Category: Digital

Running an email marketing campaign? Which day you should email may differ based on if your target demographic is B2B or B2C:

Business-to-business (B2B) e-mail is best sent earlier in the week. B2B e-mail received on Monday or Tuesday gives readers the opportunity to address the message before the week's the business takes over. Thirty-three percent of survey respondents said they prefer to receive e-mail on Monday, and 36 percent on Tuesday. Preference for the remainder of the week declines sharply each day.

The best day to send business-to-consumer (B2C) e-mail isn't as easily determined. Preferences peak for receipt on Wednesdays (26 percent) and Fridays (31 percent).

Read this Clarity on Best Day to E-Mail article for more information and an invaluable graph.

I have a couple of PCs running Ubuntu Linux for my kids. The installation is easy and hassle-free, but don't include the much needed Flash and Java support for browsers for my kids to play games. Enter EasyUbuntu. One install does it all:

EasyUbuntu is an easy to use (duh!) script that gives the Ubuntu user the most commonly requested apps, codecs, and tweaks that are not found in the base distribution - all with a few clicks of your mouse.

EasyUbuntu is so easy to use in fact, that even your grandma could be playing encrypted dvds, streaming Windows Media, and sporting the latest Nvidia or Ati drivers in minutes!

One word of caution -- don't install Nvidia or Ati drivers unless you feel you really need them. I installed them and then my xserver GUI wouldn't load. The other installs worked flawlessly.

Get the software from EasyUbuntu

Finally! An open source, BaseCampHQ.com clone with great promise:

activeCollab is an easy to use, web based, open source collaboration and project management tool. Set up an environment where you, your team and your clients can collaborate on active projects using a set of simple, functional tools. 100% free!

Read more about this PHP based solution here: activeCollab

Only downside is that it requires PHP 5, which is still not available for many server installations.

Some great tips in this article, including:

1. Add a descriptive ALT tag
2. Have the image name include your targeted keywords
3. Put related content next your image.

From the Image SEO Guide

Working on a Mac? Learn some of these shortcuts to boost your productivity:

Text
?A move to beginning of paragraph
?B move one character back
?D delete character to right
?E move to end of paragraph
?F move one character forward
?K delete text to end of paragraph
?N move to next line
?O insert newline
?P move to previous line
?T transpose characters
?? delete word to left
?? delete word to right

Text Field
?? move one word left
?? move one word right
?? move to beginning of line
?? move to end of line

Text View
?? move up one page
?? move down one page
?? move to beginning of line
?? move to end of line
?? move to beginning of view
?? move to end of view

Read other shortcuts Rixstep

Google moved up to over 60% of the search market share:

...the top engines combined account for over 94% of all search volume in the US. Since we last released these numbers in June 2006, Google (www.google.com) has increased its share from 59.3% to 60.2%, Yahoo! Search (search.yahoo.com) has increased from 22.0% to 22.5% and MSN Search (search.msn.com) has decreased slightly from 12.1% to 11.8%.

Full article: Bill Tancer - Hitwise US: Google Breaks 60%

In ages past, I've always recommended pMachine's Expression Engine for article-driven web site. WordPress has evolved its feature set considerably, and can now handle magazine oriented sites due to its expanded API:

The ease by which sites can be created and run through blogging software like WordPress allow writers previously without publishers to print their works online. The problem with using a blogging software to manage your website, however, is that the tool defines the character of your site.

Once in a while, I see blogs that seem better off presented as online magazines or news websites rather than as blogs.

WordPress, however, is an extensible website content management system that can be used to run magazine-type websites. Here are steps I took to turn this online magazine on Cebu from a blog into its current presentation. I’m still working on it, though, so you might encounter issues.

Read full article: How to use WordPress to run a magazine, news website

In ages past, I've always recommended pMachine's Expression Engine for article-driven web site. WordPress has evolved its feature set considerably, and can now handle magazine oriented sites due to its expanded API:

The ease by which sites can be created and run through blogging software like WordPress allow writers previously without publishers to print their works online. The problem with using a blogging software to manage your website, however, is that the tool defines the character of your site.

Once in a while, I see blogs that seem better off presented as online magazines or news websites rather than as blogs.

WordPress, however, is an extensible website content management system that can be used to run magazine-type websites. Here are steps I took to turn this online magazine on Cebu from a blog into its current presentation. I’m still working on it, though, so you might encounter issues.

Read full article: How to use WordPress to run a magazine, news website

Don't throw out that sluggish PC. Give it a tune-up!

A fine-tuned Windows XP PC can run quite fast even it's seriously lacking in the memory and CPU department. Before you chuck out your PC to buy a new one, try stripping some of the rust that's built-up over the years; the results may surprise you.

It's probably your operating system that's slow, not the PC. It's software, not hardware - you know, invisible 1s and 0s held in an electric field representing your data. Your computer is still fast, but there's a ton of stuff slowing it down.

Read full article on how to speed up your PC: Tweak3D.net - Windows XP 15 Minute Tune-Up

Don't throw out that sluggish PC. Give it a tune-up!

A fine-tuned Windows XP PC can run quite fast even it's seriously lacking in the memory and CPU department. Before you chuck out your PC to buy a new one, try stripping some of the rust that's built-up over the years; the results may surprise you.

It's probably your operating system that's slow, not the PC. It's software, not hardware - you know, invisible 1s and 0s held in an electric field representing your data. Your computer is still fast, but there's a ton of stuff slowing it down.

Read full article on how to speed up your PC: Tweak3D.net - Windows XP 15 Minute Tune-Up