Join the 12 Days of Christmas

The 12 Days of Christmas: I just found a webpage that has lots of great free gifts given by some of the top internet marketers around. Mark Hendricks has put together his own version of "The 12 Days of Christmas", and has pulled in favors from his friends who are among the sharpest marketing minds on the planet.

I've already found some really great stuff, and thoughtyou might want to take a look too. It all starts on Dec 1st so hurry and register so you don't miss any of the great gifts.

Here’s the site:

http://www.hunteridge.com/12days/index.php?id=M2580

Google Checkout Merchants Forum

Google Checkout Merchants Forum Google Groups: "In this group, Checkout merchants share questions and information with one another." If you use Google Checkout you'll want to bookmark this for answers to your most important questions.

Camtasia Studio 2 Software Key

Register for your Camtasia Studio 2 Software Key: "Easily record your screen to create compelling training videos, screencasts, and presentations ... without ever leaving your desk. " Camtasia is excellent software that top online marketers have been using for years to do screen caputres. I don't know how long they're offering it but you can download an older version (ver 3.1.3) totally free. Go grab it while you can. If you snooze you lose.

Photrade- Paid for Your Pictures

Photrade : How would you like to get paid for your photos?

A new twist on a great idea. Get paid for your pictures at http://www.photrade.com/ - Name any price for your prints, they'll take care of the rest, get paid for views and clicks of your photos too. Sign up at the site for free.

Dog Detective® - Lost Dogs & Found Dogs - the first and largest pet recovery network on the Internet

Dog Detective® - Lost Dogs & Found Dogs - the first and largest pet recovery network on the Internet:
This is a little off-topic today but something that I think is very important. If you've lost or found a dog, you must go to this site. Did you know that "32% of lost dogs are found over ten miles from home. Dogs are ten times more likely get lost if they are not spayed or neutered. " As a dog owner myself I shudder to think how I would feel if my own dog was out there somewhere, lost and alone.

Dog Detective has been online since 1999 and is one of the largest pet recovery networks online today. So if you've lost your dog make sure you post it on this site and if you've found a dog, go to this site and maybe you can help to bring home someone's loved one today. Make sure you bookmark the site as it's one of those services you don't know when you'll need.

Greedy GiveAway- 10 Days Only

Greedy GiveAway

Jason James has launched this special offer which runs only until Oct 27th. It's free to register and once you do you'll be given the chance to download high quality ebooks, software and ecourses, some which come with private label rights, and others that can be given away. If you're in need of some freebies to give away from your website or to your ezine subscribers you'll find a few gems here.

I personally have joined this one and found some great freebies I just had to have. Don't miss out. In 10 days it will be gone forever. These are premium gifts from expert marketers.

Start downloading now at:

http://tinyurl.com/3bxwap

Teaching Sells- Free Report

Teaching Sells: "This free Teaching Sells report from 10-year online marketer Brian Clark is your guide to what's coming next, and what some savvy online entrepreneurs are succeeding with right now." You'll have to give up your email address to download it but looks good.

Free Report-PDF

Edit Your Digital Photos - Best Of The Blog Volume 1- Written by David Peters- Need to take better pictures? Chopping off too many heads or have too many sticks growing out of people's bodies? This free 17 page PDF will show you tips on how to edit your pictures and how to use Photoshop to fix your mistakes. So maybe you'll never be Ansel Adams, at least you'll know how to make your bad pictures look better. Download it now in PDF format.

Free Internet Radio Stations

iheard Radio Stations - Surfing the net and feel the urge to listen to some music? Check out this new search engine that allows yo to search for free online radio stations for your listening pleasure. They have everything from Jazz to Country.

I've Learned Movie

I've Learned Movie- If you're feeling a little blue or maybe just run down by life in general take a few minutes and watch this inspirational movie. The scenery is beautiful and the words very touching. Yea, even old Merle here has a heart.

Yahoo! Publisher Network

Make Money Online with Yahoo! Publisher Network- In case you were thinking that Google Adsense was the only game in town for making money by displaying ads on your website, think again. Yahoo has their own "Content Match" program you can sign up for. Very easy to use, just design your ad and choose the colors that match your site, copy the code onto your pages where you'd like the ads to appear, and presto you're done. You can even opt to get paid quickly by Paypal.

Comment Sniper- Free Download

Comment Sniper: "Offers a way to build targeted, valuable, strong and lasting traffic to your website at no cost, by tapping into the first mover advantage of blog comment posting. And... now, for a limited time only, you can download this $47 fully functional application Completely FREE with no strings attached. "

Duncan Carver is at it again with this freebie. Use it to boost your search engine ranking and increase your website traffic and you can't beat the price tag. Be the first to know when new posts are made on your favorite Blogs so you can leave your comments.

Picnik - edit photos the easy way, online in your browser

Picnik -: "With Picnik you can quickly edit all your online photos from one place. It's the easiest way on the Web to fix underexposed photos, remove red-eye, or apply effects to your photos. " Nothing to install or download. If you're looking for a fast way to edit your photos and don't have graphic editing software, or maybe you do and just don't know how to use it, you'll love this!

John Reese Launches BlogRush

Well, after a long time in coming John Reese has finally launched a new site BlogRush. It's free to join and this Blog syndication network promises to send more eyeballs to your Blog. Everything John touches turns to gold, so tell all your friends then go and register yourself at

BlogRush
http://www.blogrush.com/r34950247

Coupon codes for thousands of online stores - RetailMeNot.com

Coupon codes for thousands of online stores - RetailMeNot.com- This is a cool site. If you buy things online, and don't we all, sometimes when you're on the checkout page you'll see a box on the form that says enter "coupon code" or something along those lines. When you see that you always wish you had a code so you could save yourself some money. Thanks to this site you can search for a coupon code you can use in an instant. Bookmark it.

Free FeedBurner Report

How's the weekend going? I found this new report online and wanted to pass it on.
"Beginner’s Guide to Using and Building Traffic with FeedBurner" by Teli Adlam

It's a 23 page report loaded with tips on usingthe FeedBurner service. Go ahead and download it, and pass it on to your own website users, or subscribers if you like it. I'm sure you will. It's really good. Download it in PDF here:
http://www.merlesworld.com/e-books/feedburner-guide.pdf

Have a great holiday weekend!

Merle

Merle's Mission Ezine- Jan 15, 2007

Good Morning!

Merle's Mission Ezine was sent out yesterday in text format. If it didn't arrive in your inbox it must have been snagged by a filter along the way.
You can read the PDF version or print it out at the link below"
http://www.merlesworld.com/archives/MM_011507.pdf

Have you ever been involved in a "joint venture"? Utilizing other peoples resources to promote your own products or services is a powerful technique. Today's issue will reveal how to find partners and some excellent references.

Read it now: http://www.merlesworld.com/archives/MM_011507.pdf

Have a great day!

Merlehttp://MerlesWorld.com
http://MerlesMission.com

Happy Holidays!

I spent a few hours with my brother, Sean and my sister, Debi on Christmas Day. The three of us are pretty close. That's me in the middle.  

Happy Halloween From Dakota and Gia!

This was my first Halloween without Teddy Bear, and it's a little tough. Every year I have this tradition where I dress the dogs up in costumes and take their pix. I then create cards or flyers and send them out to about 40 of my friends. This was Gia's first year and since she just turned a year old she wasn't very cooperative. Trying to get her to sit still is like trying to kill a mosquito with a needle...impossible.

Dakota on the other hand is a ham. He'll literally "work for food"....if you know what I mean. He has food issues and is in sore need of Jenny Craig services for dogs....if someone would invent that they'd make a fortune. Here is my creation for this year! Happy Halloween Teddy Bear....and to all of you! 

Miss Gia Turning 1

My "little girl" is turning 1 on Oct 21. Can you believe it? I remember bringing her home as a small puppy just a few months ago. It's amazing how fast he year has gone by, but considering it started out with the death of "Teddy Bear" I can't say I'll be sad to see it go. My hope is that next year starts out on a better note. Happy Birthday Gia! You are an angel.