Cool Free Tools to Help You Sell Books
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Cool Free Tools to Help You Sell Books

- by Alexander King

Whoever coined the phrase, “You get what you pay for” is not a writer. There are many free tools available on the Internet that can help you sell more books than you ever imagined. Below are some of my favorite free tools for writers.

Google Talk

Google talk is an instant messaging service with several interesting features. As a writer you must have a website. Isn’t it better to communicate with potential customers in real time over the Internet every time they have questions about your book? Now you can, it’s free! Google Talk has a nice feature called Google Chatback. Google Chatback allows visitors to your website to see if you are online and available to chat.

Every time I open the Google Talk program on my computer, my status automatically changes to “available”. Every time I close Google Talk on my computer, my status automatically changes to “not available”. Now, every visitor to my website can click on the box when I’m available and connect with me instantly. I will get a message on my screen through Google Talk notifying me that someone wants to talk to me through Google Chatback.

Almost immediately, I connected with web visitors who asked questions about my book. Often, the question is not about the book, but about the book’s problem. These questions are basically the gateway for future book purchases. At this point, I answer their questions and then offer web visitors a small coupon code – see the coupon code …

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Build a Website and Make Money - A Guide to Free and Inexpensive Website Tools
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Build a Website and Make Money – A Guide to Free and Inexpensive Website Tools

- by Alexander King

The first question on people’s minds, besides ‘how to make money online’, is usually ‘how to make money on line’ AND ‘how to make a website’. People also wonder if making money online can be done with free website design sites, or, do they have to build a website using purchased software. Actually building a website can involve free website design and purchasing website design software. This article will explore both methods, and, hopefully give new folks a little more confidence if they are going to try to make money online.

My first experience with website building came from using Microsoft Publisher.

(If anyone reading this has Microsoft Office, Publisher should be bundled with the package). What I liked about using Publisher the most is that it is largely a drag and drop interface with sizable text boxes that can be placed anywhere on the web page. This makes Publisher very easy to use as far as web page design is concerned. Another feature is that Publisher comes with website templates, like many programs, so that you don’t have to start from scratch. What might make Publisher not so attractive to some is that some knowledge (and software) about FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is required for website creation. FTP is not difficult to master but is an additional step to building a website. Also required is a website host to store website files. Another problem with Publisher is that accessing the HTML (the underlying code that formats a website and …

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What is Web 2.0 and is it Important For Your Web Business?
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What is Web 2.0 and is it Important For Your Web Business?

- by Alexander King

Do you ever feel you’ve missed something but it’s too embarrassing to own up and admit you don’t know what it means? Me too. And a prime example is the phrase “Web 2.0”. I know it’s been around for a while, but I’m not even sure I could give a coherent answer if I was asked about “Web 1.0”!

Well, understanding Web 2.0 is really important for internet marketers, so if you are setting out building your online business, this informative article will explain everything you need to know about Web 2.0.

First – some kind of definition. Basically, Web 2.0 is a move away from, and beyond, static web pages that we are all familiar with. It’s the movement to dynamic and shareable content, as well as social networking.

So we’re talking about web pages that are no longer defined by the structure of the HTML that they’re coded with. We’re talking interactivity: flash. RSS feeds, audio clips, ‘Recommend Me’ buttons, and so on. The user is more involved. It’s to do with collaboration with your visitor; and they get a chance to comment on what you’re doing. People can subscribe to what you’re doing, and they can share your activity with others. And – don’t forget your podcasts!

So you can see that while Web 2.0 has a certain slipperiness about it, as a definition, there are broad trends: interactivity, simplicity, and sharing.

OK – but what does this mean to you and me who are have businesses …

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Popular Trends in E-Commerce Websites
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Popular Trends in E-Commerce Websites

- by Alexander King

The number of consumers approaching the online shopping mode is on an increasing trend. e-commerce websites have done remarkably well in the recent times, to innovative unique styles of the product display, methods to improve the headcount and flexible payment options. All online companies have tried to keep pace with the changed requirements and demands by innovative techniques.

Here are some popular e-commerce website trends that demonstrate the direction of online shopping and provide an insight into the strategies adopted by businesses to navigate the unfathomable sea of web-based retail industry.

Trend # 1: Touch based interface

The smartphones and tablets have entered the market with a rage and studies reveal that around 49% of the population tends to browse e-commerce stores through mobile devices. Hence, all leading online stores have changed their website design to adapt to all possible browsers, and provide different viewing options of desktop, mobile and tablet optimized site to the customers.

The user interface is designed to allow continuous tweaks, thereby adding value to the overall buying experience for the customers. Thus, the e-commerce websites displayed a prominent trend of merger of touch-based interface with tablet commerce and M-commerce to boost turnover.

Trend # 2: Mass customization

The reach of e-commerce is not limited to a specific country. It extends to the whole world and therefore, businesses have started tapping the world market to improve their turnover. This led to a trend of customizing the websites based on the location of the customer. People can …

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Why Should I Outsource Web Coding?
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Why Should I Outsource Web Coding?

- by Alexander King

Being a freelancer these days has become incredibly popular: you get to be your own boss, you manage your hours, you control everything that needs to be done and what not. Why should a web designer should consider delegating tasks to others?

The answer is pretty easy: to grow!

There is an old saying that goes: if you try to control everything, you are not controlling anything; it is true.

Freelance web designers now have the option to focus on creating, designing and learning more than they used to with PSD to HTML services, an entire business that will take your web design and code it for you.

This will allow freelance web designers actually make more money, since these PSD to HTML services are quite inexpensive and definitely reliable. Thousands of web design companies are actually outsourcing these services more and more everyday, why small entrepreneurs shouldn’t take advantage of the same opportunity?

Although there are quite a few companies out there that can provide these services, it is quite easy to spot serious companies from bogus ones: if they are extremely expensive they are just trying to make up for the money they don’t make, if they are extremely cheap you will probably get cheap coding as well.

When you get to one of these companies websites, check their portfolio, ask questions and soon you will see if you are dealing with professionals.

Outsourcing PSD to HTML services is definitely a clever move to make your business grow.…

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