Hiveminder is a web-based service that tracks all your daily tasks through email. It is full of tools that will help you remember, assign and create tasks all in one convinent place. It even allows you to share your tasks with family, friends and co-workers.

Do all those to-do lists seem to get you down? Find it hard to keep track of all the things you have to do each day? Hiveminder helps keep everything in order and makes life less complicated.

My life is full of these little sticky notes. No matter where I look there’s a note reminding me to do this and don’t forget that. The bad part is I do forget! I forget to look at the notes or they get lost in this pile of papers on what was once my desk.

Not anymore. With Hiveminder all I have to do is bring up my account, add the task to a list, check email and be on my way. No more missed appointments or deadline.

I love the braindump feature. Braindump is exactly what I need to do too. With braindump I just enter a task as soon as I think of it that way I don’t forget about it. I can then go back later and organize all my dumped tasks into categories.

The number system used for tasks works great too. As soon as I create a task it’s assigned a number. No two tasks have the same number so if it’s something I need to assign to someone else, I don’t have to worry that it will get mixed up with other tasks.

Hiveminder also include tabs. These tabs help you set out your tasks in different categories. I simply assign various tabs for items like phone calls, Dr. appointments, grocery shopping, laundry pickup, client projects and deadlines and so on. This saves me so much time because I don’t have to go through every single task I have in order to find just one. I just hit the tab, look at the tasks and find the right one in a blink of an eye.

In today’s world of go-go-go anything that can make my life simple has got to be good. From my standpoint Hiveminder is great. Sure helps keep me from running around in circles all the time!

Many people have started using Google’s AdSense program, but there are some who find it a bit too uncertain or simply not suiting their own requirements from an ad program.

But thankfully for such people, there are many alternatives to AdSense which attempt to alleviate some of its shortcomings. Here is a list of the most noteworthy ones from the lot with a description concerning each one. All of the links in this post are straight links, there are no affiliate or referral links.

AllFeeds (http://www.allfeeds.com/?action=publishers)
AllFeeds has a great pool of online advertisers to choose from. It also features many display formats that you can choose from. These include banners, buttons, XML feeds, DHTML pop-ups and so on. It also features real time reporting of your ad status. The site will mail a check every month, provided that you earn more then $25.00, while rolling over earnings for the next month if you don’t. Another interesting thing about AllFeeds is that it integrates with Google AdSense, maximizing your earnings with AdSense.

MarketBanker (http://www.marketbanker.com/mb/sell.php)
MarketBanker allows you the unique possiblity to set the pricing for your site. It also allows you to allow or reject any link that appears on your site (although AdSense itself does a very good job of this as well, with URL filters) There’s also a statistics section which will allow you to see how well your site is doing. The ads are small just like AdSense’s and they’re just as easy to set up. Also, registration for MarketBanker is free.

BidClix (http://www.bidclix.com/PubTop.html BidClix is different because it has advertisers compete for clicks on your site, which in turn is meant to generate the highest possible profits for your page. It also has a very large pool of advertisers which ensure there are plenty of people to choose your site. However, it does require more polish on site contents then AdSense. As most sites, real time statistics are available and its very easy to get started with this service, but it's also very flexible.

Chitika (http://www.realcontext.com/index.php?option=RealContext:+Contextual+Targeting+Engine)
RealContext uses Artificial intelligence to retrieve the most relevant ads for your page. And there’s an extra feature which makes RealContext unique as well. Keywords are selected based upon which previous selections payed off and which didn’t. That means there’s a constant feedback process that ensures you gain better revenue from your ads. It also supports blocking certain adds and child-safe filtering and many more options.

AdHearus (http://adhearus.com/webmaster.php)
AdHearus is a very feature-packed contextual ad provider. As with AdSense, advertisements are targeted but it doesn’t stop here at all. The ads are very flexible, you can select from text-ads, banners, rectangles, pop-ups, pop-unders or skyscrapers. You can also display your own ads, through rotation, both on your site and on other affiliate sites, which makes AdHearus a hybrid with conventional advertising technologies. There’s a very comprehensive on-line real time reporting feature and, as usual with such services, starting out is free and it’s a breeze.

AffiliateSensor (http://www.affiliatesensor.com/)
AffiliateSensor has highly customizable ad blocks, which you can make for yourself with an easy to use on-line interface. You also get realtime reporting with clicks-by-domain, page and refferer. There’s integration with Google AdSense as well, through the google_alternate_ad_url so AffiliateSensor can be used as a substitute for Google PSA’s (Public Service Ads).

Kanoodle Bright Ads (http://www.kanoodle.com/about/brightads.cool)
Kanoodle’s offering allows publishers to get ads related to topics or segments, and not the traditional keyword oriented ads. The site also groups publisher sites with advertisers by hand to ensure high-revenue generating ads. And speaking of revenue, the amount of money you receive is a clear 50% share of the amount of money Kanoodle recieves for an advertiser.

TargetPoint (http://publisher.targetpoint.com)
TargetPoint is oriented more towards content publishers. It offers full control over the look the ads, statistics over your site’s overall performance and better revenue. It’s free to register and you earn a guaranteed 60% of the total revenue. You can get payed with Paypal of Bank checks and (most times) wire transfers as well.

Clicksor (http://www.clicksor.com)
Clicksor will earn you as much as 60% from the amount of money your website produces. What you get is about the same as AdSense, there are targeted text ads, you can view the revenues from your website in real time. You can receive money via PayPal or through a check every two weeks, provided that you have earned more then $50. If you haven’t made that much, your earning roll over to the next period

Bidvertiser (http://www.bidvertiser.com/)
Like AdSense, Bidvertiser displays text ads in your page. But the difference lies in the fact that advertisers bid over your advertising space, ensuring you earn as much revenue as you possibly can. This also means that bids will increase over time, earning you even more cash. You also get a great way to customize your ads with a very easy to use tool and detailed reports on your site’s status.

Quigo AdSonar (http://www.quigo.com/adsonarpublishers.htm)
Quigo AdSonar achieves relevancy by placing a filter according to your site’s categories. It also offers you on-line reports of your site’s status and the possibility to add your own custom ads replacing ads that don’t gain you any revenue. The setup is very simple, in a similar fashion to AdSense’s and quite customizable as well.

Vibrant Media IntelliTXT (http://www.vibrantmedia.com/vibrantvideo/index.asp?referrer=Intellitxt.com)
Vibrant Media IntelliTXT offers user-activated ads, highlighting certain words within the content of the page and presenting relevant ads when a user hovers his mouse over them. It uses a pay-for-performance pricing scheme and can easily be used along with other advertising methods, because it is unobtrusive. It places you in full control, allowing you to easily integrate it within your site with some simple JavaScript.

Nixie (http://www.nixxie.com/display.php?section=Partners)
Nixie claims to hold a technology that can read and understand your site, enabling it to display the most relevant content to your site. Besides text ads, Nixie also features price comparison listings as well as live auction advertising. It’s very easy to implement and has a good payment policy as well.

MIVA AdRevenue Xpress (http://www.miva.com/us/content/partners/arx.asp)
MIVA AdRevenue Xpress is targeted towards small and mid-sized publishers. It implements Search Box functionality and also features things like a Category Directory as well as the handling of 404 error pages. It can be integrated with your page using a simple on-line wizard.

Value Click Media (formerly FastClick) (http://www.valueclickmedia.com/)
Valueclick offers you an impressive 65 percent of what it makes from a click on your website. Payments are done monthly, via PayPal or through checks. The ads can be formatted as you wish, and Valueclick even offers a free support serice for its members and no fees are required to register with the service.

contextWeb ContextAd (http://www.contextweb.com/Corporate/publisher/publisher.shtml)
ContextAd offers the possibility of contextual ads for dynamic pages, meaning ads will change as soon as your page does. It’s very easy to use and free to sing up for and offers a transparent payment policy. The ads are fully customizable and real-time reports are available 24/7.

AdBrite (http://www.adbrite.com/)
AdBrite offers publishers the possibility of integrating text ads in their pages. These are done on your own rates, with the websites you approve by hand so it bares some similarities with a classic advertising scheme. You also have the option of adding a “Your Add Here” button that buyers can immediately click to ad space on your page. It can also be used in conjunction with Google AdSense, maximizing your CTR and offering advertisers the possibility of showing their links in your Google AdSense space. You have full control over the look and feel of your adds and finally, you get an incredible 75% of what the advertiser pays for on every click.

So, as you can see there are many offers for this kind of advertising, and many hybrids based on AdSense like advertising. Also, a lot of services can work together with AdSense to earn you an even greater amount of revenue for your ad space.

I’ve been a busy bee the past few weeks with my Virtual Assistant business. One of the things I love about technology is it makes it possible for me to do business anywhere at anytime. I can set up a conference call with a client on the west coast and be in my pajamas ready to go to bed after our meeting. Well, as long as it is a phone conference and not a webcast conference.

And it’s not just web and call conferencing, but all sorts of things that make my job easier. I can email you anytime of day, from anywhere. I can take my laptop with me and work from just about any location there’s a wifi connection. The airport, a coffee shop, the bookstore, the library, my son’s baseball game! It’s brought a great flexibility to my life that I wouldn’t trade for anything.

Yes, print screen is easy as pie, but if you use SnagIt to capture screen you don’t have to also open up editing software and paste, and crop, and all those things. It’s a huge time saver if you do a lot of screen captures like I do. I use it just about every day.

This software doesn’t just do a screen capture, it also lets you easily add circles, boxes, text, arrows, and other things to highlight why exactly it is that you captured that screen in the first place. Just need to capture a small part of the screen? Not a problem, do a capture region. Want to capture the whole page? That’s not a problem either, you can capture with scroll to get all the information on a page. Great for tutorials and showing off website designs.

Download the 30 day trial of SnagIt for free and give it a test run. There are loads of little gems about this program but I’m not going to chew your ear off all day about it. Just try it. You’ll be glad you did.

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I’ve been working from home for a little over 7 years now. Amazing how time flies on you. One of the advantages of working from behind your computer is that often times your clients are states away from you. How is that an advantage? It means you don’t have that awkward first meeting to deal with before you get the job. You know the one I mean, the one where you wonder if your shirt is too tight, if your pants make your look as bloated as you feel, did your acne treatment do a good job, do you have lipstick on your teeth, why can’t you stop fidgeting your foot under the table …. yeah that meeting. I know not all first meetings go that way, sometimes first meetings really knock it out of the park. But when your first meeting is online you get a chance to showcase your skill set for that job, and you can put more thought into what you are writing as you write it. I think it gives a real chance to work on your portfolio and get things out there that you’re proud to have worked on. And you can do it in sweatpants and a t-shirt if you want and no one will ever know

Shoes are often the most fun accessory a working girl can have. Add a fun pair if shoes to that business suit and you’ve got style, personality and a flair all your own that the boys just can’t match. I know if I say platform shoes the first thing that pops into your head is knee high white leather and goldfish swimming in the bottom of your boots. But you can get mini platform shoes, typical looking shoes with just a teensie, tiny bit of a boost in height.

Whether you’re on the go for work or just running errands and picking up kids at baseball, soccer, and band… your cell phone can be like a lifeline. A necessary tool in your arsenal against the hustle and bustle of a busy life. It can order pizza, call home, get directions, and check in with the client you’re supposed to meet in 20 minutes. The problem is that little sucker runs on a battery, and if you’re like most people you often forget to put it on the charger overnight. So whether you’re just a mom running around town or a busy real estate agent, having a portable cell phone charger might just come in super handy.