Ever stared at a blank page wondering what on earth you’re going to blog about?
Enter: Every bloggers worst fear – Writers block.
Don’t panic! It happens to the best of us. It doesn’t mean you’re not a worthy blogger. It doesn’t mean you’ll never be able to write again.
Inspiration – that’s all you need. Read more →
The value of blogging is severely under-estimated. It has been argued to be the 4th most important page of a website!
Why does it carry such value? Partly because it shows the human side of your company. In this day and age, people want to see your company’s passion and expertise as well as the quality of your product/service.
So, what is a blog? Well, first and foremost… it’s updated regularly. It will usually be updated by the same person or set or people who share opinions and insights.
Writing a blog is not a difficult task – it doesn’t require a great deal of time or effort. Read more →
E-mail marketing… Is it worth it for your business? Well, yes probably! At least, if it’s written effectively.
The truth is an e-mail campaign, if put together correctly, can be very rewarding. Especially given the small cost involved in creating one – it is one of the cheapest methods of marketing around!
Some people won’t really read or even open your email. That’s a fact. If done badly, it can be damaging to your company. That’s also a fact. But with an effective e-mail campaign, you definitely stand a much better chance than spammers. So, here’s some tips to get you started on producing one where you can see the results!
The first and probably most important tip of all! It may feel like you can whip together a good enough e-mail in 10 minutes. But trust me, that is not going to get you far!
Do your research. Be sure that it’s right. The smallest thing could make the biggest difference. Read more →
People often underestimate the importance of quality copy on a website. A website may have a unique and impressive design, but have copy that doesn’t match up.
Not only will this affect your search engine ranking, but it can be really off-putting for visitors of your site!
The following steps will assist you in producing good quality copy for your site.
Understanding your audience is key. So make sure you do lots of research to find out what it is that they want and what key words they’ll be looking out for.
Write about benefits to your target audience instead of features. This way the audience can relate directly to it. It’ll keep them interested and wanting to find out more! Read more →
Within programming there are many common idioms such as if statements that are used on a regular basis.
Visual Studio has an extensive list of predefined snippets to aid in quick development.
Intellisense will often pick up on these snippets presenting you with a dialog such as the following:
What many people don’t realise is that at this point you can double tap the ‘tab’ key and Visual Studio will automatically generate the syntax for the snippet. You can then keep pressing tab to cycle through the options for easy population. Read more →
