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Where to Get CCNA certified in a Week
[ No Comments ] Posted on 09.25.08 under Get Certified!
CCNA certified in one week! is it possible? Well the answer to this question is definitely yes. I have done it and many others have have done it too. I spent many months trying to get the most effective way to get certified. By effective i mean getting my CCNA certification in the shortest time possible with the best instructors for only a fraction of the cost. There is only one place where i found this possible. Its never easy and is not for the faint hearted but you can do it. Some experience with cisco gadgets in needed and if you are new to networking i dont recommend CCNA in a week. Getting back to where? India is the place. Those that have done will agree with me. I went to india for two weeks and i came back with Cisco and Microsoft certifications. I admit it was the most intense learning experience of my life but the end was also the most fulfilling achievement of my life. I had to put my whole mind and time to it because i knew that if i didnt i will never pass the exams. Mumbai was not the nicest of places to be but the quality and experience in IT training is clearly some of the best in the world. The cost is unbeatable anywhere in the world. For just over $1300 you will get full training exam, meals and transport inluding airport pickup and drop off. This is unbeatble value. Training centres exist in Mumbai Delhi Goa Shimla and i’m sure a few other places. If like it in a more serene environment you can try Goa. Mumbai and Delhi are very busy and crowded but what does it matter if you know what you have gone there for. The training centres are very good and staff in all these places very helpful.
A few recomended centres include Gates Training and Koenig Solutions. In Goa IPgates is excellent. I just heard a few days ago that gatetraining is closing down whic is really a shame
US Bank Account Scams
[ No Comments ] Posted on 06.06.08 under Money Making Online
If you do a lot of online business and and don’t leave in the US you are probably searching ways to get your self a US bank account. The convenience of having one cannot be overestimated. You probably need one to collect online payments or to transfer your Pay Pal funds so you can withdraw them. Pay Pal cash withdrawals are restricted to certain countries only. One way to access your Pay Pal cash at no cost is to have a US Account.
Those that have tried to get a US Account will tell you that its not easy to find a US Bank that will allow you a foreigner to open an account for not too much a cost. Those that do demand outrageous minimum balances and deposits making it impossible for most small online business people like you and me.
A number of websites have taken advantage of this and are selling what they call US account opening kits for as much as $140 for the kit which is basically forms and simple instructions of how to go about opening a US Account. The forms will work fine but what they don’t tell you are the details of the agreements with the banks concerned. You only realize that you are paying hefty fees monthly when its too late.
One of these kits is a bunch of forms from E Trade Securities LLC. They allow you to open a brokerage account as a foreigner and it works fine for all intents and purposes but you need to be very careful read every agreement in detail and check the fee schedules properly before you proceed. All these forms that you pay for when you are buying the kits are completely free and can be downloaded from the bank website. Do you think a bank thats looking for customers will make it so had for them to find the necessary forms to open an account? Think again!
Virtual Visa Cards Reviews
[ No Comments ] Posted on 06.03.08 under Money Making Online
Not everyone with a bank account can get a Credit or Debit card that works online. Most cards will work at ATMs but are not for online purchases. This is common especially in the developing countries unfortunately. Many people these countries want to use online purchasing services but cannot. The one solution that works for everyone is to buy a virtual Visa Card. Others buy these VCC in order to protect their identities while they shop online but whatever the reason virtual cards are indeed very handy. For those that have limited banking facilities the payment method accepted for these cards matters a lot. Some accept on E-Gold others money order and very few accept other payment methods such as Money Gram and Western Union. The latter two are very widely used money transfer method in countries with limited financial facilities.
Of all the VCCs i give full credit to worlwide-virtual-visacards.com. They are very responsive and efficient flexible and offer more methods of paying than most others. I strongly recommend them to anyone that wants a VCC. The only thing i didn’t like is when i asked a question on their online website chat some guy said all information is on the website. But it could just have been a simple line answer. Other than that i strongly recomend. And besides you can get a real plastic card from them for an extra fee but i was very happy with Jpeg VCC they send me.
I have tried other like Trucards, Card444, and although Card444 worked for me they took more than a week to get a a VCC by email. Trucards dont have the payment method i can use.
Hotels Combined Affiliate Programs
[ No Comments ] Posted on 05.29.08 under Money Making Online
Hotels affiliate programs are not an easy market to break into. Most affiliates will operate websites for years without making a dime. The reason is very simple. People are very careful when they are making payments online and they need to be really sure about who they are using to make that hotel reservation. Reputation and trust has to be established and this takes a lot of work and time. Getting that trust and reputation will depend mostly on how well you represent yourself as a website and how many good reviews you get. Even approvals to good affiliate programs will very much depend on the quality of your site. If you site looks professional and has a lot of good content in very presentable layout then approvals wont be difficult.
There is one affilliate program that seem to work even for the beginer. And they are a join one to get all type of program. Its the best i have seen so far. Hotelscombined.com is the one hotel affilliate programs i would recomend for any beginer. Its one of the few that even pays per lead as well as sales. The uniques thing about the hotelscombined affilliate programs is that customers that click an affilliate link or banner will be be presented with multiple reputable and well known internet hotel booking and reservation websites to pick from. A lot of which they will be very comfortable with. And if they are comfortable sales are likely to follow. Even if they dont make a sell at least you could get some income from your lead.
Cannot Reinstall Windows XP Sata Drive not Detected!
[ No Comments ] Posted on 05.08.08 under Computer Help
Common problem when you try to re-install XP on a recent Laptop. You start you installation but when you get to the point where you need to format the hard disc it cannot be seen by XP.
Solution:
Go to your BIOs change the Sata mode to the most primitive mode supported. Save to CMOS and restart the installation. You can revert your Sata Mode back once you have completed your installation. Some have tried the F6 key to try and install the driver but it never always works. This is the best way around the problem.
Error FFFFF95b@ 2 Mcafee Antivirus Cant Update
[ No Comments ] Posted on 05.08.08 under Computer Help
Trying to update you Mcafee VirusScan Enterprise ver 8.XX you get the following error:
“failed to initialize common updater subsystem. make sure the mcafee framework service is running. Mcafee common framework error fffff95b@2 ffffff95b@ 2″
I struggled with this one for while. Tried a lot of things i got from Google but nothing. The following virus and Trojans were detected on the computer:
PWS-WOW, W32/Yahlove, Generic!atr and W32/Autorun(Virus)
Well i found a solution that has worked every time.
This is how i did it.
1. Uninstall McAfee Antivirus program from your computer. You can use the Add Remove programs tool in the conrol Panel.
2. Navigate to the following folder:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\application data\McAfee
Delete the folder: Common Framework
3. Reinstall Mcafee Viruscan and and update you virus definitions.
Reinstalling without removing the common framework folder will not remove the problem.
Hope someone will find this helpful.
How much can i make from Adsense?
[ No Comments ] Posted on 05.07.08 under Money Making Online
If you are new to Adsense or considering it as a way of making some cash off your website you are probably wondering how much you will from the clicks you get. It is a difficult question to answer in the sense that Google does not like anyone to tell others exactly what they make and also the earnings potential is a factor of many considerations including content quality, Google ranks, etc. If you are earning small its probably because Google thinks your site does not give advertisers a good return on investment(ROI) from Google’s point of view. In simple terms smart pricing is working against you. There is a post on the Adsense Blog about smart pricing. You can find the post here. It clears some misconceptions about smart pricing. And most people who complain about it are really not doing enough to improve the quality of their content. Maintaining advertiser confidence in Adsense is a very difficult task and i must say the guys at Google are doing a great job.
From my little experience with Adsense i have learned that there is probably not much else you can do to increase your earnings than creating good high quality content that is useful to someone out there and not a copy of someone else’s work. Of course there are a few website optimizations tips you can use to increase your click through ratios and get back those clicks that you could have other wise lost. Optimization helps but content is what will bring traffic to your website.
Getting back to the money potential! This is the equation to use.
Income = (Quality Content + Site Optimization) (Traffic + Advertiser ROI)
Quality brings traffic, Traffic is the visits you get, Optimization determines how many visits become clicks, Advertiser ROI determines how happy the advertiser gets and the willingness of Google to pay you good for that click. The biggest problem with most publishers is that they focus on the least important parts. Start developing content today. Millions are waiting to read it.
Joel Comm is the one guy that understands Adsense to the max and if you are new and you want to get anywhere with Adsense he is the to talk too. Not an easy thing to do but you can get all the information from his book. Click the banner bellow for more information.
Successful Blogging
[ No Comments ] Posted on 02.14.08 under Uncategorized
The key to a successful blog is producing original content that will keep bringing visitors just like you back. Of course design and looks do matter a lot but what i have found to be the main attraction is the content of the blog. If you are good at writing up about anything then you have already crossed the biggest hurdle that deters most bloggers. What will keep that traffic of visitors flowing is the content you post on your blog. Presentation is also important so you need to have some creative design for your blog. Fortunately many options are available even for those that have no web design skills. You can sign up for free blog hosting from a number of providers and these include Google’s blogger, Microsoft’s Windows Live Spaces, WordPress etc. Although these blog hosting services are free they come with a number of limitations which will limit your creativity in terms of design and looks of your blog. You can get a number of free themes to choose from but you have very little room to change appearance of your blog. If you want more flexibility i would strongly recommend a professional hosting service. Of all hosting services all factors taken into consideration i opted for a Bluehost hosting plan. Bluehost’s ease of use and setup and almost unlimited options has been more than sufficient for my needs. What i found most attractive was the control panel which makes setup foolproof. I tried different content managers within the Bluehost control panel. These included Xoops, Joomla, Siteframe etc and blogs such as B2evolution and Nucleus. I was extremely impressed with Joomla but finally settled for WordPress which i think is fantastic. This blog is powered by Word Press and i’m completely happy with its flexibility and high availability of Plug ins and Widgets for the blog. A few months ago i could only work with HTML but now i have found more flexibility and ease of use in WordPress.
Affiliate Programs That Really Pay
[ No Comments ] Posted on 01.09.08 under Money Making Online
If you have some sort of web presence you are probably thinking of how you can use you website to make some income. That is if you have not already done so. One of the first things you need to do is get traffic to your site and how much of it you get really depends mainly on the quality of your content and not so much the content itself. There is many other ways to bring traffic to your website but i will not focus on that right now instead i will touch on that in great detail in a later post. In this post i’m mostly going to concern myself with affilliate programs. For the sake of those that are new to this field. Affiliate marketing is a web based marketing practice in which a business pays or rewards you for each visitor or customer brought about by your efforts. You being an affiliate will be rewarded based on agreed terms such as percentage of the sale if your lead results in a sale. Some businesses also pay per lead meaning that you get rewarded for each customer or visitor you lead to their website even if they dont buy. In the begining you will hardly make anything off your efforts but persistance and content quality improvement will soon win you loyal visitors. As you get more traffic then you begin to see some results.
There are numerous affiliate or associate programs you can join. For most of them the only prerequisite is you need to have a website. Some are stringent when it come to quality and very strict and will not just accept you unless your website meets their minimum standard. Others are completely open and almost anyone can join. But of all of these i found Commision Junction to be the best in terms of options and products and you will find products to promote for any type of content. Commision Junction takes business very seriously and has drawn numerous advertisers ranging from internet gaming companies to Hotel chains and gift stores. It probably all you will need if you plan to market products on your website but be sure to make sales quick because commision junction will deactivate your account if you do not make any sales within a period of a few months.
Pay per Click programs work well for beginers and will give you a few cents right from the start. Google adsense is probabaly the most popular and by far most succeful pay per click program. Alternatives include Yahoo Internet Marketing, Microsoft’s Adcenter and others such as Bidvertiser. Google Adsense is the recomended way to go if you are a beginer. How much you make will depend on how may visitors you get and how well you are able to covert each of those visits to clicks. Optimizing your site for Adsense is another big topic which will also come in a later post but if you are really keen to do it now i recomend you buy Joel Comm’s book on Adsense. It the only book you will need to master Adsense and make the most out of it.
Another affiliate program worth mentioning here is the Hotelscombined Affiliate program. The have developed a one of a kind program that allows you to to lead your vistors to almost every good hotel in the world and still give them the flexibility of comparing rates from over twenty online booking and reservation websites. If you have a travel site be sure to join the Hotelscombined affiliate program.