What are all those computer generated special effects in car commercials? Show people being envious of someone else's new car. That'll sell cars. What is all that creativity in fast food commercials? Simply shove a burger in viewers face and then show someone enjoying eating a burger. That's how to sell fast food.

You can judge TV commercials on following criteria.

1. Did you understand commercial? 2. After viewing commercial, did you know what product was? 3. Did commercial provide enough information about product? 4. Did commercial create a desire for product?

You can use similar criteria to criticize TV shows. What's with those Star Trek shows? I don't understand those convoluted temporal loops, or alien intelligence taking over brains of crew. That's way too complicated. Just show me man against alien or man's technology against nature.

You can use photos and sound bites from TV in your articles. It's not copyright infringement if you use them for news, critical, or educational purposes. That's called "fair use".

How do you make money from a TV critic site? If you have traffic, you can generate revenue from any kind of general advertising. If your site experiences strong demand from advertising and network executives, you might make it a subscription based site.

One way you might NOT want to make money is when one of those advertising or network executives offers to pay you for your opinion or to use your opinion in their advertising. This would undoubtedly bias your opinion, causing your Web site to lose credibility. Resist that money!

Can you image earning a living by laying on your sofa all day recording your unqualified opinion of what you see on TV? The Couch Potato Critic - good idea, or crazy idea? You be judge. ---------------------------------------------------------- Resource Box: Copyright(C)2003 Bucaro TecHelp. To learn how to maintain your computer and use it more effectively to design a Web site and make money on Web visit http://bucarotechelp.com To subscribe to Bucaro TecHelp Newsletter Send a blank email to mailto:bucarotechelp-subscribe@topica.com ----------------------------------------------------------

Your final step after you have your "To-Do" list done for month and week is of course to break it down into days. Plan it out a week at a time, and cross off tasks as you go. Don't stress if you don't complete all tasks you have down for a specific day, just add them to next day's list. If you finish everything on your daily or weekly list early, either start on next week's list or take a break, you deserve it!

Remeber to use your dry erase board to keep your daily and weekly task in front of you at all times!