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WordPress Email Popup for Online Marketing Success

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September 12, 2011

One of the proven ways of making money from an online business is to generate an email or subscription list. It seems that a majority of online marketing businesses and websites are using a popup on their homepage. But what exactly is a popup and why do people use this?

Advantages of using a Popup

Increase your subscription and email list

Every time a visitor views your website, the popup box appears giving them the option to enter your subscription list by entering personal information such as their email address. Using a popup gives you a platform of advertising without being too pushy. A subtle way of getting people to subscribe is by offering them a free eBook for example as a reward for entering their information.

Easy to install

At first glance, some website owners might think that a popup requires some skillful programming. But this is exactly the opposite and all that’s needed is to unzip and upload it to your plugins directory at your WordPress folder. The next step would be to select a template along with some graphics if you’re planning to include a free eBook for example. Options also include an easy way of scheduling how often the popup appears.

Seamless

The effectiveness of your popup depends on how well you craft it. If executed properly it can help you improve your subscription list easily. Rather than directly asking your visitors to subscribe it skillfully gets them to subscribe without them noticing it.

Easy Email Integration

You could use the popup application with any email provider. This strategy works well with email marketing allowing website owners to build their mailing list.

Customizing your Popup

Templates

There are 7 templates and 15 colors to choose from. Those who wish to use the popup could then supply the HTML code and text. It is important that you choose a template and color to complement your website. This makes it blend with your website’s overall appeal.

Scheduling

One of the things that turn visitors off with pop-ups is the frequency of time they appear. Some website owners exaggerate the use of the pop-up by making them appear on almost every page clicked. Options include scheduling pop-ups to appear on a daily basis or whenever you choose.

Advanced customization features

Those who wish a more personalized feel to their popup could create their own graphics to match their theme. For those with the technical know-how and basic Photoshop knowledge, PSD and templates come attached along with the unzipped files.

Afterthought

There is no such thing as a sure fire way or foolproof way of increasing anybody’s subscription list. It would be a disservice to tell people that installing a popup could miraculously increase their email or subscription list. But even with the best methods available for improving traffic, success still lies in the execution of the technique and ultimately on your visitors hands.

But dismissing the use of any strategy however farfetched or remote means missing on a marketing opportunity. An effective marketing strategy does not come from one but a combination of techniques.

Viver Review (Available On Android Market)

Guest Contributor

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September 12, 2011

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Viber is really a well known Voice over internet protocol and totally free texting service about the iOS platform. Actually it’s been installed over 12 million times on Apple’s app online store. The Android version lately finished from beta and it is available these days on the way to the Android Market.

Read onto see things i considered it.

Viber differs from a number of other Voice over internet protocol services for the reason that rather than needing you to produce a new login, it uses your telephone number being an identifier, not whatsoever different to WhatsApp. This could mean needing to hand out your number to individuals.

Once triggered (a procedure that required me a matter of seconds), the application scanned my phonebook and located 12 of my contacts which was also on Viber. The neat factor about Viber may be the application additionally a universal phone dialler, permitting you to definitely dial other none Viber customers on the traditional line.

Viber includes a tabbed based UI suspiciously like the apple iphone phone application. Actually the dialler is really a straight copy from the one about the apple iphone having a different colour plan. You’re able to see all recent and skipped calls (including individuals made via Viber and normal telephone calls).

The contacts tab teaches you contacts which are on Viber in addition to everybody else who isn’t. You are able to pin contacts right into a favourite sub menu. Finally, as Viber will also support free data text messages, there’s another tab for this. Regrettably it only supports fundamental texts. For any more complete free text texting system, I would recommend getting WhatsApp. You are able to enable appear notification for brand new messages.

Viber calls have the freedom because telephone calls are routed through Wi-fi compatability or packet data (GPRS, HSPA etc.). Well, not totally free while you need to purchase an information plan. This really is known as Voice over internet protocol and works not in a different way using their company Voice over internet protocol services like Skype. As Viber is made in the ground-up to operate on mobile data systems, the engineers needed to make certain it doesn’t use more data of computer needs to.

Depending on testing, I discovered that the typical 4 minute Viber calls just uses about 600KB of downloaded data. This isn’t occur stone, because it really is dependent how talkative you’re and network condition. I discovered voice quality to become similar to an ordinary GSM telephone call, even on the 3rd generation network and than Skype. The application helpfully allows you are aware how the network quality is and what to anticipate.

Viber also combines wells using the Android phonebook, permitting you to definitely dial anybody via Viber. If a person isn’t on Viber, a appear notification will state you the user isn’t on Viber and provides an option to create a regular call using your carrier.
I have not extensively tested how much Viber has impacted the battery life on my Galaxy S2, but so far I have not see any dramatic decrease in battery life. Suffice to say I believe it to be negligible and the cost saving associated with using Viber offsets any concern with power usage.

If there is one nitpick I find with Viber is unfortunately I have not seen a way to block calls from other Viber users who happens to have your number. I guess I can’t complain much as this is whole regular phone calls are – you can’t block anyone from calling you if he or she already have your number.

Viber does not bring anything a new comer to the table however it does what it really does perfectly. Once installed the application begins instantly and works without anyone’s knowledge. The main one factor that also gives Skype a small edge is video calling and capability to make Voice over internet protocol to regular telephone calls via SkypeOut. If Viber can integrate similar features and release on more mobile platforms, Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype will begin to resemble a bad mistake.

For me I’m already a convert. Those who I wish to call the majority are already on Viber and that i keep finding more about my phonebook signing up on Viber every single day. It wins on simplicity, simplicity of use and deep integration, as well as for individuals alone, I can’t stop suggesting this.

Nokia C2-06 Dual Sim Touch and Type Review, Video and Pictures

Guru

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September 12, 2011

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Nokia C2-06 Dual Sim Touch and Type Review, Video and Pictures

Nokia C2-06 Review:

This one is a pretty basic dual sim handset from Nokia. It has all the basic features like bluetooth, music player, FM radio, games and Java. It resembles the low end Nokia dual sim phones but its sliding keypad and the touch feature makes it more pricely.

Nokia’s new Trick from the hat:

Nokia has again maintained its standard of producing a very reliable and user-friendly Dual sim smart phone. Nokia C2-06 also known as the Nokia C2-06 Touch and type it has been introduced in the market in June 2011. As we know the dual sim mobiles are taking over the market rather rapidly, this one is definitely doing good business.

The mobile contains up to 5 different sim settings which make the user to change the sim on his own will and carry on with the initially saved settings .This product also supports 2G network on the bands GSM 900/1800 for sim 1 and 850/1900 for sim 2.One additional feature that this product contains is that it does not need to be rebooted when another sim is used making the swapping of sims very easy and user friendly.

Innovative Design:

Just like most of Nokia mobiles The design of this mobile is very impressive. This product is much similar to Nokia C2-02 and Nokia C2-03 from design point of view. Nokia C2-06 is available in graphite color. It has a smashing slider which gives it an amazing look. The slider brings out a smooth keypad which makes the finger feel good while typing. Its dimensions are 103 x 51.4 x 17 while it weighs up to 115 gm.

The display is a TFT resistive touch of 2.1 inches and the output result of the display screen is very good. The pixel resolution turns out to be 240 x 320 supporting up to 54 k colors.

Connectivity:

C2-06 provides multiple facilities including GPRS, EGDE, and Bluetooth and USB connectivity. Other than the normal usage of the mobile this product offers a new Nokia Browser. It is faster and wider in the navigation and as well as for the transmission of the data. It ultimately makes the cost low and speeds up download and uploads of files.

Impressive Features:

Nokia C2-06 is bundled with very luxurious features like MP4, H.264 player, MP3, AAC and WAV along with predictive text messaging, Hand writing recognition, flash light and many more. This phone lacks the 3 G technology but even without the technology it turns out to be a very handsome and inspiring product.

As we know Nokia always keeps a keen eye towards the battery output of their product this product again keeps up with the standard of Nokia and is able to give a standby mode of 400 hours and 5 hours of talk time.

It also supports up to 32 GB external memory card.

Camera:

The camera of this product is of 2 MP. A mobile of this standard should have been inducted with a much more powerful camera keeping up with the demand of users. A 3.15 MP camera would have made this phone amazing in the word’s true sense.

Conclusion and Price:

Keeping in view the services offered by this phone and the attached price tag of Rs. 9600, this phone is worth a try. Since Nokia is reputed for making quality products, this phone is certainly recommended. And finally the price, this phone is supposed to cost around $112 USD, but latest pricing can be learnt from Cell Phones, however, do remember that price is a variable factor and depends upon market, country and similar other things.

Please do let us know through your comments if you are planning to buy this handset or what do you like about it.

Make Your First App in Flash

Shrinivas

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September 11, 2011

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This is a simple tutor for those who are newbies in the cool world of Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash). Few days ago Adobe unveiled the new version of Flash i.e. Flash CS5, in this version Adobe has added many new features. But according to the Flash pros Flash 8 is known as the easiest version to understand and code your app, it’s like a boon for beginners who are about to crawl in the Flash world. We’ll start with the simple “Multiplication App” which displays the multiplication table of the given number.

Start the Flash 8 software, click on “Flash Document” in “Create new” section
In the “Properties” panel choose the “Size” option, set the width to 200 and height 400.
Well.. now our stage is ready to drag the components on it, go to “Windows >> Components” menu, it displays the component dialog box.
Now drag a combo box, a button and a list box component respectively from the component dialog box. Arrange the components as shown in Fig-1.
Go to “Parameters” panel below and change the instance name of each component to “combo1”, “button1” and “list1” respectively. Set the combo box’s “editable” parameter to “true” in the parameter panel. Also change the button’s label parameter to “GO”. Follow fig-2
Now it’s time to add some coding stuff. Click on the first frame and click on the “Actions” panel located at bottom and enter the code given below

function multiplication(){
list1.removeAll();
combo1.addItem(combo1.text);

for(i=1;i<=10;i++){
list1.addItem(combo1.text + ” X ” + i + ” = ” + combo1.text*i);
}

}

this.button1.addEventListener(“click”,multiplication);

That’s it. Let’s go bit deeper in the code. function multiplication(){} Is the function where we multiply the number with 1 to 10 by using “For Loop” statement. list1.removeAll(); means clears the list box before showing the multiplication table. combo1.addItem(combo1.text); adds the combo’s text to combo’s list for further usage (as google save’s our search query in its search combo box). Finally this.button1.addEventListener(“click”,multiplication); code tells the button to execute the “multiplication” function in “click” event.

That’s it buddies.. Your first app built in Flash 8 is ready to multiply the specified number. Hit “Ctrl+Enter” to test your app.. It’s easy no? 😀

Information value- Key to best content

Angela

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September 6, 2011

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The sheer amount of hoopla about social media marketing is turning into a typical internet circus, with Get Rich In Your Pyjamas stuff oozing out of every available source. It’s garbage, as usual, with a lot of added “benefits” in merchandising. As a matter of fact, the core issues for social media aren’t hype. They’re information and SEO values. Real social media marketing isn’t a guessing game. It’s real marketing, and it’d be nice if professional marketers treated it that way.

People do not go on to social media sites specifically to buy products. Their interest needs to be engaged before they’ll do anything at all except play games and chat. People do explore social sites, and will click on things of interest, but the interest has to be stimulated with information of good enough value to generate click-throughs and conversions.

This is also not exactly a mature market with well-established methodologies. Even Facebook doesn’t have a solid, competitive marketing and sales operation yet, and they’re also competing with sites like Amazon for attention in this area. The internet is the most competitive, fastest-moving commercial environment on Earth, and the social sites are very broad-based. That’s a working demographic for an inspiring phrase like “Get it right or don’t do it at all” in marketing terms.

Information values

The term “information values” needs to be taken literally. These are the basic issues:

What is valuable information?
To whom is it valuable, and why?
Where do you put it, where people who are interested in the information can see it?

The social sites are definitely a place for exposure, but if you expect results like a dating site ad gets, you won’t get them. The social sites are comprised of groups, free agents, and a lot of money-making operations of varying degrees of usefulness. Some social site ads are true turn-offs, and their main contribution to social media marketing is to generate sales resistance.

Let’s clarify-

Information value must be targeted to specific groups on social media sites. If there’s a hang gliding group, that’s where you put your hang gliding information. It’s a real no-brainer, and people simply don’t do it. For some reason or other, marketers have been generating materials on their clients’ corporate sites and assuming that merely because it’s on Facebook it will be read.

That information has exactly zero value to anyone not actively searching for it, and the people searching are more likely to be searching on Google, not on social media sites. They’ll go to websites, not social media, for that sort of information.

Social media must engage users. If you’ve got a Facebook page, you shouldn’t be just regurgitating site info. Social media is more like a blog, with direct engagement for users, asking questions, etc. This is real information, gathered first hand, and therefore valuable.

Information value is very much in the mind of the beholder. If you want your social media marketing to work and generate business, remember that. Go to work on your content, get experienced people managing your SEO and page content, and you will get results.

Freerice Vocabulary Game helps UN Donate Rice With Every Right Answer!

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Shrinivas

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September 6, 2011

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Freerice Vocabulary Game helps UN Donate Rice With Every Right Answer!

Yes.. The title seems somewhat weird but the fact is that you can play quiz game online and feed the hunger worldwide. www.freerice.com is the website where it is possible to feed the hunger and improve our vocabulary as well. Playing the game is simple, when you log in you get a word and four options on the screen along with the empty plate, all you have to do is choosing the correct synonym which suits the given word. As soon as you select the correct answer, the plate will be filled with 10 grains. You can play the whole day; there is no restriction for this. Finally the grains collected by you will be given to the needy.

How Free Rice Online Game works?

The rice is paid by the sponsors whose advertisement banners you see on the bottom of your screen when you give a correct answer. This website belongs to UN World Food Program and 100% genuine, they do what they say. It is the United Nations frontline agency in the fight against global hunger and the world’s largest humanitarian organization, working closely with many other organizations in over 75 countries.

How is Online Quiz helpful for you?

This website helps much as a tool of improving your vocabulary. You learn new words as you start playing this game. The database of freerice is massive and you can even choose the subject you wish to answer, the subjects include math, science, geography, art history, foreign languages and more. Apart from quiz game you can create your own groups and add friends who are intended to help the needy or else you can join the existing groups.

Freerice can be effectively used in-

Schools and colleges in improving the vocabulary of students.
Write more effective blogs, emails and business letters with rich words
Speak more confidently and also using new words
Improve your performance at job interviews and conferences
Be more successful in your job

Isn’t it helpful? Yup.. for you and the person who is needy. Visit here at www.freerice.com

Sprint TEP App Helps You Find Stolen or Lost Phones.

Sreejesh

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August 30, 2011

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Sprint TEP App Helps You Find Stolen or Lost Phones.

Recently one of my friend lost his phone and he was very upset that he couldn’t track it or get back the contacts he had on the phone.
We then started searching to find if there is any way to get the lost phone or the contact. And that’s when Sprint Total Equipment Protection App caught to my attention.

Sprint App is available on Android, Blackberry and few other select smart phones platforms. Sadly, its not available for iPhone

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And it can be easy to setup and start running in few minutes with no additional cost.

More than finding a lost phone it also comes with many great features to protect your existing handset. Below are some of its great features:

Find a misplaced phone with an audible alarm
Locate a locked phone on a map using GPS technology
Remotely lock a missing phone
Easily transfer saved contacts to a new phone
Automatically and wirelessly sync your contacts

Sprint Wireless program is perfect for everyone who want to have their data saved and protect their phone. You can sync your contacts with new devices and allowing them always have backup of friends, family and colleagues number. So in case your phone is at risk you can locate your phone with the help of Sprint’s TEP and know its location on Map.

Sprint also come with remote wipe capabilities, and lock their phone so when your phone is stolen it automatically gets locked.

And then you can sound an Alarm in your phone from your PC . This is a cool feature, when your phone is lost, maybe in your own home, the alarm helps you find it.

More info about the Sprint Total Equipment Protection feature:

Customers that didn’t enroll in TEP within 30 days of activating their phone are in luck. Sprint is holding an Open Enrollment from August 1-30, 2011. This means any Sprint customer can add the Total Equipment Protection feature. In addition to the new App features, TEP provides Sprint customers with a quick and convenient way to receive a replacement if their phone is ever lost, stolen, damaged or malfunctions after the warranty expires. Hey it’s summertime, this feature even covers accidental dips by your phone into the pool or lake!

TEP cost $8.00 per month. The Protection App included with TEP with no added cost provides the ability to find a misplaced phone with an audible alarm, locate your phone on a map using network integrated GPS technology, remotely lock a missing phone, as well as wirelessly sync and manage and restore your contacts. Should a customer need to file a claim a deductible of either $50 or $100 is required for approved claims. While some people might think the deductible is a bummer, have you ever check on the non contract price of that EVO –$449. Or even that LG Optimus you thought was free — $299 is the full retail.

To enroll or learn more visit www.tepenroll.com. Current Sprint customers should hurry, they only have till August 30th to add the feature to their existing phone.

This post brought to you by Sprint. All opinions are 100% mine.