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OK- a slight shift in focus here, but important none the less. Forgive us for straying from our topic, but this IS for a good cause. Does your love for animals cause you to ponder how to help alleviate the suffering of homeless pets in your community? Do you wonder if there is an organization that that can match your enthusiasm and passion to a good cause? The answer is a resounding YES!

CyberSunshine, Inc. is proud to sponsor the Animal Refuge Center (ARC), (http://www.animalrefuge.com/) a non-profit volunteer organization and sanctuary, providing a clean, safe, no-kill environment primarily for cats and dogs within SW Florida. ARC actively seeks their adoption to qualified individuals. Through public education and an active spay and neuter program, ARC strives to reduce the number of unwanted animals in the community. ARC also promotes animal welfare advocacy and cruelty investigations, as well as utilizing education as a major resource to reach pet owners on responsible pet ownership and kindness to all creatures.

In 2000, CyberSunshine donated an entire website with support and hosting at no charge to ARC of Fort Myers. The site allows volunteers of this organization post animals available for adoption to the site any time. It allows them to mark animals as adopted, add events, collect donations and more.

With the recent home mortgage crisis, not only are people losing their homes, animals are too. ARC needs help. In order to accomplish their goals it takes a strong staff complimented by a large network of dedicated volunteers and supporters. ARC is always looking to recruit more volunteers in Southwest Florida. They have many opportunities available; such as, planning and working special events, dog and/or cat care, dog and/or cat socialization, foster care, and maintenance and repairs.

If you live in Southwest Florida, please consider donating your time. If you are not local, and would like to donate to ARC, please visit their website at http://www.animalrefuge.com/ and click on the ‘donate’ link to the left of the page. It's safe and secure.

If you have interest in learning more about ARC and our volunteer program, please don’t hesitate to contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Lisa Morris, at vcarc@animalrefugecenter.net or visit our website at http://www.animalrefuge.com/.

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Cassandra Engeldinger, the Vice President and co-founder of CyberSunshine, Inc. was named to the Fort Myers, Florida Animal Refuge Center Board of Directors in August. Cassandra has joined the board to assist them with promotion through technology, an effort she started almost nine years ago for the ARC through the implementation of their website, http://www.animalrefugecenter.com/ The Animal Refuge Center is a non-profit, no-kill shelter dedicated to the life and welfare of homeless and abandoned animals in Southwest Florida. The center is located just off of I-75 in North Fort Myers, FL. For information, please visit their website or call (239) 841-0810.

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And Happy End of Summer! Well, it's happy here in Southwest Florida since the heat is leaving us. You Northerners are probably not so happy to see winter around the corner I bet. But, the kids are going back to school, so that's a happy occasion anyway!

A little Labor Day history...

Labor Day became a national holiday in 1894. It commemorates a march on City Hall in New York City on September 5, 1882. The march was a protest to the long hours, child labor, and low wages that basically every American was living with. Labor Day marks the beginning of child labor laws, worker rights, union strikes and minimum wages. So enjoy your day off to appreciate the laws and rights we have in this country, and spend your last sunny summer day lounging by the pool... That's where I'll be!

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This week, we were informed that CyberSunshine has been ranked in the Top 100 South Florida Small Businesses in South Florida Business Leader Magazine! There will be a mention of CyberSunshine in the upcoming South Florida 500 issue. Check back for a link to it when it's published.

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Earlier today I was browsing Facebook like I normally do, just to see what everyone else in the Real Estate blogging world was doing, when I came across this group. I found it to be a fairly interesting concept, so I did some additional research on the matter. It seems that people are using sites like Moniker.com to "flip" domain names.

No, I'm not kidding. Apparently there is a broad and vast market for domain names. Not surprisingly, either. I recently had a client who badly wanted to buy NaplesRealEstate.com, and of course, it was not available. She was able to find other domain names that were suitable to her needs, so it all worked out.

With the recent flux in SEO concerns, people are buying up domain names by the dozens just to keep their competitors from owning them. It's getting cut-throat out there, too! Since we're based in Fort Myers, FL, we have a lot of clients that are selling in Fort Myers, Naples, and other Southwest Florida communities (we do have clients all over the world as well, but I can't speak on their behalf since I don't see as much of the competition in other parts as I do in my own backyard). With our clients alone, I see the need for better and more keyword-rich domain names, simply to improve their searchability (is that a word?). So I know real estate agents all over the world are dealing with this issue too.

I find it fascinating that the market for a non-tangible item is so hot! It seems that the domain name market is most definitely a seller's market right now. So if you have domain names that don't benefit you (based on your keywords), and you don't want to hold onto them any longer, you could potentially turn a profit. There is always somebody, somewhere, that wants what you have.

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