I finally stopped wasting time wondering how to get it done myself: my attorney husband, Sheldon and  I really needed help: the old methods we were using for marketing: post cards, yellow pages, static one page websites were not working any more.  I could not figure the stuff out or keep up on my own in spite of all the designations next to my name and support I get from Prudential  in Real Estate.  Sheldon’s competitors who were not nearly as experienced or established as he is were ranking above him in search results.

Israel Rothman  He helped my husband with an automated website setup, optimization, blogs, opt-in emails setup,  a marketing campaign that is sustainable, at ridiculously low cost: now we can grow and help our business law clients stay up on California employment law with our feed and podcast: and it only takes about twenty minutes per week! He guided me with tips for efficiency and best results using my computer to take over my own destiny online completely – he enabled and empowered me beyond my wildest dreams, in spite of our technology learned curve.

I think it will be worth your time.

Joscelyne Rosenfield

” I was looking for a system to keep me in touch with my clients by emails on a larger scale. I was referred to Israel Rothman at Social Media Marketing Systems by my web-designer (and also romantic and wedding singer) Benedict Burns who built my static website.

This is the way to go. They helped me get setup with a website for my business and now I can keep my clients inform of legal changes in there field of practice. They also showed me ways to improve the site for Google search, leads and more. I am very experienced in the Law but have resisted this technology and Israel helped me through my learning curve: I am very pleased with the web-site he created for my law practice, and I have been enabled to function well in this technological world as a result of his efforts .  I resisted at first and Israel stayed on me and got the job done.  Integrity and tenacity are two traits that I appreciate.  His intensity is an added bonus.

- Sheldon Rosenfield

Joscelyne Rosenfield

Cell: 818-266-7747

Joscelyne@earthlink.net www.UltimateLAHomes.com Search the MLS!

Your referrals are always greatly appreciated!

Broker Associate - Prudential California Realty,

16810 Ventura Blvd.,  Encino CA 91346

License #00938976

“I am so happy with my http://riversidecommunity.info/ Blog form Israel Rothman at Social Media Systems.

I wanted a strategy that would work, where people would click through from the search engines, and I could show my clients that I have Google juice to help them.

I have listings and they are all on top of Google and they are getting sold!  But that is not all: the customer service is excellent.

I can call or write or chat with Israel any time of the day or night.  He is always available to me and he has never charged me anything to answer my questions, and I have many of them.  He integrated my MLS nicely into my template, which I love, even though he had to choose it because I was too busy, just the way I want to be.

He actually walked me through on the phone how to do everything: edit pages and posts, upload pictures and videos, everything I need to know.  When I blog my listings, they come up on top Google for addresses, zip codes, street names, just as he promised they would!.  I have used punctuation where I shouldn’t and everything, and the machine he built for me still works!

I highly recommend Social Media Systems: they are not overpriced like most Real Estate website companies, and, also unlike most, Israel Rothman actually got the job done for me and got me making money and able to do well for my clients almost overnight!

Talking to Isreal was a strange experience for me: he talks sometimes in thought trains a full paragraph long, and, if I tried to interrupt him with a question, he would insist that I wait until I heard the rest of  what he was attempting to put across before I interrupted.   I kept trying to tell him that I didn’t want to understand what he was saying, I just wanted hire him.

Indeed what he was saying was on a hole other level than anyone else I had spoken to, and he was very difficult for me to talk to.  But in the end he managed to get me to understand small pieces of why I was not being successful with the three websites and all the money I had spent.  I hired him, and he carefully moved the  rankings and traffic to one website that he put up: a WordPress blog, where I, and the young helper I just hired (I really do hate computers) now have complete control to edit and change at will, and we know exactly what we must do to maintain our rankings.

Oh, did i tell you?  We are number one in Google organic search results for many searches, and we know how to maintain that using the machine that he built for us forever.  We have been able to change the look and feel of the whole site to our liking, and now we can do that anytime we like easily like pushing a button.

I cannot tell you that Israel Rothman was easy for an old non-computer guy like me to talk to, but I would recommend his services to anyone who wants to be successful online: if you need a website, or of you have three of them that are not serving your needs, like I did, you should call Israel.  He will tell you the truth, whether you want to hear it or not; He and his amazing team will get the job done, and in this economy, that is what matters.  It was $1125 well spent for me, in a time when money has been very tight.  We have been empowered and enabled beyond our expectations.

Harry David
877-kalley3
harry@kalleyflooring.com
Your Los Angeles Flooring Company
1171 S. Robertson Blvd., #423, Los Angeles, CA 90035

Israel Immediately put up a new URL at http://relaxitsjustmassage.info/

Not having a website was critical to me because much of my business books appointments online, and I sell coupons for a group of discounted massages that are a critical part of my income. To compound matters, I am in the process of expansion with locations in Hawaii and Arizona. We intent to become a franchise eventually, so out website efforts are very important.

I am a very qualified massage therapist and an excellent business woman, but had always relied on someone else to do my website and have had a series of bad experiences.

Israel not only got me up and running with Wordpress: he made the website rank for many searches:

relaxing massage Hollywood California Google Search

He actually, somehow, by writing about me, made me come up on many searches in multiple places on the page with the brand new site, something the other guy could not do on many times the budget (what I bought from Israel: “SEO Blog” was only $479)

As if that were not enough, he installed a do-it-yourself theme for my blog and help me with custom edits so that I am totally in control of my own destiny and I can edit it and change it at will.

Mr. Rothman is at least as good at what he does as I am at massage, but there is still more:

After getting my new website from socialmediasystems.com, I started to advertise in Hawaii, which we will be opening a massage place there in Jan 2010, I recieved a phone call for a wedding taking place in March. I booked a wedding party of 20, who all want massages during their time in Honolulu. I have to say if it wasn’t for my informative and search able website, I wouldn’t have future massage appointments. Check out Social Media Systems – http://socialmediasystems.com
And check out my website also: http://www.relaxitsjustmassage.info

Shaynese
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Relax, It’s Just Massage
West Hollywood
Phone: 818-335-3172 |infomobilemassage@gmail.com
http://www.relaxitsjustmassage.info

But most people do not realize the value of a group like this one for market testing: case in point: we are about to launch a replacement for e-Lance and Rent-a-Coder for the buying and selling of digital media products and services of all kinds including websites, video, and marketing – all free, with nothing standing in the way of the transactions (sort of like a free dating site for business, with the best features of Linked-in, Facebook, Meetup.com.)

What Better place to get some feedback about the initial copy and branding: your opinion please:

Welcome to Ideapals: Bringing passionate people together to collaborate, innovate, and make money doing what they love:

We have created the ‘currency’ of “NODS”: work your passion here and get paid! Everything you do around here earns NODs (Natural Overtures Of Distinction) and we have placed a value on the currency of NODs: Whenever you have an idea, an opinion, a comment, a friend, or what we call a ’spark’, and you share it: you get paid in NODs!

Innovation and acknowledgment are the bricks and motor, the raw materials with which an idea, a group, or a community are formed.

Buy bringing together in the simplest way possible the best features from top social media sites, using the hottest, newest ‘open source’ (free) software (LAMP+AD, or LAMPAD: Linux,Apache,My Sequal,PHP,Aquia,Drupal ‘the new stack’) we bring to you in one free, online application, the best features of:

• Linkedin (HR)
• Twitter  (Global Chat)
• Facebook  (Friends)
• Basecamp (Project management)
• Meetup(Social Networking in person)
• ActiveRain (Niche Community Affinity Blog)

You could win a $50,000 marketing campaign and Modern Social Website for your business for just for signing up here for free! Here is what we will give away:

• Absolutely FREE Aquia Drupal elaborate, custom website:
• Complete with Branding, Grapics, custom Functions,
• Public Realations
• Video in HD and Web-ready formats distributed to the world on multiple video sharing sites
• SEO (search engine optimization) * SEM (search engine marketing)
• Premium, dedicated, unlimited Hosting for one year
• Link building and other advertising including
• A premium video advertisement added at the end of the 56 week Crowd Driven Series we are about to Release  You will also have the chance to win may other prizes and upgrades including:
• Free websites
• Free hosting
• Free upgrades
• Free advertising
• Free video production
• Free project management
• Free CRM
• Free mass email campaign And many other incentives just for participating, collaborating, even soliciting:

You will automatically have chances to win the Grand Prize and other prizes without doing anything but signing up: but you will also be compensated here for: Actions you get NODs for:

1. Authoring the best reply – 5 NODs
2. Commenting on Sparks (ideas), IdeaPals groups, – 5 NODs
3. Invite other people – 5 NODs each
4. When invited user registers – 50 NODs each
5. When you register if you were invited – 50 NODs
6. Moderation – Approve – 1 NOD
7. Moderation – Delete – 1 NOD
8. Moderation Response -5 NODs
9. Viewing IdeaPals Group, Spark – 1 NOD
10. Registering – 25 NODs
11. Posting an IdeaPals Free Group – 50 NODs
12. Posting a Spark (idea) – 10 NODs
13. Moderating a comment – 1 NOD
14. Posting a picture – 10 NODs
15. Voting up or down – 1 NOD
16. Flagging – 1 NOD

1. Graphics
   
2. Concept
3. Copy
4. Anything else that you would like to add
5. Role, if any, that you would play in our launch (IE: Beta Tester, Partner, Vendor, Reseller, User, Buyer, Seller)

I Would Want to Have a Relaxing Massage in Hollywood from Someone with This Kind of Attention to Detail!

The front page reads:

“If you’re looking for ultimate relaxation and a healthier you – you’ve come to the right place.  The specialized massage therapists at Relax, It’s Just Massage are committed to your comfort and satisfaction.Massage has been found to improve circulation, joint range-of-motion and flexibility.  It can reduce many common ailments such as stress, muscle tightness, aches and pains – even anxiety and depression.This is your time to relax and escape.Choose from a variety of services:Swedish Massage Deep Tissue Massage Hot Stone Massage Sports Massage Prenatal Massage Seated Chair Massage Out-call Massage to your home. Not sure what treatment is right for you? Our knowledgeable staff can assess your needs and help you choose. Book an appointment online:”

I have never seen a more well laid-out website for a Massage place, and they have taken over their own website, after suffering the ‘disappearing webmaster syndrome’.  This is WordPress, with Suffusion theme completely redesigned by the massage professionals themselves: they have followed every instruction:

They have written great articles all about every different type of massage, with pictures to go with the detailed explanations of all the services they provide.

They have completely redesigned their own look for the site, using the customizable theme.

These are not your average massage therapists: their credentials for Sweedish deep tissue massage, sports therapists massage, relaxing massage, ..
Relax, it is just Massage in Hollywood California, 90069

If you need massage, want massage, or enjoy massage in Hollywood California 90069 area, you owe it to yourself to check out http://relaxitsjustmassage.info

Believe me, I have had a good massage, and I have had a bad one: and you want these amazing therapists with this kind of attention to detail and this wonderful facility in Hollywood on Sunset Boulevard taking care of you!

Better customer satisfaction (the sure sign of great customer service) is probably not possible when you are working on something so subjective as women’s hair and nails.

The photo gallery here, at their new website, provides a plethora of looks, hairdos, treatments, nails, wedding do’s and the like to choose from, previews of the lush facilities, and they already rank on Google for many broad searches, like

spa raleigh north carolina google search

In spite of their disappearing website associated with a recent change in personnel, just because they have been there so long: but they will not only own this page when I am through, they will dominate it, and a plethora of others that have to do with the many things they do, including hosting beautiful weddings and events

I still have about fifty pictures to upload to the new site for them!  And now the owner has taken over complete control of his website, and he has the whole thing backed up in a Wordpress XML file ,so that it can never disappear again.  Anywhere in Raleigh North Carolina, find your best deal , then call Finnesse Spa:
Phone: 919-981-0977
4406 Old Wake Forest Rd
Raleigh NC 27609

They will match or beat any price for any treatment or service offered by any of these nearby spas:

• Skin Sense: a multiple location branded spa well known and well established; about 4 miles from us
• Massage Envy: a multiple location branded spa chain well known and infiltrating the marketplace with heavily discounted prices; about 6 miles from us
• Salon Kroma: A salon similar in style, price range and value as ours and only 1/4 mile from us
• LUX Salon : A salon similar in style, price range and value as ours and about 3 miles from us
• Estee Salon : A salon similar in style, price range and value as ours and about 3 miles from us
• Samuel Cole Salon : A salon similar in style, price range and value as ours and about 2 miles from us
• DS Parada Salon: A salon better known than us, more established, higher prices about 5 miles from us
• Salon Moxie : A salon better known than us, more established, higher prices about 5 miles from us

Just mention that you saw this article, and you have the best value, at the best price, with the best ratings, and best customer service in Ralegh North Carolina 27609! According to Google search, it is Finesse Spa, why go anywhere else?!

Now the best part: when their competitors advertise, you will find this article LOL!

They not only rank on Google searches for whatever they write about in this niche market they know so much about: they also have greatly enhanced their business plan.  You see:  Qualaco, Inc. is a management consulting company with a niche specialty which addresses a huge, lucrative marketplace: there are many companies in aerospace, oil, Government Services, Defense contractors, Food services, Transportation and many other gigantic industries who are compelled to conduct quality control audits in order to maintain certifications necessary to conduct their businesses.  While these mandatory third party quality control audits have tremendous value for other areas of Human Resources and efficiency in manufacturing processes improvement, they are absolutely mandatory in order to maintain various government certifications.

We have not only allowed out wonderful efficiency expert consultants to reach their audience in a new way, without the usual very expensive process of calling on Government agencies and large corporations directly and breaking down doors so to speak.  We have also installed special plug ins into the Wordpress blog we created for them, which allow them to set any number of special permissions providing access to client specific pages, where internal auditing and employee moral monitoring, and anonymous tips information can me collected and monitored all year long; also with special access to the management of clients to have constant information fed to them, and time and date stamped records to be maintained as a permanent record,  thereby turning a yearly service into an ongoing one, without almost no internal cost.  This has enhanced their ability to provide a value to their clients, and to operate profitably with minimum human man hours, their chief limiting factor because their knowledge and what they do is so very specialized that they cannot duplicate themselves.

What we have done putting them on top of Google was easy in this very specialized market, and it will pay off immensely: but it is also practical, and most people do not realize the many functions an automated website can perform including but not limited to collecting anonymous information, monitoring employee moral, creating private networks with limited access pages that can be used for data collection and dissemination, appointment setting, project management, opt-in pod-casting and the list goes on!

PS: They also already rank for the more Generic search:  ISO quality experts and many other combination searches

In Two and a half hours I have done all three of these sites from scratch using this theme, which also allows for different numbers of columns, different widget areas, and any other modification you like, with check boxes that activate built-in style sheet and a blank CSS that automatically overrides the others:

You can change sizes, numbers, and colors of sidebars, widgets, components with the checking of a box, wonderful time saver.

Here is another:  http://washingtonrealestateresources.com I just installed this for a client of several years to update his site and plugins.

This one, Dr. Hesu Whitten, clinical Kinesiologist and Chiropractor in Santa Barbara, CA:

Was completely re-designed by the good doctor himself, using the robust theme options.

Update: 12-24-2009, just upgraded another client to this theme:

My Los Angles Hardwood Flooring Contractor: http://kalleycontractors.com/

2010 Managing over a thousand spams, newsletter, CRM, for FREE

Gmail has industrial strength spam filters, and can be uses to check all of your pop accounts. You can also then check this ‘filtered’ spam-less mail from your Outlook. I keep Gmail open in FireFox, and chat with technology partners while I am notified of incoming mail. I then occasionally download the remaining spam free mail to my Outlook, as redundant backup, and to allow robust followup options, including my linked-in signature: below; I export all my email lists from Outlook, and import them into my triple opt-in PHP list Server:

http://rothmanmarketing.com/lists/

Which is free software installed on my site to build my triple opt-in subscription list (nearly 10,000 and growing now)

I can also occasionally insert card-scan email lists easily into my op-tin-programming to build the list.

While this system does not allow for constant-contact style overdone spam, it is very effective for building a real and loyal reader base of my contacts and acquaintances who genuinely appreciate my updates and quarterly newsletter, which, while not personal, is actually real and useful and timely information.

Beginning in the 1980’s, I have used similar strategy, though less automated, with great success, including sales of over $8,000,000.00 of products and services that I invented in the last nine years, even $1,000,000 in the last three years of new stuff, in spite of the economy.

While the usual spammy templated stuff will not work with this method, I highly recommend it to you if your are capable of providing real, interesting, and useful information to your contacts at least quarterly: these methods have served me well for over thirty years; and they work even better with today’s technology.

Add to this the blogging of the newsletter information in a category at your own blog on your server to make it also available in HTML, and as a feed or pod cast of any kind the user chooses through Feedbuner, and you have a comprehensive, effective strategy: AND THIS IS ALL FREE, and/or I will set it all up for you and show you how to use it for $500

Everything you need to know to do what we do for our clients is here on our blog, for free.  However, when you reallize how deep this all goes to be done well in the first place, and maintained when things change, you may want to just pay us instead!

As we did years ago  (you will notice that everything we said several years ago has come out to be true, and much of it still applies) we will sum it all up by reviewing all the pieces to a successful social media marketing (online marketing)  campaign: many things have changed in the last 6 years, and some have not: one thing that never changes is the need for competitive attention to detail, because one weak link breaks the chain: let us review: 

1. Just say it: lesson number one is to ‘just say it’; don’t beat around the bush; don’t mitigate your risk; don’t spare anyone’s feelings; just give us the straight ‘poop’, and we will reward you by wanting to see what you will say next.
2. Group Building – Opt-in  Build a following and increase lead capture using Social Media.
3. Use Social Media for local Farming
4. Use Video for Lead Capture
5. Become an authority – Reputation Management
6. Online Branding: image matters for Internet Advertising
7. Get numbers working for you on Social Networks
8. Recent Case study : The execution of a complete and integrated Social Media Marketing Campaign
9. Niche Marketing and Picking a Battle
10. Attention to detail, the final competitive edge!

Now the real guts of it all come together; any one of these things done right will help: but just as the best plans of a Real Estate transaction do not result in a sale or a commission unless every little nit picky detail of the transaction has been ‘put to bed’; you will not be as succesful as you could be, and you may not survive periods like the last two years, unless you get it all right!  Join the discusssion and debate with your comments on this whole series or any individual post in our group at Realtown.com:

Social Media Marketing   and or at our huge Activerain group: http://activerain.com/groups/WEB20 and/or below, by adding your comments (yes they are moderated, sorry spammers!) below!

According to this articel from http://www.agent-central.com/california-insurance-agents.htm:

• There are nearly 3 (2.9) Insurance agents for every 1000 residents in California (2005)
• There are over 36,135,000 residents!
• There are over 50,000 agents that broker Insurance

Often I ask new potential clients “who is your target customer”.  Since I am exclusive to my clients, the answer matters, because I do not want to exclusively represent a failure!

Often the answer is very broad: “Everyone who needs insurance”  LOL!

Let’s get real here, shall we?  A new recruit who wants to be all things to all people is not wanted by anyone.

In order to be succesful in any industry one muct pick a target market, and in one as competitive as Insurance or Real Estate (some say there are over 2.5 million active real estate agents in the US), one MUST specialize, and this applies to online marketing too, since searches for the broadest searches: “Insurance California”, or “Insurance LA California”, for instance, are almost impossible without a huge budget.

Here is an example of fighting what we like to call “a battle you can win” in this competitive industry:

See California Contactor Commercial Auto Insurance Blog:

“This knowledge resource is my gift to California Contractors: I am a commercial auto insurance specialist who helps contractors properly insure their service trucks and vans. I make sure they get the coverage they need for their industry at a much better price” reads Kevin’s tagline.

Kevin has been a very succesful Allstate Insurance broker in California in the LA area for many years.  This is because he has had the forsight to become an expert on one specific kind of customer that he can offer real benefits an cost savings to: building contractors and Real Estate brokers in Calfornia.

Kevin’s niche market  is lucrative for hom, because many contractors and Realtors in california have large fleets of company cars and trucks, which are driven by employees.   Many do not realize the differences in coverage and cost savings between actual commercial auto insurance and the existing policies they have, so Kevin can save them money.

Thus, Kevin can deal  always with a good client, someone who needs him, and someone he is qualified to service.

This is what I call good strategy!

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• 31% of American adults—63 million people—say they know someone who has used a dating website.
• 26% of American adults—53 million people—say they know someone who has gone on a date with a person they met through a dating site.
• 15% of American adults—30 million people—say they know someone who has been in a long-term relationship or married someone he or she met online.

The table below lists the various dating-related activities included in our survey:

Since then, and in 2008 and the future, the growth has continued to explode.   My own 28 year old son met his wife online and was married within a few months after a breakup with another gal.

Most of us know somebody who met their spouse or significant other online.

If you are like me, a person who was married for over 28 years trying to get back into the game, traditional dating is not even palatable:  I am not good at it, the bars and nightclubs seem like meat-markets where only the most adept game players can score.  I can get dates with eligible women in droves online ( I am on Hotornot, Match, Horney Matches, Plenty of Fish, and a few others), but the dates do not go well.  I am considered young looking for my age, buff, atttractive, sexy…But ai m not succesful atthis game.

It never ceases to amaze me how many of the poeple who are succesful at dating are basically worthless dates: middle aged men who have no intention fo hooking up with anyone, just looking for conquests and sex.

On the other hand, I am safe (have not been with anybody else in over 29 years, no diseases), patient, respectful, not in any hurry, self sufficient…and I wil hook up and finally get dating eventually, but I am far from good at it.

This is why I find my latest client, Casanova Dating Blog at  http://casanovasystem.org/ so interesting.

Sponsored by my client who has compiled an entire of book of secrets and techniques, this site will soon be the largest free online dating blog anywhere, and wil become a clearing house and fact-checking resource for all of us who once again must find a way to meet and establish a relationship with someone whom we have never met.

An underlying trend is the fact that people’s families are all mixed up: according to divorcerate.org:

“The divorce rate in America for first marriage, vs second or third marriage
50% percent of first marriages, 67% of second and 74% of third marriages end in divorce, according to Jennifer Baker of the Forest Institute of Professional Psychology in Springfield, Missouri.”

According to enrichment journal on the divorce rate in America:
The divorce rate in America for first marriage is 41%
The divorce rate in America for second marriage is 60%
The divorce rate in America for third marriage is 73″

Notice that the liklyhood of divorce increases for the second and third marriage; it makes one wonde whether it is tthe people involved who are ill suited for marriage, or if marriege simply does not succeed when failure is an option.

One thing is for sure online dating is clearly one solution that seems to be a growing trend in an increasingly mobile, less family oriented society.  It is also clear that people like me could do well to hone our skills when it comes to hooking up with unknown women.

For those purposes, I highly recommend the Casanova Dating Blog at  http://casanovasystem.org/.

Yes, in addition to the book (see Casaniva System Revealed:  http://casanovasystem.com/), they also have a very cool international dating site with women and men from all over the world: (see Global Dating Singles at http://www.globaldatingsingles.com/)

I have been on many dating sites, and I think this one is setup in a better, more user-friendly way than the others, AND IT IS FREE.  Like Plenty of Fish before them, I believe this free dating site will be the largest in the world soon, and the CasanovaSystem.org Online Dating Blog and Forums wil be some of the most popular RSS feed reading every, as people share stories of success and failure, and get instant feedback anonymously form each other.

I must say that I am at least as interested in reading other peoples experiences, as I am in sharing and getting feedback on my own!  Join the conversation, it’s free! (and you may just win a prize!) Casanova Dating Blog – Every Month a Winner!

 The goal for this blog is to rank on organic search for exactly what it is: an online dating blog.  Then, when it grows, it wil eventuall rank for online dating, like Plentyoffish.com, okCupid.com and the other free online dating sites.

A tall order, but totally doable with sufficient time and budget.

Update: today it was picked up by WebProNews, (the first draft oops LOL) and it is on the first page for online dating right now under ‘News”!

Wow, even I am impressed, today we are all of these places on 1rst page:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=Online+Dating+Trends+baby+boomers&btnG=Google+Search&rlz=1R2GGLL_en&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1R2GGLL_en&q=Baby+Boomer+Dating+trends&btnG=Search&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

It was on the first page of Google news for a day!

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“New regional reports highlight variation in health care affordability, access, and quality

California’s sprawling size and the diversity of its regional health care systems result in care that is organized, delivered, and financed differently throughout the state.

As part of its continuing effort to explore this variation, the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) today published six regional market reports, providing a first-time, in-depth analysis of six distinct California health care economies. The goal is to better understand the market dynamics for each region studied (the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, Fresno, Los Angeles, Riverside/San Bernardino, and San Diego). Topics include the supply and organization of hospitals, physicians, and other providers; and the accessibility of services for low-income residents — of particular importance during the economic downturn…”

The report goes on:

“San Francisco Bay Area

• The health care safety net in the Bay Area is relatively strong but faces growing challenges from the economic downturn. Safety-net providers see increasing demand for services, yet some face eroding funding support.
• Pressured by low reimbursement and recruitment difficulties, Bay Area physicians are increasingly finding independent practice untenable and are moving into medical groups or affiliating with hospital systems.

Sacramento

• Sacramento is dominated by powerful hospital systems with significant bargaining leverage over health plans. While they compete vigorously, the degree to which they also cooperate — in areas such as community benefits and research funding — contrasts sharply with many other communities. Most of Sacramento’s physicians practice in large groups that are exclusively aligned with one of the hospital systems.
• Sacramento’s stable delivery system for insured residents is in stark contrast to its weak and fragmented health care safety net. Sacramento County clinics and private nonprofit clinics are relatively small and financially fragile. Most area clinics have gone without direct federal funding because they lack federally qualified status. There is no designated county hospital.

Fresno

• Greater Fresno’s population has grown rapidly in the past decade. Area residents have lower income, education, and health insurance levels, and worse health status than average for California. The economic downturn is intensifying an already bleak situation.
• Fresno’s physician workforce is aging and there aren’t enough physicians to meet demand. Access to care for the low-income population is hampered by the shortages of health care professionals — nurses and dentists are also in short supply.
• HMOs have a limited and shrinking market presence. As in many other parts of California, PPO enrollment is growing.

Los Angeles

• Among the Los Angeles market’s hospitals, the gap is growing between the financially advantaged “haves” and the disadvantaged “have-nots.” The “haves” serve a predominantly affluent and insured population and enjoy leverage with health plans, while the “have-nots” serve largely Medi-Cal and uninsured patients. Some hospitals are operating in the red and their continued viability is uncertain.
• The Los Angeles health care safety net is well developed and relatively stable. The county operates three acute-care hospitals and many more health centers and clinics. The network of 42 independent community health centers plays a key role in providing care to lower-income residents.

Riverside/San Bernardino

• The Riverside/San Bernardino region encompasses a vast geographic area, creating significant health care access challenges for residents. Most of the region’s hospitals are concentrated near the major population centers. Hospitals in Riverside and San Bernardino are viewed as competitive, but some collaborate in an effort to keep patients from seeking their care in neighboring Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego Counties.
• The region’s health care safety net is anchored by two county hospitals. Both counties maintain their own hospitals, which are major tertiary care centers as well as mainstays for the safety net, but differ in the way outpatient care is provided. In Riverside, the county is the key provider of primary care for low-income residents, but in San Bernardino primary care is mostly delivered by private organizations.

San Diego

• San Diego’s market is dominated by four large hospital systems. The area’s hospitals are moving to tighten affiliations with physicians — a move that strengthens already significant negotiating leverage with health plans. Historically, capitation — or fixed per-patient, per-month payments — has been the dominant payment method in San Diego, but some hospital systems have pushed to shift from capitation to fee-for-service payment.
• San Diego’s safety net is fragmented, and the county is widely perceived as having a weak commitment to health care for the low-income and uninsured. San Diego County operates the County Medical Services Program as part of its state-mandated responsibilities to provide indigent care, but restrictive eligibility requirements have held down enrollment. “

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When Dave Pomah contacted me about out of the blue from London inquiring about our Reputation Management services I had no idea about the powerful story he had to tell: I just explained what we do, who we are, and what we charge for the service.  I gave him examples of what we had dome for the whistle blower for Enron when the people she blew the whistle on ganged up on her, and before the end of the day Dave was my new client.  The next day (this was just a couple of days ago) I read his questionnaire; what  compelling cause!

Dave and Jason Toal have a story to tell: help them fight back against racial harassment on a scale not imagined:

“I started as a full time professional firefighter in April 1990 and during that time up to now – I have experienced severe bullying,harassment and racism on the front line to the point that I had to take out a grievance on my employers in January 2005. I followed this up by writing a paper a few months later in May 2005 as follows:
http://fitting-in.com/c/pamah.htm

This has put me in the position of a whistle blower and have experienced pact mentality since. I had been offered temporary promotion but the pact mentality continues. My colleague – Jason Toal – went to work with the same firefighters that I had worked with and this is what has happened as follows:

In this article about a related case in the Marylebone Express’s online edition, a Firefighter won a case after :

“A black fireman had his helmet filled with urine and eggs and tomatoes put in his boots during a campaign of racist bullying at three fire stations including Paddington, a tribunal has heard.”

“I found this belittling and humiliating. I still had to borrow items from other firefighters – I felt let down and this was my opportunity to start afresh,” he said.

After explaining why he had no uniform, Mr Toal said he was verbally abused by his crew manager.

“He called me a ‘f****** lying c***’. He made it clear that he was aware of the claim I had previously brought against the brigade for race discrimination,” he said.

The pattern of oppression and abuse continues, resulting in this tragic event:

“Fireman who quit service with girlfriend in sexism row shoots her and then himself in front of his mother”

TO THE READER: A CALL TO ACTION:

It is essential that these stories are told, and made into a permanent record here, to protect future victoms from this pattern of racial abuse: please link-to, and reprint this article to further this cause,and to make this a permanent Internet record for victims to use to fight back with.

To learn more about what happened and what you can do to help, visit and participate at http://davepamah.org, share you similar stories, comment on this one, let your voice be heard and join the fight here:

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Socially Conscious T-shirts – New Jacobs Clothing Line from Marc Jacobs Brother Paul

Paul Jacobs, Marc Jacobs younger brother, hopes to capitalize on the name: digg this if you like, here:  http://digg.com/arts_culture/Socially_Consciouse_T_shirts_New_Jacobs_Clothing_Line

MARC JACOBS YOUNGER BROTHER PAUL CARRIES on the LEGACY and LAUNCHES CANY CLOTHING, a SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS LINE of T-SHIRTS

Ventura, CA- June 12, 2009. Paul Jacobs of CANY Clothing is announcing the launch of their online store at http://canyclothing.com/. CANY is inspired by the belief that everyone has a voice and the right to be heard, regardless of age,sex,race, religion or sexual preference.

Paul Jacobs is the youngest of the three Jacobs children. At an early age, Paul and his sister were put into foster care when their single mother fell ill and was no longer able to take care of them. His oldest sibling Marc went to live with his Grandmother, who was unable to care for all three children at the time. Marc would eventually go on to become a fashion icon while Paul and his sister would finish out their childhood with an amazing family in foster care. Paul points to his diverse upbringing as the key factor in developing CANY and his belief that from coast to coast we are one country united not divided.

“Please join us on our journey to spread our message of peace, kindness, equality and love to all who will listen.”

Paul Jacobs – Marc Jacobs’ Younger Brother

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