<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31341514</id><updated>2011-12-14T18:55:23.541-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Hand Picked</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hand-picked-by.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31341514/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hand-picked-by.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>hand-picked</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08897494578124252604</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31341514.post-115332325670945084</id><published>2006-07-19T08:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-19T08:39:48.686-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Russians liked Ruby On Rails</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;Russian web developers start migrating from PHP to RoR.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;First rails-powered .ru sites are:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.zanoza.lv/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;a href="http://autoem.ru/" target="_blank"&gt;http://autoem.ru&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.zanoza.lv/" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.zanoza.lv&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;a href="http://maryfurs.ru/" target="_blank"&gt;http://maryfurs.ru&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.turbo.az/" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.turbo.az&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;There is a “&lt;a href="http://groups.google.com/group/ror2ru" target="_blank"&gt;Ruby On Rails to russian&lt;/a&gt;” google group with more than 200 members.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;Unfortunately, no rails books are translated to russian yet. However, the translation of great “&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=as2&amp;path=ASIN/097669400X&amp;amp;amp;tag=handpicked0d-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=9325"&gt;Agile Web Development with Rails&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img style="border: medium none ; margin: 0px;" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=handpicked0d-20&amp;l=as2&amp;amp;amp;o=1&amp;a=097669400X" border="0" height="1" width="1" /&gt;“ will be available in 2007.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;Let’s see when russians wil start wearing &lt;a href="http://www.cafepress.com/buy/ruby/-/pv_design_prod/pg_1/p_storeid.26645304/pNo_26645304/id_8019174/opt_/fpt_/c_/hlv_t?pid=6006429" target="_blank"&gt;ruby T-shirts&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31341514-115332325670945084?l=hand-picked-by.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hand-picked-by.blogspot.com/feeds/115332325670945084/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31341514&amp;postID=115332325670945084' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31341514/posts/default/115332325670945084'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31341514/posts/default/115332325670945084'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hand-picked-by.blogspot.com/2006/07/russians-liked-ruby-on-rails.html' title='Russians liked Ruby On Rails'/><author><name>hand-picked</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08897494578124252604</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31341514.post-115329744101056775</id><published>2006-07-19T01:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-19T01:25:59.150-07:00</updated><title type='text'>3 Books That Internet Marketers Hide From Us Mere Mortals</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;If you ever wanted to become an internet entrepreneur… or find out how money-making gurus raise their bucks, this will be a great piece of information.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is a list of 3 books of great value. They were mentioned by top marketing experts in seminars and newsletters. Let’s review them:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;1. &lt;strong&gt;Scientific Advertising&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(154, 154, 154);"&gt;by Claude Hopkins&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This great book is definitely #1 in our list. It is over-practical, it consists of facts and advices. Marketing guru Gary Halbert claims that you should not read any other books until you have read Scientific Advertising at least twice and preferably, three or four times.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote dir="ltr" style="margin-right: 0px;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;“If you're a copywriter in the profession of marketing or advertising, or if you're a student wishing to gain the best education possible, Claude Hopkins' Scientific Advertising should be in your hands daily. Underline it. Quote it. Memorize it. Pledge allegience to it. Defend it at all costs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This book will help you write more clearly, sell more powerfully and make more money for your clients than ever before.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bill Murphy, Media Maven (Kentwood, MI United States)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can buy this great book for $9.72&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=as2&amp;path=ASIN/087754140X&amp;amp;amp;amp;tag=handpicked0d-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=9325"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img style="border: medium none ; margin: 0px;" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=handpicked0d-20&amp;l=as2&amp;amp;amp;amp;o=1&amp;a=087754140X" border="0" height="1" width="1" /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;p class="Sub-Intro"&gt;2. &lt;strong&gt;The Robert Collier Letter Book&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(154, 154, 154);"&gt;by Robert Collier&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="Sub-Intro"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Robert Collier is one of the absolute greatest copywriters of all time. This book is simply a tremendous bargain since it hasn't been re-published in many years. Amazon.com has only 4 these books left. You won’t find it in p2p networks or e-book sites.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;blockquote dir="ltr" style="margin-right: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;p&gt;"I remember reading The Robert Collier Letter Book years ago when I first got into direct mail. It was a revelation for me.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It showed me exactly what 'salesmanship in print' is all about and moreover, I learned how to actually write the kinds of sales letters that produce astonishing results for my clients...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Even now I'm writing two sales letters for a client of mine and I'll get paid $50,000.00 when I'm finished. Not bad for a week's work!"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Jay Abraham, America’s Number One Marketing Wizard&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p class="Sub-Intro"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;If you are lucky, you can try to buy this letter book &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=as2&amp;path=ASIN/013781500X&amp;amp;amp;amp;tag=handpicked0d-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=9325"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img style="border: medium none ; margin: 0px;" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=handpicked0d-20&amp;l=as2&amp;amp;amp;amp;o=1&amp;a=013781500X" border="0" height="1" width="1" /&gt; if it is not sold out yet.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="Sub-Intro"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(154, 154, 154);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="Sub-Intro"&gt;3. &lt;strong&gt;How To Write A Good Advertisement &lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(154, 154, 154);"&gt;by Vic Schwab&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="Sub-Intro"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;A short course in writing powerful, hard-hitting copy that can help you make your products and services irresistible to potential customers. This remarkable book has turned many novice mail-order entrepreneurs into expert copywriters and many experienced copywriters into masters of their trade.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="Sub-Intro"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt; Learn how to:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div class="Sub-Intro"&gt;Grab reader attention immediately&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div class="Sub-Intro"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Write compelling copy that holds attention&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div class="Sub-Intro"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Write a call to action that's difficult to refuse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div class="Sub-Intro"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Design winning layouts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div class="Sub-Intro"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Increase the number of orders&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div class="Sub-Intro"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Convert more inquiries to orders&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p class="Sub-Intro"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Get answers to important technical questions:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div class="Sub-Intro"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Effective advertisement length&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div class="Sub-Intro"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Use of color&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div class="Sub-Intro"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Smart media placement&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div class="Sub-Intro"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;and much more&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;You can buy this book for &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=as2&amp;path=ASIN/0879803975&amp;amp;amp;amp;tag=handpicked0d-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=9325"&gt;$13 only&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img style="border: medium none ; margin: 0px;" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=handpicked0d-20&amp;l=as2&amp;amp;amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=0879803975" border="0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31341514-115329744101056775?l=hand-picked-by.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hand-picked-by.blogspot.com/feeds/115329744101056775/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=31341514&amp;postID=115329744101056775' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31341514/posts/default/115329744101056775'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/31341514/posts/default/115329744101056775'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hand-picked-by.blogspot.com/2006/07/3-books-that-internet-marketers-hide.html' title='3 Books That Internet Marketers Hide From Us Mere Mortals'/><author><name>hand-picked</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08897494578124252604</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>
