A new year can mean a fresh start for many individuals and
businesses, a great chance for you to begin a new venture.
Check out below a few suggestions for internet related resolutions
that you could make this year:
1. Update
your existing website – It has been proved
that regularly updating your website with new content or
a fresh look will dramatically increase your traffic. By
providing your target audience with the latest content and
latest company information will ensure visitors regularly
return and recommend you to other people too.
2. Set-up
a new business venture – Why not make a
new year’s resolutions of starting a new online business
venture. Perhaps you are bored in your current job or want
to expand your current business into new areas. Well, there’s
no better time to start than now in a fresh new year. Setting
up a new online business may not be as expensive as you think,
you can always take the “start small but think big” attitude!
3. Build
a website for your local club – Do you belong
to a local sports club or other social club? Perhaps they
are in need of a website, so why not start afresh in the
new year and build your club’s online presence. Building
a website for you local club can be a lot fun and very rewarding.
It can also allow members to communicate more efficiently
via message forums and you could even provide everyone with
their own email address at the club.
Telivo can help you start your new online venture, visit
www.telivo.com for more information on the services we provide
or contact us for more information.
Millions of new year’s resolutions are made every
year and quite often broken too! By far and away the most
popular resolution made and probably broken is to “quit
smoking”! So we have put together below a helpful guide
with ideas that may help you quit.
Smoking
 Smoking is not just a bad habit, but a complex addiction.
Experts believe that nicotine exerts its powerful addictive
effects by altering two chemicals in the brain - dopamine
and noradrenaline - known as neurotransmitters. Within seven
seconds of inhaling, a concentrated dose of nicotine is delivered
directly to the brain, producing a nicotine "rush".
Many smokers interpret this rush as one of pleasure, but
in reality the pleasure is misunderstood. It only appears
pleasurable because it satisfies the craving created by the
last cigarette. Over time the smoker has become victim to
the classic cycle of addiction.
Breaking the addiction
Despite its addictive nature, nicotine doesn't hang around
in your body long (about 48 hours) once you've stopped smoking.
For those who choose to go cold turkey, withdrawal symptoms
are likely to be at their most intense in the first two or
three days and will gradually fade away over the following
two or three weeks. For those who simply can't contemplate
going cold turkey, research indicates that using nicotine
replacement therapy (now available on prescription) can more
than double your chances of staying stopped.
Ways to kick the habit:
Cold turkey - Stopping without any kind of aid. Although
physical symptoms can be more extreme in the early few days,
they fade away within the first two or three weeks. Most
people give up smoking using this method. A resolve to get
fit can be a great way to help you.
Hypnotherapy - Although nicotine is a physically addictive
drug, smoking also has many psychological associations. Hypnotherapy
tries to alter the subconscious mind's dependence on smoking
as a habit.
Laser treatment - This is a new treatment developed by a
former smoker, which uses a painless, low-powered laser to
stimulate energy points on the body. These in turn stimulate
production of endorphins - the body's natural pain relief
chemicals - and, theoretically, relieve nicotine cravings.
There are no clinical tests to prove the effectiveness of
laser treatment in helping people give up.
NRT Patches - discreet
and easy to use, patches work by releasing a steady dose
of nicotine into
the blood
stream, via the
skin. Some patches are intended to be worn during the day
only and other "24-hour" patches are designed for
24-hour use in order to help stave off early morning cravings.
Patches should be applied to a hairless part of your body
such as your upper arm but don't use in the same place two
days running. You shouldn't smoke while your patch is on
or use any other form of NRT unless advised by your GP.
NRT Gum - gum allows
you to control your nicotine dose. Learning to chew the gum
properly
is important.
The
idea is to chew
gently until you get the flavour and then "park" the
gum in your cheek so that nicotine is absorbed through
the lining of the mouth.
NRT Nasal spray - this
is the strongest form of NRT and is a small bottle of nicotine
solution, which
is sprayed directly
into the nose. Absorbed faster than any other kind of NRT,
this can help heavier smokers, especially where other forms
of NRT have failed.
NRT Microtab - the microtab is a small
white tablet which you put underneath your tongue and leave.
It
works by being
absorbed into the lining of the mouth.
NRT Lozenge - is like a sweet that you
suck slowly. It gives you nicotine in a similar way to the
microtab.
NRT Inhalator - is
a plastic device shaped like a cigarette with a nicotine
cartridge fitted
into it.
Sucking on the mouthpiece
releases nicotine vapour, which gets absorbed through your
mouth and throat. Inhalators are useful for people who
miss the hand-to-mouth action of smoking.
The NHS Smoking
Helpline is an excellent source of practical advice and support
on smoking and giving
up. For more information visit: www.givingupsmoking.co.uk
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Wireless
networking is allowing more and more people the freedom to
use their computers wherever they like and still enjoy a
fast Internet connection anywhere in the house or office.
Imagine shopping online in the kitchen, listening to your
favourite Internet radio in the bedroom or maybe checking
your email in the garden. Wireless networking lets you choose
where you want to work or play, you are no longer restricted
to using the Internet in the spare room or home office.