New Blog Redesign Coming 2008

If I think back really hard, the last time this blog was redesigned was back in 2003-2004. Back then, I was still using the MovableType blog publishing system and only heard about the simplicity WordPress was offering in competition.

Then not long after, MovableType soon became more commercially focused and that is the opportunity which gave the overwhelming success WordPress needed. But now I’m not here to give a history lesson, it has just been so long since I redesgined my blog. The teaser is inside this entry.

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Signs You May Be Charging Too Little

One of the most difficult decisions if you’re a freelancer or soon to be business owner with your very own product; is price. How much are you going to sell it? How much would your customers buy it for? Is it too little? Is it too much?

Well, one of the sure ways is of course seeing your product not sell or sell like hot cakes. But did you know there are some others signs in telling if you’re definitely charging too little?

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What You Didn't Know About SPAM?

Everyone has heard and know what SPAM is. In generic terminology, SPAM is junk email. However, in true fact SPAM actually stands for; nothing. Odd? Surprising? Food?

The short history of SPAM is the term was in all probability derived from a Monty Python Flying Circus comedy sketch in which the participants incessantly repeated the word “spam” ad nauseam. Thus born between the word spam and this type of e-mail—since both were seemingly limitless, unstoppable and, above all else, extremely annoying.

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5 Most Common Type of Emails in Email Marketing

An email newsletter is a general term to describe the common type of emails used in email marketing. However, did you know an email newsletter could actually be broken down into different categories?

The 5 most common type of emails used in email marketing are:

• Announces
• Newsletters (Trust me, you’ll learn more soon)
• Promoters
• Occasioners
• Press Releases

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10 Impractical Website Requests You Should Know

You’re sitting in the cafe sipping your latte when opposite you, your potential client says, “Hey, I was thinking why not we put a fast paced animated introduction on my website with an upbeat techno type music?” By the time you had heard the part of the techno type music, you would have either burnt your tongue or choked on steaming latte in your throat.

Probably choking on coffee is a little extreme but if you’re a web designer, marketing manager or web developer who practices web standards then the above is just one of the impractical requests clients today are still requesting.

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