a child was not socially recognised during medieval times, childhood was thought to be a stage of life which we as humans pass through. Austin (2003) states that during the 18th and 19th century, the concept of childhood innocence was not so much recognised, but something that was looked back upon and was something that was lost.It was apparent that it was preserved, but due to corruption from the adult world, childhood nostalgia was now more prominent. This is evident in two literary works, Rousseau (1762) took a view, as did Wordsworth (1802) that from a Neo-Platonist interpretation, it was possible to look back to childhood as a period of innocence during which children are born pure but corrupted through the guidance of the adult world. They further emphasised the need for freedom of children and for their protection by adults.As a result, this concept of childhood innocence and the preservation of it led to the development of the recognition of childhood and the role it plays within society. It is further led to development of compulsory schooling and the move away from child labour as a result of the industrial revolution. A second key and underlying issue is the question of the extent to which childhood has been socially constructed throughout history or whether it is simply a stage of development that we as humans pass through.Aries (1960) central argument is that ‘post 17th century that childhood has been shaped by social construction’. It is argued that the understanding of childhood is that it is not the same throughout the world and throughout history and how children differ from adults and how the social environment alters the way in which they are constructed. In western society, childhood is considered a time period of innocence and purity and it is something to be protected. It is characterised as a time of protection from the adult world and the concepts associated with adulthood, such as sexualisation, work and injury.With reference to (Anti Essay 2012) as a result of these ideologies, children are expected to be educated and to be provided with care, nurturing and protection by their parents. However, in developing societies the idea of childhood is wholly opposed to that of the childhood of developed societies. The economic state within these developing societies controls the type of childhood these children experience. Children in developing societies are required to work to help maintain their household’s economic tatus. This is also evident during the time of the industrial revoluti on, where children were seen to have to contribute to the economy of the household and to contribute to the income of society. Furthermore, the time frame in which a child lived altered the way in which they experienced childhood. As pointed out earlier, Aries (1960) stated that there was no concept of childhood until the 17th century, and as western society developed so did the way childhood was socially constructed.This can be seen throughout modern society, where now the protection of children and their innocence is taking over the place of child labour. Children and their innocence are now shielded from the adult world with laws and rules set in to place to help maintain their innocence and purity. For example, laws are now set in place to restrict what children watch and observe this was non-existent during earlier times. It can then be argued that childhood is a social construction.In conclusion, this essay has argued that the ideas about childhood have changed over the centur ies due to development of the understanding of it. Childhood was previously not regarded as something to be recognised and that the innocence in which children possess was not socially realised as to be something to be nurtured. Rather, it not seen as something separate from the adult world. As western society developed, so too did the ideas surrounding childhood. The way in which the concept of childhood has been recognised and accepted has been heavily influenced by the society in which the child lived.The social construction of that particular view towards childhood has led to the largest amount of change in relation to the ideas of childhood over the centuries. Therefore, it can be said that the ideas about childhood have changed significantly over the centuries and that with the change in the understanding in the importance of childhood, the concept will continually grow. References – Aries, P 1960, Centuries of Childhood, trans. 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Evaluating Business Communication Essay

This paper includes the perception of four communiquà ©s. This type of perception is a description of whether these reports are accurate, ethical, and in the correct format. This paper gives a description of the form of leadership and the accuracy of the reports in this type of leadership. When writing a business communiquà © an individual has to consider several variables. The purpose, audience, and leadership type of the company has to be considered when reporting on a decision. This paper includes the review of the four communiquà ©s and shows decisions on reports where or not they were accurate, and correct in the reporting styles used. Below is the breakdown of this opinion on the reports. In this paper, there are four communiquà ©s that were reviewed which consisted of an e-mail, letter, formal report, and a memo. These reports conveyed that the acquisition in question should not proceed. This report includes the reason for not continuing in all the reports, and the correct format of informal or formal was used in each. It is considered that the formal report to the company Chief Executive Officer was the correct format, but the letter, e-mail, and memo could have been replaceable for sending this information to the marketing manager, accounting peers, or sales manager. On the other hand, since these reports were written by the staff accountant and the accounting manager, it made each of these employees equal in position to the people they were corresponding with, therefore the informal report was correct. The reports could be improved by several ways. One way is to include the numbers of the operating expenses and sales that are mentioned, and the other would be an explanation of the phantom inventory that the staff accountant believes is being reported. This would be an important point to add. Statements of profits and losses are included, but there is no informatio n to back the information up. Thus, it would be very important to understand exactly what the accounting staff has found. Too little information is used in each of these reports. When writing these communiquà ©s, it is believed that since the company employees use the democratic style leadership and most have helped with this decision, that the final decision for the recommendation will expectedly come with many recipients of these communiquà ©s, so the way these reports are formatted is acceptable and does not represent a style different from the company style. Students also looked at ethical implications of sending this information through reports in the company. This information is important and ethical to send, because these reports are for employees who are involved in the acquisition of the company. At the same time, each report must include the information has to be kept confidential within the company only. This could result in a lawsuit if the other company is affected and decides to find another buyer in the future. In conclusion, the reviewed communiquà ©s were complete in the information that needed to be explained, did not have any information that was not necessary, and was in the correct format for each intended recipient. References Communication and the Audience. Robin Guffey, Mike Dowd, Amy Shepherd, & Jenni Lindsay. (2011). Retrieved from University of Phoenix Online, Business Communications of Accountants website. Accounting Scenario. University of Phoenix. (2011). Retrieved from University of Phoenix, Business Communication of Accounting website.

Migration Of People With Disabilities Social Work Essays

Migration Of People With Disabilities Social Work Essays Migration Of People With Disabilities Social Work Essay Migration Of People With Disabilities Social Work Essay Procedural jurisprudence is the jurisprudence that prescribes the processs and methods for implementing rights and responsibilities and for obtaining damages. It is distinguished from substantial jurisprudence. Substantial law- the subdivision of jurisprudence which creates, defines and regulates people s rights, responsibilities, powers and liabilities. In another words the procedural jurisprudence is a tool to implement the substantial jurisprudence. If we have a right to migration it is non plenty merely to hold it on a paper. This right should be supported by a particular process through which we can to the full bask this right. Gordon Brown, with his ocular damage, Helen Keller and Stephen Hawking would be denied residence in Australia. Why? Because their disablements are seen as enforcing excessively much of a fiscal load on authorities services and supports. The part that they could do to Australian society is non considered. Disabled people are merely non cost-efficient. One more extremely publicised instance was that of Bernhard Moeller, who worked for two old ages as a physician in a little town in Victoria. Despite Australia holding a clear deficit of state physicians, Moeller was told in 2008 that his boy s Down syndrome meant that his household could non derive lasting residence. The part the household as a whole could do was ignored. Disability was equated with load. Moeller was finally given a lasting visa, but merely after a countrywide community and media run forced Immigration Minister Chris Evans to step in. Those two instances were mentioned by the day-to-day Australian newspaper on February 4, 2010. Unfortunately, there are the worlds which people with disablements or households with kids who have disablements face every twenty-four hours and non merely in Australia. The differences between the rights we have and the rights we can truly bask are immense. Persons with disablements is a vulnerable group in every society which faces jobs in every domain of life: sensible adjustment, migration, employment, wellness attention, instruction, etc.. In this essay I would wish to set a visible radiation on a existent state of affairs which individuals with disablements experience while migrating to other states. I will utilize the illustration of Australia. Particularly I would wish to look at the CRPD which Australia has signed 2 old ages ago and its art 18 Liberty of motion and nationality . Legislation study CRPD Australia has ever been a strong protagonist of CRPD during its drafting. The Convention was signed on 30 March 2007, ratified on 17 July 2008 and entered into force for Australia on 16 August 2008. Australia besides acceded to the CRPD Optional Protocol on 21 August 2009. ( The Optional Protocol allows the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to have communications from or on behalf of persons or groups of persons who claim to be victims of a misdemeanor of the commissariats of the CRPD by that State party ) Harmonizing to Art. 4 of CRPD by subscribing the Convention Australia has committed to follow all appropriate legislative, administrative and other steps for the execution of the rights recognized in the present Convention ; to take all appropriate steps, including statute law, to modify or get rid of bing Torahs, ordinances, imposts and patterns that constitute favoritism against individuals with disablements ; to take into history the protection and publicity of the human rights of individuals with disablements in all policies and programms and so on.. Related to the migration issues there is Article 18.1 Liberty of motion and nationality which proclaims: States Parties shall acknowledge the rights of individuals with disablements to liberty of motion, to freedom to take their abode and to a nationality, on an equal footing with others, including by guaranting that individuals with disablements: ( a ) Have the right to get and alter a nationality and are non deprived of their nationality randomly or on the footing of disablement ; ( B ) Are non deprived, on the footing of disablement, of their ability to obtain, possess and utilize certification of their nationality or other certification of designation, or to use relevant procedures such as in-migration proceedings, that may be needed to ease exercising of the right to liberty of motion ; aˆÂ ¦ Furthermore, Australia has adopted an interpretive declaration to CRPD where it covered the migration issue: Australia recognizes the rights of individuals with disablement to autonomy of motion, to freedom to take their abode and to a nationality, on an equal footing with others. Australia farther declares its apprehension that the Convention does non make a right for a individual to come in or stay in a state of which he or she is non a national, nor impact on Australia s wellness demands for non-nationals seeking to come in or stay in Australia, where these demands are based on legitimate, nonsubjective and sensible standards. In my point of position this portion of the declaration repeats the chief duty of CRPD prohibition of favoritism based on disablement. And these give voicing points on that this sensible standard for migration must be seen in the visible radiation of CRPD and a theoretical account of disablement it creates. That means that the sensible standard does nt make any favoritism for people with disablements while migrating to another state and disablement itself is seen non as a load but as a diverseness. The importance of CRPD Medical and societal theoretical account of disablement Before I will get down analysing the conformity of Australian migration jurisprudence with late adopted CRPD I want to state more about the significance of CRPD in international human rights for people with disablements. CRPD is referred to as a paradigm displacement in international human rights jurisprudence for individuals with disablements. The Convention does non make new rights for handicapped individuals, but it talks about bing international human rights in a disablement context, it elaborates and clarifies bing duties for states within this context. Today, 650 million people, which is 10 per centum of the universe s population, live with a disablement. The statistics says that in developing states, 90 per centum of kids with disablements do nt go to school.A Women and misss with disablements are really frequently capable to deep favoritism. All over the universe individuals with disablements face barriers to their engagement in society and more frequently have lower criterions of life. Why CRPD is a paradigm displacement ? The CRPD helps to alter the perceptual experience that individuals with disablements should alter or conform with social positions of what is normal. Disability, harmonizing to the Convention, consequences from the interaction between individuals with damages and attitudinal and environmental barriers that hinder their full and effectual engagement in society. It replaces the old medical theoretical account of disablement by a societal and human rights theoretical account based on the fact that it is society that disables individuals with disablements from take parting to the full in society and exerting their human rights as citizens. The societal theoretical account of disablement emphasizes the duty of society to level the physical and attitudinal barriers that exclude and stigmatize people on the footing of their physical or mental status. The CRPD changes the attack to disablement, from thought of it as a societal public assistance issue to being a human rights issue. And this human rights attack shows how societies can take the social barriers and biass that lead to the exclusion of individuals with disablements from the society. The CRPD helps to supply counsel on how the provinces can better follow to the human rights duties they have already undertaken in other conventions, such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The CRPD is a human rights convention intended to advance, protect and guarantee the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights by individuals with disablements. It addresses such of import issues as handiness, personal mobility, wellness, instruction, employment, habilitation and rehabilitation, engagement in political life, and equality and non-discrimination. A fact of fall ining CRPD by any state points on a full apprehension of the duties it creates and the significance it brings into society. Unfortunately, in the instance of Australia despite of its strong support of CRPD during the drafting and farther confirmation of the Convention, the bing migration jurisprudence does non reflect the chief rules of CRPD. Problems with the current migration jurisprudence in Australia: The CPRD expressly insures the right to liberty of motion and nationality under Article 18, that specifically states that Parties must see that individuals with disablements have the right to use relevant procedures such as in-migration proceedings that may be needed to ease exercising of the right to liberty of motion. Section 60 of the Migration Act 1958 provinces that: If the wellness or physical or mental status of an applier for a visa is relevant to the grant of a visa, the Minister may necessitate the applier to see, and be examined by, a specified individual, being a individual qualified to find the applier s wellness, physical status or mental status, at a specified sensible clip and specified sensible topographic point. The Migration Act by its Section 65 enables the Minister to allow or decline a visa for the applicant depending on a fact if she or he meets the health-related standards. Schedule 4 of the Migration Regulations 1994 contains Public Interest Criteria ( PIC ) 4005-4007 where the health-related standards for allowing visas is set out. One of the demands is that the applier: ( degree Celsius ) is non a individual who has a disease or status to which the following subparagraphs apply: ( I ) the disease or status is such that a individual who has it would be likely to: ( A ) require wellness attention or community services ; or ( B ) meet the medical standards for the proviso of a community service ; during the period of the applier s proposed stay in Australia ; ( two ) proviso of the wellness attention or community services associating to the disease or status would be likely to: ( A ) consequence in a important cost to the Australian community in the countries of wellness attention and community services ; or ( B ) prejudice the entree of an Australian citizen or lasting occupant to wellness attention or community services ; irrespective of whether the wellness attention or community services will really be used in connexion with the applier ; The of import thing here is that Item 4005 does nt incorporate waiver. Items 4006 and 4007 contain Ministerial release, but the procedure requires cost assessment which makes this release a repetition of the chief standards of those Items. The Department of Immigration and Citizenship Fact Sheet 22 on the wellness demand justifies those demands by the purpose to: minimise public wellness and safety hazards to the Australian community ; contain public outgo on wellness and community services, including Australian societal security benefits, allowances and pensions ; and maintain entree of Australian occupants to wellness and other community services. If the applier does nt run into the wellness demands, he or she can non be granted a visa. The other limitation on the manner to be granted a lasting visa is a household unit demand. It requires all members of the migrating household ( those who migrate with the applier ) to set about medical trials. If any members of the household unit fail to run into the Health Requirement no household member will be granted a visa ( including the applier seeking to fulfill the primary standards ) . If the applier ( or member of the household unit ) has an identifiable disease or status, the cost appraisal by the Medical Officer of the Commonwealth ( MOC ) is required. The applier will non be granted a visa ( will neglect the wellness demand ) if the disease he has is likely to be a important cost in the countries of wellness attention and community services and/or prejudice the entree of Australians to those services. There is no definition of the construct of significant cost in either the Act or Regulations. But the Department of Immigration and Citizenship s Procedures Advice Manual 3 gives some counsel as to how the MOC can measure what is considered a important cost under 4005 ( degree Celsius ) ( two ) ( A ) . Harmonizing to the PAC 3, the degree of costs which is already important sums to $ 21000. The Regulations are transporting a clear message that disablement is a load to the society. It is obvious that fiscal factors create a concern for the decision-makers. Current jurisprudence does non take into history the single fortunes of the applier and that the being of a disablement does non needfully intend that individual will be a fiscal load. That this individual may lend in the society much more so the costs are. Decision The Migration Regulations need to be harmonized and updated because they reflect the medical theoretical account of disablement and they do nt follow with the CRPD. Today s Australia s policy of wellness ordinances is a tool of excepting migrators with disablements from come ining the county. Unfortunately the current migration commissariats neer mention that societal and economic parts which an applier with disablement may do to Australia. The jurisprudence is concentrated excessively much on the negative things and possible effects and seems to deny the other sides of appliers personality, his endowments and abilities. The wellness demand has become a manner of excepting migrators from come ining Australia. Furthermore, I would state that the policy behind the wellness demands is non proportionate to the purposes the province seek to accomplish. ( 5 ) For illustration: physician Ten who has a kid with disablement or a female parent who is ill ( because of her age ) buzzword migrate to Australia even if the Australian society is in demand of such a physicians like physician X. A gifted vocalist or a painter in a wheel-chair will non be able to migrate to Australia because while treating his visa cipher will take into consideration his endowment and abilities the jurisprudence is concentrated on the negative side of disablement. What can I say about the kids which have in the row with a disablement besides a great potency in every domain of life such as scientific discipline, art, athletics and so on. Meeting the wellness standard is a status of entry and being granted a lasting visa. The wellness standards lay evidences for automatic favoritism of people with disablements and contradicts the whole construct of CRPD. As a consequence people with disablements are being denied of their rights under Art. 18 Liberty of motion and nationality of CRPD. Harmonizing to the societal theoretical account adopted by the UN, if a deaf individual can non bask the film it is the film s failure to include captions that is at mistake. If a individual in a wheelchair can non entree a edifice it is the designer s inability to imagine a incline that is at mistake. The cost of supplying these services is merely portion of the cost of holding a society that embraces diverseness. Equally good as the harmonisation national statute law with international duties in present instance is a duty of Australia. To go a socially inclusive society demands to take the barriers that reject human difference at the door. Disability is a fact of life. Not merely are physical and rational damages portion of human diverseness, we frequently forget that we will all be disabled by age or unwellness at some phase. Rather than topographic point such a huge psychological and territorial gulf between those with and those without damages, we need to acknowledge the breakability and impermanency of our physical and mental wellness. Even more, we need a province that recognizes the parts people can do in malice of, and frequently because of, their physical or mental difference. Australia should see a displacement from an nonsubjective economic appraisal of a handicapped individual s value to one with a greater focal point on their value and parts to a diverse and progressive society. Some values can non be expressed in economic footings, such as the quality of a individual s life, relationships and their part to Australian society. Australia s committedness to international human rights norms requires the development of appropriate legislative models to back up good pattern. The purpose of the rights-based attack to disablement is to guarantee the active engagement of individuals with disablements in political, economic, societal, and cultural life, and to authorise them in a manner that is respectful and suiting of their difference. While the Convention does non set up new human rights, it does set out with much greater lucidity the duties on States to advance, protect and guarantee the rights of individuals with disablements. hypertext transfer protocol: //www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisabilitiesLegalTool.aspx ) In many instances, the MOC cost appraisal is based on the premise that an applier with a disease or status would entree all available wellness and community services. This premise nevertheless ignores the fact that in many instances strong household and cultural ties mean that applier s with a disease or status would be more likely to be cared for by a household member and less likely to be put into attention. In Canada the tantamount statutory trial allows the MOC to find whether the applier will really utilize the wellness attention installations and whether such usage may put an excessive demand on the services. I think this is a just trial, because it takes into consideration the existent person instead than the conjectural individual with a similar disease or status. In my point of position, the Health Requirement promotes negative word pictures and perceptual experiences of people with disablement and it contradicts the societal inclusion policy and Australia s international human rights duties, including the CRPD. In add-on, the procedures by which the Health Requirement is applied are flawed and can take to unfair results.

How to Write a KILLER LinkedIn Headline

How to Write a KILLER LinkedIn Headline How confident are you in your LinkedIn headline? Have you crafted it with keywords and viewer engagement in mind? Many LinkedIn users have not considered either SEO or marketing strategies in their headlines, mistakenly believing that their LinkedIn headline must be the same as their current job title. I frequently see job titles like â€Å"Project Manager at ABC Company.† In fact, using your current job title with nothing more will do very little to help you get found on LinkedIn. With 120 characters to play with, you can do so much more! LinkedIn headlines with brief titles such as IT Consultant, Sports Executive, or Sales Professional dont distinguish you from every other person with the same job description in a pool of half a billion LinkedIn users. To stand out in your LinkedIn headline, you must use both keywords and an attention-grabbing statement. Otherwise, you wont appear at the top of LinkedIn search results, and you certainly wont capture your readers attention. How to Identify Keywords for a KILLER LinkedIn Headline Not sure how to choose your top keywords? Here are my top 5 tips for building your LinkedIn SEO: 1. Put yourself in the position of the people who are searching for you. Who is searching for you on LinkedIn? Are they potential clients? Recruiters and hiring managers? Future business partners? Think about what and whom they would be looking for on LinkedIn and identify the phrases they would be searching for. These keywords might include job titles, core competencies, geographical regions, technical skills, soft skills, languages and more. Put the top keywords you identify into your headline. 2. Brainstorm. You know your profession better than anyone, so simply brainstorming commonly used words in your field can reap the perfect keywords. 3. Do comparative research. Another great tactic is looking at the profiles of other people with backgrounds or positions similar to yours. What keywords are showing up in their headlines? You might want to â€Å"borrow† them. Do not – I repeat do NOT – copy someone else’s LinkedIn headline (or any part of their profile) verbatim! 4. Wordle it (for job seekers). If you are a job seeker, you can look at job advertisements for your target position and count keywords by hand that are showing up repeatedly. Or, to save some time and energy, use Wordle.net (Java must be installed, and Safari and Internet Explorer work best). Simply put the copy from a few job listings into Wordle.net/create and generate a word map that shows you what words come up most frequently. Use those keywords! Here’s what I got when I put in some financial analyst job descriptions: And here’s one for a CTO: 5. Featured Skills Endorsements LinkedIn has done a lot of work for you in the Skills section. The items that come up in the drop-down menu in that section are keywords most searched for by recruiters. Scan through the skills that autopopulate there to see what keywords LinkedIn suggests for your profession. Once you have identified your top keywords, use them! Before I knew the power of keywords, my LinkedIn headline read: Founder and Senior Editor, The Essay Expert. Note the lack of keywords in that headline. Now it reads: The new headline has a lot more keywords. When I changed my headline, as well as added more keywords to my Current Job Title, Summary, Skills, and other Job Titles, I went from being almost invisible in searches to coming up first in the search rankings on queries for Executive Resume Writer in my geographic area of Madison, WI. Adding keywords will not only help your SEO within LinkedIn, but it will help you on Google too. Heres a sample Google result: Its incontrovertible. You will get value from including keywords in your LinkedIn headline. So if your  LinkedIn headline consists solely of your job title and company name, go change it now! How to Convey Your Unique Selling Proposition (USP) Once you’ve identified your keywords, craft a headline for your profile that tells us what makes you unique while including as many of those keywords as possible. Here are some examples: Frank Kanu Management / Business Consultant ââ€"   Speaker ââ€"   Author ââ€"   Leading Fortune 500 and Small Business Executives Teams Dave Stachowiak Host/Founder of Coaching for Leaders, a Top 10 iTunes careers podcast Senior VP, Dale Carnegie of Southern Los Angeles Ole-Kristian Sivertsen Senior Vice President Maritime | Global Eagle (MTN, EMC, GEE) | Market Leader in Mobility, Content Connectivity See the advantage over headlines like Consultant or Senior VP? More explicit headlines give spark and color to your profile as opposed to just listing your job title; and they contain keywords to help you appear at the top of search results. They can also hint at your personality, the results you produce, and some of your soft skills. NOTE: Including proper keywords does not guarantee your profile will appear at the top of searches. There are other factors that go into search rankings- most notably your number of connections and your level of profile completeness. But without keywords, your profile is guaranteed to remain at the bottom of the pile. MOBILE NOTE: When connections search for you on their phones, your entire LinkedIn headline is not visible, so use your most important keywords in the first 50 characters. What if Ive never held the position I want to be found for? If you are seeking a position as VP of Finance, and you have never held that position before, consider creative ways of including the keywords VP and Finance. For example: VP-Level Finance Executive or Available for VP of Finance Position at Growing Company. Of course you need to make sure not to misrepresent yourself, so you might need to say Poised for†¦ or something similar. Note that if you have performed the functions to match a job title, you can put the job title in your headline. I say if youve done the job, you can claim the job title! Should I include a tagline? There is evidence that you will have a higher conversion rate if you include a tagline or unique selling proposition (USP) in addition to straight keywords in your headline. Best strategy: Use keywords to increase the frequency with which you are found in searches; include a tagline or USP to generate interest so people click to read more. In conclusion†¦ More keywords in your LinkedIn headline means you will rank higher in searches- more people will find you. And with an effective tagline, people will be sufficiently intrigued to read more. An increase in page views means more potential business activity or job search activity for you. Keywords are your key to success. This article was adapted from my book, How to Write a KILLER LinkedIn Profile And 18 Mistakes to Avoid. For more on how to add your new headline, what pitfalls to avoid, and secret tips for putting more than 120 characters into your headline, get the book today!

Struggle with Self-Image Research Paper Example | Topics and Well Written Essays - 1000 words

Struggle with Self-Image - Research Paper Example There are certain norms in the society that dictate how people should represent themselves and people portray these images instead of a person’s personal image. This paper will discuss the struggles with self image, highlighting the conflicts between man and himself, and man and the society as seen in Walker and Orwell’s essays. The essay, â€Å"beauty: when the other dancer is the self†, is about self realization and appreciating one’s own potentials. It’s a detailed account about how the author struggled with her self- image after a childhood accident that left one of her eyes disfigured. Orwell’s essay is about the author’s experience in a British ruled Burma where he was stationed as a young inexperienced soldier. While there he had to kill an elephant that had run rampant, this triggered some ethical conflicts within him (Gausel and Leach 7). In the beginning, when Walker was young she was convinced that beauty came from what the eye meets. At the age of two she is very confident in her beauty and she says â€Å"take me daddy, am the prettiest†. The way she describes her dress, she feels that everyone is admiring her beauty. She goes ahead and states that it was not her dress that they admired but it is her spirit that they adore. This shows the self love that Alice for herself which portrays a positive image. Loving yourself portrays positive attributes about you in other people’s eyes. To begin with, self image is all on the mind. Walker’s shallow perception of beauty was short lived. After the accident she could no longer maintain the former definition. She was able to see, but she could not perceive. Little did she know that all it takes is a positive self image; that the loss of her eye does not mean that she lost her beauty. What bothered her was how the society viewed her after the accident judging from their negative glances. According to Bates (3), Walker believed that all they saw was a glob of whitish tissue, a hideous cataract. Body image is part of self image. This includes more than what we look like or how other people view us. It is how we think, perceive or react about our physical attributes. Influence of our family, peers and the society affect our body image and consequently our self image. For instance, Walker had to be taken away to live with her grandparents to avoid ridicules from other children. Her parents did not stop to think if it would affect Alice’s self image (Bates 4). A positive body image contributes to improved psychological adjustments. This is exactly what happened when Walker’s daughter said she saw a world in her eye. In her little mind her mother was beautiful and her eye was unique. This gave Walker a wakeup call and she realized she was the one to blame for the anger she felt for all those years. Orwell on the other hand begins the essay by claiming his perception on the British imperialism. He claims how evi l they are yet he is a British soldier himself. This is the first indication of his struggle with self image. Deep inside he didn’t want to gun down the elephant. He said his ultimate decision was to avoid looking bad in front of villagers; that gave him a degree of shame. This clarify the issue that self image is grounded in social relations regulated by moral standards. If self image is inherently social, then improving it results in improved social relations. It is this shame that makes him to be more concerned about how the villagers perceive him (Leary & Ashley 9). He

New Jersey Health Care Assignment Example | Topics and Well Written Essays - 250 words

New Jersey Health Care - Assignment Example New Jersey has a mandatory overtime law for a number of reasons. According to the State of New Jersey (n.d), Workers in a health institution are not allowed to work overtime so that they can protect and maintain their physical conditions in regard to fitness, competence, their overall welfare, and also ensure that they maintain the health and safety of their clients. An example of an unforeseeable emergent circumstance whereby a nurse may be required to work overtime is an accident such as a terrorist attack. In such a case, a health institution may have more patients reporting with serious injuries than the staff can handle. A hospital nurse in New Jersey can agree or opt to work for more than the agreed hours per week if she wants to. A nurse is at liberty to choose. In emergency cases, the management should give a nurse utmost one hour to organize or plan the care of dependants such as an infant or an elderly individual (State of New Jersey, n.d). In my opinion, this is a moral obligation for the health institution since a nurse is more likely to be motivated by her duties when she contends that her family dependants are well taken care of. Having an alternative to discipline program for impaired nurses is of significance as such may affect the manners of the conduct of a nurse as well as her decision making. The law does not allow discrimination of any individual on the basis of his/her physical and mental impairment. Such an alternative discipline program ensures that the needs of the impaired are considered in disciplinary actions. Under the NJ violence prevention in health care facilities act, all health institutions are ought to institute plans of action geared towards deterrence of aggression and also institute an aggression deterrence team (Isele, 2008).