Spring Has Sprung! Finally!
NOW I see AND feel the signs of Spring - yea! It's still in the mid to upper 50s at night which is perfect to me and in mid-70s during the day. I wish it would stay this way longer, since Spring has gotten here so late in north-central Florida. Sadly, though, I've been stuck at my desk installing software and moving files to my new tower PC. And, on top of that, upgrading my year-old laptop to Windows 7.
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What a Crazy January & February in Florida!
Here it is almost March & we are still in the low to mid thirties in Florida at night & averaging in the 50's or low 60's during the day! Lots of rain, too, so the ground is waterlogged. Many people have had problems with flooding that they never had before, raising havoc on horse show venues & pastures. Of course it would rain or be really cold for the big Jacksonville Winter Series show jumping events, but at least it was in the Clay County Agricultural Center covered arena.
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Happy Holidays FREE Edition Boiselle Calendar Jubilee Promotional Offer!
Happy Holidays FREE Promotional Offer - Act quickly to win a FREE Edition Boiselle Jubilee calendar with the purchase of a Premium Directory Listing and/or a banner advertisement on HorsesintheSouth.com and/or AHorseBlog.com. This is a win-win situation for you as we are also having an advertising sale with ½ off for a banner display, plus a lot more so you reap even more benefits! See our Sales & Specials page for details!
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Horse Protection, Interview with Horse Biomechanics Author & Social Networking
November 5, 2009 - I’m working on three editorials/articles that I believe of great interest to my readers and all of these editorials relate in some way or another!
An interview with horse biomechanics author of “The Tug of War” and DVD “If Horses Could Speak” - Dr. Gerd Heuschmann; one about the Cloud issue & the mustang roundup by the BLM that provoked quite a protest; a correlation from a TV episode of "Mad Men" - hor
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Custom Wordpress Blog Design & Social Networking Tools
Where have I been lately? I've been entrenched in doing Web 2.0, social networking & creating customized hosted Wordpress blog setups. My new blog, AHorseBlog.com has been customized to look like my website (other URL Horsesinthesouth.com/blog), but I have 2 other domain names pointed to the blog - AHorseBlog.com & MyEquusBlog.com. I am even blogging on my gardening experiences, my horses, Metro & his injured leg, special press releases, events & articles.
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Southeastern Equestrian Trails Conference Returns to Florida July 9-12, 2009
Making $ents out of Sustainability - Green Horses is the theme for the SETC July 9-12, 2009. We will explore ways to build better trails, protect water quality at creek/river crossings, at horse camps, and at our own farms. Additional topics will be manure management, carbon footprints, invasive exotics, conservation easements and more! If we want to preserve historical use of horses on public and private lands, we need to educate ourselves to be good (green) stewards.
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A personal reflection on the passing of Centered Riding author, Sally Swift
Today's April 3rd Headline announces the passing of Sally Swift who developed the Four Basics of Centered Riding, seen below. She was known all over the world for her innovative horse-riding methodology known as "Centered Riding." She was the author of two books Centered Riding and Centered Riding II - Further Explorations. Today has been a day of reflection for me, so I felt I had to write this journey that I have had over the years on how Centered Riding has affected my life.
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Ask Not What They Can Do For You, Ask What You Can Do For Them
Ask Not What They Can Do For You, Ask What You Can Do For Them. Creating a website that generates new sales and new leads is all about your customers. What matters is what happens when they step inside your online shop. Do they buy or not? You can create a website that ensures they do buy, and often!
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What will set you apart from the crowd in 2009?
As the new year dawns, companies—and their products—are competing for consumer attention like never before. What will set you apart from the crowd in 2009? We hope it's the extra knowledge you gain here, of course. So let's get right to work: this time, we'll focus on getting noticed.
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Minimize Strategy and Maximize Purpose
Putting aside personal concerns about the economy, [I] believe we're entering an important period of business cleansing and rebalancing. There's too much clutter, waste and distrust. Now, more than ever, it's important to focus on fundamentals, especially deeper purpose. What is your business existence really all about? Value and meaning are not only longed for -- they're now necessary to compete and win in the marketplace.
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Quick Tips for Effective News Releases
Press Release Advice from HorsesintheSouth.com: Best Practices. With 10 years of experience in the online news release distribution industry, HorsesintheSouth.com has a unique understanding of what makes a news release successful online. The following tips will help you write a professional, concise and powerful news release.
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The Middle Aged Simplifier: fine-tune messaging for your upscale offerings
If your product or service caters to well-heeled customers, you might soon discover a new segment: the Middle Aged Simplifier. According to John Quelch of Harvard Business Online, they spent the boom years accumulating status symbols. "As [those at the top] grew richer," Quelch reports, "pressure increased on those below to trade up. And, as they traded up, pressure increased in turn on the well-off to buy even more—the 2nd home, the big screen TV and the latest
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The Economy: It’s Ugly Out There & HorsesintheSouth.com wants us all to work together
This is a first in a series of marketing articles to assist you in making the best use of your advertising budget. We subscribe to many marketing and advertising newsletters so we are always keeping up with what is going on around the ‘net. We do strongly believe that we all need to work together and instead of being competitors, we need to compliment each other. Let’s help each other in our advertising efforts and cross-promote for our clients.
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Classified Ads at HorsesintheSouth.Equine.com have an updated look and feel!
The Classified Ads at HorsesintheSouth.Equine.com have an updated look and feel offering even more photos on your ads as well as YouTube and MySpace videos right inside your horse ad! Our new ad packages give you either 6, 12, or 24 photos for each horse ad based on the ad package that you choose. Our Premium and Guaranteed Ads also allow you to link directly to your YouTube or MySpace videos and play them directly on your ad.
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UPDATE! - Getting Prepared for Hurricane Season
Here we are again, preparing for hurricanes - more than we want to count already! We have been frantically adding links to all the southern states' websites that provide large animal sheltering, disaster preparedness aricles and each states' SART (animal rescue training) support. WE NEED YOUR INPUT FOR THIS!
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This may be the beginning of Teri's blog - an updated BIO on the About Us page.
Teri's 'About Us' Bio - updated 7/17/08 - Teri is also a member of USDF, USAE, USEF, USET, NFDA and owns Lifetime USDF/USEF member horse, an American Warmblood out of a champion Budweiser Clydesdale crossed with a racing TB-App mare, Glenord's Rocket Dancer. She previously owned 18hh J.R. Khan, seen above and currently owns an ex-racehorse, Panimetro, rescued from the Virgin Islands, cared for by VICCTRE.org who had broken his left front leg in 4 places during a race.
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The Horses in the South “Economic Stimulus” Plan
May 28,2008 - Send us YOUR suggestions to help out our economy and provide a stimulus to all of us horse lovers - email your comments/suggestions/ideas to news-ed@horsesinthesouth.com. We will compile your comments and use them to create a new venue for us horse lovers, equine businesses, and anyone else who may benefit. The best comment will receive a special selection of our services or products from us!
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Higher hay prices in 2008. Choose the best forage option for your horses
The USDA has released several crop reports that indicate the number of hay acres will be down in 2008; also reported that the existing hay supply is lower than previous years. This information, combined with higher input costs (fuel, fertilizer, land rent), will likely lead to increased hay prices. Remember that horses need roughage just like everyone else—in fact, they need much more. Fifty to 100 percent of a horse’s diet should be forage of some sort.
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