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How To Create A Good Looking Ebook Cover

Sat, 03/13/2010 - 08:58

If you’re working on an eBook, report or software, sooner or later you’ll most likely need to have a cover to go with it among other things. In this case you actually have at least four options at your disposal:

1. Hire a designer

Perhaps one of the easiest but may not be the cheapest. As usual, head on to Elance.com or Guru.com to look for a suitable graphic artist. Typically quality can be the best if you’re willing to pay for it. Read more »

Should You Do Things Yourself or Go Hire Someone If You’re A Newbie

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 13:15

I know there’s no hard and fast rule on this subject. And for beginners this is even more trickier to choose which way to go. Read more »

Creating A Rounded Corner Website Header in Photoshop Elements

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 10:25

This is a step-by-step tutorial on how to create a rounded corner image in PSE.

Start of by creating a new image with your preferred size. In this example I use 700x150 pixels image. Use “transparent” for background content.

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OpenX And Drupal 6 Installation And Setup

Sun, 02/28/2010 - 02:47

I have just upgraded my site from Drupal 5 to Drupal 6 and there are a lot of setting up to be done. This is due to all Drupal 5 modules were deactivated and removed and got replaced by ones from Drupal 6. So there’s a long list of modules that need to be activated and set up. One of those was for OpenX support.

As a background, I am using hosted version of OpenX. I also presume that you’re quite familiar with OpenX and Drupal. Read more »

You Have a Mentor? Who Is He/She?

Tue, 02/23/2010 - 08:29

We’ve heard this being said again and again – to be successful you need a mentor!

If you’re into marketing, you need a marketing mentor or coach. And life is much larger than marketing so if the same rule applies, you’ll need a life’s mentor to succeed in life too. Read more »

Now, Google Is Into Social Networking Too

Wed, 02/10/2010 - 07:01

A new service called Buzz has been rolled out. It offers Gmail users to easily follow their email contacts and chat partners. Hmm, doesn’t that sound like… Twitter?

Watch this video:

And hey, it works on mobile devices too. Cool. Read more »

Will Year 2010 Be Yours?

Sun, 01/03/2010 - 03:26

It depends on what you mean by that. If it is about your effort to make money in the online business, this article by Andrew may shed some lights or inject a fresh motivation to keep you going. Read more »

What Motivates You To Blog - Money or Passion?

Thu, 10/22/2009 - 05:23

It's a little weird when most successful bloggers (read those making lots of money online) say that making money shouldn't be your number one goal, never.

Instead they want you to focus on what you're good at and passionate about. Do you think they are honest or instead should you listen to those marketers who want you to buy their latest and best secrets to succeed. Read more »