I am of the impression that a lot of the best things from the Internet is built out of a vast chasm of unsatisfactory services that exist — or used to exist online. For me, Anthony’s vision of building Squarespace out of frustration of finding “the” blogging platform fuels whatever magic they’re doing behind closed doors.
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Can a budget web hosting service give you value for your money? How do you know which features are needed? There are no steadfast rules that can determine a webhosting company’s ability to provide an exceptional experience to the user merely based on price, but then again, you never want to just take the cheapest plan offered either. Understand what a good webhosting service provides – which is to place your website or blog on a server that connects to the Internet quickly and efficiently. You don’t want to have to deal with technical issues when you’re trying to concentrate on building your business.
Finding a web hosting company when you are first starting out and on a very tight budget can be a daunting task. There are literally thousands to choose from, and almost every company will advertise and initially promise you high quality at an affordable price. Services normally run between $3.95 and $7.95 monthly. Be careful however, and look for an honest and professional web hosting company by being a smart and informed consumer. Here are a few necessary criteria that will help you in your search. [Read more…] about 9 Tips for Finding A Reliable Budget Web Host
With Facebook pages being one of the main ways to effectively promote your blog, business, band or organization online, this beginner’s guide to customized Facebook pages will help you to get to grips with creating a simple, personalized Facebook page. This will give you more flexibility to direct visitors to your best, most relevant content, instead of just showing your most recent wall posts.
1. The first thing to note is that Facebook has moved away from hosting the customized pages themselves as FBML (Facebook mark-up language), instead favoring iFrames to display content that you create and host yourself as HTML or PHP pages. For anyone not confident enough to write their own code, you can download the template file and folder below, and upload it to your server. The elements can be changed to contain your own background picture, banner image, logo and text. You can also tweak the locations of all of these by simply changing the numbers that relate to each items position in relation to the top and left of the page. [Read more…] about A Beginner’s Guide to Customized Facebook Pages
Politicians, musicians, non-profits, companies, and bloggers alike have press kits, or a media kit, all of which are utilized for various ends. They explain why they’re so very different from other people in their industry as well as the data that serves to prove as much.
If you decide to create a press kit with which to greet your potential sponsors, you must realize it can open as many doors as it can shut. Will those doors swing open for you to find a charmingly rotund and bespectacled butler bidding you the top of the morning? Or will you find that you’re actually the doormat instead? [Read more…] about Pros and Cons of a Blogger Press Kit