7 Ways To Create A Buzz Around Your Website

 

Incredible products/businesses at times fail due to lack of proper marketing. The product may be simply awesome however how you portray its image (online) is the factor on which the sales are dependant yes I am talking about how effectively you have managed your website!

Here is a list that will help you with some simple yet relevant and effective ways of building a buzz around your website.

1. To start with, telling a persuasive and gripping story about yourself (your business) is what is required the most. Every things starts for a reason. How did the company start, what are the key lines of business, who is running the business, what’s the vision of the company, what values the company believes in etc. Sounds irrelevant? Believe me, it’s not… The first tab people click on when they open a website is About Us. So you have every reason to think through and then create an influential story.

2. Who in the world doesn’t want a free gift? Nothing magnetizes people more than some freebies. Offer lucrative incentives like a free e-book, discount coupons or contest or lucky draws and make them available for limited time periods to spread word of mouth.

3. People are curious to know the latest updates about your business. updated frequently are not taken seriously. Share the achievements of your company on the website, share the latest Websites which are not consumer trends, and show the world that the company is evolving with each passing day.

4. A lot actually depends on the content of the website as well. Is it noteworthy? Is it eye catching? Or is it written in a very plain, simple, monotonous manner. You better update the content frequently else people will pass you and your website by.

5. The next important step is focusing on feedback. Consumers are appreciative of the companies who listen to their customers and pay attention to their feedback. Make the feedback forum interesting though! Create polls, ask for their opinions and put questionnaires & Ask them what they like about the products, the website, the logo and other stuff. It’s a great way to progress and advance basis the response.

6. It’s an era of social networking. Nothing would make you more popular than Facebook or Twitter. Make sure that the posts/tweets you put on these platforms are engaging. Post interesting videos and links. Post something which strikes a conversation and catches attention instantaneously. Get people talking!

7. And last but not the least focus on your marketing efforts. Create an efficient marketing plan and constitute a brand-awareness campaign that fits your business model and goals.
Getting people talking about your website takes some kind of planning, strategy, and most of all, elements worth talking about. Follow these tips and get your business humming!

 

I know I AM.

 

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Dumsani Website Design Solutions: Why Struggle When You Have A Business?????????????...

Dumsani Website Design Solutions: Why Struggle When You Have A Business?????????????...: Most of us who open or start up a business want our business to succeed, however that is not always the case. A lot of work has to be done...

Why Struggle When You Have A Business????????????????????????????

Most of us who open or start up a business want our business to succeed, however that is not always the case. A lot of work has to be done when you are running your own business or own operation.
Getting business cards, hoping on "Word Of Mouth"or even hoping your friends will support you that you survive is acceptable, but just not enough according to me.

But having a website is one of the Best advertising when youi are still starting. One thing we need to be aware of is that ANYONE, and i mean ANYONE can view you website, learn about your services and your company, WHEREVER THEY ARE SITUATED.

Therefore, i urge you to have a website for your company, no matter the size of  your company, no matter where it is situated, no matter what services you offer...........if you would like to have a very big company in the future....have a website.

People will be aware of your company and what it offers, soon it will be big.

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Dumsani Website Design Solutions: Creating a Highly Successfull Website!!

Dumsani Website Design Solutions: Creating a Highly Successfull Website!!:   Having a website is crucial to online success. It is where you will be building your foundation on the internet. Technology these da...

Creating a Highly Successfull Website!!

 

Having a website is crucial to online success. It is where you will be building your foundation on the internet. Technology these days has progressed so much that even folks without technical knowledge can have their very own website up and running, within a couple of minutes. And I’ll be showing you, how you can do the same.
What we going to be learning is not just creating a website. We will be learning the correct methods and ways to create a highly successful website.

There are four goals you need to achieve when creating a successful website:

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1. Your website needs to have quality content
2. It needs to be ranked in the first page of Google
3. It should become profitable with time
4. You need to be happy and satisfied with it.

Once the above steps are taken care of, making a your website profitable will be a piece of cake. I’ll explain how…
1. Quality Content: Visitors, readers and search engines love quality content. Its what makes people revisit your site and can also directly improve your rankings in Google.
2. Rankings: On an average, every day 5,134,000,000+ entries are searched in Google. If your website can make it to the top of its competing niche, you’ll be getting lots of traffic, which in turn results in lots of revenue.

• Profit: A website cannot become a money making machine within a day. This takes effort and time, but if you proceed correctly, your new website can become very profitable, very fast. And we’ll be learning all the techniques on how to generate money from your website very soon.

3. You should be pleased with it: If your happy with your website, it’ll give you a motivation to keep working on it regularly. And the more content you put it in. The bigger and better it becomes.
Although the above steps may look difficult I assure they’re not. Its actually very easy to build a successful website, and I’ll be walking you through how its done.
To achieve the four goals stated above, you’ll have to complete four simple steps which I’ll be walking you through.

THE FIRST STEP IN CREATING YOUR SUCCESSFUL WEBSITE, IS CHOOSING A NICHE

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Now what I mean by this is selecting a targeted topic, that your website will build upon.

What’s great about this is that, it can be “anything”. From your interests, to your passions. Or even your hobbies. Anything can be a Niche.

Say for example, I choose I niche about Video Editing. The website I create must contain relevant articles about video-editing, the software’s used, the production techniques and many more. I will have to keep adding content regularly , and very soon I’ll be ranking high in Google whilst getting lots of traffic.

THE SECOND STEP IS BUILDING YOUR FRAMEWORK

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Now that you’ve selected your niche, your ready to start with the framework of your site. This will be the foundation for your visitors, and as such – musts be organized well and easy for them to navigate throughout your website.

THE THIRD STEP IS QUALITY AND CONSISTENCY

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Consistency is a must when it comes to rankings. Simply put – the more consistently you update your website with quality content, the better rankings you get. It shouldn’t be a bunch of posts and pages, published once and then forgotten about.
A website must always be constantly and consistently improving itself. This leads to much better rankings, which in turn leads to a lot of traffic.
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THE FOURTH AND FINAL STEP IS MAKING YOUR WEBSITE PROFITABLE

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A common mistake that many people when starting out with their online businesses – They try to put the money first and the content later. This has led to disastrous results, and hardly works. Instead you’ll find that, by regularly publishing quality content and updating your website with new and intriguing information that is reader-friendly, will result in your website becoming highly profitable.
What is important to remember is that the money comes last. Once you have mastered the how to get a high amount of traffic to your website, converting that into revenue is even more easier.

Regards,

Dumsani Mabuza
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How to accept criticism at work

Criticism can often bring out the worst in people. It’s important for you to realise that being criticised is not a personal attack; it’s a key to success. Yes, success. When you’re criticised for a task, your employer is simply being honest with you. Use their criticism as a learning tool. Their knowledge could help make your work exceptional if you accept and consider their criticism. Here’s how to handle criticism like a pro.

Your first reaction is trouble
We’re human and our first reaction to criticism is often defensive. Avoid the urge to lash out and say the first thing that comes to mind. Rather take a step back from the situation, take a deep breath and think about what the other person has said. Is there truth in their words? If there is, implementing their suggestion may be very helpful to you.

Think positive thoughts
Criticism gives us a chance to improve. When you receive criticism always try to find the positive in it. Remember, honest feedback about your work is just one way that you can improve and be a better employee. Take the feedback into consideration and you’ll see that it could actually help you – and save your job.

Say “thank you”
You may not want to at the time, but thank your critic for their honest feedback. It could help you feel less resentful and prove to them that you can actually handle criticism without losing control. You might even surprise them too.

Be calm
Sometimes criticism is far from helpful, but it’s up to you to be the bigger person. Don’t damage your career and throw your reputation down the drain by lashing out and insulting the other person. Don’t stoop to their level; respond in a calm, friendly manner and show them, and others, that you will not let your anger or their petty insults get the better of you.

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The Difference Between E-Business and E-Commerce?

   

E -business and e-commerce are terms that are sometimes used interchangeably, and sometimes they're used to differentiate one vendor's product from another. But the terms are different, and that difference matters to today's companies.

 

Data integration is often underestimated and poorly implemented, taking time and resources. Yet it
              

In both cases, the e stands for "electronic networks" and describes the application of electronic network technology - including Internet and electronic data interchange (EDI) - to improve and change business processes.

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E-commerce covers outward-facing processes that touch customers, suppliers and external partners, including sales, marketing, order taking, delivery, customer service, purchasing of raw materials and supplies for production and procurement of indirect operating-expense items, such as office supplies. It involves new business models and the potential to gain new revenue or lose some existing revenue to new competitors.

It's ambitious but relatively easy to implement because it involves only three types of integration: vertical integration of front-end Web site applications to existing transaction systems; cross-business integration of a company with Web sites of customers, suppliers or intermediaries such as Web-based marketplaces; and integration of technology with modestly redesigned processes for order handling, purchasing or customer service.

E-business includes e-commerce but also covers internal processes such as production, inventory management, product development, risk management, finance, knowledge management and human resources. E-business strategy is more complex, more focused on internal processes, and aimed at cost savings and improvements in efficiency, productivity and cost savings.

An e-business strategy is also more difficult to execute, with four directions of integration: vertically, between Web front- and back-end systems; laterally, between a company and its customers, business partners, suppliers or intermediaries; horizontally, among e-commerce, enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), knowledge management and supply-chain management systems; and downward through the enterprise, for integration of new technologies with radically redesigned business processes. But e-business has a higher payoff in the form of more efficient processes, lower costs and potentially greater profits.

E-commerce and e-business both address these processes, as well as a technology infrastructure of databases, application servers, security tools, systems management and legacy systems. And both involve the creation of new value chains between a company and its customers and suppliers, as well as within the company itself.

All companies should have an e-commerce strategy. (Governments should have an e-public service strategy.) Electronic networks in general and the Internet in particular are too important for firms to ignore if they want to interact with customers, suppliers or distribution partners.

But some companies need to move beyond e-commerce and form e-business strategies - especially large companies that already have links to EDI networks or have completed major ERP implementations. These companies have already reaped some of the biggest benefits from e-commerce strategies. They're also likely to experience organizational pain as conflicts develop among their ERP, EDI, supply-chain management and e-commerce strategies. And last, they have enough experience and knowledge in electronic-network technologies - and in process redesign and integration - that they have a chance of being successful in an e-business strategy.

Still, the coordination and organizational obstacles to developing an e-business strategy are formidable. It involves major and potentially disruptive organizational change. The risks of failure and the consequences from limited success are higher in an e-business strategy than in an e-commerce strategy. Being a leader in e-business can contribute to long-term success, but the stresses and strains of business transformation can cause near-term damage.

A wise company may decide to consolidate its gains and complete the work involved in its existing and largely separate e-commerce, ERP, CRM or supply-chain initiatives before making the big leap to becoming an e-business. Jumping too soon can be as disastrous as moving too late.

 

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Why You Need A Website - DWD Solutions

That's a good question. In fact, it's one of the most important and most frequently asked questions of the digital business age.

Should your business have a website, even if your business is small and sells products or services you don't think can be sold online? My answer is: Yes, if you have a business, you should have a website. Period. No question. Without a doubt.
Also, don't be so quick to dismiss your product as one that can't be sold online. Nowadays, there's very little that can't be sold over the internet. More than 20 million shoppers are now online, purchasing everything from books to computers to cars to real estate to jet airplanes to natural gas to you name it. If you can imagine it, someone will figure out how to sell it online.
Let me clarify one point: I'm not saying you should put all your efforts into selling your wares over the internet, though if your product lends itself to easy online sales, you should certainly be considering it. The point to be made here is that you should at the very least have a presence on the web so that customers, potential employees, business partners and perhaps even investors can quickly and easily find out more about your business and the products or services you have to offer.
That said, it's not enough that you just have a website. You must have a professional-looking site if you want to be taken seriously. Since many consumers now search for information online prior to making a purchase at a brick-and-mortar store, your site may be the first chance you have at making a good impression on a potential buyer. If your site looks like it was designed by a barrel of colorblind monkeys, your chance at making a good first impression will be lost.
One of the great things about the internet is that it has leveled the playing field when it comes to competing with the big boys. As mentioned, you have one shot at making a good first impression. With a well-designed site, your little operation can project the image and professionalism of a much larger company. The inverse is also true. I've seen many big company websites that were so badly designed and hard to navigate that they completely lacked professionalism and credibility. Good for you, too bad for them.
You also mention that yours is a small operation, but when it comes to benefiting from a website, size does not matter. I don't care if you're a one-man show or a 10,000-employee corporate giant; if you don't have a website, you're losing business to other companies that do.
Here's the exception to my rule: It's actually better to have no website at all than to have one that makes your business look bad. Your site speaks volumes about your business. It either says, "Hey, look, we take our business so seriously that we have created this wonderful site for our customers!" or it screams, "Hey, look, I let my 10-year-old nephew design my site. Good luck finding anything!"
Your website is an important part of your business. Make sure you treat it as such.

Good Luck
DWD Solutions

Why IT Struggles to Innovate................and how you can fix it!!

It seems that it’s virtually impossible for IT to meet all business demands with current budgets, resources, and approaches. But the business keeps changing and IT needs to respond rapidly and innovate in order to stay relevant to the organization.

Why does IT struggle to innovate?

According to Gartner and other analyst reports:

• 80%-85% of IT budgets are spent just "Keeping the Lights On" (KTLO)
• Backlogs are compounding annually at a rate of 10%-20%
• 42% of the initial cost of an application is spent year after year to maintain it

In this eBook we explore the root causes of IT inefficiency and discuss methods companies have used to overcome them, turning their IT departments into innovation superstars.

 

    

     

Dumsani Website Design Solutions: The Internet Braces for the Crazy Shellshock Worm

Dumsani Website Design Solutions: The Internet Braces for the Crazy Shellshock Worm: A nasty bug in many of the world’s Linux and Unix operating systems could allow malicious hackers to create a computer worm that wreaks ...

The Internet Braces for the Crazy Shellshock Worm

A nasty bug in many of the world’s Linux and Unix operating systems could allow malicious hackers to create a computer worm that wreaks havoc on machines across the globe, security experts say.
The flaw, called Shellshock, is being compared to last spring’s Heartbleed bug because it lets attackers do some nasty stuff—in this case, run unauthorized code—on a large number of Linux computer servers. The flaw lies in Bash, a standard Unix program that’s used to connect with the computer’s operating system.
The good news is that it doesn’t take long to patch the bug. At internet infrastructure provider CloudFlare, admins scrambled for about an hour this morning to fix the flaw, which was disclosed late on Tuesday. “We got 95 percent of it done within 10 minutes,” says Ryan Lackey a security engineer at the company.

The flaw is being compared to last spring’s Heartbleed bug because it lets attackers do some nasty stuff on a large number of Linux servers

Because Shellshock is easy to exploit—it only takes about three lines of code to attack a vulnerable server—Lackey and other security experts think there’s a pretty good chance that someone will write a worm code that will jump from vulnerable system to vulnerable system, creating hassles for the world’s system administrators. “People are already exploiting it in the wild manually, so a worm is a natural outgrowth of that,” Lackey says.
To exploit the bug, the bad guys need to connect to software such as PHP or DHCP—which use bash to launch programs within the server’s operating system


There are still some important questions about the bug. One is whether other operating systems that use Bash—Mac OS, for example—are vulnerable. Another big one: how many linux server applications and appliance-like Linux devices—things like storage servers or video recording devices—might be vulnerable to the flaw. Many of these Linux systems to not use the Bash software, but those that do could be vulnerable to attack and difficult to patch.
In the grand scheme of things, Shellshock is not as big of a problem as, say, phishing attacks, which continue to trick internet users, says Robert Graham, CEO of Errata Security. However, it’s “slightly worse then Heartbleed,” he says. “It’s in more systems. It’s going to be harder to track them down and patch them, and you can immediately exploit it with remote code execution.” Heartbleed let criminals steal your username and passwords, but it didn’t make it quite so easy to run your own malicious software on a vulnerable system, Graham says.
Like Heartbleed, the new bug has been around for a long time, and was introduced in a widely used piece of open source software. In the wake of Heartbleed, the open source community came up with some money to beef up the security of several popular open-source tools. And it may be time to add a few more—including Bash— to that list.

Link: http://www.wired.com
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The number of websites has burst above one billion and is growing apace, according to figures updated in real time Tuesday by online tracker Internet Live Stats.

 Tim Berners-Lee, considered the father of the World Wide Web, touted the milestone on Twitter -- one of the most prominent websites in the mushrooming but sometimes murky Internet world.

It comes as the agency responsible for managing addresses on the Internet expands choices far beyond ".com" and ".net" to provide more online real estate for the booming ranks of websites.

The World Wide Web turned 25 in April this year.

It was born from an idea in a technical paper from Berners-Lee, then an obscure, young computer scientist at a European physics lab.

Berners-Lee was working at CERN lab in Switzerland when he outlined a way to easily access files on linked computers, paving the way for a global phenomenon that has touched the lives of billions of people.

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5 Ways to Increase Job Satisfaction

5 ways to increase job satisfaction    

   

Finding satisfaction in a job can be hard if the economy is bad and there aren’t many options when it comes to a career. Before giving up and living with the disappointment, try to find ways to enjoy your job.

1. Remember why you took the job: When you first applied for the job, what drew you to it? Did it offer a nice pay package or benefits? Does the company have certain beliefs that agree with yours? Remembering the positive aspects of a job can overshadow the negative and refresh your outlook on your position.

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2. Work for a promotion: If you’ve been in the same position for a long time it may be time to work towards a promotion. Look into job openings within the company or ask management if there are any opportunities coming up for a promotion.

3. De-clutter your work space: A dirty workspace reduces energy flow and can make employees feel depressed. Whether you work at a desk or in a warehouse organisation goes a long way. Create open spaces with minimal distractions. Then take a few minutes to admire the space and the difference it has made in how you feel about work.

4. Take a vacation: Being overworked can make even the most dedicated employee feel unsatisfied in their work environment. Book a few days off from work and spend it doing what relaxes you, even if it’s just lying on the couch and reading a book. When you come back to work, your outlook will be refreshed and you can approach your career with new eyes.

5. Find a new job: If nothing can give you job satisfaction at your current place of work perhaps it's time for a change. Even if a new job is not available at the moment, start looking. It may be enough to help you appreciate your job a little more since another can be hard to find.

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