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5 Places To Find Videos for your Business

cyrus — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 03:52:58 +0000

Video marketing is here to stay. Most businesses understand the power of video and are planning to continue taking advantage of this channel to generate leads for their business for the foreseeable future. Small businesses do have limited resources but there are places they can pick up video material for their productions for cheap. Here are 5 places that have awesome videos for your business to pick up:

Pond5: has a ton of videos, photos, music tracks and sound effects for you to use. It also lets you sell your material to others.

iStockPhoto: don’t let the name mislead you. This site has plenty of royalty-free video and other material you can use in your productions. The prices are not that expensive either.

Videohive: a great marketplace for professional quality videos. It covers motion graphics, After Effects files, and a whole lot more.

Shutterstock: clips are going for as low as $19 on this website. SD and HD video clips are also available. This is a good choice if you plan to do a whole lot of videos this year.

Getty: it goes without saying but Gettyimages is a great place to look for professional quality videos and photos. Many top web portals use this service to enhance their content.

Of course, there are plenty of other places you can check to find video content for your productions. The above sites save you time with the research process.

3 Cool Pinterest Plugins for WordPress

cyrus — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:53:40 +0000

Pinterest is a fast rising social network. It can be a huge traffic driver for your website as long as you take time to formulate a proper strategy for it. Integrating Pinterest into your website could help your cause too. If you happen to use WordPress to run your website, these 3 Pinterest WordPress plugins can make integrating this social network into your website easier:

Pinterest RSS Widget: lets you add your pins from Pinterest to your website. It sits in your sidebar and fetches your latest pinned content from your account.

Pinterest “Pin It” Button: you can always grab the “Pin It” button code from Pinterest. This plugin makes the process a whole lot easier.

Slick Social Share Buttons: adds various social buttons to your website, including the Pinterest button. It offers floating and sliding panels for your buttons.

These Pinterest plugins are simple to use and save you time adding Pinterest to your website. They save you time getting started with this exciting community.

5 Ways To Check Your Website for Malware

cyrus — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:39:13 +0000

No matter how careful you are about what you put on your website, there is a chance it could get hacked and infected with malware. As a webmaster, your goal should be to catch hack attacks and malware injections as fast as possible (ideally before they do any damage to your community and its search engine rankings). These 5 tools let you fight back against malware on your website:

BackupBuddy Plugin: quite useful for those of you who run your website using WordPress. It not only automates your backups, it monitors your content for malware. It provides support for cloud storage services.

Sucuri: a nice tool to give you peace of mind against malware attacks. It scans and checks your website for malicious code and lets you know when things go wrong. It is actually a very affordable service too.

CodeGuard: creates backups of your website and monitors it for any changes. It lets you undo changes and save yourself some time in the process. It alerts you and gives you options on how you can react.

BitDefender 4 Blogs: gives you a helping hand when it comes to handling spam and malicious comments that get posted to your site.

Antivirus for WordPress: another decent anti-virus solution for WordPress webmasters. It scans your database and templates.

As a webmaster, you owe it to your business and your visitors to check your website’s code for malware on a regular basis. These 5 tools help you do just that.

Your take: which anti-malware tool are you using to keep your website free of viruses and malicious code?

5 Ways to Work and Exercise In Your Office

cyrus — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:16:01 +0000

Running an internet business can be quite challenging. Some people spend too many hours each day trying to keep their business afloat. If you are spending most of your time behind a desk and are not moving your body to get the blood flowing, you are putting your health in danger. Here are 5 exercise equipment you can add to your office to exercise and work at the same time.

LifeSpan TR1200-DT Treadmill Desk: a treadmill with a large work-surface. You get to fit your monitor, keyboard, and other gadgets on this. You can burn a lot of calories with one of these treadmills in your office.

FitDesk X Compact Pedal Desk: perfect for those of you who spend a lot of time behind your laptop everyday. This is a comfortable exercise bike that lets you work and workout at the same time.

Paradigm 7101 ACTIVcycle Motorized Exercise Cycle: a compact exercise bike to get the blood moving in your legs. It lets you exercise when you are in a seated position.

SurfShelf Treadmill Desk and Laptop Holder: this works if you already have a treadmill or exercise bike at home. It attaches to your workout equipment and holds your laptop while you exercise.

Weider Weider X-factor Plus Home Gym: a compact workout station for small rooms and offices. It has a dip station and allows you to target your chest, triceps, and shoulders.

Working long hours each day without taking breaks and exercising is not healthy. The above equipment let you add daily workout to your work routine to gain more energy and stay healthy for longer.

3 Cool Keyboard Shortcut Guides for Twitter, Facebook, and Google+

cyrus — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 02:35:27 +0000

Many of us spend hours on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ on a daily basis. These sites have easy to navigate user interfaces. But you could get a more convenient experience on them by using the shortcut keys available for them. These 3 guides show you how you can use keyboard shortcuts to get things done on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+:

Google+ Shortcut Keys: covers the basic shortcut keys available for Google+. You can use this to navigate through Google+ posts and do all kinds of other neat things faster.

Twitter Shortcuts: covers the key combinations you can use to create a new tweet, retweet posts, and do a whole lot more.

Keyboard shortcuts for Facebook: this guide shows you what shortcut keys to use to navigate through Facebook pages.

If you like using shortcut keys to get things done on top social networks, the above guides can more than help.

5 Awesome App Mockup Apps for iPad

cyrus — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 02:46:28 +0000

The iOS app development business can be quite lucrative. If you have a killer app idea and the drive to implement your plan the right way, there is no reason you can’t make it big in this business. Of course, there is more to developing apps than knowing coding. You are also going to have to focus on the design part of the process as well. These 5 mockup apps for iPad help you with that:

App Cooker: a complete app that helps you develop your idea, create mockups, and price your app the right way. This is perfect for beginners and advanced users alike.

Blueprint for iPad: one of the most sophisticated mockup apps available for iPad (the one we use mainly). It has plenty of pre-designed widget with iOS views, controls, and buttons to get you started. It has a drag & drop interface. Its settings are highly customizable. It supports Dropbox too.

iMockups for iPad: this award winning application has a comprehensive set of tools to help you turn your ideas to mockups. It is great for presenting ideas and sharing them with your developers.

SketchyPad: this app works great for designing websites and apps. Creating mockups and linking them together are easy. The interface is pretty straight forward.

AppSketcher: useful for those of you who do not want to spend a whole lot on a mockup or sketching app. It is not as sophisticated as some of the above-mentioned apps but very simple to use.

These mockup apps are great tools you can use to take your app ideas to the next level. They are worth checking out for anyone into app development.

5 Tips To Get Started with Pinterest for Business

cyrus — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 03:12:01 +0000

Most businesses are now serious about using Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to generate leads and traffic for their websites. But those are not the only sites you should concern yourself with. Pinterest is an exciting community that is growing fast and can provide your business with that extra push it would need to get to the next level.

Not everyone has had a chance to use Pinterest for business already. Here are 5 steps you should take to position your business for success on Pinterest:

Build a complete profile: Pinterest is not an open community at the time of this writing. You should take time to get in line so you can create a Pinterest account as soon as possible. Once you have joined the community, you should put some effort into building a complete profile. That includes adding your website and Twitter/Facebook information to your account.

Manage your interests: Pinterest is all about saving interesting content to your account. You should take time to manage your boards and interests in an organized fashion.

Add Pinterest to your website: that includes adding your profile link and a Pin It button to your website. If you have a ton of engaging images on your website, adding a Pin It button could encourage your visitors to share your content on Pinterst. The traffic could be significant if you play your cards right.

Connect with others: just like Twitter and Facebook, Pinterest is a social network. That means you should try to connect with others and participate in the community. Liking and sharing other people’s work is a must. You can also comment on the posts that interest you.

Optimize images for Pinterest community: this is the most important part. If you want to get pins and more traffic from Pinterest, you must have images that are optimized for this community. So paying attention to what is working others is very important.

Pinterest has a lot of potential. It can serve as yet another source of traffic for your business. You certainly can’t afford to ignore it if you want to gain an edge over your competitors.

Why You Should Be on Pinterest (smoabc.com)
6 Ways Brands Can Rock Pinterest (socialtimes.com)

4 Cool Websites To Build Links With

cyrus — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 02:41:43 +0000

Most webmasters understand the power of getting links from authority sites. Without a decent link building strategy, you are going to have a very difficult time climbing the rankings. There are sites webmasters can use to gain quality links for their websites. Here are 4 exciting websites you can use to build links with for your website:

The ComLuv Network: many webmasters use CommentLuve to reward their commenters. That gives you the chance to gain quality links by commenting on these sites.

My Blog Guest: guest blogging is a great way to build quality links for your business. This is a community that connects guest bloggers with publishers.

Eightfold Logic Linker: another exciting service that connects you with other publishers, giving you the chance to get links from them.

Zemanta: a powerful service that saves you time enhancing your posts. It can also gain links for your website. Zemanta recommends its owners to others.

These services save you time building links for your website. The more quality links you build, the better off your business will be.

Creating Win-Win Link Building Scenarios (searchenginewatch.com)
4 Cool .htaccess Plugins for WordPress (wpjedi.com)
5 Ways To Greet Website Visitors On WordPress (wpjedi.com)
Natural Link Building 101 (kissmetrics.com)

3 Decent Google+ Stat Tools You Should Try

cyrus — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 03:02:11 +0000

Just like any other top social network, Google+ has the potential to bring a lot of leads and business your way if used the right way. You not only have to come up with a decent strategy, you should also analyze your results and keep track of your stats. These 3 Google+ stat tools can more than help:

Social Statistics: a nice tool to use to find out more about the top players on Google+ (people and companies). It shows you the top movers in this community as well as your own stats.

CircleCount.com: shows you popular individuals and pages on Google+. Keeps track of # of followers, latest posts, and comment/+1/reshare stats. It also has some useful information on G+ demographics.

Pluss.es: turns your Google+ updates into a blog. It is not a classic stat tool but makes tracking the progress your posts have made easier.

Being serious about Google+ is more than just opening an account and adding a few posts here and there. You need to add valuable content, engage others, follow a coherent strategy, and keep track of your stats. The above tools could help you do those.

4 Must See Personalized Magazine Apps

cyrus — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 03:00:36 +0000

In this day and age, many are suffering from social media overload. There are so many great sources around it is hard for most of us to keep up. Using personalized magazine apps for iOS or Android makes it easier for their users to keep up with the news on topics that interest them. Here are 4 awesome personalized magazine apps that can make you a more productive reader:

Flipboard: one of the most attractive magazine apps we have tested. It is available for the iPhone and iPad. It lets you keep up with content from Twitter, Facebook, and other social networks.

Google Currents: lets you keep up with content from your favorite sources on your iOS or Android device. It is quite sleek and makes a great alternative to Flipboard.

Zite for iPhone and iPad: a smart, personalized magazine app for iPad. It learns from what you like and improves your experience over time.

Flud for iPhone and iPad : another top social reader for iOS. Lets you keep up with Tumblr, Google Reader, Twitter, Facebook, Read It Later, and Instapaper. Makes creating reading lists on your device easy. You can access them even when you are offline. You can keep up with other Fluders which is a big plus.

I personally prefer Flipboard to the other 3 apps at this point. But they are all very solid and can make keeping up with your social life on your smartphone or tablet more convenient.