March 2001 Issue
In This Issue
Now You Know Offers New Web Designs
The Now You Know website
services now offers three new web designs. These designs feature a
brighter lighter look with a new menu system. All the Now You Know web
sites can be customized to look exactly as the subscriber wants, however, color designs
are a good way to start. The new designs can be viewed at the following
links.
The "Frisco" - http://www.nowyouknow.net/templatefrisco/index.htm
The "Deco" - http://www.nowyouknow.net/templatedecco/index.htm
The "Largo" - http://www.nowyouknow.net/templatelargo/index.htm
To view a list of our many web
site subscribers please visit the following link from our site. Open
as many subscriber sites as you want to see the variety of content, ideas and
looks that our subscribers come up with. 
(When viewing the sample web
sites please enjoy the comedy pictures we've added)
http://www.nowyouknow.net/subscriberwebs.htm
At Now You Know we build sites with content and individuality.
Chiropractic Politics and the ICA
I
am no stranger to politics. I have been involved with Chiropractic
politics for over 20 years. I know many of you may have noticed that 
I
have been doing a web site called www.icapride.com
. This site is a political contribution from me personally for two
candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency of the ICA. I would like
to be clear and state that I am endorsing the candidacy of Dr. DD Humber
and Dr. Maxine McMullen myself as an individual. This
endorsement should not be construed as an endorsement by our company, Now You
Know Inc.
I am presently the outgoing Chairman of the Board for ICA. As of the end of this election, I will no longer be an officer of ICA and will, for the first time in 20 years, be a regular dues-paying member. I want the ICA to be in good leadership hands to help ensure the future of the principles of chiropractic. For this reason I am personally endorsing the ticket of Dr. DD Humber for President of ICA and Dr. Maxine McMullen for Vice President. I urge all ICA members to consider their candidacy and visit the site at www.icapride.com .
Internet growing by leaps and bytes
The
above headline came from the Monday, February 19, 2001, issue of the Atlanta
Journal Constitution. In this article several interesting facts were
disclosed. 
Nine million new users came to the Internet in the last half of 2000
The total number of Americans using the Internet is now more than 168 million.
Among children, 45 percent of those younger than 18 are Internet users.
73 percent of children from ages 12 to 17 have Internet access.
According to the Newspaper Association of America, 55.1 percent of adults in the United States read newspapers in 2000, nearly five percentage points less than the penetration of the Internet!
About 82 percent of people in households making $75,000 or more are online, compared to 38 percent in households making $30,000 or less.
Usage of the Internet as a consumer media has been around only since the late 1990s, and has now reached 60 percent of the population. By comparison, the telephone was in 35 percent of households by 1920, and did not reach 60 percent until 1950. It took cell phones 20 years to reach 50% penetration of the population. This shows just how fast the Internet is growing as a regular part of our lives.
MDs Use the Web More at Home than in Office
In the February 12, 2001 issue of the American Medical News is an article on MD usage of the Internet. Several statistics from this article are interesting.
The percentage of
physicians using the Internet increased
to 70%, nearly doubling from 37% in 1999.
54% of medical physicians use the Internet at work, while 70% use it at home.
90% of practicing MDs have accessed the Internet at some point during the past 12 months.
55% of MDs are daily users and 24% are professional users
80% of medical physicians don't view the Internet as essential to their practices.
71%of physicians agreed that they will rely on the Internet more in five years.
59% of MDs agree that the Internet will radically improve communication among patients, physicians and health plans.
So what do all these stats mean? Well, first of all the medical profession is behind the chiropractic profession in usage of the Internet. To me this is a good thing as we need to be using this media more than them to get our message out. Secondly, they realize that inevitably they will have to use the Internet in their practice. We at Now You Know have known this for several years and offer services to keep the chiropractic profession out in front.
Comical Find 
Every so often we come across a web site with free stuff that will benefit our web site subscribers and others. In this case Gary, our webmaster found a free site with a large number of comical animated pictures called ".gifs". The address of the site is http://www.millan.net/anims/giffar.html. These small animations add life to web sites usually in a comical setting. Enjoy this web site and use it as you see fit.
Now You Know Products and Services
NYK
started just over two years ago offering an email newsletter sent directly to
patients. We now have grown to be the largest supplier of web sites and Internet services
to the profession. But that is not all we do. 
Review
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