Small Business CEO.com: Free Business Tools for Small Online Business

Darkbird18 run an online business which does Online research for my website called,"The Good The Bad and The Ugly Internet Information." But it is still a business but online and I have to have business tools to make it work. The big difference between offline business and online business is access to information to make your business work but some of these tools and information are FREE! Small Business CEO.com make doing business online a lot easier.

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SMALL BUSINESS CEO

Free Tools

Welcome to Small Business CEO’s free management and leadership resources page. We have compiled a group of really helpful websites that offer free management tools and resources for your small business. There are lots of free ebooks, business templates, checklists, business forms, white papers, free pdf files, and worksheets to choose from.

Business Owner’s Toolkit - A large collection of free business forms, free tools, business templates and checklists that includes a variety of topics ranging from employee management, safety, asset protection, marketing, recruiting and hiring, IRS tax forms, compensation and benefits, government contracting forms and so much more. They also have a business card exchange where you can network with others in your industry.

Free 21 Page SEO Guide - Are you trying to increase traffic to your website? Do you realize the importance of Search Engine Optimization (SEO), but have trouble taking actionable steps to improve it? This free ebook offers useful tips to get found online by more prospective customers. A quick skim of HubSpot’s SEO guide yields a dozen things you can do right away to increase the attractiveness of your site to search engines and thus boost your traffic.

QuickBooks Simple Start 2009 FREE - Manage your small business better with Intuit’s free 2009 edition of accounting software for Windows. Keep all of your small business accounting records organized including tracking taxes, sales, expenses and customer information and will import data from prior versions of Simple Start. You can create professional-looking invoices & estimates, record cash and credit card expenses, write and print checks and more.

Free Small Business eBooks- A simple, free registration will give you access to nearly 200 free small business ebooks. Some examples of topics covered in the free white papers and free documents are maximizing conversion rates, getting website traffic, internet marketing, increasing profits and improving customer satisfaction. There’s something here for everyone including an internet beginner’s business guide and how to get a million visitors to your website.

Free Trade Magazines- Anita Campbell, Founder of Small Business Trends, offers an extensive list of free small business magazine subscriptions, eGuides, downloads, podcasts and white papers. Browse through a multitude of listings and search for titles that match your topics of interest such as small business management, franchising, marketing and entrepreneurship. Publications include eWeek, Website Magazine and many more.

Tools From Inc.com - A free membership to Inc.com allows you to access over 100 free small business tools that includes categories such as doing business online, financial management, finding capital, hiring and recruiting, managing employees, marketing, performance management, personnel administration, termination and workplace safety. Inc.com offers help for every area of business and is the “daily resource for entrepreneurs.”

SME Toolkit - This collection of free small business tools and resources consists of free training, calculators, small business forms and how-to articles. Topics range from accounting, franchising, payroll, insurance, marketing and technology. Browse the categories to locate the information you need and be sure to enroll in the My Own Business computer training course for those of you who want to start your own business. The course is free.

FormNet- Use this free business forms download service available on Entrepreneur.com. Save yourself time and expense by using these free business form templates and documents available in Microsoft Word, Excel or Adobe pdf. Categories include accounting, credit and collections, insurance, inventory, human resources, leasing, marketing, management, sales, shipping and starting your own small business. No more creating documents from scratch!

Small Business Resource Guide - The Internal Revenue Service is offering up to 5 copies of this Small Business Resource Guide CD-ROM for free. This free CD provides small business tax information including forms and instructions. The CD also contains various website links to government agencies designed to help small businesses comply with tax laws and provides useful information from government agencies, non-profit organizations, and educational institutions.

Microsoft Office Accounting Express 2009 FREE- This free software download is designed to help you and your small business organize data, track employees and process payroll all while saving you time. Designed for US and UK based small businesses and works with other Office applications you may already know. Features include exporting reports to Excel, writing checks, Paypal invoices, payroll, customizable reports and create eBay listings in Office Accounting.

Professional Documents- At Docstoc you can search and share free small business forms, business templates and small business documents. Samples of small business plans, market research and business contracts are available to download free of charge and categories include everything from arts, fashion, educational, technology, finance, legal, real estate and more. Looking for documents and don’t know where to begin? This is the place.

Free Templates and Forms - The Fresh Focus blog has put together a list of free small business templates and forms to improve productivity. These tools are all organized in one place for ease of downloading. Come on over and browse around. Custom templates are also available that include notepads, weekly, monthly and yearly calendars, agendas, expense reports, to-do lists, graph paper, phone logs and more.

Free eBooks, Guides, Manuals and Legal Documents- Publish and share your small business documents FREE at Scribd. You can upload and store your business documents or explore their extensive library of available free tools and resources. You will find an array of free ebooks, guides, manuals and legal documents for your use. Embed your documents anywhere on the web. All major formats accepted with unlimited storage.

Free Small Business Guides and Government Forms - Business.gov is your gateway to official U.S. Government federal forms and business guides.  Topics that are covered range from taxes, loans and market research.  State and local information is available for small businesses in each and every state.  Find out information on what is involved in registering a business, applying for a license, paying taxes and file forms.

Free Small Business Tools and Research Resources - Free access to helpful business information tools and resources designed for any business type and size.  Topics range from starting a small business to growing, managing and maturing your business.  Locate free resources not easily found through any other means, learn how to become a better business manager, organize with free templates, and manage human resources.

Free Productivity, Collaboration and Business Applications - A centralized collection of tons of free spreadsheets, presentation tools, management software and much, much more.  There is even a new section of apps for your small business needs.  Everything you could possibly need for operating a more productive business.  Login for your free access and active forum discussions on the latest hot topics in Zoho applications. Read more at www.smbceo.com

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Web Deisgner need all the help we can get! But we need a Plan!

Darkbird18 have be building and designing website for many years and had to learn the hard way, self taught and many years of experimentation. But also the Internet make it easy to learn HTML,CSS,DHTML,XHTML and Flash design because of FREE Online tutorials and outstanding PDF's downloads to study offline. Here is a example of a tutorial to help web designer with setting up a company's website by have a "Questionnaires,Project Sheets and Work Sheets", to help them and the webmaster to understand what they want for their website.

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Web Design Questionnaires, Project Sheets and Work Sheets

It’s nearly impossible to provide an accurate quote to a prospective web design client without first gathering information about what that particular client needs. Some designers do this in either a face-to-face meeting or over the phone, but more often, they have a questionnaire that prospective clients fill out. This is preferable for a couple of reasons, but the most important is probably that this document then becomes an integral part of the design process and is available to refer back to along the way.

So the question is whether you should put that questionnaire up on your website, or only send it to prospective clients once they’ve contacted you. There are a couple of reasons you may want to make it available online, but the obvious one is that clients are often eager to get started with their projects and so by providing the questionnaire online, this eliminates a step in the pre-contract part of the process.

Here, we’ve collected questionnaires and worksheets used by actual web design companies, including some of the leaders in the industry. There are both online and downloadable forms included, as well as the pros and cons for each format.

Downloadable Questionnaires

While online forms are certainly popular, so are downloadable questionnaires. These are generally either PDFs or DOCs, though some firms also include versions in RTF or for Pages. The downloadable questionnaires are sometimes longer than their online counterparts, and are usually the choice for agencies that only take on longer and more complex projects.

We Are Pixel8

We Are Pixel81 has a planner in PDF format that they ask their prospective clients to download and fill out, and then upload to their website along with their contact form. It’s a great way to gather client information without requiring them to just fill out a web form, which presumably lets them take more time with their answers. The instructions on the site are very clear as to how the process works.

Great Example Question: Please provide some information about the look and feel you would like for your website. You may also provide examples.

Happy Cog

Happy Cog2 is another company that offers a downloadable project planner. The planner includes instructions for submission. It’s a good system, especially since Happy Cog projects are generally large projects with a wider scope than what many other design firms handle.

Great Example Question: Are you familiar with the concept of web standards?

Clearleft

Clearleft3 offers a Client Ideas Sheet that prospects can download and fill out in order to get a quote. It’s a simple RTF document, focused entirely on the content. It’s also quite extensive, with a few dozen questions included.

Great Example Question: What is your measure for success, and what are you hoping to achieve?

Lunamedia

Lunamedia4 has a client worksheet that includes sections asking about the company requesting the quote, their customers, competition, their design ideas and requirements as well as the scope and features of the website. The questionnaire can be downloaded from their website and then sent via e-mail when completed.

Great Example Question: Why do you believe site visitors should do business with you rather than with a competitor?

45royale Inc.

45royale5 offers a downloadable project planner that includes questions about the project goals, the look and feel of the site and general information. It also includes a section specifically for website redesigns.

Great Example Question: What action(s) should the user perform when visiting your site (search for information, sign up for an account, purchase a product/service)?

Erskine Design

Erskine Design6 has a detailed project sheet that stretches over 5 A4-pages. The questions cover current site, reasons for redesign, audience, perception, content, technology and marketing. A more convenient (and shorter) web form is available as well.

Great Example Question: How is your company currently perceived offline? Do you want to carry the same kind of message through your website?

DistinctionHQ

DistinctionHQ7 has one of the shorter project briefs; it clearly states that all answers will be treated with completely confidentiality. The sheet also contains e-mail and phone details of the company and its logo — which can turn out to be useful in case the sheet gets lost in a larger organization.

Great Example Question: Are you providing all text/images for this project, or do you require copywriting and photography services? Read more at www.smashingmagazine.com

 

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The Whale.to Underground Search Engine Research:AIDS Research," THE AIDS CONSPIRACY"

THE AIDS CONSPIRACY (AIDS INC)[back] Medical Hoaxes [back] Diseases
The AIDS red flag parade

                     Did the CIA Create AIDS?

AIDS INC Psychology
No HIV virus has ever been proven to exist... AIDS is not a new disease, but a collection of old diseases renamed, and that the real threat to the public's health is the worthless HIV tests and toxic HIV/AIDS drugs.-----Curtis Cost
To get the story in one article read [2003] Depopulation and HIV by Jon Rappoport "My book instead proved that HIV - wherever it came from - was a harmless retrovirus that was being used as a cover story to explain/conceal an emerging depopulation operation in the Third World. HIV was also a cover for other agendas outside the Third World. As long as AIDS is the target of WHO/UN "humanitarian" efforts, the actual causes - which are easily reversible - of death in Africa, Asia, and Latin America are allowed to remain and fester and expand."   

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HIV-AIDS RACKET (AIDS INC) ¹
Allopathic rackets Diseases  Human Abuse  Viral fear racket

 ''AIDS is a meaningless concept without HIV. If HIV doesn't cause AIDS then AIDS doesn't exist.''  ~  David Crowe
''No HIV virus has ever been proven to exist.... AIDS is not a new disease, but a collection of old diseases renamed, and that the real threat to the public's health are the worthless HIV tests and toxic HIV/AIDS drugs.''-----Curtis Cost

[Diabolical. Study medical history first, e.g. Cancer Inc, Smallpox virus racket, Infectious scares, Death by Allopathy, and other Allopathic Rackets first to remove the blinkers (mind control), then you will know that AIDS Inc is run by Psychopaths (AIDS INC Psychology clues: AIDS Umbrella diseases AZT) and you can see their trail in The AIDS red flag parade.  The biggest clue uncovering this racket is the fact they have known for 60 years or so Vitamin C will kill all viruses without killing the patient! Yet want people to take a highly toxic failed chemotherapy drug called AZT! This from a company, Wellcome, who sold another immune destroying 'AIDS' causing party/sex drug called Poppers!  It truly is one of the wonders of the medical world to see all the reams and reams of garbage written about a harmless or non-existent virus! By an industry that has a well-documented history of killing people for profit.  And the wonderful power of Authority.]
Genocide push: [2015 Sept] WHO ramps up HIV drug push with a call for early treatment for all
[2012 June]  GERM THEORY AND DEPOPULATION by Jon Rappoport
[2003] Depopulation and HIV by Jon Rappoport  "My book instead proved that HIV - wherever it came from - was a harmless retrovirus that was being used as a cover story to explain/conceal an emerging depopulation operation in the Third World. HIV was also a cover for other agendas outside the Third World. As long as AIDS is the target of  WHO/UN "humanitarian" efforts, the actual causes - which are easily  reversible - of death in Africa, Asia, and Latin America are allowed to remain and fester and expand."     

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AIDS

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Charles Wharry (Darkbird18),
 This is major research on the dark brotherhood of black magicians in the medical field to create diseases to make us fear about everything, even having sexual intercourse! AIDS is something the dark brotherhood of doctors have created to control our sexual lives and keep gay people in fear that they will die for being gay. The madness in this article will help you understand why, the who and the why this madness was done on humanity.

Information Technology Applications in Marketing (Internet Marketing)

Some of the best Internet Information happen many years ago and have been last because they're Baird deep in the Internet archives of Information. Alex Brown: Internet Marketing Online Class is one of these resources, the basic Internet "How-To" and the doing business online can be found here.

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The texts could not have been written without access to the following resources: Google; Wikipedia; and Bloglines from which I used the following blogs to keep upto date throughout the course: ClickZ; Dana VanDen Heuvel; Diva Marketing; Inside Adwords; John Batelle's Search Blog; Modern Marketing; Naked Conversations; Scobleizer; and Slashdot.

Guest speakers to class, and others, whose insights have influenced the text include: Dan Baxter DealCatcher; Dave Brown perfiliate.com; Richard Gordon University of Delaware; Mark Hughes BuzzMarketing; Lou Honick HostMySite; Jason Howard StudyLink; Eliza James Fembat.com; Travis Katz MySpace; Graham Richmond ClearAdmit; Gary Spangler DuPont; and Dave Williams 360i

Internet Marketing Text

Background and History Evolution of the Internet Evolution of the Marketing Concept Evolution of the Communications Model Media Convergence / Integration ? Evolution of Web Design Evolution of Search Evolution of Advertising on the Web Evolution from 1.0 to 2.0

How the Web Works: Technology Oversight Structural Issues Domain Name System IP Addresses Cookie File CSS and its relationship to HTML XML's role Server-side scripting languages Client-side scripting Caching Firewalls Mediated Environment Cost of Publishing Author Control Growth

Consumers Online Who? What for? How are people accessing the web? What has driven changes in behaviour?

Organizations Online Business to Business Internet-enabler Businesses Advertising / Marketing Software Automotive Trade Entertainment Banking Stockbrokers Retail Travel Healthcare Porn Government Idealogies

Law, Privacy and Security Global Jurisdiction Content Filtering Two Industries Fraud Intellectual Property Privacy Security

Marketing Research Search Secondary Resources Survey Tools Online Listening to the Conversation Customer Feedback Sites

Personalization Database Marketing Web Analytics Cookies

Digital Economics and Stretegy Issues Reach, Richness and Flexibility The Long Tail Cost Structure Installed Base Network Effects Standards Open Source

Product 1 Tangible; Digital; Services Web-based Products Products enhanced by the Web Brand Customer Service and Product Support Mass Customization

Social Media

Word of Mouth / Viral Open Source Marketing Blogging Wikis Podcasts Social Networking Sites Read more at www.udel.edu

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Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) | FAQ

 

Frequently Asked Questions

• Prior To Filing A Complaint
• After A Complaint Is Filed
• Related Evidence
• Urgent Complaints
• Terrorist Tips
• Disclosure of Information
• Spam Emails
• Media
• Employment

Prior To Filing A Complaint

Q: How do I file a complaint with the Internet Crime Complaint Center?

The Internet Crime Complaint Center accepts online Internet crime complaints filed by the person who believes they were defrauded or filed by a third party to the complainant.

Q: What details will I be asked to include in my complaint?

The Internet Crime Complaint Center can best process your complaint if we receive accurate and complete information from you. Therefore, we request that you provide the following information, if available, when filing a complaint:

• Your name
• Your mailing address
• Your telephone number

• Name of the individual or business that defrauded you
• Address of the individual or business that defrauded you
• Telephone number of the individual or business that defrauded you
• Website and email address of the individual or business that defrauded you
• Specific details on how you were defrauded
• Any other relevant information necessary to support your complaint

Q: How are complaints resolved?

The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) thoroughly reviews and evaluates each complaint so that we may refer it to the appropriate federal, state, local, or international law enforcement or regulatory agency. Every complaint that is referred is sent to one or more law enforcement or regulatory agencies that have jurisdiction over the matter.
Once we refer a complaint to the appropriate agency, it may then be assigned to an investigator. We, therefore, ask that you provide a telephone number in the event an investigator needs to contact you for additional information. IC3 cannot guarantee that your complaint will be investigated.

Q: Do you have a definition of Internet crime that I can refer to?

Internet crime is defined as any illegal activity involving one or more components of the Internet, such as websites, chat rooms, and/or email. Internet crime involves the use of the Internet to communicate false or fraudulent representations to consumers. These crimes may include, but are not limited to, advance-fee schemes, non-delivery of goods or services, computer hacking, or employment/business opportunity schemes.

Q: Can I file a complaint if I have been defrauded of money or goods?

If you believe you are the victim of an Internet crime, or if you are aware of an attempted crime, you can file a complaint on our website. Be sure to include as much information as possible about yourself (i.e. name, email address, mailing address, etc.), the perpetrator, and the Internet crime that you are reporting in order to expedite your complaint.

Q: Should I file a complaint if I received an email asking for my bank account information in order for money to be transferred from another country?

If you believe you are the victim of an Internet crime, or if you are aware of an attempted crime, you can file a complaint on our website. Be sure to include as much information as possible about yourself (i.e. name, email address, mailing address, etc.), the perpetrator, and the Internet crime you are reporting in order to expedite your complaint. Be sure to copy and paste the entire email, including the header information, in the complaint. For more information on this topic, please see Internet Crime Schemes.

Darkbird18 is always researching the Internet for “Good” Information that will be helpful and useful to the Internet user and when he runs across something that is useful which is rear like a diamond in a coal mine. Internet Crime Complaint (IC3) FAQ is one of those rear finds because for once the government is doing something that will help us online, read on to get the full resources of this website…………………………….

Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) | FAQ

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The Daily Reckoning is to be Reckon With!

Darkbird18 have been following the Daily Reckoning for 4 years because back in 2004 after Pres. Bush won the second election for the president of the USA, they wrote a article about what will happen after this event and my God it happen!

So read and keep reading what they have to say because the Major News media will not touch it!

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Sterilizing Money at the QE Corral By The Mogambo Guru 11/12/10 Tampa, Florida – There are a lot of intricacies in the Federal Reserve’s evil ways, especially as concerns creating $900 billion in the next six months in another round of quantitative easing, and one of them is explained by Daniel R. Amerman of DanielAmerman.com. He says, “There is something else essential for investors and savers to understand about the process which the Federal Reserve has just outlined. The Federal Reserve is not directly purchasing treasury bonds from the US government. Instead, US banks are purchasing the bonds from the US Treasury to fund the deficit, and then selling an equal amount of other bonds (likely at a nice profit) to the Federal Reserve.” If you are a normal person, then you are positively terrified by the prospect of inflation, which means that you are terrified of the Federal Reserve creating so much, so incredibly much, so staggeringly much, so unbelievably much money – which is to be almost $900 billion in the first six months of 2011 – because a lot less monetary insanity than this gigantic clot of extra money caused ruinous inflations in stocks, inflations in bonds, inflation in consumer prices, inflation in housing, inflation in the sheer suffocating size of government and severe, bankrupting macroeconomic distortions and mal-investments. Obviously, then, I am on to something when I say that “Inflation is the worst thing that can happen, other than the Earth being invaded by creatures from outer space to make us their slaves, forcing us to mine di-lithium crystals on some barren planet in the faint, farthest reaches of the…Read more… Read more at dailyreckoning.com

Bernanke Equally Handy With Paintbrush, Printing Press

11/12/10 Stockholm, Sweden – The G-20 meeting wraps up in Seoul today with little more to solve currency devaluation than a 30-page report. In it, the Group of 20 proposes that the IMF help the situation by offering guidance toward more market-determined exchange rates… not exactly a sure-fire plan.

All the while, President Obama played his expected role, blaming China for manipulating the yuan as most other nations were more inclined to level criticism against the US’ own monetary shenanigans. The US was the proverbial pot calling the kettle black, and in the unilateral fashion that seems reminiscent of a previous presidency, the US once again goes it alone.

 

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Junk Science

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11/12/10 London, England – “The most ignorant remarks ever made by a central banker.”

“When I started my economics studies at 16,” wrote Paul A. Samuelson not long before he died last year at aged 93, “Carlyle was right to call economics a ‘dismal science.’ Thanks to modern science and better economic knowledge, this Malthusian curse has been vanquished. Good modern economics make economics the Hopeful Science. At last!”

Lucky professor Samuelson! Like an aparatchik who joined the shades before 1989, he went to his reward with his delusions intact.

This week, the scientists began to have doubts. Like the pope wondering about the resurrection, or the Mormons questioning the veracity of the angel Moroni, the head of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick, shocked the learned world. It’s time to start discussing a gold-backed currency, he said. Maybe the crown of creation of modern economics – its centrally managed money – was not such a good idea after all.

Like Christianity, the dollar only has value as long as people have faith in it. But that is true of almost every trick up the modern economist’s sleeve. If people stop believing, the spell is broken and they’re worthless.

Two years ago, when the financial world was melting down, we were told that the volcano needed to be appeased. Without immediate injection of funds, the whole system would blow up, they said. Where was the science behind that? The financial system melted down countless times in the past. No central bank came to its aid before the 1930s.

Or how about the corollary article of faith: that the…Read more… Read more at dailyreckoning.com

Inflation Hedges

By Michael K. MacLeod

11/12/10 Baltimore, Maryland – The Federal Reserve recently announced a second wave of quantitative easing — promising to put $600 billion into the markets by buying up U.S. Treasuries. But instead of propping up the economy, the move really just opens the door to a wave of massive inflation.

It could get very ugly, so you need to understand exactly what’s about to happen and how to prepare for it.

Of course, as far as the Fed is concerned, inflation is firmly under control. After all, the core consumer price index — which excludes volatile things like food and energy costs — is very low. So low, in fact, that many investors believe we’re on the verge of a great deflation.

Trouble is, central bankers don’t seem to understand what inflation really is. Rising prices themselves aren't inflation — they’re merely one of many potential outcomes of inflation.

True inflation is an increase in the supply of money in an economy. As Milton Friedman once said, “Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon.”

So by that classical definition, the Fed injecting $600 billion into the economy fosters inflation. The message is, since we can’t grow our way out of this recession, the Fed will have to try to inflate our way out.

But don’t expect see its affect on prices for awhile. The Fed can control the amount of money in the system. But it can’t control what happens to that cash next.

That is, it can’t force banks to lend it out. It can’t force consumers or corporations to spend it. Without their cooperation, the velocity of money slows down…Read more… Read more at dailyreckoning.com

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Charles E. Wharry (Darkbird18); This article form the Daily Reckoning news letter form 2010 has always made me think always make me think that there is a very bad and powerful game being played with the US and the world economy's because it makes no sense to try to control it unless you are trying to make it fail! Because the system is design to run itself. This article let me know that the people who mess with it are not trying to help us but are trying to make money for themselves and the powerful elites banking family's behind them.

Abduction Phenomenon - The Black Vault Encyclopedia Project

 

The abduction phenomenon is an term used to describe a number of hypotheses, claims or assertions stating that non-human entities kidnap individuals usually for medical testing or for sexual reproduction procedures. Many such encounters are described as terrifying or humiliating, but others describe them as transformative or even pleasant. Reports of the abduction phenomenon have been made from around the world, but have perhaps seen most mainstream attention in the United States. The Abduction phenomenon usually is laid out like this:

1. Capture (Abductees taken from room/area and find themselves in the "ship")
   
   
2. Examination (Probes inserted in different areas, etc.)
3. Conference ("Aliens" speak with abductees)
4. Tour (Not always described but some abductees claim to be shown the ship)
5. Loss of Time (Many abductees suffer from periods of time removed from their memory, often coming back to them later)
6. Return (Returned, sometimes with environmental changes)
7. Aftermath (Sickness, new phobias, ridicule, etc.)

Such alleged abductions are usually closely connected to UFO reports, and are sometimes supposedly conducted by so-called Greys: Short, grey-skinned humanoids with large, pear-shaped heads and enormous, dark eyes. Many abductees report that extraterrestrials communicate via telepathy. Some who argue that the phenomenon is in some way real--but who are simultaneously uncertain about the "abductors'" origins--introduced the term "abduction phenomenon" and "experiencer" to replace the terms "alien abduction" and "abductee".

Sometimes, the alien abduction phenomenon has religious overtones, but some argue it is probably more accurate to characterise the phenomenon as a type of modern-day folk myth (like the historic belief in vampires).

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