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13March,2009

T o d a y ’ s  T a b b l o i d

PERSONALNEWSFOR

marshal.m1@gmail.com

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TECHBURGHBLOGANDPODCAST

Earth4EnergyReviewDo-It- YourselfSolarAndWindPower

MAR13,200902:03P.M. ImagebyGettyImagesviaDaylife Withtheskyrocketingcostsofelectricitythesedays,manypeopleare lookingforwaystosaveontheirutilitybills.Solarandwindenergy seemslikeaviableoption,butthepreliminarycostscanbe overwhelming. Onesolutionthat’sbecomingmoretrend yistoma keityourself.There aremanybooksthatclaimtoteachyouhowtodothis,buthowgoodare they? Earth4EnergyisoneofthemorepopularDIYresidentialsolarpower andwindpowerbooksavailableandasitturnsout,withgoodreason. Earth4Energypromisestoteachyouhowtomakeyourownwind generatororsolarpanelforunder$200anddoespreciselythat.Butwe believethebestparttobetheinstructionalvideos.Everythingiseasier whenyoutrulyseesomeonedoit. Italsocontainsafewofwhattheycall“freechapters”thatteachyouhow toreduceyouroildependencyandhowtouseethanolasaviableenergy source. Thereisoneconcernyouneedtobeawareof,though.Whileit’sfeasible tocreatea windgeneratororsolarpanelforunder$200,thisisn’tgoing toreplaceyourutilitybill.Itwilltakemuchmorethanonesolarpanelor windgeneratortomakeasignificantimpactonyourutilitybill. Whatwedidn’tlike:Earth4Energygivesyoueverythingitpromises,but littleelse.Therearenobonusesandmodestinsightbeyondtheobvious. Butifallyoudesireistocreateyourownwindgeneratororsolarpanels, youcan’tgowrong.Andaswestatedearlier,theinstructionalvideos makeitveryeasy. Ifnothingelse,ifyouliketocreatethings,thiscouldbeanentertaining project.Beingabletopowerevenasmalldeviceusingonlythesunor windgivesyouasenseofaccomplishment. Importantnotice!Don’tbuyEarth4Energyfromthemainsaleslink!At thetimeofthisreview,wediscoveredthatifyoutrytoexitthepageor close“Suzy”,th eirspokeswoman(whichwefoundabitannoying),afake chatboxpopsupandoffersa$10discount.Westronglyrecommendthat ifyouplantobuy,totakeadvantageofthisoffer. Usually,althoughtheytellyouit’salimitedtimeoffer,theyrarelygo away.BUT…yo une verknow.Ifyouwanttobuy,wesuggesttaking advantageofthi sofferrightaway. Bottomline:ify oufancyyourselfahandymanorwomanandhavebeen consideringthis ,Earth4Energygivesyoueverythingyouneedtoknow. Forproductcomparisons,visitDIYResidentialSolarPowerand WindmillPowerReviewsformoredetails.

Relateda rticlesbyZemanta

•CleanEnergyRevenuesClimbed53%in2008:ForecastFlatto DownforThisYear(xconomy.com) •£50bnofEuropeaninvestmentneededtokick-startSaharansolar plan(guardian.co.uk) •TheXconomyGuidetotheNorthwest’sCleantechClusters (xconomy.com) •FreeGuidelinestoWorkWithRenewableEnergyTosaveTheEarth (raunchyjohnson.com)

Today’sTabbloidPERSONALNEWSFOR

marshal.m1@gmail.com

13March,2009

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TheRisingPowerOfSocial Med iaAsATrafficDriver

MAR13,2 00901:20P.M. ImageviaWikipedia NoteMrWilsonaddedagoodBlogrolltohissiteLooksgoodandworks! Ithinkablog-rollisasmartmoveforanysite-especiallysinceIfollow peoplelikeSethGodin ALSO TheRisingPowerOfSocialMediaAsATrafficDriver.

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•TheBlogrollIWantForAVC(avc.com) •GuestPost:AndrewWarnerandSethGodinTalkTribesanda WholeLotMore|ChrisSpagnuolo'sEdgeHopper(tsurch.com) •SethGodinandTomPetersonBlogging(buildabetterblog.com) •SettingGoalswithSethGodin(everything.typepad.com) •YouTube-SethGodinexplainswhyweneedatribe(tsurch.com)

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Today’sTabbloidPERSONALNEWSFOR

marshal.m1@gmail.com

13March,2009

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ValuableAdvice-Firepow SoftwareReview

MAR13,200912:04P.M. ImagebyLaughingSquidviaFlickr Asbloggingandinparticularbloggingforprofitbecomesevermore popularamongstonlineentrepreneurs,we’reseeingnewtoolsdeveloped toassistinthisprocessbeingreleased,whatseemslikeeveryweek. InthispostI’mgoingtotalkaboutonesuchtool,Firepowblogging softwarereviews,becauseIbelieveitmightjustbeacutabovetherestin termsofit’sflexibilityofuse,andoveralleffectivenessinaccomplishing thethreeprimaryaimsofblogging-creatingablog,managingitor maintainingit,andgettingtraffictoit. Itwashardtoknowwheretostartwiththispostbecausethereareso manyindividualfeaturesofthissoftwarethatcouldbementioned. Togiveyouabriefoverviewofhowitworks… FirepowisbasedontheWordpresplatform,andallowsausertoinstalla fullycustomizedandfunctioningwordpressblogwithafewclicksofthe mouse. Ifyou’veusedWordpressbefore,you’llknowthatoneofthebestthings aboutitisit’sabilitytobeenhancedbythirdpartyplugins.You’llalso knowthatit’snothardtogetLOSTinallthepluginsandpotential featuread ditionsthatCANbemade. Thefirstt hinggreataboutFirepowfrommypointofviewisthatthey havedonethepluginworkforyou.Thebest50orsopluginsfrom aroundthewebhavebeenprogrammedintothesoftwaresoastobe automaticallyinstal ledwhenyourblo gis. That’sagoodfeature,butit’sevenbetterwhenyouconsiderthatwhile thesepluginsnormallyrequiremanualfiddlingtogetinstalled,tweaks madetoyourthemeCSScodeandmore-thetrafficgenerationsoftware actuallydoesthatpartforyoutoo-soyouclickthebutton,andyouhave thefunctionofthatpluginadded-VERYtimesaving! The“Create”partoftheprocessisalsohelpedbytheabilitytocreate yourowncustomwordpressthemecompletelyfromscratch,withmore functionalitythanwe’veseenfromfreethemegeneratorsEVERbefore- nottomentiontheabilitytocreateyourowncategoriesfromscratch, automaticallycreatetheperfectpermalink structureforSEO,andmore. BeforeevengettingintotheWordpresspanelofthesiteFirepowcreates you’vealsogotasitemanagementtabwhereallyourblogscanbe managedfromoneplace,anSEOtrackingtooltomonitorthesearch rankingsofallyoursites,andataskmanager thattellsyouwhatneedstobedonetomaintainyourblog/sandwhen. Idaresaythoughthatthebestthing shappe nonceyou’reactuallyINthe blog. Hereyouhavecrazyabilitiestomakeyourpostcontentbetter,easily beingabletoaddrelevantimages,videos,ortrackbacks(automatically buildingbacklinkstoyoursite)toyourposts…andeventhat’sleaving alotout. ORthecrazyabilitiestomonitoryourblogssuccess,likebeingableto splittesttheresultsofdifferentposts,monitoryourtrafficthroughin depthreporting(utilizingGoogleanalytics),monitoringyoursearch spideractivity,thepopularityofyourposts,thetermspeopleare searchingonyoursite,andmorestill. IfeellikeI’mgettingtoosalesyinthisposttoyoubutIcanassureeven witheverythingyou’vereadhere,Ihaven’tevenreallytouchedthe surfaceofwhat’sgoingoninsidethisthingcalledFirepow-heckwe didn’tevengettothepromotionaltools. ThebestthingIcanprobablydoistellyougotolookatthedarnthing yourself: http://www.universqueen.com/firepow/ OhandIcouldalsotellyouthatifyourintobloggingandyoudon’t, you’llprobablyregretitbigtime. Ihopeyou’vefoundtheinform atio nherevaluable,anddon’thesitateto leaveyourcommentsonFirepowheretosharewithothers. Gotmoney?Saveit!Saveitfromtheanticipatedpapermoneyinflation- readhowsilverbullionbarscanhelp.

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