January 10, 2010

The secret(s) to becoming a successful webmaster.

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January 2, 2010

How to Leverage Your Business with a Free eBook

Free has a magical property of attracting even the most well to do in our society. People love to get free stuff. Using free giveaways is the best known strategy for businesses to build prospects and sales.

A free eBook, a free report or a white paper is the perfect promotion strategy for online businesses to attract prospective buyers. Let us see how all you can put this strategy to work for you.

A free eBook or report is an explosive viral marketing tool. Each eBook you give away will be further distributed by people who received it to friends and associates. Over a period of time you will have thousands of eBooks circulating the internet carrying your website links.

When you write and give away a free ebook you or your organization will become known as an expert. This will gain people’s trust and they are more likely to buy your product or service.

You can publish your web site in eBook format. Put the eBook on a disk or CDROM then include it with your direct mail packages. This can increase the number of people that buy your product or service.

Offer your eBook as a free bonus for buying one of your main products or services. People will buy the product or service more often when you offer free bonuses.

Allow people to download your eBook for free for leaving their name and email. You can also ask for referrals of 2 to 5 friends or associates that would be interested in your eBook. This will quickly build your e-mail list.

Create joint venture with products that are complementary to your product and ask them to share part of the cost of creating your free eBook further minimizing your cost. Cross promotions and joint ventures could market you more effectively. Now more people would be giving away the eBook creating a bigger viral reach.

Create a directory or listing at the end of the eBook. List complementary businesses to your products in the directory that will agree to advertise or give away the eBook on their web site to their customers. You can also charge a small amount for the listing thereby creating instant back end revenue.

Allow any one interested to give away your free eBook. This will increase the number of people that will see your ad in the eBook. You could also include a mini catalog of all your product or services that you offer in the eBook.

Make money selling advertising space in your eBook. You could also trade advertising space in your eBook for other forms of advertising.

Keep updating the eBook and adding more information that could add value to your target audience. In the long run this could become a paid ebook which could be sold as a back end product. You can create a smaller version with sample chapters to give away for free.

This one strategy alone could be expanded and applied endlessly in hundreds of creative ways to leverage your business. Go ahead and create your viral eBook/report or white paper right away and put your business on the fast track.

R.G. Srinivasan is a certified trainer and a small business consultant. Check out his Home Business Resources Blog at http://www.home-businessresources.blogspot.com

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November 2, 2009

How to Protect Your Ebooks and Software from Being Stolen!

There are many systems that can lock your software or document, allowing you to control access to that file. But the problem arises with assuming that this will stop all theft? A well thought out, thorough protection system can deter theft, but it cannot stop it 100%.

An “unbreakable” protection system simply does not, and will never exist. If someone really wants your information, they can get it, even if it takes years of work.

SO WHAT’S THE POINT? WHY USE ANY PROTECTION AT ALL?

There is no 100% security guarantee in anything, but that’s no reason to totally ignore protecting your intellectual property — A thief can easily kick in your front door and rob your house, but you still lock the door right? Locking the door is not 100% effective security, but we still do it. Why? Because locking the door deters most potential theft and those who are more determined will have to work a bit to get in.

WHO SHOULD USE PROTECTION?

The big question here is, HOW VALUABLE IS YOUR INFORMATION TO YOU? Sensitive, proprietary or private information demands some sort of protection, otherwise transmitting over the net is not an option.

If your information is not free, then it’s obviously of some importance. So, how much damage would it do to you if it were made freely available? What type of impact would it have on your sales and could you (or would you) absorb that without thinking twice?

Is a $14 Ebook worth paying for another service to protect it? Probably not, but it depends on the situation and target market. What about a $2,000 report? Does the price change the perspective?

Business protect their property. If you believe your information or software to be of a unique or proprietary nature, you should protect that information using some means, no matter how small.

Companies like Microsoft lose hundreds of millions of dollars due to software theft and fraud, yet they continue to implement protection measures in their software. I would guess that without any protection whatsoever the losses would be in the billions.

WHAT SHOULD YOU EXPECT?

Like I said, there is no 100% way to prevent every possible incident, but you can make it very difficult and less likely to happen. At best what you should hope is to provide just enough security to close obvious security flaws and discourage would-be thieves. But not so much security that it discourages honest users and customers.

PROTECTION OPTIONS

Here are some common protection schemes:

No Protection: Just distribute your information and hope for the best.

- Pros: No special process to access file which means less support issues

- Cons: File can be passed around, copied, distributed and/or sold without authorization from the owner. Can’t prevent access after chargeback or refund. —

General Password Protection: Simply requiring a predetermined password to install or register the file.

- Pros: Simple for customer or end user.

- Cons: File and password can be passed around, copied, distributed and/or sold without authorization from the owner. Can’t prevent access after chargeback or refund. —

PC Unique Password Protection: Generates a unique password based on the User’s machine.

- Pros: Can’t pass around the file since it is basically locked to one machine.

- Cons: Requires an extra step for registration; Customer cannot move file to another PC; If their PC crashes they will need another unique password; Can’t prevent access after chargeback or refund. —

Post-Purchase Activation: Requires activation by online server. After user purchases they are entered into an online customer database. They then install and register the file by entering their name/email or some data. The server confirms the purchase and then activates the software.This method is become more and more common with big name software.

- Pros: Can prevent unauthorized distribution of file since the file must be activated by the online server.

- Cons: User must be online to register file; Can’t move file to a different PC; Can’t prevent access after chargeback or refund. —

Active Password Protection: Each time user attempts to access file it checks an online server to confirm the usage rights and permissions for the user.

- Pros: Prevents distribution or copying of file; File Owner can revoke access to file after chargeback or refund; Access permissions can be changed and applied in real-time.

- Cons: must be connected to the net to register and/or access file; User may not be able to move file to another PC; User registration can be somewhat cumbersome and difficult for some customers. —

EVALUATING PROTECTION SERVICES

When looking to protect your digital information any protection system or service that you consider should have a few basic security bases covered.

For software and executables:

1. When opening the file, a protection system must not save or copy an unprotected version of the file to the windows TEMP directory or anywhere on your PC for that matter.

2. The system should automatically prevent password sharing and access by unauthorized parties. This will prevent the document from being passed around or distributed illegally since it can’t be opened unless you are authorized.

3. It should have some method to revoke or cancel access for refunded or fraudulent users.

For PDF documents, providing adequate protection requires a bit more security as their are many more ways to obtain a protection free copy of the document.

Any PDF protection system must cover the three bases above, as well as:

* It must prevent emailing of file and exporting or extracting pages from file. * It must prevent copying file and text to the clipboard * It must prevent redistilling of the file and printing to PDF * It must prevent unlimited, uncontrolled printing of file * It must watermark all printed pages * If using Adobe Reader, the company providing the protection service must be an authorized Adobe DRM provider.

WHAT ABOUT COST? IS IT WORTH IT?

Is $300 a year too much to protect your copyrights? Definitely not. Protection costs money, but if your business is making money then it’s a cost of doing business.

Is it for you? I don’t know. Selling a few low priced applications a month probably won’t warrant any sort of protection, but if you generate a substantial income from your software or the information distributed is of a critical nature to your business, then you need to protect your intellectual “capital” at some level.

FINAL THOUGHTS

Personally, I believe that some level of protection should be implemented on any piece of software or document that is of any value to you. You should never mass distribute a file in an unprotected format. Otherwise you will be scrambling when you find someone misusing it… if you find them!

It’s easy to listen to those that say “don’t worry about it” (a common reply to the document protection topic) until someone is actually stealing from you. Then all you can do is worry about it, but it’s too late really. The damage is done. You can’t take something back once it’s out there unprotected. No amount of legal threatening is going to phase someone in Prague who just doesn’t care about your copyrights.

About the Author

Anthony Ellis is the creator of File Secure Pro, a file protection and delivery system that allows authors to securely distribute, monitor and control usage of their intellectual property. Please read more about the system at http://www.protectyourfile.com/

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June 18, 2009

Easy Simple Ways to Fit Audio-Books into Your Daily Schedule

An active life can make it hard to squeeze in all the books you would like to enjoy reading. Frequently we do not realize that lengthy journeys and other chores may take up large portions of our time. Earning a living, taking care of kids or even housework can all cut back the free time available to spend on your hobbies. If you enjoy reading and are finding it challenging to find time, your journey time may provide the perfect time for catching up. Thanks to media files, you can relish Christmas Train by David Baldacci by Download Audio Book Online, or audio books narrated by Dan Brown without even picking up the book.

In the modern fast paced world multitasking is a must. Audio books like Canterbury Tales - Volume I by Geoffrey Chaucer available from Download Audio Book Online occupy the wasted minutes in life, whether it is hours passed waiting at the dentist’s surgery or grocery shopping. Audiobooks are obtainable to download as mp3 data files for example Eflexx Empowerment Meditation by Mike Angulo, and if you have an iPod or another mp3 player and headphones and take the chance to check out the latest best seller, like audiobooks penned by Edna P.Gurewitsch without carrying cumbersome books around.

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An additional advantage of audible books is the ability to rent or purchase educational books and peruse them at your own pace. Do you wish to study Greek? Try audio-books! Perhaps the latest sales techniques are your thing, or you can enjoy mulling over current thoughts about religious belief or modern spirituality. Audio-books are available in a massive assortment of titles and writing styles. Whether you like history, or you are crazy about horror or if your interested in health and physical fitness, most can be downloaded immediately. Several plans are available; you can subscribe to a plan and hire your choice of audio book or alternatively purchase the title outright. Reading will always be an essential skill, even so audiobooks offer a handy option for active people. Numerous chronicles, such as audiobooks recounted by Paul LaFarge, can be more gratifying when narrated by the writer or a famous actor. Simply reading a title isn’t the same as listening to an audio title performed by Jonathan Mizel, including the additional subtleties of an actual rendition. The depth of your experience will be enhanced by listening to audio-books like and frequently will mean more to you than the written word.

So don’t forget about audio books next time you think of purchasing a novel, audiobooks can give you wonderful means to fit the books you desire into your hectic schedule.

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June 15, 2009

Six Steps to Own the Perfect Bed Sheet - It’s Entrancing

It was common to have white bedding in everybodys bedroom quite some time back. today you find so much diversity in these bedding that it becomes hard to choose. The latest are available in attractive prints and colorings that change the look of your bedroom

Here are some steps that you can follow to buy the ideal bed sheet for you.

Calculate the beds proportions

You might think that all twin beds or king sizing beds are standard, but sadly it is not so. The top proportions might be the same, but again the measurements differ with each producer. So make sure that you calculate all the measurings of your bed from top to bottom, side to side and also the thickness of the mattress you are using. You will find that some beds are taller or wider than others with the same name. It is always better to be ready with your beds proportions prior to shopping.

Choose your shop

You will find a lot of top makes in bed linen available in a departmental storehouse near you. For a unusual look, some people also go for embroidered bedding with sequins. The Internet is brimming with fresh new designs every day. For those who still love their cotton sheets, a discount store is where you should travel to.

Learn about the thread count of bed sheets

A thread count means the count of threads consisted in one square inch of a sheet in both weaving directions. You will find this thread count on the bed sheets label. For a lush feel, a high thread count is desirable. Dont go for a higher thread count than preferred as the thin single threads will not feel cosy. For the right soft feel, a thread count of 175 - 250 is fine.

Determine on material for your bed sheet

Take care to choose a fabric that you can afford and is easy too. Though cotton is the most preferred material, some people go for the cotton blends as they do not crease. A crisp night calls for a flannel bed sheet. Those who wish a smooth sheet can go for satin or silk.

Follow washing tips

Ensure that you are aware of the cleaning instructions for the bedsheet beforehand. Silk sheets cannot be machine washed as they are delicate. Can you promise to do this? The best way is to purchase comfortable sheets that can be machine washed.

Once all the above factors are taken care of, you are sure to buy a nice and affordable bedsheet soon!

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May 22, 2009

Review: Athol Dickson’s River Rising

Author: Athol Dickson

ISBN: 076420162X

The year is 1927 during the great Mississippi flood when Athol Dickson’s latest novel, River Rising, unfolds. Rev. Hale Poser arrives early one morning, poling a boat you stand in called a pirogue into the stilt village of Pilotville, Louisiana. A recent discovery of a manila envelope in the attic of an old mansion filled with sleeping children was the spark that ignited this journey to Pilotville in search of his parents or at least their tombstone. Poser needed to purge himself of the trauma of not knowing his true identity.

Poser finds work as a janitor in the Pilotville Negro Infirmary earning forty-five cents a day. The infirmary had been built in 1894 as a gift to the community by a prominent wealthy white man, Vincent (Papa) DeGroot, who happens to also be the villagers’ principal employer. Poser is also informed that things in this southern isolated outpost are different, as it is “an island of equality in a sea of bigotry, a place where a Negro could look a white man in the eye. Papa insisted upon it, and as the single richest man in the parish, Papa got what Papa wanted.” However, as we eventually learn, the ideal world of Pilotville that is supposedly free of racism, where whites get along with blacks, is in fact where nothing is quite what it seems.

Within his first days of his arrival, Poser creates quite a stir when he comes to the rescue of Rosa Lamont, who is in need of a cesarean section and is about to give birth. Poser takes over from a drunken white doctor, as he performs a so-called miracle in that both mother and baby survive without surgery being required. The following day, however, baby Hannah disappears from her crib and a search party is organized that eventually is called off due to its lack of success.

This does not deter the determined Poser and James Lamont, the father of the baby Hannah, to continue the search, each plotting their own paths. What is quite distressing to Poser is that he learns that this is not the first baby that has been kidnapped over the years- never to be found. Eventually, the search leads Poser to the discovery of a hideous slave camp hidden away where “dozens of Negroes, bent double, dragging tow bags, picking fast, voices rising up together in gentle harmony.” Poser enters the camp and becomes one of its slaves, something that was unheard of before, as no one ever entered this hell-like place on his own free will.

The novel is well written, the characters vivid and sympathetic, and Dickson’s storytelling is enormously mesmerizing, as he builds his tale out of endless digressions. However, while I don’t doubt Dickson’s religious commitment to Christianity, I found that from time to time he allows the story to meander and go off the rails with his over preaching. Nonetheless, the novel does grow on you as you ponder the many questions the author raises throughout the narrative pertaining to slavery, double standards, religious hypocrisy, prayer, does God listen, why are men evil and many other of the “big” questions we often ask ourselves.

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How To Wring More Sales Out Of That Dead eBook!

They say a picture is worth a thousand words but can a video save your prospect from reading a thousand?

Every where you look everyone seems to want either everything straight away (they don’t want to wait around) or they want a mobile version so they can do what ever they want to do on the move. Just look at the sales of computer laptops and handheld PSP computer games. It’s changed that much now that you don’t even have to flick through your c.d collection anymore to choose your next album because your iPods has them all stored inside and you can change albums with the press of a switch.

So where does that leave you with your “How-to information product”?

When you think about it the explosion of e-book sales has all been down to convenience your prospect has a problem and wants help now. They see your sales page and like the idea of sorting their problem out straight away, and they also are willing to pay more for an instant download. (Just as a side note when was the last time you went to your local bookstore and paid up to $50 for a book, if you’re like me never. But I never gave a second thought about paying it for a 50 page e-book.)

Should you offer a audio package to back up your text book, or offer a video version that your prospective buyer can watch on the move maybe even on their iPod? You should consider how many more sales you could be making (or losing) by not offering these versions. Don’t be put off by offering these versions because if you main product is good enough and your prospect really wants it they’ll pay even more.

And also as a final note if you don’t start to offer these options it’s only a matter of time before your competition does. So get a head start now and leave you competition standing, choking in your dust!

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May 14, 2009

Improving Your Everyday Schedule Using Audio Books

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An active life makes it tricky to squeeze in all the books you want to read. Often we do not notice how lengthy journeys to the office and other everyday chores take up sizable portions of our time. Your favourite pursuits take a back seat to your career, caring for babies, or even household tasks. It’s simple to make use of the hours spent driving to catch up on those books you can’t find the time to read. Using modern media files, it’s simple to relish Murder Unprompted by Simon Brett for sale from Download Audio Book Online, or audio books told beautifully by Mariah Stewart when you are busy doing other things. Nowadays multi-tasking quickly becoming essential. Audible books like Pimsleur Japanese II Complete Course by Dr. Paul Pimsleur by Download Audio Book Online make the best of of the dead hours everyday, it might be waiting time at the physician’s office or possibly buying groceries. A huge variety of audible books are available for download as mp3 files these include Pimsleur Chinese (Cantonese) I Complete Course by Dr. Paul Pimsleur, so make use of your mp3 player you have the chance to listen to a best seller or a great novel, for example audiobooks penned by without dragging cumbersome books around. A further benefit of audible books is renting or buying the instructional title of your choice and savoring it in your own time. Want to learn another language? Why not give audio-books a shot? Possibly new sales techniques interest you, or you can enjoy studying modern thoughts about religion or spirituality.

An enormous selection of genres and titles are available. Whether you love natural history, or if you are nuts over biographies or even if your interests lie in personal development, you can access many titles at once. Options are wide open; you can subscribe to a plan and rent or make a purchase.

Reading devotees will invariably find a time to read, but a more convenient way could be the large number of audio titles available today. A author or celebrity can deepen the enjoyment of the majority of novels. Just reading a novel isn’t the same as listening to an audio title performed by Jorge Ramos, with the all the refinements established during a performance. Savoring audio books performed by Dr. Mark Stone will add more depth to your reading experience and frequently go much deeper the written word. Don’t forget audio-books when you next want to buy a novel, they can be marvelous means to squeeze all the titles you desire into a busy routine.

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May 10, 2009

Into Existence - Old Barrister Bookcase - Riveting

Any library is characterized by a predominating bookcase. volumes are safe and free from dirt and junk in a bookcase. Bookcases generally have level compartments for keeping books.If you wish you can also have glass doors to screen these volumes and read the backs of the volumes for comfortable reference.

Tell me about a barrister bookcase.

attorneys have to read from various reference manuals for their practice.These volumes are pricy too and needed to be kept reachable for a smart consultation.Barrister bookcases are designed with the same function of keeping heavy reference manuals for attorneys.They are also known as attorneys bookcases and can be made in oak wood, cherry wood in various finishes and colorings.

How did individuals store books when barrister bookcases did not exist?

Books were rare in the past, and therefore there was no want for a bookcase then. books in olden days were hand-handwritten only.They were placed in tiny containers by the well-to-do people. It was the wealthy mans privilege to own and carry books as they were not affordable. these wealthy men utilised these containers to store books.

Soon lot of religious manuscripts and other such books were bought by the wealthy society. These books found a place in the closet or on a shelf.The bookshelves that we see Nowadays are an offspring of these closets in the past, without the doors.

How were the books located in these shelves?

The old technique was different than what it is Nowadays. They employed to be heaped upon each other on their sides or kept upright with their edges on the outside and the backs facing the wall. The books used to be closed with a band produced of leather, vellum or lambskin that carried the title of the book. since this band had to be seen, the volumes were placed with edges out.

After printing technology was formulated, books were easily accessible to the average man due to the reduced prices.Another added benefit of printing was that the publishing firms published the title on the back of the record so that the edges were located inwards.

Which materials were mainly utilized?

Oak was the key material in making a barrister bookcase.But if you wished you could order for a bookcase in maple, cherry and pine wood besides. You can also go for economical choices such as steel in making a barrister bookcase. The Bodleian Library at Oxford University homes the earliest bookcases.They are located here since the sixteenth century.

Chippendale and Sheraton were the leading bookcase designers who created the most beautiful bookcases.These bookcases indeed added to the elegance of the room.

How are the latest bookcases extraordinary?

Nowadays you can buy a movable barrister bookcase that services a attorney to change in to a different office easily. this barrister bookcase is created after joining the various shelves that come separately. all it takes to be a perfect barrister bookcase is an additional cap and pedestal.The convenience of this bookcase lies in the fact that each shelf can be transferred as a different unit with all its contents still inside!

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May 8, 2009

Lucian’s Place

Lucian’s Place is a tale of far-fetched proportions, yet so
close to the possibilities of our own present technologies
that it is quite believable.

The idea of three people and their immediate surroundings
(a high-tech self-sustained ranch) being thrown back in time
might seem a trifle wild, yet the author gives it all a sense of
normalcy that distracts you from that. As the characters
discover they are defending their very lives from strange
creatures from another time, the dangers never relent. With
the help of an aware computer that thinks acts and feels like
a human, the battle to simply survive is eased somewhat,
however the question of returning to their proper time is
inherent.

Belle Smith gives us a great science fiction read without the
typical concoction of space travel and high-tech aliens.
Instead, she keeps us on Earth with a taste of what
computers, combined with nano-technology and human
creativity, may achieve for us in the not too distant future… or
should I say past? Her unique vision of how civilization
might be rebuilt from scratch with minimal impact on the
environment makes for an inspiring read.

Lucian’s Place is a definite page-turner and a book I found
very hard to put down. Guaranteed to make you think
differently before cursing your home computer!

ISBN#: 1-4137-6963-2
Author: Belle Smith
Publisher: Publish America
Pages: 364

Book Reviewer: Dave Brummet - Co-author of the book
Trash Talk, a guide for anyone concerned about their impact
on the environment
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