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Boxing Day Wishes

Although all of you out there are friends I have never met it has been nice to know that people from all over the world, in all walks of life have sent messages of support via blog, email, facebook, linkedin, text and almost every other media to me and my family after the fire last month. It has meant a lot to us and we would like to thank you all dearly.

It’s now boxing day and I’m sat here in my dressing gown looking around and it appears like the brother-in-laws house has been ransacked, as the alcohol was flowing freely I’m guessing there was a good day had by all :-)

This is the only time of year I participate in drinking alcohol as we have Xmas followed by my Birthday(the 29th)and then New Year so it would be rude of me to not to join in the celebrations  (so I am told)

I am looking forward to the challenges ahead in 2012 hoping that they are a little kinder to us but whatever happens I will be facing them head on. To be honest tho’ I have a positive feeling about the year ahead as the last couple of months have brought the family closer together and a new feeling of determination has arisen from the ashes so to speak.

All that’s left to say really is that I hope you all achieve what you wish for and that 2012 is especially good to you.

 

Into Christmas We Go!

Well Christmas has truly started.. It’s been snowing today and my bank balance is disappearing faster than the daylight hours  ;-)

We have settled into my brother-in-laws home very well although peace and quiet seems to be eluding me, I’m told it’s like being on holiday but without the sun but I tend to disagree as I still have to go work!
It is difficult to concentrate on my ongoing tasks when all the usual Christmas tunes like Slade, Wham & Mariah Carey are belting out full blast lol (although it is helping Lynne in coming to terms with the events of last month)

So in true spirit I would like to wish each and every one of you a very, very happy Christmas and a successful, prosperous 2012 in everything you do.

Be good, be kind, be honest and above all take care of all those around you.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS – Enjoy 2012

:-D

Update On The Fire…..

Well, here we are 0900 am on a Tuesday morning sat in what once was the dining room. We are all currently living with relatives not too far away so it’s easy for me to come back here and get a little peace & quiet lol.

I have a little garden table with chair, a kettle, radio, 2 Industrial dryers and a portable gas fire for company in this burnt out shell we once called home. Emotions have calmed a little but now the long process of repairing the devastating damage caused by the fault on the tumble dryer starts.

Firstly Lynne, my gorgeous wife who was in the kitchen when the fire started, she is slowly coming to terms with everything but cannot bring herself to return home until it is all nearing completion. She is trying to act as normal as possible (badly) but I’m sure she will come through it ok as she is made of the ‘strong stuff’. I have given her the task of searching  the internet for kitchens, furniture & colour schemes… now Lynne and Laura (my daughter) are in their element..Shopping!

The insurance company have been excellent in every way, offering all kinds of help I didn’t even know existed so 10/10 to them.

So far we have had the structural engineer in to take notes on the extent of damage and what is needed to put it back in order.
2 cleaners (John & Jan) from Chemdry came in and removed as much of the effects of smoke damage as possible then sealed in the remaining to help with the mess and smell. They then proceeded to create an inventory all damaged property before removing it for disposal.  In grand total all we were left with was a bottle of washing up liquid lol, they did however leave me with a melted (but working) radio.

The laminate floors and carpets were next to go before bringing in 2 large humidifiers/dryers to dispel the 400 gallon of water required to put the fire out, this should take approx 2 weeks as most of the water soaked into the concrete floors.
John & Jan had really made this an almost effortless event as they were sympathetic, funny, helpful but most of all very professional to which they have my sincere thanks.

I’m now waiting to hear from the builders for a starting date which am hoping will be very soon. I will keep you all posted on how things go over the next few weeks.

Thanks for reading, we are all so grateful for the messages of support we’ve had from you fine people. I’ve included a few photos of the damage, not to glorify the situation but to show how the most unexpected circumstances can create life changing events. The pictures were taken after the initial clean up to remove the ceiling plaster which was now on the floor

 

Click on image for full size

 The Kitchen

  This used to be the cooker hood

The Dining Room (like the tv ?)

 The Culprit – We won’t be buying Indesit again sorry!

It’s Been A Bad Day!

Earlier today we had a fire at home and the whole ground floor of the house was destroyed, thanks to the quick action of the fire brigade they were able to save the upstairs from any damage (apart from smoke damage of course)

My wife Lynne was in the house at the time but managed to get out before the fire took hold and is fine except for being traumatized by the event. I’ve packed her off to her brothers for a couple of days while the clean up begins.

The fire apparently started from a fault which had occurred within the tumble dryer and had set alight without warning causing the total destruction of the kitchen, dining room & lounge, we have no water, gas or electric (or ceilings!)The smoke damage has destroyed as much as the fire itself.

As you can imagine it is going to take a while to get put straight and we all know what insurance companies can be like, so please bear with me if I do not update my site for the next few days.. Normal service will be resume asap.

Even though I am still in shock, in an odd way I still feel lucky… my family are all ok and all but for the grace of God, it could have been a whole lot worse had it happened on an evening or had we been in bed.

In true British tradition I have my cup of tea in hand preparing myself for a very long day ahead & knowing my gorgeous wife and daughter are safe and well means we can conquer this bad experience together.

Thanks for reading, if there is one thing you can take away from this post is to cherish those closest to you and never take anything for granted.
Take care and be safe, I’ll be in touch soon.
Keith

PLR Video Profits

Over the next few weeks i’ll be adding several posts that will help you understand the basics of using private label video’s to build your business and increase your profits. This first post is about what private label (PLR) video’s are and how you can use them to your advantage.
What are PLR video’s?
This is a common question being asked left and right by experienced and inexperienced business owners alike. To answer this question, it is first essential to define what PLR is. PLR (private label rights) is a form of product licensing that focuses on selling or the transferring the ownership rights to a product from one person to another.
After the transaction the buyer is then permitted to modify or make any changes to the product to make it suit his or her tastes, needs and preferences. This includes branding the product with their own name, business information and/or marketing message.
They can then sell the product to their own customers as their own product with no reference to the original product owner.
A private label video is no different than any other type of PLR product and with the popularity of online video and video sharing sites like YouTube or even other social sites like Facebook & Twitter, it can be used to quickly spread your own marketing message across the Internet like wildfire!
PLR video websites are fast becoming more common as the demand from business owners for custom video increases. You can virtually find hundreds of PLR websites that feature these much sought after PLR video’s. This is a hard fact that has made the world of online marketing easier, less expensive and more convenient than ever before!
As a matter of fact they are a much more affordable, especially when compared to the high cost of video production. Be careful of the quality though. Because of the rapid increase in the number of PLR Video sites, there are some that are more concerned with putting out a large number of videos with zero concern of the quality.
Once you purchase a PLR video you can make full use of it in order to increase your marketing reach and income opportunities on the internet, especially on social networking sites that allow you to post your video’s for free. You can literally reach thousands of potential
customers and then entice them to watch your PLR video’s.
Depending on the topic of the PLR video’s that you purchase the average running time is from about 3 minutes up to 10 minutes. Often they will come in a package that will contain a series of lessons allowing you to teach your customers about a specific topic of interest.
The beauty of PLR video’s is that you can choose to edit a portion or several portions of the video’s in order to promote your business, products and services from within the video itself, providing you with a big opportunity to attract potential customers and close more sales of the product that you are promoting from within the video’s. You are therefore hitting two birds with one stone.
Firstly, you get to promote your product to a larger number of people. The key here is to spread links of your website that contains the video’s to other ads-based web URLs.
Secondly, you can slowly acquire a trusted brand name as time passes by. By using PLR video’s, you can quickly achieve better results, not to mention more sales and profits. All you have to do is find the right PLR video’s to suit your needs and you can get started right away.
If your looking for a great PLR Video source then check out Steve Dougherty’s PLR Video Direct.Com

Do you suffer from auto spam bots harvesting your email address from your website then flooding your inbox with a huge amount of c**p?

Here is an easy solution…..

Format a ‘mailto’ as follows:

mailto:%20yourname@yourdomain.com

It works when someone clicks on it, but when the robots pick it up they end up with an invalid address.

Or, you can use this simple script:

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=”JavaScript”>
<!– Begin
user = “username”;
site = “yoursite.com”;

document.write(‘<a href=”mailto:’ + user + ‘@’ + site + ‘”>’);
document.write(user + ‘@’ + site + ‘</a>’);
/ End –>
</SCRIPT> 


Hope this helps! :-)

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