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RE: Time Of Your Life — Anthony Robbins

I am feeling a bit guilty that I am not writing daily as I had gotten used to, but I see that many are on hiatus for the holidays and I am taking this time to prepare myself for the upcoming year.

I have two days/sessions left to do of the ten-day Anthony Robbins “Time Of Your Life” time management program. The concept is excellent, but this one has given me a bit more trouble than the two others I completed. But, I AM worth the effort and that is keeping me motivated.

Although I started over a million times as I could not get past tape 4, I promised myself I WOULD complete this before the ball drops in NYC ringing in 2005. (I start Day #9 later on today!)

On the other hand, I do believe I will have to go through the program yet again, but... I will go through in a stronger — happier, more productive — frame of mind and position! After all I AM worth it, or did I say that before! You see... I have to keep telling myself this in order to get through. I can honestly say though... “it IS worth every bit of effort I am putting in to it. Tony keeps saying that the assignment exercises take about 5-10 minutes, but I am “still” writing about an hour later. Why? I am brutally honest with myself! IF I can't be honest with myself, who can I be honest with?

I want to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Happy, Healthy, Safe and Prosperous New Year 2005.

Posted by roz at 04:19 AM | Permalink

Living in NYC, I was quite upset to realize I missed this event earlier this year! I am looking forward to attending in 2005.

QUOTE:
"Search" is white hot. Widespread interest in Google's IPO has further fed this fire and has catapulted this topic to front page news. Every company regardless of size or industry is moving quickly to maximize the opportunities presented by search engine optimization.

Go here to read more...
http://www.jupiterevents.com/sew/winter05/index.html

Who: Organized by world-renowned search authority Danny Sullivan
What: Search Engine Strategies Conference & Expo 2005
When: February 28-March 3, 2005 / New York City, NY
Where: Hilton New York
Why: If you want to be found in the search engines, it is “a must visit” event!

Visit Jupiter Events to learn more...
http://www.jupiterevents.com/

Posted by roz at 03:24 AM | Permalink

As the end of the year draws near, I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous holiday season.

I hope you will join me in looking to the New Year 2005 with great enthusiasm and expectations.

I plan to take a few days off, but will be back soon.

Enjoy!

Roz Fruchtman BlogViewsByRoz.com

Posted by roz at 08:46 AM | Permalink

Stay tuned for my 2004 favorites!

I consider myself blessed to have been able to form lasting personal and business relationships within my focus area — web and graphic development. It's been my privilege and I would like to formerly say “thank you!”

As well... Things started to look up when:

• I changed the way I access the Internet
• I got rid of my second phone (the computer phone), and
• I changed my telephone service provider!

Who would have believed that all of this would have changed my life so much, when I... “discovered the world of TeleSeminars!”

My short list of favorites will be posted before the end of the year!

Posted by roz at 03:50 AM | Permalink

For those of you who know me personally, you know that my passion is designing eCards and graphics.

For Judaic eCards visit: Graphics Schmaphics Exclusive Judaic Greeting Club at: http://www.GraphicsSchmaphicsExclusive.com
SHORTENED URL: http://www.GSExclusive.com

For Traditional Christmas, Kwanzaa and New Year 2005 eCards visit:

TableTopGreetings.com at: http://www.TableTopGreetings.com

Both these sites are mine. Enjoy!

Happy Holidays!

Roz Fruchtman

Posted by roz at 03:09 AM | Permalink

You're invited to this complimentary seminar, covering business topics from leaders in today's leading companies—delivered via web conferencing from Microsoft Office Live Meeting. All you need is a web browser and a phone. We hope you'll join us.

Blogging for Business Seminar

December 16, 2004
11:00AM - 12:00PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
2:00PM - 3:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Speakers: Jim Coudal, Owner, Coudal Partners and Anil Dash, Vice President of Business Development, Six Apart--the company behind Movable Type

Seminar Overview
Blogs are all the rage on the Internet and were a big part of the presidential campaign. From politics to technology, blogs are driving traffic and making money. This seminar features Jim Coudal, the author of several blogs and co-founder of Coudal Partners, a company that designs blogs for its business clients. Anil Dash is Vice President of Business Development for Six Apart, the company behind Movable Type, one of the most popular blogging tools available. These experts in blogging will look at what blogging means for your business and how you can “blog for business.” You’ll learn what a blog is, look at some business blog examples from around the Internet, discuss tools you can use to create a business blog and explain some of the benefits and pitfalls of blogging.

See you there!

Posted by roz at 01:58 AM | Permalink

PERSONAL TESTIMONIAL: This is a really fun package. I was privileged to be on the beta team and was able to play while giving feedback! The possibilities are absolutely endless!

In my opinion Alien Skin has done it again with their new Eye Candy 5 filter package: Eye Candy 5: Nature.

This package could not have come out at a better time with the “Holiday Season” upon us. Below is the Alien Skin Official Press Release.

30-Day Demo (full functioning)
Pricing: $99.00
Upgrade Pricing: $49.00 (eligibility - owning another Alien Skin Product)

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For release 12/7/2004
Alien Skin Software Ships Eye Candy 5: Nature

Raleigh, NC (December 7, 2004) — Alien Skin Software today announced the release of Eye Candy® 5: Nature (Nature), a set of 10 plug-in filters for Adobe® Photoshop®, Adobe Photoshop Elements®, Jasc® Paint Shop Pro™ and Macromedia® Fireworks®. Nature simulates a variety of phenomena, including fire, smoke, rust, snow, ice and more. The second of a three-part upgrade to Eye Candy 4000, Nature features four all-new filters and six reincarnated Eye Candy classics. Graphic designers, digital photographers and Web or multimedia content creators will appreciate Nature’s versatile and beautifully rendered effects. Corona creates radiant solar flares, organic gradient glows, and wispy auroras.

• Drip melts images, melding colors and rendering oozing drops that drip from selections.
• Fire ignites artwork, creating any incendiary effect from blue flames to white-hot rocket exhaust.
• Icicles drips translucent icicles from any selection and works great with Snow Drift. (New)
• Ripples creates refractive ripples around any shape, as well as chaotic reflective waves. (New)
• Rust tarnishes and corrodes images and text with rust, moss and mold. (New)
• Smoke simulates anything from voluminous clouds of smoke to murky haze.
• Snow Drift piles snow on text and lightly dusts images with surface snow or frost. (New)
• Squint mimics poor or wet vision or camera work, defocuses images and adds highlights and halos.
• Water Drops splashes images with a variety of drops, spurts, spills and more.

Version 5 refines the features of previous Eye Candy versions, simplifying usage and supporting the latest digital imaging innovations. Nature uses familiar keyboard shortcuts and is scriptable in Photoshop using actions.

Presets provide over 500 quick and easy effects for rushed designers and complete novices, and an improved settings management system makes it easier to browse, share and add new presets. Nature works with 16-bit images; color transitions are smoother, with less banding, and print documents reproduce colors more accurately.

Unlimited undo and redo speeds the process of selecting the right effect, while context-sensitive online help prevents perplexity.

Nature is the second of three Eye Candy 5 plug-in collections. The first upgrade, Eye Candy 5: Textures was released in 2004 and produces a wide variety of seamless, texture effects, including snake and lizard skin, fur, brick, stone and wood.

The final upgrade, Eye Candy 5: Impact, will be released in 2005. Impact will include the graphic design effects that made Alien Skin Software famous. For those who want chrome, bevels, shadows and other classic effects now, Eye Candy 4000 remains available.

Pricing and Availability: The estimated street price for Nature is $99. Registered users of other Alien Skin Software products receive discount pricing when ordering direct. Online delivery is available at the Alien Skin Web site: http://www.alienskin.com. Nature is also available worldwide through stores, catalogs and resellers.

Host Requirements: Nature is a plug-in; it must be used with one of the following: Adobe Photoshop 7 or later, Adobe Photoshop Elements 2 or later, Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 or later or Jasc Paint Shop Pro 8 or later.

System Requirements: Windows users must have at least a 1 GHz Pentium III processor, 256 MB RAM and Windows 2000 or Windows XP. Macintosh users must have at least a 500 MHz PowerPC G3 processor, 256 MB RAM and Mac OS X 10.2.6 or later.

Makers of award-winning plug-ins since 1994, Alien Skin Software writes and sells filters that users love.

Copyright © 2004 Alien Skin Software, LLC. All rights reserved. Alien Skin Software is a trademark of, and Eye Candy is a registered trademark of Alien Skin Software, LLC. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners. We will never wear suits.

Posted by roz at 05:02 AM | Permalink

This was sent to me by a young Jewish woman I was privileged to meet when she purchased one of my eBay items. She is in our Military. I am very grateful for these young people who are there protecting us and I look forward to the day they will return home!

Please spread the word...http://www.concertforfreedom.com/main.html

If you will be in NY on December 15th or have family and friends in NY please urge them to attend this concert. Join 50 local Jewish communities in a gala CARNEGIE HALL Chanukah Concert in support of American Jewish Troops.

The amazing benefit concert will be next Wednesday, December 15, at 8:00PM, and will feature Featuring Avraham Fried, Dudu Fisher, Yaron Gershovsky, the 46-piece Australian Moriah Symphonic Winds, and much more.

Posted by roz at 05:56 AM | Permalink

I just attended a fantastic teleseminar hosted by AnnieJenningsPR.com.

Annie's guest was Philippa Gamse, who is a consultant and professional speaker on eBusiness and Website strategy. She helps companies, small businesses and nonprofit organizations to maximize their return on investment in their Internet presence. She is a Certified Management Consultant, a designation earned by less than one percent of professionals.

While using teleseminar attendees websites as models, Philippa gave a smashing rundown of the features needed to emotionally connect with your visitors from the first moment they arrive at your web site.

This seminar was geared to everyone and anyone who either has a web presence or is thinking of creating one. Her tips and insights were right-on-the-money, invaluable and fun. Philippa has a knack of saying what is right and explaining why — all the time in a non-offending manner.

It was so fun that the hour sped by without notice. I made sure I did *70 before dialing up to ensure not being interrupted.

Philippa Gamse is absolutely a gem and a very intriguing, entertaining lady. As she spoke and showed us example web sites, I furiously wrote and took notes for my own web site's enhancement.

Philippa thank you! You are great! My only regret was that I was not one of the chosen few to have been privileged with your expertise and evaluation. But, it's never too late, you can visit my site at:
http://www.GraphicsSchmaphicsExclusive.com

In my opinion Philippa Gamse is one of Annie's most interesting guests. I have attended three of her seminars to date and plan on attending as many more as I am available for. I repeat... “If you are already on the web or are thinking of making a debut, Philippa Gamse is a lady “not to be missed!”

Visit Philippa at:
http://cyberspeaker.com/

Posted by roz at 01:58 PM | Permalink

NOTE: This looks like another winner from AutoFX.

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PRESS RELEASE

Auto FX Software is pleased to announce the “The Digital Delight Bundle.”

Auto FX Software is excited to announce a valuable bundle offer that we are providing to customers.

The Digital Delight Bundle includes the following products:

• Corel Paint Shop Pro 9
• nik Color Efex Pro 2.0 Select Edition
• Mystical Tint Tone and Color
• Mystical Tint Tone and Color Training Videos

All for an incredible price of $199. This is a $500 value and a savings of over $300.

Product Materials such as high-resolution box shots, samples, screenshots and more can be found here: Product Materials Page.

We hope you like the Digital Delight Bundle and help us share the news of this release with others. Click to read the full Press Release for this bundle. We encourage you to contact us with any questions, suggestions or if you have any press opportunities in mind.

Best Regards,

Marketing and Public Relations
Auto FX Software
205.980.0056
marketing@autofx.com

Posted by roz at 04:19 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

QUOTED from Annie Jennings PR Newsletter.

Creating Your Emotionally Connected Website:
An In-Depth Look" with Philippa Gamse

Thursday, December 9th, 2004
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Eastern / (10:00 AM PT, 11:00 AM MT, 12N CT)

All who attend are offered the complimentary digital recording of **PR Myths: What The Media Loves & Hates** & **Mystery Producer X Reveals All** in addition to the free CD offered below.

Your Website is often the next best thing to a direct conversation with you or your employees - so how does it stack up? Does it make your visitors feel recognized, interested, comfortable with you, and motivated to interact with you? Or is it just a bland brochure?

Join Philippa Gamse, CMC for an in-depth continuation of her popular teleseminar "How to Create an Emotionally Connected Website". In this program, we'll go to the next level for your site, exploring in detail how to evoke the critical emotional responses in your visitors that can really make a difference to your results - and how to avoid destroying your connection!

We'll look at several practical examples during the program to illustrate Philippa's suggestions (only constructive feedback!) - if you'd like to submit your site for review during the program please press reply to this email (or send an email to annie@anniejenningspr.com) with *website evaluation* in the subject line. Philippa will select the ones she would like to use for the teleseminar. If selected by Philippa for an evaluation, your website will be viewed and discussed during the teleseminar. By responding you agree to allow your website to be discussed during the teleseminar. We record the teleseminar as well for distribution and/or sale.

And as the host of this teleseminar, Annie Jennings of Annie Jennings PR says "what you don't know; your competition does!"

QUESTIONS PLEASE: Do you have a question you would like to ask during the teleseminar. Our policy is not to identify the asker of the question. Find out what you really need to know! Ask your question in the box provided on the teleseminar sign up page.

Sign up and get your bridge line and pin at
http://anniejenningspr.c.topica.com/maacWyLabcjWrcflZH9b/

Posted by roz at 01:59 AM | Permalink

QUOTED from Annie Jennings PR Newsletter.

Letting Go Of Holding On:
How To Make Transitions To Grow Your Business" with
Business Strategist & Psychologist, Dr. Bev!

Wednesday, December 8th, 2004
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Eastern / (10:00 AM PT, 11:00 AM MT, 12N CT)

All who attend are offered the complimentary digital recording of **PR Myths: What The Media Loves & Hates** & **Mystery Producer X Reveals All** plus more digitals in addition to the free CD offered when you sign up.

Looking forward to an incredible New Year? Why not make 2005 the year of your mega-success! Business strategist and nationally-acclaimed psychologist reveals the secrets to creating the outstanding success you have always dreamed of. "Even if you have fallen short of your goals in the past that can all be put behind you so you can have a fresh start", say Dr. Bev. Dr. Bev shares the stages of creating transitions in your life that allow success at all levels including and especially in your business. You can ask Dr. Bev your "most needed to know question" or ask Dr. Bev to solve your personal barrier to success (using the fill-in form below). Do you have trouble achieving your goals, staying on track, making a game plan? Are you discouraged by earlier failures, burned out from too much hard work in climbing the stairs to success? "Don't quit" says Dr. Bev, "the life of your dreams can be yours. You can learn how to let go and get ready for change." Join Dr. Bev for her insider secrets on changing what has not worked into what does work for you. No longer do you need to make mistakes that keep you down or believe in negative thoughts that create barriers for you. Breakout into a whole new world! Let go and soar!

And as the host of this teleseminar, Annie Jennings of Annie Jennings PR says "what you don't know; your competition does!" Join us!

Ask Dr. Bev! If you have a question you would like Dr. Bev to answer during the teleseminar please enter it on the sign up form. All questions are kept confidential and anonymous. No names are mentioned during the teleseminar so ask away! What do you need to know about your personal success?

Sign up and get your bridge line and pin at
http://anniejenningspr.c.topica.com/maacWyLabcjWrcflZH9b/

Posted by roz at 01:53 AM | Permalink

Straight from WebMasterRadio.fm

When: Wednesday, December 8, 2004
Where: CoverStory / http://www.webmasterradio.fm
Time: 2-3 PM EST

This Week's Guest!

Meet Barry Schwartz, the man whose greatest hits include introducing LEGO to the United States, the RUBIK'S CUBE and LAZER TAG crazes, A QUESTION OF SCRUPLES and many more! He has also represented major companies in the financial services and the high technologies arena. Barry M. Schwartz, President and Founder of Schwartz Public Relations Associates, Inc. (www.schwartzpr.com ) brings over 40 years of experience that includes a financial services, high technology and of course the exciting area of toys!

Each show is broadcast live with an interactive chat called the "lounge" where you may mingle with colleagues and ask questions of the show guests if you choose not to call in live.

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you decide to hang out and mingle in the “Lounge” don't forget to accept the popup you will be offered. You won't be able to access the Lounge without it! (It won't hurt your computer in any way!)

The show is hosted by David McInnis and Mick Jolly of PRWeb and Brandy Shapiro-Babin of WebmasterRadio.fm

Posted by roz at 12:51 AM | Permalink

I've been a fan of Lynda Weinman / Lynda.com for many years now. A few years ago I was privileged to have attended a number of her events here in NYC and got to meet Lynda and some of her crew. It was great fun after only communicating via email and phone. Lynda is a class act and anything she has a hand in is top-of-the-line! If you go to any of her events you will see what I mean.

As well... I have reviewed a number of Lynda.com learning Videos/CDs and books. For me... “visual” learning has always been the best way to go. I remember taking an on-line class awhile back and I was just too tired to read the lessons. I popped in the Lynda.com CD I had on the same subject (Flash 5) and before I knew it I was working along with the CD and wide awake. Besides with a CD you can repeat and repeat and repeat until you get it, and then there is always the brushup!

On the other hand there are the Lynda.com Hands-On-Training (HOT) books. These books are not only fat and juicy, but come with their own CD of video lessons. I would say this is the best of both worlds!

I remember a number of times leafing through the books and just itching to get to the computer to try out the exercises.

What prompted me to write about Lynda.com today was the fact that I just happened over there after a recommendation from one of my Photo-Haven members when I asked a particular question. Knowing her work I went without question to have a look. I could not believe the library of Learning CDs she has available these days. I wonder if they gave up sleeping over there! They have learning Videos/CDs on just about any topic you can think of, even Blogging. Why didn't I know this when I was agonizing — for a year — over learning how to Blog!

The question that I am asking myself is: Have I been away too long or have they just been working harder? Probably a little of both!

Surf on over to Lynda.com and have a look see!

Posted by roz at 03:57 PM | Permalink

So many doors opened for me in 2004, because I was more open to accepting help from wherever it was offered. Some who helped do/did not know me from a whole in the wall! But... I know them and that is all that matters. I would now like to pass it, share and help others.

Stayed tuned for Roz Views / 2004 Favorites.

Posted by roz at 06:40 PM | Permalink

Directly from the CoverStory weekly radio Internet show:

Join us today (Wednesday) for our weekly Internet radio show, CoverStory:

Who: The show is hosted by David McInnis and Mick Jolly of PRWeb and Brandy Shapiro-Babin of http://www.webmasterradio.fm/
What: Each show is broadcast live with an interactive chat called the "lounge" where you may mingle with colleagues and ask questions of the show guests if you choose not to call in live.
Where: http://www.webmasterradio.fm/
When: 2 PM Eastern Time / 11 AM Pacific Time

NOTE: I attended the premier show last week on November 24, 2004. When I left it, it was as if I received a much needed “shot of enthusiasm!” To me, that's the highest compliment I can give anyone or anything!

Posted by roz at 01:26 PM | Permalink

Can you believe that there are 30 days left until 2005. Another brand new year looms before us. It's exciting to think about!

I took some time off after Thanksgiving to learn all I could about eBay and how to sell and buy. While it is not rocket science to put something up for auction, there is a technique to it and much to know.

I'm back now, so stay tuned for more:

• Free seminars
• Free teleseminars
• Reviews
• Roz Views — My own pearls of wisdom and opinions
• Lots more!

Posted by roz at 12:44 PM | Permalink