Happy Birthday to me! Happy Birthday to me! Happy Birthday to me! *LOL* Anyway it’s my 14th Birthday today and it’s my first birthday celebrating here at this blog. Cool isn’t it? So to celebrate it, I’m holding my first contest (ever) with $220 worth of prizes! Check it out:The Prizes:
There are currently 4 prizes:

Full Site Review – Worth $60
Sidebar Ad – Worth $30
2 Month Sidebar Link (Sitewide!) – Worth $30

And last but not the least, a blog redesign Worth $100!

Want those prizes above? It’s easy to win! Check out what you can do below to get an entry. The more entries, the more chances of winning.

What to do:

6 TICKETS Put that cake in your blog - It can be in a post, in

Upon reading my Feed Reader this hot afternoon, I asked myself: “What do these guys have that made them successful in such a way?! What do they have that we don’t?�? So I’ve been doing a little research and got some stuff on my head. Just to give a little reason what do these successful guys have.

Brand, brand, brand – I told this tons of time because honestly, the brand really matters. It’s just like the foundation of a company. Take Coca Cola for example: They had this new formula that got an A++ on the taste test (Better than the original) but when they sold it in the market, it failed, people still buy the same old Coke they love. Why? Because they got used to the same old Coke. It’s not the taste

Is Rick Jerk Going Poor?

According to ShoeMoney, Kelly Felix is selling “The Rich Jerk Empire” for about $8,000,000 (Any takers?) here’s a snip:

Kelly Felix says he is just about bankrupt and hoping to climb out of the hole and even make some profit. The source also says that Kelly blew a ton of investors money buying advertising on Howard Stern and fake commercials/tv spots to make it look like he was rich.

“The Rich Jerk Empire” contains the following major domains:

TheRichJerk.com
RichJerk.com
RichJerkRealEstate.com

Have a look at Kelly’s ad on BizQuest.com.

By the way Kelly, is this for real, or ANOTHER marketing ploy?!

You have your best WordPress plugins, I also have mine. I have this list 2 months back but unfortunately I accidentally deleted it (accidents happen all the time ) So that gave me an idea to post a new list A better list Here’s my list of Top 10 Best WordPress Plugins:

Contact Form with Spam Protection

Afraid of spam? Don’t want to give away your e-mail? Tired of making images with your e-mail on it? No worries, Contact form is here! WP contact form lets your readers e-mail you faster, easier and risk FREE! I can’t imagine a blog without this plug-in. It would be a nightmare.

Related Posts

If you’re lacking pageviews recently, this plugin is for you! With related posts plugin, you can add related posts in each of your posts in

Last week I launched the AskCarl feature thinking that it would be a great success. But I was surprised seeing nothing but dirt on my mail box this past week that wants to ask a question and participate to this new feature. Special thanks to Techzillo who dropped me a comment asking how did I make those 3d crystal buttons.

I didn’t waste any time and made a tutorial (To keep the new feature alive! ). So, here it is, enjoy!

How to Make 3d Crystal Buttons – Photoshop Tutorial

1. Start, by creating a 125 x 125 image (Like the C Image right) and put it in an empty 142 x 142 square.

2. Then add drop

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