New HD Camcorder Review Website

In keeping with my recent announcement to spend increasingly more time with my renewed interest in all matters relating to video camcorders and video editing, I have developed an HD camcorder website, to inform about all the latest developments in camcorders.

You can read many camcorder reviews and research which are the best camcorders most suitable for your own purpose at http://hdcamcorders.art-speck.com/

There you can read reviews written by people like yourself who have actually bought a camcorder recently, giving their honest opinion about the camera you are interested in.

Check all the options for camcorders in your price range with just one click, search the site by brand name, or read about products from all the leading camcorder manufacturers.

Panasonic, JVC, Sony, Canon, Samsung, Sanyo, Aiptek and Flip Video, they are all here on the one site for you.

Finally, there is a list of featured camcorders with a more in-depth review.

This HD Camcorder review site is updated often, as the pace to make better and better camcorders gathers momentum like never before, so mark it in your favorites and keep checking back for the latest reviews.

Free video stuff

Now that I am not chasing rainbows anymore with Internet Marketing, I’m having a blast diving fully into all things video related. (see my new profile)

I have found so much free stuff out there to help video makers, I intend to pass this information on to my regular readers.

Check it out at artspeck.com, give me your comments if you like this new direction I’m taking this blog, and I can keep feeding you with free tips and tricks of successful video making.

Merry Christmas to All

We wish you all a very merry Christmas and the best of health in the New year

Please accept your very special card from us to you:

I’m really into the travel thing now, and also video recording.

If you have similar hobbies, let me know and we can maybe sway ideas.

The footage of all our recent travels is now on Youtube for all to see.

Watch short videos of Cities in the Mediterranean, Florida, Colorado, England and Wales as well as a few others.

Please get in touch if these interest you.

Watch out in the New Year for more video related posts.

Best wishes to you all,

Art

20+ Free Internet Marketing Tools

After 2 years of building up a web presence, mostly self taught and learning from wherever I can, and for as low a cost as I can, I just realised that I have built up quite an arsenal of free online tools as well as all the tools I’ve paid big bucks for.

This made me realize that I should maybe share the free tools with you, my loyal reader, so here is the start of my list of 20 or 30 or more of the best free tools I use in my Internet marketing efforts.

None of these are affiliate links, and no sign-ups are required, so check them all out, what have you got to lose?

1          SEO Videos

If you are anything like me, I find it easier to watch a video presentation of anything I am interested in. Video SEObook gives free video presentations about SEO, keyword research, link building, Google AdWords and many more essential tools to help internet marketing efforts.

2          Wordpress.tv

Wordpress.tv is a free video training site for everything about WordPress.

3          Twitter Handbook

The Twitter Handbook will show you what twitter is all about, all about messages, how to monetize your site, FAQ’s and lots more.

4          Good Keywords

Research your keywords before writing blogs, web pages and articles to gain maximum effects

5             Browsershots

This is a free open-source, online service which makes screenshots of your web design in different browsers. The index page presents you with a large list of different browsers, all with a check box. For a quick result, I suggest if you are using windows only, you uncheck all under Linux, Mac OS and BSD and under Windows, check only Chrome 3.0, Firefox 3.5, Opera 9.64, Safari 4.0 and SeaMonkey 2.0

To demonstrate the effectiveness of this, check out my hub at http://hubpages.com/_lilli/hub/Free-Family-Fun-in-Orlando-Florida where you will notice in the Firefox browser that each segment in the right column is lower than the left column.

In Explorer, both columns line up in each segment. I wouldn’t have known this without checking at http://browsershots.org/

So, that’s my first 5 free internet tools for you to check out. I think that may be enough to get you started, and next time I will try and give you a few more than this to crank up your Internet marketing efforts.

I welcome your input, as there are so many free resources out there, so if you have a favorite, let me know. To make sure you don’t miss what’s next on my list, please subscribe to my RSS feed above.

Water Fun in Orlando Florida

Next time you visit Orlando Florida on vacation, why not check out all the fun you can have away from the theme parks?

We’ve just spent 2 whole months there as snowbirds, and visited lots of great places, mostly water based, and all this is low cost fun.

We were based in Lake County near Mount Dora, which is a great place to visit for the day, as every month there is a festival with a different theme. We recorded lots of video of our adventures, and later in this blog I hope to give you the link where you can take a look for yourself, as I uploaded them to YouTube.

We visited Tavares, the geographical center of Florida where there were dragon boat races on Lake Harris; we caught the speedboat races on Lake Eustis, and had a great day out in Kelly Park, Apopka where you can go tubing in fresh warm water. Watch the video of this and you will not be able to wait to go there.

The Dora Canal has been called the most beautiful mile of water in the world, so peaceful, the silence only broken by birds calling and whistling high in the treetops above. We made a special video of this on its own, as we saw lots of otters, blue heron, alligators and lots more wildlife.

Another place to add to your list is Blue Springs State Park, near Orange City, where West Indian manatees spend the winter months. They are easy to view from a boardwalk; there are lots of them, with fish everywhere too. Out of manatee season, this is a great place to picnic, swim, or dive to the cave which churns out the lovely warm clear water.

Just a few miles up the road from here is De Leon state park, another great place for a day out. Either take your own picnic here, or visit the converted sugar mill with its big water wheel and make fresh pancakes for yourself from a mix supplied to you at the table.

All of these activities come at very little cost, so they are very suitable for families on a low budget.

For instance, entrance to all of the state parks in Florida is only $8 per day per car, most have outdoor barbeques, so take your food along and have a full day out for only $8 for the whole family.

So, if you’re ready to watch the video and others I recorded here’s the link.

Best Hosting Services for Business Web Hosting

Until recently, many of my websites were with different hosting services, and not necessary the best hosting for business web hosting, as in the early days, I went for affordable hosting, paying little attention to see if they were the best web host to best suit my requirements.

This resulted in many of my sites being hosted with different web hosting services, which of course all had their own web hosting plans, with me paying each web hosting company a monthly fee.

So for this past few months I’ve trawled the Internet searching for the best web hosting company I could find with a web hosting service which would host all of my sites with just one web hosting package.

It had to be affordable web hosting, reliable web hosting, and cater for business web hosting.

I know I can finally say I’ve found the best hosting available, and they offer hosting services both in the USA as well as a UK web hosting service.

That web hosting company is d9hosting and already I’ve transferred many of my sites to their hosting services, giving me just one web hosting plan to pay for monthly instead of many.

If you are looking for affordable web hosting with the best hosting out there, just check what web hosting package d9hosting has to offer you best, and I’m sure you will agree with me if you are looking for business web hosting, affordable web hosting and/or whatever web hosting solution to meet your own particular needs, d9hosting is the best hosting for you.

I’ve also spent a lot of time completing my 2 most recent e-Books, and I’m doing a special deal on them just now to get sales moving, so I’ll tell you about that in my next post.

Never give up trying,

Art

JOOB Weight Loss Plan now live.

We finally made it, we’ve finished all our paper work, and today the site is live.

I’m doing well with my plan, which is JOOB Weight Loss Plan 14, meaning I’ve teamed up with a buddy to both lose 14 lbs in 14 weeks.

Since deciding to go for this 3 days ago, I’ve walked 2 miles each day and used the Wii Fit for a half hour work-out each day.

Already my weight has gone down, and so has my BMI. (Body Mass Index.)

That’s enough encouragement for me to stick with the plan.

Coincidentally, we find that today is Ash Wednesday, when we all should try to give something up for this next 40 days during Lent.

So why not join us now, lose weight at no cost, and become healthier in the process.

Hope to see you there,

Art

Update: After this first week, I’ve posted an

update here

I can tell you there are mixed results.

JOOB Weight Loss Plan

Well, here I am back in the saddle after my extended vacation in Florida as a snowbird.
I’ve been aware that my weight has crept up these past few months, as I stopped walking, exercising and using the Wii Fit because of illness last year which resulted in me having 3 operations.
So yesterday, I got the Wii Fit out again, and after having to replace the 2 batteries, the machine showed me that it was 248 days since I last used it, I had put 13 pounds on in weight in that time, and my body mass index had risen to 30.76 from 28.87 when I last used the Wii Fit.
Not news that anyone wants to know about.
Amazon have a 17% discount offer on the Wii right now if you care to check their offer out below:
So, being normally strong willed, I stated to do something about it right away:
First off, I went through my 8 most used routines on the Wii Fit, which clocked up 29 minutes of workout time. This was yesterday morning.
Come the afternoon, I felt sufficiently energised to re-start my walking program.
While in Florida, I had found a great Omron Pedometer with a massive 37% discount. In the past I have found that pedometers are great gadgets to carry during exercise for use as a step counter and health and fitness monitor. So off I went on a 2 mile walk, which I have repeated already today. Here’s the link to that great discounted offer:
While talking to my youngest, I discovered that she too, with her husband has been on a weight loss program, and from this, they are formulating a new plan which they’ve called the JOOB weight loss plan. No dieting is necessary, but obviously a sensible diet will help you to achieve your goal.
If you too are trying to lose weight, and need to guidance and support AT NO COST, please take a look at my other blog
See you over there?
Art

Christmas Shopping Season in Full Swing

What a busy time this last month has been.
First I completed my new e-book on and it’s now available for download.
Following on from my Christmas Toy Winners site, I followed that up with a blog for all fans of the mighty Wii.
Once these were all finished, I reviewed them all and added a few video capsules and made them as informative as I could.
I hope you can see from these sites how a beginner can get some sites up there and start marketing.
Once these are starting to return some revenue, you can progress to make better and bigger sites.
The important thing about all this is that you learn all the time.
Have some Fun
Art

Christmas Toy Winners 2008

It’s hard to believe, but the Christmas rush has already started. If you are shopping for childrens toys, some of the winners this year have already sold out. Top toys for kids this year are educational toys, followed closely by baby toys, but look into any toy store or toys online and you will find that some of the winners, the hot toys, are in short supply already. I’ve compiled a top childrens toy list on my hub pages blog, so visit my Christmas 2008 Childrens toys winners by following this link.