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07 29th, 2010 |
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Weekly Recommended Resources
This week we are talking about a quick and very affordable affordable tool to help you convert file formats.
When I needed to convert videos for a client who has over 40 fitness videos so we could upload them to ClickBank and offer them as a digital product this is the tool I used.
Leawo DVD to MP4 Converter is a powerful and easy-to-use DVD tool that can perfectly convert DVD to MP4 video. This DVD to MP4 Converter also can convert DVD to iPod, DVD to iPhone, DVD to Apple TV, DVD to PSP, DVD to PS3 compatible MP4 video file. Then together with the fast conversion speed and excellent output quality, this DVD to MP4 Converter allows you easily and freely enjoy the DVD movie playback on iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, PS3 and other more MP3 players on the go.
KEY FEATURES of Leawo DVD to MP4 Converter:
- User-friendly and easiest-to-use interface;
- Powerful functions;
- Convert DVD to MP4 video file with excellent quality;
- Convert DVD to iPod compatible MP4 video file;
- Convert DVD to iPhone and DVD to Apple TV compatible MP4 video file;
- Convert DVD to PSP and DVD to PS3 compatible MP4 video file;
- Supported the generated MP4 file playback on iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, PS3 palyers;
- Convert DVD to MP3, AAC, M4A, WMA, WAV, AC3 audio file;
- Set the visual effect by specifying video brightness, contrast, volume;
- Trim any duration of DVD movie for conversion;
- Support DVD Specific Features: Subtitle, Audio Track, and Angles;
- Crop any parts of the video image and extract the black edge;
- Custom output file by specifying video bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, audio bit rate and etc;
- Merge multiple chapters or titles into one file for converting to entire movie and split DVD chapters;
- Get thumbnail screenshot with one click to enrich picture base;
- All encoders/decoders embedded in;
- Support batch process and convert multiple DVD to MP4 file at a time;
- Fast conversion speed and excellent quality.
Leawo also offers a variety of other converter type products on their site, ranging from DVD, video, powerpoint, and Mac compatible tools. A good number of them are free (limited capabilities) or offer free trials.
Click here to order this product. (This is an affliate link.)
Posted by
Denise Griffitts in
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07 28th, 2010 |
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This week I will be interviewing two very interesting guests who have teamed up to bring a cutting edge process to create real breakthroughs in money and increase your business.
Nan Akasha, CHT is a hypnotherapist, a Spiritual Money Attraction & Wealth Creation Mentor and Wealth Esteem expert. A #1 bestselling Author of Already Rich! Secrets to Master Your Money Mind.
Loren Fogelman. Since 1984, Loren has provided support through therapy, focusing on the mindset to help her clients reach their peak potential. Loren is a masters level therapist passionately devoted to helping her clients reach their peak potential. She is also a certified advanced Emotional Freedom Techniques Practitioner.
Nan and Loren are going to share with you the 5 key areas people and entrepreneurs get stuck in creating more income, attracting money, and building a business and a life aligned with purpose and passion. Together, these ladies have created a new program called Wealthy You: Creating Breakthroughs in Money which will be available in early August, 2010.
We will be talking about:
- How we have breakdowns in our lives right before big change.
- How to transform breakdowns into breakthroughs, and why now it is so vital to do this.
- Why your mindset is so important in transforming and in attracting the life, business model and income that you desire and deserve.
- Why people tend to focus on lack rather than abundance and how we can create breakthroughs that change how we think and what we attract.
- Shifting mindset beliefs centered around emotions, business, marketing strategies, confidence and self esteem.
- Client attraction.
Please join us in the chatroom or on the phone during the interview if you would like to ask questions of Nan and Loren.
Your Partner In Success Radio Show
When: Friday, July 30, 2010
Time: 9 am PST, 10 am MST, 11 am CST, 12 pm EST
Where: Your home office telephone or computer.
Website: Your Partner In Success Radio Show
Call-in Number: 347-843-4988
We look forward to “seeing” you!
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07 26th, 2010 |
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I often come across internet terms and slang that puzzle me so decided to go on a hunt to determine what some of the more interesting ones actually meant. I don’t use any of these terms myself but understand that a lot of people do, and more people will in the future.
So for those of you who, like me, scratch your head occasionally and wonder just what in the world that tweet was actually signifying, hope this helps! If you come across some interesting ones that are not on this list, please be sure to drop back by and share!
- 143 or <3 – I Love You
- 2B@ – To Be At
- 2G2B4G – Too Good to Be Forgotten
- 2G2BT – Too Good to Be True
- 2moro – Tomorrow
- 2nite – Tonight
- ! – I Have a Comment
- *$ – Starbucks
- ,!!!! – Talk to the Hand (One of my personal favorites. LOL!)
- 404 – I Haven’t a Clue
- 411 – Information
- 4COL – For Crying Out Loud
- 4EAE – Forever and Ever
- 511 – Too Much Information
- ::poof:: – I’m Gone
- ? – I Have a Question
- @TEOTD – At The End Of The Day
A
- AAAA – American Association Against Acronym Abuse
- AAK - Asleep At Keyboard
- AAMOF - As A Matter Of Fact
- AAMOI - As A Matter Of Interest
- AAR - At Any Rate
- AAS - Alive and Smiling
- AATK - Always At The Keyboard (I will have to use this one sometime)
- AB/ABT - About
- ABT2 – About To
- ACK – Acknowledgement
- ACORN - A Completely Obsessive Really Nutty Person
- ADAD - Another Day, Another Dollar
- ADBB - All Done. Bye Bye
- Angry Garden Salad – A Poorly Designed Website with Bad Coding As Well
B
- B4N – Bye for Now
- BITD - Back in the Day
- BLTD – Back Later Today
- BFF – Best Friends Forever
- BRB – Be Right Back or Bathroom Break
- BTW – By the Way
C
- Cappuccino Cowboy or Cowgirl - Refers to someone who must have a Starbucks or other “Roadie” on the way to work
- Cytizenship - Owning “Real Estate” in Cyberspace. May own one or more domain name or visits chat rooms, newsgroups, or discussion boards on a regular basis. Feels very comfortable and has a feeling of belonging in Cyberspace
- Capsizing – A company that keeps downsizing in labor, but not the workload. The company ultimately goes under
D
- Digiterati or Digerati – People in the know of the digital revolution or otherwise hip and considered knowledgeable.
- Digital Dirt - Comments you have posted on blogs or in chat rooms that may come back to haunt you
- DINK - Double Incomes, No Kids
- DIRFT - Do It Right the First Time
E
- e-Bomb - A very potent computer virus
- e-Dress - Stands for your electronic addresses such as IM’s and email
- Ear Candy - Musical additives added to a website to make it more appealing
F
- FISH - First in, Still Here
- FAWC - For Anyone Who Cares
- FIDO – Framework for Interdisciplinary Design Optimization
- First Mover - A business that has a competitive edge by being the first to establish themselves in a specific industry segment
- FTF or F2F – Face-to-Face
G
- G - Guess, Grin, or Giggle
- G1 - Good One
- G4I - Go For It
- GTOWOT - Going The Other Way On That
H
- H/O - Hold On
- H/P - Hold Please
- HADVD - Have Advised
I
- IMHO – in my honest opinion
- IRL - In Real Life
J
K
- KBD - Keyboard
- KIR - Keep It Real
- KM - Knowledge Management - Refers to capturing, storing and sharing experiences and knowledge
- KOK - Knock
- KPI - Key Performance Indicator
- KWIM - Know What I Mean
L
- LIFO - Last In, First Out
- LMAO – laugh my ass off
- Loser Error – A play on words from “user error” – refers to a user causing an error, but blames it on their computer
- LOL - Lots of Laughs or Laughing Out Loud
M
- M or MB - Megabyte
- M&A - Mergers & Acquisitions
- M2M - Manufacturer to Manufacturer
- M2NY - Me Too, Not Yet
- Magic Lantern - A code for FBI’s encryption-key and password-sniffing spyware disguised as email attachments which installs keylogging software
- Meatjail - The human brain
N
- NBD - No Big Deal
- NP - No Problem or Nosy Parents
- Net Lag - Slow connection due to a large amount of users on the internet
- Net Nanny - Child safety software for the internet
- NIMY - Never In A Million Years
O
- O – Opponent or Over
- OT - Off Topic
- OAO - Over And Out
- OMIK - Open Mouth, Insert Keyboard
- OT - Off Topic
- OZ – Australia
P
- P2P - Peer to Peer or Person to Person
- PaaS – Platform as a Service
- PB - Potty Break
- POV - Point of View
- Pink - Spam - Ex. Email Subject looks “pink”
Q
- QCD - Quarterly Charm Deficiency – Emotional disorder commonly found in executives at the end of the fiscal quarter
- Quick and Dirty - Getting the job done for the mean time – a quick fix
R
- RT – Real Time
- ROFLOL – Rolling On Floor, Laughing Out Lod
- Roadie – A coffee on the road – to go
S
- S - Smile
- S2R - Send to Receive
- S4L - Spam For Life
- SAPFU - Surpassing All Previous Foul Ups
- SB - Stand By
- SEP - Somebody Else’s Problem
- Spin - Take a negative and make it positive
- Sweeple – Sweet Twitter people
T
- Think Time – A down moment due to a slow connection or long download
- TMI - Too Much Information
- TTYL – Talk to You Later
- Twitterati – Twitter power user; sometimes also referred to as The Tweet Elite.
- Twittermob – Quick mob due to information sharing on Twitter
U
- U-L - You Will
- U8 - You Ate?
- UGC - User-Generated Content
- unPC - unPolitically Correct
- URZ - Yours – gamer jargon
V
- VBG - Very Big Grin
- VDT - Video Dial Tone
- Veal Pens - Cube Farms – Cubicles in offices
- Vortal - Content in a specific vertical subject area
W
- W’S^ - What’s Up?
- W8 - Wait
- Waldo - A Demo with great product display or showmanship
- Wire Jam - Slow internet connection with a lot of traffic
- WYP - What’s Your Problem?
- WYT - Whatever You Think
X
- X - Times or times as big as…
- X-I-10 - Exciting
- XLNT - Excellent
- XME - Excuse Me
- XQZT - Exquisite
Y
- Y - Why or Yes
- YA - Yet Another
- YA yaya - Yet Another Ya-Ya or Yo-Yo
- YBS - You’ll Be Sorry
- YCT - Your Comment To
- YHM - You Have Mail
Z
- Zapping - The lowest form of software programming
- Zerg - To gang up on someone
- Zipperhead - A person with a closed mind
- Zombie or Zombie Network - An abandoned website that is still online
- Zot - To ban, remove or otherwise censor material
- ZZZ - Sleeping, Tired or Bored
Do you know over 60% of Internet users regularly get their information from blogs that they subscribe to?
Does your business have a blog? Are you sharing information with your readers about what it is that you do and how you can help them build and grow their business? Do you have a wonderful tool, product, service, or widget that can be a money or time saver for other small businesses?
Blogging has become one of the most popular ways to get the message of your business and service out to the world. It is no longer just a way for people to share thoughts, pictures, recipes, wedding and vacation plans online with friends and family.
Business blogging is a very powerful marketing tool and every major industry uses blogs to ensure that their customers and clients are kept abreast of new developments and just about any other kind of news that needs to be available on the internet 24 hours a day. If you are not leveraging the Internet to market to a global audience and give your small business a decisive competitive edge, you are very likely leaving a lot of money on the table.
Combine blogging with social media marketing and you can literally explode your online presence in a very short time. By committing to posting to your blog at least 3 times a week you will create a wealth of content that can be used to advertise your services and build trust and rapport with your prospects. And search engines love blogs that are updated regularly!
By leveraging the Internet, your small business can get more done and complete effectively in a global marketplace, but this can be time consuming, and often confusing for a small business. That’s where outsourcing can help. Blogging is one of the services a highly technically savvy Virtual Assistance firm can handle with ease.
There are a number of great blogging platforms available today with the most popular being WordPress and the list below will help you get started with your blog.
A common checklist of blogging tehnologies that you may need to get started:
- Domain Name. I use and recommend GoDaddy for domain name purchases, but NOT for hosting. Be sure to purchase most extensions of your domain name such as dot com, dot net, dot biz, etc., to ensure that your name and brand is protected. Each domain name will cost about $11 annually.
- Hosting for your website. I use and recommend HostGator for hosting. Depending on the plan you need, your cost range from $4.95 to $12.95 per month. If you need a toll free number this is also available on their largest hosting package. You will be able to install WordPress from your cpanel using the Fantastico application. This is easy and quick.
- Premium WordPress Templates. I have several companies that I use a lot, but these are two of my favorites:
- If your website/blog will be functioning as a membership site, now or in the future, I consider WishList Member an essential plugin.
- Shopping Cart. 1ShoppingCart incorporates all of the tools your business needs to market and sell online in a single, easy-to-use web-based solution. If you need an affiliate program, you can build that in your shopping cart. The basic plan (I don’t recommend anything below this plan) will cost $59 per month and the professional plan, which includes affiliate marketing, is $99.00 per month. You can also make application here for a payment gateway through Authorize.net or PowerPay so that you can accept credit card payments on your website.
- PayPal account for accepting payments if you don’t currently have a payment gateway. This is free and you will only pay a fee when a payment is made. You will be able to use your PayPal account in place of a payment gateway if you prefer.
- Newsletter or email marketing software. Two excellent tools for this are Aweber and Constant Contact.
- Social Media Profiles. KnowEm Username Check allows you to check for the use of your brand, product, personal name or username instantly on over 400 popular and emerging social media websites. Grab your name and secure your brand before someone else does. They offer free and premium plans.
- LinkedIn Profile (FREE)
- Facebook Fan Page for Your Business. (FREE)
- Twitter Account. (FREE) For branding purposes we use and recommend TweetPages for a very professional Twitter background. They can also create and Facebook designs. Tell Matt I sent you!
- Gmail account – you will need this for various services such as Feedburner, Google Analytics, Google Maps, etc.
- Essential WordPress Plugins. The WordPress community has developed thousands of plugins and themes. If you haven’t tried out WordPress plugins yet, you owe it to yourself and your blog to give them a try. They’re amazingly easy to set up and can boost the functionality of WordPress to an astonishing degree. You will install these directly from your WordPress control panel:
Are you ready to start building?
If you are interested in tackling this project on your own and want to learn how to build a seriously professional WordPress website/blog my best recommendation is that you sign up for the next Go For Your Dream WordPress Website Workshop. This 4 week online e-course takes you step-by-step through the process of building your website using the Premium Dream Theme. There’s also an additional 2 weeks of basic training bonus modules on 1shoppingcart, Authorize.net, PayPal, and installing a Membership site. I highly recommend this training.
Too much information! I can’t even begin to tackle a project like this.
Another alternative is to have us build it for you. We are a Web Development company paired with a Virtual Assistance firm. What does this mean? It means that we do it all, from concept to launch. Our websites are turnkey, meaning that your social media marketing is built in, your branding is complete and all you have to do is blog! And we train you on the backend of your website/blog so you are in control of your content.
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