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As more and more people look to work from home, setting up their very own empire online, does a successful site mean that you can have no social life at all? Or is it all down to how you plan your day?

The vast majority of websites will not require cover 24 hours a day 7 days a week, and while many webmasters may look to offer this as much as possible, other areas of their lives can suffer. A non-existent social life can cause problems not only with relationships with your nearest and dearest, but if taken too far there can be health issues. It is not healthy to be sitting in front of your machine 24 hours a day 7 days a week!

In the early days of any business, and the internet is no different, there will be times when you need to spend more time on your computer or more time thinking about strategies, etc, but this should not last forever. Once your business is up and running you also need to weigh up the income that it is creating against the time that your are spending – if your hourly rate is too low then perhaps you need to look elsewhere, cut down your hours, or think of a different angle.

Do not work for hourly rates which you would be embarrassed to ask someone else to work for, it is not fair on you and the long term benefits to you will be minimal.

The bottom line is that there are businesses out there which are perfect for the internet, business which will give you a decent return on your time and investment, but you need to plan your strategy and make sure it is viable. If you are working yourself to the bone now, with no social life, low hourly rates, what would happen if a competitor tried to hit your market and pushed prices even lower?

Just because you are working online does not mean that you have to forget all of the basic rules of life and business – it is good to make money, but do not work yourself into an early grave!

The Logo Creator is a peice of software to make it easy for you to design your own logo (duh ). According to the web site you can design logos like if you where using Photoshop in almost no time at the fraktion of the cost for Photshop . The software costs only $29.95 which is incredible low if you can do what the web site promisses .

Got a Mac or PC? Don’t worry the Logo Design software is available for both Mac, Windows Vista and Windows XP.

Included with the Logo Creator is also about 50 designs you can use, modify and change the way you want to easily create your own logo. You also get the right to sell the logos you design, which means taht for as little as $29.95 you can start your own design company . If you need to finance the purchase you simply just design two or three professional looking logos and sell them to newly started companies or web sites . If you sell more then just a few you can make it a profitable hobby .

You can of course buy different editions of the Logo Creator depending of what kind of logos you want to make. For example you can get the Corporate Logo Edition with 80 corporate logos, or the Business Mascot Edition with 50 customizable cartoon mascots.

Visit www.thelogocreator.com for more information.

I just noticed something really weird in my Entrecard drop inbox. I have about 5 of the exact same Entrecard in a row from the smae user. Anyone had the same experience?

Over at DV Warehouse you’ll find a used Macs section with exactly, that’s right, “used Macs” . They got everything from Power Mac G4, Powerbook & iBook laptop Computers, iMac & eMac to Power Mac G3.

When I accessed their web shop they got for example a “Powerbook G4 1.5GHz 512mb 80GB Combo Drive 15″ - Pre Owned” for $759.00. According to the web site that’s 11% off, but I don’t know if that’s off the price for a new Powerbook or if it’s off the first listed price in the shop . Each and every used Macgot it’s owned detailed description with all specifications like hard drive, memory and type of processor. They also answer a few common questions like what condition the computers are in, what you get when you buy and what kind of software you get preinstalled with your computer. From the web site I learnt that they do their best to restore each system to their factory specifications, both software and hardware. Which is good because then you don’t have to worry about any weird software, viruses or keyloggers that the previous owner may have installed or got from any other way.

They’re also suggesting some other products other customers that bought similar products got. In the Powerbook example above I got some product suggestions for more memory (always useful ). When you’ve placed an order your “new” used Mac is packed and shipped to you within 24-48 hours by FedEx, which means fast and reliable deliveries.

So if your Mac is getting a little bit too old, check out DV Warehouse.