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Find Anything

Find Anything

Even The Hard To Find

The Internet never fails to amaze me. If you have a need for something, you can be assured that you’ll find it out there.

Even during a recent search for some unique magnets that are part of a tool no longer being manufactured, I found exactly what I was looking for in less than 15 minutes.

It’s hard to imagine what we ever did before the Web entered our lives…

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Nikon Promotion

Nikon Promotion

Extended Black Friday Deal

It’s Sunday – Does that mean that all of the great Black Friday promotions are over and that you’ve missed out?

No. Especially if you, or someone on your gift list, happen to be a hunter. If so, Nikon Hunting Optics (NikonHunting.com) has an awesome promotion going on, but you do need to act very quickly because this special offer will only last for a couple of days.

Check out their Nikon Ultimate Hunter’s Package Promo, which contains:

• ProStaff 3-9×40 Riflescope with BDC Reticle
• ProStaff Laser Rangefinder
• Silent Technology Rangefinder Case
• Mastering a Long-range shot with BDC DVD
• $50 NikonProGear Gift Card

Visit their website to take advantage of the incredibly low price on the package.

Also, for anyone looking for a high-quality, rugged binoculars, Nikon Sport Optics has got something for you – for a limited time only, get an extra $20 off on Nikon Action Extreme ATB 10×50 Binoculars!

You can’t beat Nikon for top of the line sport optics, and you can’t beat these great Black Friday deals on them.

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Freelance Writing

Freelance Writing

Earn More, Type Less

If you’re a freelance writer, you understand that time is money - or rather, words are money. More than any other factor, the key to earning more money while freelance writing lies directly in your productivity. Increasing productivity isn’t as hard as it might seem - you simply need to think outside of the box.

Dragon Naturally Speaking has been around for many years and freelance writers everywhere are discovering just how important this tool can be for increasing your total word output. Would you like 25% off Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Preferred?

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This is an excerpt from a white paper discussing how bloggers can earn more money through several different monetization and freelance writing services. It shows that bloggers that utilize Dragon Naturally Speaking can earn more money through these various services and how fast these extra earnings will pay for the software itself.

Dragon Naturally Speaking 10 Blogger Break Even Analysis with TextBroker.com Earnings

I would like to walk you through several different scenarios to help all of us understand better what our words are worth.

I would like to start first by talking about a company that pays people to write. They pay them to write based on the number of words that are written. The company is called text broker.com and they are out of Germany and relatively new. I’m starting with TextBroker.com because the business model is very simple. The models will get more complex as I go through some of the other popular blog revenue sources.

Text broker.com will pay a person approximately 7/10 of a cent for a single word. They charge their customers approximately 1 penny per word. And they sell this service at increments starting at 100 words and go up from there.

That’s what they do; now let’s see how Dragon Naturally Speaking can pay for itself!

So, I’d really like to talk about how much you can earn from them based on how fast you type.
If you type 35 words per minute, and you typed for 50 minutes straight, you could theoretically type 1750 words.

Now at seven tenths of a penny per word, that work would be $12.25 per hour assuming that you take a ten minute break every hour. If you work four hours a day doing this, that would be forty-nine dollars per day.
If you could type 105 words per minute, that would be 5250 words in a fifty minute period of time. At that rate, you would earn $36.75 per hour assuming the same ten minute breaks every hour.

Obviously you can earn more if you can type faster.

If you could type 150 words per minute, then under this formula you could earn $52.50 per hour. That’s almost 5 times more than you can earn if you type thirty-five words per hour.

So in this example there is definitely a value in typing faster!

There is a cost associated with being able to type as fast as well. You could go and take a typing class and learn how to type 150 words per minute. That might take you many months of school, and many years of practice.

It’s also possible, that you may never be able to achieve that speed with your fingers.

Alternatively, you could buy Dragon NaturallySpeaking and be able to do it before the night was out. Dragon NaturallySpeaking costs $99 for the basic version and $199 for the preferred version.

As I write this, there are coupon code or discount code offers that you can use to save more money off that price. The coupon codes vary from $25-$50 off the price. Typically a bigger discount is offered for the preferred version, which I use myself.

Now in our example, if you bought Dragon NaturallySpeaking for ninety-nine dollars, and you did not use the coupon code to save twenty-five dollars, you would be able type 150 words per minute, and if you could previously type 35 words per minute, then based on the extra money that you could earn by typing faster, you would be able to pay for Dragon NaturallySpeaking in less than three hours of work using textbroker.com.

It kind of seems like a no-brainer. In many ways, it is a no-brainer with one exception. Not everybody writes for textbroker.com.

If you consider how much additional money you might earn by using Dragon NaturallySpeaking, and consider how much more work you could do by being able to type at 150 words per minute, then you might be able to figure out how long it will take you to pay off the software with your earnings.

I will cover a number of other situations, which will highlight this using other examples where people that typically write a great deal, could benefit from using Dragon NaturallySpeaking.

If you have an example that you would like to share, please let me know, and I will be more than happy to share it with everyone.

You can read the full white paper at: http://www.softduit.com/mavenmappersinformation/category/software/dragon-naturally-speaking/

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Commitment

Commitment

Maybe Now Is The Time

Are you looking for the perfect holiday gift for that special girl in your life? Something that she’ll never, ever, forget and will cherish for the rest of her life?

My suggestion – start looking at engagement rings. If every vision of your future has her in it, the time is probably right.

It’s a commitment that could make this her best holiday ever.

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More Caffeine

More Caffeine

Easier Than More Sleep

I’ve finally figured out what my house (and office) needs – more coffee makers.

This is the path to happiness. More coffee makers = more coffee, or at least more plentiful coffee. That is if I can ever get anyone else to actually make the coffee. I guess in my case there would just be more empty coffee makers sitting around.

Oh, better yet, maybe I’ll get my own personal Barista.

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Christmas Perspective

Christmas Perspective

Open Your Eyes To The World

Across America, we’ve all seen the news presented to us each day about consumers planning to cut back on the gift spending this holiday season. The economy is slow, retailers are worried, and people are concerned about their own finances.

The reality is, most Americans could cut their holiday spending in half and they would still have a more materialistic Christmas or Chanukah season than the majority of the people around the world.

Perhaps you’ll enjoy your holiday more by gaining some perspective on the world outside of your “safe zone”.

Consider, for example, the children in Payatas, The Philippines. While you might be worried that your child won’t have a “good Christmas” because of the smaller budget this year – and he or she might not be overwhelmed in an avalanche of gifts this year – there are children elsewhere searching through contaminated dumps simply for survival.

Christmas For Payatas is a charity working to bring the world’s awareness to this topic, with support from many athletes, politicians and celebrities.

Watch the video to learn more about these children. Better yet, share this video with your children. Then donate. You’ll all gain some perspective on the world, and will find your holiday more enjoyable and fulfilling.

Press Release from Christmas For Payatas:

The landfill in Payatas, The Philippines, is notoriously known the world over as Smokey Mountain. For over 35 years, the smoking dump site has grown to become a stark and heart-tugging reminder of the desperate onditions of humanity.

On a daily basis, children pick through newly arrived garbage to
collect material to sell. The earnings made by one child are not enough to even buy food for the day. Hence, entire families are forced to climb the mountain each day, hoping to earn enough to feed everyone. Children as young as four years old are forced to work in this daily struggle for survival.

In response to the plight of these children, Totedaddy.com is working with Lighthouse Center For Children Foundation to bring a little cheer to the children this Christmas.

Totedaddy.com has kicked off with a cash sponsorship of USD 10,000 to enable the children to celebrate Christmas. FusionExcel International has also pitched in a USD 5,000 in cash sponsorship. The money raised
will help fund the projects already in place, and help fund additional projects aimed at providing better housing, and a means of livelihood for the Payatas community.

It is hoped that by creating better awareness to the plight of these children, more support can be garnered towards their betterment. Together we can bury poverty!

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Web Hosting Made Easy

Web Hosting Made Easy

Much Easier Than You Think

What do you do when you’re in need of quality website hosting?

Do you simply go for whichever company has the biggest ad? Or the coolest name? Or – and please say no – the one that just promises unlimited everything in their dirt-cheap plans?

No question, there are many web hosting companies out there. In fact, there are literally thousands and thousands of them, all trying to get your business. But, how many are really good? And how would you know?

The obvious answer is to gather information from someone you trust. We’ve continually put our trust in Web Hosting Geeks (webhostinggeeks.com).

These guys run a very honest, and very informative, website with tons of great information that would be extremely helpful to anyone looking for web hosting – whether they’re new at hosting, or just looking for a new hosting provider.

One section of their website that has been bookmarked in this browser for quite some time now, and has been visited many times over, if their Top 10 Web Hosting page. These independent reviews offer much needed direction to anyone searching for a new web host, and its information that you can trust.

Over the years our blogs have been hosted by quite a large number of hosting providers. But, we never make a change without first consulting with the experts – Web Hosting Geeks.

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Instant Wealth

Instant Wealth

And Unlimited Food

With all of these thought of holiday food lately, I’m reminded of an incredible creation that I was going to work on…

A simple pill, sort of like Hydroxycut, but with a very special twist. You can eat whatever you want, and you can eat as much of it as you’d like, then you take this simple pill and all of the calories and fat in the food you just ate would disappear.

We’re talking instant billionaire status here, or even trillionaire.

OK, granted, I know nothing about biochemistry or anatomy, but how hard can it be

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Horsepower

Horsepower

And The Default Christmas Wish

It never fails… Year after year, for reasons beyond my comprehension, “horse” somehow makes it onto at least one of my daughters Christmas lists.

Never any mention of horse supplies, a stable, feed, or even – you know – land for the horse to actually move around on. Nope. Just simply, “horse”.

I suppose I could keep one in the garage. Heck, it might even come in handy if the gasoline costs ever eat up the majority of my paycheck again.

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Fat Or Skinny Santa

Fat Or Skinny Santa

Could Go Either Way

I’ve been thinking about this recent weight loss and the upcoming holidays. There’s just no way to enjoy the holiday season without completely ignoring all sensible diet considerations.

Maybe if I fill a candy dish with Leptovox instead of the usual sweets I can counteract some of those high fat and high flavor treasures that are bound to be in endless supply around my house.

Or, I could just exercise more.

Yeah, right…

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