Archive for the ‘Online Resources’ Category

A New Hypnosis Resource

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

We’ve located a new hypnosis library that appears to be written exclusively by Tom Nicoli (you remember him by his appearance on Dateline NBC).

This hypnosis library is still under development, but if you want a sneak peek, you can find it here: http://www.tomnicoli.com/hypnosis/ .

We have been told that over the next few weeks, it will expanded to hundreds and hundreds of articles about all aspects of hypnosis. Take a look and watch it grow!

Find Lost Money

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Everyone has heard about the millions of dollars that go unclaimed each and every year. We all start thinking that perhaps we have a long lost relative who passed away and left millions to us, and we just never knew about it. While that very rarely happens, it can and does. However, it is a lot more common to find any missing money that is a lot smaller in value. It isn’t uncommon to find an insurance policy that paid out and we were never aware of. Perhaps we transferred banks and somehow some money was left behind and interest has accrued over time. There are lots of people across the country who are missing money and don’t even realize it.

There are lots of websites, some national and some sponsored by your local towns, that are set up to help you find any missing money or property that you may have set aside just waiting to be found. Most sites are free to conduct a search. If you happen to find a site that wants you to pay in order to conduct a search, move on. You should never pay any fees for a site or someone else to conduct a search for you. Chances are, you’d end up spending more to find any missing money that belongs to you than you would get in return. It would also be wise to conduct searches on a few different sites. Not that the results will be any different but you certainly don’t have anything to lose by doing so.

There have been some scams in which you’ll get an email or a letter stating that you have an inheritance of some sort waiting for you. In order to obtain it, you must first mail some money for taxes and any kind of transfers. Once you take the bait, the only missing money that you’ll find is the missing money that you just lose in some scam artist’s perfect plan. If you actually had some sort of large inheritance waiting for you, I can guarantee you that you wouldn’t be getting a generic email. An attorney would be tracking you down. The missing money and other items that you may locate on some websites are usually smaller amounts and that is why people don’t bother to try to locate the rightful owners. The chances of becoming rich from finding any missing money listed on these sites is incredibly low. You may find you have enough money for a grocery store visit or a trip to the mall, but not much more. However, it never hurts to search and have some hope.

Beware of making money online programs

Monday, April 28th, 2008

For anyone that watches late night television and infomercials it is not news that there are many business opportunities on the internet. There are advertisements in print media, television and a few months ago I heard a commercial on the radio. With all the hype about home based and internet based business opportunities I decided that I would look into it to see if I could supplement our income.

There are many sites that make huge claims about making money online. In my research I found that some of them are complete scams and others are complicated business ventures. I did come up with a few pitfalls and tools that I used in sorting out the opportunities. It is very easy to get caught up in spending money to obtain information. That is the first pitfall that I fell into. When looking into making money online do not pay for information about the opportunity.

We have all come across the sites that claim that you can make thousands of dollars a week spending a few minutes a day whenever you want to. Most of these sites call themselves data entry opportunities. They tell you that if you can type an email you can do the job and make thousands of dollars a week. The information that is not shared prior to buying into the company is that you need to spend a great deal of money posting the advertisements that you type up. I paid to learn more about the data entry positions. In the hype portion I was told that all I needed to do was to fill out forms and post them on the internet. I was not told that I first had to pay to get the forms and then had to pay to post them. I also had to research which company had the greatest potential of helping me recoup my money as well as make a profit. It was a very complicated and misleading experience. The next pitfall that I fell into in trying to make money online was the completion of surveys. This is the biggest rip off that there is on the internet. For one thing you can join companies to get mailed the surveys without going through a third party. The third party has you pay money then they simply give you the websites of the survey companies. I ended up spending money joining music and make up clubs as well as ordering magazines. There was one survey that I took that I was paid $1.50 for taking. The third party company stated that you could make hundreds of dollars a week spending fifteen to twenty hours. This was not a sure bet in making money online for me. The person that was making money online in this case was the one that found the survey takers for the companies, who in turn bought from the companies.

Making money online is possible, but it is not a get rich quick scheme and the old saying “if it sounds too good to be true it probably isn’t” definitely applies.

Finding good content on “money”… online

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Whoever said that money doesn’t make the world go ’round was absolutely correct, but, they must not have ever had to worry about money issues. And to some people, money does buy happiness. All you need to do to realize how much of an importance money truly is to mankind, log onto the internet. There are enough of articles on money topics to keep you busy for weeks. Whether the writer is an expert or not, articles on money are overly abundant.

I was recently trying to find some articles on money saving tips and advice and found some truly helpful sites. Of course, I also came across some useless information as well. My biggest problem is developing a budget and sticking to it. A budget in my household only lasts about a week. After that, we find reasons to spend money on more frivolous items and something always comes up that needs immediate attention. It’s impossible for us to stash money into our savings account. Considering the fact that we’re hoping to buy a larger house in a year, this presents a problem. We simply lack the discipline for effective saving. I did manage to find several articles on money saving tips that allowed me to be a bit more creative in my attempts to cut down on some expenses and stash extra cash. Most articles on money saving tell you to find more coupons, shop outlets for clothing and groceries, find ways to decrease utility bills, conserve more gas, and lots of tips that are purely common sense.

I found a site that had tons of fun and creative articles on money saving that I actually enjoyed reading. My favorite tip was one that I put into effect immediately. I found an old shoebox and taped the lid on it. I cut a small hole in the top of the lid and wrapped it with wrapping paper. Once a week, or more, my husband and I committed to putting an undisclosed amount of money into the box. We can’t see inside of it, and we can’t open it up to take it out. It could be a simply dollar bill or ten dollars. We agreed to not let the other one know how much we’re contributing and we designated a certain date that we can open it up and that amount would be a weekend getaway or house money. I thought it was a brilliant idea and a way to have some fun. Who knows how much we could end up hiding and saving!

Most articles on money saving were informative but not very interesting. I’m a person who enjoys reading fresh new ways for saving extra cash. I can figure out the common sense methods on my own. I’d rather have someone tell me something that I would not have even considered, something that will actually last for more than a week.