Wednesday, October 26, 2016

How Visual Marketing Helps Business Organizations Succeed

How Visual Marketing Helps Business Organizations Succeed

The internet is an omnipresent digital medium which is becoming increasingly visual. A saying that picture is worth a thousand words has never been more relevant than it is today. Online tools have overshadowed traditional marketing strategies and no marketer must fail to utilize them, since they are the place where the visual content fully shines. The truth is, however, that traditional marketing still has much life in it, and adheres to the same visual standards.


Milwaukee Shockwave Bit Kit - Today's Homeowner

bit set
The Milwaukee Shockwave bit set features a shock zone on each tip to provide up to 30 times longer life and absorb three times more torque versus other impact bits. It is available at The Home Depot.


Tip for Repairing Damaged Porch Railing - Today's Homeowner

Tip for Repairing Damaged Porch Railing
Here's a simple way to repair a damaged wood porch rail using a couple of plywood forms, clamps, and some auto body filler.


Tuesday, October 25, 2016

How To Make Your Very Own WordPress Website or Blog (Infographic)

How To Make Your Very Own WordPress Website or Blog (Infographic)

Definitely, the popularity of WordPress today has grown tremendously compared to when it was first released in 2003 by Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little. Breaking into the CMS spotlight, WordPress has since known to the industry as the most common platform for anyone who wants to start their own website.

With its almost unlimited number of plugins and functional yet visually stunning themes to choose, a lot of people will argue that WordPress indeed is a good place to start when you want to established your own online identity in the vast world of internet.

That being said, a lot of people are still hesitant to make their very own WordPress website despite the fact that it is the most user-friendly CMS available in the market today. The reason for this is that they hold this belief that this CMS requires some intense coding skills or deep knowledge about stuff like web hosting and analytics.

Though it's somewhat true since there are some internal functions of WordPress that need some coding skills, and you need to choose a reliable hosting provider, this CMS has a very intuitive user interface that let even the most novice users to tweak it in every way possible. With its low learning curve, one can surely get the hang of it in the in just a couple of days.

Here are some of the benefits of using WordPress as your website platform

  1. An easy to use interface which allows all users- from novice to experts- to manage their website easily and hassle-free.
  2. It's a browser-based system so you can access your Website from any computer you want.
  3. It doesn't require HTML editing, allowing you to create a new post in a breeze.
  4. Its structure can be easily understood by search engines.
  5. Wide Array of Plugins
  6. Many more

If you're planning to take your business to the next level, then introducing it into the world wide web is the most sensible step you need to take. To do that here is an infographic from WP Shrug that covers all the basic steps on how you can build your own WordPress site today.


Monday, October 24, 2016

Battle of the Top Social Media Platforms (infographic)

115 Must Know Stats about Social Media - #infographic

Unlike most battles, whether military or corporate, that you can read about in the history books, the battle between social media platforms is happening right now in front of our eyes. The battleground is very fluid, and could change at a moment's notice, but some platforms are in a much better position than others when it comes to certain aspects. Let's have a look at a few of the key points in this battle, with the help of our handy infographic.


Repurposing Furniture as a Potting Bench - Today's Homeowner

potting bench
Recycling an old piece of furniture is a great way to create a potting bench because it is often less expensive and requires less work than starting from scratch. Here's how we converted an entertainment center into a potting bench for the garden.


Sunday, October 23, 2016

10 Essential Apps for Small Business Owners - #Infographic

10 Essential Apps for Ecommerce Business Owners - Infographic

When it comes to running, managing and maintaining an eCommerce business, you quite often have to be able to work on-the-go and have access to mobile applications that can help you run your business when you're not sat at your desk. Whether it's people management, stock control, keeping on top of finances or even updating your social media accounts, there are plenty of things to think about when running your own company.

With the leap in technology - specifically mobile - over the last few years, we're now able to access a wide range of applications and services that can be a huge help to eCommerce business owners. But how do we know which ones will actually help and be of use to you?

From apps that can save you time, reduce your workload and generally just quite helpful, there are now plenty of options and different apps available. Here are 10 essential apps for eCommerce business owners from 13-ten.