Fotolia 

What the heck is a Fotolia? The name is a little strange but the pictures are awesome.

Adding pictures to my network marketing support blog was something that was very important to me. I think having pictures adds an element of interest and professionalism.

I was thrilled when I recently discovered Fotolia. To be honest I can’t even recall how I found it but I’m sure glad I did. The quality of the photos they offer is excellent.

I chose the little guy in the photo above as an example of the vivid colors and quality they offer. Yep I realize winter is over but he was so cute I couldn’t resist. You can get these things in sizes from tiny to poster size. You purchase credits and then pay for them with your credits. No big deal each credit is $1. I found the smallest size works great for my site.

If you read my previous post you saw I depicted Mike Klingler of Renegade University and Renegade Professional with a Little Painter Dude. I made the point using this photo because it is a great affirmation of how Mike teaches in an almost paint by numbers fashion.

In another post I talked about putting Mike Dillard and his Magnetic Sponsoring under the looking glass and found the cutest little dude with a looking glass. I’m kind of partial to the little white dudes but there are just about a bazillion photos of all kinds on this site.

I absolutely get lost everytime I go on this site. I start looking at the pictures and I just get so many ideas for articles and posts that I can’t hardly stand it. I will go in to look for a picture for a post and 45 minutes later I’ve saved about a hundred new pictures and scratched out ideas for dozens of new articles. I’m lovin’ it!

There are many places where you can get free photos or clip art for your blog are websites and using those are fine depending on the quality you want for your business. Even though these are costing me a little bit as I add them to my library I can use them on any blog I have or for anything in the future they are mine to keep.

I will be adding more about Fotolia in the resource section so keep an eye out there as well.

Until Next Time!

Have you discovered video email? As we all know video is a ‘hot’ thing right now on the internet so it just makes sense that it would become incorporated into our email systems. They are pretty cool how they work and I recently discovered they are not all created equal — well what is really?

I recently discovered the JiveSystem and was really impressed with it’s level of ‘user-friendliness.’ It does not matter how techno-marvelous something is if it is not easy to set up and implement you will not use it and it will become a liability instead of an asset.

The thing that really got my attention was just tonight I was zooming around cyberspace and somehow came across another video email system. It’s landing page was ‘very’ impressive and it should have been with a price tag of $1500! The crazy thing is for that price you only get 5 minutes of recording time versus 60 minutes with the JiveSystem.

I was really even more impressed with the JiveSystem since doing a quick review of a couple of the other video email services that are out there. I especially like that you can take it for a free test drive. I’m glad I discovered this tool to add to my business toolbox.

Until Next Time!