Monday, June 2, 2008

Top Portable Champion Generators

portable generator, the 10,000-watt welder combination, model 500433. This welder/generator by Hobart, is 230 amp, with current control by a single knob that makes its set up a snap. The Champion has five receptacles, four 120 volt, one 120 or 240 volt. They all have circuit breakers that are reset at the push of button.

These Champion portable generators maintain auxiliary power control, providing a strong start capability of their motors and arc starts that are quick. The construction of these Hobart Champions is heavy duty, with engines enclosed, batteries large and electrical wiring and connections that are designed to be rugged. These portable generators are at least 10 percent lighter than comparative generator units, and smaller at only three inches long.

These Hobart Champion portable generators weight 428 pounds, and are 37 1/2 inches by 18.8 by 33.



The combination of the 10,000 watt portable Champion generator with the constant current 230 amp DC-style welder makes it ideal for construction, farming and a source of emergency power. This portable generator was designed with stick welding in mind and has a simple and fast arc start. It can also perform a general scratch start as well as welding that is flux cored. This Champion generator's 20 hp engine - an Onan - has its own separate manufacturer's warranty.

One user, a home improvement entrepreneur, rated this Hobart Champion portable generator as above average, saying that Hobart's reputation for electrical equipment in general was excellent, at least equal to and possibly surpassing the Lincoln.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Gamefly Online

Gamefly Online

Like a long pole, that can shift a great weight with little effort; such is the case with succeeding in business.

Your chances of succeeding- as an 'army of one' fall somewhere between zip, zilch and nill.

Social Marketing [i.e. Joint Venture Marketing] is the critical key to enjoying on-going success. There are approximate 100,000,000+ Web sites out there...and growing daily.

Without some good old' fashion Joint Venture Networking skills under your belt; you chances of *not* getting noticed are virtually guaranteed! Though there are many different types of leverage, two- in particular- will be explored in this segment:

Joint Venture Marketing Leverage

All but gone [certainly rare, to say the least] are the days when you could merely just e-mail an E-zine Publisher with a copy of your offerings and a 50% profit-share.

You've got to captivate your potential Joint Venture Partners with a more strategic, longer-range heap of killer benefits, as well. Prove to them that you are extremely sensitive to *their* overall wants, needs and desires- not yours or mine.

Good Strategic Joint Venture Alliances take time to cultivate...It's all about building trust.

When a List Master recognizes you as a genuine Expert within your niche, and that you just don't recommend anything that you- yourself- are not absolutely delighted with as the end-consumer...

They will be far more enthusiastic about JV'ing with you in the future, because people like to do business with people they know and trust...

ü Are you someone who is trustworthy and whole-heartedly worth getting to know?

ü Does your JV Proposal showcase *them* in the 'limelight'?

ü Is your focus on assisting them, in every way within your means, to help them grow their business and become even more successful?

If not- You need to seriously reconsider your marketing priorities...before you 'figure it out' the hard way!

That said...nothing can propel you to [seemingly] overnight success like a well-thought-out and deftly-crafted JV- Nothing.

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Every single truly successful marketer realized- at some point within their career- that in order to get to where their truly trying to be; they have to whole-heartedly and cheerfully assist others in doing the same.

This is especially true when making first contact with a good potential Partner...remember; it is you going to them, for something you want- Not the other way around.

Until you've cultivate your own Master List of 20,000, 50,000, even 100,000 Loyal Readers; and you are now the one getting slammed with 10 to 20 Joint Venture Proposals per day, on average...

To create successful, mutually beneficial JV's; you must pole-position your wants, needs and desires in such a way as to naturally resonate with/compliment theirs.

Often times, this is *much* easier said than done; as good JV Proposals require a fair and reasonable amount of selfless and candid receptiveness, attention to detail and deep meditation.

However...the dividends are supremely worth it!

Traffic Leverage

Short of having a 'bottomless wallet'...you will quickly realize, early in your online success endeavors; exactly just how difficult it is to drive consistent, quality traffic to your Web site.

Virtually all of the 'marketing gurus' trying to sell you how you, too, can quickly and easily make boatloads of cash online, with no out of pocket expenses; are feeding you a fat, stinky pile o' bull. Run...Fast!

And hide your wallet!!!

Furthermore, they straight-up buy their traffic, one way or another; until such point as they have established a monster downline of resellers [one of your primary goals, actually].

Ahhh, yes...

Then you too can- indeed- make boatloads of cash on the Internet and perhaps even become the next 'guru'...

Safe Rule of Thumb for ANY Business Endeavor

The more money [up front] you invest in yourself, the less time that you'll be shackled to your venture. The less money you are willing to you invest in yourself, the more time you will spend [exponentially] to overcome lack of funds.

In a nutshell, you can actually become quite successful on the Internet- generating a modest four figures a month- with virtually no out-of-pocket expenses. However...

Do plan on exercising Due Diligence and spending thousands of hours.

Hence, why it is critically important to choose something that you are 100% *absolutely* passionate about- as the end-consumer hobbyist!

I apologize if the blunt truth of the matter 'takes the wind out of your sails'...but, again- I wish someone was this brutally honest with me years ago!

“This will increase your profitability substantially, while cutting down your work load!”

Labor Replication

The closer you want to get to all of that free time and boatloads of money you've indubitably been promised time and time again...

The more closely you must examine exactly what it takes to become as digitally automated as possible! Which also takes into consideration creative opportunities such as outsourcing, viral e-marketing and B2B JV barter.

One very excellent example is the awe-inspiring power of autoresponders. Depending on your particular approach; a deftly-crafted autoresponder series can cultivate long-term customers, clients, subscribers, etc...Only if the information you are divulging high-quality.

Another prime example is a genuinely high-quality, PLR e-book. Most especially if these can be re-branded, featuring your downlines' primary Web venture.

Perhaps a Strategic Joint Venture Alliance...or a Member Site- In which you provide your members with a step-by-step plan of action and everything they need to achieve their own success, on- line [tenacity not withstanding, of course]!

In each of these examples, the Principle of Labor Replication [another demonstration of leverage] is invoked- your one and only Way to *consistent* Internet Success-

Regardless of your offerings...but if you are not willing to actually put forth the effort and initially act upon your knowledge, and then this will merely be entertainment to you.

Due Diligence

This is one subject that the vast majority of Internet Marketing 'gurus' avoid like the plague.

Why?

Because if they were 100% straight-up with you from the get-go and told you in no uncertain detail exactly just how hard, time-consuming and resource-consuming owning and operating your own truly successful biz op *really* is...

They somehow got it figured that you'll end up opting out and they'll end up losing the almighty buck they stood to make on your complete and utter ignorance. The faster and easier they promise you tons of money and leads; the far more cynical I'd be, if I were you.

And this applies to the so-called Joint Venture Systems out there, as well-of which I own several.

Good, solid long-lasting Joint Ventures actually do require a great deal of time, effort and giving of yourself...especially if they require a Joint Venture Agreement Contract.

However- these are the very the types of JV's that really can make you fabulously wealthy... seemingly overnight.

As a matter of fact, if it is anything short of a methodically built-up System- over a reasonable period of time [6 months to a year]...then I can all but guarantee you that you are setting yourself up for some serious grief.

Friday, January 18, 2008

Cloverfield - Non-Spoiler Movie Review

Cloverfield - Non-Spoiler Movie Review PDF Print E-mail
Written by Michael Dayspring
Wednesday, 16 January 2008

So was it A Cloverfield of Dreams? Or Did it rock Mikeys socks off? Get the non-spoiler scoop.

Image I literally just walked in the door at the House of M after a scary drive home in high force winds...which is fitting since I just had my mind blown by just how well Matt Reeves, Drew Goddard, and J.J. Abrams re-invented the giant monster movie.

Let me side track this for just a moment if I may; I LOVE Godzilla films, I love King Kong, Ultraman, all of IT! Why? Because I'm a man-child who’s "Bucket-List" has on it "Trash Model City while wearing a Monster suit" and I know I'm not alone in that one bit. However one of the most frustrating things about giant monster movies is the lame attempts to "humanize" the story. Nobody takes these things very seriously and you wind up with some cool city smashing action sandwiched in-between what feels like hours of god awful dialog from people you couldn't care about on your most charitable day.

With all that in mind the forces behind Cloverfield took a different approach to telling the story of what happens when a giant monster decides to smash a large city to rumble; the point of view of those poor people on the ground during this nightmare. And by god it works on levels you won't even realize as you are watching it, it will hit you later like a ton of bricks.

The people in this movie don't play this like a scripted drama, so much so I have to wonder how much of it was ever planned out or scripted. Which brings me to my next side tracked moment: Jessica Lucas is STUNNING!! so stunning in fact I'm not only saving her a spot on this years hottie list, but I'm even considering watching The Covenant (on purpose) just to see more of her....if that doesn't qualify as smitten I don't know what does. Ok back to Cloverfield.

While I did promise I wouldn't spoil it for you (and I wont) I will tell you this, I know some people are thinking that you won’t see much of this beast in the movie...NOT true! You see quite a bit of it but they will tease you with it for a good while before giving up the goods. It’s a great build up and the trailers don't show you ANYTHING about what you will see...and hear.

Check Out The Full Review Over At Film Geekz.

Review: Cloverfield (spoiler warning)

Review: Cloverfield (spoiler warning)

By CHRIS SCHULZ - Stuff.co.nz | Thursday, 17 January 2008

Don’t believe the hype. Forget about the endless internet campaign, and flag away the confusing puzzles, photographs, videos and bizarre advertising for a milkshake called Slusho.
Blog: Open letter to JJ Abrams

None of it means a thing once you've seen Cloverfield – a classic monster movie that manages to skilfully sidestep the extraordinary amount of hype engineered by producer JJ Abrams and director Matt Reeves.

It does everything a good monster movie should. It’ll thrill, it’ll shock, and it’ll quite likely scare the bejeezus out of you. Depending on your tolerance of handycams, it may very well make you sick.

But it’s the use of a shaky handycam – reminiscent of The Blair Witch Project – that makes Cloverfield work. It unsettles, gets viewers closer to the action, and gives the film a ‘did-you-just-see-that?’ edge lacking from more polished movies.

As the trailer suggests, Cloverfield follows the antics of a group of party-goers bidding farewell to a friend called Rob. A tense love triangle emerges just before all hell breaks loose.

Hell is the only way to describe it. In scenes eerily reminiscent of the 9/11 terror attacks, alarms ring, the ground shakes, buildings tumble, dust clouds form and people abandon their cars and run for their lives.

There’s also the small matter of the Statue of Liberty being beheaded.

Eager fans will be pleased that they actually get to see the monster that’s terrorising New York – although they might have wished otherwise afterwards. It’s an almost indescribable stumpy behemoth, and he’s invited a few smaller friends along for his trail of terror.

But the monster isn’t the only surprise in Cloverfield. A love story, told using flashbacks as the handycam tape skips between a previous recording and current events, proves to be both touching and believable.

There are plenty of classic Abrams trademarks on show: Mostly unknown actors are used; the film is packed full of pop culture nods referencing everything from Alien to Paris Hilton’s sex tape, and key characters are killed on a whim.

Unfortunately, the film ends with plenty of questions left unanswered. As fans of Lost will know, this is another Abrams trademark that gets annoying over the course of three head-scratching seasons.

But when a film is this arm-chair grippingly good, it’s an easily forgiveable blip. Just sit down, buckle up, enjoy the ride – and pray that the monster never visits New Zealand.

Cloverfield
Director: Matt Reeves
Starring: Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel, Odette Yustman, Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas
Rating: M
Time: 84 minutes
Trailer: Flicks.co.nz