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Jim Edwards knows about multi-media on the web and he sent me this informative article about getting pictures on the web and I wanted to pass it along ... enjoy !

How To Find The Perfect Images Online

- by Jim Edwards

© Jim Edwards - All Rights reserved
http://www.thenetreporter.com
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Has this ever happened to you?

You need a photo for a website, brochure, flyer, or CD / DVD
cover.

You buy one of those 100,000 photo and clipart collections
on 10 CD-ROMs hoping to find the "perfect" picture, but
after hours of searching you find your brain tired, your
mouse hand numb, and no "perfect" photo in sight.

Fortunately, the photo and clipart business got a lot
smarter online, and anyone who ever needs good photos at
rock bottom prices stands to benefit.

Buying one of those mega-photo collections to find one photo
rates about the same as buying an entire aisle at the
supermarket in hopes of finding a single Snicker bar!

Personally, my shelves hold over 2,000,000 photo and clipart
images on over 100 CD-ROMs, most of which rate quite useless
to me.

To further complicate matters, photo collections on CD-ROM
tend to go out of date.

Many of the photo collections I bought in the mid-1990's
contain photos of people from the 1980's, so the hair,
clothes and even makeup look out-of-date.

The solution to this dilemma lies in the fact that you can
now buy photos online at bargain-basement prices.

Previously, in order to buy photos online, you either joined
a membership site, which charges a monthly fee, or you
bought by the photo from sites charging $100 or more for one
photo.

Do a search on google.com for "royalty free photo," "stock
photo," or "buyout photo" and you'll find plenty of websites
offering photos at premium prices (not to mention the
confusion of finding what you want).

Two excellent options for buying photos and clipart are
ClipArt.com and BigStockPhoto.com.

Clipart.com charges a membership fee to browse their
database and download images.

Their best deal is the yearly subscription of $169.95
(equates to about $15 a month) with unlimited downloads.

This represents an excellent option if you plan to use a
large number of images over the year, but I found the actual
photos (they also carry clipart, sounds, illustrations and
more) about average.

At BigStockPhoto.com I found the photos much more compelling
and dramatic than ClipArt.com.

I also like the fact that BigStockPhoto.com lets you buy
only the photos you want by purchasing credits instead of
paying for a membership.

You can buy a single photo for $2.50, but the price per
picture goes down when you buy multiple credits (10 gives
you the first price break).

Whenever you buy images, carefully read the fine print in
the license about how you can and cannot use the images,
especially for commercial purposes.

It does you no good to buy an image you can't use. Beware of
"free" clipart and photo websites, they can often display
images of dubious origin.

Also, free clipart sites frequently carry tons of banner and
pop-up advertising (along with some more sinister spyware
applications that install themselves automatically on your
computer).

Regardless of why you want them, buying images online now
rates much better than buying a huge clipart collection and
hoping to find what you need.

And, by purchasing only the pictures you need, you'll save
yourself significant time and money in the long run.

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S T O P Buying and S T A R T Doing ..

Are you caught up in the Web Product Buying frenzy?

Are you taking advantage of (buying) every Fire Sale, Blow Out Sale, Reprint Writes Sell-a-thon, Last Chance Offer and the other offers for Internet Marketing Products that bombard your in-box every week?

Well, you're not alone. I have to admit it, I am BUYING too much and ACTING too little. Again this week all I am hearing about is Fire Sales, Source Code Sales and other downloadable programs each claiming to be just what I need to make money on the Net.

How about the Big Ticket Items like Jeff Walker's Product Launch Package, he has an early bird purchaser special - you can buy it for only $997 (Can you believe I said Only) of course the regular price will be $1997 and he assures me it is still a good deal at that price - and that's Social PROOF. Jeff’s product is great and as I told Jeff when I entered his contest to hopefully WIN a copy, I am entry # 192 ...so I am not alone. I told Jeff I could not afford to buy it because I have bought everything else out there already and have no money left. UPDATE ..

I just checked an new email from Jeff and he is closing his contest at 300 entries and the GOOD NEWS is he is giving away 3 COPIES (maybe I have chance now) anyway..

I told Neil Shearing about my NO MORE BUYING idea when I contacted him earlier in the week to get the link to download my copy of Automatic Incomes Secrets which I purchased from Neil just last month.

I don't think Neil understood my buying problem, or maybe he really did and he just wanted to test me - I failed the test cause he offered me his new Video version of Automatic Income Secrets and .. you guessed it .. I bought it. Sorry Jeff, but it was only $39.97 and I do learn easier using videos, etc.)

I like learning from videos, and have a ton of them to prove it, but there comes a point in time when you have to
STOP learning and START doing.

For me that time has come ..

I AM NOT BUYING ANY MORE INTERNET MARKETING PRODUCTS ..

I must START DOING and make some of that Internet Money they are always talking about and then be very selective in any future purchases.

I apologize to all the Internet Marketers offering me these incredible opportunities but my BUCK HAS STOPPED HERE! For now my wallet is closed!!

I hope this article acts inspiration to anyone else out there in Internet Marketing land caught up in the buying frenzy ..

S T O P BUYING and
S T A R T DOING !

Three Types Of Websites That Can Make You A Fortune.

By Joel Comm



One of the best things about making money on AdSense is ....
that anyone can do it - and with just about any type of website. You don't have to own a mini-Amazon or build a budding Ebay to make big stacks of cash on the Internet;
you just have to have a site that attracts users.



* AdSense
For Owners Of Commercial Sites.


A lot of people who have built a website specifically to make money worry about putting ads on their sites. They're concerned that people might be put off buying if their browsing is interrupted by intrusive ads.

That's absolutely right. If your ads are intrusive, then you are going to annoy your users. But if you've used all the strategies I recommend in my book Google AdSense Secrets to blend your ads into the site, then not only will you keep your users sweet, you'll also increase the number of your click-throughs.

Not everyone who reaches your site will buy. In fact, most won't. You've paid for those users; shouldn't you profit from them? Put AdSense ads on the right pages and in the right way and you'll make even more money from your site.

And that's the point, right?



* AdSense
For Owners Of Information Sites.


Information sites are probably the most obvious places to put AdSense. If you've created a site that's designed to teach other people about your favorite topic - whether it's video games, mahjong or raising guppies - then AdSense is ideal for bringing your site money. Again, you'll still need to be smart about the way you use those ads (just put them on the site any old how and you'll barely make enough money to pay for the server.) Do it properly and use all the proven AdSense revenue-generating techniques and you'll be able to turn your hobby into cash.


* AdSense
For Owners Of Blogs.


Blogs are intended to simply let people know what their writers think - and do no more than that. But a lot of bloggers have recently discovered that with the help of AdSense, their blogs can quickly become cash cows! Because they're updated regularly, Google loves blogs and because they have regular visitors so do advertisers.


The techniques used to get blog readers to click on ads are a bit special but once you've read up and know what you're doing, you should be able to turn your writing into a very nice income indeed.

For more Google AdSense tips, visit:

Google Adsense Secrets


Copyright © 2005 Joel Comm. All rights reserved

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Joel Comm is "Dr. AdSense", an Internet entrepreneur who has been online for more than 20 years. Joel is co-creator of ClassicGames.com, now known as Yahoo! Games and is the author of the web's best-selling AdSense ebook, "Google AdSense Secrets (Or What Google Never Told You About Making Money With Adsense)". Get your copy here: www.adsense-secrets.com

Enough Ideas Already!

Here's an informative and GREAT article about why we never get where we want to be until we get off of our duffs and actually get going ..

Thanks go to Generous George (georgekatsoudas.com ) ,
Mike Litman and Jason Oman

How an abundance of 'great ideas' almost ruined my life and how to stop the 'idea avalanche' from ruining yours!

Great ideas are worthless.

A true statement 99.7% of the time.

Great ideas are a scam on oneself.

A true statement 99.7% of the time.

Great ideas never make you money!

A true statement 99.7% of the time.

Great ideas waste your time.

A true statement 99.7% of the time.

Great ideas almost ruined my life and my business.

Until I stopped it, that is.

Just in time. Minutes before the 'idea avalanche' was going to take me down.

The 'idea avalanche' is defined as:

The mental condition whereby ideas come to you in such abundance that you have trouble keeping up with all of them.

For a 9-year period, I chased my tail. 'Million dollar' idea after Million dollar idea.

Million dollar idea after Million dollar idea.

Every few days. Another one came to mind that was going to make me rich. It was amazing.

I would start writing stuff down on Monday about an idea. By Wednesday, I got a new, 'better one', and was on to the next one.

A vicious cycle.

One after another. One after another.

Does any of this sound familiar?

To many, you know this scenario all too well. All too well.

The 'idea avalanche' at first is thought to be a friend. Years later, when you've done nothing you realize this fact.

The 'idea avalanche' is an enemy. One that if not controlled will hold hostage your goals and dreams.

When people say 'I have a million dollar or billion dollar idea', I say great and I sometimes laugh.

It's probably true. But do they have any idea what is necessary to take that idea and turn it into reality?

Most people don't. The 'idea avalanche' has got them.

There's only one way out.

Decide on 1 idea that 'does it' for you.

And open fire on the enemy with your only weapon.


Action.

Massive action.


It's the step that changed my life.

About the author ......

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