Abstract: A virtual mentoring system for assessing traits and improvement needs of a user is disclosed. The virtual mentoring system generates a personalized plan for the user that includes recommendations for reducing one or more inhibitors inversely correlated with improvement areas.

Abstract: A method for marketing over a network of interconnected computing/communicating devices is disclosed which may comprise the steps of: providing a web-site that is identified as specific to a market sector; supplying on the web-site information specific to a plurality of first level topics related to the market sector; providing within the information specific to a particular first level topic related to the market sector, at least one pointer to a more specific second level topic referenced in the information specific to the first level topic; responsive to activation of the pointer, providing further information specific to the more specific second level topic; providing access to E-commerce access to transaction processing with at least one provider of goods and/or services referenced in the more specific second level topic.

Abstract: A method for marketing over a network of interconnected computing/communicating devices is disclosed which may comprise the steps of: providing a web-site that is identified as specific to a market sector; supplying on the web-site information specific to a plurality of first level topics related to the market sector; providing within the information specific to a particular first level topic related to the market sector, at least one pointer to a more specific second level topic referenced in the information specific to the first level topic; responsive to activation of the pointer, providing further information specific to the more specific second level topic; providing access to E-commerce access to transaction processing with at least one provider of goods and/or services referenced in the more specific second level topic.