When authors think about promoting their book, they usually think how to get the word out online. People online today want a more visual experience when reading content. Using images such as memes have a number of benefits including the strong level of engagement, and the ability to touch peoples'...

All too often, business owners create a website, promote their site with a few marketing actions, and then expect a slew of online customers who will buy their products and services.

But the well-known business owners are not making online sales this way.

The key is...

Translated as "wind-water," the three major concepts of Feng Shui are the flow of energy, the balance of yin and yang and the interaction of the five elements in the universe: fire, earth, metal, water and wood. The placement and design of furniture isn't just a physical matter; it also...

The need for small business to increase their profitability and productivity through mobile technologies such as the Apple iPhone and iPad, devices running Google Android and Windows 7 Mobile or using Blackberry is constantly surging as these technologies grow and expand. Small business owners wonder how to keep up with...

You've heard of New Year's health resolutions, but is your home making you sick? Doing your part to protect your home means reducing the exposure to toxins, pesticides, gases, mites and mold. For healthy living, these tips will help make you identify the hazards lurking in your environment and understand...

Once an author's book is on the way to publication, it's time to think about book promotion. Inevitably, the first question that comes up for authors is how to sell more books even before their book launches. A book launch is just one kind of event and yet there are...

Was decluttering your home one of your New Year's goals? Are you striving to live stress free? Clutter comes in various shapes and forms including the physical and emotional. The unwillingness to tackle an unwanted pile may be more than just procrastination. It could also stem from struggling to deal...

Stand at a busy intersection and most likely, you'll see numerous instances of distracted driving, or drivers engaged in other activities such as texting or talking on the phone. It seems like these digital distractions are taking many drivers' attention away from the road with no end in...

Becoming a Foreign Service Officer, more commonly referred to as a diplomat, is a great position for someone who enjoys travel, learning about other cultures, and, as the State Department puts it, "you're passionate about public service" and have a desire to "promote peace, support prosperity, and protect American citizens...

A twenty-year-old debate whether welfare recipients should undergo drug testing continues to make headlines.

Here's the basic premise behind the argument: People who accept public money to help them out through a rough patch have an obligation to do the right thing with the money, and the state has...

Last year I hiked through the well-known Torrey Pines and the mountains of San Diego before I knew what I was getting into with my family. This was my first time I was hiking as a mother and I was lacking courage. Granted I'm not Cheryl Strayed, author of the...

I started blogging my book Accidental Soldier: A Memoir of Service and Sacrifice in the Israel Defense Forces before I knew it was going to be a book. This was at the time when blogging your book suddenly had mass appeal. I loved writing, but at the time, I wasn't...

"While vulnerability is the birthplace of many of the fulfilling experiences we long for -- love, belonging, joy, creativity and trust, to name a few -- the process of regaining our emotional footing in the midst of struggle is where our courage is tested and our values forged." - Brene...

Let's say you've gotten a memorable site built for your e-commerce business. How are you going to get that site to stand out? The design elements are important, but what about choosing the right shopping cart software or software applications that will make a difference with your e-commerce platform?

According...

One of the downsides to the web is that everything is temporary. Technology is moving at lightning speed and if you want to design a new website or have someone design one for you, it's not enough to be good. There are so many good websites out there. You need...

It's a known fact that the attention span of your targeted online audience is dismally short. We live in an age of visual culture. Like short videos, art and graphic images can still captivate, entertain and convey your message in just a few quick minutes. Images can also help your...

If you're looking to increase traffic to your site, like every other company or small business, you're probably going to have to conduct keyword research as part of your SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) effort.

Keyword research will help you identify how many people are searching for a particular keyword. But...

A payment gateway works as a system to authorize a payment. It is a third party server that communicates payment information to authorizing banks who will then either approve or decline pending transactions.

How does a payment gateway work?

When your customer makes a payment through your e-commerce...

If you engage in e-commerce, you have a shopping cart. A shopping cart is actually a piece of software. Shopping cart basics include: holding items while shopping, calculation of the total amount, and addition of shipping and taxes. When you check-out, you are sent to a check-out page with all...

Mobile commerce or the process of making purchases from one's mobile - typically a smartphone, has now become the norm of making purchases. To your left and right, it seems that everyone is either downloading some app and then using it to make purchases of some kind.

Some mobile commerce...