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Optimize your media input streams to support your goals
What you think about is what happens. Or at the very least is much, much more likely to happen than something you never think about at all. Your mind will receive a staggering number of messages in 2009 that you mostly have no control over. TBYB! suggests that you take a look at the input streams that you do control, to make sure their content is in alignment with your goals. Continue reading »
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Ask the readers: Which digital photo frame do you recommend?
A digital photo frame may be the perfect tool for delivering advertising to ourselves. What do you think? Which photo frame should I buy? If you have a digital photo frame what do you like about it? Are there any features you wish it had? Which one would you buy if you were going to get another photo frame today? Continue reading »
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Guest post: How to deliver tagged Flickr photos to your desktop with the Google Photos Gadget
This is a technique I had not tried before, and I really like it. For starters, it’s dead easy. Once I set up a theme feed other people literally do all of the work. You’ve gotta love that! Another great thing is that variety and novelty are built in. For example, I currently have photos tagged “water polo” streaming to my Photos gadget, since that’s something I want to focus on this year. Every time someone posts a new photo on Flickr with that tag, it’s automatically delivered to my desktop, so I’m always seeing new pictures about water polo. That keeps my interest level high, which causes me to pay attention to the ads. And using personal ads to keep our attention on the things we want to accomplish is what personal marketing is all about. Continue reading »
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Guest post: How to use Flickr to find pictures for your ads
TBYB! thanks Lise of Frugal in the Fruitlands for writing this excellent two-part tutorial about how to use Flickr photos to illustrate your ads. In this first installment, she walks you through the process of locating and downloading images about your topic. Those of you who are working on a New Year collage should find this material really helpful for locating those hard-to-find pictures of your dreams for 2009. Continue reading »
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Rock 2009 with a New Year collage
Here's an arts and crafts project that's fun, powerful, and dare I say a reasonable alternative (or addition) to football for New Year's day. You'll be exposed to over a million commercial messages in 2009. As is true with so many of the techniques we use at Take Back Your Brain!, the New Year collage makes sure you are also reminded about the things you want to think about. Continue reading »
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