February 2012
1 post
REDESIGN - The Windows Logo
via windowsteamblog.com Paula asked us a simple question, “your name is Windows. Why are you a flag?” The line above is an example of mutual respect borne between design agency and client. Brilliant! Posted via email from Simpleet
January 2012
1 post
WordPress Speaks Out Against SOPA/PIPA
via wpmu.org Posted via email from Simpleet
December 2011
3 posts
10 most influential retailers
http://corp.klout.com/blog/2011/12/the-10-most-influential-retailers/ Posted via email from Simpleet
The Art of Color Coordination
via blog.kissmetrics.com Posted via email from Simpleet
Infographic: Understanding viral content marketing
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November 2011
5 posts
Anatomy of a Perfect Mobile Email – Litmus
via litmus.com Posted via email from Simpleet
What Every SEO Should Know About IIS | SEOmoz
IIS Server through the eyes of an SEO Disclaimer: This post is long and technical, but has been lovingly paraphrased for the benefit of non-technical SEOs to get involved and step out of their comfort zone. Recently, I’ve had to deal with sites running on IIS and rather than just prescribing universal SEO fixes, I decided to get my hands really, really dirty. This is what I’ve learned… ...
Duplicate Content in a Post-Panda World | SEOmoz
“No one saw the panda uprising coming. One day, they were frolicking in our zoos. The next, they were frolicking in our entrails. They came for the identical twins first, then the gingers, and then the rest of us. I finally trapped one and asked him the question burning in all of our souls – ‘Why?!’ He just smiled and said ‘You humans all look alike to me.’” - Sgt. Jericho...
Consumer trend "DEALER-CHIC" | Trendwatching.com
November 2011 | As deal hunting has become an integral part of daily life for millions of consumers, it’s time to dive into the drivers behind this trend and its long term impact on all B2C brands. And yes, countless examples are included ;-) NEW: We are working hard on our 2012 Trend Report, due 21 November 2011. Highlighting all the consumer trends, insights and innovations that need to...
A List Apart: Articles: Designing Fun
What is “Fun?” “I’ll know it when I see it.” In 1964, in Jacobellis v. Ohio, the US Supreme Court needed to decide whether the state of Ohio could ban a film it called “obscene”—a concept people understood but were hard-pressed to define. Justice Potter Stewart, in his concurring opinion, wrote: “I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be...
October 2011
2 posts
Reverend Danger
via reverenddanger.com Simple and fun way to introduce your company. Posted via email from Simpleet
Ben the Bodyguard. Protecting your data on iPhone®...
Check out this website I found at benthebodyguard.com Interactivity in its simplest form! Posted via email from Simpleet
September 2011
1 post
How to Apologize to Customers — Return Customer
If you haven’t messed up yet, just wait. Mistakes are particularly painful when they directly impact customers. How you apologize to customers will determine how those customers view you and your company for a long time. Here is an email I saw from Backcountry.com after they made a mistake. Note the sincerity of the wording as you read: We messed up. Yesterday, as the people of...
August 2011
3 posts
A field guide to Gmail: 3 tips for getting into...
If you’ve ever wondered why some email campaigns slide effortlessly into Gmail inboxes, while others seem banished to the ‘Spam’ folder, then you’re going to read every line of Return Path’s latest blog post… Twice. In their ‘Marketer’s Field Guide to Gmail Inboxes’, they’ve covered a lot of factoids that many of us have wanted to know...
Google Algorithm Change History | SEOmoz
Each year, Google changes its search algorithm up to 500-600 times. While most of these changes are minor, every few months Google rolls out a “major” algorithmic update that affect search results in significant ways. For search marketers, knowing the dates of these Google updates can help explain changes in rankings and organic website traffic. Below, we’ve listed the major algorithmic...
Online Testing Essentials: An infographic on what...
via blog.kissmetrics.com Plain example why conversion is leading the way. Posted via email from Simpleet
July 2011
4 posts
Email Intervention by GMail
via emailintervention.com Google Mail wants you! ;) Posted via email from Simpleet
Responsive Web Design Techniques, Tools and Design...
via smashingmagazine.com The web is no longer fixed. Posted via email from Simpleet
Experiments on Google+ and Twitter Influencing...
via seomoz.org Google+ still needs to pick up some speed. Posted via email from Simpleet
Minus - Share simply.
via min.us File sharing made easy. Posted via email from Simpleet
June 2011
1 post
browser+war+copy.jpg (JPEG Image, 800x528 pixels)
via 1.bp.blogspot.com No wonder IE is screwed - eating instead of sniffing it. LOL! Posted via email from Simpleet
April 2011
6 posts
Solve white space gap under image elements |...
Mysterious white space gap under image elements Images are inline elements, and inline elements need some sort of guarantee such that characters like y and g can fit into the line. The space reserved for these types of characters is called the descender space, so any inline element will have this reserved space beneath it. Workaround #1 Force the image element to be block-level. ...
How Small Businesses Can Use Social Media for...
This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. Customer relationship management isn’t just the domain of big brands, and these days, more and more companies are offering free online tools to make it easier for SMBs to keep track of and reach out to their customers....
What is a WordCamp and Why You Should Attend?...
via wpbeginner.com WordCamp Malaysia is happening this year too! Posted via email from Simpleet
Facebook + Twitter's Influence on Google's Search...
Since last December’s admission from Google + Bing’s search teams regarding the direct impact of Twitter + Facebook on search rankings, marketers have been asking two questions: What signals are Google + Bing counting? How much influence do these social signals have on the results? Over the last few weeks, we’ve been collecting data and running calculations in an attempt...
Email client market share statistics - Litmus
Top 10 email clients Email client Market share Outlook Outlook 2003 and earlier Outlook 2007 43% 34% 9% Hotmail 17% Yahoo! Mail 13% Gmail 5% Apple Mail 4% iPhone 4% Thunderbird 2.4% Windows Live Mail (Desktop) 2% AOL Mail 1.2% Lotus Notes 0.4% Others 8% Data collected from 250,000,000 email recipients using our Fingerprint analysis...
United Nations European Advertising Competition by...
via invisiblepr.com Using the power of existing communities. Posted via email from Simpleet
March 2011
3 posts
Ecommerce Around the World [INFOGRAPHIC]
via mashable.com Surprising to find electronics is only the 4th most bought product online. Posted via email from Simpleet
Asians in the Library | Know Your Meme
via knowyourmeme.com Personal viral video gone awry. Posted via email from Simpleet
Event sharing behaviour from Eventbrite
via mashable.com Only 1% of people who look at an event page before purchasing a ticket shares the event. Hmm… Posted via email from Simpleet
February 2011
1 post
The effectiveness of website design, management...
via marketingsherpa.com Posted via email from Simpleet
January 2011
4 posts
Happy customers through an improved checkout «...
Happy customers through an improved checkout Posted in Usability on: Monday, July 12, 2010 by Paul Boag You would think that the checkout form would be simple. However often users abandon their purchase, because the checkout form fails to deliver. How hard can it be? All you need to do is collect their name, address and credit card information. That is...
The use of social media tactics for B2B -...
via marketingsherpa.com Posted via email from Simpleet
Objectives email marketing achieves most...
via marketingsherpa.com Looks like email marketing is still very effective for B2C channels. Posted via email from Simpleet
Farewell Internet Explorer 6 by Simpleet
via ripie6.simpleet.com Posted via email from Simpleet
December 2010
4 posts
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5 Awful Landing Pages You Won’t Believe are from...
via blog.kissmetrics.com Even big names can make fundamental mistakes. Posted via email from Simpleet
The Anatomy Of A Perfect Landing Page
via blog.kissmetrics.com The things we learn or remind ourselves. Posted via email from Simpleet
A List Apart: Articles: Smartphone Browser...
Users expect websites to work on their mobile phones. In two to three years, mobile support will become standard for any site. Web developers must add mobile web development to their skill set or risk losing clients. How do you make websites mobile compatible? The answer is obvious: By testing them on all mobile phones, and by solving the problems you encounter. But, that’s a useless...
SEOmoz | Google + Bing Confirm that...
As of yesterday, both Bing and Google have confirmed (via an excellent interview by Danny Sullivan) that links shared through Twitter and Facebook have a direct impact on rankings (in addition to the positive second-order effects they may have on the link graph). This has long been suspected by SEOs (in fact, many of us posited it was happening as of November of last year following Google +...
November 2010
14 posts
SEOmoz | The Wonderful World of SEO Metatags
Meta tags are the beginning of most SEO training, for better and worse. I contemplated on how to introduce this topic because we always hear the bad part of meta tags, namely the keywords meta tag. One of the first things dissected in any site review is the misuse of meta tags, mainly because they are at the top of every page in the header, therefore the first thing seen. But we don’t...
Browser UI
via browserui.com Agency designers will love this. :P Posted via email from Simpleet
Fillerati - Faux Latin is a Dead Language
Fillerati author: Lewis Carroll title: Alice in Wonderland { random refresh p h li t 15 1 100 words ‘What IS the use of repeating all that stuff,’ the Mock Turtle interrupted, ‘if English Chapter 10. The Lobster...
NO!SPEC | To educate the public about speculative...
Welcome to the relaunch of the NO!SPEC site. And who do we have to thank for this revamp? My good friends David Airey (designer) and Jay Wickham (programmer). From day one, Jay and David have been tireless contributors. Behind the scenes, and no matter what insane hour of the day or night, Jay is on hand to fix code and add what is needed. More in the public eye, David is a vocal...
OPEN Forum :: American Express OPEN Forum
Jump to: Open.com Navigation, via openforum.com Brilliant site to reach out to targeted customers and new ones made by a bank. Posted via email from Simpleet
Where email marketing resides in the budget -...
via marketingsherpa.com Email marketing seems to be still infancy. Maybe because of spam. Posted via email from Simpleet
Checkins for Charity: The Rise of Geo-Social Good
If you ever believed that social media really could help make a difference in the world, then we’ve got some great news for you. If it wasn’t for just one social initiative, people in need in the U.S. would have missed out on 332,000 meals, 94,000 trees would not have been planted, more than 45 million liters of clean water would not have been provided in developing countries, 39,000 books would...
SEOmoz | Launching a New Website: 18 Steps to...
The process of launching a new website is, for many entrepreneurs, bloggers and business owners, an uncertain and scary prospect. This is often due to both unanswered questions and incomplete knowledge of which questions to ask. In this post, I’ll give my best recommendations for launching a new site from a marketing and metrics setup perspective. This won’t just help with SEO, but...
10K Apart | Inspire the web with just 10K.
Inspire the web with just 10K. It’s time to get back to basics — back to optimizing every little byte like your life depends on it. The Challenge? Build a web app in less than 10 kilobytes. Meet the Winners Explore the Apps via 10k.aneventapart.com Love the contest concept. Ideal for developer challenges. Posted via email from Simpleet
MarketingSherpa.com
via marketingsherpa.com Interestingly enough, SEO still seems to prioritize on the main 4 now. Posted via email from Simpleet
Five Ways to Take Charge of Your Own Networking
Among large companies — take Google and HP, for instance — there’s a trend to create a new executive-level role called Chief Networking Officer. Some businesses call the role Community Manager. Whatever you choose to call it, the CNO is the person who handles business networking and community-related activities, and the responsibilities range from...