In this Post
* Catch Up 
* Amazon Bits
* New Cloaker News
* Next Meet Up – Sat 4th Feb!
* Sign Off

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* Catch Up

Hi Everyone
Well here we are half way through the month already.
And yep – I’m up to my usual sillyness already. I don’t think I’ll ever learn from my own advice!

I’ve lost count of how many times I tell others to stick to one thing and see it through, and yet I keep ‘Flitting’ from one thing to another myself!
Quite honestly I shouldn’t complain… after all we’re only a couple of weeks into the new year, and yet I sit and wonder why ‘stuff’ just isn’t finished yet?

Granted some projects take time, and we do need to wait until they’re complete before we can move on…. But boy oh boy it FEELS like I’ve been working on some for an age…lol

Does that affect you too?
Does it feel like you’re ‘flitting’ from one thing to another and making very slow progress?
Do you have 3 or more projects on the go, and as you ‘flit’ between them – does it feel like you haven’t moved forward?

If it does – here’s some food for thought:
I’d bet that if you have been chipping away, progress will have been made ! (It’s just that sometimes it doesn’t feel that way)
If you check on where you started and then where you’re up to – you will have been moving forward!

Sometimes it’s like we’re on a journey, but we forget to look at the map!
All we can see is how far we still have to go – and it’s so far away that it feels like we’ll never get there!

This is then compounded by the fact that all day and EVERY day we get email after email telling us of yet another new product we should check out and buy!

Now we all know that we should be avoiding anything that doesn’t fit with our business plan and marketing objectives. so that’s a given….
BUT – what these constant launches do – is make us feel like every man and his dog is making more progress than we are – doesn’t it?

So here’s what I’ve realised.
We ALL need to STOP from time to time and check our MAP!
NOT to see how far we have to go – but sometimes to see how far we’ve come!

Only by cutting out all the noise from the constant launches and feelings of everyone is moving forward except me…… Can we take some time to see how much progress we’ve actually made!
This then helps us to stay motivated and keep plodding forward!

I say plodding forward – because sometimes we don’t make leaps and bounds towards our goals….
Sometimes we take one baby step after another …. literally belly crawling forwards to our final destination!

But Hey – I can tell you from both online experience of keeping plodding until I get a project finished, and from an analogy of a time when I was in uniform doing my bit many years ago…
Online – I just need to remind myself of the stuff I have gotten finished and the regular money those items make (check my links if you need to)

My Analogy from past offline experience is taken from a time I was on a military exercise.
This one night, myself a small group of ‘specialists’, were given the task of keeping our enemy awake all night by launching probing attacks on them every couple of hours. (the idea being to ensure they were sleep deprived prior to our forces launching a ful scale attack the following dawn)
Unfortunately, due to their having patrols and sentry posts forward of their front lines – this meant we had to be very very quiet and take our time moving forwards for each probe.

Yes I’m getting to the point…lol
What we had to do was use techniques such as ‘ghost walking’ ‘belly crawl’ and ‘doubling back’ throughout the night…..
We would move forward literally inch by inch until we were in postition to shoot.
Then a hasty retreat after we had woken them, only to repeat the procress again an hour later!

Each time we moved forward we had to go so slowly it honestly felt like we’d never get into position – and yet each time we eventually did.
We’d be laid hidden in the undergrowth while their patrols marched past us, watching as they took just a few minutes to move over trerritory that we would take an hour or more to move over.
But because of our patience and checking exactly where we were on opur maps – we knew we’d get there and we did.
On every occassion we would surprise them and make our escape. (we even captured two of their sentries and a front line gun team…lol)
Come the morning the full scale attack was a resounding success and we got to sleep for a large part of the morning, as well as getting a great meal as a reward for our small part of the exersice.

The lesson being that sometimes those extremely long times of feeling like progess was so slow, We did need a look at the map and the overall plan to remind us that what we were doing was the right corse of action, and even then if we can only ‘Belly Crawl’, we’re still mo9ving forwards!

So if you’re feeling like everyone is rushing ahead of you …
Check you map!
See how far you’ve come,
Take note of any detours you’ve had to make,
And make sure you give yourself a pat on the back for any progress.

Then just stick at it until!

Remember – if you never give up – you can’t possibly lose.
Just keep it moving forwards

OK – that’s enough story telling for today, now back to what’s been feeling slow for me…lol
And maybe you’ll see some progress and I might realise I have actually got some stuff done…haha

Chat soon
Randy
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* Amazon Bits

Strange title I know, but let me explain…..
I’ve called it Amazon Bits because there literally are a few bits to mention. – Not just one aspect or element or product
This also in part covers some of what I was just talking about in terms of the time it takes to get stuff done!
With the first part of ‘time’ being no ones fault – but still a heck of a wait (or at least that’s how it felt)

Before I go on, I guess now would be a good time to add the fact that Amazon is one of the key areas of growth I want for my own business this year, I still have other online stuff to get done too – hence the multiple projects that I advise against…lol
And here’s one reason for having multiple projects on the go too…….
The Waiting!

First bit:
I’ve been meaning for ages (and I mean more than a year) to get a physical book created with Amazon Create Space.
This allows anyone to publish their own book and have it for sale world wide via Amazons Print On Demand Service. (Also worthwhile because unlike old fashioned self publishing – you don’t have to order a minimum print run of hundreds of books in order to see your name on a book cover)
So long story short – I finally got around to adding something.
It started out as some PLR I bought the rights to, and I edited it to make it my own.
(As it turns out it’s proving popular with my family and friends – because they can finally understand what it is that I do….lol)

But from a TIME point of view – I hadn’t realised just how long it would take for people in the UK to actually have a book shipped!
I submitted my work, created cover graphics etc. – and then had to wait around a month for the proof to be shipped to me! – ALL BEFORE I could approve it and have it listed!
Hence I had no choice but to move onto other projects while I awaited the postman, after all – just sitting around waiting wasn’t going to kep my business moving forwards….lol
So I got on with other things like the new link cloaker mentioned below.

Anyways – finally my proof copies arrived!
(Here’s a vanity part…. no matter how many ebooks I have out there that are making me regular monthly incomes – there really is NO DESCRIBING how it feels to see a physical book with your name and picture on it as the Author!)
My intention isn’t to make a fortune from selling this book, it was more to use the book as a ‘business card’ in effect. to give a free copy to local business people who might be interested in using my services from my offline site. After all – how much easier is it to consider using someone who is a published Author of a book about online marketing, when making a descion on whom to give a contract to?

But just in case you’d like to buy a copy – here’s the link:
Help…. I’m Addicted To Internet Marketing….. Will You Be Too?

And if you do buy a copy – let me know by sending a me a support ticket, and I’ll happily throw in any of my paid ebooks/products as a bonus, as I could do with some buyer reviews…lol
(that only applies to products/sites that are my own, and not ones where I have a partner or co-author… naturally)

So that’s create space, a great tool to get your name on a book and give you a larger than usual head when you chat to family & friends ;

Moving on…. – Do you own a Kindle Reader?
Kindle

Next bit

As well as Create Space, I’ve also been revisiting Amazon Kindle Publishing.
I already had some titles published on kindle - Randy Smith On Kindle  But I did them a good while ago and forgot about them.
Long story short – I’ve seen so many people promoting ‘Kindle’ products over the last year, and I actually promoted one myself  ages ago. On a personal level – I stopped looking at most as I saw the shear mess people were making, as well as the useless products that were just videos saying “get your ebooks on kindle”, and then making an offer of a heap of PLR to upload!
Where they failed was in actually showing people how to do the job properly!

For a start - Amazon didn’t take long before they started the ‘Kindle Slap’ - removing all the duplicate content poor quality PLR junk from the site!
And secondly – I didn’t see the hundreds of daily sales all those selling the plr claimed was so easy to make!

Well – as with all things – the Kindle guides have evolved!
Plus Kindle has continued to grow and grow! – It even got a mention in my MENSA magazine that I get sent out every month!, and that reminded me to take a look at my own products!

I can say that I was pleasantly surprised to see I have made a handful of sales (not the hundreds people talk about), but nevertheless – sales coming in from nothing other than listing 4 items in the kindle store!
Hence I’ve been on a mission to grab as much info and training on Kindle as I could find!…. and trust me when I tell you – there is LOADS of it! .. lol

One reason I’m mentioning it today is that I finally found some great training that has opened my eyes to why I haven’t made more sales…. And also teaches me exactly what and how to start doing in order to get more from my Kindle products!

What I love about kindle is that it’s actually easier than creating IM products with all the pages that a typical ebook site needs in order to make money from it!
(So the work load is a heck of a lot less, and less techy too!)
Anyways – If you’re still reading this far in, then I assume you might also be interested in taking a serious look at getting some products into the Kindle Store.

So here’s my strogest recommendation and a couple of others that I’ve bought recently and been pleased with.
I’ve learnt something from each of these product, so feel free to check them all out.
But if you ask me for just one – then I’d have to plump for Geoff Shaws Kindling membership right now

Here are the links:
Geoff Shaws Kindling Membership
Geoff alrwady has some fantastic info in this membership that is a one time fee – BUT – He is also adding more and that will increase it’s price as time goes by… So the best time to grab this is now!
ALSO – If you do buy it – Please contact me… as I’d like to set up a small groups of us to help each other as per geoff’s training on the section about Instant Social proof … yopu’ll know what I mean once you’re inside
This is my Strongest recommendation – because I learnt more about what I personally did wrong or missed out from this, and I haven’t even been able to get through the extra content he’s added since I last logged in!! Now, this is slightly higher priced than the WSOs I normally recommend, but having compared the value, there really is a complete and modern Kindle course in here. Just check my testimonial on Geoff’s page
Very Impressed!

Others I’ve bought:
Kindle Content Miracle
Happy enough with the content, but I would add that Cory seems to be a marketer who promotes stuff daily!

Kindle Pack
A Great basic guide to ensure you get set up correctly on Kindle itself, and some further study in the cheap oto Also the product that got me looking for more and more Kindle info

Vals Kindle Guide
This is the product I used when I started adding products to Kindle, and Val also did me a special offer page for my readers

Perfect Publishing System - (I’m awaiting affiliate approval – so in the mean time search the warrior forum if you don’t want to wait – Seems daft that after over 48 hours he hasn’t logged in to approve affiliates!!)
This one from Jonny Andrews was recommended by Geoff Shaw so I bought it… It’s more about how to make money rather than how to set up your ebooks etc. Also packed with info and videos to guide you through the process! – Highly recommended.

Kindle Publishing Kit
Another very useful offer – In this guide you get links to free software to help get the formatting right with kindle (Which also happened to be one of my biggest hurdles!!)

So there you have some of the kindle products I’ve bought and am happy to recommend. I wont try and tell you which to consider other than repeating that Geoff Shaws membership is what I’d consider to be the most complete and valuable, but some of the others have useful parts in their own right  like the Kindle Publishing Kit, so do check them out if you’re getting into Kindle, and grab what you feel will help you

And don’t forget to contact me if you buy Geoff’s one, As I seriously do want to have a chat to benefit us all

Moving On
Randy
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* New Cloaker News

OK – This has been a lengthy post with a lot of info about Amazon.
So I wont get into too much detail from here.
Re the new cloaker – all I will say is that after going through the comments and ideas given in reply to my last post.…..
Simon and I have been tweaking, testing and adding all sorts of extra features and facilities to the ‘extras’ that were already built in.

This has made the cloaker much more than just a link cloaker and tracker!!
We’ve wrapped it up now and encoded it ready for adding it as a product for sale – and just have the remainder of the sales copy and what it can do to write, along with some affiliate tools etc.

In the mean time – Here’s a link to a ‘HotPage’ I created in around a minute or so complete with header graphic title, links in boxes and footer etc. for those Amazon links I’ve recommended above.
Basically just showing off ONE of the amazing features the software has built in…….
Not forgeting to mention that this is the easiest software I’ve ever installed – with just ONE simple install file to upload and NO databases or database users to add and remember etc.!

So here’s the ‘hot page’ – Randys Recommended Amazon Kindle Links

Do take a look at the whole of the page, and remember – All I did was fill in some blanks and push a button!

More Soon…
Randy
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* Next Meet Up – Sat 4th Feb

Finally – Here are the details for our next meet up

1pm til around 5pm, Saturday 4th February 2012:
http://www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html

Venue:
The Oddfellows Arms
251 High Street,
Northallerton,
DL7 8DJ
Tel:    (01609) 773018

Chips and Sandwiches for our consumption.

There will be a charge of around £25 per person to cover the costs.
Any issue – give me a shout:
http://www.RandolfSmith.com/support
Or Skype – randolf.smith

Get your ticket booked here
http://www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html

You can find the dates etc. on the Facebook page at
http://www.facebook.com/NorthallertonMarketingMeetup

Cheers
Randy
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****As ever – only spend your ca$h on things that WILL help you
(Not the stuff that Might One Day!)****

Til next time
To You and Yours,

Here’s hoping you’re
Loving Life, Living it with Passion, And Passing it on!

Warm Regards
Randy

In this Post
* Catch Up 
* Sunshine Award
* Coming Soon – New Cloaker with extras
* Next Meet Up – SATURDAY!
* Sign Off

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* Catch Up

Hi Everyone
Welcome to 2012
I hope it’s everythng you wish it to be.
So where do I start with my first post of the year?…. Well for one thing I wont sit here and details everything I got for Christmas or everything I bought for family and friends…lol
We had a great time and everyone loved everything they got… Myself included

We also had a great New Years Party and missed the morning of the new year completely…lol
So now it’s back to ‘work’ for everyone… some online some still juggling between a day job and their internet hopes, So thre last thing I’m going to do is start listing my hopes and goals for the coming year… They would hardly be relevant to you now would they?
What’s important is that you have a plan in place to get you to where you want to be a year from now. So I hope you’ve found the right info and have a good idea of what you need to do!
Whichever route to internet freedom you take – just remember to focus, stick at it, and only spend on the things that will help you get there

Meanwhile – I hope that my ‘Ramblings’ continue to provide useful tips and content to aid your personal journey
Speaking of which, that leads me nicely into my first post about me getting an award!

Yep – it’s all about me me me…lol
Seriously though, do check out the post below to see how this award actually helps a bunch more people. You see it’s an award given by readers of blogs to other bloggers who’ve helped them and probvide good content.
So the reader has obviously benefited or they wouldn’t pass on the award in the first place.
Those who then get nomiated befit from yet another backlink & traffic.
And those who visit get more people who have been recognised as good bloggers to gain more useful insights and tips from:)

Basically another viral form of generating traffic, links and goodwill… win win win all round!

So let me get into it and see if you all can benefit from my award

Chat soon
Randy
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* Sunshine Award

Here it is… My Sunshine Award

So what’s it all about?
Well firstly, There is no prize or trophy attached to the award,  :(  (though you can copy the cool graphic to use)
It is more about recognising bloggers whose positivity and creativity have inspired others in the blogging community. To be awarded the Sunshine Award from established bloggers that we hold in high regard really is an honour and to be publically recognised on their blog is a very much appreciated backlink…lol

So THANK YOU VERY MUCH Barry Wells for passing this along to me
(I did say on his blog that I’d throttle him for giving me yet more workload…haha – I was of course only Joking, as I do feel honoured to have been mentioned, and I seriously appreciate the link)

So what else is involved to make this interesting, possibly viral and pass on the gratitude for others who I hold in high regard?

The 3 Rules of the Award

There are 3 rules to the award which are:

1: To thank the person(s) that gave the award.

2: To Answer 10 questions.

3: Pass the award on to 10 deserving bloggers.

I have already thanked Barry for the award, but thanks again. It really does mean a lot to me, thank you
Now on to answer the Ten Questions, and in typical Randys Ramblings Style – there is no straight forward answer from me to many of them….haha

The 10 questions are:

 1. Favourite colour –  If I’m wearing it – Black (even though Black technically isn’t a colour), If it’s for a website, Blue. For Decor, warm reds. On Rachel, well anything really But I do like her in blacks and reds… so I guess it’s about the circumstances of use of the colour… lol
2. Favourite animal – Tiger, oh and Wolves too, but if I have to pick one a Tiger would be it (which also happens to be my Chinese year of birth)
3. Favourite number –  8 (also popular in the far east) but it has always been a number that featured in my life as a favourite since I had it on my Basket Ball strip way back in school!
  4. Favourite drink –  Quality Coffee or Vodka & Coke, well no one specified what type of drink?
5. Facebook or Twitter –  Facebook for me, as twitter doesn’t alow me to ramble past 140 characters… haha
  6. My passion –  EASY .. Loving Life, Living it with Passion, And Passing that Passion on!
7. Giving or receiving gifts – Of course I like to receive, but you can’t beat seeing someone face light you when you give
  8. Favourite day –  Any that ends in a Y .. I love everyday of my life, and being an IMer, it doesn’t make a difference what day of the week it is when you’re free from the j.o.b.
    9. Favourite flower – I guess I’d say a Rose… That’s what I used to buy Rachel regularly before she educated me into replacing flowers with SHOES whenever I want to treat her just for being her!
10. Favourite food – A little more boring here… I love all sorts of nations foods, But given a free choice (without me having to cook it), I reckon I’d go for a full Sunday Dinner – Roast beef, Yorkshire puddings and Steamed Vegetables.

See – Told you, I don’t ramble as much on purpose… there really wasn’t a single straight answer in there! haha
And now for the harder part…. Not hard in picking people to pass the award to – just hard in limiting it to just ten!

10 Deserving Bloggers To Pass The Award To

I know I should give reasons etc. (judging by other peoples posts), But I know my rambling would end up making this an ebook…lol – So I’ll just give you their names and links.
As for descriptions – these are all people whom I’ve met online initially, some I’ve now met in person and even worked with, but all of them I now consider friends, and I always read their posts. Hence it’s easy to link to them as I know you’ll not be lead up any wrong paths if you visit and become another new friend
I’m not sure they’ll all join in and post about the award as some are very busy people these days… But in terms of learning from them – you wont go wrong with these guys and gals!

Barry Wells 

Sally Neill 

Dawn Kay 

Mandy Allen 

Daniel Sumner 

John Thornhill 

Keith Purkiss 

Dave Nicholson 

igor Griffiths 

Dee Ann Rice 

So that’s my list of people I’m passing the award to, They have ALL made more than one useful post, All great people and knowledgable in what they do, and what’s more – they bring Sunshine into their readers lives by adding quality info to their blogs.
I know some have already been awarded before and I suspect some wont have time to even acknowledge this award due to their continuing to have other more helpful posts to create and add. But I hope you do get chance to check them all out and let them know they’ve been mentioned

Phew – that lot took a while
Next is a quick mention of something coming soon (and a chance to get some money links in…haha)

Moving On
Randy
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* Coming Soon – New Cloaker with extras

Do you know what… I’ve just seen how long I’ve been typing away, So I think I’ll leave you in suspense a little longer … or should I?
OK – tell you what, I’ll show off a Small Part of a new cloaking tool I’ve helped develop.
(when I say helped – I obviously mean I have tested and tried to break it, and added a few suggestions… lol)

I’ve teamed up with Simon Phillips ( a very techy friend), To add even more functionality to an idea for making a professional link cloaker that doesn’t require ANY techy skills – NOT EVEN how to create a database!
Basically – we’ve been testing and tweaking it for a few months, though we still have to create a salespage etc.
BUT – here’s why I’m showing a small part of what it can do now….
It gives me a chance to have some affiliate links in this post… haha

On a serious note – it’s a chance to show off a useful feature that is all done for you once you have the software…
You get to be able to create what we call ‘Hot Pages’

These are pages that allow you to send a page to your lists or put it on your blog that shows all the products you recommend by date or category

So without further ado – check these to see some extreme examples of a push button page creation based on cloaked links from within the software.

My Products Page:
http://randolfsmith.com/recommendz/RandysProducts.php

You get to pick the background colour, header, and when you create your links you can add your ‘HotPage’ text which is what you see on the page.

Another example would be to show a page by category….
In This Case – ALL the products I’ve recently created links for, and with No Header Image This Time – just to show the flexibility
http://randolfsmith.com/recommendz/ALL.php

And this example will look a bit daft…. But imagine at the end of the month recapping on all the products you’ve checked out during the month…
You could then send out a link like:
http://randolfsmith.com/recommendz/Jan.php

To list all your Hot Links for January (or whatever the current month is)

NOTE The Different background colours, Headlines, header images or not etc. – and please forgive the extreme use of colour in my examples…lol

OK – That got a few links online for you to click through, so I’ll leave it at that for today, as I’ve just had Rachel on the phone needing me… so I’m off
Just a quick reminder of the meet up and then I’ll save the post and pop back later to upload it
(back and about to upload this… after being a Taxi for an hour!! – Don’t you just love working from home )

Randy
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* Next Meet Up – SATURDAY

Here are the details for our First Meet Up in 2012

1pm til around 5pm, Saturday 7th January 2012:
http://www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html

Venue:
The Oddfellows Arms
251 High Street,
Northallerton,
DL7 8DJ
Tel:    (01609) 773018

Chips and Sandwiches for our consumption.

There will be a charge of around £25 per person to cover the costs.
Any issue – give me a shout:
http://www.RandolfSmith.com/support
Or Skype – randolf.smith

Get your ticket booked here
http://www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html

You can find the dates etc. on the Facebook page at
http://www.facebook.com/NorthallertonMarketingMeetup

Cheers
Randy
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* Sign Off

****As ever – only spend your ca$h on things that WILL help you
(Not the stuff that Might One Day!)****

Til next time
To You and Yours,

Here’s hoping you’re
Loving Life, Living it with Passion, And Passing it on!

Warm Regards
Randy

In this Post
* Catch Up & Controversy
* A Round Up Of WSO’s I’ve looked at
* Last Meet Up of 2011 (with special guest)
* Sign Off

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* Catch Up

Here we go again……
Another post full of excuses as to why I haven’t got much done….lol
OK – we had our November meet up on the 12th, which was a great event as Mandy Allen took over and put on a great workshop that everyone enjoyed and benefited from.
Speaking of which – the December one is close now too – see below for details.

Then I fully intended to get busy last week….but… (;))
I ended up taking time out to help a daughter complete her move, more time out to help my Step Mum with some chorses that were too difficult for her now, and more time out to start the Christmas shopping!
Add to that the usual dose of webinars and work for John Thornhill, updates to my membership sites, starting a new site for Rachel to sell some handmade craft items on, buying a heap of plugins and wso’s that I hope will come in useful sooner rather than later…… and I’m left wondering what to mention in this post

I guess I can start with a mention of Internet Marketing Apprentice and RandysMoreMonthly, as it’s those whom have the new downloads added for members

Also worthy of a mention is a freebie video John has just added to his brand new blog – It shows how he has installed and configured his cool looking new blog with a free theme that is certainly flexible!
I’m very tempted myself – but it’ll probably get moved down my priority list… lol
Do feel free to watch the video on John’s blog though, as he even shows you when he messes up – which proves we’re all human….haha

CONTROVERTIAL:
I also spent far too long trying to finish reading an ebook that fascinated me… totally NOT  Internet Marketing… but if you enjoy a fascinating read – check this:
Earths Fobidden Secrets by Max Igan of thecrowhouse.com …..

WARNING, This contains some controvertial information that some wont want to read or believe. Of particular concern is the Sumerian writings section – The Sumerian writings are perhaps the oldest record of an actual civilization that we have any real knowledge of and, through clay tablets, cylinder seals and stele, the Sumerians have provided us with a graphic and richly detailed version of mans early histories including the story of creation, both of the earth and of man. ….

EVEN THOUGH – It has now been universally agreed by both scholars and Theologians alike that the biblical story of creation does indeed have its basis in the Babylonian ‘Enuma Elish’ which itself is undoubtedly an abbreviated versions of the much earlier Sumerian texts. This can be easily confirmed as a great many parallels that can be seen in the Sumerian account when it’s compared to the Babylonian and Christian creation stories. It appears obvious that both of the latter accounts were heavily influenced by the much longer and more detailed Sumerian story.

I’m sure some people will take offence at what theologians and historians believe. So please – if you are a creationist, I’m happy to respect your right to believe whatever you wish, I merely said I thought this was a fascinating read. And yes – I am aware that one archbishop or pope centuries ago said that ‘The Devil came to earth early to duplicate the Bible so that when the bible was written it would look like a copy’… so everyone can feel sound in their own beliefs
(If anything – creationists may love parts of this ebook, as it certainly knocks Darwin into touch with some of the Out Of Place Artifacts found over the years! )

Anyways – You’ve been warned, and I’m only saying I thought it a fascinating read
Moving on:

Anyways…. It’s happened – I saw the TV commercials with CocaCola’s Santa and truck with lights… So I’m guessing it really must be nearly Christmas!
So if I don’t email again… I better wish all you USA readers a happy thanksgiving … as for the rest of us… Do we chill with the Yanks, go Christmas shopping or try and get stuff done before it really is Christmas??
With only 6 weeks left of this year – I figure a bit of everything is in order

Randy
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* A Round Up Of ‘Some of the’ WSO’s I’ve looked at:

Yep – Once you’re in the WSO section of the warrior forum, It’s hard not to notice stuff that seems very useful and really cheap!!
I wonder if anyone remembers the post I did ages ago that said more and more people would be promoting these just to earn comissions?

Well I could list a hundred here quite literally, but rather than jump on the me too bandwagon, I figured I’d just list the ones I’ve bought or am seriously interested in over this last week or so:
Whether they fit with your own business models etc. – I don’t know … hence as usual, I would onbly suggest buying stuff you will actually use!

Here’s a few to check:

My & John’s “7 Key Elements” report for $5 with an upsell to buy the PLR to it

John & Daves CB Affiliate Master Software (mentioned last time )

52 Weeks of Autoresponder messages for Offline prospects (if you do any work for small business owners building their sites etc. – thsi would be great as a list builder

G+ Offline Arsenal =- More for offline stuff (can you guess I’ve been focused a lot on adding to my wizardwebservices site…lol)

PennyProduct creator – Only available til the 26th! – Heaps of useful videos showing how to do expensive stuff for cheap or free!!

On Demand Backlinks: Power Posts – Another cool WSO by David Walker – here you get the links to heaps of good PR posts you can get backlinks from!

I also wanted to add Rob Corrigans 12 Roads Blueprints, (Now Added)
(I would suggest that’s a weakness of the WSO pro thing…. at least with clickbank you can promote what you want without having to wait for approval!!…. never mind all the hush hush let’s not mention how many have had their paypal accounts frozen issue that is still a worry with these type of WSO’s) <- Just as well I know I wont make thousands from mentioning these…LOL

OK – I don’t feel so bad now… At least you have a few links to check out, so I haven’t just rambled on and bored you to death

[EDIT]

Here are a few more I’m adding while I edited Rob’s links above:
These are this weeks WSO’s that I’ve bought or am going to:

WSO Domination (John Thornhills Full On Course)
http://randolfsmith.com/checked/wsodomwso

A Bargain Price for comprehensive training!
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WP Instant
I love this – all the pages and plugins easily added
to a WP blog with just a mouse click or two instead
of an hour or two messing about!

http://randolfsmith.com/checked/WPInstant
And at a great price too!
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OR – If you want EVERYTHING DONE FOR YOU
Take a look at this Drip Fed Blog offer:

http://randolfsmith.com/checked/DripFedBlog

Not cheap and I’m still considering it myself
to be blatantly honest…. But it does look so
tempting… especially if you tweak it once it’s
set up
But hey – decide for yourself
It certainly seems to have a lot of potential!

I’d better stop at that or you’ll be telling me
off for spending too much instead of taking action
with what I have bought…lol

Chat soon

Randy
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* Last Meet Up Of The Year

Here are the details for our last meet up of this year
1pm til around 5pm, Saturday 3rd December:

I can confirm we will be graced with the presence of John Thornhill again, which is bound to make a few people rush to grab a last minute ticket to get the chance to network with John and friends…..
So I have put a limit, based on the room size, for the number of tickets available…
Hence I suggest getting booked early to avoid disappointment!
http://www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html

Venue:
The Oddfellows Arms
251 High Street,
Northallerton,
DL7 8DJ
Tel:    (01609) 773018

Chips and Sandwiches for our consumption.

There will be a charge of around £25 per person to cover the costs.
Any issue – give me a shout:
http://www.RandolfSmith.com/support
Or Skype – randolf.smith

Get your ticket booked here
http://www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html

You can find the dates etc. on the Facebook page at
http://www.facebook.com/NorthallertonMarketingMeetup

Cheers
Randy
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****As ever – only spend your ca$h on things that WILL help you
(Not the stuff that Might One Day!)****

Til next time
To You and Yours,

Here’s hoping you’re
Loving Life, Living it with Passion, And Passing it on!

Warm Regards
Randy

In this Post
* Catch Up
* $97 Software for $5,…Here’s the Catch!
* Charity Mention for Addictions
* Don’t forget the Meet Up
* Sign Off

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* Catch Up

Well after being partied out last week – we had yet more evenings out and late nights!
Rachel had both her parents birthdays last week AND her sister’s engagement do!
(Good food and good company all round)

I then had an interview with Dawn Kay which was fun, I’m sure you’ll see it soon on her blog
A day in John Thornhill’s office with a couple of guys who I’m sure we’ll be seeing more of soon
And a middle of the night webinar with Omar Martin for His ‘MyUnfairAdvantage‘ members!

Plus we had Bonfire night to attend… just a night of watching some cool fireworks, a bonfire and then a family takeaway with Rachel, her girls and their Dad

So yeah – nothing much done to my sites as usual…lol
Thankfully they mostly tick over on autopilot and enough keeps coming in to pay the bills.
That said – If I was my own outsourcer – I think I’d fire myself for not being better organised!! – I really should have got more done, but hey… Life is for living

This morning involved a trip to the dentist and yeah – yet another appointment for yet another filling…. NOT looking forward to that!
And now I’m adding this lot to my blog… yet another post with only a $5 recommendation that isn’t for everyone (just people with a product on clickbank, or those who will have one at some point),
And a charity mention just for the sake of it
Plus a very last minute reminder of the meet up on Saturday!
(Actually – while I’m here – this is your first mention that Decembers meet up will have VIP guests again… so watch out for the link after Saturday and get booked early as it’s sure to be a sell out!)

Anyways do feel free to skim through and just take on board anything that might help you (that said – it would be great if you could pass on the charity links in any way you are able)

Randy
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* $97 Software for $5,…Here’s the Catch!

If you are a ClickBank vendor you will realise that you can only have affiliates promote one product via your standard ‘hoplink’.

This can be quite frustrating, especially if you want to create discount pages for your affiliates to promote.
And even more frustrating if an affiliate approaches you and asks if you can set up a personalised discount page.

Well John Thornhill and Dave Nicholson had the exact same problem when a big name guru asked for a special discount page to promote one of their products they were selling via ClickBank.

They knew that they couldn’t set the page up via ClickBank. So Dave got to work and created a product that enabled a page special personalised discount page to be set up and ClickBank Affiliate Master was born.

This proved to be such a success Dave and John decided to make this product available to everyone along with a series of training videos showing you how to maximise your ClickBank sales by offering affiliates personalised discount pages.

If you sell products on ClickBank I highly recommend you check this out as it will help you make more sales, period.

http://www.randolfsmith.com/recommends/CBAM/

Here’s the catch….

John and Dave are once again using the power of giving *Exceptional Value* on the front end,in order to be able to tempt you with an upsell for a heap of products for a bargain price!

Well – you didn’t expect anything different really did you?

The point here is that this is a stand alone piece that doesn’t require the upsell – so you get a bargain and save $92 !
Whether you’re tempted by the upsell is up to you.
But do grab the software as it it easy and very very useful for when you get a product onto the clickbank marketplace

Nuff Said

 http://www.randolfsmith.com/recommends/CBAM/
Regards,

Randy
P.S. – Speaking of WSO’s

I had a phone call from one subscriber telling me he missed the chance to grab PLR to my 7 key elements wso when he bought the wso for $5….
So here’s a tempter for you
Grab the “7 Key Elements” here:
http://randolfsmith.com/recommends/7KeysWSO/

They take the upsell for PLR
Then send me a support ticket, and I’ll send you the initial $5 back

Is this for everyone?… Basically YES.
Chat soon

Randy
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* Charity Mention for Addictions

A marketing friend asked if I would give this charity a mention… Hey, Life’s not all just about money is it:)

Addicitions UK

Home-based and Residential Treatment
AUK are a leading provider of home-based addictions treatment and residential treatment as required.

Whatever your addiction, They will be able to develop a programme to help you, your family and your carers.
They use a combination of the following methods:

The 12 Steps Programme.

? Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
? Motivational Interviewing
? Peer Support
? Person-centred Counselling
? Coping Strategies
? Coaching as well as Teaching

If you believe that you have an addiction and are really committed to recovery,…..
Check out their facebook page and like it to spread the word:

http://www.facebook.com/AddictionsUK

It will hopefully help someone

Also worth a mention – if you are at all worried about whther your kids are taking drugs….
Do check some of the tips and free articles on Pat Graham’s page at: www.ChildDrugAddicts.com

Regards
Randy
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* Last Meet Up Reminder For November

Here are the details for this Saturday:
1pm til around 5pm, Sat 12th November 2011

Venue:
The Oddfellows Arms
251 High Street,
Northallerton,
DL7 8DJ
Tel:    (01609) 773018

Chips and Sandwiches for our consumption.

There will be a charge of around £25 per person to cover the costs.
Any issue – give me a shout:
http://www.RandolfSmith.com/support
Or Skype – randolf.smith

Get your ticket booked here
http://www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html

You can find the dates etc. on the Facebook page at
http://www.facebook.com/NorthallertonMarketingMeetup

Cheers
Randy
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* Sign Off

****As ever – only spend your ca$h on things that WILL help you
(Not the stuff that Might One Day!)****

Til next time
To You and Yours,

Here’s hoping you’re
Loving Life, Living it with Passion, And Passing it on!

Warm Regards
Randy

In this Post
* Catch Up
* And The Winners Are…. (My Competition Results)
* WSO Domination Review
* Another couple of launches, Not Fully Checked yet.
* Meet Up Reminder
* Sign Off

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* Catch Up

Hi Everyone,
I thought I’d try and give a quick catch up before announcing the results of the competition
It’s been yet another busy week of feeling like I’ve got nothing done…lol
I think that could be largely due to having a few days partying as yesterday was Rachel and my 3rd anniversary of the day we met
So with Halloween partys from Friday night (after babysitting), then early anniversay nights out Saturday, chilling time Sunday and more partys Monday, it feels like I’m partied out …lol

As for the rest of the week earlier – I had meetings with my mate Terry Dollard trying to teach me more techy stuff as well as discussing how to get NicheMarketPLR online and which payment processor to use??,

Then writing copy for John Thornhills WSO Domination (that was cool as I got early access and have included a review below)
I also had one of my daughters move house – so that naturally lead to a lot of back and forth, fetching and carrying…haha

Hence the feeling of having got nothing done…lol
Fortunately, with a couple of emails to my list and the few posts I have managed to get online, I have seen some income from sales and commissions
The special $9 offer for RandysMoreMonthly got a few clicks, so I obviosuly have new subscribers who’ve not see the value in that site yet (do check it if you haven’t already)

My 7 Key Elements WSO with the PLR upsell has done well and made a good few sales (although I did think the PLR rights would have sold more?… it is a great chance to get a quality product you can use as your own)
And of course the email I sent for John’s WSO Domination has earned me immediate commissions as well as recurring ones from the bargain upsell – more on that below.. (see the review)

I did plan on investigating a couple of other products that launch today (the ones that look good from good marketers), But being honest, I haven’t had the time. So they just get a berief mention below!

And with this week having a start today, an interview booked for Friday, a meeting with John (and some of his subscribers) Thursday, it looks like being another hectic week!
PLUS – do mark your calendars this month.. the 29th will be my 49th birthday (that’s more a reminder for my kids who all seem to think I’ve OLD already!!!!
See – I can’t be old as I’m not even 50 for over a year yet!!… and even when I get there – 50 isn’t old… it’s just getting on a bit! (Isn’t it??)

Right – enough rambling on – lets’ see who won the competition

Randy
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* And The Winners Are…. (Competition Results)

OK – here we go:

In this post I announced a competition to win one of 3 Camtasia licenses and 3 Snagit licenses.
I had a good number of entries, and I really wish I had a prize for everyone… But hey, at least they got a backlink from a PR3 blog

So thank you to everyone that entered!

And now for the winners:
I’ve checked Google Analytics for the overall winner, the rest of the entries were written down on old fashioned pieces of paper and 5 names pulled out of the hat (actually a large coffee cup, but you know what I mean)…lol

So – Drum Roll please…….

The most traffic was sent by…..

Keith Purkiss – Thanks Keith – You just won yourself a license for Camtasia Studio

The next two entries out of the hat for Camtasia Licenses were….

Der Rerrr Rerr Rerr Rump (You try typing a drum rol!!)

Trish Findlay and Jennifer Taylor
Congratulations Ladies

And the next 3 names out of the hat for our 3 Snagit License Winners are:

Mary Kathan, Dee Ann Rice, & Carol Smith
Congrats Ladies (Again… lol – I only just noticed Keith is the only male winner!! – Looks like the Girlie Gangs take more action that us guys??)

Would you all please submit a ticket on my support desk so I can be sure you get the license keys and download instructions

So thank you once again to everyone who entered, I hope the winners make great use of their prizes

Cheers
Randy

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* WSO Domination Review

WSO Domination… Wow Super Offer – or Wasteful Silly Offer??

With all the buzz surounding this particular offer, and considering that there have been so many ‘clickbank’ offers this last couple of years that just haven’t lived up to their salespage claims…

I thought we’d take a more detailed look at what you actually get with John Thornhills WSO Domination!

Has he just ‘slapped’ a quick report together based on the popularity of WSO’s lately, Or is this a real course that can actually help people?
John Thornhill does have a reputation for delivering high quality products, and for being one of the genuine hype free marketers online today.

He has built that reputation over many years of sticking to his principles and helping thousands of people finally move forward in their online efforts….
BUT…..
Could he have been lead to the dark side by the amazing popularity of the WSO special offers forum?

FACT: – he has had a massive amount of success over the last 12 months releasing WSO special offers. So it will be interesting to see if that success has tempted him over to the dark sidce of marketing that seems to revolve around ‘knocking together’ a quick report, selling it cheap and having a higher tiocket upsell in place to maximise profit from what is essentially information that most already know!

FACT: – A great many others have followed that pattern lately, and with the ability to now bring affiliates on board when promoting a wso – it is a place that has got a lot more attention from some marketers after a quick buck!

FACT: - There are also some fantastic bargains to be had on the warrior special offer forum! – Hence it’s not surprising that a lot of genuine marketers have gathered there to show their wares!

So what about WSO Domination?
Does it really help people make the most of this ever growing marketplace of targeted ready to invest buyers?

Well here’s my opinions having looked around the course:

My Review of WSO Domination
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The Pro’s
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On gaining access to the membership I can see straight away that this is NOT a quicky report thrown toegther in order to capitalise on the current WSO popularity.

There is an upsel which I make mention of in the cons – but in fairness .. What offers don’t carry an upsell these days?
That said – It is not part of the training and would not be essential in order to benefit from the main product! (Don’t you just hate it these days when the main product is practically useless without the upsell?)

So no – this product stands well on it’s own merit (with OR without the cheaply priced upsell option)

The main product is broken down into managable chunks of information.
This is great for those wishing to ‘skip’ some of the theory modules, as they could be considered to be basic information. Obviously neccessary to those who are new to the concept, but easily skimmed through by more experienced marketers.

Following through the modules – they do all make sense in the order they are presented, and anone who does follow each step will gain a very good understanding of the what, why, and how in a very detailed way.

This Comprehensive Bluprint Covers:

* Phase One – Theory
9 Part Step by step training

* Phase Two – Listing a WSO
8 Part Detailed Steps

* Phase Three – Making Money
5 Part Step by Step (moneky see monkey do) Training

* Advanced Training
6 Part ‘Must Have’ breakdowns

* Extras
WSO Domination Mind Map
100 Niche List Mind Map
Bonus Software (sells for $97) – EXTREMELY Helpful!
More Useful Software (sells For $27) – Major Time Saver
PLUS Two Extra Bonuses ($47 & $27 Value) – Helpful for beginners!

The training is Seriously Step By Step and comes in the following formats:
Online
MP4
iPad
iPhone
iPod
PDF

Making them easily accessible to Anyone and Everyone regardless of their preferred learning style or method!

Regarding the actual content, it appears that no stone has been left unturned in ensuring this is not a teaser program that leaves people stuck on various aspects, or searching for weeks to learn how to do some of the basic things needed!

Overall it would seem that EVERY ASPECT has genuinely been covered in this STEP by STEP course that will guide the buyers/student to FINALLY seeing results that other programs would have you believe possible, but then go on to be yet another too complicated, too time consuming or parts missing type of program.

The Con’s
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There is an upsell in place to a private forum and ongoing help.
(it’s NOT required, so it could be argued that this is just good marketing practice, also – it is reasonably priced underthe $10 mark, so it’s not an expensive option for those on a limited budget)

One could argue that the fact that the training is so comprehensive is actually a negative.
BUT only in terms of those searching for a ‘get rich quick’ easy option!

Which brings us to the only main negative I’ve found in this course….

It Requires genuine Work and Effort!

You will have to create products, and preferably ones that add value to the buyers.
(I can forsee that many buyers will take shortcuts and this will lead to more rubbish being touted in the wso section of the warrior forum) 

For anyone considering this as a quick buck income method – the major negative is that it does teach real ways of making a genuine income and building a long term business. So it doesn’t solve any challenge for fast buck merchants.

Actually – reading my own words here makes me realise that only those who are after the ‘Get Rich Quick’ – without Providing Value would really consider these point negative!

So I’ll move on to my conclusion.

Conclusion:
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WSO domination isn’t a quick read report, and is in fact a full blown training course laid out in a step by step manner for all levels of marketers to be able to take advantage of.

It’s filled with content that genuinely covers every aspect step by step.

The bonsues are actually useful and make a great addition to the main core training.

All in all – this product is Excellent Value for money and I feel confident it will actually help a lot of people get started in finally getting a return on their investment of both time and money they have made in searching for genuine income methods that work in the online marketplace.

My Recommendation:
Check it out, and if you either have the ability yourself to create products, or the knowledge to outsource product creation. Then this will help you make a lot more money a lot faster than many methods that hit our inboxes on a daily basis!

Here is my affiliate link to the free video for you to check:
I will be compensated and make a commission if you decide to invest in the product, but I sincerely hope you can see that my review is genuine, and not just for the few dollars in commissions.

Regards
Randy
P.S. The Price will be increasing on Thursday – so do check it sooner rather than later!
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* Another Couple Of Launches This week…

Also Launching today are:

Digi Traffic Accelerator
500 push-button backlinks for just $1

If you’re interested in getting truly VAST amounts of traffic, you’re going to be very interested in this…
It’s the hot new technique that’s making waves in IM, and it’s going to completely change the way you build backlinks…
Because let’s be honest, not all backlinks are created equal.

But Andy Fletcher’s found a way to identify the BEST…
The ones that pump the most link juice, drive the most traffic and pull the most weight in the SERPS.
Anyone else would write a report they’d try and sell for $47 telling everyone about it, but not Andy.
Because he knows you don’t want something that just tells you how to do it… you want something that does it for you.
So he’s built a tool that’ll build you over 500 of these A-grade links at the push of a button.

Digi Traffic Accelerator is a desktop app that will -

-  Build you over 500 premium Traffic Accelerator backlinks at the push of a button
-  Completely automate account creation and confirmation on hundreds of Traffic Accelerator sites
-  Flood your site with targeted traffic (I mean it… these backlinks are built exactly where they’ll give you the most possible traffic, and you get over 500 every time you push the button!)
-  Use advanced human mimic technology so you get the best possible stick rate
-  Integrate with three different well-known Captcha-breaking services so you can crack all captchas on autopilot, or if you prefer you can do it manually from the software

And the best part?  Right now you can try it out for just $1.
But hurry – Andy’s only selling 3000 copies to make sure the sites aren’t overloaded, and it’s going to sell out FAST.
Grab it now -

http://www.digiresults.com

Seriously, this is going to change the way you look at link building!  Get it while you still can -
I haven’t had chance to do more than take a quick look at this – BUT, I can say I’ve got several of Andys products and they do work well!
So If you would care to check it out and make your own mind up, I can assure you that he is a good guy and the guarantees will be solid!

http://www.digiresults.com

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The other BIG Launch today is:

Auto Build It

You’ve probably already had hundreds of emails about ‘Auto Build It’ from other marketers.
It’s another program that looks great, but I’ve not had chance to test it yet….

So why would I give it a link?
Because knowing the people behind it I suspect it will be a very useful tool that will work!

That said – I genuinely don’t think it’s for everyone!

If you’ve been held back by the lack of techy skills to get things done, like building your own squeeze pages, affiliate pages, sales pages, membership sites or any other sort of websites. Then it might well be worth looking at!.
Or if you just find that those parts of your business take a heck of a lot of time and you don’t mind paying to save some of that time…. then also – do check it out!
http://www.randolfsmith.com/likes/ABI

This software does a heap of different things that can make it easier and save you time

So I do recommend that you check out what it does and make your own mind up as to whether it will be of benefit to you!
http://www.randolfsmith.com/likes/ABI

But do remember what I always say…. If you are not going to use it to it’s full potential – then don’t spend cash on something that will just sit around not getting used… especially as there is an ongoing subscription!

Hope that helps… Especially when the world and his dog will be telling you it’s a must have tool

Randy
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* Meet Up Reminder

We’ve moved it TWICE now due to Bonfire Night…lol
So it’s now the 12th November

http://www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/
Hit the link above to join the email list

A repeat of my Quick reminder,
A few have already booked and paid, but naturally I could do with confirming numbers so there are enough chips to go round…lol

Here are the details for next month:
1pm til around 5pm, Sat 12th November 2011

Venue:
The Oddfellows Arms
251 High Street,
Northallerton,
DL7 8DJ
Tel:    (01609) 773018

Chips and Sandwiches for our consumption.

There will be a charge of around £25 per person to cover the costs.
Any issue – give me a shout:
http://www.RandolfSmith.com/support
Or Skype – randolf.smith

Get your ticket booked here
http://www.randysmith.co.uk/NorthallertonMeets/booking.html

You can find the dates etc. on the Facebook page at
http://www.facebook.com/NorthallertonMarketingMeetup

Cheers
Randy
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* Sign Off

****As ever – only spend your ca$h on things that WILL help you
(Not the stuff that Might One Day!)****

Til next time
To You and Yours,

Here’s hoping you’re
Loving Life, Living it with Passion, And Passing it on!

Warm Regards
Randy