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Archive for January, 2009

New WordPress E-Commerce plugin hits it out of the park

Posted by Herrin On January - 13 - 2009

If you’ve been looking for a smooth, cleanly implemented, well supported e-commerce solution for WordPress then read on…

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What It Does: Allows you to sell both shipped and digital products or services from your WordPress website. It offers a variety of different payment gateways to suit many nationalities and requirements. All major gateways such as PayPal are supported.

Who Needs It: Anyone that wants a serious e-commerce business. Read the rest of this entry »

Google Language Translation for your website

Posted by Herrin On January - 8 - 2009

Gadgets are a great new feature in Google that gives you access to a wide range of useful applications that can be embedded on your website or on your iGoogle home page.google-translation

You do have a gmail account don’t you? If not fix this now by clicking here: http://mail.google.com/mail/signup

To create your language translation gadget visit this link:

http://translate.google.com/translate_tools?hl=en

On this page you can also add one-click translations from with your browser.

Pick the language of your blog or website then copy and paste the resulting code into a text widget in WordPress or in dreamweaver simply paste in the code where you want the Gadget to appear.

Thats it! Refresh your page to see the new Google language translation tool.

Seth Godin Discusses: What Is Marketing?

Posted by Herrin On January - 8 - 2009

Seth Godin has his finger on the pulse of business and buyers in the US and abroad. In this brief video interview he talks about the nature of Marketing.

He defines it as:

The art of telling a story to a consumer that they want to hear, that lets them persuade themselves to buy something. Inherent to that story:

  1. You have to have something they want. You must not force it on them.
  2. You have to be authentic. Tell the truth.
  3. Your story has to be so remarkable that people want to tell your story to others.

Remember, we have so much choice today that permission marketing is just the beginning of your strategy.

The nature of the web has ubiquitized products and services. What you provide must serve a real need in your audience but also have that special quality that shows a deep regard for elegant solutions. Read the rest of this entry »

Hostgator – Secure web hosting with 99% uptime guarantee

Posted by Herrin On January - 8 - 2009

Easily one of the most reliable and customer service oriented web-hosting companies out there.

Download free guide – Ordering through HostGator PDF

They have an excellent uptime guarantee that mostly keeps to its word. By mostly we mean 99.7% rather than 99.9% uptime!!

Check Hostgator out now for great deals on Web Hosting.

How To Add Custom Google Search to your website

Posted by Herrin On January - 5 - 2009

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Want fast Google powered search on your website?

Creating fast, user defined search adds a service to your website that serves your visitor and you. Create the search engine, copy and paste some code to one of your web pages and then you can edit it later from your gmail account.

Add the credibility and reliability of Google powered search by following these steps (links open in a new window) : Read the rest of this entry »

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Herrin Larkan

I am an Aussie guy helping every day people:
• Get leverage online,
• Navigate the web more skillfully and securely,
• Use the dynamic web platform, Wordpress.
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