Do you ever try out new software that comes with a new computer?

If you’re like me, then you probably just stick with what you know, get the work done that you need to, and tell yourself you’ll try the new stuff when you get a chance. Do you find that “chance” very rarely shows up? Yeah, me too…

Until yesterday when I decided to try the video template software that Vaio so kindly placed within my computer.

You may have seen some of the videos I made using the “Flip” templates. I REALLY LOVE my flip, but I find the templates are pretty limiting, so when I took on the job for a friend of shooting action shots of her kids playing softball, I was on the lookout for something other than Muvee (the company that makes the software for the “Flip”).

Sometimes I use Window’s Movie Maker, but that didn’t excite me, so I actually was surprised to find a software fromVaio just sitting there and decided to try it. They have created some very cool templates, complete with special effects and music, so I got all excited and started to play.

Frustration took over when I realized that the only way I was going to get it to work right was to upload one picture at a time and recreate the movie over and over again. It took me HOURS!

Another problem I had was that the template panned the pictures so that the focus ended up being on the kids bodies rather than their heads and faces. I did then try to find just the right shots, but WHAT A PAIN!

Don’t you just hate it when these companies create software that is supposedly made for non-professionals which are easy and fast to use, but they end up being more of a hinderance than a help?

I would LOVE to hear about your experiences with video software, what works well, what’s easy and fast and FUN!

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 My previous article set the stage for when good intentions aren’t God’s intentions and how the universe knows better than we do.

It was a beautiful day and Nathan Anderson, founder of SEO Club, lives around one of the most beautiful spots in the world! He invited me at the last minute to join him for his first “public” Vidcast on his back deck overlooking an amazing setting of Red Rock, Green Cedars and Blue Sky.

This was going to be FUN! It’s why I LOVE Web 2.0 and I was really looking forward to it! But as it is often said…”Easier Said than Done”.

One has to accept the fact that the only way people can take part in an event such as Nathan was holding, is to have a working connection to the Internet from such a remote location as North Creek Road in Beulah,Colorado, which normally isn’t a problem… except for today. 

Not to worry! To make a living at Internet marketing in such a place, one must also have backup, in case the initial connection dies for reasons beyond your control (like the service provider screws up).  

The Verizon PC card to the rescue, or so we thought. We jumped in my convertible and headed to the highest spot on the mountain that Nathan knew of to get a signal. YAY…we got connected, to the internet that is. But to no avail when some sort of conflict appeared with how the PC card worked with the software Ustream uses to broadcast live.  

DRAT! Foiled again. 

Like two little puppy dogs with our tails between our legs, we headed back to the ranch.

Bummer Dudes & Dudettes!

Feeling bad about the 8,000 people Nathan invited, especially for his first SEO Club live public broadcast, he gave in to the forces that be and accepted the fact that at least he was able to send word of what happened to a friend from our mountain top…to inform those on his list. 

“So what did this all mean, Universe?”, I was saying to myself on my drive back to my office to write my daily blog. And the Universe answered back, “Another chance, my dear Deb, on another day.”  

And so it was and so it shall be… 

NEXT WEEK as a matter of fact, is our second chance…OURS and YOURS! Why yours, you might ask? 

Cuz, you didn’t even know about this FUN & FABULOUS event before…

and now YOU DO!

COME JOIN US! LIVE! 

SEO Club with Nathan Anderson presents… SEO Club Live!

Every Friday at 4pm Eastern.
(That’s 3pm Central, 2pm Mountain, or 1pm Pacific)
Broadcasting live from the Wet Mountains of Southern Colorado.

http://www.SEOClub.com/live

We’re going to have FUN. The more the merrier, I always say!

(Oh, I just realized another gift I got from this day! I mean, what could I have written about on my blog today that would have had such an ENLIGHTENING message, if everything would have worked out as originally planned? The universe is truly amazing, is it not? Be in the NOW and truly LIVE!)

This has been one of those days that defies traditional thinking and throws you back to the law of attraction mindset with big question marks showing up in your brain. In other words, what I have just experienced doesn’t really follow anything we’ve learned about how our intentions work to create our thoughts.

But somehow, we sense that the law is at work, since much of what we enjoy and believe shows up in our day.

It has to do with faith in the process rather than perfection in meeting our humanly defined expectations.

So, What’s that got to do with Nathan Anderson

Today, I woke up to a gorgeous spring day in my home town of Pueblo, Colorado determined to go for a bike ride. There’s something about a bicycle ride along a nature trail that energizes my batteries and this morning it was loudly calling to me. But, just as I was getting ready to go, I decided to check my email.  

 Amongst the tons of usual internet marketing Guru hype I receive every day, Nathan Anderson’s email caught my attention because Nathan and I go way back to the days in Beulah, Colorado, when I originally got into the possibilities of the internet and the profession of website design. In the world of connecting souls, we’ve been frequenting some of the same places and connecting through some of the same people.  

So when I checked my old computer, which is the ONLY one that receives messages from one of my old email addresses, I immediately considered his proposal…which was…to join him on his inaugural broadcast of The SEO Club LIVE Ustream Event. Since I have been taking part in a friend’s Ustream events for a while now, I had no problem saying YES!  Knowing the unique abilities of UStream AND Nathan Anderson, I could see the possibilities, especially since it was a beautiful day and Nathan lives around one of the most beautiful spots in the world!  

This was going to be FUN and I was really looking forward to it! 

All I can say is…EASIER SAID THAN DONE! 

Check back tomorrow to find out what kind of crazy things happened when the universe took over.

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Debbie continues in this 3 part video series to ask Sandra Yancey about her views on the business climate, how women can continue to grow their business, and what strategies she is using to be more successful at eWomen Network.

Mary Pearsall, Executive Managing Director of the Colorado Springs, Colorado Chapter and Alecia Huck, founder of Maverick And Company, a business growth and development firm, round out the conversation, which turns to the 8th Annual International Conference and Business Expo that fills the huge Dallas Hotel every summer with thousands of business women, all looking to connect, learn, shop and celebrate!

Listen and watch this interesting and motivational gathering of women who love NETWORKING with other women to help each other become more successful in their businesses

If you are a woman who is serious about growing YOUR business, then seriously consider attending this conference in Dallas, Texas, July 10 - 13th. Let me know if you’re going. I would LOVE to meet up with you in Dallas!

For more information go to my GutZy Woman Website:

Debbie Ducic of GutZy Women and David Skul of Relativity roll play the do’s and don’ts of social networking in this series of videos. The point is to compare real life to relationship building online.

This video shows how spamming turns people off and then offers a better way to approach getting information about your business out to the people you meet online as well as in real life.

This is a fun rendition of an important message. Click here to see more