This video by Seth Godin is a bit long but has some brilliant insights about marketing your business.
What’s Remarkable About Your Business?
Posted in Internet Marketing.
An Official Tackle?
Every once in a while I come across a story that is off-topic for this blog but is worthy of mention because life should be more fun. Check out this video of a Referee putting the tackle on. Listen closely to the commentary. HILARIOUS
Here’s a closeup of the action:
10 Tips to Help Increase Website Traffic
10 tips (short of a complete redesign) to help increase traffic to your website.
1. Add new content regularly - articles, how-to guides and upcoming events are great. Video and audio have become very popular recently. Both are great ways to deliver your message to visitors.
2. Increase your inbound links - these are links pointing to your website from other websites, directories, social networking sites etc.
3. Submit your site to online directories - such as yellowpages.com, local.com, kudzu.com there are many others. These are portals that have existing traffic and sometimes you can increase visits just by getting listed. Most have a paid service for premium placement, but not recommended.
4. Publish some articles for mass consumption and submit to article directories
5. Join online communities and message boards related to your services and become an active member sharing information and insights with others.
6. Start a blog - Post often, once a day is best but at least once a week to keep visitors coming back.
7. Build an email list and start sending out newsletters to subscribers. Newsletters don’t have to be long, but should be entertaining and informative. I recommend sending email newsletters once or twice a month.
8. Build your social network through online properties such as myspace, facebook, twitter and others. These social networking platforms are quick to learn and easy to build relationships with like minded people.
9. Make sure your website’s code is W3C compliant. Here is an easy to use tool to help you determine if your website’s HTML is up to standards. http://validator.w3.org
10. To learn more about increasing traffic to your website read this article I wrote a while back http://www.amistudios.com/keyword-research.php - great information for the do-it-yourselfer.
Keep your website fresh and attractive. If your site is outdated, spend some money to bring it current. I can’t stress enough how important it is to have an attractive website. Creative graphics, informative videos, interesting banners will all improve your visitors experience.
Posted in Internet Marketing, Web Design.
Las Vegas Snow 2008
On Dec 17, 2008 Las Vegas, NV experienced record snowfall. In Henderson we received 4 to 8 inches of snow in about 6 hours. Here is a short clip of my neighborhood on that day.
Posted in Internet Marketing, Las Vegas.
Ultimate Design Computer
The AMI Team recently set out to build a custom computer which could easily handle a heavy workload of processing high res graphics, video and 3D animation. Here are the specs for the new design computer we just built.
Power Supply
Ultra X3 ULT40064 1000-Watt Power Supply - ATX, SATA-Ready, PCI-E Ready, Energy Efficient, Modular
OS
Windows Vista Business 64-bit DSP OEM DVD with Service Pack 1
Hard Drive Fan Masscool Hard Drive Cooler Fan fits 3.5 Drives
DVD Writer HP DVD1070i 20X SATA Multiformat DVD Writer - With Lightscribe Retail
BD Player Sony(R) BDU-X10S Internal Blu-ray Disc(TM) BD-ROM Drive
Hard Drive Fan Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB Hard Drive - 7200, 32MB, SATA-300, OEM
CPU
INTEL core 2 quad q9650 (BX80569Q9650) 3.0ghz em64t quad core w/12mb cache 45nm 1333mhz lga775-pin retail boxed w/cooling fan (3 years warranty)
Memory Corsair Dual Channel TWINX 4096MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz Memory (2 x 2048MB) x 2
Video Diamond Radeon HD 4870 X2 Video Card - 2GB GDDR5, PCI Express 2.0 x16, CrossFireX Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV
Motherboard ASUS P5N-D nvidia nforce 750i sli chipset ATX form factor 2xPCI-E(x16)/2xPCI-E(x1)/2xpci/4xddr2 w/sata2 raidlan(gb)1394usb 2.0 & audio (cpu type:intel - socket 775)
Case Ultra Aluminus ATX Black Mid-Tower Case with Clear Side, Front USB, Firewire and Audio Ports
Fan Cool Master Blue LED Silent Fan 120mm
CPU Fan Cooler Master Hyper 212 Universal Socket 775 AM2 CPU Cooler
Monitors - Dual Acer X223Wbd 22in Wide DVI Blk 2500:1 LCD Monitor
Design Suite - Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection
If you’re interested in finding these parts at great prices we recommend ordering them online through TigerDirect.com
