Make your site speak for you:
This is why adding voice can help. Podcasts is one tool that could do wonders for your business. A podcast is a small audio snippet that you can upload on your blog/website. This can contain anything, from product descriptions to anecdotes about your company. Why a podcast works better than static text? Simply because it’s more personal. “It’s almost like you are talking to your consumers,” says Prashant Iyer, a freelance web developer, who recently added podcasts to his website. “I am not actually taking up their time exclusively, since they can actually stream the audio and let it play while they are doing other tasks at their computer.”
People tend to multitask in order to be more efficient with how they use their time. Additionally, most users tend to prefer valueadded audio content that is specific to their areas of interest.
Adding podcasts is simple too. You could use services such as Audacity (www.audacity.com) or WebPasties (www.webpasties.com) or Evoca (www.evoca.com). These services also provide tool that let you gain feedback from your consumers. Krishna Monal an eBay seller has added Evoca voice recordings to his listings. "This has certainly increased my sales since my customers actually tell me what they need," he says.
Sprinkle videos:
Another great way to grab consumers’ attention is to have nice colourful videos sprinkled throughout your blog/website. “If a picture is worth a thousand words, a video is certainly more,” says Roja Sharma, another blogger who sells handicrafts online. She recently added videos of her products on her blog. The ability to insert videos means you can even illustrate complicated steps on a how-to page, or simply make a video of how your product works. Sharma for instance, has uploaded a video of how she makes the colourful dupattas by dipping them in various colour vials. You don’t even need the help of a web developer to link these hefty videos to your website. With Google Videos, this process is quite simple, as you can upload from within your web browser. It’s easy to start: just find a video you like from Google Video or upload your own, then click on the ‘embed link’ on the right side of any playback page to add it to your site.
Distribute leafletters:
Leaflets work wonders in the offline world, so why not distribute them online too? LeafLetter (www.leafletter.com) is one such service that lets you do exactly that. It lets you create smaller versions of your website, blog, or portfolio and distribute them via your social network accounts, so people can preview your work. You can embed them into social networks, blogs, and other web sites with ease. This is best for those engaged in the creative arena—artists, media professionals, online sellers—and are seeking broader exposure for their content. LeafLetter is a Flash-based application which enables users to create miniature web sites (Leaflets). They can then be slipped in anywhere, for example, in the ‘About Me’ section of a MySpace profile, the body of a blog entry, or in the Portfolio section of a photographer’s personal website, all simultaneously.
Source: TOI Extract form Tehc@Work
Friday, January 19, 2007
Toll to Create Virtual World on Your Computer
Details:
As you surf the net, the tool gathers information about the geographical location of the servers you visit, and the type of data you access. If you upload something, hills get created and if you download, valleys are formed. The amount of data sent and received determines the size of the hill. If you visit a website, an ‘HTTP plant’ grows as each protocol is detected by the software.
Web Link:
http://packetgarden.com/
As you surf the net, the tool gathers information about the geographical location of the servers you visit, and the type of data you access. If you upload something, hills get created and if you download, valleys are formed. The amount of data sent and received determines the size of the hill. If you visit a website, an ‘HTTP plant’ grows as each protocol is detected by the software.
Web Link:
http://packetgarden.com/
How to Make Love All Night and Drive a Woman Wild
How to Make Love All Night and Drive a Woman Wild by Barbara Keesling
"Every woman dreams of being with a lover whose passion is so intense and body is so strong that he can last and last and..."Guys, this book is a must have. We've all heard about working your PC muscle out to last as long as you want. Well, this book tells you that but it goes so much deeper. It has a lot of fun exercises (especially if you have a partner). Even if you just halfway follow her instructions, you'll accomplish amazing results. My confidence has skyrocketed because I had mastered the technique. Trust me, BUY THIS BOOK!
www.nautanki.tv - NAUTANKI on Net
While the media is waiting with bated breath for Star TV and Zee to launch Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), a group of media and technology professionals has pulled the carpet from under their feet by launching a 24-hour online channel called Nautanki (www.nautanki.tv).
Visit it; it’s a refreshing introduction to TV-meets-computer, the convergence that everyone has been talking about for the last five years.
There’s a great width of offerings on the channel, ranging from humour and documentaries to films made for the medium. And, unlike the regular TV channels, this is truly an on-demand medium, so watch what you want when you want.
Nautanki boasts fairly impressive content. Rauf Tales, for example, has Rauf Ahmed (former editor of Screen!) reveal little known facts about Bollywood. Kunal Kumar has a retrospective which makes for interesting viewing, and it was the “featured” live program when I surfed.
The streaming is at more than satisfactory quality and speed, and there’s no sense of the frustration one normally experiences waiting for a clip to buffer and download. Whether it remains so in the future when the site receives high traffic (it’s currently beta, and the formal launch is a month away, one hears) will be a significant factor in how well it does.
But, heck, for the moment, it zips onto your computer screen, so enjoy it while the going is good. And while the going is free to the subscriber. Currently, all they ask for is a registration, but if you skip it, that works, too. And since someone has to pay for the content and the back end, advertisers do - and you have to suffer commercials as you could on any, normal TV channel.
There’s a lot more one can do on Nautanki than just watch films. Here’s what else you can do, as described on the site:nautanki.TV is a place for people to watch original Indian content in new ways with video by sharing, commenting on, and viewing videos.
With nautanki.TV, people can:
* Comment, rate, discuss and share videos worldwide* Browse millions of original videos or episodes of any program like they would do on a regular internet channel* Participate in sponsored events, live shows* Customize the experience by subscribing to member videos, saving favourites, and creating playlists* Integrate nautanki.TV videos on websites using video embeds or APIs* At a later date be able to upload and share their own videos
And, of course, a warning and a rider follows. That the service is CURRENTLY free, but that it will move to a paid subscription model for “premium” content.TV channels on your phone. Now a TV channel on your laptop. Who needs a 53 inch TV anyway?
Source:
Venkat Mallik, Managing Director Level Up Network India
Visit it; it’s a refreshing introduction to TV-meets-computer, the convergence that everyone has been talking about for the last five years.
There’s a great width of offerings on the channel, ranging from humour and documentaries to films made for the medium. And, unlike the regular TV channels, this is truly an on-demand medium, so watch what you want when you want.
Nautanki boasts fairly impressive content. Rauf Tales, for example, has Rauf Ahmed (former editor of Screen!) reveal little known facts about Bollywood. Kunal Kumar has a retrospective which makes for interesting viewing, and it was the “featured” live program when I surfed.
The streaming is at more than satisfactory quality and speed, and there’s no sense of the frustration one normally experiences waiting for a clip to buffer and download. Whether it remains so in the future when the site receives high traffic (it’s currently beta, and the formal launch is a month away, one hears) will be a significant factor in how well it does.
But, heck, for the moment, it zips onto your computer screen, so enjoy it while the going is good. And while the going is free to the subscriber. Currently, all they ask for is a registration, but if you skip it, that works, too. And since someone has to pay for the content and the back end, advertisers do - and you have to suffer commercials as you could on any, normal TV channel.
There’s a lot more one can do on Nautanki than just watch films. Here’s what else you can do, as described on the site:nautanki.TV is a place for people to watch original Indian content in new ways with video by sharing, commenting on, and viewing videos.
With nautanki.TV, people can:
* Comment, rate, discuss and share videos worldwide* Browse millions of original videos or episodes of any program like they would do on a regular internet channel* Participate in sponsored events, live shows* Customize the experience by subscribing to member videos, saving favourites, and creating playlists* Integrate nautanki.TV videos on websites using video embeds or APIs* At a later date be able to upload and share their own videos
And, of course, a warning and a rider follows. That the service is CURRENTLY free, but that it will move to a paid subscription model for “premium” content.TV channels on your phone. Now a TV channel on your laptop. Who needs a 53 inch TV anyway?
Source:
Venkat Mallik, Managing Director Level Up Network India
Sunday, January 7, 2007
Your personal computer, on the web
HERE’S another option for road warriors that believe in travelling light: Operating systems that run within the confines of your web browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox). With such a service, you could access your data from any internet-connected device, anywhere in the world since everything would be online. An online operating system (OLOS), also known as webOSs, is one that runs inside your web browser and can contain various features and functions within it, like online storage space, chat clients, calendar, MP3 player, RSS reader and so on. Most of these online operating systems are built using Flash, which makes the whole experience very intuitive.
Here are three of the most promising ones:
DesktopTwo: Though DesktopTwo (www.desktoptwo.com) is in the beta stage, you will be astonished with the features it offers. What you have at your disposal is 1 GB of online space, website editor, and support for POP email, blogging and MP3 player to name a few. You can also read your documents, including file formats such as pdf, doc (Word files), xls and ppt (PowerPoint files) and chat directly with other DesktopTwo users using the chat client, Live. Once you sign up at the site you can straightway make use of your new email address, @desktoptwo.com. To access your page, simply log in. Here you can choose to either go in for a windowed, full screen or a current window view. Unfortunately, each time we tried to log in while using both Firefox and IE, we were greeted only by an error message.
Glide: Glide (www.glidedigital.com) is another Flash-based online OS that offers features almost similar to DesktopTwo. As far as registration goes there are different options to choose from, including ones that will cost you money. The free plans include the ‘Free Individual’ and the ‘Free Family’ plans. While the former offers 300 MB of online space, the latter offers 1 GB of online space and supports four users. The plans go all the way up to ‘Family Premium yearly’, where you are offered 8 GB of online space and support for up to eight users for $149.95 a year. For free users, during the registration process, you will need to provide your cellphone number on which you will receive a six-digit code via SMS.
Goowy: As the site (www.goowy.com) mentions, the creators chose to call this webOS Goowy so that it can be playful and easy to remember at the same time. This is another neat looking webbased operating system with useful applications and games. Other features include file-uploading facility, RSS reader, instant messaging, bookmarks and so on. To register, you simply need to fill in a few details on the main page. The whole process is real quick and within seconds you can access your online OS page. Of all the three online OSs we took a look at, we found this one to be most rich and easy to operate. But there are a few interface glitches that hopefully will be fixed soon.
Author/Source: ATISH SUVARNA TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Here are three of the most promising ones:
DesktopTwo: Though DesktopTwo (www.desktoptwo.com) is in the beta stage, you will be astonished with the features it offers. What you have at your disposal is 1 GB of online space, website editor, and support for POP email, blogging and MP3 player to name a few. You can also read your documents, including file formats such as pdf, doc (Word files), xls and ppt (PowerPoint files) and chat directly with other DesktopTwo users using the chat client, Live. Once you sign up at the site you can straightway make use of your new email address, @desktoptwo.com. To access your page, simply log in. Here you can choose to either go in for a windowed, full screen or a current window view. Unfortunately, each time we tried to log in while using both Firefox and IE, we were greeted only by an error message.
Glide: Glide (www.glidedigital.com) is another Flash-based online OS that offers features almost similar to DesktopTwo. As far as registration goes there are different options to choose from, including ones that will cost you money. The free plans include the ‘Free Individual’ and the ‘Free Family’ plans. While the former offers 300 MB of online space, the latter offers 1 GB of online space and supports four users. The plans go all the way up to ‘Family Premium yearly’, where you are offered 8 GB of online space and support for up to eight users for $149.95 a year. For free users, during the registration process, you will need to provide your cellphone number on which you will receive a six-digit code via SMS.
Goowy: As the site (www.goowy.com) mentions, the creators chose to call this webOS Goowy so that it can be playful and easy to remember at the same time. This is another neat looking webbased operating system with useful applications and games. Other features include file-uploading facility, RSS reader, instant messaging, bookmarks and so on. To register, you simply need to fill in a few details on the main page. The whole process is real quick and within seconds you can access your online OS page. Of all the three online OSs we took a look at, we found this one to be most rich and easy to operate. But there are a few interface glitches that hopefully will be fixed soon.
Author/Source: ATISH SUVARNA TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Search Engine Offers 5GB Email Account
New search engine, Kakle.com (beta) has offered free 5 GB email accounts and a community social network for all its users. The search engine also has its own Instant Messenger with voice and video, which is interoperable with AIM, Yahoo, MSN and ICQ.Other features of Kakle.com include mobile downloads, flash-based games, personalized portal and 'meta results' that ranks the major search engines. The community social network gives users, the ability to upload 24 and videos, free of charge. Also, Kakle.com offers a directory of categories, such as shopping, travel, entertainment to search from.The site is currently looking for feedback from users and advertisers, but is functional and is looking to come out of beta soon.
Source:Tech2.com
Author:Priyank Pradhan
Source:Tech2.com
Author:Priyank Pradhan
Saturday, January 6, 2007
Free Money Management Softwares
Find Free Money management Softwares at
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http://ideawins.com/
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Easy to use free accounting software from Microsoft Easy to use free accounting software from Microsoft
http://ideawins.com/
Free Money Management Software Free Money Management Softwarehttp://www.stator-afm.com/free-money-management-software.html
Free Software - Personal Finance Software - Free Downloads Free Software - Personal Finance Software - Free
Downloadshttp://financialsoft.about.com/od/reviewsfinancesoftware/a/FreeSoftwr.htm
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