In Search Of Heroes Spreads Good News About Everyday, Real-Life Heroes Who Deserve Recognition For Their Good Works

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Posted by ralph at 11:54 PM | Permalink

Ralph Zuranski: If you had three wishes for your life, the world, that would easily come true, what would they be?

Jason Potash: I would say, we can go in left field here and have these high high in the sky dreams which will never come true, like we are all going to love each other and be friendly to one another and stamp out anger and violence and everything else.

We all know that unfortunately, that day will never come. I just think that basically, if everybody had a positive attitude, if everybody was connected and had faith and really believed in, and just being happy with what they’ve been given in life.

So many people that I deal with as well are just so angry and felt they have they have been given a raw deal, and “woe is me, and my life sucks, and this is terrible what I’m dealing with, and nobody deals with my problems. I’m making bad money and my kids are totally out of control.”

You just really have to give thanks, and I think so many people do not really count their blessings. I’m not just talking from a spiritual/religious standpoint. I’m talking about looking around saying, “You know what, I’ve got a roof over my head and food on the table. I’m making money. I may not have a car but I have enough to take the bus to work. I’m not walking five miles to get to work every day in snow and so forth.”

We all heard the stories about our parents who say they walked to school back and forth in five feet of snow. My dad had these stories and my grandfather had these stories as well. There is probably one point in my life where I walked to school up the hill both ways, as they say, when I was a young lad.

But other than that, I’ve been blessed with so many things. And I think so many people let that negativity just totally, it’s like a cancer that eats you from the inside out. Obviously, as we know, being positive, being motivated and having goals and always trying to lift up above your current situation and circumstances, that’s going to help you to rise up and conquer your goals.

I think if everybody had that attitude of wanting to work together, an attitude of cooperation, an attitude of giving before receiving, an attitude of being positive, an attitude of thankfulness and forgiveness and not just letting it fester inside that you have it so bad and things are terrible.

I know it’s hard to do that when you are dealing with $10,000 in credit card charges and everything else because I’ve been there, and it’s hard to believe that gospel when you are dealing with all the crap that is happening in your life.

But I think if people had that attitude, it would definitely change things. I think what is also missing with many people is just having that rock solid foundation. If it’s being grounded with faith, a higher power, or just being grounded with morals and values, having a purpose in life.

Again, just having an attitude of giving and being thankful, I think that can become something that can have a huge impact on an individual’s life. If everybody in society would follow those same principles in life, I think you would have a huge impact in society as we know it.

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Posted by ralph at 07:18 AM | Permalink

Ralph Zuranski: Do you have any good solutions to the problems facing society, especially racism, child and spousal abuse and violence among young people?

Jason Potash: Again, very deep questions. I think that education and awareness can only break down the walls over time. We can talk about it in closed rooms, we can talk about it during fireside chats, in the schools. We talked about how impressionable young children are. I really think a lot of those problems stem from adolescence.
It depends on who your peers are, who is influencing you in your life and if mommy and daddy have certain beliefs. If daddy is abusing mommy or if daddy is a racist and a bigot, whether you like it or not, those children are seeing that day in and day out. They become exposed to it, and it becomes a part of them whether they like it or not.

They may resist it, they may fight it, but it’s ingrained in the subconscious mind because they’ve seen it happen over a series of years and years and years.

I think that is where education and awareness, it all comes down to stamping out the problem at the roots, not when somebody is 30 years old but when they are actually three years old and how can we spread awareness and education to get those problems resolved.

In many cases, it’s also in the school system because, let’s be honest, many children spend more time in school than they do at home with mommy and daddy. Especially as I mentioned, most people are working eight, nine, ten hours a day. And they get home, are exhausted and they don’t even want to play with the kids because they want to just relax and have some dinner or something.

It’s even more important to make sure the teachers are influencing, especially the youth of today. I think that really, it’s not something that’s going to go away overnight. It’s been a problem that we’ve had for several years.

I think as we keep increasing the intensity, and keep again, getting to the children and finding the source of the problem before it becomes this massive issue, the schools and the churches and counselors and those who influence children are the best ones to spread that message and correct the problem over time.

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Q: Is EzineAnnouncer easy to use?

EzineAnnouncer was designed using a simple "spreadsheet" type interface. Most computer users have used a spreadsheet program before (such as Microsoft Excel). Therefore this style of interface is very familiar to them.

90% of the functions that you will most often use, can be accessed by a simple left-click on your mouse. That's really all there is to it. EzineAnnouncer will allow you to begin promoting your ezine the minute it's installed. However, for more advanced functions, it will take you a few days to become more familiar with the software.

Q: Can I use EzineAnnouncer to send e-mail messages?

Yes you can. With EzineAnnouncer you can send personalized e-mail messages (using built in mail merge function) to other ezine publishers, contacts, or customers with a single click. You can also send out multiple e-mails at the same time when submitting your ezine ads or using announcement lists to promote your ezine.

EzineAnnouncer uses your default e-mail software to send messages and is not designed to replace your e-mail software (Outlook, Eudora, Pegasus, etc.).

Q: Will I become better organized using EzineAnnouncer?

With the abundance of resources included with EzineAnnouncer, it would be literally impossible to organize and track all this information any other way.

All the 900+ resources within EzineAnnouncer are categorized for rapid searching. You can sort using: Ezine directories, Ezine announcement lists, Article directories, Free ad sources, Trade ad sources. And you can freely delete, add, or modify any resources found under these categories at anytime.

You can also track detailed information such as contact info, URL, submit URL, e-mail, comments, username, password, and more.

It's up to you -- you can track as little or as much information as you require.

But what use is all that information if it doesn't help you work smarter? EzineAnnouncer also includes "trigger" capabilities that will remind you to perform certain functions.

For example, some ezines will require you to resubmit your free ad every month -- EzineAnnouncer reminds you automatically and let's you resubmit your ad with ease -- it's a no-brainer!

Posted by ralph at 07:16 AM | Permalink

Ralph Zuranski: How does it feel to be recognized as an Internet Hero?

Jason Potash: It feels great, obviously. When you get in the business as I said before, the primary goal is really financial gain. Most of us who have thrown our hat in the ring, if you will, you do it not because you like playing with computers all day long, it’s because you want to achieve some degree of success.

Usually, financial success is the ultimate measure of you, “making it.” It’s a good feeling to know that I can help others and there are things I’ve learned in business and in life, things I should have done differently, and mistakes that I have made and also to know that I weathered the storm.

I like to think I’m the list of “good guys” as opposed to some people. Even people today may have come across some who are deceptive, or just don’t run a business that is 100% above board, so to speak.

That’s totally fine, that’s totally their call and all power to them. Obviously, you’ve heard countless stories about people online who have gotten burned; ordered product and never received it, or went to the site and it got shut down forever and no one knows where it even went. That happens unfortunately, every day.

To be recognized as a Hero, it’s great to sort of know that again that’s another little notch on my success belt that keeps getting better and better as I move forward here and expand my business and aspire to bigger and better things and just to branch out and take my business to the next level.

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Yes and no. Submitting your website or classified ad usually involves completing a form with two to four fields (URL, e-mail, name, etc.). Therefore it's very easy to 100% automate this submission process.

Ezine submission works differently. Ezine directories require a larger variety of information (20, 30, or 40 fields). And unfortunately, many of the forms that you are required to complete contain drop-down list boxes -- you must physically choose an option by clicking on your mouse.

On average, EzineAnnouncer completes 80% of forms for you automatically. In most cases, you may have to click on a selection or two, and press the "submit" button. This usually takes 10 seconds per submission. Compare this to 10-15 minutes if you were to type in each form manually.

Q: Is EzineAnnouncer easy to use?

EzineAnnouncer was designed using a simple "spreadsheet" type interface. Most computer users have used a spreadsheet program before (such as Microsoft Excel). Therefore this style of interface is very familiar to them.

90% of the functions that you will most often use, can be accessed by a simple left-click on your mouse. That's really all there is to it. EzineAnnouncer will allow you to begin promoting your ezine the minute it's installed. However, for more advanced functions, it will take you a few days to become more familiar with the software.

Q: Can I use EzineAnnouncer to send e-mail messages?

Yes you can. With EzineAnnouncer you can send personalized e-mail messages (using built in mail merge function) to other ezine publishers, contacts, or customers with a single click. You can also send out multiple e-mails at the same time when submitting your ezine ads or using announcement lists to promote your ezine.

EzineAnnouncer uses your default e-mail software to send messages and is not designed to replace your e-mail software (Outlook, Eudora, Pegasus, etc.).

Q: Will I become better organized using EzineAnnouncer?

With the abundance of resources included with EzineAnnouncer, it would be literally impossible to organize and track all this information any other way.

All the 900+ resources within EzineAnnouncer are categorized for rapid searching. You can sort using: Ezine directories, Ezine announcement lists, Article directories, Free ad sources, Trade ad sources. And you can freely delete, add, or modify any resources found under these categories at anytime.

You can also track detailed information such as contact info, URL, submit URL, e-mail, comments, username, password, and more.

It's up to you -- you can track as little or as much information as you require.

But what use is all that information if it doesn't help you work smarter? EzineAnnouncer also includes "trigger" capabilities that will remind you to perform certain functions.

For example, some ezines will require you to resubmit your free ad every month -- EzineAnnouncer reminds you automatically and let's you resubmit your ad with ease -- it's a no-brainer!

Posted by ralph at 07:13 AM | Permalink

Ralph Zuranski: Why are Heroes so important in the lives of young people?

Jason Potash: I think that young people are so impressionable. My wife is a teacher. She has explained to me better than anybody how their minds are like sponges and everything you do, everything you say, they observe it all. You think they are not paying attention, and they have no interest in what you are doing.

They are observing everything, and all the influences around them, good or bad. If it’s TV, or if it’s things they do, the fun they’ve had, the games they play, the lessons they learn, and the people that interact around them and the role models they have, primarily the parents, that becomes the fabric of who they are and who they aspire to be to move forward.

It really changes you, you become a father and I’ve been a father now for four years. With my children, it just opens my eyes in terms of the way they learn and the way they view the world and just little things that I do that may seem insignificant to me just to see how it impacts them.

Little things that I’ve said in the past, where all of a sudden my son will say to me, he’ll make a comment and I’ll be like “Wow, I said that two months ago.” Sort of like a little comment I made to him on the side.

It’s almost like the hard disk on the computer. You throw that text file on the hard drive and it stays there. You may forget about it, or you may not even realize it’s still there.

One day you are searching your hard drive and go, “Wow, there’s that file. I forgot it was even there. I could probably use that or something.” It’s just amazing how children have this photographic memory, little things you do and say just stick in their minds.

Yes, they are totally impressionable and I think that it’s so important to be surrounded by Heroes and good people that keep instilling in them the right morals, ethics, beliefs, values and behaviors, so hopefully they can follow your footsteps and be better people because of it.

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Q: Does EzineAnnouncer work like Search Engine or Classified Ad submission software?

Yes and no. Submitting your website or classified ad usually involves completing a form with two to four fields (URL, e-mail, name, etc.). Therefore it's very easy to 100% automate this submission process.

Ezine submission works differently. Ezine directories require a larger variety of information (20, 30, or 40 fields). And unfortunately, many of the forms that you are required to complete contain drop-down list boxes -- you must physically choose an option by clicking on your mouse.

On average, EzineAnnouncer completes 80% of forms for you automatically. In most cases, you may have to click on a selection or two, and press the "submit" button. This usually takes 10 seconds per submission. Compare this to 10-15 minutes if you were to type in each form manually.

Q: Is EzineAnnouncer easy to use?

EzineAnnouncer was designed using a simple "spreadsheet" type interface. Most computer users have used a spreadsheet program before (such as Microsoft Excel). Therefore this style of interface is very familiar to them.

90% of the functions that you will most often use, can be accessed by a simple left-click on your mouse. That's really all there is to it. EzineAnnouncer will allow you to begin promoting your ezine the minute it's installed. However, for more advanced functions, it will take you a few days to become more familiar with the software.

Q: Can I use EzineAnnouncer to send e-mail messages?

Yes you can. With EzineAnnouncer you can send personalized e-mail messages (using built in mail merge function) to other ezine publishers, contacts, or customers with a single click. You can also send out multiple e-mails at the same time when submitting your ezine ads or using announcement lists to promote your ezine.

EzineAnnouncer uses your default e-mail software to send messages and is not designed to replace your e-mail software (Outlook, Eudora, Pegasus, etc.).

Q: Will I become better organized using EzineAnnouncer?

With the abundance of resources included with EzineAnnouncer, it would be literally impossible to organize and track all this information any other way.

All the 900+ resources within EzineAnnouncer are categorized for rapid searching. You can sort using: Ezine directories, Ezine announcement lists, Article directories, Free ad sources, Trade ad sources. And you can freely delete, add, or modify any resources found under these categories at anytime.

You can also track detailed information such as contact info, URL, submit URL, e-mail, comments, username, password, and more.

It's up to you -- you can track as little or as much information as you require.

But what use is all that information if it doesn't help you work smarter? EzineAnnouncer also includes "trigger" capabilities that will remind you to perform certain functions.

For example, some ezines will require you to resubmit your free ad every month -- EzineAnnouncer reminds you automatically and let's you resubmit your ad with ease -- it's a no-brainer!

Posted by ralph at 07:12 AM | Permalink

Ralph Zuranski: Who are the Heroes in our society today that aren’t getting the recognition that they deserve?

Jason Potash: I think the Heroes that aren’t being recognized are people that don’t do the work because they want to be recognized as a Hero. They are the people, even nurses, even people who are working overseas with the situation, helping in Africa and the relief efforts happening after the tsunami tragedy happened.

People of that nature you don’t see or hear about a lot of them. They are kind of unrecognized Heroes that are Heroes every day of the week. How many people do you know that would do what they do and often for the pay that they get or the pay that they don’t get? Even risk your own life, put their life on the line every day of the week to help others.

Even people back at home here who are working with children, working with children with disabilities in rehab centers and things of that nature. They are extremely gratifying roles, positions and occupations.

The gratification is not financial, obviously. Financial reward is the last thing on their mind. I mean, those are really the unrecognized Heroes. People that are doing that sort of work, like the Mother Theresa’s of the world. Obviously, she was very well recognized and was recognized. There are many others in that same role that are doing so many good things for so many people, sort of our guardian angels.

I think they don’t get the recognition that they deserve for doing that work. Actually, this was brought in perspective with me. My daughter, a few months ago, was in the hospital. It really opened my eyes in terms of seeing what these nurses actually do. You go in for blood work or you have a broken leg, no big deal. But when you are dealing with nurses, especially in the infant care unit who are dealing with all kinds of issues and infants who have all kinds of challenges and health problems, it breaks your heart and they deal with this day in and day out. Knowing that some of them will never get better, and some of them will unfortunately pass away before they even reach their second birthday.

Knowing that, dealing with it and connecting with children and with parents and then six months later, hopefully the child can move on to something else, you have to separate yourself emotionally. They are the Heroes in my eyes, doing the Lord’s work and doing things that most people would not want to do under those circumstances, and they deserve huge credit for doing so.

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Q: Can EzineAnnouncer also help me to promote my ebook or affiliate program?

Yes it can. Have you ever considered starting an ezine? It provides a great way to develop a "warm" prospect list to market your ebooks or affiliate programs. EzineAnnouncer includes an extensive database of ezine publishers and free ad sources. You can use these resources to promote your ebooks and associate programs at no cost! Also, why not write a few small articles about your area of expertise? It's a great way to subtlety promote your product and use EzineAnnouncer to blast out your articles to hundreds of resources!

Q: Does EzineAnnouncer work like Search Engine or Classified Ad submission software?

Yes and no. Submitting your website or classified ad usually involves completing a form with two to four fields (URL, e-mail, name, etc.). Therefore it's very easy to 100% automate this submission process.

Ezine submission works differently. Ezine directories require a larger variety of information (20, 30, or 40 fields). And unfortunately, many of the forms that you are required to complete contain drop-down list boxes -- you must physically choose an option by clicking on your mouse.

On average, EzineAnnouncer completes 80% of forms for you automatically. In most cases, you may have to click on a selection or two, and press the "submit" button. This usually takes 10 seconds per submission. Compare this to 10-15 minutes if you were to type in each form manually.

Q: Is EzineAnnouncer easy to use?

EzineAnnouncer was designed using a simple "spreadsheet" type interface. Most computer users have used a spreadsheet program before (such as Microsoft Excel). Therefore this style of interface is very familiar to them.

90% of the functions that you will most often use, can be accessed by a simple left-click on your mouse. That's really all there is to it. EzineAnnouncer will allow you to begin promoting your ezine the minute it's installed. However, for more advanced functions, it will take you a few days to become more familiar with the software.

Q: Can I use EzineAnnouncer to send e-mail messages?

Yes you can. With EzineAnnouncer you can send personalized e-mail messages (using built in mail merge function) to other ezine publishers, contacts, or customers with a single click. You can also send out multiple e-mails at the same time when submitting your ezine ads or using announcement lists to promote your ezine.

EzineAnnouncer uses your default e-mail software to send messages and is not designed to replace your e-mail software (Outlook, Eudora, Pegasus, etc.).

Q: Will I become better organized using EzineAnnouncer?

With the abundance of resources included with EzineAnnouncer, it would be literally impossible to organize and track all this information any other way.

All the 900+ resources within EzineAnnouncer are categorized for rapid searching. You can sort using: Ezine directories, Ezine announcement lists, Article directories, Free ad sources, Trade ad sources. And you can freely delete, add, or modify any resources found under these categories at anytime.

You can also track detailed information such as contact info, URL, submit URL, e-mail, comments, username, password, and more.

It's up to you -- you can track as little or as much information as you require.

But what use is all that information if it doesn't help you work smarter? EzineAnnouncer also includes "trigger" capabilities that will remind you to perform certain functions.

For example, some ezines will require you to resubmit your free ad every month -- EzineAnnouncer reminds you automatically and let's you resubmit your ad with ease -- it's a no-brainer!

Posted by ralph at 07:11 AM | Permalink

Ralph Zuranski: Who are the Heroes in your life?

Jason Potash: That’s a very good question. I mean, again, depending on people you look up to who are leaders in the community, obviously, even people in the church who you look at, they are Heroes for different reasons. They are not the most successful people in a business sense.

Obviously, they are balanced people and want to give back to society. They want to do good to others. They believe in a spirit of sharing, giving, openness, trying to do good, and contribute to society. Those are Heroes that I think a lot of us have.

In the business world, a lot of those things can blend. People like Dave Thomas, may he rest in peace, the founder of Wendy’s. I read his autobiography several years ago when I was in the restaurant business. He was a Hero of mine earlier in life, especially when I was involved in the restaurant business because obviously, he’d been down the same road I’d been down and I could relate to him.

There is a man, again extremely driven, persistent, had basically been selling Colonel Sander’s chicken recipe off the back of a pick up truck to restaurants, and he had been rock bottom and obviously bounced his way back in the restaurant business.

But here is a man who is always grounded spiritually, always kept his faith, always gave thanks and then moving forwards obviously, achieved great success in business. In the community he was a respected leader. He always was giving back to charities. He was an orphan as well and developed a Dave Thomas foundation and was always generously giving back to charities. And on the speaking circuit, delivering free speeches to other organizations or other social groups.

Just really a Hero, a role model that we can all follow, a person who had achieved all the elements of success. Take a scorecard in life and what defines a Hero, what defines success? I think Dave Thomas has come pretty darn close to checking off all these elements.

You look at the matrix of areas, from business and financial success, giving back to society, donating to charities, having faith, a leader in the community, being a good father as well as a husband, all of those elements, the man has accomplished it. And I think that is something I look for in terms of any Hero that I see, is somebody that I want to aspire to be like. I think he’s a great role model in that respect.

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Q: Can EzineAnnouncer also help me to promote my ebook or affiliate program?

Yes it can. Have you ever considered starting an ezine? It provides a great way to develop a "warm" prospect list to market your ebooks or affiliate programs. EzineAnnouncer includes an extensive database of ezine publishers and free ad sources. You can use these resources to promote your ebooks and associate programs at no cost! Also, why not write a few small articles about your area of expertise? It's a great way to subtlety promote your product and use EzineAnnouncer to blast out your articles to hundreds of resources!

Q: Does EzineAnnouncer work like Search Engine or Classified Ad submission software?

Yes and no. Submitting your website or classified ad usually involves completing a form with two to four fields (URL, e-mail, name, etc.). Therefore it's very easy to 100% automate this submission process.

Ezine submission works differently. Ezine directories require a larger variety of information (20, 30, or 40 fields). And unfortunately, many of the forms that you are required to complete contain drop-down list boxes -- you must physically choose an option by clicking on your mouse.

On average, EzineAnnouncer completes 80% of forms for you automatically. In most cases, you may have to click on a selection or two, and press the "submit" button. This usually takes 10 seconds per submission. Compare this to 10-15 minutes if you were to type in each form manually.

Q: Is EzineAnnouncer easy to use?

EzineAnnouncer was designed using a simple "spreadsheet" type interface. Most computer users have used a spreadsheet program before (such as Microsoft Excel). Therefore this style of interface is very familiar to them.

90% of the functions that you will most often use, can be accessed by a simple left-click on your mouse. That's really all there is to it. EzineAnnouncer will allow you to begin promoting your ezine the minute it's installed. However, for more advanced functions, it will take you a few days to become more familiar with the software.

Q: Can I use EzineAnnouncer to send e-mail messages?

Yes you can. With EzineAnnouncer you can send personalized e-mail messages (using built in mail merge function) to other ezine publishers, contacts, or customers with a single click. You can also send out multiple e-mails at the same time when submitting your ezine ads or using announcement lists to promote your ezine.

EzineAnnouncer uses your default e-mail software to send messages and is not designed to replace your e-mail software (Outlook, Eudora, Pegasus, etc.).

Q: Will I become better organized using EzineAnnouncer?

With the abundance of resources included with EzineAnnouncer, it would be literally impossible to organize and track all this information any other way.

All the 900+ resources within EzineAnnouncer are categorized for rapid searching. You can sort using: Ezine directories, Ezine announcement lists, Article directories, Free ad sources, Trade ad sources. And you can freely delete, add, or modify any resources found under these categories at anytime.

You can also track detailed information such as contact info, URL, submit URL, e-mail, comments, username, password, and more.

It's up to you -- you can track as little or as much information as you require.

But what use is all that information if it doesn't help you work smarter? EzineAnnouncer also includes "trigger" capabilities that will remind you to perform certain functions.

For example, some ezines will require you to resubmit your free ad every month -- EzineAnnouncer reminds you automatically and let's you resubmit your ad with ease -- it's a no-brainer!

Posted by ralph at 07:08 AM | Permalink

Ralph Zuranski: What place does the power of prayer in your life?

Jason Potash: It’s a very important part of my life, in family life and also in business and I’m a big believer that you have to give thanks that every day is a blessing, and every success in business is a blessing. I think often in life we get so caught up in trying to chase the almighty dollar and succeed in business and trying to develop a master plan that basically, you forget about faith and prayer.

Obviously, if things go bad in your life, if it’s a tragedy with family or a financial situation you’re dealing with, that’s really just like a bomb going off in your lap, we often turn to prayer. At those points in our life, because we are looking for guidance, we are looking for answers, we are looking for the Lord to come around to help us get through this situation, whatever it might be, we turn to prayer.

I find in many cases, even many of my friends, the same doesn’t happen when you achieve success. Any amount of success that you achieve in life, do give thanks for what you have, what you’ve accomplished, for the blessings you have been given and the fact that you are able enough to achieve the success in your life.

The fact that you live in a country, thank God, where you can achieve the success, unlike some things you’ve seen on TV recently with people in Africa and things of that nature, where there is no way they can achieve the same things we can achieve in all levels living here in North America and the U.S.A.

I think that prayer has definitely been with me, it’s something that I was brought up with. I’ve always had faith. My family and my children, we are introducing them to all the same morals and principles, and the religious beliefs that we do.

It’s a point of particular importance (inaudible 38:32), especially when you are dealing with all the challenges and adversity. I’ve found I’ve had a tremendous source of inspiration and strength just relying on prayer and knowing that, “Yes, things will get better.” I have faith in myself and faith in God that He will pull me through this.

As they say, my wife used to say all the time and I will probably get this wrong, but if, oh gosh, what is this thing? “If He brings you to it, He will get you through it.” Something like that. If the Lord brings you to it and puts the situation in your hands, He’s going to bring you through it if you have faith and are willing to get through it.

That gives you an idea of my belief in terms of prayer and how it fits into my business life and personal life as well.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Ezine Announcer

Q: Can EzineAnnouncer also help me to promote my ebook or affiliate program?

Yes it can. Have you ever considered starting an ezine? It provides a great way to develop a "warm" prospect list to market your ebooks or affiliate programs. EzineAnnouncer includes an extensive database of ezine publishers and free ad sources. You can use these resources to promote your ebooks and associate programs at no cost! Also, why not write a few small articles about your area of expertise? It's a great way to subtlety promote your product and use EzineAnnouncer to blast out your articles to hundreds of resources!

Q: Does EzineAnnouncer work like Search Engine or Classified Ad submission software?

Yes and no. Submitting your website or classified ad usually involves completing a form with two to four fields (URL, e-mail, name, etc.). Therefore it's very easy to 100% automate this submission process.

Ezine submission works differently. Ezine directories require a larger variety of information (20, 30, or 40 fields). And unfortunately, many of the forms that you are required to complete contain drop-down list boxes -- you must physically choose an option by clicking on your mouse.

On average, EzineAnnouncer completes 80% of forms for you automatically. In most cases, you may have to click on a selection or two, and press the "submit" button. This usually takes 10 seconds per submission. Compare this to 10-15 minutes if you were to type in each form manually.

Q: Is EzineAnnouncer easy to use?

EzineAnnouncer was designed using a simple "spreadsheet" type interface. Most computer users have used a spreadsheet program before (such as Microsoft Excel). Therefore this style of interface is very familiar to them.

90% of the functions that you will most often use, can be accessed by a simple left-click on your mouse. That's really all there is to it. EzineAnnouncer will allow you to begin promoting your ezine the minute it's installed. However, for more advanced functions, it will take you a few days to become more familiar with the software.

Q: Can I use EzineAnnouncer to send e-mail messages?

Yes you can. With EzineAnnouncer you can send personalized e-mail messages (using built in mail merge function) to other ezine publishers, contacts, or customers with a single click. You can also send out multiple e-mails at the same time when submitting your ezine ads or using announcement lists to promote your ezine.

EzineAnnouncer uses your default e-mail software to send messages and is not designed to replace your e-mail software (Outlook, Eudora, Pegasus, etc.).

Q: Will I become better organized using EzineAnnouncer?

With the abundance of resources included with EzineAnnouncer, it would be literally impossible to organize and track all this information any other way.

All the 900+ resources within EzineAnnouncer are categorized for rapid searching. You can sort using: Ezine directories, Ezine announcement lists, Article directories, Free ad sources, Trade ad sources. And you can freely delete, add, or modify any resources found under these categories at anytime.

You can also track detailed information such as contact info, URL, submit URL, e-mail, comments, username, password, and more.

It's up to you -- you can track as little or as much information as you require.

But what use is all that information if it doesn't help you work smarter? EzineAnnouncer also includes "trigger" capabilities that will remind you to perform certain functions.

For example, some ezines will require you to resubmit your free ad every month -- EzineAnnouncer reminds you automatically and let's you resubmit your ad with ease -- it's a no-brainer!

Posted by ralph at 07:07 AM | Permalink

Ralph Zuranski: Do you maintain a sense of humor in the face of serious problems?

Jason Potash: You know, I think you have to laugh at some of the issues that come your way. You mentioned some challenges I had recently with going on a family vacation and coming back and having a bomb dropped in my lap after having three or two great days with my family in the sun.

At first, you panic, your heart races and you get frustrated. You can feel it, your breathing starting to get really shallow and you are panicking. I think that you have to take it with a grain of salt and you have to laugh at it.

If you look at things, and I truly believe that the Lord just throws you curve balls just to test you as an individual in every element of life. To see if you can pass the test, or if you are just going to lie down and cry, or roll over and play dead, or just throw your hands in the air and give up.

Every challenge becomes a little bit greater. You grow as an individual, you grow spiritually, and you grow financially. You grow in any degree of success you have in your business and in life. I think that you have to sometimes laugh it off and say, “Can anything worse happen?”

Or let’s put it in perspective, this may have happened, but at least this didn’t happen. Or, this happened to a friend of mine two years ago imagine if that happened to me as opposed to this small little problem that I’m dealing with today.

I’ve got a little coffee mug on my desk that I don’t use to drink coffee, but it’s holding a bunch of pens and markers and it’s by an author, I forget his name now, but it just says “Don’t sweat the small stuff,” and you turn it around the mug as I am now and the other side says, “Will this matter a year from now?”

My wife gave that to me a couple of years ago and it’s so true. Because some of the things I’ve been through that seemed like these huge catastrophes in my life, I look back now and I’m like, “Heck, that was nothing. That was like getting a mosquito bite and complaining that your arm is going to fall off.” It was just a small little bump in the road, compared with some of the stuff that I’ve dealt with recently.

A year down the road I’ll look back and say “You know what? Those issues were nothing because I’m down to bigger and more pressing challenges now.” That basically describes sort of my outlook on the situation in general.

Frequently Asked Questions About Ezine Announcer

Q: Can EzineAnnouncer also help me to promote my ebook or affiliate program?

Yes it can. Have you ever considered starting an ezine? It provides a great way to develop a "warm" prospect list to market your ebooks or affiliate programs. EzineAnnouncer includes an extensive database of ezine publishers and free ad sources. You can use these resources to promote your ebooks and associate programs at no cost! Also, why not write a few small articles about your area of expertise? It's a great way to subtlety promote your product and use EzineAnnouncer to blast out your articles to hundreds of resources!

Q: Does EzineAnnouncer work like Search Engine or Classified Ad submission software?

Yes and no. Submitting your website or classified ad usually involves completing a form with two to four fields (URL, e-mail, name, etc.). Therefore it's very easy to 100% automate this submission process.

Ezine submission works differently. Ezine directories require a larger variety of information (20, 30, or 40 fields). And unfortunately, many of the forms that you are required to complete contain drop-down list boxes -- you must physically choose an option by clicking on your mouse.

On average, EzineAnnouncer completes 80% of forms for you automatically. In most cases, you may have to click on a selection or two, and press the "submit" button. This usually takes 10 seconds per submission. Compare this to 10-15 minutes if you were to type in each form manually.

Q: Is EzineAnnouncer easy to use?

EzineAnnouncer was designed using a simple "spreadsheet" type interface. Most computer users have used a spreadsheet program before (such as Microsoft Excel). Therefore this style of interface is very familiar to them.

90% of the functions that you will most often use, can be accessed by a simple left-click on your mouse. That's really all there is to it. EzineAnnouncer will allow you to begin promoting your ezine the minute it's installed. However, for more advanced functions, it will take you a few days to become more familiar with the software.

Q: Can I use EzineAnnouncer to send e-mail messages?

Yes you can. With EzineAnnouncer you can send personalized e-mail messages (using built in mail merge function) to other ezine publishers, contacts, or customers with a single click. You can also send out multiple e-mails at the same time when submitting your ezine ads or using announcement lists to promote your ezine.

EzineAnnouncer uses your default e-mail software to send messages and is not designed to replace your e-mail software (Outlook, Eudora, Pegasus, etc.).

Q: Will I become better organized using EzineAnnouncer?

With the abundance of resources included with EzineAnnouncer, it would be literally impossible to organize and track all this information any other way.

All the 900+ resources within EzineAnnouncer are categorized for rapid searching. You can sort using: Ezine directories, Ezine announcement lists, Article directories, Free ad sources, Trade ad sources. And you can freely delete, add, or modify any resources found under these categories at anytime.

You can also track detailed information such as contact info, URL, submit URL, e-mail, comments, username, password, and more.

It's up to you -- you can track as little or as much information as you require.

But what use is all that information if it doesn't help you work smarter? EzineAnnouncer also includes "trigger" capabilities that will remind you to perform certain functions.

For example, some ezines will require you to resubmit your free ad every month -- EzineAnnouncer reminds you automatically and let's you resubmit your ad with ease -- it's a no-brainer!

Posted by ralph at 07:05 AM | Permalink

Ralph Zuranski: Do you experience service to others as a source of joy?

Jason Potash: I do. I think that in business, obviously we are all in business for the most part to derive financial gain and to make money. But I think if you focus your business on fooling people, on tricking people, on just being a snake oil salesman, pulling the wool over someone’s eyes, to trick them, take their money and run away, that doesn’t become very fulfilling in the long run.

Or if you are dealing with complaints from customers who are complaining about your product, complaining about you, complaining about whatever it is that you do, and clearly you are not doing the best you can to service them, again, I don’t think that is going to be a great source of accomplishment or satisfaction in your life moving forward.

I believe that in providing good customer service, doing the best you can do, providing the best products and services, whatever it is you offer and truly stand behind that and to know inside that you’ve done the best you can do, and have produced the best product possible, I find a great deal of satisfaction getting feedback from people who appreciate the time and effort I put into my business and my products, can appreciate that and realize that.

Then they send me back comments that say, “Wow, I am totally impressed, this has been a great experience or your product has gone well above and beyond the call of duty” or, “I’ve bought other products before and your stuff is just incredible Thanks for going the extra mile.” Stuff like that gets me pumped and motivated.

The problem, too, is that as an entrepreneur, I don’t have a staff of 100 people. I don’t have a board of directors, I don’t have superiors working over me to say, “Hey, Jason, great job.” Or give me a pat on the back, or give me a raise, or sending me on a trip to Hawaii with my wife because I happen to win Employee of the Month or perhaps I won a contest of some sort.

We don’t have those little elements in our life in the business world to give us a pat in the back, especially when you are self employed. So I find my customers provide that sense of satisfaction, give me a pat on the back and you know, giving me a “pay raise” through their comments. Otherwise, you are not getting that feedback; you are not getting that gratification from your co-workers because they don’t exist. I find it’s a tremendous source of satisfaction in business.

Frequently Asked Questions About Ezine Announcer

Q: Can EzineAnnouncer also help me to promote my ebook or affiliate program?

Yes it can. Have you ever considered starting an ezine? It provides a great way to develop a "warm" prospect list to market your ebooks or affiliate programs. EzineAnnouncer includes an extensive database of ezine publishers and free ad sources. You can use these resources to promote your ebooks and associate programs at no cost! Also, why not write a few small articles about your area of expertise? It's a great way to subtlety promote your product and use EzineAnnouncer to blast out your articles to hundreds of resources!

Q: Does EzineAnnouncer work like Search Engine or Classified Ad submission software?

Yes and no. Submitting your website or classified ad usually involves completing a form with two to four fields (URL, e-mail, name, etc.). Therefore it's very easy to 100% automate this submission process.

Ezine submission works differently. Ezine directories require a larger variety of information (20, 30, or 40 fields). And unfortunately, many of the forms that you are required to complete contain drop-down list boxes -- you must physically choose an option by clicking on your mouse.

On average, EzineAnnouncer completes 80% of forms for you automatically. In most cases, you may have to click on a selection or two, and press the "submit" button. This usually takes 10 seconds per submission. Compare this to 10-15 minutes if you were to type in each form manually.

Q: Is EzineAnnouncer easy to use?

EzineAnnouncer was designed using a simple "spreadsheet" type interface. Most computer users have used a spreadsheet program before (such as Microsoft Excel). Therefore this style of interface is very familiar to them.

90% of the functions that you will most often use, can be accessed by a simple left-click on your mouse. That's really all there is to it. EzineAnnouncer will allow you to begin promoting your ezine the minute it's installed. However, for more advanced functions, it will take you a few days to become more familiar with the software.

Q: Can I use EzineAnnouncer to send e-mail messages?

Yes you can. With EzineAnnouncer you can send personalized e-mail messages (using built in mail merge function) to other ezine publishers, contacts, or customers with a single click. You can also send out multiple e-mails at the same time when submitting your ezine ads or using announcement lists to promote your ezine.

EzineAnnouncer uses your default e-mail software to send messages and is not designed to replace your e-mail software (Outlook, Eudora, Pegasus, etc.).

Q: Will I become better organized using EzineAnnouncer?

With the abundance of resources included with EzineAnnouncer, it would be literally impossible to organize and track all this information any other way.

All the 900+ resources within EzineAnnouncer are categorized for rapid searching. You can sort using: Ezine directories, Ezine announcement lists, Article directories, Free ad sources, Trade ad sources. And you can freely delete, add, or modify any resources found under these categories at anytime.

You can also track detailed information such as contact info, URL, submit URL, e-mail, comments, username, password, and more.

It's up to you -- you can track as little or as much information as you require.

But what use is all that information if it doesn't help you work smarter? EzineAnnouncer also includes "trigger" capabilities that will remind you to perform certain functions.

For example, some ezines will require you to resubmit your free ad every month -- EzineAnnouncer reminds you automatically and let's you resubmit your ad with ease -- it's a no-brainer!

Posted by ralph at 07:04 AM | Permalink

Ralph Zuranski: In business and in life, there are a lot of people that upset, offend and oppose you. How important is forgiveness in those situations?

Jason Potash: I’m sorry, repeat that again Ralph?

Ralph Zuranski: In life, there are a lot of people that oppose, offend and upset you. How important is forgiveness?

Jason Potash:It’s very important, and I know that it’s often difficult in business, even in life when people do offend you, maybe insult you, attack you, do something to damage your credibility or what have you. I’m a big believer that you have to forgive people.

My wife actually has commented to me many times and says, “I’m amazed at how calm you are and you how don’t let things get to you.” Inside, you may be frustrated, you may feel disappointed, and you may feel anger, you may feel resentment.

But I think you really have to hold those feelings back and not lash out at people based upon human impulse or instincts to pick up a phone or send an e-mail to somebody and just immediately react based upon emotion alone, because that can come back to haunt you.

An example I had was, a few months ago a fellow ordered one of my products. He had problems getting the product, then he got the product and it was the wrong version.

Anyway, long story short, it was going a downward spiral for whatever reason and it’s one of these things that happen once in awhile. It’s always this one customer that has all these things happen to them. I guess it’s called Murphy’s Law, whatever you want to call it. It happens once in awhile.

And this fellow, I mean aside from me getting on a plane and visiting him personally, nothing would keep him happy. He kept on coming back to me and coming back to me. Of course, I was getting frustrated along the way.

I’m trying to appease him as best I can and I’m trying to get him everything he needs and to keep him happy, and not just send him to my support staff and have them deal with him. I wanted to personally resolve this and let him know that I do care about my customers and am not hiding behind my staff.

Anyway, a long story short, I found out that he was a well respected interviewer. He does tons of interviews. Interviews business leaders and experts and so forth. He was actually looking at my product to do a review on the product and wanted to include it on his site and have a review about the product.

Had I jumped the gun and as he was attacking me and questioning my business because he didn’t get the right product, all these things, I could have easily just either issued him a refund, told him to take a hike, and say stop bothering me.

I didn’t do that luckily, and as a result we did an interview, he reviewed the product, it got a very favorable review and obviously got a ton of exposure and traffic as a result of that. By not lashing out and using my emotions to guide my responses in business, that very negative situation turned out to be something very positive.

Frequently Asked Questions About Ezine Announcer

Q: Can EzineAnnouncer also help me to promote my ebook or affiliate program?

Yes it can. Have you ever considered starting an ezine? It provides a great way to develop a "warm" prospect list to market your ebooks or affiliate programs. EzineAnnouncer includes an extensive database of ezine publishers and free ad sources. You can use these resources to promote your ebooks and associate programs at no cost! Also, why not write a few small articles about your area of expertise? It's a great way to subtlety promote your product and use EzineAnnouncer to blast out your articles to hundreds of resources!

Q: Does EzineAnnouncer work like Search Engine or Classified Ad submission software?

Yes and no. Submitting your website or classified ad usually involves completing a form with two to four fields (URL, e-mail, name, etc.). Therefore it's very easy to 100% automate this submission process.

Ezine submission works differently. Ezine directories require a larger variety of information (20, 30, or 40 fields). And unfortunately, many of the forms that you are required to complete contain drop-down list boxes -- you must physically choose an option by clicking on your mouse.

On average, EzineAnnouncer completes 80% of forms for you automatically. In most cases, you may have to click on a selection or two, and press the "submit" button. This usually takes 10 seconds per submission. Compare this to 10-15 minutes if you were to type in each form manually.

Q: Is EzineAnnouncer easy to use?

EzineAnnouncer was designed using a simple "spreadsheet" type interface. Most computer users have used a spreadsheet program before (such as Microsoft Excel). Therefore this style of interface is very familiar to them.

90% of the functions that you will most often use, can be accessed by a simple left-click on your mouse. That's really all there is to it. EzineAnnouncer will allow you to begin promoting your ezine the minute it's installed. However, for more advanced functions, it will take you a few days to become more familiar with the software.

Q: Can I use EzineAnnouncer to send e-mail messages?

Yes you can. With EzineAnnouncer you can send personalized e-mail messages (using built in mail merge function) to other ezine publishers, contacts, or customers with a single click. You can also send out multiple e-mails at the same time when submitting your ezine ads or using announcement lists to promote your ezine.

EzineAnnouncer uses your default e-mail software to send messages and is not designed to replace your e-mail software (Outlook, Eudora, Pegasus, etc.).

Q: Will I become better organized using EzineAnnouncer?

With the abundance of resources included with EzineAnnouncer, it would be literally impossible to organize and track all this information any other way.

All the 900+ resources within EzineAnnouncer are categorized for rapid searching. You can sort using: Ezine directories, Ezine announcement lists, Article directories, Free ad sources, Trade ad sources. And you can freely delete, add, or modify any resources found under these categories at anytime.

You can also track detailed information such as contact info, URL, submit URL, e-mail, comments, username, password, and more.

It's up to you -- you can track as little or as much information as you require.

But what use is all that information if it doesn't help you work smarter? EzineAnnouncer also includes "trigger" capabilities that will remind you to perform certain functions.

For example, some ezines will require you to resubmit your free ad every month -- EzineAnnouncer reminds you automatically and let's you resubmit your ad with ease -- it's a no-brainer!

Posted by ralph at 06:56 AM | Permalink

Ralph Zuranski: So when you are going through all that discomfort of doing things and stretching yourself beyond what you are at this time when you are doing it, do you think that it’s important to have a rock solid belief that your dreams will actually become reality?

Jason Potash: I think that you do, definitely. Because if you are going through all this hardship, if you are putting yourself out there, if you’ve got scars, bruises and broken legs because you’ve tried things, been beaten up and you’ve gotten back on the horse.

I keep using the horse analogy but it’s a good one. You get kicked off and you get back on again. I think you basically still have to maintain that positive attitude and know there is a reason that you are doing this. You want to accomplish those goals so badly that these are all worthwhile sacrifices.

I used this analogy in an article I wrote a couple of years ago and people really resonated with it. I spoke before about actors, you see these actors and actresses, and you think “It must be nice making millions of dollars a year and what an easy job. They date tons of girls, date tons of guys, they are living the life and they’ve got the fancy cars.”

You hear stories about people who get discovered. For some reason they’re eating in a restaurant and somebody eyes them and says,
“Hey, you have a unique look, you want to be a supermodel or you want to be an actor?” That very rarely happens.

For the most part, there are years and years of sacrifice you don’t hear about. For example, you hear them eating ketchup soup and going to auditions and dealing with rejection and taking acting classes and not being able to afford classes and working as a waiter.

All these things happen, and a very small 10% of those people that go through that and follow that dream, actually succeed. If you have ever been to any major centers, especially L.A., you know exactly what I’m talking about, because you have a ton of good looking waiters and waitresses serving you meals who all have aspirations of becoming an actor, actress or a model of some sort.

A lot of them do not make it. I think you have to have a clear goal that drives you on a daily basis to know that you want something so bad that you can taste it. You can shake off rejection, you can shake off fear, shake off disappointment and failure and just keep moving forward and it doesn’t affect you. If you don’t do that, then really, the gas will run out of the car very quickly after you deal with two or three points of rejection or failure.

At that point, you may just give up. Where if you are firmly grounded and have that belief system and have that goal, I think you will persevere to the end, having those foundations in place ahead of time.

Frequently Asked Questions About Ezine Announcer

Q: Can EzineAnnouncer also help me to promote my ebook or affiliate program?

Yes it can. Have you ever considered starting an ezine? It provides a great way to develop a "warm" prospect list to market your ebooks or affiliate programs. EzineAnnouncer includes an extensive database of ezine publishers and free ad sources. You can use these resources to promote your ebooks and associate programs at no cost! Also, why not write a few small articles about your area of expertise? It's a great way to subtlety promote your product and use EzineAnnouncer to blast out your articles to hundreds of resources!

Q: Does EzineAnnouncer work like Search Engine or Classified Ad submission software?

Yes and no. Submitting your website or classified ad usually involves completing a form with two to four fields (URL, e-mail, name, etc.). Therefore it's very easy to 100% automate this submission process.

Ezine submission works differently. Ezine directories require a larger variety of information (20, 30, or 40 fields). And unfortunately, many of the forms that you are required to complete contain drop-down list boxes -- you must physically choose an option by clicking on your mouse.

On average, EzineAnnouncer completes 80% of forms for you automatically. In most cases, you may have to click on a selection or two, and press the "submit" button. This usually takes 10 seconds per submission. Compare this to 10-15 minutes if you were to type in each form manually.

Q: Is EzineAnnouncer easy to use?

EzineAnnouncer was designed using a simple "spreadsheet" type interface. Most computer users have used a spreadsheet program before (such as Microsoft Excel). Therefore this style of interface is very familiar to them.

90% of the functions that you will most often use, can be accessed by a simple left-click on your mouse. That's really all there is to it. EzineAnnouncer will allow you to begin promoting your ezine the minute it's installed. However, for more advanced functions, it will take you a few days to become more familiar with the software.

Q: Can I use EzineAnnouncer to send e-mail messages?

Yes you can. With EzineAnnouncer you can send personalized e-mail messages (using built in mail merge function) to other ezine publishers, contacts, or customers with a single click. You can also send out multiple e-mails at the same time when submitting your ezine ads or using announcement lists to promote your ezine.

EzineAnnouncer uses your default e-mail software to send messages and is not designed to replace your e-mail software (Outlook, Eudora, Pegasus, etc.).

Q: Will I become better organized using EzineAnnouncer?

With the abundance of resources included with EzineAnnouncer, it would be literally impossible to organize and track all this information any other way.

All the 900+ resources within EzineAnnouncer are categorized for rapid searching. You can sort using: Ezine directories, Ezine announcement lists, Article directories, Free ad sources, Trade ad sources. And you can freely delete, add, or modify any resources found under these categories at anytime.

You can also track detailed information such as contact info, URL, submit URL, e-mail, comments, username, password, and more.

It's up to you -- you can track as little or as much information as you require.

But what use is all that information if it doesn't help you work smarter? EzineAnnouncer also includes "trigger" capabilities that will remind you to perform certain functions.

For example, some ezines will require you to resubmit your free ad every month -- EzineAnnouncer reminds you automatically and let's you resubmit your ad with ease -- it's a no-brainer!

Posted by ralph at 06:55 AM | Permalink

Ralph Zuranski: Does it take courage to pursue new ideas and make changes in your life that affects everybody else around you?

Jason Potash: It definitely takes courage. As we know as human beings, we are complacent, even often lazy. We do not like change. We like staying in the same house, eating at the same restaurants, ordering the same food, eating the same brand, doing the same things, watching the same TV shows.

We like that constant comfy feeling of knowing what’s going to happen next, and just surrounding ourselves with things that we know, like and so forth. Any time you take yourself out of that element and put change into the mix and that kind of stuff, it makes people feel uncomfortable and uneasy.

Even starting a business, the big thing is that people are often more afraid of success than they are of failure. I felt the same way with my first product launch. I was so on the edge, I was like, “Should I release this thing? But what happens if all of a sudden I have 100 orders and I can’t handle it, or all of a sudden I’ve got too much business?”

All these problems you are making that magnify these small little molehills and make them into mountains. The same with failure, you are afraid of failure, you are afraid of diving in and putting yourself out there. “What if people don’t like this, if they don’t buy into this, what if I just totally have wasted the past year of my life investing in this product and putting it together and then I sell one copy?”

What happens then? But of course the process you took to get there, the road you took to get there, is equally as important, if not more important, than any financial gain you can get by actually getting a product or getting a service to market it.

It’s just the learning process you have gone through to get to that point and going to the next level. Change is inevitable. You need to put yourself out there. You need to get out of your comfort zone, do something where you totally feel like you are standing naked in the cold wind, shivering, you don’t feel comfortable and you want to go home by the fire.

I think if you do that on a monthly basis as much as possible, it’s going to help you to develop those street skills you need to be successful in business and also in life.

Frequently Asked Questions About Ezine Announcer

Q: Can EzineAnnouncer also help me to promote my ebook or affiliate program?

Yes it can. Have you ever considered starting an ezine? It provides a great way to develop a "warm" prospect list to market your ebooks or affiliate programs. EzineAnnouncer includes an extensive database of ezine publishers and free ad sources. You can use these resources to promote your ebooks and associate programs at no cost! Also, why not write a few small articles about your area of expertise? It's a great way to subtlety promote your product and use EzineAnnouncer to blast out your articles to hundreds of resources!

Q: Does EzineAnnouncer work like Search Engine or Classified Ad submission software?

Yes and no. Submitting your website or classified ad usually involves completing a form with two to four fields (URL, e-mail, name, etc.). Therefore it's very easy to 100% automate this submission process.

Ezine submission works differently. Ezine directories require a larger variety of information (20, 30, or 40 fields). And unfortunately, many of the forms that you are required to complete contain drop-down list boxes -- you must physically choose an option by clicking on your mouse.

On average, EzineAnnouncer completes 80% of forms for you automatically. In most cases, you may have to click on a selection or two, and press the "submit" button. This usually takes 10 seconds per submission. Compare this to 10-15 minutes if you were to type in each form manually.

Q: Is EzineAnnouncer easy to use?

EzineAnnouncer was designed using a simple "spreadsheet" type interface. Most computer users have used a spreadsheet program before (such as Microsoft Excel). Therefore this style of interface is very familiar to them.

90% of the functions that you will most often use, can be accessed by a simple left-click on your mouse. That's really all there is to it. EzineAnnouncer will allow you to begin promoting your ezine the minute it's installed. However, for more advanced functions, it will take you a few days to become more familiar with the software.

Q: Can I use EzineAnnouncer to send e-mail messages?

Yes you can. With EzineAnnouncer you can send personalized e-mail messages (using built in mail merge function) to other ezine publishers, contacts, or customers with a single click. You can also send out multiple e-mails at the same time when submitting your ezine ads or using announcement lists to promote your ezine.

EzineAnnouncer uses your default e-mail software to send messages and is not designed to replace your e-mail software (Outlook, Eudora, Pegasus, etc.).

Q: Will I become better organized using EzineAnnouncer?

With the abundance of resources included with EzineAnnouncer, it would be literally impossible to organize and track all this information any other way.

All the 900+ resources within EzineAnnouncer are categorized for rapid searching. You can sort using: Ezine directories, Ezine announcement lists, Article directories, Free ad sources, Trade ad sources. And you can freely delete, add, or modify any resources found under these categories at anytime.

You can also track detailed information such as contact info, URL, submit URL, e-mail, comments, username, password, and more.

It's up to you -- you can track as little or as much information as you require.

But what use is all that information if it doesn't help you work smarter? EzineAnnouncer also includes "trigger" capabilities that will remind you to perform certain functions.

For example, some ezines will require you to resubmit your free ad every month -- EzineAnnouncer reminds you automatically and let's you resubmit your ad with ease -- it's a no-brainer!

Posted by ralph at 06:53 AM | Permalink

Ralph Zuranski:How important is it to take a positive view of setbacks, misfortunes and mistakes?

Jason Potash: Well I say that every misfortune is a lesson learned. Not too many entrepreneurs I know that have achieved great success who haven’t had failures, who haven’t had bumps in the road, who haven’t been to the point where they are throwing their hands in the air and thinking,” Is this all worth it?”

I’ve been there too, I can give you a ton of stories about projects that were just total disasters, where I lost money or I lost hundreds of hours of time. It’s very emotionally draining and I think those lessons, they are lessons in business, lessons in life that lead to bigger and better things.

Many people say, you talk to the wise man on the mountain. He said if I only knew today, if I had the same knowledge today that I did when I was 30, I could be a 30 year old with the mind of a 70 year old. It would just be unbelievable.

I think that can’t happen unfortunately, but as you learn more lessons and you have more failures, you overcome challenges and adversity in business and life, I think it really helps you to become stronger, tougher and to have the knowledge you need to eventually put the pieces together to make things work and understand what it takes. To understand the mechanics and ingredients of what it takes to be successful, having gone through and learned those life lessons along the way.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Ezine Announcer

Q: Can EzineAnnouncer also help me to promote my ebook or affiliate program?

Yes it can. Have you ever considered starting an ezine? It provides a great way to develop a "warm" prospect list to market your ebooks or affiliate programs. EzineAnnouncer includes an extensive database of ezine publishers and free ad sources. You can use these resources to promote your ebooks and associate programs at no cost! Also, why not write a few small articles about your area of expertise? It's a great way to subtlety promote your product and use EzineAnnouncer to blast out your articles to hundreds of resources!

Q: Does EzineAnnouncer work like Search Engine or Classified Ad submission software?

Yes and no. Submitting your website or classified ad usually involves completing a form with two to four fields (URL, e-mail, name, etc.). Therefore it's very easy to 100% automate this submission process.

Ezine submission works differently. Ezine directories require a larger variety of information (20, 30, or 40 fields). And unfortunately, many of the forms that you are required to complete contain drop-down list boxes -- you must physically choose an option by clicking on your mouse.

On average, EzineAnnouncer completes 80% of forms for you automatically. In most cases, you may have to click on a selection or two, and press the "submit" button. This usually takes 10 seconds per submission. Compare this to 10-15 minutes if you were to type in each form manually.

Q: Is EzineAnnouncer easy to use?

EzineAnnouncer was designed using a simple "spreadsheet" type interface. Most computer users have used a spreadsheet program before (such as Microsoft Excel). Therefore this style of interface is very familiar to them.

90% of the functions that you will most often use, can be accessed by a simple left-click on your mouse. That's really all there is to it. EzineAnnouncer will allow you to begin promoting your ezine the minute it's installed. However, for more advanced functions, it will take you a few days to become more familiar with the software.

Q: Can I use EzineAnnouncer to send e-mail messages?

Yes you can. With EzineAnnouncer you can send personalized e-mail messages (using built in mail merge function) to other ezine publishers, contacts, or customers with a single click. You can also send out multiple e-mails at the same time when submitting your ezine ads or using announcement lists to promote your ezine.

EzineAnnouncer uses your default e-mail software to send messages and is not designed to replace your e-mail software (Outlook, Eudora, Pegasus, etc.).

Q: Will I become better organized using EzineAnnouncer?

With the abundance of resources included with EzineAnnouncer, it would be literally impossible to organize and track all this information any other way.

All the 900+ resources within EzineAnnouncer are categorized for rapid searching. You can sort using: Ezine directories, Ezine announcement lists, Article directories, Free ad sources, Trade ad sources. And you can freely delete, add, or modify any resources found under these categories at anytime.

You can also track detailed information such as contact info, URL, submit URL, e-mail, comments, username, password, and more.

It's up to you -- you can track as little or as much information as you require.

But what use is all that information if it doesn't help you work smarter? EzineAnnouncer also includes "trigger" capabilities that will remind you to perform certain functions.

For example, some ezines will require you to resubmit your free ad every month -- EzineAnnouncer reminds you automatically and let's you resubmit your ad with ease -- it's a no-brainer!

Posted by ralph at 06:52 AM | Permalink

Ralph Zuranski: How important is it to have a dream or a vision that sets a course of your life?

Jason Potash: It’s very important. I think, as I mentioned before, just me having a goal and just something that I could strive towards and knowing that I was moving towards something bigger and greater.

I think it’s so important, because if you just say to yourself, “I want to make a million dollars,” well, don’t we all?

I mean, you can make a million dollars by spending a hundred dollars on lottery tickets every week. The chances are slim to none that you actually make a million dollars, or you just dream and say, “I want the lifestyle that a millionaire could have. I want to have fancy cars and all kinds of parties and a big house and travel to Mexico every second month on vacation.”

I think without that goal, without having something to reach towards, you are sort of like a ship at sea without having a direct clear direction of what the end result will be, and that kind of guides you and steers you. I think it’s important to have large goals that might even be unattainable right now.

And also to have mini-goals along the way, and a mini goal might be that I’m going to get my first product together, I’m going to buy my first house, I’m going to flip it in two months and I’m going to make some money so I can go and buy myself another house.

It might be I’m going to open up a restaurant. Whatever your goals might be in business, I think you have to have a big picture goal and also several milestones along the way. Obviously, like myself, it might take you five or six years to reach those big goals but along the way, if you are setting small goals to achieve, it gives you a great feeling of accomplishment when you say, “You know what? I told myself that within three months, I’m going to, whatever it might be, I’m going to get my real estate license, or I’m going to study everything I can about franchising, so I’m fully prepared when I jump into this game about franchises.”

Just put those goals up there as well, and as you do that, you cross them off your list. At least you can see that you are moving forward.

The car is not in neutral, you are not stagnant, the engine is running and you are plowing ahead and moving faster and quicker every day. I think it’s very important to have both those goals, and they become the blueprint, if you will, and the roadmap to your ultimate success.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Ezine Announcer

Q: Can EzineAnnouncer also help me to promote my ebook or affiliate program?

Yes it can. Have you ever considered starting an ezine? It provides a great way to develop a "warm" prospect list to market your ebooks or affiliate programs. EzineAnnouncer includes an extensive database of ezine publishers and free ad sources. You can use these resources to promote your ebooks and associate programs at no cost! Also, why not write a few small articles about your area of expertise? It's a great way to subtlety promote your product and use EzineAnnouncer to blast out your articles to hundreds of resources!

Q: Does EzineAnnouncer work like Search Engine or Classified Ad submission software?

Yes and no. Submitting your website or classified ad usually involves completing a form with two to four fields (URL, e-mail, name, etc.). Therefore it's very easy to 100% automate this submission process.

Ezine submission works differently. Ezine directories require a larger variety of information (20, 30, or 40 fields). And unfortunately, many of the forms that you are required to complete contain drop-down list boxes -- you must physically choose an option by clicking on your mouse.

On average, EzineAnnouncer completes 80% of forms for you automatically. In most cases, you may have to click on a selection or two, and press the "submit" button. This usually takes 10 seconds per submission. Compare this to 10-15 minutes if you were to type in each form manually.

Q: Is EzineAnnouncer easy to use?

EzineAnnouncer was designed using a simple "spreadsheet" type interface. Most computer users have used a spreadsheet program before (such as Microsoft Excel). Therefore this style of interface is very familiar to them.

90% of the functions that you will most often use, can be accessed by a simple left-click on your mouse. That's really all there is to it. EzineAnnouncer will allow you to begin promoting your ezine the minute it's installed. However, for more advanced functions, it will take you a few days to become more familiar with the software.

Q: Can I use EzineAnnouncer to send e-mail messages?

Yes you can. With EzineAnnouncer you can send personalized e-mail messages (using built in mail merge function) to other ezine publishers, contacts, or customers with a single click. You can also send out multiple e-mails at the same time when submitting your ezine ads or using announcement lists to promote your ezine.

EzineAnnouncer uses your default e-mail software to send messages and is not designed to replace your e-mail software (Outlook, Eudora, Pegasus, etc.).

Q: Will I become better organized using EzineAnnouncer?

With the abundance of resources included with EzineAnnouncer, it would be literally impossible to organize and track all this information any other way.

All the 900+ resources within EzineAnnouncer are categorized for rapid searching. You can sort using: Ezine directories, Ezine announcement lists, Article directories, Free ad sources, Trade ad sources. And you can freely delete, add, or modify any resources found under these categories at anytime.

You can also track detailed information such as contact info, URL, submit URL, e-mail, comments, username, password, and more.

It's up to you -- you can track as little or as much information as you require.

But what use is all that information if it doesn't help you work smarter? EzineAnnouncer also includes "trigger" capabilities that will remind you to perform certain functions.

For example, some ezines will require you to resubmit your free ad every month -- EzineAnnouncer reminds you automatically and let's you resubmit your ad with ease -- it's a no-brainer!

Posted by ralph at 08:33 AM | Permalink

Ralph Zuranski: When was the lowest point in your life, and how did you change your path to one of victory over obstacles? I know that you had quite a few problems just recently when you went on vacation and put your family ahead of your business, and had some problems with the filming for your new product that you are selling. Was there any lower point in your life than that?

Jason Potash: Yeah, that was definitely a bump on the road, but trivial compared to some the things that I’ve experienced. I always say that the good Lord has always thrown enough curve balls and putting us through the test. If you pass the test, He will raise the bar and give you another test. That’s just part of life.

Every time you overcome an obstacle, a challenge or a curve ball thrown your way, you are obviously a stronger and better person because of it. You learn things in life and it helps you to grow as a person spiritually and often as well, financially.

It’s a business, but what sticks out in my mind is one of the most difficult challenges I’ve had. It would be going back just after I got married, about ten years ago now. I was working in a deadbeat job and not making very much money.

I basically decided to send my wife back to college to fulfill her life long dream of becoming a teacher. She’d held that dream for years and years. When we got married I said, “You know what? We’re young, now is the time. Let’s just sacrifice it and get a line of credit, send you back to school and of course, have a big fat loan, a student loan on our bank record.”

We had just gotten married and were looking to buy furniture so it was not a good situation. I moved into a small, basically one bedroom apartment. The joke was that you could take a marble and drop it on the floor in the kitchen. It would roll real fast to the other side of the kitchen.

The floors were slanted, we had raccoons living in the rafters. I’m not making this stuff up, there were raccoons living in our rafters and they were fighting at night. It was just a run down place. You get to that point in your life where you are like, “I just hope to God that it’s only going to go up from here because how much lower can we go here.”

Driving a beat up car and my wife wasn’t there for support and at that point in my life, my parents had been split up for many years and my mom decided to go back with my brother to live in Germany where her family was.

My family was gone and my wife was away, I had huge debt piled up, I was barely making ends meet, I had this crappy car that I was driving, and living in this run down apartment. That was basically rock bottom.

You know, I think that basically through my attitude and perseverance and knowing, believing in myself and just studying like crazy about all the things that would help me to succeed in business, and having a goal and some focus, that really helped me just to never lose sight of my goal, to know that this is a temporary situation.

If I was 85 years old and this had been my life for the past 85 years, you might want to get depressed and upset because you’ve done nothing. You haven’t changed anything, you’ve lived the same life you had when you were 20, 30 or 40.

That can be pretty sad. But the fact that I was young, intelligent, had a lot of motivation, able bodied, able minded, what could stand in my way and stop me?

My driving persistence and desire to want to succeed was what really kept me going. It’s hard to give yourself a kick in the butt to keep going and to constantly tell yourself that things will get better. I’m going to succeed some day and this is just a test, it’s just temporary and I can change these circumstances with the power of will that I have.

That really kept me going. It didn’t take me a year to get me out of that situation, it took me several years, probably at least three years. As I slowly built things up, each new month became a little bit better, and I knew I was just stoking my mental fire with information and knowledge to help me break the shackles of poverty and succeed.

I did, I faced the brink of bankruptcy. At one point I was willing to throw in the towel. A lot of my friends did who were in similar situations and I said, “No, I’m not going to give in.” I know I can just hang on to this bowl, and even though it’s throwing me around and I’m getting kicked back and forth, I know I can ride this thing out. I’m going to be a better person having gone through this again, “test” that I’m being put through here.

Obviously, there is a happy ending to this story and my wife is still with me and she has been a driving force in my life and has really been one of my coaches to get me back on the saddle and give me a kick in the butt and say, “Keep going. You can do this, keep plugging away.”

It’s easy to give up, to crash and burn and throw my hands in the air and say, “This is not worth it, I can’t take it any more.” There have been a lot of life lessons learned in that process as well.

I guess you’ve heard this before, but anybody listening today who is in that situation today, I’m here to tell you that it’s all up to you. It all depends on how badly you want to get out of that situation.

I remember even having jobs where I just hated, hated the environment I was in. My boss was a jerk, I hated the way I was treated, and the money was just garbage. I was being taken advantage of and it wasn’t a good feeling.

Many people go through that in life and they are not willing to make the change. They just go through that for 30 or 40 years and it’s sad. As opposed to people who say, “You know what? I hate this job so bad, I’m going to do whatever it takes to get myself the heck out of here. I don’t care what it takes. If it means I have to stay up five hours a night studying marketing or studying real estate or studying investment planning, I don’t care. I’m going to do whatever it takes to get myself out of this hellhole.

That’s exactly what I did. You have to reach that point in life, I think, Ralph, where you say to yourself, “Am I willing to do whatever it takes to get myself out of this situation?” Whatever that situation might be.

When you come to that point, and you’ve really just entirely had it, I think that’s when amazing things happen and breakthroughs happen. It happened for me because at that point I just said, “That’s it. There is no turning back. I’m just going to rock and roll, buckle down, do what I have to do. Keep my nose to the grindstone, not complain, not whine and not moan but just do this and make it happen and not finish until I’m done and I’m satisfied and I’m living the life that I want to live.”

That’s what happened to me, as I said, when I sort of was in financial ruins and so forth. It became the driving force to achieving the success that I have today.

Frequently Asked Questions About Ezine Announcer

Q: Can EzineAnnouncer also help me to promote my ebook or affiliate program?

Yes it can. Have you ever considered starting an ezine? It provides a great way to develop a "warm" prospect list to market your ebooks or affiliate programs. EzineAnnouncer includes an extensive database of ezine publishers and free ad sources. You can use these resources to promote your ebooks and associate programs at no cost! Also, why not write a few small articles about your area of expertise? It's a great way to subtlety promote your product and use EzineAnnouncer to blast out your articles to hundreds of resources!

Q: Does EzineAnnouncer work like Search Engine or Classified Ad submission software?

Yes and no. Submitting your website or classified ad usually involves completing a form with two to four fields (URL, e-mail, name, etc.). Therefore it's very easy to 100% automate this submission process.

Ezine submission works differently. Ezine directories require a larger variety of information (20, 30, or 40 fields). And unfortunately, many of the forms that you are required to complete contain drop-down list boxes -- you must physically choose an option by clicking on your mouse.

On average, EzineAnnouncer completes 80% of forms for you automatically. In most cases, you may have to click on a selection or two, and press the "submit" button. This usually takes 10 seconds per submission. Compare this to 10-15 minutes if you were to type in each form manually.

Q: Is EzineAnnouncer easy to use?

EzineAnnouncer was designed using a simple "spreadsheet" type interface. Most computer users have used a spreadsheet program before (such as Microsoft Excel). Therefore this style of interface is very familiar to them.

90% of the functions that you will most often use, can be accessed by a simple left-click on your mouse. That's really all there is to it. EzineAnnouncer will allow you to begin promoting your ezine the minute it's installed. However, for more advanced functions, it will take you a few days to become more familiar with the software.

Q: Can I use EzineAnnouncer to send e-mail messages?

Yes you can. With EzineAnnouncer you can send personalized e-mail messages (using built in mail merge function) to other ezine publishers, contacts, or customers with a single click. You can also send out multiple e-mails at the same time when submitting your ezine ads or using announcement lists to promote your ezine.

EzineAnnouncer uses your default e-mail software to send messages and is not designed to replace your e-mail software (Outlook, Eudora, Pegasus, etc.).

Q: Will I become better organized using EzineAnnouncer?

With the abundance of resources included with EzineAnnouncer, it would be literally impossible to organize and track all this information any other way.

All the 900+ resources within EzineAnnouncer are categorized for rapid searching. You can sort using: Ezine directories, Ezine announcement lists, Article directories, Free ad sources, Trade ad sources. And you can freely delete, add, or modify any resources found under these categories at anytime.

You can also track detailed information such as contact info, URL, submit URL, e-mail, comments, username, password, and more.

It's up to you -- you can track as little or as much information as you require.

But what use is all that information if it doesn't help you work smarter? EzineAnnouncer also includes "trigger" capabilities that will remind you to perform certain functions.

For example, some ezines will require you to resubmit your free ad every month -- EzineAnnouncer reminds you automatically and let's you resubmit your ad with ease -- it's a no-brainer!

Posted by ralph at 08:27 AM | Permalink

Ralph Zuranski: Do you believe people are more important than material possessions, power and wealth?

Jason Potash: I believe so, yes. I mean, it’s no secret. We’ve heard it again and again where you have rich celebrities, athletes or if it’s actors who all of a sudden go from living in a trailer eating ketchup sandwiches and drinking tap water from month to month and year to year.

Finally, they strike it and they get the moment in the spotlight and are making millions of dollars. They are buying these huge homes and also they are getting divorced every second year. There is a scandal throughout their entire life.

Many of them you see on TV are just not happy people. They have everything you can imagine. You think they have all the material possessions in the world and they never have to worry about anything. They have the finest restaurants, the finest clothes, going on trips around the world and you think, “My goodness, wouldn’t you love to be in their shoes?”

Yet, they are the most lonely, unhappy people, in many cases, that you can see. As opposed to people sometimes you see who are living in some of the slums of the earth. You see kids playing on the street with a stick and a tennis ball, they are laughing, smiling and having a great time and hanging out on porches and just enjoying family.

I think that yes, you cannot put a price on family. If given the choice, you can take away all my possessions today and take all my material possessions, take away my business and say, “It’s family or everything else”. Without a doubt, I would say that family is more important than anything else in this world. I can’t emphasize that enough.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Ezine Announcer

Q: Can EzineAnnouncer also help me to promote my ebook or affiliate program?

Yes it can. Have you ever considered starting an ezine? It provides a great way to develop a "warm" prospect list to market your ebooks or affiliate programs. EzineAnnouncer includes an extensive database of ezine publishers and free ad sources. You can use these resources to promote your ebooks and associate programs at no cost! Also, why not write a few small articles about your area of expertise? It's a great way to subtlety promote your product and use EzineAnnouncer to blast out your articles to hundreds of resources!

Q: Does EzineAnnouncer work like Search Engine or Classified Ad submission software?

Yes and no. Submitting your website or classified ad usually involves completing a form with two to four fields (URL, e-mail, name, etc.). Therefore it's very easy to 100% automate this submission process.

Ezine submission works differently. Ezine directories require a larger variety of information (20, 30, or 40 fields). And unfortunately, many of the forms that you are required to complete contain drop-down list boxes -- you must physically choose an option by clicking on your mouse.

On average, EzineAnnouncer completes 80% of forms for you automatically. In most cases, you may have to click on a selection or two, and press the "submit" button. This usually takes 10 seconds per submission. Compare this to 10-15 minutes if you were to type in each form manually.

Q: Is EzineAnnouncer easy to use?

EzineAnnouncer was designed using a simple "spreadsheet" type interface. Most computer users have used a spreadsheet program before (such as Microsoft Excel). Therefore this style of interface is very familiar to them.

90% of the functions that you will most often use, can be accessed by a simple left-click on your mouse. That's really all there is to it. EzineAnnouncer will allow you to begin promoting your ezine the minute it's installed. However, for more advanced functions, it will take you a few days to become more familiar with the software.

Q: Can I use EzineAnnouncer to send e-mail messages?

Yes you can. With EzineAnnouncer you can send personalized e-mail messages (using built in mail merge function) to other ezine publishers, contacts, or customers with a single click. You can also send out multiple e-mails at the same time when submitting your ezine ads or using announcement lists to promote your ezine.

EzineAnnouncer uses your default e-mail software to send messages and is not designed to replace your e-mail software (Outlook, Eudora, Pegasus, etc.).

Q: Will I become better organized using EzineAnnouncer?

With the abundance of resources included with EzineAnnouncer, it would be literally impossible to organize and track all this information any other way.

All the 900+ resources within EzineAnnouncer are categorized for rapid searching. You can sort using: Ezine directories, Ezine announcement lists, Article directories, Free ad sources, Trade ad sources. And you can freely delete, add, or modify any resources found under these categories at anytime.

You can also track detailed information such as contact info, URL, submit URL, e-mail, comments, username, password, and more.

It's up to you -- you can track as little or as much information as you require.

But what use is all that information if it doesn't help you work smarter? EzineAnnouncer also includes "trigger" capabilities that will remind you to perform certain functions.

For example, some ezines will require you to resubmit your free ad every month -- EzineAnnouncer reminds you automatically and let's you resubmit your ad with ease -- it's a no-brainer!

Posted by ralph at 07:36 AM | Permalink

Ralph Zuranski: Boy, isn’t that true. What are the principles that you are willing to sacrifice your life for? I know there’s been a real question of a person that runs into a burning building to save somebody’s life in contrast to people who choose a path like taking care of somebody who is sick in their family. What do you think that is worth sacrificing somebody’s life for?

Jason Potash: That’s a very good question, and I think that obviously it depends on the circumstance. I think many people are willing to help out in a moment of need, especially if the circumstances require it.

I mean, a perfect example is, I remember reading an article in the paper about somebody who did a test. They are on the street in downtown New York and they were crying for help and saying, “Please help me” and they are limping around or something. They said a ton of people just walked right by them and didn’t even give them the time of day.

I’m not saying that’s anything against New Yorkers, but I think it’s just a sign of the times in terms of society, and we are so desensitized, and everyone is so busy and has their own agenda. We are all disconnected when we see somebody lying on the street needing help. We automatically assume that the “other guy” is going to step up and make things right or that it’s not your problem to be the Good Samaritan and help out. I think that really depends on the individual.

Who is to say if there is a burning building and I heard a baby crying and a mother screaming for help that her child was in danger, I think under those circumstances that you really just react upon impulse. I think I would, if that were the situation, do whatever it took to save that life and offer my help in a moment of need.

In terms of actually it being worth it? I think that all through life you’re thrown challenges and curve balls and you really have to have a balance between business and personal life. I’ve known people as well throughout my professional career that that balance is totally out of whack. When family issues happen, unfortunately there are health issues in the family or you are thrown a sudden blow and everything crumbles and you think, “How are we going to survive this?

Certain people will roll up their sleeves and do what they have to do to step in and take care of Mom or take off work for the next three weeks and sacrifice pay to take care of their daughter or son.

I’ve been in that situation as well. I think it depends on the individual. I’m the kind of person where you can’t put a price on family. You can’t put a price on a life. Personally, if I’m given the choice to jump in and to make things right, it would be by the bedside of a needy family member whoever it might be, due to health issues or what have you. I would definitely drop anything, no matter what the cost or the price, because you really cannot put a price on life.

As I’ve also learned, Ralph, especially with three kids under the age of four, you really cannot roll back the clock. That applies to anybody in your life. You can’t just say, “Well, you know, I’ll get to it, I’ll get to it, I’ll spend more time with Mom next year” or, “I’m busy, I’ll call Dad next week.”

You really have to make that a touchstone in your life. That as you are going through life you are taking time to enjoy these moments and be in touch with family, because as I said, you can’t roll the clock back. Unfortunately, once that time passes on, it’s too late.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Ezine Announcer

Q: Can EzineAnnouncer also help me to promote my ebook or affiliate program?

Yes it can. Have you ever considered starting an ezine? It provides a great way to develop a "warm" prospect list to market your ebooks or affiliate programs. EzineAnnouncer includes an extensive database of ezine publishers and free ad sources. You can use these resources to promote your ebooks and associate programs at no cost! Also, why not write a few small articles about your area of expertise? It's a great way to subtlety promote your product and use EzineAnnouncer to blast out your articles to hundreds of resources!

Q: Does EzineAnnouncer work like Search Engine or Classified Ad submission software?

Yes and no. Submitting your website or classified ad usually involves completing a form with two to four fields (URL, e-mail, name, etc.). Therefore it's very easy to 100% automate this submission process.

Ezine submission works differently. Ezine directories require a larger variety of information (20, 30, or 40 fields). And unfortunately, many of the forms that you are required to complete contain drop-down list boxes -- you must physically choose an option by clicking on your mouse.

On average, EzineAnnouncer completes 80% of forms for you automatically. In most cases, you may have to click on a selection or two, and press the "submit" button. This usually takes 10 seconds per submission. Compare this to 10-15 minutes if you were to type in each form manually.

Q: Is EzineAnnouncer easy to use?

EzineAnnouncer was designed using a simple "spreadsheet" type interface. Most computer users have used a spreadsheet program before (such as Microsoft Excel). Therefore this style of interface is very familiar to them.

90% of the functions that you will most often use, can be accessed by a simple left-click on your mouse. That's really all there is to it. EzineAnnouncer will allow you to begin promoting your ezine the minute it's installed. However, for more advanced functions, it will take you a few days to become more familiar with the software.

Q: Can I use EzineAnnouncer to send e-mail messages?

Yes you can. With EzineAnnouncer you can send personalized e-mail messages (using built in mail merge function) to other ezine publishers, contacts, or customers with a single click. You can also send out multiple e-mails at the same time when submitting your ezine ads or using announcement lists to promote your ezine.

EzineAnnouncer uses your default e-mail software to send messages and is not designed to replace your e-mail software (Outlook, Eudora, Pegasus, etc.).

Q: Will I become better organized using EzineAnnouncer?

With the abundance of resources included with EzineAnnouncer, it would be literally impossible to organize and track all this information any other way.

All the 900+ resources within EzineAnnouncer are categorized for rapid searching. You can sort using: Ezine directories, Ezine announcement lists, Article directories, Free ad sources, Trade ad sources. And you can freely delete, add, or modify any resources found under these categories at anytime.

You can also track detailed information such as contact info, URL, submit URL, e-mail, comments, username, password, and more.

It's up to you -- you can track as little or as much information as you require.

But what use is all that information if it doesn't help you work smarter? EzineAnnouncer also includes "trigger" capabilities that will remind you to perform certain functions.

For example, some ezines will require you to resubmit your free ad every month -- EzineAnnouncer reminds you automatically and let's you resubmit your ad with ease -- it's a no-brainer!

Posted by ralph at 07:35 AM | Permalink

Ralph Zuranski: Yes, Arnold was one of my Heroes too, along with Steven Seagal. I always was impressed with what they did with their lives, and how they stood for what was clear, is good, and what was clear, is evil.

That brings us to the next question. What is your perspective on goodness, ethics and moral behavior?

Jason Potash: I’m a big believer in karma and what goes around comes around. All throughout my business career and even just my personal life, I’ve been a big believer in laying your cards on the table and being ethical and being honest, not trying to be deceptive or try to do something that can bite you in the butt.

I’ve worked for individuals and I’ve worked beside individuals who have tried to be deceptive, sneaky and tricky. The kind of people where you shake their hand they will give you a good smile and a wink, and you turn your back and they’ve got a knife raised, ready to jab you right in the spine, so to speak.

I really do think, and I’ve seen it happen again and again where it does come around to haunt you, if not today, then tomorrow. But if you keep growing your business and conducting business, it being a shady dealer, or being unethical or misleading people, or just scamming people outright, that does come back to haunt you.

From day one it’s based upon my morals of my family. From day one, I’ve been totally upfront and ethical with people, tried to provide good service to people, good value to people without taking their money and closing down a business and opening up a new business two weeks later, which as you know, happens more often than not.

I’ve always been solidly grounded, if you will, in terms of being ethical and upfront with people. The bottom line is, Ralph, doing unto others as I’d like to have them to do unto me, treating my customers and associates the way that I would like to be treated as well.

If you do that, and you have a clean nose, you have nothing to worry about and you don’t have to look over your shoulder wondering who is trying to either issue a lawsuit or who is trying to slander you or is trying to come knock at your door to collect money, or whatever.

You don’t have those worries. And I think it’s a great feeling when you don’t always have to sit behind your desk and live in fear that somebody or someone is going to come knocking at your door because you did something two weeks ago, two months ago or two years ago that really aggravated people, and now its payback time. It’s coming back to haunt you.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Ezine Announcer

Q: Can EzineAnnouncer also help me to promote my ebook or affiliate program?

Yes it can. Have you ever considered starting an ezine? It provides a great way to develop a "warm" prospect list to market your ebooks or affiliate programs. EzineAnnouncer includes an extensive database of ezine publishers and free ad sources. You can use these resources to promote your ebooks and associate programs at no cost! Also, why not write a few small articles about your area of expertise? It's a great way to subtlety promote your product and use EzineAnnouncer to blast out your articles to hundreds of resources!

Q: Does EzineAnnouncer work like Search Engine or Classified Ad submission software?

Yes and no. Submitting your website or classified ad usually involves completing a form with two to four fields (URL, e-mail, name, etc.). Therefore it's very easy to 100% automate this submission process.

Ezine submission works differently. Ezine directories require a larger variety of information (20, 30, or 40 fields). And unfortunately, many of the forms that you are required to complete contain drop-down list boxes -- you must physically choose an option by clicking on your mouse.

On average, EzineAnnouncer completes 80% of forms for you automatically. In most cases, you may have to click on a selection or two, and press the "submit" button. This usually takes 10 seconds per submission. Compare this to 10-15 minutes if you were to type in each form manually.

Q: Is EzineAnnouncer easy to use?

EzineAnnouncer was designed using a simple "spreadsheet" type interface. Most computer users have used a spreadsheet program before (such as Microsoft Excel). Therefore this style of interface is very familiar to them.

90% of the functions that you will most often use, can be accessed by a simple left-click on your mouse. That's really all there is to it. EzineAnnouncer will allow you to begin promoting your ezine the minute it's installed. However, for more advanced functions, it will take you a few days to become more familiar with the software.

Q: Can I use EzineAnnouncer to send e-mail messages?

Yes you can. With EzineAnnouncer you can send personalized e-mail messages (using built in mail merge function) to other ezine publishers, contacts, or customers with a single click. You can also send out multiple e-mails at the same time when submitting your ezine ads or using announcement lists to promote your ezine.

EzineAnnouncer uses your default e-mail software to send messages and is not designed to replace your e-mail software (Outlook, Eudora, Pegasus, etc.).

Q: Will I become better organized using EzineAnnouncer?

With the abundance of resources included with EzineAnnouncer, it would be literally impossible to organize and track all this information any other way.

All the 900+ resources within EzineAnnouncer are categorized for rapid searching. You can sort using: Ezine directories, Ezine announcement lists, Article directories, Free ad sources, Trade ad sources. And you can freely delete, add, or modify any resources found under these categories at anytime.

You can also track detailed information such as contact info, URL, submit URL, e-mail, comments, username, password, and more.

It's up to you -- you can track as little or as much information as you require.

But what use is all that information if it doesn't help you work smarter? EzineAnnouncer also includes "trigger" capabilities that will remind you to perform certain functions.

For example, some ezines will require you to resubmit your free ad every month -- EzineAnnouncer reminds you automatically and let's you resubmit your ad with ease -- it's a no-brainer!

Posted by ralph at 08:41 AM | Permalink

Ralph Zuranski: Did you ever create a secret Hero in your mind when you were growing up to deal with life’s difficulties?

Jason Potash: When I was a young boy, not so much. Obviously, we all had Superman and Batman and everything else. Then you get into your teenage years and sort of things change. As I began to get into my mid-teens, one fellow, to tell you the truth, this is before he became famous, before he became Governor, before he had the notoriety he has today.

A fellow by the name of Arnold Schwarzenegger honestly was an idol and a Hero in my life, primarily because when I was a teenager I was attracted to body building, to be in good shape. I was playing football, being physically active and being strong was something that I aspired to be, especially in light of me playing sports and so forth.

As I began to learn more about the man, the Austrian Oak, the man from Austria who was infamous for winning body building contests, I really started to do some research on him and his autobiography and learn about his story.

The more I learned about him, and read about his life, and where he had come from, and what he aspired to, it really made my respect for him grow tremendously.

He became sort of a Hero in my mind. A fellow that could basically come from poverty, not speak two words of English, fly to the U.S.A. with ten dollars in his pocket, and go through the physical and the mental toughness, if you will, of going through 2½ hour workouts every day which is grueling enough, in the hopes that you can achieve some success through a sport that was not even developed at that time.

Back in the 1970’s in bodybuilding, you were laughed at and shunned upon. It was nowhere near what it is today. It was an underdog group of folks doing it and that was it. He overcame all that and put himself through university or college, going part-time and going from being a bricklayer to taking all these different jobs.

We know the end story, now it’s no secret, and what he’s accomplished through his acting career and through real estate investment, and now of course, being the Governor.

All throughout my teenage years, he really became my Hero. That if I can achieve even 10% of the success he’s achieved in all balances of his life, that would be an amazing thing.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Ezine Announcer

Q: Can EzineAnnouncer also help me to promote my ebook or affiliate program?

Yes it can. Have you ever considered starting an ezine? It provides a great way to develop a "warm" prospect list to market your ebooks or affiliate programs. EzineAnnouncer includes an extensive database of ezine publishers and free ad sources. You can use these resources to promote your ebooks and associate programs at no cost! Also, why not write a few small articles about your area of expertise? It's a great way to subtlety promote your product and use EzineAnnouncer to blast out your articles to hundreds of resources!

Q: Does EzineAnnouncer work like Search Engine or Classified Ad submission software?

Yes and no. Submitting your website or classified ad usually involves completing a form with two to four fields (URL, e-mail, name, etc.). Therefore it's very easy to 100% automate this submission process.

Ezine submission works differently. Ezine directories require a larger variety of information (20, 30, or 40 fields). And unfortunately, many of the forms that you are required to complete contain drop-down list boxes -- you must physically choose an option by clicking on your mouse.

On average, EzineAnnouncer completes 80% of forms for you automatically. In most cases, you may have to click on a selection or two, and press the "submit" button. This usually takes 10 seconds per submission. Compare this to 10-15 minutes if you were to type in each form manually.

Q: Is EzineAnnouncer easy to use?

EzineAnnouncer was designed using a simple "spreadsheet" type interface. Most computer users have used a spreadsheet program before (such as Microsoft Excel). Therefore this style of interface is very familiar to them.

90% of the functions that you will most often use, can be accessed by a simple left-click on your mouse. That's really all there is to it. EzineAnnouncer will allow you to begin promoting your ezine the minute it's installed. However, for more advanced functions, it will take you a few days to become more familiar with the software.

Q: Can I use EzineAnnouncer to send e-mail messages?

Yes you can. With EzineAnnouncer you can send personalized e-mail messages (using built in mail merge function) to other ezine publishers, contacts, or customers with a single click. You can also send out multiple e-mails at the same time when submitting your ezine ads or using announcement lists to promote your ezine.

EzineAnnouncer uses your default e-mail software to send messages and is not designed to replace your e-mail software (Outlook, Eudora, Pegasus, etc.).

Q: Will I become better organized using EzineAnnouncer?

With the abundance of resources included with EzineAnnouncer, it would be literally impossible to organize and track all this information any other way.

All the 900+ resources within EzineAnnouncer are categorized for rapid searching. You can sort using: Ezine directories, Ezine announcement lists, Article directories, Free ad sources, Trade ad sources. And you can freely delete, add, or modify any resources found under these categories at anytime.

You can also track detailed information such as contact info, URL, submit URL, e-mail, comments, username, password, and more.

It's up to you -- you can track as little or as much information as you require.

But what use is all that information if it doesn't help you work smarter? EzineAnnouncer also includes "trigger" capabilities that will remind you to perform certain functions.

For example, some ezines will require you to resubmit your free ad every month -- EzineAnnouncer reminds you automatically and let's you resubmit your ad with ease -- it's a no-brainer!

Posted by ralph at 08:41 AM | Permalink

Ralph Zuranski: That’s what impressed me, that clean, shiny look. You reminded me of Superman in disguise. So I would expect nothing less from you in trying to steer people in the right direction. I know your products are just great because I use them myself.

That leads us into the first question; what is your definition of heroism?

Jason Potash: That’s a good question. I think you can look at it in two different ways. From a business perspective, or from just a social perspective of someone who is in the community who you idolize as a “Hero”.

Let’s look at things from a business perspective. Heroes can be many things, but I think in terms of people that I see that in my mind are heroes, are people that are role models. People that you can look at that are really leaders in their field, people who are a prime example of how you should conduct business and how you should behave on an individual basis in terms of how you treat people, the way you look at the world, how you balance personal life, family life, how you are contributing back to society.

Really, the road they’ve gone through to travel to get to that point, whatever their measure of success is, if it’s financial success, if it’s that they are the Chairman of the Board for a certain charity, whatever that might be.

Really, I think it’s also important to look at the path it’s taken to get there. That, in my mind, really determines a Hero. A person that’s willing to stick through it, to get back on the saddle and get kicked off again, overcome adversity, challenges and everything else that goes along with it, and to finally rise up and actually experience that wonderful feeling of success.

Having gone down that bumpy road, in my mind, puts somebody up there as a Hero, having accomplished that and having gone through all those things as well.

Frequently Asked Questions About Ezine Announcer

Q: Can EzineAnnouncer also help me to promote my ebook or affiliate program?

Yes it can. Have you ever considered starting an ezine? It provides a great way to develop a "warm" prospect list to market your ebooks or affiliate programs. EzineAnnouncer includes an extensive database of ezine publishers and free ad sources. You can use these resources to promote your ebooks and associate programs at no cost! Also, why not write a few small articles about your area of expertise? It's a great way to subtlety promote your product and use EzineAnnouncer to blast out your articles to hundreds of resources!

Q: Does EzineAnnouncer work like Search Engine or Classified Ad submission software?

Yes and no. Submitting your website or classified ad usually involves completing a form with two to four fields (URL, e-mail, name, etc.). Therefore it's very easy to 100% automate this submission process.

Ezine submission works differently. Ezine directories require a larger variety of information (20, 30, or 40 fields). And unfortunately, many of the forms that you are required to complete contain drop-down list boxes -- you must physically choose an option by clicking on your mouse.

On average, EzineAnnouncer completes 80% of forms for you automatically. In most cases, you may have to click on a selection or two, and press the "submit" button. This usually takes 10 seconds per submission. Compare this to 10-15 minutes if you were to type in each form manually.

Q: Is EzineAnnouncer easy to use?

EzineAnnouncer was designed using a simple "spreadsheet" type interface. Most computer users have used a spreadsheet program before (such as Microsoft Excel). Therefore this style of interface is very familiar to them.

90% of the functions that you will most often use, can be accessed by a simple left-click on your mouse. That's really all there is to it. EzineAnnouncer will allow you to begin promoting your ezine the minute it's installed. However, for more advanced functions, it will take you a few days to become more familiar with the software.

Q: Can I use EzineAnnouncer to send e-mail messages?

Yes you can. With EzineAnnouncer you can send personalized e-mail messages (using built in mail merge function) to other ezine publishers, contacts, or customers with a single click. You can also send out multiple e-mails at the same time when submitting your ezine ads or using announcement lists to promote your ezine.

EzineAnnouncer uses your default e-mail software to send messages and is not designed to replace your e-mail software (Outlook, Eudora, Pegasus, etc.).

Q: Will I become better organized using EzineAnnouncer?

With the abundance of resources included with EzineAnnouncer, it would be literally impossible to organize and track all this information any other way.

All the 900+ resources within EzineAnnouncer are categorized for rapid searching. You can sort using: Ezine directories, Ezine announcement lists, Article directories, Free ad sources, Trade ad sources. And you can freely delete, add, or modify any resources found under these categories at anytime.

You can also track detailed information such as contact info, URL, submit URL, e-mail, comments, username, password, and more.

It's up to you -- you can track as little or as much information as you require.

But what use is all that information if it doesn't help you work smarter? EzineAnnouncer also includes "trigger" capabilities that will remind you to perform certain functions.

For example, some ezines will require you to resubmit your free ad every month -- EzineAnnouncer reminds you automatically and let's you resubmit your ad with ease -- it's a no-brainer!

Posted by ralph at 08:38 AM | Permalink

38. That which is most satisfying is that which is earned. Anything received free of charge is seldom valued. You can't get something for (from) nothing. The price is too high.

David co-founded Exceptional Producers, Inc., the country's largest life insurance master general agency, which raised $3.1 billion of premium income for First Executive Corp., co-founded a national financial services company and arranged venture capital funding for private companies for 11 years.

He is a recognized expert on private investing and authored the venture capital handbook "How the Rich Get Richer With Quiet Private Investments".

David founded both public and private companies, was engaged as a consultant and served as director to numerous public and private corporations. He also sold and developed real estate.

In 1999, Mr. Kekich founded the "Maximum Life Foundation", a 501(c)(3) corporation dedicated to curing aging related diseases. He founded MaxLife Capital, a venture capital group for life sciences industries targeting anti-aging technologies. He also co-founded Stem Cell Products, LLC, a privately held biotech company specializing in stem cell signaling factors and advanced peptide technologies.

David serves as a Board Member of the American Aging Association He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Pennsylvania State University and studied under Dr. Andrew J. Galambos at the Free Enterprise Institute for two years.

714-641-0700/Fax 714-464-4135

www.maxlife.org

Anonymous (all those wonderful insightful heroes who influenced me one way or another, either consciously or unconsciously, but whose names I can't attach to any particular Credo.)

Posted by ralph at 07:12 AM | Permalink

Ralph Zuranski: Didn’t you just come out with a recent exposé on the industry on the stuff that doesn’t work? Could you maybe share a little bit about that?

Jason Potash: Definitely. What I did actually, is I released a series of, as I call them, “shocking reports”. What I wanted to do was really give people an unsalted dose of reality without the padding, sugar coating or whatever.

Really, it boils down to this. There are many ways to make income online. Many people are led to believe that by buying some new whiz-bang piece of software or buying into some new tactic or trick that somebody discovered in the basement, that you can win the search engine war, get some of the traffic, make money in your underwear, all that stuff that we’d love to do. But in many cases it doesn’t happen that easily.

Many people have been following the golden path to buying the software products and expecting instant traffic by creating a few pages or pressing a few buttons.

What the report did was basically just put my cards on the table and explain to people what is happening with the search engines, and what is happening with online businesses. How actually sites are getting blacklisted, getting the lights shut out and bad things actually happening to a lot of these businesses by following the latest trends and tricks and not really playing by the rules, if you will.

Of course, that’s been my whole philosophy from day one, Ralph, is to take the higher road and try to do things ethically and morally, not try to put a bunch of garbage up online, trying to trick people and trick the search engines.

Ultimately, as you know, anybody who tries to play games or do things deceptively, usually that comes back to haunt you. If not immediately, it might take a little bit of time but as you kind of dodge bullets and work under the radar. Somebody comes knocking at your front door and before you know it, its pay time. That’s been my philosophy from day one.

The report just puts some facts out there based upon what Google’s telling us on how they weigh the legitimacy and relevancy of your sites, and that sort of thing. Just giving people some real advice on what to look out for and how to structure their business for the long term and not the short term.

Ralph Zuranski: That’s the least I would expect of somebody that looks like Clark Kent!

[Laughter]

Jason Potash: I’ve heard that before.

Frequently Asked Questions About Ezine Announcer

Q: Can EzineAnnouncer also help me to promote my ebook or affiliate program?

Yes it can. Have you ever considered starting an ezine? It provides a great way to develop a "warm" prospect list to market your ebooks or affiliate programs. EzineAnnouncer includes an extensive database of ezine publishers and free ad sources. You can use these resources to promote your ebooks and associate programs at no cost! Also, why not write a few small articles about your area of expertise? It's a great way to subtlety promote your product and use EzineAnnouncer to blast out your articles to hundreds of resources!

Q: Does EzineAnnouncer work like Search Engine or Classified Ad submission software?

Yes and no. Submitting your website or classified ad usually involves completing a form with two to four fields (URL, e-mail, name, etc.). Therefore it's very easy to 100% automate this submission process.

Ezine submission works differently. Ezine directories require a larger variety of information (20, 30, or 40 fields). And unfortunately, many of the forms that you are required to complete contain drop-down list boxes -- you must physically choose an option by clicking on your mouse.

On average, EzineAnnouncer completes 80% of forms for you automatically. In most cases, you may have to click on a selection or two, and press the "submit" button. This usually takes 10 seconds per submission. Compare this to 10-15 minutes if you were to type in each form manually.

Q: Is EzineAnnouncer easy to use?

EzineAnnouncer was designed using a simple "spreadsheet" type interface. Most computer users have used a spreadsheet program before (such as Microsoft Excel). Therefore this style of interface is very familiar to them.

90% of the functions that you will most often use, can be accessed by a simple left-click on your mouse. That's really all there is to it. EzineAnnouncer will allow you to begin promoting your ezine the minute it's installed. However, for more advanced functions, it will take you a few days to become more familiar with the software.

Q: Can I use EzineAnnouncer to send e-mail messages?

Yes you can. With EzineAnnouncer you can send personalized e-mail messages (using built in mail merge function) to other ezine publishers, contacts, or customers with a single click. You can also send out multiple e-mails at the same time when submitting your ezine ads or using announcement lists to promote your ezine.

EzineAnnouncer uses your default e-mail software to send messages and is not designed to replace your e-mail software (Outlook, Eudora, Pegasus, etc.).

Q: Will I become better organized using EzineAnnouncer?

With the abundance of resources included with EzineAnnouncer, it would be literally impossible to organize and track all this information any other way.

All the 900+ resources within EzineAnnouncer are categorized for rapid searching. You can sort using: Ezine directories, Ezine announcement lists, Article directories, Free ad sources, Trade ad sources. And you can freely delete, add, or modify any resources found under these categories at anytime.

You can also track detailed information such as contact info, URL, submit URL, e-mail, comments, username, password, and more.

It's up to you -- you can track as little or as much information as you require.

But what use is all that information if it doesn't help you work smarter? EzineAnnouncer also includes "trigger" capabilities that will remind you to perform certain functions.

For example, some ezines will require you to resubmit your free ad every month -- EzineAnnouncer reminds you automatically and let's you resubmit your ad with ease -- it's a no-brainer!

Posted by ralph at 04:59 PM | Permalink

Ralph Zuranski: Hi, this is Ralph Zuranski. I’m on the phone with Jason Potash. He’s one of the leading marketers on the Internet, specializing in how to market e-zine articles. He’s created a product called E-Zine Announcer which I own and use.

This is a phenomenal product, and he just recently came out with a product that teaches people how to use articles as a great way of driving people to their web sites. Jason, how are you doing today?

Jason Potash: I’m doing great, Ralph. Thanks for having me. How are you doing?

Ralph Zuranski: I’m doing good. Perhaps you could just tell me a little about yourself and your new projects that you are working on.

Jason Potash: I’d be happy to. In case folks don’t know me, I got started online about five years ago. I had a background in corporate sales, marketing and business development. I worked in the high-tech sector, mainly in software start up companies, so I was no stranger to the high tech environment.

Obviously, I have been working online within various companies for many years. When I started to make the transition from working in a more stable corporate environment to getting out on my own, I really had a bit of a head start than perhaps some people listening today.

I had some of the fundamentals in areas of copywriting and networking, business development and even basic technical skills to help me put some sites together and that kind of thing.

It took off from there. I launched a product, my first product was E-Zine Announcer that Ralph referred to. I did a ton of research on the product, released it, and low and behold, if you play your cards right and you do the proper research and test market your product, your chances of succeeding are much greater than just guessing and throwing caution to the wind, diving into something and finding out if it might not be a success.

Since that product launch, I’ve had several other info product launches through my site, PickTheirBrains.com. I’ve done online Webinar and seminars, I’ve networked with literally dozens and dozens of top business leaders and marketers in various sectors, and I’ve had a lot of fun doing it. Recently, I’ve put together a project called Article Announcer which is just another extension of my travels, if you will, of working online.

Going back to some of the things I’ve done for the past five years, creating articles and quality content, distributing those articles across the Internet to get more people learning about me, more people linking to my sites, hopefully hitting a link to visit my site and hopefully getting a little more credibility in getting my name out there, by using articles to do that.

It’s worked very well for myself and thousands of others. I just recently packaged all that system up with some software to bring it to the marketplace a few months ago.

Frequently Asked Questions About Ezine Announcer

Q: Can EzineAnnouncer also help me to promote my ebook or affiliate program?

Yes it can. Have you ever considered starting an ezine? It provides a great way to develop a "warm" prospect list to market your ebooks or affiliate programs. EzineAnnouncer includes an extensive database of ezine publishers and free ad sources. You can use these resources to promote your ebooks and associate programs at no cost! Also, why not write a few small articles about your area of expertise? It's a great way to subtlety promote your product and use EzineAnnouncer to blast out your articles to hundreds of resources!

Q: Does EzineAnnouncer work like Search Engine or Classified Ad submission software?

Yes and no. Submitting your website or classified ad usually involves completing a form with two to four fields (URL, e-mail, name, etc.). Therefore it's very easy to 100% automate this submission process.

Ezine submission works differently. Ezine directories require a larger variety of information (20, 30, or 40 fields). And unfortunately, many of the forms that you are required to complete contain drop-down list boxes -- you must physically choose an option by clicking on your mouse.

On average, EzineAnnouncer completes 80% of forms for you automatically. In most cases, you may have to click on a selection or two, and press the "submit" button. This usually takes 10 seconds per submission. Compare this to 10-15 minutes if you were to type in each form manually.

Q: Is EzineAnnouncer easy to use?

EzineAnnouncer was designed using a simple "spreadsheet" type interface. Most computer users have used a spreadsheet program before (such as Microsoft Excel). Therefore this style of interface is very familiar to them.

90% of the functions that you will most often use, can be accessed by a simple left-click on your mouse. That's really all there is to it. EzineAnnouncer will allow you to begin promoting your ezine the minute it's installed. However, for more advanced functions, it will take you a few days to become more familiar with the software.

Q: Can I use EzineAnnouncer to send e-mail messages?

Yes you can. With EzineAnnouncer you can send personalized e-mail messages (using built in mail merge function) to other ezine publishers, contacts, or customers with a single click. You can also send out multiple e-mails at the same time when submitting your ezine ads or using announcement lists to promote your ezine.

EzineAnnouncer uses your default e-mail software to send messages and is not designed to replace your e-mail software (Outlook, Eudora, Pegasus, etc.).

Q: Will I become better organized using EzineAnnouncer?

With the abundance of resources included with EzineAnnouncer, it would be literally impossible to organize and track all this information any other way.

All the 900+ resources within EzineAnnouncer are categorized for rapid searching. You can sort using: Ezine directories, Ezine announcement lists, Article directories, Free ad sources, Trade ad sources. And you can freely delete, add, or modify any resources found under these categories at anytime.

You can also track detailed information such as contact info, URL, submit URL, e-mail, comments, username, password, and more.

It's up to you -- you can track as little or as much information as you require.

But what use is all that information if it doesn't help you work smarter? EzineAnnouncer also includes "trigger" capabilities that will remind you to perform certain functions.

For example, some ezines will require you to resubmit your free ad every month -- EzineAnnouncer reminds you automatically and let's you resubmit your ad with ease -- it's a no-brainer!

Posted by ralph at 04:19 PM | Permalink

37. Business is the highest evolution of consciousness and morality. The essences of business are: honesty, effort, responsibility, integration, creativity, objectivity, long-range planning, intensity, effectiveness, discipline, thought and control. Business is life on all levels at all times.

David co-founded Exceptional Producers, Inc., the country's largest life insurance master general agency, which raised $3.1 billion of premium income for First Executive Corp., co-founded a national financial services company and arranged venture capital funding for private companies for 11 years.

He is a recognized expert on private investing and authored the venture capital handbook "How the Rich Get Richer With Quiet Private Investments".

David founded both public and private companies, was engaged as a consultant and served as director to numerous public and private corporations. He also sold and developed real estate.

In 1999, Mr. Kekich founded the "Maximum Life Foundation", a 501(c)(3) corporation dedicated to curing aging related diseases. He founded MaxLife Capital, a venture capital group for life sciences industries targeting anti-aging technologies. He also co-founded Stem Cell Products, LLC, a privately held biotech company specializing in stem cell signaling factors and advanced peptide technologies.

David serves as a Board Member of the American Aging Association He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Pennsylvania State University and studied under Dr. Andrew J. Galambos at the Free Enterprise Institute for two years.

714-641-0700/Fax 714-464-4135

www.maxlife.org

Anonymous (all those wonderful insightful heroes who influenced me one way or another, either consciously or unconsciously, but whose names I can't attach to any particular Credo.)

Posted by ralph at 07:12 AM | Permalink

Life is a magic vase filled to the brim- so made that you cannot dip into it nor draw from it- but it overflows into the hand that drops treasures into it-drop in malice and it overflows hate- drop in charity and it overflows love.
[ John Ruskin ]

Posted by ralph at 12:59 PM | Permalink

36. Keep your overhead to a minimum. Rely more on brains, wit and talent... and less on money.

David co-founded Exceptional Producers, Inc., the country's largest life insurance master general agency, which raised $3.1 billion of premium income for First Executive Corp., co-founded a national financial services company and arranged venture capital funding for private companies for 11 years.

He is a recognized expert on private investing and authored the venture capital handbook "How the Rich Get Richer With Quiet Private Investments".

David founded both public and private companies, was engaged as a consultant and served as director to numerous public and private corporations. He also sold and developed real estate.

In 1999, Mr. Kekich founded the "Maximum Life Foundation", a 501(c)(3) corporation dedicated to curing aging related diseases. He founded MaxLife Capital, a venture capital group for life sciences industries targeting anti-aging technologies. He also co-founded Stem Cell Products, LLC, a privately held biotech company specializing in stem cell signaling factors and advanced peptide technologies.

David serves as a Board Member of the American Aging Association He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Pennsylvania State University and studied under Dr. Andrew J. Galambos at the Free Enterprise Institute for two years.

714-641-0700/Fax 714-464-4135

www.maxlife.org

Anonymous (all those wonderful insightful heroes who influenced me one way or another, either consciously or unconsciously, but whose names I can't attach to any particular Credo.)

Posted by ralph at 07:10 AM | Permalink

"Life is a magic vase filled to the brim- so made that you cannot dip into it nor draw from it- but it overflows into the hand that drops treasures into it-drop in malice and it overflows hate- drop in charity and it overflows love.
[ John Ruskin ]

Posted by ralph at 11:19 AM | Permalink

35. Stress kills. No matter how painful in the short-term, remove all chronically stressful situations, environments and people from your life.

David co-founded Exceptional Producers, Inc., the country's largest life insurance master general agency, which raised $3.1 billion of premium income for First Executive Corp., co-founded a national financial services company and arranged venture capital funding for private companies for 11 years.

He is a recognized expert on private investing and authored the venture capital handbook "How the Rich Get Richer With Quiet Private Investments".

David founded both public and private companies, was engaged as a consultant and served as director to numerous public and private corporations. He also sold and developed real estate.

In 1999, Mr. Kekich founded the "Maximum Life Foundation", a 501(c)(3) corporation dedicated to curing aging related diseases. He founded MaxLife Capital, a venture capital group for life sciences industries targeting anti-aging technologies. He also co-founded Stem Cell Products, LLC, a privately held biotech company specializing in stem cell signaling factors and advanced peptide technologies.

David serves as a Board Member of the American Aging Association He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Pennsylvania State University and studied under Dr. Andrew J. Galambos at the Free Enterprise Institute for two years.

714-641-0700/Fax 714-464-4135

www.maxlife.org

Anonymous (all those wonderful insightful heroes who influenced me one way or another, either consciously or unconsciously, but whose names I can't attach to any particular Credo.)

Posted by ralph at 07:09 AM | Permalink

33. If the situation is not right in the long term, walk away from it. Maintain a long term outlook in all endeavors. Live like you don't have much time left... but plan as if you'll live for centuries.

David co-founded Exceptional Producers, Inc., the country's largest life insurance master general agency, which raised $3.1 billion of premium income for First Executive Corp., co-founded a national financial services company and arranged venture capital funding for private companies for 11 years.

He is a recognized expert on private investing and authored the venture capital handbook "How the Rich Get Richer With Quiet Private Investments".

David founded both public and private companies, was engaged as a consultant and served as director to numerous public and private corporations. He also sold and developed real estate.

In 1999, Mr. Kekich founded the "Maximum Life Foundation", a 501(c)(3) corporation dedicated to curing aging related diseases. He founded MaxLife Capital, a venture capital group for life sciences industries targeting anti-aging technologies. He also co-founded Stem Cell Products, LLC, a privately held biotech company specializing in stem cell signaling factors and advanced peptide technologies.

David serves as a Board Member of the American Aging Association He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Pennsylvania State University and studied under Dr. Andrew J. Galambos at the Free Enterprise Institute for two years.

714-641-0700/Fax 714-464-4135

www.maxlife.org

Anonymous (all those wonderful insightful heroes who influenced me one way or another, either consciously or unconsciously, but whose names I can't attach to any particular Credo.)

Posted by ralph at 04:44 PM | Permalink

Life is a magic vase filled to the brim- so made that you cannot dip into it nor draw from it- but it overflows into the hand that drops treasures into it-drop in malice and it overflows hate- drop in charity and it overflows love.
[ John Ruskin ]

Posted by ralph at 09:52 AM | Permalink

34. Invest only after strict and complete due diligence. Don't allow yourself to be rushed. Make important decisions carefully, consider your gut feelings... then pull the trigger.

David co-founded Exceptional Producers, Inc., the country's largest life insurance master general agency, which raised $3.1 billion of premium income for First Executive Corp., co-founded a national financial services company and arranged venture capital funding for private companies for 11 years.

He is a recognized expert on private investing and authored the venture capital handbook "How the Rich Get Richer With Quiet Private Investments".

David founded both public and private companies, was engaged as a consultant and served as director to numerous public and private corporations. He also sold and developed real estate.

In 1999, Mr. Kekich founded the "Maximum Life Foundation", a 501(c)(3) corporation dedicated to curing aging related diseases. He founded MaxLife Capital, a venture capital group for life sciences industries targeting anti-aging technologies. He also co-founded Stem Cell Products, LLC, a privately held biotech company specializing in stem cell signaling factors and advanced peptide technologies.

David serves as a Board Member of the American Aging Association He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Pennsylvania State University and studied under Dr. Andrew J. Galambos at the Free Enterprise Institute for two years.

714-641-0700/Fax 714-464-4135

www.maxlife.org

Anonymous (all those wonderful insightful heroes who influenced me one way or another, either consciously or unconsciously, but whose names I can't attach to any particular Credo.)

Posted by ralph at 07:07 AM | Permalink

31. If there is not a conscious struggle to be honest in difficult situations, you are probably being
dishonest. Characters aren't really tested until things aren't going well or until the stakes are high.

"Dave Kekich Credos Inspire You and Teach You the Secrets Of Success"

David co-founded Exceptional Producers, Inc., the country's largest life insurance master general agency, which raised $3.1 billion of premium income for First Executive Corp., co-founded a national financial services company and arranged venture capital funding for private companies for 11 years.

He is a recognized expert on private investing and authored the venture capital handbook "How the Rich Get Richer With Quiet Private Investments".

David founded both public and private companies, was engaged as a consultant and served as director to numerous public and private corporations. He also sold and developed real estate.

In 1999, Mr. Kekich founded the "Maximum Life Foundation", a 501(c)(3) corporation dedicated to curing aging related diseases. He founded MaxLife Capital, a venture capital group for life sciences industries targeting anti-aging technologies. He also co-founded Stem Cell Products, LLC, a privately held biotech company specializing in stem cell signaling factors and advanced peptide technologies.

David serves as a Board Member of the American Aging Association He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Pennsylvania State University and studied under Dr. Andrew J. Galambos at the Free Enterprise Institute for two years.

714-641-0700/Fax 714-464-4135

www.maxlife.org

Anonymous (all those wonderful insightful heroes who influenced me one way or another, either consciously or unconsciously, but whose names I can't attach to any particular Credo.)

Posted by ralph at 05:01 PM | Permalink

32. Do not compromise if you are right. Hold your ground, show no fear, ask for what you want, and the opposition will usually agree.

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