There is a quandary by many as to whether or not to setup a plain web site or to setup a blog. Tonight, we will discuss the pros and cons of both! http://www.nmpnetwork.com

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Gravatar Has A Birthday – On October 11^th 2007, Gravatar was acquired by Automattic. What was once a small idea has blossomed into a incredible resource. Gravatar enables users to upload an avatar that is then displayed on any blog or service that supports Gravatar. Think of it as Global Avatar. Here are some stats that will boggle your mind. There are 7,214 requests to the Gravatar service each second every day. That equals about 623 million requests daily. – http://blog.gravatar.com/2008/10/11/gravatar-one-year-later/

Polldaddy Now Part Of Automattic – Polldaddy which is a service that exclusively deals with surveys and polls has been acquired by Automattic. The service which is based out of Ireland and was made up of only two employees will now have the opportunity to be used by over 4.4 million blogs on WordPress.com. Integration of the service has already begun taking place with a WordPress.org Polldaddy plugin already made available. – http://ma.tt/2008/10/polldaddy-goes-automattic/

WordPress 2.7 Feature Frozen – WordPress 2.7 is now officially feature frozen. What this means is that, additional functionality will not be introduced into the core and instead, the focus will be on hammering out bugs while cleaning up the code. There are still a number of design issues to work out but based on my testing of 2.7 thus far, I think it will blow the socks off of a lot of people- http://performancing.com/wordpress-2-7-now-frozen

Plugin Of The Week – Stumble For WordPress –This plugin extends WordPress to support a “random article” feature, similar to StumbleUpon’s StumbleThru and Wikipedia’s (Mediawiki’s) random article feature. The plugin supports basic “go to any random page” functionality, but can also integrate with Yet Another Related Posts Plugin to stumble similar articles. Stumble! for WordPress will automatically give priority to articles with more comments, so users will be brought to your most popular posts.- http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/stumble-for-wordpress/

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Hey All!

Just wanted to let you know, doing my first ever Scripted segment/show in podcasting went awesomely! Listen to tonight’s episode to hear about my switch to video. Stay tuned, because I will be using Scripts for now on, on Podcaster Training, plus all of my new video shows will be scripted.

I’m sure some of you are itching to get your hands on the Script I used tonight, it is on Google Docs.

Reading from a script is a very, very hard task for many. But, with the Help of Patti Serrano and my talents as a Voice Actor (also known as podcaster) I was able to get myself prepped in less than an hour yesterday.

I’d also like to Thank: Rob White and all of the Friday night, Podcaster Training talkshoers for helping me get where I am today. I don’t know where I would be today, if I would have never found TalkShoe or Podcaster Training. You all have been a great help, you have all helped many!

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A good credit history is critically important for the consumer. A bad credit will prevent you from getting a business loan, owning a home, or even a job. Promises to “fix” your credit are always made by credit consolidation companies, but they are seldom true. Here are some of the important tips to avoid scams:

First things first. Negative information cannot be erased if the information is correct. Only inaccurate information can be corrected in your credit file. Credit file information remains on your record for seven good years from the time it is reported to the bureau. For bankruptcy, the information remains on your record for ten years. All the consolidated information about your credit bills you fell behind on, but are now paid, will remain on your report for the time period mentioned above.

Do not pay the credit repair company unless their promises are kept. Remember, the law is on your side. Federal law requires credit repair companies to give you a complete detailed explanation of your legal rights, a completely documented written contract, and above all, 3 days to cancel. This applies to all credit repair services including for-profit services, non-profit services, creditors and credit unions.

Be wary about emails you receive. When you hover your mouse over the link in the email, you will know for sure if it is a trusted website or a fraudulent one. If fraudulent, report it to your bank promptly.

You don’t need a counselor to correct your mistakes in the credit report. Take charge of it yourself. If you were recently denied credit, you can request a free credit report. Otherwise there is a small charge for it. Some states will allow you a free copy of your credit report once a year. It doesn’t cost you anything to dispute or question items in your credit report. Get online or follow instructions from your credit bureau. The three major credit bureaus are Equifax (800- 685-1111), Experian (800-682-7654) and Transunion (800-916-8800). In most cases you will need to contact all the three credit bureaus as the information they have about you may vary.

Remember that you can’t create a second credit file. Some of the fraudelent companies will offer to provide the consumers with a different social security number (tax identification number if ssn does not exist) in order to create a new credit file for the consumer. Such a practice is called as “file segregation”. File segregation is illegal and does not work.

Whereever possible, add explanation to your credit report to prove your point. If you have legitimate reasons for not paying certain bills on time (switching jobs, illness), or if you refused to pay because of a dispute, send the bureau a statement to be tagged with your credit report. Each lender who pulls your report will be aware why you fell behind on those bills.

Counseling might be a good option. Find a good non profit consumer credit counseling service in your neighborhood. Get online or open your yellow pages to find one. Seek the guidance of friends and family members. Select a counselor, meet them in person to make sure they are right for you. Ask them on tips and advice on how to build a good credit history. If you are still lagging behind on your payments, credit consolidation firms will be able to set up a payment plan with your creditors. If money is an issue, select a non profit credit counseling service. They will offer their service for free or for a very low cost.

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