on a side note, has anyone tried any other techniques or read any other books ?

I signed up for a few newsletters for various things and get e-mails galore. Now i've done this before for other interests but you can usually find someone that knows about it and the general consensous is there all rubbish, so these are probably the same. However, seems silly of me not to ask if there is one that lots of people say, 'na, that's excellant' as they aren't expensive.

(I'll probably get completely flamed for this and called a gullible fool, but hey, worth asking if there is something out there that will work !!!)