Hi everyone,

It is now the first day of 2009, almost 8 in the morning where I live, the fog outside is so thick I can’t find my car to take the dog to the park. (no it is not a hangover, I have not had a drink in over 14 years)

I have decided this year that I am not going to make any resolutions, they never work anyway. What I have decided to do is to look at my life, try to identify my downfalls and work on them. In other words it is time to remember the words that got me sober so many years ago. They were “Replace Fear With Faith”. It is my inner feeling that when I fear an outcome that “might” happen I change direction and try to find the simpler easier way.  I need to learn again to replace my fear with faith in my higher power and that no matter what I “think” might happen my higher power will always be at my side to help me and support me.

So for 2009 I look forward to a great year, a year of change, and year in which goals I have set will be achieved. Good Bye 2008, you were not my best year, but not my worst either.

So one of my goals, is to write a new blog entry everyday. And guess what, this is the first on written on January 1st 2009. ANd here is what I have done before 8 am so far to achieve the goals I have set.

I have gone to my Meet-Up page and scheduled to Meet-Ups for the Santa Barbara Area. One on Podcasting and one on List Building. I have zeroed out my e-mail and shut down the e-mail program until this afternoon so it will not distract me. And I have written this post. Not to mention I have fed the 2 cats, Tinker and Pebbles, and Maxwell our new dog. Pretty productive.

Here is what I plan on working on today.

I am going to study more at Traffic Geyser on how to promote my online business with video.

I am going to finish my new product called Business in a Weekend and start building the promo.

And I am going to make a new post for all my active blogs besides this one.

Okay, goals for today set. Time to publish, get up and stretch and get to work.

Have a great day and a great 2009.

David

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I got a Wii Fit for Christmas. It was not the most expensive gift, but it is one of the best.

Now to know me, exercise is not my forte, and I feel it every day. I am almost too embarrassed to reveal my BMI. And the Wii Fit calculates your BMI!  Okay, Wii considers me obese with a BMI of around 40. Healthy is 22. I have a long way to go.

I did not open the Wii Fit on Christmas, but I did open it on Friday. It was very simple to set up and follow through with the initial body check. I then started at the beginning of the exercises with the yoga, then went to strength training which led to cardio and finally really fun balance exercises.

Yesterday was the second day of use, and my BMI went down a little and my exercise scores actually got a little worse because my body is not used to this exercise.

Now here is the real gem, and the reason for my blog post. When I got up this morning, the aching pain in my back was much better. I can not attest that the Wii Fit is the cause, but it sure is the only other thing I was doing to help my back in the past two days.

Not sure what a Wii Fit is? Here is the official Trailer for the Wii Fit Game Accessory.

If you already have a Wii Console, then you know the simple kind of fun a Wii can be. Adding the Wii Fit actually makes exercise more fun and bearable. I look forward to trying to keep up with the Wii Fit on a daily basis and reaching a BMI out of the Obese range. I will keep you updated as I unlock more exercises.

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The First FFN (First Friday Nighter) of 2009 Scheduled for 1/2/2009

Wow, Hard to believe Next week will be Next year.

With fuel prices this low, you can’t afford to not rally.

I mean where else for about $20.00 can you get the entertainment

value a Friday Nighter Rally brings you?

For more information, visit www.smscc.org

Make sure you sign up ont he mailing list to here form about local rallies.

And don’t forget to join the forum located at

http://www.forum.rallyroutes.com

Have a great 2009

David

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Hey Gang,

I put together a forum for rally enthusiasts, participants and fans alike.

Come on over and join at http://www.forum.rallyroutes.com

See you there

David

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Hey peeps, have you tried out the new flock browser yet. It is cool and functional. Here is a video from my friend Ed Dale about how to configure the flock browser:

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Don’t vote on November 4th, Your Measily single vote can’t make a difference.  So before November 4th, Watch this video.

Now Do what is good for you and your country

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Credit Sucks

For many years now I have identifiied as an alcoholic and have not had a drink in over 13 years. Receiving the gift of sobriety was more of a gift that I could ever ask for.

My next vice to get rid of was smoking cigarettes. I did that on the 1 year anniversary of not drinking or ingesting any mond altering substances. So now I have over 12 years without a cigarette (except 2nd hand smoke of course). Another gift I am extremely grateful for.

This next vice, took the economy slow down to make me reach absolute bottom. This is my addiction to be a professional debtor.  I love buying stuff I can not afford with unsecured debt. I will be honest, my unsecured debt level at the moment is in the 6 figures.  Up until a few months ago, I was able to keep up with the payments and had little to no stress. Now is a different story. Because of the rapidly sinking screwed up economy that President Bush has left for his replacement, my business has slacked off more than 75%. Which means I can not afford to pay my bills and credit cards. Heck I can barely keep food on the table and maintain the mortgage payment, let alone pay credit card bills.

Credit Sucks. If you are young and reading this, take it from me, rip up those credit cards now. Keep one for emergencys only and do not buy anything unless you can afford it up front. I mean I have a good friend who has done well for himself, he just recently purchased a new car, a 200k kind of car, and the DMV title list himself only as the owner, no lien holder, no finance company, just him.

So today, I have made a decision to turn my life and will over to my higher power again, and to identify my self not only as an alcoholic who does not drink today, and cigarette smoker who does not smoke today, but also a debtor who will not buy something on credit today.

I have created a website dedicated to credit repair, and I have neglected it for awhile because I did not think it applied to me, but was a good niche to go into with the economy as it is.

That site is

http://www.EasyCreditRepair750.com and the blog is at http://www.EasyCreditRepair750.com/blog

If you are in the same boat I am, I would like to hear from you, maybe even start on online Debtors Anonymous meeting. With the technology today, this can be a reality, where we can have online meetings.

Please feel free to contact me if you are interested.

David

Credit Sucks

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Time to try something new.

I have a good idea by looking at my google analytics that not very many people read my blog unless I send it to tons of Social Bookmarking sites all over the place. So tonight I decided that I am going to make this blog more of a daily journal that is not keyword optimized, or trying to sell you something. This is my blog, where I will try to share with you what new thing I learned today.

First, I created a profile at the warrior forum – http://www.warriorforum.com and my profile there is under my name, David Budlong.  I am gong to try and respond to or write at least one post there a day.

I spent many hours today working on my e-book. Let me tell you, it is a lot more difficult thatn you think, especially since I am making videos at the same time for each of the processes I cover in the book.  I am getting close enough that I should be able to finish it within a day or two. Tomorrow is out because I have a lot of appointments for the Honey Do business.

I have also, in conjunction with the e-book I am writing started to create a podcast. I installed the podPress plug-in on my http://CreateWealthOnTheInternet.com/blog. This looks to be a powerful tool to get my podcast (once created) out to the masses.

And the last thing I did was started a review for the product Commission Blueprint. This is really an awesome product and will make a lot of people a lot of money.  Here is a link if you want to check it out yourself. http://www.CreateWealthOnTheInternet.com/blueprint I will have more after I review the product further.

That is about it for today, make sure you check out my godson’s new blog http://www.brandenwest.com

David

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Create and Optimize WordPress Sites Easily

This is a quick review a new WordPress site creation package I recently discovered. I admit I did discover it awhile ago, but was not willing to tell anybody about it until I figured out if it was any good or not. Well let me tell you, It is awesome.

Here is a quick story to help you better understand what I mean.

In 1999 I left the world of Jobs. I was a service writer for a local Auto Dealership and the money started to go stale and To tell the truth, I was bored worth with the worst job in an auto dealership. Mind you when I started writing service in 1983, I was making 80k per year, when I quit, I was barely making 45k.

I have always been good at fixing things, so with a leap of faith I went out on my own and started a handyman business. I knew I had to have a web presence, so I created a web page with some WSIWYG software. It was okay. I forgot about it except once a year when the renewal came up.

Recently I have been studying internet marketing and took Ed Dales Thirty Day Challenge. A great free course that you can take anytime during the year. Just go here to learn more.  Anyway, I followed along and made a website about tattoo design. By using the process I was able to get this website indexed by google and ranked by Alexa within 24 hours. MInd you this was from scratch, absolutely nothing but an Idea.  If you would like to check the site out, it is www.sexytattoodesign.com.

Now, back to the handyman site.  I used the same principles and services I used for the tattoo site and re-did the handyman site. I did however check the Alexa ranking before starting and I was somewhere around 5 million and something.  And when I would type in my keywords in google, I was somewhere on page 10 or more down the list.  I WAS GETTING NO BUSINESS FROM THIS SITE! Zip Nada!

Then I discovered WordPress Direct the all in one FREE WordPress site manager. As of today, the handyman site which is niched down to just my geographic area, enjoys being in the top 5 organic listing on Google,

and Alexa ranking of 416,008 and has produced over $20,000 dollars of business for me in the last 2 months.  Not bad huh. And all within about 24 hours of creating the new site.

I highly recommend you visit the WordPress Direct site and take the system for a test drive, it is free so you have nothing to lose and a whole bunch of cash to gain. So to Create and Optimize WordPress Sites Easily and affortlessly, visit WordPress Direct now and get started today.

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Thank you for visiting DavidBudlong.com. My goal is for this site to be the hub of my online endevours.  Please feel free to look around and click on any link you find interesting.

I am a Licensed General Building Contractor in California by trade. My business is called Honey Do A-Z General Services. It is a handy man business I have started in 1999.  I mainly do smaller jobs and enjoy it to a point.

Several years ago I broke my back by falling off a ladder trimming my own hedges.  Ouch. Anyway this has caused me to look at other sources of income. Believe me it is not cheap living in Santa Barbara!

So I turned to MLM, and I am currently building a Pre-Paid Legal Business and a YTB Travel Business. To me these businesses seemed like the right choice because they are something everyone needs (affordble justice) and wants (fairly priced travel).

Building an MLM business is not an easy task. In today’s world handing out DVDs in the grocery line did not seem too effecient to me. So I turned to the internet for better ways to find customers and business partners. If you have not already discovered, there are a lot of different systems out there to build your MLM business. Names like Mike Dillard creator of Magnetic Sponsoring, Jonathan Budd, Burke Jones and Ann Seig creator of The Renegade Network Marketer are just a few of the many successful business builders out there. And even I have created an e-book to help support those who join my team.

May I suggest you take a minute to sign up for my monthly newsletter on the Internet and Network Marketing. It costs you nothing, you will get a lot of great information at no cost on how to improve or even start your MLM or Network Marketing Business.

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