How to Use Google Alerts to Provide You with Blog Content

In an earlier article I wrote about the importance of blog planning to help make sure you are producing quality blog articles on a consistent basis. That article received a lot of quality comments, as well as, provoked some interesting social media discussions. That’s exactly what you want to happen with all of the articles that you produce.

How to Use Google Alerts to Provide You with Blog Content

Each article should help you educate your target audience about a topic relevant to website design and website development. That said, sometimes its difficult coming up with ideas to blog about. Even when you keep a list of potential blog topics like we discussed in the blog planning article, you still have to come up with ideas to populate that list with. Keeping a list of blog articles that you want to write about is one great strategy to having a successful blog.

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Announcement: Winners of MightyDeals Giveaway

A weeks ago, we created a contest at instantShift called MightyDeals Giveaway had announced the five winners of Deal of Choice by MightyDeals.

Announcement: Winners of MightyDeals Giveaway

We’ve got more than 70 response comments. After voiding spam and non-legit comments we have left with 57 valid comments. It’s really good to see that how we can able to help in our reader’s life and their profession.

In case, If you missed this giveaway, make sure you are ready for next one as we going to create more such giveaways in future.

Congratulations to all the winners!

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Interviewing Secrets They Don’t Write About: Part 1 – The Physical Part

There are so many articles about interviewing tips but if you’ve read one, you can save time by not reading the others. Rest assured they all say the same exact thing. They range from the simple, common sense tips like not talking on your cell phone while being interviewed, to not lying about your experience. Unfortunately, there are many who do just that... and they’re usually hired for management positions but what if you are interviewing for a position where honesty, hard work, people skills and experience that will bring value to the company is the key?

Interviewing Secrets They Don’t Write About: Part 1 – The Physical Part

The fact is that these days, it is harder then ever to even land an interview. When your résumé gets past the online application robots or the hiring managers who see hundreds of résumés for each open position and you do get the honor of a personal interview, chances are you’ll be so nervous that you won’t sleep the night before and won’t be your sharpest during the grilling you’ll receive from multiple company employees. An interview is your one chance. If you make it that far, you need to be at the top of your game and kick ass if you want that job.

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Everything You Need To Know About The Perfect Call to Action [Infographic]

A call to action isn’t just limited to e-commerce websites; every website should have an objective. The objective of a website could be placing an order, reading related articles, subscribing to the newsletter or filling in a contact form. Make sure that the visitor knows what is expected of him and enable him to do so.

Everything You Need To Know About The Perfect Call to Action [Infographic]

There are several techniques to implement the call to action in a email. The basic tip is not to create a dead-end where a user doesn’t know where to go next. If he doesn’t know where to go next, he’ll leave your website and increase the bounce rate. Help him browse to other pages by using a clear call to action.

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Creating Effective Web Design for Your Visitors

Websites can have many requirements. The purpose of your web page—that is, what you want to accomplish with your web page—is important to identify before any work is started.

Creating Effective Web Design for Your Visitors

A web page is a kind of device that can offer many features. Your web page can be an informative web page, such as by starting an online site where individuals discuss thoughts in groups, forums, or boards. You can also consider a web page for your company to improve cost performance and attract more customers.

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Create Killer Landing Pages to Convert Web Traffic into Paying Customers

Do you sell a product or service online? Even if it’s Website Design and Website Development services, that counts. Anyone who is trying to sell a product or service online needs to include creating optimized landing pages as a key strategy in converting web traffic into paying customers.

Create Killer Landing Pages to Convert Web Traffic into Paying Customers

Inbound links from other websites is a HUGE piece of executing a successful search engine optimization strategy. Taking those inbound links to the next level however is where some people can do better. Now this may not make sense for all of our inbound links, but for some of them you should absolutely consider creating a custom landing page that those links drive traffic to. In this article we are going to explain what landing pages are, how they are used, what the benefits of landing pages are, and divulge some tips for creating successful landing pages.

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