Category Archive: Business

September 29, 2012 / by Marco / simple answer

How do you transfer large files for free?

So you need to transfer large files… like less than 2GB. That’s huge! We’ll the simple answer is WeTransfer.com The service allows you share larges file with others without having to register and the files will be available for two weeks. Even if you’re a business, you can use this service and create a channel […]

September 27, 2012 / by Marco / email contacts, imap, Paypal, sd card, what this means

Backup your SMS messages to your Gmail

I frequently receive SMS messages with important information that I sometimes forget to extract. When running a business, you need to make sure you have all information available (unless you have good memory). Like for example someone sent me an email address via SMS about a year ago which I needed to retrieve. Was I […]

September 26, 2012 / by Marco / high definition, telstra, voice phone, voice quality, voice technology

Telstra HD Voice

I came across an interesting Youtube video about Telstra’s HD Voice technology. I was a bit curious what HD Voice was… it was basically High Definition Voice which provided high voice quality. Most Telstra handsets support this, but it will automatically use HD voice if the other party also is on Telstra and has a […]

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 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 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 […]

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 […]

August 8, 2012 / by Marco / 2c i, american idol, enhancements, snippets, x factor

Youtube Playlist enhancements

I’m a regular youtuber (is there such a word?) and watch overseas singing shows in the US like The Voice, American Idol, X Factor and the list goes on. There are several things that bug me when I use Youtube and I listed them below: 1. I believe by default (depending on the uploader) , […]

August 4, 2012 / by Marco / android, app design, IPhone, user experience

Smartphone development: Android and iPhone Designs

We are in the process of getting our smartphone apps developed and I stumbled across this question: Do we need to have two designs if we were going to develop an Android and iPhone app? Have a read of this article http://johnnyholland.org/2010/09/android-iphone-app-design-is-it-twice-the-work/ Having used an iPhone and an Android the user experience on both is entirely […]

Email to Fax and Fax to Email Service

One of my friends recently asked me for some advice on what brand and model of a fax machine he should get for work. He discovered his work fax machine died because of the constant use. When he asked me what type of fax machine we use for our own business I told him that […]

WordPress Popup and Newsletter

Ok, so if you’re like me and you want to increase your blog readership subscription then you may be in luck. I use WordPress for my blog and the following plugins: Displet Pop – this plugin creates a nice pop and has many features WP Autoresponder – allows you to create a newsletter so your […]