Adobe and Facebook have just announced the launch of a new ActionScript 3 library for Facebook Platform, the platform will be used to create their own applications on the social network. This library will enable developers to use Flash technology to create and make applications more fun, but also to better monetize them.
Adobe Flash and Facebook, hand in hand to make this possible.
Flash technology applications in Facebook is not new, but this new feature (library) that Adobe has introduced in partnership with Facebook will provide an organized and official resource used by developers.
According to Josh Elman (Facebook Project Manager Platform) and Adrian Ludwig (Project Manager at Adobe Flash Product Marketing), this project began in November 2008. Until then, there were many bookstores Flash but none provided documentation worthy of the name. They decided to establish an official support, have rewritten the code of the library with all the public APIs, authentication, sessions ... In this way, developers can design their better integration between Flash and Facebook, and Facebook Connect.
In addition, this new library will better Flash monetize applications. Naturally, the Flash will be real opportunities for advertising (it is already), but new features will open up new avenues for advertisers to attract potential new customers, such as the website of Ben & Jerry, who uses Facebook Connect and Flash to bring users to vote for ice cream flavors and thus invite then to engage in a good discussion on their website.
Ben & Jerry Facebook Connect
Adrian and Josh have also mentioned how CNN had used Facebook to organize and Flash video of the inauguration of President Obama and enable people to transmit it to their friends, turning a simple video streaming video "social".
Tuesday, 31 March 2009
Here Are The Top 5 Tips For Any Efficient Writing
As an internet marketer, writing is a very important talent that you can’t do without. Doesn’t matter if it’s writing a long/short e-Book, an article, a blog post, or an email for your email marketing campaign or newsletter, it is vital to get the point across to the people who would be reading your writing, in the right way so they can perfectly understand you. Here we’re going to go through some important tips which could really help you write more efficiently…
One of the 1st points to think of is the reason of your writing. Are you trying to be instructive, or is the main motive to get people to check out one of your link and purchase a product from you?
The medium you are writing for will also make a huge difference. In an e-Book, for example, you’ve got much more room to develop your ideas, and the public will expect more detail than in, say, a blog post or an article submitted to a directory.
Once you’ve got that figured out, you can then think about your readers. For example, do they already know much about the subject matter? Or are they new to it? Are they young, middle age or old? There is no doubt that there is a good chance for your audience to vary fairly widely within these ranges, but it certainly helps if you at least think about it.
Below I explain some top tips for any efficient writing:
1. You should be short and go straight to the point. Most people hate nonsense, and you can really start to lose your audience if you keep beating around the bush, instead of giving the valuable information they need. Many People are always in a hurry, so don’t waste their precious time.
2. You should try as much as possible to avoid needless ‘techy’ jargon. Again, get straight to the point, and do not use a long word when a short one will do! Do not try to impress you audience by using very difficult words, when you can use simple ones that are easily understood by everybody.
3. You should write as you speak. People like to be entertained when they are reading, so try to avoid making your writings seem over formal. I also like adding in similes or emoticons as these without doubt improve the readers’ mood.
4. You should also consider breaking your text into short straight to the point paragraphs. It’s much easier to read and makes the page look more spacious. And that is a good thing. Bulky chunks or blocks of text can in fact put people off from even skimming what you’ve sped you precious time writing.
5. You should think of adding headings. It divides the text and makes it really easy for people to quickly locate the bits they are searching for.
6. And finally, you should ask questions. This is a great way to connect with your readers since it makes them think a little bit. Consider starting most of your paragraph with a question, and then begin answering it, or get your readers to think more about the issues around the question.
Of course, you need to adjust these points to suit your medium, but the fact is that writing actually doesn’t have to be hard. Just follow these top writing tips, tricks and in my belief, you won’t go wrong in your writings.
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Here Are The Top 5 Tips For Any Efficient Writing
One of the 1st points to think of is the reason of your writing. Are you trying to be instructive, or is the main motive to get people to check out one of your link and purchase a product from you?
The medium you are writing for will also make a huge difference. In an e-Book, for example, you’ve got much more room to develop your ideas, and the public will expect more detail than in, say, a blog post or an article submitted to a directory.
Once you’ve got that figured out, you can then think about your readers. For example, do they already know much about the subject matter? Or are they new to it? Are they young, middle age or old? There is no doubt that there is a good chance for your audience to vary fairly widely within these ranges, but it certainly helps if you at least think about it.
Below I explain some top tips for any efficient writing:
1. You should be short and go straight to the point. Most people hate nonsense, and you can really start to lose your audience if you keep beating around the bush, instead of giving the valuable information they need. Many People are always in a hurry, so don’t waste their precious time.
2. You should try as much as possible to avoid needless ‘techy’ jargon. Again, get straight to the point, and do not use a long word when a short one will do! Do not try to impress you audience by using very difficult words, when you can use simple ones that are easily understood by everybody.
3. You should write as you speak. People like to be entertained when they are reading, so try to avoid making your writings seem over formal. I also like adding in similes or emoticons as these without doubt improve the readers’ mood.
4. You should also consider breaking your text into short straight to the point paragraphs. It’s much easier to read and makes the page look more spacious. And that is a good thing. Bulky chunks or blocks of text can in fact put people off from even skimming what you’ve sped you precious time writing.
5. You should think of adding headings. It divides the text and makes it really easy for people to quickly locate the bits they are searching for.
6. And finally, you should ask questions. This is a great way to connect with your readers since it makes them think a little bit. Consider starting most of your paragraph with a question, and then begin answering it, or get your readers to think more about the issues around the question.
Of course, you need to adjust these points to suit your medium, but the fact is that writing actually doesn’t have to be hard. Just follow these top writing tips, tricks and in my belief, you won’t go wrong in your writings.
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Monday, 30 March 2009
How the Arbitrage Theory in Finance, is Applied in Internet Marketing With Little Or No Success
If you have ever done any elementary course in finance, then you would probably know what arbitrage theory is.
Arbitrage as it is known in finance is when there is a price discrepancy for the same stock listed in two different stock exchange markets. Thereby giving an arbitrageur the chance to make risk-less profits by continuously buying the stock where it is cheaper, and selling it where it is expensive.
Now, if you have ever done elementary finance, you would also know that because of immense competition, this type of situation is very rare to fine in our almost efficient markets of today. In fact in finance, it is always assumed that there are no arbitrage opportunities. Even when these opportunities do present themselves, the effects are minimal because the markets quickly adjust and automatically fix the problem. It may even take less than 5 minutes for an arbitrage situation to be automatically fixed, and wipe out any price discrepancy in the listed stocks.
People have been trying to apply the internet marketing version of the arbitrage theory but slightly different though. They claim that they can use Google AdWords to buy cheap traffic, and then send visitors to a landing page with expensive AdSense adverts hoping that the visitor would click on the AdSense ads. The difference they make form what they spend on buying Google traffic and what they get from Google as a results of clicks on their AdSense ads is considered as their profits.
This sounds kind of wired to me and quite impossible to achieve. Even if you make money from the start, it is quite less likely that you can continuously be making money using this method. I am challenging anyone who says he used this method and continuously made profits for over a period 2 week.
If you are just starting out with internet marketing, don't get caught up with the hype that surrounds this whole arbitrage theory thing and loose sight of some real internet opportunities that you can, and should be targeting, so as to make money on the internet.
Arbitrage is simply not possible in finance, and it is not possible in internet marketing.
Watson Fru N. has recently put his 6.5 years of professional experience with internet marketing in a new e-book, which he now distributes for free!
Click on this link: http://www.onlinemeans.com to download a free copy now!
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How the Arbitrage Theory in Finance, is Applied in Internet Marketing With Little Or No Success
Arbitrage as it is known in finance is when there is a price discrepancy for the same stock listed in two different stock exchange markets. Thereby giving an arbitrageur the chance to make risk-less profits by continuously buying the stock where it is cheaper, and selling it where it is expensive.
Now, if you have ever done elementary finance, you would also know that because of immense competition, this type of situation is very rare to fine in our almost efficient markets of today. In fact in finance, it is always assumed that there are no arbitrage opportunities. Even when these opportunities do present themselves, the effects are minimal because the markets quickly adjust and automatically fix the problem. It may even take less than 5 minutes for an arbitrage situation to be automatically fixed, and wipe out any price discrepancy in the listed stocks.
People have been trying to apply the internet marketing version of the arbitrage theory but slightly different though. They claim that they can use Google AdWords to buy cheap traffic, and then send visitors to a landing page with expensive AdSense adverts hoping that the visitor would click on the AdSense ads. The difference they make form what they spend on buying Google traffic and what they get from Google as a results of clicks on their AdSense ads is considered as their profits.
This sounds kind of wired to me and quite impossible to achieve. Even if you make money from the start, it is quite less likely that you can continuously be making money using this method. I am challenging anyone who says he used this method and continuously made profits for over a period 2 week.
If you are just starting out with internet marketing, don't get caught up with the hype that surrounds this whole arbitrage theory thing and loose sight of some real internet opportunities that you can, and should be targeting, so as to make money on the internet.
Arbitrage is simply not possible in finance, and it is not possible in internet marketing.
Watson Fru N. has recently put his 6.5 years of professional experience with internet marketing in a new e-book, which he now distributes for free!
Click on this link: http://www.onlinemeans.com to download a free copy now!
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How the Arbitrage Theory in Finance, is Applied in Internet Marketing With Little Or No Success
Sunday, 29 March 2009
Posting "How to Posts" is a Good Way to Creating Backlinks For Your Website or Blog
We are all aware of the fact that backlinks make up the larger part of any effective and successful Search Engine Optimization Technique (SEO). That is why the: How to get backlinks question keeps being asked every now and then on the internet, and people never stop getting enough information on this subject matter. Guess no one will ever be satisfied with the number of backlinks they already have for their websites or blogs. In this case, more is always better.
One good way I found out that can help provide few more backlinks to your websites or blog is by frequently posting "How To Posts". I have been using this method on my other blogs and they have been of great help to me!
But what are “How to Post”? These are basically short manuals on how to do something. If fact anything you can think of. Depending on the niche in which you find yourself, you can frequently write and post interesting “How to Post” on your website and I can assure you that the results will be tremendous.
As people read your website or blog, some will agree and some will not agree with what you are saying, just depending on how controversial the subject is.
Those people who agree with you will usually have the tendency of linking to the given post on your website or blog so that his or her visitors can benefit from the knowledge you provided in your "How TO Post". The more they link to your website, the more backlinks you will be creating.
That is yet another tiny little way of getting few more backlinks to your website which will help in bringing you more targeted traffic and maybe generate a sale!
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Posting “How to Posts” is a Good Way to Creating Backlinks for Your Website or Blog
One good way I found out that can help provide few more backlinks to your websites or blog is by frequently posting "How To Posts". I have been using this method on my other blogs and they have been of great help to me!
But what are “How to Post”? These are basically short manuals on how to do something. If fact anything you can think of. Depending on the niche in which you find yourself, you can frequently write and post interesting “How to Post” on your website and I can assure you that the results will be tremendous.
As people read your website or blog, some will agree and some will not agree with what you are saying, just depending on how controversial the subject is.
Those people who agree with you will usually have the tendency of linking to the given post on your website or blog so that his or her visitors can benefit from the knowledge you provided in your "How TO Post". The more they link to your website, the more backlinks you will be creating.
That is yet another tiny little way of getting few more backlinks to your website which will help in bringing you more targeted traffic and maybe generate a sale!
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Posting “How to Posts” is a Good Way to Creating Backlinks for Your Website or Blog
Friday, 27 March 2009
More Payment Options Leads to More Sales - A Tiny Internet Marketing Trick That Yields Great Results
I read this post on one of the internet marketing forums.
This is the original post:
If I decide to start a side business (software development), I will want to run it debt free. Meaning that I don't use credit cards, and save up and pay cash for everything.
I think this is a good idea, as it allows the business to grow better, and more fiscally sound.
The hard part would be only accepting cash, check, or debit card from my clients. I know I would lose some customers due to this, but it might be for the better.
And yes, I know there are those of you out there who would say "but you need credit!"
To that, I say: In a small business, what can I buy with credit that I can't buy with cash? I could still buy computers, networking components, hardware, printers, paper, software, etc. with cash. And, I would have less risk, too.
I'd like to get everyone's thoughts.
This was my reply to this guy:
Don't know if you are posting such a controversial post just to stair up reactions or you really mean what you are saying. Let me be Clair with you. You will never make any money if you don't accept credit cards for your business.
I can assure you that. In fact if you miss just one payment method, you loose about 15% to 20% of your customers. read this article below to understand more
I have done some finance, it it is quit a good thing for part of your business to be financed by credit. cant go into the details here but take it from someone who has done finance up to the master degree level.
Article On The Advantages of More Payment options:
Have you ever refused buying something just because your merchant did not accept credit cards? It has happened to me so many times.
Some advertisers usually make this serious mistake of providing very limited payment options to their clients. If you ever want to be successful online, never you make such a mistake. My advice to you today is to provide as many payment methods (options) to your customers as you can.
Every payment method you are leaving out goes away with many potential customers. I would imagine that this is not what you want for your company. You want to sell more and make more profit, right?
I had made a test on one of my business when I added payment by PayPal, I increased my sales by 20%. I could not imagine that such a small change could make such a big difference. Since then, I don't make this mistake again. I make sure all the payment methods are listed and available for customers to make their choice on which of them to use. You should also be doing this for your business.
I also know of a friend who increased his sales in an offline store by 25% just because he put an indication outside his shop that stressed the fact that they also accepted payments by credit cards. Just that information alone brought in so many customers who before would not go in to buy since they did not know for sure if the shop accepted credit cards or not. Sounds easy to do right?
That is really how people are. The bottom line is that people turn to feel more comfortable when you give them the chance to choose between different options. The more the options to chose from, the better are your chances of selling your product to your customers.
More Payment Options Leads to More Sales - A Tiny Internet Marketing Trick That Yields Great Results
This is the original post:
If I decide to start a side business (software development), I will want to run it debt free. Meaning that I don't use credit cards, and save up and pay cash for everything.
I think this is a good idea, as it allows the business to grow better, and more fiscally sound.
The hard part would be only accepting cash, check, or debit card from my clients. I know I would lose some customers due to this, but it might be for the better.
And yes, I know there are those of you out there who would say "but you need credit!"
To that, I say: In a small business, what can I buy with credit that I can't buy with cash? I could still buy computers, networking components, hardware, printers, paper, software, etc. with cash. And, I would have less risk, too.
I'd like to get everyone's thoughts.
This was my reply to this guy:
Don't know if you are posting such a controversial post just to stair up reactions or you really mean what you are saying. Let me be Clair with you. You will never make any money if you don't accept credit cards for your business.
I can assure you that. In fact if you miss just one payment method, you loose about 15% to 20% of your customers. read this article below to understand more
I have done some finance, it it is quit a good thing for part of your business to be financed by credit. cant go into the details here but take it from someone who has done finance up to the master degree level.
Article On The Advantages of More Payment options:
Have you ever refused buying something just because your merchant did not accept credit cards? It has happened to me so many times.
Some advertisers usually make this serious mistake of providing very limited payment options to their clients. If you ever want to be successful online, never you make such a mistake. My advice to you today is to provide as many payment methods (options) to your customers as you can.
Every payment method you are leaving out goes away with many potential customers. I would imagine that this is not what you want for your company. You want to sell more and make more profit, right?
I had made a test on one of my business when I added payment by PayPal, I increased my sales by 20%. I could not imagine that such a small change could make such a big difference. Since then, I don't make this mistake again. I make sure all the payment methods are listed and available for customers to make their choice on which of them to use. You should also be doing this for your business.
I also know of a friend who increased his sales in an offline store by 25% just because he put an indication outside his shop that stressed the fact that they also accepted payments by credit cards. Just that information alone brought in so many customers who before would not go in to buy since they did not know for sure if the shop accepted credit cards or not. Sounds easy to do right?
That is really how people are. The bottom line is that people turn to feel more comfortable when you give them the chance to choose between different options. The more the options to chose from, the better are your chances of selling your product to your customers.
More Payment Options Leads to More Sales - A Tiny Internet Marketing Trick That Yields Great Results
Facebook: back on the "perpetual and worldwide license" The Content Published on Facebook
The founders of Facebook thought they could be able to obtain a perpetual license on the personal data posted on its site but, because of the controversy aroused by the new conditions of use the biggest social network site has decided to flip-flop and return to previous conditions of use. Decryption.
It's obvious, when one runs a social network of over 175 million Internet users, nothing is simple and certainly not the modification of its terms of use because you must respect its users and their rights, especially when you have their personal data, their photos, videos and even their intimate confidences.
The goal was to allow Facebook to keep accounts that were deleted by their users and make them available to Internet friends. For example, a user who shares a photo with his friends no longer has control over the image even when then removes his account.
Hence the idea of a burlesque "perpetual, worldwide license" applies to all content published on Facebook. In short, the shared content (photos, messages, videos ...) will be maintained even if the sender (the owner) unsubscribes. The recipients can then keep them legally. A way for Facebook to shield them from potential lawsuits ...
"Remember that the terms of service, the rules applicable at the site is like a kind of contract that everyone agrees by registering on the site. This is the famous case that one boat ( "I"), without ever really read. "
How can we accept to grant a perpetual license to use? Even with the best will, we can not exclude the fact that Facebook can recover and sell a picture of your baby to a brand of diapers for the promotion of their latest find.
The conditions of use of Facebook are critical as they are extremely broad and vague. Indeed, publishing content to Facebook, you automatically grant a license irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable and worldwide for the use, copying, public performance, public distribution, modification, translation, quotation and distribution of any content, for whatever purpose: commercial, advertising, or otherwise. It is true that such provisions would probably be deemed unfair in the context of litigation.
"This episode reminds the user must be extremely careful with the information they disclose online."
The user must be empowered and learn to protect his privacy. On Facebook, for example, the parameters of privacy can be activated in the menu dedicated from the very inception of his / her profile. Also, note the carelessness of some users, who publish a large number of very personal information without realizing the risks they face. Customers must acquire a culture of protection of personal data so that only the recipients' friends' to view. This unfortunately has shown, in any case, how there is a gap in the establishment of clear legal rules between users and social networking sites. They intended to distribute under certain conditions information that reveal the personality of the Internet without establishing verification of their use. But we must remain vigilant because in the next few weeks, Facebook will have new terms of use.
It's obvious, when one runs a social network of over 175 million Internet users, nothing is simple and certainly not the modification of its terms of use because you must respect its users and their rights, especially when you have their personal data, their photos, videos and even their intimate confidences.
The goal was to allow Facebook to keep accounts that were deleted by their users and make them available to Internet friends. For example, a user who shares a photo with his friends no longer has control over the image even when then removes his account.
Hence the idea of a burlesque "perpetual, worldwide license" applies to all content published on Facebook. In short, the shared content (photos, messages, videos ...) will be maintained even if the sender (the owner) unsubscribes. The recipients can then keep them legally. A way for Facebook to shield them from potential lawsuits ...
"Remember that the terms of service, the rules applicable at the site is like a kind of contract that everyone agrees by registering on the site. This is the famous case that one boat ( "I"), without ever really read. "
How can we accept to grant a perpetual license to use? Even with the best will, we can not exclude the fact that Facebook can recover and sell a picture of your baby to a brand of diapers for the promotion of their latest find.
The conditions of use of Facebook are critical as they are extremely broad and vague. Indeed, publishing content to Facebook, you automatically grant a license irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable and worldwide for the use, copying, public performance, public distribution, modification, translation, quotation and distribution of any content, for whatever purpose: commercial, advertising, or otherwise. It is true that such provisions would probably be deemed unfair in the context of litigation.
"This episode reminds the user must be extremely careful with the information they disclose online."
The user must be empowered and learn to protect his privacy. On Facebook, for example, the parameters of privacy can be activated in the menu dedicated from the very inception of his / her profile. Also, note the carelessness of some users, who publish a large number of very personal information without realizing the risks they face. Customers must acquire a culture of protection of personal data so that only the recipients' friends' to view. This unfortunately has shown, in any case, how there is a gap in the establishment of clear legal rules between users and social networking sites. They intended to distribute under certain conditions information that reveal the personality of the Internet without establishing verification of their use. But we must remain vigilant because in the next few weeks, Facebook will have new terms of use.
Wednesday, 25 March 2009
Using Traffic Exchange Sites to Boost Your Traffic
Traffic exchange websites are internet sites that receive website submissions from webmasters who join traffic exchange networks. The webmaster who submits the website then have to browse other member sites on the exchange program so as to earn credits, which enable their sites to be viewed by other members through the surf system. This increases the number of visitors to all the sites involved.
Any discussion on traffic exchange that does not mention time is not frank enough. For your website to receive traffic form traffic exchange sites, you have to browse other websites. This can take a considerable amount of time, but for beginners in this industry, times is really what you can sacrifice for some free traffic.
The traffic you get from traffic exchange sites is not so targeted, since many people who are visiting your site may just be doing so to earn credits. But as beginners in internet marketing, it is well worth the efforts.
Traffic exchange site could also be used to test your landing pages to determine which of them converts better, before using Google AdWords and other paid traffic sources.
For your Traffic exchange efforts to be effective, you have to sign up for at least 2 different traffic exchange sites. The more sites you sign up for, the better, since it could help expand your exposure. I would advice your rather sign up for just the few you can actually surf and earn credit, since there is no use having so many accounts when you never visit or login.
After joining these Traffic Exchange Sites, make sure you browse other websites so as to earn credits, which you will then use to let other people visit your website in exchange. That is how these systems work.
Watson Fru N. has recently put his 6.5 years of professional experience with internet marketing in a new e-book, which he now distributes for free! Click on the link below to download a free copy of this e-book and learn How To Make Money From The Internet.
http://www.onlinemeans.com/freeebook.htm
Any discussion on traffic exchange that does not mention time is not frank enough. For your website to receive traffic form traffic exchange sites, you have to browse other websites. This can take a considerable amount of time, but for beginners in this industry, times is really what you can sacrifice for some free traffic.
The traffic you get from traffic exchange sites is not so targeted, since many people who are visiting your site may just be doing so to earn credits. But as beginners in internet marketing, it is well worth the efforts.
Traffic exchange site could also be used to test your landing pages to determine which of them converts better, before using Google AdWords and other paid traffic sources.
For your Traffic exchange efforts to be effective, you have to sign up for at least 2 different traffic exchange sites. The more sites you sign up for, the better, since it could help expand your exposure. I would advice your rather sign up for just the few you can actually surf and earn credit, since there is no use having so many accounts when you never visit or login.
After joining these Traffic Exchange Sites, make sure you browse other websites so as to earn credits, which you will then use to let other people visit your website in exchange. That is how these systems work.
Watson Fru N. has recently put his 6.5 years of professional experience with internet marketing in a new e-book, which he now distributes for free! Click on the link below to download a free copy of this e-book and learn How To Make Money From The Internet.
http://www.onlinemeans.com/freeebook.htm
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