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10 Keys to Copy That Sells

by Alexandria Brown Whether you’re selling a product or service, the 10 tips below are your keys to writing great copy that communicates and persuades … to get results! These guidelines can apply to Web copy, e-mail, sales letters, brochures, direct mail, and more. As long as your goal is to elicit a reaction from… Continue reading 10 Keys to Copy That Sells

FTP client software

Are you confused about the best FTP program to get your website to your hosting server? Check out this great comparision chart at wikipedia.org Two I really like are: FileZilla & SmartFTP

How to play music on a website, blog or MySpace with HTML music codes.

From http://www.hypergurl.com/ There are several ways to place music, midi’s, mp3 and wav files on a webpage. First you need to know the name of the music file you wish to use. If you don’t yet have any music files, you can find free music and sounds to download including christian music, 80’s music, pop,… Continue reading How to play music on a website, blog or MySpace with HTML music codes.

Hash tags on Twitter

Hash tags look something like this: #marketing (that’s the hash tag for marketing). When you put a hash tag on a tweet it becomes much easier to find for people searching on a particular topic.  Alex Mandossian uses #tss when he and his clients (and prospects) discuss his Teleseminar Secrets program on Twitter. #tcot hash… Continue reading Hash tags on Twitter

Flowplayer

Flowplayer is an Open Source (GPL 3) video player for the Web. Use it to embed video streams into your web pages. Built for site owners, developers, hobbyists, businesses and serious programmers. Flash technology insures that 98% of all Internet users can see your videos. Highly skinnable. No other software makes it easier.

Beating The Recession with eCommerce

This complementary, in-depth video series will not only teach you the foundations to selling online as well as how to do it in a down economy. Watch the 6 part series at World Widebrands

Valerie Sjodin

http://www.valeriesjodin.com Valerie Sjodin is a VERY talented distant cousin of a good friend of our family. Check out her unique and vibrant web site.

HTML to Kindle HTML Converter

HTML to Kindle HTML Converter Reformat footnotes into a Kindle-friendly format. Remove excess tags that the Kindle cannot understand. Turn characters written in the Symbol font (Greek, etc) into images so that they may be seen on the Kindle. (An image of the characters that can be displayed as text on the kindle can be… Continue reading HTML to Kindle HTML Converter

Update your Facebook status with Twitter

Save yourself from the hassle of entering status updates in two places. Use this application on Facebook to multiply your efforts on Twitter. 1 – Login into Facebook 2 – Then go to: http://fbtwit.com/ 3 – Select “add application” 4 – Enter your Twitter login information 5 – Test to see if it’s working.

ShutterBug

Do you need to get a site up in a hurry? Satisfy the hunger and do more with your website – photo albums, movies, journals, image rollovers, contact forms and a selection of more than 80 fully customizable free themes. Create a simple online gallery or go all the way with a full featured website.… Continue reading ShutterBug

odiogo: for an audible blog

“Pull your visitors by their ears and turn them into readers” — WordPress Web 2.0 Spot-Er http://podcasts.odiogo.com http://www.odiogo.com/

SubscriptionRocket.com

Use the most powerful opt-in list generating system that delivers highly responsive targeted subscribers in less than 48 hours, for free! www.subscriptionrocket.com This was sent to me my a friend who does Internet marketing. The service is being reconstructed, but you can still get on the list to be the first to know when it… Continue reading SubscriptionRocket.com

Outline a social media mission

Alyson Stanfield’s article, Outline a social media mission is a great place to start thinking about integrating different social media sites to promote yourself as an artist. http://www.artbizblog.com/2009/10/smmission.html

.htaccess forwarding

After buying a SSL certificate for my site I wanted to forward all of my traffic to my new secure space. I did this by editing the .htaccess file in my sites directory. Warning! You must make a back up of your original .htaccess file just in case . . . I added this at… Continue reading .htaccess forwarding