How to avoid strains and pains

There aare many things more dangerous than sitting at a computer. Coal mining, skydiving, and bullfighting immediately spring to mind. But juat because computers are relatively safe, that doesn't mean risks involed.       Carpal tunnel syndrome, eyestrain, neck and shoulder pain, headaches, and fatigue are just some of the problems associated with computer use.   Thats why its important to set-up and use your computer ergonomically.This simple means your working conditions and your body are not at odds.  Here are some ways to avoid strains, pains,and other discomforts while computing  position your monitor.  While sitting at your computer, close your eyes and imagine you are looking straight ahead.  Now open them and notice the first thing you see. This is your line of vision. The center of your screen should be                          4 to 9 inches below this line.        Take care of your chair.  Proper posture helps solve most computer related problems, and your  chair is the key to proper posture. Make sure your chair is high enough. Your knees should be lined up with your hips while your fet stay planted on the floor.   Don't sit on the edge of your seat.  Your back has no support and you'll start to slump.  When your hips are against the back of your chair, you should be able to fit three fingers between the back of your knees and the edge of your seat. If you can't try another chair.      If your chair tilts, lean back slightly. If it doesn;t adjust your back support so you can  sit at a slight backward angle...    These tips will be helpful..                                                                                                                                                    Be Sure to Leave Your Comments! Also be sure to subscribe to my feeds http://feeds.feedburner.com/dotblogger and Follow Me on Googles Friends connection Recommend @lilruth to @MrTweet on Twitter....

Blogging Tips - Get downloads down pat

    Keep these ideas in mind as you download.  Some sites ask you to pick the area you want to download your file from. Choose the location closest to you.      After you click to download the file,always choose SAVE FILE TO DISK. Be sure to note the disk and directory where you save it.  You'll need that information to use the file.    Once the download starts, you may see a dialog box counting how much time you have left until the download finishes.                                                                                                                                         Download times can range from a few seconds for a small file to hours for a jumbo-sized file. The speed of the download also depends on your modem speed, internet traffic levels,and the speed of the computer sending the download. Waitiing for large software programs to download can be frustrating, Fortunately, technology has found a way to make things easier. Special software can compress the files to make them smaller without losiiiiing a bit of essential information. Its like a technological trash compactor, except the files can be returned to their original shape... The  compresses file called a zip file uses the same special software to get decompressed or "unzipped".............. You can choose PKzip or Winzip software to handle this task. Check your PROGRAMS menu to see if one of theseis already on your computer...If you don't see it, Use Windows FIND utility to track down PKzip or Winzip files. You can get Winzip from http://www.winzip.com/ or PKzip from http://www.pkzip.com/. Each program offers a demo version so you can use it for free trial period.   You don't even need to worry about how to unzip the PKzip or Winzip file after you download it. The installation process will do that for you..                                                                                                                                                              Be Sure to Leave Your Comments! Also be sure to subscribe to my feeds http://feeds.feedburner.com/dotblogger //feeds.feedburner.com/dotblogger and Follow Me on Googles Friends connection Recommend @lilruth to @MrTweet on Twitter...

Put your computer to sleep

    You don't have to shut down your computer every time you step away from it. That would get tiresome. An alternative to shutting down is putting your computer in stand-by or sleep mode. When its in sleep mode, your computer rests until you wake it up again. This saves energy for desktop computers and battery power for laptops.. To triger sleep mode, you can go through the START menu, just as you would to shut down. Click on SHUT DOWN, then when the box pops up, click the option box next to SLEEP instead of SHUT DOWN..     Or you can simply walk away from your desk. After a certain amount of time, the computer will put itself to sleep. The monitor will go blank, but you won't lose what's on your screen. When you come back to your desk, press any key or jiggle your mouse, and your computer will wake up refreshed and ready to go...                                                                                                                                                            Be Sure to Leave Your Comments! Also be sure to subscribe to my feeds  http://feeds.feedburner.com/dotblogger and Follow Me on Googles Friends connection Recommend @lilruth to @MrTweet on Twitter....My computer finally broke down and this is why I have not been blogging lately so Im borrowing this one. I hope you all will give me your support and send in your donations so that I can at LEAST  get a used computer. Your kind help is truly welcomed. Be sure to adgize my ads  and thank you...Lilyruth

What is Viral Marketing?

 


There are all of these “hottest things going” right now. Okay, so I know about Social Websites and Social Networking – now here’s another one: What the heck is “Viral” marketing?
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In a nutshell, viral marketing is a marketing technique that spreads information by “word-of-mouth”. In business, the message is sent out to make websites and users pass the message on to other websites and users -and the message creates potential growth due to its effect and visibility. Thus, if a business gets their message out there and people like it, they’ll tell their friends, who will tell their friends, and this can end up being hugely profitable for the business. As an advertising tool you can’t get anything cheaper.



One of the very first hugely-successful viral marketing campaigns is about one of the first free Web-based e-mail services – Hotmail. Think about the product (free e-mail and other services), the way to promote it (put a small banner at the bottom of every free message that is sent out that says “free e-mail at http://www.hotmail.com"), and then think about all of the people that received this free message who then e-mailed all of the people on their network who saw the banner and signed up for the free e-mail program, and kept it going by sending the message on to yet another group of friends…
Or let’s say you want to promote your product and reading about it is the best way to get a handle on it, so you send and give out free e-books about your product.


YouTube is becoming fast becoming a great way to do viral marketing. You promote your product on a video - without being boring or coming off as a know-it-all and maybe add a little humor – and voila! The people seeing it that like it will “share” it with their friends and subscribers and you’re on your way.
You can use the “viral” premise in more than marketing.
Did you ever want to see a movie and not gone because a really good friend of yours said it stunk? No amount of money put into jazzy advertising promotions for a movie can overcome a bad word-of-mouth review.
I once got a message from a friend of a friend that forwarded a “huge virus!” warning to me. I looked it up and it was a hoax. I wrote back and gave her the link showing that it was a hoax, but by this time all of my friends and their friends and their co-workers and their relatives were all freaking out and forwarding the virus warning to all of their other friends and relatives and co-workers – this is an example of a way to go viral through e-mail (no pun intended).
On a similar note, when I was a kid there was always the occasional chain letter that I would get in the mail (with no return address) – “Pass this on to 10 friends or you will die at midnight in three days. Don’t break the chain!”. (Do they send these in the mail anymore, or just through e-mail? I digress.)
And of course the traditional rumor mill from anywhere – be it work or your personal life – is always interesting (whether it’s good or bad), and can be spread very quickly to a lot of people. Whatever the rumor is, that’s the viral message being sent out to everybody.
You get the idea. If it’s viral, it spreads. Viral marketing is an awesome “word-of-mouth” technique that can promote many things. And with good strategy and a great message, viral marketing can be very profitable, indeed.
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