In My Bag » Archived http://www.in-my-bag.com Reviewing the stuff I buy Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:03:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Ocean Potion Extreme http://www.in-my-bag.com/2008/02/28/ocean-potion-extreme/ http://www.in-my-bag.com/2008/02/28/ocean-potion-extreme/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:17:09 +0000 Jenn http://www.in-my-bag.com/2008/02/28/ocean-potion-extreme/ Ocean Potion (you may have heard of their sun care products) is holding a pretty cool Spring Break contest right now. Apparently, their advertiser is a little sick and tired of the criticism thrown at him for the Ocean Potion and Ocean Potion Xtreme commercials. Hey, I can’t blame the guy for being pissed. It takes a lot of time and work to come up with advertisements and commercials; it definitely isn’t an easy job!

Anyway, the contest works like this: do your best to create a commercial that you think is better than the existing Ocean Potion commercials, and upload it at officialspringbreak.net. The commercial must be thirty seconds in length or more, and feature one or more of their products. Easy, right? The creators of the top ten videos (determined by views) will be entered into a final round. The winner of the final round will win $5000 or an XTREME dream vacation in Las Vegas!

About the products: Ocean Potion creates many skin care products geared towards individuals who plan on being out in the sun. So whether you want to protect your kid’s delicate skin, protect your own, get a killer tan in the salon or a more natural one out in the sun, Ocean Potion has a product that’s perfect for you!

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I have heard that boys are sometimes more difficult to potty train. Is this true? I would imagine to a certain extent that it might be, especially if it is the mother or female caregiver trying to train, since they have no way of “showing” the little guy how it’s done. I think that is what worked so well with my daughter, Alyssa. She turned three years old on October 27th, and has been potty trained since early September! With Alyssa, I was able to actually show her from the moment she became semi-interested in what I was doing in the bathroom.

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All of the reviews that pro360.com does are very detailed, and include the site’s website name, URL and screen shot, information on US players and bonuses and certificates, and the standard editor ratings, player ratings, and ranking based on all of the information in the reviews.

While I have no personal interest in online casinos and poker, I can appreciate the work that pro360.com provides. It is no quick task to fully review a website and the services offered, so it’s cool that pro360.com does all of it and offers up their information to anyone that is interested.

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Once upon a time, I launched a webhosting company. At the time, I thought that it would be a longterm investment, so I went ahead and began searching for shopping cart to use on the website. I never did find the type of ecommerce software that I was looking for, and while that worked out for the best, as I later gave up the company, there are many others that are in need of decent software for their websites. Ashop Commerce is definitely decent ecommerce software, as far as I’m concerned. I’m impressed with the 24/7 technical support that is available to all users of the software, no matter which package and payment options they may be signed up for. But I especially like the many features included, such as the many different payment methods, easy setup and customizable storefront, and search engine friendly extras. Better still? The free ten day trial that is available to anyone who is interested in the software!

If you think that the ecommerce shopping cart software that ashopcommerce.com has may work for you, why not check out the website, peruse the comprehensive list of features, and then sign up for the ten day trial? Check out ecommerce.com!

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Ashop Commerce’s ecommerce shopping cart software is award winning, and you can try it out, completely risk free, for ten days! If you decide you like it, then go ahead with the full program. Better still, choose the twenty-four month program, and get a free storefront design.

If you think Ashop Commerce’s ecommerce shopping cart software can work for you, check out the website at ashopcommerce.com.

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Advertisers, you should also take advantage of the possibilities Smorty can offer you! Get the word of your company and its products and/or services out there. When bloggers write about your company and link to it, they are exposing you to a great variety of visitors and potential sales.

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