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Thursday, January 5th, 2012
10:28 am	How To Succeed At Network Marketing Tips For MLM Success If you are thinking about starting a MLM business here are a few basic steps on how to succeed at network marketing using the internet. It's a great way to make money and even build your own business into a full-time career. Let's discuss a few basic steps on how to succeed at network marketing. The majority of network marketing companies will provide you with a good website to promote. There is a better strategy and that is to build your own list which starts by building a lead capture page. network security You don't have to do anything complicated. It needs to focus on providing something of value for free to your potential subscriber. Then you need to have a simple form where they just need to enter their name and email address in exchange for the free information you are offering. 2. Set up your auto-responder. Your auto-responder is where your prospects email address and name are stored enabling you to follow up with them in the future. You should set up a series of pre-written email messages. These can be programmed to go out over a series of days that you determine. Providing helpful information about your network marketing opportunity should be your goal. So that your prospects can get to know you better your goal should also be to make yourself available to them. The great thing about building a list this way is you can go back to it and promote any network marketing business opportunity you want in the future. 3. Start a blog. Having your own blog is a great way to attract new prospects too. Your blog is an ideal place for you to keep your MLM distributors up to date with what is going on in the business. Place an opt-in or sign-up form above the fold on the right hand sidebar. Then when new prospects visit your blog they can also sign up and join your email list firewall software. 4. Join Skype. This is a free online telephone and instant messaging service. If you're going to build a worldwide business it is very nice to be able to talk to people free on Skype. Think about the power of that! If you live in Australia and they live in the USA you will be able to chat to them for free about your network marketing opportunity. Skype is a great tool for talking to people in your downline as well as for enrolling new distributors. In summary we have discussed a few basic steps on how to succeed at network marketing. The Internet makes it very easy for you to start and build your own successful MLM home business online. Current Mood: discontent (Comment on this)
Saturday, December 31st, 2011
10:31 pm	Long Term Potential for Software Testing Careers Are you thinking about going into software testing as a full time career If you are, you might have tons of questions you want answers to. For instance, you might be wondering how you can successfully switch from your current job experience to a software testing career. You might also be wondering what school or institute offers high quality training on software testing. But before these questions can be answered, you first need to know what a software tester actually does. Software testers are typically considered to be QA or Quality Assurance professionals. Simply put, software testers produce and execute plans designed to test the quality and viability of software programs, thereby ensuring that product managers, software development managers, and other key organizational stakeholders do not have to worry about defects or virtual bugs in their software. firewall software Software testers help to verify that all the essential features of any given software application perform as intended and as according to the needs of its users. Software testers assist developers by ensuring that their specific software code performs and integrates well. They also make sure that a specific software project meets acceptable and pre-defined standards and requirements. There are a few critical areas one has to specialize in to walk a promising career path in software testing, but the 2 most important ones are probably communication skills and technical know-how. Good communication skills, both written and verbal, is vital in terms of getting your point across and understood by diverse team members. Technical know-how is another major area one needs to develop to excel. For example, software testing involves knowledge of testing types, the life cycle of the project, programming languages, test concepts, database concepts, testing tools, and test plans to name a few. Numerous software applications require in-depth technical and analytical expertise in order for them to be thoroughly tested. Programming language, and one's knowledge on it, is critical for unit testing, automation testing and scripting. Current career prospects for software testers are a-plenty. Testing is now seen as an excellent corporate job with a well-defined career path. For example, if one is a test analyst, he or she could easily move up to become a QA team lead, senior test engineer, and eventually test manager. The options currently available are many. Another reason that the future is bright for software testers is that there is an increasing demand for niche testing skills. Believe it or not, there is currently a general lack of skills in the area of test automation, scripting, and competence in programming languages such as Perl, Java, Python, Shell and VB network security. Also on high demand are highly technical skill sets, such as the ability to review automation tools, produce automation frameworks, and figure out how to leverage reusable on-demand components. Similarly, there is and always will be a consistent demand for good performance testers who are able to analyze test performance results, offer tuning suggestion techniques, and determine bottlenecks. All in all, software testing is an excellent career choice because the demand for good testers is increasing. Just learn as many technical skills as you can, and ultimately pick an area to specialize in, and you will be well on your way to a prosperous and upwardly-mobile software testing career. Current Mood: uncomfortable (Comment on this)
Monday, December 26th, 2011
9:02 pm	Bypass ProxyFirewall -- 100% Java Http Tunnel for Anonymous Surfing Version 0 network security. 78 now . . . Proxy Client is the complete online privacy tool. Put an end to blocking filters, . . . and . . . any browser into a discreet tool for. This 100% Java client supports all major internet protocols plus SOCKS4 and SOCKS5 networking. In addition, the client allows for direct network tunneling with an exclusive proxy tunneling feature. Permits anonymous surfing via private http tunnel -- Visit the sites that you want to visit without being traced or monitored by corporate intranets. Completely bypass corporate firewalls and surf wherever you would like without running into network road blocks. Absolute Online Privacy. Avoid filtering or sniffing on the open internet. Bypass acts as a virtual-network that encrypts your network traffic across un-trusted networks and routes your traffic directly to its intended host. This technology is ideal for customers in areas or countries where web sites are routinely monitored or censored. Secure Anonymous Surfing. Most corporate proxies and servers log and monitor sensitive information passed to and from your web browser. Any or all of the following types of information are available to your corporate/ISP administrator: firewall hardware. Since the Bypass.cc client acts as a broker for your connections on the internet, information that would normally be given out by your web client (ip address, hostname, etc.) will no longer be given out to prying web servers. This information is typically used to create mailing lists for spam mailers. The bypass client uses a strong encryption algorithm to seal and protect your data. The information is then forwarded directly to the bypass network servers and transferred anonymously to the intended host. The source of the actual transmission (you) remains virtually unknown. The data transmitted from your browser is rendered unreadable to administrators and undecipherable to snooping/monitoring software. Current Mood: aggravated (Comment on this)
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
3:13 pm	Writers SoftwareResources As a writer of articles, short stories, a WIP novel, various blogs, journals and, of course, a Squidoo lensmistress, I like to use tools to help organise ideas and writing. Over the years I have collected several.... well, no, make that quite a lot, software applications geared towards writers. Some of them are good, most of them I never use but one or two remain my staunch allies and I would never, ever, never trade them in for anything! This page provides a short introduction to a few of them.Applications to organise your writing, mind mapping, simple non-distracting text input programs and personal journaling software. I will outline their main advantages, point to a few disadvantages and provide as many links as I can where you can road-test these applications on a trial basis. I'm sticking with mid-range, budget or free applications for the PC (although some of these applications have versions for the Mac). Dramatica Pro and the like are way out of my range! Let's go! Let your fingers fly, your words flow and your mind roam the hills and dales of your imagination. Get organised and ready to go with one or more of these great applications. Y-Writer is suitable for every kind of writing - articles, fiction, short stories, projects, essays - you name it and this program can handle it. It has a simple, well presented interface, is easy to learn and it's completely free to download and is now on it's 5th incarnation. From the website: Main Features: Organise your novel using a 'project'. Add chapters to the project. Add scenes, characters, items and locations. Display the word count for every file in the project, along with a total. Saves a log file every day, showing words per file and the total. (Tracks your progress) Saves automatic backups at user-specified intervals. Allows multiple scenes within chapters Viewpoint character, goal, conflict and outcome fields for each scene. Multiple characters per scene. Storyboard view, a visual layout of your work. Re-order scenes within chapters. Drag and drop of chapters, scenes, characters, items and locations. Automatic chapter renumbering. I have used this one quite a lot. I like the ease of organising work, submissions and notes. I also love the prompts and the ability to keep a journal at the same time. Life Journal comes in several versions - the straightforward journal software, which is the one you can trial, but the version I use is specifically for writers. You can get a demo of but not a trial. Write and Organize Imagine writing and storing all your work--journal entries, drafts, anecdotes, research notes, poems, stories, and articles--in one comprehensive piece of software for writers. With LifeJournal's software for writers, you can work on drafts, do writing exercises to increase your skill, generate new work, record dreams and conversations, while effortlessly staying organized. You won't lose or misplace your work when you use this software for writers: By assigning topics to entries or passages you can always find what you are looking for in your writing journal. This is a fun program. It's very useful too. I often use it when I need to produce quick index cards for a project. It's a simple program but flexible... good for the basic pre-writing work like banging out ideas randomly, outlining etcetera but I don't think I could complete a whole project in it. I love to be able to move the blocks around until I have something approaching what I want to end up with. I then change the view so I am looking at the blocks amalgamated into one document. Then I transfer the work to another application for editing and finishing off. There is a free 15-day trial download. Oh... and I managed to get a substantial discount on the cost by waiting until the trial had finished and taking advantage of a special offer. # Create 100's of blocks with huge block text capacity. # Drag and drop text between blocks and any Windows program that supports drag and drop such as your internet browser. # Integrated full featured word processor lets you use Writer's Blocks from start to finish. # Split Panel interface lets you view your blocks and manuscript at the same time. # AutoType feature automatically completes any word that already exists anywhere in your document. # Unlimited bookmarks let you jump to any block in your documents # Use blockmarks to automatically scroll your manuscript to the section associated with the selected block. # Format individual words and characters within a block. # AutoScript feature let's you format a screenplay with ease. I love this program. I use it every day... not sure I could manage without it. I've had it since February 2006 and it is one of the most used applications on my computer. I use it for a daily journal, storing notes, organising my housework, lists for Christmas and other holidays... I have outlined a novel in it. I have my Flylady housekeeping schedule in it. I record our homeschooling activities. It is my private moany-groany-ranty-happy-dance place. The Journal offers a 45 day free trial and I bet if you do decide to give it a whirl, you will end up wanting it! It really is a great program.... however, it is not my main writing software. * Professionals! Use The Journal to track your daily progress on all your projects! Keep your professional secrets secret. * Students! Take The Journal with you to class. Never misplace notes or struggle with deciphering your handwriting ever again. There is also a Special Discount Offer for Students. * Writers! Whether you are a professional writer or an aspiring author, The Journal can help you organize your manuscripts and ideas. The Journal even provides writing exercises to help you hone your skills. * Self Improvement! Journaling is a powerful tool of self analysis. With The Journal, you can quickly and easily record your thoughts and feelings throughout the day. * Daily Devotionals! Record your spiritual insights and know that you can always find them again. * Family Historians! Combined with the MemoryGrabber, The Journal makes it easy to write your own memoirs. You can also help your parents, grandparents, or even great-grandparents record the exciting story of their life. * Recording your dreams! Let The Journal help you remember and analyze your dreams. A delightful freebie. You type in it. It sounds like an old fashioned typewriter. That's it. Oh, okay, there are lots of little benefits to it - see list below. Notepad on steroids. That reminds me... I haven't downloaded it to this laptop yet. Doing it right now. I have the older version of this software and I found it to be great fun and very useful, especially for short story writing. However, what stopped me from using it all the time was the fact that you had to use an external word-processor to actually write in. Not a huge problem as you can link direct from the main menu to Open Office or Word or whatever WP you prefer - so perhaps that is a major benefit rather than a restriction. The program has many, many useful and worthwhile tools; I love the built-in web browser function and the ability to have all my bookmarks right there where I could see them. The pinboard is great too network security. The best thing is the very powerful Storylines, which is extremely useful for creating the necessary structure in your fiction. There are lots of extras included - some quite surprising too. Writer's Caf is a very respected program among professional writers and is well worth your attention. Writer's Caf is a set of power tools for all fiction writers, whether experienced or just starting out. The heart of Writer's Caf; is StoryLines, a powerful but simple to use story development tool that dramatically accelerates the creation and structuring of your novel or screenplay. Writer's Caf also includes a notebook, journal, research organiser, pinboard, inspirational quotations, daily writing tips, writing exercises, name generation, and a 60-page e-book, "Fiction: The Facts, distilling 20 years of writing experience." This is the writing software that eclipses all the rest. I first downloaded the previous LSB version and almost uninstalled it within a few days. I felt as though I had no chance of getting to grips with what seemed like an unwieldy program with a learning curve akin to the south face of Mount Snowdon! But.... just a little while later, Jesse of Black Obelisk brought out LSB XE and I was hooked. The joys of this software have to be experienced to be believed. Firstly, LSB XE will be anything that you want it to be. Want to use it for writing a series of six books Yep, that'll do. Want to use it for the odd short story That's fine too. Only want to use a part of the program You can. The best bit of all is that LSB XE is constantly under development with input from users at the . Features are suggested, discussed, added or removed. All updates are completely free. Even completely new versions are free - no upgrade fee at all. Once you've paid for it, it's yours for life... unlike some of the others above. I can't recommend this program highly enough. It has features that you would expect in a program that cost four times, nay, ten times as much. Too many to list them all here but here are some: Backups Every Chapter has its own backup repository. Never lose a single word with automatic version and session backups. Compress your whole archive into a single ZIP file. It is hard to come to terms with it immediately because it doesn't work like anything you may have used before. However, don't let that put you off. You can start using it right away. My first discovery was using Workspaces to contain my individual short stories network security. I'd have my original Outline, a Note or two, a Builder where I developed the scenes and then clicked a button to have LSB XE build it into a document or Chapter file (in this case the Chapter was the finished short story). I'd have some images to inspire me too. I'd save the lot as a Workspace and whenever I came back to work on that particular story - all the files would be there just as I'd left them, even though I might have been working on several other projects in the meantime. Okay, this one's a little pricey but I have to say I use it all the time, especially for Squidoo. It's great for brainstorming, exploring options and even laying out the course of a complex lens or other piece of writing. I've tried loads of dedicated mind mapping software and there are a lot of very good free ones out there but this one, to me, was money well spent. iMindMap is a creative and very easy to use tool that is available in three Editions. It is the only software that accurately delivers the visual flexibility and brain friendliness of the highly proven and renown Buzan Mind Mapping techniques. iMindMap allows you to organise, create, innovate, plan, present, notate, learn, structure, communicate, problem solve and project manage all in one place. My penultimate recommendation is not software but a website. firewall software Based in the UK but not exclusive to British writers by any means, this site is membership only. Membership gives you access to over 5000 ideas in genres right across the board. You also have free downloads of "The Fastest Way to Write Your Book", "The Fastest Way to Get Ideas", "The Database" books 2010, 2011 & 2012. The ideas and inspiration website for all writers. Offering ideas, inspiration, advice and technical support to writers around the world. Hundreds of ideas to inspire and improve your writing, plus what ifs, historic anniversaries, writing engines, critique forum, discussion forums, writers' bookshop, writing questions answered, computer & word processor support and much more. Also includes a dedicated support forum for Writers Bureau students. Last but not least, I have to recommend Open Office - a free office suite to rival Microsoft Word. Most people have heard about it now, I'm sure. However, if you haven't got MS Office, then this suite of applications will stand in just nicely thank you. OpenOffice.org 3 is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose. Hope you found my small round-up of use in some way. And, yes, I know, there are eleven resources reviewed... but never mind, think of it as extra value! Try a couple of the free trials but probably not a good idea to do them all at the same time like I tried to do! Current Mood: cranky (Comment on this)