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Responsive medical websites
Responsive medical websites
Glacial Multimedia is a medical marketing agency specialized in medical website design, search engine optimization, internet marketing, social media and internet marketing strategy. We employ cutting-edge technology and thinking to bridge the gaps between medical brands and their customers.
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Medical website design is the primary focus here at Glacial Multimedia. We create high-quality websites with state-of-the-art patient lead generation techniques. This is what leads to success. This became clear early on in the 20-year history of our work with elective medical websites. We needed to tie in patient acquisition with website analytics. For this reason, we created not only a website system but an internet marketing and automation solution.
The Creation of MDprospects in 2007 One of our first initiatives was to create a CRM lead tracking system. MDprospects was born out of this and has been in business since 2007. Since the beginning, MDprospects has been about helping the practices we work with. They do this by creating marketing funnels, getting more leads, and converting procedures. Creating a solid medical website for your practice is critical to this process. That's why we focus on creating visually appealing websites with strong engagement objects. Glacial is continuously innovating in the patient experience pipeline. This has enabled us to create an efficient and affordable marketing solution.
Glacial is a trusted, reliable partner for digital medical marketing Want to increase patient leads at your practice? Glacial Multimedia is a trusted, reliable partner in the digital, medical marketing field. Our accolades and experience in this business prove we are a great partner for practices.
Besides our robust system for improving patient conversions, we have a great team. With 45+ employees, we're dedicated to the best in customer service. Our customer service team and internet marketing specialists are available to offer their advice. They can tell you how to improve your digital footprint or build you a custom marketing plan. Our marketing planning can be done separately from our medical website design process. It can even be available as a complete practice digital overhaul.
Are you ready to create more than just a website? Are you ready to create a system that fuses lead generation, scheduling, and marketing for the goal of patient acquisition? If so, call us anytime!
"81% of U.S. adults use the internet and 59% say they have looked online for health information in the past year. 35% of U.S. adults say they have gone online specifically to try to figure out what medical condition they or someone else might have."
2013 Pew Internet - Health Online Report
Everything we do online is being integrated and intermeshed into a unified platform that can drive traffic, generate leads and patients, and encourage high-value brand interactions. Social Media Optimization (SMO) is the term that was coined by Rohit Bhargava and has since been taking on a life of its own. Many medical practices have been interested in how social networks or social media websites can help their practice gain notoriety. Glacial Multimedia Inc. takes a custom approach to Social Media Optimization for our practices.
Despite the fact that social media is now a prominent force in everyone's daily lives, there still seems to be a lot of confusion associated with the concept of social media maintenance. Maintaining social media sites requires a lot more attention than just posting an article or a photo every once in a while to a Facebook or Twitter page. To make sure a social media site is working properly for your practice you must monitor it daily and post engaging content on a regular basis that will ensure followers keep coming back - and eventually turn into leads for your practice. Here at Glacial Multimedia, our Social Media Department works on a variety of different levels when it comes to properly maintaining clients' social media sites.
Although we are well known for creating great websites our core strength resides in lead generation for our clients. A solid grasp of Internet marketing and the orchestration of a marketing mix strategy enables a perfect storm of engagement for our clients. Our digital inbound marketing strategy has proven successful for many of our medical clients.
Inbound marketing is promoting your company or practice through a series of digital media in a very educational way. Examples of inbound marketing include blogging, video distribution, youtube channels, white paper reports, e-newsletters, social media marketing and more. This type of publishing marketing differs from traditional marketing and cold calling because inbound marketing is designed to bring customers in to ask questions instead of interrupting and broadcasting. Inbound marketing techniques are used to reach customers at varying levels in their decision making process to educate and assist with reaching the best purchasing decision. Today's buyers do a lot more research, read reviews and listen to what friends have to say.
Pay-per-click (PPC) advertising can guarantee your website appears on the first page of results for every applicable keyword search on Google, Yahoo! and Bing. To achieve the highest position, you bid against other advertisers for the same set of keywords or phrases. Careful planning and execution is necessary to manage budgets, optimize cost per click (CPC), and maximize site traffic and conversion rates. After years of experience in Paid Search Marketing we have achieved success in using this as one of the top lead generating services for our clients.
We manage PPC keyword advertising campaigns to be used in tandem with custom designed landing pages with calls to action or main websites. Our keyword lists are custom developed based and matched according to targeted traffic. All traffic is tracked and reported on a monthly basis and delivered to clients by report via e-mail. Our Google Adwords and Bing Search Marketing PPC advertising campaigns are derived from extensive research based around competitive analysis and optimum keywords. The ultimate objective is to increase targeted traffic that will result in more business for our clients. Prior to starting this specific project we work carefully to plan a list of goals in order to maximize the success of your campaign.
Glacial Multimedia can be your Internet marketing quarterback! With over 15 years of Internet marketing planning experience our top consultants can develop customized game plan that will generate leads for your practice. After reviewing your marketplace and doing an Internet presence SWOT analysis we start to carefully choose the media that will be rolled out in the BLITZ package.
Looking for doctors has never been easier than it is today. In the old days, you had to look in the yellow pages to find a eye care practitioner near you, and there was no way to know what kind of service they offered. You had to choose whatever was closest and easiest. Now, the Internet offers you a number of ways to not only find eye doctors online, but to find out more information about them.
From various amounts of research we are able to ascertain that patients are now researching significant amounts of health care information online. By the end of 2011 over 83.2% of the baby boomer population was using the web to find health care information. So whether you are treating young or older patients you can bet they will be using the web to not only find physicians but to also research a particular health issue. According to Pew Internet and American Life Research Projects, 40% of e-Patients with chronic conditions say they or someone they know has been significantly helped by following online medical advice. Additionally 46% of Internet users interviewed say they will use the web the next time they have a medical inquiry.
Glacial Multimedia was the very first ophthalmology website design company to benchmark over 100 practices and can provide critical benchmarking data for practices hoping to understand what all this data actually means to their business.
Glacial Multimedia takes a hands on approach with website analytics offering both hosting control panel data and Google Analytics data. Every Glacial Multimedia customer gets Google analytics automatically installed.
Understanding your medical website visitors is vital in running a successful website. Knowing where your visitors came from, what they are looking for, and how easy or difficult it was for them to find what they were looking for is very important in maximizing your website's potential. This key information can allow you to guide visitors to education or service areas they might not have otherwise found. Google Analytics is particularly useful understanding how your search engine optimization is working by identifying popular keywords and traffic volumes from particular engines.
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While the number of COVID-19 cases rises, all industries are experiencing the unprecedented realities of a global pandemic. More than ever, patients are looking to their healthcare providers for guidance on best practices, assurance, and a sense of preparedness. Healthcare practices and staff are faced with new challenges and adjustments to operations as sources like... Read More
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Interior design and marketing. These two concepts don't exactly seem like they would go together, right? Being a digital marketer, I never really thought much about interior design. My awareness of interior design was mostly developed by watching the home shows on TV with my wife. Recently, I started to become aware of how important... Read More
Glacial Multimedia is an experienced digital medical marketing agency utilizing a wide array of talent to achieve our customers goals. We combine programmers, designers, marketers, copywriters, strategists, consultants, and IT professionals to provide a high quality digital marketing experience for our customers.
"One of my favorite quotes is from Ralph Waldo Emerson, which states, "Make yourself necessary to somebody." This is exactly what Glacial has done in the way of medical website design and optimization. Throughout our lengthy research process on which SEO company to use, they stuck with us, answering all of our questions and relieving any concerns. From the first point of contact, all the way to completion of the website, they have been there to ensure that our expectations are being met. Moving from the index to page one in such a short amount of time has competitively placed Discover Vision in the customer's first line of sight. In the eye care industry, YOU JUST CAN'T BEAT SERVICE LIKE THAT."
"Glacial Multimedia came to our practice a little over three years ago. They worked with our marketing and administrative team to develop a STRONG INTERNET MARKETING STRATEGY for our total practice. The end result was very positive as our cataract and refractive surgery referrals from the Internet have increased significantly. We have experienced an increase in quarter over quarter cataract and refractive surgery volume since the launch of our new medical web site design and SEO strategy. In short, we are very pleased with our relationship with Glacial Multimedia and their team has helped our practice build a strong and effective Internet brand at Minnesota Eye Consultants."
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|A new book has been released called Follow Me and Leeds United by a female Leeds fan Heidi Haigh, based on a diary she kept in the seventies when she didn't miss a match home or away for 7 years. It may be of interest to fans of the seventies, female fans etc because although it is from a female perspective, it brings to life what it was like for any football fan to follow their club through the violence of the seventies. Man City are mentioned as one of the worst grounds to go to at Maine Road for those interested. It is available on Amazon.
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Thank you for choosing Facebook Audience Network as your Header Bidding monetization partner on mobile web. This document will walk you through some best practices that have resulted in positive results for Audience Network publishers. As you begin implementing Header Bidding, please be sure to reference these practices.
Header Bidding is a way for publishers to establish an impartial and open auction over their ad inventory, by offering every ad opportunity to multiple demand sources at the same time, significantly increasing competition and monetization.
Match Rate
Audience Network serves ads only to Facebook matched users. If there is no match, no ad is served resulting in no fill.
On Audience Network, viewability of a mobile display ad is defined as 100% width and 1px height. Viewability is a critical factor in the calculation of the final bid price. Every bid on Audience Network is adjusted by the predicted probability of the ad being viewable. Therefore, for low viewability ad units (<65%), the bid price is on the lower end whereas high viewability ad units (>65%) have a larger probability of receiving higher bid prices.
Focus on Advertiser Value
At Facebook, our focus is on creating real outcomes for advertisers, such as end-user engagement and conversions, and rewarding quality publishers based on the value they generate for advertisers. This translates into a focus on metrics like CTR and CVR. Publishers that create ad experiences that drive engagement generally result in competitive CPMs.
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Facebook uses machine learning models to run an auction optimized for advertiser objectives. When Audience Network is first plugged into a publisher's inventory via Header Bidding, these models take approximately 7-10 days to learn about the publisher's audience and supply and calibrate accordingly. Calibration can be expedited if the volume of requests and impressions is >500K per day per placement.
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Performance is calibrated on the placement level, so publishers should create a separate placement for each ad location on their mobile website. For example, a publisher should create a placement for all 'in-article above-the-fold ad units' on the site. Another placement should be created for the 'bottom of the article page ad unit'. Similarly, a publisher should also consider the page type when creating placements. For example, home pages and section pages may have separate placements to article / content pages. This could vary from publisher to publisher based on their setup and traffic volume.
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Audience Network supports 300x250, Full Width and Native ad formats. As a standard, all publishers should start with a 300x250 ad unit. Once the Header Bidding integration is up and running, it is advised to test and switch to the Full Width format. If a publisher has in-house design resources, Audience Network provides a spectrum of tools to build and customize native ads.
For all the pros of Header Bidding, latency is definitely a con that is well known. Publishers, Wrappers and Bidders alike are looking for ways around this problem. Most publishers set a timeout of 500ms on the low end and 1500ms on the high end in the wrapper based on overall site load times and performance. Also, moving header bidding to server-side is supposed to resolve issues related to latency. Testing of this methodology is in the works.
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- Word Munger wants to know why he ought to pay extra for making the IRS's work easier. Excerpt: But every year, I'm faced with the same dilemma: The IRS's bizarre position on e-filing taxes. I can see why the IRS would want me to e-file: it saves them big bucks in data entry. But why should I want to e-file? After all, it costs $15 — much more than the cost of paper, ink, and postage for printing and sending via mail. So why should I pay to do them a favor?
- Is George W. Bush listening to illegally I-Podded Beatles music?
- Here is an annotated list of Easter specials from The Shelf. Excerpt: All of the gang are worried about getting things ready for Easter, but Linus reminds them that they don't need to worry- the Easter Beagle will take care of that. You would think that [after] the whole Great Pumpkin fiasco that Linus would've ostracized by the rest of the crew. But no- they tolerate him and his "quirks" as a lovable group of friends should. Were they not worried that Linus would wig out on them some day and invent some elaborate scenerio in which he invites them all to a deserted mansion at the top of a spooky hill for a reunion, in which he secretly plans to cut off all communication, block all exits and roads and then kill them off one by one for laughing at him and his "quirks" while they were kids? Did they? I don't think so- but then, this was the 70s, peace, love and whatever makes you happy man.
- Freakonomics makes an erroneous statement about musician Thomas Dolby; Dolby responds on his new blog. (Note: I used to work with a guy that whenever someone would say the word "Huge," he would say "Huuuuuuuuge!" After he got tired of that, every time someone said the word "science," he would say "Science!")


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Ms. Kowalcyk became involved in foodborne illness prevention in 2001 following the death of her 2 ½ year old son, Kevin, from complications due to an E. coli O157:H7 infection. Ms. Kowalcyk has volunteered extensively as a consumer advocate for food safety and co-founded the Center for Foodborne Illness Research & Prevention in 2006. In addition, Ms. Kowalcyk has served on USDA's National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) since 2005 and serves on the Advisory Board for Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute's Produce Safety Project as well as two National Academies of Science committees. Ms. Kowalcyk has given numerous presentations on food safety at national conferences and food safety forums. In 2008, she participated in the filming of the documentary Food Inc., a film that examines food production in America. . In addition to her extensive experience in food safety advocacy, Ms. Kowalcyk has over 10 years experience as a biostatistician conducting clinical research in the pharmaceutical industry. Ms. Kowalcyk earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Dayton in Mathematics and her Master's in Applied Statistics from the University of Pittsburgh. Ms. Kowalcyk is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Environmental Health with a focus in Epidemiology/Biostatistics at the University of Cincinnati and is a fellow in UC's Molecular Epidemiology in Children's Environmental Health Training Program. She resides in Maineville, Ohio with her husband and three surviving children.
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International Mathematical Series
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Around the Research of Vladimir Maz'ya I - III
Function Spaces, Partial Differential Equations, Analysis and Applications
Editors: Laptev, Ari (Ed.)
- Professor Maz'ya has received numerous awards for his outstanding contributions, in particular, the Humboldt Research Prize (1999), the Verdaguer Prize of the French Academy of Sciences (2003)
- He was elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2001) and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (2002)
- Several international conferences were organised for the occasion of his 60th birthday
- There are several collections of papers honored Prof. Maz'ya. Prof. Maz'ya published more than 20 monographs and more than 450 articles. The range of his interests is very wide and many of his results play a key role in many areas of analysis and PDEs.
- Nevertheless, the presented volume is absolutely different from all published books honored V. Maz'ya:
- It focuses on the current state of research in analysis, PDEs and function theory, detailing recent advances, selected in relation to Mazy'as results.
- All the results are new and never published earlier
- The mentioned collections present proceedings of conferences in honor of V. Maz'ya and contributors are participants of these conferences. In this volume contributors and contributions were selected in accordance with the main idea of the volume
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Research articles and surveys from world-recognized mathematicians cover large areas in Analysis where the contributions of Prof. Maz'ya are fundamental, influential, and/or pioneering. Recent advantages in the study of Sobolev type spaces, PDEs and important boundary value problems in mathematical physics, spectral problems, asymptotic expansions, various actual problems in Analysis and applications are presented. Archive photos and List of references to Maz'ya's works companion the collection.
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- Around the Research of Vladimir Maz'ya I - III
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- Function Spaces, Partial Differential Equations, Analysis and Applications
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- International Mathematical Series
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The Sustainably Motivated Reading List
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This one was a long time coming! I've been happy to share some sweet titles after I read them (see Learning Tools), but hadn't yet compiled a reading list. With all the time I've spent online however, I've come to realize how convenient these list posts are, so here it goes. Below are some of my absolute favorite sustainably related books.
Each are great on their own, but together they present a highly relevant and enriching narrative that'll help you better understand and solve for sustainability. Without a doubt, it can be initially intimidating to try and unravel this complex issue, but it's totally worth it! So without further ado, here are a dozen brilliant books to grow your brain matter and build your sustainability skills.
1. The Sacred Balance
Written by renown environmentalist David Suzuki, this book offers a pretty comprehensive view of the many amazing befits bestowed to us by nature. It's a nice book to start with, as it provides a ranged examination of humanity's relationship with the environment through the exploration of the various elements that sustain life. It also touches upon the deeper relationship that exists with nature, and how to improve our care and connection with the earth. For more on this book, click here.
2. Silent Spring
Written by Rachel Carson over 50 years ago, it is a landmark book in the environmental movement. Despite the decades since its initial publication it is no less timely and potent. Carson brought serious attention to the widespread use of chemicals in the agricultural industry, and the subsequent danger to all life on earth.
By investigating the specific poisons in use through herbicides, insecticides, and pesticides, she generated the vigorous (and ongoing) debate that helped launch the US environmental movement of the 1960s. Silent Spring is a critical book for understanding the continuity of this struggle and recognizing the impact that our choices have on the complex natural systems that support life. For more on this, click here.
3. Start With Why
Written by the organizational consultant & motivational speaker Simon Sinek, this book speaks to finding your purpose. He offers up some terrific wisdom for both yourself, and your organization. Learning more about what drives you and your work can help place it in the bigger picture and assist you with long term perspective. Thinking sustainably means considering that long term view, and this book is great for putting you in that frame of mind. To learn more about it, click here.
4. The Ecology of Commerce
Written by Paul Hawken, this book is meant to highlight the possibility of leveraging business to help resolve social and environmental problems. Such problems are often exasperated by short-sighted business practices. Rather than take the destructive approach, Hawken offers a vision by which companies can actually maintain their own sustainability and profitability, through their consideration of the grander ecology in which they exist. Click here for more.
5. Cradle to Cradle
Written by William McDonough and Michael Braungart this book (that was made by something other than a tree) is an enlightening read about design and manufacture. The authors encourage us to think about what things are made of, what happens to such items when we're done with them, and how we can make them better. They provide readers with a fresh perspective when considering the purpose and design of our stuff, and an alternative means of looking at how we fulfill our needs. Click here for more.
6. The Green Collar Economy
Written by Van Jones, this book highlights the immense opportunity in the revolutionary transition societies need to take in order to fend off climate change and break off the addiction to fossil fuels. Rather than resist the glaring scientific evidence of man-made global warming, Jones explains the many benefits of choosing to adopt greener measures through the development of renewable energy sources. Such massive developments do in fact create jobs. Well paying, local jobs, that could also help redress wrongs done to disenfranchised communities. It's essentially a win-win! Click here for more.
7. Why We Can't Wait
Written by the perpetually inspiringMartin Luther King Jr, this book lays out the struggle of the Civil Rights Movement, as King explains the motivation and reasoning behind non-violent civil disobedience. Fighting for the dignity and equality that was denied African-Americans, King speaks to the need for non-violent action necessary to help fulfill and expedite the legal progressions.
The parallels with the current environmental movement over climate change are evident. We are running short on time! King reminds readers that those fighting for what is right will eventually succeed, but that it does require struggle and sacrifice. Click here for more.
8. The Sixth Extinction
Written by Elizabeth Kolbert this compelling book is a powerful indication of the extensive changes that are currently underway on our planet. Due to the excesses of human activity, we are bringing about the next (6th) mass extinction of life on this planet. We are dooming countless species, and quite possibly ourselves, with no grand external threat to blame. Click here for more.
9. Oil & Honey
Written by Bill Mckibben, this book narrates his personal journey from author and environmentalist to climate change activist and founder of 350.org. As he describes it, he would like nothing more than to keep to his quite rural life in Vermont and help raise bees, but that it is his love and concern for the bees, trees, plants and animals that compel him to act.
He simply knows too much, and has seen to much, to allow the rising threat of man-made climate change endanger his daughter and indeed all future generations. This book is an account of his actions and reflections as he pursues his quest to help society break free from its dependency on fossil fuels. Click here for more.
10. Climate Justice
Written by Mary Robinson, this book highlights the considerable impact of grassroots organizations in their effort to combat climate change. As former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mrs. Robinson had the opportunity to meet with and learn from people from all over the world. It helped her realize that Climate Change and Human Rights were firmly intertwined and therefore needed to be solved together.
The horrors and devastation of climate change are already present, but her book focuses on the strength and resilience of people, as they come together through communities and organizations to help one another in the face of this threat. Her message is uplifting and poignant. Click here for more.
11. Small is Beautiful
Written by E. F. Schumacher this tiny book packs quite a punch. Published in 1973, it examines the way in which modern society has organized its economic metrics, and questions whether or not this was really the right way of doing things. The environment is obviously being ravaged and depleted, yet people aren't necessarily happier for it. Furthermore, the distribution of said environmental resources are so skewed as to enormously enrich a small number of elite, while leave behind the vast majority in poverty. Schumacher asks you to think it over.Click here for more.
12. Drawdown
Edited by Paul Hawken, this collection of climate solutions (there's a hundred of them), represents a beacon of hope. Yes, there are ways that we can drastically cut our carbon emissions and thereby lessen the threat of climate change. The battle for the future isn't over yet, and there is still a great deal we can do.
Hawken, an environmental activist and author of the above Ecology of Commerce, encourages you to work for the world you wish to live in, and provides you copious amounts of information to help you figure it out. There are stories and guidelines, considerations, research, science, and of course, inspiration. There is a lot going on in this book. Click here for more.
So Much Reading!
This list is by no means complete, and while I will certainly attempt tp update it as I read on, you can find great additional reading by clicking here.


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Robbie Dean Family Counselling Centre
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|Suicide prevention and crisis clinics: crisis de-escalation * suicide prevention * stabilization * short term counselling * referral and system navigation * education * training
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What happens when writer decides to homeschool? She starts looking into creative ways to help her children master their math skills. With a 3rd grader and a 5th grader, I know my days teaching them math are numbered. So in addition to great curricula (more on these in another post), I've relied on some clever […]Read More
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10 Things I Learned in My First Year of Homeschooling
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The Best Educational Gifts for Kids 2015
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7X1.5 Magnets: How to Use Them for Business Exposure
If it would have been 1920's, perhaps you would not have thought about magnet advertising because it never existed then. By the 60's you might have attempted it as a fresh breath of air from the regular print and media-advertising circus that existed. However, by 2000's, it is rising to the level that every business must attempt it at least once to make impressions and buy attention of the crowd. If you believe that 7 x1.5 magnets are smaller and cannot do any good for your business, perhaps you are wrong because they can bring you big exposure. Only you need to be precise and thoughtful.
Frankly speaking, people don't care, whether you are pursuing them over a banner or billboard or a newspaper page, they only bother about your clichéd messages. This means, you can employ customized 7×1.5 magnets for evoking positive responses from your customers. You can use it for CTA or for sculpting relationships. Research on internet about the compelling CTA or Call to Action sentences for better clarity.
Focus on Customer Needs
Have you ever thought why do some campaigns make the mark and some others fail miserably? Because the one that made mark focused on the customer's needs and others were simply painting structures in the air. If you want to join the earlier league, we suggest, you should start considering customer needs rather than deviating to other things. You can address the current situation rather than glorifying your credentials. For example, in these testing economical times, you can offer them some savings or offer them best buy pricing or anything, which they would appreciate. And believe us 7×1.5 magnets allow you to do that. You do not need to be loud or write marketing bibles to buy public attention, only you need to be straight and forward with your targets. If you don't wish to do direct sales, then try to appeal people with that special information that you wish to share with them. For eg – you can employ 7×1.5 save the date sales magnets for promoting your tradeshow or you can use 7×1.5 holiday magnets for building courtesy. Whatever be the need or purpose of distributing customized magnets, try to keep the customers needs in mind.
Use Appealing Graphics
We can assume that this is not the first time, you are attempting at marketing. Whenever, earlier you attempted marketing, you were bogged down by fears of overburdening your budget, isn't it? You could never use the colors the way you want because the printer reminded that it will add to your costs. However, with customized magnets 7×1.5, you can remain carefree about the choice of colors and creativity because most online eCommerce stores stocking them offer free full color printing. You can easily turn Monet or Picasso of Expressions by working over these customized magnets.
Avoid Hyping and Fluffing
It is an another fact that you don't get large space for fluffing and hyping over customized 7 x 1.5 magnets, but still there might be some who may practice it. A best promotional marketing item is the one, which offers purpose rather than bluffing or fluffing. If you wish to turn your customized magnet into another bluff and fluff item such as those paper flyers, then be ready to face the same fate. You can make it informative and at the same time sound relevant with short business messages such as "Save", "Free", "Instant", etc.
You can receive many valuable benefits such as free art setup, free online design proof, free shipping and free full color printing by ordering your customized 7×1.5 magnets from any reputed eCommerce store stocking only made in USA magnets.


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I am his awful wedded wife. -Goodman Ace
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- "And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray… "And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me that I should be king over this people." - Bible
- "We began like any other borderline awful local… "We began like any other borderline awful local garage band aspiring to impress the ever-feared and revered local promoters. Handing out fliers just wasn't converting to any new faces at the shows, so we started playing our acoustic guitars outside every concert, high school, and college campus. We had something like a colonel's map of schools and addresses and times pinned on the wall, and…
- "Every woman and every man is God the… "Every woman and every man is God the Father's wife when the faithful soul is joined to our Lord Jesus Christ by the Holy Spirit." - St. Francis of Assisi (Letter to the Faithful I
- "And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the… "And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman." - Bible


text: Sunken dreams 77 Report post Posted May 20, 2018 I don't normally do any reviews, but a few days in I have seen enough to make me change my wicked ways. I will try to keep it short as possible. Pre-cruise: We stayed in the Embassy Suites Newark Airport in Elizabeth, NJ. Nice enough hotel. About what I would expect for $200 a night, well up until they charged my credit card for a damage deposit nightly. Never have seen a hotel that has a card on file actually charge it for a damage deposit without damage to the room. 😕. Interesting start. Always wanted to visit New York City, but especially after 9/11. I was sleeping after a night shift when my wife came woke me up and we watched the surreal images on TV that changed travel forever. We of course took the train to the World Trade Center and spent time at the memorial pools. Very humbling to be on that sacred ground where so many died that day. Next we walked to Battery Park to catch the Ferry to the Statue of Liberty. Glad we went, got to climb to the top of the pedestal. I wish I had bought tickets early enough to climb to the crown. Being the Brave souls we are we walked from Battery Park to the Empire State Building I learned and saw a lot on that walk. Mostly I learned that in New York traffic lights are merely suggestions for cars but barely hints for pedestrians. I grew up in Los Angeles and LA has nothing on crazy compared to New York City. Secondly I learned that New Yorkers know where they are going at all times and any slight hesitation to try to figure out your way will get you yelled at like you just made them miss the last train out. So very different from the absolute politeness back in my city in Washington State. The Empire State Building was epic but I am doubtful it was worth the money for the ride to the top. I guess it is a once in a lifetime thing. Train ride back to the hotel we hopped the wrong train and were deep in the suburbs before the first stop. An hour later we boarded the right one thanks to an incredibly helpful woman who went out of her way to help the most touristy tourists ever. Next stop, boarding. 12 Ray, JLMoran, Sweety and 9 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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The National Appaloosa Championships is the AAA Ltd's National title event, held annually in NSW. The National show boasts a versatile program to showcase the talents of our registered Appaloosa horses and the abilities of our competing members.
Over the course of 4 days, the Nationals host a local Dressage and Hack judge for our tradition English events and American Judge for the remainder of the program. Our program includes, Dressage, Hack, English Led Events, Hunter Hack, Equitation, Horsemanship, Trail, Reining, Ranch Riding, Western Pleasure, Hunter Under Saddle, Halter and more!
Our 48th Australian Appaloosa Nationals Show will be in Sydney, March 2020! Our program and entry forms are now available – See below.
For all Nationals enquiries, please contact the come, listed under contacts on this page.
Our National Show patterns are now available for download. Print or save to your phone and start practising today.
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We would also like to thank Justine Vallette-Morlet (USA) for supplying our National show with Trail patterns in 2020. Justine's support of our event is greatly appreciated.
We would like to offer you the opportunity to join us in 2020 as an event sponsor.
Our show has an abundance of opportunities, including sponsorship packages that wont break the bank! We have a variety of sponsorship options for people and businesses to help support the running of our event and give back to our competitors, while promoting your business and products.
All sponsors will receive promotions and advertising on our Facebook (over 3000 followers), Instagram (300 followers) and our new website (Approx. 1.3K visitors per month), PA announcements at our event, E-Marketing placement and included in our Official Show Program from a logo placement to a ¼ page advert based on sponsor package selected. Event banners, signage and promotional collateral in competitors' bags is also available.
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Mary A. (Grigas) Koons, age 96 of 347 Juneberry Way, Deptford, NJ, 08096 formerly of East Lloyd Street, Shenandoah passed away Saturday at the home of her daughter, Evelyn Koons in Deptford, NJ with whom she resided for the past four years.
Born in Shenandoah on February 4, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Mary (Radzavage) Grigas.
Mary was a 1934 graduate of the former J. W. Cooper High School, Shenandoah.
Prior to her retirement she worked as the bookkeeper and was a garment worker at the former Connie Fashions, Shenandoah. After her retirement, she was a "stuffer" at the former Shenandoah Evening Herald.
Mary was a devout and faithful member of St. George Lithuanian Roman Catholic Church, Shenandoah where she was a frequent lector and altar server. She was a longtime member of St. George's choir from youth throughout her life, singing many Lithuanian hymns at masses and funerals and also held membership in the Guild and Women's Alliance of the parish. She was a frequent reader for the Lithuanian masses at the former Our Lady of Siluva Church, Maizeville. She was also a member of the former Zarija Lithuanian Choir; charter member and 4th degree knight of the Anthracite Council 144 Knights of Lithuania where she served as Cultural Chairperson. In addition, she was a member of the Greater Shenandoah Area Senior Citizens.
Mrs. Koons read, wrote and spoke fluent Lithuanian and was an ardent supporter of Lithuanian heritage and culture; she taught Lithuanian classes at local adult schools for over ten years and hosted numerous Lithuanian radio programs on local radio stations in conjunction with Lithuanian Independence Day held annually in February. She served as an interpreter for letters from Lithuanians to family members in the states. She was not only a volunteer for Lithuanian Day activities, but also provided enjoyment with her vocal talent for over seventy-five years.
After retirement, she traveled extensively with her late husband, John to various destinations including two pilgrimages to Lithuania and one to Rome where she received a private blessing and handshake from Pope John Paul II at the private Lithuanian audience in celebration of St. Casmir's 100th birthday in 1984.
She was an active member of the Heritage community where she resided with her daughter. She participated in the Women's Club, monthly breakfasts, monthly social events and bingo. She was affectionately known as the "community mom" and loved by all.
Preceding her in death in addition to her parents were her beloved husband, John A. Koons who passed away on March 7, 2005; five brothers and one sister.
She was the last surviving member of her immediate family.
Surviving are her children Joseph Koons of Bellefonte, Anne Marie Albright of Philadelphia and Evelyn Koons of Deptford, NJ; four grandchildren, John Albright of New Jersey, Stephanie Koons of State College and Christopher Koons of Bellefonte, and Gabriel' G. Koons of Miami, FL; one great-granddaughter, nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews. She also leaves behind her "precious little buddy", her beloved granddog, Bella.
Prayer and scripture services will be held Thursday at 11:00 a.m. at Walukiewicz-Oravitz Fell Funeral Home, 132 S. Jardin St., Shenandoah. Rev. Robert J. Potts will officiate. Interment will follow at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville where she will be laid to rest with her loving husband, John. Rev. Peter Mainza, AJ and Rev. Augustine Idra, AJ will officiate.
Relatives and friends are invited to call at the funeral home Thursday from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m.
In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy can be made in Mary's memory to: The Knights of Lithuania, C-144, 440 West High Street, Frackville, PA 17931.
Walukiewicz-Oravitz Fell Funeral Home, Shenandoah is in charge of the arrangements.


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By Cynthia K. Chandler
This booklet delineates Animal Assisted treatment (AAT) counseling recommendations. Supported via case examples, the e-book explains the right way to opt for, teach and overview an animal for treatment paintings. The booklet examines moral issues and threat administration, presents a historical past of AAT, and discusses the newest empirical study within the box. the writer additionally comprises guidance for constructing a university-based application for AAT education. pattern varieties for use in screening consumers and recording consultation info are integrated in addition to a sequence of separate illustrations (line drawings of animals) to facilitate a number of the urged AAT options. This booklet is designed to be used in education classes for AAT in counseling and comparable courses (such as social paintings, psychology, and rehabilitation counseling). up to now, there's no e-book devoted to instructing innovations particular to AAT. This publication will fill that want.
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Dogs enjoy engaging in activity with humans. Therapy dogs like just about everyone, so a client can feel immediate unconditional acceptance the moment they enter the counseling room. Dogs are a very trainable species. They can learn various obedience commands and fun tricks useful in therapy work. Except for the very small breeds, dogs don't get sick easily and are fairly sturdy, and this minimizes the risk of injury to them. Dogs can make and maintain good eye contact with people, and they are fun and playful.
A pet that stays at home most of the time is not going to be comfortable meeting people when away from home. The pet should be exposed to a variety of different types of clothing and accessories that people may wear or accompany, for instance, hats, backpacks, briefcases, purses, crutches, canes, walkers, wheelchairs, and so forth. The pet should become comfortable with being transported, such as riding in the car. Start by going short distances at first and then gradually extend the time and distance of the trip until the pet is very comfortable with travel.
Farm therapy animals do not require training. A major disadvantage to choosing to work with farm animals in a counseling setting is that working therapy farms are hard to find. Transportation of a client to a working therapy farm can be problematic. Or, if you own a farm animal as a pet it may be difficult to transport that farm animal to the counseling setting. Most farm animals are large, and injuries incurred from interaction with a therapy farm animal can be more severe compared to smaller therapy animals like dogs or cats.


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IBM nudges forward in the race to build better quantum chips.
The Download can report that IBM has built its most powerful quantum chip using 17 qubits, the quantum equivalent of digital bits. That's up from five last year, and is more than the number in chips recently tested by Google. Another 16-qubit IBM device will now be offered for public use via the cloud, too—a further sign that firms are scrambling to build genuinely practical quantum devices. IBM still faces stiff competition: Google has promised to test a 49-qubit device by the end of the year.
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WannaCry ransomware has a counterpart that mines cryptocurrency on your PC.
Part of the recent hack, first leaked from the NSA then used to help hold 300,000 PCs hostage, is in use by another attack. Security firm Proofpoint discovered the new Adylkuzz malware, which commandeers computers to mine cryptocurrency Monero, but has so far gone undetected because PCs run as normal while it operates. One estimate suggests that the attack could have raised $1 million since April. Question is, how many other exploits are using leaked NSA flaws?
Mice with 3-D printed ovaries give birth to healthy offspring.
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"If there was an easy solution to a complex problem, we wouldn't have the problem ... to make things better, you're going to be doing things that are tough."
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How to brainstorm the BIG IDEA step-by-step
Boost Your Direct Marketing Creativity
- Part 6 -
We've covered a lot of territory in this series:
The three levels of creative mastery, good creative traits, bad creative habits, releasing your natural creativity, and inspiring your creative staff.
In this final installment, let's look at one of the most widespread and powerful creative techniques ever devised. When used properly, it can produce more and better ideas than any other process.
It's called brainstorming. And it's based on the concept that two heads (or three, or four, or more) are better than one.
Many would argue that you can't create by committee. I agree. Writing, designing, and other creative acts are best performed by individuals. Creative execution by committee invariably regresses to the mean. The results are weak and watered-down.
However, brainstorming is not about creative execution. It's about idea creation. And it is almost always more productive as a group activity.
8 ways to turn your creative staff into idea machines
Boost Your Direct Marketing Creativity
- Part 5 -
Okay, let's summarize this series on creativity so far:
In Part 1, we listed three levels of creative mastery.
In Part 2, we covered the traits of highly creative people.
In Part 3, we looked at bad habits that can limit your creativity.
And in Part 4, we discovered how to release your natural creative genius.
Now we'll take the next logical step. If you're in charge of a creative staff, we'll see if we can find a few ways to help them be even more creative.
First, lets have a little plain talk about creativity and your staff. This may be a little painful.
10 easy ways to release the creative genius inside you
Boost Your Direct Marketing Creativity
- Part 4 -
If you've been reading this series from the beginning, you've learned about the three levels of creative mastery, the traits of highly creative people, and bad habits that can limit your creativity.
Now, let's pick up where we left off and see if we can discover a few basic ideas for shedding bad creative habits and building new habits that can turn you into a creative genius.
The important point to remember is that everyone has creative abilities. It's a natural and necessary part of being human. The only difference between the creative geniuses and everyone else is that creative people use and develop their creative skills.
Usually this is not a conscious effort, but a natural result of their personality and upbringing. However, everyone can energize their creative powers and release the inner genius, including YOU.
Look out! Here are 16 bad habits that will crush your creativity
Boost Your Direct Marketing Creativity
- Part 3 -
Previously, we've discussed the 3 levels of creative mastery in direct marketing and the common traits of creative people.
Now let's talk about some bad creative habits.
First, a simple question: Why aren't more people creative?
Well, you don't have to be a psychologist to know that people are generally pretty lazy. There's a natural human inclination to do things the easy way.
And let's face it, most things in life don't require too much creativity. So for the average person, there's really no motivation for the extra effort.
The truth is, most people who display higher levels of creativity have simply learned this behavior by chance. Perhaps their parents or friends did creative things. Or maybe certain random events inspired a different approach to life.
It doesn't matter how you become creative, of course, but there's a downside to this randomness. Because if you can pick up good creative habits, you can pick up bad creative habits, too. And you usually don't know which is which until they're deeply ingrained.
But bad habits can be broken if you are determined to do so. The first step is to identify these behaviors so you can start making productive changes.
Here are some of the more common bad habits that hamper creativity in direct marketing.
How many of these 11 creative traits do you have?
Boost Your Direct Marketing Creativity
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In my previous post, I talked about the 3 levels of creative mastery in direct marketing.
And I said that if you're seeking long-term success in this industry, you should aim for the Third Level, where you strive to find a balance between technique and creativity, between the tried and the new.
This time, let's take a look at the traits of a truly creative professional working on the Third Level .
Despite what you might think, we are all creative to some degree. You. Me. Your accountant. Your hairdresser. The kid who bags your groceries. Everyone.
Creativity isn't something you're born with. It's not some mysterious aura that hovers around wild-haired writers and artists. And it has nothing to do with how smart you are. In fact, research has shown that once you get beyond an I.Q. of about 120 (which is fairly average), intelligence and creativity are not correlated.
So you could be a genius and display little creativity. Or you could be perfectly average in intelligence and wield amazing creative powers.
The 3 levels of creative mastery in direct marketing
Boost Your Direct Marketing Creativity
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We direct marketing types are well-known for our reliance on "proven" techniques.
Our books, trade magazines, and club meetings overflow with zillions of hints, commandments, rules, warnings, tactics, and all manner of well-organized wisdom.
That's why many people in the advertising industry — much of which thrives on ultra-creative, out-of-the-box ideas — consider us rather old-fashioned and conservative.
And that's just fine with me.
Because we have a different job to do than our brand advertising brethren. We're looking for immediate and direct response. We're going for instant return on investment. Our massive technique tool box allows us to make sales, generate leads, and raise funds in predictable and measurable ways.
But while we can chide our chums on the brand side about being too creative, they certainly have every reason to chide us for not being creative enough. While they often don't follow any rules at all, we often follow too many.
How Technology Has Changed Creativity in the Ad Business
Note: I wrote this article back in 1995. But while the wow factor of technology has become routine in the advertising world today, the idea this article presents is still as relevant as ever.
After more than two decades of technological evolution, creativity isn't what it used to be. I don't mean that the pool of creative advertising talent is shrinking, I mean the way creative people go about creating is different.
It's more than exchanging typewriters for computers or art tables for graphic design programs; it's a complete shift in the creative process.
It started when IBM introduced the first affordable desktop personal computer. With a monochrome screen, no hard drive, and an unbelievably slow microprocessor, it proved that a computer could be a practical office accessory.
As desktop units became more accepted in the workplace, other computer manufacturers began churning out armies of clones, with prices always falling and quality always rising.
Brainstorming doesn't work?
According to research cited by PsyBlog (one of my favorite blogs), brainstorming may not be as effective as people are lead to believe.
I wrote about brainstorming in The Secrets of Successful Brainstorming on my main website. And because I've conducted brainstorming sessions with clients, I know firsthand that there are limitations to this technique and that it's hard to get brainstorming to work just right.
According to PsyBlog, problems such as people slacking in groups and fear of being evaluated can result in a group producing fewer and lower quality ideas than people working alone.
I can verify this from personal experience, though I have found that poor results come primarily from the wrong group mix, a rigid company culture, and inexperience with brainstorming.
Direct marketing extra credit reading list
I've been busy recently writing articles for everything other than this blog. So here's a short reading list for a little direct marketing extra credit.
First, Melissa Data recently published The Ultimate Marketing Survival Guide for 2009. I wrote the lead article, "Direct mail remains the king of direct marketing." Just in case you thought direct mail was dead or that tweeting is better than mailing, this article will disabuse you of that faulty assumption.
Next, there's a fun little article over at Copyblogger titled The 3 Secret Persuasion Techniques Every Kid Knows. You parents will relate to this one. I don't have children, but I know they're often tuned into persuasion better than many adults.
Feeling a little burned out? Mary Jaksch asked me to submit some tips for Write to Done in a post titled 7 Easy Ways to Energize Your Creative Powers. If you're a professional writer, you can't just wait for the muse to drop by. You need a few techniques for flipping the switch on creativity when you need it.
Finally, there's one of my regular columns for DM News, one of the most recent is Problem Solver: Is it smart for an online business to use direct mail? I discuss how you can't let a particular medium dictate your marketing strategy and ways to use direct mail to build your online business.
This should keep you busy for a while.
Sharpen your creative skills. Hug a tree.
According to a study cited by Fast Company, urban living makes you stupid. But spending a little time in nature can give your brain a boost.
Natural settings, it seems, apply less of a load on our cognitive processes, compared to the flurry of inputs and choices an urban environment – with all its people, traffic, technology and artificial shapes and sounds – makes. Somehow this has knock-on effects deep in our brains. Of course this study simply exposes the results, and an understanding of the mental mechanisms that drive this behavior is much more complex. But it's clear that our brains developed as we evolved in a natural environment.
And at least the study found that the beneficial effects of a natural environment counteract the negative effects of an urban one–to sharpen up your brain, you simply need to go outside and find a park to stroll in.
I think this has some importance for writers, designers, and others who spend a lot of time sitting inside staring at a computer screen for hours at a time. You gotta give yourself a break now and then or your brain locks up.
Some people can just crank it out all day long. But I start to get fuzzy after two or three hours. So I look for excuses to change the scenery.
If it's spring or summer, I'll take a walk around my property and futz with my roses, kick mulch back into the landscaping beds, or prune a bush or two. If it's fall or winter, I might rake leaves, shovel a little snow, or clean out a gutter. Fun, huh? Well, it's more fun and refreshing than staring at my computer in a fog.
At the end of the day, regardless of weather, I walk or bike around my home town (which has done a good job of maintaining plenty of green space). This is a little tricky in the winter, but even now with six inches of snow, I get out and about. I've always known that time outside recharges my batters pretty fast. Five minutes can give me creative juice for a few more hours.
Writing is largely about managing your brain. The cure for fatigue or writer's block is right outside your window.


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E-bike battery test 2017: comparison on bicycle-test-reviews.com
Energy for the E-bike
an E-bike battery as in the test provides the necessary power the electric motor of the bicycle. An E-bike or Pedelec differs from a conventional bicycle by the electric motor. Important part of this is the so-called battery. Namely, it provides the energy which drives the engine. The E-bike battery must be recharged regularly. This must be done not necessarily at home – there are also charging stations in public space. With an appropriate charger, the charging via a wall socket is possible. Batteries for electric bicycles vary, inter alia with regard to their performance and their material. An E-bike battery as in the test is compatible only with certain manufacturers of bicycles. In the following chapters, you will learn which aspects you should look for when choosing an E-bike batteries. As a result, you are able to buy the model, which can be considered best E-bike battery from the test for you.
The best E-bike batteries from the test at a glance
An E-bike battery life
The operating time of the battery is given usually in cycles. Approximately between 500 and 1000 cycles are possible depending on the model. With another use, both the capacity and the range of the batteries diminish significantly. Therefore, it is recommended to replace it with a new model. Table of contents:
- energy for the E-bike
- the best E-bike batteries from the test at the glance of
- an E-bike battery life
- advice for selecting the right battery
- correct treatment of the E-bike battery
advice on the selection of the appropriate battery
each battery for the E-bike from the test must be recharged regularly. To find out which bike battery from the test in question occurs, it is important to know some basic facts about the small power packs. The term " battery " is an abbreviation for battery, by the way. Another name for the energy storage is traction battery.
Function of the E-bike battery
Due to the battery, the engine of E-bikes and Pedelecs is only powerful because of this, he refers to the electrical energy required. An E-bike battery as in the test consists of multiple cells that are connected to each other and be housed together in one housing. The so-called battery management system (BMS) coordinates the interaction of cells. This includes the control of the operating temperature. Before cells heat up too much, the BMS switches off the drive, such as – as if to deal with a very long climb mountain bike. Generally speaking the BMS for this is responsible to prevent the premature wear of the cells. An E-bike battery is connected to the display on the handlebars. Therefore, usually amongst the remaining capacity can be read off. Costs for the boot: to completely recharge an E-bike battery as in the test, you should expect, depending on electricity and battery capacity with approximately 10 to 18 cents.
What battery is suitable for which E-bike?
Not every E-bike battery from the comparison fits to any electric bicycle. For your E-bike so only one model can be considered best battery, which is also compatible. In case of doubt, it is possible to check with the manufacturer, which battery is suitable. Every electric bicycle battery test stands, for which wheels can be used.
Material of rechargeable batteries
Nowadays consist of lithium-ion batteries for the bike. These can be further divided such as in lithium oxide battery and lithium-manganese oxide batteries. Become rare, however, are from nickel-cadmium or nickel-metal hydride batteries. Lithium-based batteries are indeed tend to be both smaller and lighter. In addition, they have not the so-called memory effect. This means that the batteries do not lose capacity if they are not fully charged. Each battery for the E-bike from the test consists of lithium-ion. Their weight varies roughly speaking between two and less than five kilograms.
Energy content and reach of a battery
Its performance is important criteria when choosing a suitable battery. This is the energy content and energy density, as well as the possible range. Primary factor is usually specified in Watt hours (WH). It is calculated by the multiplication of ampere hours (A h) with the drive or operating voltage (volts). The energy density is a Pedelec-battery from the test approximately between 400 and 600 Watt hours. The range is specified in kilometers. This value indicates how long a driver is supported by the engine of E-bikes. The energy content of the battery is exhausted, the engine is no longer works. Therefore, the range depends among other things by the energy content. There are still other factors which affect the range of the batteries. These include, for example: strongest E-bike battery is the model with the highest energy content.
- The rider's weight
- tire pressure
- kind of the driven line (underground, increase in degree, etc.)
- Appearance behavior (force that is applied when driving)
Therefore, understanding is the specified range on each battery for the Pedelec from the test only as a guideline. Even best E-bike batteries can not take full advantage of this, if for example the driver barely in the pedals.
Seat of the battery on the E-bike
An E-bike battery as in the test can be mounted in two different positions: the seat tube or on the luggage carrier. Positioning of batteries affects the weight distribution of the E-bikes. The battery on the luggage carrier is attached, shifted the focus of the bicycle to rear. He is, however, on the seat tube that sits in the middle.
Proper treatment of an E-bike batteries
Also if the E-bike will not be used for a long period of time, the battery will discharge itself to and and after. This is done over a longer period of time, it may be a total discharge. Then there is the danger that the cells are so badly damaged that the battery needs to be replaced. Therefore, also a stationary battery should be recharged regularly. It is best if you check the battery once a month. An E-bike battery from the test must be because it consists of lithium-ion, not completely empty, before the owner can recharge him. Since the memory effect falls away, before charges are possible, without therefore diminishes the capacity. The following applies to note it as a user of E-bike: there are some things you should not do with an E-bike battery from the test. It can, be, not quite excluded with improper use, ignites a lithium-based battery. So, it, for example, not very well tolerates the device when it is dropped. Also to avoid the opening or drilling of the battery is, as well as the clamping of objects. Also water can be dangerous to him – for example, if the Pedelec is hosed. You should use only a damp cloth for cleaning the housing. This does not apply to the contacts. For this purpose, a dry cloth is recommended. It is generally safe to use only the charger supplied with the battery. The ideal place to store an E-bike battery from the test, is dry and has a temperature of 10 to 15 degrees. Direct sunlight must be avoided.


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A missed opportunity to communicate?
In 1999, the United Nations General Assembly (UN) declared August 12 International Youth Day. The 2016 Day is focused on achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It promotes the leading role of young people in ensuring eradicating poverty and achieving sustainable development, through sustainable production and consumption. Surely this is an opportunity to raise the awareness amongst the younger citizens of the Earth that such creditable goals cannot be reached without the application of chemistry and by improving the performance of the chemical industry.
The UN states to the youth of the world that "Sustainable consumption entails the use of products and services that meet the basic needs of communities while safeguarding the needs of future generations." Whilst at the one level it can be said that this goal is linked to the choices made by individuals, and as such individual choices do help increase the eco-efficiency of consumption and minimization of waste and pollution. At another level it is clear that the underpinning nature of the chemical industry in the production of all consumer goods needs to be reinforced if such ideals are to become reality.
For example, the use of fertilizer and spoil improvers. Herbicides and insecticides that will help increase yields in food production. Alternatively consider the recycling of polymers which is still in its technological infancy and yet vital if circular economy and sustainability goals are to be achieved. These are both wide topics that young people around the world barely understand. The UN itself states that our youth face barriers to green consumption choices which include high prices of goods but perhaps the most important statement the UN makes is that they suffer from "a lack of understanding about the available choices." This is perhaps where the global chemical Industry should be playing its part in International Youth Day by using this day to communicate how our sector can help address these concerns.
The UN suggests that our youth can help society increases its "resource efficiency". Again this is a topic that cannot be addressed without scientific method. The recycling of materials, recovery and reuse of energy and greater industrial integration require chemistry and engineering such that we become more symbiotic in the use of raw materials, intermediates and finished goods. These topics are currently at the leading edge of thinking in the chemical sector. Our youth will be completely unaware of this and yet, as an industry, we have created no excitement an bout it nor demonstrated that we need their ideas and zeal to make such things happen.
The UN cite that resource efficiency and sustainable production are a significant way to meet "the basic needs of all people, including youth, by making food, water and energy more accessible" focusing particularly making these more affordable to those living in poverty. Our youth need to know that opportunities exist for them in the future as "investing in sustainable production also creates new markets and employment opportunities and helps ensure the social inclusion of all persons in their societies everywhere."
If changes in consumption patterns are achieved the UN state that this has the potential to contribute to the eradication of poverty, whilst sustainable development and the and the transition into a green economy, might provide the impetus for economic growth. It seems to me though that there is some naivety here as this alone is unlikely to result in a higher proportion of spending allocated to social development, including health care and education. Geo-political and economic environments are also likely to be key factors in raising the living standards of young people in future.
There is no doubt though that the UN's conclusion that a positive impact could be achieved through sustainable consumption and production; and that energy use per unit of production can be reduced. All of which should help decrease the environmental burden we humans are putting onto our Earth. Positive outcomes in these goals would greatly benefit those people and places that are more vulnerable to harmful environmental, industrial and climate change. Certainly, by focusing our youth this year's theme "places an emphasis on a cross-sectoral approach to sustainability and the vast social, political, economic and environmental linkages needed to achieve it."
The theme of this year's International Youth Day is therefore inextricably linked to both the strengths and weaknesses of the chemical sector I believe globally as a sector we perhaps should have taken this chance to communicate more deeply with the youth of the world. We have missed a chance to demonstrate the issues that we as an industry are trying to address. At the same time we could have sought their help, ideas and zeal to address them.
Yet again I think the chemical industry has missed the boat. Despite all the many fragmented programmes we have concocted as companies and sector bodies to communicate to local communities. Our failure to better communicate with young people of the world will continue to haunt us for many years to come. In the way we have introduced an intentionally acceptable approach to safety and environmental management ie Responsible Care, we need a similar globally accepted high-profile youth communication platform that everyone in our sector would be proud to stand alongside.
Stan Higgins