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Tastefully Driven is proud to announce the launch of our Electronics Cables and Accessories Store. We have selected some great quality products for your electronics and offering them to you at fantastic prices. Our electronics cables and accessories include products for audio, video, games, computer, and iPod. Some products we carry include iPod Headphones, HDMI Cables, Nintendo Wii Component Cable, and much more.

Are you a blogger or site owner?  Do you want to increase your exposure and build more links to your site?  If so, writing for Tastefully Driven might be perfect for you. We’re looking to expand the Lifestyle Blog into a daily blog with contributions from the very best bloggers across the web.  Our target date to launch the revised version of this blog is July 15th.  Our goal will be to bring you one unique post a day from an array of knowledgeable authors.

Requirements:

• You currently maintain a blog or website in one of the following categories:
  • Health & fitness
  • Technology & Electronics
  • Video games
  • Life hacks
  • Poker or other table games (billiards, darts, etc)
  • Sports
  • Computers
  • Fashion
  • Career advice for professionals
  • Automotives
  • Food & dining
  • Entertainment
• You must submit at least one post per month, preferably more.
• Your posts for the Tastefully Driven blog must be completely original and not published anywhere else online.  We will provide you with ideas in case you’re drawing a blank.
• Your posts must meet our editorial guidelines (adequate length, proper grammar, relevant topics, etc)
• You must display a 125 x 125 Tastefully Driven Lifestyle Blog Author badge on your site.

Benefits:

• Exposure to a new audience.
• Networking opportunities with the other authors.  We plan on opening a closed forum to help facilitate these conversations once the new site is up and running.
• Permanent listing in our Author Directory.  You can choose the text and links that point back to your site.
• “About the Author” section at the end of each post where you can advertise your site or business.
• Wholesale account for discounts on all Tastefully Driven products.  We have various tiers, but discounts in the first tier are generally over 30% off of retail price.  We will increase you to higher tiers based on your contributions.

Contact adam [at] tastefullydriven [dot] com if you’re interested!

Over the past few weeks we’ve shot a bunch of videos demonstrating the amazing Altus Athletic products that we carry in the Health and Fitness Store.  Each of the following items are extremely simple and affordable products that you can use anywhere to get a full body workout in minutes.  A majority of the items can be purchased for between $10 - $20!

The Body Ball

Weighted Jump Rope

Push Up Stands

Power Medicine Ball

Back and Chest Expander (Resistance Bands)

Dual Exercise Ab Wheel

Chin Up, Push Up, Sit Up Bar

Sending your order as a gift? We’re now offering Tastefully Driven Cards that can be included in any order for free. We will hand-write a custom message on the inside of the card and include it with the order when it is shipped. We also won’t include the receipt so the recipient doesn’t know how much you spent.

To include a Gift Card in your order, simply request it in the Comments section of the Checkout page.

If you have any questions or special requests you can email us at support [at] tastefullydriven [dot] com and we’ll be happy to help.

As some of you may have noticed, Tastefully Driven was loading very slow for the majority of the last week. Unfortunately a nameserver was down and the company that managed our hosting had an extremely difficult time fixing something that shouldn’t have taken long at all.

A few days ago we made the necessary decision to set up our own dedicated server, which the site is now running off of. We now have a single server for both Tastefully Driven and Detailed Image. Not only does this mean faster load times and less downtime (hopefully none), but it also gives us the control that we previously did not have. A server is a critical part of any web business, and by being in complete control we hope that speed and reliability are never a concern to any of our customers ever again.

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused. If you have any questions/comments/suggestions/complaints feel free to post a comment below or email me directly at adam [at] tastefullydriven [dot] com.