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Jay Cutler is thinking about pulling a Tony Romo.
The former Chicago Bears quarterback, who has received little interest from teams (at least as an unquestioned starter), is exploring a post-football career in broadcasting, according to multiple television sources and people with knowledge of Cutler's thinking.
Cutler and his representatives have spoken with network executives about football-related TV roles and sources said Cutler has auditioned with at least one network in recent weeks. It's unclear how far along Cutler is in the process and whether he's negotiating a contract, but his audition indicates he's serious about broadcasting.
Bus Cook, Cutler's football agent, said Thursday the quarterback hasn't retired and "as far as I know, he wants to play football and would play if the right offer came along." Cook only handles Cutler's NFL contracts, so he declined to offer any comment on his client's broadcasting aspirations.
"You'd have to talk to Jay about that," Cook said. "Any football player would be smart to explore his options in case he doesn't play anymore. But Jay is as talented as any quarterback out there right now."
Few would argue that last point. But as always with the 34-year-old Cutler, it's about more than talent. And if a team didn't make a strong play for him in March or April, it seems unlikely one would do so moving forward.
The New York Jets, Houston Texans, Cleveland Browns and San Francisco 49ers were among the teams with unsettled quarterback situations headed into this offseason. The Jets contacted Cutler and at one point a visit seemed likely, but the team signed Josh McCown instead, as they were looking for a starter who could also mentor younger quarterbacks Christian Hackenberg and Bryce Petty. Meanwhile, the 49ers signed veterans Brian Hoyer and Matt Barkley, while the Texans traded up to draft Deshaun Watson. The Browns, who took DeShone Kizer in the second round, could add a veteran at some point, though they haven't shown much interest in Cutler.
Cutler spent eight seasons in the Windy City after being drafted in the first round by the Denver Broncos in 2006. He played just five games in 2016 due to injury and was released by the team on the first day of free agency. He is the Bears' all-time passing leader.
Cutler's transition into TV would be an intriguing storyline because he hasn't been the most engaging player with the media. He's also looked downright miserable, at times, on the field and during postgame news conferences.
But Cutler has had his charismatic moments, such as his news conference following his benching in 2014. Cutler had walked out of his postgame presser that week when the media didn't show, so at his post-benching session with reporters, he quipped, "I'm glad you guys could make it. I missed you after the game." Cutler then proceeded to be as open and honest with the media as he's ever been.
In late March, Cutler's wife Kristin Cavallari posted a picture on Instagram of a naked Cutler staring at the ocean with the caption "Good times, no tan lines. Let the sea set you free." Many inferred from the photo Cutler was pondering his retirement as he overlooked the water. Whatever he was thinking, flashing his derrière for the world led to plenty of laughs from people who had — literally and figuratively — never seen that side of Cutler before.
Should he ultimately decide to retire from playing and take up a broadcasting career, Cutler will have to display that kind of charisma as well as the ability to analyze and explain the finer details of the game for viewers. Perhaps that will be another element of surprise for the audience, as Cutler has often been criticized as a risk-taking gunslinger who lacks on-field awareness and a grasp of offensive systems. However, some who have coached him have been adamant he has a sharp football mind.
Follow Mike Garafolo on Twitter @MikeGarafolo.
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I loved every minute of my session with this adorable little girl! She was just the most polite, playful, easy-going toddler. We had an awesome mini session together. The afternoon lighting, Matilda Jane clothing, and Spring backgrounds all just seemed enchanting to me
This photo is currently in a Photo Contest and I would love your vote. Click on the link and you can like the image on the Click Workshops Facebook Page to add your vote.
We put together a beautiful 8x8 Fine Art Album with many of the beautiful images from this session. This is my favorite new product I have started offering this year!

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Singer / songwriter Therese has scored number 1 hits across Europe and has now generously written and composed a song for Giving World Online.
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Therese has worked with stars such as Dannii Minogue and chart topping DJ and producer Stonebridge as well as headlining festivals across the World including Sydney's legendary Mardi Gras.
She came to the notice of record giant Sony as a determined 16 year-old who sang into its answer machine in a bid to catch their ears. It certainly worked. Her career really took off and she has hit the number one spot in Russia, Poland, and aged 19, she topped the charts in all of the Nordic countries.
She said: "I have been working really hard during the last year on my new album which will have more of a pop feel to it than some of my previous dance material. However, I'm delighted and proud to be the face of Giving World Online and can't wait to help spread the word to the World about what it does and how we can change lives for the better."


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A logo is a direct reflection of your business; it is a visual mark that connects your brand with consumers and depending on the quality of the logo – it can either help your business or hinder it. Of course I want you to succeed, in fact, it's so important for me to help other businesses grow that I want to help you find the resources you need to create a logo that is not only visually appealing, but also benefits your brand.
This is something that is often overlooked but when you start a brand this should be done once you know what your brand represents and what the theme of your brand is.
Consider this for a moment; what brands can you easily identify just by their logo? My guess is that most big brands are easy to spot.
I.e the Starbucks mermaid, the golden arches of Mcdonalds and the Nike swoosh are all easily recognizable even if you were to remove the words.
Here are several resources that you can look to for the creation of a logo and depending on your business objective and budget we have several options for you:
Design the logo yourself
If time isn't an issue and you are a creative soul (or perhaps on a tight budget), consider creating a temporary logo yourself until you have the means to hire a professional. If you have any artistic talent this will work for you. However, if you're anything like me this is not even an option.
Using a FREE online website called Pic Monkey anyone can create a basic logo without spending a pretty penny. While the website is 100% free to use, you can have access to supreme fonts, designs and various other effects by opting for their Royale package.
Outsource the logo
Don't have the time or enough creative juice to come up with your own logo? Go to Fiverr.com and get someone to design it for you; with everything starting at just $5, you've really got nothing to lose. Do not feel shy about outsourcing some small labour; while it may take you hours and even days to come up with something decent, someone on Fiverr could do it for you.
Fiverr is a cheap way to get this done and it's a place I've used several times.
Hire the help of an expert
The internet brims with many talented and artistic folks who can help you design a logo of your liking. For instance, If you're looking for something more personalized and best suited for your taste; Sarah Decker Design is amazingly talented and provides exceptional customer service. By reaching out for help from a professional, you can be assured that the job will be done to your satisfaction. Less time worrying about your logo and brand means more time you will have to strategize on ways to make your business successful. It's a win-win situation.
Keep in mind that as you grow your business, your logo and brand, too, will naturally change and evolve with the flow of things. While you will want to put some thought into it, you don't want to spend too much time stressing about a logo. For now, create something visually appealing that speaks to your style and you can (and probably will) change it later on in the game.
This is typically a more expensive option and you're likely not going to want to with an expert.
Use these tips to get a good logo made. Remember image is important and you need to make sure that whatever design you select for your logo ultimately fits your brand.
When you are planning to start an online business that sells physical products you need to figure out what you want to sell online.
In learning about physical product creation and affiliate marketing I have found an immediate parallel of success in both fields.
I am going to give you some personal advice today based positive and negative results I have personally encountered.
First here are the three things that will help you find a market that will lead to success. These 3 things will help you figure out what you want to sell online in marketplaces and your own webstore.
Now I am going to explain these things above and guide you through figuring out how to choose products that fit for you personally.
This isn't always easy but you need to determine if you're passionate about something. If you're not passionate about anything you'll struggle to communicate effectively with potential buyers and you'll struggle to make the gains you'd like in this market.
I've found over the years that people are often passionate about things but think they do not have a passion.
So below is a list of things that could lead you to find your passion.
See the things above are often passions that many people do not recognize as passions.
Let me give you an example.
Let's say you collect model trains and train sets, landscape and tracks. You basically love building these and look forward to working on the layouts etc.
This is likely a passionate hobby you're involved in. How cool would it be to be able to create your own line of train sets, tracks and landscapes? How cool would it be to make money doing that?
That was a rather easy example. Let me give you another example based on a topic rather than a product to start with.
Let's say you love gardening. Every year you plant a garden and harvest your rewards at the picking season.
How awesome would it be to create your own gardening line of tools and equipment? Again, wouldn't it be amazing to make money doing this?
Maybe you don't do much with gardening but you love canning fruits and vegetables during harvest season. How great would it be to develop your own line of canning supplies?
My guess is if you're passionate it'd be great.
Now picture creating products in a field where you are not passionate. Think about a line of products that you would hate to deal with on a daily basis.
Sometimes all the money in the world couldn't keep your interest if you do not like the industry. I really try to steer clear of products like this myself.
I've been in niche markets that I have no interest in and the ideas start strong but my lack of interest leads to the idea of continuing that niche to fizzle out.
I wanted you to picture that because I would advise you to ignore that route.
Passion can help steer us in the right direction and passions are important, but they are not everything.
Read on and I'll explain why.
You must still find a market that you'll commit yourself and time to.
You can be extremely passionate about something but also not want to commit to creating products in that field.
A quick example would be if you love discussing politics but you wouldn't love creating products like t-shirts or books around that field. I'm not saying that t-shirts and books are the only thing that sells in politics as there is obviously so much more. However, I just wanting to give you a basic example to increase your understanding.
Maybe the thought of creating products in this field sounds fun but you wouldn't want to create new products in this field over and over again?
These are questions to ask yourself before selecting the niche you'd like to be involved in.
Perhaps there aren't many products you can think of creating in this field? I.e. let's say you can only think of 1 product for this particular industry. Think long and hard about if getting into that field is worth it.
Sometimes it is. Other times, especially if you can't think of continuing to grow a product line, it might become simply mundane and you'll feel it's not worth your time.
Sometimes passion and commitment aren't the final factor. Nope, sometimes it's the market. Some markets are too narrow and don't have enough money flowing into them.
So before you jump into a market you need to see if there is some demand for it. If there is little to no demand it might not be the best market for you.
The following factors will help you determine if an industry is making money or not.
If you can't search the Internet and find a competing website you may not be entering a good field.
Look, everything has been done before. You're not looking to reinvent the wheel you're simply looking to get the wheel moving.
So if something isn't being done at all it usually means that the market just isn't there.
Of course, you may have a great idea for a product line that isn't currently being addressed properly and this is good. But, if you look around and there is no one doing anything in that field, watch out.
This is sometimes hard to find but it's something I tend to look at. Visit your competitors on social media and look to see what people are saying.
Are people talking about how much they love buying their products? If so, that's a great sign. Just pay attention to interaction. Look for anything that can denote that people are buying this company's products. If they are, this is good for you.
If you can't find much about information about someone buying from this company it shouldn't deter you still unless other factors I mention here are not met.
I have loved Google Trends since it was created for the public. Google Trends let's you search industries via search keywords and see how much they are being searched for online.
Here is the beauty of this.
You can type in a search term in any industry and see where it's rise or fall have started or ended.
Check this out.
Let's say you wanted to look for the term "buy a drone"
You simply type it into the Trends Search Box and press "Enter" on your keyboard.
Then, you'll be able to see a nice graph come up showing when it started getting a number of searches and from which countries.
You'll notice on this graph that right before 2013 people started searching for this term and it's done nothing but climb since.
This shows that there is a market for this. I deliberately looked at "buy a drone" because I wanted to see if people are looking to spend money on this type of product.
From this I can determine that there "IS" money in this industry.
Of course the media is an easy source to find what people are talking about. I still remember when people first started talking about drones; the media discussed it daily. This showed the early signs that a market was emerging.
By watching media trends and paying attention to sites like INC.COM will help you see what new start-ups are doing well and what is being predicted for the future.
A Simple Google Search
You'd be surprised at how much information you can find by just using Google, Bing and other search engines.
Try this. Think of a market, go to a search engine now and type in "your market sales statistics."
In my example below I search for "Gift basket sales statistics."
Well, what do you know! The first result is several years old but it still discusses stats. Scrolling down a little bit I can look to see if there is anything more recent.
If all else fails I can always put this term into Google Trends and see which way the arrow is pointing. Pretty easy eh?
Using everything I've demonstrated above make a list of topics that you are passionate about, or believe you're possibly passionate about.
Then think about the industry. Would you like to be in this market?
Do you think you'd like to make an entire product line here?
Then finally check to see if there is money in the market.
That's it!
Go ahead and try it out. If you have any questions, just ask.
When you are starting an eCommerce business or looking to build a new brand it's important that you have a source for great products.
Product sourcing can be a tedious task, but through this tutorial I am going to show you some places you can source these products from, how to brand them easily and some workarounds for you if you're low on funds and need a cheap sourcing solution.
First, let's look at a few places you can easily source products for your business.
There is no surprise here and you've likely already heard of this site. This is a huge Chinese company and they have thousands of businesses ready to connect with you.
Many of the companies on Alibaba offer custom branding manufacturing. You can easily browse their entire site via keyword and you'll typically find almost anything you need here.
The companies that sell on Alibaba are world-wide and you can even search by country for your product. So if you're concerned about what country you need to order products from this makes it easy.
Alibaba has many safeguards in place to help you avoid scams and issues. I've only had one issue ever arise on Alibaba out of dozens of successful orders.
HKTDC is a Hongkong marketplace. However, unlike Alibaba, they do not have merchants from the world-wide landscape. In fact, they only offer 3 regions; China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Of course, they ship to buyers world-wide so you can still easily order from here.
I have personally never ordered anything from this site as I've always found a cheaper supplier on Alibaba. However, I know many other people have had great success sourcing products for resale from here.
DHgate is another big wholesale marketplace. Just like the other wholesale and manufacturer marketplaces the more you order the cheaper the overall price of your products will be.
I believe the products here are all sourced directly from China.
This is a big directory of potential manufacturers at MFG.COM. These guys especially excel at sourcing the following categories:
So if you fit any of the above needs this is a great place to start your search. Of course, if you do not need manufacturing but would like already full created products that you can just re-brand then Alibaba is still a better bet.
If you're strictly looking for private label sourcing to create your own brand(s) then privatelabelsourcing.com is a pretty good resource. Their focus is obviously on private label product sourcing and often times you can find just about anything you're looking for here.
You'll find many types of machined and canned products here.
If all else fails just type your keywords + private label, white label, wholesale depending on what your needs are.
You can use any search engine to do this and it's really easy to find what you're looking for this way.
I have one very cool company I found last year that I've ordered thousands of dollars in products from. Guess where I found them? Yep, search engine search. It works.
When you're looking to source products and you're contacting a potential business that has a product you'd like you're most likely going to be emailing them.
Here is a quick breakdown of what you should ask them in an email to save time. Trust me you'll want to do these things because you're likely going to be exchanging numerous emails with them anyway.
Always ask a company the following questions.
This is what I personally start with. After they contact back I always follow up with the question:
This keeps the dialogue going and also it doesn't overwhelm the merchant. If you send an email to a company that reads like a book, you may not even get a reply.
I advise keeping it short and sweet and if you can get the vendor on a 3rd party tool like Skype, that's even better!
Skype allows you to have discussions with the vendor in real time, saving you a lot of time and headaches along the way.
One last note on a sample. It's critical that you get a sample before placing an order. I've read horror stories where people have ordered thousands of a product and when the product arrived it wasn't exactly what they thought it was going to be! Don't get stuck wasting money; get that sample even if it costs you $100 for one sample.
After you get a sample and it's time to get into ordering your products sometimes MOQ can be a real issue.
Sometimes when you're looking for a good place for product sourcing a company will get back to you with a large MOQ. Though it's easy to feel overwhelmed when this happens you can always try what I do when this happens and I don't want to lay down too much money at first.
I always ask for a sample batch. If they can't make a sample batch with my logo on them I just ask for a blank sample batch. Since I am selling these online having a logo on/off the product isn't a make or break issue.
Often times a company will gladly supply 50-100 units with a slightly higher cost. The trade off is worth it especially if it helps you get the product created.
Here is how I word the question to them.
"I see you have a large MOQ. However, since this is my first order with you is there anyway I can do a simple test batch. If these sell extremely well for me, I'd be more than happy to come back on the next order and order your MOQ. This would mean a lot to me. I want to do business with you for the long term and this would really help me get my foot in the door with you."
Giving them the reason mentioned above it explains why you'd want to start with a smaller order at first. Without an explanation the company might not feel as inclined to help.
You'd be surprised how well this works. I've ordered products in batches of 50-100 where the company wanted an MOQ of 1000-5000.
Of course, I've always come back and purchased their MOQs later after I've vetted the products if they've sold well.
Go use the sites and methods I've shown you above to get good product sourcing right from the start.
If you have any questions just make sure to ask.
I've been asked several times before what the major differences between drop shipping and affiliate marketing are. Having ran both types of businesses and being currently active in both I feel that I am more than qualified to answer this question.
Experience certainly helps as there is quite a bit of information that you should know about each type of business.
When we look at affiliate marketing vs drop shipping it'll become clear that both have similar positives and negatives. These two businesses types also have some wide differences as well.
So we'll look at drop shipping vs affiliate marketing to see which one is better for you.
Drop shipping is a method of building a business in which you order products in various quantities and sell them on various platforms. Many people opt to create their own brand this way.
There are numerous online platforms to sell on including, Amazon, eBay, Jet.com, Etsy and of course your very own website. Of course, ultimately everyone should own their own website and never fully depend on third party platforms but third party platforms can certainly help give you a start.
With drop shipping you ultimately own all of the products you buy.
Affiliate marketing is simply promoting someone else's products or services and earning a commission anytime you generate sales.
You do not own the products so you're limited to where and how you can promote. I.e. you cannot list products on Amazon, eBay and so on. However, there is no customer service in affiliate marketing because you do not own the products and the company you're promoting handles these things.
If you're interested in affiliate marketing I have entire systems dedicated to teaching this.
Now let me break down the pros of each of these business models.
You own the products and brand. This means that you're able to build a brand that people can only buy from you. Unlike affiliate marketing where people can sometimes get around going through your affiliate links. This is also why I think it's a good idea to build a brand and create your own unique products over just ordering resalable products.
It's a viable business model that can be built from home. Since you can build a business website easily and list your products on various other third party platforms (again: Amazon, eBay, Etsy etc…) it's not super-expensive to get started in like building a retail shop in a physical location is.
Work your own hours (usually). You can set this business model up to work your own hours. This is critical if you're already working another job and you need to work in your off time. The reason I say you can usually work in your own hours is because there are times where you might need to fulfil orders in times you're not expecting it. I have taught people this business model that simply order products and work on packaging and shipping them while they sit on the couch, watching TV.
Easy to understand business model. Most people understand the process of buying and selling. It's at the heart of every society. When you have a tangible good that someone wants/needs they'll simple buy it from you to fulfill that want/need. Some people I've taught to run a dropship business have had better success at this model than affiliate marketing because they grasp the concepts easier.
Feels "more real" than certain other ways to make money. I've had numerous people tell me that drop shipping felt like more of a real business than affiliate marketing or even digital product creation. Again, as I mentioned above for many it's an easier to understand business model that other methods because it's more familiar.
Sometimes much faster to see results. Because you have the ability to list on 3rd party platforms and bank sales on someone else's traffic it's sometimes easier to see faster profits in drop shipping than affiliate marketing. Though I will throw out some caution here because most people fail to account for their expenses that it took to get those sales rolling in.
Can easily run advertisements. Because you are selling physical products you're able to run Google Adwords or Bing Ad Campaigns for your website unless you're in a prohibited market.
Just like drop shipping affiliate marketing has numerous pros and benefits. Let's take a closer look together and this will allow you to better compare affiliate marketing vs drop shipping.
Low entry cost. Affiliate marketing is a cheap business model to start with. For about $20 you can start up a website and start putting out content. This still holds true today. When I first started in affiliate marketing I started at a minimum cost and was able to generate quite a bit of money before I ever thought about buying anything extra for my business.
Easy learning curve. Though this business model is not as familiar as simple buying and selling, it's easy to understand. The basic premise is build a website in a niche, write or pay someone to write good content for you, recommend products to your readers, build your audience and make commissioned sales.
Work at home. Just like drop shipping this business model allows you to work at home and work your own hours. Unlike drop shipping, you'll have nothing to ship so there are not the unexpected shipping issues you might have there.
The ability to work at home and at my own pace was great for me when I first started in affiliate marketing. When I first started I was still working a fulltime job as a drugstore manager and usually worked well above 45 hours per week.
No customer service. This is a huge draw to many in affiliate marketing. Because you do not own the products there is no customer service to handle. The company you're promoting for takes care of all the heavy lifting here.
Medium level expenses to get started. Depending on what market you get into, the costs to start can be a lot higher than affiliate marketing. You'll need to buy products and some companies won't let you start with a small MOQ (minimum order quantity). Because of this, it's not uncommon to have startup costs of more than $500-$1000.
It's also usually more expensive at first because even if you accept a company's MOQ you're going to pay more money for their lowest tier than if you were to order more units. Many times a company will charge you a lot more if you order 100 units as opposed to 10,000 units. There is nothing wrong with this but it's just something to be on the lookout for.
Sourcing products. Some people hate this part of drop shipping or growing their brand. You're going to want to carefully source your products to find a great price so you'll be able to make money in your industry. You don't need to be the cheapest, but you need to be able to compete.
Research times can be high. I personally spend a lot of time in research. I want to find my potential competitors weaknesses and strengths and then try to produce something better. If I really feel like I can't do something better, I usually skip the product. Having a better product than your competitor gives you an uncanny value proposition that is hard to compete against.
But because of the extensive research, it's hard to just dive in. In fact, many products I have sourced have taken me months before releasing. I actually see this as a great thing, though many would see this as a con.
Actually takes work. This is probably not a true con but I am going to put this in here anyway because people have a tendency to believe that everything that involves making money online means that "If you build it", sales just magically pour in. Far from it. Everything you do to build a business online or offline takes work and effort, including drop shipping.
Be ready to have some drive and determination for success. I can't teach you drive, you've got to want it.
Shipping and customer interactivity. You will need to handle shipping and customer service issues in drop shipping. It's not bad; it's just what needs to be done. If a customer has a problem, you'll need to handle that too. If you hate handling your own products, customer service and shipping then this is not the model for you.
Outreach. Now that you're creating a brand you will need to find your audience, share your products with people and let the world know who you are. It's time consuming and not really all that uncommon compared to what you're going to need to do in affiliate marketing. However, I think sometimes it's easy to forget that once you get everything built you need to "go knock on some doors" so to speak to generate some attention.
Slow sales at first. This can drive some people nuts because in this day and age people expect immediate results. The problem is that nothing is immediate.
Affiliate marketing can be a little slower to see your first sales than drop shipping but usually the first few sales actually pay off your expenses unlike drop shipping.
Takes work to continue growth. Once you start seeing sales, you're going to need to continue working at getting more. Sure you can switch nearly everything on autopilot but over time sales will dip or never increase if you fail to continue growing your audience.
Can have a lot of writing or content creation. Because affiliate marketing is more about creating content to connect and recommend things to your audience you'll probably need to do some writing. If you hate writing, it can be outsourced easily but it will add to your expenses. I usually teach people to learn to write or create content on their own first before outsourcing it so they can teach their ghostwriter or content creator exactly what they want. If you're not familiar I actually show you how to outsource writing that actually looks professional with this technique.
Finding your audience. Just like drop shipping you can't just sit around once you have things built. You're going to need to build an audience of people that want to hear from you and love the products that you recommend. Obviously, the larger you can grow your audience the more money you're likely going to make.
This can be mundane and boring so you need to attack it with vigor. Think of every action you take as a building block to your business and it makes every action 100% worth it.
Again, this may not really be a con because I think to build any business this is a must!
Harder to run ads. Most of the ad networks are not affiliate friendly. It's not a horrible thing but it does give an advantage if you own your own products. Since affiliate marketing doesn't allow you to own the products it makes it harder, but not impossible to run ads.
Hopefully I have painted a realistic picture for you about running a drop shipping business or an affiliate marketing business.
Most people only give you one part of the equation but I wanted to make sure you realize that no matter what route you choose you'll have work to do. However, do not let work scare you, because everything worthwhile takes work and practice.
I hope you're doing well out there today! Before I begin, yes, I am alive and well! I have had several people ask me why I haven't been active on Facebook and in email recently.
The reason is simple: I am in full expansion mode and have been very busy creating, developing some new (awesome) stuff, leading a couple great study groups including one with some students I am extremely proud of and of course as always, in the trenches practicing and doing what I preach.
Besides I am not the "This is what I ate for breakfast, here's a pic of that" type of guy. No offense to those who are, it's just not me.
Me aside… Let's get busy.
I am writing today to give you some tips that will help you overcome the complete busy cycle of life. I've written extensively in the past on this topic several times. But, instead of a 50 point list I thought it'd be beneficial for you to read just 3 little tips.
This will allow you to make more money and be more productive to help increase your success.
You can look at these as simple useless tips or life changing ones. The choice really comes down to what you want to get out of it.
Productivity Tip #1: Learn, Learn & Act
No, that's not a typo. I mean LEARN, LEARN and then act.
So what does it mean? Well let's say you're learning to do something new i.e. www.niche60.com and you're going through a lesson and you watch/read it and then take notes.
What I highly suggest is that you watch/read the lesson again shortly afterwards.
This will firmly plant the information into your brain and you can look over the notes you took as well to continue to refresh when you're implementing what you've leaned. This is the "act" part I was speaking of.
I can't stress this enough and it will also save you time in the long run, because, if you're like me you'll want to read it several times anyway to make sure you're learning properly.
Productivity Tip #2: Most Important Task Wins
A habit (one in which I am guilty of) is too do simple mundane tasks first (like checking email) because they are easy and brainless which take less effort and work.
This is a mistake. What we should all be doing is doing the single most important task FIRST. This forces you to focus and get something done.
The mundane tasks can be done at the end of your day because they are simple and easy.
Forcing yourself out of your comfort zone for a little bit will increase your productivity and profitability.
John Cleese, who is a brilliant writer and overall extremely creative man, has a fantastic saying about this, which is:
"It's easier to do trivial things that are urgent than it is to do important things that are not urgent; like thinking. It's also easier to do little things we know we can do than to start on big things that we're not so sure about."
What a great quote with a light bit of cheekiness as well!
Productivity #3: Just Freaking Do It!
Procrastination is a business killer and I am willing to bet that every great business leader has suffered from it at one point or another. The difference is the ability to be aware and correct it.
If you don't attempt to make money online, it's not going to happen. Sure, it's not going to be perfect (it still isn't for me) but by not doing, you're wasting time.
So first, stop procrastinating on your learning and then take all of that knowledge that you've learned and apply it and you're already 90% ahead of the crowd. Perfect it all later.
A few years ago I sent out an email to my email list and I had a grammatical error in the title. One of my readers gasped in horror and couldn't believe that someone "so intelligent" (her words) would make such a horrible spelling error.
I kindly wrote back and asked her if she was here for a grammatical lesson or if she would like to make money online, because I can only teach one and I admit I am not a school-book smart individual.
In hindsight I probably should have just let it go, but that mindset drives me nuts. If you're perfectionist you WILL struggle to meet your goals.
My disdain for that mindset might stem from a teacher I had in school who used to circle spelling and grammatical mistakes in the local newspapers and mail them back to the HQ highlighting their complete incompetence. As a side note, I didn't do well in that class.
In any event I guarantee spelling and grammar errors will always be present in my work, somewhere.
But, I won't apologize for it and neither should you. You're going to make mistakes and making a mistake is better than not doing something at all. Learning is centered around errors and I welcome them.
A fact that every man, woman and child will face is that we all only have 24 hours in a day to do everything we need to do.
Yes, that includes those people we like to idolize and put up on a pedestal. They have the same time dilemma that we all do – it's how you handle it that makes a difference.
Put these 3 productivity tips to use and I guarantee that you'll start getting better results.
I have some great new stuff on the horizon and some new teaching that will make a huge difference in the lives of those willing to work and DO IT.
Have a great one my friends and I'll be writing again soon.
Ok guys, I'm back after the holidays here to share my niche results.
The niche is growing and I am going to sit down and chart it's future sometime this week. This is again, modeled after what I teach in Niche Blitzkrieg and In Niche 60. Coming up soon I'll be adding more to both courses to expand on the stuff I am teaching.
If you haven't read my previous writes-ups on the subject here they are. They explain exactly what I did to find my search terms and how I built the site.
Here are the lifetime stats for the site. Pardon screen shot 2 as it's hard t get a great overall shot from that account because of the way it's setup.
Now add in the other product I am promoting on the site:
You can see that the site has come a long way since it's inception.
Traffic has increased month after month and continues to climb.
I now rank for 3,050 keywords (most of which were unplanned).
I had a question come in a couple of weeks ago asking me what I did to get so many keywords ranked with a limited amount of posts. The truth is some of the posts I planned to include a few keywords to rank for, but, the bulk of the rankings just came from writing detailed write-ups on the subject.
Let me give you an example: Let's say you are going to verbally teach someone how to do something. If you simply said step 1, do this, step 2 do that but didn't detail it, you'd have less words in the conversation. The person you were teaching would probably not understand what to do as well.
However, if you said; step 1 do this and then explained exactly how to do it down to the finest detail you would have spoken many words. This same concept applies to your writing. Not only does it help make more sense for your audience, but, the search engines see all of those juicy terms and phrases that get searched that even tools (including keyword planner) do not pick up. I explain this concept in detail at my post about creating a good blog post.
I have been slowly adding new posts as I mentioned in the past. The detailed ones I am writing, but, I am also using Iwriter for the basic stuff and tweaking their work to sound better, look better and include my touch.
I haven't fully decided yet, but, I am likely going to build a small Facebook community on the subject soon. Like I said, I am not 100% on board with going social in it right now, but, I might.
I have found in many experiments that social is good, but more money comes from search. The reason is, is because it's much more targeted. 1000 clicks from the search engines are always going to make you more money than 1000 clicks from Facebook and it's not even close.
However, Facebook, Google Plus and Twitter allow you to build communities which help overall success and can just be a nice supplemental source for traffic.
I'll let you guys know in the next update what route I take the site. Right now I am leaning towards getting social on it.
I plan to use Keyword Snatcher again to uncover more terms that I am probably missing (there are thousands) and as I mentioned in the past, these terms are generally easy to rank for without a shred of link building.
I will add a minimum of 1-3 posts per month to the site going forward (more if I have time).
I am sitting down this week to do an update on Niche Blitzkrieg and sketch out new additions to Niche 60 so these 2 things will take some time. So I will be very limited in my current work on the niche site. Again, hiring a writer will help with that issue and since it doesn't cost much, it's more than worth it.
I am also going to start another niche site (already started actually), which I may actually share with you guys once it's ranking. Part of me is still saying not to do this, because it just brings in the people who can't think for themselves and purposely harm other people's hard work. We'll see, as I am not sure it's something I want to share, but, I haven't ruled it out.
I might take a small study group only who I give access to it and break down everything in detail for them if hat is something people are interested in. Again, I have to think deeply about it though.
I created an affiliate theme, with an AWESOME crew, that I am putting the final touches on. These guys can code like beasts.
I simply got tired of changing themes constantly so I wanted one that works everywhere and right out of the box and be extremely versatile but newbie friendly. I'll be releasing that soon — trust me, you'll hear about it.
I have the designs sketched out for a product conversion tool as well and I'll have it created and marketed sometime during 2014.
My biggest focus right now is on what I said I few days ago (you can read that here). I am having some mind blowing life changes right now and I thank God daily for the ability to seek peace on the stormy seas we all face.
Again, as I always point out in these posts, none of this is to brag. I am simply just a man and all of the talents that I have are learn-able. Apply yourself, go after what YOU want, not what I want.
Go in the direction that you feel you should go and build it and keep going.
Building niche sites might come easy for some or hard for some. As time goes by, no matter what you do, you'll get better and grow more if you simply strive to do it.
Repetition grows success, skills and a closer walk to perfection.
I came into the world of niche creation with none of the skills needed and have learned and applied and grown.
Not every project is awesome or perfect and I've failed countless times.
Not every niche turns out the way you want, whether by chance or by poor planing. If a niche fails learn why.
Figure out what went wrong and try again.
Work hard and then learn to work smart, but, continue to work hard, smartly? Make sense? 😉
Just go after it today and build the site that YOU want to build, but do it!
I had some big plans to release a different type of post to the public today. However, I don't feel that it's the message I want to share right now even though I was fully intending to do so this morning.
Instead I'll probably get back to posting on building a killer niche tomorrow (if you'd rather read that today, go for it).
Today I want to share something a little bit more personal and a little deeper from the heart.
In all accounts 2013 was a bad year for much of the public. A recent report that was out said something around 2/3 of all Americans felt that 2013 was a bad year.
The biased media has heaped on B.S. message after message upon us. By the way, as side note, I am not condemning one source of media over another, all of the mainstream media outlets are biased.
The news has been one negative onslaught after another.
99% of the politicians seem to not care about the public, otherwise would we not see different, constitutional and useful policies actually come to pass? Have you ever looked at a politician and said "He said he/she said they didn't believe that! Why would he vote that way?" I'm not condemning one side or the other here, it's on every side of the aisle.
Meanwhile commercials tell us that unless we accumulate stuff, we have no worth. That if you're not like guy/girl in the picture you're not worth a dime. That without whatever they are selling you are basically nothing.
The economy is still in the tank, unemployment and unhappiness is extremely high.
I'm getting there trust me.
Despite all of the negativity I am going to tell you my hope for the year.
I believe in life there is a narrow road that we should walk that is filled with care, love, compassion, salvation and freedom. This is what I feel and believe.
Some of the points below I feel are critical to being happy in dark times.
I read something not long ago on tips for being successful, not just in business, but as a person. One of the most important points was forgiveness for others and moving on with it.
Look we are all humans, we all make mistakes and occasionally someone gets hurt.
I've been wronged many times in my life and when I was younger and much less wise I am sure I have hurt many around me.
Forgive and move on. I am not saying that if someone hurts you or continues to hurt you that you should continue to put yourself in a bad situation. However, I am saying to forgive and get passed it so you can focus on your success as a person.
One thing the world seems to lack right now is compassion and love. From my youth until now, I don't remember a time where the love just felt as sucked from the air as I feel now.
Sure we all have businesses to run and we need to make money and eat, but, when we can help others I truly believe we should.
This is something I want o work hard on this year. It's something I feel is extremely important.
I can't stress this enough. I always hear people say "Work Smart" and I agree that we should. But, working smart means you need to learn how to work hard at your goals. I don't care if your goals are making money, weight loss, being a better human being or anything else. You must work hard at it.
Without working hard, just working smart means that you're still not getting anything done but, hey, you're efficient at it! Work hard and dedicate time to whatever you're working at.
Practice and training lead to being better at anything.
This is something that I think has gotten out of hand in the last decade. It seems now that instead of listening to other people and at least giving them respect, the majority ridicule, mock, chastise and slander in some of the most horrible ways.
If someone believes something that you do not believe in, get over it. I disagree with many people whom I still love and even though it may be hard sometimes, I believe it leads us to a better life.
If someone continually offends you, don't continue to put yourself in a situation to be offended, but move on.
In the media in recent months I've heard stories on both sides of the spectrum where someone or some group is offended by something someone said or did. Instead of just tuning them out, they fight to boycott, to slander and to defame.
Tune out the negativity. If someone makes a completely stupid statement that is offensive to you, you don't have to continue listening. If America (like other countries) has the ability to have freedom of speech, why not let everyone say their piece and either agree with them or disagree and move on.
But, in all things with freedom involved, let's continue to have these freedoms. When you start asking for others to become involved because you don't like what someone says, that opens the door for loss of freedom in my opinion.
To those of you reading this in other countries I feel the same. But, as an American I can only speak from what I see in front of me here.
I wish the very best for all of my readers and everyone that comes into contact with me throughout 2014. Be a beacon of light if darkness surrounds you and continue walking your path.
It's great to pay attention to what is going on worldwide and be informed. I think most people should be paying more attention to what is going on. But, do not let the doom and gloom beat you up. Don't let the crap the media spits out breed apathy in your life.
I'm not asking you to agree with all of what I said, or any of it for that fact. I however, am asking you to consider it and in all that you do this year do the following:
….and grow.
Never forget that no matter what anyone tells you, you're worth more than any amount of money or any product on the planet. You are someone and we all have the ability to shine.
Have a happy and joyous new year.
Note: The sale is over, but you can still get a free trial here.
First and foremost there is a Market Samurai 50% off deal going on that ends TODAY!
Before I continue, I know, I am a keyword tool fiend. I have a bunch and I use:
I use Market Samurai and Keyword Canine on a daily basis and Keyword Snatcher weekly.
Do you need them all? No. Do you need a keyword tool outside of Google Keyword Planner? Not really. But, having tools like this will greatly cut down research time, make you more money by finding additional keywords you might have missed and showing you how strong all of your competition is without manually doing it or guessing.
But, let me tell you why I still love Market Samurai specifically and why I recommend it. It's 3 fold:
First, it's simple in it's use. You can use MS's default settings to find great keywords in any niche in fact, watch their free start-up Videos here.
Once you play around with the tool it gets even easier to use. I've demoed this tool here before.
Now, I basically fire it up, plug in my keywords and check the stats for search volume and competition in a few minutes.
The guys over at Market Samurai are pretty smart and pretty down to Earth. I hosted a webinar with Ben from their team in the past and trust me, they know what they are doing.
They have an entire training area for Market Samurai set up here. They call it a DOJO and you can learn a lot of techniques for easier keyword search that I have personally never even taught.
They also break down every use of the Keyword Tool itself where as I just break down the basic uses.
With keyword research there is one thing to always remember; every tool uses estimates including Google It's impossible to not do it. Since Market Samurai gets some of their information through Google's Keyword Planner API they are accurate up to Google's standards.
Overall I've had the tool for I believe around 4 years. I actually was late to the party by around 6 months of their original release date. I love the tool and glad the team keeps working to improve it. Get a copy here.
It's a good sale on a good tool and if you've even thought for a minute about buying it, I recommend it.
If you have questions about it's use or anything else you want to ask me, do so below.
Here is the steepest Article Builder discount that you can get. In fact It's $100 off the original price.
If you need a discount, get it here.
Aside from this Article Builder discount deal I have also reviewed it before here.
Some of the things I use Article Builder for are:
This is a process I explain in my 45 days to the top of the search engines piece but I feel like explaining it again.
You can link build to your main site (money site) from web 2.0 blogs like (Tumblr, Rebel Mouse, Blogger etc). However, on those blogs you need content. That's where Article Builder comes in. You can actually get content from Article Builder and post it directly to these web 2.0 blogs.
This will save you time and money and will save you from hiring a writer or even writing the content yourself.
You can use Article Builder to automatically schedule posts to your blog in a special category that you choose. This quickly does a couple of things. It establishes your blog as a source of constant fresh content, which search engines love, and saves you time because you won't have to write this content yourself.
Another way to supplement your content with AB is to use the content for a post and manually add parts to it. Or save more time and hire someone to add an additional 150 words or so to the article for you.
I don't use this part very often. However, you can set-up unlimited Word Press auto-blogs with this software. This means that you essentially set it and forget it while monetizing with ads or Adsense.
Because Article Builder can create up to 85% unique content these types of auto-blogs work.
If you're interested in an Article Builder discount coupon just visit this link and the $100 discount will automatically be applied.
I decided to post this up again because my previous review wasn't focused on the discount and savings as much and I'd get questions asking me if I had any coupon codes for Article Builder.
If you have any questions please feel free to ask me below and I'll answer them ASAP.
Sorry for the delay on doing the update. I am trying to put my niche marketing demo results up by the 20th of each month. However, I am eternally behind schedule. But, I believe if your schedule is ever empty for more than an evening, you're not working enough.
I've had a few requests about how he niche was doing this week, so I thought I'd post my update here.
Let's get to it.
If you haven't read Post 1 and Post 2 on this subject, make sure to do so. It will give you the overview of what I am doing in this niche and how I am making it happen.
I also teach these things and more inside of Niche 60 if you're not a member consider joining it for a one time low cost.
In the first 2 updates the site had made $280.41 in the first 54 days and $2323.79 within 3 months respectively. That total has now exceeded $5000.
In fact here is the exact amount as of Nov 21: $5633.75
Here are the screens of that: (add up both amounts for the total).
As you can see from my last update I've added a new affiliate program on the site that is doing decently for me. In fact, it's much better than the 2 others I removed (bottom 2 with low conversions).
In just 8 days it has pulled me in almost $250 on top of my sales from the other affiliate products still converting well. It looks like a sure keeper.
I got rid of the 2 affiliate program that you can see in screenshot 1 that only had a couple of sales each as they were converting at an abysmal pace.
I recently fired up Keyword Snatcher again (I review it here by the way) and found a flurry of little ranked and known keywords that I can easily rank for. The keywords aren't exactly perfect but close enough that I can do same great stuff with them.
It's leading me to believe it's time for a spin-off site based on the same industry. I really want $20,000/month from the niche and I am now approaching over $3,000/monthly. I haven't fully decided if I want to build a second site in the same niche or not yet, but, I am leaning that way. Plus, I never like putting all of my eggs in one basket.
I know my goal of $20,000 monthly isn't far fetched, it's just going to take time, more writing and just a little more work. Basically from the traffic I am getting now I can assess how much more traffic I'd need to get to increase conversions. I need about 7 times more traffic to reach my goals.
Traffic+conversions = sales. Never forget that. You need both. You need to be ranking for keywords you want to rank for and you need to convert those rankings into sales.
Again, more writing , more keyword rankings and simply improving any keyword rankings that I have that are not quite where I want them.
You can see my results for November alone:
So the $2451.79 plus $ 247.88 =$2699.67 in November so far. With 8 days left I should far exceed $3,000/month in this niche market.
I'm pretty busy with many other things right now so I hired a writer who is going to start cranking out about 10-15 additional articles for me per week. I am currently up to 54 posts of which I wrote some and again I hired out some from Iwriter & Fiverr, cheaply.
As far as converting the sales I wrote this the other day teaching you how to convert more of your traffic into sales.
Overall I feel pretty happy in the niche. Sometimes I wish could clone myself though as I'd hit these goals much faster.
The hardest part with this project for me so far has been two-fold. Time and control.
I like to do everything myself and I hate outsourcing. But, I am learning to outsource to get more done. I am really learning to love letting writers do more of my work and I can always just go back and tweak and proof read.
As far as time goes, the summer and up until now has been CRAZY. I broke my foot as many of you know and at the same time we just moved into a new home. The combo has been somewhat brutal. But, we're in now and I am getting my stuff back on track.
It's life, it's the way it is sometimes and we just have to adapt and make things happen.
Look, this niche has been good to me. Many haven't been in the past, I dropped them and moved on. This isn't setup to brag, to discourage or to be negative in anyway. I am putting this out there to show you that simple niche markets still and always will have money in them. I am doing this to uplift you and help motivate you to do more. If you're willing to work at it and grow you can do this.
Don't expect overnight riches, this site took 54 days to earn just under $300. However since then it's gone up nicely. In order to make more money with this market I will need to put in some more time and work and yes, effort. Any niche you get into will need to be scaled up this way as well.
You can do this.
In the near future I'll release another update of the site plus I'll keep you notified of any changes I make as I go forward.
Enjoy and go get your niche sites going!
If you loved the post, why not share it on Twitter, Facebook and Google+ with your friends? I'd appreciate it it and it would put a smile on my face.
O.K. and you'll be helping someone else out who is looking for this information.
Thoughts? Comments? You getting killer results in a niche? Share below.


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Paperclay certainly has several advantages here. For this project, you will be working with moist on moist techniques.
Some of the benefits of using paperclay for portraiture.
1. Reduced risk of cracking or parts of the piece blowing up, popping off during bisque fire.
2. Dries faster and more evenly than traditional clay.
3. A bit lighter after bisque. Obviously you can still use a lot of paperclay and it does gain some weight, but certainly not as heavy as a traditional clay body.
4. Tremendous greenware strength around certain areas of the face, for example, ear lobes, nose, chin.
5. Ability to repair cracks and broken pieces at the green stage with paperclay slip.
6. If the piece does dry out, it's a simple matter of spraying it with water to re-hydrate your piece without the clay crumbling on you. Keep on hydrating it until it becomes leather hard again and then continue as before.
My friend, Beverly T, who is the owner of the new doggie (see earlier post on Paperclay as SuperGlue) has been using paperclay exclusively for her portraiture figures ever since she started using it. It has worked extremely well for her and she is a total paperclay "convert."
Way to go Beverly! I've linked her website to my blog.


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Many years ago whilst still working in operating theatres, TGIF was talked about so much, I used to embroider it onto ties for people to give as gifts to their boyfriends or husbands. This was when sewing took up a lot of my recreational time, that is, B.C. (before children)!
My dear husband loves Fridays too, especially if it's a long weekend with Monday as a day off as well. It means we have more time together too, so I'm also rather fond of them!
I wonder though, why we don't treat every day as a Friday, and savour it just as much. Maybe that is something I can add to my list of gifts from a diagnosis of dementia…
These days, Fridays are no more or no less fun than any other day, although I find the chatter on social media is a bit less, and I miss it! Who would have thought the girl who thought twitter was only for twits now tweets!!!
So for everyone out there (including those of you saying out loud or to yourselves, Thank God It's Friday), have a wonderful weekend, but I hope next week is just as much fun.


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Some art. First, a pinup for Neil's Black Mango comic that you should all invest your life savings in. Next WACKY SUPER MAZE FUNTIME! And also a Fawful from Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga for fun.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
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Ni No Kuni Heart Locket Necklace.
Ni No Kuni is the new RPG game by Studio Ghibli and Level 5, I took my inspiration from this game to make a replica of Oliver's necklace, I loved the idea of the locket as soon as I saw it and wanted to make it as close to the in game necklace as possible, I have tried to get the sizing and necklace length to scale.
I have made the glass part of the bottle out of emerald polymer clay, then I added the detail with yellow polymer clay, and attached brown polymer clay around the neck of the bottle to look like the brown cord tied around and to give it extra security.
To give the piece added protection I have added two coats of Fimo gloss, I wanted to also re-create the way that the locket glows up so I have also added two coats of green glow in the dark paint which is charged by sunlight, and then an extra coat of Fimo gloss to protect the glow in the dark paint.
You can find this necklace on my Etsy shop XKawaiiCutieXhttps://www.etsy.com/listing/123609874/ni-no-kuni-necklace-glow-in-the-dark


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The trailer for Clint Eastwood's latest just dropped, and it's pretty awesome.
In American Sniper, we get a scruffy, grizzled Bradley Cooper as U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle. He's one of America's best shooters, and his reputation begins growing across enemy lines. The quick tease also hints at Kyle's personal life with his wife (played by Sienna Miller) as they have their first child together.
Love this shot.
My favorite part of the trailer is how we don't hear a gunshot. The first minute is a mini-scene, and it cuts to other parts of the movie in the second half. It's rather exhilarating.
Why, hello, Mr. Eastwood...


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Name: Kassidy
Home Town: Crested Butte, CO
Sign: Sagittarius
Soxxy "S": Spontaneous
Favorite Soxxy: Renee
Quote: "Daring to wear something different takes effort" – Miuccia Prada
Soxxy is delighted to introduce Kassidy!
Kassidy wowed us with her sun kissed skin and gorgeous blonde locks as she jumps for joy in "Allison" knee-high Soxxys.
Whether she's strutting her stuff on the California beaches, relaxing by the pool in "Denise" Soxxys or hiking the Hollywood hills, this Soxpert knows how to strike a pose anywhere in the Golden State.
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Saving Money on Automobile Repairs
By Nikki Willhite
Automobile expenses take a big chunk out of our income. This
includes repairs and upkeep. A trip to the shop is almost always a painful
financial experience.
Here are some tips to help keep these expenses down:
Proper maintenance will reduce repairs. Hopefully you have the
manual to your automobile. If you don't', find a copy of it, and follow the
instructions to service your car. Some of the most basic things you want to do
frequently will include:
-Check the car's fluids; oil, transmission, radiator, power
steering, etc.
-Measure the pressure in the tires and add air when necessary.
-Check the elasticity of the hoses and belts in the engine.
-Check the oil filter, brakes, and rotate the tires.
If you don't know how to do these things, find someone who does,
and have them teach you. Or take a course at a local college. It is well worth
the investment.
With more skill you can learn to monitor the carburetor, clutch,
spark plugs, and much more. I would also encourage you to take proper care of
the outside of your car. My husband religiously waxes our car at least twice a
year. The difference is incredible. We keep our cars a LONG time. They look
good. It is always shocking to see our car on the road when it hasn't been
maintained. What a difference!
When you do have to take your car in to the shop, be prepared.
Know the best place to go. Ask around. Find the most reputable shop in your
area, and develop a good relationship with the owner.
Make sure the owner has been around long enough to build a
credible reputation, and that his business is certified. He should communicate
well with you, and not do any repairs until you authorize them.
Take advantage of having your car in the shop to do any other
items that may be necessary, and spare yourself the extra expense of having to
take it in later. Keep good records of which repairs and maintenance has been
done on your car, and the dates. Keep all these records together in a well-
organized notebook with a summary at the beginning. Take this with you when you
go to the shop so the mechanic can see at a glance anything that may be overdue
for your vehicle.
One of the reasons it is cost effective to do these things is
that your car is going to be "pulled apart" anyway. If something needs to be
done, it will be cheaper to do it now.
When not to repair
This is an area my husband deals in all the time as an insurance
adjuster. Sometimes it is not worth the money to repair a car. This may be
because of the age and condition of the car, or because of its condition due to
an accident.
If you have been in an accident and have insurance, your
adjuster will let you know if it can be repaired or not. The industry standard
is that if it costs over 80% of the value of your car to repair it, which after
an accident includes cosmetic work, they will not do it. It is considered a
"total loss".
Even if you go ahead and have it repaired, the title will be
stamped that the car has been totaled, and you will have a hard time selling it.
When it comes to mechanical repairs on your car, and whether or
not to do them, there is some dispute. I do not agree with the research I've
done. I do not agree with the percentages of the value of the car to the cost of
the repair, and when not to do it. I believe they are too quick to discard a
If you do have an older car, and you have not been maintaining
it, then you may not want to repair it. However, if you have been taking good
care of your car, even if it is an expensive repair, I think it is worth the
cost so that you do not have to make payments on a new car.
I have my own personal story on a decision I had to help my son
make when his older truck blew its engine. The story is at:
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"He is so interesting, smart and decent. He's a good person, and that allows his character to be criminally, negligently ignorant." -- Jon Stewart on Stephen Colbert.
"Musicians are part of the entertainment industry which is mostly anti-Republican… Imagine if a liberal tried to use Toby Keith's 'Courtesy Of The Red, White, And Blue.' Keith and his fans would rightly be upset. But that never happens since liberals don't like images of the flag." -- part-time political commentator Dan Gainor, full-time idiot.
"Rick Santorum is like the North's version of Rick Perry." -- Blogger.
"The Republican presidential candidates have swept into New Hampshire so swiftly, you might be tricked into thinking that next Tuesday's primary really matters." Maggie Haberman in Politico.
Breaking news: "The gender gap—the difference between how men and women vote—represents on average a seven point gulf between the sexes during presidential elections." – Libby Copeland in Slate.


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There is nothing like escaping the office for a day of pure creativity surrounded by passionate folks from the wedding industry! I was so excited to hear from the very talented Michelle from Michelle Elaine Weddings and immediately melted as she described her black tie, mountainside vision. The elegance of each thought out detail, combined with the scenery we love here in Vermont felt like an absolute dream. Here's a look into our time together, and below is a list of all the amazingly talented wedding vendors who joined in the fun!
Venue: Topnotch Resort, Stowe Vermont | Planning & Design: Michelle Elaine Weddings | Stationery: Christa Alexandra Designs | Photography: Ashley Largesse | Floral Design: Jasper & Prudence Floral and Events | Gown: Everthine Bridal Boutique | Rentals: Vermont Tent Company | Makeup: Elizabeth England Studios | Hair: Finishing Touch | Jewelry: Sara Marie Jewelry | Tuxedo: Sene Studio | Wedding Cake: Eleventh Hour Bakery | Shoes: Bella Belle Shoes


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text: Our 2 phone family plan contract (non data) with Verizon is ready to expire and we have been thinking about getting iPhones. I have always felt AT&T's plans were overpriced and this is one reason why we didn't get an iPhone sooner. I have recently been "schooled" about how the pricing plans of Verizon and AT&T are almost the same. From what I can tell, AT&T directory assistance cost 30 cents more, call ID block is not included and the additional line activation fee cost a dollar more than Verizon. But with AT&T, you get rollover minutes. So it seems AT&T isn't so bad. I have an iPod Touch and love it. I think the apps make the Touch and probably the iPhone more useful devices. So should we get a couple iPhones and make the switch to AT&T?


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Hotel Aditi in Vadodara, is a superb hotel. In Vadodara, Hotel Aditi offers online booking and comfortable living. Contact Hotel Aditi in Vadodara for tariffs.
Hotel Aditi is situated in Sayaji Gunj, Vadodra. Even though it is situated in the city center, the hotel proves to be a tranquil retreat. Its ambience offers a secluded retreat that cuts you off from the outside world and helps you to rest and relax in style.
The hotel is located at a distance of approx. a 15-minute drive from the airport and walking distance from the railway station.
Select from 53 well-furnished rooms categorized into deluxe, super deluxe, executive and royal suites. The rooms and suites are equipped with amenities such as air-conditioner, direct dial telephone, satellite television, minibar, tea/coffee maker, electronic safe and an attached bath with running hot/cold water.
Pearl is a multi-cuisine restaurant that serves sumptuous dishes and delicacies.Khyber Conference and Banquet Hall is an ideal place for conducting seminars, meetings and birthday parties for 25 to 60 guests with modern equipments and facilities.


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Industrial Designer for Hardware Project
Budget $1500-3000 USD
We're an up and coming mid-sized window and door manufacturer looking for an industrial designer capable of evaluating hardware trends and recommending several design concepts based on existing hardware options and gaps within our offering. I'm happy to further outline the details of this project if you have an interest. ID's with experience with this type of work is preferred. Thank you.
9 freelancers are bidding on average $2130 for this job
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Face washes are an essential no matter what your skin type is, what the weather is, it is a MUST! I am one of those who never uses soap on my face no matter how lazy I feel at that moment. I also like to switch my face wash every now and then as I like to try out new and different brands and their variants. This time I shifted to Glamisha Face wash which has Mulberry and Licorice extracts in it.
- Paraben free.
- 100% vegan.
- Cruelty free.
- Made with premium quality natural ingredients.
PRICE : Rs.350 for 100 ml
The product comes in a cardboard packing which mentions all the necessary details about the product very clearly. Inside it, the main packaging of the product is in a tube form with black flip top cap. The packaging seems to be sturdy and travel friendly too.
Coming to the actual product inside the tube- the face wash is light blue in color and has a very mild and soothing fragrance of mulberries which I don't think would bother anyone. It has a gel based formula, which doesn't lather much. The face wash has a unique list of ingredients like Aloe Vera, licorice extracts, mulberry extracts, etc. I read it somewhere that mulberry extract has skin lightening and anti-ageing properties and licorice extracts help get rid of pigmentation and helps in skin brightening. The only downside is that it has SULPHATE based ingredients too in it.
I have been using this face wash from 15 days now, and from the first use itself I could feel that it really moisturizes and hydrates the skin. Since my skin is on the oilier side these days hence I skip moisturizer after using this face wash but people with dry skin type will have to use a moisturizer post wash as my sister who has a dry skin type had to use a good heavy moisturizer after using this face wash. This face wash cleans up the face really well and it can even clean slight makeup too. It is gentle on the skin too. It brings a slight radiance (glow) to the skin and makes it look fresh. I am happy with this face wash at the moment as it controls the oil production but once my skin gets back to its dry state, I don't know if I would like it this much or not.
At the moment I am satisfied with the Glamisha face wash but may not use it when I would get back to my dry skin type. Also, I feel that this face wash may not be a pocket-friendly option for many but that is because it falls in the luxury beauty category. Also, the presence of sulphate based ingredients is a downside too.
You can find Glamisha here – website, Instagram.
Buy this product from here – Glamisha, Flipkart, Amazon, Snapdeal. (Amazon and Snapdeal are giving the best offers at the moment).
I hope you liked this review.
Stay tuned for more reviews!
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- Eating… Our kinda takeaway from The Health Hut in Rawtenstall. It's a Kings and Greens dream with salad boxes, protein shakes and build-your-own stir fries. I feasted on the halloumi burger and sweet potato fries last weekend. It ain't so bad not having a kitchen after all! Highly recommended if you're in the Rossendale area.
- Wearing… our faux-fur jackets now the weather has finally got cold enough. If you have enough season matching outfits there ain't no weather you can't face (I even don't mind the rain since I was bought an amazing cloud umbrella a few years ago). I got Ali hers in the Topshop sale last Christmas and my multi-coloured unicorn inspired one is from M&S Kids last year – a good place to look for something slightly cheaper and that not many other people (despite actual kids) will have.
- Detoxing… with a shot of apple cider vinegar every morning. I'm not a fan of shots at the best of times but the health benefits of this far outweigh the interesting taste. I bought mine from One Planet in Accrington (other suppliers are available) and I was the third person who'd bought one that day, so it looks like it's a popular way to kick start that January detox.
- Barking… orders at our new Amazon Echo Dot. Alexa got a bit of a beasting at our NYE party with a whole room of people screaming her name and demanding she play certain songs. It's the perfect way to play music easily and allow party guests to contribute to the playlist, although Alexa won't be responsible for any arguments that ensue over varying music tastes.
- Sipping… English country garden cocktails. This was the main culprit of my New Years Day hangover but it was worth it. It feels quite summery with elderflower cordial, pro pro, gin and strawberries so it's the perfect antidote to the cold weather. If you're after something more wintery try a dark and stormy (another NYE tipple of ours). Nice try, dry January.
- Dusting… off our dancing shoes and trying our hand (feet?) at ballroom dancing. We've been fans of Strictly for years so it was only a matter of time until we gave it a whirl for ourselves. Stay tuned for some awkward/embarrassing attempts (add us on Snapchat for the outtakes – alikingkong and charliequeso).
- Punching, lifting and jumping… our way to fitness with the launch of the new Les Mills classes at my gym. We are huge Body Attack and Body Combat fans and I've recently started Body Pump. My gym has an open weekend for the launch next weekend so I'm taking Ali along so we can re-live the days when we were Les Mills fangirls. Out of all the types of exercise I've ever done a Les Mills class is by far the most fun and leaves me feeling like I've worked the hardest. They have low impact options if you're a newbie but once you know the routines you can't help but give it your all. Faye and I even got Alexa playing one of the Combat tunes and did a routine on NYE. If that doesn't make you a gym geek I don't know what does.
- Trying… my hand at a bullet journal. I'm not the most organised of people and I'm still living in the past with my diarising and refusal to put it all on my iPhone (although apparently one of Alexa's functions is to tell you your daily schej like a PA). I also have loads of funky notebooks I've amassed over the years so I'm going to try and start a bullet journal. Let me know if you have any tips for this, it looks quite easy but I do get confused by the simplest of things sometimes…
- Lighting… up my life (well, bedroom) with this lamp with marble and copper (both very in RN) from Aldi of all places! I spied this on someone's Instagram so hot footed it down to my local store and snapped one up. They also do a floor lamp in the same style but Ric has had enough of my copper and marble obsession for the time being. My next purchase will have to be much more subtle so he doesn't notice.
And now for some 2017 plans….
Dressing… to impress. My wardrobe is full of amazing clothes, yet I seem to throw the same things on all the time. I have good intentions of putting together a great outfit then turn all basic bitch and end up in leggings and Uggs. With living out of a suitcase the past few months after packing my wardrobe up I've really missed having a big selection of clothes to choose from so my NY res is to dress fancier and make the most of all the clothes I have bursting out of my wardrobe. Which will also help with…
Decluttering… the clothes I don't wear. I've recently opened a Depop shop (find me here) and have decided that anything I don't wear on a regular basis needs to be sold or taken to a charity shop.
Meeting… up more with friends and family. This has got to a great start with a cousin catch up in early Jan, meeting up with a former colleague this weekend and the revival of the original gang being discussed via whatsapp. I make this resolution every year then life gets in the way but it's something I'm determined to stick to this year.
Enjoying… a proper sit down family meal (preferably a good ol' roast) once a week. Ali wants to get Q into good eating habits and get into a routine of chatting together round the table rather than staring at phones or sticking Netflix on. It's also a good excuse for her to crack open the wine before baby bedtime, so win-win!
Blogging… more! The end of 2017 saw blogging take a back seat for us with new houses, busy work schedules and a teething baby but it made me realise how much I actually miss doing it! It made more sense when we were marathon training and had a specific thing to write about so it's time we got our mojo back and got back in the game. My NY resolution is to blog once a week so let us know if you have any ideas on what to blog about or want to let us know what things you like reading about.
Happy New Year to all our readers. I love the fact that you take the time to actually read our mumblings and here's to a blog-tastic 2017!


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I noted again today, in an article discussing the erroneous statement of a CNN anchor about the source of our rights, these words from the Declaration of Independence:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed…
There is an implicit logic that the authors of this document express in the conclusion "endowed by their Creator". It goes like this:
- God is the author if the absolute moral code.
- Justice requires an absolute moral code.
- Rights are claims in justice.
- Therefore, we are endowed with our rights by God.
The one that I think stumps people is the second: "Justice requires an absolute moral code." Why does justice require an absolute moral code? Let's say that we live in a culture like the Aztecs where sacrifice of children is morally licit. People steal my child from me for sacrifice by immolation. I go to the courts and demand that this not happen because of the child's right to life. I am told my child has no such right where sacrifices are concerned as the rights of society to sacrifice him for the greater good outweighs any right he might have to life. Thus, I nor my child have any claim in justice. Does my child have a right to live? Yes. Why? My culture has determined he has no such right. But there is some "right" he has to life that transcends the rights my culture has authored. From where does it arise? If there is no God, there is no authority higher than the government under which I live. Why do I feel outrage? Why do I feel that change is demanded, that the culture is not properly aligned with what is truly "right?" If there is no God, I have nothing to which to appeal. If there is no absolute moral code, I can feel no outrage.
Now let us suppose my child is sacrificed. I bring charges against the priest who dropped him in the furnace. But the courts declare him innocent because human sacrifice is not a crime, and thus he violated no one's rights. Where is justice? The priest sues me for some kind of slander. I am made to pay. Where is the justice?
Let's go further. Let's say that today human sacrifice is illegal, but then in a sweeping social change, it is made legal. Where do I turn when government issue boots break down my door and steal my child for immolation? Society has spoken.
Without a shared sense of a right and a wrong that transcends the whims of society there is no guarantee of any rights. Without an unchangeable "right" and "wrong" there are no unalienable rights. Without an absolute moral code there is no justice.
Thus, a statement like this:
Our rights do not come from God…. They come from man…. Our laws come from collective agreement and compromise.
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Eugene City Hall: Upcoming Open Houses (Feb 24 & 25)
The City Hall design team recently presented a project update to Eugene City Council and gathered input on the project's design direction. Members of the design team will be available at drop-in community sessions in north and south Eugene to present the conceptual images and materials, and answer any questions about the project.
Design team members especially want to hear residents' thoughts about how Eugene City Hall can be a welcoming and engaging place—one that connects to the heart of our local identity. Below are two upcoming Open House events to put on your calendar; the same material will be covered at both events.
Eugene City Hall - Open House #1 | South Eugene
Monday, February 24 from 4:30-6:30pm
Downtown Library, Bascom-Tykeson Room, 100 W 10th Avenue
Eugene City Hall - Open House #2 | North Eugene
Tuesday, February 25 from 4:30-6:30pm
Cal Young Middle School, Cafeteria, 2555 Gilham Road
Using public input and the feedback from City Council, the design team will be developing a design for Eugene City Hall during these next few months, and looks forward to sharing that with the public in April 2014. A link to the presentation materials for the Council work session is available on the project website.


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Back In Town!!
Good evening Ladies & Gentlemen,
Sorry for not keeping up with posts. I have returned from a 2 week further education of some of the the best wines and food from Italy & Spain with the hope to bring some of this inspiration your way.
With Easter on the horizon just a quick note about easter trading.
Tablefor20 & Sticky Bar will trade Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday from 6pm
Buffalo Dining Club Will be Open normal Wednesday to Saturday from Noon and Close on Good Friday at 10pm.
Tablefor20 has eclipsed500k to Hopestreet Mission, over 80,000 meals, over 200,000 cocktails in Sticky Bar, over 300kg of Fresh Mozzarella at Buffalo Dining Club and millions of laughs in almost 6 years.... Thank you everyone.
This Thursday April 5 come join us in Sticky Bar from 6pm for some long weekend fun, free nibbles from 6pm-8pm true aperitivo style, live tunes and more.
Buona Pasqua!


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Short Sale Seller Advisory from Arizona Association of Realtors
The Short Sale Seller Advisory is a Resource Provided by the Arizona Association of Realtors® What is a Short Sale? A short sale is a real estate transaction in which the sales price is insufficient to pay the loan(s) encumbering the property in addition to the costs of sale and the seller is unable to pay the difference. A short sale involves numerous issues as well as legal and financial risks. This Advisory is designed to address some of these issue and risks, but does not purport to be comprehensive. Please click on the photo of document to download PDF.


text: Bowdon Vale CC was founded in 1873 and plays in the Cheshire Alliance League. Our ground lies to the south west of Altrincham. In addition to the Saturday league 1st and 2nd XI's, the club has Over 40's and Sunday XI fixtures. We also have Under 10s, Under 12s junior teams which play in the South Manchester Junior League. Practice sessions for seniors are held at the club on Thursday evenings during the season with junior practice sessions held on Monday evenings at the club and starts at 18:15.


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I ended up picking up the Very Green Reversible Bang Buster today so I have a good luon to luon comparison of Savage Green to Very Green. The colors are just about identical with Very Green being ever so slightly lighter. The colors are so close that you could easily wear both of them interchangeably and you wouldn't notice the tonal differences unless you were examining the two very closely.
This bottom picture is right next to a window so slightly washed out by the natural light.