Teach Yourself CSS The Easy Way
By Erich Bihlman - 04/01/2008
I taught myself HTML back in the mid-nineties and was proud of the fact that I was able to accomplish the design of fairly complex web pages with nothing more than a starter HTML book, an HTML reference book, and the knowledge I had stored in my head. But back in those days, we web designers had wha...
Audio Books - What`s Hot for 2006?
By Paton Jackson - 04/01/2008
2006 is already here and many ask me what we should expect of the emerging interesting market of Audio Books. Audio books have been here for over 20 years and they have become so popular in the last couple of years but yet I claim that the audio books revolution has just begun. Find out the hot tren...
SEO Blues
By Usiere Uko - 04/01/2008
SEO, not again!, you may groan. The webmaster world is inundated by articles and ?how to?s? with regard to SEO (Search Engine Optimization). If you are a rookie webmaster, chances are, like me, you may have embarked on a merry-go-round on the SEO circuit, depending on which article and opinion you w...
It`s Not Enough to Blog
By Matt Foster - 04/01/2008
A properly created weblog will do the following for your website: (a) add rich content; (b) add interactivity in the form of user ability to post comments; and (c) if properly set up, can automatically ping major search engines when new posts are made. This results in more frequent spidering of your...
Blogging Can Improve Your Search Engine Ranking
By Graham Jones - 04/01/2008
Search engines are after one thing ? providing their users with the most relevant and up to date information to match the search term that was used. Search engine results are no good to users when the information doesn`t relate to the search term. Nor are the results any good if they are old. People...
Product Photography: The Three C`s to Success on the Web
By Brian Haroldson - 04/01/2008
The holidays always burn a hole in my credit card. Three family members have
birthdays in December, and then it`s Christmas. That`s a lot of shopping. Or, in my
case, a lot of surfing for what to buy them on the web. This year, my wife wanted a certain pair of brown canvas shoes, which I found o...
Cheap and Easy Domain Name Registration
By Pinyo Bhulipongsanon - 04/01/2008
Just like any business, your identity is very important. On the World Wide Web, your domain name is your identity. Of course, you can opt for a subdomain name that comes with many free web hosting like http://yourdomain.netfirms.com. But if you are serious about being successful on the Internet, you...
10 Amazing Product Selling Formulas
By Rojo Sunsen - 04/01/2008
1. Sell your products at a wholesale price to retail
web sites. You could sell them individually or in
bulk. 2. Set up joint ventures with other businesses to
sell your product to new customers. They can
introduce it to their customers for a set price. 3. Allow other web sites to sell your produ...
Make That 3 Billion
By Tony Dean - 04/01/2008
My previous article I wrote called "One Point Two Billion"
attracted quite some attention, the downloads through all
the article syndication services has been astronomical
compared to any other articles I wrote which are still with
them.
It seems the numbers game is popular not only with t...
How to Hire a Web Designer/Programmer for Your Website
By Thomson Chemmanoor - 04/01/2008
Hire a designer or a programmer for your website is a daunting for any business entrepreneur. Remember that you?re the important part of a design process. It is your decision makes the final outcome or success of a website. Your website is a one which works better and sells your products and have go...
Blogging: How To Generate More Visitors To Your Blog
By Tino Buntic - 04/01/2008
Blogging is all the rage in the media. Business magazines continually report that blogging can increase visitors to your website and increase sales for your business. So it is no wonder that there are now millions of blogs with millions of bloggers trying to jump on the bandwagon called blogging. Do...
Do You Want To Increase Your Website Traffic? You Need Content!
By Walter Bowman - 04/01/2008
Why do people visit your website? Pay per click? Word of Mouth? Lots of advertising? Dumb luck? What ever gets them to it, only one thing will ever make them come back. And that is "Content." What is content? It is information of some type that is of interest to your visitors. They learn something ...
The Key to Getting More Magic Shows Booked Online
By J.L. Siefers - 04/01/2008
This article is the result of a conversation I had with a magician about his website. He wanted to know if I could build him a nice looking site that had his name and contact information on it. I explained to him the purpose of having a website and what you want visitors to do when they land on yo...
What You Gain By Outsourcing Your Writing Projects To India
By James Marriot - 04/01/2008
To the layman, outsourcing would seem like a waste of time and money, as well as an unnecessary complication. But to a businessman, outsourcing is often a godsend. This is because as businessmen are aware, often there is a need to write a business manual or press release. And not every businessman i...
What Great Online Advertising Really Is!
By Daniel Levis - 04/01/2008
Many business people have a distorted view about the distinction between sales & marketing. The common view looks something like this. "Market by advertising to get your name out there, so that people will be familiar with you. When they need what we?re selling, they?ll know who to call". And off th...
The Brutal Truth
By Kevin William Davies - 04/01/2008
Not too long ago while looking for businesses that do web design I stumbled upon website. It looked great. It had cool pictures arranged in a grid. But I couldn`t figure out what to do next. So I moused over one of the pictures. Nothing happened. I moused over another picture. This time some words c...
How and Why to Avoid the SEO Mania
By Gary Cain - 04/01/2008
The Why But what is the reality of reaching a number 1 position on any of the big three search engines ? Google, Yahoo, and MSN ? and staying there? Somewhere between a remote possibility to impossible. Why? Because there are well over 16 million websites battling for the number 1 position on ?any...
Overcoming the Main Concerns Facing Email Practioneers Today?
By Paul Crabtree - 04/01/2008
The key concerns facing email marketing practitioners Email is used heavily in both B2B and B2C markets. The medium has
obvious advantages- immediate, cost effective, real-time tracking and quick feedback loops for testing. The benefits are well documented, but this only tells hal...
Having a Portfolio on the Internet Can Help you Infiltate the Workforce
By Jesse S. Somer - 04/01/2008
If you?re an up and coming graphic/web designer just out of university, you?ll know it?s quite hard to break into the workforce. You have to contact employers one by one, spend your time traveling and lugging your portfolio to their offices. Well, things have changed, and for the better let me tell ...
Why You Should NOT Submit Your Site On Search Engines
By Zoran Makrevski - 04/01/2008
Before to answer to this question we have to know what is the difference between a search engine and directory. Here is a brief explanation. Main difference between search engine and directory lay in the way how websites get entered into their index. People submit their sites to the directories, whi...
SEO Help: Don`t Try to Fool the Search Engines
By Matt Russell - 04/01/2008
Writing articles is all the rage these days on the web. Or should I say getting other people to write articles for you, joining membership sites that provide "private label" rights -- that is all the rage. And the reason? You get all the benefits of a well-written article without the work! Someone h...
HTML Title Tags Dictate Your Rankings
By Burke Ferguson - 04/01/2008
There are a lot of things in Search Engine Optimization when done to your site that can increase you rankings. But one aspect that always comes up and that always affects your rankings in a huge way is altering the title tag. The title tag is perhaps the most important tag out of all your html tags ...
I Don?t Smoke, But I Love a Good .sig!
By Jonathan Van Clute - 04/01/2008
.sig, or ?Dot Sig? as it?s affectionately known, stands for ?Signature File? and is the text and (usually) other contact information placed at the bottom of email or other computer-based correspondence. It is traditionally used for things like phone numbers, alternate email addresses, mailing addre...
The Internet`s New Secret Weapon for Getting Free Publicity
By George McKenzie - 04/01/2008
You probably don`t even know about them. Few people do. Even fewer people realize how many different ways you can
use them to get free publicity, increase your search engine
rankings, and make yourself a media celebrity in your field. I`m talking about "news alerts." Google offers Google News Alerts...
Public Relations: Creating Newsworthy Material
By Ken Bidgood - 12/02/2007
Public Relations: Crafting News Pieces
To effectively market your product or service, you need to reach out to the public (your target market) with exciting compelling news about your company. Larger corporations have a bigger handle on this area of PR than small business owners. Often there is a...
6 Simple Steps To Add an Hard Drive To Your PC
By Ford Fairline - 10/02/2007
The most popular and probably the easiest upgrade project for PC enthusiasts is still installation of a new hard drive. It`s just a matter of time before terabyte-eating applications demands an upgrade to a bigger and faster hard drive. And don`t forget video, audio and graphic files. There are seve...
Microsoft Dynamics GP ? new customization, development, integration & reporting opportunities
By Andrew Karasev - 06/02/2007
Recent marketing decision of Microsoft to rename its products: Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains, Navision, Axapta, CRM and Solomon into Microsoft Dynamics GP, NAV, AX, CRM, SL for Project Green Wave 1, intending to merge them into just Microsoft Dynamics in Wave 2. For application develope...
Online Pests: Free Sample Trolls
By Lisa Maliga - 03/02/2007
Bobbi of Montreal, Canada was known in certain online crafting forums as the ultimate free sample troll. You were a crafting nonentity if you hadn?t received a sample request from Bobbi. In March 2004, I became an honorary member as the notorious Canadian finally paid me a visit. It was a simple mis...
Shooting A Flying Pigeon In A Dark Room
By Jane Fulton/Smart - 03/02/2007
Are you trying to shoot a flying pigeon in a dark room, when it comes to advertising? It would be a lot easier to do if you were using a bright spotlight.
Using a bright spotlight would mean:
--Targeted Ads.
Who would you think would be more likely to buy your product..your target market or ju...
What`s The Point For Computer Optimization?
By Ted Peterson - 02/02/2007
I am sure you`ve heard a lot of things about computer optimization. Everywhere you look you see ads that invite you to "boost your performance" or "improve your computer". So, what`s the idea? Is anything true about it? Does your computer really need optimization?
Unfortunately, it does. There are...
How To Increase Your Profits Without Spending A Dime!
By John Taylor - 02/02/2007
Whatever the purpose of your web site you have to pay for certain services. As a bare minimum you will need to pay for hosting, for traffic and for an autoresponder account. The costs of these services are fixed irrespective of the number of sales that you can make.
Let`s say that your total fixed...
Microsoft Great Plains in Mexico: implementation, customization and support - overview for consultant
By Arthur Ferretti - 27/01/2007
Microsoft Business Solutions is successor of former Great Plains Software marketing presence in Latin America, especially marketing efforts in Mexico, Central America, Argentina, Peru, Venezuela, Columbia, Chili, Uruguay. We see reasonably large number of Great Plains Dynamics / eEnterprise 5.5 and...
The Truth About Why People Search!
By Chet Childers - 25/01/2007
Why do people search on search engines? Let?s confess this seems like a basic question, right? People search because they are looking for something. Complicating that question are these questions. For what are they looking? Why are they searching? What compels them to act?
Plus, how does all...
How to Create Your Own Blog Using Blogger
By Matt Bacak - 23/01/2007
It takes only a few minutes and is easy to setup your own weblog using the Blogger weblog system. By completing only three simple steps, creating an account, naming your blog and choosing a template, you too can join the thousands of people now blogging on the web. Here`s a detailed step-by-step gu...
Why Branding Is Vital For Your Home Business Success
By Mal Keenan - 22/01/2007
On a hot Sunday afternoon when your body fluids have been drained dry by the scorching sun, which would you rather order? Coca Cola, or Jeebejus Sweet Soda? The answer is as clear as it is universal. The more established brand would be chosen almost every time.
This is why branding is very impo...
Family Owned Wide Width Shoe Store
By Hillary Kuenn - 19/01/2007
In this day of franchise stores and towns that pretty much look the same from one strip mall to the next, Levin`s Shoes & Dry Goods, just like the town, Marengo, retain a distinctive homey and personal air. The owners proudly state, "We emphasize quality, price and service. Customers get individual...
Dollars In The Details!
By Daniel Levis - 12/02/2006
When it comes to your marketing message, the little things count. Trouble is, you?ll never come to respect how much, until you make a commitment to science.
Let me ask you something. Do you practice Kaizen?
Kai what?
Kaizen is a Japanese word meaning gradual and orderly, continuous improvemen...
Search Engines from a Webmaster Perspective
By Mel Strocen - 05/02/2006
By now, virtually every webmaster has heard or read that the major search engines are responsible for 80% or more of the traffic received by most web sites and that most searchers never look beyond the first 20 - 50 search results. Not surprisingly, an entire industry devoted to search engine ran...
Article Syndication - A New Vehicle for King Content
By S. Housley - 02/02/2006
Creating Content
New websites are being launched daily. In order to compete, webmasters need to find alternative ways of producing themed websites. Highly focused articles are often sought by wembasters. Why? Because content on the web is still king! In order to attract search engines and site vis...
Why Articles Are Not The Route To High Search Engine Rankings
By Priya Florence Shah - 28/01/2006
If you have any interest in getting high search engine rankings for your website (and who doesn`t) you`ve probably been sold the idea that writing and publishing your own articles will do it for you.
Here`s why that`s not entirely true.
Imagine the following scenario...
You write an article a...
Resell Rights Cash Flow System
By John Taylor - 26/01/2006
For the life of me I don`t know why more people don`t use this technique that could literally blow their sales through the roof.
This tip can be as complex or as simple as you want to make it. In a nutshell, one way to differentiate your product is to offer unique bonuses that no one else has. This...
Data Backup for Beginners
By Niall Roche - 24/01/2006
It`s 10pm. Do you know where your data is?
Data. Small bits of information clustered together to make Word files, documents,pictures, MP3s, HTML etc. We work on our computers every single day never sparing a thought for all those millions of chunks of data spread all over our hard disks. The data...
The Beginner Buyer`s Guide To Digital Cameras, Or The Ins And Outs Of Megapixels.
By Warren Lynch - 22/01/2006
The most important part of buying a digital camera is making sure that the one you select meets all of your needs.
Digital Camera 101
Better digital cameras uses a chip called a "Charged Coupled Device" (CCD) instead of film. Light enters the camera, through the open shutter, and strikes the C...
Is It Still Possible To Make Money On The Internet?
By Larry Lim - 19/01/2006
Many people are saying that the internet is dead. So is there still money to be made on the Internet?
The answer is a definite YES.
Research shows, time and again, that consumers want to spend more online, and that the internet is fast becoming an integral part of their lifestyle and it`ll con...
Net Novice No More
By M6.net - 15/01/2006
A relative novice when it came to the Internet, not too long ago I didn?t have a clue where to start when trying to create a website or why I had the need for one. Luckily though, with time and practice, it became apparent.
Having a website has advantages, providing solutions to a wide range of e...
A New System Of E-Commerce?
By Terence Tan - 30/01/2005
A MLAP, short for a multi level affiliate program, is a relatively new type of affiliate program offered by some innovative web merchants.
In addition to referral commissions for their direct sales, affiliates of MLAPs also get paid commissions when their sub-affiliates at multiple levels sell af...
A New Twist To The Signature File Idea
By Terence Tan - 26/01/2005
After the incredible success of Hotmail.com, the use of signature files on all outgoing e-mail accounts has been a common method of web promotion.
The limitation that most people face is that there is a limit to how much "legitimate" e-mail they can send everyday.
A key but often overlooked cha...
Paul Penafiel Tells It Like It Is
By Ofa Morgan - 23/01/2005
Name : Paul Penafiel
Age : 37
Residence: Vancouver, B.C. Canada
Q) When did you first start out online?
A) It all started in 2000.
Q) What`s the main focus, program-wise of your promotional activities?
A) Right now, I`m focussing on building my list through the Life Style Networker...
How To Get Your Business Online
By Peter Simmons - 12/02/2004
This article is for all those who have asked "how do I get my business online?" or have just plain been putting it off because you dont know where to start or who can help or how much it will cost.
Why should I put my business online? Well, there are several reasons why you should.
Firstly, its...
Are Search Engines Worth It Any More?
By Philippa Gamse - 29/01/2004
The ?Number One? Question ? the question that I (and probably every other Internet marketing expert on the planet) am most frequently asked:
?How do I get to be Number One in the search engines for widgets? After all, my company is the world?s leading provider of widgets ? it?s ridiculous that th...
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