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Blogging is fast becoming a proven marketing tool for all type of businesses. They are a great way to build interest and awareness, canvas opinion and make announcements. But as well as businesses, many individuals dream of blogging for profit but very few people manage to reap the reward they want from their blog. Here are 3 reasons why people dont make money blogging:

Unrealistic Expectations
Often, bloggers have unrealistic expectations of how fast their readership will grow and how much money they will make, and when these expectations are not met the disappointment can crush the desire to continue blogging. [Read more]

When it comes to your website, extra attention should be paid to every minute detail to make sure it hits the mark with visitors. Here are 5 important rules in web design to make sure your site performs well.

1) Do not use splash pages

Splash pages are the first pages you see when you arrive at a website. They normally have a great image with words like “welcome” or “click here to enter”. In fact, they are just that — pretty but with no real purpose. Don’t let your visitors have a reason to click on the “back” button! Give them the value of your site up front without the splash page.

2) Do not use excessive banner advertisements

Even the least net savvy people [Read more]

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Most web hosting companies will provide you with basic web traffic information that you then have to interpret and make use of. However, this traffic information can be overwhelming if you don’t understand how to apply it to your particular business and website. Webstats unlock a whole raft of information so its worth expending some effort to ulock the secrets revealed by analysing website traffic. So let’s start by examining the most basic data - the average visitors to your site on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.

These figures are the most accurate measure of your website’s activity. It would appear on the surface that the more traffic you see recorded, the better you can assume your website is doing, but this is innacurate. You must also look at the behavior of your visitors once they come to your website to accurately gauge the effectiveness of your site.

There is often a great misconception about [Read more]

Investments from Techfund and Crédit Agricole Private Equity aids in expansion to the U.S. and Singapore

Miyowa, a global company providing compelling instant messaging and presence enriched Mobile Web 2.0 technologies, has announced completion of a second round of financing of $8 million bringing the company’s total financing to date to $12.7 million.  The funding round was participated in by Techfund, who funded Miyowa’s first round of financing in September 2006, and Crédit Agricole Private Equity, a new investor.  Combined with revenue derived from increased mobile operator contract wins, the additional financing will be used to accelerate commercialization of Miyowa’s existing products, bring to market a revolutionary enriched mobile instant messaging solution, and expand operations into the U.S. and Asia.

Founded in April 2003 by Pascal Lorne and François Colon, Miyowa develops [Read more]

The population of Denmark is 5.5million. The number of mobile subscriptions is 6.2million.

[and they have the choice of over 130 different payment packages!]