April 2009

New Version of TweetDeck: TweetDeck v0.25

April 18, 2009

This new version does some new things: it fixes the memory leaks, enables shortURL previews and, very cool, shows TwitPic previews. The memory leak fix is fantastic because now TweetDeck will not use so much memory and you don’t have to restart it anymore to get memory back for other programs. The shortURL preview basically shows you the full URL to tell you what the website is before you click on it. I like this, .....

What is Ecommerce?

April 17, 2009

I came across a definition for ecommerce the other day that made me think: “E-Commerce or Electronic Commerce is the way of buying and selling varied good[s] and services over electronics systems such as the World Wide Web (Internet) and other computer networks.” Seeing ecommerce written out as “Electronic Commerce” made me stop and think about what ecommerce really is. That’s pretty much it: commerce on the Internet. Ecommerce website design is important for creating .....

How to Promote Your Affiliate Marketing Program Blog: Part 3 of 3

April 17, 2009

In “How to Promote Your Affiliate Marketing Program Blog” Part 2 I talked about what to work on while you begin your online networking. This post continues with even more suggestions about what to do to promote your blog. 6. Ask Questions Asking questions is a great way to get people to talk to you and a great way to learn about them. The more you know, the more chance there is you can find .....

How to Promote Your Affiliate Marketing Program Blog: Part 2 of 3

April 16, 2009

In “How to Promote Your Affiliate Marketing Program Blog” Part 1 I talked about how to utilize online networking. Utilizing online networking is important and will go a long way toward connecting you with other bloggers. Here are some things you can do and approaches you can take while you are building those connections: 1. Establish Yourself: First and foremost, your affiliate marketing program blog will have to establish itself, or if it is your .....

Green Affiliate Marketing: GreenEarners.com Is NO GOOD

April 16, 2009

Don’t Go There! I am a green affiliate marketer. It’s a great feeling to know that I am helping to save the environment everyday while I am at work. If you are a green affiliate marketer too, or an affiliate marketer who wants to learn more about green affiliate marketing and you search for green affiliate marketing, one of the pages that comes up is this: www.greenearners.com. As they say about themselves: “Green Earners is .....

How to Promote Your Affiliate Marketing Program Blog: Part 1

April 15, 2009

If you have an affiliate marketing program and you want to promote it via an affiliate marketing program blog. Promoting the blog is different from promoting your affiliate products, affiliate network and your whole affiliate marketing program. You are not selling a product or generating leads, you are cultivating an audience, connecting with other people in the blog world and creating an online reputation. Here are a few ways to start promoting your affilate marketing .....

Social Media Is Difficult and Worth It

April 15, 2009

Social media is the future, the future is local, personal and worth every difficult bit. This morning I, like many in the social media world, read Chris Brogan’s blog. His entry is called “Just As Difficult as it Seems” where he says, in essence, that adding social media to your business communications strategy is complicated, difficult, and time-intensive. Yes. He also says that sending out a mass email newsletter or measuring a new banner ad .....

Mari Kurisato: Painting Twitter Power Users

April 15, 2009

Have you seen the profile images that look like digital art? Great stuff, and a welcome break from the normal twitter profile photographs and images. @marikurisato is a digital web artist listing Denver as home who has made creative profile portraits for Twitter power users such as: @fantomaster, @zaibatsu, @buzzedition and @webaddict2, and @alapoet. Her work blends anime, digital painting and photoshop image manipulation to make innovative and strikingly real-life looking portraits. As I discuss .....

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