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Age of Mythology Gold Edition

April 30th, 2008 | Posted in Games | del.icio.us! | digg! | reddit! | 1 Comment »

Age of Mythology Gold EditionPart of the Essential Collection: more than 130 games for just £6.95/month - Turn the world into a real battle of the TITANS. Age of Mythology: The Titans adds a fourth mythology, the Atlanteans, to the existing Greek, Egyptian and Norse mythologies in Age of Mythology. A new single player campaign adding another chapter to the expansive ancient folklore along with the addition of new scenarios. Atlantean players will be able to call upon the might of the Titan gods and may also upgrade human units to heroes. The Titans expansion includes 12 new god powers, 15 new human units and 12 formidable myth units to the original Age of Mythology game.

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Funny T-SHirts blog was launched

April 30th, 2008 | Posted in Startups, Stuff | del.icio.us! | digg! | reddit! | No Comments »

Funny T-Shirts blog was open. Hunderds of links to funny tees. Updated weekly.

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April 29th, 2008 | Posted in Stuff | del.icio.us! | digg! | reddit! | No Comments »

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WHICH iPOD IS BEST FOR YOU?

April 23rd, 2008 | Posted in News | del.icio.us! | digg! | reddit! | No Comments »

iPods are the ingenious portable media players from Apple that everybody wants to have. Apple has sold over 110 million iPods worldwide, making it the best selling digital audio player of all time. There are a variety of iPod players on the market today. So many, that you might have a hard time deciding which iPod will fit your needs best. Will a small iPod with just 1GB or a large iPod with up to 160GBserve you better? Do you want to just listen to your favourite tunes or do you want to use your iPod to watch videos and TV shows as well or do you want an iPod that even let’s you surf the net and write emails? Let’s take a look at Apple’s current iPod line.
The current iPod line consists of the tiny iPod shuffle, the popular iPod nano, the exceptional iPod classic and the revolutionary iPod touch.
The tiny iPod shuffle is the “budget model” in Apple’s popular iPod family, playing audio files at random. The elegant iPod shuffle is “the most wearable iPod ever”. The shuffle lets you take up to 500 songs with you and make your musical fashion statement. The iPod shuffle is available in turquoise, lavender, mint green, and red. There are a lot of accessories available for the iPod shuffle such as cases, armband attachments, FM transmitters and more.
Replacing the successful iPod mini, the iPod nano is the mid-range model of the iPod family. More than just a digital music player, it’s the world’s most popular media player that lets you enjoy movies, TV shows and more. The iPod nano also includes three games (iPod Quiz, Klondike and Vortex), a calendar, notes, a watch, stopwatch and alarm clock. The compact iPod nano is available in a silver 4GB version for up to 1,000 songs or 4 hours of video and in an 8GB version in silver, turquoise, mint green, red, black and bubblegum pink that lets you enjoy up to 2,000 songs or up to 8 hours of video.
The iPod classic is the flagship model of the iPod family. The stylish iPod classic easily holds your complete music and video collection. With up to 160GB of storage and 40 hours of battery life, the iPod classic lets you enjoy up to 200 hours of video or up to 40,000 songs wherever you go. The front plate of the iPod classic is made of durable anodized aluminum and the media player is available in silver and black.
One of the most ingenious gadgets ever, the iPod touch puts the internet in your pocket and lets you download podcasts, music and videos straight from iTunes. Featuring a revolutionary multi-touch interface, the iPod touch lets you pinch, zoom, scroll and flick with your fingers. You can send and receive emails and read PDF, Word and Excel attachments, view maps and satellite images and get directions, get weather forecasts, stay up to date on your stocks and market indexes and write down your ideas, lists and more anytime. The new iPod touch has up to 32GB of storage for all your favourite tunes, videos, TV shows and photos.

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Bear’s Kids Garden Gallery

April 22nd, 2008 | Posted in Images, Life | del.icio.us! | digg! | reddit! | No Comments »

There is a Bear Rehabilitation Center in Russia, Tverskoy Region. More information could be found at their website IFAW. Look at this tiny bears. Aren’t they beautiful kids of mother nature ?

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Structure Of A World Class Sales Letter

April 18th, 2008 | Posted in Advices, Web2 | del.icio.us! | digg! | reddit! | No Comments »

In this article the author is going to share with you about how to write mouth- watering sales copy that will make your customers to take out the wallets, yank out their credit card and buy your product. You see, I like to surf the web and do my research the whole day, while am browsing, I see many poorly written sales pages. To be honest with you, you can do all the marketing research and create the ultimate product, but if your sales page is weak or poorly written, nobody will buy from you.

So, in todays post, I’m going to reveal the insider secret of creating a killer sales letter. I can guarantee that if you implement what I share in this post into your sales page, not just you will get more customers but you’ll get even more sales. Sound great? Good! Let’s start the ball rolling”¦

Below are the nine elements of any world class sales letter:

Headline

The first and most important part of a sales letter is your headline. I cannot emphasize this enough. If you’re like those lazy marketers, you’ll simply put up a headline as an afterthought after you finished the sales letter. You see, this will straight away kill your ad!

Always remember the purpose of your headline is to get attention of your target audience when they first reach your sales page and get them to read your sales letter. You must understand that everyone, including me has a million things going through the mind, like when to finish the work, project deadline to meet and many many more that anyone can think of. You see, I know and understand this, that is why the headline has to cut through all the clutter, grab the prospect lapels and entice them to read.

For excellent examples of powerful and terrific headline, check out the following site : SuccessDoctor.com

This is master copywriter Michel Fortin’s web site. Scroll down and click to see some of his master work. The opening

This is where many marketers and writers really screw up. They give a long boring introduction at the beginning of the sales letter, as if they are giving a long book report in high school. I still remember sitting down in the class listening to some people reading a book report and you know, how boring it was.

When you’re writing your copy, you have to assume or pretend that you are talking to your prospect. Am sure you wouldn’t start off with a lame or stupid introduction when you were talking to your friend one-on-one. You see, if you are going to start off with a lame and stupid introduction, you’ll bore your prospect to tears and they’ll politely nod their head while thinking about some other stuff in their head. So is important to get right to the point in your opening! No fluff, no filler”¦ just get straight to the point.

One of my favorite opening is the classic Gary Halbert - “If”¦Then” introduction. If you were selling an informational product, you opening would read like this:

“If you are looking to earn money online from blogging, then this blogging product by Alvin Phang will be the most important product you cannot afford to miss.”

Above is a simple example but it makes the point. You’re going to tell your prospect about blogging product that will help them to make money from blogging and then roll into your pitch. Defining The Problem

After you headline and opening, the next thing you want in your letter is to introduce the problem that your product is going to solve, make sure you don’t talk about your product just yet. A really good way of doing this is to tell a compelling story that illustrates the problem. People love stories, and if you write an interesting and intriguing story that fully presses the prospect’s hot button or hypnotize them, they will keep reading till the end.

In this section, it is important to put or inject credential in your copy. If you are selling a product on how to make money online, make sure you prove it with bank account statement, checks, etc to how much you earn in how many days of using the product you are promoting.

You see, many people are skeptical when they shop online, I have this feel sometime too. They are skeptical because they are afraid that their credit card number will be stolen or afraid that they will waste money on worthless product, so they don’t believe what you are telling. In order for your prospect to trust you and lower their guard, you will need to describe the problem as descriptively as possible and providing plenty of proof. By doing this, you will exponentially increase your chance of closing the sale. The Offer

Now remember and keep this in your mind, you are not selling your prospect the actual product. You are selling the solution to their problem. Many marketers keep thinking they are selling the product, you see, if you think of selling the product you are not going to solve the problem for your prospect, but if you think it another way like selling solution to them, prospect will more and willing to listen and buy from you. Therefore, in your order you have to maximize the perceived value and real value of your product.

When you are describing your product, you need to give the most emotional rendition of how your product can help to solve their problem. Add in how your product is going to primary benefit them and you’ll talk about the other benefits later.

In other words, describe in full details on how their life is going to be infinitely better once their problem is solved when they’ve used your product. You can also talk about the features of the product and how much time and effort was put in to creating the product. By doing this, you increase the perceived value of the product and justifies the price you will introduce later on. Bullets

This is where you’ll convert features of your product into benefit laden bullets that will entice your reader to buy your product.Below is an example of a bullet:

“œThe one mistake most marketer make that kills their sales”¦”¦ and how you use simple, easy adjustment that will increase the sale by 200% or more.”

Now remember, you cannot have too many bullets. It only takes one bullet to pique the curiosity of your prospect and motivate them to buy. So make sure you try to squeeze as many bullets out of your product. Value Builder

The reason to have a value builder is to show the prospect, in great details, why what they are paying you is a bargain. In this case of the information product above, you can talk about how much money you’d earn from using the simple and easy adjustment that will save them time and money over and over again.

I hope you get the picture - the solution their problem. You can also increase value by offering bonuses. Sometimes people will buy because they want your bonus more than your product. Just make sure that your bonus is related to or will enhance your product. This is important as there are some bonuses I see totally had no related value to then main product and because of this it bing down the value of your main product.

It is also crucial to assign a dollar value to each bonus in your copy and add them to show the prospect the awesome value they are getting. With this you are showing the prospect they are getting the deal of a life time, which of course makes the prospect irresistible. Guarantee

The purpose of the guarantee is to remind your prospect of all the claims that you made in your copy of how your product is going to solve their problem. This sets a standard for what they can expect in the product or service and gives them a way to back out if they are not happy with the product.

In your guarantee, you can urge your prospect to test the product for a certain period of time. Yo can also introduce more elements of credibility, such as testimonials in this section of your copy. Saying your terms of your guarantee and refund policy is very important too, so do remember to do that.

Take Away

After you’ve built up the value of your product or service, it is important to insert take away elements into your copy. If you’ve done a good job of increasing the perceived value and real value of your product, the price of your product may be too low to be believed. You can leverage this by explaining that the current price is only a test price and that, after a certain time or number of sales, the price may return to normal or even higher levels. Keep in mind and remember that you have to give your prospect a reason for lowering the price.

Marketers test price online all the time, so you can say that you’re testing the price for ten days and you will test a higher price after that time period is over. You can also say that you are offering a lower price initially to get more sales and gather testimonials so that you can eventually charge more in the future. Post Script (P.S)

It is recommended that, after your signature, you give at least one solid P.S. Here, you should recap the emotional payoff the prospect will get by using your product. Again you want to be as descriptive as possible about how your customer will primarily benefit. You want to get them future-tripping and imagine how their lives will be so much easier after they’ve started using your product.

Another reason to have a strong P.S in your copy is because most people will scan to the bottom of the page automatically when they are viewing a new website, which I also do that sometime. Because I know I also scan the page, that is why I know having a strong P.S will keep scanner to scroll up and read the letter.

So that’s it! By implement the structure of a sales letter in your next sales piece, you’ll be miles ahead of your competition who are just clueless about this.
 

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How to Make Money on Craigslist

April 13th, 2008 | Posted in Financing, Stories | del.icio.us! | digg! | reddit! | 1 Comment »

By: Robert Greco

By now you should understand the power behind one the nets most powerful classified ad sites around; Craigslist. It makes no difference; buying or selling or running an online business, craigslist is a must for any netreprenuer looking to make money on craigslist. Before you decide to go out and make money on craigslist, understand that having a solid foundation in what makes craigslist tick takes priority.

If not, you may get blacklisted or receive a nasty letter from the good folks at craigslist. What you are about to learn, in order to make money on craigslist, is to be used at your own discretion.

Remember, there is no secret weapon or loophole to be found in order to make money on craigslist. However you are about to learn untold methods and procedures needed in order to be successful on craigslist.It doesnt matter what you sell or promote in order to make money on craigslist. It’s the marketing methods and procedures that will turn $1.00 into $1,000.00 right before your eyes! So let’s get started…

Simply Trick to Make Money on CraigslistOne of the most popular complaints from Craigslist users looking to make money on craigslist is that their posting(s) doesnt get published. Even after confirmation, some ads do not get posted and user end up getting very frustrated. There are many reasons these ads do not get published. Rather than overwhelming your brain with details, let’s look at a basic fact of craigslist that gets users banned on a routine basis.First, we must understand Craigslist guidelines. Posting guidelines set by Craigslist are pretty straight forward.

As far as posting time-frames are concerned, Craigslist specifies that you can only post one (1) ad per 48 hours. Number One Rule: Don’t Over-Post… “Over-posting” is a huge problem that leads to ads not being published. But why is it that “over-posting” causes ads from not being published?Simply enough, “over-posting” creates a spam. If you are serious and want to make money on craigslist, then don’t spam!

Think about it for a second….why was Craigslist created? Craigslist was created to connect people on a LOCAL basis. If you were to post the same ad to 35 cities in 35 different states you are no longer using Craigslist in the way it was meant for and therefore you are spamming.Keep in mind that Craigslist software is very intelligent. Their software notices that multiple ads (similar, if not the same) have been posted multiple times. When this happens the “Spam Flag” (as I call it) pops up and your ad (even after confirmation) is labeled “spam” and removed from the classifieds. How can you make money on craigslist if all your ads get flagged as spam?The bigger question remains. How can multiple listings be published without Craigslist removing the ad? This question has a really long answer because there is not one simple answer.

So, let’s talk about one way to get your ad to stick on craigslist without be flagged by user or flagged as spam by craigslist.If you want to make money on craigslist, you need to use different email addresses. A simple task that is overlooked by many can be the difference between getting an ad posted on Craigslist and not getting an ad posted on Craigslist.

Remember, you goal is to make money on craigslist, not get you IP banned.Why would using different email addresses change anything and/or improve your posting success rate? If you have 10 ads or 10 items for sale that you would like to post a classified for these items you can do one of two things. One, you can post all 10 ads with the same email address and probably get 75% of your ads deleted by the Craigslist software robot within seconds of posting you ads.

Two, you can create multiple email address giving each of your ads its own identity. The best scenario in this situation in order to make money on craiglist would be for you to create 10 different accounts. In turn, this creates 10 different postings as Craigslist looks for similar/identical posting including everything from email addresses to page links. FYI - Just because you have 10 different email addresses does not mean that all 10 ads will get posted.

This technique does however greatly increase your odds in having your classified posts live and not deleted by Craigslist. Remember, in order to make money on craigslist you want all your ads to be different. It does not matter if the difference is a word or a number. At this current point in time the best provider you can use is Gmail.

Craigslist has the power to block IP addresses, block IP providers, block mail providers and so forth. Google is an internet god (not to be confused with the real “God”) it would not be in Craigslist’s best interest to block Gmail accounts. Craigslist would lose tons of revenue and visitors if they did so. For the time being, use Gmail as your primary source.You can create a Gmail login name in under three minutes; it’s fast, easy and free. Personally I can create over 400 email accounts per hour!

Keep in mind I would use a personal hosting account. And yes, I have created over 400 accounts in one hour… Creating hundreds of mail accounts is highly encouraged if you plan to make money on craigslist.

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Photographing time

April 8th, 2008 | Posted in News | del.icio.us! | digg! | reddit! | No Comments »

There are occasions when we’ve all wished that we had our cameras handy to capture a moment that will never be repeated. Sometimes it’s for something as awesome as your child’s first steps, sometimes it’s a particularly jaw-dropping sunset, and sometimes it’s your father struggling to get out of the new hammock he just had to have. Even when you’re lucky enough to have your camera on hand, you have to be extremely fortunate to capture exactly the right moment. With the new, world’s fastest camera from Casio, you can be sure that you’ll get the right shot.

A typical camera takes one photograph per second; a semi-professional model that costs roughly $1000 will take three per second. Casio’s new F1 camera takes a whopping 60, six-megapixel photos per second. It also has an option for you to choose whether you want to keep all 60, discard all 60, or go through them and keep only the best.

So how does this snap-happy machine photograph time? It doesn’t, or not exactly. What it does do is slow time down enough for you to take exactly the right picture at exactly the right time. Half-press the shutter button when you’re anticipating an important event, such as a smile from a loved one you’re about to surprise, and the camera goes into prerecord mode. It starts taking 60 shots a second, repeatedly discarding the old for the new.

When you’re ready, click the shutter all the way down and the 60 most recent shots are saved. You have then captured your event, as well as all the moments leading up to it, which means that you can see the smile begin and grow into a fully-fledged, ear-to-ear beam of unbridled pleasure. Even if you depress the shutter a smidge too late, the perfect moment will still be caught thanks to all of the shots preceding the final click.

Another nifty device the F1 uses to get around time is a motion detector. Place the camera on a steady surface, press the shutter and then wait for your moment to occur. As David Pogue, who wrote the review for the New York Times, says, it’s ideal for wildlife moments, such as capturing a hummingbird hovering at a flower, or catching cookie thieves at home.

Being the pioneer in a new field of photography, it obviously has some issues that still need to be ironed out. It’s still very much an amateur camera, despite its $1000 price-tag. Some problems have been recognised and efforts made to overcome them, such as the problem of the tiny light sensor, which is compensated with a high powered flash and second steady flash above it.

With so many hi-tech features the F1 is also very complicated to operate. One shudders to think of the size of the instruction manual. But the point remains: it does what no other camera can do. With the foundations firmly laid, development and evolution will soon follow, probably at a rapid rate.

Being capable of operating outside of time doesn’t make the new Casio F1 model invincible. Like any other digital camera, its sensitive innards are still vulnerable to damage, corruption, water and fire. Fortunately, data recovery experts are able to perform miracle retrievals, ensuring that once captured, you never have to lose that moment captured in time.

Experimenting with high-speed motion capture is now out of the hands of the professionals and in the grasp of laymen. We too can capture high resolution pictures at once-in-a-lifetime events, especially in the lives of our children. Now, thanks to technology, we don’t need to miss that first football goal, or the first race won, even if we did press the button at the wrong time.

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Is Rocket Sign Language Package a good choice for you?

April 4th, 2008 | Posted in News | del.icio.us! | digg! | reddit! | No Comments »

American Sign Language is among the most common languages in the United States. It’s origins are not quite certain – some experts argue that it derives from the French Sign Language (the two share much of the vocabulary), others see important similarites between ASL and the British Sign Language. But even though the use of American Sign Language is spread throughout the USA, it has little in common with plain English language – just like any other language, ASL has its own phrases and ways of expressing thoughts and ideas.

People learn ASL for different reasons – some because of their own hearing problems, others have a deaf child or a partner or workwith members of the deaf community.

There are many language guides on the market today and Rocket Sign Language is one of them. This language package allows you to learn ASL from your home, without attending lessons. It is an interactive language course, primarily designed for adult learners. The main part of the course are different software programs. Each program covers a specific area. One is dedicated to finger spelling, which is an important way of communication in the deaf community. The other software shows the signs and body postures for the most common words and phrases. Facial expressions, another important part of sign language, are covered in the Rocket Sign Language Learning guide.

Most of all, the Rocket Sign Language is designed to be fun, which makes it easy for you to stick to your learning plan. After all, the key to mastering anything is, as we all know, practise.

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April 1st, 2008 | Posted in News | del.icio.us! | digg! | reddit! | 1 Comment »

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