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Flattery won’t get you everywhere

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I’m amazed by the amount of  ‘VA’ spammers out there, who are desperate to get their comments posted on this blog.  Regular spam is bad enough but VAs doing this? Your flattery and use of big words will not impress me, nor the html coding you leave in the comments either.

However, if you add value to the article and simply leave your name and URL in the relevant fields, your comments will get published and people can visit your site if they wish.

Spamming on a peer’s site is not the way to get yourself good attention. It will just serve to have you added to the spam list managed by Akistmet or any of the other spam filter programs used by bloggers.

Listed in 100 More Women Bloggers To Watch

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WE Magazine for Women’s has a new list of 100 More Women Bloggers to Watch and I’m thrilled to announce that my photo blog is on that list.

I encourage you to visit that list – you’ll see some familiar names but also some blogs you didn’t know about and will find well worth visiting.

Why not go get yourself a cuppa right now, then click on the link below to start viewing 100 blogs written by women?

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Friday Finds

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I haven’t done one of these posts for quite sometime – so I thought I’d show you some of my latest finds on Google Reader!

This one is mine – I write a number of blogs http://soho-life.com/blog/

Democratizing Twitter

My Blogging Journey (well, not mine but that of the author of this post)

Were you April fooled about Conficker?

Increase your changes to be linked at your blog (well, I’m trying to do mine!) 🙂

Dare to stand out and be noticed

Top 10 strategies for marketing your business

And something to amuse you (Be prepared for a real belly laugh – good for the soul!)

Victorian Bush Fires and the Need for Tourism

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Last year I wrote about two different situations where the VA community grouped together to help one of its own.  One was when a VA shared on her challenges and others rallied round to help her.  The other was when I, myself, was going through a family tragedy and so many once again, rallied round to support me and let me know they were there in my time of need.

Well, another need has been highlighted by one of my team today and it relates to the Victorian bushfires that most of the world now knows about by now.  There have been so many stories of those directly affected – lost homes, lives, pets, livestock, businesses, crops and so on.  It has been devastating and has swept our nation with grief and shock. And we’ve had firemen flown over from New Zealand and the US (and possibly other areas) to come help fight the biggest natural disaster Australia has ever known.

There is a massive fund raising effort being held currently and many people are donating clothing, food, goods, household items, places to stay and so on to assist those directly affected.

But it wasn’t till today that I’d given thought to those indirectly affected and this is also something that needs to be highlighted.  The businesses and communities that will suffer loss – extreme loss, if nothing is done – due to the drop in tourism because people are either scared or incorrectly assumed other towns have been wiped out.  One of those is Beechworth and because a member of my VA team lives and works there, it is something I want to highlight here.  I have blogged and twittered about this situation but I want to encourage you too, to write about it.  Perhaps even adopt a town you know of in Victoria, that needs that kind of attention and support.  And if you do, why not leave a comment here with a direct link to the post you’ve made and the town you are supporting.

Thank you for your help on behalf of all in Victoria who have a need of this kind.

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Intel Centrino – a Notebook to play with

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Over the past few weeks I’ve had the privilege of playing with, and testing, an Intel Centrino 2 powered notebook.  It has a great easy to view widescreen, is very compact, slim and lightweight, and easy to use. This one has Windows Vista installed on it and OpenOffice suite.  It also has 4gig ram.

I wasn’t able to carry out my normal daily activities on it as it didn’t have the software I use every day (MS Office 2003, ACT!, Quickbooks, Dreamweaver) for my regular client activity and it would have taken a few hours to load and then add my data. However, the issue of putting client work on someone else’s computer isn’t a good idea as I would need to be confident that it was all totally wiped back off again.

But I did get to use it for web browsing, blogging, participating in chat forums, and tried out the OpenOffice which I’d never used before.

I was impressed with the long battery life and the speed with which it opened programs and seemed to download quicker although it had the same internet connection that the rest of the computers in my office had.

If you are shopping for a new laptop and wanted something that is lightweight, easy to travel with and could literally put inside a large handbag (I’m talking the ladies here) then this one is for you.

The website can direct you to a choice of different vendor notebooks for your needs so if you want performance and style, or long lasting battery life and performance, or all of the above, you can simply pick and choose. The site helps you to understand what you are after i.e a Toshiba or Dell before you go and make your purchase. The site also leads to online reviews, etc to understand the differences.  I consider myself lucky to be asked to try one out and give my thoughts.

Intel Centrino has a fantastic promotion on right now and some lucky people will get to win a notebook each or an entertainment system.  And if you click on the Great Prizes logo and then click on the link for the Centrino 2 room you’ll see others who have had the opportunity to test out this great little notebook.

You can find out more about this great notebook at http://www.centrino2room.com.au/

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