How to Plan Before Starting a New Business

The prospect of setting up a business is immensely appealing and as an entrepreneur success seems easy. In actual fact a vast majority of businesses that are started with enthusiasm disappear into oblivion within five years. This can be attributed to the missing due diligence tests that need to be done at the very beginning. Knowledge and information about the methods of doing business, the product to be produced and related issues helps to formulate a winning strategy for setting up the business. Before stepping into the shoes of an entrepreneur, a number of issues have to be resolved, information gathered and a business plan prepared accordingly. The following is a list of things every aspiring entrepreneur needs to know before starting: [Read more...]

Top 5 Mistakes Even Seasoned SEOs Make

Everyone makes mistakes, even seasoned professionals.  The SEO world is no different.  There are countless issues that can make even the best of SEO marketers seem marginal at best. Below are a few steps you should adhere to if you decide to become an SEO marketer or you are already one and you want to hone your skills. [Read more...]

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6 Well-Kept Secrets About Writing Effective Web Copy

Before we embark on the journey of unraveling the top-secret strategies of writing compelling web-copy that are often kept clandestine, it is important that we discuss a bit about why web-copy is treated with such importance; why is it such a vital part of your website or your online business.

Your web-copy can turn your website into a sales machine by converting your visitors into potential customers which explains the reason as to why so much emphasis and heed is paid to web-content and web-copy. In fact we’ll go as far as to say that, if “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings; recollected in tranquility” is poetry, Web-Copy is a lyrical sales ballad disguised in crisp, subtle, psychological persuasion.

Startling? Surely, it is. Here’s for you 6 startling secrets of persuasive copywriting that no one wants you to know. It’s time we told you the immutable laws of web-copywriting that rule online sales. [Read more...]

Mad Men’s Guide to Advertising as Marketing of Last Resort

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Mad Men’s Guide to Advertising as Marketing of Last Resort

I want to share with you a long held fallacy that advertising is effective. Its not.

How can I be so sure?

The myth of advertising as an effective means of gaining new business is based on the fact that some people, in some way, at least to some extent can visibly measure the positive effect advertising has on their product.

However…

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How to Make Use of Friends List to Tighten Facebook Privacy

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Facebook lately turning up the buzz due to many privacy issues. They even rolled out new features almost every week. Even though it is really tough to stay in line with Facebook’s updated changes on privacy,  It could be managed by making use of the “Friends List” feature. I’m not going to talk a lot, rather I would do a pictorial (Pictured Tutorial) instead.

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Ultimate Guide for Speeding Up your Windows 7

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Windows 7 is, finally, a great operating system.

Every version of Windows, has many services enabled, while many optimizing tweaks are not enabled by default. The reason this is so is because the installation is designed to support a very generic set of devices and hardware. The cool part of using Windows is the ability to fine tune it to your needs. Some call this tuning process “Hacking”, others called it “Tweaking”. I’m not really that worried about the name, instead I prefer focusing on the content…

Before I get all technical, it’s important that you check your hardware and choose the edition of Windows 7 that best suits your system:

Choose Windows 7 32-bit if you have:

  • 3GB or less system memory
  • Dual core or single core processor
  • Built in graphic card
  • 250GB or less hard drive

Choose Windows 7 64-bit if you have:

  • 4GB or more system memory
  • i7, Dual core or Quad Core processor
  • Dedicated PCI express graphic cards such as Nvidia or ATI
  • 250GB or larger hard drive

Now that that’s out of the way – on we go to the good stuff…

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