Christopher.j.masterson

June 29, 2021June 30, 2021

3D Printing

3D printing is a fantastic hobby. There are so many options out there, how do you know which is right for you?

Research is always key. We have researched many 3D printers for you, and one that really stands out is the Creality Printer. You can check it out here

Tell us what you think. Have you used this printer before? Have you used a different one that you liked?

Additionally, in order to 3D print, you need a good computer to run the software. Printing requires software to connect with the printer itself, plus create and modify creations. We’ve been looking into various computers for this, and here’s what we’ve found.

Passive Profit Pages Review 2020

December, 2020 by CM Advantage

Hello friends and welcome to a review of an online potential for making money. This is surrounding the Passive Profit Pages. As always, we here at the CM Advantage do our best to provide you a review of the product as tested by our own people. We are not endorsing a product that we have not looked at ourselves to see if it works. Now let’s get started!

What is Passive Profit Pages and How can I get started?

Passive Profit Pages is a program that is supposed to help you make money with affiliate marketing by providing five done-for-you landing pages that you can use to promote different digital products in different markets and niches as an affiliate.

If you do not know what affiliate marketing is, then in brief, it’s a legit way of making money by recommending useful products to people who need them and getting a commission from the vendor on every new purchase that comes through you.

How can I get started you ask? Click here to begin the process (though I would read ahead so you know what you are getting into!)

It starts of with a video much like most marketing ideas: with testimonials and a story about the founder and how they came to be involved with this method of making money online. They then give credence on why you the audience should listen to them and offer the 5 pages for only $9.

Following this then you can choose one of two methods to pay after you enter your name and email. The first is by card and the second by using PayPal. Heads up CM Advantage fans we tried multiple cards and the card system seemed to be malfunctioning. However, using a PayPal account we were able to purchase the base program.

We were then immediately taken to an up-sell page citing a one time offer for $197. We declined and continued in the process. Heads up we are reporting this as we go through the process to provide you the most accurate information so you can decide for yourselves!

After the first upsell page was a discount page for their offer in the form of a coupon code. This is a discount off the first page taking the total for the upsell down. As with the first page we skipped this as well. There is an option on both pages at the bottom to immediately skip the offer which is nice of the publisher.

Following this there is another up-sell page with the offer of letting Passive Profits Pages start a business for you. The video talks about how much they don’t like upsells as much as the audience and yet this is the second up sell page. We are not convinced that they don’t like upsells.

This offer is to set up the domain and sources are set up for you. It also includes training and access to them specifically via Skype. They are offering to do a lot of the set up for you and offer a 5K a day increase in profits via Solo ads. Though we have to say solo ads are a great thing though to promote from the start a 5K a day increase really stretches the imagination.

Following this it then takes you to another discount page offering you another discount. Again, it is another one time offer that you will not see again. Though will all the upsells and discounts there is a video and a skip button on the bottom if you are not interested.

Then after all that we come to, yet another up-sell page. This page is an offer for their VIP membership. This is offered on a monthly basis that is reasonably priced. For the average working individual. That is to say anyone making minimum wage would still be able to fit this into their budget. As with the other pages there is the option to watch the video or skip this step.

Needless to say we skipped this step as well so our review will not encompass the extra features outlined above. Now we have made it though all the pages we are taken to a receipt page with the link to download our digital product.

After clicking the link from Click Bank to download our product we are taken to a page about how to access and start working. It takes you to the page with some training videos on what you need to do and how to set everything up.

Watch the training videos it only takes a few mins per video. We do mean a few the author keeps it short and to the point. We put our Click Bank ID in and selected a page layout. From there we were asked to enter a subdomain and select a Domain. Here is where we encountered some issues as we were not able to select our own domain. There was a dropdown of only one option with no availability to type. So downside there we had to use their prebuilt domain with no attachment to our own.

Now with all our information entered we needed to wait up to six hours for the process to be complete. They said they would send us an email when the page was built and published. Sooooo….Now we wait and see what happens!

We are back and it has now been 18 hours and the page has not been built yet. It seems to work off their networking array of pages, so they are going to be the one generating the traffic. When selecting the pages, we were not asked for content only the items listed above. So, more info when the page has been stood up.

Ok CM Advantagers it has been two days and the page is built. It is a good professional looking page with a great deal of information on it about Affiliate Marketing. The banners are what drive the commissions and the information on the various pages are where you make your money. We do have to say though the page looks good with a lot of information given on it. Will let it run for a month or so and post an update in February 2021! Thanks for reading and as always good luck to you!

November 23, 2020November 24, 2020

Amazon Echo Dot

Hello friends and welcome back to the CM Advantage! Today we are going to be talking about the Amazon Echo Dot. There are a few different versions floating around out there and for this one we are going to be talking about the latest two version the 3^rd gen and the 4^th gen. Without further ado let’s get into it.

The echo dot is a voice activated speaker that integrates with your home and Amazon to control a variety of functions using the Amazon Alexa. You can integrate with SiriusXm, Amazon music, Apple music, Spotify and more for entertainment. You can link to your phone and make hands free phone calls. If you have multiple dots you can also broadcast to all your dots to use it as an in-home PA system (helpful for parents and multilevel homes). You can even tell it to make a list for mundane tasks like grocery shopping. There is a great deal you can do with the dot and it makes tasks easier with its voice controls. You can also, if you have a surround sound receiver like we do, run it into that to play through multiple speakers.

The older generation, the gen 3, is a flat round disk shape. It is a 1.6in speaker with a 3.5mm line out. There is even a version with an LED clock if that strikes your fancy. On the top you can find a few buttons to control the dot. Volume up and down, action, and a microphone off button. Let’s take a moment to talk about that microphone off button. There are many who are concerned about their privacy and some say “it is a risk because the dot is always listening”, that concern is solved with the mute mic button. With this button the microphone is muted, and the dot cannot process what you are talking about.

The physical dimensions are small. The size is 3.9” x 3.9” x 1.7” or 99 mm x 99 mm x 43 mm depending on which measurement system you are using. The weight is approximately 10oz or 300 grams. Now this may shift a bit but is approximately the size of it. It has Bluetooth capabilities using Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) support. A limitation however that it is not supported by Mac OS X devices. The echo dot comes ready to connect to your Wi-Fi. The Alexa App is compatible with Fire OS, Android, and iOS devices and also accessible via your web browser. Pretty nice when you consider the price for this piece of tech is only $18.99 on Amazon.

The 4^th gen dot is a little bit different. The Echo Dot has a circular shape with a flat bottom for design appearance changes. Also, while the speaker is still a 1.6, it is a front firing speaker for directed sound rather that blasting in all directions. The buttons on the top of the speaker remain the same though they are built in rather than the circular button appearance. The size is 3.9” x 3.9” x 3.5” of 100 x 100 x 89 mm. The weight is a bit heavier but not a significant amount, 12 oz or 341.3 grams. All in all new design and a little different on the speaker but most of the same as the 3^rd gen dot. The current price for this on Amazon is $28.99.

Summary is that there is not a significant difference in the two. They both have the limitations of supporting the Mac OS X. The design is different, and the speaker is a pit different. There is a version for kids that has the skin of a tiger and does provide some interesting options for parental controls. You can find out more about that by clicking here. Hope you enjoyed the review and found it useful. Until the net time take care and good luck to you!

November 23, 2020November 24, 2020

Audible

Hello everyone, hope your day is going well. Wanted to take a moment to talk to you all about time and learning. Time is something we could all use more of, right? The only issue with that is there is only so much time in a day. If we cannot add more time, then how then do we achieve more? Education has been the key since the dawn of time. Think back to the invention of the wheel or the discovery of magnetic fields around the Earth.

Now you may be thinking what this has to do with time. The answer is: if you cannot add more time then you must make the most of the time you have. Now, I am married with multiple children and a full-time job. Finding time in that schedule is challenging, to put it mildly. But I also, in that given time, want to strive to learn new things. I found the solution to that. Click here to check it out.

Well I did not find the solution a friend of mine, RJ, told me about a program a little over a year ago. Since he told me about this program, I have had the chance to make more of the time I have. I have not had to sacrifice education and hobbies due to this program. It may be one you already know. It certainly seems to be popular and I can see why.

The program I am talking about is Audible by Amazon. It is an audio platform that works with your smartphone, computer, or tablet. This program contains thousands upon thousands of eBooks, podcasts, audio stories and more. Must study for a test for certifications? No problem. Whether you have to “read” up on a book or you are just looking for some motivational self-help, they have a huge variety.

Now I am sure many of you already know about it, but I can say it has changed the way I see time and education. As you can guess with my lifestyle and life it is hard to find extra time to try to learn new things. With Audible I do not have to worry about it. On my drive into work (it is an hour one way) I can put a book on and listen to it in my car. I simply Bluetooth my car to my phone, select the book I want, and BAM listen to it while driving to work.

Work for me centers around information technology (IT) and there are what seems like an endless supply of certifications in my field. They have a vast selection of certification books in audio format such as Network plus, Kali Linux, Security plus, and CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional). This is just a small sample of what they have available in the IT arena.

However, if IT is not your thing, that is not all they have. If you like a good fantasy novel, non-fiction, biography, autobiography, or maybe a podcast they have something for everyone. I know it sounds like I am a salesperson and in a way I am. I am advocating this as it has given me more of my time back. Like I said I have an hour drive to work one way and now I can study for tests without having to sacrifice family time or time for other projects.

You do not have to take my word for it though. Click here and they will give you a free trial so you can see for yourself. This program offers you a free title every month in the form of your choosing. It is a subscription service that you pay a fee of $7.95 or the premium version is $14.95 a month. The difference in these are a bit different on the options.

The first is the Audible plus membership at $7.95 a month. Audible Plus is a monthly membership which includes access to unlimited streaming and listening from the Audible Plus Catalog. Look for the “included” tag and hit “play now” to instantly stream from the app. You can also save these titles to your Library or download to listen off-line. This membership is great for the average listener and one who doesn’t want to focus on a lot but wants to casually listen to books and podcasts.

The other membership is the Audible Premium Plus. Audible Premium Plus includes everything in Audible Plus, with the bonus of 1 credit per month to be used to redeem any title from our Premium selections. These titles are yours to keep forever! Premium Plus also unlocks a 30% discount for any additional content you purchase from the Premium catalog. This option is perfect for the on-the-go avid reader and learner. It has all the perks of the former and the bonus of earning a credit a month. Now that credit is good for all sorts of books. Some of the books I have personally bought would have cost me $60 to $100. With this option it only cost me a credit that I got by being a member. The cost savings for me was astronomical. Those expensive IT books only now cost me a fraction and they are mine to keep even if I discontinue the service.

But again, you don’t have to take my word for it. You are the one who has to make the choice. If nothing else, click the link and look for yourself. We hope you have a wonderful day and till the next time take care friends!