John W. Furst

Cool - Google+ Comments for your blog/website

Mon, 13 May 2013 20:41:07 -0400

Mid April Google made the Google+ Comment System available on Blogger.

Of course it did not take long till it got hacked and made available for Wordpress blogs. The code is rather straightforward and easy to put on your site even without plugins.So far I have noticed plugins for Wordpress and Joomla.

I will play with it shortly in my sandbox. Google has not yet added the details to their tech docu. That’s why it is still a hack.

Just wanted to let you know.

Oh, here is more about it.

https://plus.google.com/111396390597849397181/posts/4MaNjFewhYb

Great login screen, folks. I guess Fred Astaire is dancing in...

Mon, 13 May 2013 20:37:44 -0400

Great login screen, folks.

I guess Fred Astaire is dancing in heaven now (and for Tumblr.) :-)

Don't Check Your Email In The Morning. Stop That!

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 22:21:42 -0400

… or your day could get wrecked.

In case you don’t know what else to do with your time, read what motivational speaker Tony Robbins, author and speaker Brian Tracy, Craig Newmark of Craigslist, David Karp of Tumblr, and other successful people are sharing with us.

What Successful People Do With The First Hour Of Their Work Day

Enjoy.

Yours
John W. Furst
Email Marketing Strategies

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Being Mobile Is The Future

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 01:05:35 -0400

A quick update about what is on my mind right now.Google just announced the new Android 4.1 “Jelly Bean” operating system for mobile devices and the Nexus 7 tablet which starts shipping in mid July, 2012.

Enhancements in the new release are:

Google Now which predicts what kind of information you’ll need at your fingertips right now
Enhanced voice and gesture user interface features
Enhanced accessibility
Better performance due to an overhaul of core components.
and much more …

The Nexus 7 was jointly developed by Asus and Google and will be available at a price point of US$ 199.00

Links:

A review of the Nexus 7 and comparison to the Kindle Fire and the Nook tablet.

The opening Keynote at the Google I/O 2012

Yours

John W. Furst
Email Marketing Tips at E-Biz Booster Blog

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Opportunity to Share Your Tips For Effective Email Marketing

Wed, 30 May 2012 22:01:39 -0400

Hello business builder,A quick note about an opportunity to share your experience.

I have decided to reactivate my blog carnival “Email Marketing Tips.”Therefore, if you have written a blog article about this topic, I might include it in the next issue which will go live on Thursday, June 7, 2012.

Deadline for your submission is Wednesday night, June 6, 2012 at 11 p.m. Pacific Time (as in Los Angeles, California, USA)Here is the link: Submit your email marketing related blog post

Looking forward to pick your submission.
Yours
John W. Furst
E-Biz Booster Blog

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Content Marketing By Machine

Fri, 25 May 2012 21:10:21 -0400

Hello business builders,You might have heard it many times before, “Content Is King!”

This little phrase gets everyone excited who is especially afraid of paid advertising. Countless blogs and worthless article directories have been started with the hope to attract traffic and turn it into money without spending a dime.

But this is not about it.

Content Marketing is serious business!

Toby Murdock of SEOmoz wrote a detailed article about “How to Build and Operate a Content Marketing Machine.”

He says, “The question is not ‘why?’ your organization should start with content marketing — that should have been answered already — it is ‘How?’”
Check it out, take notes, and most importantly define action items and set a due date for each.

Yours
John W. Furst
Email Marketing And Internet Business Solutions

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May 16th, 2012: Spend The Day Learning About Marketing From Seth Godin

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:04:49 -0400

Spend the day learning about marketing, shipping,
art, quitting, engagement, innovation, creativity and
education.

Join Seth Godin for his first public New York City
event of 2012
Get the full scoop here:
http://www.squidoo.com/seth-godin-live-in-tribeca

Early bird registration till April 22nd, 2012.
All details online here:
http://www.squidoo.com/seth-godin-live-in-tribeca

Yours
John W. Furst
Email Marketing at
E-Biz Booster Blog

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Reading: October Abduction of Thomas Martin - Bloodline

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 18:17:16 -0400

“When Thomas Martin, bull-rider and rancher, disappeared on his way to his hunting camp one night people thought they knew what happened to him…they were wrong.” ~ Becky Blanton

Check it out like I do.

The homepage of the book
http://octoberabduction.com/Purchase the book directly at Amazon.com
The October Abduction of Thomas Martin: Bloodline (Volume 1)

About the Author
Becky Blanton is a TED Global 2009 speaker, a former journalist of 23+ years, and a full-time writer and ghostwriter. Although the characters and the events in their lives are fictional, the October Abduction Series are based on real events, facts and historical as well as Biblical references. Check it out.

Yours
John(The author is a friend of mine and sent me a review copy of the book free of charge. I might get compensated if you buy a copy. However, I love what I am reading right now.)

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Quick Tip: How to verify that Firefox sync has competed before turning "the device" off. (without any extra plugins)

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:40:31 -0500

Hello, friends,

I recently started to use Firefox Sync to make sure I have the latest bookmarks, passwords, et al. with me all the time on my desktop PCs and the notebooks.

What I find a bit disturbing is that Firefox does not let you know when the “sync” has completed successfully. That means, when you turn off the device too early, you might miss out some changes you have during the last session.

I brought that consideration to the support forum and could close “the case” in the meantime.

There might be mor eelegant solutions than this—less technical ones—but this approach works for me okay,

How to make sure that the synchronization has completed before you turn off the device.

Are you using a better, easier way?

Let us know.

Yours
John W. Furst
E-Biz Booster Blog

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The greatest barrier to success…

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:56:49 -0500

I found this nice quote on Orkut today.

Thanks to Google who reminded me with their Google privacy and terms of service notifications that I actually had and account on Orkut. :-)

Have a great day.Yours
John

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Fine! The Stop Online Piracy Act, SOPA, bill has been shelved...

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:43:24 -0500

Fine! The Stop Online Piracy Act, SOPA, bill has been shelved after the global protests. My stance on it: SOPA Is Off The Table For Now

Free Speech On The Internet At Risk? Here is my take:...

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:06:00 -0500

Free Speech On The Internet At Risk?

Here is my take: http://fcon21.biz/440/

Ten Key Landing Page Features That Draw In Users

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:47:18 -0500

Welcome in 2012,We just arrived here. Now, it’s time to make sure this will be the best year ever for you and for your business.

Let’s start with making sure your marketing and advertising efforts lead to more sales. While you can pray—it might help in some instances—you should get a highly effective landing page in place.

Here is an outline that will help you get started quickly.Ten Key Landing Page Features That Draw In Users

Have a great day.Yours

John W. Furst
Email and Internet Marketing Strategies
at E-Biz Booster Blog

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Le Ballon rouge by Albert Lamorisse (1956)

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 09:16:23 -0500

Le Ballon rouge by Albert Lamorisse (1956)

Robin Williams’ Siri Impression!

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:26:15 -0500

Robin Williams’ Siri Impression!

Your Best Idea Might Be ... (One of Many Things)

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:47:36 -0500

Brand Catalyst and Verbal Designer Bernadette Jiwa just has published her IDEA MANIFESTO.

A compelling piece of Art that is supposed to spread. Let’s pick it up and share it. That is what I am doing right now.

Pick up your free copy and help spread the word.
Yours
John W. Furst
E-Biz Booster Blog

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SOCL.COM, the URL of Microsoft’s internal social platform...

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:41:00 -0500

SOCL.COM, the URL of Microsoft’s internal social platform research project was leaked to the public. But why did they start the project in first place?

Maybe that’s why.

Photo

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:24:00 -0500

Google Analytics Does Not Tell You The Whole Story

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:48:26 -0500

Hello “Small” Business Website Owner:

You don’t want to deal with the technology behind your website too much, don’t you. And you don’t even have to. A big part of the tasks you need to perform in order to maintain your site can be done from within the browser quite elegantly. There is almost a setup wizard for everything.

Many of you will use Google Analytics to track the performance of your site. It’s rather easy to use, although there is some learning curve involved. As reward for studying the tool you’ll learn what turns your web visitors on and what turns them off. Those stats are extremely important to grow your site into a profitable direction. But Google Analytics and many other tracking solutions don’t tell you the whole story.

Those type of tools rely on JavaScript code, hidden images and browser cookies. For example, look up the help pages for Google Analytics to find out under which circumstances a visit to your webpage will not be counted. You’ll also learn that you need to tag certain types of files (like downloadable PDF-files) manually or with have it done with a plugin function of your CMS or weblog software. Examples for such software are: Joomla, Drupal and WordPress to name the most popular ones. Generally speaking those tools report valuable information about the visitors that come to your site with good intention.

But that’s not what I want to talk about here. What about the bad guys?

You won’t find hints in Google Analytics that your web server is under any sort of attack or that some of your links are broken or that somebody is stealing your bandwidth.But it is not only about bad guys.

Only Log-files contain information on visits from search engine spiders (they don’t bother with JavaScript). It can be useful information for search engine optimization. The web server logs contain records about every activity, including PDF downloads, image downloads, all sorts of errors that you can’t catch otherwise, etc.

Usually your web hosting company offers the use of such software as an additional subscription. Some packages even include a very aggregated from of those types of analysis. Not very detailed with limited functionality but good enough to catch bigger types of issues. Alternatively you can get and install free open-source software or commercial solutions. But first, check with your web hosting company. Just want to say that: “Look at your log files at least every once in a while.”

To Your SuccessYours
John W. Furst
Website Development
At Fcon21

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daily-tumbles: the world needs this Following this blog will...

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 07:42:43 -0500

daily-tumbles:

the world needs this

Following this blog will be the best thing you ever do

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