Only in Canada, Eh?
When people do a search with “Canadian Sites Only”, the search engines filter out what it thinks are non – Canadian sites. How the search engines make this decision may surprise and shock you. This article also applies to people in other countries, as well.
“Stupid” Selling: Let the client lead the way
When I was a broker at Merrill Lynch in the late ’70s and early ’80s, I was trained to sell stocks using classic cold-calling techniques. My colleagues and clients were tough and fast-moving and wanted only answers. Quickly. I had to know my product and have my sales skills down pat. Smile and dial. Come in with a great opening. Wow them with sexy stocks and great numbers. Be clever and charming, and let the buyer think he was calling the shots. My opening line was “Hi, Mr. Jones. I’m Sharon Drew Morgen with Merrill Lynch, and I’m a broker. I’d like to take three and a half minutes of your time to tell you about a stock that’s going to go up in the next week. Do you want to make some money?”
ZIP IT!!
If your first impulse is to speak up when you see or feel something is wrong in your workplace, zip it! Yes, just zip it! Why? Most folks’ initial responses are impulsive, emotional, subjective and void of thought. But, you already knew that, didn’t you?
Are You A Leader?
In this world there are two kinds of people. You find leaders, who are few and far in between, and then there are followers who make up the vast majority of people in the world.
5 Zero-Cost Spam Prevention Tools For All Situations!
Anyone who uses email knows what Spam is! It’s annoying and time consuming to wade through volumes of fraud, con and obscene emails to filter out the really important ones. And I am sure you are affected by this menace in some form or other.
Create a Timesaving Homepage
As a web designer and/or developer you need tools that help you save time in your everyday online routine. One resourceful tool we have used for many years is a custom quickie browser home page that resides on our system (or shared drive for those who use a network).
Is Your Website Ready for the Holidays?
If your website does not recognize special holidays and events, your site visitors and customers may get the impression that your site content is stale. The task to prepare your site for the holidays (or a current event) does not have to be a time consuming project.
Google Acquires Sprinks
Last week, PPC giant, Google, purchased Sprinks. Sprinks advertisements, which were distributed over the About.com media network, will be now be replaced by Google Adwords advertisements within the next month. If you do not have a Google Adwords account, and would still like to have your site seen where Sprinks was showing before, then you will need to open a Google Adwords account. Let’s take a look at Sprinks, the advantages of Google Adwords, discuss what will happen to your Sprinks account, and what this means for you.
Using Multiple External Style Sheets
If you are a regular reader of our CSS articles, I am sure you know that the best way to utilize CSS in most cases is with an external style sheet by linking it between the head tags of your document. (If you are not familiar with the different methods of CSS and how or when to use them, be sure to read our article, “External, Internal or Inline? Which Method is Best?”)
How Search Engines Connect Sellers and Buyers
Maggie knows how to find what she wants. She lets her fingers do the walking – not in the Yellow Pages, but at Google.com. She wants to learn about bread baking, and you have just written Bread Baking Made Simple, and you sell some great baking tools. The good news is the Google and other search engines exist for one simple reason: to help Maggie find your website.