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New Sites To Checkout

admin — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:26:31 +0000

http://www.instantshift.com/2009/10/08/10-qualitative-tools-to-improve-your-website/

http://designm.ag/ – Community for designers.

Website Analytics

admin — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:07:53 +0000

Here is an article that lists out 15 other analytic companies (besides Google Analytics):

15 Other Web Analytics Solutions

SEO Links To Help Your Efforts

admin — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:59:36 +0000

I run into so many great sites but I often forget all about them in a week or two. I just ran into another great SEO link today and decided to start putting this valuable sites in a post for future reference.

Google.com/DoMoreWithLess

LinkVoodoo - Free tool to measure your sites quality score and more. Check it out!

Google Insights – See what the world is search for

Google Trends – See search trends

SEOEggHead – SEO Egghead, Inc. is a web development firm started by veteran search engine optimization consultant, author of Professional Search Engine Optimization with PHP, and programmer, Jaimie Sirovich.

SEO Software – Life of SEO software solutions.

Starting a Business

admin — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:37:28 +0000

So you are thinking about starting your own business. It is exciting and scary at the same time. Here are my thoughts for people thinking about starting a business.

First, make sure you are the type of person that should run a business. If you don’t have the character and work ethic to be an entrepreneur, your failure is just a matter of time. I often talk to people that think putting up a website constitutes their business plan and think success hinges on them simply ‘creating’ a site and saying I am open for business. So, here are some basic traits and qualities of entrepreneur vs. employee

Does this describe you?
You love creating stuff from scratch.
You get pleasure in putting in hard work.
You are not above doing the ‘dirty’ work.
You understand your success depends on how good you are.
You love planing. You love thinking about how you can make your business better.
You hate excuses, they are just reasons for failure.
You are good at handling adversity.
You love change.

If you read through this list and thought this is just not you, you may want to seriously reconsider starting a business. Starting a business is hard. It is full of challenges and you could lose a significant amount of money.

Having a unique idea that caters to a niche market also helps! Good luck!

My Links To Remember

admin — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:46:46 +0000

This is where I am going to keep my links I don’t want to lose.

CraftySyntax.com – An open source version of live person. I have not used this yet. I do plan on testing it and will post my thoughts once I have done so.

Here is another open source Live Help – Customer Service program.

and another: http://helpcenterlive.com/

As little as $6/month: http://www.chat4support.com/index.asp

Killer Startups – is a user driven internet startups community. Entrepreneurs, investors, and bloggers are staying informed on up-and-coming internet startups using our blog platform, where internet entrepreneurs submit their startup to see what others think about it.

http://www.springstage.com/ - A place for entrepreneurs.

http://sitetuners.com/ -Conversion Helper.

http://www.dailygyan.com/2008/11/10-online-photo-editors-that-you.html - This lists 10 online photo editors. A great alternative to Gimp or Photoshop.

Adgooroo – helps manage and optimize online PPC campaigns

Finding Royalty Free Images

admin — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:27:34 +0000

Finding royalty-free images has never been easier. There are a number of sites available to you. They are free (completely free) images where you can download them and pay nothing. These sites don’t have the best selection and highest quality photos. Depending on your needs, you may find just what you need without having to spend a penny.

Most likely, you will need to join a photo site where you will pay a nominal fee (a few bucks a picture) for each download. Finding the right pictures for your design project is crucial. Spending a few bucks to select the right image could make or break your project.

Blogs Worth Following

admin — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:26:45 +0000

Some blogs are just worth following. I will include a list of blogs that are worth following. I will come back time to time to update this list.

Google’s Blog – No surprises here, right?

Yahoo’s Search Blog -

Google’s Social Web Blog -