In the world of Listbuilding, it’s as if Yahoo and Google decided to work together on a search engine: Internet Marketing Master Shawn Casey and his student, Listbuilding Jedi Tellman Knudson, are bringing their “forces” together to create the ultimate Listbuilding course to help new entrepreneurs conquer their fears and build their own ‘robotic moneymaking machines.’

Brattleboro, VT April 20, 2008 — It’s like a scene from Star Wars, the one we all wanted to see: where Luke Skywalker joins up with Obi Wan Kenobi and they put their lightsabers together and team up to side-by-side against Darth Vader to clear the way for the new generation of young Jedi Knights. Shawn Casey, best-selling author of Mining Gold on the Internet, and Tellman Knudson of Overcome Everything, Inc. have teamed up to create what they call the ‘Ultimate Listbuilding course’ — appropriately named after it’s future home on the Internet: Listbuilding.com. It’s purpose, they say, is to help the next generation of entrepreneurs quickly and easily build lucrative businesses online using the most respectable, proven and long-lasting of the internet skills: Listbuilding.

Currently in pre-launch, this giant of a Listbuilding resource is scheduled to launch this spring; and if pre-launch activity is any indication, it’s going to be simply huge. At press time, the services and materials they have distributed free of charge — including step-by-step videos on how to create a site, a 24-hour “Squeeze-A-thon” that helped over 200 business owners get their squeeze pages built, and tell-all reports on how Shawn and Tellman started their own multi-million dollar businesses — have received raving reviews.

Both Casey and Knudson have incredible rags-to-riches stories that prove anyone, no matter where they come from in the universe, can make this work. “I started my company on 50 bucks and a ‘Frankenstein’ computer that was built out of other broken machines and resold,” said Knudson. “The CD drive was hanging out of the front because it didn’t work unless I held it in my hand and shook it, and the fan was so loud I couldn’t make a business call in the same room as my computer.” In his desperate search to make a living online, he accidentally found a copy of Casey’s Mining Gold on the Internet. “At the time, I had no idea who wrote it or what it was really worth” says Knudson, “I was clueless, and going further in the hole each day. But I kept at it, hoping something, someday would work.”

Then, he got Shawn Casey on the phone for just twenty-two minutes–and things changed. “Shawn told me a few things–but one of them was I had to send out these nine emails all in a row, and I didn’t want to do it; but he was ‘the master’–so I did,” says Knudson. Because he trusted his teacher, Knudson made $800,000 in profit that year alone–his first year online. Now he owns a multi-million dollar company with twelve employees, but he’s never forgotten who helped him when he was in need.

Casey, who was practicing law in back in 1995, started in a small, cramped apartment in Pittsburgh during the summer–with no air conditioning in 100 degree conditions. “I was living in an efficiency apartment that had no furniture in it, except for a table, two chairs, and a sofa that the landlord had let me scrounge from the furniture left over from previous tenants that he had piled up in the basement,” said Casey. From this humble beginning, Casey rose to become CEO of a company that made the Inc. 500 list for two years running. Yet, feeling suffocated by the corporate rat race, he wanted something more.

Then he discovered the potential power of direct marketing on the Internet. He applied his expert skills from his corporate days to this new business-form, and quickly became a master of building ‘robotic moneymaking machines’ using the internet as raw material. Today, Casey is a multi-multi-millionaire, who often runs his business while vacationing in the Caribbean (which Obi Wan would certainly have made his headquarters instead of the desert if only he’d known about it).
In all seriousness, both Casey and Knudson live a life that most people only dream of. Tellman now lives in a million dollar mansion in the woods of Vermont and works from home as well.

Casey says their inspiration and goal for this joint project is to teach other people to do the same thing they did–in half the time. The course, which will be released sometime in late April, will follow on the heels of the pre-launch materials out for viewing now, including free training videos, reports and case studies (also on video) of their previous students, who have made their own dreams come true following the advice of “the Marketing Master and the List Building Jedi.”

For more information about their upcoming series of trainings, destined to change the face of Internet Marketing, contact Kyle Battis, Affiliate Manager, or get more information at the ListBuilding.com website at eye-candy.ch

ICanLocalize enables translation of complete websites into a variety of languages. It employs professional translators and uses a unique process to deliver up to 60% saving. This new service provides a complete solution for website translation and produces human translated websites in ready-to-publish condition.

Las Vegas, NV February 20, 2008 — OnTheGoSystems introduces www.icanlocalize.com – a new website translation service for small to medium sized websites, delivering affordable professional human translation.

ICanLocalize enables translation of complete websites into a variety of languages. It employs professional translators and uses a unique process to deliver up to 60% saving. This new service provides a complete solution for website translation and produces human translated websites in ready-to-publish condition.

Their system extracts texts, lets translators translate in-context and then, builds the entire multi-lingual website. Because the system eliminates the work-intensive task of editing HTML pages, translators can concentrate on translation only. This saves time and makes the translation more accurate and easier to use and maintain.

When the translation is done, the system builds the entire website based on the original HTML, with translated texts. Clients can create their translated website in a variety of ways, including a single multi-lingual website or multiple independent websites on different domains.

The system helps clients and translators communicate directly to clearly convey project needs and resolve fine details. Requirements, such as instructions for SEO (search engine optimization), or clarifications can be added directly on the website – visible to translators only, to be used during the translation.

The system also keeps translated websites accurate and up-to-date. It detects changes in the original-language pages and creates new revisions for the translated pages. These new revisions only include new or modified sentences, so clients only need to pay for updating the translation.

ICanLocalize only employs professional bilingual translators. The identity of all translators is manually verified in order to provide a safe working environment. In addition, before working on live projects, all translators are qualified in-house to guarantee proficiency and high work standard.

A built-in payment escrow service, integrated in the project flow, protects both clients and translators. Together with an efficient arbitration process, ICanLocalize delivers a reliable way to translate websites, pay and get paid.

ICanLocalize’s translation system requires Windows XP/Vista and Internet connection. You can find more information about this service in their website: www.icanlocalize.com.

Sources: PRWEB/icanlocalize.com

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#develop (short for SharpDevelop) is a free IDE for C#, VB.NET and Boo projects on Microsoft’s .NET platform. It is open-source, and you can download both sourcecode and executables from this site.

The features we like most…

* Forms designer for C#, VB.NET and Boo
* Code completion for C#, VB.NET and Boo (including Ctrl+Space support)
* Integrated NUnit support plus code coverage (NCover)
* Integrated debugger
* Code Analysis with FxCop
* Refactoring support
* Multi-framework support (.NET 1.1 and 2.0, Mono, Compact Framework)
* XML Editing (source and tree view) with XPath search
* Parser-based code converter (C# to VB.NET / Boo and more)
* Compile C#, VB.NET & Boo code in the IDE out-of-the-box
* Code AutoInsert (Alt+Ins)
* Xml documentation preview
* Setup projects supported with Windows Installer XML (WiX)
* Subversion integration
* Open source, LGPL licensed

And here are some more…

* User interface translated to many languages
* Write C#, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, XML, HTML code
* Project or File-based development (Project Scout & File Scout)
* Rich project options
* Syntax highlighting for C#, HTML, ASP, ASP.NET, VBScript, VB.NET, XML
* Intelligent braces
* Folding

* Bookmark your code
* Code template support
* Component Inspector
* Feature-rich Find & Replace dialogs (including incremental search)
* Easily extensible with external tools
* Easily extensible with Plug-Ins
* Re-host SharpDevelop with SDA
* … and much more

Sources: www.sharpdevelop.net/

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On Friday, 30 May 2008, FreeSMUG.org will be hosting an event in Milano, Italy. At that event, the developers of NeoOffice – Patrick Luby and Ed Peterlin – will give informal presentations and host discussion sessions on NeoOffice’s future plans and other topics of interest to NeoOffice users.

The goal of NeoOffice is to provide an entirely free and complete Mac OS X office suite based on the international OpenOffice.org project—only with the look-and-feel you’d expect from any Macintosh application.

The OpenOffice.org project is a large open-source effort to create the ultimate office “suite” including a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing software, database, and much more. With OpenOffice.org, you can easily import, edit, and exchange files with users of other office programs, such as Microsoft Office or WordPerfect.

While OpenOffice.org is developed primarily for Windows and Unix systems and has a user-interface geared for those operating systems, NeoOffice has made tremendous breakthroughs in offering the same office features to Macintosh users and making it look just like a Mac application!

How does it do this? Get ready for a pretty technical explanation — NeoOffice replaces OpenOffice.org code that uses the X11 windowing system with Cocoa and Java code (leveraging Mac OS X’s cool Java integration with Aqua) to provide traditional Macintosh user-interface elements. The result? An office experience that feels like any other application on your Mac.

At least that’s the goal. At present (December 2007), NeoOffice has integrated dozens of native Mac features, including a Mac installer, native menus in the white bar at the top of the screen, Aqua scrollbars and buttons, native print dialog box and printing, Mac-like keyboard shortcuts, mousewheel support, access to all your Mac fonts, and much, much more! It’s probably localized into your native language, too.

Best of all, NeoOffice is already remarkably stable at version 2.2.2. It’s actually ready to use right now. Thousands of people and organizations use NeoOffice to do their daily work!

Here’s a caveat though — while NeoOffice is quite stable and feature-complete, it has not entirely adopted the Mac look-and-feel. There are still some bits of the old Windows/Unix interface in there. For example, the toolbars and dialogues don’t have that familiar, consistent Mac look. Many of the 12,000 icons used in the application look more like Windows icons than Mac ones. Other bits of the interface may look “just a bit off”.

We’re working on all this. Slowly but surely, and with your help, NeoOffice is moving closer and closer to being indistinguishable from any other Macintosh application. Patches are being released constantly that replace an old Windows/Unix-feature with a nice shiny Mac one.

So if you think $300+ is a bit much to pay for an office suite, we encourage you to try NeoOffice for free and let us know what you think. There’s no catch—like its parent, OpenOffice.org, downloading and using NeoOffice doesn’t cost a penny. Copy it as many times as you wish.

All we ask is that you report any bugs you find so they can be fixed. If you are a developer, we’d love to have your code. Or, if you are willing and able to support the development effort via a monetary donation, your contribution will be very much appreciated. You can do so via Paypal at the NeoOffice web site. There are other ways you can contribute to the project, too.

At present, there are very few NeoOffice developers, so every contribution helps.

Sources: www.neooffice.org

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While I was stumble to the net I found a nice website with a hugh list of open source software for Windows computer. Because I like open source software and like to support them, I publish here the link to this site.

The OSSwin project

Have fun.

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MACWORLD SAN FRANCISCO—January 15, 2008—Apple® today unveiled MacBook® Air, the world’s thinnest notebook. MacBook Air measures an unprecedented 0.16-inches at its thinnest point, while its maximum height of 0.76-inches is less than the thinnest point on competing notebooks. MacBook Air has a stunning 13.3-inch LED-backlit widescreen display, a full-size and backlit keyboard, a built-in iSight® video camera for video conferencing, and a spacious trackpad with multi-touch gesture support so users can pinch, rotate and swipe. MacBook Air is powered by a 1.6 GHz or 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 4MB L2 cache, and includes as standard features 2GB of memory, an 80GB 1.8-inch hard drive, and the latest 802.11n Wi-Fi technology and Bluetooth 2.1.

“We’ve built the world’s thinnest notebook—without sacrificing a full-size keyboard or a full-size 13-inch display,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “When you first see MacBook Air, it’s hard to believe it’s a high-performance notebook with a full-size keyboard and display. But it is.”

MacBook Air has a vibrant 13.3-inch LED-backlit glossy widescreen display that is energy efficient, and its spacious trackpad offers multi-touch gesture support for pinch, rotate and swipe, making it more intuitive than ever to browse and rotate photos or zoom into web pages in Safari™. MacBook Air features a full-size keyboard design in a sleek and durable aluminum enclosure. The backlit keyboard makes it ideal for dimly lit environments such as airplanes, studios or conference halls, and a built-in ambient light sensor automatically adjusts the brightness of the keys as well as the display brightness for optimal visibility.

MacBook Air delivers up to five hours of battery life for wireless productivity and includes AirPort Extreme® 802.11n Wi-Fi networking, which delivers up to five times the performance and twice the range of 802.11g*. Apple’s Migration Assistant software now enables users to quickly transfer files, applications and preferences from your old Mac® to MacBook Air right over your wireless network.

MacBook Air users can buy the companion MacBook Air SuperDrive, a compact external drive designed for MacBook Air, for just $99. The MacBook Air SuperDrive® is powered by MacBook Air’s USB port, eliminating the need to carry a separate power adapter. Many MacBook Air users will not find a need for an optical drive now that they can wirelessly rent movies from the iTunes® Store, wirelessly backup files with Time Capsule and access the optical drives on remote PCs or Macs to wirelessly install software applications on MacBook Air.

MacBook Air is powered by Intel Core 2 Duo processors running at 1.6 GHz or 1.8 GHz, and includes as standard 2GB of memory and an 80GB 1.8-inch hard drive. An optional 64GB solid state drive contains no moving parts for added durability. Every MacBook Air includes a micro-DVI port so users can connect to Apple’s gorgeous 20-inch or 23-inch Cinema Displays to extend their desktop or connect to projectors and other displays via DVI, VGA, Composite and S-video adapters. MacBook Air includes USB 2.0 for plugging in peripherals or charging an iPod® or iPhone™, a headphone jack and Apple’s acclaimed MagSafe® Power Adapter designed especially for mobile users.

Every MacBook Air comes with iLife® ‘08, the most significant update ever to Apple’s award-winning suite of digital lifestyle applications, featuring a major new version of iPhoto® and a completely reinvented iMovie®, both seamlessly integrated with the new .Mac Web Gallery for online photo and video sharing. The new MacBook Air also comes with Leopard™, the sixth major release of the world’s most advanced operating system. Leopard introduces Time Machine™, an effortless way to automatically back up everything on a Mac; a redesigned Finder that lets users quickly browse and share files between multiple Macs; Quick Look, a new way to instantly see files without opening an application; Spaces, an intuitive new feature used to create groups of applications and instantly switch between them; a brand new desktop with Stacks, a new way to easily access files from the Dock; and major enhancements to Mail and iChat®. .Mac members can use the new Back to My Mac feature to browse and access files on their home computer from a MacBook Air over the Internet while out on the road.

The new MacBook Air embodies Apple’s continuing environmental progress with its aluminum enclosure, a material highly desired by recyclers; Apple’s first mercury-free LCD display with arsenic-free glass; and brominated flame retardant-free material for the majority of circuit boards as well as PVC-free internal cables. In addition, MacBook Air consumes the least amount of power of any Mac, and its retail box, made primarily from 100 percent post-consumer recycled material, is 56 percent smaller by volume than the previously smallest MacBook packaging.

Pricing & Availability
The new MacBook Air will be shipping in two weeks through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com), Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers for a suggested retail price of $1,799 (US), and includes:

* 13.3-inch LED-backlit glossy widescreen display with 1280×800 resolution;
* 1.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 4MB L2 cache;
* 800 MHz front-side bus;
* 2GB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM;
* 80GB hard disk drive with Sudden Motion Sensor;
* Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100;
* Micro-DVI port (includes Micro-DVI to VGA and Micro-DVI to DVI Adapters);
* built-in iSight video camera;
* built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR;
* one USB 2.0 port;
* one headphone port;
* multi-touch TrackPad with support for advanced multi-touch gestures including tap, scroll, pinch, rotate and swipe; and
* 45 Watt MagSafe Power Adapter.

Build-to-order options and accessories include the ability to upgrade to a 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor; 64GB solid state drive, MacBook Air SuperDrive, Apple USB Ethernet Adapter, Apple USB Modem, Apple MagSafe Airline Adapter, Apple Remote and the AppleCare Protection Plan. Additional build-to-order options also include pre-installed copies of iWork ‘08, Logic® Express 8, Final Cut® Express 4 and Aperture™ 1.5.

*Battery life depends on configuration and use. See www.apple.com/batteries for more information. AirPort Extreme is based on an IEEE 802.11n draft specification. Actual performance will vary based on range, connection rate, site conditions, size of network and other factors.

Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation with its award-winning computers, OS X operating system and iLife and professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital media revolution with its iPod portable music and video players and iTunes online store, and has entered the mobile phone market with its revolutionary iPhone.

Sources: Apple

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William S. Samuels IV, President of Telesales Services, an acknowledged Telesales and Telemarketing industry leader gives his insight into the eight things you need to know before you outsource your call center needs. Bill consults organization of all sizes in all industries – from Fortune 500 pharmaceutical and medical companies, to federal government to two-person startups, and even Dancing with the Stars! Bill works with over 100 call centers to find you the right solution, so you can be confident in his ability to evaluate a call center.

Rochester, NY January 16, 2008 — William S. Samuels IV, President of Telesales Services, an acknowledged Telesales and Telemarketing industry leader gives his insight into the four things you need to know before you outsource your call center needs.

Do You Know These 4 Items to Consider Before Outsourcing Your Call Center?
William Samuels, IV
President
Telesales Services

I. Is Call Center Outsourcing Right For You?
Call Center Outsourcing is the use of a Telesales or Telemarketing vendor to handle an inbound or outbound call center project that normally draws on internal resources. Using outside resources allows you to concentrate, cost effectively, on your core competencies.

Outsourced Call Centers Offer:
• Skilled Telemarketing professionals
• Improved market coverage
• Faster ramp-up, launch, and roll-out of campaigns
• Experience with programs similar to yours
• Rapid response to market conditions
• Account management expertise
• Enhanced reporting capabilities
• Market testing capabilities
• Remote call monitoring

The Benefits of Outsourcing Call Center Services
• Increased Sales and profits
• Reduced costs per sale
• Maximum phone productivity
• Increased number of appointments
• Increased customer base
• Increased lead generation
• Higher number of qualified leads
• Higher number of closed sales
• Better customer retention
• More immediate feedback
• Better results through test marketing
• Increased local, regional, or national market share

II. The Telesales and Telemarketing Proposal Process
The proposal process can be a complex and challenging task. Key items need to be identified and addressed in the proposal. The proposal then needs to be evaluated. It is recommended that you use a weighted average assessment model. The following steps will help guide you through the process.

Proposal Items
•Qualifications – Request background information on the company
•Capabilities – Describe your technology requirements
•Capacity – Define your requirements to reach your goals
•Geography – Indicate if location is a factor
•Experience – Request like-kind or same industry sector experience
•Staff – Establish guidelines for the required skill sets
•Financial – Request pricing for setup, training, programming account management and miscellaneous fees along with payment terms.

III. The Site Visit and Assessment
The site visit is a critical phase of the call center selection process. A number of factors need to be considered while doing the assessment.
1. How is the chemistry?
2. How is the interaction between your staff and theirs?
3. Do they seem attentive to your needs?
4. Is the corporate culture similar to yours, which may allow for a smoother transition through the ramp-up and rollout phases?
5. Does the employee morale seem positive?
6. How is the interaction between employees? Are they working as a team?
7. How is the training handled?
8. Do they have a training facility?
9. Are training modules available for inspection?
10. How is the coaching handled for motivational and formative feedback?
11. What is the ratio of supervisors to agents?
12. Request a demo for a monitoring session.
13. Request a demo on the process of developing and rolling out a campaign.
14. How is the program developed?
15. How is the initiative implemented?
16. How is the initiative executed?
17. How are the results reported?
18. How is the quality control maintained throughout the process?

IV. Weighted Average Assessment
Create a weighted average assessment table based on the proposal items in Step I. Assign a weight from 1-5 (5 being the best). Score each vendor on how they perform on that factor. Then multiply that score by the weight for their weighted score. Add up the weighted scores for their final score. The vendor with the highest score wins.

This method allows the items from the proposal to be weighted based on their value to the company. This method should facilitate the decision making process. I wish you much success with your call center outsourcing initiative.

About Telesales Services
In 1997, Telesales Services, LLC launched a call center consulting and call center locator service that was enthusiastically received by clients – they help you find the best course of action for your telemarketing and telesales needs. After 10 years of offering call center solutions and thousands of clients later Telesales Services continues to lead the industry by:
•Constantly monitoring industry trends
•Staying current in all aspects of relevant technology
•Perfecting our ability to size up an opportunity for any client, large or small
•Maintaining a base of contacts that lets us create an ideal solution for any situation
•Offering the fastest turnaround possible: less than 24 hours with a benchmark of 10 minutes
•Representing 100 Call Centers, including what the industry refers to as its award winning “Top 50 Call Centers” — connecting our clients to only the most recognized and effective providers
•Saving our clients the immense amount of time required to identify the right call center.

All fees associated with the Telesales Services offering are covered by the call center.

Learn more about Telesales Services and contact them by visiting Telesales Services.

Website: www.telesalesservices.com

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Leading online backup/storage solution provider, IBackup announced its advanced Oracle database server backup capability.

May 23, 2007 — Leading online backup/storage solution provider, IBackup (www.ibackup.com) announced its advanced Oracle database server backup capability (www.ibackup.com/online-backup-oracle-server/index.html)

“Database backup technologies are key to the success of the database driven organization and we believe we have to provide consumers with every possible method that would help minimize their database backup window downtime. With the new advanced Oracle backup functionality built into our award winning product, IBackup for Windows, we now can provide our customers with the ability to backup their Oracle databases without them having to shutdown their databases. We believe this will redefine the way our customers take their database backups onto IBackup presently”, says Mr. Naveen Athresh, a Project Manager at IBackup.

IBackup has already reached a high level of technological innovation with many path breaking database backup associated products and services covering the gamut of the backup portfolio such as online Exchange server backups, brick level exchange backup, online SQL server backup, open file backup etc. and foraying into many more unchartered territories in its field.

IBackup has also been in receipt of many accolades among which the latest was the best of the bunch as rated by PCWorld magazine for 2006 and has in the past been the PCMagazine editors choice pick for 2004 and the PCPro award winner. IBackup has, in the recent past, been awarded with the Webuser gold award in the entire online backup category.

About IBackup

Further information on the product/service can be found at www.ibackup.com

IBackup has also been in receipt of many accolades among which the latest was the best of the bunch as rated by PCWorld magazine for 2006 and has in the past been the PCMagazine editors choice pick for 2004 and the PCPro award winner. IBackup has, in the recent past, been awarded with the Webuser gold award in the entire online backup category.

IBackup’s Oracle backup associated features

-     Authentication of the Oracle Server database for backup
-     Backup of Oracle Server databases without interrupting the currently running Oracle Server services
-     Provision to report the progress of backup process
-     Backups are secured with the highest level of 128-bit SSL encryption on transmission
-     Ability to schedule backups for future date and time with various scheduling options
-     Easy-to-use wizards for scheduling the backup job
-     Provision to get notifications (Email and Desktop) on completion of scheduled backup jobs
-     Provision to generate log files for each backup session

IBackup’s Oracle restore associated features

-     Authentication of Oracle Server database for restore
-     Provision to perform restore operation using Complete and Incomplete recovery methods
-     Provision to report the progress of restore process
-     Restores are secured with the highest level of 128-bit SSL encryption
-     Provision to generate log files for each restore session

We encourage you to set up a free trial and evaluate IBackup. Please review the link for detailed information on IBackup for Windows – www.ibackup.com/ibackup-for-windows/ and on IBackup’s Oracle capability link: www.ibackup.com/online-backup-oracle-server/index.html

New Orleans Kids Recovery announces its website launch to raise funding and awareness for the long-term recovery efforts of New Orleans youth.

May 16, 2007 — Noteworthy Technology, a rapidly growing leader in custom web design solutions, announces the launch of NewOrleansKidsRecovery.org. New Orleans Kids Recovery, a 501 non-profit, has embarked on a mission to provide long-term mentoring and recovery services to the children of New Orleans.

“We are pleased to create a meaningful site that represents the needs of children in the Louisiana area” said Matthew Bailey, Director Noteworthy Technology. “The launch of this website demonstrates our commitment in providing affordable, professional custom web design services to small business and humanitarian organizations. The website for New Orleans Kids Recovery is no exception to this philosophy.”

Clifford Bryan, Director of NOKR, came to Noteworthy Technology in response to his need of creating a professional website that represented the needs of his non-profit. NOKR was looking for a way to raise consciousness and funding for its organization to help the children of New Orleans from the long-term effects of Hurricane Katrina. The website provides a means of communication, outreach and method to donate. It is one more step in funding the programs that are so desperately needed by the children in the area.

“NOKR now has a vehicle to raise awareness and broaden the outreach of their recovery efforts” added Matthew Bailey. “We were proud to be a part of this project.”

About Noteworthy Technology
Today, Noteworthy Technology has created many custom websites to provide custom solutions to small business including design, search engine optimization, workflow, e-commerce and database integration. Noteworthy Technology provides affordable, professional custom web design services to small business and humanitarian organizations.

www.noteworthytechnology.com

About New Orleans Kids Recovery

NOKR is a 501 non-profit organization dedicated to providing long term mentoring, health-care and other services to the children of New Orleans. NOKR assists kids by enabling them to take action on their own behalf and providing a network of support for youth in need.

www.neworleanskidsrecovery.org

Get Fresh, content freshness that is. Ten easy tips and ideas about ways to make regular updates to a web site as painless as possible.

May 11, 2007 — Alli Denning, owner of denning e-solutions, LLC, a web design and search engine optimization company, offers 10 tips for adding valuable content to a web site. Content freshness is critical to a web site’s success, yet it is often ignored as site owners perceive the job is done when the site is launched. However, a web site not a one time project that gets checked off a to-do list; it is an iterative process that needs ongoing attention to maximize success.

Search engines love content and the only thing they love more than content is new content. They reward sites that regularly update their content with higher rankings. Users love sites with regularly updated content and respond by visiting those sites more often. There is only upside here. So, give them what they want.

Here are ten great tips and ideas about ways to make regular (and easy) updates to a web site.

1. News Column – Feature news items in a news column on the site’s home page with items that include new product/service announcements, new contracts secured, new hires, internal promotions, notice of new web site content, announcement of awards or certifications received, and notice of newsletter posted or sent. Best of all, these updates can be very fast as they can be just a few words/lines of text that link into the relevant page of the site.

2. Portfolio of Projects – Showcase completed projects with an online portfolio section. An online portfolio also helps in subsequent marketing efforts as potential customers can be guided through this area during the sales process with the portfolio serving as an excellent visual aid.

3. Blog – A blog can be a great way to stay in close contact with site users. A blog can added to a web site for little or no cost – try this link to learn more: wordpress.org.

4. FAQ Section – Businesses are asked the same types of questions by customers and potential customers over and over again. Write out answers to those questions and update the list regularly as new issues arise.

5. How-Tos – People are online looking for information and solutions to the issues they face. By writing how-tos that provide solutions to users’ problems, the site provides valuable information to users while establishing the company/site as the expert in the field. (see this article as an example)

6. Before & After Stories – What is better than a before and after story? People love them. They can be a very effective and interesting way of demonstrating in concrete terms the benefits of a product or service.

7. Case Studies – Case studies are the perfect way to feature business successes. State the challenge faced and detail the solution provided. Like the online portfolio, these case studies become an effective sales tool in acquiring future business.

8. Monthly Newsletter – Many businesses write some type of regular newsletter to their customers already. Make sure that the newsletter gets added to the site regularly and that an archive of past issues is maintained. Newsletter communicate important information while maintaining regular customer/client contact.

9. Statistics Related to Your Business – Statistics are interesting and people like them. They make the site’s business or industry more real to its customers and highlight the importance of its products or services.

10. Customer Stories – These can add a concrete and personal touch to the site’s information about its services /products. Simply feature a customer, interviewing them about their use of the site’s service or product and its impact on them. This idea has the added benefit of contributing to great customer relations.

Making it Happen

The best way to ensure that these content-building ideas get past the idea stage is to assign it to someone – make it a line item in their job description about which they must regularly report. Finally, set concrete goals for content delivery, such as one new piece every week. Remember, the search engines (and site users) love new content so keep it fresh!

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