I’ve stressed to my readers time in and time out on all of my blogs the importance of when you decide to go online to DO YOUR HOMEWORK! Whether you’re purchasing a new computer, computer parts, a car, or whatever you should research that product, research the company, research their customer support. I tell the same thing to all the people out there looking to go online with their business. I tell them that when you’re looking for web site hosting look up the company, look up what they stand for and how they do business. Not doing so is just asking for trouble. I know when I first moved my business online I was naive and just looked for a manageable price on everything. Then turns out the company that I went with was impossible to get a hold of, their server wouldn’t allow me to upload via FTP, and .htaccess files were not allowed so I couldn’t run the types of sites that I wanted… needless to say I didn’t stick with that company for very long (I won’t say who it is because from what I’ve heard they’ve changed since, but I still hold a grudge so will never return to them. It’s one of the mega super hosting companies)
Wolverine Boots
There are really only a few companies that I trust when it comes to my work boots. And only a few places I trust when it comes to purchasing those boots. Luckily I’ve got MetBoots.com where I can find great Wolverine Boots at amazing prices! I know that I can trust MetBoots.com because their customer service is second to none, and they have never let me down. Wolverine boots have never let me down in respect to comfort, and safety. I also know that I can trust Wolverine boots being an American icon established in 1883 in Rockford, Michigan I know Wolverine stands for quality, and supports American jobs.
Car Parts
When it comes to getting quality car parts nothing beats XCarbonFiber.com! They’ve got the parts you need at the prices you want. Whether you’re like me and into racing (hey a little speed never hurt anyone), or if you’re just looking to get your car running properly you can get what you need from XCarbonFiber.com they’ve got great customer service, and amazing selection!
I really like that XCarbonFiber has a very clean layout also. The site is designed well helping you find all of your aerodynamic and racing parts needs. Simply by selecting the make of your car on the side you can easily navigate to whatever parts and equipment they have in stock. Aerodynamics is what XCarbonFiber seems to specialize in as they have wings and ground effects for most all cars, but they also carry a good line of exhaust, and other performance parts. So for all of you punk racer kids who want to “pimp” your rides stop by XCarbonFiber and see if they have what you need. From my searching of the site I’d be willing to bet that they’ve got most anything that you would want to max out your ride before your next race or show.
Custom Graduation Invitations
When my wife and I were getting ready for our wedding we looked around everywhere for wedding invitations that we liked. Nothing was quite what we wanted, and it was all fairly expensive. We felt bad about paying so much for something that wasn’t exactly what we wanted our invitations to look like. I mean yeah, sure if it was a hundred percent customized the way that we wanted it to look maybe we wouldn’t of minded paying so much.
We were about to give up and start printing our own invitations (a pain staking process) when we ran across Vista Print. For half the price, and sometimes less since some of the wedding invitation books charged out the yin yang. we were able to get the exact custom design we wanted and have them back in a timely manor! I only wish that I knew about Vista Print and their awesome customized process sooner!
When I graduated high school we just got the graduation invitations that came with the package where we got the cap and gown from. Needless to say it was ridiculously over priced, and very simplistic invitations. If only we knew about Vista Print back then could of saved a boat load of money, and got a much better design. Oh well, you live and you learn right? At least now I know about Vista Print and their amazing services for when my son Connor is getting to walk down that aisle for graduation… or walking down the aisle for a life long commitment to a beautiful woman 
Long story short, don’t make the same mistakes I did in paying too much for your custom invitations. Of course do your homework and shop around, I highly doubt you’ll find a better deal than Vista Print though. Trust me, I’ve looked.
Shopping Cart Software
Sometimes now when I look around at shopping cart software it makes me extremely sad that had I done my homework more I would of realized that you can get a Free online shop with more features than the shopping cart that I paid $260 for! Amazing shopping carts such as Appee that gives you peace of mind knowing that your customers are shopping securely, allows you to have unlimited items in your cart, and is very well designed all FOR FREE! Appee also has a hosted service where you can get a subdomain, or domain with them and they will take care of the maintenance, and installation of the site for a minimum fee.
Seattle Attorney
I have this buddy who’s always getting in trouble… bad thing about it is that he’s not only getting himself in trouble, he likes to take other people down with him. Seems like every time we hang out he does something dumb and by the end of the night we end up spending the night at the local jail. Like this trip we took to Seattle, we were at this bar and, well my “buddy” couldn’t keep his mouth shut, luckily I know this attorney Seattle who was able to help us out!
Next time I’m in Seattle I don’t plan on needing an attorney, but it’s nice to know that Kannin Law has my back when I need it! If you’re ever needing legal advice in the Seattle area visit KanninLaw.com to find out what they might help you with while living, or visiting the Seattle area. Any more you have to have legal council for any little situation that you might end up in, even speeding tickets are important to be able to spend a little more money now rather than spending a lot more later! Sometimes you just have to be able to play the game to just get by.
Undelete!!
Delete, delete, delete… wait… no, did I need that? Undelete! Undelete! Ah crap… now that expense report you were working on for your boss that was getting SOOOO big that it was taking up too much space on your hard drive and you had to create space for is gone! Gone forever!!!
Or is it? Did you know that you hard drive hardly ever actually deletes files? Yeah, unless you use special deletion software, or the file gets overwritten the information is still on your computer. A hard drive stores information on a magnetized disk that has hundreds of thousands of little magnetic switches so to speak and tells what your file is by which switches are on, and which are off. When a file is “deleted” though your computer doesn’t go through the process of turning all of those switches off like the hard drive was originally. It simply erases the file path that your operating system used to find it. With DiskDoctors File Recovery software you can restore lost, erased, or sometimes damaged files quickly! I’ve seen and tried to use a lot of supposed “undelete” programs that are basically worthless because the program needs to be installed BEFORE you delete a file… who thinks to install that kind of software until you have an accident though? DiskDoctors File Recovery Software on the other hand allows you to scan your hard drive for lost or deleted files then restore them with a few simple clicks.
Custom Checks
A lot of banks sell custom checks any more, or have a service that sells them through the bank. But lets face it, for an object that is in your hands just long enough to be filled out and then handed to someone else, that can get pretty expensive. Of course, the bank is getting their cut, the people printing the checks are getting a cut, and so on and so forth which means that you’re left paying everyone’s bills along the way. Nobody wants to foot that bill, especially not if you go through a lot of checks. Now you can go straight to the source with Vista Print! I love Vista Print for all sorts of small advertisement items, since they actually print the material it’s much easier on my wallet to go through them.
Many of the “custom” checks you can get aren’t really custom anyways! If you run a lawn mowing business and pay your employees with checks that have dolphins, whales, and other sea creatures on them that’s not much help to you now is it? What if you could actually get your company logo, and some advertisement on those checks for the same price? Yeah, now that is what I’m talking about! Show off your business to customers, employees, bank professionals, suppliers and anyone else who might handle checks from you with truly custom designed checks from vista print.
I know what you’re thinking… this has to be too good to be true, but that’s why I urge you to check out Vista Print’s website and see for yourself both prices, and how customizable these checks are! If you’ve never used Vista Print before you’ve been throwing money down the drain in my opinion. I use them for all sorts of things for my business from business cards to letterheads, and even my wedding invitations, and I have never been dissatisfied.
Auto Insurance Done Your Way
Most of you know that I’m not a big fan of insurance… actually most people would say that they are not a fan of insurance. But lets face it who would be a fan of having lots of crazy teenagers driving around without insurance? Yeah, didn’t think so. To find the best prices on insurance in all of England there is only one place to go though, and that is Autonet Insurance. One of the largest Insurance brokers in the country you can get Autonet Van Insurance for pennies as compared to what it would cost from other insurance brokers!
Some companies that are trying to “help” you save money with car insurance just eat away at your time. Autonet Insurance UK doesn’t do that. You can have a reliable quote in minutes with Autonet Insurance. Only trouble for me now is that I don’t live in the UK, so unfortunately I’m still stuck either wasting hours of precious time to try and find a decent quote on auto insurance, paying tons of money… or my personal favorite option moving to the UK! Not that I wouldn’t move to the UK in a heartbeat, but with my wife just having a kid… it’s just not practical for lower prices on car insurance
Tired of Change?
One thing that I really like about using Opera as my browser of choice is that I can theme it and continue that theme while upgrading so that I’m always used to the interface. It helps when it comes to efficiency. Of course There are times such as with WordPress where change is good, and the change actually helps… but when you’re talking about a program that you use every day, day in and day out for years… and then all of a sudden they change things up on you (such as with Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint). Sometimes I just wish that I could get back to the classic menu styles.
Actually, that’s what I’m blogging about today, I recently found an add on for Microsoft Office Products that allows you to do that! If you’re looking to increase productivity with Classic Style Menus and Toolbars for Word, Excel, PowerPoint 2007 look no further than addintools.com and their Menu Office product! If you’re constantly searching for tools and options with the new interface that Microsoft has rolled out with their Office products then Add In Tools Menu Office is the perfect add on for you and your Microsoft Office Productivity Products.
Not long ago there was a product that I installed (I think it was called XP Start Menu or something like that) that made your start menu more like the classic start menu of Windows. But it was smart and kept things where they were because of the way the human brain works. We are creatures of habit and our brain remembers the placement, and look of things faster and easier than it can learn a list. Same reason why you would want Menu Office, your brain is already wired where all your tools and menus are… why change that?
