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Propaganda is most well known in the form of war posters. But at its core, it is a mode of communication aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position, and that doesn’t have to be a bad thing. Although propaganda is often used to manipulate human emotions by displaying facts selectively, it can also be very effective at conveying messages and hence can be used in web design, too.

Notice that propaganda uses loaded messages to change the attitude toward the subject in the target audience. When applied to web design, you may experiment with techniques used in propaganda posters and use them creatively to achieve a unique and memorable design.

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What a great honor it is to celebrate the birthday of our American hero Dr. Martin Luther King

In today's climate, the days, where true stand up heros are few and far between, Dr. King reminds us of the power we ALL have.

Today, to give your life for what you believe in is seen by most to be insane.

Instead we whine and complain, post on blogs or just try to pretend the ugliness of the world doesn't exist.

Dr. King's legacy has lived on because he took a stand that he knew might cost him his life.

That is a MAN! 100%.

So the next time you feel bothered by a injustice, stand up an fight. You might just amaze yourself.

Feel free to post your thoughts on Dr. King below

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Dear Friends,

Today I decided to end my career as an internet marketing trainer. I have told so many of my students that when your 1% unhappy it’s time to get out. Now it’s time to follow my own advice.

Over the last 18 months or so I have had the privilege to meet and work with some of the coolest, kindest, most generous people I have ever known. I have truly enjoyed sharing my knowledge of internet marketing and social media marketing with each and every one of you.

So why would I quit? There are several reasons, but here are a few…

First, training and coaching, for me, is an all encompassing business. I took on every client’s challenges as my own and and my time with my family has been very limited since I began on this path. I look very forward to focusing on just being dad and a husband for a while.

Secondly, while there are a great many people who have shown me a great deal of love, there are a few that have shown a heavy dose of hate and anger, partially because of my past. This group has unfortunately been much more vocal and harsh.

While I can take reasonable criticism, today I have concerns for my safety and the safety of family.

Third, I remembered that it’s much more fun and profitable to be a marketer than it is to teach internet marketing…a truth that someone had to hit me over the head to help me remember.

So, that being said I need to make a clean break….

I have asked that all my internet marketing training products be removed from the market.

I am in the process of removing all internet marketing related materials form my blogs.

Over the next bit of time I will be reverting my social media connections back to close personal friends.

I will have canceled all future internet marketing and social media speaking opportunities and will not accept new ones.

In short, I am taking my life back to private.

My current clients will be supported by Ryan Deiss’ company, Infomastery, but I will be creating no new internet marketing trainings and I have canceled all future speaking engagements regarding internet marketing.

For any current customers and clients who are still owed coaching/consulting from me, I will still be hanging around for as long as it takes to make sure that you are taken care of. In other words, while my public persona will more or less vanish, I’ll still be helping you privately and WILL NOT violate prior agreements. (NOTE: This includes “Social Media Money System” customers who are owed coaching calls with me.)

If you have any questions or concerns about any of this, please contact customer support at: support@drivingtraffic.com

…or by phone at: 512-600-4363

I appreciate your care and understanding and I wish each and every one of you great success in your future endeavors.

Sincerely,
Perry Belcher

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Here is how I got started on Twitter, Facebook etc…

I know most of the marketing community knows part of this story but I think everyone needs to hear the WHOLE story.

I got in a ton of trouble some time back for marketing dietary supplements. That’s why I tell every client today to steer clear of this industry. Regulations are rigid and if you get very big the pharmaceutical machine will crush you, no matter what you do.

Truth is I believed in every product I sold. I think I read every book in existence on alternative health, hired medical association presidents as consultants & even got FDA licensed. (see below) In the end none of that mattered.

My local county government in Tennessee closed my business, smeard my reputation and took away everything I had in the world…except my knowledge.

I can’t be in any health related businesses and have to report all my activities regularly to the courts including travel, products created etc… Bottom line, I walk the straight and narrow.

The good news is this never has to happen to you. It never had to happen to me. Truth is when you really learn transparent marketing you can market anything successfully, without hype, lies or tricks.

Facts:

I have made some major mistakes in the past.
I should have never entered the health business solely based on what I believed to be true.
I am VERY sorry if I ever harmed anyone, it was never my intent.
I realize now how stupid and irresponsible I was.
This was one mistake out of a career of business successes.
I will never tell anything less than 100% FACT BASED truth till the day I die.

I made this video as soon as I got started in social media to be 100% transparent about my past.

If you’ve ever made a mistake you wish you could take back I’m sure you’ll understand.

Sometimes you just can’t put the shit back in the horse.

Feel free to share your comments and ask questions below…

Here are the legal documents regarding the case

My FDA Registration
http://www.scribd.com/full/2171094?access_key=key-2hsa0bpk1iztm55tqmhe

My Plea Agreement
http://www.scribd.com/doc/19234534/SCAN1306000

More documents to follow as soon as I scan them in

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Keith Barry shows us how our brains can fool our bodies — in a trick that works via podcast too. Then he involves the audience in some jaw-dropping (and even a bit dangerous) feats of brain magic.

Comment & Digg on this post to get noticed! Thanks Perry

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You can bring into your life more power, more wealth, more health, more happiness, and
more joy by learning to contact and release the hidden power of your subconscious mind.

You need not acquire this power; you already possess it. But, you want to learn how to
use it; you want to understand it so that you can apply it in all departments of your life.
As you follow the simple techniques and processes set forth in this book, you can gain
the necessary knowledge and understanding.

A new light can inspire you, and you can generate a new force enabling you to realize your
hopes and make all your dreams come true.

Decide now to make your life grander, greater, richer, and nobler than ever before.
Within your subconscious depths lie infinite wisdom, infinite power, and infinite supply
of all that is necessary, which is waiting for development and expression. Begin now to
recognize these potentialities of your deeper mind, and they will take form in the world
without.

The infinite intelligence within your subconscious mind can reveal to you everything you
need to know at every moment of time and point of space provided you are open-minded
and receptive. You can receive new thoughts and ideas enabling you to bring forth new
inventions, make new discoveries, or write books and plays.

Moreover, the infinite intelligence in your subconscious can impart to you wonderful kinds of
knowledge of an original nature. It can reveal to you and open the way for perfect expression
and true place in your life.

-from “The power of your subconscious mind by Joseph Murphy

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Ok, I am finally going to write a book. I have a publisher arranged and I am raring to go.

I obviously suck at writing so like most things in life I have developed a system to complete this task. I wanted to get a little feedback from other writers and share what I’ve tried so far…

Step #1 I bought & read every book I could find on the subject at hand
Step #2 I have interviewed 6 experts in the field
Step #3 I have created a clever hook and title
Step #4 I wrote a sub-title explains the biggest benefit for the reader to buy and read book
Step #5 I created 20 blue index cards with chapter names
Step #6 I have created 20 cards with sub-headlines for each thought in each chapter
Step #7 I have written a one sentence reminder of what I want to say on the back of each card
Step #8 I have written a closing page
Step #9 I threw away 5 whole chapters and 5 thought cards from each chapter
Step #10 I have written the table of contents as burning questions

My plan is to pull out one of the cared at a time and write for no more than 10 minutes. That’s 38 hours of actual writing time. I should be able to complete my book in less than 30 days at this pace working on it part time

Questions:

One: Experienced writers, am I crazy? Will this work?
Two: What would you write about if you wrote a book?
Three: Do you want me to post about my progress

P.S. If anyone is interested in helping me with this project please contact me here or DM me on Twitter
Thanks for commenting, I NEED your input, lease help

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I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the
formula for failure — which is: Try to please everybody.

— Herbert B. Swope

What counts is not the number of hours you put in, but how much you put in the hours.

— Unknown wise person

After my spectacular failures, I could not be satisfied with an ordinary success. 

— Mason Cooley

People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved.

— Anne Sullivan

Some aspects of success seem rather silly as death approaches.
— Donald A. Miller

How to succeed: try hard enough. How to fail: try too hard.

— Malcolm Forbes

One principal reason why people are so often useless is that they
neglect their own profession or calling, and divide and shift their
 attention
among a multitude of objects and pursuits.

— Nathaniel Emmons

Don’t flaunt your success, but don’t apologize for it either.

— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his
life simply by altering his attitude of mind.

— William James

If your belief system has not molded the life you desire, how you
think will need to change.

— Asha Tyson

–> Got a favorite quote? I’ll add it to my list. Write it in the comments area below and leave your name if you want credit.

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Dr. Joe Vitale explains more about being productive in 2 minutes than you’ll
find in most 300 page books. Watch, learn and enjoy….
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This rare video of Napoleon Hill is really powerful. Please listen carefully. Here Hill talks about meeting Andrew Carnegie, at the time the wealthiest man alive.

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