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12-01-08

Give Me 1 Hour and I’ll Make Your Websites Look Better

Audible.com’s website is designed to get you hooked.

Why? It gets your email even before they show you their pricing/subscription plans. What’s going to happen next is they will send you subtle emails designed to really compel you to eventually subscribe.

It’s a simply designed website that get’s the job done quickly. Websites like these are what you need to get people hooked.

However, it works well only if you do something else before all that. What is it?

I’ll tell you if you come to the webinar session tonight on Internet Marketing Basics. We’re discussing usability and landing page concepts.

Quite a number came last week (I was pleasantly surprised) and tonight’s session will even be much more fun.

You won’t find a seminar like this anywhere in the Philippines. It’s online. If you miss it, you’ll miss on some great discussions on how to websites look better.

If you find that you’re having difficulty connecting to the webinar, keep trying ok?

11-27-08

Who Else Wants To Improve Their Web User’s Experience?

You start by learning User Experience and Usability concepts. I know I did.

How?

You should join in the different available talks. There are two coming your way.

One session is scheduled today (this evening) at the G2VC Techbar. It’s called the Mini Web Design Conference - Form, Function & Class. The talks include:

• CakePHP, PHP Template Pages and ModRewrite by Rick Ong
• Moving from Tables to CSS by Sarah Cada
• Web Design for the Poor by Marc Robinsone Nicolas Caballero
• Designing Web Attractions by Patrick Cabral
• “Skip to content”, Why and How? by Jojo Esposa
• Roll Your Own CSS Framework by Marco Palinar
• Measuring Basic Usability Design by Elymar Apao (that’s me!)

Sign up and go here tonight!

Now if you can’t go tonight, you can still learn about usability by just joining in my next webinar on Internet Marketing basics. Next Monday’s focus will be Usability and Landing Page Optimization.

Live seminars on internet marketing can be pricey. I’m scheduled to go to a usability workshop next year (crossing fingers) and it’s priced over $1000! Webinars have limitations but at least you’ll learn at the comfort of your home.

You, my friend, can learn the basics for FREE by just registering.

See you soon (offline or online)!

11-19-08

Last Call To A Free Webinar on Web Marketing

I’ve negotiated a bit with the webinar guys so I can offer some FREE webinars on Internet Marketing. Some people asked me about this so I decided perhaps I can start of a little something useful.

Viola! Free online seminar about internet marketing. To get free invites to the seminar itself. Just send me your email (register on the site).

The Webinar schedule looks like this:

November 24, 8PM - Internet Marketing and SEO Basics

Dec 1, 8PM - Landing Page Optimization and Usability Basics

Dec 8, 8PM - Email and Permission Marketing Basics

Dec 15, 8PM - Affiliate and Pay Per Click Marketing Basics

Don’t expect too much guys. This is just a simple overview. Helps you understand what the hell these fancy internet marketing terms are. Technopreneurs would definitely find some value in the talks (I hope).

11-06-08

Fun Times With Internet Mobility: You’ll Be Buying Laptops, iPhones (or iPhone Clones) Soon

Imagine yourself holding your Chinese-made Android Phone, surfing the net from the outskirts of Laguna - twitting, plurking and even downloading the occasional ring tone. You hear a beep from the device, indicating you’ve received an email. You check it and see a link to YouTube. You watch the YouTube clip and thought it was funny. You would’ve read the rest of the emails, but the latest Lakers game is on, and you’ve got to watch it on streaming online video.

Yup, you might just be doing that a year or two from now.

PLDT is making a lot of money from its broadband services:

In its third quarter report, PLDT reported total broadband subscribers now exceed 876,000, with total revenue contribution from broadband and Internet services of P7.9 billion, or 48 percent higher during the same period last year.

They are so happy that they are unleashing a newer, faster mobile network:

…Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company is set to launch a faster version of its current HSDPA (high speed data packet access) standard offered through PLDT WeRoam and Smart Bro.

The HSPA 850 platform will be launched in the fourth quarter of this year. It will target areas that cannot be reached by current the company’s next-generation network, digital subscriber line (DSL) and broadband wireless services.

PLDT has suffered a profit dip, but (if we believe the numbers) it seems to be more due to the FOREX devaluation.

At the same time, we read Globe pushing for Wimax:

“We are also proud to announce that we will soon be at the forefront of new technologies as we deploy WiMax services later this year.” -Globe CEO Gerry Ablaza, Jr.

WiMAx is the new wireless broadband composed of the IEEE 802.16 group of standards, which defines a packet-based wireless technology that provides high-throughput broadband connections and a range of up to 80km. It is sometimes called “Wifi on steroids.”

We can already get a taste of internet mobility. Globe, at the moment, seems to be ahead in terms of speed.

“Globe is generally better, with more 3G-enabled cell sites. Smart may have a wider coverage, particularly in the provinces.” - Angelo Racoma

Noemi’s look at the different broadband connections offers more insight to the latest net connections:

… my 4 ISPs based on stable internet connection and customer service reliablity:
1. Globelines Broadband could be better
2. Smart 3g (ties with Globe Broadband)
3. Smart Bro
4. PLDT MyDSL (Worst)

Meanwhile, in the US, Google’s push to open the “white spaces” spectrum was given the green light:

FCC formally agreed to open up the “white spaces” spectrum — the unused airwaves between broadcast TV channels — for wireless broadband service for the public. This is a clear victory for Internet users and anyone who wants good wireless communications.

This ties directly to Google’s vision for an open, wireless world:

In this patent app Google envisions a communications device that is capable to connect to any available wireless network (e.g GSM, CDMA, Wi_Fi, WiMax, etc; - UnwiredView.com.

Although we can only wish the same thing happens here in the Philippines, the trends seem to indicate that wireless connectivity will be truly available - very soon. Perhaps it won’t be cheap… yet.

What does this all mean when the latest technologies are fully rolled out?

It means fun times for mobile tech lovers. Expect to see an increase in the purchase of laptops, iPhones and mobile tech devices.

I’ll see you with your mobile gadget next year!

11-02-08

Free Upcoming Webinar on Financial Freedom

For those who might be interested:

Invest Your Way to Financial Freedom
Simplify the complicated world of finance and investment so that every Filipino can understand the concepts that can make them wealthy. The presentation will show participants different ways to achieve wealth. The speaker will show how a minimum wage earner can have over P10 million pesos when he retires.

This is a FREE Webinar. A webinar is basically an online seminar. You download a software or a URL is sent to you. You can then view a speaker and his presentation, ask questions and learn.

Online seminars are much more convenient than regular seminars since you can just join in from the comfort of your home. Just remember the DATE/TIME of the seminar (so you won’t miss it), get online, and start having fun.

There is no date and time yet but it will come up very soon. The entrepreneurs out there might just want to sign up early.