Nobody likes mistakes on their way to the top, but it is quite difficult to avoid them. The right Social Media management is proved to have a huge impact on the businesses` growth. Statistics show that more than 80% of all businesses have at least one social media profile, which they update regularly. The rest 20% are just about to reveal the opportunities Social Media can give them. (more…)
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Friday, September 30th, 2011
5 Reasons Why Your Business Needs A Website
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011You are aware of the fact that if you want to increase the popularity of your brand, you need to promote it through the social media like Facebook, Twitter, etc. But there is one thing for sure – no matter how many business pages you have on social media, all of them combined cannot compare to the effect of a website.
According to a recent research, branded social networking pages get only 22% of customer visits, compared to the 62% of people who regularly visit branded websites. So, if your site is out of date, we strongly recommend that you think of a refresh. After reading this article you will agree with me that websites do still matter. (more…)
The Importance of Safe Social Networking
Monday, September 19th, 2011Know the Risks
No matter how real online interactions seem, they’re not quite like hanging out with friends because you never know for sure who you’re connecting with. You may be revealing personal details to a much wider audience than you realize–a mix of family, buddies, acquaintances, co-workers–and complete strangers.
When ordinarily you might share only a part of your life with any one person–intimate details with close friends, complaints about your work load with colleagues–online you may be sharing everything with everybody. Unlike a private conversation, after information has been published on the Internet, it’s effectively there forever. It’s available to future employers, friends, job recruiters, and others with consequences you may be unable to imagine.Most people you’ll meet online are genuine and decent, but just as in the rest of the world, some are up to no good. They could misuse the information you disclose to tarnish your reputation, harass you, steal your identity, even jeopardize your physical safety. They could also try to break into your computer to plant spyware, or exploit your PC to send spam or commit crimes. (more…)
5 Important Rules in Website Design
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011When it comes to your website, extra attention should be paid to every minute detail to make sure it performs optimally to serve its purpose. Here are seven important rules of thumb to observe to make sure your website performs well.
1) Do not use splash pages
Splash pages are the first pages you see when you arrive at a website. They normally have a very beautiful image with words like “welcome” or “click here to enter”. In fact, they are just that — pretty vases with no real purpose. Do not let your visitors have a reason to click on the “back” button! Give them the value of your site up front without the splash page. (more…)
The Psychological Effects of Invite- Only websites
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011You should have been up there on the Moon if you have not heard the hottest news which is dominating the Internet for the last month- Google + is now launched!
They used their proven strategy for viral marketing – make it accessible to selected people only and see what happens. The internet is floated by “I need a Google + Invite” threads and “Do you have Google + invites” questions.
Google made the right step by inviting people who influence the Internet in one or another way and they turned Google + into a sensation.
Another example of a highly successful example of invite-only is Quora, which is restricted to invite-only access for non US users.
There are companies, which took on the buzz and started creating ways to give away invitations in return for free marketing. It is not rare to read, follow us on Twitter, Facebook etc., Tweet the following “…” and we will send you an invitation.
This way they are generating massive free traffic to their own websites and social media, which I must admit is a wise step. (more…)
Twitter becomes image-friendly- share your pictures on Twitter
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011I love good news early in the morning, so I was happy to figure out that Twitter`s official photo sharing feature in now available.
Actually the feature itself was launched earlier this year (in June), but now users can find a little camera icon under the “What`s happening” field. When clicked, it let users upload their photo.
5 Useful Tips For Business Websites
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011It is the most typical thing for all small businesses to care about their customers. The reason for that is quite simple- customers are essential for a small company, they are the lifeblood of the business, not just another part in the whole mechanism. The support and hence the repeated work with a loyal user base are what small businesses strongly rely on. So, if you are a small business owner, what you really have to do is take a good care of your customers.
We offer you 5 simple tips that will help you improve your website in order to make your customers’ time spent on it far more pleasant and productive at the same time.
WEB DESIGN ELEMENTS YOU SHOULD AVOID
Friday, February 18th, 2011As a web designer, you should design your websites to give your visitors the greatest ease of use, the best impression and most important of all a welcoming experience. It doesn’t matter if you had the greatest product in the whole world — if your website is poorly done you won’t be able to sell even one copy of it because visitors will be driven off your website by the lousy design.
When I’m talking about a “good design”, I’m not only talking about a good graphical design. A professional web designer will be able to point out that there are many components which contribute to a good website design — accessibility design, interface or layout design, user experience design and of course the most straightforward, which is graphic design.
Hence, I have highlighted some features of the worst web designs I’ve come across. Hopefully, you will be able to compare that against your own site as a checklist and if anything on your site fits the criteria, you should know it’s high time to take serious action!
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