Two handy websites…

Here’s a couple of sites that may come in handy some day,,, one is free, both are very useful.

This one creates those ‘loading’ animated gifs you see when you are waiting for things to load on a web page… they don’t really do anything, but they give your visitors something to look at while the page is loading … ;-)

You can create your own animated gif’s or you can use one that is already created

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Keeping Up With Trends

There are 2 websites that I have been keeping an eye on
for a while and I think they deserve your attention
now because one is ready now and one is almost ready to
roll out.

The first is SynthaSite.

SynthaSite is the brain-child of a South African firm,
incubeta.

What is Synthasite? Simply put, it’s a drag and drop affiliate
website builder. Synthasite was built in order to build fast,
reliable affiliate sites using amongst others, eBay,
Yahoo API s’ with more to follow.

These sites are targeted directly at a certain product or
service. It’s a site you definiety want to bookmark and
while you’re there, sign up for the second round of Beta Testing.

http://www.synthasite.com/

Website #2:

There’s been a lot of talk lately in Internet Marketing
inner circles about ‘the long tail’.

If you have heard that phrase and don’t know what it’s
about or have never heard it but are curious what the
big deal is and why I’m telling you about it, there’s a
site you need to see- it’s right on the cutting edge
of the long tail phenom,

http://www.hittail.com/

They have a great video that explains the long tail
concept in terms that are so simple, anyone can finally
understand what the big deal is…

http://www.hittail.com/demo/

They also have a free service to help you start to
take advantage of the long tail concept.

Yep, it’s free ;-)

The Benefits of Positive Thinking…

By learning positive thinking techniques and putting them into practice throughout every aspect of your life you can achieve many internal and external benefits.

The internal benefits that come from positive thinking are:

    a positive attitude,
    belief in alternative possibilities,
    creative thinking,
    better problem solving skills,
    confidence,
    focus,
    determination,
    satisfaction and,
    feelings of achievement

Positive thinking leads to a positive attitude …simply because thinking about the positive traits and aspects of your life causes your brain to operate in a “feel good” state. By constantly thinking positive thoughts, your brain is trained to look on the bright side of every situation, which in turn causes you to feel satisfied with your current position in life.

Positive thinking also leads to a positive attitude because it keeps your mind busy. If your mind is busy concentrating on positive thoughts, it is extremely difficult for it to dwell on negative thoughts at the same time.

Positive thinking also leads to a belief in alternative possibilities.

When faced with what seems at first glance to be a no-win situation, positive thinkers have the natural ability to look outside of the facts for off beat or less conventional solutions.

This ability to look past the obvious facts opens more doors and possible outcomes for both personal situations and professional ones.

For example, a person who utilizes positive thinking skills has a better chance of overcoming a stressful situation like being fired from their job, than a person who possesses little or no positive thinking skills. A positive thinker will use their skills to broaden their new job search and ultimately find better employment in less time.

Since positive thinking makes the ability to believe in alternative possibilities a reality, it also leads to more creative thinking when faced everyday setbacks.

By believing that the solution may not be obvious, positive thinkers are more prone to draw their ideas from unusual sources.

Positive thinkers also express more creative thinking throughout everyday life. Self-proclaimed positive thinkers are responsible for a large amount of the inventions, discoveries and innovations that we enjoy today.

Since positive thinking promotes more creative thinking, it also promotes better problem solving skills.

When positive thinkers are faced with a particularly stubborn situation they not only use their skills to envision an increased number of solutions, but they also use their belief in the affirmative to continue on until they have found a resolution.

As we learned from the previous examples, people who are faced with problems or failure are usually too quick to give up. However,

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What Is Positive Thinking?

I was thinking today, and asked myself, “what is ‘positive thinking’”?… we hear a lot about it, but what is it exactly?

Before putting the powers of positive thinking to work in your personal and professional life, you must first understand exactly what positive thinking is.

By definition, the word ‘positive’ means dealing with matters of fact; expressed clearly, or in a confident or peremptory manner.

However, in the concept of positive thinking, the word positive is meant to signify a manner of thinking: a manner that puts emphasis on processing thoughts in a more desirable, upbeat way.

Positive thinking can be described as the practice of embracing the affirmative in our thoughts, our feelings, our actions, our reactions and our speech.

Positive thinking can also be described as a type of attitude. Happy, optimistic people are usually described as having positive attitudes and expressing positive thoughts. People who consistently “look on the bright side” are utilizing positive thinking.

Most importantly, positive thinking can be described as a skill that can be acquired

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Is Your Host Blacklisted?

When you’re on a shared server it’s important to find out if anyone else on your server has been blacklisted for spamming.

Why?

Because on a shared server you’re IP address and their IP address will be the same, and it does not matter if your domain name is different, you’ll still be blacklisted along with every other person on that server.

If you’re building an email list this will affect how your email gets handled

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Looking For Inspiration? Looking for Love?

Hi guys,

Wanna see a guy cashing $900,000 AdSense checks with a dating site?

You gotta see this to believe it:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-3kZlXq2xYE

I gotta open a dating site ;-)

-Dave