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September 18, 2012 / by Marco / australia, brief description, pageviews, popularity, xxxx

Alexa rankings for one of my websites

This is nothing to brag about, but today I noticed that one of our Alexa ranking in Australia is around the 45,000 mark. Now that’s pretty damn good. For those of you that don’t know what the Alexa ranking is, here’s a brief description: Traffic Rank in Country A rough estimate of xxx popularity in […]

September 16, 2012 / by Marco / code generator, qr codes, size 3d

QR Code Generator

[qr-code align=”left” size=”3″] Here’s a cool plugin to generate QR Codes automatically in wordpress posts. It’s called WPQR QR-Code Generator and you can find it in the WordPress plugin section. Above is an example. CUSTOM QR CODES If you’re looking for a Custom QR code just like these one then contact Advertise Me your digital […]

September 14, 2012 / by Marco / colleagues, drive icon, folders, google, Sync

Google Drive for PC can’t see shared documents

One of my colleagues just told me that he doesn’t like Google Drive for PC because he can’t view shared documents. That sounded strange to me and I eventually figured out the solution. Here’s the steps: 1. Right click on the Google Drive icon 2. Click preferences 3. Click Visit “Shared with Me” to sync […]

September 13, 2012 / by Marco / action scripts, money, play button, red button, saving time

Photoshop Action scripts

I’m always about saving time. “Time is money” right? I get into a habit of streamlining processes and if it’s a repetitive task, then why not automate that task. Like create a script? I realised you can do this with Photoshop. All you need to do is click on Window – Action or ALT-F9. Click on the […]

Download Google Drive

For some reason it may look like I’m doing a lot of marketing for Google but I don’t get paid or work for Google, I just love their products and believe that any business can benefit from using their products. The one I will be sharing with you all today is called Google Drive. It’s […]

September 11, 2012 / by Marco / business tip, cartoon tv, pdf book, right direction

How to create a cartoon TV using photoshop

I stumbled across a great tutorial for creating a cartoon TV. Here’s the link. I thought about creating one using these instructions but then I wanted one that was unique so I came up with my own design. Have a look at the one that I came up with by visiting digitalsignageblog.com A business tip: […]

September 11, 2012 / by Marco / images, mobile apps, photo, screenshot, sketch

Cool way to convert an image to a sketch

I found a cool app on a PC or MAC that allows you to convert a normal photo to a sketch. It’s called AKVIS Sketch which the free version allows you to use the software for 10 days. Here’s a screenshot of the app: Here’s what I was able to do with the below […]

September 10, 2012 / by Marco / buddhist, Gmail, google, new moon, wheel

How to add Phases of the Moon Calendar (Full moon and New Moon) to your Google calendar

I come from a Buddhist background and generally pay my respect to God on the Full and New Moon. I’ve been finding it difficult to keep track of when this occurs in the month because it doesn’t follow the Gregorian calendar. But today, I just found out that you can use your Google Calendar (I […]

I dislike X-Factor Australia 2012 Sneak Peeks

I’m starting to really hate seeing the X-Factor Australia 2012 Sneak Peeks, especially when the clip clearly shows who makes it through to the next round. Like, why do they put so much focus on Bella forgetting her line? I’m quite a big fan of X-Factor in general because it showcases people’s talents (which is […]

September 2, 2012 / by Marco / IPhone, small businesses, startup company, subscription costs, webex

Alternatives to WebEx and GoToMeeting – MeetingBurner

If you’re just a startup company, entrepreneurs or a small business and need to schedule online meetings etc but don’t have the funds to pay for the subscription costs (and don’t want to sign up just to receive a 30 day trial) from services such as WebEx and GoToMeeting, then I might have found a […]

August 31, 2012 / by Marco / mac 2, microsoft, remote desktop connection, windows os, windows pc

How to connect to a Windows OS when using a Mac

If you need to connect to a Windows PC when using your Mac then you will need the Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac 2.1.1. You can download it here. Here’s some info about the software: Connect to Multiple PC’s New Multiple Session Support gives Mac users simultaneous access to multiple Windows-based PCs or […]

Alexa ranking of 500000

Last year, one of my business goals was to obtain an Alexa ranking that was higher than 1 mil for a blog that I manage. I’m happy to say that I was able to achieve this. The current ranking for the website is around the 679000 mark. By the end of this year I would […]