Monthly Archives: May 2011

4 WordPress Mobile Plugins That Create a Better Hand-Held User Experience

By admin | Published: May 26, 2011

WordPress makes it easy to create a completely customized website that does everything you want it to. Thanks to all the handy plug-ins that help you optimize your sites for the search engines, create shopping carts and so much more, there’s no wonder why WordPress is considered one of the best and most versatile CMS platforms in the world. But there’s one other aspect of WordPress that has thus far been overlooked, but many WordPress web developers are beginning to take notice. WordPress now makes it simple to turn your [...]

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Denver App Developers: How to Automate and Extend Key Business Processes

By admin | Published: May 25, 2011

Denver is the most populated city in Colorado and that means that now, more than ever, your company should be Denver web marketing like crazy in order to garner as much of the market share as possible. The best way to do this is to automate and extend your key business practices with Denver web application development. The right team of Denver Apps developers will give your company the technological makeover it desperately needs to run smoother and so that it can pull ahead of your competition. But you can’t [...]

Posted in Mobile Applications / Websites, Web Applications, Web Development | Tagged application development, denver apps developer, marketing automation, mobile apps | 1 Comment

3 Online Tools for Spying on Your Competition

By admin | Published: May 24, 2011

Thanks to the Internet, it’s easy to spy on your competition. What’s that? You don’t like spying? You think it’s wrong? Well, if you are a business owner and you think it’s wrong to spy on the people and companies competing against you, you’re about to be in for a big surprise. Whether or not you’re spying on your competitors doesn’t matter, because you can bet your competition is spying on you. Ethical or not, spying on the competition is a business practice that has been used for centuries. Back [...]

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Google’s New Instant Preview Feature Puts More Pressure on Your Design and User Experience

By admin | Published: May 19, 2011

You may have noticed some changes to Google’s search results lately. This is of course referring to the tiny magnifying glass that graces each listing on the search giant’s results pages. This is Google’s new Instant Preview function, and it’s causing a lot of website owners to sit up and take notice. What Is Instant Preview? Basically, by hovering your cursor over the magnifying glass in Google’s results pages, you can see a preview of that particular site’s landing page. In other words, you can see where the link leads [...]

Posted in Design / User Experience, News, SEO / PPC | Tagged google, instant preview, ppc adds, traffic, userexperience, Web Design | Leave a comment

The Apple iPad – Good For Business or Expensive Toy?

By admin | Published: May 18, 2011

It’s been a little more than a year since the Apple iPad was released to an anxious public. The tablet computer has wifi, tons of apps and it’s thin enough to slip into a backpack or even a purse. But while the iPad may be good for checking the weather, the latest news or for writing your next WordPress blog, many wonder if it’s good for business. Well, some large businesses have already started to integrate the iPad into their regular business operations. Once you hear what these large companies [...]

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3 Online Retail Apps that Are Changing the Way We Shop

By admin | Published: May 17, 2011

According to a survey by ForeSee Results, smartphones will be the primary enablers of consumer shopping engagements. In other words, handheld online shopping is where it’s at and that method of shopping is definitely here to stay. And many online retailers are setting themselves ahead of the curve by offering iPhone and Android apps that are literally changing the way online shoppers operate and behave. Consider these three shopping apps that you may already use, and that are definitely changing the online shopping landscape. EBay Mobile When it comes to [...]

Posted in Design / User Experience, Ecommerce, Mobile Applications / Websites | Tagged ebay mobile, google shopper, mobile app, mobile ecommerce, mobile shopping, smartphones | Leave a comment

How to Boost Your Link Building

By admin | Published: May 12, 2011

If you’re familiar with SEO in any capacity, you probably know by now that search engines love backlinks. A backlink is nothing more than a link that points back to your website from another source. The more backlinks your website and individual web pages have pointing back at them, especially if those backlinks come from authority sites, the higher you’ll rank for your chosen keywords. However, as with most things you should focus primarily on quality rather than quantity when it comes to building your website’s backlinks. First, let’s [...]

Posted in SEO / PPC | Tagged backlinks, campaign, link building, marketing, seo, social media | 2 Comments

The New WordPress 3.2 Release

By admin | Published: May 11, 2011

It’s been only a few months since WordPress released the new and improved version 3.1. The CMS platform’s popularity has exploded since then and it seems that Matt and the rest of the gang at Automattic are making even more improvements. The new WordPress version 3.2 is slated to be released on June 30, 2011 after a series of testing and bug-fixes scheduled for May. The new version promises to be faster and sleeker than previous versions and many WordPress users are excited about what’s to come, including us. [...]

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The Most Popular Mobile Applications for Business – Which Ones Are You Using?

By admin | Published: May 10, 2011

Mobile applications are taking the world by storm. Actually, there’s probably a great ‘cloud’ metaphor in there somewhere. But the point is that, with mobile phones in nearly everybody’s pockets, if your business isn’t utilizing the mobile application you’re seriously missing out. Don’t believe us? Check out this very short list of mobile applications that can be used for project management, productivity, travel, networking and plenty more. Some of them are free and some cost money, but all of them are must-haves if you want to unleash the power of [...]

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Having Trouble Setting Up An E-Store? Try BigCommerce

By admin | Published: May 4, 2011

Nearly ten years ago, it was considered risky to order goods and services online. People just didn’t do it because they were afraid of getting their credit card numbers stolen. And while the risks today are even more severe, times have certainly changed with regards to online shopping. These days it is extremely commonplace to order goods and services online. With everyone having a computer at home and a computer-like smartphone in the pocket, online shopping is here to stay. For that reason, most retailers now have a fully functioning [...]