These days, we are seeing a new “it” think every few months. Right now, a pretty new service called Pinterest qualifies as this year’s Twitter or Google+. Essentially, Pinterest is a social bookmarking site that focuses on images. So, it is a bit of a mash up between Flickr and Delicious. When you “pin” something,…
Month: December 2013
You might already realize it, but QR codes are all the range. Their presence certainly seems to have increased in recent years, which indicate an impressive adoption rate among marketers. In fact, in June 2011, 14 million mobile users in the United States scanned a QR code on their mobile device. But does this mean…
Color is undoubtedly an essential means to touch the emotion of website visitors. This is method of non-verbal communication that creates a physical and emotional reaction on the viewers. Colors can set the right tone and carry a massage to visitors. They can excite or calm, around numerous feelings, and even stimulate actions. Indeed, color…
With the continuing growth of mobile technologies, mobile web design trends are also evolving. Smart phone market saturation is already shaping the year 2014 into a year when businesses will start to move furniture with the personalization of their content. Below are web design trends that just might dominate mobile web design next year. Mobile-first…
Hashtags are everywhere these days, particularly on Instagram. And being a marketer, you cannot ignore them. You need to know how to strategically implement these tagged topics. When done right, hashtags can expand your content reach, amplify your brand, target your market, get your content found, improve your SEO, and many more. Why You Should…
Google makes numerous updates on their algorithm yearly, but most of them are not noticed by webmasters and marketers. But with the recent Hummingbird update, the biggest in 12 years, about 90% of searches across the world have been affected. With such dramatic change, you cannot help but notice it. in fact, most of us…
Announced late in September 2013, Google’s Hummingbird update just might be the most radical revamp in its search engine algorithm since the Panda update in 2001. It has the goal of making search fast and precise, affecting the way Google processed search-related signals before ranking billions of web pages in its index. This is an…
With internet marketing spreading its wings all over the globe, more and more are now switching from the physical strategies of business promotion to web marketing. Email marketing is one of the best ways to promote your products and services online. It is also one of the oldest sources of business-to-business marketing used by practically…
Perhaps you have some experience in the web industry but are unsure what to do next. Or maybe you are new to web design you are just starting out. Whatever the case, know that you are not alone. There are so many others who are still feeling their way around the dark. The industry of…
Have you uploaded a video on YouTube and wonder why it is not getting the number of hits you expect? To increase YouTube views, you need to optimize your title, video description, thumbnail image, and other elements that are not actually related to your recording. Getting thousands of views is every YouTuber’s dream. YouTube videos…