Blogging 101
Irrespective of whatever people say blogging is not dead. Thousands of new blogs keep coming up every day. Techcrunch sold for 40 million USD not long back. But money need not be your reason. I h…
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Right way to do email marketing
Before you even get started with email marketing you need to believe that it is worth doing.
Then you need a message and a set of recipients (people you will send this email to).
Basically you n…
How to find free images for your blog or website?
A picture is worth thousand words. Right picture can entice your readers into reading a particular blog post.
These are the places where you can find free images for a blog post or for your websi…
21 year old sells company for 100 million USD
Back in 2005 High school students Catherine and David Cook (brother-sister duo) started MyYearBook , a social network for teens.
At that time they would have hardly have thought that 6 yea…
5 questions about Google+
News of Google’s social networking play Google+ must have reached you already?
I am sure there are some questions you are wondering about. Even Larry Page and Vic Gundotra must be think…
Apple even bigger and iPad selling more than Mac
Cupertino, California based Apple yesterday announced financial results for its fiscal 2011 third quarter ended June 25, 2011.
Apple beat earning expectations by posting $28.6 billion o…
Twitter getting ready for the big time
LinkedIn was the first one of major social networks to launch an IPO.
Zynga, Groupon and Facebook are all getting ready. While Zynga will soon debut on bourses, Facebook is looking forward to a…
Testimonials – social media way?
You will agree that testimonials help build trust for a brand.
During old time brands use to get customers to fill a form at retail front or at an exhibition booth.
What do you do in a “socia…
Facebook secretly working on a music service?
When programmer Jeff Rose poked around the code after Facebook’s Skype intergration announcement; he noticed a line of code that suggests that Facebook might be working on a music ser…
Facebook reaches 750 million users
This post on Facebook blog talked about scaling to 500 million users and ended with looking forward to another 500 million.
It may not have reached there still but it has achieved a significan…
Facebook unveils Skype powered video chat
Much rumored Facebook video chat product powered by Skype has just come out.
It is where future is heading. Video calling will not longer is a product that needs to live in some labs. It is the t…
Search Engine Optimization – What?
Before we get into this we need to understand why it is important.
It is important because of Google. Google is the biggest search engine (a software that people use to find content and info th…
How to get your website ready for business?
So you have already got a domain name, bought web hosting, loaded WordPress and created starter content.
Now what?
Do what you do before you invite guests to your home. Prepare and get it rea…
Right way to create content for your website or blog!
A website needs content like body needs food.
It is the fuel that helps a website grow.
Topic
Stick to one single broad topic. Do not create a website focused on too narrow a niche – where…
Tumblr races past WordPress.com
Tumblr, the blogging platform started by David Karp in 2007 seems to be appealing to a lot of people off late.
It has recently surpassed the number of blogs hosted by WordPress.com.
This feat ha…
Building your website with WordPress
WordPress started as a tool to create blogs back in 2003.
Over a period it has evolved into a powerful Content Management System (CMS) that can be used to run large websites.
Today an estimated…
Twitter launches automatic link shortening
Gone are the days when you has to shorten a link first before you could add it your tweet.
Now when you post the normal link to tweet box twitter will automatically shorten it using it own url s…
Web Hosting
Web host is the space where your website lives.
You rent this space from web hosts. There are hundred of thousands of web hosts out there.
I have used Dreamhost for years now and also MediaTemple…
Domain Names
What is a domain name?
A domain name is a brand that people use to find you on world wide web.
Google is a brand name an Google.com is the domain name for this brand.
Where to buy a domain name?
Domain…
Get a bigger Gmail Inbox
Most of the friends I know use Gmail (or Google apps for domain) as their primary email client.
Google apps (Free) version come with 25 GB email storage for each user. You can upgrade to a higher v…