A Date With Google

[Bloggers & Brands] How To - Not Write A PR (Public Relation) Email - 2

2019-04-25T20:49:00.000+05:30

Being a lifestyle blogger, my lifestyle blog that promotes style with substance and self-improvement, attracts many PR emails. Since hits are still in growing phase (I don't know what people are looking for! *eye-roll*) it attracts emails that look less like a legit PR (Public Relation) email and more like I-don't-know-what-I-am-doing .

Let's see this one that came in today-

This email fails in professionalism and email etiquette at all levels. This also shows the kind of brand they are working for that would go and hire such a PR company.

UNPROFESSIONAL PR EMAIL SAMPLE

Hello http://www.shoppingstylenus.com

I Need a Guest Post on your site so let me know your Price. so reply me fast for a paid guest post.

Thanks & Regards

HERE ARE A FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR BRANDS

Always ask your PR team to "bcc" you in every email pitch they are sending to bloggers/influencers.
High reach or low reach sites, pitch with professionalism.
Proper greeting, respect for the blog and good attitude towards accepting the refusal from bloggers should be taught to PRs.
Never underestimate the power of "written communication".

Please don't forget to share your experience and pain in the @$$ emails by any person and you handled it.

Till later!

How to Transfer Videos From An External SD Card/s Videos To iPhone 7 Plus?

2018-10-02T21:54:00.000+05:30

Being an Android user for over 8 years, switching to iOS was scary. There were rumors that all apps are purchased on iOS, it isn't user friendly and what not. I still made up my mind to take the plunge and bought iPhone 7 Plus in March 2017.

And, no nothing that I wrote above isn't true. iPhone is a life saver in many aspects, but more about that later on my YouTube channel - Jiya Mishra Saklani because this blog is all about tech problems I face and how I find a solution to those. And channel is all about shopping and self-help carefully picked from my own life.

I always use my iPhone for taking pictures for my shopping and self-help blog - Shopping, Style and Us. But I want to up the quality of my pictures and YouTube videos and I started using my first ever DSLR Canon 600D. Since, I want to keep editing my videos using iMovies, I have to transfer the SD card videos on iPhone and it was really a #PITA (Pain In The Ass).

And this is how Google helped me connecting iOS device with a Windows laptop and successfully transfer them on my iPhone. We always forget the steps, hence it found its place on ADWG.

I installed iTunes on my laptop (Dell Inspiron, Windows 8)

I connected my iPhone 7 Plus with laptop through USB cable.

A pop-up to trust the device came on the phone. Hit 'Trust'.

I made sure my device was connected through these icons. I am quite good at drawing using paint-brush.

I expanded "File" and clicked on "Add File To Library'.

Added all files to 'Home Videos'.

I selected the file and right clicked.

Chose the option 'Add to the device.' You must get your device name listed there.

I selected all files using Shift+Arrow key to save time and brain.

I kept checking for updates through this underlined section.

Now, I went to ''Videos' on device and verified that all the files have transferred successfully.

Now, the real pain! iMovies doesn't read videos of "Videos". So you have to do something to make sure iMovies can see your videos and successfully edit them.

For that, I installed "Video2Camera" app.

I hope "Video2Camera" developers upgrade and make some changes like-

1. We should be able to select multiple video and upload them.
2. We should be able to select the video quality to make the upload/download smoother.

Ta-da!!

All your videos are transferred from an external SD card to iPhone and then iMovies.

How did I transfer photos from External SD card to iPhone? Next time!!

Thanks,
J.

ADWG - Google Adsense Online Terms and Conditions (2018)

2018-08-03T11:12:00.000+05:30

SO, I logged-in to my Adsense after a long-time to change the Adsense Ad size on my Shopping and Self-Help Blog . This was new that I got agree with Google again for using their Adsense services. I thought I'd update it here on ADWG in case I needed to refer again. Hope it helps you guys too!

Google AdSense Online Terms of Service

1. Welcome to AdSense!

Thanks for your interest in our search and advertising services (the "Services")!

By using our Services, you agree to (1) these Terms of Service, (2) the AdSense Program Policies, which include but are not limited to the Content Policies, the Webmaster Quality Guidelines, the Ad Implementation Policies, and the EU User Consent policy (collectively, the "AdSense Policies"), and (3)the Google Branding Guidelines (collectively, the "Adsense Terms"). If ever in conflict, these Terms of Service will take precedence over any other terms in thepolicies and guidelines enumerated in numbers (2) and (3) above. Please read these Terms of Service and the rest of the AdSense Terms carefully.

As used in these Terms of Service, "you" or "publisher" means the individual or entity using the Services (and/or any individual, agent, employee, representative, network, parent, subsidiary, affiliate, successor, related entities, assigns, or all other individuals or entities acting on your behalf), at your direction, under your control, or under the direction or control of the same individual or entity who controls you). "We," "us" or "Google" means Google Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., and the "parties" means you and Google.

2. Access to the Services; AdSense Accounts

Your use of the Services is subject to your creation and our approval of an AdSense Account (an "Account"). We have the right to refuse or limit your access to the Services. In order to verify your Account, from time-to-time we may ask for additional information from you, including, but not limited to, verification of your name, address, and other identifying information. By submitting an application to use the Services, if you are an individual, you represent that you are at least 18 years of age. You may only have one Account. If you (including those under your direction or control) create multiple Accounts, you will not be entitled to further payment from Google, and your Accounts will be subject to termination, pursuant to the provisions below.

By enrolling in AdSense, you permit Google to serve, as applicable, (i) advertisements and other content ("Ads"), (ii) Google search boxes and search results, and (iii) related search queries and other links to your websites, mobile applications, media players, mobile content, and/or other properties approved by Google (each individually a "Property"). In addition, you grant Google the right to access, index and cache the Properties, or any portion thereof, including by automated means. Google may refuse to provide the Services to any Property.

Any Property that is a software application and accesses our Services (a) may require preapproval by Google in writing, and (b) must comply with Google's Software Principles.

3. Using our Services

You may use our Services only as permitted by this the AdSense Terms and any applicable laws. Don't misuse our Services. For example, don't interfere with our Services or try to access them using a method other than the interface and the instructions that we provide.

You may discontinue your use of any Service at any time by removing the relevant code from your Properties.

4. Changes to our Services; Changes to the AdSense Terms

We are constantly changing and improving our Services. We may add or remove functionalities or features of the Services at any time, and we may suspend or stop a Service altogether.

We may modify the AdSense Terms at any time. We'll post any modifications to the AdSense Terms on this page and any modifications to the AdSense Policies or the Google Branding Guidelines on their respective pages. Changes will generally become effective 30 days after they are posted. However, changes addressing new functions for a Service or changes made for legal reasons will be effective immediately. If you don't agree to any modified terms in the AdSense Terms, you'll have to stop using the affected Services.

5. Payment

Subject to this Section and Section 6 of these Terms of Service, you will receive a payment related to the number of valid clicks on Ads displayed on your Properties, the number of valid impressions of Ads displayed on your Properties, or other valid events performed in connection with the display of Ads on your Properties, only if and when Google determines that your Properties have remained in compliance with the AdSense Terms (including all AdSense Policies as identified in Section 1 above) for the entirety of the period for which payment is made and through to the date that the payment is issued.

If your Account is in good standing through to the time when Google issues you a payment, we will pay you by the end of the calendar month following any calendar month in which the balance reflected in your Account equals or exceeds the applicable payment threshold. If Google is investigating your compliance with the AdSense Terms or you have been suspended or terminated, your payment may be delayed or withheld. To ensure proper payment, you are responsible for providing and maintaining accurate contact and payment information in your Account.

If you implement search Services, our payments may be offset by any applicable fees for such Services. In addition, Google may (a) withhold and offset any payments owed to you under the AdSense Terms against any fees you owe us under the AdSense Terms or any other agreement, or (b) require you to refund us within 30 days of any invoice any amounts we may have overpaid to you in prior periods. You are responsible for any charges assessed by your bank or payment provider.

Unless expressly authorized in writing by Google, you may not enter into any type of arrangement with a third party where that third party receives payments made to you under the AdSense Terms or other financial benefit in relation to the Services.

Payments will be calculated solely based on Google's accounting. You acknowledge and agree that you are only entitled to payment for your use of the Services for which Google has been paid; if, for any reason, Google does not receive payment from an advertiser or credits such payment back to an advertiser, you are not entitled to be paid for any associated use of the Services. Additionally, if an advertiser whose Ads are displayed on any Property defaults on payment to Google, we may withhold payment or charge back your Account.

Google has the right to withhold or adjust payments to you to exclude any amounts Google determines arise from invalid activity. Invalid activity includes, but is not limited to, (i) spam, invalid clicks, invalid impressions , invalid queries, invalid conversions, or other invalid events on Ads generated by any person, bot, automated program or similar device, including through any clicks or impressions, queries, conversions, or other events originating from your IP addresses or computers under your control; (ii) clicks, impressions, queries, conversions, or other events solicited or generated by payment of money, false representation, or requests for end users to click on Ads or take other actions; (iii) Ads served to end users whose browsers have JavaScript disabled or who are otherwise tampering with ad serving or measurement; (iv) any click, impression, query, conversion, or other event occurring on a Property that does not comply with the AdSense Policies; (v) any click, impression, query, conversion, or other event occurring on a Property associated with another AdSense Account you use; and (vi) all clicks, impressions, queries, conversions, or other events in any Account with significant amounts of invalid activity, as described in (i-v) above or with the types of invalid activity indicating intentional misconduct. In the event Google detects invalid activity, either before or after issuing a payment for that activity, Google reserves the right to debit your Account, and adjust future payments accordingly, for all invalid clicks, impressions, queries, conversions, or other events including for all clicks, impressions, queries, conversions, or other events on Properties that do not comply with the AdSense Policies.

Additionally, Google may refund or credit advertisers for some or all of the advertiser payments associated with a publisher's Account. You acknowledge and agree that, whenever Google issues such refunds or credits, you will not be entitled to receive any payment for any associated use of the Services.

6. Termination, Suspension, and Entitlement to Further Payment

Google may at any time, without providing a warning or prior notice, temporarily suspend further payments on your Account, suspend or terminate the participation of any Property in the Services, or suspend or terminate your Account because of, among other reasons, invalid activity or your failure to otherwise fully comply with the AdSense Policies. Google can terminate your participation in the Services, and close your Account, if your Account remains inactive for a period of 6 or more consecutive months. If Google closes your Account due to inactivity, and the balance reflected in your Account equals or exceeds the applicable threshold, we will pay you that balance, subject to our payment provisions in Section 5. If Google closes your Account due to inactivity, you will not be prevented from submitting a new application to use the Services.

If Google terminates your Account due to your breach of the AdSense Terms, including, but not limited to, your causing or failing to prevent invalid activity on any Property, or your failure to otherwise fully comply with the AdSense Policies, you will not be entitled to any further payment from Google for any prior use of the Services. If you breach the AdSense Terms or Google suspends or terminates your Account, you (i) are prohibited from creating a new Account, and (ii) may not be permitted to monetize content on other Google products. If you dispute any payment made or withheld relating to your use of the Services, or, if Google terminates your Account and you dispute your termination, you must notify Google within 30 days of any such payment, non-payment, or termination by submitting an appeal . If you do not, any claim related to the disputed payment or your termination is waived.

You may terminate your use of the Services at any time by completing the account cancellation process. Your AdSense Account will be considered terminated within 10 business days of Google's receipt of your notice. If you terminate your Account and the balance reflected in your Account equals or exceeds the applicable threshold, we will pay you that balance, subject to the payment provisions in Section 5, within approximately 90 days after the end of the calendar month in which you terminated your use of the Services. Any balance reflected in your Account below the applicable threshold will remain unpaid.

7. Taxes

As between you and Google, Google is responsible for all taxes (if any) associated with the transactions between Google and advertisers in connection with Ads displayed on the Properties. You are responsible for all taxes (if any) associated with the Services, other than taxes based on Google's net income. All payments to you from Google in relation to the Services will be treated as inclusive of tax (if applicable) and will not be adjusted. If Google is obligated to withhold any taxes from its payments to you, Google will notify you of this and will make the payments net of the withheld amounts. Google will provide you with original or certified copies of tax payments (or other sufficient evidence of tax payments) if any of these payments are made by Google.

8. Testing

You authorize Google to periodically conduct tests that may affect your use of the Services. To ensure the timeliness and validity of test results, you authorize Google to conduct such tests without notice.

9. Intellectual Property; Brand Features

Other than as set out expressly in the AdSense Terms, neither party will acquire any right, title or interest in any intellectual property rights belonging to the other party or to the other party's licensors.

If Google provides you with software in connection with the Services, we grant you a non-exclusive, non-sublicensable license for use of such software. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling you to use and enjoy the benefit of the Services as provided by Google, in the manner permitted by the AdSense Terms. Other than distributing content via the AdMob SDK, you may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, or lease any part of our Services or included software, or reverse engineer or attempt to extract the source code of that software, unless laws prohibit those restrictions or you have our written permission. You will not remove, obscure, or alter Google's copyright notice, Brand Features, or other proprietary rights notices affixed to or contained within any Google services, software, or documentation.

We grant you a non-exclusive, non-sublicensable license to use Google's trade names, trademarks, service marks, logos, domain names, and other distinctive brand features ("Brand Features") solely in connection with your use of the Services and in accordance with theAdSense Terms. We may revoke this license at any time. Any goodwill arising from your use of Google's Brand Features will belong to Google.

We may include your name and Brand Features in our presentations, marketing materials, customer lists and financial reports.

10. Privacy

Our privacy policy explains how we treat your personal data and protect your privacy when you use our Services. By using our Services, you agree that Google can use such data in accordance with our privacy policy. You and Google also agree to the Google Ads Controller-Controller Data Protection Terms. You will ensure that at all times you use the Services, the Properties have a clearly labelled and easily accessible privacy policy that provides end users with clear and comprehensive information about cookies, device-specific information, location information and other information stored on, accessed on, or collected from end users' devices in connection with the Services, including, as applicable, information about end users' options for cookie management. You will use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that an end user gives consent to the storing and accessing of cookies, device-specific information, location information or other information on the end user's device in connection with the Services where such consent is required by law.

11. Confidentiality

You agree not to disclose Google Confidential Information without our prior written consent. "Google Confidential Information" includes: (a) all Google software, technology and documentation relating to the Services; (b) click-through rates or other statistics relating to Property performance as pertaining to the Services; (c) the existence of, information about, or the terms of, any non-public beta or experimental features in a Service; and (d) any other information made available by Google that is marked confidential or would normally be considered confidential under the circumstances in which it is presented. Google Confidential Information does not include information that you already knew prior to your use of the Services, that becomes public through no fault of yours, that was independently developed by you, or that was lawfully given to you by a third party. Notwithstanding this Section 11, you may accurately disclose the amount of Google's gross payments resulting from your use of the Services.

12. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and defend Google, its affiliates, agents, and advertisers from and against any and all third-party claims and liabilities arising out of or related to the Properties, including any content served on the Properties that is not provided by Google, your use of the Services, or your breach of any term of the AdSense Terms. Google's advertisers are third-party beneficiaries of this indemnity.

13. Representations; Warranties; Disclaimers

You represent and warrant that (i) you have full power and authority to enter into the AdSense Terms; (ii) you are the owner of, or are legally authorized to act on behalf of the owner of, each Property; (iii) you are the technical and editorial decision maker in relation to each Property on which the Services are implemented and you have control over the way in which the Services are implemented on each Property; (iv) Google has never previously terminated or otherwise disabled an AdSense account created by you due to your breach of the AdSense Terms, including due to invalid activity; (v) entering into or performing under the AdSense Terms will not violate any agreement you have with a third party or any third-party rights; and (vi) all of the information provided by you to Google is correct and current.

OTHER THAN AS EXPRESSLY SET OUT IN THEADSENSE TERMS, WE DO NOT MAKE ANY PROMISES ABOUT THE SERVICES. FOR EXAMPLE, GOOGLE MAY REFUSE TO SERVE, AS APPLICABLE, (i) ADVERTISEMENTS AND OTHER CONTENT ("ADS"), (ii) GOOGLE SEARCH BOXES AND SEARCH RESULTS, AND (iii) RELATED SEARCH QUERIES AND OTHER LINKS TO YOUR PROPERTIES. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT EVERY PAGE WILL RECEIVE ADS OR THAT GOOGLE WILL SERVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF ADS. ADDITIONALLY, WE DO NOT MAKE ANY COMMITMENTS ABOUT THE CONTENT WITHIN THE SERVICES, THE SPECIFIC FUNCTION OF THE SERVICES, OR THEIR PROFITABILITY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, OR ABILITY TO MEET YOUR NEEDS. WE PROVIDE EACH SERVICE "AS IS".

TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE EXCLUDE ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, STATUTORY OR IMPLIED. WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM THE WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF NONINFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. TO THE EXTENT SUCH STATUTORY WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS APPLY AND CANNOT BE EXCLUDED, TO THE EXTENT TO WHICH GOOGLE IS ALLOWED, GOOGLE LIMITS ITS LIABILITY IN RESPECT OF ANY CLAIM UNDER THOSE WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS TO, AT GOOGLE'S OPTION, THE SUPPLYING OF THE SERVICES AGAIN OR THE PAYMENT OF THE COST OF HAVING THE SERVICES SUPPLIED AGAIN.

Nothing in this AdSense Terms, including Sections 11, 12 and 13, shall exclude or limit Google's warranty or liability for losses which may not be lawfully excluded or limited by applicable law. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or conditions or the limitation or exclusion of liability for loss or damage caused by negligence, breach of contract or breach of implied terms, or incidental or consequential damages. Accordingly, only the limitations which are lawful in your jurisdiction will apply to you and Google's liability will be limited to the maximum extent permitted by law.

14. Limitation of Liability

TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, EXCEPT FOR ANY INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER OR YOUR BREACH OF ANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, CONFIDENTIALITY OBLIGATIONS AND/OR PROPRIETARY INTERESTS RELATING TO THE ADSENSE TERMS, (i) IN NO EVENT SHALL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE UNDER THE ADSENSE TERMS FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR LOSSES AND EXPENSES WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY, EVEN IF SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR LOSSES AND EXPENSES AND NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY, AND (ii) EACH PARTY'S AGGREGATE LIABILITY UNDER THE ADSENSE TERMS IS LIMITED TO THE NET AMOUNT RECEIVED AND RETAINED BY THAT PARTICULAR PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THESE ADSENSE TERMS DURING THE THREE MONTH PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE OF THE CLAIM. Each party acknowledges that the other party has entered into the AdSense Terms relying on the limitations of liability stated herein and that those limitations are an essential basis of the bargain between the parties.

15. Miscellaneous

Entire Agreement; Amendments. The AdSense Terms our entire agreement relating to your use of the Services and supersedes any prior or contemporaneous agreements on that subject. AdSense Terms may be amended (i) in a writing signed by both parties that expressly states that it is amending the AdSense Terms, or (ii) as set forth in Section 4, if you keep using the Services after Google modifies the Agreement.

Assignment. You may not assign or transfer any of your rights under the AdSense Terms.

Independent Contractors. The parties are independent contractors and the 12, the AdSense Terms do not create an agency, partnership, or joint venture.

No Third-Party Beneficiaries. Other than as set forth in Section 12, the AdSense Terms do not create any third-party beneficiary rights.

No Waiver. Other than as set forth in Section 5, the failure of either party to enforce any provision of the Adsense Terms will not constitute a waiver.

Severability. If it turns out that a particular term of the AdSense Terms is not enforceable, the balance of the AdSense Terms will remain in full force and effect.

Survival. Sections 5, 6, 8, 12, 14, and 15 of these AdSense Terms of Service will survive termination.

Governing Law; Venue. All claims arising out of or relating to this AdSense Terms or the Services will be governed by California law, excluding California's conflict of laws rules. The parties will try in good faith to settle any dispute relating to the Agreement ("Dispute") within 30 days after such Dispute arises. If the Dispute is not resolved within 30 days, it must be resolved by arbitration by the International Centre for Dispute Resolution of the American Arbitration Association and conducted in accordance with its Expedited Commercial Rules in force as of the date of the Agreement. There will be one arbitrator selected by mutual agreement of the parties. The arbitration will be conducted in English in Santa Clara County, California, USA. Either party may apply to any court having jurisdiction for injunctive relief necessary to protect its rights pending resolution of the arbitration. Any decision rendered by the arbitrator will be final and binding on the parties, and judgment thereon may be entered by any court of competent jurisdiction. The arbitrator may order equitable or injunctive relief consistent with the remedies and limitations in the Agreement. All information disclosed in connection with the arbitration, including the existence of the arbitration, will be Confidential Information governed by the confidentiality provision of Section 9. The parties may, however, disclose such information to an appropriate court under confidentiality restrictions, as necessary to seek enforcement of any arbitration award or judgment or to seek any relief permitted under the terms hereof.

Force Majeure. Neither party will be liable for inadequate performance to the extent caused by a condition (for example, natural disaster, act of war or terrorism, riot, labor condition, governmental action, and Internet disturbance) that was beyond the party's reasonable control.

Communications. In connection with your use of the Services, we may contact you regarding service announcements, administrative messages, and other information. You may opt out of some of those communications in your Account settings. For information about how to contact Google, please visit our contact page.

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16. Service-Specific Terms

If you choose to implement any of the following Services on a Property, you also agree to the additional terms identified below:

AdMob: the AdMob Publisher Guidelines and Policies.

Custom Search Engine: the Custom Search Engine Terms of Service.

Best,

ADWG

It Helped me Correct "No Service" Error On Airtel 4G Dongle? It Wasn't Customer Care.

2017-12-22T10:54:00.000+05:30

Hi Light-bugs,

Whta's up!

Ah! It's been so many days I updated something here. But better late than never.

So, here is the gist of technical malfunction of my life:

I am travelling and currently in Varanasi. Since, I have to connect from home for my job as a Business Continuity Manager (Yeah! I have travelled too far in my career), I found my Airtel 4G Dongle teasing me with it "No Service" error.

I could have taken the steps to solve earlier, but as our brain is functional in a very limited sense and our cerebrum thought of Customer Care numbers first.

So, I dialled these numbers to get only disappointed.

98714 27070

1800 103 1111

1800 103 4444

99457 09999

1800 103 0405

These all numbers' IVR response was, please check that you are dialling a correct number. ( Ma'm! I think so!)

Problem is there for you to look for solutions.

And I did this.

On Airtel App - Select "Device Settings" - "Options" - "Network Connection" - "Network Search" - Select "Manual Search" - Select "Airtel" or any other Network if Airtel is unavailable - Select

You will be able to successfully register your 4G dongle to the network and

Happy Browsing!

Thanks,

Daily Hack#1 How To Easily Conenct To Vodafone Customer Care in India

2014-12-16T14:20:00.000+05:30

I use Vodafone numbers and people close to me use the same service. But it's pain the arse when you try to connect to their Customer Services. if you are not a pro in handling such services, you might cry, explode in pieces or kill somebody. It's that frustrating!

So, next time, when you are dialling for Vodafone Customer service, follow these steps:

1. Dial 111 2. Press 5 to report about lost SIM 3. Press 1 4. Connect with Customer Service Representative 5. Talk away!!

Thanks,
J.

This Is How You Measure ROI in Social Media

2014-07-09T01:26:00.000+05:30

Courtesy of: Quick Sprout

Thanks,
J.

Biggest News Of Digital Marketing - CASL

2014-06-26T07:06:00.000+05:30

CASL - Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation

I came to know about CASL about two weeks ago but never thought of posting on ADWG. Reason, I did not go through it much except that:

It is going to take effect from July 1, 2014 on.
It is applicable to "Commercial Electronic Messages".
You should take it seriously to make your list CASL compliance, ask away Canadian subscribers to ensure that they really want to receive your emails.
If not CASL compliant, risk millions of dollars in fine for the senders. (I just wish I was born in Canada or I was living in Canada, or I could own a Canadian email address, really!!)
Did you miss what I just said within the parentheses? Let me repeat, if somebody who is not living in Canada but is Canadian and owns a Canadian email address can also sue those who dare sending email without them subscribing to their emails.

I simplified it for you, so, you know what CASL is at least! Still not clear? Google, buddy! or read this article - CASL Compliant, are you?

Until next time...

Thanks,
J.

20 Keywords Of Marketing Automation

2014-06-26T06:51:00.002+05:30

I was browsing for the latest news in Digital Marketing and somehow I was directed to an old blog post on www.technicallymarketing.com - What Is Marketing Automation to you?

Here are 20 Keywords of Marketing Automation by www.technicallymarketing.com -

Customized Content
Prospects
Better Qualtiy leads
Lead Nurturing
Lead Capture
Digital Body Language
Personalized Content
Lead Generation
Right Message At The Right Time
Data Transformations
Segmented Messaging
Ad Spend Optimization
Contact Acquisition
Lead Management
Data Management
Buyer's Journey
Lead Scoring
Marketing Segments
B2B Marketing
Email Campaigns

I thought of sharing this because - First: I did NOT know these 20 keywords can be put together in a group, so I learned something and so should you. Also, I need to learn about a few keywords mentioned here. Second: Technically Marketing want us to comment on their post.

Until next time...

Thanks,
J.

Spam Mail #3 World Vision

2014-06-24T13:15:00.000+05:30

Email Marketing Rules Broken

1. I am not subscribed to their mailing list.
2. I marked all messages from site2sms spam. So World Vision India should do some investigation before using a third party medium to send messages.

Update: I received their mail again and this time it landed in my "Updates" tab and it had unsubscribe link too. I unsubscribed.

Thanks,
J.

Is You Email Being Delivered? Use This Tool To Find Out

2014-06-22T13:04:00.002+05:30

You are probably looking at many tools to find that out. How about a single tool that tells you if you emails sent from a certain domain are being delivered out? It's cool, I know!

Here is one such tool to find that out!!

Tool To Find Out If Email Is Being Delivered

Thanks,
J.

How I Feel When I Receive Personalized Welcome Emails?

2014-06-22T13:00:00.001+05:30

Now a days, everybody is talking about personalized newsletters and how they can help you get high open rates. Though i agree that these newsletters make me open their emails but they also force me to close it as soon as I open. Why?

because..

1. although they personalize the email with my name, content is definitely not me.
2. Content is too lengthy and I don't have time to go through it.
3. Too many fonts, CTAs and scattered content.
4. Single font type but font choice is terrible. Looks totally spam!!
5. Blue hyperlinks in bold and underlined. Looks spammy!

And there are more! Will keep adding.

Thanks,
J.

A Tool To Test A/B Testing Duration?

2014-06-20T02:06:00.001+05:30

A/B testing has very, I repeat, very important role in Email Marketing. but do you really know for how long an A/B test should run? Here is one tool that can calculate it!!

A/B Split and Multivariate Test Duration Calculator

Thanks,
Jiya A Digital Marketing Enthusiast

What Are The Cases When An Email Can Be Marked As Open?

2014-06-19T06:03:00.001+05:30

How do you determine that the mails were actually opened?

1. When a recipient actually opens an email in inbox. (HTML Mail)

In this scenario, the javascript pixel should load, only then an email will be marked as open considering that you have tracking pixels within the email.

2. If a recipient clicks on an a link in an email. (TEXT Email)

Next question: Is the open rate we get in reporting tool correct?

Thanks.

Error Initialising Camera : -60 : Could Not Lock the Device

2014-05-15T22:03:00.000+05:30

Error While Connecting Samsung Cellphones To Ubuntu Laptop/Desktop

This error might be very frustrating if you are trying to quickly transfer media from your Samsung phone to your PC. You might be looking for the best answer that could help you. I was doing the same thing a while back with Samsung Note and DELL Inspiron 15 until I found this information www.tuxtrix.com-

Here's how to do it.

1. On Galaxy S II , go to

Menu -> Settings -> Wireless and network -> USB utilities

2. Click on Connect Storage to PC

3. Connect the USB cable to your pc.

4. Click on Connect USB storage

5. Use your file manager to install/copy/paste.

6. Once finished, click on Disconnect storage from PC to disconnect and unmount drive from Ubuntu.

And it totally worked but with little different steps on Samsung Note-

1. On Samsung Note, go to Menu -> Settings -> Wireless and Networks -> More Settings ->USB Utilities

2. Click on Button - Connect Storage to PC

2. A message will pop-up saying - Connect USB Cable to use mass storage. This is the time when you have to connect your cable to PC/laptop.

4. See your laptop for happiness.

Let me know if these steps don't solve your problem!

Thanks,

A Google Lover

PGSQL | Pass Password in a Script

2013-08-06T00:33:00.001+05:30

A quick help that I used to run my script by passing password authentication to connect to PGSQL database and run a function so I can get my output.

Let me tell you first what did't work for me - I use the arguement "-p password" to pass. But PGSQL is a little finicky and it doesn't accept that. It has its own T&C.

What worked is: adding export PGPASSWORD=pass on top of the script that runs and connects to the database.

#!/bin/bash
env
export PGPASSWORD=admin /path/pgsql/bin/psql -U postgres -c "select * function name();"

The credit to my knowledge goes to Mr Sunil Kumar, my senior and my colleague at my work place who helped me throughout with the tweaking of the script. Let me know if you need his help too!

See you next time!

List of 10 Articles on Project Management All Project Managers Should Know!

2013-07-30T19:12:00.000+05:30

After the shift, when we sit in cab, are habitual of overhearing others conversation. One such conversation brought up the topic of huge changes happening in IT sector due to Cloud-Based work. I was enlightened with how it will be very cost effective for the companies, hence bringing some further lay-offs - RECESSION!?!Whatever! I am optimistic that no matter how automated the world is going to be, they still need humans, human labour and human mind. If human is there, there is nothing such recessions can do whether it's India or America. My two cents!

I am not into management yet but kind of dangling somewhere in between because I wish to be in operations, love the excitement of new issues and getting around the resolutions to them. But I am up for including anything here at ADWG that can help my company and my project, your company and your project.

Now, keeping everything behind and bringing you 10 worth-reading articles on Project Management that you all project managers should be aware of.

1. 7 Things Project Managers Should Do Everyday
2. 15 Ways to Screw Up An IT Project.
3. 5 Tools Every Project Manager Needs.
4. Magic Quadrant for Cloud-Based IT Project and Portfolio Management Services.
5. Why People Hate Their Jobs.
6. What Is Good Project Management Training.
7. Project Management Office - Tools For The Job.
8. 10 Ways To Be An Authentic Leader.
9. 10 Cloud-Based Project Management Tools To Server Every Company's Needs.
10. 2 Rules of Being An Agile Coach.

Do let me know what you think of these articles and how they are going to be beneficial for you!

See you next time!

Source: naukri.com, brijj.com

Great Reads on Search Engine Optimization, Panda and Penguin

2013-06-26T02:38:00.000+05:30

Hope these article help you the way they helped me understanding a lot about penguin and panda releases by Google. They also helped me re-think on finding the low qualoty content and modifying them for better results or taking them off completely.

1. Top 10 Shameful SEO Mistakes

2.Penguin - What It Was and What It Wasn't

3. Google Panda Farmer - On everything about Panda and what it is upto.

4. How To Find Low Quality Content on your Blog and Fix It

5. Find High Quality Content on your Other's Blog

6. Recycle Old Posts and Add Valure To Your Site

7. Clickable hashtag by Facebook - Do you know?

8. Things To Do Before You Publish An Article

Don't forget to share your feedback to help others.

See you next time!

Best Website to Verify DKIM Record

2013-06-25T01:12:00.000+05:30

I was recently asked to verify DKIM records for the domains used in our company. I used a website which did not work at all. I got the result saying that DKIM records do not exist for these domains. This is when emailstuff.org came to my rescue and it showed me the actual records. Hope it helps you all too:

http://www.emailstuff.org/authentication

Here, you can check SPF records, published DKIM key and record.

See you next time!

All About Keywords - I

2013-06-05T21:51:00.000+05:30

About keywords

Keywords are those words used to catalog, index, and find your web site. You have already read a lot about it and so did I. But a few things that tickle me again are -

- It is easier to rank high with key phrase than with a keyword.

- Not enough keyword density and your site ranking suffers. Too much keyword density and your site ranking suffers.

- Looking at your competition’s source code is also a good way to find out which keywords they’re using. The listed keywords should appear in the first few lines of code.

A few other things that I wanted to read about and write about at ADWG -

What are organic keywords?

- Organic keywords are those that appear naturally on your web site and contribute to the search engine ranking of the page. One way to find out is to us a web-site metric application, like the one that Google provides. Some of these services track the keywords that push users to your site. When viewing the reports associated with keywords, you can quickly see how your PPC keywords draw traffic, and also what keywords in which you’re not investing still draw traffic.

Keyword Stuffing

- Keyword stuffing means using a particular keyword a dozen or hundreds of times. Temporarily, this might improve your page ranking. However, if it does, the improvement won’t last, because when the search engine crawler examines your site, it will find the multiple keyword uses. Because search engine crawlers use an algorithm to determine if a keyword is used a reasonable number of times on your site, it will discover very quickly that your site can’t support the number of times you’ve used that keyword or keyphrase. The result will be that your site is either dropped deeper into the ranking or (and this is what happens in most cases), it will be removed completely from search engine rankings.

How to search keywords for your blog/website? Some guidelines to follow while you are doing keyword research

- Search from the point of view of your potential customers.

- Select as many relevant keywords or phrases as possible.

- Monitor your keywords to see which attract your target audience. Keep those that perform and replace those that do not.

- Select keywords and phrases that aren’t the most competitive but also not the least competitive. These medium competitive words should yield good results without eating a ridiculous amount of your budget.

Part II of "All About Keywords" will include - Choosing Effective keywords, Forbidden Search Terms and Poison Words.

See you next time!!

[Source: SEO Bible]

Spam Mail | Tata Consultancy Services

2013-06-03T21:34:00.000+05:30

i received below email allegedly from TCS and I consider this type of emails to be spam. Reason? It just looks fake, the design, the words, the email address and signature. Grow up!

-----Original Message-----
From: TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES [mailto:tcsindia.careers@live.com] 
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 9:25 PM
To: tataconsultancyservice_1@live.com
Subject: NOTIFICATION..

We have just  selected your CV from SHINE JOBS INDIA for  Interview in TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICE.We are offering  employment in top  positions for our  Various offices in  India.55 Candidates  have been shortlisted  for Interview which  will take place at our  head office in  Delhi on 15th June 2013. Out of 55 candidates  shortlisted only 50  will  be given employment.We  are looking for  professionals in  Various fields.Your  air ticket and  documents to attend  the interview shall be  sent to your  designated address via  courier before  interview date.

Our salary and other  company benefits  ranges from Rs 70,000  to Rs 300,000 PM.You shall  also be expected to  come with the Original  copies of your  credentials as stated  in your RESUME with  SHINE JOBS INDIA.You  are expected to make  REFUNDABLE cash  deposit of Rs 18,700  as an initial amount  in favour our  company's accountant  name.Its an initial  security deposit.The  management of TCS shall pay  all expenditure to you  at the time of face to  face meeting at our  head office in Delhi.

Your Job profile,  salary offer, and date  -time of interview  will be mentioned in  the documents that will  be sent to you  alongside your air  ticket.Your air ticket and other documents  shall be dispatched to  your designated  address via Blue Dart  Courier upon the  confirmation of your  security deposit in  our account that shall  be issued to you in  the next mail.The last  date for payment of  security deposit is 7th June 2013.

NB: You are advised to  reconfirm your full  name, mailing address  and phone number in  your reply  mail.Also,if you are  selected or not your  Rs 18,700 shall be  refunded to you at the  time of face to face  meeting.The amount is  just to prove that you  will be coming for the  interview in order for  us not to run at loss after sending you  the air ticket and you  don't show up on the  day of interview.You  are permitted to chose  your job location  after interview.

Dr.D.K.Amos
Senior H.R Manager
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES.

______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ Sent via the KillerWebMail system at shabakah.net.sa

Internet / Digital Marketing Courses in India

2013-05-22T20:20:00.001+05:30

I was in search of Internet Marketing / Digital Marketing Courses in New Delhi - NCR region and settled down to these 3 courses -

1. Internet Marketing Course - DSIM

2. Digital Marketing Professional Course - NIIT - 12 Weeks Course - International Level Certificate - Course Fees - Rs. 39,995 + 12.36% Service Tax

3. Digital Marketing courses - Edukart - Apparently, Edukart has a number courses available and these courses are certified by IAMAI.

I want to enroll to NIIT Digital MArketing PRofessional Course but still waiting to see if I should give other courses a chance.

What do you guys think? Which one is the best? Do you have any other courses in Email Marketing that you would like to share? Have you done any certiification in Email Marketing that you would like to suggest us?

See you next time!

Newsletter Templates | How Rendering Issues at Different Email Service Providers Can Cause Reputation Issues?

2013-05-18T01:27:00.000+05:30

A general question and a very common, expected and true answer -

Poor rendering of emails and newsletter strongly negatively effects the customer experience and increases complaints. Depending how sloppy the code is (many missing closing tags, common, uncommon html errors etc) it can cause severe delivery issues and reputation damage. Since most companies put significant time into making sure that their templates and content are properly formatted and most spammers send out emails put together quickly which are poorly formatted, it causes significant content-based hits to the reputation at nearly every ISP.

From now on, if you tend to ignore those thin white lines appearing in the email, or some junk characters appearing in the subject line of your newsletter, you should not overlook it. It's for you and all-

Coders

Email Marketing Team

Bulk Email Team

Approvers Team

Client

.... the watch man of your area.

No body!

See you next time.

SEO | Quick and Easy Guide to Link Building for Your Blog, Website or Business

2013-05-16T22:50:00.003+05:30

I am learning and learning more as time passes. I had no idea what SEO was, similarly I had none or very little idea about Link-building. If you are like me and these words go over your head, but you want to learn about Link Building, then you must check out this article @WordTracker.

Also, here is your quick checklist for link building guidlines.

Thanks,
Jiya

5 Good Reads on Email Marketing Tips and Tricks - Vol II

2013-05-11T01:40:00.000+05:30

1. Why is responsive design crucial to delivering a successful multi-device email marketing campaign?

2. Email Subject Lines...Say What?

3. How to Lighten the Crush of E-Mail

4. Email Deliverability: Only 39% of marketers maintain an opt-in only subscriber list

5. Quantity vs. Quality: The Email Marketer's Dilemma

I hope it helped you because they helped me a lot.

Thanks,
Jiya

A Date With Google

[Bloggers & Brands] How To - Not Write A PR (Public Relation) Email - 2

UNPROFESSIONAL PR EMAIL SAMPLE

HERE ARE A FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR BRANDS

How to Transfer Videos From An External SD Card/s Videos To iPhone 7 Plus?

ADWG - Google Adsense Online Terms and Conditions (2018)

It Helped me Correct "No Service" Error On Airtel 4G Dongle? It Wasn't Customer Care.

Daily Hack#1 How To Easily Conenct To Vodafone Customer Care in India

This Is How You Measure ROI in Social Media

Biggest News Of Digital Marketing - CASL

CASL - Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation

20 Keywords Of Marketing Automation

Spam Mail #3 World Vision

Email Marketing Rules Broken

Is You Email Being Delivered? Use This Tool To Find Out

How I Feel When I Receive Personalized Welcome Emails?

Top 5 Reputation Monitoring Tools That Linkedin Users Use

As found on Linked in, list of tools to monitor the reputation of IPs.

A Tool To Test A/B Testing Duration?

What Are The Cases When An Email Can Be Marked As Open?

Error Initialising Camera : -60 : Could Not Lock the Device

Error While Connecting Samsung Cellphones To Ubuntu Laptop/Desktop

PGSQL | Pass Password in a Script

List of 10 Articles on Project Management All Project Managers Should Know!

Great Reads on Search Engine Optimization, Panda and Penguin

Best Website to Verify DKIM Record

All About Keywords - I

Spam Mail | Tata Consultancy Services

Internet / Digital Marketing Courses in India

Newsletter Templates | How Rendering Issues at Different Email Service Providers Can Cause Reputation Issues?

SEO | Quick and Easy Guide to Link Building for Your Blog, Website or Business

5 Good Reads on Email Marketing Tips and Tricks - Vol II