Review: Opportunity.Com

Everyday, I get e-mail messages hyping this new training course or that new e-book. All of them are “guaranteed” to make me wealthy in record-breaking time. Most of the time, the only person who makes any money from the programs are the people who wrote them and those who hyped it up. Most of the time, the information is old, obvious or, in some cases, just plain wrong. With this being the case, it is easy to see why I read most Internet marketing e-mail messages with a very skeptical eye. Read more

Review: CoffeeCup Software: HTML Editor

Although I use WordPress for most of my websites these days, there are still times when a simple HTML page works best.  This is especially true if you are a new webmaster and are trying to learn HTML, or if you’re a busy webmaster and don’t want to hassle with remembering all of the tags and syntax.

When it comes to HTML editors, you have lots of choices.  Some are quite expensive and others are actually free.  With the free ones, you usually get what you pay for.  Most of the lower end editors tend to be “buggy” at best.  On the other end of the spectrum, you can get a robust and reliable application with a hefty price tag.  Wouldn’t it be nice if you could get the best of both worlds?  Well, you can.

For several years now, CoffeeCup HTML editor has been my editor of choice.  It’s quick, full-featured and works like a champ.  Seriously, I’ve tried a lot of HTML editors (and I do mean a lot) and only one of them impressed me more than CoffeeCup HTML editor.  That was Adobe Dreamweaver (with a hefty $300+ price tag).  When I did a head-to-head comparison of the two applications, I didn’t find Dreamweavers advantages to be worth the huge price difference.  That’s why I chose to stick with CoffeeCup.

Here are a few things I really like about CoffeeCup HTML Editor:

• It incorporates both a plain text and a WYSIWYG editor.  Using the WYSIWYG editor to do something and then looking at the plain text editor to see how it really was done, is a great way for new webmasters to learn HTML.
• It is very intuitive.  There are lots of “one-click” options to add elements to your website.
• CoffeeCup HTML editor includes tons of included code snippets that you can incorporate into your website quickly and easilly.
• It also includes website templates that you can modify, thus saving you lots of time.
• They offer a free, light version of the software and offer a free trial of the full version.  You get two ways to “try before you buy.”
• Upgrades are included.  Whenever I sign in to my CoffeeCup account, I can see updates to the software that I’ve purchased and I can download them for free.  How cool is that? 
• Their customer service is the best! 

Folks, I’m really quite impressed by this software and I believe that, once you try it, you’ll be impressed too.

Head on over to the CoffeeCup website  to see their HTML editor and full line of excellent web design and management software.

Review: Rosalind Gardner’s Super Affiliate Handbook

With all of the alleged “information” floating around the Internet, it becomes difficult to distinguish between the hype and the real nugget of gold.  That is especially true when you are talking about ways to make money on the web.  It seems that there is a new scam or scheme being hatched every second or so.   After awhile, it’s easy to become jaded and start wondering if anyone is for real. 

If that’s where you are, I have good news for you.  I have found the “real deal.”  For several years, I’ve been hearing about Rosalind Garner’s “Super Affiliate Handbook.”  When I first heard about, I remember thinking, “Oh great!  Another over-priced book by another alleged guru.”  And I didn’t order it. 

As time went on, I kept hearing about Rosalind and the book.  Knowing that scammers rarely stay around long and that no scammer could possibly keep up the years of positive press that Rosalind enjoys, I started to conclude that maybe she was legit and her book was worth reading.  Well, there’s no better way to find out than to read it.  So, a week ago, I went to the website and I purchased the e-book version.  Now, before you start to assume that I got some kind of a special deal or something, let me assure you that I didn’t.  I paid full retail so that I could give you an unbiased opinion of the book. 

Once I started reading the book, I couldn’t stop.  I literally went through all 212 pages in about three hours.  I couldn’t stop reading it!  Rosalind writes in a comfortable, easy-to-understand style that “clicks” with me and, apparently, many others. 

This book is no fluff, no hype and no nonsense!  It’s the “down and dirty” how-to stuff that so many promise but few deliver.  Let me tell you, this book delivers! 

The only drawbacks I found while reading the book was that Rosalind tended, at times, to go into too much detail for my liking.  Then again, I’ve been building websites for over thirteen years and was familiar with some of those areas.  If I were a novice at setting up a website, I’m sure those areas would have been much more interesting for me.

If I had to grade this book, on a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being the best book on the subject), I would give it a solid 9.  Knowing that nothing is perfect, I think that’s about the best recommendation I could give.  If you are serious about making money with affiliate programs, you’ll have this book in your library and you’ll read it and re-read it.

For more information on Rosalind Gardner’s “Super Affiliate Handbook” click here.