If you turned on a television and randomly selected a channel what might you find? A sports event, a Movie, a sitcom, a documentary, a news broadcast, a symphony performance? Actually you might find any of these or something altogether different.

But what if you judged television based only on sitcoms? You might overlook a documentary or a live performance which better suited your personal preferences. You might decide that all television is vapid and useless, simply because you made a judgement without consulting all the available information.

Many website owners are guilty of this same type of prejudice. They judge all forms of blogging based upon a limited survey of the abilities of blog technology.

Actually they are not completely to blame. There are bloggers who say that if you do not uses such and such a feature then you are not a blogger. There are media reporters who stereotype bloggers and make the same kind of comments that racists make against a person of another ethnic background concerning all bloggers. There are writers who say that a blog is only effective if it does such and such.

EXCUSE ME - but is a television program only effective if it gives the local news first? What if it is NOT a news broadcast? Does a sitcom need a color commentator or does a sports broadcast need a laugh track?

A real estate agent might use parts of the blogging technology, such as RSS feeds and image management simply as a way to add new listings to her website.

A scholar might use blogging software including the trackback feature and yet prevent comments from uninvited visitors.

Blogging is a medium and it is an evolving medium. For example, podcasting is a subset of the blogging medium as, also, are vblogs.

If you are writing a journal blog, you may be able to offer advice to other journal bloggers, but please do not impose your rules for effective journal blogging on people who are using the same software which you are using but for different purposes.

We need to learn from those who have shown us that objects in the physical world may be repurposed and come to realize that items in the software world may also be repurposed.

Prejudice causes you to be blind to possibilities and potentialities. Open your imagination and prepare to be surprised at what may still be done with a technology which is still evolving.

Your November ‘05 issue of “News You Can Use” is now online. It answers such questions as –

* How did one man sleep and wake up rich?

* How can you find a cheerleader to help you?

* What is Donkey Marketing?

* Is anything *really* possible?

* What is “The Secret,” anyway?

* What is spiritual selling?

All of the answers, and much more, are at –

http://www.mrfire.com/n/november-05.html

Do you ever do any writing?

Do you ever wish it was easier?

Do you ever want to write with more power, creativity, and persuasion?

If you answered yes to any of the above, then keep reading for some good news…

My software for helping you write sales letters, ads, articles, books, speeches, news releases, and more — called Hypnotic Writing Wizard — is now online, and in two cool versions.

This is the famous Windows software that people have been raving about for a long
time. Larry Dotson said –

“This software should be ILLEGAL. It makes it too quick and easy to write anything. It shot the words out of my mind like a rapid-fire MACHINE GUN.”

Direct marketing legend Joe Sugarman said –

“Not only does this leading edge software
help you write sales letters with ease, but you can also write news releases, ads, articles, speeches, web copy and even entire books with it.

“The hypnotic inductions by Joe are simple, short and, more importantly, they work. I was skeptical about the Hypnotic Readability Formula, but I used it to analyze one of my own letters and the results opened my eyes. Hypnotic Writing Wizard is a breakthrough in creative writing.”

Prolific author of 50+ books Bob Bly said –

“Anyone having trouble writing anything needs to boot this program up. Within minutes you can slide through blocks, get a handle on what you want to say, and come up with memorable ways to say it. This is a real breakthrough.”

You’ll find even more testimonials online.

You’ll also find there are now two versions of the software:

#1. The Basic one gives you all the tools you need to write letters, ads, books, talks, etc. It comes with the formulas, inductions, tools, headline generator, readability analyzer, unconscious directed writing, etc. You could become a hypnotic writer with just this alone. It’s that powerful.

#2. The Deluxe version comes with all the
basic tools but includes the famous Swipe
File, containing proven words, phrases,
sentences, closers, etc, which you can just weave into your writing to make it much more compelling. This is beyond powerful. You simply copy and paste — “swipe” –the proven sentences that improve your writing. This is almost too easy.

The Swipe File has been and still is my secret weapon in writing my emails, sites, articles, and books with such speed and power. I love it and *always* use it. Obviously, it works. Again, it comes with the Deluxe version.

I’m very excited about Hypnotic Writing Wizard. This program is based on my first best-selling e-books, Hypnotic Writing and Advanced Hypnotic Writing (and includes them for easy reference).

While it won’t do your writing or thinking for you, it *will* guide you to writing with more ease and power. The hypnotic inductions and other tools will stimulate your mind to come up with fresh ways to express yourself with persuasive power.

Hypnotic Writing Wizard is fun. You’ll probably feel like you are playing a video game rather than writing anything. It’s all intuitive and playful.

If you’re at all interested in writing with more ease and focus, using every hypnotic tool in the book, then check out my software at –

http://www.HypnoticWritingWizard.com

Note: The price will probably increase at the end of the month, so I suggest you get it now.

I wonder what you’ll write after you get Hypnotic Writing Wizard today…

One of my favorite ezines is Bob Burg’s “Winning Without Intimidation.” Some time ago, I noticed that Bob’s subscription and unsubscription feature was handled by Aweber and I decided to investigate.

Bob Burg is very much into doing the right thing and sure enough, I soon found out why he was using Aweber. Aweber will not allow the owner of an ezine or anyone else for that matter to sign up a new subscriber without first checking with that subscriber by email to verify that this subscriber actually wants to subscribe. I wish more companies did that. I can’t begin to tell you how many times I have received a “Thank You For Subscribing” email from some place which I have never visited.

Anyway, one of the things that I discovered while investigating Aweber’s services is that they have a really neat autoresponder system that allows a business owner to create a series of responses which are sent out on a scheduled basis. If you are away from your computer when a request comes in, the scheduled response system still makes certain that the request is quickly addressed.

Part of what’s neat about Aweber’s service is that it can be customised to work with the visitor’s actions, so that if a visitor’s requests are typical, much of the response work can be handled automatically. Of course, if your inquirer makes an atypical request you still have to handle the response yourself.

( Disclosure: After checking out Aweber’s information, I decided to sign up for their affiliate program, so if you select one of the links from this article, you will be listed as being referred by me.)

Google is currently updating its ranking algorithm. What can you do to benefit from the new ranking algorithm?

The engines, namely Google, are striking back at sploggers and their malevolent creations, the splogs. According to media reports Google has taken measures to impede those attempting to use its Blogger service to create and maintain fake blogs.

Search engine marketers especially favour blogs because they have a number of features that make them the darling of search engines.

Fidelity Select technology funds are hot and heavy on Google and Intel while being selective in telecom equipment and software.

Kevin Hogan just released a breakthrough in Subliminal Achievement.

According to Kevin, most subliminals don’t work, but he has tested and created a new system that does. It’s based on a tested method. He says –

“We have given birth to the first subliminal DVD’s made with scientifically proven methods.”

And they work.

Man, do they ever.

Kevin announced this breakthrough to his list and was stunned when it became an instant best seller.

I read about it and instantly ordered a set.

So did everyone else, as it sold out in one day.

I then asked to be the first to present this to you (along with a special discount offer to get them).

So here’s the news, straight from Kevin himself….

Dr. Joe Vitale

p.s. When you arrive at the site, choose “Subliminal Achievement” — and enter “VITALE” as the coupon.

(This is only good until the end of the month.)

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