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IMC's 'Insider Secrets' Course: Derek Gehl Is A Super Funny Guy
Finally got myself the Internet Marketing Center's huge double folder, CD, DVD collection called 'The Insider Secrets To Marketing Your Business On The Internet.'

Sure is a comprehensive read... pretty much everything you
NEED to know, and a little more on the bonus CDs. (Actually those bonuses were pretty darn good, especially the 'Extreme web site makeover' DVD... Derek Gehl IS a funny guy...

It's a great reference manual which you'll want to keep next to you at all times.

Here's me suckin' down the internet marketing secrets at home in Thailand. There's only one binder pictured, but there's more to it than that...

Hey... SELL the knowledge, crammed into your brain!...

Go Look:
IMC Super Manual



Insider Secrets Course Thailand




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Photographer Invents Google Adsense Time Saver
22 December 2007
For immediate Release

Martin Hurley, an entrepreneur and photographer who resides in Thailand, has created software that stops internet marketing newbies and enthusiasts from looking at their Google Adsense earnings too often.

Hurley says, "I tell you, I know how addictive that first taste of income, that first Google dollar (G-dollar) is. It's like nothing else on earth. It's
divinely better than any funny smelling, green New Zealand herb..."

He goes on to say, "What happened was that I developed a slight problem... every day I just couldn't help but to sneak a quick look at my Google Adsense earnings. At first, I was disciplined... I just peeked a little in the morning and in the evening. But then, as I started to receive more and more traffic,
things unfortunately got way out of hand."

Google of course made it so easy to log in... and that little flashing, beckoning cursor just begged me to log in... after all,
it would only take a minute, right!?

"Over time, my whole life was shattered. Every few hours I would desperately steal a quick look, see how many G-dollars I had made. I was fast turning into a glassy-eyed, ruthless,
Adsense junkie, desperate to get my daily g-fix. It was becoming a huge time sucker. I couldn't even be away from my 'puter for long periods of time."

"Even worse, (I've never revealed this before in public either) I had picked up a
nasty, caffeine habit. That was something to do with late nights alone with my iMac, and the solitude of the Internet marketing profession."

"Anyway, with a highly volatile mix like that, you end up with
smokin' dynamite. So I knew I had to do something about it, and fast, or something was gonna blow."

Hurley went to work quietly on a small, powerful piece of software as a personal solution for his serious g-dollar addiction. But as he worked on it, he realized many others were probably spending ridiculous amounts of time checking their Google Adsense too.

That made him decide to release his software to the general public, to help others stop flirting away their precious time, and start focusing their time on more productive methods of business.

Although he also mentions in passing that the software cannot stop you from drinking your own choice of good coffee. (Actually I just observed him drinking something too, and it did smell like a high quality blend of fine Arabian coffee).

What the software does is revolutionary. It actually
limits users access to their own Google Adsense account. It can be set so that a user can access their account either once a day, or once a week, or even, for extreme Adsense addictions, once a month.

Along with this easily downloadable software comes an 'Adsense addictions' club where 'users' can get together and do stuff that people usually do in clubs. Like, um,
talk about stuff.

Hurley says he has his software set up so that he can view his g-dollars just once a week. "I'm happy with that. I've really cut back on this one. This has given me a whole new leash on life, more free time to focus on traffic building and creating digital photo products. Plus I'm more relaxed. I can go and walk the dog and not think about getting the
g-fix once."

The software is currently available at no cost and is currently in a beta testing mode. Stay tuned for more.


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How Great Goals Can Make You Achieve Faster
Sometimes, you have "great realizations."

You see, I observed a unique facet of human behavior recently. What I observed was that, we can really move towards our dreams, goals and beautiful visions much faster - if we have the necessary
stimulus.

For example, if you "lock" into a goal where you
NEED to earn $500.00 in 3 days from your online business... Then that "super-purpose" may just drive you to actually achieve it...

You almost really need to have a very pressing, heavy "junkies-need" to hit that target. You need to lock it in and focus on it, without any other outside influence whatsoever.

Right now I have a target to pull in USD$5000.00 to send myself to New Zealand for three months (2008) and study Internet marketing with one of the world's top marketers...

I'm locked in to achieving that goal.

Once you're locked in, then your brain goes to work to look for ways to bring in that amount. What stimulated me to "want to achieve this goal..?" The fantastic once-in-a-lifetime opportunity...

There's nothing like actual hands-on, real time learning. eBooks and videos don't do this. But actually
being there, watching and learning, will be so incredibly powerful that it is sure to change my life.

Other things that can be powerful motivators are
dream vehicles, or the perfect holiday, or maybe even large chunks of cash.

To learn more about my passion to get to New Zealand, see:

20 Ways To $100 A Day On Squidoo

Now, what's the Hummer for?

Well, it's another motivation... for some people... their dream vehicle will be a BMW 3 series. For others, they may just have their heart set on the Hummer...


Hummer H3 photo


Motivation comes in different packages, and it's all around us...

The Hummer design is impressive... the whole "look" especially when you first view the website, is powerful, and sleek.



Hummer H3 photo

Motivational...

"Due in part to the military HMMWV renown in Desert Storm, AM General introduced a civilian version of the vehicle called the HUMMER in 1992. Known as “the world’s most serious 4x4,” the revolutionary vehicle has found favor with commercial users who appreciate the value of HUMMER’s long life and amazing performance, and individuals who seek the ultimate in toughness and mobility."

If you want to see more, check out my Squidoo lens...

Is The Humvee The Perfect Vehicle?



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Australian Citizenship Test
And now for something completely different...
From an email I received...


Australian photo artist
Above: A picture of an Australian citizen.


Subject: FW: FEW: Australian Citizenship Test


1. Do you understand the meaning, but are unable to explain the origin of, the term 'died in the arse'?

2. What is: a bloody little beauty?

3. Are these terms related: chuck a sickie; chuck a spaz; chuck a U-ey?

4. Explain the following passage:

'In the arvo last Chrissy the relos rocked up for a barbie, some bevvies and a few snags. After a bit of a Bex and a lie down we opened the pressies, scoffed all the chockies, bickies and lollies. Then we drained a few tinnies and Mum did her block after Dad and Steve had a barney and a bit of biffo.'

5. Macca, Chooka and Wanger are driving to Surfers in their Torana. If they are travelling at 100 km/h while listening to Barnsey, Farnsey and Acca Dacca, how many slabs will each person on average consume between flashing a brown eye and having a slash?

6. Complete the following sentences:

a) 'If the van's rockin' don't bother .......
b) You're going home in the back of a .........
c) Fair crack of the...........

7. I've had a gutful and I can't be fagged. Discuss

8. Have you ever been on the giving or receiving end of a wedgie?

9. Do you have a friend or relative who has a car in their front yard 'up on blocks'? Is his name Bruce and does he have a wife called Cheryl, and they both have mullets ?

10. Does your family regularly eat a dish involving mincemeat, cabbage, curry powder and a packet of chicken noodle soup called either chow mein, chop suey or kai see ming?

11. What are the ingredients in a rissole?

12. Demonstrate the correct procedure for eating a Tim Tam.

13. Do you have an Aunty Irene who smokes 30 cigarettes a day and sounds like a bloke?

14. In any two-hour period have you ever eaten three-bean salad, a chop and two serves of pav washed down with someone else's beer that has been flogged from a bath full of ice?

15. When you go to a bring-your-own-meat barbie can you eat other people's meat or are you only allowed to eat your own?

16. What purple/redroot vegetable beginning with the letter 'b' is required by law to be included in a hamburger with the lot?

17. Do you own or have you ever owned a lawn mower, a pair of thongs, an Esky or Ugg boots?

18. Is it possible to 'prang a car' while doing 'circle work'?

19. Who would you like to crack on to?

20. Who is the most Australian: Kevin 'Bloody' Wilson, John 'True Blue' Williamson, Kylie Minogue or Warnie?

21. Is there someone you are only mates with because they own a trailer or have a pool?

22. What does "sinkin' piss at a mates joint and gettin' paralised" actually mean?

You may copy your mates answers. Please submit this back to me when you have had a fair old crack.

The pass rate is 45%





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Facebook: The Beautiful Online Experience
Facebook: The Beautiful Online Experience

Tasmania Australian photography
Above - Colin Mowbray's stunning Tasmania (Australia) photography from within Facebook. See Colin's Silver Rocket website for more.


What attracted me to Facebook was the overall
attractiveness of the experience.

It's much like walking into a rich, fresh coffee-aroma cafe and sliding yourself into the nearest luxurious chair-sofa, Macbook Pro within reach, wireless fired up, and super latte ordered and on its way.

Yeah, everything 'inside' Facebook is nicely positioned... orderly... it's refreshing on a designer's eye, and perhaps compelling enough for any entrepreneur to just, heck,
get networking immediately...

Like Brad, Facebook sure is 'easy on the eye.' Happy

In fact, in Facebook, it's (almost) so intuitive that you fall into trying new things just by experiment... just because they look, well, great! (Cute, and function well).

In contrast, MySpace is the grunge cafe, with loud, flashy music, and an untidy-ness that obviously LOTS of people like...
except me. I just like orderly, precious, well thought out design...

For example, I love the iMac, the whole Apple Mac concept, design experience, the iPod, and the Mac family...

Some people have an ability (and need) to appreciate a certain e-beauty, or
"beautiful online experience" (BOE)...

But when 'inside' MySpace I just couldn't bring myself to network... it seemed too distracting, someone was always playing loud music somewhere when I wanted to sit at my e-table and
talk about marketing to other entrepreneurs...

With Facebook we're already networking, and sitting around with high tech gadgets, brainstorming ideas, celebrating the now, loving every cyber-minute of it...
And with the Porsche parked out the back.

There's a world of differences...
and I know which I prefer...

Anyway,
do try it...

This is what CNN (money) said about Facebook and Microsoft (Microsoft just invested $240 million into Facebook)...

Read the CNN Money article here

"In a way nobody has seen since the early days of Google, the collective attention of Silicon Valley is focused on one company. Facebook has everyone riveted for two reasons.

First, it seems to represent the future of the Web because it is such an
elegantly-designed way for individuals to connect with each other. The socially-networked Internet is what techies see as the next thing and Facebook is the standard-bearer.

Second, what causes Facebook to stand out from the scores of other social networking companies is its amazing pace of growth...

In today's conference call Facebook Chief Operating Officer Owen Van Natta said that the company is
doubling its base of active users every six months. Today the figure is around 50 million. In a separate conversation with me he said that the company's growth internationally has been so stunning that users outside the U.S. now represent 60 percent of the total."

My thoughts are that, we, as the new-world Facebook users, are saying that we are
READY for more beautiful online experiences... and we expect that experience to be easy, user-friendly, and rewarding... we know the value of our time (at least, most of us do!)

By the way, Facebook's company valuation was a cool $15 billion.
Worth every cent too.



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2000 Per Month SBI Website, Video Reveals All!
He Made The Website And Was Set For Life

How Elad Does
2K Per Month From His SBI Website, Revealed!

As an affiliate for Site Build It (SBI!), yesterday I discovered they had some great promo videos available...

Actually SBI! is one of my
hidden secrets to passive earnings...

My own SBI site
(www.great-printable-calendars.com) is far from a masterpiece, but it still keeps earning, day in, and day out.

It's also ranked in the top ten percent of websites on the net... Its
Alexa ranking went from 1 million plus to currently 550,000 in the space of a couple of weeks. It dropped so quickly that I could almost watch it change on a daily basis!

Just so you're clear,
Yahoo.com is currently ranked no. 1, with Google.com at no.2 (the lower the number, the higher the popularity)... but this may all change tomorrow. Happy

Imagine being in the top ten...

Or in the
top 100 websites on the Internet...





By the way, if you're a passionate photographer and interested in earning extra income for your family, for vacations, to travel the world to further your experiences, or just set up your own portable photo empire, then I invite you CLICK TO PLAY...


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Selling Photography Entrepreneurs Love Google!
GET this... yesterday I discovered, to my great astonishment, one of my previously unseen in Google selling photography sites - was at long last, IN Google! I had made it into the BIG G DADDY!

Talk about
BLISS!

For a specific 3 word 'keyword' that relates to selling photos, my www.digitalphototoolkit.com site was showing up on page 3...


Thank you Google, I LOVE YOU.

And in a minute, I'll tell you how it came about.

But firstly, let me say, that I hadn't really optimized this site for the search engines either...

Apart from the normal stuff such as meta tags, image descriptions, and so on.

And just so you know, this is the radical little photo site:

Sell Photographs Solutions for Entrepreneurs

I was so happy when I discovered that photo site in Google... I went outside and screamed "I Love You Google" like some sort of crazed, Internet marketing entrepreneur who'd just pulled a four figure sales day...



selling photography sales letter

Rough snap shot of my
Digital Photo Toolkit sales letter...
this little devil made me cry with frustration more than you
would ever believe... is this what
selling photography is all about?



Anyway, how did I do it, and, more importantly, how can you do it?

Ok...
Ok... I'm about to show you.

This technique won't cost coin either. And it's rather quite simple. I just submitted a bunch of selling photography niche articles that I wrote to article sites, such as
www.ezinearticles.com and www.isnare.com.*

And then waited...

For about a month or so... Happy

Until BINGO!

Of course you need to have a
good idea about what you're writing about and make sure to have the right links in the author's resource box at the end of the article... Happy

See how I do that with my
photo niche articles here...

Also... something that helped me Big Time was to learn 'HOW' to write my articles correctly... (it really helps if you get a little inside knowledge)...

For that, I invested in Turn Words Into Traffic.

And, believe me, he
REALLY over-delivers! (Bonuses are substantial - print them out and keep by your side).

It does give you the 'edge' on the finer aspects of article writing...


TRY it and see!

NB. * Isnare does cost some coin, but not too much! Happy









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The 100 Day Field Of Dreams

The $100 a Day field of dreams

$100 a day field of dreams

Could you use an extra $100 every day?

How much more fun could you have with an extra $100 in your pocket?

To be spent anyway you want, whenever you want, without a worry in the world...


It's a nice, even figure to aspire towards, don't you think?

Let me tell you a little story...

Lately, I worked on and contributed towards my
own
'field of dreams' $100 a day vision.

Me, and another 20 co-authors, that is. Happy

I didn't contribute a chapter, but
hung around the
sidelines, throwing a few ideas into the pot, and proof
reading everything that came at me...

Actually it was a huge team effort. We (Inner Circle members)
all rubbed elbows on this project, designers, writers, editors,
proof readers, and more... and got this done in about 3 weeks!

Why am I telling you now though?

Because this
Monday, Oct 8th the ebook we all created,
"20 Ways To Make $100 Per Day Online" will be released.

Although this might not exactly be your cup of tea,
I do know that most people could use extra ideas to
make their own 'field of dreams' come to fruition.

It's actually an awesome little 247 page book too, and I'm
glad I was part of it. It includes over
20 different
plans to make $100 a day
working a few hours a day online.


100 a day field of dreams

The online business models in this ebook are not
just theory either... they are actual personal experiences
from people who 'walk the walk' and are making $100
or more online, everyday...

Officially it launches on
October 8th. Here's where
you can go to pick up a copy:

$100 A Day Online

And if you want to be a part of the team that made such
an ambitious project appear so easy and effortless, you can
join the
"Inner Circle" - and possibly even participate in
future projects like this... (there are more planned)

The Inner Circle

I know you'll love it...


Martin

PS. This ebook sells for $27 and you want to be one of the
first ones
to get it because when you do, you can then register
for the customer-only affiliate program, and then you can sell the
ebook for 100% commission (deposited directly to your Paypal account).



Remember... OCT 8th >
go here:

$100 A Day Online


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In Your First Life You Drive, In Your Second Life You Fly
The Super Surrealism Of Second Life


Second Life insight


Everyone reacts to Second Life differently I'm sure of it. For me, it was profound, pure and simple. And I never play games online. But I love the mystical surrealism of life and the adventures of humans on planet earth and beyond.

When I first saw
Second Life my eyes nearly popped out of my head. I was enthralled, astonished. It was me, but it was me in another life. A second life. I loved how I could 'go there' and walk around, meet people and talk about life and anything I wanted.

I loved how I could fly, (and
teleport) and buy property, look at art works, have riveting conversations with strangers. Last time I visited this blonde bombshell was sitting all friendly like on the couch right next to me. She wasn't very talkative but who knows what it could have led to.

I want to go back to
Second Life now. Maybe I'll build a nice little out of this world apartment there. It's love-able. But you know what? Second Life is intelligently trippy. And it's the start of great things to come.

Wait until we can drop in and drive motorcycles and vehicles around, and fly helicopters in there.
It's just a matter of time.


Second Life

That's me with the black hair looking out to sea. And the rocky raccoon, um...

And get this. I've only met about 20 or 30 people in there too, but it's said that there's 9 million inhabitants. I've got no idea where they are hiding, or hanging out. But I haven't ventured too far yet. (I haven't even seen any big cities in there). Who knows how big the whole place is!

One time I went venturing and found myself in a huge Swedish art gallery. I think it was Swedish. There were people all around me, but I had no clue what they were talking about. One guy was taking a bath in a spa.

But be careful.
Second Life eats time quickly. Your time.

That's because it has an incredible fascination factor. And you? You'll LOVE it, for sure. Just think... whatever you can imagine, you CAN create in there...

And if you want to fly... See Second Life here.





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How To Get The Digital Photo Toolkit For Free

Host Your Website And Get
The Digital Photo Toolkit For
Free!

"What is web site hosting and why is it important?"

Dreamhost photo special
Good question!

Web site hosting is something all of us need if we have a website. It's basically where your website will 'live' or be hosted. You need somewhere to host your website/s, just like you need somewhere to purchase a domain name.

Let's say you're at home working on a page of your website using a tool such as Dreamweaver, Microsoft Frontpage, or RapidWeaver (if you've got a Mac like me).

Once your page is complete, you'll need to upload, or FTP, your new web page to your host. This page will then be live on the Internet, where everyone can see it...

Fortunately, there's an abundance of web hosting choices out there. For example, a web host called DreamHost has been around for ten years, (which should inspire confidence about trusting them).

DreamHost will cost you about $7.95 per month and has a 3 month money back guarantee. (By the way, BlueHost has a similar fee structure, and is what I personally use and host my websites with).

Now there's things you need to know about a webhost and things you don't need to know. (At least, this early in the game). What you
DO need to know is that your webhost has a good support system in place...

That simply means that when you contact support, that they will answer your questions, help you out, and do it as quick as possible. It's even better if they have real-time online contact. Why? Because when you're starting out, you will have
LOTS of questions you need answers for...

On the other hand, some of the stuff you most likely won't need to know just yet will be stuff with funny names like WebDAV, Sub-Directories, Cron Jobs, MediaStreaming and so on. Don't worry, that stuff is in there for good reason, but just focus on what's important first.

In my experience you will need to swim around (look at) your web host for quite a while to get a feel of how 'easy' it is for you to find the information you need.

Tip: Some hosts have a "wiki" or online hosting manual that will help you find everything you should need. It's really a knowledge base, and believe me, it'll be something that you'll find to be very helpful. (Good news - DreamHost does).

Anyway, you may be wondering about the free offer...

Selling photos solutions

OK. So, you might know about my Digital Photo Toolkit... If you don't, have a look here: selling photos solutions

This ebook shows photographers how to effectively use Internet Marketing techniques to 'wide-angle' their online reach. Simply put, you don't need to just take photos to be successful... In fact, you should (and can) be doing lots more than that(!)

In The Digital Photo Toolkit you'll learn all about info-products, e-goods, e-products and other methods to help you pocket more cash, sell more photos, build your 'photo business' and free up your valuable 'creative time'...

The Digital Photo Toolkit is priced at $47.95. However it's yours
FREE when you sign up for web hosting with DreamHost...

Plus, you get a 'healthy' discount...

If you sign up to DreamHost for one year, you get $10 off the price, 2 years $20, 3 years $30, 5 years $40 and 10 years $70.

Great, but how do I sign up to DreamHost?

It's easy. Just click here

URL: http://www.dreamhost.com/r.cgi?351427

By the way, I may pull this great offer anytime, so I urge you to act now.

You'll need to use a special code to get the discount above AND the Digital Photo Toolkit. This is the code you'll need: DPT_SPECIAL

IMPORTANT:
You will need to enter the promo code (DPT_SPECIAL) in the appropriate field on the sign-up page. The discount amount will be displayed on the (2nd) payment page during the sign up process. Make sure you enter this promo code correctly... that will give you your discount and make sure that I know who to give my Digital Photo Toolkit to!


Any questions? Leave a comment below...



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How To Download Skype For Mac

How to download Skype for Mac...

Now, just before we do,
why is Skype so good?

Well, it's just a convenient way of talking with people all over the world, for free, using your computer and internet connection. You can chat and use real time video, or just chat using messages. It's great for business or personal... keep in touch with family or getting some quick business advice.

This short tutorial is for Mac users. Mac users need to have OS X 10.3 or higher.

Tip: Click on 'Software Update' in the top left corner of your screen to upgrade your Mac to the newest operating system...

Window users you will need to follow the same steps but just make sure you are downloading Skype for Windows...


So here's the steps to take:

Go and get Skype.
Download it here.

That step should bring you to a page similar to the screen grab below.

Then click the
Download button (see where the red is).


skype download mac


You might want to explore the site and learn about how it all works, check out the FaQs, and get familiar with using Skype too.

Next step will bring you to this screen (see below).

Click on the green
download now button...


skype download mac


Once you hit that button
Skype will start downloading automatically in the background. As far as I can remember it's a pretty big file (about 60 MB I think). Takes a few minutes.

You should see this page below...



skype download


Ok... Now it's just a matter of following these instructions (above).

You just need to follow the
Setup Wizard...

He will wave his magic wand and lead you
calmly through it...

Basically
you want to be moving the Skype icon to your Applications folder. Then eject the disk image, and open Skype from the Applications folder. You might want to bring a Skype alias into your dock too... so that it's easy to open...

Then you will need to get your friend's Skype user names, and add your profile details...

That's it.
All done. Go get your friends user names and any further questions just leave a comment below...





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The meaning of life and other stories

KTM 690 LC4 supermoto


The Meaning Of Life


The KTM 690 LC4 SuperMoto.

I just had to be clear about what
drives me, what motivates me to create...

Good design is the right spice.

When cooking, the right spice is needed. This gives the meal (life) the tang, and taste.

KTM designers are at the forefront of providing the right spice.

As are BMW, and other European savvy car and bike designers.

Seeing pictures of my 'dream' is what motivates me to continue. I imagine myself with this toy.

What's your visual spice?

Surround yourself with your dreams, even if they are pictures... and eventually, they will come to fruition.


At least, that's the right mindset, I'm sure. Happy




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Just Get Started
How to start?

Perhaps the easiest way is to just "start."

I'm pretty knowledgeable at Internet marketing. But hopeless at most things high tech.

I can understand html. Heck, sometimes I even use it. But when it comes to uploading, servers, coding, CSS, it's like a language that I don't yet understand. I'm forced to know this stuff though...

I can speak
basic coder-talk.

Can see html as being a beautiful thing too.

I recommend you learn some basics though...

Unless you are prepared to outsource everything.

There's lots of html/CSS info out there online... just search for html codes, or "CSS" or "html help."

Here is a great HTML resource page:
http://www.davesite.com/webstation/html/

The thing I am currently
outsourcing is press releases... using elance.com...

I'll let you know how that progresses...


THE stuff under this is just to remind myself... Winking

If you'd like to create a custom Permalink for a specific blog entry, click the "Custom Permalink" checkbox and type in a unique word or phrase (e.g. "my_first_blog") into the Permalink field. When RapidWeaver publishes your blog page, it will create a Permalink based on the word or phrase you've entered.
Use an underscore instead of spaces when typing your Permalink's phrase.





Surrounds text that is supposed to be entered by the reader on their keyboard.


Examples of Text Color...

I'm Blue!

In green and Impact Font!

Hey this is red!



cool ideas from Hurley

This part should be yellow


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