Internet Tip of the Week
by Bob Osgoodby
by Bob Osgoodby
Today is Saturday, September 30, 2006
It is 273 days since the first of the Year
There are 92 days left in the Year, and
There are 85 days until Christmas
Today is . . . National Mulled Cider Day
On this date . . . Water Power 1st used
to generate electricity
(Wisconsin; 1882)
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In this Issue
** Internet Tip of the Week by Bob Osgoodby – Is anybody making money on the web?
** In the News – Judge Rules Against Morpheus
** Featured Article - Stop Criticizing Yourself! by Dr Jill Ammon-Wexler
** Biz-Tips by Dr. Kevin Nunley – A Plan For Promoting an Affiliate Program
** Humor to Start the Weekend – The Outhouse
** Something to Think About by Jan Tincher- 11/23
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Internet Tip of the Week
by Bob OsgoodbyIs anybody making money on the web?
Every day the unsuspecting queue up and plop down their hard earned cash only to find that 15 million people really aren't interested in buying their program. So where are they going wrong?
"One tenth of one percent of those who see your ad", claim the hucksters, "could bring you hundreds of thousands of dollars". With impressive graphs showing income at each level, and dreams of stretching out on a beach in Tahiti, they are hooked.
A cursory examination of the web will reveal numerous programs that consist primarily of people trying to sell something that they got hooked on. Basically they are trying to recover their money by finding other suckers who are just as dumb as they were.
Are there good programs on the web? Sure, but for goodness sake, use some common sense. Just because it is on the web doesn't make it an automatic money generator. You have to have a product, service or opportunity that will pass the basic credibility test. If people don't think it is a good deal, they will simply "click away".
Unless you have very deep pockets, like the big guys, forget the national rollouts. These guys sink millions in their web sites, and for every one that succeeds, ten fail - and these guys have deep pockets. If you can't afford to open a Wal-Mart as a traditional business, what makes you think you can compete with them on the web? They have advertisements for their web site on prime time TV, in magazines and during the summer, on banners towed behind airplanes.
But there are people making money - they have found their "niche market". So what is your niche? Is there something that you know a lot about, or can you produce a product of interest.
If you want to make a living on the internet, you must find your niche. How about informational products? These cost little to produce and can be a profitable enterprise. While it helps if you have some writing ability, there are plenty of others who do, and might be amenable to bundling their products for you to sell.
One of the things that always frustrates someone who does have a product, is the lack of time to sell it. Why not approach a few people who do have a good product, and offer to have them represent them for a piece of the action? Someone who has an existing "mall" might be a good candidate. Since you will be controlling the delivery of the "goods", it will be pretty hard for them "beat" you out of the money due.
Everyday someone tries to sell me something. If I get two or three offers from them in a row, I immediately create a filter in my email program to automatically transfer them to "Trash". Once the "junk" is weeded out (you know, the people shooting for 15 million) I do actually read some. I have read interesting offers and bought as a result of getting them. But the offers read, and ultimately purchased from, were in (you guessed it) a niche market. There are people selling things on the web that are not readily available anyplace else.
Finding a niche is key on the "net". Those that do, with reasonable advertising, can carve out their niche, and enjoy the benefits. Those that don't, will either continue to cast about looking for a winner, or as is the case with most, write it off as a bad experience.
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In The News
Judge Rules Against Morpheus
A federal judge in California ruled against StreamCast Networks, developer of the Morpheus P2P application, saying that evidence of the company's "objective of promoting infringement is overwhelming."
Previous high-profile rulings have been handed down against Grokster and Kazaa, both of which have stopped distributing file-sharing software. Morpheus was the remaining hurdle in the recording industry's legal attack on services that facilitate widespread copyright infringement. Saying the past few years have been "challenging...for the music community," the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) said the ruling against StreamCast "means that the rules of the road for online music are better today than they were yesterday."
Officials at StreamCast remained defiant, however. A spokesperson for the company said StreamCast "did not encourage users to infringe on copyrighted works" and would continue to distribute the Morpheus software.
Stupid Quotes
"What I'm hearing which is sort of scary is that they all want to stay in Texas. Everybody is so overwhelmed by the hospitality. And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway so this (chuckle) - this is working very well for them."
- Former First Lady Barbara Bush, on the hurricane evacuees at the Astrodome in Houston, Sept.
Stop Criticizing Yourself!
by Dr Jill Ammon-WexlerHas someone has ever caused you emotional pain you with careless, mean or sarcastic remarks? What follows are some practical ideas to avoid that sort of pain in the future and to also make sure that “someone” is not your own self.
Of course criticism can be a positive thing at times and we must be able process this kind of feedback if we want to progress in our lives. Without some form of feedback it would be hard to improve our performance or behaviors.
But criticism can also inflict pain! It can cut very deep and even stay with us for our lifetime. Depending upon how well you handle it, criticism has the potential to put serious limits on your life OR to take you forward into higher levels of personal performance.
Sorting it Out
Let’s start with a sorting technique to separate the facts from the opinions. A fact is something that is somehow provable and can be shown to be true. An opinion is an idea, or someone’s personal interpretation of something. Look at your dog, for example. If you were to say,"That’s a beautiful dog," it would be an opinion.The underlying fact it that it's a dog. Your neighbor might think your dog is ordinary looking, or even ugly. One judgment (It's a dog) is objective, and the other (It's a beautiful dog) is subjective.
Many times people will state their opinions as fact while what they are expressing is only their opinion.
I saw someone step on a scale on a TV program and weigh in at 450 pounds. I was alarmed, but he beamed with joy. I had automatically judged him to be seriously overweight. But he revealed that he had lost almost 400 pounds. Wow! My opinion was just that and his judgment was quite different!
if someone calls you a "couch potato" (the term could be a lot more painful), you should decide for yourself if this is a fact or an opinion. Check out how you look. Do you look or act like a "couch potato?" No? Then this is just someone’s opinion.
The Burning Question
Here’s the really important question! Just whose opinion of you is the most important?There are periods in life when other peoples’ opinions of us are more important than our own opinion. This especially occurs during our sensitive teenage years. Since we are beginning to take our place as a young man or woman, the opinions of our peer’s often have a huge impact.
Actually that is a natural part of becoming “socialized.” But it's one we do want to grow beyond as we become adults. Sooner or later we have to make a serious decision to have OUR OWN opinion of ourselves be the most important opinion.
What’s Your Frame of Reference
The best way to correct any tendency to judge yourself poorly is to learn to choose your ‘frame of reference’. A ‘frame of reference’ is the criteria by which we judge something, or determine if it is valid.There are two possible frames of reference: internal and external. Here’s how to understand the two:
Suppose you have completed a task at work. How do you know you’ve done it well? Does your direct supervisor tell you "Great job!" or do you just know without anyone saying so? The first "frame of reference" is external, and the second is internal.
Actually neither frame of reference is better than the other both can have their own importance.
For example, when learning something new, an external frame of reference is very useful. It's otherwise difficult to learn anything other than what you already know. That’s why the learning experience is based on external feedback ... until we have enough experience to decide for ourselves what's working.
An internal frame of reference has YOU deciding what’s good, bad, or otherwise.
If you have an internal "feeling" that you're using to judge yourself, this is an internal frame of reference. If you know what you’re doing, that's probably appropriate. But if you’re doing something totally new, you may still benefit from some external feedback.
Dealing Positively With Opinions
When you are thinking about your self and how you're regarded, it’s beneficial to create some solid, positive internal frames of reference.People with healthy self-esteem operate from a positive internal frame of reference in regard to their personal worth. People with weaker self-esteem operate from an external frame of reference and are more likely to listen to other people’s opinions of their worth. And in some cases they actually allow others to totally decide their worth. This is does not lead to a positive life experience!
So can you change this? Here are few simple suggestions:
Start by paying attention to what you say to yourself about your own self. If you hear negative self talk YOU are creating a negative internal frame of reference.
Begin to correct this by paying more attention to the things you appreciate about yourself.
Put more focus on what you do well, and realize that none of us are perfect in all aspects of our lives.
Be a little kinder and forgiving of yourself and others.
Forget past pain and judgments, and stop re-creating them by bringing them into the present moment.
Take a course, read a book, or attend a seminar on personal empowerment or self-esteem.
The sooner you tackle the tendency to make negative judgments about yourself the happier and more satisfying your life will become.
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Dr Jill Ammon-Wexler, Advisor to key executives, http://www.mindpowerzone.com
Trivia
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Biz-Tips
by Kevin NunleyA Plan For Promoting an Affiliate Program
Affiliate programs are a great way to earn a little extra money each month working the Internet. While some people earn up to $1,000 or more per month, most who work affiliate programs seriously land $200 to $700.
Here's a brief plan for making money with these programs: 1. Put a two or three line ad about the program in the signature file of all your emails (that bit of info that goes after your note). "Sig" files are a powerful way to include a marketing message along with your personal notes--probably the most effective marketing tool of all.
2. Get your own web site. It's hard to establish your own identity and customer trust if you are sending people to a generic site provided by the program.
3. Place free ads on sites where other people are pushing affiliate programs. These are usually the same folks who buy.
4. Place paid ads in ezines. Learn how to write effective affiliate program ads and where to place them. A good place to start is http://adv-marketing.com/marketing/int03classified.htm
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Quote of the Day
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A Little Humor to Start the Week
The Outhouse
=-=-=-=-=-=-=Maw is outside hangin' up the laundry, when she hears Paw in the kitchen. Maw walks in and says, "Paw, get out there and fix that there outhouse."
Paw says, "All right, Maw." Paw walks out to the outhouse, looks at it and says, "Maw, there ain't nothin' wrong with this here outhouse!"
Maw says, "Yes, there is. Put your head down in the hole."
Paw says, "I ain't puttin' my head in that there hole!"
Maw says, "Well you're gonna have to if you're gonna fix the problem!"
So Paw puts his head down in the hole (just a little bit, mind ya) and then hollers, "Maw, there ain't nothin' wrong with this here outhouse!"
Maw hollers, "Now pull your head out of the hole."
Paw goes to lift up his head and he says, "Oww! Ouch! Maw! MAW, my beard's stuck in the wood cracks in the seat!"
Maw says, "Aggravatin', ain't it?"
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The teenager lost a contact lens while playing basketball in his driveway. After a fruitless search, he went inside and told his mother the lens was nowhere to be found.
Undaunted, she went outside and in a few minutes, returned with the lens in her hand.
"How did you manage to find it, Mom?" the teenager asked.
"We weren't looking for the same thing," she replied. "You were looking for a small piece of plastic. I was looking for $150."
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My 6 year old daughter was looking at her mother lying on the
bed and asked, "Mummy when I grew up will I have breasts like yours?"My wife tried to gently explain that, "Yes, probably, although breasts come in all shapes and sizes."
My daughter immediately looked at her aghast, blurting out, "I'd absolutely HATE to have square ones!"
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Something to Think About
By Jan TincherA study was conducted to evaluate the level of rehabilitation in reformed drug abusers.
The first group of people was *forced* to give up their addiction.
The second group of people tried to quit on their own and lasted far longer than the first section, as much as two years longer.
The third group of people replaced their addiction with a new alternative. An alternative that gave them the feelings they were seeking when they first turned to the addiction. An alternative that fulfilled them in some way.
As in any habit, if you provide something to take the place of that habit -- something that fulfills what that habit WAS fulfilling -- change will last much longer, and for some be permanent. An article that will help you is here: http://www.tameyourbrain.com/habitsarewhat.htm
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Dumb Quotes
I actually did vote for the $87 billion, before I voted against it.
—Sen. John Kerry, on voting against a military funding bill for
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