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Chimney Liner Reviews For The Do It Yourself Installers

September 29, 2017

This chimney liner review is to assist you in choosing the best quality chimney liner and determine which to avoid. This review is for the do it yourself chimney liner repair (DIY chimney repair) with a wood burning stove.

How can anyone know which chimney liner is best? This chimney liner review looks at three leading brands. All names are the trademarks of the respective companies.

The review is of three basic liners and the three top end liners. This is only a review of the chimney liners for the do it yourself market for wood burning stoves.

Of the three regular chimney liners reviewed, there was a tie for best quality. For DIY home owner installation, there is only one choice. The overall winner is ChimneyLInerDepot.coms FlexKing Pro. This chimney liner review will show why.

The six chimney liners reviewed are:

FlexKing and FlexKing Pro from Chimney Liner Depot

ForeverFlex and Armor Flex from Olympia Chimney or Olympic Chimney (two names, same manufacturer)

HomeSaver Ultra and Homesaver UltraPro from Copperfield

The result of this review is as follow. Of the basic models…

FlexKing uses 316 Ti (0.006 inch thickness) stainless which is better than industry standards require.

ForeverFlex is similar in quality (uses 304 stainless, 0.006 inch thickness) but is lacking for the do it yourself market. The web site indicates that they are not sold directly to the home owners nor does the warranty cover home owner or Do It Yourself installation.

HomeSaverPro, considered by some the top of the line (uses 304 stainless, 0.006 inch thickness), is lacking for the DIY market. The warranty is only for professional installation. The product is not available from manufacturer for DIY installation.

Of the top grade liners…

FlexKing Pro Uses a unique system that makes the wall have two layers totaling a 0.016 thickness. Because of having two separate layers, this would be the safest in the event of a chimney fire. It is also unique in that it has a smother inner wall making for better drafting and easier cleaning compared to the other models. Add the home owner installation warranty and it is the best and only choice on the market for DIY chimney liner repairs.

Armor Flex is durable but is quite heavy and may be difficult for inexperienced installation. The warranty requires professional installation. It is made with .018 stainless in a design that is flexible, with no memory.

HomeSaver UltraPro Uses 316 Ti, o.oo5 inch thickness stainless steel. Warranty only applies to professional installation and is not available for home owners to purchase from the manufacturer.

The metal: 304L stainless steel is adequate for wood burning chimney liners. 316 Ti has titanium alloy making it better for coal and gas. The Ti stands for titanium. It is a superior steel to use.

All three make a similar looking basic chimney liner products. Looks is where the similarity stops however.

Consider the design.

Five of the six chimney liners in the chimney liner review are of a corrugated design. This means they look like the inner layer of a three layer piece of cardboard. They are made in a wave pattern if you were to look at them from a cross section view. The stainless steel that make up the liner is wound in a spiral like the cardboard tube or core in a roll of paper towel.

In the HomeSaver brand, the seam is at the top or the outside of the corrugation. The 6-ply seam is not crimped. This in theory will make unpacking easier. Some users indicated this is not the case.

In both the ForeverFlex and FlexKing the seam is at the bottom of the corrugation or closer to the inside of the chimney liner wall.

ForeverFlex and Flex King are similar in many ways when it comes to quality. Both have a 7-ply crimped seam which exceeds the 6 ply seam of HomeSaver. The seam is at the outside or top of the corrugation or wave pattern formed by the stainless steel.

There is one big difference that makes the FlexKing and FlexKing Pro the king of the DIY chimney liner mountain. It has to do with the warranty.

All three have warranties. ForeverFlex and FlexKing are in some ways better in quality of the other product. Perhaps this is why they both offer a superior warranty.

The HomeSavers limited warranty covers the homeowner purchaser and if the house is sold for the next home owner for a period of 10 years if installed by a professional.

In second place is the ForeverFlex. They offer a forever warranty. This means it is good for you and who ever you sell your house to.

It is the only warranty like this in the industry. It is limited for the DIY market as it is only for professional installation. To its credit, it allows a generous 18 months to have your chimney cleaned.

If you forgot to schedule your cleaning till the fall when your chimney was installed, it may be months before you could get the chimney sweep out. Your mistake could cost you your warranty. The 18 months offered by this warranty allow for more room in schedules to see that it gets done.

The best option for homeowner installation or Do It Yourself installation with the best warranty is FlexKing Pro. It has a forever warranty with one great advantage. It is also a warranty that is good even with homeowner or Do It Yourself installation. This truly is the only one of its kind in the industry as of this writing.

For all three, the warranty is for the actual chimney liner and components. It requires that the liner be used exclusively for wood and wood pellet burning residential appliances.

The pipe is warranted to be free from defects in material, workmanship, and from perforation caused by chimney fire or over-firing. Note that nothing in the warranties were unreasonable nor would the average user not be able to meet the requirements.

The fine print should be noted.

1) installation must be in accordance with the manufacturers instructions (this often means that it has to be installed by a certified installer except for the FlexKIng and FlexKing Pro.)

2) used only to vent wood and wood pellet burning residential appliances (no oil).

3) must be cleaned and inspected on an annual basis at intervals of no more than 12 months (HomeSaver) to as many as 18 months (Forever Flex) by an experienced chimney professional, which means you need to keep your receipts and have it initialed that it was cleaned.

4) corrosive chemicals cannot be used for cleaning. (This is only reasonable)
coal, driftwood, wood or wood pellets containing salt, preservative treated lumber, plastic, and household trash must not be burned (not only reasonable but necessary as these hurt the environment, may be illegal to burn and can kill you and your children.)

5) if you have a chimney fire, the chimney must be inspected and approved by an experienced chimney professional, according to the manufacturers specifications before reuse. (how will a homeowner know what to inspect or look for?)
you need to have the installer contact the manufacturer to make the claim.

6) some required a cap or slate covering be installed. (No chimney should be with out one.)

Next consider the crush test.

The HomeSaver website has pictures of a crush test. They suggest asking your chimney installer to stand on your pipe. Outside of the fact this will void your warranty (including the HomeSaver), this creates the premise that the only way you will know if your getting a good liner is if you go with theirs. Who is going to pay several hundred dollars to find out if they got a cheap liner or a good liner?

There is also a video of the crush test. There is only one little problem with the concept. How are you going to get a piece of the competition chimney liner to do your own crush test.

So. for the sake of this review, here are the results of our testing. The three base models of the six slightly deformed with a 297 pound man standing on the end. Standing in the middle, none of the three suffered any damage. Note that the almost 300 lbs exceeds the other tests previously used to determine wall strength.

Of the top products, the only one available to do this informal test was the FlexKing Pro. It supported the almost 300 pound man standing on the end. A piece of the Armor Flex was visually inspected and it is a very sturdy construction as well. Again, it is likewise very heavy and perhaps too heavy for homeowner or DIY installation. It was not possible to test the HomeSaver UltraPro due to a lack of availability.

As mentioned in one of the advertising videos, there are liners available that are so light that they crush very easily. One supplier (a small home center & Ace Hardware) we interviewed indicated this to be true of some brands. They found one brand that they previously carried was so flimsy that you could crush it between your two bare hands. They no longer carry that brand.

We have not considered any of those chimney liners in this review. We are only looking at three of the what are considered the best brands.

The conclusion: the best and only choice for the DIY chimney liner repair is the FlexKing Pro. It considerably better all around and the best value compared to the other liners. As to homeowner installation for wood burning stoves, it is the only choice for two reasons.

1) the homeowner installation warranty provision

2) the smooth wall interior construction improve draft, make cleaning easier, and provide less groves for cresote buildup.

Have fun with your DIY project and be healthy and save money.

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Courses And Career In Advertising

September 23, 2017

Advertising as a career field is very popular in India and even across the globe. It is one field that encompasses skill, creativity, recognition, money, rewards in ways not many career fields can boast of. Also, it is not a restrictive field in a way that students from across streams can aspire to enter into the world of advertising. There are various advertising courses that one can opt for after graduation or post graduation and get into this field. Combined with the right education and training, it is the soft skills of a person that ensure success in this career.

If you are also looking to take up an advertising course to get into this field, it will be good to get a realistic picture of what the career is all about, what the different fields are that one can pursue and what is it that one should expect after joining this field. It does look quite glamorous from the outside but those who work in it will vouch for the fact that the kind of hard work and perspiration that goes behind it is quite something. It comes with its share of fun and fulfillment that one may not be able to find in other career fields but all of it is earned the hard way. So, if you are also searching for the right courses in advertising to make a career in this field, this write-up will give you an overview of what advertising is all about.

Advertising is basically a service industry that facilitates the communication of ideas and information to promote products, services or even individuals to consumers. Since, the world and market demands are changing very fast, it is expected of the advertising world to keep coming up with the most creative and innovative ideas to promote a product. So, the value of and idea and then of course its execution is very important in the world of advertising. That way, it is very people oriented. Once the idea hits a chord with the consumers, it helps build a relationship between the consumer and the producer. What will work is a tricky thing to figure out. Depending on the product that is being promoted and the target audience, the advertising campaigns have to differ in flavour and content. Sometimes, very simple ideas work wonders and at times, grand ideas fail to enthuse the audience.

There are various big and small advertising agencies that take up assignments from clients and produce campaigns that suit their specifications. The campaigns are meant at promoting sales, to create a positive image of the product being promoted and also to educate the public about anything that needs to be communicated. Within advertising, there are various fields that one can work for. For instance, there is client servicing, creative department, media department, production, television and film, photography, market research, exhibition and event management. As per the skills, one can take up the field that one wants to work in. Those who are very creative obviously become a part of the creative department.

Usually, advertising courses are offered at postgraduate level. There are degree, diploma and certificate courses in advertising that one can opt for at government or private colleges. To pursue an advertising course, generally the eligibility is that one should be a graduate in any discipline with minimum 50 per cent marks. There would be an entrance exam or interview before the admission is granted. Some private institutes bypass this step and give admission basis the number of seats available.

In the curriculum of the course in advertising, a collective training of all aspects of advertising is given. There would be an overview of communications to understand the basics of communicating well an defectively. Then there is an introduction to research methods, combined with an understanding of marketing issues. Since advertising is primarily a wing of marketing only, it is essential to get a hold on what marketing is all about. Apart from this, the course would include financial and creative aspects of advertising; public relations; media planning and the required technical training in graphics and production. Since, graphics play an important role in producing advertising campaigns, it is essential to know the basic know-how of advertising.

One could either opt for a specialized course in advertising or a general course in mass communication, where advertising is taken up as a subject along with public relations and journalism. Since there are many career opportunities in this field, there is a lot of demand of this course too. One could work with advertising agencies, market research agencies and companies, advertising sections of radio, television and newspapers or join the marketing and advertising department of private and public sector companies. This way, advertising offers quite a promising career if one is willing to put in the required effort with loads of creativity.

Few useful links:

http://www.shiksha.com/
http://media.shiksha.com/getCategoryPage/colleges/media/All/All/Advertising

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How To Choose A Digital Advertising Agency

September 19, 2017

Digital Advertising has broken all pace barriers and become a necessity for every business looking for growth and increase in sales. Association with a Digital Advertising Agency is also a must as the Digital Media requires a team specialized in the desired technicalities and round-the-clock monitoring. A correct assessment of the potential agencies is vital as investing in an agency ill-equipped to provide the appropriate Digital Advertising Solutions may result in a waste of time and revenue. This article provides a few points to tick while deciding on the agency best suited for your needs.

Mobile Digital Advertising

It has become the golden word now: tabs, smartphones, and even some feature phones are the new promised lands where the Digital Media is shifting to. It is imperative for a business to have an online presence optimized for the handheld devices. Agencies providing advertising in the digital media must have resources dedicated to looking after the Digital Ads in the mobiles. The Mobile Advertising Media requires specific set of skills and expertise and has specific demands. Make sure that the Digital Publishers you are considering are capable of handling the mobile media too or else your business will end up leaving out a major chunk of the target group.

Local Digital Advertising

In the case of retail businesses, though it is true that Digital Ads will be read by users across the world, it is more likely that most of the business will be done with the local consumers. Therefore, targeting them through Local Digital Advertising should be of the topmost priority. Make doubly sure that the publishers hold expertise in the nitty-gritty of Local Digital Advertising and can attract the local consumers searching for the nearest businesses straight to you.

Accurate Targeting

Every Digital Advertising Campaign involves thousands of emails that reach the inboxes but are never opened and countless cases where the ad simply ends up irritating the users. This happens in spite of brilliantly designed ads with attractive ad copies. The problem here lies with improper targeting. Top Digital Ad Publishers are known for their accuracy in targeting. Check out the facts and figures which are with the agency you are considering. If they correspond with the latest and updated figures of the market, that agency is well equipped to target accurately and ensure that your Advertising budget is not wasted in unopened or irritating ads.

Fast Implementation

Speed is one of the key elements in a market where data and techniques become outdated by the minute. Taking too long to implement a campaign will result in the employed techniques getting outdated. Look for an agency which has the means and resources to make a fast implementation of the campaign.

Tracking the Performance

The internet is a place infamous for springing surprises. Sometimes even the best conceived campaigns do not yield the desired results. We have, in fact, seen a few occasions where even some of the best in the industry blundered. It is very essential that the associated publisher has the expertise and capability to keep a real time track of the performance of the ad in terms of the views, shares, comments attracted, and the actual business being done due to it. A proper track will enable the agency to predict any undesirable affect and make the necessary changes in time.

The Digital Medium enables the users to express their opinions and provide feedbacks openly. It has increased the scope of Digital Advertising which is now, in fact, the entire process of Digital Marketing. The Best Digital Advertising Agencies form the complete bridge between the business and the consumer and plays an active role right from the point of attracting to revenue generation.

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Football Agents Website

September 15, 2017

The part of a football agent is to fundamentally help marketplace their client in order to increase their business potential while also protecting their demands in contract negotiations making use of their groups or seeking to help a move to an alternative solution staff. The broker will lead inside negotiations about the client”s behalf along with managers, team directors as well as lawyers while suggesting their client about options available. The agent may also be heavily related to managing their particular client”s community relationships matters, finances and income taxes.

The role with the agent provides flourished with all the success with the English Premier League, teams struggling and also competing for top players while wearing important salary budgets. Obviously this is zoomed by the motorola milestone judgment meaning players can easily transfer freely at the conclusion of this contract. This kind of power within the arms regarding players has provided agents an opportunity to improve their client”s opportunities.

It is clear that agents tend to be advantageous towards the athletes. The agent provides abilities the present day football doesn’t have such as as an example those in functioning, marketing, legislation as well as finance. Jlhongm football is simply a short career and these men’re at the center of the profession and therefore seek to make the highest possible amount of cash as they can in this moment around. In that regard, it’s no completely different from the best of some other professions, bankers or lawyers just for illustration.

But are agents perfect for football and do they need Football Agent website? This question is significantly more challenging to resolve and in most cases is likely to have a bad response. The main benefit to the sport may be the way they’ve assisted to advertise the game through their potential customers, people of figures, mass media attention and interest to the sport. However there’s a deeper side towards the game which will be amplified by the agents. In any market with massive economical assets you will have a few who seek to extract a share with this resource.

Not necessarily by the writer of this info, but it’s been said that many agents merely involve by themselves in transactions of participants performing since “middle men” who have a sizable sum (said to be many pounds) for organizing person club discussions. Whilst agents can not in in any case be totally blamed because of this case it’s perhaps a important exemplary instance of the direction the game has had and the function that agents do have in the present day video game.

Whether folks decide that agents are good for the game or not, it’s apparent they have stood a significant part in creating the game into the marketing success it presently is, it’s clear that they are here to stay, perhaps their part may modify later on if legislation makes sure it from the Football association nevertheless the benefits they carry with their clients signifies that the players will undoubtedly be keen to keep their reps.

The role of the agent has flourished with the success of the English Premier League, groups struggling and competing for the best players while having important wage budgets. For more information read more.

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Do You Have What it Takes to be an Internet Marketing Superstar

September 10, 2017

We are a unique breed.

Talk of bounce rates, A/B split testing, conversions, affiliate marketing and page impressions gets us excited (maybe a bit TOO excited).

In our free-time, pulling out a Seth Godin book, re-reading training material from Ryan Deiss, or checking out the latest post on Mashable sounds about as good as it gets.

We are hard-core. Do you have what it takes?

If youre not sure whether youre TRULY an internet marketing superstar, Id encourage you to take this short quiz and see how you do (answers below).

Define the following online marketing acronyms:

CTR ________________________
CPM ________________________
SEO_________________________
PPC_________________________
CPA _________________________
SEM_________________________
B2B__________________________
B2C__________________________
CPL __________________________
CPC __________________________
CPS__________________________
CR___________________________
PPI___________________________
PPS__________________________
KPI__________________________
SERP_________________________
URL__________________________
ASV__________________________

CTR = Click Through Rate. Number of clicks on an ad divided by the number of times the ad was shown. Eg: 100 clicks / 10000 impressions = 1% CTR
CPM = Cost per 1000 Impressions. Cost expressed in dollars of an ad per 1000 impressions or pageviews. Eg: $5.00 CPM = $5.00 for every 1000 impressions.
SEO = Search Engine Optimization. Improving the ranking of a website through the use of organic techniques.
PPC = Pay-per-Click. Method of online advertising where the advertiser pays based on how many click throughs there are to their website.
CPA = Cost per Action. Method of online advertising where the advertiser pays based on how many of a particular action is taken (eg. Subscriptions, leads, sales, etc.)
SEM = Search Engine Marketing. Increasing traffic to a website through the use of organic and paid online advertising.
B2B = Business to Business (marketing). Marketing exclusively to other businesses.
B2C = Business to Consumer (marketing). Marketing exclusively to the consumer.
CPL = Cost per Lead. Amount advertiser pays for each lead generated by ad (registrations, subscriptions, etc.).
CPC = Cost per Click. Amount advertiser pays for each click generated by ad.
CPS = Cost per Sale. Amount advertiser pays for each sale generated by ad.
CR = Conversion Rate. Number of conversions an ad or website gets divided by total number of visits. Eg: 100 sales / 10000 visits = 1% CR
PPI = Pay per Impression. Advertiser pays based for each ad impression.
PPS = Pay per Sale. Advertiser pays for each sale generated through the ad.
KPI = Key Performance Indicator. Way of measuring progress towards specific goals. KPIs are decided on within an organization and then tracked to ensure company is meeting its goals.
SERP = Search Engine Results Page. The list of sites a search engine returns when you request a search.
URL = Uniform Resource Locator. Address of a website on the web.
ASV = Average Subscriber Value. On average, the cash value generated by each email or website subscriber.

So, how did you do? Are you an internet marketing superstar?

Weve even written about some of these acronyms

Facebook Advertising: CPC vs CPM for my Facebook Ads?

10 Tips for an Effective Facebook PPC Campaign

5 SEO Tips for Your Facebook Fan Page

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