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One of my favorite things to do is create blogs and websites. I like to see how quickly I can make them a success.
Of course when doing that I leave sites like this one idle for a long period of time.
A New Site – Every Page indexed in Google within a few hours Continue reading »
I have been reading and listening to motivational books, tapes and CD’s for over 20 years now.
—-If you are going to be successful, you should read a business/motivational book for at least an hour a day. (I learned that from the year I spent in Amway in the 90′s)
I would like to share some of the book titles that have really motivated me to read them multiple times.
1. Rich Dad, Poor Dad – I personally like this book because it tells of a the author starting with absolutely nothing and smartly working himself up to becoming a millionaire. This is by far my favorite book. Read a full description of the book here Continue reading »
The perfect solution for blocking out distracting sounds
Children playing
Dogs barking
Televisions and radios blaring
Do any of these noises keep you from getting your work done?
If you have concentration problems like I do, the sounds of crunching carrots or slurping soup render your brain completely useless.
Even music is too much for me to handle when I need complete silence.
Luckily for me I found a solution.
Marpac SleepMate 980A Electro-Mechanical Sound Conditioner
If you like this tip or have something to add please leave a comment below.
For those of us that don’t want to shell out the $1 or so to use stock photography on our blogs, Flickr has a great solution.
Flickr Advanced Search
There is a VERY hidden section to Flickr called “Flickr Advanced Search“. I would not have known about it if I hadn’t accidentally found about it in Google.
The advanced search feature gives you the ability to search through only the photos that you can use on your websites or products that are licensed under Creative-Commons. The creative-commons license gives you the ability to edit the photos and use any way you want.
Although a lot of the photos aren’t very high quality, there are a lot of great ones that will do just fine. I have used many of these photos as backgrounds in my product designs.
Flickr Advanced Search:
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Don’t underestimate the power of a great plug-in
If you’re as serious about marketing on-line as I am, then you know that every second counts. Too much time is wasted going from page to page checking stats, updating posts, backlinking, finding good keywords, checking swipe files and a whole host of tedious tasks that can be simplified with a plugin.
1. WebRank Toolbar
Every time you visit a webpage you will instantly see:
Each feature on the toolbar automatically links back to it’s original site, so, if you want to see all the backlinks coming from Yahoo, it’s as easy as clicking a button (This is very useful)
2. LastPass
If you are using multiple computers and/or multiple accounts this tool will save you hours.
Lastpass saves all your usernames and passwords to a secure online account (I have been using it for years). When you visit a site, LastPass will automatically fill in your log-in information to save time. If you have multiple accounts, it will let you easily choose between them and you can easily switch without ever having to remember a password.
If you are on another computer, all you have to do is download LastPass, log in, and it will remember all your passwords as if you were on your computer. (Don’t worry, once you log out of LastPass no user information is saved on the computer). It is very secure.
3. MultiRow Bookmarks Toolbar
This is my favorite time saver. This tool extends your bookmarks toolbar to multiple rows. Currently, I have 70 of my most important websites organized between 3 rows. (The important trick to this is right clicking each item and changing the properties to shorten the names of each bookmark – for most of mine, I remove the name completely because I remember the icon).
4. RankChecker
This tool lets you plug in multiple websites and multiple keywords to show you which position the particular website ranks for those keywords. (This saves you from having to go to Google directly)
5. IMacros
(copied directly from the original description) Automate Firefox. Record and replay repetitious work. If you love the Firefox web browser, but are tired of repetitive tasks like visiting the same sites every days, filling out forms, and remembering passwords, then iMacros for Firefox is the solution you’ve been dreaming of! ***Whatever you do with Firefox, iMacros can automate it.***
With a little bit of imagination, you can use IMacros to help boost your websites to the top of search engines
If you have an extension that you like to use, please share it in the comments
