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Holiday weekends, regular weekends, and just regular ‘ol days getting up, getting dressed, and presenting yourself in your best light is always critical, right?

So why exclude your dog?

Let’s face it, dogs can get rather stinky and their itching and scratching most likely is a good indicator that it’s “bath time!” (Not to mention that being around your dog just might be affecting your own personal ode cologne, yikes!)

Granted, some dogs just hate baths, but now there’s a way to change all that (maybe they hate baths because you’ve got to give them so often, or the soap never rinses out and they stand there forever, or you haven’t taken the time to train them to love bath time, or…?).

Well starting today, all the dog washing hassle is flying out the door (and he or she will look so much more presentable at that picnic or family gathering, right?).

Dinovite has your answer! An all natural dog shampoo called Dogosuds® that rinses out so easily, doesn’t cause that dry, itchy skin other dog shampoos produce, and leaves you with a clean, shiny, fresh smelling pooch to present to your guests.

Plus long after the guests leave, you reap the benefits, too - your dog will continue to smell fresh and clean - which means so does the overall smell of your house, apartment, condo, RV, and you and your kids.

People love new car smells, now you can have that “new dog smell” as well

Here are just a few of the benefits to switching your new dog shampoo to Dogosuds®:

• Its long lasting, fresh and clean (wonderful!) smell
• It lathers and rinses out easily
• Its 100% pure essential oils heal and soothe
• Its a NATURAL FLEA DETERRENT (you gotta love that!)
• And… it even removes SKUNK odor!

There’s still time for this upcoming 4th of July holiday (and plenty of time, the rest of your dog’s natural life) to make Fido or Fifi happy, and your guests and your family, too

It’s bath time!

What would you have to say when you reach 90? What do you have to say if you’re already there? Read what Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio has to say about growing older:

“To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I’ve ever written..” Click Here To Read More »

First, I actually need to create a subtitle for this post, and I’m calling it:

“How to Earn Accreditation With Surprisingly Low Out of Pocket Expenses Using A Platform Trusted by Fortune 500 Companies to Live Your Dream or Boost Your Employment Standing”

Okay, NOW I can get started telling you about Learn.com.

Elearning has never been easier (or less expensive). Learn.com (personal version) offers a vast array of online Accredited courses in:

o Healthcare
o Finance
o Legal
o Insurance
o Ethics
o Compliance
o OSHA
o and more!

They also have a search-able catalog of more than 5,000 additional courses from IT topics to personal development… and more!

You’ll see below that I’m looking around the IT section, but the next one I’ll be investigating will be their courses on health care. Health care and teaching are two valuable employment opportunities no matter where you live or plan to move to… they are just “in demand” fields (so I’ve got to keep that in mind as I look around).

Another amazing feature to using Learn.com online is you can create your own “job profile.” This means you choose your career path and they help you develop the necessary skills to achieve your own dream!

Going yet another step further, if you’re the inventive type and have a course you’ve created, Learn.com will help you sell it. Of course, with such high standards, they do review and qualify you to become a “course author” beforehand which only makes sense.

I just registered - for free - and there are 10 courses immediately available for me - again for free (easy enough to find, after registering and logging in click on Free Courses).

The problem is choosing which one?! Actually you can pick class by class or bundle the whole thing together. For instance, I just clicked on the IT program.

I have 15 choices, and each of them is broken into subcategories. The IT Technology Cisco Certified Network Administrator (CCNA) is further broken down into 13 sub-sections.

I can choose to:

o Take one course at a time at just (hold onto your hats!) $3.99/month or

o Opt for 6 months (giving myself more time for studying the course for just $6.99/month OR

o Select all the sub-courses, take a year to complete them, and pay just $9.99/month.

Now keep in mind, I’ve over here investigating IT because that is my passion. However, there are numerous “passions” to choose from. You can search by:

o Free Courses
o Sub Category
o All Courses by Category
o Or, Create a Course.

What is intriguing to me is THIS just may be the stepping stone your newly graduated son or daughter needs if they are “in between” what to “do next.”

And be selfish! Heck, brush up and/or add more skills to your own personal resume to hang onto your job or find a new one!

Oh, and while I personally am roaming around the “personal account” (again created for free), they also have a “business” signup, too.

Decisions, decisions….

Okay, I think I’ve written enough because, frankly, I want to spend several hours going over my choices and picking the perfect course that applies to me (while keeping my eyes open for our son).

To read their current press release, just click here.

Today’s I’m doing this in reverse. Typically I post the long one on this blog with a shorter version on the other. Today, the short post is here, with the “long” (which isn’t long) version on the other.

What am I talking about?

How would you like to learn everything you need to know about putting up anything from starter websites and/or blogs to advanced and more detailed sites and… flipping them for money!?!

Whether you’re looking to cash in multiple times with multiple “starters,” (fast and easy) or big time with more extensive web sites and/or blogs, click here to read my “longer” post (which again isn’t that long) titled Learn How To Flip Websites and Blogs For Money.

Yes, I’ve read the entire 48 page eBook, and yes it is worth the whopping $6.95 (that’s not a typo). At this price, you’d be crazy not to at least go investigate!

More than ten years ago, I went through all the rigmarole that most people go through when starting out online. By this I mean joining anything and everything that looked like it had potential (yet never did). The surefire way I learned to build readership, that to this day never fails, is very simple. There is a bit of background involved first, so do read on - the meaty part is coming
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Heading into the weekend, I thought it time for a bit of fun! If you’re a big contest fan, you’re sure to love what’s happening over at BluFrog.

BluFrog leans heavily into the music industry and includes detailed biographies on a wide range of individuals involved in the music industry. They’ve also got an amazing “photo stream” where they’ve captured moments in time at various events - all sorts of events (and you’re encouraged to look to see if you can spot yourself in any of the photos - who knows you just might be there!).

But getting back to the contest, it’s time to reveal just the list of your potential prizes. Visiting their blog, you’ll be able to click on the big contest image to enter to the page telling you more (and each prize has a “learn more” button, too).

The prizes include:

o  BluGamer: The Ultimate Gaming Package
o  Happy Blu-Year: Win A New Years Trip to NY
o  Blullapalooza: Win A Trip to Lolapalloza in Chicago
o  BluStreak: Win A Richard Petty Racing Experience
o  XtremeBLU: Win A Trip To The Winter X Games in Aspen

To enter is really simple - and you can “enter up to three times per person” using their three different methods (see contest rules at the end of this post for more details):

o Blog commenting
o Twitter tweeting
o Blog posting.

While every single one of these sounds like an excellent prize to win, my heart leans toward the BluGamer (The Ultimate Gaming Package) - for the sheer fact that it would be a wonderful surprise gift to give to my son. (I’ve talked before about how he’s a gaming nut and he’s been playing video games since he was three - starting on the first Atari system.)

So have some fun, visit BluFrog and be sure to enter to win!
(Contest Rules Here)

I’ve written about this more times than I can count encouraging even the shy and fearful that freelancing can and will make you money online and offline. (Do a search in the box for freelance or freelancing and find out yourself).

So tonight I’m thrilled to tell you about a complete program at your fingertips that covers everything you need to know - to be a successful online (and offline) freelance professional - even if you have no experience nor a degree.

Presented totally in video format - for the ridiculous price of only $9.95 you receive 12 videos explaining the whole procedure - what you need, where to go, how much to charge, and so much more. Somewhere in the neighborhood of two (2) hours of video instruction!

Keep in mind that the freelancing industry is EXPLODING right now. So not taking advantage of this wave would be an incredibly (sorry but true) stupid thing not to do.

There’s even a ton of cool bonuses thrown in completely free including a complete transcript of all 12 videos (for those who like to read online and/or print things off and hold them in your hands - a great way to take notes and make pointers for yourself as you explore - in depth - one of the hottest markets online - relying on YOURSELF to make money.

This video training course covers: Click Here To Read More »

This morning I ran across a website (scrub that “Qlog”) that has me not truly confused, but a tad at a loss for my typically gregarious posts.

First, I’d never heard the term “qlog” before now (I’ll explain in a minute), and when I arrived at amyafrica.com, and started reading a rather lengthy (and crazy) story about beaches, birkin bags, and gabby individuals, I figured it was just a “personal blog” filled with someone’s stories.

However, I was wrong. What you will find is a combination of what Amy is calling “99% queries and quintessentials, 1% quibblings.”

Which means when you arrive at the qlog (the one I read is called Puttin’ Spanx on a Sidewinder!”, you’ll first encounter a highly detailed account of the above mentioned story of Hermes Birkin Bags on the beach.

BUT… right when you get to wondering what this is all about, there at the bottom are “5 Things Customers Really Do Care About.” This is a solid section of seo and marketing information.

So above you get an entertaining story, below you get useful information to help you navigate the world of seo, consumer confidence, and essential tools for doing business online.

Amy’s entire qlog is filled with similar entries. Another interestingly strange mix is the post about Why Epiphanies Never Occur to Couch Potatoes,” accompanied below with more solid marketing advice on how to get your visitors to click.

Of course the whole premise of this new qlog is give and take. You can make use of her “Ask Amy A Question” link, interact yourself by commenting on her qlog, etc.

An entirely different perspective on the use of blogging and combining “social community participation” that I encourage you to experience for yourself

Click here to visit http://www.amyafrica.com

Well this morning I thought, “Why not?” and decided to update my Internet Explorer 7 to IE8. My reasoning seemed sound, I don’t use IE much - I’m a much bigger fan of Firefox, but what the heck.

I did do some research prior to making this change, hearing the good, the bad, and the downright ugly.

It’s unfortunate that (so far and I’m just getting started) viewing my own (other) website, My Wizard Ads now places that web site - viewing with IE8 - in the downright “ugly” category.

(Don’t despair, there is hope, just Click Here To Read More »

With our son just graduating high school, and many hundreds of thousands of kids across the country doing the same, I’m sure that money is on the minds of many and the question, “How are we going to pay for further education?”

Of course you want to do right by your child, which actually (hopefully) starts from the moment he or she was even conceived. While many of us have children too old to qualify, right now there is a huge event going on to help you plan for your little tike’s future.

Conforts for Baby (Comforts, not my misspelling) is holding a contest so you can put $10,000 in the bank for your child’s future!

Nutrition makes a huge difference, and while that may be a common sense thing to say, it is amazing to me that so few people, parents in particular, have a complete understanding of what (and how much) nutritional supplements are vital to your child’s growth. I know this because many moon’s ago, the prenatal vitamins recommended to me during development did not have nearly enough - just as an example - folic acid (vital for brain development). I took it upon myself to ensure the proper balance of vitamins and minerals my child would need to “come out” whole and healthy. And, he really is brilliant (fact not just parental pride) and a nice “kid” (adult yikes now) to boot.

Luckily, nowadays, I believe the manufacturers of baby formula are much more in tune and in touch with the nutritional requirements babies need. For instance, the Comforts brand baby formula ensures your newborn receives all the vitamins, nutrients, and minerals (including just the right touch of iron), for a healthy start to his or her first year on the planet.

They’ve taken into consideration the need for lipids DHA and ARA for visual and mental development. Comforts for Baby actually has gone so far as to ensure that choline, lactose, and other naturally occurring nutrients are part of their nutritious formula - all based on research around mother’s milk btw.

One scare you will not have to worry about is, “Is it safe?” Their formula manufacturing facility is located in the United States (no worries about imports from, say, China, thank goodness!). In fact they follow the FDA ISO 9001:2000-certified standards (how’s that for facts).

So getting back to the money part - the scholarship contest is available to new parents right now, for your child’s future when he or she graduates. Just think, with caution and prudence, how much that $10,000 will mean when your child steps up and is handed that high school diploma! I know the money would mean the world to us right now!

Kroger-owned grocery stores are sponsoring this scholarship contest to help fund your child’s upcoming college education. All you need to do is enter to win, and help them name their Firefly mascot - how easy is that?

Just be sure to visit the link above, fill out all the information required on the entry form, and (be creative!), include a name for their mascot (25 characters or less please).

You’ve got time to enter, but I’d encourage you to do it now - the contest closes July 31, 2009. The winner will be announced online after September 21, 2009.

For a complete set of eligibility rules, just click here. (For instance, your child must be under the age of 2, etc.)

Trust me, you want to go for these opportunities! We’ve waited way too long and we will be scrambling come Autumn to get our son into just a community college.

Don’t be stupid (like we were). Start by entering to win this $10,000 Scholarship today!

Today, I’m happy to bring yet another potential source of income your way. But first, I must give credit where credit is due, so thank you to Mkcoy, a friend at BlogCatalog for putting us on to this money making resource.

Publishing (and getting paid) on eHow - How To Do Just About Everything looks extremely promising for everyone.

Ask yourself, “What is it I know ‘how to’ do and can explain to someone else?” There’s got to be tons of knowledge inside your head that you can share with other people. And no, this isn’t just for bloggers, so ANYONE looking for ways to pull in revenue online should check out eHow, too!

Here’s a link to the eHow Frequently Asked Questions page. Click Here To Read More »

I’ll be honest, I have not, nor wanted to, upgrade to Windows Vista. The idea of becoming re-oriented to a system no matter how great and wonderful some reviews have been has not brought me any closer to “switching up” and over to Vista.

However, several individuals I know are using Vista. Some love it, others hates it. I do know from the emails and talks I’ve had that its got its drawbacks, big time. Apparently, add Windows Vista to a wireless connection and bring on the grief. It can be extremely slow, very cumbersome, and downright nasty to work with (Scott uses it that way and is living proof).

However, with new computer systems you may not have a choice - Vista comes loaded on most new computers, so what’s a person to do?

Well the friendly folks over at SpeedForWindows just might have your solution. It’s bad enough when any system crashes (I’ve had at least three major ones over the course of being online, and it is your worse nightmare come true when it happens). Usually, I try the traditional route of contacting tech support (Microsoft is costly if you don’t have or know the “backdoor” into getting their help for nothing). Or I reformat the hard drive and start from scratch rebuilding all my missing software, etc., one by one. Occasionally, I’ve had to break down and just buy a brand new computer.

But, forget my woebegone stories, this is a post about the possibility for all you Window’s Vista owners out there to NOT spend tons of money for computer tech repair. The SpeedForWindows web site offers you the ability to follow simple instructions and “in 30 seconds your power and productivity will increase by 500%.” They are talking about Windows Vista.

Wow! Now that’s a big claim. They also state that once you follow their simple instructions, you’ll now be able to use Vista quickly and easily, including:

o Opening multiple windows with ease and without fear
o Uploading and downloading 20 times faster
o Upping your browsing speed by 10 times its current pace, and
o Ending those dreaded freeze ups.

Hmm… For all you Vista users, the price is right at just $12.95. Oh, and SpeedForWindows promises a 100% money back guarantee.

Since you moved into the 21st century with your new Vista system, why not see if you can’t bring it itself into the present, too