Archive for March, 2008

Is There Value In An Internet Business

Is there value in an internet business is a question that is frequently asked, both by those looking to start, and those who have already started but not made any real money. The evidence is very clear that you can make money on the internet and provide a significant income. As with any successful venture this will take time, discipline and organisation.

The real secret to a thriving home-based internet business is learning, and using, already proven internet marketing strategies and techniques. As with any business the main considerations are the market, product, finding customers and budget. A good place to start with finding your market would be listing your own experiences, hobbies and skills. Do you have a particular interest that you are passionate about? Could you find information on that subject and present it to others who are interested? Your potential customers could well be looking for the very information that interests you. Having an interest in your subject means that making money online is fun as well as profitable.

As we discussed in the previous section, information is the main product sold on the internet in the form of e-books and software. With the large amount of books and software that comes with resell rights you can offer quality immediately while developing your own skills. If you have eager customers they want the information immediately. Using these formats allows for speed and automation of the delivery process.

All successful marketers will tell you that generating leads and finding customers is the life-blood of any business. It sounds obvious but no customers equals no business. The area of list building and getting customers is a complete subject all on its own and you will find plenty of in-depth books and courses on the internet. Some of them will have resell rights giving you the opportunity to learn and earn money at the same time.

Needless to say having the smartest website on the internet is of no use if no-one knows about it. You will need to advertise, but be careful to stay within your budget. It is very easy to get carried away with the excitement of your first project. Only spend what you can afford.

Hopefully this brief overview will show that there is value in having your own home-based internet business. All of the above points are included in a proven, simple system that requires no website or your own product. Everything is included to help you make money quickly by following a simple process. To learn more about how you can have your own automated business go to Autopilot System

Experienced and skilled in a number of areas, particularly sales,marketing, team-building and writing. My aim is to provide useful and quality information to enable others to achieve their own special aims in life.

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Get Happy, Then Create The Life You Want

Remind yourself of a time when you felt happy. When you felt joy. Remember a time when everything felt good to you. Remember what it felt like when you were free. Was there a time in your life when you felt ecstatic about something?

Most people forget that happiness can be attracted. Happiness can be encouraged. Happiness can show up in an instant. A kind look from a loved one. A memory of a safe time when things were wonderful. A time when your body felt perfect.

What you may not know is how easy it is to go back to those good feelings and step up into happiness more hours of every day.

And happiness is creative, expansive, and attracts more happiness to you. Happiness attracts people, places, friends, love, joy, excitement, good business, good clients, great experiences, great vacations, and more of everything in your life that you most likely enjoy and appreciate.

I had a client once who said “I am reading about how I am supposed to feel happy and I don\’t know what that is.”

I know this client well.

I asked her “how do you feel when you are planting flowers in your front yard?”

She said “At peace, calm, joyful.”

So when you are reading stories about happiness and you don\’t resonate with that word, change the word to a time when you felt connected, at peace, at ease, in the flow of your life. This is your natural state of being. Everyone has within themselves that sense of peace, calm, amazing awe of what they could be.

We just forget. We are trained so early to “have to” and “need to” and “must” do things that we forget that inspiration, creation, creativity and happiness are for the taking.

Commit to feeling good a few times every day. Go there. You won\’t regret it.

Read more on how to get yourself in a good place and how this sense of peace and happiness can cause amazing business results in Erica M. Nelson\’s book “Prospect When You Are Happy” available at http://www.EricaMNelson.com and bookstores online everywhere. She wrote the book to inspire people to live the life you have been dreaming about. How to tap the Law of Attraction in practical ways. Erica M Nelson is available to coach business groups by tele-seminar on related topics including the power of mindset and creativity. You may contact Erica Nelson at authorEricaNelson@gmail.com


Controlling BGP Traffic With Cisco IOS

1. A peering session to another BGP speaking router is initiated in the config router bgp section:

router bgp 10143

neighbor x.x.92.57 remote-as nnn

2. The filter-list command is used to control which ASN\’s the router will accept and send:

router bgp 10143

neighbor x.x.92.57 remote-as nnn

neighbor x.x.92.57 filter-list 40 in

neighbor x.x.92.57 filter-list 3 out

2.1 The filter-list command reads the corresponding ip as-path access-list:

ip as-path access-list 3 permit ^$
ip as-path access-list 40 permit ^nnn_

Ip as-path access lists use unix-like regular expressions to match ASN\’s. ^$ matches the start and end of a line with nothing in it. ^nnn_ matches a line starting with nnn and anything following it.

3. The route-map command is used to apply one or more route-map rules to network addresses the router will accept or send.? In most cases, it is used to control specific IP address blocks:

router bgp 10143

neighbor x.x.92.57 remote-as nnn

neighbor x.x.92.57 remove-private-as

neighbor x.x.92.57 filter-list 40 in

neighbor x.x.92.57 filter-list 3 out

neighbor x.x.92.57 route-map bgp-full-default-in in

neighbor x.x.92.57 route-map bgp-peer1-out out

3.1 The route-map command reads the corresponding route-map rules in numerical order:

route-map bgp-peer1-out permit 10

match ip address prefix-list bgp-peer1-out

route-map bgp-peer1-out permit 20

match ip address prefix-list bgp-peer1-out-prepend1

set as-path prepend 10143

route-map bgp-peer1-out permit 30

match ip address prefix-list bgp-peer1-out-prepend2

set as-path prepend 10143 10143

if the route-map instruction is \’permit\’, it will allow any network permitted in the prefix-list to be announced by bgp. If the instruction is \’deny\’ it will block any matching network permitted in the prefix-list.

3.2 The ip address prefix-list command reads the corresponding ip prefix-list of network addresses:

ip prefix-list bgp-peer1-out seq 1 permit x.x.128.0/17
ip prefix-list bgp-peer1-out seq 2 permit x.x.0.0/17
ip prefix-list bgp-peer1-out seq 3 permit x.x.0.0/17
ip prefix-list bgp-peer1-out seq 9 permit x.x.64.0/18
ip prefix-list bgp-peer1-out seq 19 permit x.x.0.0/24
ip prefix-list bgp-peer1-out seq 20 permit x.x.1.0/24
ip prefix-list bgp-peer1-out seq 21 permit x.x.5.0/24
ip prefix-list bgp-peer1-out seq 22 permit x.x.6.0/24
ip prefix-list bgp-peer1-out seq 23 permit x.x.7.0/24
ip prefix-list bgp-peer1-out seq 24 permit x.x.8.0/24
ip prefix-list bgp-peer1-out seq 100 permit x.x.236.0/24
….
ip prefix-list bgp-peer1-out seq 1000 deny 0.0.0.0/0 le 32

The last line of this prefix-list will match any network of any netmask length.? In other words, any network not explicitly permitted, will be denied.

4. To summarize, in BGP:

* The filter-list command uses an ip as-path access-list to permit or deny AS numbers

* The route-map command uses a route-map apply route-map rules

* The route-map itself uses one or more ip address prefix-list to permit or deny network address blocks

IMPORTANT NOTE

All Cisco IOS access-lists and prefix-lists have an IMPLICIT \’deny any\’ rule at the end.

But more importantly, if you refer to a list and that list does not exist or has been removed, then the router will presume the implicit deny any rule.

This means that if you delete a list but the route-map or filter-list is still there, then you have told the router to apply \’deny any\’ for that list.

http://steve.blogs.exetel.com.au


Cell Phone Provider Lookup

You have the number; you have the name; you even have the location. Seemingly all of the needed information is at your command, just waiting to be used. Except… There is still one piece missing, that one sliver of fact that will tell you everything you want to know about a caller: the service provider.

While many may think this a pointless thing to know (after all, what good is knowing the provider going to do?), it actually can be quite useful. How? The explanation may surprise you.

Many networks will only allow benefits to pass through their lines. All privileges and extras are offered to those who stay within the network, talking to those who are also part of it. The reason for this is simple, of course: it encourages more customers and increases business which, in turn, increases profit. While individuals are allowed to speak with those from other networks, they may not find the same advantages.

How does this apply to you?

If you find yourself with a previously unknown number (you have already taken the time to look it up and see who it belongs to), you may also want to know whether the same rates and discounts your provider has will belong to them. No one refuses saving money, after all, and this is an obvious way to do it.

Assuming you can see what their network.

Obviously, the quickest way to do this is to simply ask. You can call the individual, see who they are associated with and have the problem solved within seconds.

If reaching them has become a problem, though, you might need to try another method: looking for them online. Just as you did with the phone search, you can seek out providers through websites.

The most helpful of these tends to be a free cell phone lookup. Its easy format and free services will allow you to find what you need. You can have both the number and the network in one simple step. And, then, you can best see how your own provider\’s benefits will do in the situation that follows.

Martin Verite is a freelance reporter and technologist who enjoys covering the telecommunications industry.


What Is The Windows Registry And Should I Care?

The Windows registry is a directory which stores settings and options for the operating system for Microsoft Windows 32-bit versions, 64-bit versions and Windows Mobile. It contains information and settings for all the hardware, operating system software, most non-operating system software, users, preferences of the PC, etc. Whenever a user makes changes to Control Panel settings, file associations, system policies, or installed software, the changes are reflected and stored in the registry. The registry also provides a window into the operation of the kernel, exposing runtime information such as performance counters and currently active hardware. This use of registry mechanism is conceptually similar to the way that Sysfs and procfs expose runtime information through the file system (traditionally viewed as a place for permanent storage), though the information made available by each of them differs tremendously.

The Windows registry was introduced to tidy up the profusion of per-program INI files that had previously been used to store configuration settings for Windows programs. These files tended to be scattered all over the system, which made them difficult to track.

The registry contains two basic kinds of elements: keys and values.

Registry Keys are similar to folders - in addition to values, each key can contain subkeys, which may contain further subkeys, and so on. Keys are referenced with a syntax similar to Windows\’ path names, using backslashes to indicate levels of hierarchy. E.g. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindows refers to the subkey “Windows” of the subkey “Microsoft” of the subkey “Software” of the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE key.

Registry Values are name/data pairs stored within keys. Values are referenced separately from keys. Value names can contain backslashes which would lead to ambiguities were they referred to like paths. The Windows API functions that query and manipulate registry values take value names separately from the key path and/or handle that identifies the parent key.

The terminology is somewhat misleading, as the values are similar to an associative array, where standard terminology would refer to the name part of the value as a “key”. The terms are a holdout from the 16-bit registry in Windows 3, in which keys could not contain arbitrary name/data pairs, but rather contained only one unnamed value (which had to be a string). In this sense, the entire registry was like an associative array where the keys (in both the registry sense and dictionary sense) formed a hierarchy, and the values were all strings. When the 32-bit registry was created, so was the additional capability of creating multiple named values per key, and the meanings of the names were somewhat distorted.

Since at least 1998 pages at Microsoft Support relating to editing the registry include the disclaimer that the use of the Registry Editor should be done at one\’s own risk, underlining the severity of a corrupt registry.

Visit Repair-XP.com for more information on Windows XP Registry Repair and to download free tools.

Ken Morris
Repair-Xp.com
http://www.repair-xp.com


Deck Cleaning Solutions - Homemade Recipe For Getting Rid Of Mildew And Algae Off Of Your Deck

Here is a very simple home made recipe for all around cleaning that works great on decks. If you want to finally get rid of that mildew and algae,now is the time. This recipe was handed down from a older gentlemen who was a painter at a country club I met in 1971.

Mildew and algae are usually problems in areas that have a high level of moisture and it typically grows on the north side of the house or shady areas. Its generally an eye sore but left uncheck it can be a hazard. It will create a slippery spot just like a sheet of ice and if you have children or elderly folks its best to remove this problem.

This simple recipe is TSP or trisodium phosphate (TSP can be purchase at your local hardware store) and warm water with a little bleach. The TSP comes is a white power that is a little course and is mix in warm water to help it dissolve.

Bleach is use to destroy micro-organisms such as mildew and algae.

The generic cleaning composition is 1 to 1 1/2 cups TSP to two gallons of warm water,if there is a lot of mold I would add 1/2 cup of household bleach (do not use commercial bleach which is stronger). I generally make my recipe on the lighter side first. I can always make it stronger (stronger means 1 1/2 cups of TSP) or wash the area twice if I want to be careful.

Hose down the deck with water to get the pores of the wood to open up,this makes it easier to clean. With a scrub brush attach to a pole start to applied the cleaning solution on the deck, work a small section at a time. When you are satisfied with the results hose off the cleaner. If the mold has been on the deck for a long time you might not get it all off,so try to be happy with the results you are getting.

Do not try to make a stronger recipe by adding more TSP or bleach,if its necessary to clean the deck again,do so.

Never use bleach on a cedar deck,this will strip away its natural colors. If you are cleaning mildew and algae off of a cedar deck ask your local paint store what product they recommend. My personal preference is to just use a pressure washer with cold water.

Make sure you are careful when pressure washing cedar because its such a soft wood.

Take your time and preparation is the key for a successful job.

Earl Adkins has clean and seal over a thousand decks and author of the e-book Homeowner\’s Guide How to Maintain Your Deck. Get your free copy at http://deckcleaning.com Learn the best deck cleaning practices from a professional.


How to Use Your Mind the Right Way

Let me start with this simple proposition: You are not a body with a mind, Rather you are a mind with a body. Take heed and remember this, it is the cornerstone to of all that you are and will become.

You are mind; your mind is who you are. It is not your body, no matter how beautiful or pathetic it may be, that defines you; it is your mind. As a little proof have you ever seen the really buff guy who can\’t seem to get or keep a girlfriend? Is it because he is ugly? No it is usually because he has no personality, his mind says he is pathetic and even though his body is in perfect shape he is such a dreadful person that he has hardly any friends, much less girl friends.

You are what your mind thinks you are. However there is a twist, the mind actually has two parts. The one we are all familiar with and know best is the conscious mind. This is the part we use to think and it takes in information through your sense of sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell. It is highly effective in making your daily decisions. When you perform any conscious act, such as pick up a pen, go somewhere, make a phone call, etc. it is your Conscious Mind that sends those orders to your body. Then when you go to sleep, your Conscious Mind also goes to sleep.

The other part never sleeps. This is the Subconscious, or Creative Mind. Your Creative Mind literally keeps you alive. It is responsible for the involuntary life functions such as your heart beating, eye blinking, and breathing. It has the control over your glands, internal organs, and even your cells. It is the master regulator of your body. It also controls your character, your inmost drives, and your deepest and most secret desires!

What most people do not understand is the Creative Mind also governs the Conscious mind. In other words; a person is what their Creative Mind says they are!

What you think is what you are. You give commands to your Creative mind all the time, and eventually these commands become part of your personality. Have you ever said “I can\’t remember” when a fact does not readily come to your conscious mind? Then a few hours or even days later out of nowhere the answer comes to you and you smack your head saying “Now I remember”. What you have done is issue your creative mind a command “I can\’t remember”, and so your creative mind follows its orders and presto you can\’t remember. Whenever you give your creative mind a command it will obey and cause you to do the things you have commanded to make happen.

What you say instead is; “It will come to me in a moment”, this gives your creative mind a command that it will follow and then shortly you will remember. Have you told your self or others that “I just can\’t concentrate”? Guess what? You have given your subconscious a command and it obeyed make you unable to concentrate. Instead if you tell your self “I will concentrate on this thing for a while” you suddenly find yourself able to concentrate. The examples are as endless as there are people in this world.

Instead of saying “I can\’t” say “I will” instead and you will see your life improve in so many ways you will be amazed that you even survived this long without knowing this simple truth.

Be Blessed

True Happiness

Ralston Heath recently retired from 25+ years of active duty. Now that his life is his own again, he is working to share with the world all he knows. Check him out on his blog http://manifesting-dreams.blogspot.com/


Clawfoot Tubs - Refinish or Purchase a New One?

Many people love their clawfoot tubs. They are ideal for a nice warm soak and they have a great “period” look to them that you don\’t find anywhere else. However, sometimes you run across one that is beautiful on the outside, but not so much on the inside. People very often tear out these old tubs because they think that they are completely ruined and can\’t be saved. In fact, these old clawfoot tubs can be saved and at a cheaper price than it would be to buy a new one.

Every year you will find refinishing shops across the country with old bathtubs and sinks ready to be rejuvenated. If you refinish these correctly, they will be a beautiful addition to your bathroom. Many can be refinished for as low as $350 to $500. A new cast iron tub can easily cost you $1,200 to $5,000. The price difference is reason enough to give it a go with the old tub, especially if you are striving for the retro look.

Often tubs are restored and refinished in the same manner than an old car fender would be. The dings and scratches are filled with putty and then the whole tub is buffed and shined. Next, they apply a bonding agent over the tub\’s surface to ensure that the new finish won\’t peel off of the older porcelain. Any impurities that are on the surface of the tub can cause the new finish to not adhere properly. Many refinishers will sandblast the old tubs to ensure that there is no soap residue or any other particles that may prevent adhesion of the new finish. This refinishing procedure can be done in your home if your old tub is attached or at a shop if the tub can be moved. If the tub is in an upstairs room, it is often easier for the tub to be refinished on site.

Most finishes will easily last you 15 years or more. Proper care of your tub will prolong the life of the new finish. This means you do not want to use abrasive, bleach cleaners. Use only nonabrasive, bleach free cleaners on the tubs. This rule also goes for your brand new tubs if you want them to last as well. After the refinishing of the tub you are left with a tub that is historic, authentic and looks as good as new.

Bill Doane is a regular contributor to Home Remodeling, Bathroom Remodeling and Kitchen Remodeling websites. Bill also takes pride in many of his own do-it-yourself projects around his own home.


Foreclosure Homes For Sale - How To Find Them

News sources are reporting that the proportion of home sales resulting from foreclosure are up in almost every state. Particular rises have been seen in California, Tennessee, Michigan, Colorado, Nevada and Ohio, though the trend is nationwide.

In some districts, half of all home sales are now due to foreclosure. This is the result of the weak housing market - those who don\’t have to sell their homes are taking them off the market, as they can\’t get a good price; this leaves proportionally more and more of the homes for sale being forced foreclosure sales, where the owners do not have a choice.

While these foreclosures are a tragedy for the former home owners who have defaulted on their payments, they are an opportunity for investors or purchasers to buy property at reduced prices. You may be in the position to take advantage of the current flat real estate market, which was caused by the lax lending standards of the banks. These same banks are now cutting prices on the foreclosed properties, as they simply don\’t want to hold them.

So how exactly do you find these foreclosure homes for sale?

One method is to sign up with an online service that will give you a database of foreclosures which is updated weekly.

Internet-based foreclosure companies charge a small fee for providing you with listings of foreclosure properties. But why not just search yourself? Well, the listings companies believe that it takes a lot of expertise and time to find and to build accurate national or state-based foreclosure lists. As their fees are very low (about $40 for a year\’s access to their lists), you may find this is the quickest and easiest method of finding foreclosures.

So what do you get when you sign up for such an online foreclosure listing service? Using such a service, you can see what homes in foreclosure are available and what is of interest to you in the state, city or area you want. Such services normally provide extra details of each property, including things like the address, type of property and its size, the listing price, the appraisal value, and the seller or agent name, or the auction date and time if the home is being auctioned.

Get more information - see the foreclosure list service I recommend at my foreclosure
homes for sale
page.

Scott Kintraw writes about all the ways the web can make your life easier.


8 Steps to Get Smiling Before You Pick Up the Phone

The 8 Steps to Get Smiling Before you Pick Up the Phone are:

1. Are you clear on what would be great today? What would be the most outstanding results that could happen when you make the call?

2. Can you imagine what would happen if you completely connected with the person who answers? Perhaps you can share a kind word or uplift them in some way that will alter the course of their day?

3. When did you feel good? What were you doing when life was really rocking and rolling for you? Picture a great vacation. Picture playing with a new puppy. What kinds of things make you smile?

4. Make a list of 10 things that make you feel great. Keep this list in front of you all the time. Tele-sales results increase dramatically when the person on the other end of the phone line feels the intensity of your happiness, enthusiasm, excitement or just that general sense of life is good. Everyone wants that feeling.

5. Make another list of 10 possible ultimate results when you make all the calls, hit and connect with the greatest number of people possible, and take home some amazing results. Picture these results compounding into more referrals and more results, and soon this leads to an even greater outcome. Define that potential outcome if you were completely on fire for about 2 months running. Write about it in detail as though it had already happened. Smile about it, before you pick up the phone.

6. Any time you pick up the phone to prospect, give the other person permission to hang up without wanting anything from you. Release the need to get results from any one interaction. Focus on the bigger picture, and then let go of what you need to experience from any one person. You will be more productive when you don\’t obsess on any one client, productivity soars when you keep the entire picture of ultimate success in your mind.

7. Now you are ready to really get into a good mood. Really feel amazing about your life. Stop and think about the 10 things that you are grateful for. If this is hard, start small. “I have enough resources to eat dinner tonight,” could be one. “I am thankful that I exist,” is another. You can be thankful for your home. Your car. No matter what small things you can find to feel grateful about, this will make you feel good. Refuse to go to the other side where you think about everything you don\’t have, because that will not make you smile and you won\’t have a lot of fun thinking about it. Here is a hint: neither will anyone who is hearing from you. So go back to what is working, what is good, what you like in your life right now. Prospect from this place of creativity and excitement. Be in a good mood. You can even say “I am not sure why, I just feel great today. I feel like I might win the lottery.” It\’s contagious!

8. If nothing else is working, do your best to avoid picking up the phone when you are grumpy. You won\’t get the results you want and you\’ll probably turn someone off. You could actually do worse damage than not making any calls. Go on You Tube or go read something inspirational. Find a poem that works. If you need help, go out and find some other things that bring you joy. This is your job, to get in a good place. When you are in a good place, all kinds of surprising good things can happen. You will be amazed.

To really get into joy before making those calls, pick up Erica M. Nelson\’s new book “Prospect When You Are Happy” available at http://www.EricaMNelson.com and bookstores online everywhere. Erica M. Nelson is a success coach and she is available to provide inspirational group sales tele-conferences for your team. Contact Erica Nelson at authorEricaNelson@gmail.com