31.10.06

Free Guitar Course

Free Beginner Guitar Course. Includes downloadable workbook and audios. The signup for the free course is located about halfway down the page at their website. Click Here.

28.10.06

Sell Your Creativity

Free Store withYour Own Unique Products

CafePress is cool. Right now I'll talk about the Free Store, but there are other neat things you can do with it.



Frankly it is easier for you to visit their website and have a look around than it is for me to explain it to you. But here goes:

You create a design(s) or photo(s) and upload it.
Select any (or all) of over 80 items you want your design on.
Put them on your Free online store.

You have no investment. No inventory.

CafePress:

  • Gives you a FREE online shop to promote your products
  • Produces each item when ordered using unique print-on-demand technology
  • Handles all payment transactions including major credit cards
  • Ships your products worldwide
  • Manages all returns/exchanges
  • Offers customer service via toll-free phone and email
  • Sends you a monthly check for your earnings on sales!

    How cool is that! By the way, I've had a store with them for over seven years.
    Click Here

  • 27.10.06

    Free Learn Hypnosis Course

    "Learn Hypnosis in 5 Days"- free audio hypnosis training course.

    Click Here. Links to the Free Course can be found near the top of their page and also at the very bottom.

    26.10.06

    Stop! Do Not Pay Retail

    Before you pay money anywhere else. Check out the huge bargains on items you would be buying anyway from a department store.

    Save 40-80% off retail at Overstock.com!

    How Can They Offer Such Great Deals?


    What they say:
    Overstock.com has partnerships with many leading brand-name companies. Because of these relationships, we are able to buy products at significant discounts, which then allow us to pass these incredible savings on to you. Here are a few examples of how we do this:

    * Overproduced Products
    Each year manufacturers estimate how many products they will sell. Many times they overestimate and produce too many products. The manufacturer is forced to liquidate these excess products. We purchase these products at below-wholesale costs and then pass the savings on to you.

    * Cancelled Orders
    Store managers frequently change the products they sell in their stores. As a result, they often cancel orders they have with manufacturers. The manufacturers are forced to liquidate these excess products. We purchase these products at below-wholesale costs and then pass the savings on to you.

    * Company-Specific Issues
    A company may be downsizing, moving facilities, or just need to reduce its inventory for any number of reasons. The company is willing to sell the products for less than it normally would (often below its cost) to get rid of the products quickly. We purchase these products and pass the savings on to you.

    Visit Website Click Here.

    25.10.06

    Free Self Hypnosis mp3

    They're giving away some great gifts worth $121.80, including a self hypnosis audio download and the #1 best seller - Conversations with Millionaires.

    If you've never tried hypnosis before, now's your chance. This could help improve both your business and your personal life!

    Click Here for more info.

    By the way, I downloaded the free audio file. I was impressed. I have purchased hypnosis tapes before. And this is far, far superior. I've burned it onto a CD.

    The title is Power Focus. If you have any trouble concentrating, staying focused, this audio will help you become more productive with less stress.

    23.10.06

    Truely Free Music Downloads

    music.download.com
    Free music download site. No fees. Spyware free. Play or download entire tracts. Add tracts to a play list.

    They have over 75,000 MP3s. This is not bookleg music because it has been uploaded by the artists themselves.

    Are you a musician? Or even a poet or comedian? Here's a place to showcase your work.

    20 Free Prints

    Do you take digital pictures? Do you like to share them.

    Join Sony ImageStation for free and get 20 free prints.

    In addition to quality digital prints, Sony ImageStation offers customers a wide selection of unique photo products including mugs, T-shirts, calendars, photo books, cards, bags, puzzles etc.

    Sign up for free. They offer:

    * 20 FREE prints for new members
    * Weekly customer promotions e.g. prints as low as 10¢, Photo Flipbooks for $1.99 and so much more
    * Quality digital camera prints for only 12¢ everyday
    * FREE online photo storage and sharing
    * FREE photo editing tools & software

    Click Here

    22.10.06

    Win A Weekend in New York City

    No purchase necessary to enter.

    Offered through LastMinuteTravel.

    Looking for last minute deals on airfare, hotels, vacation packages, cruises?

    Here's what they say:
    "The Last Minute Traveler knows the deal…they look to pounce at the last second on the best values they can find. Our charge at Last Minute Travel.com is to provide the ultimate one-stop superstore for this time-sensitive, deal-seeking traveler. LastMinuteTravel.com offers consumers the best prices, bar none, on last minute travel bargains. From hotel deals to airline tickets, to great cruise and vacation packages, LastMinuteTravel.com consistently beats ALL other websites and travel sellers on pricing. "

    "LastMinuteTravel.com was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Orlando, FL. The Company has received numerous recognitions including: Travel & Leisure Magazine; Forbes as a "Best of the Web;" and Smart Money Magazine. "

    Click Here to visit their website.

    Free Vacation Hotel Accommodations

    Get 3 days 2 nights in one of over 80 great travel destinations.

    Why is it free?
    They claim that: "Hotels are not always able to book all of their rooms, and vacant rooms bring in NO revenue. Putting travelers in those otherwise vacant rooms for free brings in revenue in other ways, such as room service, hotel restaurants, shops, pay-per-view television, phone charges, etc. It actually costs a hotel more money to leave a room vacant than it does to give it away for FREE. We work with some of the world's leading consolidators who contract with major hotel chains to put travelers in those rooms that would otherwise remain vacant."

    Is it really free? You do have to pay a $1.87 processing fee. And you are responsible for any taxes, room service charges, and any other incidental expenses incurred once you have checked into your room. Transportation to and from your desired destination is not included.

    You also need to book at least 45 days in advance and avoid peak travel times.

    For more information click here.

    20.10.06

    1000 TV Channels on Your Computer ??

    I saw the ad. Oh boy, I thought. First of all, I'm cheap. Secondly I don't watch much TV. My rabbit ears get the major networks including Fox, plus two public TV stations. But it would would be nice to once in a while get the Discovery and the Disney channel and the like.

    One time software purchase and no other fees. Well fortunately I did some checking around the internet. Sorry, no it is not the same as Cable TV. What you get is a directory of webcasts links from around the world with a bookmark system so you can find your favorite channels again.

    Don't send money. Instead go to World Wide Internet TV http://www.wwitv.com/ . It is free (same type of channels as in the paid listings). As of today they have 1704 online TV stations listed. There are college broadcasts, local, government, religious stations, news, regional sports, music, cultural stations, and even watch NASA live.

    No Discovery channel- scratch that they do have a webcast. Comedy Central Station has funny video clips. Check out AFTV (USA) for old movies.

    Not the same as Satellite TV. But if you want news from New Orleans - you got it. If you have relatives in New Zealand or are planning to visit there, you can find out what's happening. Want to brush up on your Russian. Japanese, Vietnamese or whatever? There are stations from around the world.

    Oh and yes, it is free.

    Transfer VHS to DVD or CD

    There are three ways that I know of (besides hiring someone) to transfer from your VCR to Digital format so that they can be either viewed on your computer, the internet or on DVD. You can use these same methods to transfer from any analog source such as camcorder to your computer.

    With the following will work with most PCs made in the last six years. But remember that video takes up a lot of space on your hard drive. So you should have 4GB free to play around in. You can free up hard drive space by storing your video clips on CD or DVD once you're done editing them.

    1. Using a digital camcorder as a converter. Check your camcorder owners manual. ALERT: If your owner's manual cover's two or more models, make sure the information pertains to your model. Sometimes only the higher end (more features) models will do this.

    2. Check your computer. It may allow audio and video input jacks. These are the same size round holes as for the microphone and headset jacks but are specific for video or audio line in. Not all computers will have them. Mine has them on the back of the tower. If I had known this I would not have bought a converter.

    You need software. My computer came with Windows Movie Maker included free. If you don't have that you can check at Microsoft.com or go to www.downloads.com and search for "movie editor". Downloads has free and / or trial versions of many kinds of programs.

    3. Using a Converter. While most converters cost anywhere from $100 to several hundred dollars, I found one closer to $50.00. It's DVDXpress from ADS Tech. It is for PC only, not Mac. As with all devices check to make sure your system meets the basic PC requirements. At this writing the DVDXpress lists for $150.75, but I found it here for $49.95.

    The DVDXpress is simple to set up. It comes with CapWiz3.5 and MovieFactory 3. Frankly I prefer using Windows Movie Maker for editing my clips.

    ALERT: If you own an analog camcorder, you do NOT need to go out and buy a digital camcorder in order to make DVDs or internet videos. With any of the above methods you can record directly off your camera.

    ALERT: SAVING from Windows Movie Maker. I made a video and tried to upload it to Google films. It would not accept my format which was .MSWMM not .wmv or the other acceptable formats. Frustrated I searched the internet until I found a forum with dozens of posts from people having the same problem. Then I reached a post which began, "IDIOTS !!!!!"

    Problem solved. When you open the File menu you will find that Ctrl+S saves it a a Movie Maker Project .MSWMM. Ctrl+P brings up options of saving it to CD, DVD, e-mail, your computer, directly to the internet, or to your camcorder tape. This will be the .wmv file.

    Hope this is helpful.