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TOTW 95
How to Network Tip of the Week #95 - 16th July 2009 =========================================================== Welcome to the ninety fifth www.howtonetwork.net tip of the week. =========================================================== Welcome to another weekly tip. The weekend marketing course on how to build a million dollar company went really well. I had 10 very excited people leave on Sunday afternoon. It has taken about 3 days for me to recover my energy and get back to work. We are editing the videos at the moment and they will be ready in a couple of weeks. In the meantime, I will finish off the 101 Labs for the CCNA exam in the next week. =========================================================== New CCNAs It looks like many of you have been putting the hours in because this week I have had several e-mails and seen people on the forum posting that they have passed their exams. Please take a moment to log in and congratulate them because I know you will appreciate it when you pass. James Wedgeworth had a lot to say but his comments are very helpful: Sat the ICND2 exam yesterday (passed ICND1 in May) and am pleased to be among Howtonetwork.net's many success stories at last! When I joined in April I gained much confidence, motivation (and envy to be honest) from the many testimonials posted all over the site. "How am I EVER going to learn this stuff; there is SO much!" I thought, but the many photos of past members holding their CCNA certificates showed me it could be done. So thank you to Paul, for the resources and materials with which to pass, but also for the pictures and stories that played a significant role in those moments of doubt I know all of us who pursue this certification experience. I hope I can now repay the debt of gratitude and carry on the tradition of success this site represents by adding yet another success story to your testimonials. WAHOOOO!!! Cheers from a grateful CCNA' Great job James. I hope some people take the time to congratulate you on the forum. Well done to Jim Jason who passed with a 900. He is cracking on with the CCNP already! Congrats to Daniel Ottavi who passed with a nice 902. Well done all of you. =========================================================== How Much to Spend on Your CCNA Studies Is money a bit tight for you? If money is an issue then I can empathize because I have spent most of my life being broke. I am doing okay now but all through my 20s and much of my 30s I worried about money. When I first studied for my CCNA you only needed to know some theory so luckily I could just get away with buying a book which had some practice exams on CD ROM inside it. Now, when you come to study for your CCNA you are barraged with choices. Read more here: =========================================================== Cisco Exam Braindumps If you don't already know, a braindump site is where you can get the actual exam questions and answers. I don't usually mention them but I have been a little worried lately when I see people mentioning the sites on the forum. They usually say that they loved my site and also used site X to help them pass. The problem is that site X is a braindump. The issues with this are: ========================================================== Obsessing About the CCNA Exam I see a lot of comments about the CCNA exam in the forum. Many are bordering on obsessing about things which you can do nothing about so why worry. Things such as: 1. Does the pre-exam questionnaire affect your score? 2. How are the multiple part questions scored? 3. Are the cameras in the testing room recording you? 4. What weight do the practicals have towards your final score? 5. Can you use a calculator? Trust me, you don't need the extra anxiety worrying about things you can't change. Read more here: =========================================================== PaulBrowning.com is Live I am actually more interested in personal development, self esteem improvement and internet marketing than anything else. To this end I have launched www.paulbrowning.com which is a site for anyone else interested in those things. I have yet to add a bit more content including an interview I did yesterday with one of the UKs top counselors who is also a good friend of mine. The site is not quite live to the public yet but I thought you would want to be the first to see it. In the meantime, anyone who joins the tip of the week also gets a copy of my new e-book 'How to Get Anything You Want in Life.' =========================================================== Free Rack Hours Thanks to Kris Greeley who asked a question about our all time favorite subject - hex. Kris gets the extra 10 rack hours for best forum question (please set your account up Kris). Cheers Paul =========================================================== Rack Issues The rack is pretty stable at the moment but we have to reboot it every week. Please, Please, Please do not add any passwords to any devices. They are blocked so if you work out some sneaky way to add them please don't. Please don't change the config registers either if you find a way. Several customers lost rack slots and we had to call out an engineer to recover a router on the weekend. I'm afraid I will have to ban the culprit from the racks. =========================================================== Site Suggestions I can see people on the forum asking about should they buy various exam sims or other study guides. If you think the site is missing something then please drop me a line and we can consider adding it. The whole point of this site is to ensure you don't have to waste money on other products. cheers Paul help@howtonetwork.net =========================================================== CCNA Exam Tips I presume you all want to pass the CCNA? I ask because I posted some essential exam tips last week. Tips which I consider essential and out of 4500 readers 42 read them. I sometimes wonder what is going on. Anyway, for those who are bothered, here they are again. =========================================================== Would You Like to be a Cisco Trainer? The website is now being drafted. This will be to give you a taster of how the business model will work. We are sourcing a venue in the USA to run the training course which will be for 7 days in late September. Please fill in the form below to express your interest. We will be hosting a webinar and then interviewing candidates in about 2 weeks time. =========================================================== Please forward this e-mail Please think of any friends or colleagues who would benefit from this content. They can join the howtonetwork.net tip of the week at: All the best Paul Browning www.howtonetwork.net
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