Thursday, November 30, 2006

The Thrifty Scot - Money saving ideas

Are looking for ways to save money. Seems like most of us are looking for a way to save some money on our bills each month. There are numerous ways available to help you accomplish that task. I don't know about you but I can always use some more cash in my bank accounts and saving money is one of many ways to accomplish that.

I have made made a practice of transferring balances from high interest
loans to zero interest credit cards to save money on interest and to pay down my balances. I have managed to eliminate almost ten thousand dollars in debt over the last 3 years through that process. It's nice to watch your balances actually go down once in a while.

At the Thrifty Scot, you will find many resources to give you a hand with these types of tasks. They can help with all of the above items, as well as
remortgages or re-financing your existing mortgage and even home insurance after you have done so. Check them out today and see if they have something to fit your needs.

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Adsense Firesale 3

Recently I recommended a set of videos to you. In them, someone who is better at making automatic money-making websites than anyone else shows exactlyhow he does it. His name is Jean-Philippe Schoeffel.

If you watched the videos, you saw that within 24 hoursJP had his site up, indexed on the search engines, receiving traffic and making money.Incredible. But a lot of work.Well now this same guy is setting up these websites for 500 people, and you can be one of them. If you hurry, that is.Each site has 8 or more streams of legitimate income.

He's selling them by the package, and there are 40 sites in the package.Plus a couple of amazing bonuses if you're one of the first to order, so hurry…
Adsense Firesale 3

P.S. Last time he offered something like this, hesold out in five days. And this time he's not releasing as many copies……and his own list is now twice the size it was……you get the picture.Go there now…
Adsense Firesale 3

To your success!

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Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Unique Wedding Favor Ideas

The best Unique Wedding Favors are those that guests can't wait to take home and enjoy. As with a wedding, a steaming cup of rich coffee has a way of warming the hearts of your guests and delighting the senses with flaovorful aroma. Coffee favors are a wonderful way to wrap a sensory-rich experience in a cost-effective wedding favor.

Wedding coffee favors are unique and most people will love them becasue most everyone loves tea or coffee. A personalized bag of coffee, or a heart shaped tea infuser, is a great way to make your favor last. You'll know that one day soon you'll be bringing a morning smile to your guests face, as well as a delicious cup of lovely wedding day memories.

Try packaging your personalized coffee favors in a basket or tin with a beautiful silver plated coffee scoop that your guests will enjoy for years to come. Whether you decide to go with a beautiful heart shaped scoop or the simple elegance of a round silver plated coffee scoop, your guests are guaranteed delight. For an even more generous gift, add a wedding themed coffee mug, personalized chocolates, or personalized tea packets and embellish with an elegant ribbon that compliments your wedding theme.

Coffee kits, or coffee scoops are another wonderful way to share a long lasting memory with your guests. Coffee cup candles and tea infusers are always a hit and another very neat way to provide your guests with a memorable gift that will be cherished long after the wedding and the honeymoon is over.

The wonderful thing about personalized coffee favors is that they are adorable and delectable enough to work as a stand alone gift. The gorgeous personalized coffee packets look great atop a guests table setting or in a handsome silver bowl in the center of the table. Another idea is to place a Victorian style cart, shallow bottomed barrel padded with raffia, or other large container that compliments the theme of your wedding near the door brimming with coffee gifts for guests to take on their way home.

Be sure to get started preparing your gift baskets or displays early. One of the benefits of choosing personalized coffee favors over other types of edible favors is that coffee favors can be purchased well in advance. There are enough details to worry about at the last minute; your wedding favors shouldnt be one of them.

The mark of an outstanding wedding favor is one that guests will hold onto and enjoy throughout their lives. A coffee favor is one that wont be left on the table at the end of the night and is sure to be enjoyed immediately. After your guests enjoy the rich coffee blend, they will continue to enjoy the ornamental scoop and mug long into the future and remember the splendor of your wedding day.

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Monday, November 27, 2006

Debt Management & Credit Card Debt - We've all Been there

Always wanted that new something? Got to have the latest electronic do-dad, or keep up with the neighbors item?

I know how you feel and before I knew it we were so deep debt that we saw no way out. Credit card bills were in the five digit areas, second mortgage on the house, etc. A few years ago we looked into a way out and though I can't say we're now debt free as I write this, we are however making our way out of the misery with good debt management principles.

There are numerous ways to get out of debt. There is always bankruptcy, but that should be an absolute last option as once you have done that you will for the next 7 - 10 years live with that mark on you credit scores and pay ridiculously high interest rates from then on, which will just re-add to your debt loads in the future. What I would suggest are few of the following ideas. They are simple but they work and they will cost you nothing more...To read the rest of this article please go to
http://www.wm8c.com/debt_management.htm

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A New Digital Camera - I want one!

I have been playing with digital photography for quite some time now. I own a Sony F707 that I use for most of my photography needs these days and I drool over the latest digital camera out on the market today. Even thought the prices have come way down over the last few years (you can now get a 6 megapixel digital camera for what I paid for a less than one mega-pixel camera less than 4 years ago), the high end cameras are still well over $1000.

HP like many digital camera makers has a great line of cameras from 4 to 6 mega-pixels that are very easy to use and take fantastic pictures. For the average person like myself, that likes to do
digital photography as a hobby, these fully automatic cameras provide a great way for almost anyone to get in on the digital photography craze and take very cool pictures. Companies like Kodak and HP make cameras with their own printer docks so you don't even need to have a computer anymore to enjoy digital photography.

Basically you just point, shoot, verify you have your picture saved, plug the camera into your printer dock, review and find the pictures you want to print, push a button and out they come! Instant pictures with resolution to match the best cameras on the market! They still require you to be able to properly frame your subject and know your backgrounds to get pictures like the pros, but with a little bit of practice, you will be amazed at what you can do with
digital photography and a little patience and attention to detail.

My Mother is still using her old 35mm instamatic and it's time for her to have a new digital camera and printer dock. Maybe for this Christmas I can give her a surprise?

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Photography - are 35mm cameras a lost art?

The other day while at my sons house I cam across a situation that a few years ago would not likely have happened to many people. My son had asked to borrow my 35mm camera with the portrait lens (100mm) to be able to take some nice pictures for use as Christmas cards. Now that is not strange in itself, but I realized when I saw the pictures, that I hadn't explained to him how to use it and he thought he knew how. Well he didn't and unfortunately he ruined a couple of rolls of film and still doesn't have the pictures he needs. I'll be loaning him my Sony F707 digital soon!

My 35mm camera is a Praktica B100 that I purchased back in 1985 when we were living in the Netherlands. It's an East German camera (which now also sounds funny to hear myself say) that I paid about $100 US for at the time which was a pretty good price for a semi-automatic camera in the day. It has and available automatic shutter speed settings with manual settings of the aperture.

This camera is strangely enough still running on the original battery that came with the camera in 1985. Since this camera has seen a lot of action over the years, I find this rather interesting to say the least and obviously this camera is very gentle on batteries. I love this camera and I still think it takes beautiful pictures but this situation reminded me of how we have become part of an automatic, point-and-shoot digital world. Other than the semi and pro photographers, manual settings on cameras are becoming a thing of the past. Guess I need to write an article soon on how to use a 35mm camera!

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Sunday, November 26, 2006

Publicity Guaranteed - a different approach

Do you need some publicity for a new campaign your running? Is you budget a bit on the tight side but you need the exposure to get your business venture off on the right foot? Then you might want to check out "Publicity Guaranteed". For more information, visit http://www.PublicityGuaranteed.com. They have taken a different approach to publicity by charging you only for results instead of just their services.

Unlike traditional public relations service providers that charge for their time whether or not it results in a media placement, Publicity Guaranteed, Inc. charges only for actual media placements secured on a client's behalf, and at rates well below the industry-average. "Billing clients a relatively modest fee for only verified results is a completely new paradigm in the field of public relations. Now for the first time, businesses large and small are reaping the benefits and inherent value of publicity with no financial risk or uncertainty.

So if you are looking for a different and better way to promote and get the publicity you need visit Publicity Guaranteed to see what they can do for you.

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Save your memories before it's too late

Do you have home movies or video tape that holds all of those precious memories you have? We did and still do. Last year we found and collected a number of old 8mm and super 8mm movies that our parents had tucked away in the attic somewhere. We did this as Christmas presents for the family last year and let me tell you, it was none too soon. As we watched and taped some of the films, many of them disintegrated before our eyes from age! They were very brittle and not in good condition anymore. But, they were saved digitally for ever before that happened.

We had gone out on eBay to find a projector to play these films, as no one had a working projector that we could use. Once we did that, we started filming with video tape, the movies we wanted to put on DVD. We kept the projected screen size to about 6 inches max to make sure it was a very picture for recording. There are more expensive ways to do this, but it worked just fine. Once on video, I transferred the video to DVD through my computer and a video capture card, burned them to DVD and they are now forever saved digitally!

I went perusing through our video tape from years ago (back to 1990) and decided to get those saved on DVD as well. I could also do this on the computer but the cost of a DVD recorder has gone so low, it was easier to buy one for this task. I found a combo VRC and DVD recorder for less than $100 at Walmart on black Friday, and have already started transferring those tapes before they are lost forever.

Don't wait too long to save your memories, you could be sorry!

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When you think you've seen everything...

Antonio Master Impressionist
This guy is nuts! Just when I think that I've seen about everything on video, I find something like this one. Antonio is a huge part of a program called PayPerPost. As you can see from this video, Antonio is having a lot of fun and isn't afraid to show his "fishy side" to the world. Now you might think what's the purpose? Well it's quite simple really, and it all has to do with PayPerPost and they way they approach internet marketing.

If you want to earn some extra "clams", you can do it simply by writing about things you know, things you are willing to learn about (how to transform into a catfish), or even things you already know about. If you think this might be for you, stop by PayPerPost and learn some more about the progam. It's fun too!

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Long tail of search - capitalize for your site...

I recently received another email asking about the the Long Tail of search and what it was. I used two tools for this purcpose and both have their strengths and weaknesses. The first is http://www.hitttail.com and the second is http://www.103bees.com. Both are free! What are they?

They are a real-time online tool for webmasters and bloggers that is highly focused on natural search engine traffic analytics. It provides tons of detailed statistics and in-depth information on the search terms that drive visitors to your webpages,

Discover the Long Tail: explore all keyword combinations that work for your webpages

Generate ideas: spend some of your time doing customer intelligence and get ideas for new content

Get more visitors: research what keywords to target when adding new content to attract more search hits

Get higher rankings: optimize existing content and link anchor texts by choosing the most effective keywords to improve your search engine rankings

Spend less money: instead of paying for ads mine your Long Tail of search and use the most potential keywords to increase natural search engine traffic.

You will find that you can place easily for long tail search terms in the search engines and actually they are better targetted and if you are using affiliate programs or PPC on your site, you should be able to improve your CTR's using this method. To you success!

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Friday, November 24, 2006

eBook - High Performance Affiliate Marketing

This eBook was written by Jeremy Palmer. Jeremy is well known for his prowess in the internet marketing industry, especially in the area of affiliate marketing. Jeremy has been recognized by some of the biggest in the industry such as Commission Junction and is a "Power Performer", is a Yahoo Search Marketing Ambassador, and a Google Advertising Professional, and last year Jeremy made over a million dollars online. His personal site can be found at Quit Your Day Job.

His new eBook covers the following topics and more:
Learn how to find the most profitable products and services to promote
Find undiscovered niche markets with little or no competition
Multiply the size of your keyword list using my advanced strategies
Discover the hottest converting keywords
Create killer landing pages that convert
Achieve top search engine rankings
Pay less money for more traffic
and so much more...

High Performance Affiliate Marketing by
Jeremy Palmer is not just any e-book. It's a living and breathing work, that is continually updated with the latest online marketing tactics. In addition to the downloadable e-book, which you can print and read offline, you will be given access to an exclusive members area with the most up to date and practical information available. Take advantage of this offer today and start becoming independent of your own J.O.B.

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Twisted Fate - My sisters written her own book

About my sister - in her own words...

"Ten years ago, I was a stay at home mom. I was home-schooling two out of my four kids. When my children were asleep, I spent my time writing. I wasn't sure about what, I just wrote. The more I wrote the more I put together a wonderful, interesting book. Which made my book more interesting to me, was I used all of my kids names. Even us, home-makers can make a best-seller, even though our minds are fully focused on our kids. I dedicated the book to my family, for without their help and their kind hearts, I would have never had the heart to even try to publish this book, that has put several smilies on several faces." You can find this book at Amazon for your reading pleasure.

A brief excerpt from her book...
Blossom Banks had a perfect life until she turned seven years old. When her dad falls to his death, poor Blossom blames herself, and so does her mom, Elsa. As the years go on, Blossom goes through hell and back due to the way her mother treats her after the death of her father. After years of torture, Blossom has to find a way out. When she finally does, she is called back to close the book on all the answers she is trying to figure out. She finds out her mother is dying and now all Blossom wants to know before her mother dies is why she was treated so badly. Blossom is afraid to let her mom go until she finds out why she was so evil. She was an only child, though she knew her one and only sibling died during childbirth, or did he? With her mother dying, she must now travel the journey alone, the journey of discovering the many secrets of her past. But will the worst be yet to come?

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Defiance - Or how to succeed in business

The DEFIANCE Book Website provides a a true story so shocking, the KGB and DHS wanted to get rid of it's author - FOREVER

A trail-blazing self-made tycoon in post-Soviet Russia, Alex Konanykhin was worth $300 million by age 25, having created and controlled the largest bank in Russia. The rise of Boris Yeltsin to the presidency of Russia was financed by Konanykhin. Yeltsin rewarded Konanykhin by giving him the state residence built for the Soviet president and a large detail of Presidential Guards. But when the KGB kidnapped Konanykhin and stole his fortune, Alex and his beautiful wife, Elena, made a harrowing escape to America in September 1992.

Then a new nightmare started, as Konanykhin fought the FBI, INS and Justice Department to hold onto his freedom – and his life. The Russian mafia took out a contract on him, and to this day, the U.S. government is trying to deport him back to Russia, where he would most likely be killed, according to government experts.

Now, in “DEFIANCE” (September 2006), a shocking new memoir that is every bit as engrossing as a John le Carre novel, Alex Konanykhin, 39, tells an incredibly dramatic tale. This is a true-life story so riveting, only Konanykhin himself can tell it, a hair-raising account of betrayal, corruption, conspiracy, high-speed chases and government cover-ups. From the waning days of the Soviet Union to rebuilding his fortune as a U.S. entrepreneur, Konanykhin reveals his amazing saga of rags to riches, near death, battling two superpowers and achieving success in America.

“DEFIANCE: Or How To Succeed in Business Despite Being Hounded By the FBI, the KGB, the INS, the Department of Justice, Interpol Hit Men” lives up to its name. Konanykhin describes in eye-popping detail the waning days of the Soviet Union, the wild west atmosphere of the early Yeltsin years and a sinister deal between Russia and the FBI which made Konanykhin the chip the FBI agreed to pay to the Russians to keep its Moscow station open.

You can also download a free excerpt from the
Book Website to whet your appetite before hand.

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Share in the money being made on the Internet

If you haven’t yet heard about AGLOCO, you need to listen up! This new company, founded by a bunch of Stanford MBA students, is creating quite a buzz. Their slogan is ‘Own the Internet’… and that’s what it’s about: you’re getting back some of the money you generate for e-businesses just by surfing as you usually do. Skeptical? Well, here’s why I chose to join:

1) $$$ - I will earn ownership in the company (in the form of shares) and will then begin earning substantial money if this thing blows up (and I have nothing to lose if it doesn’t.)

2) Simplicity - I use the Internet just as I always have… I just get paid to do it!

3) Getting my share! - I like the idea of getting my share of all the billions of wealth being created on the Internet – even if I am not going to be a millionaire because of this.

The company has a very solid privacy structure in place, so your information won’t be shared and you won’t start receiving loads of spam. AND, you can earn for not only the time you spend on the net, but for the time your FRIENDS spend on the net. Think about it: you’re driving users to the site, so the company earns more, and you, in turn, earn more. Fair and square, right? I used the AGLOCO member calculator – I can get over 5,000 shares a month if I sign up 10 good people who recruit more new members; and, once the site has grown enough, I will start earning actual checks.

SIGN UP NOW – this is the key! Remember that you can maximize your earnings by getting referrals to the site… and YOU want to be the one referring everyone!

Here is a link to sign up –
Agloco.

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Thursday, November 23, 2006

Looking for a gift for your family Scientist?

Is one of your children a budding scientist? I can remember when I was young and very curious, I was always interested in all things scientific. I can still remember a number of Christmas's that I asked for many different types of "experimental of scientific" type gifts, such as the latest in electronic experimentation kits, everybody's favorite "chemical set" and of course the microscopes, so that we could see all things small!

I had a microscope and compared to today's available instruments, it was not the best of quality and didn't always perform as stated on the box. It was good enough how ever to explore the many different things that you could see only at very high manification. The microscope I had included a number of premade slides that you could explore until your hearts content. I remember still, the feeling of looking at a leaf at a "cellular level". How cool was that!

www.Microscopes.com is a brand new site from one of the best known optical dealers www.OpticsPlanet.com. You can give the best science gift, a microscope, & let your kids explore the world of micro universe at huge discounts up to 70% off & Free UPS on orders over $29.95 from
OpticsPlanet Microscopes.

They have brand name microscopes for kids for the holidays, but we also carry scientific stereo, compound, digital, photo, video camera microscopes. From doctor's office to medical lab, from high school to medical school, from enthusiastic hobbyist to university scientist we have a microscope for U! www.Microscopes.com is still in the works, but open for business! At OpticsPlanet - Kids, student microscopes, industrial microscopes, microscope accessories, huge selection of all sorts of loupes magnifiers, other stuff on SALE. Stop by and take a look at the huge selection and price ranges they have available.

If you have a budding scientist in the family, or maybe your college student is already on their way, why not get them off to a great start!

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Are going to be Christmas shopping online this year?

Online Bargain Shopping - Seek Out the Best Deals

Online bargain shopping is much in demand these days and more so in America. Americans have always been great shoppers. Smart shoppers have always gone about shopping with a budget, looking for bargains. Now with the advent of online shopping, Online Bargain Shopping has become a great fun. People sit at home and with the click of their mouse, go for bargains that are available on online shopping. With a little common sense - Shakespeare did say it was a rare commodity, and I totally disagree where online shoppers are concerned! - And a little forethought, you can make super savings on Online Bargain Shopping. Smart online shoppers regularly save 20% of the total money spent online.

Online Bargain Shopping - How to Make the Most Savings

Let us look at how you can maximize your savings while doing Online Bargain Shopping:

* Those days have not far gone when you used to visit various stores to compare prices. It was not an easy task. Today, with the Internet and its many benefits, you can do cyber-shopping. You have numerous options to compare prices of items not only in America, but also from all over the world! Comparison-shopping is one way to get the best bargains online. When buying electronic items, a product priced at $700 on one online site could be had for $300 from another! You can save up to $400 on a $700 priced item! All you need is to take time to compare. This is the one of the many advantages of online bargain shopping.
* Your goal, as a customer, is to buy the best product at the least possible price. Most regulars of online bargain shopping understand the power of coupons and store discounts. Many online stores offer a $10 coupon for every purchase of $50. Considering this as your weekly average, you save $40 a month on purchases totaling $200 - this is 20%! Smart online shoppers go for holiday online bargain shopping. If you are worried about product quality, do not! Stores, such as J.C Penney and Sears also offer holiday discounts like "$10 off for every $50 shopping - J.C Penney" and "$35 off for every $250 spent on electronics - Sears".
* Make a habit of selective shopping. Shop around for bargains all over. Depending on what you are buying and from which state, you may or may not be charged Sales Tax. Buy from states that do not charge Sales Tax for that product. This way you directly save 6% to 9% of the total sale amount. You may, have to pay transportation, but will still be less than your savings on Sales Tax. With the kind of competition online, you could probably negotiate not paying the shipping charges as well.

These and many other methods make Online Bargain Shopping a real bargain and fun. Happy Shopping!

Michael Lee is the owner of Guidebuy.com - Online Shopping Guide. He is a professional specializing in web design, affiliate marketing and e-business development.

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Do you miss playing the classic arcade games?

If you are like me, no matter how good the games and graphics for the newest games, both online and PC based become, I always have a soft spot for the older "classics" which are difficult to find these days. It's probably because I grew up with these games and they kind of stay with you as you get older no matter where the game market has gone.

Excessively Free Games provides
free online games of the classics for your online enjoyment. Games like Super Mario Bros. 3 Super Mario Bros. Drag Racer v3 and Pacman just to name a few are ready for you to play when ever you feel the need. There are many more available and I'm sure you will find your favorite classic at this site.

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Playing Rpg (role Playing Games) Online

The younger generation has been fascinated for many years with role playing games, or the well-known RPGs. This fascination has led some to believe that the games are unhealthy and dangerous but studies have proven that there is nothing in the slightest that can be construed as dangerous from these pieces of artistry and fiction writing. Role playing games combine all the strength of board games with the fantasy of video games making them highly popular because the game will change with every turn or role of the dice. Over the years the world has changed a bit and now the world is moving to the online role playing games versus the overt challenges that one faces with gathering a group for a live game.

The basis of role playing games, especially the online versions is the fact that the player takes on the identity of the character in the game. Through this sort of virtual out of body experience the player has the chance to work within the game and adjust the strategy more so then they would with the standard video games of the day. The possibilities are endless when it comes to the online role playing games which only adds to the draw for most of the players. Rather than having a set outcome each and every time the game is played like you would have with the video games, the online role playing games adapt to the players and the role they have taken on.

Many of the people in the gaming world have found the online role playing games to be far superior to anything the video game companies are able to turn out. This is enhanced by the fact that the game itself is far less complicated then the standard role playing game. Instead of having to use an expensive set of dice, the players use one of the many random number generating software programs. This acts just like dice as the computer selects random numbers based on the parameters set by the player. So if the player needs to role a one hundred sided die then the player would set the parameters to go from one to one hundred and set the role. This is just like the dice rolls that a person would use in the live versions of the game but much less expensive to handle.

Most of the work that needs to be done in the world of online role playing games is the creation of the back story for the game. Many times these are based on pure fiction coming from the minds of another former D and D player who has the talent to write the story and make it all the way through the end. From there the gamers take over and create the worlds as played through the characters.

Most of the sites that offer online role playing games are set to accept as many players as will come and then they allow the players to create their own characters to make things even more interesting. More over the sites will allow for the user to start creating the game that they want for others to play.
by Joe Goertz - Read more Games related articles at:
games-articles.com

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Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Have you been away from the Church?

Many people who were raised as Catholics, have fallen away from attending church and practicing the faith they were brought up under. This is not only a problem for the Catholic church, but for all Christian religions. We are in a time of revival in America. Is it time to go back to God, the church, and your beliefs? Might be, and if not now, when? When it's too late? If you are or were a practicing Catholic and not sure where to start, how about giving a listen to the Catholic Show? You might just find something you are looking for...

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"Purpose Driven Life" - a test of faith for Rick Warren

If you have read this book, then you already understand it's values. If you have not, you should. This book written by Rick Warren has changed the way thousands of people now look at their life and purcpose for being here. I came across this article the other day and had to share it. Having lost a couple of parents to this disease and lived through it, this story is uplifting albeit very sad to read. It does however show the strength of heart being a Christian can provide.

Author of this article unknown to me: Below is an interview with the author, Rick Warren ("Purpose Driven Life" and others...), and it has some profound ideas about LIFE. His wife was recently diagnosed with cancer so I think he's reflecting a little bit...

Lest we forget. This is an absolutely incredible interview with Rick Warren, "Purpose Driven Life " author and pastor of Saddleback Church in California . His wife now has cancer. In the interview by Paul Bradshaw with Rick Warren, Rick said: People ask me, what is the purpose of life? And I respond: In a nutshell, life is preparation for eternity. We were made to last forever, and God wants us to be with Him in Heaven.

One day my heart is going to stop, and that will be the end of my body-- but not the end of me. I may live 60 to 100 years on earth, but I am going to spend trillions of years in eternity. This is the warm-up act - the dress rehearsal. God wants us to practice on earth what we will do forever in eternity. We were made by God and for God, and until you figure that out, life isn't going to make sense.

Life is a series of problems: Either you are in one now, you're just coming out of one, or you're getting ready to go into another one. The reason for this is that God is more interested in your character than your comfort. God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your
life happy. We can be reasonably happy here on earth, but that's not the goal of life. The goal is to grow in character, in Christ likeness. This past year has been the greatest year of my life but also the toughest, with my wife, Kay, getting cancer.

I used to think that life was hills and valleys - you go through a dark time, then you go to the mountaintop, back and forth. I don't believe that anymore. Rather than life being hills and valleys, I believe that it's kind of like two rails on a railroad track, and at all times you have something good and something bad in your life. No matter how good things are in your life, there is always something bad that needs to be worked on. And no matter how bad things are in your life, there is always something good you can thank God for.

You can focus on your purposes, or you can focus on your problems. If you focus on your problems, you're being self-centered, "which is my problem, my issues, my pain." But one of the easiest ways to get rid of pain is to get your focus off yourself and onto God and others. We discovered quickly that in spite of the prayers of hundreds of thousands of people, God was not going to heal Kay or make it easy for her. It has been very difficult for her, and yet God has strengthened her character, given her a ministry of helping other people, given her a testimony, drawn her closer to Him and to people.

You have to learn to deal with both the good and the bad of life. Actually, sometimes learning to deal with the good is harder. For instance, this past year, all of a sudden, when the book sold 15 million copies, it made me instantly very wealthy. It also brought a lot of notoriety that I had never had to deal with before. I don't think God gives you money or notoriety for your own ego or for you to live a life of ease. So I began to ask God what He wanted me to do with this money, notoriety and influence. He gave me two different passages that helped me decide what to do, II Corinthians 9 and Psalm 72.

First, in spite of all the money coming in, we would not change our lifestyle one bit. We made no major purchases. Second, about midway through last year, I stopped taking a salary from the church. Third, we set up foundations to fund an initiative we call "The Peace Plan" to plant churches, equip leaders, assist the poor, care for the sick, and educate the next generation. Fourth, I added up all that the church had paid me in the 24 years since I started the church, and I gave it all back. It was liberating to be able to serve God for free.

We need to ask ourselves: Am I going to live for possessions? Popularity? Am I going to be driven by pressures? Guilt? Bitterness? Materialism? Or am I going to be driven by God's purposes (for my life)? When I get up in the morning, I sit on the side of my bed and say, God, if I
don’t get anything else done today, I want to know You more and love You better. God didn't put me on earth just to fulfill a to-do list. He's more
interested in what I am than what I do. That's why we're called human beings, not human doings.

Happy moments, PRAISE GOD.
Difficult moments, SEEK GOD.
Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD.
Painful moments, TRUST GOD.
Every moment, THANK GOD.

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Are you on the go and need your email fast?

If you live in today's fast paced world, you already understand the importance of having information always available at your fingers tips. You shouldn't have to wait for your PIM or email to show up at given intervals. If something is sent to you, you should be able to access it immediately as you do at home with your other services.

emoze, the world's first free and secure push email and personal information management (PIM) service. With emoze Personal Edition, anyone with vast variety of mobile devices can receive behind the firewall corporate and/or consumer accounts emails and PIM data, such as contacts and diary scheduling, on their mobile phone or PDA on the move, anywhere in the world.

The vast majority of Email usage today is via the PC. In our vision, people will send letters to each other electronically anytime, anywhere, regardless of global location, device type or network operator and in a similar fashion and experience as we know it on a PC.

The emoze technology is built to support any mobile device including all Microsoft PocketPC or Symbian devices. In addition, emoze covers the vast majority of mobile devices and will keep maintaining and adapting the service for all newly emerging mobile devices over time.

As a real push email service, emoze will automatically push your emails and PIM data to your phone as soon as it is sent to you without you having to pro-actively connect to a service every time you want to send or receive. For the past few years, this type of service has been available mainly in a very costly package and mostly restricted to a specific hardware and software platform. emoze removes such barriers with a free, simple, flexible, and secure service creating significant savings for corporate users and consumers alike.

emoze believes that mobile push email and PIM data should become a commodity service -- a given -- just like a voice call. Anyone, from corporate users to consumers, should have access to this basic service as part of their day-to-day communications. This is the background and reason to development and introduction of the 'emoze Personal Addition' (www.emoze.com) to the world, a free push email and PIM service to anyone, anywhere and on any device.

The emoze push messaging service is a result of proprietary, in-house development by the Emblaze Group’s top engineers, who have achieved dramatically enhanced performance on both message delivery/sync and push management. Unlike other solutions in the market place, emoze have created real push-event technology, in which synchronization occurs only on incoming and outgoing events, rather than via periodical checks for change. This part of the technology not only saves the user connectivity related costs but also dramatically reduces device power usage.

Just go to the free download page at
emoze.com and get yours free now...

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Cable or Satellite for TV?

This question will go down as the proverbial argument of the century I'm sure. Many of us have sat on the middle of the fence of this topic for years. There are excellent reasons why I have cable and there are excellent reasons why I have had satellite service as well. Here are some of my thoughts on the pros and cons of each.

Satellite Television -
Pros
-Available pretty much any where unless you live at the bottom of a valley with mountains to you general south.
-Picture quality of digital satellite TV is fantastic
-Very competitive pricing for channel packages received
-Service is adequate in most cases
Cons
-Signal fade when it rains or snows hard, or if cloud cover is especially thick
-some providers require a "term commitment
-some providers require you purchase your equipment which could become outdated quickly, including your dish
-Internet service typically not available or very expensive (not competitive.

Cable Television
Pros
-Digital cable where available has "good" quality picture and sound
-Local network channels always available
-No fade issues with inclement weather
-Many companies offer "bundled" services for TV, internet (high speed), and even phone now.
-Very price competitive for packages offered.
-Service is adequate in most cases
Cons
-not always available every where (especially rural areas)
-little or no competition (usually monopolizes an area) to bring pricing down
-Often not as many channel choices as satellite

All in all, it really depends on your area what you will need or decide to do. Where you live may dictate that you go with Satellite, where as where I live I go with cable because of the availability of high speed internet. It's a game of choices. I have had both and I can say that I liked/dis-liked both services so you need to decide what is best for you.

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Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Loved ones far away? Pingo has your answer.

Pingo provides calling cards that are designed to provide you with the best prepaid calling card service experience, including quality, convenience, and customer service at the most competitive rates available today. With Pingo calling cards there are no additional charges - just a nominal monthly maintenance fee - what you see is what you pay.

Pingo
prepaid calling card service has international calling cards that save you money on international calls and you can upgrade your long distance service without the trouble of having to change carriers. Pingo international calling cards offer the savings of a discount calling card with the reliable quality of one of the largest carriers of international calls which is at your service when ever you need it.

Do you maybe have a loved one in
Iraq on military duty? Use Pingo calling cards to make calls to your loved one with Iraq calling card rates as low 13.5 cents per minute from the US. It's free to sign up and receive a $5 bonus for signing up too!

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Create unlimited Adsense cash machines...

What if...
- For the first time ever in Internet Marketing history,you can watch a live case study of an actual MONEY-MAKING site being built right before your eyes.

- You'll be able to witness the entire step-by-step process to turn a blank website into an automatic revenue generator.

- You can see EVERYTHING, including the cpanel, AdSense earnings, affiliate earnings, traffic generated, search engine spidering, EVERYTHING.

- You'll get the keys to be able to create AS MANYof these Internet cash machines as you want.

- You'll be able to discover the no cost methods to automatically get 100 or more visitors per day, everyday, within 24 hours of building your site

- You'll be able to get your sites indexed in major search engines (Google, Yahoo) within 24 hours, and appear on the first page of those search engines for many keywords.

- You'll be able to generate money in less than 24 hours of loading your site

- Did I mention you can build as MANY of these cash machines as you like?? :-)

VisitorSense can help get you there! Check it out today...

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Camtasia Studio 4 - a new way to communicate

If you've been around the internet and especially the internet marketing arena for any length of time, then you have have no doubt come across a video tutorial, or video promoting products and services. One the most popular software creations for this purpose is "Camtasia Studio".

Most of the big names in the internet world have videos, that either explain their products or teach you how to use them.
Camtasia 4 which was just recently released can handle all of your full motion screen capture video needs. It's used by the best in the business and it is a powerful software package, yet quite simple to learn to use.

Sometimes it's hard to predict what your viewers will want or need. You won't know whether they will watch your videos on a laptop or mobile device. Would they prefer an MP3 or iPod video file to take along? Now you can stop guessing and give your audience a variety of options. Choose the primary file format you want, then add iPod and/or MP3 to the production list, and even attach a PowerPoint presentation. Then, produce them all at once. Now your customers or visitors have the option to choose. If you are serious about your training or marketing needs,
Camtasia 4 may be just the tool you need to invest in.

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Is video the new media of choice?

If you've been around the internet for any length of time now, you have obviously seen numerous ways to present your products through use of video. Video seems to be generating enough interest for Google to purchase YouTube and I fugure they some idea what they are talking about and doing by now.

It used to be a difficult thing to get video onto the net. The files were huge, the quality was poor, and ingeneral it just was a lot more work than most people were willing to put in. Since the advent of digital video, it has become so easy to put your thoughts, your ideas, and sell your wares, that many more people are doing it.

If you take a look around YouTube or any of the many blogs and other places where you can find videos, you'll be shocked at what's available. You'll find videos ranging from the totally weird to the latest in productions specifically designed to sell on the web.

The tools you need can be as basic as a decent computer cam and built in software, to the newest digital camcorders and video editing software on the markey. It's also simple enough now that most anyone can do it. All you need is basic computer skills to create, edit, and uplaod your video to the internet. It's all there and video is ever increasing in popularity so catch the wave before it passes you by.

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Have you checked out the PayPerPost forum?

If you are part of the PayPerPost program, then you need to check out the forum. I spent some time this morning registering, setting up my identity and making my first post. I even already had my first reply! All within about 5 minutes.

After browsing through about 20 pages of forum postings, I realized something that I've been missing and I'm glad I now have found it. A lot of the questions I've had over the time I've been a Postie regarding
PayPerPost, were answered just by reading the information in the forum posted by other fellow Posties!

I'm sure I will make a few new aquaintences along the way too and it's looks like a great way to network with other Posties should you wish to do so. Check it out...

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Are you looking for a way to improve your Adsense earnings?

I am always looking for ways to increase my Adsense earnings and I have tried a number of programs available out there to help me do that. I definitely rely on my main site and the original content on it for my main and consistent resource for income, but I'd be foolish not to make use of the the other tools that are available out there to increase my earnings. After all, that's what this is all about isn't it?

Well after purchasing a few programs, I found one that actually has lived up to it's hype so far and it's called
Visitor Sense. JP Schoeffel has created a set of videos that walks you through the entire process from purchasing your domain, to 3 weeks after it's creation, and everything required in between.

The
Visitor Sense videos teach you how to make use of social book marking as well to "jump start your sites traffic, how to take notes for tracking your progress and developing todo lists as you go.

I created 7 niche sites using his software and process (about 15 minutes per site) and they took about a week to start getting indexed and are already earning money. The first 3 which were indexed 3 days ago, have earned just over $5 already. If that trend holds I will have paid for the price I invested in less that 1 month just from those 3 sites and the other 4 have yet to kick in. If you are looking at a way to increase your earnings, then I would say at least take a look at the
Visitor Sense videos.

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Monday, November 20, 2006

An inexpensive but useful POS software package

I recently looked at this site which offers a cheap pos option for cashier software. What is POS? I had to ask the same thing as I had never heard the term before, and it's "point of sale" software.

The software at first glance appears to be on the basic side, in fact it reminds me of a DOS based application, but after reviewing the features, it seems to provide all the necessary tools for your small business applications and can grow with you as your business grows. It tracks all your sales and customers and much more. It can take sales via barcode or manual entry.

You can pay for more elaborate software design, but isn't functionality the most important thing these days? It appears that D-POS might be what you need for a very affordable price.

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Credit Cards - Tool or debt creator?

We've all been in the situation. That brand new "something" presents itself, the savings are low, but you felt you just had to have it. So what did you do? Well if you were smarter than the average person, you resisted the urge and moved on to something else. But what if you didn't?

If you didn't, you just became like a very large number of people who fall into to the trap of credit debt every year. There's nothing wrong with credit cards. Credit cards are a very safe way to make purchases, especially online, as they offer you many options and rewards, and even protection from theft and fraud.

Credit cards are not the "root of all evil" like many people want to say.
Credit cards are just what they claim to be, an easy, convenient, and safe way to purchase consumer goods and services. The user of the card is the determining factor when it comes to whether credit cards can be good or bad things. If you can't afford the payment or misuse the cards, they become things that are not good for us. If they are used wisely and in a way that is beneficial, they can become very good things. One way I like to use credit cards is for debt reduction. There are dangers to this but if done correctly it can be a useful tool. You can read more on this here: Debt Management.

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Looking for a new credit card?

Most people in the modern world today have at least one credit card, and many have multiple cards. There are now so many different types of Credit Cards available that you really need a place to to be able to compare the different offers in one place. One of those places is http://www.creditcardsearchengine.com/ .

You want miles, find one with miles and compare multiple companies. You want reward points? Check out that option. Maybe you need to transfer some balances from a higher interest rate card to one wiht a lower rate? What ever your
Credit Cards needs are, you can find it here at CreditCardSearchEngine dot com...

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How to save money on auto insurance...

The difference in price between various companies can be significant. What one company may consider a high .....Driving without car insurance is illegal in most parts of the world!Car insurance is one of the most important types of insurance that you can get. If you are going to drive anywhere, then you are most likely required by law to have at least a minimal amount of car insurance. Once you are required to have that minimal amount, you might as well make sure that you get enough insurance to cover most of the possible things that could happen to you or your car while you're driving.

What You Need To Know About Home Based Business Auto InsuranceWhen purchasing home based business insurance, auto insurance should not be overlooked, nor should you assume your personal car insurance is sufficient as home based .....There are several things to consider when you are looking for car insurance. The first is what amount you're required to have by law - though usually you will get that information when you register your new vehicle and get your license plate. The second is that you should make sure that you know exactly who needs to be insured for your car.Essentially, when you insure your car, most insurance policies want to know who is going to be driving it, and what their driving record is like. Then, depending on the driving records of the people you intend to put on your car insurance policy, the price may fluctuate. For this reason, you may want to limit the number of people you insure for your car, or limit who gets to drive it. This is another reason why you should be careful with your driving record. Serious violations can cause your car insurance rates to go up.


To read the rest of this article please visit 15 ways to save on auto insurance at my site at WM8C's Ham Links

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Online insurance quote with Home Town quotes

I have been thinking about purchasing some additional insurance for myself. I came across this site for getting Free Insurance Quotes and decided to fill out the form and see how it went. The form was very quick and easy to fill out and it took less that 5 minutes to do. I received a match with 3 different companies in less than 5 minutes. That's the plus side. On the downside, I would now have to fill out applications from these companies to receive an actual quote. I was assuming this would be done for me. This service is ok and very quick, but if you use it be prepared to fill out additional forms once you've submitted it.

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Thursday, November 16, 2006

Financing your Kitchen Remodeling Project: Making the Dream a Reality

You've dreamed of ripping out your small cabinets and replacing them with custom kitchen cabinets and upgrading from laminate countertops to granite countertops. The only problem is figuring out how you will finance your kitchen remodeling dream project.

Like most homeowners, finding ways to finance a kitchen remodeling is often half the battle of actually getting there. Selecting materials, products and colors is the fun part; the hard part comes in finding the money to finance all those kitchen remodeling upgrades.

Of course, one way to finance your kitchen remodeling project is to attempt the do it yourself route. With the number of home improvement and do it yourself books and television programs available today, more people are attempting kitchen remodeling projects than ever before. There can definitely be a financial advantage to taking on some of the small kitchen remodeling projects yourself. Just be sure you know the limits on your kitchen remodeling skills and when to call in the professionals.

If you lack a large stash of cash in your savings account to fund your next kitchen remodeling project, you'll need to finance it through a borrowing method. A number of home improvement stores now offer financing plans and credit cards, but savvy homeowners know that putting their kitchen remodeling on a credit card can actually be more disastrous than advantageous.

The best way to finance your kitchen remodeling project, if you are not able to pay cash, is to take out a home improvement loan. This is an advantageous route for a number of reasons. First, the interest rate you pay on a home improvement loan for the purpose of kitchen remodeling is going to be drastically lower than the interest rate on a credit card. In the end, this means that you'll pay less for your kitchen remodeling project with a home improvement loan than with a credit card. Second, it's quite likely that you may be able to deduct the interest you pay on your kitchen remodeling loan on your taxes.

Finally, obtaining a home improvement loan gives you more flexibility with your kitchen remodeling plans, because while some kitchen remodeling contractors won't accept credit cards; everyone accepts cash.


Lyn Davis is a freelance author. For more information visit Kitchen Remodel or Home Design

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Are you ready for an "extreme home makeover"?

As I noted in a previous post, my wife goes to extremes when it comes to a home makeover. I say extreme, because she goes to "extremes" to make me crazy during her makeovers! So how about another solution? How about a chance to win an extreme home makeover. You can follow the link and enter for free.

Home remodeling is all about property value as well as comfort and personalization of your home to meet your needs. For example, two identical houses could sell for as much as a 20% different price even next door to each other - assuming the landscaping on one was immaculate. If you find that hard to believe, consider that 90% of home buyers drive by the property for sale before ever considering taking a tour or visiting an open house. As a result, the homes with stronger curb appeal always leave the best lasting impression. So consider sprucing up your lawn and landscaping, or maybe your kitchen if you're looking to increase the value of your home!

So, do want to help your curb appeal? Try winning for your self an
extreme makeover for your home. It might save you the "extreme headache" I'm having right now as I watch my wife work on her latest home improvement project.

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The home improvement train hit my house...

Well my wife is at it again. Home improvement ideas started entering her head and now I can home this evening to find my master bedroom and bath completely stripped of fixures, dressers and my bed is in the family room and my walls are a fresh new color of "KILZ" white!

The easy thing to do would have been to puch everything to the center of the room but my wife doesn;t believe in simple, she's a firm believer in complete and utter caos with regard to her projects. I have no idea at this point what she has in mind for these two rooms but I'm sure I will love them when she's done as she really does a great job, but sleeping on our mattress tonight on the family room floor doesn't have me very excited at the moment.

When there is a project to do, she gets it done, but when there's a project to do, it's like realeasing a tornando in our home for a few days and everything stops except for her project untiil it's done. I learned to be quiet and just watch and help when asked. Why? Well let's just say that I haven't managed 27 years with her by arguing about it...

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Home Security...It's now affordable, portable, and easy to install

Have ever considered how easy it is for someone to enter you home without you knowing it? Home security is often taken for granted because it thought to be that it's too difficult to install, very expensive to have the monitoring done, and it's not something you can easily do yourself if you wanted to do so. Well that's not the case any more.

Laser shield Systems has introduced a home, office, or anywhere you want it to be
Security System that very portable, easy to install, very affordable and con be purchased locally at many of the stores that I'm sure are in your local neighborhood. It's an infrared detection system that can be found at you local Comp USA, Home Depot, Costco, Kmart, Montgomery Ward, or Sears.

Now having a
Security System in your home or office is simple and can be had by most anyone. Your security is priceless, so take some time to look at this system and you'll be pleasantly surprised.

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Create your own “original content” for Adsense…

I recently received a nice little check from Google just by following the same simple, yet powerful information I'm about to share with you...

The fact is no matter what you're selling online, whether it's your own products or services, or if you're an affiliate -- you need traffic! There's just no way around it. And Search Engines are the last free way to drive lots and lots of targeted traffic to your site.
But the BIG problem is getting a top ranking. You're competing with hundreds, probably thousands, of other sites all looking for the top slots. And if that wasn't bad enough, the Search Engines keep changing the rules on you all the time. It's enough to drive you crazy!

I threw in the towel because it seemed nearly impossible for a techno "dummy" like me to get high rankings...until now. That's why I'm so excited to share a brand new resource
that will literally give you an unfair advantage. Here's what I'm talking about...It's a new, easy-to-use software put out by one of the top Adsense income experts, David Watson.

Please do *not* confuse this with another piece of search engine submission software or a stale, outdated ebook. It's the first interactive, Unique Content Creator program I've seen that walks you through every step of writing and rewriting articles. Then it does the rewriting for you. You can have 100's of unique articles in seconds. David calls it his
"14 second solution". As you know, Google is keeping a close eye out for "Content Spam" sites. These are web sites that have duplicate content on them. Many of my subscribers (maybe even you!) have been making a nice living out of building content sites from PLR (Private Label Rights) articles and articles 'scraped' from the article directories. Unfortunately, those sites are now in danger of being banned as Google improves its content filters.

Just in time, David Watson has released his latest hit program: Website Content Wizard. I have watched David take a PLR article and make 100 brand new versions in less than 14 seconds. I then read thru them and I have to tell you, I was expecting low quality, grammatically incorrect garbage. Was I surprised! Each article was well written, informative and extremely professional. In fact, he submitted one to an article directory... one with human editors who approve or reject articles. Just to prove the quality. It passed.

Now you may have seen or even tried some other programs that claim to rewrite articles. I have, and it turned me off the whole idea, until David cornered me and showed me what Website Content Wizard can do. Now I have gone on a little longer than I like in this
email because David has me so excited about the potential for exploding my Adsense income...and yours! David, by the way, made a mere $177,307.51 from Adsense
alone last year so I think he qualifies as someone to watch and model. Plus, not one of his sites in the past 9 months has been dropped by Google. Now, here's more good news...

David is offering his own subscribers a special deal for the next 7 days, and I've twisted his arm to get him to allow me to make my subscribers the same very special $30 savings offer. This is totally legitimate if you don't use my link below you'll pay more on David's normal site (which is still a bargain for the software you're getting). Don't wait. I've managed to set-up a special limited time offer for you to get the first shot at applying these BIG TIME Adsense revenue secrets. For your $30 discount and more information go here:
Website Content Wizard and I promise you'll love it!

P.S. If you've ever wished for more Adsense revenue...if you've ever wanted dozens, hundreds, even thousands more online visitors... or even if you just wished you'd make a fraction of what the big boys make on Adsense...then
Website Content Wizard was made for you!

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More Christmas gift ideas…

Having a hard time finding that special gift for the person who has everything? We all know one. One thing that you really can’t go wrong with is a personalized gift for that special person. Kiki’s is a store where you can find a number of different gifts that can be personalized with one to three lines of your choice on leather bound photo frames, items for business like diaries, address or guest books, or Leather photo albums. They have lots of items and lots of colors and they are can be made special with what decide to personalize them with. Check it out…

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Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Cash in with Google Adsense today

Like many people, I keep hearing all these stories about folks making a killing with Adsense just by putting up a few simple sites. I've only just found out about this guy who has been quietly raking in the cash from Adsense using some software that he wrote for himself. His amazing software program creates an unlimited number of unique Adsense content sites that bring the search engines flooding to his door.

It uses simple but radical new techniques to build sites that avoid the duplicate content filters being applied by the search engines. If you've got some PLR articles lying about, you can feed them into this program, and it will spit out complete optimized websites faster than you can blink.

If you act quickly you can steal this program for a fraction of the usual price, but, if you get to the website at Website Article Wizard, and the special deal isn't available, I'm sorry, but you've missed out, and the deal might never be repeated again. I nearly fell off my chair when I visited the site,and checked out his income statement. He used it to earn over $5000 while he was on vacation, lazing on the beach, and he'll even show you the proof of this.

You can watch him demonstrate exactly how it works, and he'll let you check out some of the websites built with it. He is reluctant to let too many people get their hands on the program, so that it doesn't lose its' effectiveness, and I don't know how much long he is going to keep selling it. I wish I'd known about it sooner. I've grabbed my copy and already started using it to produce my own empire of Adsense content sites.

You really should check out the Website Article Wizard right now, while the program is still
available.

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Tuesday, November 14, 2006

What can you do with RSS and new type of feed?

If you are into website publications and any type content generation for them, you know how difficult it can be to keep you content fresh enough to keep people coming back. I am heavily into building an Adsense income on my main website and one thing that you can us to stay current is RSS feeds. RSS or "really simple syndication" are all the rage for bloggers and website builders with regard to keeping your site fresh and attractive to your visitors. The are numerous sources to get these feeds from and this is where FeedCycle.com comes in.

They have taken a bit of anew approach to providing RSS feeds. If you provide an RSS feed from your site and decided to provide a 10 part mini course on some new marketing technique you have discovered, you would need to at regular intervals add each of these to your site so that your subscribers would get each of the individual parts at the time interval you wanted them to receive them.

With
FeedCycle.com it's simpler. FeedCycle is a web service that manages serialized web feeds for you. What is a serialized web feed? A serialized RSS web feed enables a subscriber to receive, perhaps on a daily or weekly basis. You have the sequential episodes from a given series of episodes or chapters of your program. So for example, if you have a 10 part training course, on day 1 or week 1, you would receive the first topic, on day or week 2 you would receive the second topic, and so on. On the 10th day or week of the cycle, your course would be complete. Technically, it is still RSS and conventional RSS web feed reader software and tools can be used to subscribe to these feeds.

What can I do with a cyclic web feed? Cyclic web feeds are not for current news or "fresh" content. However, they can be used to "replay" some of your existing content from your site or blog. If you have previously published a 10 episode podcast - that tells a story from start to finish - you can create a cyclic web feed and ensure that your subscribers always start from the beginning. This gets around the problem of people coming to your site once everything is published and jumping around because it is all there to see.

At
FeedCycle.com, they provide you with method of providing to you listener or customer, the information you want to provide to them, in the order you want them to receive it. This can be a great tool for internet marketing if you have a launch coming up and you are working on a "pre-sell" program that will be delivered in individual parts. Use your imagination and put it to work for you. It's free to sign up, so check it out.

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New to internet marketing? How do you get started?

I am still a relative newbie to internet marketing but I am getting more and more experienced every week that goes by. I thought I might share some of what I have been learning over the past six months now and share a few insights that I wish someone had shared with me in the beginning.

Currently my main source of income is from the Google Adsense program. I would be willing to bet that the majority of people getting into the internet marketing world enters through that particular portal. It's the way I got into this as well. I have more recently been venturing out into other areas of the internet marketing world and I am proceeding very slowly at the moment, mostly because if you don't, you could easily find yourself spending more money that you are earning.

The reason I say that is because there are so many people out there trying to sell you the latest information, and it's all at prices of $37, 67, 97, 197, 297 dollars (I still haven't figured out the significance of the "7" yet but I will) and before you know it you could own half of them if your not careful. Keep in mind that many of these people are making their money off people like you and I who are trying to learn and if not careful we will buy all of their wares.

First word of caution, if sounds too good to be true, it is! Same as in the off-line world, and no different. Second, they all claim to be guru's and that they don't need your money (but they really do). Don't buy anything until you've thought about it for a week. If the offer is done in 24 hours, so be it, let it go because another will come along. I will be back with more but that will get you started. To your success.

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