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Social networking web sites such as MySpace, Facebook and Windows Live Spaces community services that can be used to connect with other people to share information such as photos, video, and private messages.
As the popularity of this social site grows, so also with the risk of them. Hackers, spammers, virus writers, identity thieves, and other acts of criminal traffic.
Read these tips to help protect yourself when you use social networks.

1. Use caution when you click on the link that you receive in messages from your friends on social websites. Treat links in messages on the site as shown in the e-mail. (For more information, see Approach links in e-mail with caution.)

2. Do not believe that the message was actually from the saying of it. Hacker can log in to your account and send messages that are visible from your friends, but it does not. If you suspect that a false message, using alternative methods to contact your friend to find out. This includes an invitation to join the new social network.

3. To avoid giving away e-mail addresses of your friends, do not allow the social service network to scan e-mail your address book. When you join a new social network, you may receive a bid to enter your e-mail address and password to find out who else is in the network. This site may use this information to send e-mail to everyone in your contact list or even all the people you ever receive an e-mail to the e-mail address. Social network sites should explain that they are going to do this, but some do not.

4. Type the address of your social network directly in your browser or use a bookmark private. If you click the link to your site through e-mail or Web site, you may want to enter your account name and password to the fake site where your personal information can be stolen.

5. Selective about who will accept you as a friend on social networks. Identity thief may create a false profile to get information from you. This is known as social engineering.

6. Select a social network with care. Evaluate the sites that you plan to use and make sure you understand the privacy policy. Knowing whether the site monitors content that people post. You will provide personal information to this Web site, so using the same criteria that you want to select the site where you enter your credit card.

7. Consider what you write on the social network sites are permanent. Even if you can delete your account, anyone on the Internet can easily print or save information to the computer.

8. Be careful about installing on your site. Many social networking site allows you to download third-party applications that lets you do more with your personal page. Criminal sometimes use this to steal your personal information. To download and use third-party applications secure, take the same safety measures that you do with other programs or files that you download from the Web. For more information, see Before you download files, help protect your computer.

9. Think twice before you use social networking sites at work. For more information, see Be careful with social networking sites, especially in the workplace.

10. Talking with children about social networks. If you are the parents of children who use social network sites, see How do children to help you use social sites more secure.

Prices go higher every year, especially the cost of gas. Transportation is one big factor that makes the household budget difficult to cover all your expenses. Here are some guidelines to help you save money from transportation:

1.    To save money, you must always check on your vehicle regularly. A well-maintained vehicle can get you out of trouble on repair expenses. You can actually spend only $50 on maintaining your vehicle and save up to $800 on repair costs in a year. You can even save more if you do the maintenance yourself and not bring your car into an auto shop.

2.    If you want to save more money, it is recommended not to buy a new car. The value of a car depreciates automatically when you drive it out off the showroom of the car dealer shop. You may buy a car that is used at least one year. It will save you thousands of dollars to the actual worth of the car when it was new. The owner will then pay all the depreciated value of the car.

3.    Save money on buying used cars by comparing the prices of the car dealer and the actual price on the list of the used car dealer ads. To ensure the car that you buy is well conditioned, you may ask for the help of a mechanic to check if the car is good enough for its price. It is better to buy a used car from a person you know and trust. This will help you make sure that you have a good deal in acquiring a car.

4.    Try to compare gasoline rates. You may refuel your car with the gasoline station that offers the lowest price on gasoline. You can even save more by pumping gas yourself and use the lowest octane in your car’s manual. It is also recommended that you pay cash than credit cards that charge extra rates. Do not forget to check the gas cap if it is tightened to ensure no gas is spilled out.

5.    Always keep your engine tuned-up and have your tires inflated to their desired pressure to save you more money. A well-maintained engine consumes less gas. Keep your car’s trunk clean to save more fuel. Heavy loads in your vehicle can consume more fuel because of the excess weight it carries.

6.    Try to limit the use of your car on your daily route. You may take the bus or the subway to save gasoline. You can also save time by ignoring the traffic that you encounter everyday on the streets.

What can you do to accelerate your MLM network marketing business during the Holiday season and gets it going during what most people think as the “sluggish time” of the year for network marketing?

Some things you can do for your MLM network marketing success during the holidays.

1. Fruit baskets.

You can get inexpensively small fruit baskets, put your samples or coupons in and decorate it in the colors of your MLM network marketing company.

Include an invite to a seminar that they can attend at not cost. Give them out to friends, neighbors, associates, clients, customers, and family. You will glad you did.

2. Holiday audio cards.

Send out with your Christmas cards a CD you recorded especially for that person, and wish them happy holidays. Then tell them you would love to chat with them at the start of the year because you want to give them the gift of success.

This is a great way to introduce the concept of MLM network marketing success to these folks.
3. Hold a holiday customer appreciation luncheon or reception.

You can do this at your home. Simply invite your best MLM customers to a holiday appreciation event, and make them the superstars of that party.

Have small gifts for them, and let them know how much you appreciate their business. Then ask them for referrals for the coming year. You will get them from every single person who was at that event.

4. Holiday upline open house.

If you have an organization, you could either open your house or someone who has a sizeable home and invite your MLM network marketing distributors to an open house.

Have them bring guests. Have a party that celebrates the holidays but is sponsored by your company. Let it be a fun social with music and games, and then connect with the guest to follow up in January.

5. Neighborhood holiday mailer.

Go to the library, and look in the cross-reference index for your address. You will notice there are a ton more in that index that are in your neighborhood.

Make a copy of the addresses, as they are your neighbors, then send them a Christmas card introducing yourself as their neighborhood rep, and wish them a Merry Christmas and Happy new year.

Then follow up in January and see if you can set an appointment to chat with them about your MLM networking products. Telephone numbers are included on the cross-index reference guides found in your library. You are their neighbor, and that gives you some instant connection with them.

6. Visit community holiday functions.

The thing is to connect, connect and connect.
You need to connect to new prospects during the holidays and community functions are a great way to do this. Get out and become a “holiday MLM network marketing machine.”

Network and meet people and make new friends and give away something to them as a holiday gift. Make sure every person you talk to has a gift and your card. And that you have some form of contact info as well. Check your Sunday newspaper for where these events are.

7. The holiday success card.

Send people you know, and also prospect a seasonal card, and include within it an article about success, goal setting, leadership, time management, or any other success oriented topic. This will set you apart from the rest.

Rock your MLM network marketing business during the holidays. You will be surprised at what might happen to your business.