“The RoseBouquet”

Last week my student was asking about how to order ink cartridges online. I showed him how to find sites that sell such things, and then how much cheaper they are when you have a PowerMall and can shop at one of the ink stores there. We did some major comparison shopping and in the end, he signed up and was able to order a package of four at InkGrabber for $200 less (about 50%) than if he bought them here locally for his business printers. On top of that, there is the 17.5% rebate coming yet.

He sent out 30 emails to friends and already had a great-niece signed up under him.

Stories like this are multiplying every day. You will be doing yourself a huge favour if you check it out, and “accept” your free mall too; MyPowerMall

P.S. I think I’ve won some free airline tickets for recruiting him…!

Do you know that you could join all kinds of mailing lists (often known as groups) for no charge? As you read the emails of others, and correspond with them, you can learn many new things. However, in that sub-culture there are some rules of etiquette so that you gain friends and don’t get people “flaming” you. (That’’s telling you off in ugly language). A site that has a number of useful tutorials on this topic is - Netiquette

My friend Samson wrote from Africa this week and asked, “How do I get a blog?”

Here’s my reply, in cases it answers your question too;

A blog. Ho-boy. There are so many ways to go. I need to ask first what you want the blog to accomplish for you?

There are many free sites which will gladly give you free blog space, but of course, the owners of that site are making money off the ads they place on your blog.

If you want to be perceived as more professional, and if you hope to set up a professional image with your blog, then I would suggest you get a domain name registered (GoDaddy.com has the lowest prices), and I can offer you hosting for your domain on my hosting service at $12/year. For $20 extra I can install a blog software on your domain site, and then you can just log in and start making blog entries.

If you read up on the WordPress documents you can learn all about setting up categories and do many interesting things with your blog.

If you sign up for Google AdSense and get the right plugin installed, you can have an income coming in to you from Google for the AdSense ads that show up beside your blogs.

There are other ways to go about getting a blog, but with my experience, that’s the path I would recommend as the best choice.

If you know you’re going to emergency, even just as a companion, and have time to grab a few things, then I recommend that you grab some energy food for your pockets, and some reading material or a book of puzzles.

I’m rather slow at those sudoku puzzles, and wish I’d brought my last one along. I had plenty of time there to work on them today.

In case you are curious about Linux I’d like to drop a few helpful hints. There are probably over 300 different distributions (known as Distros) of this operating system kernel.

A linux system can be set up to run on your computer instead of your Windows 95, 98, or XP, or Vista, etc. It can also be installed on the free space of your hard drive to run alongside of your Windows system. (When you boot up, you just have to choose which one you want to enter this time).

Linux systems are free if you download and burn your own iso CDs or DVDs, but if you find that too tricky, you can buy them for just a few dollars. Or if you have friends you might even get them free.

DistroWatch.com is a good place to read reviews and find links to more info on each one.
DistroWatch has a page with the top 10)
LinuxBasis Lots of lists!

Oh there’s much more to say, but I don’t want to overwhelm you.

My favourite so far is openSUSE, but I’m trying out a bunch of new ones these days. Right now I like Feather, and Puppy, and dear ol’ Mandrake came to my rescue today too. I usually share my Linux Learning Curve experiences on my blog by that name, Linux Learning Curve.

I am taking back a few hours a week to work on my SBI site again, and looking forward to a very profitable one too.

In case you missed the Christmas 2 for 1 special, there’s another chance right now. It ends at midnight on Valentine’s day.

“I LOVE SBI! Special $100 Valentine Gift.” It’s the famous Buy One - Get a Second for $100 Special.

For details, please see one of the following…

SiteSell

BuildIt

WAHM.SiteSell

In case you should need these tips and solutions, I’ll pass on some links I’ve found.

Do Your Own Pest Control - quite informative page.
Pest Repellant Ultimate - Electronic repellants.
How to Get Rid of Mice - Lots of testimonial notes.

I’ve made a new list of things to try in my turf war at home.

Do words come easy to you?
You should be writing-for-the-Net to make money!

eBook Farming - Create Your Own Money-Making Information Products!

You can LIVE WELL off your words - if you learn to use just the Right ones for Net-writing!

No doubt you are a very tidy person at your computer, but it’s embarrassing, isn’t it, how much debris falls in between the keys? Here’s some simple cleaning steps;

1. Unplug your keyboard. Lift it up and shake out whatever you can over a wastebasket.

2. Using a card or piece of paper folded a few times to give it a couple of stiff corners, rake it in the trenches between the keys. I drag all the hairs and crumbs (of my nails?) over to the left end. Then I rake down that trench and try to lift the garbage up and out of there. That takes care of the largest stuff. It’s also something I can do when I’m stopping to think about something and need do useful stuff with my hands.

3. Keyboard do get grimy though from the sweat and sticky-whatevers on our fingers. Sometimes that gets set in deep. Find a bottle of hydrogen peroxide in the bathroom (or rubbing alcohol will do too) and a handful of Q-tips. Pour some of the hp into a cap or small plastic container. Dip in the Q-tip and starting at one end or corner of the keyboard, wipe and rub down every key.

4. If you have to, you can pry off a key or two with a table knife but remember where each one belongs.

5. Lastly, I read online that some people put their key board in the dishwasher and get it super clean. Only thing is - to avoid frying all the electronic parts, do NOT plug in the keyboard until it has had at least 72 hours, (3 days) to air dry thoroughly!

When I first signed up for MyPowerMall I took the promises of great income with a pinch of salt. Maybe that was exaggerated a bit. However, I’ve been reading Ginny’s emails and new Power Bytes, and as I see my own downline increasing with limited efforts on my part, I realize that it really is possible.

Ginny says that once you have a large enough downline - who are shopping - and once you earning commissions (you need to reach $25 before you get your first payment), the way things are set up you are likely to double your income almost monthly after that. She’s also made a new rule that everyone must buy something from their mall each month, even if only $1 worth. This drives people to discover online shopping benefits, and lo…things are picking up.

After 4-5 months, I now have a downline of 86 and my first payment due! (Not just $25, but $65+) As I watch this growth pattern I realize that Ginny may be right. This can double practically every month once it is on a roll!

You don’t have to pay to join, but it is smart to set aside time to read the emails, and to create some business cards with your mall ID on it, and pass those out to friends and strangers where ever you go. Her emails will suggest other ways too. Use the ideas that are right for you, and see what happens.

You’re welcome to check out my own Mall