You can see some recent photos on my missions blog at More Christmas Gift Giving  Photos.

Since it’s Christmas  and we’re all “kids at heart” I wanted to  make available to you some of the best links to gifts I provide.

Since I like giving out gifts this is a fun time for me so lets get started with the Christmas gift giving.

First, here’s some Christmas Gift Giving Tips. Christmas gift giving is a task that some look forward to and others dread so I comprised a list of tips on Christmas gift giving.
These tips are valuable and they’ll help you out in in your gift giving during this Holiday so please take the time to review them.

Also, I wrote another article on my missions blog called God’s Word of Encouragement For 2011. Every year I seek God’s direction for a plan and a direction for the New Year. In this article I share  what God has been speaking to me. Even though we still lack a few days till 2011, you’ll find that this information is very uplifting.

Before I give you my other gifts I thought you may enjoy this video of my family (and dog) singing a Mexican Christmas melody.

You can make your own video by going to Funny eCards at JibJab. Risk FREE Trial!

Best of 2011 Christmas Gifts

Most of the links below are links to articles I’ve written where I’ve given out gifts. Christmas is a great time of the year to give but giving should be a year round practice..

My Best Internet Business Resources Are you interested in the best internet business resources and articles on this website? I was looking at my top landing pages in my Google Analytics Account and realized that I am getting LOTS of traffic to some of my articles because they are very valuable. I want to share these valuable articles with you.

3 Very Good Free PDF EBooks In this article I am providing 3 of my favorite free PDF eBooks.  These books should be very beneficial to you if you are blogging for fun or for profit. They have been very helpful to my internet business.

Download This List of Emoticons and WordPress Smileys [Free PDF ] Shortcuts to make emoticons

100 Ways To Reduce Seasonal Stress [Free Report] I’ve prepared 100 ways to reduce seasonal stress for you because Christmas stress is a common problem. The supposedly joyful winter holidays can be one of the most stressful times of year for a lot of people

Free Think and Grow Rich PDF Book I want to give you a free copy of the Think and Grow Rich book in PDF format. Since It is available in the public domain I took the original book and reformatted it into an easier to read presentation. I also branded it with my website address. You can download it, give it away and most of all you can Read It.

Why I Took Off Password Protected Posts The series called “12 Way to Double Your Subscribers in 30 Days” was previously password protected. It contains some very valuable content. I’ve removed password protection from ALL the articles in this series.

I Want To GIVE You 9 + Business Resources [Free] There is a lot of tools and information about internet businesses that is available for free on the internet.. I’ve included at least 9 Free Internet Business Resources in this article.

12 Best Websites For Free E-Books Downloads Where can you find and download free ebooks on the internet for your online business and for your reading pleasure?

Happy Birthday To Me And You! [Gifts] Here in Mexico (where I live) when it’s your birthday you are expected to throw a big birthday bash and actually give away free gifts to everyone invited to the party.
We’ll today you’re invited to my party. I picked out my favorite free resources from my Internet Business Rolodex and am providing links here.

More Gifts for Subscribers

All Subscribers to this blog will receive the following free gifts which I just added this last week:

Copywriting Gift – Sell More of Your Products by swiping these Winning Headlines Have you considered the power of winning headlines? It’s Christmas and the Headlines are all around us… That’s because headlines sell.
I thought about selling this 21 page report, but hey, it’s Christmas, so I have added it to my subscribers area and am making it available for free.

My Facebook Formula. See my previous article on how to Make Money With Facebook. Ths is  “My Formula To Make Money With Facebook…. Like a Pro”. You’ll get a free PDF Book  which explains how to make money using Facebook

All subscribers to this blog will also get following free gifts:

• 21 Free WordPress Training Videos
• Mp3 audio and transcript- “How WordPress Blogs Empower You To Accomplish Your Purpose On The Internet”
• Free Report “10 Key Strategies for Any Business Owner to Earn More, Work Less, and Enjoy Life…Without Compromising Your Values”
• Internet Business Resources Rolodex for Fun and Profit
• Bonus e-Book“Scientific Advertising by Claude Hopkins“
• Plus a few more special gifts

To get the subscribers gifts subscribe to this blog by entering your email on one of the forms.

The Best Gift of All

Today is a day we celebrate life, love, family, friends, joy and the gift of eternal life.

For me “Jesus is the reason for the season”. The very best gift that I know of is to share the love of Christ. Thank you for allowing me to share Christ’s love with you today as we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.

Be Blessed!

I love blog themes. I mentioned in this informative article about My 4 Favorite Premium Blog Themes that a distinguishing factor between a regular blog theme and a premium blog theme is the cost. Most of the time you have to pay a hefty price for a good premium blog theme.

You may have noticed I did a major design overhaul to this Internet Business with Purpose website a few weeks ago.

For a long time my favorite wordpress theme designer has been Brian Gardner. Well, he has joined forces with Brian Clark and the Copyblogger team.
I use almost all of Copybloggers software on this website. I use Scribe to optimize my content and I use Premise  for my landing pages.

The first premium theme that I used was actually from StudioPress which was formerly Revolution Themes. I purchased the StudioPress Pro Plus All-Theme Package from them and have used their themes consistently on other sites for quite a while.

Brian and the Copyblogger team recently introduced the Genesis Framework for StudioPress. There’s a lot of versatility to using this framework since all you need to do to change the look is use a child theme.

Thanksgiving Special

Using the code THANKS at checkout (don’t forget that), you can save 25% off of anything you’d like at WordPress design shop, StudioPress.

1. Get the Genesis Framework for only $45.

2. Snag most Genesis / design combos for a song and save close to $20.

3. Wipe the entire shop clean and get the StudioPress Pro Plus All-Theme Package. Get Genesis plus every design they’ve made, plus every design they make in the future, and save more than $74 off the regular price and over $875 off the retail price — and that’s just the existing 43 designs!

All you need to do is use the code THANKS when you check out and you’ll save 25% on anything and everything at StudioPress.com.

This deal ends promptly at 7:00 pm Pacific time on Monday, November 28, 2011. Hurry up and claim your new WordPress theme before the code expires!

At the time of this writing I’m using the Maximum Child Theme which comes from the StudioPress Marketplace.

I changed it up just a little and will probably make a few more changes a little later on.

Then again I may change the entire child theme to another one. That’s the beauty of using the Genesis framework.

So why did I change my blog theme?

One word.- simplicity.

Although my previous theme was fine. I wanted a cleaner, more simple look.

I wanted my site to be easy to navigate.

You can read about some of the things I’m working on to improve my website in this very informative article called “5 Website Mistakes Business Owners are Making”

Free Copyblogger WordPress Theme

For years one of my favorite color sequences for a theme has been the dark red and black that copyblogger has used as a trademark.

That’s why I’ve always provided the copyblogger theme for free on my internet business resources page.

Here’s the good news…

Copyblogger just redesigned their website and they are making their Copyblogger child theme for the Genesis Framework for WordPress available for free to everyone.

I like the Copyblogger Child Theme because it is a robust, flexible, and multi-colored interpretation of  their  previous design.

Here’s why I like it:

• I like the 6 layout options and of course the colors
• It’s search engine optimized
• The Sidebar and footer widgets make customization easy
• Top notch archive and blog page templates
• Unlimited domains you can use it on
• Expert support from the StudioPress team

The Copblogger Theme is a Genesis child theme . You’ll need the Genesis Framework for WordPress to use the Copyblogger design. If you already own Genesis, you’re ready to downloadThe Copyblogger Child Theme (3882)

If you don’t own Genesis yet, you can get it at a very reasonable price now. Once you have the Genesis Framework  you can use it on their entire  line of StudioPress designs for Genesis plus you have access to the StudioPress Marketplace.
Get it Here in a click:

If You don’t have the Genesis Framework get it here

Download The Copyblogger Child Theme (3882) – It’s free! (Instant download in zip format)

Get More information from Copyblogger on their Free Theme

See a sample of the Copyblogger Theme by Genesis

Download the WordPress 2.8 and before Copyblogger Themes

I realize that some people would just prefer the old version of copyblogger. I did say “FREE Copyblogger theme” when I placed a title on this article.

I searched around on the internet and the old versions of copyblogger are hard to find since they may not work well with the newer versions of wordpress.

That said, I did have the older versions on my hard drive. I uploaded them to my server and am providing them for free below. They may be especially useful if you know anything about wordpress coding which I don’t and which is why I prefer to use the newer Copyblogger Child Theme.

Here’s the old wordpress versions of The Copyblogger Theme including the 3 column Copyblogger Theme

Right click  on each link as then save as to your desktop. All files are in zip format.

The Orignal Copyblogger Theme (33)

Copyblogger 3 column theme (27) including the OSCandy and Organic Versions

Copyblogger Updated 2.8 (31)Updated version

 

My 4 Favorite Premium WordPress Themes

Want to find the best WordPress Blog themes?

In this informative article called My 4 Favorite Premium Blog Themes  I tell you why these 4 themes are my favorite.

Not only that, you’ll get good information about their features and benefits and you’ll also have the opportunity to see where I use each one so yo can see them in action.

I just put up a new website at Blogging With Purpose to give you a step by step plan to start earning money online for free.
To get started click here for more information or sign up now using this form form:

Since I first started running an internet business online I’ve discovered a few things about Making Money as a Blogger. 

This Blog is about having purpose in your internet business. I talk all the time about turning your passion into profits. You really can turn just talking about your hobbies, interests, business, and kids into a  a successful money-making business if you can follow a simple process and a few guidelines..

Hee’s the basics to my success:

• I started blogging about my passion and made sure I stuck to a few hard fast rules and guideline. 
• I monetized my blog and I am now earning a nice income from it. 
• I duplicate my success by teaching others how to make money blogging.

My New 31-Day Guide To Blogging With Purpose

You may be a subscriber to my 5 day e-course on how to start an internet business. Since It’s so popular I decided to put together another course, only this e-course is far more in-depth and it teaches you how to make money blogging throughout a 31 day time period. The Best thing about the course is that it is free.

In 31-Day Guide To Blogging with Purpose, everything is broken down into daily action steps for 31 days. Most daily assignments are very quick to complete (you could easily do 4-5 in one day if you wanted).

Here are just a few things you’ll discover…

• How to make money from your blog using Adsense, selling advertising and links, and creating your own products.
• How to discover a hot niche to build your blog around that incorporates your both your passion and desire for profits.
• How to choose a good domain name and web hosting.
• My  5 step simple  process to installing a WordPress blog.
• How to install a WordPress theme and monetize using a premium theme.
• 3 in-depth lessons on How to customize your blog.
• How to find a hot selling product and promote it as an affiliate.
•  How to write “Tips” and “How to” articles, attention-getting rants, track backs.
• 3 quick ways to get traffic from other people’s blogs
•  2 smart ideas for driving traffic to your blog through content marketing.
• How to use social media sites  to drive traffic to your blog.
• A clever method for getting product vendors to promote your blog
• 3 steps on how to drive targeted traffic to your blog using niche forum.
• 3 steps on how to promote your blog using email marketing.
• The secret of creating a successful blog by following the 5 tips for keeping a consistent blogging schedule.

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Father’s Day is one of those days that falls in line with Christmas, Thanksgiving and of course, Mother’s Day.

After getting positive feedback from my readers on The Top 50 Mother’s Day Gift Ideas For 2011 [Free PDF] I decided to  make available this gift idea ebook for your Dad.

The Top 50 Fathers Day Gift Ideas

These 50 gift ideas fro for Father’s Day are availble in the form of a PDF electronic book.

Just download the book and choose from any of the 50 ideas in the following categories. Each item already includes a link to Amazon.com which is one of my preferred shopping sites on the Internet.

Here’s the ideas you’ll find inside your free download:

• 3 Father’s Day Gift Ideas For The ‘BBQ Fan’ Dad
• 6 Father’s Day Gift Ideas For The Tech Savvy Dad
• 8 Father’s Day Gift Ideas For The DIY Home Enthusiast Dad
• 3 Father’s Day Gift Ideas For The Gardening Dad
• 5 Father’s Day Gift Ideas For The Golf Enthusiast Dad
• 4 Father’s Day Gift Ideas For The Workaholic Dad
• 2 Father’s Day Gift Ideas For The Sporty Dad
• 5 Father’s Day Gift Ideas For The ‘Apple Fan’ Dad
• 4 Father’s Day Gift Ideas For The Fashion Forward Dad
• 9 Father’s Day Gift Ideas For The Food Gourmet Dad

The #1 Fathers Day Gift Idea

So what did I purchase for my Dad?

Drumrolll please….

I purchased my Dad an Amazon Kindle . I even got a discount using the affiliate link below.

My Dad is NOT very tech savvy but I set it up to his Amazon account and with the built in WIFI abilities I also configured it so he can make one click purchases

Watch a 1 1/2 minute video about the Amazon Kindle here:

Kindle, Wi-Fi, Graphite, 6″ Display with New E Ink Pearl Technology – includes Special Offers & Sponsored Screensavers

I hope these gift ideas for Dads is a help to you.

If so, let me know in the comment section below.

Mother’s Day is in a few days and here’s some great gift ideas for her.

This ebook contains a compilation of 50 red hot Mother’s Day gift suggestions. In short, there are 50 professionally written product reviews!

Most of the links are for Amazon.com and you can download this pdf idea book for free by clicking on the link below:

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The Mother’s Day gift ideas are divided into categories to help you choose more effectively.

With so many gift choices available in the market these days, it may be difficult to buy the right gift for her, especially because all women have different preferences and interests.

That’s why this book of Mothers Day gift ideas has been written to help you pick the perfect gift, whether she is a house wife or a fashionista who enjoys dressing up:

• For The Glamorous Mom
• For The Homemaker Mom
• For The Tech Savvy Mom
• For The Active Mom
• For The Busy Mom
• For The Beauty Conscious Mom
• For The Mom Who Loves Jewelry

Take Time out and seize the opportunity!

Come on, It’s Mother’s Day!

You should  take the opportunity to show your love and affection for your mother by giving her the best gifts you can find. After all she’s invested a lot in you.

We are always so busy in our daily lives that sometimes we neglect to tell our mother that we love her. In fact, many of us are also guilty of snapping at them when we are not in the best mood. (Of course, I’ve never done that)

Check out this simple idea and show a little love. …

The Amazon links are my affiliate links but so far I’ve never made a penny from Amazon.

The Auto Links WordPress plugin makes it easy to monetize your blog and promote affiliate programs with just a few clicks.

It is currently selling for the price of $2 to $29.

Since you are either a subscriber or a visitor to my website I want to give you the wordpress plugin as a 100% FREE Gift as my way to say THANK YOU for visiting my website.

But when I say FREE GIFT it  is just that!  No list signups, no re-directs, no strings!  You can download instantly right now with the link below.

The WP Auto Links Plug-in is my FREE GIFT to you. But it gets better, the new WordPress Plugin comes with Master Resale and Giveaway Rights!

What does that mean? You can use it to build a subscribers list or even sell it to make a profit.

Download WP Auto Links Now:

Click Here to Download WP Auto Links Wordpress Plugin (3143)

What does The WP- Auto Links WordPress Plug-in do?

This plug-in allows you to takes any word in your WordPress blog and change it into a “link” to your affiliate product, or anything want.

Here’s the neat thing, When you make those changes, it changes in
all the posts, and on all* the pages in your blog… AT ONCE!

The Benefits of The WP Auto Links Plugin

* Create Affiliate Links On EVERY Blog Page Instantly
* Change The Affiliate Links Instantly
* No Coding Needed

Can you imagine selling or giving away this plug-in?

Sample Mini-Site Sales/ Squeeze Page:

I’ve uploaded the sales page here so you can see how it’s possible to get subscribers using this plugin.

WP Auto Links Plugin Sales Page

WP Auto Links Thank You Page

If you follow the links on the page you’ll get a good idea of my squeeze process for getting subscribers. However, since you’re already a valued subscriber I’m trying to be as upfront as possible with you so that you can actually learn from me.

Once you subscribe using the form below you’ll even see how I’m using an special offer page to make money.

Why I’m giving this WordPress plugin away for FREE.

Here’s 3 Reasons.

1. Because I can (There’s no restrictions to this product since I have MRR)

2. Because my objective has always been to provide value for my subscribers.

3. Because when you subscribe to this blog by email I’ve set my aweber autoresponder to deliver you at least 5 more exceptional tools for internet marketing and a few more free gifts like this one.

Here’s What To Do Now

Download the WP_AutoLInks WordPress Plugin

Bookmark this post and send the link to your friends.

Subscribe to this blog buy email.  If you’re already a subscriber go ahead and fill in the form  again to get access to my special offer and download pages. When You do I’ll send you the free ministie package I’m using to sell or giveaway this plugin.

You will also discover a special deal that can generate you FREE traffic when you subscribe using the this form.

WP Link Cloaking Options

I’m not using this WordPress plugin on this website because I’ve used the Pretty Link Pro Plugin  for a few years now and am very Happy with it. Pretty Links also has a free version . Read About it here.

I did install the WP Auto Links Plugin at a new site I’m working on called  Real Log Designs. There a couple more useful tools for editing graphics on that website. You’ll notice that the links were built using The WP Auto Links Plugin.

It’s Christmas and the Headlines are all around us… That’s because headlines sell.

I thought about selling this 21 page report, but hey, it’s Christmas, so I have added it to my subscribers area and am making it available for free along with all the other great gifts to anyone who subscribes to this blog by email.

Here’s what’s inside this Headline guide:

Dozens of headline templates you can copy and paste onto your own sales letter or advertisements.

• Why the headline is the most crucial part of your sales copy
• craft a winning headline to sell more of your product
• How to use psychological triggers in your headlines. This isn’t accomplished by using any magic mind tricks. These powerful ways will get your prospects buying.

How will this “Winning Headlines” report help you?

• You’ll convert more prospects into customers
• Open the book and easily copy and paste a headline into your web copy.
• Get more visitors to opt-in to your newsletter
• Receive more clicks from your pay per click ads, banner ads and more.

These headlines will help you gain more results!

Just use your first name and valid email address – then click the “Download Now” button to enter. You’ll receive your report almost instantly…

Oh and all subscribers also get following free gifts:

• 21 Free WordPress Training Videos
• Mp3 audio and transcript- “How WordPress Blogs Empower You To Accomplish Your Purpose On The Internet”
• Free Report “10 Key Strategies for Any Business Owner to Earn More, Work Less, and Enjoy Life…Without Compromising Your Values”
• Internet Business Resources Rolodex for Fun and Profit
• Bonus e-Book“Scientific Advertising by Claude Hopkins“
• Plus a few more special gifts

If you’ve already subscribed and forgot where the download page is just re-enter your name and email into the form and you’ll immediately be taken to the instant download page.