An affiliate launch is when you promote someone else’s product or service using your content. It’s a great way to make an offer, even if you haven’t created one yet. So if you’ve been talking about a particular topic or theme for a while, but don’t have anywhere to lead …
Happy New Year!!! Good riddance 2018, right? Yuk, December was a schizophrenic month on the stock market. Luckily, I missed most of it because I flew to Thailand right before the craziness started. Actually, my luck wasn’t that great because I had a tough time selling stocks once I was …
GRID – A visual cheatsheet for CSS Grid. Fun Examples of CSS Imitating Print Design – A showcase of print techniques and recreations of printed items in web form. Pts. – A lightweight JS library for composing visualizations. Flexbox — The Animated Tutorial – See how CSS Flexbox properties affect a layout …
The UK government has announced a new “digital services” tax of two percent that it plans to start levying on the UK revenues of tech giants like Amazon, Google and Apple based on the money they make on digital services like advertising and streaming entertainment (but not online sales). Announced …
It sounds too good to be true. How can it be possible to achieve double-digit conversion rates with your eCommerce store? Wouldn’t that require you to be all things to all people? We all know how impossible that is. Yet, with the right ingredients, double-digit conversions are possible. With …
It’s a bit of a Catch-22, isn’t it? You took the time to create an eye-catching, user-friendly personal website to house your writing portfolio. You posted your writing samples so potential clients can bask in your writing prowess and hire you to write something special for them. But then a scary …
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Editor’s Note: This article on WordPress A/B testing was first published on October 20, 2014. It was updated on November 4, 2018. WordPress A/B testing, or A/B split testing, is a way to test two different types of web pages at the same time. A/B testing is one of the …
This article was originally published on May 29, 2014. It was updated on August 14, 2018. You can’t take website security threats seriously enough — especially if your customers entrust you with their credit card information and other sensitive data. From using strong passwords to defending your site against images …
Life has been said to be a summation of choices and preferences. Most of the time, these personal preferences have positive outcomes when made on an informed basis. Blind preference is self-destructive. There are many vacuum brands out there and you cannot simply go shopping without having knowledge of the …
On Wednesday the Dow fell more than 800 points, followed by another drop of 200 points on Thursday morning. Even though the Dow had mostly recovered those morning losses by midday, the stock market, which seemed to be humming along with the rest of the U.S. economy, may look wobbly. …
In the last year or so I’ve really been trying to up my social media game. Just one of the ways I’ve been doing this has involved buying Facebook ads to boost the reach of my Facebook page. Before, I would just boost a post here or there and pray …
UPDATE — JULY 24, 2018: Today Google began rolling out Chrome 68. Now, Google’s browser will display a “Not Secure” warning next to the website in the address bar if the site is not secured with HTTPS. When the next version of Google Chrome launches in July it’ll have a whole …
Wingnut AR showed off its first augmented reality app for the Magic Leap One Creator Edition. It was a pretty wacky game, as you might expect from the creative minds at Peter Jackson’s AR studio in New Zealand. Wingnut AR Pest Control puts you in the shoes of a pest …
Editor’s Note: This article on the WordPress theme structure was first published on October 5, 2015. It was updated on October 24, 2018. Understanding the WordPress theme structure is an important part of the front-end development process. The files of a WordPress theme work together to create the design and …
There are a lot of benefits to being a freelance web designer. Getting to work the way you want and where you want, for instance. But there are also some serious downsides to consider. The truth is that freelancing isn’t for everyone. Aside from the freedoms that come along with …
In 2015 Switzerland was fucked. This blunt belief, grunted out by Apple’s Jony Ive and repeated by the media as a death knell for the watch industry, seemed to define a sad truth: that the Swiss watch was dead and Apple pulled the trigger. Now, three years and four Apple …
When Tobi Skovron landed in LA, he had a great idea, a start-up mentality, and the Global Financial Crisis awaiting his arrival. Luckily he doesn’t believe in negative thinking. Tobi Skovron explains: I’ve got this unbreakable spirit, I can’t explain where I got it from but it’s just deep inside. …
The dividend yield ratio tells investors how much cash income they’re receiving on their stock investment in a business. This is calculated by dividing the annual cash dividend per share by the current market price of the stock. This can be compared with the interest rate on high-grade debt securities …
There I was, sitting alone in a nearly empty restaurant. I’d just come out of a meeting with a longtime client who informed me that their corporate parent had decided to move in another direction. They were my second-largest source of revenue. I was stunned. I started thinking about the …
If you are an investor, then over the years you may have tried multiple strategies in order to improve the effectiveness of your business. Each one of them had sustained for a certain time period, and then you would have to do research again to see what the latest trends …
Instagram wants to make it easier to find and follow people you know and it’s — surprise, surprise — turning to a feature originally made popular by Snapchat. The app is adding a new “nametag” feature, which is essentially the Instagram version of Snapchat’s Snap Codes. The feature is rolling …
Exploring the Elegance of Line Typography in Web Design – A look at how an unorthodox style of type shines on the web. Top Pens of 2018 – The most-loved snippets on CodePen. Blendy Background Color – A tool for previewing CSS blends for your backgrounds. Using Comic strips and …
It’s Cyber Monday and Amazon has a one deal for its customers that’s a little unexpected. The company just announced that it has made available, for free, the same machine learning courses that it uses to train its own engineers. It’s a lot of information to digest — from a …
A personal finance site surveyed almost 7,000 deals to rank the stores with the biggest discounts on Black Friday. Black Friday 2018 is November 23—and fan-favorite retailers such as Williams Sonoma, Amazon, Target, Walmart, IKEA, and Sephora (plus many, many more) are already showcasing their Black Friday deals. With so …
Twin Cities EDM lovers flock to Sound In Motion’s Malaa show at Skyway Theatre. Every spring and summer, Minneapolis amplifies its nightlife offerings for residents who are excited to take advantage of the nice weather. In the city’s thriving EDM scene, there are already many must-attend spring and summer shows, …
Pokémon Go has just reached two big milestones. The mobile AR game has now earned $2 billion, according to Apptopia, a third-party provider of app data. The location-based game has also introduced a new Pokémon for the first time, the mythical Meltan. Pokémon Go became a phenomenon during its launch in the …
A startup company is essentially a unique business venture that aims to fulfill a significant market demand. It can come in all forms and sizes and will have different aspects it focuses on at the launch. Whether it be at a social gathering or a meetup, you will certainly find …
Your personal brand needs to have a plan in place for your projected growth, regardless of whether you’re new to Internet marketing and branding, or a seasoned participant. Ask yourself, where do you see your business going in the next few years? Having a passion for what you do is …
Google today released AdaNet, an open source tool for combining machine learning algorithms to achieve better predictive insights, on the Tensor GitHub repository.Read More Source: Venture Beat Republished by Blog Post Promoter
