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BlogHer – win your way with JVC
Posted by: | CommentsI received a GREAT opportunity by email today fora chance to win one of FOUR free trips to the BlogHer ’10 Conference in New York City on August 6 – 7, 2010. JVC will provide four winners with roundtrip airfare, hotel accommodations and a full registration to this popular event and a JVC HD Everio camera to power their blog with rich high-definition content.
Clipart.com and their decision regarding PayPal
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For over six years I have used and recommended clipart.com to many web publishers and bloggers. For personal use, business use, and as an executive of a large Internet Company.
Today I went to renew my membership to discover that the PAYPAL payment option has just ‘disappeared’.
Customer support informed me they were recently purchased by a new company. So here is my advise to this ‘new company’.
1) BEFORE you start making changes you should consult with your long term user base for feedback.
2) In the age of social media there is NO reason to not keep your users up to date on your business decisions or better yet involve them in those decisions. Here are a few ways; a corporate blog, social media accounts, emailing your users.
If you had at least warned me I would have renewed my membership before the change. I was thinking I should launch an all out Social Media frenzy to show you that in today’s Internet age you have really dropped the ball. However, I have decided to be nice and not ask everyone (in the many networks I belong to) to tweet you out.
I will encourage anyone who feels the same way about PayPal not being a payment option to send some ‘feedback’ to clipart.com via their feedback form.
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day
Posted by: | CommentsI am very much a Jib Jab fan…. And here is my real red headed leprechaun to wish you a Happy Saint Patrick’s Day.
Say NO to splash and entry pages
Posted by: | CommentsThinking about a splash page or entry page that a visitor has to view or (click to skip) before heading on to view your blog or e-commerce site? Don’t.
What IS a splash page ” A page in a Web site that the user sees first before being given the option to continue to the main content of the site. Often a splash page will consist of animated graphics and sounds that entice the user into exploring the rest of the Web site. Some splash pages will bring the user to the main Web site automatically, and some require the user to click on a link that will load the main page. “ quote Useful design
I can not more adequately get my point across then to simply say “DO NOT EVER use an entry page” on your website. EVER. So now that I have made that clear let me tell you why;
1) It’s outdated. DO you want users to think you are a serious professional website, company, or blog?
Your site needs to not look like a site built in the year 2000 (because, yes, that was TEN years ago. Ten years is a decade.) Are we on the same page now about splash pages? Read More→
Contest just for bloggers
Posted by: | CommentsI was asked by Julie over at Things You Should Do, to help promote her contest celebrating her soon to arrive 1,000,000 visitor.
Because I like the quality of her prizes (who wouldn’t want to win a weekend away), I am sharing the contest.
Grand Prizes -
California – Paso Robles (Central Coast Wine Country) – 3 Night Stay at Hotel Cheval with wine tasting tour.
California – Calistoga (Napa Valley Wine Country) – 1 Night Stay at Chelsea Garden Inn Bed & Breakfast
Florida – Amelia Island – 3 Night Stay at the Amelia Hotel at the Beach
South Carolina – 2 Night Stay at the Kiawah Island Resort
So head on over and learn how you can blog you can blog your way into some great prizes. Click Here Follow Julie on twitter @juliemarg
