Category: Internet

I Want My WebTV

So here it is.

Another Blog monetization method AND
adding great videos for free to your blog
AND not crashing your servers.
The content site is yourBusinessChannel.com.

They use distributed servers to counter the big Video Sites like You tube,this keeps server costs low, and content distribution high, nice idea for business video niche. The content is top class , with access to founders of lulu.com ,google’s strategy .It is more like a Internet Television Channel.

You are a blogger too eh, Sign up here pardner

 

The Best things are for Free

You need feedback. To improve your process.To improve your client satisfaction.To know what your employees think.

But the Boss did not sanction any budget. He never studied market research in business school.

Help is here. A website called www.surveymonkey.com

Very easy ,award wining design for professional surveys. For free .

For the pros ,the paid version. But the free version is very very good.

Dont believe me, huh 

Take a 2 min survey here.Took me 3 mins to register,make survey. For free.

<a href=”http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=N1WEpxNqvKdKPPK_2f3Glwvg_3d_3d”>Click Here to take survey</a>

 

Email vs RSS – Free Yourself

I just edited most of my groups to make sure I see them on the web only . The result- a clean inbox which is actually a relaxing thing for many of us. I then used RSS button to subscribe to posts.

Just a small change in habit from reading email to reading RSS can lead to following-

1) Lesser chance of emails being lost or classified as spam

2)Your email address is less public

3) You can save a lot of time, as you can move quickly from one post to another in RSS . But not in email.

4) Lastly emails in public groups even if very good people are in it come under Google or Other Search Engine Spiders. So anyone can know details like your phone number etc from a Search Engine search.Online records are almost for ever.

 See a great example of Linked question on bad email mistakes while writing http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/writing-editing/MAR_WED/303856-11437468

RSS is Really Simple Stupid…..actually its really some thing else . So experiment with the RSS feed today.

 

ps (reading RSS is safer as you can go and edit your comment on a blog but probably cant do that to an email to a whole email group)

Money for Nothing

Try and use Microsoft Live Search but only if searching for buying stuff AND US based. The cash back offer is cool stuff- MS is really using the 44 Billion they saved when the big G spiked the MS to Y deal.

http://search.live.com/cashback/

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So you think this site is slow ..

So you think this site is slow, huh ?

Test your computer speed to be tweaked at www.dslreports/tweaks– below see my results

There are many ways to boost your computer speed at http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/technology/personaltech/21basics.html?8dpc

Or it could be your ISP

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/technology/21comcast.html

or It could be my servers – See PayPal SOS button on right.



LinkedIn Groups

Linked In groups has a new policy- maximum number of groups you can join is 50. .As a relief they created a leave group button which enables many LI groupies (like myself with 184 groups) to pare down the list. This closed down a loophole by which many open networkers used to send bulk requests.

In addition to that group moderators can message individual members with more ease due to changes in the user interface. You can message people who have requested to apply for membership and you now have a block member button as well. All very convenient for moderators. There is however one feature that Continue reading “LinkedIn Groups”

The Great Connector ,Stan Relihan

Note from Ajay-

Stan Relihan is the 40th most connected person list on LinkedIn out of 25 million people.His podcast: http://connections.thepodcastnetwork.com gets more than 12,000 downloads a month and he has leveraged social networking to maximum advantage for building great assets as well as increasing his own business value. Here he shares some insights  on using social networking networks.

1) What’s the latest trend you see in community sites over the next year and next three to five years.

I see more and more emphasis on the need to focus on Business outcomes -not just idle chit-chat or frivolous questions. Social Networking sites will also need to truly embrace the Web 2.0 ethos – where what the users want is ultimately more important that what the site owner / operators think it should be.  This means more responsiveness to requests for new features and more transparency & intercommunication from management with their users. In the end, just like with Search Engines & Operating Systems, many will cease to exist – and only a few dominant players will continue.

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