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Cagora’s Market Place …

  • March 20, 2009 at 10:24 pm

Cagora

Cagora is coming and its going to be big … why am I talking about it on a Spa site, when in effect its an internet product? Well its because I want to share the excitement that is Cagora because its different and it promises to be a ‘One Stop Shop’ with amazing potential to affect how we use the Internet in the future and therefore affects everybody.  It has a win:win philosophy and has been built ‘by the people for the people’.

What is Cagora?

Good question … The easiest way to describe it is as an Online Market Place/Community Centre where everyone hangs out … And here’s some of what it contains:

  1. Business – trading in your niche market
  2. Education – want to run an educational program then you can have a space with visual / speaking and chatting facilities
  3. Encyclopedia – check out any information
  4. Forum – get together and discuss the latest ‘hot topic’
  5. Market Place – find any service you currently use online
  6. Meeting Rooms – call a meeting to discuss your next business strategy
  7. Seminars – hold seminars to reach your wider audience
  8. Shopping – everything under one roof
  9. Social – get together and hang out with family and friends locally, nationally and internationally
  10. Training – run a training course and get your colleagues up-to-date with the latest ‘in-house’ information
  11. Videos – upload your latest business promo’s or your wackiest moments
  12. Workshops – facilitate practical ‘hands-on’ workshops where participants can engage and follow along in ‘real’ time

To name but a few … It has everything we currently use and more and has been almost a decade in its creation.  Where we currently visit Facebook, MySpace, eBay, Amazon, YouTube and other familiar friends, it will all be accessible in closer proximity like a ‘traditional’ market, with just one username and password to gain access …  So you can more easily bump into friends, family, business colleagues and workmates.

It’s simple, just log on and thats it … whatever you want to check out online will be viewable right there under the Cagora Umbrella …

Web 2.0 – Social Networking

Yes its very exciting and not only to Online Businesses, because Web 2.0 is being increasingly recognised as a key marketing feature for ALL business’ going forwards.  There is a slow realisation by many so-called ‘offline’ business’  who are recognising a market potential through customer connection available on the net.

What Web 2.0 does is enable a Business to talk to potential and ongoing Customers, and more importantly it allows Customers to have a look at a Business before they stop to purchase and decide on the ‘cut of their jib’.   This has wonderful potential for companies to become more market accountable.

The Community of Cagora

Cagora’s main thrust is COMMUNITY both off and online. They are about giving back/paying it forwards to the Community Partners and Affiliates, and includes a dedicated percentage towards community nominated projects. I don’t know about you but I think its exciting and has a great future  …

If you would like any more information then please contact me … or check out the affiliate program, which is offering a two-tier benefit until the end of the month.  Just to be clear this is NOT mlm … and if affilate programs are not for you, then there are plenty of other opportunities to get involved with Cagora in other ways.  You may want to become a Community Partner and there is more information here …  Or if you prefer then please contact me.

Jane

Essential Oils …

  • January 12, 2009 at 10:55 pm

Its got to be the Real Deal

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There is a saying (source unknown) along the lines that care is best taken in regards to what we apply to our skin, because it is naive of us not to realize that whatever we apply on the exterior will be absorbed through the skin membrane and find its way into the ‘system’ …

Are We Porous

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But curiosity has been a great friend and often finding it impossible to take ‘no’ for an answer … I love a challenge and the opportunity to don my metaphorical deerstalker (in the style of Sherlock Holmes) and set about finding answers … Its partly a defiance of authority figures and being given that old standard – its been a long day – parent-style response of … ‘because it is’ just won’t cut it.

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And this approach has opened up a what is a ‘brave new world’ for me. A world brimming full of our incredible capability that is ‘mind over matter’.

And this approach has opened up a what is a ‘brave new world’ for me. A world brimming full of our incredible capability that is ‘mind over matter’.I digress … But this simply brings us back to checking out what we apply to our skins and ingest in the form of internal treatments, food sources, and pharmaceuticals.

Essential oils have a great history and we shall talk about them in further detail next time.

Jane

Candles …

  • January 9, 2009 at 11:47 am

The Essence

blue 3 wheel 50 pcnkd12 Candles ...There is nothing like a scented candle to draw us back into a room and make direct contact with our senses …

They can be used for all sorts of purposes including lighting the dinner table, marking the start and finish of something, such as a get-together, a party, a meditation, a yoga session, and some bath=time indulgence.

They are amazing for:

  1. meditation
  2. a romantic setting for a candlelit dinner
  3. marking a moment or light one to mark our loved ones or events

As old as The Hills

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They have a mystical element about them …

The Chill-out Zone

Another often neglected and indulgent use is that of the candlelit bath … they absolutely set a scene when used this way. They can provide a quite sensual backdrop to an evening shared with a partner or simply spent alone enjoying some quiet time.

Lets give it up for the candle and all its magic … no toolkit of pampering goodies (worth its salt) would be found without such an essential and wonderful item.

Jane