The central Italian region of Abruzzo which has a reputation of being the country’s ‘best kept secret’ is giving up more of its treasures.

The area steeped in fascinating history, ancient architecture and breathtaking landscapes is now being targeted by people looking for the quintessential Italian food and wine travel experience. Among the attractions is Abruzzo’s internationally acclaimed award winning Montepulciano red wine.

Nobody appreciates this more than Brisbane couple Luciana Masci and Michael Howard. They spend six months of the year taking small tour groups through Abruzzo and Ms Masci says the regions culinary delights are becoming a big attraction.

“The Abruzzese are not the type to go out and promote themselves or their region which is why Abruzzo has been under the tourism radar for so long. But as the experience of country Italy in Abruzzo becomes more popular, the wonderful food and wine is being discovered as well,” said Ms Masci.

Abruzzo is the long lost Italy being discovered by the more mature and widely travelled public now looking for a cultural experience. Unspoiled and virtually untouched by modern tourism, Abruzzo provides an insight to centuries old arts and crafts, the areas medieval history and the village culture that has endured for hundreds of years.

The region’s cuisine is perhaps Italy’s most diverse and imaginative. Abruzzese cooks have long been considered Italy’s best, and Absolutely Abruzzo Tour groups not only experience the fresh seasonal dishes but they learn how it’s prepared in cooking classes included in the itinerary.

Absolutely Abruzzo Tours is now into its fourth year taking people to this Italian wonderland, making then somewhat expert in “My family is from Abruzzo and my extended family still lives there so Michael and I are continually adding new things to the itineraries so we can offer the best of Abruzzo. There is so much in Abruzzo the only proper way to experience it is through people who really know it,” Ms Masci said.

An eight day tour led by Abruzzo specialists Luciana Masci and Michael Howard offers a number of different and interesting locations and experiences.

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Today's success tip comes from Shelley Taylor-Smith.

As a 7-time World Marathon Swimming Champion, Shelley has overcome partial paralysis; several major and minor car accidents; a benign breast scare; a collapsed marriage and much more to become a highly in-demand speaker in Australia and overseas.


How can people develop the motivation necessary to achieve their goals?

There are two keys to developing motivation and achieving your goals:

* Know what you want;

* Know why you want it.

Far too many people know what they don't want and that takes them nowhere. In fact, you may even find that the things you don't want keep attracting and creating. How many of us have committed to finding out what we want? I knew I wanted to get out of a wheel chair and win gold medals, I knew I wanted to survive chronic fatigue and live - just live. I knew I wanted to live when doctors told me otherwise.

Sometimes it takes 'reality checks' like that to find out what we really want, but you don't always have to go through them to do so.

An easier way is to sit down with yourself, your family and loved ones and simply choose what you really want in life. If you are prepared to do whatever it takes, you will achieve it. You may experience 'character building' time but you have to maintain focus on your goal.

In my experience we always get what we focus on in the end, whether it is the negative or positive. So stay focused on what you truly want.

Knowing why you want it is what drives you when it's too hard, too late, or too cold. It's what keeps you going when everyone else quits.


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Do you have your own website then here is a great article about increasing traffic.

Increase Sales By Flying Under Your Prospects' "Radar Defenses" 

- by Jim Edwards

(c) Jim Edwards - All Rights reserved
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How do you persuade someone to do what you want them to do? 

A whole world of marketing exists around us trying to do
that every minute of the day. Do you even notice it anymore
or, like your prospects, have you subconsciously set up a
system of "radar defenses" against the daily bombardment of
marketing messages? 

Take a minute and count up the advertising methods which
fight for your attention (and money) every day. Just the
basic list includes: 

· Yellow page ads 

· Newspaper and magazine ads 

· Postcards, catalogs, and direct mail circulars in your 
"snail mail" box 

· Radio pitches interrupting the flow of your favorite songs

· TV ads - about 20 minutes worth per hour now

· Hundreds of storefronts, "mega" malls, and strip malls 

· Highway billboards by the thousands 

· Circulars hung on your doorknob

· Illegal signs on stop signs and telephone poles 

· Legitimate email messages 

· Spam email or UCE (unsolicited commercial email) 

Just these 11 sources can overwhelm your brain with
marketing messages. Like trapped rats, people develop
defenses against this never-ending onslaught. They throw up
a wall or a "radar defense" that goes into action the minute
they smell a "pitch" or a sales job. Don't blame them. We
all do it! 

So how can you get around this psychological wall against
the constant sales and marketing messages? Well, the answer
does NOT lie in hitting people with more frequent and
obnoxious advertising or sly, sneaky tactics. You might get
them to trust you for a minute, but it will backfire in the
long run. 

You must do two things instead: 

1. First, you must establish credibility for yourself and
your business as an expert. 

2. Second, you must reduce their fears about doing business
with you. 

Doing these two things will get you past their defenses and
allow you the opportunity to persuade them to buy your
product. 

So how do you accomplish these two "simple" things? What
will win someone's attention, raise your credibility, and
lower their fear factor all at the same time? The one-word
answer really applies to most everyone. 

Trust! 

If a seller can get behind your defenses with information
which makes you trust them, then that credibility will carry
over into a sale much of the time. 

How can you get this credibility? 

Well, take this next fact as online marketing "gospel," for
many people have proven its effectiveness. 

Fact: Publishing and promoting with free articles gives you
one of the most powerful opportunities available to tip the
buyer's credibility scale in your favor. 

How can we prove this works? Quite easily actually. Take a
break from reading this and go check out a newspaper or
magazine for a minute. 

Which do you trust more, the ads or the articles? Most
people will choose the articles hands down. Why? Because
the articles don't try to "sell" you anything. Instead, they
hand out useful information for educational or other
practical purposes. 

Most of us grew up in a culture which says we can believe
and "trust" what appears in the standard "news" or
"information" format. In other words, if it appears in
print, then we can believe and trust the author. 

So go ahead! Use this lifetime of conditioning to your
advantage in selling your products and services! 

Very few things will create an atmosphere of trust and
confidence in people as reading one of your articles on a
subject that greatly interests them. It shows you know your
business. It also demonstrates you will do more than just
try to sell them something. 

Publishing articles literally lets you fly under their
advertising "radar defenses." 

So remember these points when deciding whether or not to use
articles to promote your business: 

1. Few things create as much trust and confidence in the
minds of potential customers as reading an article you wrote
on a subject which specifically and intensely interests
them. 

2. Articles establish credibility quickly because, right or
wrong, we've all been trained to trust the "news." 

3. An article, or series of articles, will differentiate you
from the competition, who bombard people with nothing but
sales messages. 

4. Providing content-rich, non-sales-oriented articles will
also help build and solidify your relationship with existing
customers so they give you repeat business. 

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author of an amazing new ebook, "Turn Words Into Traffic,"
that will teach you how to use free articles to quickly 
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