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Happy Holidays!

Posted: December 14th, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Quick Blurbs | No Comments »

Last post of the year folks. Be safe and have a wonderful holiday season! Have joy and peace no matter what you believe in!


The Flop House Project: An Anthropologically Based Fiction

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Yellow Scream — Now this is the way to paint!

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Describing Colors To Blind People

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Up and Running with Photoshop for Photography – Free Video Tutorial

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Up and Running with Photoshop for Photography is a streamlined introduction to Adobe’s flagship image-editing application, specifically geared to photographers and enthusiasts. Photoshop guru Deke McClelland shows how to enhance photos and transform them into stunning images, in the shortest time possible.

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Quick – Name the Last Seminar You Attended

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You’ll probably leaving a ton of money on the table by not getting out and attending seminars and conferences. We all know the expenses involved but the payoff can be huge and often in ways that we cannot predict. Read on.

I decided to attended a subscription site seminar in Boston, hosted by Tim Kerber and MemberGate. I really was not sure if I was going to attend as I have my hands full of “way too many” projects now but I am making it a priority to actually go to events to learn and network (in that order). Now that it’s over I am super glad I attended. It would take another 50 emails to share what I learned and further got to meet some “super successful” entrepreneurs who were more than happy to share some of their “secrets.”

We both know these things are not cheap. You have to pay for room, meals, flights etc. etc so it adds up. However, you have to look at the long term payback. From the what I learned and the contacts I made I would say the conference will easily pay for itself in just a month or two.

Of course, all that knowledge has to be implemented not just shoved in binder to “reference” someday. I heard this time and again at the seminar – “just get it done and out the door” I mean (me included) how many times do you labor over something and it grows into this 3 armed and 4 legged monster.

Funny, was just speaking to a coaching client and we talked about this very issue and how I recommended he go down a path of much less resistance on this particular project. I insisted he just “get it done” and not be distracted with “frosting”.

So, 2 things:

1. Save, scrimp, beg, borrow (within reason) but get yourself out and about and attend some of these conferences. I guarantee you’ll thank yourself many times over.

2: Get in the mode of getting things done fast. You’ll increase your productivity 10x and the result will be many more dollars coming your way.

One speaker very succinctly summed this point up with this mantra, “Fail fast, fail often and success is assured”

– by Doug Farrick


Anti Hero – Free Sound File

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EPSON Designer Edition Printer

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Put an EPSON Designer Edition printer to work for you and forget tiling, splicing or trimming forever. You’ll be able to print full-bleed from 17” up to 44” wide. Plus, you can take advantage of their ultra-accurate color matching, print the most demanding CMYK files and match the toughest spot colors – on the same sheet. Forget compatibility issues, too. EPSON Designer Edition printers are compatible with the graphics software you already use.

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Wow ’em with Your Holiday Card

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In the spirit of the holidays, foldfactory.com is sharing a playlist of some of their favorite holiday solutions from their world-famous sample library. Watch “magic hands” videos of 16 inspired holiday card solutions.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK7xc1oVFPlw_Ln7j-fFVSOyzWALYe2ps

The Amazing Scissor Starburst Mailer

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