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March 26, 2008

Give Your Hard Disk a Spring Cleaning

You can significantly extend the life of your hard disk and make programs run faster by performing a simple maintenance task called "defragmentation."

Defragmentation rearranges the files on your hard disk so that they are as close to each other as possible. This minimizes the time required to search for and retrieve files, frees up blocks of disk space that previously couldn't be used, and improves your overall system performance.

If you have Windows XP, you'll find the Disk Defragmenter utility program in the "Performance and Maintenance" section of your Control Panel. Select the 4th option ("Rearrange items on your hard disk..."). Click "Analyze" to get an evaluation of your current hard disk usage. If defragmentation is recommended, click "Defragment" to start the process.

Then go find something else to do for a while. If this is the first time you've run the Disk Defragmenter, you may have quite a long wait!

Defragment your hard disk at least once a month to keep it performing at its best. If your hard drive doesn't have to do a lot of unnecessary work finding files, it's much less likely to "crash."

Warmly and Positive-ly Yours
Sharon (Fearless Reader) Iezzi

"Down-home is where the heart is, where love is, and ultimately, where GOD is."

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What if you had the same minute-by-minute thoughts as the super successful? Mike Brescia has developed the ultimate mental conditioning programs that can help anyone wipe out intense fears and enjoy huge successes in all areas of life.

http://thinkrightnow.cjb.net


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March 10, 2008

My Favorite Traffic Exchanges

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These are the traffic exchanges that I use and get the best results from, and can personally recommend. Most of them allow you to exchange website views (exchange hits), exchange banners, and exchange short text ads.

Please be sure to have an effective firewall and up-to-date anti-virus and anti-spyware software installed on your computer before using any traffic exchange. I also find a high-speed / broadband internet connection and a tabbed browser to be especially helpful as I surf multiple exchanges at the same time.

Also See: Top 5 Traffic Exchanges
 

Rated #1 in its class by Website Magazine, this exchange consistently produces steady traffic for me with higher-than-average visitor interest. To use this exchange effectively you must be able to write (or have someone write for you) short, attention-grabbing ads that people won't be able to resist clicking.
 
Still the biggest and the best traffic exchange for serious marketers. Join free, surf and earn traffic to your own website; buy traffic, hits, banner advertising. Upgrade and earn huge bonuses for surfing and referring.

Blue-Surf - Manual Surf Traffic Exchange
Manual surfing traffic exchanges are one of the most sure ways to get traffic to your web sites, and this new, fast-growing exchange is one of the best. If you have a fast-loading landing page or splash page to advertise your site, you'll do especially well here.
 
I call this one "The Little Dragon That Could." With over 17,000 members it is now one of the fastest-growing traffic exchanges on the Internet, providing excellent service, results and customer support.

Easy Hits 4 U
This is the first traffic exchange I joined and will probably be the last one I leave. It's so simple to use, amazingly effective, and one of the few that offer a real 1:1 Traffic Exchange Ratio for free members, with cash bonuses for frequent surfing.

Free Traffic Bar
This is the easiest way I know of to automatically generate visits to your website. Just install their nifty toolbar and earn traffic every time you load a new web page. Really cool ...

Hit Safari
HitSafari has been a top ranked manual traffic exchange since it began over 4 years ago. It over-delivers what it promises and keeps you coming back for more.

I Love Hits
One of the oldest and most trusted manual traffic exchanges, I Love Hits offers superior customer service, dynamic delivery rate, excellent advertising value and one of the most active memberships online. This one is a top performer for me.

Raining Traffic
This is a "pro-only" (paying members only) traffic exchange that I heartily recommend. For just $2 a month you get your website, banners and text ads shown to people who've demonstrated a willingness to buy. For such a small exchange it performs amazingly well, with much higher-than-average clickthru rates on banners especially.

Royal Surf
WARNING: This traffic exchange can be highly addictive. It combines unique and intriguing "quests" with manual surfing, and the weekly winners get huge amounts of extra traffic. The "quests" are so challenging that people who surf here tend to be more alert, which means more clicks on my sites, banners and text ads.

Traffic Bunnies
The genius of this traffic exchange is its owner. She (Cindy) is always coming up with new ways to turn the ordinary task of traffic generation into extraordinary fun. The results I get here are extraordinary, too. Join if you dare. (How far down the rabbit hole do you want to go...?)
 
Traffic Era combines a web2.0 community with a manual traffic exchange in a way that is fun, innovative and effective. If you like to network online and enjoy being able to chat and earn massive traffic at the same time, you'll love this place!

Traffic Splash
New to traffic exchanges? Traffic Splash is the best possible place on the net to get your feet wet. If you're an old pro and haven't yet taken the plunge, it's time to dive right in! You won't find better surfing...faster traffic...and friendlier service anywhere (IMHO).
 


 

March 03, 2008

Is it "Luck" or ...

You know the saying: "To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven..."

Did you know that life has its "seasons" just like the ones on the calendar?

In fact, there is a spiritual "year" that our lives follow just as surely as the grass grows, the sun shines, and the night falls.

You don't even have to be religious or believe in spiritual things to understand that the *timing* of one's actions has as much to do with their success as the actions themselves. Doing the "right" thing at the wrong time is just as fruitless as doing nothing at all. Have you noticed that?

The spiritual seasons run their course just like the seasons on the calendar. They affect our lives (and the success of our actions) regardless of whether we are aware...or even care.

A farmer wouldn't plant corn in November, would he? (Unless he lives in the Southern Hemisphere). Surely by timing his planting with the seasons the farmer is much more likely to harvest a successful crop.

We've all heard the story of some previously unknown person who achieves fame and fortune almost overnight because he or she was in the right place with the right idea and the right action(s) at the right time.

Was that person just "lucky?" Maybe. Or maybe what we call "luck" is really just another word for "correct spiritual timing...?"

Warmly and Positive-ly Yours
Sharon (Fearless Reader) Iezzi

"Down-home is where the heart is, where love is, and ultimately, where GOD is."

* * * * *

What if you had the same minute-by-minute thoughts as the super successful? Mike Brescia has developed the ultimate mental conditioning programs that can help anyone wipe out intense fears and enjoy huge successes in all areas of life.

http://thinkrightnow.cjb.net