Lewis Smile [and a life in progress]

If you ask anyone I know what I do for a living they would tell you, after much mumbling and confusion, that it is something to do with the internet. And they're not wrong!

I build websites and blogs, and pages just like this one, to sell information products. I have created a couple of the things that I sell, but mostly what I sell is owned and created by other people. I am an affiliate for almost any product I choose to promote, then build pages about that product. When sales get made, I get a percentage.

Clever eh.

You can see some of my main websites [and some that I am most proud of] here: www.SmileWebCreations.com

And you can see some of the tools I use to get things done here: www.squidoo.com/tools-i-use

Kiva is a charity that will make you rethink your charitable giving.

Instead of just giving a charity some money, say £10 as a one time deal, you can direct it to a promising entrepreneur in a poorer country. When they have used your money to start or grow their business... you get it back! Bit by bit over about a year, but you get it out.

When you have your money back you are then able to lend it out to someone else! It's just like recycling money, all around the world.

To get loaning just visit www.kiva.org

To visit my loaner page click here

Do it. You'll love it. I can tell...

Are you on Twitter? Like marmite, you either love Twitter or hate everything about it. My position on this seems to change daily, however.

You can find me on Twitter here: www.Twitter.com/MrLewisSmile

What do I use Twitter for? I'm not really sure. A bit of fun and a bit of business I suppose.

You on Twitter? Come say hi!

I think this section would be best described as "internet handyman". A large part of what I do to work online is make wonky things work better. I learn how to fix things. How to change things. How to tweak things.

I am like that old man in a shed, tinkering with things just for fun.

I don't make things in the real world though, that would just be crazy.

I like systems, and automatic actions, and automated marketing, and making things better.

It's all good fun.

"Decide what you want. Decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities, and get to work" H. L. Hunt.

"Every man has a king and a fool in him, and the on you talk to reacts" Mike Murdock

"Catch on fire with enthusiasm, and people will come for miles to watch you burn" John Wesley

"When in doubt, do something. Do anything"

"Love is a verb. Love the meaning is a fruit of love the verb"

"To learn to play the trumpet, you have to play the trumpet"

"When arguing never ask a question to which you don't know or can't compel the answer"

"In matters of style, swim with the current. In matters of principle, stand like a rock" Thomas Jefferson

"There are very few personal problems that cannot be solved by the proper application of high explosives" Mad Max beyond Thunderdome

"We all know how dumb the average person is... but stop and consider that 50% of the population are, by definition, dumber than that!" J.R Dobbs

I have been reading 1 book a week for the last 2 years, ever since a conversation with my good online friend Christopher Scott. It is one of the best decisions I've made!

I have discovered that I like crime books, and autobiographies too. The Harry Potter series is of course a masterpiece, and so is Time Traveller's Wife. Business books are good, and so are books like Predictably Irrational and Blink. I try and go for a wide range of books and subjects and topics, because wide reading can only be a good thing.

I am a big fan of the courses available at Teach12.com too. Try a course from them, and follow along with the course pdf guide. It's a great way to spend 30 minutes a day.

In the UK you will have seen the ads for LoveFilm, in the USA you will know it as Netflix. I am a movie subscriber, and I really love a good film.

The kind of movies I like the best are ones based on a book that I've already read.

Favourite films? I'm not really sure. I just like any films really.

Not a whole lot of information in this section, apart from the fact that I'm a film fan.

So there you have it.

"We are the living graves of murdered beasts, slaughtered to satisfy our appetites"

Yum.