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| Product Reviewed: Color Tips Marketing Report |
| By: Jahn A. |
| Category: Private Label Right Products - Gold Members |
| Review Title: Colorful indeed, but not enough |
| Date Reviewed: August 10, 2007 |
Just looking at the book description and the actual introduction, the book already appeared quite informative and interesting. It kept me absorbed as it took me through the basics in color like the color wheel and the nuances in color like value, intensity, tint and shade. It was a bit like reviewing Art in school – only this time not only for appreciation but for generating business. I also like how the book included some interesting information on how the brain processes information on color.
On the practical side, the book discussed appropriate colors for specific businesses like banking, health and beauty, and fast food. It also brushed on the different cultural contexts of colors. Unfortunately, these are only two of the brief and not so many practical color applications discussed in the book. The language became loose and verbose from the middle towards the end and kept repeating in different ways how important color is. Though it discussed at length the intended effect on the audience, it did not dwell much on what exactly should be done to get that effect, or what exactly made a particular design successful.
Overall, the book was heavy on theory but lacked in practical advice.
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| Product Reviewed: Content Speed Writing |
| By: Andrew Hansen |
| Category: Ebooks - Silver & Gold Members |
| Review Title: So this is the secret |
| Date Reviewed: August 13, 2007 |
Very engaging and informative. Andrew Hansen let me in on his “secret” in a breezy, enthusiastic and seemingly effortless fashion. The report has a flowing quality – much like the flow Hansen advised to apply in article writing – that it is very easy to read. While I still believe in traditional rules in style and grammar consistent with Strunk and White’s “Elements of Style,” this report made me think that web content writing is a different world altogether and that some rules may be modified or even violated altogether.
After the introduction, the report already began offering useful information, particularly on what makes an article ineffective. Hansen also gave tips on how to do research without consuming too much time. He also shared his “Golden Formula” which is his advised structure for article writing. This section was very helpful as Hansen included one of his articles as an example to illustrate how to use the formula. A bonus towards the end is his tips for re-writing articles.
The only nitpick I have is the occasional grammar lapses and misspelled words – even in Hansen’s sample article here. While I appreciate the useful information I got from the report, I would also appreciate if it were double-checked before being uploaded. After all, editing and proofreading are also important. A grammar lapse or misspelling slows down a reader – and thus interrupts the flow of reading.
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| Product Reviewed: Cat Care Naturally |
| By: Elizabeth Beresford |
| Category: Free Downloads - All Members |
| Review Title: One-stop guide for the basics of cat care |
| Date Reviewed: August 13, 2007 |
Anyone who is planning to own a cat, especially a beginner – and even veterans – would find this book helpful.
The book gives a caveat at the beginning on caring for cats, which is important as not all people may be really inclined to take in these furry creatures. It gave all the basics – from choosing a breed to proper feeding and health maintenance, among other things.
I found the section on integrating a new cat helpful as my first cat was very territorial, thus fighting with the new cat I brought in. The report also gave information on proper care of the cat with regard for animal rights but without compromising your peace of mind – and your furniture – as well. It also offered useful advice on probably one of the difficult things to do to a cat – how to give it a proper bath without it going amok. It teaches other tricky things like putting and walking your cat in a leash.
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| Product Reviewed: Article Writing Super Secrets |
| By: Liz Tomey |
| Category: Ebooks - Silver & Gold Members |
| Review Title: Useful tips for online businesses |
| Date Reviewed: August 13, 2007 |
This is a good read for people with online businesses, particularly those selling products online. It gives useful tips on writing articles – and how to have these articles in the least costly and most effective way – to market your website and/or the product you are selling. It also outlines options on how to market your articles and gives the best strategy to make your articles viral, reaching as many people as possible for the longest time. The report also included the links to where you can submit your articles.
The report also discusses the pros and cons of article marketing and how it may be good for some but not for everyone. This is important to consider for online business owners who are still deciding on how to do their marketing.
The report was written in a light, flowing manner which makes it easy to read and absorb. Each chapter progresses smoothly to the next. There are a few problems with grammar, but these are very minimal and do not really weaken the message of the report
All in all, the report was very informative and engaging.
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| Product Reviewed: Cash Sucking Sales Letter Secrets |
| By: Liz Tomey and John Hostler |
| Category: Ebooks - Silver & Gold Members |
| Review Title: This might help suck in some cash |
| Date Reviewed: August 14, 2007 |
A very useful read for anyone who wants to sell a product through sales letters. The authors first explain how valuable sales letters can be to generate sales before taking the reader to what makes an effective sales letter.
Though it is already common knowledge among sales people that the customers’ needs are first, the authors demonstrate just how to apply this principle in writing winning sales letters. What has been particularly helpful to me was the discussion on the difference between features and benefits and how knowing this difference can make or break the sales letter.
The authors also point out the most-read parts of the sales letter and the opportunities they present. Aside from the content, the authors also give tips on the proper layout and font type, size and color to use to attract the prospect.
Also entertaining and arguably useful for sales people is how the authors created an analogy between the effective sales letter and the effective salesperson. This might just help salespeople in writing sales letters.
The e-book is a bit long and is already repetitive in some parts, though, but the final checklist in the end helps to let the reader absorb all the relevant information.
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| Product Reviewed: Healthy Dating & Relationship Tips |
| Category: Ebooks - Silver & Gold Members |
| Review Title: Your checklist for healthy dating and relationships |
| Date Reviewed: August 14, 2007 |
While this report is just a reiteration with some additional insights of the already many books and articles on dating and relationships, this is particularly useful as it compiles all the important points in other books, particularly on the sections on ABCs of healthy and unhealthy relationships.
The ABCs here can in fact serve as a personal checklist for healthy dating and relationships. Since love sometimes – or even often – clouds logic, this checklist can serve as a constant reminder to keep things healthy. The tips on good communication, balancing intimacy and distance, among others, are good examples. The report also offers ways in resolving conflict, even in budgeting.
The report is quite easy to read. I even found some parts funny and entertaining, like “Neverland,” the author’s term for arguments with the “You never” accusations.
The recommended links within the report may be useful if you needfurther reference.
All in all, this report is a light, easy and informative read.
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| Product Reviewed: The Fun of Getting Thin |
| By: Samuel G. Blythe |
| Category: Ebooks - Silver & Gold Members |
| Review Title: Not really fun getting thin, but easier this way |
| Date Reviewed: August 14, 2007 |
People who want to lose weight but are having a difficult time giving up their favorite – and fattening – foods may find this report helpful. In this report, Blythe explains how the other “scientific” methods of getting thin failed him and how his own worked. Blythe, though, cautions that his method may not be for everyone before sharing his success story.
Blythe seemed to employ stream of thought writing, which may explain why his introduction is quite long and dragging before he got to the point.
Also, the title “The Fun of Getting Thin” is a bit puzzling to me as the report chronicles Blythe’s struggles in getting thin and mentions other people’s difficulties. At the end, in fact, Blythe declared “This isn’t a frolic. It’s a fight.” So unless Blythe meant the title to be sarcastic – though this too is not clear – the title should be changed so as not to mislead people. Upon seeing the title, I expected light, entertaining read but was instead given a blow-by-blow account on the hardships of losing weight.
All in all, though, the report – particularly the part about Blythe’s experience – is informative.
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| Product Reviewed: Cool Report |
| By: Jeremy Gislason and Simon Hodgkinson |
| Category: Free Downloads - All Members |
| Review Title: Sometimes cool, sometimes lukewarm |
| Date Reviewed: August 14, 2007 |
Those who hope to increase their sales through online marketing may find the tips in this report cool. The report shares the simple, practical marketing methods they did to their websites and even reveals how much their sales increased through these methods. It even gave links to websites to illustrate how the “cool methods” were applied.
For the very meticulous who prefer statistics and market research, though, the advice here may not be for you. The tips here are based on the author’s experience and not from a representative sample of online businesses. It is your decision whether to apply the tips here or not.
At times, there are also vague statements like “There’s solid evidence to say” without saying what is this evidence.
Overall, the writing style, the layout and the design were quite good. The light bulb in the beginning in particular, From time to time, though, I would spot a grammar lapse – which is not at all cool. Proper editing and proofreading would make this report cooler.
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| Product Reviewed: Online Freelancing Report |
| By: John Delavera |
| Category: Ebooks - Silver & Gold Members |
| Review Title: So this is how you do freelancing in the web |
| Date Reviewed: August 15, 2007 |
For the people out there who want to give up their full-time job and take control of their time, Delavera offers useful and practical freelance tips and how-tos in the worldwide web. From writer to digital executive (similar to online secretary/administration staff), Delavera shows what to do to build your resume and where to look for projects.
Delavera begins by saying that the demand for freelancers in the web is greater than the supply, and thus, you will never run out of projects if you know where to look and how to market yourself. Delavera shows how to do just that.
In terms of presentation, the use of different colors and diagrams in the report makes it more readable. The only problem is the layout, where there is a sidebar in almost every page. While having a sidebar may be good for print publications where the reader has the option to read the sidebar after the entire article, it interrupts the flow of reading for online publications.
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| Product Reviewed: Bluebook 4 Multiple Incomes |
| By: Martha Schrader |
| Category: Ebooks - Silver & Gold Members |
| Review Title: One big sales pitch |
| Date Reviewed: August 15, 2007 |
This e-book promised to be a very good, informative read from the very start. The six truths about any business – a good reality check – at the first part caught my attention and got me reading on to the next sections. It kept me interested while it discussed the advantage of leverage and having multiple streams of income, but as I kept reading, I expected to learn how to create multiple streams of income – as I thought this was the focus of the e-book – and NOT how to market my business or product. While the information on marketing and different marketing methods here are quite extensive and maybe even exhaustive, I expected practical, step-by-step advice in creating multiple income streams, basing on the title of the e-book.
What is even worse is though it DID teach a bit on how to create multiple streams of income, it focused on selling and marketing the e-book itself as the way to do it. It appears to me that this e-book was written purely for that purpose.
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| Product Reviewed: Tohami Success Secrets |
| By: Mohamed Tohami |
| Category: Ebooks - Silver & Gold Members |
| Review Title: Secrets you should know – and remember |
| Date Reviewed: August 15, 2007 |
Very inspiring and enlightening read. Tohami’s powerful statements have an electrifying, do-it-right-now quality that can alert the reader to assess his current situation and take massive action.. With his six secrets, Tohami shows the roadblocks to success and the way to overcome them. Tohami teaches the right mindset and attitude for success and the way to achieve it. Tohami also offers a different and eye-opening perspective on success which is not based on power and intelligence but on service.
Tohami ends his book in a high note by giving the formula not just to success, but to everlasting success and encourages the reader to stand up for his/her dreams.
Tohami’s prose is written in flowing, conversational style that makes the reader’s eye effortlessly move from one page to the next. While there are minor errors in grammar, these do not significantly decrease the impact of the message. Truly, this e-book is a wonderful read.
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| Product Reviewed: Unlimited Profits And Traffic |
| By: InfoClicks.co.uk |
| Category: Ebooks - Silver & Gold Members |
| Review Title: The bottom line in any online business |
| Date Reviewed: August 18, 2007 |
At the end of the day, it is the profit that matters, not the traffic in your website. This report drives home that point, particularly for online businesses focusing too much on traffic.
The best way to do marketing – viral, “infectious” marketing - with the least amount of effort is given as simple tips in this report. The report shows how some businesses overlook the little things which can spell the difference between enough profit and “unlimited” profit, as the report phrases it. For example, it advises that for every call to action, it is crucial to show the customer exactly how to take action. And it shows just how persistence can pay off.
The report is written in a light, attention-grabbing – and -holding – way. What would have made it better, though, was the inclusion of more practical examples in the application of each tip. Stats would also help.
Overall, this report is quite a useful read.
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| Product Reviewed: Ties That Bind: Stories Of Marriages That Worked And How We Can Learn From Them |
| Category: Ebooks - Silver & Gold Members |
| Review Title: This can help keep those ties bound |
| Date Reviewed: August 18, 2007 |
From the very start, this e-book cautions that it does not substitute for a marriage counselor – to which I agree. However, this e-book can serve as a guide and a reminder for couples to make their marriage work. By outlining the essential ingredients of marriage and giving case studies for each ingredient, this report is a good read for any couple who is married or is planning to get married.
The e-book gives a wide range of problems that can occur in marriage – from the age-old case of infidelity to the usual seemingly irreconcilable differences. With regard to the essentials in marriage, I especially like the part about communication. The line there “If marriage is the tie that binds, then communication is the fabric by which the tie if made of” could not have explained it better. At the end, the e-book gives a very hopeful message that while your relationship may have problems, you can still have that happily ever after.
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| Product Reviewed: Niche Marketing Master Course |
| By: Simon Hodgkinson |
| Category: Ebooks - Silver & Gold Members |
| Review Title: Good advice, but more please |
| Date Reviewed: August 18, 2007 |
An interesting, thought-provoking report that explains why you should do niche marketing and exactly what is in it for you. The report provides a comprehensive guide on how to identify the best – and untapped – niches to market to. Through the use of specific tools included here in the report, you can choose your niche market. The report also offers niche marketing tips for the “lazy entrepreneur.” I also appreciate that the report provided links for further reference.
I would have liked to see more practical examples, though. The report also put too much emphasis on selling information like in e-books without delving on other fields. Also, though it said that people are not averse to paying for information online, it did not expound much on how you can entice the customer to buy your information product.
All in all, the report offered good, substantial advice but I expected more information
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| Product Reviewed: Keys To Power Prosperity |
| Category: Resell & Master Resell Right Packages - Gold Members |
| Review Title: Prosperity financially and in other areas of life |
| Date Reviewed: August 18, 2007 |
A very informative and compelling read. This e-book shows anyone can be rich and how to do it. From the start, it gives a very eye-opening insight – that before you can be rich, you should recognize your own value first – and that you are worth more than a million dollars. It shows just how powerful your mind can be to make you rich – or poor.
This e-book takes the reader through more powerful insights and through several mind techniques from simple affirmations to subliminal reprogramming. It offers simple, practical advice on how to do subliminal reprogramming to reprogramming with the help of professionals by proving links to relevant websites. To apply the mind techniques, practical exercises are also given. The reading experience becomes all the more compelling as the author shares his own stories of making the principles in this book work for him.
One of the most powerful insights in this e-book which really struck me was “There are a million ways to make a million dollars. Pick one that works for you.” Truly, there are infinite ways to make infinite income.
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| Product Reviewed: Blueprint Guide To Blogger |
| By: Joesy |
| Category: Free Downloads - All Members |
| Review Title: Easy guide to building your blog |
| Date Reviewed: August 19, 2007 |
A quick, very easy-to-understand guide on building your blog with Blogger. Joesy gives the information in step-by-step fashion with illustrations. The red underlines and arrow marks in the scanned Blogger pages also help in directing the reader’s eye and in clarifying the instructions.
This e-book is helpful not only in building personal blogs but business blogs as well. Joesy shows in detail how to make use of AdSense, newsletter, Paypal payment buttons, and more. It also offers cautionary tips at the end on what to do if your blog is accidentally deleted.
I would have liked instructions on how to include a tag board in the blog, though, as tag boards work well in getting feedback from visitors. There are also parts here that I would have appreciated more explanation and examples, particularly the use of templates. I would prefer seeing advice on the best templates to use for particular purposes.
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| Product Reviewed: Ultimate Techniques For Time Management |
| By: Brad Gearhart |
| Category: Ebooks - Silver & Gold Members |
| Review Title: Time management advice for office workers |
| Date Reviewed: August 19, 2007 |
For any office worker, this book can help in managing time better – getting the job done and having a quality life at the same time. In a light and entertaining fashion, it discusses the top time killers and time savers. The advice here on having a to-do list daily, weekly and monthly is particularly good advice to take control of your time.
Gearhart offers useful tips on how to fight procrastination, how to save time in office meetings, and others. It also teaches the reader to value the time of other people.
Though the e-book is already informative as it is, it is too much confined in the office setting. Looking at the title alone, I had expected time management techniques regardless of whatever job you have – an office job, a business, or whatever. The book should be re-titled to avoid misconceptions.
The e-book was a bit dragging at first, with too many examples and flowery words talking about time, but became serious and informative later on. The poem about time at the end of the book is a fitting ending.
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| Product Reviewed: Copywriting Gems |
| By: Larry Dotson |
| Category: Ebooks - Silver & Gold Members |
| Review Title: Smart marketing tips |
| Date Reviewed: August 19, 2007 |
This e-book offers nuggets of useful, practical advice in copywriting. Through 100 concise but information-packed tips, it teaches the reader to write copy that will make the customer buy once – and again. Specific tips on how to make the customer feel important (e.g. personalizing the offer, etc.), how to give incentives (particularly earning money) to potential customers, and how to build your product’s attractiveness and credibility, are only among some of the points included in the e-book.
The e-book not only gives tips in writing copy but in marketing in general. Even the look of the website, including color themes and layout, is discussed here. It also touches on the use of certain tools like message boards to market your product.
To make the e-book more readable, though, and to help the reader remember the key points here, I would suggest highlighting the keywords or key phrases in each tip.
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| Product Reviewed: 404 Self Improvement Tips |
| By: Bob Bastian |
| Category: Ebooks - Silver & Gold Members |
| Review Title: This might help you in your self-improvement scheme |
| Date Reviewed: August 19, 2007 |
Written lightly and to the point, “404 Self-Improvement Tips” offers 101 tips for four areas in life – finances, success, health (particularly getting in shape) and relationships.
In the money-saving tips, the e-book gives a wide range of tips from the simple shopping bargains to the crucial mortgage.
For the success part, keeping a positive frame of mind, setting goals and persevering – no shortcuts – until you reach them, and continuous learning are among the advices given.
The health section not only focuses on weight loss but on wellness of mind and body, giving tips on meditation and other mind exercises as well.
The section on relationships particularly gives tips on how to keep the flame burning and minimize conflict.
I appreciate how the information was presented. With headings for each tip to summarize the point, the reader can easily review the tips from time to time.
What I was looking for, though, was a conclusion to wrap it all up. The e-book ended rather abruptly with the relationship section.
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| Product Reviewed: Personal Transformation |
| By: Dr. Tim Ong |
| Category: Free Downloads - All Members |
| Review Title: Good, but pack it with more practical advice! |
| Date Reviewed: August 20, 2007 |
Many law of attraction books are mushrooming now in the web and print, and these are just one of those many. This short e-book is a good read, though, for those who have not yet read any comprehensive book on the law of attraction and using it to achieve your goals.
The e-book, though, did not elaborate on how to change the core belief. This is a difficult process, since these are core beliefs we are talking about. Though I also appreciate the e-book’s discussion on the three stumbling blocks to personal transformation, it did not discuss in detail HOW to overcome these blocks.
What I found most helpful in this book, though, is the daily five-point checklist in , where it lets you go about your day well applying the personal transformation advice the author gives.
All in all, the e-book offers mostly tips with very few practical examples and exercises.
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| Product Reviewed: Success In 10 Steps |
| By: Michael Dlouhy |
| Category: Free Downloads - All Members |
| Review Title: The e-book every network marketer should read |
| Date Reviewed: August 20, 2007 |
In this e-book, Michael Dlouhy breaks some myths and offers some unconventional views on network marketing culled from his more than 20 years of experience. Having joined and analyzed many networking companies, he shares his experiences and what others can learn from them.
Dlouhy continuously emphasizes that multi-level marketing is not a numbers game but a relationship game. It also explained how EXACTLY to get into the mind of the prospect – what he/she values and cares about. And most importantly, it teaches purpose and focus to keep you going despite difficulties.
Written in a conversational, willing-to-help style, the e-book is a compelling read. Though there are some points here that others may not agree with (e.g. author’s view on direct marketing), this e-book offers valuable insights and the “illogical” but effective ways to do network marketing.
Also, Dlouhy’s offer to mentor for free is also a tempting offer. As someone who is seriously considering network marketing, I might just e-mail him my big “why,” as his request from readers.
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| Product Reviewed: 39 Success Tips |
| By: Patric Chan |
| Category: Free Downloads - All Members |
| Review Title: Enough tips to boost you |
| Date Reviewed: August 20, 2007 |
An inspiring read. This e-book can be a companion to a comprehensive success book or can simply serve as a reminder, a checklist for your journey to success. While the e-book is quite short, with only one-paragraph discussions per tip, it can put you in a high state of energy to achieve what you want.
This e-book advises you to set goals, apply your knowledge and strategize well.
It shows that success is not an individual effort – you have to ask for help from others and seek advice, especially from successful people. Continuous success also means continuous learning. Success also means having standards - to be thankful for what you have, but not contented. To not settle.
At the same time, it also shows that success is not only about making more money but having quality life. The e-book teaches balance in life and advises loving and appreciating life.
I am just wondering, though, why the magic number here is 39. The author does not give any special reason for this.
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| Product Reviewed: Forget The Hype! |
| By: Anne-Marie Stewart |
| Category: Free Downloads - All Members |
| Review Title: Differentiates the real from the hype |
| Date Reviewed: August 20, 2007 |
In a conversational and straight-to-the point e-book, Anna-Marie Stewart teaches you and all aspiring online marketers how to sift through the hype and find the genuine businesses. She takes you through the different Internet scams and how to identify them to save you a lot of time, effort, and most importantly – money. Having been tricked by dubious marketing herself and later on finding the real thing makes her a credible source.
In this e-book Stewart also teaches the basics of online marketing – from deciding what you want to market and how to market. She delves into the different marketing strategies and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of each. She gives cost-saving advice on building websites and marketing your product.
Stewart writes honestly, with the objective of informing and helping. There is no mistaking her sincerity here. This alone already gives credibility to her advice, if all the information she wrote here are not yet enough.
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| Product Reviewed: How To Spot A Fraudulent Email |
| By: Anna-Marie Stewart |
| Category: Free Downloads - All Members |
| Review Title: Short and sweet, but… |
| Date Reviewed: August 20, 2007 |
This report is short and to the point. Anna-Marie Stewart, the author, identifies the three “dead giveaways” that an e-mail is fraudulent and shows the steps in finding out whether the e-mail came from a genuine source or not. With scanned examples of fraudulent e-mails, the author gives the reader a good illustration on how dubious e-mails read.
The report focuses more on e-mails with the “or-else” threat (e.g. Do this or else your account will be closed). This is particularly important as knowing that these e-mails are fraud would save the recipient time and money.
Though the report already offered useful advice as is, I would like to know how to check the source if I am not using Outlook. In this report, Stewart only chose Outlook as an illustration. Also, the report emphasized spotting fraudulent e-mails from Paypal, E-bay and online banks only.
All in all, the report was brief, easy to read but lacking in information.
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| Product Reviewed: 70 Of The Most Motivational Quotes You Will Ever Find |
| By: Matthew Roberts |
| Category: Free Downloads - All Members |
| Review Title: Really motivational but… |
| Date Reviewed: August 21, 2007 |
The quotes compiled in this e-book are indeed inspiring, motivational and thought-provoking. The quotes came from the wisdom of ancient times to contemporary leaders and thinkers. Most quotes are about the road to success and the obstacles you may face along the way. And some assure that it’s ok to fail – it ultimately leads you to success. There are some quotes that – though not directly related to success – really make you think. My favorite in this category is the one by Jameson Frank: “Our greatest battles are that with our own minds.”
Though the e-book is already inspiring as it is, I would have liked the quotes – considering that they are 70 – to be divided into sections. One section, for example, may be about persistence, another about failure, and so on. Also, I do not get why the author/compiler chose to compile 70 quotes in particular. Does he have any special reason for this?
The author/compiler should have also double-checked the spellings of the people quoted. For example, Napoleon Hill was spelled as Napolean Hill! This e-book should have been checked more thoroughly.
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| Product Reviewed: How To Be Happy |
| By: Craig McPherson |
| Category: Free Downloads - All Members |
| Review Title: I was not too happy reading this |
| Date Reviewed: August 21, 2007 |
I would say that this e-book appears to focus more on self-improvement, not on happiness. There are sections here on tapping your creativity, becoming an ideal leader and more relating to self-improvement. No problem with that – except that the title of the book should be changed accordingly.
I do not see any flow or continuity in this e-book unlike some where one chapter easily flows to the next. This one is more like articles compiled into an e-book. In fact, in one section here the author mentions “I hope this article has inspired you.” Maybe these are indeed compiled articles.
Also, the layout is too text-heavy. There should be some more white space separating each line. When stating information in seeming bullet points, it may be helpful to set the introductory phrase in bold font. For example, there is a section here where the author enumerates the points to consider in creative problem solving.
On a positive note, though, the advice here is indeed useful though more related with self-improvement. I also found the practical exercises here are also helpful. I would have preferred the e-book to include case studies or real-life examples too, though.
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| Product Reviewed: Setting Goals |
| By: Paul Smithson |
| Category: Free Downloads - All Members |
| Review Title: A useful guide to goal-setting |
| Date Reviewed: August 21, 2007 |
A short report but compact with useful, “actionable” information. It teaches you the importance of setting goals, particularly what exactly is in it for you. It shows the right way to set goals – that is, they should be SMART ones. The author, Paul Smithson, clearly explains what a SMART goal is and gives examples – even including Benjamin Franklin’s goals! Smithson even goes so far as advising how to convert New Year’s resolutions in to SMART goals.
At the same time, Smithson urges you to check your goals against your values. The critical question is – do you really need it? For a richer, happier life, the author also suggests setting goals in the different areas of your life – home, work, community, etc. the section about big, hairy, audacious goals (BHAG) is attention-grabbing and poses a good challenge.
The conclusion at the end of the report effectively summarizes the essence of goal-setting. You might also find the worksheets for goal-setting helpful. The motivational quotes at the end are also a nice touch.
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| Product Reviewed: The Rapid Manifestation Training Course |
| By: Song Chengxiang |
| Category: Free Downloads - All Members |
| Review Title: A well-thought approach on the law of attraction |
| Date Reviewed: August 23, 2007 |
A good, thought-provoking read, especially if you have goals – especially big ones – you want to achieve. Though it pretty much covers what other basic law of attraction books do, it takes a combination of a scientific and philosophical approach. I especially like the discussion on the principle of connections. This is the only law of attraction e-book so far that comprehensively explained this and how you should apply it. As the author, Song Chengxiang, discusses each principle of rapid manifestation, he also gives exercises from the likes of Deepak Chopra and other well-known thinkers to practically apply these principles.
The book gives some surprising, though useful advice. I was particularly amused with the philosophical, humorous, but at the same time practical advice of “Remind yourself [about] the truth that at the quantum level, you are already rich.” The bonus lessons after the principles were discussed are also a good companion to the principles discussed.
This book would be better though, with a little editing as there are some errors in grammar that interrupt the flow of reading.
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| Product Reviewed: Hygiene in the Kitchen |
| By: Michael Sheridan |
| Category: Free Downloads - All Members |
| Review Title: Must-read for anyone with a kitchen – meaning everyone! |
| Date Reviewed: August 23, 2007 |
This book is packed with information everyone needs to know about the bacteria that lurk in the kitchen, and how they can infect your food and cause illness if you are not careful. This is especially recommended for households with children, particularly babies. Knowing just how much bacteria can populate a kitchen really surprised me. Through this book I learned the right temperature for cooking and heating so as to kill bacteria and what to do control and kill them.
Written in a conversational, witty style with humor injected at the right places, this book kept me reading without stopping.
Though I am not too keen on applying everything here (in our house we have been doing many things contrary to this book and we have not yet been poisoned or infected), it would be best to apply everything here for households with babies and very young children whose immune system may still be a bit weak.
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| Product Reviewed: The World |
| By: Dan Lok |
| Category: Free Downloads - All Members |
| Review Title: Insightful and thought-provoking |
| Date Reviewed: August 25, 2007 |
Once I started reading, I couldn’t stop. After Bill Bishop shared his marketing secrets, I was totally absorbed in this e-book. It appears like he really knows how to market, even in interviews, as this e-book is mainly an interview with him.
In this e-book, Bill Bishop explains the difference between selling and marketing and the advantage of the latter, considering the change in human thinking. He shares successful marketing ideas that appear out of the box but sound commonsense – the “why-didn’t-I-think-of-that type of idea. He discusses consumer psychology like the herd mentality and shows how it comes into play in marketing. He also points out how a simple change in presentation can greatly affect sales. In the first personal story he shared in this e-book, he relates how he was able to sell more lobsters during his days as a waiter just by “re-packaging” his offer to customers.
My only nitpick would be the title, as it is a bit misleading. Upon reading the title, I expected the e-book to contain marketing success stories of the world’s top businesses.
Overall, every marketer would find this e-book an informative and insightful read.
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| Product Reviewed: The Confidence Booster |
| By: Anne-Marie Stewart |
| Category: Free Downloads - All Members |
| Review Title: Good reminder for confidence |
| Date Reviewed: August 25, 2007 |
Though most of the tips in this e-book might be something you have already heard about, they can serve as a good reminder to keep that confidence! – especially when things are not going so well.
With each tip being concise and complete in itself, you can pick one at random everyday and apply that to your life. This way, you surround yourself with positive things everyday and the negative falls away, helping build confidence. The tips here are helpful in the sense that they apply to different aspects – physical, emotional, mental, and social.
Also, the way the author, Anna Marie-Stewart, shared her life story on confidence in the introduction gives this e-book a personal touch. Her story also gives a humane side to this e-book as she relates how she gained confidence, lost it, and gained it back.
All in all, the e-book gives useful as well as uplifting advice.
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| Product Reviewed: As A Man Thinketh |
| By: James Allen |
| Category: Free Downloads - All Members |
| Review Title: The right foundations |
| Date Reviewed: August 25, 2007 |
In this classic converted to e-book form, James Allen shows just how powerful your thoughts can be to change your life and circumstances. His advice is probably the earlier version of the saying, “You become what you think about most.” Allen shows how, through thought, people can “ascend to divine perfection” or “descend below the level of the beast.”
In showing the effect of thoughts on circumstances, Allen uses an analogy of planting in the garden. Your thought is the seed. So what you sow, you reap. Allen shows how thought leads to habit, and habit to circumstance.
Allen also inspires awe of the human mind and soul by saying “Man can find every truth connected with his being, if he will dig deep into the mine of his soul.” Allen also shows how you can achieve your dreams by combining thought with purpose.
It is perfectly understandable that James Allen’s work influenced contemporary writers, thinkers and motivational speakers like Denis Waitley and Jim Rohn. Allen’s ideas are one of the foundations of the ongoing “mind revolution” today.
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| Product Reviewed: The Secrets Of Microsoft Word |
| Category: Ebooks - Silver & Gold Members |
| Review Title: Not really secrets, but basics |
| Date Reviewed: August 25, 2007 |
When I started reading this e-book, I expected to learn something new in using MS Word to cut down my time in using it. Unfortunately, as I read through this e-book, I began to realize the tips here may be more useful to beginner users, or specifically to those who only know how to use the text functions in MS Word. I am not an expert in using MS Word and I am not a graphic designer either, but I learned to use it for school projects and office work.
On the bright side, though, beginner users would find this e-book helpful. The author takes you through each step with illustrations, even circling in red the buttons you should press. The advice here on how to conserve ink will also be valuable to those who do not know it yet.
The word “secrets” in the title is misleading and should be re-phrased so the reader would not expect too much.
All in all, this e-book would be a useful read to MS Word beginners.
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| Product Reviewed: South-East Asia Rising Internet Marketers |
| By: Edmund Loh |
| Category: Ebooks - Silver & Gold Members |
| Review Title: Good read for Internet marketing newbies |
| Date Reviewed: August 27, 2007 |
This e-book takes you through the personal success stories of people who made it in the Internet. They tell about how they started their business, the challenges they faced (some did not make money for a long time when they started), their victories, and their learnings.
Some, like Edmund Loh and Keith Choy, even provide comprehensive, step-by-step advice in marketing.
Each marketer has a gem of information to share. Joe Tiew tells you to work smart – not work hard and how to do this. Dechen Lau talks about the power of promoting offline and advertising online. Keith Choy, in the words of Tony Robbins, advises you to take massive action. Bob Bastion emphasizes that knowledge is not power – rather, applied knowledge is.
All talked about their mistakes in Internet marketing and how they learned from them. Some even directly advised readers what NOT to do.
All in all, newbies – and even old-timers – in Internet marketing would find this book helpful.
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| Product Reviewed: Fitting Exercise Into A Busy Schedule |
| Category: Ebooks - Silver & Gold Members |
| Review Title: Fitness made slightly easier |
| Date Reviewed: August 27, 2007 |
This e-book gives the alternative to exercising one or two hours in the gym or sweating it out in a regular tennis game. It cuts down exercise to 20-30 minutes a day with the programs given here. It also advises how to increase intensity in your workout instead of increasing frequency as you might be too busy to do this.
This also shows how to integrate exercise in the workplace. However, I had expected some chair exercises to be included here as well.
For people on the go, the e-book lists small, convenient and lightweight exercise equipment you can carry wherever you go.
For those saving money, there are also suggested exercises here which do not need any equipment at all. Illustrations would greatly help to make the instructions clearer, though.
A nice bonus to this book is the examples of “fitness-friendly” hotels and airports listed towards the end.
Overall, this e-book is an informative read.
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