My computer is down.

My computer has crashed on me but I promise to do some kind of posting from my phone. I hope the holidays are finding you all in good spirits.

A New Look

One of my goals for 2009 is to improve the look of this blog. I will be looking at changing blog platforms and changing the look to better reflect my personality. Untill then I have changed it to what you see now. Hope you like it.
Please leave me a comment and tell me what you think and don't be afraid to leave me some ideas. I like ideas.

My Video Holiday Wish To You

Here's my holiday wishes for you!




If you can't see this video, click here

Richard Branson: Listen! Listen! Listen!

Richard Branson talking about an aold business lesson that can't be repeated enough. Listen to what your customers have to say. They are the ones buying your product or sevice so listen to what they want. Listen to their ideas.

Thought you might like this one:



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Richard Branson On Small Business

I found this video today and decided to post it up here.



I couldn't agree more. I think small business is on it's way back. I can't wait to have value and personal service again. Do you feel any amount of trust when you walk into Wallmart? Probably not. What about when you purchase something from someone you know or are aquainted with? With all the distrust in the "Corporation" I think we'll see more small businesses thrive.

I have one. It's great because I get to build something that no one can take away from me.
Oh, and I love to give great service. It's really what I'm about.

Official release of "The 11 Forgotten Laws" from the makers of the "Secret"

The 11 Forgotten Laws was officially released today. I was able to get a hold of it early (I decribed it in a previous post) and I can tell you that it's pretty awesome. I'm about half way through the program.
Just wanted to let you all know about it. For those of you who liked the Secret, this is definately for you. I know that as soon as I found out about it I got it.

Later....

How get more followers on Twitter fast.

OK, I have to admit, I have the Twitter bug. At first I thought is was kind of a useless application, but know I find it fun and I have realised that it can give you a large audience to develop relationships with. As we all know, relationships are key to doing business.
There is a new way to get a decent amount of followers fast.

Before I show you this, please do yourself a favour and check out my last post about How to Market to Social Media Websites. It'll give you the do's and dont's of marketing on Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, etc.




Here is my how to on getting lots of twitter followers fast.

1. Sign up for Twitter. When Choosing your Twitter name it is a good idea to use your name. This builds more trust in your relationship building.
2. Go to Tweetlater and sign up. This will site automate a response to people who follow you. Eg: "Thank you for following me...check out my blog *place your link here*" Do you see how this works. All the people who follow you (and you are about to get quite a few) will be presented with a thank you (good for building relationships) and an opportunity to find out more about you by visiting your blog. Please don't try to sell anything at this point. It's really annoying. Kinda like spam.
3. Once you sign up go to accounts in the right navigation bar and then choose Add Twitter Account. Fill out the information on the page. *Important* - Make sure you check mark the "auto welcome" box and then enter your message. Make sure you Hit the save button. I forgot to do this and missed out on quite a few welcome messages.
4. Go to: Tim Linden's program and follow the instructions. It should take about 10 minutes.
5. Now the fun part. Sit back and watch your new followers roll in.
6. Important - Add me to your Twitter (-:

What do you do now that you are on twitter. Give some interesting quotes


This was my first video blog. It was kinda fun!

Marketing on Social Media Sites

Here's a great explanation of how you can market on social media sites like Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter (these are my 3 main sites that I'm on, but there are many more).
Perry Belcher explains how it works and shows us what not to do. I really like this one.
Enjoy!

The Truth About The Auto Bail Out.

I found this on the internet today. It funny cause it's true, but it also sucks because it's true.

Click on the picture to make it larger.

11 Forgotten Laws, the Secret, and the Law of Attraction.

Alright, most people have heard of the movie the Secret about the Law of Attraction, with Bob Proctor. Well, I just listened to a teleseminar where he revealed the 11 forgotten laws that go along with the law of attraction.
I bought it, but I'm not sure what to think about it yet.
You actually get a huge amount of information and a whole lot of bonus stuff.
I will make more information and links available as soon as I can.

The 11 Forgotten Laws are:

Chapter 2 – Law of Thinking
Chapter 3 – Law of Supply
Chapter 4 – Law of Attraction
Chapter 5 – Law of Receiving
Chapter 6 – Law of Increase
Chapter 7 – Law of Compensation
Chapter 8 – Law of Non Resistance
Chapter 9 – Law of Forgiveness
Chapter 10 – Law of Sacrifice
Chapter 11 – Law of Obedicence
Chapter 12 – Law of Success

Well it'll take me a while to listen to all this stuff but I'm actually a little excited. The cool thing about the fact that I bought the 11 Forgotten Laws program is that I can download it right away and start listening.

I-Phone in blender for video marketing.

Internet video marketing is serious business. Unless you're from this blender company. The company produces YouTube videos of their blender, blending various items. In this particular episode, the victim is an I-Phone and I have to admit it was a little hard to watch. It was like a bad accident that you just can't help but look at.

Anyway, the video marketing seems to be doing well for this company as the video has turned up almost 6 million views. That's pretty good. Kudos for them. Here's the video:





I found this over at Media Mojito while I was doing research on using Youtube video to market my business.

Our trip to see santa

I'm glad we came to see santa early this year. The wait is already up to 45 minutes. At least they have a nice big play area for the kids.

almost free phone: Magic Jack

After my last post Free TV on the Internet: Stream BBC Planet Earth for Free.
A friend of mine directed me to a way to get free telephone service from your broadband connection. Well, it's almost free. The first year you pay $40.00 for for the hardware and the following years you pay $20.00. You can call anywhere in North America and never have any extra charges or long distance fees.
It's also super easy to set up.

It's Called the: Magic Jack

Free TV on the Internet: Stream BBC Planet Earth for Free.

I have a friend who doesn't subscribe to a cable TV subscription. He watches all his TV through the Internet for free (well he pays for his internet subscription). Since you can watch a lot of the popular shows right from the particular channel's website (like global TV), this isn't a bad idea. I am going to explore this a little more that I have and will post what I find.
I think that my household could save about $120/month if we cancelled our TV and land line subscription. We go through the same company for this. We could get by without a land line because we both have cell phones anyway.

Here is the first bit of programming I have for you:

Stream BBC Planet Earth for free.

The link has a whole bunch of episodes. Enjoy. It's really a great show.

Oh, you might ask why I would want to watch tv through my computer moniter. Well, I can use my 47" tv as a moniter for my computer and I can hook the sound up too. In fact I have it hooked up as I'm typing this.

Turn Your Bad Mood Around

There used to be a time when I didn't realize that a bad mood can be turned around in almost an instant. I'm not trying to say that I'm never in a bad mood, but I can say that I don't let as many things bother me anymore, because I've realized that a lot of us waste a huge amount of our lives being in a bad mood. Life is too short to be in a bad mood all the time. If you don't like something in your life then change or rearrange it. I know that is sometimes easier said than done, but I can tell you that we all have something to be grateful for (no matter who you are). Gratitude is one of the techniques I use to stay out of a bad mood.

Here is a blog post about bad moods and things you can do to change them. I just came across this website and I think it's pretty awesome (so far). Its called Finer Minds. Check it out.

Bad moods happen. The problem is we don’t turn them around........ We
indulge them. We let ourselves free fall or spiral into them. We intentionally
act in ways that make us feel worse. We feed (in some cases literally) the
negative energy. We use bad moods as a justification to act badly and send out
more damaging energy. We use bad moods as an excuse to fail on important
tasks.