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If you want to embed a clean looking video player into your WordPress posts and play video without having the YouTube watermark on your video or risk the loss of your viewers attention, then Flowplayer is worth the short learning curve.

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Here’s a step-by-step tutorial on how to add an audio player inside a WordPress post so your readers can just click the play button to hear content, comments, music clips, pronunciations, etc.

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If you are looking into adding video to your mix of attraction marketing strategies, you can start with something simple like a free download of a helpful report.  To see how the process works, CLICK HERE

To learn about a new referral program from Guardian Tracker
for repair shops and car clubs, click on the photo.

Buckle Up and Hold on Tight !

By the time we saw it, it was almost too late…

That’s how fast we’re moving…

First it was the shift from analog to digital… remember rotary dial phones and clocks that ticked? Next it showed up in a lava flow from off-line to on-line connection (from interruption to attraction marketing). But there’s another shift coming that will blow right by you if you’re not ready. It’s the shift from static to mobile communications.

The medium is text message marketing. It can provide a perfect bridge between traditional print or media ads and opt-in convenience from mobile devices.

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If you want to test how far you’ve come on your path to spiritual mastery, there are two things that will let you know real fast: Get snowbound with your relatives or have something valuable stolen.

I’ve never been snowbound with relatives, so I can’t speak about that, but no matter how ‘spiritual’ I feel, if something gets lost – whether by theft or as a result of my own ignorance – I feel like part of me is missing… and I’ve been extremely lucky. I can’t begin to imagine how it would feel if it wasn’t something missing – but someone.

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Given the Holidays fast approaching, I’ll simply wish each and every one of you Happy Holidays and a safe and happy New Year.

This clip was forwarded to me by my wife Karen. She knows I’ve got a soft spot for pups – so I’ll just include the link to a video by Judy Fridono about ‘Ricochet’ – her service dog in training. Read the rest of this entry »

A Note from the Editor…

We’re Back Online with a Brand New Design

This newsletter was on hold for a few months while I took a break and re-designed everything from the ‘frame up’.  I hope you like the new look and feel.

We will be offering some great new services:

* Great pricing on custom WordPress themes for your blog
* Powerful open-source CMS web design and templates
* ‘Podcasting for Profit’ and ‘Blogging to the Bank’ online courses
* Email newsletter consulting and custom templates
* Unique one-on-one coaching programs
* Members-only free webinars
* Unique consumer products that attract new customers on their dime
* Business-building ideas you won’t hear or see anywhere else.

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How to make money attracting new customers…

One of the coolest new technologies we’ve come across lately is the new Guardian Tracker GPS from Payment Guardian, Inc. – an industry leader in street-smart automotive electronics since 1998.

This product is perfect for attracting classic car owners, professional women and security-conscious families to your shop… prime prospects for all your other services. They will appreciate you providing technology to keep them safe – and when it comes to trusting a shop to repair their vehicle, you will be ‘first in mind’.

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Just when I had things all figured out… along comes Kurt Wenners with his box of chalk.

Sidewalk Chalk of Kurt Wenners

To view more of Kurt Wenner’s sidewalk art CLICK HERE