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This is an idea I’ve touched on in the past, and in this post I really want to hit on how to build momentum and why it’s SOOO important.

I want you to think of your affiliate marketing business as a big boulder. Now your goal is to become a super affiliate.

How do you hit that goal?

You have to push the boulder over a hill and super affiliate success and riches are waiting for you at the bottom of the other side of the hill.

Now it’s going to take A LOT of energy and effort in the beginning when you’re trying to get that boulder up to the top of the that hill.

But once you get the boulder to the top of the hill the rest is easy, because now all you have to do is push your boulder DOWNHILL. As you push it downhill it will gain more and more speed until you don’t have to push it at all!

At which point you’re a super affiliate with a massive income on virtual autopilot.

Unfortunately most affiliates do not apply enough energy to even move the boulder, let alone get it to the top of the mountain. The affiliates that do successfully move the boulder often times decide to call it quits just before they reach the top of the hill!

If only they had applied just a little bit more energy in pushing the boulder!

Here’s how you apply enough energy to your boulder so that it hits the top of the hill:

1. Launch at least 5-8 campaigns a month consistently and LEARN from the ones that fail as well as the ones that succeed. This is SO critical when you’re in the momentum building phase. The more campaigns you launch a month the more energy you’re applying to the boulder. If you’re only launch one campaign a month and spend all your time time try to make it work, then you’re NOT applying enough energy to even move the boulder.
2. Stay consistent, don’t launch 8 campaigns one month and zero the next. If you do this your boulder will start moving backwards!

Now once you get your boulder to the top of the mountain the rest is just a matter of adding fuel to the fire by scaling & building up the profitable campaigns you’ve found. This is the FUN part!

Are You applying enough energy to the boulder so that it’s moving up the mountain, or are you just scratching your heads trying to figure out why the boulder isn’t moving?

…is something a certain site editor said to me as I complained about lack of substantiative things to write about.

This complaining also took place during a break in one of my classes on property. Today we’re talking about the right to exclude someone from using your property, which in some cases is absolute, and some cases not (I guess I should remember this for the exam).

Anyway, one of the cases that we’re looking at today is Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan CATV Corp (458 U.S. 419). It has to do with a cable company maintaining cables on a reluctant landlord’s property for the use of a tenant.

Which brings me to something I’ve been thinking about recently, having talked about it on a few of Leslie Poston’s Topics On Fire podcasts, specifically regarding the Digital Divide. Did you know, for instance, that public housing residents cannot get subsidized cable modem service, because broadband is considered “entertainment?”

I bet you didn’t.

Is broadband really “entertainment” these days? I know I certainly was entertained by watching two of my college rowing teammates win Olympic Bronze medals in the Mens’ Eight last weekend, but working from home using that same broadband pipe is far less entertaining.

And even less entertaining is having to apply for unemployment benefits. If you’ve been in that situation, some states require (or suggest, very strongly) that you do it online. But what if you can’t get online?

Shireen Mitchell (aka DigitalSista) has made this a major issue, and something that I’ve tried to investigate, with little success, because of the patchwork of state and federal regulations governing access to government services. There are acts requring the use of more online resources and less paper, but those people still have a right to the services. Sometimes, Mitchell says, this means an office functionary downloading and printing a paper form.

This is obviously not entertaining for anyone involved.

Meanwhile, one of the major problems facing this Congress is what to do with the massive Universal Service  Fund (USF), which was originally meant to keep the copper phone network working in rural areas. Those areas are pretty well served now. But there is still lots of cash flowing into USF. You pay for it on your mobile phone bill. On your landline bill. On your VOIP bill. Look. It’s there.

Some of that goes to schools and libraries, allowing them to get subsidized broadband service under a program called E-Rate.

Should that extend to public housing?

Some Members of Congress simply want to gut the fund. Is that a good idea?

Ultimately, this will be a question between Congress and the FCC. But here’s another problem. The FCC needs 3 votes to get anything done. as soon as the Senate adjourns, one Commissioner (Deborah Tate) will no longer be a Commissioner, becuase her term will have expired. That means we’ll have a 2-2 FCC. Gridlock.

Congress wants to get done by mid September so they can campaign. Will they get something done? Or will there be gridlock?

Where should that money go? Is broadband service “entertainment,” or your cable as important as your phone now?

With the HTC Dream almost upon us one would expect the Android developers to have had everything in readiness, but word coming out is that the Android developers are admitting that Google’s mobile phone platform doesn’t support Google’s own instant messenger service.

Just why they have neglected to include Gtalk isn’t apparent; one would have thought that Google would have seen to it that their own IM service was definitely included. Also it appears that Bluetooth will also be severely hampered.

However, it shouldn’t come as that great a surprise really as version 0.9 of the SDK which was launched last week also omitted Gtalk.

The word on the Android Developers Blog is a confirmation that version 1.0 will also be lacking Gtalk, and provides a reason why.

Apparently Google’s GTalk service was scrapped due to security reasons along with issues concerning temporary contacts gaining genuine identity info and thus these issues surmounted to more that the dev team could manage in the allotted time.

Still, a Google based mobile phone not carrying GTalk does sound a bit lacking if you ask me.

Source – The Register

M&M’S® Racing and NASCAR® announced the re-launch of the popular “The Most Colorful Fan™ of NASCAR” contest, which encourages NASCAR fans nationwide to showcase their passionate love for the sport by uploading their most eye-catching photos to NASCAR.com for a chance to win big. Just like America ’s favorite candy known for colorful chocolate fun, the M&M’S contest brings the excitement and revelry of the weekly NASCAR circuit to fans.

“‘The Most Colorful Fan of NASCAR’ contest allows fans a one-of-a-kind interactive experience to show off the fun side that defines the excitement of the sport,” said William Clements, vice president of Mars Properties. “Whether you’re a die-hard fan or new to the sport, M&M’S Racing is giving you the opportunity to compete just like the drivers, but among fellow fans.”

Five finalists will also win trips to the Ford 400 in Homestead , Fla. , on November 16, 2008, for the ultimate NASCAR VIP experience courtesy of M&M’S, as well as $100 g if t cards from The Home Depot for colorful paints. Kyle Busch, driver of the M&M’S No. 18 Toyota Camry and one of the sports top stars is even getting in on the action, as he’ll help judge the final competition in Homestead along with other top drivers. “The Most Colorful Fan of NASCAR” will be awarded with an exclusive Tissot® wrist watch and a VIP trip for two to the Richard Petty Driving Experience with Kyle Busch.

“While all drivers are out to win week in and week out, we all have to remember that the sport is truly about the fans,” said Busch, winner of the recent Best Buy 400 Benefiting Student Clubs for Autism Speaks. “That’s why the M&M’S Racing ‘The Most Colorful Fan of NASCAR’ contest is so cool – because the fans get to compete weekly just like we do, as well as win some pretty amazing prizes.”

So, here are two photos, in your comment, tell me, which one is the Most Colorful Fan?

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So who is to blame for the clone of the Samsung Armani phone? Yes, you guessed it the phone cloning experts in China.

From looking at the phone it’s a pretty good clone, you can see that appearance wise they have done a very good job, holding the real Samsung Armani and the fake it really is quiet difficult to tell the difference, but once we flip open and turn on the device it’s a different matter, you will see that the interface is looking mighty strange, well that’s our opinion.

As we have said previously we strongly recommend you not buying cloned devices, you really do get what you pay for and generally clones qualities are never up to scratch with the originals, that’s without you encouraging copyright infringements.

We have posted a couple of images of the clone and see what you think.

Source: intomobile

Nokia at one time used to push out mobile phones that were revolutionary and change the mobile arena, but with their latest, the Nokia N79, Nokia N85, and Nokia N96 maybe revolutionary should be changed to evolutionary because they do seem somewhat boring and quite bland handsets.

So what has happened with Nokia? All these of their latest have reminisces of past Nokia successes and other than internal tech advancement, many failed to impress in the slightest.

Research designer at Gartner, Carolina Milanesi, spoke to PC World saying: “Nokia needs something more distinctive going forward, truly new products rather than devices that look like a refresh of previous products on a slightly different form factor,”

It has been some time since Nokia wowed the mobile world in the design department. Gone are the days of the likes of the N90, the clamshell with a swivel camera; gone are the days of the N91 and even the N93i clamshell with its innovative display hinge that gave a laptop form factor.

So, do you feel that Nokia has lost its design prowess? Could Nokia, given the chance come up with a true iPhone competitor? Or do you feel Nokia design has reach the end of its day?

Source – PC World

There have been lots of rumours flying around about the Palm Treo Pro, and here is another one to add to the list, it’s been reported by Cens.com who are a Taiwanese economic news site that fellow ODM partner HTC is working on a CDMA version of the Treo Pro for Sprint and/or Verizon.

Not only this but Palm is planning to launch a CDMA (which is an abbreviation for code division multiple access) version of Treo Pro series phone in the future for CDMA telecom service providers, like Sprint, Verizon and Wireless. HTC will supply the phone.

As we have been sniffing around websites trying to get the latest scoop on the Palm Treo Pro, we came across another piece of information, we read that Verizon has cancelled their planned roll out of their Treo 800w. The rumours have been somewhat cloudy some saying that they are awaiting the Treo Pro and others saying that it could not pass carrier testing.

But as “Rumour” seems to be the key word in this article we can only wait and see what happens, it seems that everyone is excited about a possible CDMA version of the Palm Treo Pro so we suggest if they are not already working on it then they should pronto.

Source: wmexperts

Fancy a bit pf iPhone Bling? They’ve already given a MacBook Pro gold and iMacs too, and now Computer Choppers has set their eyes on the Apple iPhone 3G and dripped it with a touch of shine.

Apparently though, because of the poor quality of the plastic used on the Apple iPhone 3G it has taken some time to be able to plate the gold. However, the company now has the pleaser, or so they claim, to have delivered the first” iPhone 3G with 24K yellow gold housing and bezel”.

The Computer Chompers team quips: “Some other companies were hyping it up like they had done it before the phone was even released but they don’t have photos to back up the talk.”

Apparently tests are still being undergone for when the rich and famous wish to have their latest bit of bling tarted with their personalised moniker.

Price…obviously is none at the moment but then it’s obviously gone to be way beyond the means of most.

Source – chipchick via pocket-lint

Ask.com has re-launched their search engine for kids at www.AskKids.com. School is now back in session (at least it is for the kids here in Texas), so now is great time for kids to start using this new search engine.

What’s important for me, as a parent of an 8 year old in third grade and a two year old is that the search engine they use is a safe one. But it needs to be a search engine that kids want to use. Ask Kids gives kids a great search experience. After using it a few times this morning, I can see that it has more relevant, kid-friendly search results than any other search engine. And the search results are presented is an interesting, pleasing, graphically-vivid display–better than any other search engine. In fact, it makes Google look sort of “bland”.

What’s great about this new kids search engine is that it’s more “click friendly” than “type friendly”. If you have kids and you’ve ever watched them use a search engine to find something, you’ll know that kids are not very good at typing. In fact, they’re terrible at typing. But, even my 2 year old can use a mouse. According to Ask.com, the Ask Kids search engine was built with this in mind: you don’t have to type that much in order to get good search results. Let’s take a look at the search results.

I did a search for the word Texas at Ask Kids to see what would find. Right there, front and center, you get the stats for Texas:

Governor: Rick Perry (R)
Capital: Austin; Population: 22,490,022
Statehood: December 29, 1845 - 28th state admitted
Nickname: Lone Star State; Motto: Friendship
State Bird: Mockingbird; Flower: Bluebonnet; Tree: Pecan
State Song: Texas, Our Texas

What’s also good is that there are many places to click: you don’t have to actually type again to find what you’re looking for. You can click on over to the official State of Texas website, you can look at images on the right, and you can even narrow or expand your search with related phrases. And, best of all, you can find out the time in Texas as well as the temperature in Austin, Texas.

What’s also interesting to me, though, is that Ask Kids has sponsored search results right in the middle of the screen, right below the stats for Texas:

I know Ask.com needs to monetize their search engine, but to put up sponsored results right there in the front and center like this? Do you really think that kids have the ability to support those sponsors? It just seems kind of odd to me that contextual ads (they appear to be from Google AdWords?) would be so prominent in the search results. I would expect banner ads to be there, not contextual ads.

Just as a test, I went ahead and searched for some keyword phrases that might bring up some “controversial” search results, just to see really if this all-new Ask Kids search engine is more “kid friendly” like they say it is. I searched for viagra. Do it yourself and tell me that this search result is “kid friendly”:

Should AskKids.com, supposedly the best “kid friendly” search engine show sponsored ads for Viagra? I realize that many kids will probably not be searching for Viagra at AskKids.com. But what about their actual search results. Are their organic, natural search results even on-topic for the keyword phrase that I searched for, Viagra? The number one search result for this search phrase is Nature.com. How ironic!

The last Nokia S60 mobile phone to land in the United States was the Nokia N75 roughly a year ago, and it is about time another made its way there, and it seems one is about to.

Hopping over the pond from Europe on T-Mobile, the Nokia 6650 is paying a visit stateside care of AT&T.

Not only will the Nokia 6650 bring a touch of Symbian love to the American Symbian lovers but it will also bring them its 2.0 QVGA display with secondary display to the front of this Nokia clamshell.

Other goodies our American friends can expect are HSDPA 850/1900 support, GPS, a 2 megapixel camera, and of course that AT&T Navigator.

Not a great deal considering what the superphones can offer, but enough to keep the Symbian lovers happy over there.

No word on when it will hit the shores or just how many bucks it will be asking, so I guess we’ll just have to sit tight and wait until the word gets out.

Source – Engadget via Mobilewhack