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The Action Machine 3 Preview - Tracking Your Progress

 

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Take getting things done to a whole new level with The Action Machine 3.

In this video, you get an overall look at the new version's progress-tracking tools, enhancements, and new features:

• Reports with Notes - Reports can now include Action notes
• Scoreboard - Allows you to set a time goal for how much action they want to take each week (for example, 40 hours), and shows them a visual indicator of their current progress 

This will be a FREE upgrade for all current owners (you'll get an email from me soon). If you're not an Action Machine user yet, grab your copy here, and you'll get the new version when it's available (very soon).

The Action Machine 3 Preview - Sounds and Notifications

 

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Take getting things done to a whole new level with The Action Machine 3.

In this video, you get an overall look at the new version's sound-related enhancements and new features:

• Ticking - When a timer is started, it ticks, a simple enhancements that reminds you that you're on the clock, working against a deadline
• Notifications - Allow you to get notified of the time that has passed (every 10, 15, 30, 60 minutes) since a timer was started, as well as when a timer is about to finish - so they can speed things up if you need to
• Sound Options - These have been moved to their own panel, where you can choose alarm, ticking, and notification options
• Quick Universal Volume/Mute - Allows you to quickly control the volume, or mute, audio elements of the application

This will be a FREE upgrade for all current owners (you'll get an email from me soon). If you're not an Action Machine user yet, grab your copy here, and you'll get the new version when it's available (very soon).

The Action Machine 3 Preview - Actions and Timers

 

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Take getting things done to a whole new level with The Action Machine 3.

In this video, you get an overall look at the new version's enhancements and new features:

Actions

• Add An Action Panel - This pop-up panel helps you quickly create new actions
• Action Priorities - Assign automatic priorities to actions in the Action List
• Built-In Daily Success Routine Action - Schedule a daily success routine with automatic HIGH priority and special background

Timers

• Timer Groups - New location, new default groups, and quick scroll buttons
• Visual Priorities - Visual prioritize your timers with yellow, orange, or red flags
• +5 - Quickly add 5 minutes to a timer by clicking the timer display
• Break Timer - A simple timer for helping you create and manage your time in-between your work time
• Interactively Add Custom Time - As you move your mouse over the slider bar, it  reveals to you the time you would set if you clicked the mouse
• More...

This will be a FREE upgrade for all current owners (you'll get an email from me soon). If you're not an Action Machine user yet, grab your copy here, and you'll get the new version when it's available (very soon).

The Action Machine 3 Preview - An Overview

 

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Take getting things done to a whole new level with The Action Machine 3.

In this video, you get an overall look at the new interface:

• More depth and pop due to shadows and transparencies
• Interface width increased by 24 pixels to allow for a set of new tools
• New Add An Action Design
• New Notes Design
• Add An Action Time Bar Redesigned
• New Total Time Bar Design (fixed a bug that made it jumpy)
• New icons for Timer buttons
• New icons and location for Help and various options buttons
• Start Button Fire
• Complete Timer Explosion
• Dozens Of New Backgrounds (press spacebar for preview)
• 12/24 Hour Option* Action Reminders - Displays thought-provoking questions and statements to you

This will be a FREE upgrade for all current owners (you'll get an email from me soon). If you're not an Action Machine user yet, grab your copy here, and you'll get the new version when it's available.

 

The Winner Is...

Well, it's time to reveal the winner of yesterday's contest, as well as the awesome project I'm going to be talking about starting next week.

First off...

The winner's name is: John Lenaghan

His winning guess: I'm guessing it's the play/start button for a new version of Action Machine

He's right!

I'd like to introduce to you The Action Machine 3 (click the image for a larger version):

The new version has dozens of enhancements, as well as new and improved features.

This version is the result of a lot of thought, and a lot of great feedback I've received since releasing the previous version over a year and a half ago.

I really am excited about it, and even though I'm putting some finishing touches on it (it's not ready to be released yet), I'm going to be sharing with you a series of videos, starting next week, where I walk you through all the cool new features and enhancements.

ONE FINAL NOTE: I don't need beta testers, and I can't release it to anyone yet, so please don't ask. :) It will be available within weeks, so be patient.

Also, this will be a FREE upgrade for all current owners (you'll get an email from me soon). If you're not an Action Machine user yet, grab your copy here, and you'll get the new version when it's available.

Watch for updates next week! :)

What Is This?!?

Let's have some fun!

I want you to look at this graphic:

That's the easy part - now for the fun part...

This graphic is related to something pretty awesome that I'm going to be talking about starting next week.

The first person who can correctly, and specifically, identify what it is in the comment section of this blog post (no emails, please), I will give them a copy of the following products for free:

• The Day Launcher System (and bonuses)
• The Action Machine (and bonuses)
• The Copywriter's Brain (and bonuses)
• The Brain Digger System
• My Amazon Book System
• And a bunch of other goodies

UPDATE: We have a winner! I'll be announcing/contacting the winner in the next 48 hours, as well as revealing the correct answer. BTW, you guys are all a creative, fun bunch of folks. I appreciate all the participation. :)

Now, for a couple clues:

• This is actual size
• It's totally guessable

That's it!

Remember to include your email in your guess, or I can't contact you, and thus you can't win. :(

Thanks in advance for your participation.

UPDATE: 'Graphic' and 'button' aren't specific enough. I'm not saying what it is (yet), but if your guess is 'graphic' or 'button' or something similar, then you need to say specifically say it's a graphic/button for _____ (you fill in the blank). Thanks!