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The "shoulds" will get you, if you don't watch out.

How many times has someone told you what you should do? Stand up, sit down, get married, stay single, on and on the advice never stops. The shoulds is an endless stream of what other people, or maybe one 'special' person, thinks you should do.

Can't invest your money? Can't decide on a new car?

No problem.

Just wait for "the shoulds" to arrive. You aren't capable of deciding how to live your life? Not to worry. Someone will be glad to tell you what you should do. But, be careful. Do these people have your best interest at heart, or do they just want to control you? You would do well to think about that. Are they protecting you from their imagined evils? Protecting you from yourself? Well, isn't that nice?

The only thing that you should be doing is what you want to be doing. Write your book, take your trip, get married or don't. Just be prepared to stand the consequences of your decisions. Sure, you’ll make mistakes.

So what?

Everything you do will be not be for the best, nor will all things be bad. Few situations in life are "once in a lifetime," and what if they are?

In life one must learn. So learn.

No one gets through without making mistakes, and it's a good thing too, for nothing is more valuable than your mistakes. You learn from them. And those lessons will not be soon forgotten.

Live your life. Your life, not the life other people think you should. Someday you will be too entangled, to indebted, or just plain to unable to do what you should have done. And then, my friend, it will be too late.

Create Your Press Kit, Here's How

The main point of a press kit is to express who you are, what you do, and why it matters. The key to a good press kit is knowing what to include and what to leave out. With that in mind, here are some of the things your press kit should contain:

• A cover letter. Each press kit should contain a personalized cover letter rather than an impersonal form letter. This letter doesn't have to be a masterpiece - just a one-page or less explanation that grabs the reader's attention and tells them why you are sending them a press kit in the first place. Many business owners also like to include a small handwritten note with the letter to give it a more personal touch.
• Company information. It seems obvious that your press kit should include information about your company. After all, that's the point. However, you shouldn't include every piece of promotional literature you have ever produced. Instead, only include the information that is most relevant and up-to-date, as well as concise material about your company's history and key leadership. The form this information takes can vary to include brochures, fact sheets, or other materials.
• Product material. It's important to also include material about the products or services your company sells. Again, don't include everything - just those things the reader needs to gain a basic understanding about your products.
• Press releases and publicity clips. Be sure to include copies of any media stories that have been done on your company and products. Photocopies are fine, but if there are photos you may want to consider color copies instead of black and white.
• Financial information. While you don't need to include detailed financial information in your press kit, it's a good idea to include a basic financial statement. This information will be invaluable to potential investors and others who need to know about your business' sales capacity and financial viability.

Once you have compiled the necessary information, you'll need to present in a manner that communicates professionalism and excellence. Consider producing your press kit in both an electronic and paper format. The electronic version can be posted on your website or sent as an e-mail attachment. The paper version can be collected in an attractive folder to be mailed or hand delivered.

Remember: Quality counts! By taking the time to proofread for typos and spelling errors you can make sure your press kit has the sizzle it needs to make a good impression.

Trivia

T here is an old Hotel in Marble Arch, London, which used to have a gallows adjacent to it. As prisoners were taken to the gallows to be hanged. The horse-drawn dray, carting the prisoner, was accompanied by an armed guard, who would stop the dray outside the pub and ask the prisoner if he would Like ''One last drink''. If he said, "Yes," it was referred to as, "One for the road." If he declined, that prisoner was, "On the wagon."

T hey used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families would urinate in a pot and then sell it to the local tannery. If you had to do this to survive you were said to be, "piss poor," but worse than that were the really poor folk, who couldn't even afford to buy a pot. Those poor people literally "Didn't have a pot to piss in." And were the lowest o f the low.

Here are some facts about the 1500s: Most people got married in June, because they took their yearly bath in May and they still smelled pretty good by June. However, since they were starting to smell, brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide their body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.

Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house was the first to use that bath. Then came sons and men, then the women, and finally the children. Last of all were the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water!"

Houses had thatched roofs, thick straw piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so cats, dogs, and other small animals lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes animals would fall off the roof. Hence the saying "It's raining cats and dogs."

There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom, where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence. The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying, "dirt poor."

The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entrance. Hence: a threshold.

In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight, then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme: ''Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot, nine days old.''

Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over they would hang up their bacon, to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could, "Bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around talking and ''chew the fat.'

Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning and death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.

Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, The family got the middle, and guests got the top, or ‘'The upper crust''.

Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of ''Holding a Wake''.

England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people, so they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, thread it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift) to listen for the bell; thus someone could be, ''Saved by the Bell ''or was considered a ''Dead ringer.''

Competition is for losers

You read that right. In business, competition is for losers. You don’t believe that. Of course you don’t. So let’s try this. Competition is a game. Like any game you win or lose or tie. In business, forget the tie. It’s another name for lost.

However, if you don’t play you can’t lose, while you can still win. Sounds crazy. It’s not.

Let’s say your a florist with another florist right across the street. They do a booming business with funerals, wakes that sort of thing. So what do you do? Compete for that business. No, because competition is for losers. And you’re no loser.

You chase the market for proms, weddings, those bouquets that lovers, husbands, and wives send to each other. See? You chase a totally different client. A different niche. You do not compete. You don’t play the competition game, so you can’t lose.

This is not our idea. It’s Blue Ocean Strategy, and it’s brilliant.

So, don’t spend your time, energy, and money fighting over the same dollar the competition is fighting you for. Sell where their not. And you win. And they win. Because you’re smart.

Ignorant professionals, coding web sites by hand, tools to make the ignorant look smart, and snide remarks

Ignorant professionals, coding web sites by hand, tools to make the ignorant look smart, and snide remarks


    I spent today coding an update to client’s website. It was beat your brains out work. I did not build this site, so I had to learn, understand, figure out how to do, and then do it. It was not fun. It was not easy.

    I was reminded of a local web professional who I approached about doing their overflow work.

    With a snide tone, I was asked, “Do you use tools [meaning WordPress, Google, GoDaddy, other Integrated Development Environments (IDEs)] or code by hand.” The snide tone was on the words, “code by hand.”
    
    I said, sure I code by hand, but if you have a tool you want me to use I can use it. You see I know HTML cold. Same for CSS. Graphics? You bet I can do simple editing. I can use FTP (File Transfer Protocol) to move my work to a server.
    
    I did not get the job. You may wonder why, but I don’t.

    Expertise, capability, and vast expertise are threatening to many of those who don’t have those skills.

    What I did today for my client is proof positive that relying on a tool, be it a Google website, a WordPress website, or any other provider who gives you an environment that does the heavy lifting does not help you when the going gets tough. When you absolutely have to edit the code in front of you automated tools fail. They fail flat. Guess what. I did not fail because I can ‘code by hand.’

Expert, specialist, professional. Which one are you? Do you even quality? Talk is cheap, skills and expertise aren't.

Expert is the term people used in the past to indicate their level of professional skill. Then the term got over worked. So we became specialists, and of course we're all professionals as we get paid for our labor. 

    So, what are we? I tell people that I've expert knowledge of electric distribution because of more than 20 years experience working with the system. For me that works. Meaning that I'm comfortable with the term and am stating fact.

    When it comes to e-Marketing, and web stuff, I don't use any terms to quantify my expertise. Rather, I let my conversation, publications, clients, and experience speak for themselves.  

    Same for my speaking skills. Public speaking is what I truly love. There is no more relaxing place in the universe than being in front of a group. 

     My exuberance does the selling. And, of course, my YouTube videos, list of speaking gigs, publications, and well rounded expertise don't hurt. The client gets an accomplished knowledgeable speaker and I get to be where life is better than great.

    As to my web skills, you only need visit our website, WebContentRx.biz, to know that we've got the goods to deliver a competent website that is a superb business tool. Why? My site is well designed and looks great on everything from a smart phone to a TV sized monitor. And does what our business needs it to do. No surprise there, that's what we created it to be. 

    Take a look at the large E in expert, you see above. It's called a dropped cap and is created with HTML and CSS. It is not native to this platform, but exists in the code that makes this post look the way it does.

     But, let's get back to the title of this post. What you call yourself is up to you. As long as you've got the goods to back it up. Just be advised: to overstate your abilities to get a gig, sell a product, or obtain a signed contract, avails you not if you do not have the knowledge, experience, and background to deliver.

    Saying you an expert, specialist, or professional is easy. Having having the bona fide skills, knowledge, and expertise is the hard part.  

UGC User Generated Content or how to intentionally make professional photography look amateur

     I'm reading the December 2015 issue of Chief Content Officer, Visual Realism, page 20. I saw an acronym there I hadn't seen before UGC. It means User Generated Content. So far so good. I learned something.

    When I kept reading what did I find? UGC that's professionally produced is intentionally made to look amateur. What they call 'glitch aesthetic.' Isn't that cute?

    Ever heard of intentionally taking professionally produced, high quality content, and making it look amateur? I never did.

    When I worked as a professional photographer, if anyone ever told me to make my work look worse, I'd have said, "No." And likely other things that can't be printed here.

    So, why UGC professional content? Apparently, it's more believable if it looks like someone who doesn't know much about making high quality content made it.

    Hey, you got to love progress. If you call UGG progress, you ain't gonna like what we produce. Whether it's graphics, photos, video, or the written word.

    UGC? That's for other guys to make. We won't ever intentionally make content that's anything but the best it can be.

Writers, here's the ultimate solution to writer's block.

Writer's, do you have writer's block?

Here are to solutions. The first is 95% guaranteed. The second is 100% guaranteed. As long as, your block is not due to a lack of research.

Solution One 95% Guaranteed

    Start writing anything at all. Just write. After four or five sentence you will be writing your project.  For sure. But if you're not . . . .

Solution Two 100% Guaranteed

    Here is the 100% guaranteed solution. Do solution one above and keep going. After six or eight sentences you will be working on your project.

Then

    Delete the opening sentences and you're good. Keep going.

 

 

Spreading poverty is not creating wealth.

1.    You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity, by legislating the wealth out of prosperity.

2.    What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.

3.    The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.

4.    You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.

5.    When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work, because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that is the beginning of the end of any nation.

Content is the Art of Getting Something For Nothing

 

    Content, content publishing, and content marketing are big buzz wards these days. Let's take another look.

 

    So why do we say content is something for nothing? Simple, you trace something that is being supplied free of charge for something of great value.

    If that's not the definition of something for nothing what is? Truly good content, meaning content that is consumed, viewed, acted upon must be superb. And it's not cheap to create.

    Then you give it away for free. That's right, it's not sold. It's free. In return you get mind-share - eyes on your content - this translated into marketing - which translated into sales - which translates success.

IF and we mean if.

    Your content does the job.

 

 

 

Do you have embasrrasing data on Facebook? Here's the fix.

   To access this feature, called Activity Log

• open your account
• click the down arrow in the upper-right corner
•  and select Activity Log.

There is a list of filters here you can use. Find and delete any posts you care to. Delete on the right by clicking the yellow pencil.

For more read this article at Fox News

Dead Ancestors For Desert? Why Web Content Matters To You, Your Company, Your Future, To Your Bottom Line

Dead Ancestors . . .

    It was only a typographical error. While the word "decadent" was intended, that's not what was written. the writer meant a decadent desert; meaning self-indulgent.

But

    "Decedent" is what was written, meaning deceased ancestors. And dead ancestors for desert is not the same thing; not at all. Embarrassing? Sure, but no harm done. Right? 

    Not This Time. when this happens to you can be sure it won't be so funny. No it won't. Content matters. You've got one shot to get it right. Don't waste it.

Got an old computer? Use it without a monitor; here’s how.

    I’ll bet you’ve got an old computer hanging around doing nothing. Well, here’s how to still use it.

• Install software like TeamViewer.
• Put in a closet.
• Get it on the network.

    With a tool like TeamViewer, you can use the computer like you’re sitting in front of it.    

   We do this with an old XP machine. It makes a perfect place to back-up critical data. The machine is in a closet and on out network. Works great.

    Don’t throw out those old machines; use them.

Why smart phone email is so bad.

    I get email from people all the time that is written on a smart phone. It is always lousy. So, do us all a favor. Write your email on a tablet, laptop, or desktop that is designed to be a platform where you work. 

    No way will a telephone ever be a devise where you will go to do serious work. It's just too small and it does nothing better than rush you; hurry you up. when you're rushed you do not do good work. And no, adding a smiley, does not qualify as good work.

    And, oh yeah, the cute signature that tells my you wrote the e-mail on your phone is not cool. What it says is that this email is something not important enough for you to spend any serious time on. So, show the world you're a professional and send e-mail that likes like a pro write it. You will be glad you did.

 

 

Three Iron Clad Marketing Rules Regarding: E-mail, SEO, URL.

1.    E-mail. Never use your website’s email e-mail address with anyone you will need to contact for technical support. Why? When your website goes down it may well take your ability to send and receive e-mail along with it. This makes working with the people you need to get things up and running again most difficult.

2.    Search Engine Optimization (SEO). We do not recommend placing the name of your company in your website’s title tag. Rather, place keywords there that people will search for to find websites like yours.
    
    Your SEO does you the most good when it includes highly researched and appropriate keywords for your particular business needs. Always be skeptical of anyone promising to get you top of page results on Google. Sure it’s possible. That’s not the question. What you need to know are, “For what keywords?” And, “For how long?” Do not expect your competition to take you lightly. They will retaliate with their SEO campaign. In any highly competitive business environment your SEO activities will be ongoing; not a one-shot deal.

3.    URL, Your Web address. Place your company name in your domain name, in your web address. {Also referred to as your Universal Resource Locator (URL).} Why? It is unlikely that people will search for your web address or for your company name. Certainly, not until you are well known. As as a start-up, or small business, it takes time and money to get to be top-of-mind. Until then, put your company name in the URL.

    Here’s our URL: WebContentRx.biz. The company name is Web Content Rx.

    NOTE: Look at how we have written our URL. It is: WebContentRx.biz, not webcontentrx.biz because uppercase makes it so much easier to read. We write our e-mail address like that, too.
                                   

Publish on Patch.com to reach Google News

Recently I presented a webinar where we discussed marketing. One of the things mentioned was publishing on Patch.com as a way to have your media release be picked up by google News, and other major news outlets.

Well, we just got an email on how to do this, so here's what we returned to the listener:

 

To publish on patch.com:

• Go to patch.com and find your local patch or one near to you
• Click - Post on Patch - upper right of your monitor
• If you're a New User, click in the New User box on the right
• Fill out details and be sure - Create New Account - is visible in the top drop down box OR You can sign in with Google
• When logged in, click the plus (+) sign to open - Create Article - at the top of the screen
• You're there, the rest is self explanatory.

Content is not king. Content is a product. Promotion is king.

    Still think content is king? It's not. Never was.

    Promotion is king because promotion informs people that your content exists, why they need to consume it, and how to access it. 

    We are not suggesting, or recommending, paid promotion. Whether you promote it yourself, or work with others is up to you. But you do need to promote your content to the people who it can help, entertain, inform.

Content Marketing: The Art of Getting Something For Nothing

When discussing content there are a couple things to keep in mind: Content is “sold” for something more valuable than money; people’s time. And, your content will either get read, or get lost.

    When you’re giving stuff away, it’s got to be better than good. Much, much better than good because readers have no investment in consuming it. There is That means no paid buy-in; no commitment.

    One other thing, and this is truly the dirty little social networking secret that will kill your social networking campaign. Kill it dead. “Dead as a door nail,” as dear old mom used to say.

    Social networking is passive. Meaning that just because you publish content does not guarantee that it will be consumed. For that you’ve got to drive traffic to the content.

    So, how do you do this?

1.    Realize that success in the social networking arena is not fast, cheap, or easy. Requiring you to . . . .
 
2.    Find out what your customers want, how they want it, where they want it. Then you create it, tell them where it is, and why it is in their best interest to consume it.

3.    Use the same language in your notification that you used in your query. Don’t ask if they want apples and tell them you created oranges.

4.     Create superb content from a technical point of view. Ensure that the language is appropriate to the consumer. Not to you, your sales staff, engineers, lawyers, or anyone else. To the target audience and only the target audience. This is not easy. It is the reason why there is so much lousy content.

5.    Edit your content before it’s published. No matter whether it’s written, video, music, podcast - edit it.  
    a.    Video: four second intro and extro. Video two minutes in length. Unless, of course, it’s training or something requiring longer. Use a YouTube Channel and upload your videos there.
    b.    Print: Portable Document Format (PDF) are perfect to this.
    c.    Don’t forget to title the work appropriately considering keywords.

6.    Excellent Content stands on its own. Don’t tell people to call you, or e-mail you, without placing the information to do that right where you ask them to do it. How many times have you gotten notice of a meeting and found the location of the meeting no where to be found? And the excuses are:
    a.    Everybody knows where we meet.
    b.    You can find that information on our website, Meetup, Facebook.
    c.    Don’t do that. Content must stand on its own. Never send the reader somewhere else to gain required information.

7.    Do not write, speak, or publish vulgar language. It makes you look an uneducated person who is not smart enough to communicate intelligently. When selling any product vulgar language will, without question, reduce sales drastically.

8.    Learning how to create content will pay dividends. A good place to get topics is the questions customers ask you. Blog, Tweet, or post the answers here.

9.    The best reasons to publish content? So that you don’t keep your wisdom, knowledge, love, help to yourself.

    This technique will take your content publishing a long way towards being consumed by the most important people in your world: your clients.

    Content can literally become the goose that lays golden eggs. But, should you publish fluff, well then my friend, you’ll be the goose. And not just any goose. You’ll be the one whose goose is cooked.

Are you an expert, or are you a specialist. What's the difference? Maybe nothing. Maybe everything.

    Professionals have always referred to themselves as an expert in their field. So, what's the problem? Too many people. Everyone has become "an expert" and there is no objective way to determine if a "so called" expert is really an expert or a self-appointed expert.

    So, the term "expert" has fallen out of favor - sort of. Today, we hear that people are specialists. Ah, that clears things up, but not much, as it begs the question, "What's a specialist?"

    And, you know what? I don't have a clue what a specialist is. Unless you're in the military and your job title is specialist. Then we have an objective way to determine your expertise. 

    If you've got the goods to back up your claim to be a bona fide expert. You use it. Use it proudly. Certainly, don't shy away because the word is over used. That's not your worry. Not your problem because you're an expert.

Here's How To Determine If You're An Expert

• The ten thousand hour rule. You've got over 10,000 hours in your field and can prove it.
• You've got bona fide certifications from industry acknowledged institutions.
• You're well published in the literature of your field.
• You teach, speak or otherwise put yourself in front of people that have what it takes to know if you know what you're talking about; or not. And they say you're an expert.

If you do any or all of that, then you're "the real deal." Yeah, you're an expert.

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

Windows 10. What's your experience?

I upgraded my brand new Lenovo to Windows 10. First think my Dragon voice program stopped working. Then I noticed that WordPerfect X6 my main program to getting work done, did not work.

How's windows 10 working for you?

 

 

 

Got a Ultra Book and need a DVD drive to install software? You already have one.

    When you want to install software that’s on a DVD and your ultra book doesn’t have one what do you do? The answer is simple, costs nothing and uses your desktop or laptop that already has a DVD player.

So What’s the Solution?

    Your LAN, or local area network.  All you do is put your DVD player on the network, install your DVD into the DVD drive, open the DVD drive, from your ultra book, and click setup.

    What could be easier?

Failed to update the system registry. Please try using REGEDIT.

Caution: These solutions allow anyone using this computer to run the program, or access the destination of the shortcut. If you are on a computer with more than one user you may not want to do that.

Fix number one:

1. Right click on the shortcut that is generating the error message
2. Left click on: Run as administrator
3. The shortcut now operates normally.

Fix number two:

1. Left click on shortcut as you would normally to run it. This generates the error message. That's okay.
2. Press the enter key twice, or left mouse click twice.
3. This takes you past the error message and allows the shortcut to complete normally. At least, it did on my Windows 7 machine.

Good luck. If these repairs are not suitable for your needs, you will need to search for a solution. When we did that, many solutions were program specific, so be careful in what solutions you use.

If you cannot find a solution for your particular problem you will need to research permissions. Should the solution require you to edit the system registry you must be very careful and deliberate. We do not recommend doing that if you have never done it before. Care and deliberation are required. Be careful. Very careful.

To access the registry:

1. Hold done the Windows key and press the R(un) key
2. Type regedit
3. Press Enter or left click on the Open button.

 

 

 

 

Digital photography, exposure, depth of field. Want to know more?

     Photography has always been close to my heart. I did it professionally, wrote a column for a photography magazine, and taught a vast amount of it. So, if you're just starting out or an advanced amateur this book on photography is well worth reading. 

 

onPhotography by Wayne English

Is your expert really an expert, or a charlatan? Here's how to find out.

    True professionals, any true professional, knows the minute details of his or her craft. So, when you're confronted with anyone who purports to be a professional. Start talking and ask questions that delve into the minutia. 

    Sure, your saying, "How would I possibly know if I'm being told the truth of a bunch of lies."

    You won't. So look at these things.

• Body language.
• Listen to the voice. Are your questions answered with alacrity?
• Watch facial cues. Does our 'expert' look stressed. are answers give with qualifications, or do they come easily.
• Does the professional tell you when he or she is unfamiliar with something?
• A true professional has a the self confidence to admit when confronted with something he or she does not know. Expect a recommendation to someone who does.

    Those who offer little more than sounding good can be exposed this way. when in doubt take notes in your meeting and speak with more than one professional to gain the ability to make an informed decision.

 

    

Thinking of magazine advertising? Want to find out who reads it? Nothing could be easier.

    Advertising in magazines is a great way to get known and sell your products or services. So, how do you determine who reads the magazine?

    It is simplicity itself. Look at the advertisements that are published in the magazine. The people who buy those products read the magazine.

    Told you it was easy.

 

 

Use these LinkedIn success tips.

 

• Bring profile to 100%, or as close as possible. Google yourself, your LinkedIn profile should be number one or number two

• Here is some good advise for your photograph. 

Include only you in the photo. No other person(s) or pets.

Use a non-distracting background, background intentionally out of focus. Do not include signs, equipment, or other unrelated elements

Your portrait must dominate the picture.

Hair clean, combed or brushed, and not messy.

Clean clothing appropriate to your business.

• Highlight relevant job experience, education, and background.

• Join LinkedIn groups that include  people you want to meet, do business with, or work for. Avoid groups that contain people that do whay you do, they won't hire you.

• If no group exists that appeals to you start your own group.

 

Online you're never alone. It's time to wath the watehers.

    Online you're never alone. Everything you do is followed, recorded, and watched. So, turn the tables and watch those who are watching you with Firefox's Lightbeam Add-On.

    When you first install it you'll see nothing. Open a new tab, visit some sites and watch the tracker pop up data. There's serious money in knowing your browsing habits. where you go, what you read, where you shop, how long you stay.

    Forget about privacy online with your consumer tools. It does not exist - using them. For real true privacy you need the Tor browser. More on that to come.

 

 

 

Online you're never alone. It's time to wath the watehers.

    Online you're never alone. Everything you do is followed, recorded, and watched. So, turn the tables and watch those who are watching you with Firefox's Lightbeam Add-On.

    When you first install it you'll see nothing. Open a new tab, visit some sites and watch the tracker pop up data. There's serious money in knowing your browsing habits. where you go, what you read, where you shop, how long you stay.

    Forget about privacy online with your consumer tools. It does not exist - using them. For real true privacy you need the Tor browser. More on that to come.

 

 

 

The first deadly sin of the content creator.

    "Everybody knows that."

    No, "they" don't know that. So, write in a language that people can understand and tell them what "that" is in terms that are meaningful and understandable to the reader. If you don't, won't, or can't the fault lies with you, not the reader.

Want to be smarter? Ask the next question.

    Here's an easy foolproof way to increase your intelligence. Ask the next question. When you're being told how great something is, all you got to do to uncover the truth is ask the next question.

    I just downloaded a paper that was supposed to make me a successful blogger. All it did was provide me a way to pay to download the report that I was told I would get for free. So what's the next question? "Do I want to deal with someone who mislead me intentionally? Answer? "No."

    I unsubscribed from this guy's database.

    Do something similar when you're confronted with any problem. Ask. Gain more and more knowledge. Become better informed. That way you make decisions from strength.

    Not bad advise. And it's free of charge. As advertised.