How to remove Visual Deals from your Chrome Browser

How to remove Visual Deals from your Chrome Browser

A couple of days ago, I started noticing a little popup when I visited online stores.. Amazon, Craigslist, eBay.. even Google keyword searches seemed to trigger product placement ads, even though I consistently use AdBlockPlus..

So I figured I’d do a little digging and report back on how to fix this new adware/malware issue, since when I clicked on the actual link in order to try to disable the add-on, it took me on a wild-turkey chase! I had no such Chrome Extension or Add-On called “ChromeReload,” which was mentioned when you tried to disable it directly from each page…

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First of all, upon Googling this issue, I came up with this article, which stated that it was probably the “Translate selection” extension. I did not have that installed, so I had to find another reason why this damn thing was loading.

I did remember that Pinterest’sPin This Button” pinged me a couple of days ago, telling me that it was going to start advertising in-app. I guess I just assumed that if I logged into Pinterest.com it would start showing me ads… not necessarily embedding them in my searches!

Here’s how to remove the ads:

  1. Click to your settings in Chrome and then click “Extensions” on the left-hand side of your screen (that’s those three horizontal lines in the right top corner, or Window/Extensions will also get you there)
  2. Find “Pinterest button” and click on “Options”disable visual deals pinterest button
  3. A new tab/screen should pop up that says that Visual Deals product search is: enabled. Simply click that “Change” button to disable it.

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Now just confirm that it’s gone! Go to any eCommerce site and click on a product. If you don’t see that random popup trying to get you to visit a different site, then you should be good to go 🙂

Let me know if this works for you in the comments–or if there are other Chrome Extensions we should all be weary of!

How to become an affiliate on Eventbrite and earn cash

How to become an affiliate on Eventbrite and earn cash

So you’ve been invited by your friend/employer to become an affiliate of an event to make some money promoting it. Supercool. First of all, I suggest you sign up for PayPal and opt to get a debit card so your cash can be liquid sooner than later when the affiliate money from each event has processed into your account.

You should have received an email by now that gives you a link to click in order to sign up for the program. Click “Join this program” to get started.

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This will bring you to your affiliate page, where it will give you your own personal referral link which you must share in order to get credit. If you direct your friends to the original link, you will not get paid.

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Take this link to Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Twitter, your blog.. wherever you can post it to in order to make the most $ off of each event. If you keep an eye on your Referrals/Attendees page on Eventbrite, it will tell you how many people are clicking your link, how many tickets you’ve sold, your total sales, your share, and after the event, that which has been paid and that money which is still due.

Now rock it.

How to become an affiliate on Eventbrite and earn cash

How to add Event Affiliates on Eventbrite

Screen Shot 2013-08-08 at 2.38.29 PMSo you’ve got your event published through Eventbrite.. and you’ve created an affiliate program for your employees or random affiliates.

Here’s how you go about showing your own internal promotional program:

Screen Shot 2013-08-08 at 2.43.28 PMFirst of all log into your Eventbrite Management Dashboard, which should be available when you log in if you’ve created an event. You should have these options to the left. Click on the “Affiliate Programs” link and click the green button that says “Create a new affiliate program.”

It should bring up a screen that allows you to input a code as well as add a referral fee or % of ticket price. You can make it public if you’d like your event to possibly be picked up by local promoters and add a few notes that the affiliate will see. Save it.

If you click on the link of your affiliate name, you should be able to see a link. Copy that link and forward it to your employees in an email that sounds something like this…

“You’re invited to become an affiliate of our event and receive 20% of all of your ticket sales when people use your link to view and pay for this event. Please sign up for PayPal to get paid. To accept this invitation to become an affiliate, please visit this link and sign up to receive your customized web address. Your referrals MUST use your individualized link in order for you to be paid, so please post everywhere, such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, your blog, etc.”

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Now let’s look at it from the standpoint of your future affiliate.

How to restore your randomly deleted Google Contacts

How to restore your randomly deleted Google Contacts

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One of my clients believes his gmail recently got hacked into because he seems to have lost all of his contacts suddenly 🙁 …so immediately after changing his password to something much more secure in his Security Settings, we did a complete restore to a week prior, when he knows he had his contacts in there.
First, go to Google Contacts and find the “More” dropdown..
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Then, click “Restore contacts.”
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Restore to like a week ago…
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And that should bring them back!  If not, try to restore back a little farther.  Let me know that it works for you in the comments!