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Comment on Dear Brain: How can personal marketing help me save money? by Custom Wristbands

Custom Wristbands — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:23:10 +0000

Bartering is a great way to save money, or rather, not spend it. instead of spending your hard earned money, you could barter or trade out your services. For instance if you are an artist or photographer, you could trade your services with someone that has something you wish to purchase. I once traded out photographs of a horse riding school for horse back riding lessons. All that was basically spent from either side was time. Which in these tight economic times, is better than spending money when its not so abundantly available as it once was.

Comment on Guest post: How to use Flickr to find pictures for your ads by unabashedly female · Collaborative Creativity with Creative Commons

unabashedly female · Collaborative Creativity with Creative Commons — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:13:39 +0000

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Comment on Ask the readers: Which digital photo frame do you recommend? by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:03:30 +0000

Yikes! That Timex Digital Photo Frame is a worthless thing.

Comment on How to customize your computer background by Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:55:15 +0000

you right click and then you push pesonalize and push screen saver and then do the 3-d text.

Comment on Dear Brain by Cate

Cate — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:44:58 +0000

Dear Brain -
I think the self-advertising concept is GREAT! I need to exercise more - conveniently, that’s what Lynn wrote about. But I have a question: would I be more effective to myself to have photos of me (noticeably overweight) doing things, having a good time, or photoshopped photos of my head on fit bodies having a great time?

Comment on How I got an RV with my most successful ad campaign by Ted Wintriss

Ted Wintriss — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:55:03 +0000

Great Post Lynn!

I’ve been looking at a lot of information regardin the law of attraction and other “achieve by thought” type of activities, and I’m always encouraged when I see somebody like you doing just that!

I hope you’re enjoying your RV!

Ted

Comment on Guest post: How to use Flickr to find pictures for your ads by Laurel

Laurel — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:20:34 +0000

As a corporate blogger, I manage about 12 or more blogs a week. When I need a creative image, say for my “animal care” blog, I specifically query Google like this: “cute puppies on Flickr” - and *poof* it takes me right to the section of Flickr I need to be in, then, as you stated, once you’re in the right section use a Flickr search and browse by the tags.

You are correct, some people tag their photos really well: “…girl, lady, woman, dress, red dress, smile, happy girl, female model, girl with black hair, me and suzy on vacation, ” - you can find almost anything you want.

I immediately look for the “Blog This” button over the photo. You can click that and “pop” a photo right into one of your blogs and it shows up with the proper accreditation and link to the author of the photo automatically. It’s a really cool feature.

I had a slight run-in with a professional photographer you might need to be aware of. I used the “Blog This” button to post a gorgeous photo of the Charleston SC harbor to my “I Love Charleston Blog.” I don\’t know how knew that I used his image (he might have done a “link:www.His-URL.com” search), but he contacted me and was NOT HAPPY. I reminded him that he gave everyone permission to use his outstanding image and he apologized. So, the thing to remember after you use someone’s photo is to go to the Flickr post box where the image came from and publicly thank them. (You can leave behind a URL link to where the photo is used in a blog or an advertisement online and that is great for SEO).

Thanks for the wonderful, informative blog post. I love Flickr. It’s great that you shared your ideas with folks so they can benefit, too.

Comment on How to choose a goal for your back-to-school marketing campaign by Creating A Fall Marketing Campaign Using Take Back Your Brain « Revolt and Resignation

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 03:27:39 +0000

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Comment on Change your mind with a Belief Board by Rhonda Olsen

Rhonda Olsen — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:39:03 +0000

A “Belief Board”??? LOVE IT! I’ve heard of vision boards and have one of those, but this is such a great idea….I’ll definitely create one. Thanks! :0)

Comment on Ask the readers: Which digital photo frame do you recommend? by John Kace

John Kace — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:09:38 +0000

Check out this one. It doesn’t have all the features that you mentioned but I think it is worth to take a look at it.
Timex DIgital Photo Frame - http://www.newdavincis.com/timextx5800digitalphotoframe24pcs-p-1025.html

Thank You

Comment on Personal marketing for smart people by secret agent girl

secret agent girl — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:16:05 +0000

I didn’t feel a sense of knowing this book, how it really approaches its topic and gives value…the review seemed a bit “hype-y” to me.

Comment on The psychology of persuasion - social proof by How We Partner » Blog Archive » How to Get People to Do the “Right” Thing

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 02:00:11 +0000

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Comment on How to prompt others to remind you about your goal by Mat

Mat — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:37:58 +0000

Hiya Lynn, great blog concept! I just read it all, every post! This idea of carrying a conversation starter is inspired! Your best.

My only quarrel would be with the posts where you talk about buying things as personal advertising successes. They may be successes for you but for the reader they blemish the TakeBackYourBrian.com offering.

But posts about overcoming injury and motivation are superb.

Keep up the good work! Mat

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Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:30:36 +0000

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Comment on How to customize your computer background by Lynn

Lynn — Thu, 21 May 2009 23:32:39 +0000

If you’re using Windows go to Control Panel > Display > Screen Saver and select the screen saver type “Marquee”. Then configure your message with Settings.

Comment on How to customize your computer background by Bob

Bob — Thu, 21 May 2009 19:53:08 +0000

like how do u set like a sentence floating around as a bachgrownd

Comment on Guest post: How to use Flickr to find pictures for your ads by Blogging Basics 101 » Enhancing Your Blog Content Series: Using Photos to Emphasize Meaning

Mon, 18 May 2009 05:00:44 +0000

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Comment on The REALLY personal ads by nancy Lystad

nancy Lystad — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 07:45:21 +0000

Hi Lynn,
Thank you so much for the inspirational web site you have created. This is such a great project for me to work on as I transform myself into the Nancy I know is here. I must let my spirit soar to achieve this image reform.
I created an ad for me ” I am one of a kind you will never find another such as me. I won the sperm race” do I need to say more….
See ya at the pool oh by the way I downloaded the gadgets bar but need to fiddle more with it to personalize this.
Thanks again.

Comment on Guest post: Find Authentic Happiness with personal marketing by EconGrrl

EconGrrl — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:02:02 +0000

My most important relationship is with _myself_, but without vision boards and personal marketing, often my priorities fall off the radar. I love what you are doing here at Take Back Your Brain! Most of my head-space or attention should be on the things, ideas, and experiences I choose, but without mindfullness, and great techniques for bringing me back to mindfullness, actual percentages of time and attention move more to new cars, nice house stuff, new gadgets, etc. Thanks for sharing your experiences and innovative techniques.

Comment on 10 steps to powerful personal marketing by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:36:08 +0000

As well as taking your own photos, sites like iStockPhoto.com are a great place to find photos to use (you’re just using them for yourself, so the samples with the water-mark should be good enough).

These are the kind of photos used in lots of professional ads, so the quality is really high.