The punch line gets its name from the delivery technique used. You must punch the line out a little harder and with a slightly different voice than the rest of the joke. Lean into the microphone and say it louder and more clearly than you said the setup lines. If the audience does not hear the punch line, they are not going to laugh.
Just before the punch line you should pause slightly
(see Timing article)
to emphasize and draw special attention to the line.
After you deliver the line, don't utter another sound. Give the audience a chance to laugh. Words or phrases appended to the climax tend to delay or impede laughter. Until you get some experience, it is really tough to wait. Beginners tend to be afraid that no laughter will come, so they keep going. If you keep talking during this period, you will easily squelch the laughter. As your confidence builds, pausing will become easier and easier. Sometimes waiting the audience out will actually give them a cue to laugh even if the joke wasn't that great.
Deliver the line to one person
When you deliver your punch line, deliver it to one person and one person only. It doesn't matter how large the crowd is, you can look one person right in the eye and deliver your line.
The person to whom you deliver the punch line is NOT randomly chosen. I deliver punch lines to a person I know is going to laugh. How do I know? I pay attention. That's how I know. It all starts with my pre-program research. If I have spoken to any of the audience members and they were laughing with me on the phone, I'll seek them out before the program so I know where they are sitting. That way I can look directly at them during the program. Before the program starts, I mingle with the participants, not only to meet them, but to see who is and who is not in fun (mingling with them helps to put them
in fun (see the "in fun" article).
In addition, I watch the audience when the emcee or program coordinator is talking. This gives me a mental note of the people who are not only having fun, but also paying close attention to the person speaking.
Watch out for alcohol
Don't be fooled by an audience who appears to be having great fun. It could very likely have been induced by alcohol at their social hour. They may be oblivious to what's happening on-stage.
Head nods
After you have begun your presentation, another way to tell who to deliver to is by closely watching the audience. Some audience members who are really in tune with what you are saying will nod their head gently in approval. You should have great success delivering to these people.
Why deliver to the laughers?
There are two reasons for delivering your punch line to someone you know will laugh. The most important is that you want that person to be a good example for the rest of the audience. If you direct a punch line or comment to a person in the audience, the other members of the audience will naturally look in that direction. If they see someone laughing, there is a high probability they will laugh too. If you deliver your line to some sourpuss that hasn't laughed for 20 years, the rest of the audience will see an example of someone NOT laughing and they will be negatively influenced.
A 1976 study by Antony Chapman and D. S. Wright supports the notion that the lack of laughter or inappropriate laughter (the kind of laughter you would get if you pick on someone or some group inappropriately and they laugh to save face) are inhibitors of laughter.
The second reason for delivering your punch line to someone you know will laugh has to do with confidence. There is little chance that you will get old sourpuss to laugh no matter what you do. If you kill yourself trying and fail, as you probably will, it will knock your confidence level and affect the rest of your performance. Combine this with the fact that you will be ignoring the rest of the audience, who will be watching this person not laugh, and you'll be quickly swinging in the wind. Deliver to the ones that appreciate you!
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Saturday, May 8, 2010
How to Write Effective E-mail "SUBJECT" Lines
If you're using e-mail to generate leads or make sales, you're probably spending a lot of time honing your message and making sure that it's persuasive. But do you give equal time, thought, and attention to the short "SUBJECT" line that introduces your main message?
If you don't, then be afraid. Very afraid. You see, it doesn't matter how compelling your e-mail offer is, or how brilliantly your message is written. If your subject line isn't working right, your e-mail will never get opened and your campaign will be a failure.
That's right. The humble little subject line that announces your e-mail to the world has an enormous influence on campaign results and can make or break you.
Want to handle subject lines the right way? Here are some thoughts that might prove extremely useful . . .
1. Think of the subject line as if it were an envelope.
When you're creating a paper direct mail package, you know you have to come up with a killer envelope. If the envelope doesn't get opened, the letter doesn't get read and you don't make the sale. Same thing with the subject line. It determines whether the prospect will read your message or trash it.
Of course, getting someone to open a paper envelope is a heck of a lot easier than getting past the subject line. Why? Because with a paper envelope you have plenty of space to write teaser copy and add photography or illustration if it's appropriate. You can create something unique that stands out from all the other mail in the pile and screams out benefits that will get the prospect to read the letter within.
Subject lines all look the same and have to be kept short. (Never exceed forty characters including spaces.) This means that every subject line must communicate extremely quickly. We'll take a look at how to do that in a minute, but for now, start thinking of the subject line as one of the keys to e-mail marketing success - not an afterthought!
2. Subject lines are well worth testing.
Robert Mendez (www.nethawk.net) is an e-mail list broker/manager who handles countless e-mailings and is a great source of information. I asked him about his take on subject lines. Here's what he said, "You should always test subject lines if you have enough names. Five thousand names is the minimum you need for an e-mail test cell. It's worth doing some testing because a strong subject line can double the response."
Let's look at that again on instant replay! "A strong subject line can double the response" - increase it by 100%. In other words, a 4% response rate can turn into an 8% response rate just by using the right subject line!
3. Some thoughts about saying "FREE" in the subject line.
Some people hesitate to use the word "free" in the subject line because they're afraid they will turn people off. For example, in an issue of Softletter, Michael D'Arrigo, Direct Marketing Manager at ScanSoft, is quoted as saying,"For us, we've found that a subject line with 'free' is the kiss of death. It will be viewed as spam and won't be opened."
Email marketers also have the related concern that if they use the word "free" in the subject line, a filter will kick out their message and it will never get read. I personally believe that this is just another suburban legend and that you really don't have to sweat it. True. There is some filtering, based on IP numbers, that takes place at the ISP level. And some corporations do some filtering. And, yes, some packaged applications let consumers use filtering. BUT this is only a big problem if you're selling business-to-consumer junk!
I believe that if you use "free" in the subject line, in well-targeted B2B e-mails that offer the prospect something of value, your message will sail right through unfiltered. Let me add that I know as a personal FACT that one of high-tech's most aggressive e-mailers uses the word "free" in the subject line and that this line is the consistent winner against other subject lines in rigorous head-to-head tests.
The bottom line? I would not give up on one of the most motivating words in our language because of spam or filter fears. You should definitely do some testing!
4. The right way to write subject lines.
Here's a mini case study that shows you how to think about putting a subject line together. Here's the subject line from an e-mail sent by a major marketer that targets small and growing businesses.
SUBJECT: Who's minding the store?
If you click through to find out more, you get to the message: "Small businesses are more vulnerable to crime than is generally realized, yet the risks to them are not publicized and too few take steps to protect themselves, says a new study. Don't wait until you are a victim of a crime - take steps now to thwart the bad guys. Here are a few tips" . . . etc.
So what's going on here? Well, the message itself certainly goes on to provide valuable information that small business managers should know. But instead of saying so directly in the subject line, the writer went for a "teaser" approach: "Who's minding the store?" This teaser subject line might be O.K. in an ad or flyer but is, I would argue, a big loser as a subject line. Why? Because no benefit is mentioned.
Let's rewrite the subject line and see if we can do a better job of motivating the reader. We could slice it and dice it a bunch of ways:
SUBJECT: Five ways to prevent store theft
SUBJECT: How to improve store security
SUBJECT: Stop store thieves in their tracks
SUBJECT: Don't let thieves steal you blind
SUBJECT: Crime prevention basics
SUBJECT: How to prevent store theft
You get the idea. The take-away message? The subject line is a vitally important part of e-mail campaign success and should be the subject of your close attention!
Ivan Levison is an award-winning, direct response freelance copywriter. Download a free copy of his new report, "101 Ways To Double Your Response Rates!" at http://www.levison.com/subscribe
Contact Ivan any time at ivan@levison.com
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Ivan_Levison
If you don't, then be afraid. Very afraid. You see, it doesn't matter how compelling your e-mail offer is, or how brilliantly your message is written. If your subject line isn't working right, your e-mail will never get opened and your campaign will be a failure.
That's right. The humble little subject line that announces your e-mail to the world has an enormous influence on campaign results and can make or break you.
Want to handle subject lines the right way? Here are some thoughts that might prove extremely useful . . .
1. Think of the subject line as if it were an envelope.
When you're creating a paper direct mail package, you know you have to come up with a killer envelope. If the envelope doesn't get opened, the letter doesn't get read and you don't make the sale. Same thing with the subject line. It determines whether the prospect will read your message or trash it.
Of course, getting someone to open a paper envelope is a heck of a lot easier than getting past the subject line. Why? Because with a paper envelope you have plenty of space to write teaser copy and add photography or illustration if it's appropriate. You can create something unique that stands out from all the other mail in the pile and screams out benefits that will get the prospect to read the letter within.
Subject lines all look the same and have to be kept short. (Never exceed forty characters including spaces.) This means that every subject line must communicate extremely quickly. We'll take a look at how to do that in a minute, but for now, start thinking of the subject line as one of the keys to e-mail marketing success - not an afterthought!
2. Subject lines are well worth testing.
Robert Mendez (www.nethawk.net) is an e-mail list broker/manager who handles countless e-mailings and is a great source of information. I asked him about his take on subject lines. Here's what he said, "You should always test subject lines if you have enough names. Five thousand names is the minimum you need for an e-mail test cell. It's worth doing some testing because a strong subject line can double the response."
Let's look at that again on instant replay! "A strong subject line can double the response" - increase it by 100%. In other words, a 4% response rate can turn into an 8% response rate just by using the right subject line!
3. Some thoughts about saying "FREE" in the subject line.
Some people hesitate to use the word "free" in the subject line because they're afraid they will turn people off. For example, in an issue of Softletter, Michael D'Arrigo, Direct Marketing Manager at ScanSoft, is quoted as saying,"For us, we've found that a subject line with 'free' is the kiss of death. It will be viewed as spam and won't be opened."
Email marketers also have the related concern that if they use the word "free" in the subject line, a filter will kick out their message and it will never get read. I personally believe that this is just another suburban legend and that you really don't have to sweat it. True. There is some filtering, based on IP numbers, that takes place at the ISP level. And some corporations do some filtering. And, yes, some packaged applications let consumers use filtering. BUT this is only a big problem if you're selling business-to-consumer junk!
I believe that if you use "free" in the subject line, in well-targeted B2B e-mails that offer the prospect something of value, your message will sail right through unfiltered. Let me add that I know as a personal FACT that one of high-tech's most aggressive e-mailers uses the word "free" in the subject line and that this line is the consistent winner against other subject lines in rigorous head-to-head tests.
The bottom line? I would not give up on one of the most motivating words in our language because of spam or filter fears. You should definitely do some testing!
4. The right way to write subject lines.
Here's a mini case study that shows you how to think about putting a subject line together. Here's the subject line from an e-mail sent by a major marketer that targets small and growing businesses.
SUBJECT: Who's minding the store?
If you click through to find out more, you get to the message: "Small businesses are more vulnerable to crime than is generally realized, yet the risks to them are not publicized and too few take steps to protect themselves, says a new study. Don't wait until you are a victim of a crime - take steps now to thwart the bad guys. Here are a few tips" . . . etc.
So what's going on here? Well, the message itself certainly goes on to provide valuable information that small business managers should know. But instead of saying so directly in the subject line, the writer went for a "teaser" approach: "Who's minding the store?" This teaser subject line might be O.K. in an ad or flyer but is, I would argue, a big loser as a subject line. Why? Because no benefit is mentioned.
Let's rewrite the subject line and see if we can do a better job of motivating the reader. We could slice it and dice it a bunch of ways:
SUBJECT: Five ways to prevent store theft
SUBJECT: How to improve store security
SUBJECT: Stop store thieves in their tracks
SUBJECT: Don't let thieves steal you blind
SUBJECT: Crime prevention basics
SUBJECT: How to prevent store theft
You get the idea. The take-away message? The subject line is a vitally important part of e-mail campaign success and should be the subject of your close attention!
Ivan Levison is an award-winning, direct response freelance copywriter. Download a free copy of his new report, "101 Ways To Double Your Response Rates!" at http://www.levison.com/subscribe
Contact Ivan any time at ivan@levison.com
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Ivan_Levison
Friday, April 30, 2010
Full iPhone Guide
This is a full guide about Apple iPhone, it should be easy to understand. If you have any problem about this guide, feel free to post here. I will reply to you ASAP.
1. Simple introduction about iPhone
Screen resolution: 320 by 480 pixels (160 ppi),
Operating system: OS X
GSM Quad-band (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz), Wireless data
Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) / EDGE / Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
Battery: Talk Time: Up to 8 hours; Standby Up to 250 hours; Internet Use Up to 6 hours; Video Playback Up to 7 hours; Audio playback Up to 24 hours.
iPhone Supported Video format:
H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;
H.264 video, up to 768 Kbps, 320 by 240 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;
MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
iPhone Cost: $59.99 a month for 450 minutes of talk time, $79.99 for 900 minutes and $99.99 for 1,350 minutes along with unlimited data service. There also is a $36 activation fee. Customers can pay extra for plans to get more talk time or text messages. Several family-style plans also are available, ranging from $80 a month for 700 shared minutes to $120 for 2,100 shared minutes.
Full iPhone Demo Guide: Apple - iPhone - A Guided TourFor more iPhone info: IPhone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia2. How to rip DVD and IFO to MP4 for iPhone
Step1. Download "Aimersoft iPhone Converter Suite", install and run it. For Windows Vista user, you may have to run this program as Administrator, right click the program shortcut and click "Run as Administrator".
Step2. Run the DVD to iPhone Converter. Load your DVD by clicking "Load DVD" button, you also can load IFO file from your hard drive by clicking "Load File" button.
Step3. Click the drop download list to select the Audio and Subtitle you want, you also can change the output location. A regular DVD movie has several titles, such as MTV DVD, by default, this software will merge all the DVD chapters into one video clips, you can check the click box before the title list to select any DVD clips you want to rip.
As format: This software supports three Apple products: iPhone, iPod and Apple TV. It can rip DVD to MP4, M4A; it also can rip audio from DVD to MP3, AAC. Just select "iPhone Video MPEG-4 (*.mp4)"
After you finish the settings, click "Start" button to start the conversion.
3. How to convert AVI, MPEG, FLV, WMV, MOV, ASF, MP4, DAT, RM, RMVB, MPG, 3GP to MP4 for iPhone
1. Click "Video to iPhone Converter" to load the Aimersoft Video to iPhone Converter. Then click "Add" button to load video files. This software supports batch conversion, so you can add several video clips at one time.
2. The operation is similar with DVD to iPhone Converter, this software can join several different video clips into one file, if you want to join video, just check the box "Merge into one file". You also can customize the resolution, video bit rate, encoder, frame rate, audio bit rate, channel, etc in the setting panel by clicking the "Settings" button. The program also lets you create a profile and save it, then you can use different settings for each video clips.
3. Click "Start" button to start the conversion after you finish the settings.
Tips:
1. This software provides rich video editing functions for you to trim, crop and edit DVD movie. Click the "Crop" button, and then you will see a pop up window (See the figure below). There is a frame in dashed line around the movie video; you can drag it to cut the black edges.
2. You can click the "Effect" button and customize the brightness, saturation, contrast, volume, etc . You can even apply special effects such as "Emboss", "Negative", "Old film" and "Gray" by selecting an effect from drop-down list.
3. This software can capture pictures from DVD movie, there is a small camera icon below the preview windows, click it when you preview the movie, it can save picture as JPEG and BMP.
How to rip DVD and convert video to iPhone with Cucusoft iPhone Converter Suite?
1. Download Cucusoft DVD to iPhone + iPhone Video Converter Suite, install and run it. Click "Open DVD" button to load DVD file from your DVD drive or hard drive.
2. Click on "Setting" and go to menu "Subtitle" to select the subtitle and select the audio.
3. The converter will automatically detect the main movie of your DVDs, it will popup with below window to let you make a decision, just keep the setting of "Record from movie start point" and output file size setting, the default setting is the best for good quality and compact output file size, click "Yes" to start ripping DVD to iPhone video files.
Run iPhone Video Converter and click "open file" to load videos. Then click 'Output' and choose the path where you want to save your video files. Click 'Convert' to start converting video to iPhone MP4 video.
For more iPhone converters, you can refer this iPhone Converter review:
DVD to iPhone Converter review
Wondershare(win): http://www.dvd-ripper-copy.com/iphone-converter-suite.html
Videora(win): http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/iPhone/
SUPER(win): http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html
handbrake(mac): http://handbrake.m0k.org
Imtoo(win): http://www.imtoo.com/dvd-to-iphone-suite.html
Xilisoft(win): http://www.xilisoft.com/dvd-to-iphone-suite.html
Lenogo(win): http://www.lenogo.com/dvdtoiphoneconverter/index.htmTrouble shooting:
To convert RM/RMVB real media files to MP4, you may have to install Real player:
http://www.real.com/freeplayer4. Where to download free video and rip CD to MP3 for iPhone
1. iTunes store: $0.99 for one song, $9.99 for one movie, $1.99 for one TV show. Just install iTunes and visit the iTunes store.
2. Limewire is fast and popular file sharing freeware working on Windows, Linux and Mac OS. Through the P2P (peer-to-peer) network, you can free download various files by its category or keyword searching.
3. Other stream video website such as video.yahoo, Myspace, etc. here is a list of free stream video website
here is a guide to show you how to download stream video with vixy.net : Online FLV Converter : Download online videos direct to PC / iPod / PSP. It's free!KeepVid: Download videos from Google, Youtube, iFilm, Putfile, Metacafe, DailyMotion!and Firefox.
step by step guide download free youtube, google, yahoo video to computer for free
the download stream video is flv file, if the free online flv converter couldn't deal with it, you can use trySUPERorAimersoft iPhone Video Converter, and they can convert flv video to any format you want.
4. Rip your own CD to MP3 for iPhone; iTunes can help you to do that. Install and run iTunes, click "Edit -> Preference -> Advanced -> importing tab" to change the "Import Using" to MP3 Encoder, you can also customize the audio bit rate here. Then click OK and put your CD into your disc drive, iTunes will automatically recognize that you've loaded a CD. Now you can either choose individual songs for import by checking only the tracks you want and un-checking all the rest (all songs are selected for import by default). Simply click the Import button on the upper right corner of iTunes and let the software do the job. All of the selected files will be encoded into MP3 digital music files and saved in your iTunes music directory by Artist and Album. (If you're not sure where to locate your files, you can find out by going back to the "Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced tab". Here you can see the default iTunes Music folder location.
Transfer music and video to iPhone
You need iTunes version 7.30 or later to sync music and video to iPhone.
If you don't have iTunes yet, you can download free from here.
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
If you already have iTunes, just create a play list; drag your music and video to the list (set your
iTunes to "manually manage music and video"), connect your iPhone to computer via USB cable, then click iTunes "File -> Sync iPhone", Done.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Andy_Law
1. Simple introduction about iPhone
Screen resolution: 320 by 480 pixels (160 ppi),
Operating system: OS X
GSM Quad-band (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz), Wireless data
Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) / EDGE / Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
Battery: Talk Time: Up to 8 hours; Standby Up to 250 hours; Internet Use Up to 6 hours; Video Playback Up to 7 hours; Audio playback Up to 24 hours.
iPhone Supported Video format:
H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;
H.264 video, up to 768 Kbps, 320 by 240 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;
MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
iPhone Cost: $59.99 a month for 450 minutes of talk time, $79.99 for 900 minutes and $99.99 for 1,350 minutes along with unlimited data service. There also is a $36 activation fee. Customers can pay extra for plans to get more talk time or text messages. Several family-style plans also are available, ranging from $80 a month for 700 shared minutes to $120 for 2,100 shared minutes.
Full iPhone Demo Guide: Apple - iPhone - A Guided TourFor more iPhone info: IPhone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia2. How to rip DVD and IFO to MP4 for iPhone
Step1. Download "Aimersoft iPhone Converter Suite", install and run it. For Windows Vista user, you may have to run this program as Administrator, right click the program shortcut and click "Run as Administrator".
Step2. Run the DVD to iPhone Converter. Load your DVD by clicking "Load DVD" button, you also can load IFO file from your hard drive by clicking "Load File" button.
Step3. Click the drop download list to select the Audio and Subtitle you want, you also can change the output location. A regular DVD movie has several titles, such as MTV DVD, by default, this software will merge all the DVD chapters into one video clips, you can check the click box before the title list to select any DVD clips you want to rip.
As format: This software supports three Apple products: iPhone, iPod and Apple TV. It can rip DVD to MP4, M4A; it also can rip audio from DVD to MP3, AAC. Just select "iPhone Video MPEG-4 (*.mp4)"
After you finish the settings, click "Start" button to start the conversion.
3. How to convert AVI, MPEG, FLV, WMV, MOV, ASF, MP4, DAT, RM, RMVB, MPG, 3GP to MP4 for iPhone
1. Click "Video to iPhone Converter" to load the Aimersoft Video to iPhone Converter. Then click "Add" button to load video files. This software supports batch conversion, so you can add several video clips at one time.
2. The operation is similar with DVD to iPhone Converter, this software can join several different video clips into one file, if you want to join video, just check the box "Merge into one file". You also can customize the resolution, video bit rate, encoder, frame rate, audio bit rate, channel, etc in the setting panel by clicking the "Settings" button. The program also lets you create a profile and save it, then you can use different settings for each video clips.
3. Click "Start" button to start the conversion after you finish the settings.
Tips:
1. This software provides rich video editing functions for you to trim, crop and edit DVD movie. Click the "Crop" button, and then you will see a pop up window (See the figure below). There is a frame in dashed line around the movie video; you can drag it to cut the black edges.
2. You can click the "Effect" button and customize the brightness, saturation, contrast, volume, etc . You can even apply special effects such as "Emboss", "Negative", "Old film" and "Gray" by selecting an effect from drop-down list.
3. This software can capture pictures from DVD movie, there is a small camera icon below the preview windows, click it when you preview the movie, it can save picture as JPEG and BMP.
How to rip DVD and convert video to iPhone with Cucusoft iPhone Converter Suite?
1. Download Cucusoft DVD to iPhone + iPhone Video Converter Suite, install and run it. Click "Open DVD" button to load DVD file from your DVD drive or hard drive.
2. Click on "Setting" and go to menu "Subtitle" to select the subtitle and select the audio.
3. The converter will automatically detect the main movie of your DVDs, it will popup with below window to let you make a decision, just keep the setting of "Record from movie start point" and output file size setting, the default setting is the best for good quality and compact output file size, click "Yes" to start ripping DVD to iPhone video files.
Run iPhone Video Converter and click "open file" to load videos. Then click 'Output' and choose the path where you want to save your video files. Click 'Convert' to start converting video to iPhone MP4 video.
For more iPhone converters, you can refer this iPhone Converter review:
DVD to iPhone Converter review
Wondershare(win): http://www.dvd-ripper-copy.com/iphone-converter-suite.html
Videora(win): http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/iPhone/
SUPER(win): http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html
handbrake(mac): http://handbrake.m0k.org
Imtoo(win): http://www.imtoo.com/dvd-to-iphone-suite.html
Xilisoft(win): http://www.xilisoft.com/dvd-to-iphone-suite.html
Lenogo(win): http://www.lenogo.com/dvdtoiphoneconverter/index.htmTrouble shooting:
To convert RM/RMVB real media files to MP4, you may have to install Real player:
http://www.real.com/freeplayer4. Where to download free video and rip CD to MP3 for iPhone
1. iTunes store: $0.99 for one song, $9.99 for one movie, $1.99 for one TV show. Just install iTunes and visit the iTunes store.
2. Limewire is fast and popular file sharing freeware working on Windows, Linux and Mac OS. Through the P2P (peer-to-peer) network, you can free download various files by its category or keyword searching.
3. Other stream video website such as video.yahoo, Myspace, etc. here is a list of free stream video website
here is a guide to show you how to download stream video with vixy.net : Online FLV Converter : Download online videos direct to PC / iPod / PSP. It's free!KeepVid: Download videos from Google, Youtube, iFilm, Putfile, Metacafe, DailyMotion!and Firefox.
step by step guide download free youtube, google, yahoo video to computer for free
the download stream video is flv file, if the free online flv converter couldn't deal with it, you can use trySUPERorAimersoft iPhone Video Converter, and they can convert flv video to any format you want.
4. Rip your own CD to MP3 for iPhone; iTunes can help you to do that. Install and run iTunes, click "Edit -> Preference -> Advanced -> importing tab" to change the "Import Using" to MP3 Encoder, you can also customize the audio bit rate here. Then click OK and put your CD into your disc drive, iTunes will automatically recognize that you've loaded a CD. Now you can either choose individual songs for import by checking only the tracks you want and un-checking all the rest (all songs are selected for import by default). Simply click the Import button on the upper right corner of iTunes and let the software do the job. All of the selected files will be encoded into MP3 digital music files and saved in your iTunes music directory by Artist and Album. (If you're not sure where to locate your files, you can find out by going back to the "Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced tab". Here you can see the default iTunes Music folder location.
Transfer music and video to iPhone
You need iTunes version 7.30 or later to sync music and video to iPhone.
If you don't have iTunes yet, you can download free from here.
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
If you already have iTunes, just create a play list; drag your music and video to the list (set your
iTunes to "manually manage music and video"), connect your iPhone to computer via USB cable, then click iTunes "File -> Sync iPhone", Done.
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010
A Black Friday "Standing In Line" Experience
My husband and oldest son ate their fill of Turkey and cranberries last Thursday on Thanksgiving and left out the door to go stand in line outside of Best Buy to purchase one of their Black Friday deals. The deal in question, if any of you are wondering, was a Toshiba Laptop. The laptop was a door buster special at $249. Meaning you cannot buy it except for when the doors open at 5:00 am. It is a first come first serve deal. It only makes sense that those who stand outside the longest would get the best deals, right?
When they got there at 6:00 pm Thursday evening there were 14 people in front of my husband. Not everyone in front of him was buying that particular laptop, they were there for other deals; my husband felt assured he would be getting one of the laptops. This made him feel better, since he had 10 hours left to stand out in the cold. Also, this particular laptop deal was ONLY ADVERTISED ONLINE and not everyone in line even knew about this phenomenal deal. I spent $599 for the exact same laptop four months ago.
By 10:00 pm families with small children begin arriving and the line was extending way to the back of the parking lot. People were putting up tents preparing for the long night. By 3:00 am, more and more people begin to horde themselves into the line. People begin cutting in front of other people. The line was not so nice anymore. The manager of Best Buy came out telling people that they were not allowed to cut in front of people and that he was calling the sheriff. People cut anyway.
By 4:00 am, the manager came out with flyers of all the great deals they had. On this flyer was the $249 Laptop. When people saw this particular laptop deal they started calling up their friends and family on their cell phones. Mobs and mobs of people starting coming, cutting in front of the line where their friends and family had stood all night long.
Around 4:30 am, Best Buy employees begin asking each person in line what they were there to buy. And then he would hand them a ticket for that item. By the time the manager got to my husband and asked him what he was there for, they had no laptops left because now there were 60 or more people (cutters) in front of him!
My husband and son stood outside in the cold for ten hours waiting for the doors to open, inhaling second hand secret smoke all night long, in 30ish degree temps most of the night. He simply turned around and left the line, amazed at what just happened. By the time he got home, he was still stunned.
What did my husband learn from this experience? Here is what he told me: Unless you are the first FEW people in line, the Black Friday door buster deals are a scam; almost a bait and switch practice. Only the people who cut in line got the deals. The principle of the whole thing was, the cutters who came at the last minute for the laptops did not stand in line all night long. No. They stood in line for 1 hour at the most! And they are the ones who got the laptops!
Later that day, I got online and did some research of my own, and found out that the experience they went through is the same one EVERYONE who stands in line goes through. Last minute buyers show up and cut in the line. Black Friday is not for honest working folks who can't afford to buy a new laptop. Black Friday is for the mob mentality, greedy and dishonest people who cut in line.
Here is my suggestion to retailers: They should give out the tickets for the items the minute people arrive to stand in line. That way it ensures the first come, first serve policy and also ensures that principles and business ethics stay in line with righteous standards. But I don't think the latter is going to happen.
My husband also said, Black Friday lines are only for the mob mentality. He hates crowds but he got tightfisted wanting a pretty good computer for an exceptional price. He told me to tell all you honest and upright folks out there that standing in line all night hoping upon a deal is not worth it because you will get scammed in the end. Save your money and wait for a genuine sale when they come out.
No words could truly put it all together as well as this video did for me. Happy shopping.
**Best Buy** MOB mentality Video!! http://youtube.com/watch?v=HZJVZ2p223o
********** Angie Lewis is the author of three marriage books offering marriage enlightenment tips and wisdom filled answers tackling such issues as addiction, adultery, pornography, emotions, beliefs, feelings, marriage, children, forgiveness, communication, submission and spiritual influence in the home.
To preview these books go here: http://www.lulu.com/AngieLewis/ See Angie’s website http://www.heavenministries.com/
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When they got there at 6:00 pm Thursday evening there were 14 people in front of my husband. Not everyone in front of him was buying that particular laptop, they were there for other deals; my husband felt assured he would be getting one of the laptops. This made him feel better, since he had 10 hours left to stand out in the cold. Also, this particular laptop deal was ONLY ADVERTISED ONLINE and not everyone in line even knew about this phenomenal deal. I spent $599 for the exact same laptop four months ago.
By 10:00 pm families with small children begin arriving and the line was extending way to the back of the parking lot. People were putting up tents preparing for the long night. By 3:00 am, more and more people begin to horde themselves into the line. People begin cutting in front of other people. The line was not so nice anymore. The manager of Best Buy came out telling people that they were not allowed to cut in front of people and that he was calling the sheriff. People cut anyway.
By 4:00 am, the manager came out with flyers of all the great deals they had. On this flyer was the $249 Laptop. When people saw this particular laptop deal they started calling up their friends and family on their cell phones. Mobs and mobs of people starting coming, cutting in front of the line where their friends and family had stood all night long.
Around 4:30 am, Best Buy employees begin asking each person in line what they were there to buy. And then he would hand them a ticket for that item. By the time the manager got to my husband and asked him what he was there for, they had no laptops left because now there were 60 or more people (cutters) in front of him!
My husband and son stood outside in the cold for ten hours waiting for the doors to open, inhaling second hand secret smoke all night long, in 30ish degree temps most of the night. He simply turned around and left the line, amazed at what just happened. By the time he got home, he was still stunned.
What did my husband learn from this experience? Here is what he told me: Unless you are the first FEW people in line, the Black Friday door buster deals are a scam; almost a bait and switch practice. Only the people who cut in line got the deals. The principle of the whole thing was, the cutters who came at the last minute for the laptops did not stand in line all night long. No. They stood in line for 1 hour at the most! And they are the ones who got the laptops!
Later that day, I got online and did some research of my own, and found out that the experience they went through is the same one EVERYONE who stands in line goes through. Last minute buyers show up and cut in the line. Black Friday is not for honest working folks who can't afford to buy a new laptop. Black Friday is for the mob mentality, greedy and dishonest people who cut in line.
Here is my suggestion to retailers: They should give out the tickets for the items the minute people arrive to stand in line. That way it ensures the first come, first serve policy and also ensures that principles and business ethics stay in line with righteous standards. But I don't think the latter is going to happen.
My husband also said, Black Friday lines are only for the mob mentality. He hates crowds but he got tightfisted wanting a pretty good computer for an exceptional price. He told me to tell all you honest and upright folks out there that standing in line all night hoping upon a deal is not worth it because you will get scammed in the end. Save your money and wait for a genuine sale when they come out.
No words could truly put it all together as well as this video did for me. Happy shopping.
**Best Buy** MOB mentality Video!! http://youtube.com/watch?v=HZJVZ2p223o
********** Angie Lewis is the author of three marriage books offering marriage enlightenment tips and wisdom filled answers tackling such issues as addiction, adultery, pornography, emotions, beliefs, feelings, marriage, children, forgiveness, communication, submission and spiritual influence in the home.
To preview these books go here: http://www.lulu.com/AngieLewis/ See Angie’s website http://www.heavenministries.com/
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Angie_Lewis
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