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We All Need Some Self Promotion

Human beings have a desire to connect with each other. We want others to hear us, love us and buy what we're selling. To this end, we have always found ways to promote ourselves and/or our business. In ancient times business was promoted mainly through word of mouth. The next major revolution in communication was what we call old world media - newspapers, circulars, billboards etc. After that there was the emergence of mass media tools like tv and radio. Each stage in the emergence of communication has led to larger and larger audiences. The internet is now the ultimate expression of reaching the masses. A website can be visited anytime from anywhere on the planet.

Now that the world is watching we revert back to the same messages we sent out from the beginning of history; look at me! This is not a bad thing even if some self-promotion is of dubious origin. We want to connect to other people with similar interests or are selling things that we may find cool or useful. Sites like Hotornot.com and others like it are a type of open forum where people can put themselves or company out there into the cyber world of ratings and comments.

Rating sites can be fun for the same reason people like to go to the mall or park and 'people watch'. It's just interesting to see all of our different interpretations of what people think is cool, stylish or acceptable behavior. However, even though it's fun to see who and what's in the world, don't get anxious over a poor rating, it's just a stranger's superficial view of you. Conversely, for the same reason we shouldn't go crazy over a positive rating.

My advice is to take this stuff with a grain a salt and have fun.

Sal Pellettieri is the founder of the rating and promotions website [http://SoYouThinkYoureCool.com]SoYouThinkYoureCool.com. This is the place to showcase yourself, your business, band, website or whatever and have the world tell you exactly how cool you are. He also blogs at soyouthinkyourecool.wordpress.com.

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Making Your Own Cool Tables and Chairs

I owned a bar once upon a time and we really bootstrapped it. We were short on start up money and needed a bunch of tables. These tables also had to be quite durable as our clientele tended to drink and carry on quite a bit. I'll admit that it wasn't me but my partner Scott that came up with the idea. Industrial spools. We found a place in Montreal that sold and re-sold huge industrial spools, the kind that can carry a few miles of telephone wire, anywhere from two to ten feet in diameter. We rented a van and went down there. The place was totally fine with us helping ourselves to six spools, each about four feet high and four feet in diameter. We simply sanded them down and applied generous amounts of shellac. They turned out beautifully.

Here are a couple chair ideas. Go exploring your own town and see where you can find discarded wooden window blinds. Cut them to about three feet wide stain and generously clear-coat them. You'll need to cut out a support form which you should find easily enough on the web by searching for 'window blind chair'. Cheap plywood will do the job. Cut the two support forms and glue/nail it all in place. After a few cracks at it you'll end up being able to build wonderfully cool chairs that cost next to nothing and can easily be sold for $100.00. The second is simply an old steel drum. These can be found anywhere for free and only need a good cleaning and some clear coat finish. Take a look at the photo. You only need to make a good cut, cover the edge with rubber edging and add a cheap cushion and some $10.00 legs. Again - this should sell for $100.00 easy.

Hope you use these ideas to expand you're own repertoire of cool designs. See what you can find for free in your neighborhood and let your imagination fly.

Bruce Hollingdrake writes about [http://theantiquechair.com]Antigue Chairs

and has done a little piece on [http://hubpages.com/hub/Cool-Chairs]really cool chairs.

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How to Make Money Online Without Doing Surveys (Must Be at Least 13 Years Old)

The site is called Lockerz. A lot of you may have heard about Lockerz already & thought,"Oh this is just another scam site!" People will tell you about the prizes you can get from Lockerz, but what they don't tell you is that Lockerz also gives Paypal. Now wait before you click off thinking,"I can't verify my Paypal." You can use the money Lockerz adds to your Paypal account and request a check. Which does not require you to verify.

Lockerz is 100% legit and gives out thousands of prizes every month. There are a lot of proof videos on YouTube. But anyway all you do on Lockerz is log in, answer a simple daily question, (that has no wrong answer) and invite other people. This February (2010) there will be over 15 ways to earn pointz. (Lockerz's online currency) Including playing games, listening to music, and watching videos. Another cool thing about Lockerz is that they will soon have an online store! In their store you will be able to buy things using real money. What's cool about that? You can get discounts on stuff from their store by using pointz, and once you buy something you receive pointz.

You buy something using real money, use pointz to get a discount on that item. Then you get MORE pointz you can use to get more stuff... for free! If you decide to use Lockerz your going to need an invite. Lockerz is invite-only so you can only join if a member of Lockerz invites you. So, if you need an invite go to rel=nofollow [http://www.myinstantinvite.webs.com]http://www.myinstantinvite.webs.com. Hope I've convinced you to give this site a chance. Have fun.

Invites & more information on Lockerz at [http://www.myinstantinvite.webs.com]http://www.myinstantinvite.webs.com.

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