My client is into high yield investments. When he offered me the project, I have absolutely no idea what is it about. So I accepted it and gave the usual estimates. However, as the project progress, I realized a lot of things. One, it’s hard to find a web hosting company that accepts sites offering services like HYIP. And if you ever find one, you need to make sure that it’s totally secure and protected from DDoS attacks. The most likely candidate package would be VPS hosting or higher. Finding a hosting is part of my services so I was relieved to finally found one that assured they can protect the site from minor DDoS attacks (up to 500MB).
The other thing that I’ve read about HYIP is that owners are just stealing money from its investors. Now this bothered me because I wouldn’t want to be a part of something illegal. My client assured me that their investment process is legit, unlike those start up companies whose main goal is to stay afloat for six months to one year only. So now I’m still reading anything that I can about the competitors. I’ve actually learned so much stuff and I’d be lying if I say that I’m not the least bit tempted to invest.
Anyway, I’m thinking if I should pay extra for Cpanel web hosting? As I work on the design and configuration aspect, I’ve realized how hard it is to manage the VPS admin panel.
Whenever I stumble upon a blog that’s so cool whether because of the graphics or articles, I make sure to make a post about them here.
For today, I will tell you about Mark Flavin’s internet marketing blog. If you want to know all there is to know about viral marketing, traffic generation, email marketing, blog advertising and basically anything related to online marketing, I recommend you bookmark this site. With the right keywords, you can easily double or even triple your site’s daily traffic. Once your visitors are done checking out your blog, how do you make them come back? One thing that I learned from Mark Flavin’s article, “7 Ways To Get Repeat Traffic To Your Blog or Website”, is to make it possible for customers to sign up for future discounts, newsletters, weekly tips, anything that you think would interest your visitors so you will have a reason to contact them. The other tips are a given, use rss, social bookmarking plugin, constant communication via comments, etc. but the ‘opt-in’ tactic is a surefire way to give them a reason to visit again.
And for those of you who want to know how to make money on your blog, you will definitely appreciate the article “How To Start A Blog That Makes Money”. There’s also an article on how you can use Twitter to drive targeted traffic to your site. I’ve been using Twitter for sometime now and I admit it’s very useful for article marketing. Some people just can’t resist clicking on a link especially if it might benefit them.
I’ve only spent 30 minutes on Flavin’s site and I’ve already learned so many tips and tricks on maximizing my sites/blogs. And even if his articles suck (which they don’t), I’d give him credit for using a photo from the movie, “The Anchormen” on his newsletter signup box. 
I’ve never seen so many video games in my life until I visited GameStoreUsa. This site offers Xbox games, PS2 games, Wii games and more. You can choose from new games which are factory sealed or if you don’t mind buying used items, you can purchase used games - all buffed and resealed and still contains the case, original artwork and game manual. Just Search for any games that say Mint or Mint Sealed. Not all of these used games are cheap though because some of them are rare and more expensive than other brand new games.
Personally, I’m not crazy about video games but if ever someone will give me Xbox for free, I’d definitely buy the Karaoke Revolution game or Virtual Tennis. As for my daughter, I’m sure she’ll love some kiddie PS2 games like Dora saves the Mermaids, Nicktoons Attack of the Toybots, and Winnie the Pooh Rumbly Tumbly adventure. There’s no doubt on what kind of games my husband will buy. I’m sure he’ll go crazy when he sees that there are tons of cheap used racing games available. In fact, I might just go ahead and purchase two PS2 games as a belated father’s day gift.
As an online worker, it’s important to be visible anywhere in the Web. Aside from social networking sites and freelancers community, you can also try promoting yourself or your business via Lookup page. Look up page helps professionals, individuals and businesses make their presence known around the World Wide Web. What’s great about this service is that Lookup page will market your page so it will have a high ranking on Google and other major search engines.
For all Lookuppage members, they can upload their professional online profiles for free. This page includes basic information about you, web links, photos, services that you offer and free web search ranking. If you want more features like reports, statistics, personalized domain, web hosting, etc. there are several paid options that you can choose from. From Standard Account at $2.99 a month to Business-Pro account at $19.99, you can totally take control of your online identity and maximize your online visibility.
I absolutely love his blog especially the photos, the one with cute white doodles? Lindsay Lohan and Paris are regulars on his blog so if you want to read dirts on them, or any other Hollywood celebrities, make it a habit to visit daily. I came across Perez Hilton while reading a post from John Mayer’s blog and got hooked eversince.
Anyway, I snagged this photo of Scarlet from Perez Hilton’s blog.
Just love her face, her skin (she probably uses natural acne treatment) and her full lips! I was surprised to see at BarnesandNoble that she has an album so I might check that out. Scarlet is pretty funny too. Have you seen her stint at SNL? She was on every sketch and wasn’t afraid to look silly. Now that’s what I call sexy
If you want to see more celebrity photos, whether sad, wasted or happy with their new babies, click here.
I just saw that my cell phone, Nokia E65 now costs $281.99 from buy.com. I bought it nine months ago at $500 and now it’s almost half the price. Talk about depreciation. Well that, or cell phones are just insanely cheap when bought online.
I also saw a Nokia 95 unlocked phone and couldn’t believe that it’s being sold for only $478.99. Man, I better take advantage of this before my client comes home this July. He asked me if there’s anything that I want to buy online so he can bring it with him. Of course, what I really want is an iMac but there’s no way I can afford it right now. A new phone, on the other hand, to replace my now cheap E65 is a great deal. I could always sell it, for a higher price if I find that I don’t like it.
I came across a new web design blog today called Stylish Weblog. As a designer myself, I make it a habit to view other web designer sites and blogs because you always learn new things. The first thing that I noticed when I saw this design blog is the wordpress theme. It’s so stylish, very web 2.0 and unlike any other themes that I’ve seen. I scrolled down immediately to check the name of the theme but there wasn’t any info about it so I’m guess this is a customized one. The flickr photos on the right panel give the page the color that it needs, making the overall look and feel not only stylish but very professional. Of course, if you call your blog ‘Stylish’, then you absolutely have to walk the talk.
Atila, the author talks mainly about design, custom web design, web development, design technologies, etc. I enjoyed reading the design articles especially this one - Why do you need to redesign your Website? This article is what every website owner, client, web designer should read. Some of the clients that I’ve worked with ask me to re-design their sites but they are not willing to let go of the styles that they’ve accustomed to, ten years ago. Back then, optimizing your site for better search engine placement may not be as important so you can do what you want (or not do anything at all) but now, hundreds of web sites are being created daily so keeping up with the latest trend should be a top priority. Aside from design, you can also read about finance, health, Internet and technology from this Stylish Weblog.
Who doesn’t want branded fashion for less, raise your hands or should I say click your mouse? No takers? Of course! Who wouldn’t want to pay less for branded items? Women are just born with passion for sales and good finds so I’m sure you’d love what I’m about to tell you.
Check it out - Brandlet.com. It’s an online fashion retailer that offers top brand names at can you believe this, 90% off retail prices. I know a lot of warehouses selling branded clothes at outlet prices but you have to travel two to three hours to get to them. When you reach the place, you need to comb through mountains of unfolded clothes and almost all the time, play tug of war with other women. This makes Brandlet.com the perfect place for budget conscious women who are on the look out for high quality apparels. You can buy branded clothes from the comforts of your own home at a very low price.
Some of the brand names that the site offers are BCBG, Dolce & Gabanna, Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, Liz Claiborne and many more. Amazing steals are within reach in a matter of few clicks. You can search items by brand, by size, by price of by color. I always shop by price, filtering items under $25 or $50 so I won’t go over budget. For under $20, I found some Liz Claiborne skinny jeans, a cute black Charmeuse blouse by Style and Co. and a shell sequin halter top from Lotta Stensson which also comes in blue.
The Clearance sale section is famous for $10 tops so if you want to stock on sweaters, turtlenecks and cardigans, that’s a great place to start.
I just finished designing a table top display for our company’s exhibit on August. We’re hoping that we’d be able to get lots of good leads here just like last year’s. We’re really counting on this event to bring in new clients which eventually will fund our version 2 projects. The initial plan was to use a 10′ curve graphic display like the ones from Camel Back Displays but realized that it would be too big for what we have to offer. We opted for their simple table covers instead because of the size and the fact that it’s so much easier to setup.
If you’re looking for your next trade show exhibits supplier, CamelBack Displays is a great place to start. They don’t only offer factory priced trade show furniture but also director chairs, literature holders, lighting and table covers too. If you don’t think you can handle the design, CamelBack Displays have many skilled designers that can work on your designs from website to logo to brochure to trade show graphics. Everything that you need for your next exhibit and tradeshow can be found from their site.
Let me share with you my latest blog find. Mostly Lisa. This is her in a nutshell - blogger, vlogger, photographer, media producer, actress, model, and geek. She’s a true geek, only hotter! I wish I can post my photos working on my laptop wearing a two-piece suit too but that would be me, five years too late. I also love her “advertise on my back end” idea while talking about ways on how to monetize her blog.
Anyway. The reason why I’m so ecstatic about mentioning her is the fact that she’s the second blogger/website owner that I’ve read of who got a Macbook for free. The other girl (who was equally gorgeous) whose name escapes me right now, made these special artworks that you can stick on laptops and she got a Macbook Pro in return. At least she did something. Lisa on the other hand only have to mention on her blog how she wants to have a Macbook Air and what do you know, someone actually sent her one! Just like that. It helped that she’s really hot of course. She probably never needed any acne treatment her whole life. But who knows what the intentions were behind the sender of the MB Air? I’d do almost anything on my blog just to get one too.
