Blog Views By Roz...

I was completely blown away this morning when I visited the JASC website. I had to take a “double-take” when I saw the advertisement for TWO Paint Shop Pros!

• Paint Shop Pro 9 — Advanced tools for advanced imaginations. Paint Shop Pro 9 for power-hungry imaginations that want advanced, precision tools they can control. Learn more!   DOWNLOAD BETA


• Paint Shop Pro Studio — The art of having fun. Paint Shop Pro Studio for those who want to have fun with their photos without the hassle of learning advanced power tools. Learn more!   DOWNLOAD BETA

You really need to see this for yourself! Surf on over!

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DON'T FORGET... Tell them you saw it here at:  Blog Views By Roz!

Posted by roz at 08:49 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

One of my discussion group members sent a note through the group how unappreciated he feels. He stated that he belongs to a variety of discussion groups and spends a good deal of his personal time helping and sharing information and “rarely” does anyone say “Thank you!” Having felt this way myself — a few times — I could sympathize!

It is my belief... people are generally good and well meaning — and... very busy multitasking. However there seems to be some misconceptions where the Internet is concerned! I believe... people need to be educated to the fact that just because a complete stranger — who they may never meet or talk to personally — helps them on the Internet via email, that same stranger STILL deserves acknowledgement for giving of themselves, their knowledge and their precious time.

Please remember... the phrase “Thank You” may be two little words, but their meaning is monumental — AND FREE!

NOTE: It is those very strangers — on the Internet — who have made the biggest difference and impact on my life to date! As well... I hope I have returned the favor and continue to do so!

Posted by roz at 04:08 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Become A Soundbite Genius... With Media Strategist Susan Harrow. Authors, speakers and experts - Create Soundbites that reporters and audiences love! In today's world where attention spans are the size of a gnat getting press with clever or quotable soundbites isn't enough. You want to speak so your audience will like, respect, and support you-and buy into what you have to offer.

Become A Sixty Second Soundbite Genius
Wednesday, Sept 1, 2004 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Eastern
(10:00 AM PT, 11:00 AM MT, 12N CT)

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Posted by roz at 11:25 PM | Permalink

For anyone who has been following Blog Views By Roz this week, you know I had laser eye surgery — Yag Laser Surgery — on Tuesday. Yag Laser Surgery is somtimes called the “Surgery For The Cataract After The Cataract!” More information can be found here:

• What to ask you doctor!
• Second opinion
• Cost

So far so good... I feel like someone turned the lights on. I had not realized just how bad it was, as mine was progressive, and did not come on all at once. My doctor had been after me for a long time to have the procedure and my unfounded fears prevented me from agreeing. I am now wondering if I am a masochist at heart, as I could have had this procedure done at least a year to two ago and been seeing crystal clear! I literally waited until the last minute when I finally realized there were no more choices: “I was reading small type through a magnifying glass which I carried around with me in my fanny pack!”

To make things worse... for me, the surgery was done twice. I was going through a (personal) traumatic time back in April and chose to change doctors. It was like I took leave of my senses and went to someone completely different than the doctor who was treating me all along and who had performed both my cataract surgeries successfully. All I can say is... “G_d must have been sitting on my shoulder” as the first doctor could have done irreversible damage instead of the inadequate job he did do. THANK YOU G_D!

After the first surgery I was left seeing distortions and haziness. To make things worse, I feared that I was seeing all this craziness because I was losing my eye sight! When I called the fist doctor he told me this was normal and that he could do nothing about it. When I had been there he totally refused to do any further laser surgery! (Once I found out that he caused this I would not have let him touch me even if he wanted to. In my opinion he is a menace and should not be allowed to practice medicine!)

The procedure was finally redone by my regular ophthalmologist and I can't begin to tell you how grateful I am to him. IF I could only package the feelings of elation and wonderment I felt as I browsed the local mall four days after the procedure! I felt like a kid in a candy store looking at everything for the first time and totally able to see it! To be able to see clearly from one end of the store to the other was a luxury that I had not experienced in quite some time. I revelled in the brilliance of the store lights shining brightly against the pitch black darkness of the sky! I had not realized just how bad it was. To think the first doctor told me “There was nothing wrong and this was normal!” Imagine someone who is supposed to be dedicated to helping people see better, leaving someone in such a state! You might be wondering why I am writing this. Well... for a variety of reasons:

• to share my good fortune
• to tell you “not” to take your eyesight for granted
• to urge you to be careful who you trust your eyes to
• to urge you NOT to make important decisions when you are under stress

I know you know this... but, IF you are going through any kind of emotional issues, NEVER make important decisions, especially with your health or the health of a loved one!

Posted by roz at 02:09 AM | Permalink

Well, I am back. My laser surgery went well. I will find out how well when I see the opthalmologist tomorrow morning, but I do see an improvement. The true test — for me — is when I go out in the bright sunlight. I saw distortions before, hopefully they will be gone now! I will admit that I am a bit nervous!

Posted by roz at 03:27 PM | Permalink

I will be gone today to have my Yag Laser Surgery redone! So I might not be posting for the next day or two.

There are three FREE seminars coming up this week (listed below in the Blog). Please give yourself the gift of attending them! OR... at least the one(s) you feel would benefit you the most!

Related links

• What to ask you doctor!
• Second opinion
• Questions to Ask Your Doctor — Form to Print Out
• Cost

If you pray... Please keep me in your thoughts!

Posted by roz at 04:45 AM | Permalink

THE POWER TO INFLUENCE Sales Mastery Course coming
September, 29th, 30, Oct 1st!

DATE CORRECTION: The wrong date was posted for the FREE one-hour seminar. It was last night 8/25/2004 at 7:00PM. For those who missed it, I am truly sorry. The announcement I posted from was incorrect and it was not brought to my attention until about 20 minutes ago. CORRECTED 8/26/2004

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Posted by roz at 04:27 AM | Permalink

DATE: THURSDAY — August 26, 2004

Another Annie Jennings Pr FREE Teleseminar

NOTE: I know I say this all the time, but you “really cannot” afford to miss this FREE teleseminar. Take it from someone who knows how hard it is to get this type of information, and free no less! Every web developer and small business owner needs to know the ins-and-outs of how to work with shopping carts!

Shopping Cart Pricing Strategy with Internet Marketing Strategist, Willie Crawford.

Excellent teleseminar on shopping cart pricing and strategy to help you learn how to maximize your online profit potential. Expert Willie Crawford reveals how to:

• layout your shopping cart
• how to track visitors that go through with a purchase
• how to find out why they changed their mind and did not go through with a purchase
• how to offer several pricing options
• how to cross-sell and up-sell
• and lots more.

This informative teleseminar also discusses how to cross-sell and up-sell and how to set this up on your shopping cart and how to continue selling to your customer and if you should do this immediately after they have bought an item or wait . . . . lots of great, not to miss info!

Thursday, August 26th, 2004 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Eastern
(10:00 AM PT, 11:00 AM MT, 12N CT)

Scroll down to SUBMIT to receive your Bridge Line # and Pin # you need for the Teleseminar or browse through more selections below and choose to attend more! Our teleseminars are FREE with my compliments!

MORE: All Teleseminar Sign Ups Get Annie's FREE Publicity CD "Create The Perfect PR Strategy"

Posted by roz at 04:09 PM | Permalink

DATE: WEDNESDAY — August 25, 2004

Another — FREE — seminar hosted by Annie Jennings Pr.

NOTE: In my opinion... you cannot afford to not attend these seminars. They are the best and FREE to boot! Please read on, this seminar offers many ADDITIONAL benefits to the attendees. You'll kick yourself if you miss them! (And if you are like me, you probably have enough black and blues — from missed opportunities!)

"Everything You Need To Know About Working with a Virtual Assistant" with 24 Hour Secretary & Virtual Assistant, Sharon Williams.

Boost your productivity by discovering the power of working with virtual assistant! Learn to work smarter, not harder, by using the cutting edge virtual support strategy that many successful authors and experts are using for maximum impact.

Virtual assistant, Sharon Williams of The 24 Secretary, reveals the insider secrets of working with a virtual assistant from how to find a top quality virtual assistant, to how to structure the fee schedule, to evaluating results and lots more.

You'll learn what projects could be assigned to your virtual assistant (you won't believe how much they can do for you!), how to make sure the work is being done according to your specifications as well as the overall skillset your virtual assistant should possess and red flags that you are working with the wrong person.

BONUSES FOR ATTENDING
Sharon Williams offers all attendees a free "needs assessment evaluation" followed by a free 30 minute no obligation consultation by one of her team members. Also one lucky attendee who completes the evaluation will be selected to win 5 hours of virtual service from The 24 Hour Secretary. More value: Teleseminars attendees also received a Special Report called "101 Ways To Use A Virtual Assistant".

Wednesday, August 25th 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Eastern
(10:00 AM PT, 11:00 AM MT, 12N CT)

Scroll down to SUBMIT to receive your Bridge Line # and Pin # you need for the Teleseminar or browse through more selections below and choose to attend more! Our teleseminars are FREE with my compliments!

MORE: All Teleseminar Sign Ups Get Annie's FREE Publicity CD "Create The Perfect PR Strategy"

Posted by roz at 03:33 PM | Permalink

NOTE: The new semester starts September 5, 2004

Eclectic Academy is an online teaching facility located at: http://www.eclecticacademy.com. To date their class roster exceeds 100 classes that are truly “eclectic” in subject. As well...their prices have remained at a constant at $20 per 6-week teacher-monitored class.

For those who:

• Are too busy to attend brick and mortar classes
• Are funds challenged
• Live in rural areas
• Just like to do things in
  • their own time
    
  • from the convenience and safety of their own homes and/or offices

Eclectic Academy is your ticket. Surf on over and have a look. Most classes are available in three formats:

• read on the web
• download as HTML
• download in PDF format

Learn well and have fun!

Posted by roz at 05:31 PM | Permalink

If you have been following this week's adventure with the Popups you might be interested in this bit of information.

A colleague mentioned a friend had a Popup Virus a while back and found a program on the web to solve it. While we were searching we came upon a site called NoAdware.net.

They suggested we download their program — NoAdware — “for free” to see whether our systems were infected — so we did. However, after running the program we were greeted with a screen inviting us to register the software and pay — in order to have a problem(s) eliminated. I found this quite surprising as there was no mention on the site about this before we downloaded and wasted our time running it.

In my opinion, IF a company is allowing someone to use a trial version, the trial version “should work” uncrippled. IF the company does not want to allow this, I feel it would be better to “not” offer the program for a trial download! Plain and simple, I am not fond of sites offering crippled software, and better yet, not letting you know about it in advance.

As an aside: I have no idea whether this program works or not, I am not going to pay to see if it does!

Posted by roz at 10:25 PM | Permalink | Comments (4)

Up until 12 hours ago I would have sworn I lost the war against those treacherous popups. A friend wrote and suggested I visit http://www.panicware.com and download their “Popup Stopper” software.

True to his word, “Popup Stopper” eliminated them! In fact it is so good it even eliminated the popups necessary to update my Blog. I have to turn off Popup Stopper when working on the Blog and then turn it on again when I finish! A small price to pay to be rid of them and have some peace of mind again! I never experienced anything quite like it... It was as if they invaded my space. They were everywhere I looked. Even when I turned off all the ActiveX features in my browser they still crept in!

What I still can't figure out is... Why one or two sites still send me popups when I visit their sites. It is only those sites as Popup Stopper seems to be doing its job! I would imagine they are configured differently as I don't get them from other sites.

To start out, I decided to first try the FREE version of Popup Stopper and see whats what! So far so good. I feel — once again — like I am living in a land without popups!

NOTE — Perhaps it was me... but I found it a little difficult to find the FREE version of Popup Stopper, so here is the direct link.

In my opinion... I think we need to find a better way to advertise and reach our audience “without” popups or popunders. While they worked for a while, the hackers took that option away from us!

Posted by roz at 08:19 PM | Permalink

AutoFX just released a new bundle on their web site called the Painter's Edge Bundle. It includes:

• a full version of Painter 8
• a training CD for Painter 8
• Photographic Edges 6
• a Photographic Edges 6 Training CD

AutoFX has gone the extra mile in realizing that some of their customers already have their Photographic Edges 6 filters package. They want you to be happy and are allowing you to create your own custom bundle and substitute Photographic Edges and the training CD for either Mystical Lighting or Mystical Tint Tone and Color and training CD.

You may bundle Painter 8, the Painter 8 training CD and either Mystical Lighting or Mystical Tint Tone and Color and the training CD for either Mystical title together.

You can bundle all four products together for $199. That is a $550 value, a savings of $350, for $199.

If you are interested in this custom bundle offer, please call or e-mail AutoFX to place your order.

SUMMARY:

Painter's Edge Bundle Information
SUBSTITUTE PGE 6 AND TRAINING CD FOR MYSTICAL LIGHTING OR
MYSTICAL TINT TONE AND COLOR AND TRAINING CD

If you want to place an order for this custom bundle, you can call AutoFX at 205.980.0056 or 1.800.839.2008.

If you have any questions call them at:

Auto FX Software

Posted by roz at 05:43 AM | Permalink

Have you ever wanted to print a list of file names from a directory? If so, you know how difficult and sometimes impossible this can be!

This program was recommended to me a short time ago. I was creating a new template for one of my websites. However, the old template had about 125 or more pages attached to it. ALL these pages had to be redone “individually” and resaved as the “original” file names.

My problem was... I could not figure out how I was going to keep track of which pages were being changed.

This little program was the ticket! It made my life so much easier and enabled me to print out the list of file names in the format I needed. As well... I was able to bring the list of file names into a text editor and enlarge the font for easy reading.

Quoted from PrintFolders website:

PrintFolders can save a list of files and folders into a plain-text (TXT) or HTML file. It can be used to catalogue MP3 music, photos, software and anything else with a single click of mouse.

PrintFolders offers three customizable output formats: HTML, plain-text and unformatted plain-text. The output files are clear and easily understandable. All you need is to choose what to include into the list, how the list will look and where it will be placed.

You can choose your print output files in either HTML, plain-text or unformatted plain-text. Visit http://www.stratopoint.com/pfolders/ to read more, see samples and download either the FREEWARE version or the paid version for only $9.95.

Posted by roz at 05:11 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

I have gotten numerous requests for more information about the FREE Networking Teleseminar I attended at Annie Jennings PR http://www.anniejenningspr.com on Wednesday afternoon.

At the time of this posting a FREE CD of the teleseminar is available just for the asking.

The seminar was entitled: It's Who You Know! Effective Business Networking Strategy With Al Lautenslager

It was obvious to all that Mr. Lautenslager's title of Guerrilla Marketing Expert was well deserved. He was very generous in sharing his expertise and skills in network marketing with the teleseminar audience. His personable nature made it more fun than work and the hour flew by in record time. So much information was shared that it left my head swimming with ideas. (I wish I had my CD here with me right now as it would be an additional shot in the arm for my current marketing project!) The message I took away with me from the seminar was: “You could do this!”

As someone who attended the seminar, I can honestly say it left me more than a little motivated and energized. We never realize that everyone we come in contact with is a possible networking contact. As well... “we” in turn, are possible networking contacts for them! It is good to remember... this networking business “is” a two-way street.

On a more personal note... I find when someone is nice to me “even not trying to be” I am more than a little willing to help them “even though” they “never” asked me to!

To obtain your FREE Networking CD go to: http://www.anniejenningspr.com/teleseminars/freeteleseminartapes.htm Scroll down and click on the link that says: It's Who You Know! Effective Business Networking Strategy “FREE” Teleseminar CD With Al Lautenslager and fill our the form.

Make it a point to visit Annie Jennings PR to see what's on the FREE Teleseminar agenda!

Believe it or not, this “is” networking without even trying!

Don't forget to tell Annie I sent you!

Posted by roz at 02:02 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

I long for the day they come to NYC! Until then... I will pray to the Photoshop G_ds!

PHOTOSHOP WORLD CONFERENCE & EXPO

September 1-3, 2004
Orlando, FL

http://www.photoshopworld.com or 800-738-8513

PhotoshopWorld Conference & Expo is the best and largest Photoshop
educational event in the world. It is sponsored annually by Adobe Systems and NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals). PhotoshopWorld
is arriving in Orlando, FL on Sept. 1-3 offering three days of real-world training from industry experts in the latest Adobe Photoshop techniques.

Register online at http://www.photoshopworld.com or call 800-738-8513.

Posted by roz at 08:42 AM | Permalink

I have discovered the most fabulous FREE online teleseminars. They are hosted weekly by Annie Jennings of Annie Jennings PR and Tony Trupiano of Effective Media Training.

Most weeks there are two FREE teleseminars, one on Wednesday afternoon from 1:00PM until 2:00PM EST and another on Thursday afternoon from 1:00PM until 2:00PM.

There is generally a guest speaker who is an expert on the topic of the day.

In most cases the seminars are posted well in advance. Surf on over, have a look and sign up for the seminar(s) of your choice.

Once at the site, scroll down to the seminar listing. Choose the seminar(s) you wish to attend, fill out the form and click to receive the FREE gift CD being offered that day. FINALLY... scroll down and click the “submit button” at the bottom of the page. You will be presented with the telephone number and extension for the seminar(s) you have chosen.

The seminars are so enlightening “and fun” I find I am arranging my day around them.

DON'T FORGET... Have your calendar ready!

Posted by roz at 07:21 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

It seems I must have gone where I was not supposed to and my computer has been invaded by Spyware and Popups — Inundated would be more accurate!

To date... I have tried Ad-Aware and SpyBot Search & Destroy to no avail. As well I have run Norton AntiVirus and turned off all ActiveX features within the Security tab of IE6. The culprit is hanging on for dear life!

Oh well! I suppose after being on the web all these years I was do! Will report back when it has been fixed!

Posted by roz at 07:13 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

I can't believe anyone else has had such a traumatic experience setting up a Blog!

First I had MovableType, then Blogger and now back to MovableType. Why? MovableType has more flexibility and features, and I believe it will be better, more orderly and convenient for my readers. I figured... What would be the point of spending so much time writing when people would not be able to find things easily!

It seems to me... the more you know about design the harder it is to get something that you like!

CSS is not in my comfort zone as I never had the time to learn it. I hand coded for three years before I switched over to Macromedia Dreamweaver — years ago — and never looked back. What I can do in five minutes in Dreamweaver, or even hand coding, I have not “yet” been able to achieve with CSS.

Nevertheless, I am here... And... I am ready to begin! I will worry about making fancy later!

Posted by roz at 07:03 AM | Permalink