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See Office 2007 files

Are you using Office 2007 and finding that when you e-mail people your information that they can't read your file.

Well, don't feel alone. I've been having this problem for the last few weeks. Ask these people to download an update converter file that will allow them to see your 2007 files without loosing any of your formating.

If they don't, when you save your file to an earlier version of the application you will lose some of the new formating capabilities that you used in 2007 not working and the file you send them will be different than the one you created. In fact, you will probably receive a warning when you go to save to an earlier version saying this exact thing.

Go to this page on Microsoft's web site and download the converter file and both of you will be happy.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=941B3470-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466&displaylang=en

It takes a few SECONDS to download the file.

Which Sex Do You Write and Does It Make a Difference in Your Life?

I was doing some research on the Internet about challenges writer’s have and I came across a very interesting web site. It fascinated the Dickens’s out of me.

It is an analysis tool on finding what your writing gender is. Do you write male, or female? Now this doesn’t have a thing to do with what your real gender is. You could be a female and find out you write a male gender or the opposite.

This isn’t as shocking as the exercise that I took years and years ago at a Tony Robbins event. The exercise was to find out whether you’re a female or male dominant energy. With the same theory as above, you could be a female with a male energy or the opposite. You could also be a female with a female energy or male with male energy.

Back then, what was so alive for me in this new education was how it played out in your world. I found out that day that I was a female with a male energy. Which through the writing analysis genie holds true for my writing as well? When I entered in over 10 pieces of my writing that I completed over a period of a few different years, the Genie told me that I wrote male...

Teen Shows Other Teens How to Earn Six Figures

Recently my buddy’s 15-year old son, Dallas Crilley, became a speaker and author. Yes, he’s published a book. And not just any ordinary book – he’s bark off his father’s tree. My buddy is Jeff Crilley, an award-winning television reporter and author of “Free Publicity”.

Dallas’ book teaches teens how to pay their way through college. Now, if you are a parent of a teen wondering how to get them through college, then this book is a must read for both you and your teen.

The “Kidpreneur Club” is filled with true stories of teens who have figured out ways to create a six-figure income while still in high school. Isn’t that cool!

This book is meant for any parent who wants to inspire and help their teen(s) turn jobs into a real income stream. This includes babysitting and lawn mowing – a common service many teens provide – and others you have probably haven’t even thought of.

Do you know someone that has a teen facing this challenge – at work, in Toastmasters or another organization you belong to – this makes a great Christmas gift.

Or maybe you belong to an organization that helps teens. Then consider buying this book in bulk for handout. Don’t have the funds in your organization? That’s okay; find a sponsor or two that want to help change the community and help teens become more productive citizens. They will be happy to buy the books for you so you can give them out. Dallas will be glad to sell you the books to you with a quantity discount.

Are you a speaker with a complimentary topic? Sell this book at the back of the room as an added benefit to your audience.

Read what the Lansing State Journal has written about Dallas and the book as well as additional information on how to get your copy of the book at The Kidpreneur Club -- http://kidpreneurclub.com/

Napoleon Hill inspiration quote

"The human mind responds to stimuli through which it may be keyed up to high rates of vibration known as enthusiasm, creative imagination and intense desire...one of the stimuli to which the mind responds most freely is music."

- Napoleon Hill, Author of Think & Grow Rich

Stop getting sucked into other people's negative vibrations

by Catherine Franz

There is a common practice on the Internet to produce and offer free ebooks, audios, videos, white papers that talk about what not to do.

In fact, this morning I received an e-mail invitation to download an e-book on the 15 mistakes people make on X.

When living within the beliefs and manifesting laws of the universe, we know that what we focus on is what we manifest into our life.

Okay, my point.

If you are reading these reports on the X number of things not to do, then guess what, you will attract the things "not to do."

Be careful with what you hear and read is what I'm saying.

In fact, I was on a teleclass yesterday when the speaker began with all the things that we shouldn't be doing -- and it was from someone that promotes herself as a Law of Attraction practitioner. I couldn't take off my headset fast enough. Her credibility with me went down the tubes in that second. She hasn't learned this most valuable lesson in manifesting. And the fact that she is out there sending this negative energy to all the people who came to the call, now, that floors me. But it doesn't surprise me.

There are many people writing the don'ts of what we should not be doing. Do we really need to focus any attention on this at all?

Wouldn't it be great if they rewrote their material -- wrote it not rom the "create pain first" marketing perspective but from what we can do the right way? Well, I have made this change in my life and in my business and marketing practices. It was hard at first because I had to change my thinking and writing style. But wow, it's been a wonderful journey. I love the change and I believe everyone that is within my focus does to -- so they tell me.

Do we really need to be told what's bad in order to learn what's right? What about just learning the options so we can make our own decisions? Is there really a right way and wrong way to everything or just an opinion?

I do have a lot of thoughts raging in my mind on this, do you?

What do you think on this? I'd like to hear your comments, your thoughts. Have you been doing this yourself and have a new enlightenment on this since you read this?

Did you learn this already some time in the past?

Love to hear your story!

In fact, I'm going to have a contest here. The prize a business book that is an advance copy (I receive advance copies of books from Publishers for evaluation purposes) -- in other words, you can't buy it yet. Since I have a few of these books, I'll give the winner a choice from a list.

Okay, ready, submit your story, win an advance copy of a great book!

Looking for a guest spot on a women's radio show?

http://www.womensradio.com/

This links to Women's Radio in case you have never heard of this station. It's an Internet radio program so the number of listeners aren't going to be as large, however, its great exposure for your product, service, book, etc.

Find the show, then the host, make a pitch and get on the air. Use the recording in your marketing and sales process in some way!

New radio show looking for guests

Melissa Alvarez is now the host of her own radio show on Blog Talk Radio and is seeking guests in both the metaphysical and publishing fields. To find out more about her show, visit
http://blogtalkradio.com/MelissaAlvarez.

If you're a paranormal investigator, holistic healer, author, publisher, agent or any other specialist in either field, check out her show schedule at http://melissaa.com.

If you don't need this information but know someone who does, please forward this information to them for me.

Idea contest, prize a biz plan written by experts

This came to my attention yesterday, and I thought I'd pass it on. If you aren't interested, pass this along to others you know who might be.

Great ideas competition contest...

Do you have a Great Idea for a business? --- This is legit too! ---

Students at the Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State University will review all entries and select 25 Semi-finalists. Each Semi-finalist will be given two weeks to submit a more detailed three-to-five page Executive Summary of their Great Idea. Five Finalists will be selected from these 25 Semi-finalists. The Winner will be selected by a distinguished panel of angels, venture capitalists, and successful entrepreneurs. The student participants will compete for various Awards to assist their education, such as Internships.

The Contest
Submit an idea for a new business venture or an idea that will dramatically improve the success of an existing business venture. The idea must be uniquely yours, commercially viable and should require the type of structure that a Business Plan provides.

Here's the link for the info

Another Way to Create a Show Pitch

A fill-in-the-blank formula you can use to create a show pitch that is guaranteed to grab a producer's attention virtually every time.

Pitch Formula: "Is/Are __________ making you ____________?"

And here are a few examples of how you can apply this: