Graphics Videos Back On Line
Wow! What a catastrophe. The Planet data centre suffered an electrical explosion that took out three walls and set the place alight! Luckily no one was hurt. You can found out more about the whole saga below.
http://forums.theplanet.com/index.php?showtopic=90185&st=0
Considering the extent of the damage they have done a remarkable job to get it back up and running.
So, gimpvideos.com is back and running, all up to date.
The nickel sale is still on, still with the opportunity to grab a set of how to graphics videos at a bargain price. Still under $10 at the moment.
Nothing else to read here so go have a look…………go on. Graphics Videos
Graphics Videos Nickel Sale Live - A Bit Late
This had to be the dumbest oversight post ever!! Graphics Videos went live on the 29th May…… I didn’t post about it!
In mitigation it was quite hectic with a few last minute things to set up but that’s really no excuse. And I only just realised it when I did that previous post about the outage at the datacentre. So, I can’t even say rush over to gimpvideos.com and check it out because, chances are, at the moment you won’t be able to get on to it!
But, I will say this, keep trying because it will come back and, even if I say so myself, it’s well worth looking at!
You can get a set of how to videos for Gimp that show you some amazing things for a bargain price, less than $10 at the moment. Here’s a list of the video titles.
1. Installation & Guided Tour
2. Xtns Menu Features
3. Using Text Part 1
4. Using Text Part 2
5. Removing an Image Object From A Photograph
6. Creating a Sales Page Header
7. Creating a Software Box/eBook Cover With Reflections & Shadow.
8. More Reflection Techniques.
9. Selections Part 1
10. Selections Part 2
11. Creating Sales Page Objects.
12. Putting it All Together - Creating The Sales Page
So, just keep trying.
Graphics Videos Outage
Apparently there is an outage at the data centre in the US and gimpvideos.com has been down for several hours.
Unfortunately I don’t have any details of the extent of the outage but it must be pretty serious as most datacentres are never out for long.
My apologies for this but please stick with it. As they say normal service will be resumed as soon as possible and thanks for your patience, assuming you have any left that is!
Don’t you hate that when you’re in a phone queue and they say, “We appreciate your patience”!!!. If they only knew and I suspect they do, it’s the one thing guaranteed to shorten your patience.
Anyway, hopefully it won’t be too much longer.
Graphics Videos Going Live
At long last the graphics videos are ready and about to go live.
It’s been decided that there’ll be a pre-launch in the form of a Nickel sale.
If you’re not familiar with a Nickel sale the price starts off low and increases by 5 cents for every sale. It’s therefore important to get in early.
The videos are 12 in all and cover
1. Installation & Guided Tour
2. Xtns Menu Features
3. Using Text Part 1
4. Using Text Part 2
5. Removing an Image Object From A Photograph
6. Creating a Sales Page Header
7. Creating a Software Box/eBook Cover With Reflections & Shadow.
8. More Reflection Techniques.
9. Selections Part 1
10. Selections Part 2
11. Creating Sales Page Objects.
12. Putting it All Together - Creating The Sales Page
If you would like to see an excerpt and sign up for early warning of the start of the Nickel sale go to the Graphics Videos site right now! It will take place sometime in the next few days.
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Does Adsense Make Any Cents Anymore?
Excuse the pun, it was intended!
It never ceases to amaze me the amount of mis-information that people who regard themselves as experts, spread around the net and forums. It’s no wonder that anyone who is trying to get into internet marketing gets confused and unfortunately put off.
Maybe that’s the aim, cynical comment warning! These mis-informants are making a bit of money and don’t want any fresh competition! They can’t handle the truth competition. Fact is the net’s so big there’s room for everyone.
Anyway back to Adsense. Of course it still makes sense. I’ve been making a steady income from Adsense for almost a year. Not enough to retire on yet, but steady.
With all the talk of how Google is the enemy and the slaps etc. you really need to put this all into perspective. Why do Google run Adsense, no brainer really, to MAKE MONEY!
So why would they want to stop you from making money? Answer is they don’t. If you don’t make money then neither do they!
Google has a responsibilty, mostly to itself, to ensure that anything promoted by them is ethical and in line with guidelines and obviously they are going to stop anyone trying to cheat the system.
Play by the rules and you can make money, lots of money.
One guy who has and does is Michael Cheney and I have a free report from Michael that you can get right here, right now, Adsense4U. No signup required. Unless you want to of course and you can do that in the sidebar to the right. Your choice.
Michael is the master at Adsense and you can’t do better than to follow what he does.
Here’s a hint, if you decide to look at the videos, look more than once! Say na more! nudge, nudge! wink, wink!
Your Most Important Resource
In your internet business, what do you think is your most important resource?
Is it your autoresponder? Your hosting account? Your JV partners?
All very important but I reckon the most important is right in front of you now. Your Computer. Without it you can’t do a thing with the rest. Yet how many of us just take it for granted?
In my 30 years plus as a computer/network support engineer I could probably count on the fingers of one hand the number of users who actually look after their computer. And I’m not one of them!
I’m as guilty as everyone else, it’s too easy to turn it on and away you go.
We all know we should make backups, don’t we? Not often enough though eh?
Rule 1: Make a backup every time you create something new or change something. With DVD writers it’s just too easy, no excuses these days.
Having said that I’m guilty as well, I do give my computer some maintenance, just not as often as I probably should.
Rule 2: Maintenance. Defragment your drive. Apart from freeing up space it will make your PC run quicker. Even if you don’t actually defragment it at least run the analysis phase once a week, then you’ll be aware of the state of your drive/s. There are a lot of other things you can do as well. I won’t list them, you can see what they are in this brilliant, FREE piece of software, Easycleaner by Toniarts. Here’s a screen shot.
Now a lot of people, so called computer professionals/geeks will tell you not to run registry cleaners, after a sharp intake of breath! They usually do this because it makes them seem really knowledgable and because they will then charge like a wounded bull to do it for you! Am I cynical about today’s computer industry? You bet!
Playing with the registry can be risky and if you don’t know what you’re doing DON’T play with the registry editor, you can murder your computer! I haven’t come across a reputable registry cleaner that has caused a problem and Easycleaner is no exception. Having said that, there are no guarantees. But, having said THAT I’ve been using Easycleaner for about ten years without any problem.
I don’t want to tempt fate but he really should charge for this software, it is really good!
It has an UNDO function which will, funnily enough, undo what you’ve done to put you back to where you were.
Now, after all that I haven’t mentioned why you should run a registry cleaner. A lot of the operations that you do on your PC affect the registry, in that an entry is made in there. As things get deleted and altered the registry doesn’t. Windows is happy to put them in there but not so good about taking them out! So, the registry gets bloated. It’s basically a database that is loaded when Windows starts up, notice how Windows takes longer to load as time goes on? Due in no small part to the bloated registry.
Ideally, you should carry out all these operations once a week and you’ll find your computer will maintain a decent level of performance.
Rule 3: There is no rule 3.
Do the above, use FREE Easycleaner and you and your computer should live happily ever after.
PS. I don’t get anything for recommending this program. It’s part of my policy to provide value to my readers and where I find something of value which I use myself and can vouch for, whether or not it’s free, I’ll recommend it. I also promise that I will try to recommend more free things than the other kind.
PPS. In the near future I will be launching a site which will only contain free stuff, ebooks and software for a start, so stay tuned. I just need a little time to sort through it all.
What’s It going To Cost?
Hey, what’s this? I thought we were here to make money not spend it!
Well here’s the wake up! If you seriously want to build an internet business you are going to have to invest something. That includes, time, effort and I’m afraid money.
Now that’s not entirely true.
Confusing ain’t it?
Sure is. It all depends on how you want to approach it.
I initially told you that you could do it for free with Bum Marketing and Article Marketing and you can. But, Travis himself talks about sending visitors to a landing page for those article directories that won’t let you put in affiliate links.
If you are going to have landing pages you need web hosting, domain name(s), pages built or at least domain name forwarding.
If you are going to produce your own products from Private Label Right products you will need a source of those, usually a PLR membership site.
If you are going to get really serious you will need an auto-responder to service your list. Having a list is crucial to making an income on the net.
I could go on but this post would get very long.
For a long time I refused to accept that I had to commit to ongoing expenses but then realised what I was spending on each next best thing!
A few months ago I was introduced to a membership site which offers all of the above and more for less than $50 a month. It’s one of the best things I’ve ever found. Previously I had been spending way more than that a month buying things which are included in the membership at My Marketing Goldmine.
Here’s a list of some of the benefits.
Super Fast Premium Web Hosting
Fully Hosted Access To JVManager2* (Fantasos)*
Unlimited Professional Autoresponders
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Your Own Fully Customizable Website
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The “You Can! Make A Living Online” Training Program
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Access To Rapidly-Expanding Niche Library
Access To Private Label Articles Vault
Access To Website Template Library
Access To Step-By-Step Training Center
Access To Affiliate Training Center
MyMarketingGoldmine Member Only Forum
Access To Legendary Support Network
MyMarketingGoldmine Affiliate Program
The amount of stuff in there is mind boggling, truly. It really is The One Stop Shop for marketing on the Internet. There’s a link to their site in the sidebar. They sometimes offer a behind the scenes tour for seven days so you can check it out without any obligation. In any event they offer the usual money back guarantee for the life of the membership. It will not only save you $100’s, maybe $1000’s it will also save you time and effort.
Internet Marketing eMail
As you start out in Internet Marketing in your attempt to build a business you will inevitably end up being signed up to a lot of email lists.
This is the original double-edged sword! You need to be signed up as you are venturing into a totally new environment. Trust me, it’s not like anything else you’ve come across. So, you need to know what the score is, what’s going on and what’s happening in this brave new universe. It’s part of your Internet Business education.
The other edge is you will get all sorts of rubbish and time wasting junk. A friend of mine Jan Evensen describes it very colourfully here ‘How To Fail At Your Internet Business Without Really Trying’.
So, although it’s a good thing in one respect you just have to control it and pace yourself.
I would advise that you not be afraid to sign up, you can always unsubscribe. I have to admit that at first I was nervous about it but these days the effectiveness of anti virus software and the measures that Internet Service Providers have in place are excellent.
You do have anti-virus software don’t you?
In fact, what you really need is not just anti-virus software but a total Internet Security Suite. One of the most highly recommended is Trend Micro which you can find out about here http://us.trendmicro.com/us/home/. No affiliate link, just their home page.
So, don’t be afraid to dive in, you need to learn what it’s all about, you just have apply some control.
Change Is Good
In my previous post I digressed and rambled about my favourite pastime, motor racing. I did compare it to the main focus of this blog which is internet business and my interest in graphics and anything to do with websites.
To be successful at anything, motor sport, business or a career you have to apply the same principles. Learn everything you can, pay attention to detail, prepare, execute and never give up.
One other phrase comes to mind also.
If you always do what you’ve always done then you’ll always get what you’ve always got!
In other words, if you want to change your life then you’ve got to change something! You have to take a chance, stick your neck out, take a risk! It doesn’t have to be a big risk but probably involves getting outside your comfort zone.
It can be as abstract as just risking your reputation or self esteem when your friends and family find out you’re trying to build an internet business!
Stay focussed, ignore the negative. Success is getting up one more time than you fall flat on your face. Every failure is one step closer to succeeding. Think about the guy who gave up at 6up!!
You will get negativity and it’s usually from people who are too afraid to try anything themselves. Plus, there’ll be resentment that you are trying to improve yourself and your life when they are content to plod along with the everyday. Ignore them!
My progress you ask. Slow but steady. My series of tutorial graphic videos are coming along and I will probably post an excerpt here next time. Thanks for asking!
Oh, by the way, the race meeting went OK. I didn’t shatter any records but I scored some points and the car and I made it home in once piece, which is always a bonus.
