This is the “Real Deal”

Summer has finally arrived in most of Europe, and it is the time many guys traditionally choose to fly out to meet women or visit existing family. Unfortunately, Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano has been disrupting flights across Europe recently due to its floating ash cloud. Aviation authorities introduced relaxed flight safety rules two days ago to minimize future disruptions caused by the eruptions in Iceland, so those of you with imminent travel plans will hopefully not be inconvenienced

Any advice for potential RTIR clients? Don’t be afraid to query and alter the copy they write. They work for you; you are paying them. Work with them and create the copy you think has a decent hook.

Don’t send copies of your book to small AM stations that want to give you 10 minutes on air. Many of them try it on (probably they sell them all on eBay later). Only send review copies to large FM syndicated stations who want to discuss the subject matter at length and maybe give you a long listener phone in.

Read the RTIR list of “shows to avoid”. If you find a new one, tell them. It will help others.

Always Google the host, the station and the location and read up on them before you go to air. Know the host’s style, listen to a previous interview maybe, know the listener demographic and tailor your interview correctly.

Accept phone-in shows willingly. The public will throw you softballs; they are not broadcasting professionals.

Don’t expect sound quality checks or much advance notice of the intended slant before air. Many small stations don’t even have researchers. You will be straight to air.

Some stations are so cheap that they ask you to call them! Yes, really!

Don’t be too eager to accept anything and everything if its not convenient. Cut your teeth on the small shows in order to shine on the big ones. Later you can pick and choose.

Think about your market. We sell a book for men on Russian women. It is pointless for me to be interviewed on housewife central low-watt AM in Idaho at 10am on Tuesday morning. The guys who will buy the Russian Bride Guide are all out working. New Jersey high-watt station on a Friday evening phone in? Yes please!

We recently opened a new room entitled Women from the Eastern Bloc – Countries within the FSU Sphere of Influence. This room is for discussion about “Eastern Bloc” women. Perhaps women who are not strictly FSU, but women from countries under the former Soviet sphere of influence. If you are involved (or hoping to be involved) with a woman from Czech, Romania, Poland, Slovakia, Bulgaria, etc., we have a room for that specific topic! If you are Polish, Romanian, Czech or a citizen of this part of Eastern Europe, then come on by, we welcome your expertise and look forward to chatting with you.

“From Russia Without Love: How thousands of lonely British men are being ruthlessly fleeced by a Russian ‘e-mail brides’ racket” was an article recently featured in the UK Daily Mail.

It was penned by PAUL BRACCHI and HELEN CROYDON. Well, we don’t know who “Helen Croydon” is, but we can bet she is an English feminist hack who is a tad overweight and is jealous of Russian and former Soviet Union women.

We also don’t know who “Paul Bracchi” is but with that surname he isn’t English, so how can he write from an English perspective?

The forum is speeding toward the 100,000 post milestone. We just passed 92,000 posts and January to March were record months for us for traffic, page views and posts. RUA remains the busiest and most up-to-date Russian women information forum on the internet.

Have you had it too? An error message telling you NMIndexStoreSvr.exe must close? Probably you have had your computer graphics freezing up also? I kept having the same problem on a rebuilt computer when trying to watch BBC iPlayer.

Well, the good news is that you do not have a virus. The bad news is that you will most likely have to ditch one of your programmes altogether. The problem stems from Nero Essentials CD and DVD writing software. You most likely got it free in a bundle or with a disc drive you bought. You got what you paid for

Fast and cheap Google indexing! Isn’t that what everyone is looking for? How hard is it? We say not very hard if you know what you are doing. You can waste your money paying so-called “SEO experts” in Calcutta $2 to drop you a hundred spammy back links all over websites nobody ever reads, link exchange pages and other pages with two thousand links on if you want.

Sure, Google will find you eventually, and you might be later shocked to learn that some “expert” in Mumbai has dropped your back links all over Thai porn sites, blacklisted sites and other places of online ill-repute. Your site may even suffer because of being linked from bad neighbourhoods.

The forum has just passed another milestone. We have just recently passed our 80,000 post and 4000 topics mark. In less than two years – from nothing – RUA has become the most up-to-date Russian women information forum on the internet. Our average monthly post and topic count since creation far outstrips the nearest (would be) competing website. Why? Because RUA is the friendly Russian women information forum. We lack the over-moderation, in-your-face affiliate marketing, random bannings and other underhand practises that other sites employ; we try to make the site a valuable and fun resource for everyone. If our members enjoy the site, they contribute more information and experiences and the site becomes more enjoyable for everyone.

The smile on your face
Lets me know
That you need me
There’s a truth
In your eyes
Saying you’ll never leave me
The touch of your hand says
You’ll catch me
Whenever I fall
You say it best
When you say
Nothing at all

A translator/interpreter should be a really good psychologist, should be able to predict or detect any Red Flags, should be able to encourage or comfort, to clarify any cultural or meaning misunderstandings, should not be afraid to do it not once if need arises till 2 parties understand each other to the end.

An inexperienced translator sometimes chooses incorrect expressions that can change the meaning of your words completely, or make your letters sound stilted and clumsy; the last thing you want when you are building up a delicate relationship with a lady. In situations like this, it is as important HOW you say something as WHAT you say.

Relevant experience is essential. It is very good if a person actually lives in the USA, UK or Canada, to really understand all the cultural realities men live in; be able to explain the differences between the two countries.

If a translator came through the fiancée visa process herself and knows all the details, how to avoid some difficulties, save time and how and where to get necessary documents, then she can share all this information with the lady when the time comes, and give advice on that, based on personal experience.