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The advantages of Visual Content Marketing and the types of Visual Content

Posted on October 26, 2020

What Should One Know About Visual Content Marketing?

Times change, and now it’s not enough to provide the readers with textual information. Visual content is what’s currently demanding their attention.

Scientists have discovered that we forget 90% of the information we receive in the textual form after just three short days.

But that improves a great deal if the facts are presented with the help of visual content. That way, 65% of data remains in the human memory even after this time passes.

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Q&A: How can I set up alerts for when my favorite blogs and websites are updated?

Posted on October 19, 2020

Question from Allenda G.: I have several blogs and websites that I visit every day to see if any new posts or articles have been published.

It’s really time-consuming to visit every one of them every day only to find that just a couple of them have added something new.

Is there some way to set up an alert that will let me know when a site has been updated?

My computer is an ASUS laptop with Window 10.

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Tips for choosing a great domain name for your blog

Posted on October 19, 2020

Are planning to create your own self-hosted blog?

If so, one of your most critical tasks will be choosing a great domain name that matches your blog’s niche, keywords and title.

Your blog’s URL needs to be short enough for readers to remember, yet long enough to provide at least a hint at what your blog’s posts will be about.

Back when I was in the planning stage of creating this blog, I wanted a domain that included three things: [Read more…]

7 great uses for an old unused smartphone

Posted on October 19, 2020

If you’re like most folks these days, you probably buy a new phone at least every other year or so, and more often than not your old phone is still working just fine when you move on to the new one.

You could always sell your old phone or simply place it in a drawer and forget about it, but you also have the option of giving it a second life by installing an app that turns it into something that’s actually quite useful.

Here are seven great uses for your old, but working smartphone (or tablet for that matter): [Read more…]

Q&A: How can I stop your email newsletters from going into my SPAM folder?

Posted on October 13, 2020

Question from Donna: I signed up for your Tech Tips Newsletter a couple of weeks ago.

I love your emails but something happened and I stopped receiving them after a few days.

Last night I checked my SPAM folder (I use Yahoo Mail) and sure enough I found the missing emails in there.

Can you help me fix whatever the problem is so I can start receiving your newsletters in my Inbox again?

Thanks!!

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