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Stop Spammers with My Contact Station

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Joel Comm has just released “My Contact Station“, software that kills site spam, increases security by solving the email harvesting problem, and provides advanced and professional contact solutions – and you can get it now for just 7 bucks!

This script is easy to install on any site, including your WordPress blogs. Check out the video demonstration and hear audio testimonials from satisified customers. Better yet, once you own it, you can also promote My Contact Station for 100% Commissions!

If you have a web site, secure your site from spammers right now with My Contact Station.

We Used GoToWebinar

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GoToWebinar - Web Events Made Easy A few folks asked what software Jeremy Palmer and I used to put our Black Friday teleseminar online.

We used GotoWebinar.

The service is great, however we discovered too late that there was no way within the GotoWebinar system to record our call. Bummer.

All other aspects of the service were great however, and fairly simple to set up — or so Jeremy tells me. 🙂

Get Focused with the Temptation Blocker

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I don’t know where I’d be if not for my handy-dandy FeedReader.Probably still checking my email every 5 – 10 minutes a day like Jim Edwards – the confessed email addict – used to do. I wonder if he too was getting carpal tunnel syndrome from hitting the spam delete button 3,000 times a day? 🙂

Jim had help to cure his addiction by using a nifty piece of FREE software that lets you block programs you select for specified periods of time.

Eliminate temptation by eliminating access.

Great idea!

I’ve reprinted Jim’s article “Online Temptation Blocker” below and included a link to the software that he uses.

Online Temptation Blocker

by Jim Edwards

One of the best things about doing business online involves the fact that with a computer and Internet connection you can do just about anything you want.

One of the worst things about doing business online involves the fact that with a computer and Internet connection you can do just about anything you want.

In a business context, computers and Internet access represent the ultimate double-edged sword that requires discipline and self-control when it comes to the endless possibilities of how to spend your time.

Now, for all of us who fall into the category of needing a tad more will-power to stay on task, help arrives in the form of a free software app for PC called “Temptation Blocker.”

Originally developed to help the software's author avoid playing “Half Life 2” (a great game, by the way) while under pressure to meet a critical deadline for his work, “Temptation Blocker” operates with a very simple purpose.

He knew that if he could just let the sane part of himself set limits, he would head off the game playing in moments of weakness later on during the day.

Now, for the rest of us who need a little help avoiding temptation throughout the day, we can use this same program in a variety of ways.

The software comes free of charge for PC users (sorry, no MAC version at this time) by logging on to:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/temptblocker/

Download the software and follow the simple installation steps and then restart your computer.

Once the software installs, you start it up and see a list of the programs in your computer's Start Menu.

You can check off the ones you want to block, tell it how long to block them, and then get to work.

If you ever give in to temptation and try to start the blocked programs, a dialogue box pops up telling you how much longer until the programs are available again.

If the program you wish to block doesn't show up in the list, you can browse for it and add it to the program list.

If it lists programs you know you'll never want to block, you can right mouse click them and remove them individually from the list.

You can then create profiles to block specific programs based on the job you need to get done.

* The Email Addict *

I admit it: I'm addicted to email.

I've developed a compulsion to click the “Send/Receive” button on my Mail Washer software at least every 5-10 minutes throughout the day.

Not only does it distract me to run down at least a half- dozen rabbit-holes daily, but it also adds greatly to my overall stress level.

By blocking access to my email program, I'm actually weaning myself out of the habit of constantly checking email every few minutes and reclaiming valuable time.

* Get Work Done! *

No matter what deadline you face, by blocking those programs which tempt you to sidetrack and waste time, you'll actually get more time to enjoy them!

Instead of fragmenting your time into inefficient bits, you can concentrate on one task at a time, get it completed, and then do whatever you want with the extra free time – and do it with a guilt-free conscience.

© Jim Edwards -  Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist and the co- author of an amazing ebook that will teach you how to work less, get paid more… and have tons more fun! “The Lazy Man's Guide to Online Business” How to Work Less, get Paid More and have tons more Fun! Proven tips, tricks, techniques and strategies of Superstar “Lazy Achievers”!

How to Keep Your Internet / Affiliate Marketing Business Organized

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Looking for a merchant's affiliate interface login and password when you want to install one of their links on your site, is a waste of time.

I'm fairly anal about keeping my business, and almost all aspects of my life, well-organized.

For example, open my closet and you'll see my clothes sorted by garment type and color (according to the spectrum from white to black).

Sick, eh?

How about a food cupboard sorted into soups, veggies, snacks, sauce mixes, pasta and rice, etc? Oh ya, and the labels ARE turned out.

Are you ready to have me committed yet?

Wait just a moment, please.

There's method in my madness… really and truly.

Surely you know people who can't organize their way out of a paper bag. They come home and leave their keys in a different place each time. Then whenever they want to go out, they need to spend 5 minutes searching for their keys… and/or shoes, or jacket, or paperwork…

What a huge a waste of life!

I use the term ‘life' because life is comprised of, and measured by, time.

Nothing is more precious than time and making each of your moments count. Spending time on trivial matters like looking for keys when you could be having fun with friends and family, helping others through your business, saving the planet, or even taking a nap – is a waste of time.

Likewise, looking for a merchant's affiiliate interface login and password when you want to install one of their links on your site, is a waste of time.

Scrap that… it's a waste of time to have to look for the link itself.

All the details relating to your affiliate marketing business need to be at right at your fingertips.

I stay organized by keeping everything in one big Excel file accessed from my desktop.

The file has a number of worksheets, each with its own set of information.

All the programs I'm affiliated with are listed on one worksheet, with headings for program name, username/login, password, network association (if any), primary links, my own redirect links, broker (2nd tier) links, link for the affiliate interface, manager's name and contact info, commission rate and other important info.

Another sheet logs all monies owed and received, and tallies income by program and category, as well as by month and year.

On another worksheet I've listed software information including purchase date, registration numbers and login details.

Still another keeps track of information for subscriptions such as forums and membership sites.

Everytime I come up with an article idea, it gets entered on the ‘Article Ideas' worksheet. There's yet another sheet with a list of article submission sites.

I log interview, presentation, and teleconference dates and details in that file.

Testimonials and success stories have their own separate sheets.

The Net Profits Today newsletter is laid out in advance on another sheet, with suggestions for topics and articles.

Last but not least, my project (to-do) list is on another worksheet, filed by domain name and sorted by date due.

The ‘Big File' is always open.

When I join a program, the details get entered right away. While reading my email, I cut and paste testimonials right into the file, and jot ideas for future NPT topics … as they pop up.

My site files are organized by domain name – not generic terms like ‘dating site', or ‘book site', as I've seen some webmasters do.

As soon as I join a program I enter all the details on the relevant sheet, and create a redirect link, which I know I'll use if I promote the product via email.

I create email filters for every webmaster I do business with, and messages go straight into their personal folder. One quick filter – no more filing.

Setting up – and keeping up with – such a system may seem like a lot of work.

It's not.

Do it often enough and it becomes second nature.

Staying organized sure beats the heck out of wasting five minutes trying to find the email with that merchant's affiliate program login information just so you find your affiliate links.

Affiliate OrganizerWant to Pass on the Spreadsheets?

Then I recommend that you check out Jon Mills' Affiliate Organizer software.

Affiliate Organizer lets you keep track of your websites, hosting details, affiliate accounts, and more all from one interface.

Everything is simple to use. Just fill in the blanks and save.. it couldn't be much easier. I give it 2 thumbs up for being user-friendly.

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