To Up Sales, Up Words

The challenge for many webmasters and Internet marketers is certainly that of ensuring a site communicates effectively to its audience -- especially when communication is at the heart of making profitable online sales. Of course, less than a decade ago the need to communicate in a language that the vast majority of people can understand was not an important element -- technolese was commonplace since…

Ask For A Better Price

Years ago, I was in the US Air Force, stationed at Clark Air Base, Republic of Philippines. I loved the place and regretted when our unit was moved. The biggest lesson I learned during my tour of duty there was to bargain. This was a concept that was, and still is, foreign to most Americans.

WHY MOST FREELANCE WEB DESIGNERS FAIL OR WORK 60 HOUR WEEKS FOR PEANUTS AND WHY YOU DON’T HAVE TO

Whilst planning this article, I visited numerous message boards where web designers congregate. I was shocked! Success did seem to be coming to a few posters, but struggle seemed the plight of most. Leaving design college and still being unemployed after a year was one common story. Beginners to freelance working for next to nothing or not working at all was another.

How to stay determined

The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between the great and the insignificant, is energy -- invincible determination -- a purpose once fixed, and then death or victory. (Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton)

Does Your Site Extend its Welcome?

On the web, targeted traffic is essential to an online business' survival. Al Ries, in his book "Focus: The Future of your Company Depends on it," wrote that our rapidly changing, technology-driven marketplace will mandate a sharper marketing aim -- particularly in the new millennium as increased competition will give more choice to the electronic consumer.