With the news that Facebook has bought Instagram for a whopping $1 billion, everyone is talking about Instagram…even more than they were previously. The photo app allows users to take photos with selected digital filters, which each give photos an instant makeover. Vintage vibes can be seen on the images, with brightening, shadowing, and re-coloring capabilities. In April 2012, the use of Instagram was extended onto Android devices (where previously it was only supported by iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch). There are 30 million users worldwide, and the company grew users quickly from its launch in 2010. In January 2012, it was reported that 400 million photos had been uploaded via Instagram, and business just kept getting better. So far, Facebook hasn’t offered a mobile application through their service. Indeed, the acquisition of Instagram shows a readiness to enter the new mobile era and offer customers exactly what they’re looking for on one platform. Facebook has also announced that it will – Read the full article
Web traffic is the fuel of your online business. But not all kinds of traffic are equally good. Choosing the right type of traffic to promote your website depends on several factors, such as what your goals are and how much money you are willing to spend. Testing is also important to discover what works better for your site. Paid traffic is all about ROI (Return of Investment), and as a webmaster, online marketer, or investor you should be looking for the least expensive alternatives of Web traffic that deliver the greatest possible results. Buying traffic is the easiest way to promote your website without SEO (Search Engine Optimization); however, it is advisable to combine both strategies for long-term success. It’s not a good idea to rely exclusively on one source of online traffic. Popular Types Of Paid Web Traffic: PPC (Pay Per Click) Pay-per-click is the favorite type of advertising for revenue-oriented Web businesses and the one that brings – Read the full article
Links are a very important element when it comes to search engine optimization. Sites that have many quality links coming in from other websites are usually ranked higher than those that have fewer incoming links. How do you leverage the power of SEO to get others to discover your images? The following are some awesome link building tips for photographers. 1. Build links slowly You need to come up with a strategy for building links gradually. If you build 40 links in a single day and then go for a whole month with no new links, your rankings might improve for one day only, and then go down for the rest of the month. Search engines value websites or blogs which have consistent activity, whether it is building incoming links or posting fresh content. 2. Join photographer communities Find communities and forums for photography and create a profile. Remember to include a link to your site in the profile. Each – Read the full article
How did you pick the product(s) that you’re currently promoting? What processes, if any, did you go through to evaluate the potential for the product? Are you happy with your affiliate marketing results? Is your site as productive as it should be? Do you even have a way to determine that? Too many affiliate marketers make the all important decision about what product they are going to promote without having enough information. They either see or hear about a hot new product, or they go with a tried and true product that thousands of others are promoting as well, or sometimes they purchased a product and became so enamored with it they just know others will want one too. Sure it’s good to have an emotional connection to the product, but emotions don’t tell you the hard facts about its potential as a commercial success. Don’t do it alone. There’s a conversation you must have and engage in. When you’re – Read the full article
No matter what the business or the industry, the consensus is the same. We live in a visual society and the only way to stand out among your business peers is to be visually exciting. Use Visuals to Engage Your Audience Visual stimulus is more than a nice little add-on. It is essential to bringing customers to your website and keeping them there. More and more businesses are finding that making video a central part of their homepage is an essential step to building and maintaining an online customer base. Video Can be Affordable Many businesses forgo using video on their websites because they think it is too expensive. However, the cost of making a professional-looking video has reached the point of accessibility for even the smallest of startups. High definition cameras are routinely purchased by new businesses looking to create video for their websites. Because customers are less and less impressed by movie quality special effects, it is not – Read the full article
One of the best ways to learn about social media and how it can aid you and your business as it grows is to jump head first into it and start learning all of the ins and outs firsthand. But a little help never hurts either, and sometimes the quickest way to learning any and all new social media information is relying on others to point you the right way. That’s what makes these five different Twitter accounts ones “must follows”: so you can stay up to speed with all the latest and greatest social media has to offer: 1. @SocialMedia2day – This Twitter account is known for perusing the Web and finding all of the information you need on social media happenings and social media marketing. If you’re hunting for specific information around the Web then just turn to this account to point you toward in the right direction. (Bio: #Publishing and #distribution of great posts by the world’s best thinkers on #SocialMedia best practices, tools – Read the full article
We live today in a world of technological advancement and innovation. And, thanks to search engines, blogs, and social media, the art of marketing has taken a whole new dimension for business. People now tend to search from their desktops and look for products and services they want. Still not convinced you need search engine optimization for your business? Here are six undeniable reasons that we hope will change your mind. Effective business promotion In order to get ahead of your competitors and promote your business in this global village, we need new tools and methods to survive the niche. SEO services help you in getting that edge over your rivals to move ahead. SEO as an online marketing technique will make sure that whenever an individual searches on any popular search engine – say, Google or Bing – for anything related to your products or services; your website will be displayed on the first page and among the top – Read the full article
Twitter is a fantastic social media platform. The micro-blogging surface continues to explode in popularity in spite of all the haters who have mocked it from day one. With millions of users, Twitter is a fertile ground for effective Internet marketers. In this article, I will be discussing five Twitter marketing techniques. Before I get to those, let me briefly touch on an important concept, which is the synergistic nature of social media marketing. The best social media marketing campaigns incorporate multiple platforms. The three most effective are usually Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Facebook is great for posting photos, distributing content, and having contests. Twitter is great for having a conversation with your customers. YouTube allows you to effectively distribute video content. When you use all of these platforms, along with perhaps a blog, then you have a winning social media marketing system that reinforces itself. Keep that in mind as you build up your Twitter account. 1. Steal the – Read the full article
