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Dr. Fran Walfish, a family psychotherapist and author of "The Self-Aware Parent," said children inherently want to know where they fit in, asking such questions as, "Who am I in this world — what part of my mom am I and what part of my dad am I? Who am I in terms of my beliefs?"
Stacey Weiland, who is Jewish, said she and her Lutheran husband faced this question from their daughter when she was in second grade in Evergreen, Colo.
"On her own, one day she said to me, 'My friends all go to Sunday School, why don't I go? What am I?' "
"I told her, 'Well, you're both religions — you're Jewish and Christian.' "
The couple gave her the option of attending Sunday School or Hebrew School. She chose the latter, as did another sibling, while a third chose neither.
"We supported their religious interests just as we support their interest in their sports and hobbies and such," Weiland said. "Things have worked out very nice. The most important thing is loving each other and raising our children."
Walfish said that such a response minimizes tension. She's seen moms and dads enroll children in religious schools without the other parent's knowledge, inevitably leading to marital strife.
"When one or both parents become polarized in their religious beliefs and practices, a tug-of-war can ensue. And that's when it becomes particularly confusing for children."
Life's curve balls can also rekindle religious desires, said Walfish.
"What happens when, for instance, maybe the wife has a life-threatening scare with cancer and feels it's due to God that she was saved?"
People in such situations sometimes become more religious as a way of expressing gratitude, she said. This increase in orthodoxy can increase the tension in an interfaith marriage.
Coleman agreed. "Marriage is like going off on this huge 10-day hike and you just can't assume it's going to go well without planning for it and thinking about, 'What happens when we have bad weather, or we run out of water or something else happens?'
"You can't assume that all of the goodwill and positive feelings that are there at the present time are necessarily going to carry you through those. You have to have a plan."
Married in haste
In a 1693 comedy of manners, English playwright William Congreve wrote:
"Thus grief still treads upon the heels of pleasure: Married in haste, we may repent at leisure."
Perhaps truer than ever when applied to interfaith marriage, the saying "marry in haste, repent at leisure" is one that many have learned the hard way — perhaps none more publicly than Katie Holmes, a Roman Catholic who split from husband Tom Cruise five years after a fairytale wedding, reportedly over concerns about Cruise's Scientology and its ramifications for their daughter Suri's upbringing.
Watson and Barnett have invested a significant amount of time talking through what-if scenarios and issues related to religion, wanting to avoid the mistake — and lasting regret — Congreve referred to.
Anytime the couple's relationship hit a breaking point, it was around differences between her Christianity and his Judaism. Watson mentioned one specific example:
"Christians believe that if you're not a born-again Christian, you're going to hell. Well, what if our kid comes to us and asks, 'Is daddy going to hell?' How are we going to respond?
"That's a very tough subject to talk about with someone you love so much."
Walfish said that those tough conversations, when done right, give interfaith relationships a much better chance of success.
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Many of Detroit's residents see billionaires buying up downtown buildings where new retailers open shop, selling items most of Detroit's impoverished citizens cannot afford. There's a marked divide between that prosperity in downtown and the poverty in the neighborhoods. That divide is stark in the Cass Corridor. New residents, often white, are moving in. Rents are rising. New restaurants and boutique shops are popping up. The old residents, often black, are being pushed out. Court of Appeals strikes down sentencing by jailhouse video By Rick Pluta • Jul 15, 2016 flickr user Joe Gratz / http://j.mp/1SPGCl0 The Michigan Court of Appeals says convicted felons must be sentenced in person, and not via a video hookup between the jail and the courthouse. Video links are commonly used for early procedures like arraignments, because it's less expensive and more secure than moving defendants between the jail and the courthouse. Using video links for sentencing is still rare. 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Comics | In an excerpt adapted from his new book The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture, Glen Weldon delves into the long history of the gay subtext in the relationship between Batman and Robin, noting that it's been there from the Boy Wonder's 1940 debut: "Remember: Queer readers didn't see any vestige of themselves represented in the mass media of this era, let alone its comic books. And when queer audiences don't see ourselves in a given work, we look deeper, parsing every exchange for the faintest hint of something we recognize. This is why, as a visual medium filled with silent cues like body language and background detail, superhero comics have proven a particularly fertile vector for gay readings over the years. Images can assert layers of unspoken meanings that mere words can never conjure." [Slate.com]
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has announced the nominees for its 27th GLAAD Media Awards, which recognize media — including comic books — for their "fair, accurate and inclusive" representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.
After being shut out in 2015 for the first time since the comic book category premiered in 2003, DC Comics returns with two titles — Harley Quinn and Midnighter — while Lumberjanes earns its second nomination in as many years. They're joined by Angela: Queen of Hel and The Wicked + The Divine, which make their GLAAD Media Awards debuts.
Following the debut this week of the new Midnight series, DC Comics gets a head start on most of the global Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month festivities with a look back at some of its own LGBT milestones.
In a special edition of DC All Access, host Jase Peeples, entertainment editor of The Advocate magazine, touches upon some of the key characters and storylines from the publisher's history, from Maggie Sawyer and Pied Piper to Terry Berg and Batwoman to Alysia Yeoh and Catman.
Evangelist Franklin Graham, the son and successor of influential Christian minister Billy Graham, claims Marvel's outing of Iceman is part of a larger effort to "indoctrinate" young people.
"Today the Marvel comic character Ice Man, from the X-Men series, is coming out as gay," Graham wrote Wednesday on his Facebook page. "This is another attempt to indoctrinate our young people to accept this destructive lifestyle. God's Word says homosexuality is a sin, and we are to be on guard against all sin. God calls us to repent, turn from our sins, and put our trust in His Son Jesus Christ who died and rose again to pay the penalty for sin."
The GLAAD Media Awards are traditionally a fairly mainstream affair, with the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation recognizing outstanding portrayals of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities in works that reach a wide audience. Although in the past, the organization has honored the likes of Fun Home, Luba and Strangers in Paradise, the outstanding comic book category is typically heavy on superhero titles released by Marvel and DC Comics.
However, with the announcement this morning of the nominees for the 26th annual GLAAD Media Awards comes a couple of big surprises: Just one superhero series is singled out, and, for the first time since the comic book category debuted in 2003, there are no titles published by DC or its imprints.
Conventions | Vendors who paid the $60 deposit to exhibit at Cherry City Comic Con are clamoring for a refund after word circulated that the Salem, Oregon, convention won't happen this spring as planned. (There appears to have been some discussion about the con being canceled on Facebook, but the convention's Facebook page now states, "A marketing solutions company is helping us start the new year right and get us back on track to make this a successful show everyone can love." No other posts appear on the page.) This isn't the first round of controversy for the con: Last May, organizer Mike Martin called an exhibitor "batshit insane" on Facebook when she asked for a refund and expressed concern that the con would not be a "safe place for female cosplayers." Martin is also the organizer of a craft fair that was canceled; some exhibitors for that event were denied refunds because of "a locked PayPal account." [KOIN]
Marvel will be presented with a Vanguard Award at the Los Angeles LGBT Center's 45th-anniversary gala on Nov. 8. Activists George and Brad Takei and Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky will also be honored.
"Marvel Entertainment, through its award-winning portrayals of LGBT characters and storylines that parallel the struggle to end discrimination against our community, has helped brighten the lives of LGBT kids — and adults alike — around the world," Los Angeles LGBT Center CEO Lorri L. Jean said in s statement.
Conventions | A reported 86,500 people attended the third annual Denver Comic Con over the weekend, up from 61,000 in 2013. The event is undergoing some growing pains, however, with organizers quickly rescinding an announced cart-service fee for next year's convention following complaints from vendors. Even without that additional charge, some exhibitors remain unhappy about the proposed increase in booth fees. [The Denver Post]
Prism Comics, the nonprofit organization that supports lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender creators, comics and readers, has opened submissions for the 2014 Queer Press Grant.
The grant is awarded to writers/artists or teams self-publishing comic books, comic strips, webcomics or graphic novels with significant LGBT characters and themes; creators don't need to be LGBT to apply. Entries are judged by the Prism board and past recipients based first on artistic merit, and then financial need, proposal presentation and the work's contributions to the LGBT community.
The grant is funded through donations from creators and fans. Past winners include Hazel Newlevant, Robert Kirby, Eric Orner and Megan Rose Gedris.
Guidelines can be found on the Prism Comics website. The deadline for proposals is Sept. 1; the recipient will be announced at the Alternative Press Expo, held Oct. 4-5 in San Francisco.
Conventions | Preliminary estimates place attendance at Dallas Comic Con at 45,000, easily a record for the event, which not only moved this year to the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center from the smaller Irving Convention Center but is also under new ownership. [The Dallas Morning News]
Conventions | Joe Rodriguez does some shoe-leather reporting at the Big Wow ComicFest in San Jose, talking to creators and attendees about cosplay, digital comics and the perils of self-publishing. [San Jose Mercury News]
Digital comics | Aces Weekly, the digital comics anthology spearheaded by V for Vendetta artist David Lloyd, will make its back issues available through comiXology. [Pipedream Comics]
Creators | Robot 6 contributor J. Caleb Mozzocco interviews Danica Novgorodoff about The Undertaking of Lily Chen, her graphic novel about a young man who sets out to find a female corpse to be buried with his dead brother—and winds up with a woman who is very much alive. [Good Comics for Kids]
Creators | Audrey Niffenegger, author of the prose novel The Time Traveler's Wife and the graphic novel The Night Bookmobile, describes how she collaborated with Eddie Campbell to make a comic for special comics issue of The Guardian's Weekend magazine. [The Guardian]
"There's always room for more; there's always room for further diversity. Whether it's more Latino characters, or more Black characters, or more LGBT characters — you pretty much can pick any group of people, and as long as you're not talking about middle-aged white men like myself, they're probably underrepresented in the world of superhero comics. It's tough from a sales perspective, because all of the characters that are still the bedrock, firmament characters tend to be guys that were created in the 1960s if not earlier, at a time when comic books were predominantly, if not exclusively, white. While it's nice that we've made some steps — we have more female-led books than ever before — that doesn't mean we should stop coming up with them. Just because we have a few books that have Hispanic characters, that doesn't mean that we shouldn't look for more opportunities to do more there. The same thing is true with every demographic that you can speak to. No matter where you happen to sit within the cultural zeitgeist, it's never mission accomplished. It's always, 'What's next?' There's always going to be somebody who is underrepresented, or that you could represent more truthfully or more affectingly."
– Tom Brevoort, Marvel's senior vice president of publishing, discussing the titles introduced as part of the "All-New Marvel NOW!" initiative
Gay-themed graphic novels were recognized during American Library Association's Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia in a pair of lists for adult and younger readers.
The Over the Rainbow Project, sponsored by the ALA's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Round Table, announced its 2014 book list, containing works recommended for adults that "exhibit commendable literary quality and significant LGBT content." Six titles were selected in the Graphic Narrative category:
The Rainbow Project, a joint committee of the GLBT Round Table and the Social Responsibilities Round Table, highlighted five graphic novels on its list of graphic novels for teens:
Digital comics | Google was granted a patent this week for "Self-creation of comic strips in social networks and other communications," which means the Internet giant apparently has patented a mechanism for creating comics about your status updates and chats and sharing them via social media. This sounds a lot like the wildly popular, but widely reviled, Bistrips. [Geekwire]
Best of the year | Brian Truitt takes a look back at the year in comics, picking out some significant events and offering his nominations for best creator, best comic book movie, and best comic in a variety of genres and formats. [USA Today]
Best of the year | Writing for The Advocate, cartoonist Brian Andersen reflects on the year's 10 greatest LGBT moments in mainstream comics. [Advocate.com]
It's little surprise that the editorial board of the conservative Washington Times didn't embrace the announcement that the new Ms. Marvel is a 16-year-old Muslim from New Jersey, but the newspaper's actual response is a bit … bewildering. One might even describe it as eerie.
Beginning a Sunday editorial with a declaration that "diversity and quotas are more important than dispatching evil" — because, as we all know, heroes can't be diverse and fight villains! — the writer engages in a little concern trolling, warning that Ms. Marvel, and by extension Marvel, will have to be careful not to anger "militant Islam" if there's any hope for newsstand sales in Muslim nations. Of course we're told in the very next paragraph that, "Ms. Marvel probably won't appear in comic books in Saudi Arabia, anyway," which apparently takes care of that problem.
Once we slog through the bumbling writing and odd aside involving Secretary of State Kerry, however, we arrive at the crux of the Washington Times' argument, such as it is: that diversity is strange and frightening.


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Soda Springs
P.O. Box 39, Truckee , CA (Driving Directions to Soda Springs)
Last Updated: 7/24/2016 8:07 PM
Soda Springs Lift Ticket and Ski Pass Deals
Soda Springs Ski Report, Mountain Conditions and Resort Statistics
- 5 Beginner
- 6 Intermediate
- 4 Advanced
Soda Springs, located north of Lake Tahoe in California, is a ski resort with 42 trails and 5 lifts on 468 skiable acres. The terrain is fairly diverse, with the most advanced courses on the top of the mountain. Soda Springs is great for kids and families, with a number of extra attractions built especially for them: a tubing area, ... a mini snowmobile area, and a "Kid's Place" complete with tube carousel. Soda Springs has small terrain features, grooming, snowmaking, ski and snowboard lessons, and equipment rental. A less intimidating setting than other high paced resorts, Soda Springs offers a low-key and casual atmosphere where families will find they can just enjoy the small things in life. Read more
Soda Springs Amenities
Night Skiing
Night Skiing
Night skiing available.
Terrain Park
Terrain Park
Ski area offers at least one terrain park.
Half Pipe
Half Pipe
Ski area offers a half pipe.
Cat Skiing
Cat Skiing
Cat skiing is available at this resort; may entail an add'l cost
This resort grooms a portion of its slopes.
Snow Making
Snow Making
Ski area offers snow making for additional coverage.
Family Friendly
Family Friendly
This resort is known for providing a family friendly atmosphere.
Expert Favorite
Expert Favorite
This resort is known for its challenging terrain.
Daycare Available
Daycare Available
Guests have access to daycare services; an additional charge may apply.
Slopeside Dining
Slopeside Dining
Resort offers at least one restaurant on the slopes; hours may vary.
Slopeside Lodging
Slopeside Lodging
This resort has slopeside lodging available; it may or may not be ski in/ski out.
This resort offers tubing activities; additional charges may apply
Wi-Fi Access
Wi-Fi Access
This resort is equipped with internet access; additional charges may apply
Skiers Only
Skiers Only
This resort does not allow snowboarding.
Ropes Course/Aerial Park
Ropes Course/Aerial Park
Resort offers ropes course/aerial park. Additional charges may apply, may only be available in summer.
Alpine Slide / Coaster
Alpine Slide / Coaster
Resort has Alpine Slide, Alpine Coast or both. Additional charges may apply, may only be open in summer.
Concerts / Festivals
Concerts / Festivals
Frequent host of concerts or festivals.
Event Space/Conference Center
Event Space/Conference Center
Resort has event space & conference center available.
Former Olympic Site
Former Olympic Site
Resort is a former Olympic site.
Resort has legal gambling services.
Golf Course
Golf Course
Resort has a golf course. Additional charges may apply, may only be open in summer.
Gondola Rides
Gondola Rides
Resort offers gondola rides.
Resort offers hiking trails and services. Additional charges may apply, may only be available in summer.
Ice Skating
Ice Skating
Resort offers ice skating activities.
Indoor Waterpark
Indoor Waterpark
Resort offers indoor waterpark.
Mountain Biking
Mountain Biking
Resort offers mountain biking. Additional charges may apply, may only be available in summer.
Outdoor Waterpark
Outdoor Waterpark
Resort offers outdoor water park. Additional charges may apply, may only be available in summer.
Segway Tours
Segway Tours
Resort offers segway tours. Additional charges may apply, may only be available in summer.
Resort offers snowmobiling. Additional charges may apply.
Resort offers spa services. Additional charges may apply.
Resort offers zipline activities. Additional charges may apply, may only be available in summer.
Soda Springs Operations
Open for Events/Activities
Lifts Open/Total
0 of 4
Weekday Hours
Trails Open/Total
0 of 15
Weekend Hours
Soda Springs Snow Report & Ski Conditions
Base Elevation
7,200 ft
24-hr Snowfall
Vertical Drop
500 ft
Avg Base Depth
Peak Elevation
7,700 ft
Soda Springs Reviews & Tips (14)
Soda Sprngs is a little gem perfect for any beginner and young children.
Soda Springs review written Mar 31 2016 - 03:57 PM
I just received an email reply from Soda Springs saying the Liftopia tickets are ONLY good for ski/snowboarding lifts and NOT the tubing area. I still love this little gem.
Soda Springs review written Mar 18 2016 - 10:23 AM
Weekdays it's wide open with no crowds so good fun for intermediate level at lowest known cost in these parts.
Soda Springs review written Feb 24 2016 - 02:53 PM
Overall had a good time - Pros: Convenient location, relatively inexpensive lift tickets. Cons: Limited runs, Extremely slow rental process, do not go there w/o board or ski's or be prepared to waste 1.5hrs. Also they delayed opening second chair lift for 2hrs which was frustrating but eventually the resolved staffing issue. Again, overall a good time, but do not rent anything there or you will lose half your day in the process!
Soda Springs review written Jan 05 2016 - 05:03 PM
If you are learning to ski or snowboard and want to save money, take your family to Soda springs. Perfect tiny resort to learn to ski then move to the big resorts.
Soda Springs review written Jan 05 2016 - 03:39 PM
We went on Sunday 12/27/2015. Tickets are only $44, there are 2 chairlifts for skiers (did not go tubing). Both runs were very well groomed. There was still corduroy before noon. There were no lines for the chairlifts, the slopes were empty. Everyone was tubing. Get there at 9am to buy tickets. The chairlifts start at 10am. There are huge discounts if you buy online. The line to the right is for online vouchers. If you plan to come again, ask for a OnePass plastic card with a barcode. It's free. The next time you buy online, you enter the barcode (instead of printing the voucher). That way you skip the ticket line. They will scan your Onepass card barcode at the gate. Seniors age over 60 have the best deal. Season passes are only $49. Online 1-day ticket is only $4.99 or $9.99. Soda Springs is a bunny hill with only 2 chairlifts. It is not for advanced skiers who like long runs. The chairlifts are slow and the runs are short. But I love the cheap price, no lift lines, empty slopes, corduroy, and no one flying out of the trees crashing into me.
Soda Springs review written Jan 02 2016 - 05:21 PM
Went to this place last Friday Dec 18. Pretty quiet so the lines were non-existent. It did not take us too long to get on the slopes, but other than the bunny slope, none of the other slopes were groomed. The snow was too deep to ski in and people were just falling all over because of the depth of the snow. If they don't have the manpower to groom the runs, they should not even keep the lifts running. We got to the top of the mountain and had to take our skiis and hike 100 yards to find the nearest way down. Staff was okay, but they have no idea how to run a ski resort. This place is okay if you want to go to learn on one run, but if you have any ski experiences already save your money. You really get what you pay for. I paid $25 for my lift ticket and I wish I could get my money back. Stay away.
Soda Springs review written Dec 21 2015 - 02:34 PM
My family and I have visited Soda Springs several times over the years and after reading "Ken's" review, I felt I had to speak up since we too just visited the resort in early January. I have learned that holiday vacation periods are bad times to visit a small resort like Soda Springs due to the sheer volume of people who visit and overwhelm their infrastructure causing long lines to form. We walked in from our car from their most remote parking lot and it took us 7 minutes. A distance of maybe 150 yards total. We did indeed stand in line but the resort was doing the best they could with all FOUR of their main ticket windows open as well as another ticket booth set up near the Planet Kids sleigh route. Once we were through the line, we encountered friendly and engaging staff, great snow given the drought conditions with little to no lift line at their Crystal Bowl chairlift, and incredibly tasty food at their outdoor BBQ! All FIVE of their lifts were running and advanced skiers were only hiking if they wanted to access the resorts more remote "backcountry" terrain. They had plenty for a family to have fun doing together at Planet Kids, the tubetown tubing hill, small polaris snowmobiles for kids to ride, and plenty of challenging terrain for someone of my ability to ski including some pockets of wonderful powder 13 days after their last snowfall! It's unfortunate that Mr. Ken had such a hard day but I would recommend this place to anyone especially families with small children. If someone were to visit this place on a non-holiday weekday, they would find a vastly different more relaxed atmosphere than they would find on a busy holiday which is most likely why my experience with this resort has been so completely opposite of others who have posted to this site.
Soda Springs review written Jan 26 2015 - 01:03 PM
NOT WORTH SKIING. Okay for tubing and for very young beginners. But, it took an hour to get through the line to get tickets and this was repurchased! Those who hadn't bought in advance waited even longer. They have two ticket windows. They also have two lifts. Yes, just two. One serves a bunny hill and one serves a bunny hill and a blue run. To access any other runs, you have to remove your skis and hike up the mountain to where the third lift used to be. They are understaffed, when my wife notified a lift operator that a child had fallen on a run and needed help, he responded that he couldn't leave his post to call for help. No shuttle for parking so the hike can be long. Seriously, when did this place get this bad? Going here is like watching a train wreck in slow motion. You wish they could avoid the coming catastrophe but realize it's inevitable.
Soda Springs review written Jan 05 2015 - 02:11 PM
There is a separate windows on the right for people who purchased their tickets on line, don't wait in the regular ticket line, it will save your hours. Also try to get there by 10:30pm, by 12noon, the ticket window is more than 100 people long.
Soda Springs review written Jan 04 2015 - 03:32 PM
Too little staff at the rental and ticket counters. Too slow to process tickets and equipment. While people are filling out kids consent form, need to process others at the same time. Efficiency is the key!!!. Rental was even more discouraging. My parties and I will never return to this place. Luckily I had the tickets, but our friends had to wait almost 1 1/2 hrs to get the equipment even though they were there early. Too much time wasted just waiting....
Soda Springs review written Jan 01 2015 - 10:37 AM
The trip was more for my son to enjoy the snow - seeing the snow for the first time. Based on a recommendation from a person we met recently, we chose Soda Springs and did 'not' regret it one bit. It was amazing for KIDS!! 5-year old to be specific. The tubing was great in Soda Springs and the mini carousel ride. Those are the 2 rides included in the planet kids ticket. I bought it through Corporate perks to saved about $2 on the ticket. Liftopia online tickets worked great with bar code intact that comes with the online printed ticket. The offer was good to save a couple dollars - given I bought 2 tickets, savings $4 was good enough! Overall, Soda Springs is the place for the kids... especially, if they are getting introduced to snow / tubing and the like.
Soda Springs review written Dec 31 2014 - 06:06 PM
Same elevation as Boreal, snow can't be much different. Snow was great when we went (dec 20,14). Limited blue runs, going to the top of the long chair gets you in some pretty advanced territory. For the first ski day of the year, it was awesome. even had some powder left from earlier snow. Lifts were late at least 25 min to open, making the short hours even shorter.
Soda Springs review written Dec 23 2014 - 12:19 PM
Pros: *Extremely Wide and Easy to Navigate Beginners Slope. *Cheapest non-discount lift tickets in Tahoe. * Close To Sacramento * Great for Families Cons: * Limited hours...and at lower elevation..snow isn't always the best.
Soda Springs review written Jan 04 2011 - 11:10 PM


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Having no marketing budget or a very limited one does not mean you can't start planning and establishing the marketing, branding and positioning foundations for your company and product. Even if your startup is still in stealth mode, there are a few things you can do in preparation for your startup launch.
The identity of your potential clients, where they are located, and even which devices they are likely to use when visiting your site or trying your product are important pieces of information to have. Understand as well that who you are selling to and what it is that you are selling does not necessarily require a marketing budget. Marketing is a lot about planning, strategizing, and, for the most part, understanding who your audience is and which message will hit the spot and sell your product the best.
Early on in the life of a startup, there may not be a budget to have a full-time or even a part-time marketing manager. Often, that responsibility falls to you, as the founder, to figure out the best way to spread the word about your startup. Fortunately, you can take on all these tasks without spending a dime!
Product Launch
Once you are ready to showcase your product to the world, you can make use of free distribution channels that will help you boost your marketing efforts and drive traffic to your site.
This will require preparation, though:
Make sure your landing page or website is working well, especially on mobile devices, and that your analytics are intact. You wouldn't want to work hard and submit a product to launch resources, only to see that traffic bounced off your site due to technical issues.
The launch resources below can be used, of course, on top of your own existing social networks – Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, you name it. All these can act as free marketing tools to help spread the word about your product.
One of the most popular resources for launching products is Product Hunt. Many people, including tech journalists, regularly check this site for new apps and products. Being featured on Product Hunt could lead to even better exposure for you and your brand. When approaching Product Hunt, you might want to first 'hunt your hunters'. You can use this website to find some of the most active hunters – http://www.yvoschaap.com/producthunt/.
Case in point: Check out how Bram Kanstein got his product to hit #1 on Product Hunt.
Other tools to help you launch your product include:
If you are developing a mobile app, there are other tools at your disposal. In addition to the sites listed above, you can submit your app to app review sites like 148apps and PCMag.
Working with affiliates is a great way to get other people to sell your product for you. Most affiliates like working with known affiliate networks, but networks usually cost a fee on top of the commission paid to the affiliate.
With a zero dollar marketing budget, you may not be able to sign up for affiliate programs, but you could find affiliates that will agree to "old-school" business and work with you directly, without a third party affiliate program.
Before reaching out to potential affiliates, make sure you create clear affiliation rules and agreement that establishes what qualifies for an affiliation commission. There are many templates for an affiliation agreement online.
You can also check the affiliation agreement of a similar company or one of your competitors, just to get a feel for how the agreement might be worded or structured. There is also a nice downloadable template available from Entrepreneur magazine you can use.
PR is sometimes mistaken for something that will help your company "explode" in the media. But that is (mostly) not the case. Instead, PR can gradually bring your company or product to the front of the stage and expose it to a wider audience.
Getting good PR is hard – and expensive. Good agencies charge around $5K-10K, and it is a long, drawn out process. Compounding the difficulty is that to get a reporter to 'bite' on your story, you need to have some kind of news or juicy details. Reporters love numbers, names (they'll ask for your competitors to make sure there's a market), and graphics. But getting that kind of information and assets will take some time.
If you don't have news or something juicy, you can test the waters and simply provide your input on topics related to your business by utilizing tools that connect reporters to sources of information. A terrific service that we highly recommend is HARO.
This service is an established tool for US-based reporters to get information, quotes, or tips for articles and stories. Besides feeling good that you've Helped A Reporter Out (get it?), in return, the reporter is usually happy to mention you and your company, together with a link to your website. Oh, and it's 100% free!
Top reporters from publications like Forbes and Entrepreneur use this tool, so it's worth the free subscription. Once subscribed, you will get daily emails with requests for information on different topics. Find one that's relevant to you and send a direct reply to the reporter.
Another way to do PR with a $0 budget is to just do it yourself. It won't be easy, but you can give it a try and see what works and what doesn't. Also, personal connections are very important, and you should try to cultivate them as well.
With any PR you choose to do, remember that PR has a lot of strategy involved in it – make sure you have a plan before you start. Conduct research on media outlets that are relevant to your company and then identify which reporters your stories would interest the most.
Look up previous work they've done and make them feel that you've done your homework. Also, when debating who to approach first, be careful not to waste good PR-worthy news on a small news outlet. If you have big news, it's better to try to spark the interest of the big fish before trying the small ones.
If you're looking for advice straight from the horse's mouth, there is a great blog called Best Pitch I Ever Got that is entirely dedicated to reporters sharing tales about the best ways people have pitched ideas to them. Also try these resources for some more information about pitching (or how NOT to pitch) to reporters:
- http://mashable.com/2008/04/18/bad-pr-pitches/
- http://www.buzzstream.com/blog/how-to-pitch-outreach-tips-from-journalists.html
Quick PR tips:
1) Make sure there are no big events the day you send the pitch or the day you schedule to launch your product or deliver news. It'll be hard to get noticed by reporters the same week Apple launches a new product.
2) Try to pitch stories about the industry/niche you're in, not just specifically about your company. This will make the pitch less "sales-y" and can also establish you as an expert in your field.
3) When reaching out to a big outlet, consider offering them exclusivity. For reporters, getting the beat on an exclusive story is what it's all about!
4) Make your pitch short and to the point – attach images and files with more information so the reporter can learn more if need be.
There are several outreach tools you can use to get in contact with journalists and influencers alike:
- https://followerwonk.com/analyze
- http://submit.co/
- Hey Press
- justreachout.io
- Bonus – TechCrunch reporters' emails – http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/14/please-dont-spam-us/
Social Media
Creating social media pages for your company is a critical part of your online presence. We recommend that you reserve pages with your company's name. However, social media pages need to be maintained – otherwise there's a feeling that your company is inactive, and you won't be able to keep up the social media momentum. So, before opening all the social media accounts possible, consider which ones are the most important right now, where your potential clients are most likely to be active, and focus your energies on one or two social media outlets.
We understand that you are likely pressed for time, but an effective social media campaign needs to be something you devote time to managing. After launching the account, you want to build a community around it while keeping its members engaged. Posting once a month on a Facebook page won't cut it!
So, having one social media page is hard enough to maintain, but what happens when you need more than one? Before worrying about hiring a social media manager, there are several free tools that can help you with the social media work and the distribution of posts. Social Pilot is one of our favorites and is a great free tool that helps you schedule your posts and distribute them to all your social media accounts. No need to draft a different post for every social media page – you can reserve time on your schedule once or twice a week to plan, draft, and schedule your posts.
As for posting times, always keep in mind which time zones are relevant to your potential clients. There are numerous studies that outline the best times to post in each social media outlet. Here's a great article by FastCo that dives into that very subject.
If you have a Twitter account, ManageFlitter is a great way to increase your followers by searching for accounts by keywords in the account or bio. They also allow to search by max/min number of followers and following, so if you want to up the chance that someone will follow you back, you can look for people with a smaller number of followers – they would appreciate your following more 😉
Other tools include:
- Sprout Social
- Buffer
- Hootsuite (free trial)
- Start A Fire
- Social Mention
- Tweet Deck
Some interesting articles to help you get started:
- http://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/social-media-post-best-times
- https://blog.bufferapp.com/social-media-frequency-guide
Online Presence
Once you know your company's name, it's time to secure a domain. There are dozens of new domain extensions, but the ones most likely to be used by startups are .com, .co , .ly, and lately, the .io TLD has gotten really popular. There are some great tools to help find a domain:
A reliable place to buy your domain would be GoDaddy. They have constant promotions so make sure you search for coupons before purchasing a domain. With them, the cost can be as low as $2.00 per year. But for hosting, make sure you go elsewhere. GoDaddy has a reputation for being unreliable (something we have personally experienced), so we can't recommend them for hosting. However, you can buy a VPS (Virtual Private Server) on KnownHost for $40, and it will provide you a reliable and issue-free hosting solution.
If you don't have the budget to buy a domain, that's ok too. There are a bunch of 100% free domain sites like Dot.tk,Freenom and FreeDomain that will provide you with a suitable solution until you've got the budget to purchase your own domain and hosting.
Before establishing your online presence, ask yourself what your company's online needs will be. Do you need a full website or just a "coming soon" landing page coupled with a sign-up box? Our advice is that you can always start small and add more later. It's important to have something parked, to get your online presence up and running, and "reserve" your company's spot on the web.
There are numerous free options to build both landing pages and websites. You can use Unbounce, Launchrock, Pagewiz or Instapage to build a nice landing page. The problem, however, is that once your needs grow beyond a landing page, you would have to switch to a different platform because these services are for landing pages only.
Instead, we recommend using platforms that will allow you to grow. If you are tech savvy and have the time, you can work with one of the thousands of free WordPress themes.
WP has its advantages – if you know code, you can basically build whatever you want and are not restricted to a template and website builder capabilities. The drawback is that WP is not an easy tool to work with if you don't know code. We recommend it only for people with either prior experience or that have someone to help them with this task.
An alternative to the cumbersome WordPress interface would be using a free website builder. Not long ago, website builders were inferior to WordPress in most aspects, but recently they have stepped up their game and are now a valid alternative that is ranked and managed as easily as WordPress. These builders are more intuitive and fast – you can have a website up within an hour or two.
Our favorite website builders are XPRS and SquareSpace. Other possibilities include Wix or Weebly.
Marketing is not a touch-and-go business. To make it work, you need to constantly review results and decide whether to continue with your current marketing or pivot in a new direction.
Once you have an online presence, whether it is a landing page or a full website, make sure you know how to track and understand the visits it gets. There are various analytics tools that will allow you to have a better understanding of whether a marketing tool has a positive ROI for you or not.
For example, if you have a promotion on Facebook, an analytics tool can help you calculate the ROI and develop a better understanding of what you did right and what you did wrong.
Using an analytics tool is important for several reasons:
1) You want to be able to measure and track the results across time.
2) You want to better understand who your visitors, leads, and potential clients are, where they come from, which operating system they use (that can affect your product plans), and so on.
3) You want to understand and improve your conversion funnels.
Fortunately, the most popular analytics tool for the web, Google Analytics, is also 100% free, well-known, and reliable. If you decide to use Google Analytics, make sure you set your goals and create a conversion funnel so you can see where users drop off and where you can do better by changing the text, images, or even the entire messaging and layout of the page.
There are other tools that are just as good (and free) that you can use as well: piwik or clicky, or if you have both a web and mobile presence, try mixpanel.
Email Marketing
Email marketing is a great way to engage with both existing and potential clients to update them on news, discuss new features, promote product launches, and more. But before looking at an email marketing solution, it is advisable to get the consent of the recipient to receive an email from you. This will help you avoid troubles down the road because being blacklisted by an email marketing software, or worse, Google (if you use Gmail), is something that can harm your business, take up valuable time, and require your relentless efforts to try and get whitelisted again.
A simple line such as "we'll send you only relevant content" or "we promise not to spam you" can assure people that it's ok to sign up and give you the peace of mind of complying with spam laws.
When starting your email marketing efforts, your volumes may be low, so one free tool your company can use is its email. Most startups use Google Apps, so we'll assume you use it too. And using your gmail account for email marketing has the major benefit of being free.
However, in addition to the possibility of being blacklisted by Google, another issue is that tracking openings of emails sent through Gmail can be tricky. There are tools to track Gmail email openings such as Hubspot's SideKick Chrome extension, but with it, you can only track openings of 1 recipient per email.
Meaning, if you send an email to 20 recipients in BCC, you will not know who opened the email, just that someone opened it. Also, with SideKick, you won't be able to track the clicks on any links (other than attachments), unless you use another tool, such as bit.ly.
Despite the benefit of being a free tool, Sidekick is not 100% reliable, and there are ways from the recipient's end to block it (it's even on Hubspot's website). If you do decide on using Gmail to send emails, YesWare, Streak and MixMax can be good alternatives to SideKick as a tool that will allow you to track links and provide analytical data (btw, if you want to block people who track emails they send to you or know who tracked you, use Trackbuster.
Once your email volumes start to rise, you will need a better tool than Gmail to keep track of your client database and email management. At that point, we recommend using an email marketing tool, most of which have a free option that will suffice, at least initially.
When choosing an email marketing tool, it's important to choose an app that's been used by many companies and is known to have a minimal bounce rate. The free tool we like the most is SendInBlue, a reliable service that gives you a real bang for your buck with 9,000 free emails per month.
Other tools you can use to send emails are:
Getting your app discovered is one of the biggest challenges mobile app developers face because there's such heavy competition in the app stores. As a result, ASO for mobile is as important as SEO for the web: Your app needs to be found in the store and be ranked as high as possible for important keywords.
The higher your app ranks in Google Play or Apple's App Store search results, the more visible it is to potential users. This increased visibility tends to translate into more traffic to your app's page and more downloads. Much like other marketing methods, ASO requires a crucial understanding of your target audience, including the keywords your potential customers are using to find apps similar to yours.
Your store rankings depend on things that you can control, and things that you cannot. What you cannot control are the number of downloads and reviews. You can try to manipulate these figures, but in the end, the app store algorithms will know what's right and what's not. Keywords, on the other hand, are things that you can control. Adding at least some of the keywords to the title, as well as to your app's keywords section and description, will get you more traffic.
When choosing your keywords, keep in mind that ranking on generic keywords such as 'social network' would probably be very hard as big brands with older apps and more downloads will always rank higher than you. On the other hand, picking long-tail keywords might generate a low volume of downloads, even if you manage to rank for them. Instead, try to strike a balance between the two. It's a challenge, so keep testing and see what works best. To research and optimize your keywords, we highly recommend using Keywordtool.io.
When submitting your app to the store, put effort into developing quality screenshots. They are the one of the most crucial factors when a user considers downloading your app. Smashing Magazine created a helpful guide for how to create effective screenshots, and Visme is an excellent tool for screenshots as well.
As we mentioned in the Analytics section above, it's important to add a layer of analytics to understand if your marketing is working or not. To get data on your app once it's in the store, or to view keyword and other information of your competitors, we recommend using the free tools AppAnnie and SimilarWeb. SimilarWeb is good for both mobile apps and websites.
Content Marketing
The online world is all about good content. To start your SEO efforts and get your name out there, you need to first create quality, unique content, then distribute it.
At this point, with a $0 budget, we assume you will be the one creating and distributing the content (check out the other sections for people with a $1000+ marketing budget for information on how to pay for content services). There are several free platforms you can use to distribute your content:
1) Launch a blog on your site: The first step is to make sure you have enough content prior to launching your blog. Similar to your social media pages, your blog needs to feel "alive" and up-to-date, so you should have multiple posts ready to go before you publish the first one. Schedule posts at decent intervals, say, once or twice a week, to maintain activity on the blog. You want people to engage in your blog and come back to read it, so consider using sign-up tools. HelloBar is great if you used WordPress to build your site. There are similar widgets available if you used a website builder to create your site.
2) Guest blogging: Blogging can quickly get your name out there and give your product some exposure at the same time. You might write a guest post on another site about an app you liked using or submit a byline to media outlets such as TheNextWeb or TechCrunch.
3) Pulse (LinkedIn): As an entrepreneur, you know the power of LinkedIn. Pulse is LinkedIn's publishing platform and can be another great (and free!) tool to distribute content to your network and groups around the world.
4) Medium: Medium is a very popular blogging platform to which many tech people subscribe and read. You can open an account for free and start blogging away. Medium can be a good solution before you have the capacity to launch your own blog, as it gives you the freedom to blog as much as you want with no need for scheduled posts. It also helps distribute your content, so try to create interesting and compelling content to increase your chances of engaging the millions of users on Medium.
Another great approach to building your content strategy requires no writing or creation of any content. Content curation is a great way to get your name out there by sharing other people's content. Follow relevant blogs and social profiles, curate high-quality content like blog posts, images, videos, quotes, resources, and tools, and share it with your audience. You can then take the content you've curated and create something like a 'top 10' blog post on your blog. Sharing other people's content is also a great way to start growing your relationship with other influencers in your niche.
As with many other things, when creating content, it's crucial to have attractive graphics and images. Go to our branding & graphics category and check out tools you can use to create great visual elements.
Quora/other online forums
Quora may not seem like an obvious marketing tool. It and other forum-based sites are intended for people to share their experiences and ask others questions. It can be used to ask other entrepreneurs something like "What's the best email marketing software?" or "Does anyone know a good product manager in San Francisco?". However, Quora can also be used to do smart, free marketing. Being smart is important here – Quora members are savvy people just like you, who don't like BS or plugged marketing. So when mentioning your startup, don't do it in an obvious way. For example, ask the community on Quora to help you decide on something relating to your app or product.
Quora, Yahoo Answers, and other industry forums can also be a great way to find content ideas. See what people are asking about and write a blog post about it. Then, go ahead and share it with the people who asked the question. If you create high-quality content that really digs into an issue and solves a problem, your article is bound to be shared.
Another great way to get your name out there and draw some attention to your product is to comment in forums, on blogs, and on websites regarding news and posts relating to your company or industry. Again, much like you should do when posting to Quora, the secret here is not to be too blunt. Don't comment "I just launched a new app – check it out!!", with a link to your app. Instead, try to provide an interesting and thought-provoking comment that will make people who read it more likely to see that you and your product are all about. For example,
To be on top of things, use an alerts tool to monitor what's being said about your company, your competitors, or your industry. Google Alerts used to be the main tool for alerts, but it has underperformed in the last couple of years. The new and popular tools that replaced it monitor not only mentionings in the news, but also in social media, forums, and other popular venues.
Our favorite tool to use is Mention, which has a free option that is pretty generous. It gives you a basic, free subscription and only when you need to get more mentions or increase the number of mentionings, does it ask that you upgrade. Other free tools include IFTTT and talkwalker. Since they are free tools, you can try each one and then stick with the one you like best.
Content Distribution
Once you create content, there are several sites you can submit it to in order to reach a wider audience.
The immediate circle for content distribution is social media – both your personal accounts and those of your company. After that, you can submit content to Reddit and voting sites such as Digg. Reddit even has an AMA (ask me anything) tool through which you can offer your expertise and provide advice to its members while also including your product or company's name.
As mentioned before, whether curating content or following leading bloggers, it's always good to establish relationships. You can then use those relationships to distribute your content. For example, if you have created an interesting post, you should reach out to relevant bloggers and ask that they publish your content on their blog. They might ask that you do the same for them, or they may even like your content so much that they ask you for more. Either way, you will be able to get your content to a larger audience because of the relationships you've built with other people in your industry.
We've assembled a list of some of our favorite tools and information to help you create content:
- 102 headline formulas to grab users attention
- Part 3 of the amazing series 'the definitive guide to copywriting' by neil patel is all about headlines
- Headline generator. Can result in some hilarious stuff.
Content curation:
Content Creation and Ideas:
The online world has shifted in the last couple of years towards organic and real content and away from fake links and content duplications. Nowadays, to be ranked high in Google's search results, you need to invest in unique content. The SEO landscape has changed so drastically that it is now more of a branding tool than a marketing tactic.
As a founder, it is crucial that you invest in developing solid, SEO-optimized web infrastructure that is search engine-friendly. To achieve this, your business needs to have an SEO strategy in place because SEO remains one of the single most important components of any company's branding efforts and online presence.
We can split the SEO process into two parts: off-site and on-site.
Off-site SEO
Off-site optimization is basically all about links and brand mentionings. This used to be done by buying links. A word of warning, however: Don't buy links because it's against Google's guidelines and can result in a penalty from which it is hard to recover. Even if you see this tactic working for your competitors or colleagues, it's not ideal in the long-term because Google is sure to grow more sophisticated and discover such shady tactics with ease. One Google update and your site might be removed from searches altogether.
Instead, you should focus on creating content and tools to which people want to link. Most of the tactics we mentioned in the 'Content Marketing' section would work for this purpose, but to get even more information, you can analyze your competitor's links profile to understand the sources from which they get links. You might even be able to get a link there too if you just ask or if you create a piece of content that is relevant to the page linking to your competition.
Tools like Moz's Open Site Explorer and Cognitive SEO's Link Explorer can give you the anchor text distribution of your competitors, link velocity, and other such valuable information.
On-site SEO
On-site SEO is where you should focus the most attention when you have a zero dollar marketing budget. There is a lot to consider when optimizing your on-site SEO:
1) Meta titles and description – In short, make them unique, consider Google's title and description length, include your keywords, and keep your potential clients in mind. After all, you want them to click on the link to your site.
2) Page speed – Use Google PageSpeed Insights for suggestions regarding how to improve the speed of your website.
3) Alt tags – Use Google's guide on how to add an effective alt-tag.
4) Text and keywords – Google loves informative, comprehensive content. Don't stuff keywords, but make sure to use them properly.
5) Keep your site responsive and mobile friendly – This is super crucial in light of Google's efforts to show mobile responsive sites at the top of search results.
6) Navigation – Create an easy-to-understand navigation and site architecture for your site to better your chances of a higher search ranking.
7) Internal linking – Do it smart. We recommend https://moz.com/learn/seo/internal-link or http://searchengineland.com/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-an-internal-linking-strategy-158059 to learn more.
8) Consider including other tags – Canonical tags,Schema,Hreflang, and Pagination. Each will help improve your search rankings and SEO performance.
9) Add a Sitemap
So how do you create an SEO strategy?
First, you need to get a clear understanding of your goals and objectives. Think about the performance benchmarks you want to achieve. Second, determine who you are trying to reach. Who is your audience? Third, since your company doesn't exist in a vacuum, who are your competitors and what are they doing right now for their SEO?
After you answer these questions, start researching keywords. You want to find the keywords that best fit your audience and business, but you want to make sure that there's volume in the searches for those keywords as well. As we mentioned in the ASO section above, investing in terms that are too broad or too narrow may lead you down the wrong path.
Keywords research tools:
Links analysis tools:
- Rank tracker
- https://serps.com/tools/rank_checker
- https://proranktracker.com/
- https://moz.com/researchtools/rank-tracker
On-site analysis:
More tools:
PPC & Paid Media
PPC is a good marketing tool to get a more targeted audience. Using PPC, people who make an active choice to learn more about your product are driven to your site.
PPC campaigns can be run on Google Adwords, LinkedIn, and Facebook, and they cost money each time someone clicks. Although there are various free credits/coupons online for starting a PPC campaign (like getting $25 on $100 you spend and such) and ways to stretch your PPC budget, we don't recommend using PPC when you have a low marketing budget.
Branding & Graphics
We assume that by now, you at least have a name in mind for your company. If you don't, it's ok 🙂
The process of searching for a name is a very important one. You want a name that aligns with your brand and product, and that has a positive connotation as well. You don't want to have "valu" or "value" in your name if you are looking to tap into a more sophisticated, high-end crowd. You also don't want to name your email-related app Xobni and expect people, who are not quite even sure how to pronounce it, to understand it's "inbox" spelled backwards (true story).
After initial brainstorming and getting some idea of what you want for the name, you can use free tools that will help you generate it. We recommend naminum, Wordoid (for cool, made up words), and Gospaces. Some of these will even help you grab the domain that will go along with the company name.
There are a bunch of free logo generators out there, but they usually are not of high quality. We know your marketing budget is limited, but being stuck with an unmemorable logo, or worse, having to change it later on, is something you want to avoid.
There are many websites that can hook you up with a graphic designer that will help you create a terrific logo. With a limited budget, your best option would be either finding a designer on Fiverr and having them prepare a customized logo for you for $5, or purchasing a logo from a marketplace like GraphicRiver.
Whether you're building your homepage, working on a new blog post, or posting something new on social media, you will need graphics and photos. There are many free resources and high-quality tools to create graphics. Here are just a few that we love:
- https://placeit.net/
- https://www.canva.com/
- https://www.pexels.com/
- https://unsplash.com/
- For infographics – http://piktochart.com/
More tools can be found on https://blog.bufferapp.com/tools-create-images-for-social-media and https://blog.paymill.com/free-high-resolution-images/.
CRO & A/B Testing
So, now your landing page is live. That's awesome! But we can guarantee it doesn't perform as well as it should. With conversion optimization, there's no such thing as hitting the jackpot, especially not right away.
First, you will need to test things out and replace buttons, headlines, text, and images to find the best combination that will boost your conversion rate and make you a happy founder. You will be surprised how a small change in the color of a button or the size of your header image can boost your conversion rate. A simple change like this can boost conversions by 20%-30% or more!
Out of all the A/B testing platforms, Optimizely offers the best solution for a startup with a $0 budget, and it's really easy to implement. You just need to add one piece of code to your website, and that's it. The other, more complicated option is to use Google Analytics A/B testing called 'Content Experiments'. CrazyEgg created a great guide for it that will make it less complicated for you to implement.
Other tools we recommend for a/b testing are:
Ready to move up to a larger budget? Check out our marketing plan for $1,000/month budget.


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VALLETTA, Malta — The 50-foot wooden boat drifted across the Mediterranean for five days without food and water after its engine died, unable to propel the 117 people crammed aboard from war in Libya to safety in Europe.
More than once, boats passed within sight, a survivor told The Associated Press: a container ship, a fishing boat, then two big ships, including one that shone a spotlight on the crippled boat. A plane flew overhead.
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Reports of migrant boats lost and adrift for days without receiving aid are raising alarm. The U.N. refugee agency has called for better monitoring of the seas for the overcrowded boats and more aggressive intervention.
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After the ship turned off the light and sped away, Osarnehkoe's sister Tina Aeyie, 27, died.
The UNHCR's call to rescue all migrant boats heading north from Libya is complicated by several factors.
A complex search-and-rescue grid governs the Mediterranean and is often the source of tension between Italy, which is bearing the brunt of the arrivals, and Malta, whose enormous search-and-rescue area comes very close to the Italian island of Lampedusa.
More and more often, the migrant boats are traveling with satellite phones, but not all service providers are able to trace a location at sea, and the phones often run out of power.
Malta's Minister for Justice and Home Affairs, Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici, said authorities were looking into the reports — which are similar to another case involving a ship with 72 migrants that reportedly encountered military vessels that did not offer help, first reported by the Guardian newspaper. All but nine people on that boat died.
Malta, however, disagrees that all boats leaving Libya need to be rescued.
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