If there were a watchword for the luxury lifestyle it could very well be choice. An individual blessed with fortune, or who has worked hard to achieve a high level of monetary success, has the ability to choose in all areas of their life.
One perfect example of individual choice is presented by Mount Veeder Magic Vineyards in Napa Valley, California. At Mount Veeder Magic Vineyards you can create your own private label wine.
Each year the Mount Veeder Appellation produces less than 30 barrels of boutique Cabernet Sauvignon. These exclusive, private-label barrels of wine are created by people like you, with the help of famous winemaker Jeff Fontanella.
The grapes you will be able to select from to create your Mount Veeder Magic Vineyards private label wine are low yield, highly concentrated, estate grown, hand farmed, hand picked, hand sorted and hand crafted. These grapes are highly sought after and not available to the general public.
Also, as part of the Mount Veeder Magic Vineyards experience, you will go behind the scenes at the vineyard for private tours and barrel tastings. Mount Veeder Magic Vineyards will provide you with exclusive farming and harvest updates, and you will receive private invitations to blending and harvest parties.
Privately owned by Greg and Karen Crouse, Mount Veeder Magic Vineyards sits in the midst of Mount Veeder, a 2,677 foot-high volcanic peak shrouded in oak, laurel, fir and redwood trees.
From the Mount Veeder Magic Vineyard website, “The volcanic soils are wide-ranging, the hillsides are steep, the farming is treacherous at times, and the yields are extremely low. Yet, the fruits of their labor render compact, full-bodied grapes with concentrated berries and extraordinary brambly flavors that are distinctive of this appellation and have not been duplicated anywhere else in the Napa Valley.”
Imagine how impressed your friends will be when they experience your private label Cabernet Sauvignon. You create the wine, you create the label, because you have the luxury of choice.
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Friday, December 14, 2012
Meditation Chair From Sound Egg
For centuries, Eastern philosophy has used meditation as one of the ultimate forms of relaxation. Its only been in recent decades that the West has adopted meditation, but has embraced it wholeheartedly, making the entry of the Meditation Station Chair by Acousticom a very welcome invention.
You may be familiar with Acousticom due to their unveiling in January of 2010 of the Sound Egg Chair, a round, egg-shaped chair with a cushioned interior and built-in speakers, for the ultimate listening or gaming experience. Now Acousticom has taken things one step further with the Meditation Station Chair, which utilizes the Sound Egg’s isolation features to achieve serenity. For many people, finding a private space away from distractions is a real obstacle to getting the most out of a meditation session. The Meditation Station Chair makes it possible to experience that place of peace and silence whenever the time is right.
Of course, the Meditation Station Chair is fully equipped with the same high-quality speakers that have made the Sound Egg Chair so popular. Although Acousticom and Sound Egg invented the chair, the Meditation Station Chair is formally presented by GoodTrueBeautiful, Inc, a store in Union Station in Washington. D.C., where you can experience a live demonstration. I was happy to learn that GoodTrueBeautiful donates 10% of the proceeds of its sales to the Golden Phoenix Foundation, a charitable organization whose mission is to end child abandonment throughout the world.
In our fast-paced world, nothing could be more welcome than the Sound Egg Chair and especially the Meditation Station Chair. If you are searching for something for the man or woman who has everything, this chair would be a perfect gift, for it’s a sure bet that the person you have in mind stays very busy obtaining and/or retaining their ‘everything’ status, but is short on relaxation time. Owning a Meditation Station Chair may very well have them asking, “Who says money can’t buy happiness?”
You may be familiar with Acousticom due to their unveiling in January of 2010 of the Sound Egg Chair, a round, egg-shaped chair with a cushioned interior and built-in speakers, for the ultimate listening or gaming experience. Now Acousticom has taken things one step further with the Meditation Station Chair, which utilizes the Sound Egg’s isolation features to achieve serenity. For many people, finding a private space away from distractions is a real obstacle to getting the most out of a meditation session. The Meditation Station Chair makes it possible to experience that place of peace and silence whenever the time is right.
Of course, the Meditation Station Chair is fully equipped with the same high-quality speakers that have made the Sound Egg Chair so popular. Although Acousticom and Sound Egg invented the chair, the Meditation Station Chair is formally presented by GoodTrueBeautiful, Inc, a store in Union Station in Washington. D.C., where you can experience a live demonstration. I was happy to learn that GoodTrueBeautiful donates 10% of the proceeds of its sales to the Golden Phoenix Foundation, a charitable organization whose mission is to end child abandonment throughout the world.
In our fast-paced world, nothing could be more welcome than the Sound Egg Chair and especially the Meditation Station Chair. If you are searching for something for the man or woman who has everything, this chair would be a perfect gift, for it’s a sure bet that the person you have in mind stays very busy obtaining and/or retaining their ‘everything’ status, but is short on relaxation time. Owning a Meditation Station Chair may very well have them asking, “Who says money can’t buy happiness?”
Thursday, November 29, 2012
5 Ways to Make Money from Your Blog
Despite the doubts that many people have about making money online, there really are a number of good ways to make money from a blog - as long as you choose one that suits your subject. Here are five quick ideas to get you started.
1) Pay Per Click Ads
A number of bloggers searching for good ways to make money start out by including pay per click ads on their website. These are contextual ads that show links and short descriptions of advertisers' websites, matched up to the content of your own site for greater results. You'll earn a small amount of money for every click.
2) Sell Advertisements
This can be a fantastic way to make money from your blog, however it does take time to get your blog up to a level that will attract advertisers. You can't expect to sell ad spots for much money until you build up a good subscriber base and traffic numbers. Once you do, you can sell direct text links, banner ads, mentions within your newsletter and more. Just be sure to choose your advertisers carefully to avoid aggravating your readers. Note - if you don't yet have the subscriber numbers to sell ad spots, consider signing up to paid or sponsored blogging programs such as PayPerPost.
3) Affiliate Programs
There will be an affiliate program for just about any topic around. For example, if you're blogging about how to get organized and de-clutter the home, then you may promote links to places where people can buy storage boxes, organization books and so on. You can usually find an affiliate program for any kind of physical product, though you can promote digital products too - such as eBooks, audiobooks, podcasts and more.
4) Promote A Business
More and more companies and individuals are now setting up blogs to promote their own businesses. For example, if you're a freelance copywriter you may choose to blog about ways in which businesses can improve their ad campaigns. You'll soon start attracting the kind of readers who may be interested in buying your services, while building your brand as an expert copywriter at the same time!
5) Sell It!
Selling your blog definitely isn't a way to make ongoing money from your blog, but there are times when this becomes the best option. Perhaps you are really desperate for the cash, or you've just lost interest in the subject matter. If that's the case then selling it could earn you a nice chunk of cash - especially if the blog is already earning money, gets good traffic and has a number of loyal followers.
You may find that you have to experiment with these five good ways to make money from your blog - what works for one may not work for another. It all takes time, but if you steadily work on building traffic and readers, your earnings should follow.
1) Pay Per Click Ads
A number of bloggers searching for good ways to make money start out by including pay per click ads on their website. These are contextual ads that show links and short descriptions of advertisers' websites, matched up to the content of your own site for greater results. You'll earn a small amount of money for every click.
2) Sell Advertisements
This can be a fantastic way to make money from your blog, however it does take time to get your blog up to a level that will attract advertisers. You can't expect to sell ad spots for much money until you build up a good subscriber base and traffic numbers. Once you do, you can sell direct text links, banner ads, mentions within your newsletter and more. Just be sure to choose your advertisers carefully to avoid aggravating your readers. Note - if you don't yet have the subscriber numbers to sell ad spots, consider signing up to paid or sponsored blogging programs such as PayPerPost.
3) Affiliate Programs
There will be an affiliate program for just about any topic around. For example, if you're blogging about how to get organized and de-clutter the home, then you may promote links to places where people can buy storage boxes, organization books and so on. You can usually find an affiliate program for any kind of physical product, though you can promote digital products too - such as eBooks, audiobooks, podcasts and more.
4) Promote A Business
More and more companies and individuals are now setting up blogs to promote their own businesses. For example, if you're a freelance copywriter you may choose to blog about ways in which businesses can improve their ad campaigns. You'll soon start attracting the kind of readers who may be interested in buying your services, while building your brand as an expert copywriter at the same time!
5) Sell It!
Selling your blog definitely isn't a way to make ongoing money from your blog, but there are times when this becomes the best option. Perhaps you are really desperate for the cash, or you've just lost interest in the subject matter. If that's the case then selling it could earn you a nice chunk of cash - especially if the blog is already earning money, gets good traffic and has a number of loyal followers.
You may find that you have to experiment with these five good ways to make money from your blog - what works for one may not work for another. It all takes time, but if you steadily work on building traffic and readers, your earnings should follow.
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Kmart's Big Layaway Giveaway!
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Kmart for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.
I love this time of year, when the leaves are turning and the temperature is falling, but most of all, when great companies like Kmart decide to hold an awesome contest! Kmart's Big Layaway Giveaway has started and you really have to get in on this one.
I haven't put anything on layaway in a long time but this year is going to be different, especially when I can add my holiday gifts with free layaway at Kmart! There are very good odds that I could win my layaway for free, since every week from 9/9/2012 through 11/17/2012 Kmart is giving away a layaway a week PER STORE!
If layaway is the way you are choosing to go this holiday season, be sure you understand that Kmart has much better layaway plans than Walmart or Target. There is no charge for layaway, for one thing. All those Walmart commercials you see about layaway? They can't touch Kmart's.
Be sure to check out the links I have included in this post for official rules for Kmart's Big Layaway Giveaway and how their layaway works. You will have just as good a chance of winning the giveaway as anyone else and putting stuff on layaway, especially with all the sales coming up, just makes good sense!
In this screenshot are a few things I am going to put on Layaway at Kmart. I hope I I win the Big Layaway Giveaway!
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