Friday Just For Fun Site – Today in History
Here’s something just for some fun on a Friday. (Not responsible if you get caught playing at work) My wife was looking at a book the other day that gave a review of what happened that day in history. While looking for that book for her online I found that the Library of Congress has […]
Some Random Thoughts on a Thursday
When sending email newsletters I believe it’s best to allow people to view the site with whatever font that their computer defaults to. When you don’t specify a font style it lets the readers program go to whatever it defaults to. I think that gives a person more of a feeling of familiarity when they […]
Email Newsletter Marketing
I have been helping several of my clients with their marketing recently by using email newsletters. Newsletters are a wonderful way to promote your business in a very cost effective way. I wrote about PHPList which is a effective way to manage your email list and campaign for free. It works very well for a […]
How You Can Still Sell Paid Links
While I don’t sell paid text links on this site, but many people do. If you have a fairly high ranking site it’s a great way to make more money with your site than with Google ads alone. The best way to improve your ranking with the search engines is to have high ranking sites […]
Something To Think About When Placing An Ad
My customer MeloSleep.com wants to take out several newspaper ads to promote their site. With online ads you make a brand new page and then have people click on a link to that new page. Lillicotch.com/sample1/, Lillicotch.com/sample2/, etc. That way by using your server logs you know exactly how many visitors that new page gets, […]
Friday Just For Fun Site – User Friendly
Here’s something just for some fun on a Friday. (Not responsible if you get caught playing at work) Userfriendly.org has a wonderful collection of daily comics and lots of other stuff that they have been doing for many years. They have a daily page and a HUGE archive to explore. Have Fun! More…
A Good Reason To Use Image Alt Tags
Alt tags are small bits of text (sometimes not so small) that only show when an image on your page is blocked for one reason or another. Back in the old days of s-l-o-w dial up modems many people surfed with the images turned off in order to speed things up by not not having […]
Good Free Tools – Wall Street Journal Small Business Help
The Wall Street Journal has added a great new small business section to their website that’s free to use for anyone. They cover a wide range of topics from financing to advertising and promotion. I just recently found this site and started to explore. I had thought that WSJ was a subscription only site and […]
One Site’s Bad Publicity Can Be Another’s Bonanza
There has been more and more written about how to manage your companies reputation in the new online world. A world where a small misstep can be picked up upon, not just by traditional media, but by a world of bloggers and social media. I have even talked about how the RIAA is doing bad […]
Friday Just For Fun Site – Make Your Own Lightning Globe!
Here’s something just for some fun on a Friday. (Not responsible if you get caught playing at work) Make Your Own Lightning Globe! Just in time for Halloween. I don’t know how safe this is, but it sure looks cool. More…
