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links for 2007-08-17

• Maximize ROI: Conversion Funnel Design & A/B Testing: Landing Pages - Design Examples 2006

  Here is a list of some of the landing pages that we designed in 2006. These landing pages were created to increase ROI from PPC, increase conversion rates of leads or acquire approval from the new advertising / landing page standards from Google. These ar

  (tags: landing pages seo)

• Maximize ROI: Conversion Funnel Design & A/B Testing: Landing Page Web Design 2005

  Why are web designers creating landing pages web designs that do not convert? The thing that has upsets me the most is that advertising agencies are charging a lot of money and not getting the ROI. They are flashy and too focused on branding. But don’t ge

  (tags: landing pages seo)

• Maximize ROI: Conversion Funnel Design & A/B Testing: Landing Page A/B Testing

  One of the advantages that I have as a web designer / marketer is that I have been doing Landing Page A/B Testing for the last 6 years. Now I am benefiting from learning from (literally) thousands of landing pages tests. Some winners and some losers. I

  (tags: landing page pages SEO)

• Marketo | B2B Marketing Automation Software

  (tags: marketing seo b2b extjs ajax business tools landing pages)

• Avail Intelligence - Software | Landing Page Optimizer

  (tags: landing pages page)

• Learn more about A/B Split Testing.

  SiteSpect is an advanced, non-intrusive solution for web site testing and optimization. SiteSpect lets you create content variations, run A/B split and multivariate tests, and maximize conversion rates across landing pages and more - without having to phy

  (tags: SEO landing page SEM pages)

• wpSnap Blog » My2Gig-Butterfly

  Wordpress themes resource

  (tags: wordpress theme themes resource downloads free)

Tags: blog, delicious, Google, IM, marketing, optimization, SEO, web, web design

links for 2007-08-16

• Streakr Search Makes Social Networks Bare All

  Vivek, over at Startup Squad, recently discovered a new social network and social networking meta search engine, Streakr. The main URL still says the site is coming soon. The new engine lets you search the profiles on the major networks (MySpace, Hi5, Beb

  (tags: socialnetwork search streakr internet TechCrunch profilelinker web2.0)

• Streakr

  Discover cool websites, video, pictures and people and loads of other stuff you didn’t know existed.You find it. You rate it. The Streakr Discovery Bar finds more of it - the stuff that you like that is… Now go ahead and download it!

  Meet. Share.

  (tags: social socialnetworking search WEB2.0 community searchengine sns)

• ProfileLinker

  rofileLinker is an innovative web utility that allows you to link your social network profiles in one central location. You can also get message alerts from your favorite social networks, get updates on your friends, search for users across several networ

  (tags: socialnetworking social web2.0 community identity aggregator profiles)

• yoName - Search for anyone across social networks, blogs and more.

  (tags: network identity socialnetwork web2.0 people social search)

Tags: blog, blogs, community, delicious, engine, IM, Internet, message, search, search engine, social, social networking, video, web

links for 2007-08-14

• aslampHC / Osmium / isLamp on aslamp.com

  (tags: WordPress themes webdesign theme blog design templates)

• WordPress Theme: Upstart Blogger Modicus

  (tags: wordpress theme themes blog wp internet webdesign)

• Whalesalad » The Blog of Michael Whalen

  (tags: Design inspiration blog css webdesign wordpress Blogs)

• Free Wordpress Themes and More at Fresheezy!

  (tags: wordpress themes best favorite)

• Minyx | Infected-FX| tutoriales, recursos y referencias para desarroladores y diseñadores web

  (tags: Wordpress theme themes template webdesign download inspiration layout templates)

• The Invoice Machine | Create Invoices Easily And Free

  (tags: invoice tools business billing freelance software web)

• Best of Wordpress theme galore — BlogoSquare

  (tags: wordpress themes Blog Theme tutorial)

• OneClick Installer for Wordpress :: Firefox Add-ons

  (tags: wordpress firefox plugin blogging)

• Self Made Minds » Blog Archive » Which blogs have the most feed subscribers

  (tags: feeds rss feed best favorite)

Tags: blog, blogging, blogs, delicious, IM, Internet, web, webdesign

links for 2007-08-12

• myfotowall.com

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• UniqueDaily.com - Your Daily Guide For Unique Entertainment

  (tags: daily humor links funny blog interesting fun)

• National Geographic Printable Photo Posters

  (tags: photography posters photos free art photo print)

• Design*Sponge

  (tags: design blog Art inspiration Home Furniture blogs)

• Apartment Therapy - The Kitchen

  (tags: food cooking Blog recipes kitchen blogs foodblog interior desing)

• SURREALIEN

  (tags: design wallpaper Art home Cool interior furniture)

• 10 Things You Must Do When Changing WordPress Themes : Instigator Blog

  (tags: wordpress blog themes howto blogging design CMS)

Tags: blog, blogging, blogs, delicious, IM, image

Crusher - Send invites on the Internet for you events.

A new invitation service has been developed by an ultra-small independent group of designer/developers in the Bay area has been introduced. It is called Crusher. The developers are trying to do a simple application which would be easy to use for people.

Some of the features of crusher are

• • Request RSVP’s or simply invite people to your page. Your guests aren’t required to sign up (such a relief!).
  • You can personalize the look of your invites. You can clone it for future events and reuse it for recurring events.
  • Crusher also allows photo sharing and commenting. Guests can upload photos and any one can comment.
  • Since the calendars are shared if you can fix a time based on the availability of the attendees if most of the attendees are crusher users.
  • Free. No membership required for you or your guests.

As mentioned before crusher’s design is super-clean and simple but the site does the things you would expect from an invitation service: You can invite friends and track responses. It’s clean and light and very Web 2.0.

It’s also being built to give the music community the most flexibility. If a band creates an event in Crusher, a fan can “crush” (really, clone) the invitation and create a private version of it to wrangle his or her friends to go to the show. That’s a neat feature.

Tags: commenting, community, events, future, IM, Internet, web, web 2.0

Project Management through Mindquarry

Mindquarry is an Open Source collaborative software platform for file sharing (documents, images, media files, etc.), task and project management, team collaboration and Wiki editing that has good functionality and is easy to use. It is an established fact that project management increases visibility, productivity and also helps every team member to keep up to date for projects managed through a product management tool. A project management tool allows a team to connect with team members and share information from wherever they are, effectively improving team-work and increasing productivity.

Some of the features are

• Developed in Java with Ajax and web 2.0 interfaces.

• Has two components – Server software and desktop client which works in Windows, Linux and Mac OS

• Mindquarry synchronize data and helps control the revisions of the documents.

• Has its own Wiki (WYSIWYG interface)

• Work in both online and offline modes

• Undo/redo any team content

• Harness collective Intelligence

• Mindquarry’s wiki, tasks, and file components offer RSS feeds

• Integration of the calendar with Ical

• Can pull out documents and reports in PDF.

The desktop client is mainly used for the synchronizing and most of the work in Mindquarry is done through the web interface which is responsive because of Ajax. All the sections do have a WYSIWYG interface making it easy for non technical persons to use the application. Since everything works in Mindquarry based on teams it is easy to find people on Mindquarry.

Screen shot of Web Server Interface

Screen shot of the desktop client interface

Pricing options are numerous therefore all businesses can use it. Mindquarry basic is free which allows 50 MB of content, 1,500 documents, 30 High resolution pictures, 2000 wiki pages, 5,000 tasks, 2500 discussion entries and supports 3 users. If more functionality is needed then one has to go in for a paid service and the price range is $10 to $250 per month.

If you have felt the need to use a project management tool try Mindquarry and I’m sure most of you would adopt Mindquarry.

Tags: edit, IM, image, manage, online, project management, RSS feeds, web, web 2.0

links for 2007-08-11

• Club Penguin - Waddle around and meet new friends!

  Club Penguin is a kid-friendly virtual world where children can play games, have fun and interact with each other. * Kid-friendly chat
  * Lots of fun games

  * Nothing to download
  * Lots more!

  (tags: kids games children community social penguin game)

• TreeHugger

  TreeHugger is the leading media outlet dedicated to driving sustainability mainstream. Partial to a modern aesthetic, we strive to be a one-stop shop for green news, solutions, and product information. At TreeHugger we know that variety is the spice of li

  (tags: environment green blog sustainability eco activism design)

• Tech capitals of the world - Technology - theage.com.au

  n April, about the time Sydney newspapers were lambasting Australia’s household broadband speeds, Oh Se-hoon, the mayor of Seoul, was sitting on a moving bus and using a laptop. Se-hoon could have been downloading TV shows, playing online games or chattin

  (tags: technology broadband tech business network future WiFi)

• WebbAlert

  (tags: video news technology blog podcast tech daily)

• Codswallop » The Freelancer’s Toolset: 100 Web Apps for Everything You Will Possibly Need

  Running a business for yourself means you have to be inventive and always on the lookout for a new and better way to get things done. Innovation junkies, take note: the Internet has a lot to offer. From invoicing to marketing, these are tools that freelan

  (tags: tools freelance productivity web2.0 software business web)

• Frequently Asked Questions -Scratch n Scribble

  (tags: font handwriting handwritten mails ecard cards ecards)

• Home | Breeze - Create and send amazing email campaigns

  With easy to use tools, you can add your own content, select recipients and schedule your delivery. You won’t believe how fast and friendly Breeze is.

  (tags: email marketing Web2.0 newsletter design inspiration tools)

• Search for web designers and graphic designers freelance work job search

  CreativePublic is your graphic design & Web design business guide for resources such as: forms, contracts, pricing guides, manuals, policies and more!

  (tags: contracts proposal kit webdesign)

• Designers Toolbox: Graphic Design Tools : Lorem Ipsum Text Generator : Create An Online Portfolio

  Designers Toolbox is committed to providing resources and tools for graphic designers, advertising professionals, multimedia designers, illustrators, photographers and students. Our website is highly targeted for the graphic design community which provide

  (tags: design tools reference webdesign print css web)

• Let your clients send their own email newsletters - MailBuild

  MailBuild is an email newsletter tool built just for web designers. You design a template and your clients log in to their own account to manage their subscribers, create and send their own emails and view reports on the results.

  (tags: email newsletter marketing software tools design resource)

• openomy

  Openomy is an online file system. You can store files on Openomy and access them from any computer. Openomy organizes files and users via tags (as opposed to folders). You can choose to keep your files guarded by Openomy, or allow certain outside applicat

  (tags: storage free online web2.0 tools web ajax)

• Viapoint Corporation

  Viapoint ensures you always find what you need-and find it fast. Not surprisingly, in a recent test, Microsoft researchers determined that people were “50% faster at finding information that was organized into categories.”Viapoint puts you in control

  (tags: search collaboration desktop web2.0 rss organizer 2.0)

• Jewelboxing - Super Jewel Box Packaging System - CD and DVD Cases

  We are professional designers who were unsatisfied with the materials available for packaging our DVDs and CDs. We created Jewelboxing to allow individuals to produce a short-run of high-end packages and to give them the freedom to concentrate on the most

  (tags: packaging design CD dvd media shopping music)

• Make sure machines dig your designs: XHTMLized

  XHTMLization covers all XHTML, CSS and some JavaScript. This includes CSS drop-downs, link hover effects and basic JavaScript. If you need some advanced JavaScript please get in touch and we can provide you with a quote.

  (tags: css xhtml webdesign design service html webdev)

• Icebrrg - HTML Web forms, surveys, and invitations made chillingly simple

  Icebrrg makes forms. What kind of forms? Just about any kind you can imagine. Having trouble imagining forms? Ok, here are just a few examples.

  (tags: forms webdesign tools web Web2.0 design css)

• AIGA Standard Form of Agreement for Design Services: Design & Business: AIGA

  This agreement allows you to create customized terms and conditions for different types of design engagements. Updated in May 2007, it is now modular to meet the needs of a growing design community involved in various disciplines.

  (tags: business freelance design legal reference resources web)

• AIGA position on spec work: Design & Business: AIGA

  Clients may, at times, request you to do speculative work—that is, work done for no cost. This sample letter is intended to serve as a resource when you communicate with these clients. You can modify it based on the needs of your particular situation.

  (tags: design freelance reference business letter aiga)

• Can World’s Strongest Dad

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• Team Hoyt

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Tags: blog, community, customize, delicious, ecards, email, future, generator, IM, Internet, manage, marketing, online, research, search, SEO, social, video, web, web design, webdesign

links for 2007-08-09

• 3spots: Digg tools by category

  (tags: digg tools web2.0 social list software rss)

• Digg - Mahalo

  Human assisted search engine

  (tags: human assisted search)

Tags: blog, blogs, delicious, engine, IM, search, search engine, social, web