Archive for the 'Tools' Category

The 23 Best Google Search Hacks

Google’s search engine is impressive and allows you to get all the answers you’re looking for if you’re willing to spend hours entering different keywords and search phrases, or you can use these 23 great search tips to get BETTER information in minutes instead of hours! 1. Use specific words or phrases for your search […]

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Great tips for tabs

Sick and tired of fighting with all the tabs you need open? This great article has great tips to get tabs under control for Edge, Chrome, Safari and Firefox.

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Twitterfeed.com shuts down

I just got the sad news… Howdy, Twitterfeeders! We’re writing to let you know that Twitterfeed will be shutting its doors on October 31st, 2016. It’s been one heck of a run and we can’t thank you enough for your loyal usage and support over the years. If you’re looking for a service similar to […]

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Free Space In The Cloud – DropBox

We all need more FREE disk space – especially up in the cloud. If you’re not using DropBox, click on one of the hyperlinks and you’ll instantly get 500 Mb of free space. Need more space? Invite more friends and you can get up to 16 GB of free space in the cloud. Dropbox is […]

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Feeling like a hostage to your web design / IT supplier?

Many small business people treat one of their most precious assets as an afterthought, rather than as one of their most precious assets. It’s not inconceivable for a website to be worth $100,000+ when there is a legitimate brick and mortar business “behind it”. Put differently, years ago, when you bought a Yellow Pages ad, […]

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Email Management Tip

One of the ways I gauge entrepreneurs or business executives’ effectiveness and efficiency is how they respond to their emails. Without requiring ‘instant responses’, within one week of correspondence I can identify the ‘top 10%’ from the bottom ‘90%’. This is 2012. We are in the 21st century with email at the nucleus of our […]

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Google Analytics: Flow Visualisation

Imagine being able to SEE the flow of visitors as they navigate your site – how cool and VALUABLE would that be?!?! Well, Google’s done it again – they are releasing this new functionality in their signature Analytics platform – WOW!

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Google Real Time Analytics

It was bound to happen… Real Time Google Analytics! If you’re an exponential Internet marketer who adheres to Management By Metrics™, this is BIG! Just thought you should know! Psst! Thanks to Ray Keefe of Successful Endeavours for forwarding it to me in real time!

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Personalised Emails

According to a recent survey, personalised emails generated 42.7% more click-throughs on average to the web copy than non-personalised email. Personalised emails generated 403% more sales on average than non-personalised emails. Personalised emails generated 42.8% fewer un-subscribes on average than non-personalised emails. Should you expend the effort to personalize your emails? You should TEST to […]

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Credit Cards: How Are They Verified?

Ever wonder how a credit card number is verified? A fascinating article, Making Sense of your Credit Card Number published by Digital Inspiration Technology Blog. You credit card number may look like a random string of 16 digits that’s unique in the world but those digits reveal a little more than you think. For instance, […]

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Browser Usage Poll

I’ve already blogged about Linked In Polls,but since it’s quick, easy and free – it’s worth reminding you to consider polling your clients and asking them questions that your other clients might be interested in. This poll for example is interesting because I am not a user of Google Chrome and didn’t think that many […]

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Texting to get work

Let me state my bias right up front – I am not into texting or tweeting. I think Twitter is mostly a massive waste of time. Yes – I have a Twitter page and joined Twitter 2 years before it became mainstream. However there are always exceptions to the rule, like this article in The […]

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Linked In usage poll

As you’ve come to expect from me and my blogs, I come at things from a different perspective and paradigm. My goal for my blogs is to be the catalyst for ideas that can help you grow your business. The Internet is an exponential tool that can help in countless ways. Today’s post is another […]

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Google Goggles

This video speaks for itself – it’s very entertaining and demonstrates how to make information fun to learn. Additional applications of augmented reality are quite fascinating.

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Top 10 YouTube Tips

I am sure you enjoy this and my other blogs. They are filled with information that would otherwise take you hours to find and in many cases, there is no way you would ever find them on your own. The reason is that I have HUNDREDS of contributors to my blogs from around the world… […]

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What’s In A Domain Name?

Most companies automatically choose their company name as their domain name. While that’s a wise move, it’s often a BIG mistake to stop there. In fact you could be losing as much as 75% of your leads because of it – keep reading if you want to avoid making this Internet Marketing Mistake! Testing multiple […]

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Social Media Ripples

This is such a cool and powerful concept I keep it for my clients. Sorry. I can’t give you everything for FREE, after all that wouldn’t be fair to my clients. Stuff like this, when you really understand what it means is the difference between drowning in the tsunami of leads going to your competitors […]

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Google Chrome

Today’s post has two purposes. First is to let you know that Google has a new browser called Google Chrome and secondly that if you want to communicate effectively using YouTube videos, check this series that will leave you mesmerised. YouTube is without a doubt revolutionising Internet Marketing, but it’s still up to human beings […]

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Augmented Reality

If you ever wondered were we’re going with technology, stop wondering – augmented reality is here. Forget artificial intelligence – think Total Recall. Click on the hyperlink to see the latest technology that is within our reach and is being commercialised, I’m sure your head will be spinning with the possibilities this will represent for […]

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LinkedIn Tip: Post Videos On Your Profile

Don’t think you can post videos on your Linked In Profile? Think again… Read this simple how-to blog post that reveals a quick work-around! First, you’ll need a Google account and then once you create the presentation, you might have to go in and out of your Google account and the Linked In application for […]

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