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What are Your Athletes Spreading?

One of the most important safety factors in sports today is cleanliness. There are many things that can make athletes sick, viruses, bacteria, ring worm, ect. Schools have had these problems through out the years, which has made cleanliness one of the top safety issues in athletics today. You may be familiar with MRSA because you heard read it in the news. MRSA is a common bacterium that can cause a lot of problems if spread. Many healthy people carry it around with out ever knowing it. It can cause skin infections and can infect razor nicks and turf burns. It is immune to regular antibiotics and if the person that is infected can't fight it off they can be in danger. MRSA is not the only thing that can make your athletes sick there is also hepatitis b virus, ringworm, herpes simplex type 1, and Hiv-1 (aids) virus. Cleanliness is very important in keeping these diseases at bay.

The best way to keep MRSA and other bacterium and viruses from spreading is prevention. This includes cleaning anything that comes in contact with the athletes. These items can include: wrestling mats, wrestling gear, cleat soles, football equipment, soccer equipment, gymnastics mats, and more. There are many items that need to be kept sanitary to keep these diseases from spreading. I'm sure you can think of many items in your athletic program that could be disinfected to help with prevention.

What products can you use to help with prevention? There is a product which can disinfect and kill many bacterium and viruses and that product is Ken Clean Plus. Ken Clean Plus can be used to disinfect and sanitize mats, headgear, shoe soles and most other hard, non-porous athletic surfaces. Not all disinfectants are the same so you want to make sure that yours can kill the following like Ken Clean Plus can:

Mrsa

Hiv-1 (aids) virus*

Hepatitis b virus (hbv)*

Herpes simplex type 1*

Staph - staphlyococcus aureus, streptococcus faecalis, streptococcus salivarius

Trichophyton mentagrophytes (causative agent responsible for ringworm)

You can also use the Ken Clean Plus in conjunction with the Bucketless Mop Set. The Bucketless Mop Set is very convenient when it comes to cleaning athletic mats. It features:

Translucent 52 ounce tank, keeps solution level visible.

Push-button flow control, applies solution only when needed.

Anti-clogging filter for consistent solution delivery.

Ruggedly constructed - with a six-month guarantee on solution dispensing mechanism from date of purchase (against manufacturer's) defects and for use under normal conditions).

Uses microfiber technology mop heads that are non-abrasive and can stand up to hundreds of washings before needing replacement.

There are also the Full Spectrum Athletic Surface Cleaning Wipes which are great for disinfecting and have the following features:

Cleans & disinfects: effective against HIV-1 (aids virus), MRSA, staph, visa, tuberculosis, E-coli.
Economical! 180 wipes in each hard-to-lose canister.
Perfect for cleaning athletic surfaces and exercise equipment after each use.
Convenient 7” x 6” size

If you take prevention seriously you can possibly save a life. Get the products above today and get the job done right!

Morley Athletic Supply Company Inc. has been in business since 1931.

a little less conversation – nike video

This is a video from Nike for football or soccer (depending on your region) It is a great video with the remix of the Elvis song "A Little Less Conversation"

adidas TGII Kansas City Soccer Ball

60% Thermoplastic Elastomerics/ 30% Thermoplastic Polyurethane/10% Polyester, 0g

Product Description
Multi-surface ball for all weather and field conditions. Butyl bladder for best air retention. Machine stitched. This construction (nylon-winded carcass/TPU) ensures soft touch and high durability.... More >>

adidas TGII Kansas City Soccer Ball

Let’s help Captain S in Iraq

Go beyond the care package...become a Battle Buddy... Visit CPT S' page at www.troopsneedyou.com...you can directly support his mission and the rest of the 2-3 Infantry Battalion as they enhance stability in Muqdadiyah, Iraq through Operation Free Kick. They seek $7500 worth of soccer equipment to transform a neighborhood dump into a regional soccer venue. They're doing the ground work, and they request sport supplies from us. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to help CPT S move out on the mission.

Meet Jerzee, the dog from ‘Cute Dog Playing Virtual Soccer’

Meet Jerzee, the famous Jack Russell Terrier from the 'Cute Dog Playing Virtual Soccer' video! See even more of her Reactrix video game playing antics including her favorite soccer game. www.reactrix.com

Internet Marketing The Untold Truth

Internet marketing, or advertising products and services over the Internet, is one of the most cost-effective ways to get a product name and information distributed to the general public worldwide. It increases sales and boosts profits by using established online media.

Internet marketing success requires that the right sites are being advertised on, the manner in which the advertisement is presented draws in the prospective customers that will want to use the product. Different types of advertisements, or ads are used in Internet marketing, such as search engine ads and banner ads. Search Engine ads direct Internet users to the advertisement site when they use certain keywords in their search for topics.

Banner ads are used on other websites advertising the product itself or a topic about the product enticing the Internet users away from the site they are on to the product's or service's individual site itself.

There are many advantages to using Internet marketing over regular advertisements. Compared to other forms of media and targeting the same range and numbers of potential customers, relatively, Internet marketing is pretty inexpensive using only a small fraction of the advertising budgets. This medium's innate ability to allow sellers to select certain sites and advertise to the specific users they want to advertise to.

Users search for keywords in search engines, like Google, which the advertisers use to distribute their product sites, and information. This approach allows for a narrow base of customers who have an interest in a certain service or product vice a broad disbursement such as a television ad that reaches whoever happens to be watching. Television ads and other such media divide their markets according to factors such as age, sex, location, and among factors.

Online marketers are able to target specific activities and groups. If you are selling soccer equipment, you can advertise on soccer sites such as specific team websites or sites that post game scores, for example. Otherwise you would have to spend a lot of money on researching the demographics and other information to reach a small percentage of the same customers while they were watching television. Targeting the specific people who use your product or a similar one would cut down on the amount of advertising you have to do otherwise to reach the same people in another media.

And since most of the information on the Internet is tracked, it is a lot easier to know specifics about the users buying your product or service. Advertisers can pay per banner impression (CPM), pay per click (PPC), or pay per action accomplished. Therefore, since online marketing options require users to click on the banner or message, go to a targeted website, or perform a certain action, the results are immediately tracked.

As for television or radio and such media, customers are bombarded with all kinds of products and services and have a tendency to eventually ignore them altogether and just concentrate on the show they are watching or listen to the music they like.

Therefore, Internet Marketing would be cheaper than using conventional media, reach more customers that are in-tune with what you are offering, and allow better tracking of the crucial information that is helpful to your business sales. Its your money, how would you rather invest your assets? I think the choice is clear.

Internet Marketing and Niche Marketing tips and tricks exposed!