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3 Reasons Why Logo is Important to a Corporate Brand

noreply@blogger.com (Kira Permunian) — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 05:13:48 PDT

If you are currently doing your business feasibility study or if you are actually starting it, you might find that success is not as quick as you may have imagined. Of course, we would be enthralled to see the corporate brand vision coming true (and profits coming in)! However, phasing is another thing and a jumpstart idea is not bad. Company Logo should not be taken for granted and careful attention should be allotted as soon as possible. Other than company name, your Logo is a good tool to set your business apart from its competitors and earn significant goodwill to drive your sales high through the roof.

Your company brand is a separate person. Complex as it is, it has life and a lot of processes should integrate to create a seamless being. Your brand may say a lot of things about your company, its product, and even its mission. Those things about your company could be very valuable and useful but all will be worthless if people don’t recognize them. You cannot expect someone to be amazed to see a one page ad detailing all the things about your company in a boring narrative!

Humans love pictures! People stops to see photos, videos, drawings and colorful graphs. For this reason, companies who really want to standout in today’s market strives to make a logo that will represent their brand. In fact, some circles consider that logo creation is the most important branding strategy.

To emphasize its importance, may I present 3 reasons:

Your logo characterizes and recognizes your brand

In a world full of marketing materials, banners, billboards and advertisements, a good logo would have people recognizing your brand even by just giving a very quick glance. It gives your brand a unique character that you instill in every person’s mind. This is a great way of market penetration. So what is the importance of your logo’s character?

Visual symbolism – your logo is the FACE of your business! As it is your company’s face, you should make it appealing, clean and fun. Nobody would want a dirty and boring face! Make it proud by giving it the required elegance without sacrificing relevance. People should be able to connect with it (as we will discuss later) no matter how elegant it appears.

Memory / Recall – people will remember pictures more than they remember a formal company name. A superior logo will make people remember the product in just a glimpse. It can also promote a new product working under the same logo. Your logo gives the entire product line under it the goodwill it earned the hard way, thus making a smooth entrance for newer products.

After a good amount of time, your logo will earn its space into the minds of everyone. It’s like your acquaintances; whenever they hear your name they will instantly remember your face. In the business environment, you are giving your logo the face that will be recalled by your market.

Uniqueness / Individuality – Your company and its products are unique; make sure the market sees that. To make that statement, start with a good logo. It should be unique, something not usually seen amongst your competitors. It should make a statement about your products or services. Ensure that the uniqueness shown is the uniqueness you are proud of.

Your logo acts as your sales agent

Your logo functions as your very own sales agent. It works for you 24 hours a day, seven days a week. If you devote so much time and effort to hire the right sales people, why would you then just choose any logo without exerting that same effort? One very important thing you have in your hands is the control on what your logo would look like and how it will make its way to the hearts of the buying public. Just like your human sales team, your logo speaks, the only difference is, it doesn’t stop speaking. It’s the only voice that your customer can hear amidst the noisy market, so make sure it says not only a good thing but a complete thing about your product. You can properly direct its tone by casting the right blend of colors, fonts and style. Make it the sweetest voice your customer will ever hear.

Your logo connects with people

Just like what we have already mentioned, your logo is the face of your product. Your logo creates a character for your company as a whole. Once recognized, that character will connect with your customers. It will be an important person in the life of your market. Your logo needs to find its way to the emotions of the buying public. Over time, just a mere sight of your logo will be enough to make someone smile, cry, or laugh. That’s the time you can finally say that your logo has been an integral part of your customers. By that time, your logo doesn’t only exist to explain your product, but it exists and grows with the market together.

Your logo need not be extravagant to the point it’s no longer practical. Even though your logo is not the only thing that a good brand needs, it will always be a substantial component of it. Your simple logo will set your product apart from all the others; it will also lend it a face to approach your customers. That face will be remembered, and eventually speak for your brand. It will touch emotions and lead people to action. Now that’s a good branding strategy. Devote some time to create your best corporate brand logo!

You can check out my article on how emotions can increase your corporate brand mentions.

Author Bio

Venchito Tampon is the Founder of DigitalPhilippines.net. You get to know more about the online world with hisbrand building blog like updates on the latest web tools, websites, social media, branded content resources and many more. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook and Google+.

Know How to Improve Client Interaction

noreply@blogger.com (Kira Permunian) — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 04:19:29 PDT

To be successful in business you must never stand still. Complacency is your recipe for failure and it is for that reason that you should not only be open to client feedback but actually seek it out whenever possible as clients are the lifeblood of your business.

Similarly, interacting with clients breeds goodwill and customer loyalty. The question you have to ask yourself is whether in your attempts to improve client interaction you are actually harming client interaction.

Traditional Forms of Interaction

The two most common forms of client interaction were both conducted via survey – phone and door-to-door. Just the mention of their names probably made you cringe and the reasons are universal:

They are intrusive and annoying
They tend to occur at the worst times
They do not target their audience effectively
They tend to alienate the interviewee resulting in inaccurate responses to questions and even potentially the loss of a client

So not only do traditional forms of client interaction not achieve their aims, they may actually lead to outcomes that are 180 degrees different from those you are hoping to achieve.

Welcome to the 21st Century

Businesses were not completely unaware of the negative effects of traditional forms of survey but did not know how to achieve their ends in a different manner until technology came to the rescue.

The advent of smartphones and tablets, and more recently, phablets has resulted in a revolution in surveying techniques as these devices were responsible for ushering in the CAPI survey.

Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing software was developed in app form for use with mobile devices. These apps are also known as mobile survey apps and have been responsible for a complete change in the way companies can interact with their clients.

Some of the reasons for the rapid market penetration of CAPI surveys are as follows:

They comprise the best elements of door-to-door surveys without the downside of potentially endangering both interviewer and interviewee
They put a human face to the company.
They tend to illicit accurate responses.
Mobile devices are the perfect accessory for conducting a survey as they have gained rapid acceptance yet are considered fun and user friendly
Mobile devices enable interview media to be used that couldn’t be used in the past such as movies and interactive media
CAPI surveys are cheaper and easier to implement than traditional surveys
CAPI surveys can be stored and managed from the cloud resulting in great stability and scalability
The real-time monitoring of CAPI surveys is a way to monitor both the surveyor and the interviewee. This can be done from any place with an Internet connection.

The advantage of mobile survey apps in improving client interaction is apparent to all and sundry. It is for this reason that CAPI surveys are the survey of choice for companies that care about building stronger ties with their clients.

Author Bio

Sharon is passionate tech writer who is currently working with a capi survey and working on her own blog, coming soon!

Effective Tool to Increase Website Accessibility

noreply@blogger.com (Kira Permunian) — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 00:15:47 PST

Effective Tool to Increase Website Accessibility through Chatwing Chat Software

Most people are clueless on how to acquire traffic immediately. Some only focus on the website’s appearance and content, not taking into consideration visitor engagement strategy. The good news: quality web tools are available online like Chatwing chat software. Chatwing.com specializes in developing reliable chat widget that helps new web owners in fast acquisition of traffic.

Chatwing chat app ranks on top of the best chat tools because of the convenience and communication leverage it gives its users. As a web owner or a blogger, you will be able to interact with your visitors immediately after installation. The average embedding process is less than a minute. Customizing the chatbox can be a lot of fun as well since Chatwing provides users a wide array of alteration options. Livelier chat interaction can be achieved through uploading images and MP3 links or by simply using Chatwing’s cool emoticons and cute avatars. Letting your chat visitors experience animated discussions will surely draw them back to your site repeatedly.

How does Chatwing chatbox help increase your website or blog’s online visibility? Chatwing chat room is accessible to most web users especially those who have Facebook, Twitter, Gmail and Yahoo accounts. It makes the log in process easy for these users but if they want to remain private, they can still partake in ongoing chat discussions by joining in as guests. Feel the need to express your thoughts to thousand of users at once or you just want to share insights with chosen online contacts- Chatwing gives you the flexibility to do either. Chatwing’s regular chatbox, pop up window and vanity URL forms are intended for specific communication need.

Entice web visitors with well written post and sensible information while backing it up with interesting discussions will surely reward you with traffic increase. All you have to think about is how to manage chat activities, keeping everyone informed while profanities are avoided. Simply activate Chatwing’s full conversation control feature and assign moderators to help you monitor and facilitate.

Overall, Chatwing is a dynamic tool effective for global connectivity and social network expansion. It helps you improve your site’s user engagement level that will eventually result to high visibility rate.

Find Chatwing online @ http://chatwing.com

How to Successfully Brand Social Media for Start-ups

noreply@blogger.com (Kira Permunian) — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 21:44:20 PST

Being part of a start-up company can be difficult, and most days you may find yourself all systems go without a moment to spare. However one area I constantly see start up businesses missing out on and making mistakes with is their social media marketing and (more precisely) their social media branding.

Your branding on social media needs to be something you’re putting just as much time and effort into as your offline branding and even your website branding. After all, social media is used by nearly everyone with access to the Internet and it has become one of the main ways we establish whether or more a company or product is trustworthy or legitimate.

In fact, it’s also become one of first ways we interact or identify brands. Most start-ups, before they’ve paid full attention to their SEO and optimization of their website, will find that their social media profiles are out ranking their actual websites on most search engines – and because of this – need to ensure that the social media pages are properly branded and look as professional as possible.

How can you do this? Well I’ve put together a brief list of things that need immediate attention:

Your background

Most social media profiles will allow you in some way to personalize the background or header of your profile. For Facebook it is the cover photo, for twitter it is the background design. You should always think carefully about just how you choose this part of the design, as the right choice can mean your customer instantly recognizes and associates your social media profile and your brand’s website. Which is ideally, what you want.

To get this – ensure that you’ve used similar colours, or patterns that you’re using in your web design – and that the two (social media profile and website) are visually linked.

Your profile photo

All social media networks give you the option to upload a profile photograph – and you should always upload one. Not only for conversion rates (profiles with images get up to 80% more views than those without) but for the sake of your customer too and their ability to recognize you and associate you with the branding you’ve established offline. If you’re struggling to decide what to use for the profile image – a good, safe option is your company logo. Or if you, yourself are the figurehead of the business then perhaps a company headshot of yourself will suffice.

Your communication and brand voice

Every brand has a unique voice – and this voice is evident in how you communicate with your customers. Quite often your voice is determined by what you sell or your specific niche – and the kind of company-moral / atmosphere you cultivate. If you are a buggy retailer – your brand voice is most likely to be feminine with a motherly edge. If you are an organizer for Stag parties – then your brand voice is going to be quite the opposite.

Make sure you have your brand’s voice identifies and make sure you familiarize yourself with it – because on social media it will always be heard.

Your connections

Ensure you yourself have connected with similar and related connections. After all, social media is about being social! On twitter, for example, you need to think carefully about who you’re following because this is in fact branding you (even if you don’t realise it). If you run a wedding bouquet company but you’re following racing car drivers and Formula 1 manufacture’s – this isn’t good branding and takes away the authenticity of your brand.

Try and follow people in your industry and keep true to your brand and your niche.

Your updates

Everything you post and everything you update on social media is reflected upon your brand, therefore you should view all your updates as mini brand-bites. Don’t go off-thread with updates, keep them relevant to your industry and keep the relevant to your followers. Think about it this way – if your fans and followers wouldn’t be interested in it – you shouldn’t be posting it.

About the Guest Blogger

Elle works for WhoIsHostingThis as a social media advisor and a branding coordinator.

7 Reasons That Make Chromebook a Best Buy

noreply@blogger.com (Kira Permunian) — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 06:55:40 PST

If you do most of your work on a browser then Google Chromebook is the best option for you. Apart from this browser option, Google Chromebook offers many other exceptional features and the reasons why you should put it in your shopping cart.

The first generation of Google Chromebooks launched by Acer was not strong enough to handle your 20 tabs opened at a single time. Now, the new Chromebook, recently launched by Samsung, bears extraordinary features that can convince any internet freak. The series has fast processor and 4GB memory which is good for everyday use.

Web Store

Remember, the new Google Chromebook has been optimized for better and fast web use. This means that the web apps that are available on Google chrome web store can be used in faster and more effective way. The Chrome Web Store offers thousands of applications for social networking, shopping, productivity, entertainment and many other things. These applications make your Chromebook experience more fun and enjoyable.

The option of HTML5 helps you in making many apps work even when the internet is not working.

Zero Maintenance

No extra maintenance costs are required in order to keep you Chromebook running because you hardly run other things except that built in browsing atmosphere. You don’t even need extra software like anti-viruses, office suites, etc. You don’t even need to update it because it does this task itself.

Long Battery Life

An ordinary laptop only gives minimum 3 and maximum 4 hours of working battery but the most exceptional thing about Google Chromebook is that it gives a total of 8.5 hours of working with a strong battery. This means that you can take the device to work and use it whole day without charging breaks.

User Friendly

Google Chromebooks can be used by people from any age. They are very user-friendly and there isn’t any rocket science behind their use. The notebook’s operating system can be handled by many shortcut keys, which makes it easy for anyone to use it.

Quick Internet Access

Chromebook is one of those notebooks/laptops that give the best online experience to its users. With built-in Wi-Fi and 3G connection, the notebook gives fast internet access and you can get connected to internet in no time.

Faster Boot

The notebook takes no more than 8 seconds to boot and get connected to the internet, which is pretty impossible for a normal desktop. When you close the laptop’s screen, it goes to sleep mode, which makes it quicker to boot again.

Google Product

And, finally as it is a Google product, so we must rely on it. Whenever “Google” comes to one’s mind, a sense of reliability and security also comes to mind.

Chromebook actually consists of Google operating system. It possesses dozens of exceptional features, but the above seven exceptional reasons make it a perfect choice for daily internet users.

Available Chromebooks Online

About the Guest Blogger

Husain joined the http://www.opendoorloan.co.uk as a Finance Director in June, 2011. He is accountable for all aspects of Finance, which includes instant loans. You can read testimonials on his professional services.

Is There Such a Mobile Phone Addiction in PH?

noreply@blogger.com (Kira Permunian) — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 08:20:16 PST

Do you check your mobile phone constantly? Are you seizing your cellphone most of the time? Do you long for it from time to time? Can you live without it? If yes, then you must be warned but not yet.

mobile phone addiction photo from jeffreyhill

A new study in the US has found that frequently checking for messages in your mobile phones is an addiction. Nomophobia (No Mobile Phone Phobia) is an addiction that is like any other addictive drug which can also ruin relationships.

Young adults have spent up to seven hours a day interacting with communication technology using the new data services available in mobile phones – according to the study.

How much more in the Philippines? Well, the texting capital of the world turned to be the social media capital of the world has shown this kind of technology addiction nowadays. Reportedly, Philippines remained the texting capital even though SMS use is declining.

It is believed that mobile phone use has become so universal due to revolution of new emerging smartphones technology and connectivity. As with the addition, it is significant to really have a better perceptive of what forces these types of technology addictions.

The study also revealed that young adults aged 18 to 29, send on standard 109.5 texts a day, or just about 3,200 messages a month and receive an extra 113 texts and check their mobile phones 60 times in a typical day and spend about 7 hours a day networking through information and communication technology. It also showed that youth are now addicted to their mobile phones to the extent that they feel like they have lost an arm when they are devoid of their cellphones.

In the Philippines, it is with the increasing number of mobile phones with internet and wireless connection capabilities, connecting to the Internet seems to matter more and more. The pleasure has been enjoyed while thinking how useful mobile phones are. And without much to say many can’t imagine living without their mobile phones.

After all, it’s all about connecting to the world.

So, are you addicted to mobile phones? Do you have Nomophobia? How is it for you? Let us hear your voice.

It’s Time to Change Tracks in SEO and Blogging #mylife

noreply@blogger.com (Kira Permunian) — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 08:03:46 PST

For some instance I have been thinking a bit about my life and on how to make things easier. I always try to do many things which are cool, but also sickening.

One adjustment or change that came from this idea is, about a day ago, with a considerable regret, I have to leave some things I usually work on and focus on the more important one. This has something to do with attention to details somehow and in my journey to greener pasture.

It’s time to change tracks. #changetracks #kirapermunian

I have been working for more than 3 years in Internet marketing especializing SEO and it was earlier this year that my craft was completed when I get a chance to work in a prestigious company as SEM Specialist. For less than a year, I get to enjoy my life in a corporate world working with PPC using Google Adwords, AdMob, and Google TV Advertising.

These are great areas really that challenge me everytime I got issues with the system I’m working on. I know the power of Internet marketing especially with PPC as it deals with money. It cannot be free like SEO. Both of them are great ways to market things up in the Internet. But, how am I going to instil this greatness to people who do not know about this? Perhaps, the company system or the management has something to say. I must say, they’re not fair. What do I expect? Everybody is clairvoyant in this evil galactic empire.

Well, I’m counting months or days to stay and to say if there’s a change. I wanna back to old days, the time when I was happy and where I can feel my worth with appreciations and rewards. It’s always good to feel I am of a big help and of helping people in the things that I know best.

Too much for that, I just want to go back fulltime as a SEO Consultant and Internet marketing strategies. I need to refurbish professionalism.

What’s next with Geekster Philippines blog? #geeksterphilippines

As I strive for continuous excellence in providing information to bloggers, Internet marketers and to everyone around my niche, things will also change here in my blog. Last year and earlier this year, I was full of blogging blessings that make us sensible to technology blogging world and to the blogging realm itself. So, without much to say, here are the series of updates you’ll get from Geekster Philippines blog this December 2012 up to the upcoming year 2013.

Internet Marketing Monday #internetmarketingmonday

Every Monday, as much as I can, I will be posting updates, tips, news and guides about SEO, blogging, SEM, PPC and social media marketing. SEM is an evolving world that every business and website should always look into consideration. Blogging in the other corner is a very helpful way to give fresh information at the same time to get juices from a profitable niche. Blogging nowadays is a hit while social media is revolutionary. It’s more fun and engaging in social media marketing.

Have you been into these types of Internet Marketing? If not, it’s your time to stay tune with us for more updates.

Technology Wednesday #technologywednesday

Are you techie? Yes, Wednesday is your day to get technology updates from me. I will be reviewing new techs (from gadgets, smartphones, cellphones, laptops, computers, etc) and giving out technology tips. This is per request basis, and per trending or popular demand settings. Any technology item that is popular, trending and most requested will be highlighted here every Wednesday.

Inspiring Saturday #inspiringsaturday

You will get inspirations on Saturdays as I will be featuring inspiring items that are related to blogging, technology, social media and SEO still. I’ll be featuring viral videos and photos from the social media world, featuring make money online success and hopefuls, featuring websites and products with legendary quality. Brilliant guest posts will be entertained during Saturdays.

Geekster Philippines Services and SEO Team #seophilippines

Our services are still in progress helping businesses to get ahead in the web. We have formulated various action plans suitable for every niche. To see more of our SEO services, click here.

So there you have it. Thank you for taking time to visit my latest update. A new year is approaching, watch out our 2012 yearend and 2013 opening piece of writing. See you around.

Introducing the "All Cebu Android App" for Download

noreply@blogger.com (Kira Permunian) — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 08:02:43 PST

The long wait is over as Geekster Philippines Local Promotions and Blogging for a Cause proudly introduce to you the, All Cebu Android App from Cebu Directories.

Yes, you read it so right. The Android App is ready for download Beta App. Without much to say, visit Cebu Directories Website now to see what I’m saying here.

All Cebu Android App Features

Search for nearby businesses
Browse alphabetically or by category
Call, Send email or SMS instantly
Browse businesses alphabetically
Build your preferred directory

What is Cebu Directories?

Founded in 2007, Cebu Directories (CD) is an established online business directory, which aims to provide service seekers an accurate listing of service providers in Cebu. Cebu Directories offers service seekers a clean and hassle-free website layout with an interface that is easy to navigate. To service providers, Cebu Directories provides an uncomplicated commune where they can effectively market their wares to potential clients.

Cebu Directories.com (CD) is an online classified portal that offers free classified ad posting for Cebuano's in particular. CD is composed of different categories where you can buy and sell different kinds of products and services. We have categories for Travel and Leisure, Hotels, Food and Beverages, Events in Cebu and others.

For convenience, Cebu Directories has created a mobile application for Android phones, which is available for download at http://cebudirectories.com/download.

For Businesses in Cebu City, here's for you.

Cebu Directories will continue to provide more innovative features to help users discover rich contents. Stay updated with us.

Unboxing Cherry Mobile Flare by Popular Demand

noreply@blogger.com (Kira Permunian) — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 17:46:17 PST

Seriously I am back to feature some technology items on my blog. And for this time, I’m going to give objectivity to the most discussed and most talked mobile phone by my peers. Intentionally, I also want to try this Cherry Mobile smartphone.

Yes, introducing to Geekster Philippines followers, the Cherry Mobile Flare.

I truthfully thought on how Cherry Mobile would join the competitive market of Smartphones and mobile phone technology now that their competitors like Samsung and Apple iPhones have surged high in the market. Well, the wait is over with their new smartphones releases.

Cherry Mobile Flare
(Image from Yugatech)

Let's get into the Cherry Mobile Flare specs.

This is what my friend told me to try. And so I looked over this smartphone to know how nice it is. Let’s start with the specifications. The Cherry Mobile Flare is a 4-inch dual-core Android ICS smartphone with Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor. Isn’t that amazing?

Here are more specs of Cherry Mobile Flare:

System

CPU: 1.2GHz dual-core Qualcomm MSM8225 Snapdragon S4 processor
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
GPU: Adreno 203

Screen

4.0″
WVGA (800×480 pixels)
IPS capacitive display

Memory

512MB of RAM
4GB of internal storage (2.5GB usable)
omicroSD up to 32GB

Camera

5MP autofocus camera with LED flash
720p HD video recording
VGA front-facing camera

Network and Connectivity

Dual-SIM, Dual-Standby
GSM/GPRS/EDGE 900/ 1800/ 1900MHz
HSDPA 7.2 Mbps; WCDMA 900/ 2100MHz
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, WiFi hotspot
GPS with A-GPS support
Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP
MicroUSB 2.0 / 3.5mm audio jack

Other features: Accelerometer, proximity sensor

Battery: 1420mAh Li-on battery

Dimensions: 131×68.2×11.3mm

Philippine Local Price: PhP3999.00

Testimonies for Cherry Mobile Flare

"If you are thinking of buying your very first Android phone, I highly recommend the Cherry Mobile Flare. It’s one powerful and affordable smartphone you can buy without even ripping your wallet to shreds." – Gadget Pilipinas

"Overall, its an impressive yet very affordable high-end phone. This phone might be able to win the competition in the bracket of Php5k and below Android phone pricing category." – Ask Hediki Blog

"If you ask me if I would pay Php4k for this phone, in a heartbeat I would say no because it would make me feel guilty. Like I’m robbing Cherry Mobile. This phone should be worth at least Php8k for such specs. It uses Qualcomm which is a trusted brand for mobile chips as Intel is to the PC." – Pinoy Tech Blog

My friend Adam Parnala also featured this mobile phone. You can check out for more information.

Should you need anything else? Let me know for us to provide you more information.

Make Money Blogging Possibilities for Beginners

noreply@blogger.com (Kira Permunian) — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 08:05:43 PST

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” - Maya Angelou

Writing is an art and the pleasures of writing are worth a book of its own. Many great writers started off with big questions in their minds as to what they achieve by their writings. But later they found meaning and value to what their pen has had to say.

Blogging start-up

Wake up to the ‘new world’ – the information age, where information is termed as ‘updates’ & actions are called ‘notifications’. You don’t want to be run over by the rat race. Start writing and don’t think twice about what you’ll achieve by writing. There’s a whole lot of websites which pay writers.

Why begin writing?

As mentioned earlier, information and knowledge is to be passed on. How many of us have been benefitted from YouTube reviews on gadgets and troubleshoot guides from review websites? It’s time we repay the same to others who are in need. Maybe a traveller traveling to your country might be in the need for information about certain customs existing in your country. A write-up you make on the ‘rich customs in your nation’ might be of great help to him/her.

How to start writing?

A blog perhaps is the best place for beginners to start. Share the link to your friends via social networking sites. Get their reviews. Evaluate the response. Correct the faults & hone your strengths and try again. For starters try topics of popular interest. Also make sure you write only on what you are good at. Never find yourself deep in strange waters.

What do I achieve over writing?

Writing brings a bliss which only a writer would experience. Bring out your thoughts, opinions, wishes etc. onto your writing. Be frank and clear in your writing. Explain how you cope with problems effectively. Give through researched views on your topics. This will make you feel like you’ve performed a selfless act in the first place.

Also try out the many different web sites which pay writers for their blogs. Just make a Google search to find these websites and start straightaway.

How do I get paid for writing?

It is simple. Search out websites which offer payments for write-ups and register in for free. Few sites do ask for a premium registration for writing for them and a few others ask for sample articles which are reviewed before you are registered. But it’s usually a simple registration process that is involved. Once you are in, it might be a good idea to update your profile for other readers and writers to know you better. Then you will have to give in your banking details. Presently ‘PayPal’ payments are getting popular. So users might require a PayPal account [again a simple process]. Once you’re done with all this, you are ready to go.

Keep looking for articles which are requested by other users and clients. If you feel confident to work on the topics, select them and work on them. Aim to impress the client. Use simple, understandable language wherever necessary. Also make sure to be professional in your tone when deemed necessary. Keep to the word limit and expectations from the client. Make sure not to copy work from others. This can get you reported. Also finish in the time-limit provided by the client. Once you’re done with all this you just need to submit the article after spell checks and grammatical checks. Few sites may require you to go in for a plagiarism check too. After you submit your article, it is reviewed by the client or editors of the website and it is either approved or rejected. You get paid for approved articles. Certain sites have a point system which gets you promoted in the system.

I feel suspicious. What am I missing?

Yes. Certain websites might hoax into a bank fraud this way. So just be careful what you provide them. Also make sure you read a few reviews about the website you’re working with. Make sure they pay their writers on time and correctly. Voice your concerns when necessary. Otherwise you’re safe in this field of blogging.

What if I decide to quit?

You are free to leave anytime. There are no binding or regular deductions after your registration.

How much can I earn in a month?

This depends on the website and the region of the world you are from. Please check reviews for a better picture.

Conclusion

Writing and getting paid for it, is a super combination for many aspirants who like to prove their mettle in writing. For such aspirants, these sites prove to be a blessing. Many sites are up presently, so there’s a whole lot of competition and many new features and better prices are coming up. This makes it even more attractive and lively to participate in them. Users regularly give reviews of such services. So there is place for knowing the employer before getting registering in, so there’s no trouble usually. So there’s nothing stopping anyone form starting to bet paid for writing. It’s just a ‘signup’ away.

Possibilities for beginners to make money by blogging? Contact us!

About the Guest Author

Brianne is a blogger by profession. She loves writing, reading and travelling. She contributes to Gulf Coast Readers Inc

Writing Knockout Social Media Write-Ups

noreply@blogger.com (Kira Permunian) — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 02:40:33 PST

Key ways to writing knockout social media write-ups

Want to create exclusive and catchy social media write-ups? Want to enjoy a knockout performance right from the word GO? Well, there are certain strategies that need to be followed in order to achieve knockout performance while creating social media write-ups.

social media

Those who are involved thoroughly in social media, there are certain specific ways to generate contents to achieve successful outcomes. Social media is definitely one of the most effective platforms for ventures to catch up on targeted audiences, learn about the public remarks, and take the business on a much more personalized level. The problem with most of the companies is that they don't know the best procedures to carry out social media write-ups. As a result, these companies lag behind and don't experience much of success in the social networking circle. To effective write for social media, it is important to follow the below provided tips and strategies:

No need to overshare

It is not a good concept to post information about a particular organization on social network sites toooften. Such an oversharing concept will allow the audience get tired and bored about hearing the same old things again and again. And as a result, followers will start to fly away. So, in stead of oversharing same content, it is better to push out only those contents that features some additional information and more important in creating a brand awareness among audience.

Direct selling is not recommended

Social media need to be used to provide important information to the audiences. It is a medium to establish a person or a venture's identity. Using Social Media to sell products is not a good idea at all. Also, never keep talking about the products and services on a continuous basis. Self promoting is good but too much of it will lead to audiences losing interest from the posts after a certain time.

Too much undersharing is bad

Just as oversharing is bad, sharing contents not at all is also very negative approach. There are

companies that doesn't take the necessary initiatives to share enough information on social media about their products and services. Social network is all about sharing valuable information in the most effective manner. Only then can the presence be felt. It will help in attracting audiences. Yes, contents need to be generated on the social media network regularly. If there is no post, then audience will start fleeing away.

Run away from boredom

Social media posts need to be short, informative, and catchy. It should not bore the audiences. While writing for social media sites, this concept needs to be kept in mind. Make the content extremely interesting. The audiences need to stay engaged while reading the contents. They should not feel bored after going through the first few lines. The writing style need to be catchy and attractive. Also, keep it simple and easily understandable. Use of too many difficult words and phrases will only complicate the scenario, nothing else.

Social media write-ups can do a whole world of good for newly established ventures. It is a great concept that needs to be understood properly. If the above tricks are followed properly, then giving a knockout performance in the social media circle through write-ups becomes easier.

About the Guest Blogger

This post is written by Brianne. She is blogger by profession. These days she is promoting portable urination devices.

What to Write in a Business Blog?

noreply@blogger.com (Kira Permunian) — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 08:06:18 PST

So, what to Write in a Business Blog?

Writing a single topic or post in a day is not much troublesome. However, when discussion regarding business blogs and content marketing starts, we need to be more careful. Every businessperson wishes to flourish his business standards, which is surely a time consuming process. When you have to write for some business of your own, then you need to provide the content comprising of almost 5 to 6 unique topics per day. This really involves providing fresh, latest, unique, and relevant content. The major problem faced in this kind of content marketing is to come up with new ideas and topics on a frequent basis. Today, we will talk about few major sources of inspiration for a successful business blog:

Business Blog Ideas

5 Great Sources of Inspiration

Competitors’ Analysis

The most important factor, which may inspire you for your business blog is to study your competitor. Just have a look at some other business blog and try to figure out what topics are they considering, their RSS feeds, their promotion methodologies, niches, newsletters, and much more. Moreover, by going through their content properly, you can generate similar topic ideas. The proper gap analysis can be done and you can fill that gap by your own content marketing standards.

Daily Conversations

This concept revolves around basic definition of blogging is like writing daily diary. This means that daily conversations of your employees, non-organization members, customers, clients, and other related people can be recorded in any of your blog posts. These conversations may include daily comments, complaints, discussions, ideas, mishaps, events, occasions, and much more.

Website Frequently Asked Questions

Instead of focusing on your own blog’s topics individually, take a look at your blog’s FAQ. This can provide you with few new topics and can be helpful for you in the content marketing. Thus, now you do not need to reinvent the wheel by this opportunity of FAQ.

Blog Commenting

Blog commenting has been the most valuable factor of content marketing. The blog comments seem like a blog posts. They almost become a complete blog post and provide you with some unique topic to try on your blog. People communicate and give their views on this platform, which leads to lots of discussions, critical appreciations, news, and appropriate topics. These news and discussions can surely become the inspiration for generating new topics for a business blog.

Social Media

Social media plays vital role in an effective promotion of your business blog. Social media platforms, like Facebook and Twitter, can provide great and awesome ideas for the blog posts. They not only provide new ideas, but also provide a single platform to communicate with their users from all over the world.

After proper selection of your topic, you must add up call-to-action statements and keywords in your unique blog titles to capture readers’ interests and attentions. Always keep in mind that if reader finds your title and topic interesting, he may go through the entire blog post but if they are not suitable or captivating, one may leave without reading a single word.

About the Guest Blogger

Mudasar began his career in finance at Mortgage Company. Now, he helps people getting instant loans. To get more information, visit his website.

ADHESIVE: Binding Minds through Viral Advertising

noreply@blogger.com (Kira Permunian) — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 06:38:28 PDT

PUP Advertising and Public Relations 4-1Ncredibles brings you ADHESIVE: Binding minds through Viral Advertising.

Binding minds through Viral Advertising

Join them as they Generate information, Spread ideas, and Capture minds on October 21, 2012 at Club Morocco, Subic, Zambales. ADHESIVE: Binding Minds Through Viral Advertising.

Student Ad Congress is an annual event where series of seminars is conducted and organized by the different sections in the 4th year level in order to educate the students about the latest advertising trends and issues.

In line with this, 1ncredibles is tasked to handle the seminar entitled “ADHESIVE: Binding Minds through Viral Advertising”. This will provide substantial information about the brief background, valuable uses, existing kinds and possible guide in creating Viral Advertising.

Our speakers would be top executives and experts in the field of Viral Marketing and Viral Advertising coming from our country’s well-known organizations in the related field.

Contact Details:

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Viral Advertising Guides from Geekster Philippines

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How To Go Viral Using Social Media?

noreply@blogger.com (Kira Permunian) — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 08:07:21 PST

If you have social media accounts like on Twitter and Facebook, use them to market your blog. It is one of the best ways to post your content and enhance the chances of it going viral. But this doesn’t mean that whatever you share on your social media account would go viral. For a post to go viral, you must know 2 things – 1) what kind of a post is likely to become viral? And 2) what you must do to increase the chances of it going viral?

Given below are 5 ways in which you can use social media for this purpose.

Social Media Viral Post

Be Informed

There are numerous changes that take place on the Internet every day. If you want to stay ahead of the pack, you must be aware of these changes so that you can post your comments wherever you need. To remain informed of the changes, it is best to subscribe to sites that use different ways of marketing and the latest Internet Technology.

Think For Yourself

Sure, experts know a lot about how social media can help you with marketing your blog or product but if you cannot see how that will help generate traffic, then think for yourself and don’t write anything about it. Thinking for yourself also means that you can contradict the expert and express your view about why you think that the expert is wrong. Such posts go viral because people love nothing more than jumping into such discussions.

Share Other Expert Knowledge

Obviously, if you are disagreeing with one expert, you are going to agree with another one. But, don’t just agree to enhance post visibility. Make sure that you really like the post of that expert and then share it. Follow the Google Panda Update about quality links and share the link to the post or the article on your website or blog and get better rankings. Make sure that you give proper citation or you may be flagged.

Join Fan Pages

Another way to increase blog traffic is to join fan pages that are so popular on Facebook. For example, if you have a sports blog, then join fan pages that talk about various sports products and recommend them on your website. Post an occasional comment on the fan page so that you are noticed. But, you comment should also be helpful. When you post comments, you can also give links that lead to your blog and other product reviews.

Just don’t get carried away with the links. Keep the ratio of 1:5, with one link for your site and 5 links for other authority sites.

Automated Bookmarking

Social Bookmarking helps generate traffic but setting up numerous bookmarking accounts is a tedious job and takes a lot of time. Instead, you can opt for automated bookmarking by registering on sites like SocialMarket and SocialPoster. Put the URL of your post on the designated fields on the website and your articles will be submitted to many social bookmarking sites.

Apart from these tips, the best SEO companies, like SEOmotive.com.au swear by the fact that you shouldn’t lose the quality of your content. Following these tips will help your post go viral but only if the content is of good quality.

For more guides in viral social media marketing, you should try the following:

Recommended! Social Media Marketing Guide

Social Media Marketing: An Hour a Day

SEO is the Best IM Strategy for Authors and Books

noreply@blogger.com (Kira Permunian) — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 18:29:24 PDT

With an uptight plan, some authors feel weighed down once in a while when self publishing books, making it tricky for them to complete the whole thing that needs to get done as soon as possible and to keep on track for too long. If you’re focussed on one publishing aspect then something has to take the tiring multitasking in promoting your authored books. The disorder of authors marketing strategy can make goals as if being dragged in altered directions at once. If you are an author or published writer, you can’t tolerate yourself to be preoccupied by unnecessary effort.

For that reason, I’ve decided to draw up this article aiming to give some helps to authors in managing their books’ Internet marketing strategy without much stress on time management and seeing results.

So how should you manage your online marketing strategies? Is it time for SEO?

I believe published authors should have a website where their books can be found and be purchased. Handling website objectives for mounting web traffic as you know will direct to increased sales.

Maybe this makes sense, is marketing your book online demand you to do everything and yet not enough and that you might want to mull over to SEO? By this means releasing up valuable resources for an essential endeavour that would make you up to search engines and increase traffic will eventually make your book sales up. As an important alternative of having marketing companies working on your books promotions, you would also have to take advantage of having experts that are skilled in the field of SEO.

SEO for Authors

Maybe it’s time for you to associate your published books with proficient individuals who concentrate in the use of efficient methods to boost website traffic? This can be possible to search engine optimization professionals that are established, proven with results and who understand the internet inside and out. I swear they can help your Internet promotions to your best advantage and of course they can ease a mountain of stress for the distinctive author like you.

I have found out that most authors are completely ignorant that the design of their website is costing them because it is not search engine friendly and that without the sense of usability standards. I believe when you work with a SEO professionals, you can put right these flaws or insufficiency within your website that could be turning possible buyers away. You could see a remarkable increase in having a more web traffic and sales rapidly with few squeezes to your website design. Hey, you might be agreeably surprised at what these things will make.

And you know the changes in the Internet are just illuminating fast these days, so if your books can’t go with this, you will probably lose out a bunch of profits that might go to your competitors. Your published books must have the prospective to practice a firm level of astounding sales that is only if you market your books in the Internet the right way. I certainly believe that “No one can be an expert at everything”, so as always persist to do what you do best, cast-offs your useless online strategy and abscond the stress of SEO to the people who are knowledgeable enough who know how to do it accurately.

At the moment, with thousands of books published every day competing for consumers, a good website optimization or a book display promotion would only means whether you have to break your dreams in the future or just in point of fact making revenue.

Is it time to ask for assistance? Now, you should take a serious look at what SEO has to offer.

Some authors would prefer Do-it-Yourself in Marketing their books. Well I can recommend the following guides for them.

The New Rules of Marketing & PR: How to Use Social Media, Online Video, Mobile Applications, Blogs, News Releases, and Viral Marketing to Reach Buyers Directly

How To Be A Professional Authors with Legal Pen Name and Publishing Company?

The Author's Guide to Building A Marketing Home Base

What Marketing Majors Should Know About SEO

noreply@blogger.com (Kira Permunian) — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 06:40:41 PDT

The bulk of new jobs that are created for marketing specialists are in the field of internet marketing. If you're in college and majoring in marketing, you probably haven't been exposed to a whole lot of in-depth information about SEO, SEM, and social media. Many college marketing programs don't spend very much time teaching students how to be successful internet marketers. This is because internet marketing is still a relatively new phenomenon that many professors and college textbooks can't provide much valuable insight into.

If you want to learn more about internet marketing and SEO specifically, you'll probably need to do a good amount of online research on your own time. The only problem is that there's a lot of information about SEO out there, and some of that information will lead you down the wrong path. Here are three of the most important things you should keep in mind about SEO as you educate yourself:

SEO Education and Majors

Good content is everything.

As you learn about the ways of SEO, you're going to find some people who believe that keywords and links are more important than content. Don't let them mislead you. Since Panda and Penguin, the two most recent Google algorithm updates, it's become essential that websites develop good content. Keywords, links, and optimization tricks just don't matter as much anymore in the eyes of Google.

If you want to become a more attractive candidate in the internet marketing job market, you'll need to work on becoming a better writer. You can do this by starting your own blog, taking online writing courses, and writing every day. Additionally, make sure you're keeping tabs on what top bloggers and webmasters are doing with their content, and try to create content that's similar in quality.

Coding matters.

Knowing how to do keyword research and use the right keywords in content isn't enough. Successful online marketers also understand that what they do with CSS and HTML on their websites is important. If you don't know the basics of CSS and HTML yet, it's probably a good idea that you familiarize yourself with these coding languages. After you're able to perform simple coding tasks, you'll be able to learn how to position your content appropriately, make SEO friendly headlines, increase how fast a website loads, and make it easier for Google to crawl the content you produce.

SEO isn't valuable without significant ROI

It doesn't necessarily matter that you're able to attract a million visitors to your website every month. How often those visitors click on ads, buy products, or share your content is what's important. If you want to learn how to be a successful SEO strategist, you have to learn how to deliver a substantial ROI. So, figure out what makes people click on links and what kind of content decreases a website's bounce rate.

If you want a career in SEO, it's critical that you become skilled at analyzing web traffic stats and that you learn how online businesses effectively increase their conversion rates. To thrive in the SEO field, you don't just need to know about link building and keywords. You need to be able to look at the whole picture of internet marketing and online consumer psychology. You need to be able to deliver results.

About the Guest Author

Alvina Lopez has freelanced about education throughout her career. As technology and education converge, Alvina hopes to guide her readers as they search for online college programs that have the potential to jumpstart their careers and change their lives. She primarily contributes to www.accreditonlinecolleges.com. She welcomes feedback at alvina.lopez@gmail.com.

Importance of Image Submission Sites Today

noreply@blogger.com (Kira Permunian) — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 04:37:17 PDT

Image submission is an important aspect of social media optimization as well as SEO-search engine optimization. Big MNCs are now opting for SEO service to channel their product to a large number of potential buyers. It not only helps the particular product of a company to reach the prospective clients but also promotes it eventually. SEO services are generally availed by companies to stay ahead in the competition and maximize their annual profit with a better approach toward media optimization.

Image SEO

Recently, image submission in SEO has gained recognition as one of the easiest and effective ways to build links. The sole principle is that image optimization helps to augment the visibility of the products. Images tend to attract more attention than mere statements. It’s human nature. If the image is good and poignant, it tends to catch the visitor’s attention. Then the inquisitive visitor tends to checkout the website and tries to find out what is all about. Hence, it is quite obvious that to attract visitors and increase trafficking, it is quite essential to post an eye-catchy relevant image on the website.

However, there are few essential aspects of SEO which should be taken into consideration while submitting an image:

The first and foremost point to remember the fact that the image to be posted should be fresh and positive. Make sure that you do not take water absorbed images or copied ones. This is due to the reason that copied or water marked images are not accepted in SEO directories. Your image won’t be accepted until it is a fresh or different one.
The second vital aspect is the key phrase or certain URL which is utilized to attract visitors in bulk. A good edited image along with precise content will help the visitors to comprehend more accurately and visit the website.
After the above mentioned processes, you need to put up some good and relevant images and submit your images in Pinterest, Flicker, photobucket and few more. These are high page rank image accepting sites.

It is imperative to add an apt title to your image. Then add the targeted keywords, along with an

excellent content and description. You are free to add your precise location which will help the

visitors of your website to look for your position via the image.

The above mentioned guidance tips are very essential for submission of an image in SEO. By following the above mentioned tips, you can avail multiple benefits through proper image submission. One of the biggest advantages of image submission in SEO is that you can augment the search engine ranking of your particular website. This process has helped the visitors and website owners in both ways.

Visitors can now optimize their search and look for their precise requirement and save time. Likewise, SEO people like from Geekster Philippines SEO Team are using the image optimization services will be able to give better service to their clients and can keep up with the competition with their peers in the same field.

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Google’s Penguin Is Another Swipe at Bad Content

noreply@blogger.com (Kira Permunian) — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 08:24:38 PST

A flurry of blog posts and articles continues to spew forth from frustrated SEO experts over Google’s latest algorithm changes, and most of the fury is directed at the so-called “over-optimization” penalty with which the Penguin update has shot down many previously strong rankings.

Spotting the Over-Optimized

It’s often difficult to parse the deliberately vague language that the 800-pound search gorilla in the room uses to talk about its algorithm, and the term “over-optimized” is perhaps the epitome of vagueness. Google sees over-optimized sites as those engaging in “much more than white-hat SEO” upon deeper inspection, even if they don’t appear spammy on the surface. Which tactics the company is now flagging as “more than white hat” is still up for debate.

Google's Penguin

It may be that too much effort in certain white hat tactics may now be rising to the level of spam for Google’s taste. This could be a redefining of spam altogether, or at least refining the process of classifying pages as spammy with new red flags. And in an effort to define those red flags, Google is probably analyzing all that user-behavior data it’s been collecting over the past year through Chrome and its plug-ins.

Identifying Spam through Usage Statistics

Since Google started collecting usage data from Chrome users and those logged in for Google Search Plus — and because they may have gleaned a lot of data from user feedback on email spam — it’s not unreasonable to assume that those statistics are being used to flag sites where user engagement is low or on which users clearly aren’t finding what they were searching for. If a lot of users are clicking the Back button after clicking on a number-2-ranked link on SERPs for select terms, maybe it doesn’t belong there.

The user of user date in this way creates a problem for which Google may be receiving a lot of flak. More well-established sites may see their rankings suffer because usage data on them is more robust. And since Google obviously has more data on some sites than others, we can expect search results to be pretty volatile, at least until its already impressive trove of usage stats becomes more comprehensive. So, if Google usage data shows significantly higher bounce rates on your sites, you can definitely expect your rankings to suffer.

This focus on user behavior is obviously linked to the page layout algorithm launched by Google earlier this year, which is targeting sites that have little or not content available above the fold of the page. So, huge ad banners and link spam along the sidebars (which pushes your content further down the page) have definitely been identified as a marker of websites that are unfriendly to users.

It Really Is the Content, Honest!

And that leads us back to content, Google’s holy grail of search. Keyword stuffing has always been a bad idea for content, and it’s probably the low-hanging fruit for Google’s webspam team. What we’re seeing with the new language for Penguin is a redefining of why stuffing is bad, and quality organic SEO services are going to have to change significantly when it comes to content generation in order to adapt.

Keyword stuffing is a sign of “over-optimization” by professional SEO strategists and is really a natural result when trying to create content around links rather than those links occurring naturally within a piece of content. Shoehorning links and keywords into content instead of letting them arise naturally really is a welcome form of anti-webspam from Google if you’re developing amazing content but get overshadowed by spammers.

I think this is a trap that SEOs all too often fall into by treating content as just another thing that can be generated, an easy mindset to fall into if you’re outsourcing content creation. Give your copywriter some URLs and maybe a title and you’re done, right? Except, that isn’t how the real creative process works; building content from heavily optimized anchor text outward is a recipe for badly written content, and you can’t always count on creative writers to pull a miracle out of their hat and create relevant content from those parameters.

This over-optimized content problem is compounded as the content subject matter becomes more esoteric. An English major has no prayer of producing any relevant content about server architecture that isn’t merely a re-hashing of industry jargon they pick up online (usually from other posts written by similarly spammy writers). If they do produce something, the content depth might not be sufficient to create a “keyword neighborhood,” where the links you want will naturally reside.

Writing such content is what creates the bad neighborhoods that you specifically should be trying to avoid linking from. A site that accepts such content might be able to rehabilitate some bad content by virtue of its own authority, but it won’t remain authoritative for long publishing such content.

It’s time to admit that this type of content really doesn’t hold as heavy a place in search engine optimization strategy as it should, and Google is finally getting around to utilizing user behavior in a way that forces that to become the focus. Even if the algorithm isn’t perfect at rewarding that type of content generation yet, you can bet the webspam team is convinced that their growing mountain of user date (from all of Google’s properties, which now have a single privacy and data collection policy) is going to provide better refinement going forward.

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How to Implement Google Authorship on Your Blog

noreply@blogger.com (Kira Permunian) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:26:57 PDT

With the launch of Google+ and the announcement from Matt Cutts, in an interview from Danny Sullivan last summer, claiming the authorship of your online content is becoming increasingly important. As part of Google’s resin d’etre for search and social they are rolling out author rank as part of their future updates to their ranking algorithm. This means that Google can rank web pages based on how popular an author is within their niche and if any influential peers have +1’d that piece of content. Also if your content is regularly scraped and syndicated it will help Google to understand who the author is and rank the original source of the content higher.

You also may have noticed in the Google search results, rich snippets with a picture of the article author and a link to their Google+ profile. There are some articles circulating that blogs are seeing a higher click through rate (CTR) when these images appear in the SERP’s. So with this in mind do you think it is important to add the Google Author markup to your website?

Implementing Google Authorship with rel=”author”

First you need to add the below code to your blog post if you have an author box then add the content in their (obviously you need to change the +Your Name & googleplusid for your actual information):

1 2	<a href="https://plus.google.com/googleplusid /about?rel=author">+Your Name</a>

Another way to add Google plus authorship to your site is to create a Google Plus badge. When you do so make sure that you choose the option Author and this will add the appropriate tags, you can then embed this on your blog.

Once the code or badge is added to your site you want to “close the loop”. To do this you want to go to your Google Plus page, select edit and under links add your blog to the “Contributor to” field.

Here’s a video from Google explaining the process:

Testing you have the rich snippet installed correctly on your web pages simply go to this web page and add your URL. If it is installed correctly you should see your Google plus profile image next to your article. Once the rich snippet is working you want to go to the Author request form and submit your details to let Google know of the update to your website.

It normally takes a couple of weeks for the rich snippets to start showing in the Search Results and it also depends upon how often your site is crawled. If you have any questions leave a comment below and I’ll help out.

About The Guest Author

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Chris Dyson is an SEO consultant from the UK and is the founder of Roots Web Solutions. You can follow him on Twitter @RootsWebSol.

Turn Your Talent / Hobby Into a Profitable Business

noreply@blogger.com (Kira Permunian) — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 05:58:56 PDT

Ever wondered how some businesses started? Well, in a nutshell, a lot of them aren’t anchored on ideas of glamour and grandeur. As a matter of fact, most of these business owners simply capitalized on their talents, hobbies, needs, some business savvy and, as they say, the rest is history.

MillionDollarHomePage.com

Business Start Up

On a muggy summer’s night in August of 2005, Alex Tew, then 21 years old, was lying in bed trying to come up with ideas to make money for university school. He didn’t want to end up like most graduates who had to spend about 15 to 20 years of their lives paying off student loans. He came up with a homepage consisting of a million pixels sold off at $1 per pixel in 10x10 blocks. The pixel purchasers provided an image, a link and a slogan when the cursor was hovered over the image. The site was launched on August 26, 2005, and the final 1,000 pixels were auctioned off at eBay in January of 2006. The winning bid was $38,100 and brought Tew’s total gross income to $1,037,100.

During that final bidding, an extortionist launched a DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack to incapacitate the website, and the site was unavailable for about a week while its security structure was upgraded. But for Alex Tew, it was all in a day’s work. After all, all he wanted was to finish college without the usual student debt that came with it.

FindAGrave.com

Jim Tipton had an unusual hobby – visiting the graves of famous people. In 1995, he launched FindAGrave.com because no site catering to his hobby existed. And then, he discovered his hobby wasn’t so unusual after all. A lot of people shared the same interest. An online forum was created shortly after launching, and as of April 2006, it was stated that the site hosts more than 78 million listings of cemeteries and graves all over the world. Everyday, contributors enter new records. A lot of people use the site as a reference tool. Long-lost loved ones are found, and thousands and thousands of lives are remembered.

Jim Tipton never imagined that from mere hobby, the site would grow beyond his wildest expectations. FindAGrave.com has evolved into a profitable business providing a number of paid services including ancestry listing.

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PickyDomains.com

Dmitry Davydov had a knack for naming things and thought to put this talent to full use and make decent money out of it. He then started approaching people having trouble coming up with catchy domain names that speak to their business needs and proposed a simple offer – cool, relevant, easy-to-remember domain names for $50. If his clients liked the names, they paid him. If not, they didn’t. Plain and simple. No risk involved. Soon, Dmitry could no longer handle the flurry of requests on his own, and in 2007, a risk-free crowdsourcing service where anyone can suggest names, called PickyDomains, was born.

GeesePoliceInc.com

David Marcks, then a 23-year old golf course superintendent, had a big problem – the proliferation of geese in the golf course. David and his fellow superintendents tried different techniques to chase them away – sprays, flags, fences, pyrotechnics – but nothing seemed to work and last. David then thought of contacting the American Border Collie Association to have his dog trained to chase the geese away.

When the golf course was finally geese-free, David was faced with another problem – his Border Collie chased away squirrels, rabbits, golf balls and even ransacked his office when left with nothing to do. He then talked with nearby golf course superintendents who had the same problem with geese and volunteered to drop by and had his dog chase the geese away for them for free. Soon, nearby golf courses heard of the young man and his dog. A golf course owner one day phoned and told him he was willing to pay him for his and his dog’s service. Such was the day Geese Police Inc. came to be. In 2000, Geese Police was estimated to have earned just under $2 million.

Doggles.com

Ken and Roni di Lullo decided to invent goggles for dogs when they, one day, noticed their dog squinting in the sunlight. The idea was first scoffed at, a lot of people believing this to be the most useless invention ever. But the couple, now marketing in 16 countries and over 4,000 shops worldwide, have already earned millions through this venture. And although Doggles is marketed as a fashion accessory, several medical and practical uses have already been chronicled. Prescription lenses are also available for dogs with limited eyesight.

About The Guest Author

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Maricel is a blogger and freelance website content writer writing for Career Mom Online and The Weekend Mommy Blog.

Useful Guides in Minimizing Risks of Web Browsers

noreply@blogger.com (Kira Permunian) — Mon, 07 May 2012 17:43:36 PDT

Web Browser Vulnerablities

Web browsers are the software applications which are mostly used at the time of accessing the Internet. Browsers such as Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer or Apple Safari are some of the most famous browser worldwide which are easily available in the most of all the computers today. These are the most popular as well as the most vulnerable web browsers. If these browsers are not configured safely, your computer may become vulnerable towards viruses, spywares and malwares. This can be quite dangerous because there are few malwares which are so powerful that these can even steal all your important, personal information. Therefore it is necessary to ensure the safety of the web browsers to get a happy computing experience.

There are lots of vulnerabilities in the web today such as the following web attacks and web browsers’ vulnerability news.

A computer should have updated antivirus software which provides automatic updates installed in his PC. One should be careful enough while sharing files, chatting or instant messaging. File sharing through an open network can be dangerous. Firewall is another option that can be used while surfing internet.

There are a number of security tools which can be used while browsing through Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox. These tools act as pop up blockers which apart from preventing superfluous ads also prevent malwares from entering your computer. Phishing filters protect your online information from being stolen.

A secure web browser minimize the chance of identity theft, stops the hackers or cyber criminals from entering your computer and steal your passwords, other information and destroy the operating system completely.

Finding the best security software is not at all an easy task. Hacker or the cyber criminals today are competent enough to crack almost all types of security measures. Children who are computer savvy and are addicted to internet are their most soft targets. Many times they innocently click on some links which open the gates for the thieves. There are a few security software available in the market which offer features like data locking, antivirus, firewall, internet security suite, parental control, download protection, virtual browsing, PC tune-up, online date backup etc. and above all the screen grabber and the key logger jamming which prevent the thieves from spying on your keystrokes and computing activities.

5 Useful Guides to Minimize Vulnerability of Web Browsers

Stop Phishing: A Guide to Protecting Your Web Site – Phishing scams are a serious problem around the world. The number of attacks - and their level of sophistication - has skyrocketed in recent years. If you have a web site and do business online, you are probably at risk. [Free Guide]

Reducing the Cost and Complexity of Web Vulnerability Management – Hackers and cybercriminals are constantly refining their attacks and targets; which means you need agile tools to stay ahead of them. [Free Guide]

Stopping the Targeted Attack: Why Comprehensive Malware Protection is Superior to Anti-Virus Signatures – Describes new malware solutions designed to be much more proactive and effective in protecting an organization's inbound and outbound traffic. [Free Guide]

Protecting Your Network Against the Growing Danger of Web Attacks – Learn about web-based threats, the impact to your business, and the most effective solution to implement. [Free Guide]

Top 10 Ways to Protect Against Web Threats – Learn how web attacks can be prevented. [Free Guide]

Users should ensure that their web browser plug-ins are always updated when surfing the Internet and they should run an antivirus program on their computers every time, security experts advise.

This is very important! Let us know your thoughts! Leave your comments below.

New Offers! G's Project Glass & The Free SEO Guides

noreply@blogger.com (Kira Permunian) — Mon, 07 May 2012 17:35:46 PDT

Keep an Eye to Google Glass

Hi there! How are you? I am hoping you all had a great week. By this time, you may already have heard about Google Project Glasses in which Google fans can hope the largest Internet search leader to propose realistic glasses that will definitely change your life ways.

Fundamentally, the gadget, that bears a resemblance of eyeglasses, takes all the functionality of a Smartphone such as scheduling meetings, taking pictures, checking the weather, reaching directions, and placing a video call and places it into the see-through lens exhibiting lots of information, from text messages to maps to reminders.

Introducing Google's Project Glass!

And here's something funny! LOL

Something Techie

Anyway, I would also like to bring to you some new offers we got to protect your website and web security guides. Feel free to get your free website guide copies while it’s all available now.

Choosing a Cloud Provider with Confidence

Stop Phishing: A Guide to Protecting Your Web Site

Securing Multiple Domains with SSL

SSL 101: A Guide to Fundamental Web Site Security

Blogging for SEO

Any successful event or a company has a robust leader at the back of it. Leaders can encourage people and inspire them to rise like a bird soaring high up to the sky. You should make out the Search Engine Watch’s 10 SEO Leadership qualities and don’t forget to get your free downladable guide to successful selling on the web.

Social Media Updates

Facebook is building a new search tool? Team led by former Google engineer is building a new Facebook search engine, as report says.

As we know that search is still the number one use of the web and is the front door for most users. So what do you think, are we really going to need this Facebook search engine eventually? You should be ready to get into the game of search engine marketing.

There you have it for this week's round up! Thank you! Enjoy and Happy Easter!

Social Bookmarking | A Blessing Or An Evil?

noreply@blogger.com (Kira Permunian) — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 05:40:18 PDT

Social Bookmarking is currently the most convenient method to boost the online visibility of your business. Using this tool effectively would help in creating an online catalogue of your favorite links which can serve as a focal point to for clients with similar interests come together. But that’s not as easy as it sounds. Social Bookmarking needs a lot of effort in choosing specific keywords and tagging for your business page. Unlike a magic trick, generating ‘targetted’ traffic needs time, effort and the low-competition keywords. Otherwise, random tags would only waste SEO techniques even if it is ranked higher and traffic is generated since profitability is the main goal. Following is a brief comparison between the ‘blessings’ and ‘evils’ of social bookmarking.

Social Bookmarking

The ‘Blessing’ Perspective

These bookmarks serve as easy reminders to generate increased user traffic in addition to getting more advertisements. Inculcating SEO techniques would multiply your marketing efforts and attract relevant profitable ventures your way.

Backlinking is also a key advantage in social bookmarking where your bookmarked page could actually start to ‘snowball’ when another user bookmarks it and shares it with his/her contacts. Those contacts when further bookmark you page creates multiple backlinks to your page which increases your site traffic, visibility and ranking.

Since all the bookmarks are created by actual users, it is more refined and well-catalogued than the ones created by an algorithm. The universal sharability of these bookmarks create a online communities with regular active users.

The ‘Evil’ Perspective

One of the major evils of Social Bookmarking is its vulnerability at the hands of spammers. By tagging the same webpage multiple times, spammers manipulate the SEO technique to get a higher ranking of any particular page.

The absence of ‘do-follow’ links on social bookmarking sites is also a disadvantage in this regard since the aim of the bookmarks is not just increased traffic but also an elevated rank in search engines. When you don’t find a do-follow link in a social bookmarking site, there is no point creating a bookmark there because all your efforts would be futile. Many a times people create bookmarks but even after putting all their painstaking efforts into the task, they don’t get a higher rank in search engines. This is one of the reasons why that happen so beware.

You may also have to face the reality that creating a variety of bookmarks is not enough if you want to have a higher search engine ranking. In order to make them come out as ‘natural’ links, you need to make links to diverse sites. As discussed earlier, search engines need to differentiate your site from the spammers’ sites. If you create links to only your site, the search engine could easily take you for a spammer. So to avoid banning of your links, make sure you create various different links for other sites as well.

Misspelled and wrongly tagged keywords do not bring any traffic to your page since the search engine does not even recognize them. Try to spellcheck all your keywords before inserting them in the bookmarks.

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How Beneficial is Directory Submission?

noreply@blogger.com (Kira Permunian) — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:08:22 PDT

We can’t deny the fact that some individuals prefer to search for information they need in Google. To give the desired information, Google will look up for that certain information in its database using the key terms given by the users. But have you ever imagined how those sites, which contain the information a user needs, are retrieved and prioritized?

As a website developer and page/product advertisers, it is very important in your part that the products you made are highly recognized. But the question is how will you do that? It is important that your site is linked from other sites especially with those most trusted sites which indicate the ‘popularity’ of your site.

Directory Submission

However, getting links from other sites is not very easy and it takes a lot of time contacting each site owners and there must be some reasons for them to give you a link. That’s when directory submission can be extremely useful. It is like getting your brick and mortar business listed in yellow pages! You can get your website or blogs listed in online directories under relevant categories. Somehow, in today’s society, directory submission has been exploited by a lot of companies who offer you sky, but deliver nothing. That is why, when you plan to submit your site to directories and get listed in them, you must learn to choose the right companies. That’s when using the service of Directory Maximizer, a professional directory submission service can be smart move.

Directory Maximizer is a specialist in general directory submission, niche directory submissions, paid directory submissions and custom submissions. What does this mean? Basically those services mentioned above are just some of the primary ways of boosting up the number of quality backlinks to your page/site. Submitting to directories will greatly help every website to improve their ranking. You may question yourself, why should I use those services? What will I gain if I used them? Listed down below are just some of the benefits and features of Directory Maximizer. Check them out yourself and see if those service features will really benefit you a lot.

Service Features

Control the pace of directory submissions
Avoid duplicate directory submissions
Gets up-to-date live reports
Manage multiple sites from a single account.
Save time handling directory emails
Makes all directory submissions manually which will ensure the highest level of accuracy for submission
You can save time managing directory emails by opting add-on email handling service.

Specializations

General Directory Submission Service - You can get permanent one way links from a number of general directories.
Niche Directory Submission – Using this service you can submit to niche directories exclusive to your industry and get guaranteed links.
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Custom Submissions – You can give them a list of directories and they will submit your site only to those directories

It’s an easy and recommended strategy to build links to your site. Give it a try. Click here to visit Directory Maximizer.

Pitfalls to Avoid When Posting Video to Your Blog

noreply@blogger.com (Kira Permunian) — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:11:57 PDT

Video is becoming a primary marketing tool for online business marketing. After all, video is a great way to engage potential customers and drive them to your primary website. So much so that you probably have a dozen videos marketing your business on your Facebook page, and maybe even on YouTube. Realistically, video is so popular that by the time you finish reading this article hundreds of hours of video will have been uploaded to YouTube, Facebook, and other places on the internet.

Video Pitfalls

With so much video online, you’d think we’d all be professionals when it comes to recording video for worldwide web sharing. However, I have witnessed a gamut of video faux pas that have left a lot of videos greatly lacking as far as online viewers were concerned. Don’t produce another flop and publish it on your website. Remember, whatever you put out for the world to see greatly reflects on the professionalism of your company, and a bad video reflects negatively on your brand.

So before you set off to make your next video in hopes of it going viral, beware of the following five common video pitfalls: The five most common online video faux pas.

Don’t forget about sound quality.

Sound is probably the number one negative about online video. Most folks get so wrapped up in the visuals that they completely forget the sound quality. I’ve seen far too many videos with canny sound, or loud background noise taking away from the visuals, or a talking head that just wasn’t equipped properly with microphone and you can’t make out what they’re saying. When it comes to video viewers will watch a shaky visual before they’ll stand for bad or inaudible sound almost any day.

Shaky Visuals!

Once you’ve got your sound under control, you’re next step to good video production is solid, steady visuals. And the most effective way you can capture those is with a camera on a tripod. A tripod is the solid basis for making your video look professionally done—even if it’s not. There are many great flip cameras that can be mounted to a small tripod to turn amateur hour into blockbuster—otherwise you might make your viewers nauseous.

Don’t try to be Spielberg—you’re not!

Film and video crews have tons of training and millions of dollars in high-tech equipment, so even if you’re the next Spielberg in the making, remember that you’re producing online video and your viewers don’t expect effects and formulaic storylines. Internet viewers want raw, real life video, and anything else can end up coming off fake and dishonest.

Don’t drag it out.

Internet users like it short and sweet. It’s true; the average online attention span is seconds. I don’t even watch videos that are longer than a minute because I can’t stay engaged that long. With this in mind, keep your videos short and sweet—in the 90 seconds to 3 minutes maximum mode (but only if the content is really, truly engaging). Otherwise you’re just wasting your time because no one will watch the whole thing.

Back up your visuals.

A video tells a store, it’s not simply radio with wallpaper spread on top. So cut the script down and let the visuals be part of telling the actual story. After all, pictures are worth more than words…

About The Guest Author

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Caeden M MacGregor is a staff writer for Prestige Marketing who specializes in PPC Management in Vancouver. Caeden has written for numerous blogs on a variety of topics ranging from guest blogging to landing page optimization. Pitfalls to Avoid When Posting Video to Your Blog.