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Making PDF Ebooks Just Got Easier

Do you ever wish you had an easy way to make your own information products and ebooks in PDF format…without shelling out an arm and a leg to do it? Then read on…

If you have ever tried to make PDF ebooks without using the official Adobe Acrobat software then you have probably encountered some of the typical difficulties.

For starters, most software applications that authors use to write their manuscripts do not allow you to quickly and easily convert your document into PDF format.

And if you have tried any of the cheaper so-called PDF making “solutions” you probably discovered some of the following problems with your PDF documents:

- No Bookmarks
- No Web Hyperlinks
- The Table of Contents is not hyperlinked to any pages
- No Security to prevent people copying your content!

In summary, your new PDF file looks amateurish…even if your content was terrific!

Well, someone had finally decided to do something about it, with Easy PDF Templates. Now, making your own PDF ebooks is less expensive, quicker and much easier than ever before!

I recommend you get over to this link and take a look for yourself

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Start a Santa Letter Business for the Holidays

With the uncertainty surrounding the economy these days, many women are trying to think of ideas to make money from home. You don’t want to fall for a scam but you do want something that is easy to do and still have time for your families. Starting a Santa letter business may be the answer you’re looking for.

What Exactly is a Santa Letter Business?
Each year thousands of children write letters to Santa Claus and never get a response, but your Santa letter business can change all that. By owning your own Santa letter business, you can give children something to cherish for years to come. A parent pays for a “letter from Santa” for their child and you write a personalized letter in response.

What Type of Equipment and Supplies are Needed?
There aren’t a lot of equipment needs for this business. In fact, you can get started with nothing more than a computer, Christmas stationery, a printer, and a way for parents to contact you. You may want to consider getting a post office box for your business so you won’t have people sending letters to your personal address.

What Skills and Attributes Will You Need?
A good command of the English language and the ability to type are all the skills you’ll really need. If you love children and can relate to them, you’ll do well in this business.

How Do You Decide What to Charge?
Parents want their children to be happy and to encourage the magic of Christmas as long as they can. It’s not unusual for Santa letter businesses to charge as much as $10 per letter. Of course, you may be able to find them cheaper online, but the quality of the letter leaves much to be desired. Deliver great quality and command a better price.

Think about what you would be willing to spend to have a personalized letter sent to your child from “Santa” and that will give you a good starting point for the price. Factor in your costs – stationary, postage, and printer ink – then add a little to the price of the letter to help pay for those items.

Use Creative Marketing Ideas
Don’t wait too long to start advertising your new business. In fact, if you haven’t started by the first week of November, you may have waited too late. Sell letters from Santa on auction sites. You can also create order forms that can be given to schools and preschools to send home to parents. Consider creating a website and advertise there, send out postcards to people in your hometown, or put up fliers in local businesses. Set up your computer in a booth at a Christmas craft show and have letters made on the spot for parents and grandparents to take with them.

To Learn More:
Setting up a Santa letter business is a fun and lucrative business to start with a minimum of money and equipment. Get step-by-step help, download letter templates and more, by grabbing your “Just Add Sweat Guide to Start a Santa Letter Business”

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Beware of a Domain Name Buying Scam

A few minutes ago, I received an interesting email from one Dan at DomainGuardSystem.com concerning a domain name I previously owned, a dot org. In this email, Dan is attempting to get me to pay him $99 for a domain name that he does not own. In fact, it is available on GoDaddy.com for a mere $7.69 a year, when used with the discount code zine3.

This type of scam is being played for one purpose: to take the hard earned money of unsuspecting people. Paying a price for a domain name that someone owns and that you wish to buy is one thing. Paying a huge sum of money for a domain name that is not owned is nothing short of a scam.

At the present time, it appears that Dan is targeting only fot org domain name owners. I did a search and found another person who received the same type of email, nearly word for word, at http://boston.conman.org/.

Here is the copy of the email, with the domain name left out.

From: dan@domainguardsystem.com
To: teddybearteam@aol.com
Subject: xxxxxxx.com for the owner of xxxxxxx.org
Date: 12/10/2008 10:16:40 P.M. Central Standard Time

Hi,

The domain xxxxxxx.com has recently become available for us so we are offering it to you, because you are the owner of its .org version.

Domain Guard System is intended to assist our clients with their promotion on the Internet. We use many methods to increase the effectiveness of a client’s presence on the Web. Securing .com domains for anyone using another extension for their site is one of them.

There are several reasons why owning a .com is of great importance for any domain holder:
- It’s in the essense of Internet: .com is most popular and widely used, and the typical user usually supposes that he/she will find you at xxxxxxx.com. A lot of companies and organizations who use other extensions as primary (.net for Web services or private sites, .org for non-profit organizations etc.) are securing .coms not to lose the visitors who are seeking them there. With .com, you will be free to use both your .org and .com so you will only gain visitors.
- By owning the .com, you will be sure to stay #1 in your own name space.

If you are interested in this domain, please act quickly, as we soon intend to bring it to the auction where the acquisition cost will be higher than now.

Please use the link below to discover the current cost of the domain, read more about the advantages of owning a .com and get information on the details of the purchase and domain transfer procedure:

Secure xxxxxxx.com now!

Best regards,
Dan Johnson
Domain Guard System
mailto: dan@domainguardsystem.com

Given the fact that this person seems only interested in making money off of unsuspecting domain name owners, it’s a good idea to ignore emails from him and if you want the domain name, simply go to GoDaddy or your preferred domain name registrar and buy the domain name there. This guy is pocketing about $90 per sale if you buy from him. He doesn’t own what he is trying to sell, he has a price set that is nonsense, and this screams SCAM.




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How to Earn Money Working From Home Without Being Taken by Scams



More and more people are looking for ways to earn money working from home, but don’t want to be taken by scams. Many people believe that paying for information about working at home means it’s a scam, but that’s not always the case. So how can you know if it’s a scam and what can you do to make money working from home?

Paying for information about a work at home business or how to make money working at home isn’t always a scam, but rather is usually paying for the information, just as you might buy a book or ebook. The price of this normally would be the price you might expect to pay for any book (around $25), and in general shouldn’t go over $50 (that’s the high end).

A work at home offer that’s much higher priced should have something that you are getting for that price, such as CDs, DVDs, videos, a kit, etc. In other words, you should be getting something for your money. If the offer is all fluff and nothing to deliver, pass it up. Paying over $50 for simply information is more than likely a scam, and it’s likely you are being taken.

If you find a work at home offer that you feel strongly about pursuing, do some research online for reviews of the offer. Usually when someone has been scammed, there are reports about it online. Do your research before spending your hard earned money on something that might be a work at home scam.

There are a few work at home ideas that can make you money working at home and you don’t have to worry about scams. Some ideas are: Freelance writing, pet sitting, house sitting, making and selling craft items, sewing, resume writing, secretarial services for local businesses, house cleaning, tutoring, growing and selling plants, web design, graphic design, take photos and sell, greeting card writing, blogging, home day care, home organizing, home decorating, make and sell furniture, gift baskets, baking, and wedding organizer. There are countless other ways to make money working at home, these are just a few ideas.

Keep receipts for any money you spend and any money you make. Don’t go spend a ton of money on working at home items. Use what you already have and start out buying only what you absolutely need, then use the money you make to buy more materials or enhance what you have. But remember that you are working at home to earn an income not to spend all you make on working at home.

If a work at home offer sounds too good to be true, run the other way. Chances are if it sounds too good to be legit, it’s probably a scam. You don’t have to spend a lot of money to start working at home or to have a work from home business!

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