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PCMover: Recommended Software

This weekend I took the plunge and finally set up the new Dell computer I bought 4 weeks ago! It was getting urgent since my old one is 6 years old and had only about 10% of the hard drive free (in 2002 a 20 GB harddrive was huge!) and the RAM was not nearly enough for today's processing of video, audio and huge operating systems. Now I have a 250 GB drive and 2 GB of RAM.

I was anxious because I know transferring data can be very tricky. So I kept putting it off.

This weekend I dove in since having a new computer sitting and gathering dust is not really very cost-effective!

I decided to use PCmover to transfer my data and am I glad I did! There are a lot of steps to make sure things go smoothly so I took it slow and went step by step. It's necessary to prep both computers before moving the data and that took me a couple of hours.  Then the actual transfer took about 7 hours since I had about 40 GB of files.

BlogRushing Yet?

Hey bloggers, are you using BlogRush yet to drive more traffic to your blog? There are some issues around jerks abusing the system, but after all it's been live for less than a week and that's typical on the Web. It's worth checking out if you have a legitimate blog, not a spam blog. Once the bugs get worked out it's possible this could be a great source of traffic.

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Call to Action: Recommended Reading

Yesterday, in our monthly Blogging and Beyond Mentor program teleseminar, we covered "Call to Action." We promised our Mentees a list of the books we read and refer to on a regular basis so I decided to share that list here with you as well.

Call to Action: Secret Formulas to Improve Online Results

Waiting for Your Cat to Bark?: Persuading Customers When They Ignore Marketing

Hot Button Marketing: Push the Emotional Buttons That Get People to Buy

The Elements of Persuasion: Use Storytelling to Pitch Better, Sell Faster & Win More Business

The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use News Releases, Blogs, Podcasting, Viral Marketing and Online Media to Reach Buyers Directly

Call to Action is about getting your readers and visitors to interact with you.

It's not necessarily about making a sale; it could be you want them to subscribe to your newsletter, download a free report, register for a teleclass, comment on your blog, give you feedback, and of course buy your products and services.

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Branding Books

Domain Registration Fees to Go Up in October

Somehow I missed the announcement in April: ICANN and Verisign announced that the domain name registration and renewal fees would increase by 7% and 10% on October 14, 2007 for .com and .net domains.

Between us, Patsi and I own 130 domains, all of which are .com and a couple of .net and .biz. You can bet we're going to be doing a very careful review of our domain library to see what we can cut out and what we must keep.  It's not unusual for us to buy a number of domains every time we create a new product or have a new idea. It's the best way to protect your idea and capture the domain for eventual use.

We register our domains at All in One Biz Tools for $8.75 per domain, a very good fee for registration when you compare it to Network Solutions or Register.com at $35 per domain.

Imagine this: if we renew all our domains for 1 year at All in One Biz Tools, it will cost us $1,163.50. If we were to use Network Solutions, it would cost us a whopping $4,550! It pays to shop around. You can usually save more if you register your domain for multiple years and in this case you'll be locking in your lower rates for a longer period.

Open Source Software Saves Your Business Money

Open Source Software: Is It Right for Your Business?
September 20, 2007, 3:00 p.m. PT (6 p.m. ET)

Blogging and Beyond with The Blog Squad, Patsi Krakoff, Psy. D., and Denise Wakeman
With Guest Expert: James Gaskin, Technology is Broken

Business in the 21st Century requires use and some knowledge of technology. But how do you know what's right for YOUR business and how can you avoid spending unnecessary money on the wrong software? James Gaskin will reveal the secrets of open source software and how you can get the right software for your business at little or no cost.

Use this link to listen live on the air at 6:00 p.m. ET on September 20.