Your Partner In Success Welcomes Melanie Benson Strick

Posted by Denise Griffitts on Apr 29, 2010 in Internet Mastery, Your Partner In Success | 0 comments

Your Partner In Success Radio Show

Unwittingly, an entrepreneur can become their very own bottleneck to the success they desire. From decision making to delegation and planning, every step you take as an entrepreneur either sets you on the path to greatness, or causes you to waste precious time and money on the wrong things.

Knowing how to think and act like a CEO, whether you are making five figures or seven, is the key to building your empire. Imagine spending most of your time doing the things you love while achieving more in a week than most people do in a year!

As CEO of Success Connections for almost 10 years, Melanie Benson Strick has discovered how to build a successful, thriving company with her secret weapon — LEVERAGE. Having learned first hand the difference between a struggling solo-practice and a thriving six+ figure business, Melanie works exclusively with entrepreneurs who want to skyrocket their profits so they can experience more time off.

With over 12 years experience in Corporate project management, advanced results coaching and leadership development, Melanie turns her clients into profitable, high-payoff success stories. Melanie’s clients enjoy an average growth rate of 172% within the first year while creating more time for living their dream lifestyle.

Melanie is on faculty at StomperNet, one of the worlds leading authorities on online marketing, hosts a weekly radio show called The Get Real Revolution, and is author of The Power of the Virtual Team, co-author of the Visionary Women Inspiring the World and the upcoming best seller The CEO Factor. Melanie has spoken all over the country and shared the stage with legends such as Chris Howard, John Assaraf, Barbara DeAngelis, Alex Mandossian, Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hanson.

We will talk about Leadership Mastery: How being CEO of your business is the fastest path to massive growth.

Please join me as Melanie Benson Strick shows us how to:

• Stop being the bottleneck to six and seven figure results by tackling three simple areas.
• Build a team of “A Players” who basically run our business for us, freeing us up to be the visionary and creative.
• Know when to invest in your growth…and when to hold back…so you wisely use your assets.
• Tap into the same strategies the “Big Dogs” use to build their empires.
• Understand cash infusion techniques to fuel your growth quickly.

Your Partner In Success Radio Show

When: Friday, April 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

If you have any questions you would like to ask Melanie, or to speak with us live please join us in the chat room or on the phone.

We look forward to “seeing” you!

Quick and Simple HTML Tips

Posted by Denise Griffitts on Apr 28, 2010 in Internet Mastery, Web Development | 0 comments

Making text bold
To make text appear bold, use <b> and </b> around the text.

For example:

Make <b>this bold</b>will look like:

Make this bold

Making text italic
To make text appear italic, use <i> and </i>around the text.

For example:

Make <i>this italic</i>will look like:

Make this italic

Making text underlined
To make text appear underlined (without being an actual link), use <u> and </u>around the text.

For example:

Make <u>this underlined</u>will look like:

Make this underlined

Creating line breaks
There are two basic line breaks in HTML. Use <br> to break to the next line or <p>to skip a line.

For example:

1<br>2<p>3will look like:

1
2

3

Changing the size of text
To change the size of text, use <font size="+1"> to look bigger, or <font size="-1"> to look smaller. End with </font>. You can also change the number value if you want to.

For example:

Make text <font size="+2">bigger</font> or <font size="-2">smaller</font>will look like:

Make text bigger or smaller

Changing the type of font
There are a few different fonts you can use, and the most common are:

Times New Roman: (this is the default for all browsers)Arial or Helvetica: use <font face="arial, helvetica"> and </font>

Verdana: use <font face="verdana"> and </font>

Garamond: use <font face="garamond"> and </font>

For example:

Make <font face="garamond">this font garamond</font>

will look like:

Make this font garamond

Changing the font color
There are many different Web-safe colors that you can use in your HTML. View the HTML Color Codes Chart.

To make text appear in a certain color, use the color codes like this: <font color="#FF0000">.

For example:

Make <font color="#FF0000">this font red</font>will look like:

Make this font red

To set default font colors for the entire page, use color codes in the <body> command. For example, if you want:

font = black

link = blue

‘visited’ link = red

‘while being clicked’ link = pink

use:

<body text="#000000" link="#FFFF00" vlink="#FF0000" alink="#FF00CC">

Including a graphic
To include a graphic in your HTML page, use <img src="URL">.  Be sure to include the entire URL of the graphic, starting with http://.

Including a numbered or bulleted list
To include a list in your HTML page, use <ol> and </ol> at the beginning and end of the list, and use <li>to create the individual lines.

For example:

<ol>
<li>This is line one
<li>This is line two
</ol>will look like:

1. This is line one
2. This is line two

If you want to use a bulleted list instead of a numbered list, use <ul> and </ul> instead of <ol> and </ol>.

Russian Hacker Selling 1.5 Million Facebook Accounts

Posted by Denise Griffitts on Apr 25, 2010 in Internet Mastery, Musings of the Author | 0 comments

There is late breaking news that a Russian hacker claims to have 1.5 million Facebook accounts up for sale, which could potentially compromise your account.

According to Mashable, Verisign iDefense has uncovered a “cyber-crook on an electronic fraud forum selling 1.5 million Facebook accounts at a price of $25 per 1,000 accounts.” If the hacker’s claims are true, the 1.5 million accounts represent approximately 1 in every 300 Facebook users.

It is not yet known who the Facebook account holders are, but just to be safe, ReputationDefender recommends that you change your Facebook password immediately.

Here’s how:

1. Login to your Facebook account.
2. Click the Account tab in the upper right hand corner of your profile and select Account Settings.
3. Select the Change option next to Password and you will be prompted to input your old password and select a new one.

How to Work With Fonts In WordPress

Posted by Denise Griffitts on Apr 24, 2010 in Internet Mastery, Web Development | 0 comments

Do you have a WordPress website or blog that requires something other than the standard fonts that most computers see?

AnyFont is a marvelous plugin that allows you to automatically set any TrueType or OpenType font for your post titles, menu items, widget titles or anywhere else you want to use a custom font on your WordPress site. Ryan Peel, who is the developer of this plugin is amazinging responsive to email and fixed an issue for me immediately.

The issue that I encountered was that AnyFont was terribly allergic to the Featured Gallery Content plugin and immediately shut it down because of conflicting javascript libraries. Ryan tells me that he re-wrote the javascript to remove any conflict with the Featured Content Gallery plugin and will be including those changes in all future versions of AnyFont.

See how the font you want to use will look before installing it:

If you are on the hunt for free truetype and opentype fonts for Windows and Mac, FontSpace offers more than 13,394 free downloads. What I really like though, is the ability to type in a word in your chosen font family and see instantly what it will look like. This is a time saver!

Just type the word you want into the “customize” box, choose your size and off you go!

What it looks like when I type my name in:

Enjoy!

Your Partner In Success Welcomes Cherry Norris

Posted by Denise Griffitts on Apr 22, 2010 in Internet Mastery, Your Partner In Success | 0 comments

Your Partner In Success Radio Show

Programming note: Cherry Norris was unable to make the interview and we are rescheduling her interview for May 28.

This week our show will take a slightly different direction as I interview Cherry Norris.

Cherry Norris, The Hollywood Dating Director, is a renowned relationship coach, seminar leader and popular speaker.  She teaches you how to define your role, set the stage and speak your part for the romantic relationship you desire.

Cherry is the ultimate expert on dating and relationships. Since she lives in Los Angeles (the entertainment capital of the world), she found that analogies to the movie industry provided the means for her to succeed in her unique role as “The Hollywood Dating Director.”

“Like an actor preparing for a role on stage, I direct my clients to choose his or her role, determine the genre of their relationship, and establish their unique character,” says Norris. “Clients set the stage, rehearse dialogue and ‘improv’ difficult situations so when they go on dates, they feel confident, comfortable and sit back to ‘enjoy the show’ – for that’s what dating truly is.”

Cherry has over fifteen years of experience. She has produced numerous workshops, seminars, an eight-week home study course, and even a feature length independent motion picture (“Duty Dating”). She’s coached a multitude of celebrities, actors and VIPs.

Cherry is a guest speaker for singles organizations and has been featured in the LA Times, Woman’s World Magazine, TV Guide Channel and more.

We will cover a variety of topics:

• How did Cherry become the Hollywood Dating Director?
• What makes her different from other dating coaches?
• How did she define her niche and carve out her business both locally and online?
• What are the three most important dating directions?
• What does she mean by “define your role”?
• And just about anything else that crosses our minds!

If you have a specific question you would like me to ask Cherry Norris please email it to me at info@ virtualassistantindustry.com prior to the show. You can also join us on the line or in the chat room!

Your Partner In Success Radio Show

When: Friday, April 23 , 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

Please be sure to login to the chat room to ask questions during the interview.

We look forward to “seeing” you!