This is one of the Best GNU Applications I have come across. No more need to buy expensive software, or run windows server. This compact little app allows for maintaining your networked computers quickly and easily.
Filed under: Resources on March 29th, 2007 No Comments »
Whether your writing project calls for the unorthodox or the straightforward, solid writing is The Write Solution’s bottom-line commitment. A fresh perspective and innovative ideas are priceless assets to any project and President Lina Penalosa delivers every time.
Benefits to your company include, a professional image that inspires trust, clear communication with your target audience, saved time, and an affordable alternative to expensive ad agencies.
Writing services provided include web content, brochures, newsletters, speeches, articles, TV/Radio commercials, video/CD-ROM scripting and more.
Filed under: Copy Writing on March 23rd, 2007 No Comments »
An excellent CPanel hosting company. Lunar pages offers affordable, flexible hosting plans.
Filed under: Hosting on March 23rd, 2007 No Comments »
Ok this is an odd one, as we don’t usually like to put up negatives, however, this is a good example by both sides on how not to handle a situation. Click Here to decide for yourself.
Filed under: Public Relations on March 17th, 2007 No Comments »
Like Professor Peabody, you too can go wayback. Wayback to the creation of your website. The Wayback Machine takes snapshots of websites and archives them.
If your site doesn’t show up, check your robots.txt file and remove the following.
User-agent: ia_archiver
Disallow: /
User-agent: ia_archiver/1.6
Disallow: /
This won’t allow you to go way back, but it will start a new clock.
Filed under: Maintenance on March 15th, 2007 No Comments »
For those that use ReaadyHosting and might have missed this email update, I have attached an excerpt below.
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Great news! We’re implementing some improvements to
ReadyHosting’s architecture that will enhance the performance
of your Web site. The changes will:
- Help Web sites, scripts and pages load faster.
- Dramatically reduce errors.
- Eliminate ASP Session State errors.
- Resolve ASP reloading issues.
- Provide more failover redundancy.
- Enable our Network Operations team to identify and correct issues impacting the platform much more quickly and efficiently.
In addition to enhancing the Windows-hosting architecture, we’ve
also expanded our Network Operations staff to help improve
uptime and performance.We believe these changes will transform your hosting experience,
and we want to thank you for the patience and understanding
you’ve shown throughout the last year.Changes to the architecture will be completed within the next
few weeks. You should not have to do anything to your site to
accommodate the changes, and we do not expect any unscheduled
service issues to arise from the transition.Of course, our team needs your feedback to assess the
effectiveness of the new architecture. Feel free to send your
thoughts and suggestions to suggestions@readyhosting-inc.com.Best wishes,
The ReadyHosting Team
Filed under: Hosting on March 14th, 2007 No Comments »
SitePal is an Internet-based subscription service that allows you to create a wide-array of animated speaking characters, which can be added to your website for a variety of professional and personal applications.
SitePal provides a rich, easy-to-use to interface that makes the process of designing, managing and publishing your characters a breeze!
Filed under: Marketing & Publicity on March 13th, 2007 3 Comments »
Snap Preview Anywhere provides high quality link
previews for site owners to add an informative
and sticky experience for their users. And it’s free!
Filed under: Affiliate Programs, Link Popularity on March 12th, 2007 No Comments »
The award-winning Sound Forge digital audio editor includes a powerful set of audio processes, tools, and effects for manipulating audio. Sound Forge software allows you to edit, record, encode, and master nearly any form of digital audio including WAV, AIFF, MP3, and more. Whether you’re taking your first steps towards editing audio on your PC, or you’re a seasoned audio engineer, there’s a Sound Forge product that’s right for you.
Filed under: Audio on March 11th, 2007 No Comments »
If you need software or web apps, search SourceForge for Free tools before you pay $100’s or $1000s for Brand Name software
Filed under: Applications, Software - Utilities on March 10th, 2007 No Comments »
by Jonathan Mizel
http://www.CyberWave.com
A question we often receive from customers and subscribers is, “Where should I advertise my online business?”
Our first suggestion is to start with pay-per-click (PPC) search engines like Google, Overture, FindWhat, and others that sell traffic on a per-click basis. It’s targeted, responsive, and best of all immediate. You only pay for actual visitors, and you can test any offer you like, from a viral or lead generating promotion, to a direct sales campaign.
Unfortunately, PPC search engines have become quite expensive, and while you can do a viability test for $100 - $200, eventually you will find yourself in a bidding war if your category is competitive. Plus, there are only so many clicks available based on the number of searches performed.
All of which brings me to a form of marketing you may not have heard of, known as “contextual” advertising.
Contextual ads have been around for a while, and in fact, if you advertise on Google AdWords and allow clicks from Content Partners, you are running such an ad. However, with Google and many others, you pay the same price per click no matter where the visitor comes from, and that can be very high (several dollars or more).
Not all contextual ads are the same. Some companies use AdWare, Spyware, toolbars, and other software to deliver unwanted, intrusive pop-ups. While the user is often targeted, they are also resentful of having their computer hijacked, making them far less likely to buy.
That’s why I was excited to hear about an interesting new service called TargetBlaster.com that uses *organic* search engine traffic to generate visitors to topic-based pages in their network. The visitors then click on your specific ad. TargetBlaster.com calls this double targeting, once when they visit a themed site, and again when they click on your ad. I was skeptical, but for about the price of a PPC test, I figured I would give it a shot.
I have a client who recently released a business opportunity eBook for $29.95. I promised to help him test various traffic sources, and had performed both e-mail and PPC campaigns, so I had an idea that the promotion worked. I decided it would be my test case since I knew the sales process was strong and the offer converted.
When we promoted the eBook on Google, here’s what happened:
Number of clicks: 1000
Cost per click: $0.32
Number of opt-ins: 366 (36.6%)
Number of sales: 14 (1.4%)
Total $ spent: $320
Total $ earned: $420
Total profit: $100
Total ROI: 131%
Now 131% ROI is nothing to sneeze at, especially when we have such a large opt-in rate and can remarket to prospects again and again. No spam complaints, and consistent, targeted traffic.
However, we actually do better with e-mail. We run large opt-in campaigns with commercial e-zines each week, and on an average campaign, we can expect the following:
Number of clicks: 1000
Average cost per click: $0.38
Number of opt-ins: 559 (55.9%)
Number of sales: 26 (2.6%)
Total $ spent: $380
Total $ earned: $780
Total profit: $400
Total ROI: 205%
A 205% ROI is fantastic! It means I can spend a dollar, and turn it into two in less than a week running e-zine ads! Plus notice how high both my conversion and opt-in rate is; much higher than the PPC traffic.
But as much as I love e-mail, the fact is, spam filters, bulk boxes, and the deluge of unwanted junk are driving response rates down. E-Mail driven clicks used to cost ten to fifteen cents each, and now they are approaching forty cents. Before long, e-zines will be like PPC search engines, priced out of the market!
Which leads us into a discussion of contextual ads, and specifically TargetBlaster.com. As I said, I was skeptical, but figured I’d be able to track the clicks, opt-ins, and sales, and could determine fairly quickly if there was any monkey-business like junk traffic being sent my way. Luckily, I discovered within the first day what I needed to know. Here are my final stats…
Number of clicks: 1000
Cost per click: $0.10
Number of opt-ins: 612 (61.2%)
Number of sales: 24 (2.4%)
Total $ spent: $100
Total $ earned: $720
Total profit: $620
Total ROI: 720%
I made back more than seven times my original investment of $100! That’s what I call a windfall, a promotion that produces a huge profit percentage wise. The reason for the success is TargetBlaster’s organic search engine traffic methods, which generate visitors who are pre-targeted before they even see your ad. People who are interested visit, request information, and most important, they buy!
I didn’t test TargetBlaster with other niches, though I believe the results would be the same. The double targeting really does make a difference.
The bottom line is: We spend as much as $50,000 a month on advertising, and in most cases, the best ads are the most expensive. However, using a service like TargetBlaster, it really is possible to make money with paid advertising on a small budget. Just make sure you track your results and you’ll see for yourself!
Jonathan Mizel is currently the 8th most popular Internet marketing guru according to GuruDaq.com. He is also editor of the MarketingLetter.com, creator of the MarketingRollout.com formula, and author of the Internet’s leading testing and tracking course at TestAndTrack.com. For more information, please visit: http://www.cyberwave.com/products.html
Filed under: Paid Advertising on March 9th, 2007 No Comments »
Ever need to communicate with a non-English speaking client? Babel Fish is the tool for you. Simply copy and paste your text for a translation and Babel Fish will do the rest.
Filed under: Resources on March 9th, 2007 No Comments »
A lot of Drupal sites look fairly dull. But this Sports Site adds a little style to the typical layout.
Filed under: Blogs Forums CMS, CMS on March 9th, 2007 No Comments »
Start a Shop. Design and Sell Your Own Products
Spreadshirt - Personalised Products
Filed under: Revenue Streams on March 8th, 2007 No Comments »
Steps to making a form on your website where people can email you information (formmail)
Filed under: Tutorials on March 7th, 2007 No Comments »
