Archive for July, 2011
When Brand Becomes Bland
69 months ago
by Visiting Writer
in Blogging
Every business aims to convey a message. It can be about their product, service, company history, advocacy, name it. But whatever it is, it’s all just part of the ever-bland word branding. Since this word has become abruptly popular amongst people who do business, who buy and purchase, and amongst students studying the depths of marketing, it now has become almost unappealing. Apparently, it is not about the word but on how business owners treat it.
Anything that is repeatedly and incessantly presented—however beautiful, alluring and splendid it may be—will still lose its grandeur as time More >
3 Ways to Brand Your Site
79 months ago
by Amycfountain
in Blogging
The internet has made it possible for small, start-up companies to compete with old and established ones. To say that the competition is fierce is an understatement. Before, having a good product was all you needed to succeed. If your product was good then people would buy it. But times are different now. Today there are literally hundreds and thousands of great products to choose from. That’s why if you want to stand out you have to do a whole lot more. You have to find a way to stand out.
One way to differentiate yourself from the competition is through branding. People are more likely to More >
A Practical Guide to Online Safety
139 months ago
by Visiting Writer
in Internet
Most of us probably never think about online safety for ourselves. Although we might have heard of plenty of people being stalked or even assaulted, it is hard to imagine anyone ever wanting to hurt us. Nevertheless, harmful or simply embarrassing attacks can happen to anyone, and following these safety guidelines should hopefully help you avoid them.
1. Keep personal and private info private
The “leak” phenomenon that we have seen on the web is a bit ridiculous. In order for damaging information about someone to “leak” into the public’s view, someone has to do the leaking. That means, either More >
The Humble Indie Bundle #3 is live!
6Limited time only: Remember the Humble Indie Bundles from last year and earlier this year? If you don’t recall, it is a pay-what-you-want sale of 5 great indie games in one bundle. This time, the games in the bundle are Crayon Physics Deluxe, Cogs, VVVVVV, Hammerfight and And Yet It Moves. The values for the games are over 50$, yet you can pay a fraction of the price to get it!
Here’s a video to show you what to expect in this deal:
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Recycle your cell phone!
14Cell phones and smartphones are evolving in an unimaginable speed nowadays and chances that you have quite a few old and unused cell phones lying around collecting dust. It would be an environmental move to sell or recycle your old phones once you have upgrade to new and better ones.
Sure, you can just give it away or send it to the nearest recycling center in your city, but what if you can cash out and get rid of the cell phone? SellCell.com is a service to help you sell your old phones and other electronic gadgets and help you earn as much as possible from it!
To get started, simply type More >
4 Ways Any Site Can Use Video
19 months ago
by Visiting Writer
in Blogging
For years now Google has been shouting about how content is king and after the latest round of updates it’s more important than ever that sites are adding unique and fresh content to their site on a regular basis and making the user experience as amazing as possible. These days you need to be offering more than just a website, you can’t just be selling a product or a service you need to be selling the experience and you need to have relevant and interesting information to boot.
At the same time adding pages and pages of text to your site is not going to be helping user experience, people are More >
5 Metrics to Help You With Your Website
209 months ago
by Visiting Writer
in Blogging
Running a website is a tricky thing, but there are some statistics (called metrics) out there that can help you maintain your site, and design it to be more effective for search queries and for your visitors to find what they’re looking for. Here are 5 metrics you can use to help you with your site:
Bounce RateThis is the percentage of people who leave your site after viewing a particular page. A high bounce rate signifies that the page you’re analyzing isn’t as effective as it could be, because it is driving visitors away. Bounce rate is important for determining which pages are helping More >
Six Things To Do When You Set Up Your Blog
109 months ago
by Visiting Writer
in Blogging
Chose A Sensible Domain And Blog Name
It’s easier to change your Christian name than it is to change your blog name so make sure whatever you chose as your blog name is catchy and easy to spell. If your blog starts to gather momentum through word of mouth you don’t want people trying to type it directly into the URL bar only to keep getting the wrong spelling and a fiddly to spell domain name can lead to lots of links not getting attributed to your site. If you decide to change your blog name later on you’re going to lose new traffic, readers and subscribers no matter how careful you are More >
Staying Focused When Working Online
710 months ago
by Visiting Writer
in General
Anyone who works online is well aware of its advantages; you can set your own hours, work from nearly anywhere on the planet, and essentially set your own work agenda. Yet, with the freedom of working online comes with it the problem of distractions. If you’re working from home you’re no longer in the secluded work zone that a more traditional job provides. You’re surrounded by life. This includes children, running errands, and doing laundry. This goes without mentioning the biggest distraction of them all, your bed.
Working online also puts you a mouse click away from a wealth of time More >
How To Detect Spyware
310 months ago
In such a technological savvy age, cyber criminals and hackers are coming up with more diabolical ways to infect our computers and spy on our online navigation. Firewalls and antivirus technology is keeping up although can only protect you so far.
The purpose of spyware varies and most of the time is it just a dangerous nuisance to your computer software. Making your computer slower, less efficient and in some instances completely unusable, spyware is a cyber pest that needs eradicating. You can take precautions and stay alert while online so as to protect yourself from spyware however a lot More >
