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Just thought I would dedicate this video to my wife, this singer is very inspiring and this piece is perfect for Mother Day, I Love U Aniki pooh

I just scored a free 2 year hosting account with Dreamhost, they are already a favorite host of mine so the addition of getting extra hosting was a nice score. Dreamhost is celebrating the demise of Geocities as they explain here…

Dreamhost Blog And we are to benefit from this change, Geocities is one of the older hosting services out there, Yahoo picked them up and gave the hosting away for free for a very long time. Now that they are giving it up, Dreamhost is inviting all Geocities user over for absolutely free.

All you have to do is go into your Geocities account, create a page that has the following text…

“I’m off to DreamHost!”

and once published use the URL as your promo code. Can't be any more simple than that! They 2 year offer includes unlimited bandwidth and storage… that's a heck of an offer.

Hurry because it's only available for the first 1000 and I cam into this deal 3 or 4 days late. Who knows how long this will last but if you search for “I’m off to DreamHost!” you will see there are many many sites talking about this free Dreamhost hosting offer.

Here is a great video of Tony Robbins discussing what is Unleash the Power Within. He does a great job of describing that his event is not about motivation but about what currently motivates you to live the life you live. Hope you enjoy it…

So, Here I am visiting my blog when I noticed it's been a full month since I added a blog to my blog. I have been busy twittering on twitter. Facebooking… on Facebook and overall just playing in the Web2.0 world rather than my lonely blog.

Comes to show you how much of social animals we really are, we would rather build content for a huge online property such as Facebook than update our own properties. I have to admit, I am in it to connect and meet new folks online now that the world has become one big digital melting pot. I do have a bit of a challenge, on Facebook I can't recall everything I do since it's so free flowing… that ever happen to you?

I was going over all the groups I was in… kind of got out of hand… over 100 and then I checked which ones I was admin to and found that I was admin to 6 of them. One of the groups was totally forgotten because I created it when I first got on Facebook… Crazy.

Anyways, I can't forget my blog, and all the entries are right there. Just gotta follow up and continue to share. So that's what happened with this lapse, besides the face that I have been busy on projects for clients and have partnered with a Seminar that is coming to NYC this coming May 16 and 17 which is going to be awesome!

Here is a sneak peek at the event, I did the site by hand and we will be updating it with graphics very soon… check it out here…

I just got a whiff of this video that chronicles a set of commecials that appreard in the mid 90's regarding technology. They used to get me so excited because that the time I was selling web sites. Actually they were called Virtual Yellow Pages and were suppose to be a directory of sorts modeled after the yellow pages.

In the following commecial circa 93 or so they reference EZ Pass, Flat Screens (big ones like the one in my living room) video conference calls, remote vitual meetings (did that twice this afternoon) and lots more.

Watch the video and leave me comment, let me know what you think.

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No way to describe this except to say it's the rolls royce of article distribution. It gets me rankings on demand! Check it out…  HERE you'll thank me!

Also, if you end up signing on make sure to reach out to me so I can give you some videos I developed on how to use the service most effectively.

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So, I have been on Facebook rather than blogging for the past month and love the connections I have made. While there are all types of social sites catering to the many niches that exist out there. Facebook caters to everyone, there is something for everyone on Facebook and it's no wonder that it now has over 140 Million Active Users who use the site for at least 19 minutes per day.

That's a recent statistic I heard of from a cool Internet Marketer on Facebook. The size of Facebook is not twice the size of MySpace and it growing stronger and bigger by the day.

Just today I noticed they have rolled out a subtle little feature which allows you to ad a like/dislike to any post that comes you way. And believe me… post come your way all day becasue the design of Facebook is for it to be a very viral platform.

In case you didn't realize, every time you make a comment on someones, picture, status, wall post or any of the many things you can do to interact with others. The friends that have connected with that individual you posted will see your comment and can click on your porfile to find if you have other mutual friends. That means that by connecting with folks that have a huge friends base you are exposing yourself, your ideas and shares with them as well.

I know Twitter works the same way but for me it seems to be impersonal compared to Facebook. I still use Twitter but prefer FB because of it's personal nature.

So, as the title mentions… I would like to share some tips I have learned from using Facebook and how you can become a more popular user. Mind you these are observations as well as ideas typically applied to Twitter.

1. Make sure you use a clear picture of yourself… when someone trys to befriend me because of a common interest or mutual friends… if I can't see who they are, I hold off on befriending them. I'll actually ask why they selected me to befriend in the first place. I know it's a waste of effort but it bugs me when you can't see who that person is.
2. Posting useful status updates is super helpful and adds value to others pages as compared to stating over and over that your watching TV, going to the dentist etc… To get attention, just like in Twitter you should be sharing information, interesting genuine questions, links to good content… in general… information people will want to look at.. this includes video, images, reviews etc.
3. Swapping out you pic get's you on others pages… simple as that. Ever notice updates where there are a cluster of images of your friends who have updated their images? It's a subtle way of being out there.
4. It's my opinion that groups are both good and not so good depending on the niche. I have joined a handful of marketing related groups and some of them are really trying to suck you into their plan… it gets lame after a while if they are trying to drive you to a landing page or something like that. If done occasionally I think it's ok but some groups just keep hammering away.
5. Below your page pic you can add text as well as links, if your know anything about The Golden Triangle (Google it) then you know to have your most valuable links and info there. I'm guilty of not filling out the text area but do have my links to my blog, twitter page and a Facebook group I started.
6. Be yourself, don't just talk shop all the time… be transparent, share pics of yourself, family, friends. This is the premiere social site… social is a clue… if you have this barren page with no pics or person likes, ideas etc… who the heck are you? Why are you on FB then? It's akin to being a wallflower at a party with 140 Million people… trust me… with that size attendance there are people who will find you interesting and want to be your friend.
7. Balance your time, don't get stuck on Facebook… I have a few friends who are addicts and post all the time. Scale it down a bit, I know it can be difficult if you keep getting emails with the latest this and that from Facebook. I try to practice doing a bunch of updates and reading up in 20-30 minutes a day. Any longer and I feel guilty about the use of my time, mind you… I get sucked in because I have generated some clients and potential clients from Facebook. Balance your time, value it and manage it because Facebook can become your Crackbook… not a good thing.

That's it for now, I was itching to update my blog but have been lost in FB Land a bit, I'll be practicing more balance myself, not just preaching it. Till next time… Namaste