Get your melt on with the new RockMelt web browser

Get your melt on with the new RockMelt web browser

by | Nov 19, 2010 | Off Topic

RockMelt is destined to change the way people surf the Internet. The new browser is built on the Chromium platform and integrates web browsing with social media sites. It?s the perfect solution for people who live on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. Access to an early version of RockMelt is currently being offered ? just sign up for early access at http://www.rockmelt.com and you?ll receive an invitation. RockMelt was founded by Tim Howes and Eric Vishria. The company is backed by the likes of Mac Andreessen, founder of Netscape Communications Corporation and co-author of Mosaic; Angel Investors founder, Ron Conway; Intuit Chairman of the Board, Bill Campbell; Half.com founder, Josh Kopelman; and VMware founder, Diane Green. The free browser, based on Chromium, is the open source project behind Google?s Chrome browser.The new browser is fully interactive and built around friends, feeds and search results. It works on Mac systems using 10.5 or newer, and PCs running Windows XP or newer. You can access your personal browsing experience from anywhere you happen to be. When operated in its incognito mode, no personal information is stored, just the sites you frequent.The friends portion of the RockMelt browser is located on the left and allows users to search, share with friends, find news, view videos and chat, all from a single browser window. There?s no need to switch back and forth between different pages. Users need a Facebook account to access all the features. The browser shows users which friends are online, their recent posts and updates, as well as profile photos. You can instantly share and publish on Facebook and Twitter. It also acts as an IM client using Facebook chat.News feeds and your favorite websites are on the right and works similar to a bookmark bar. RockMelt watches your favorite websites and content, then automatically notifies you when new information, updates and content are added. When you click on a site icon, the page pops up in the main, underlying browser window. There?s also a share button for every feed.Searches are significantly quicker and they?re viewed differently. Searching is as simple as leafing through a magazine. Using your keyboard, you can flip through Google search results and choose the one you want without opening new windows.People browse and surf the Internet differently than they did even two short years ago. RockMelt was developed to more accurately reflect the way people surf and communicate today, placing everything in one browser window for conveience and ease of use.For more information or to test an early version of RockMelt, visit the website at http://www.rockmelt.com.
Kontera offers unique marketing solutions

Kontera offers unique marketing solutions

by | Nov 8, 2010 | Off Topic

Competition is fierce in today?s marketing environment and successful online entrepreneurs must always search for new revenue streams. Kontera provides that by combining search engine technology with in-text advertising delivered through its extensive advertising network. Kontera represents the next generation of online marketing for targeted results.Kontera uses the content within websites to provide visitors with the most relevant and high paying ads. Using keywords and phrases within the text portion of website content, Kontera delivers ads via hyperlink, utilizing their exclusive inventory of ads. Viewers are automatically provided with information without the need to search for it. Kontera works with some of the biggest names in advertising to deliver click through and cost-per-click rates that users won?t find anywhere else. Websites require no changes and no extra space to utilize Kontera.

The system delivers a superior user experience with its patented Story-Level Targeting. It works by analyzing and predicting the viewer?s intent based on the content being viewed. The system determines the best ad options based on information compiled from thousands of websites, available ads and those in progress, topics, keywords and content, and it accomplishes it almost instantaneously for each page. Kontera also includes a learning module - ads change and rotate as new website content is added, providing an updated stream of targeted ads.Set up can be accomplished in minutes, with plugins that are easy to install. It works with the most popular blogging platforms, including Blogger, Drupal, Joomla and WordPress. Once installed, website owners are in complete control. Kontera?s reporting system allows users to monitor their website?s performance and track revenue. It saves marketers and website owners hours of tedious work.Kontera users receive the best payouts in the business, with a 70 percent revenue share. Qualified sites with over 25k U.S. page views per month receive a signing bonus. As an added incentive, users are paid beginning at $50.Kontera provides everything users need to target the most desirable viewers, thereby expanding revenue. The delivery system is unobtrusive and specifically optimized for content within the user?s individual website. The system?s ability to learn and change as content is added ensures a new experience for viewers each time they visit the website, resulting in added revenue streams for increased profit.For more information, visit the website at http://www.kontera.com
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Wolf Storm Media launches innovative affiliate training

by | Oct 27, 2010 | Off Topic

Wolf Storm Media has announced its official launch. The full-service, interactive advertising agency focuses on performance based marketing and is dedicated to bringing advertisers quality traffic.

The firm was founded by affiliate marketers for affiliate marketers. The staff at Wolf Storm Media were successful affiliate marketers in their own right. They're now turning their talents to working with both novice and affiliate marketers. The staff works with full time affiliates to find new revenue sources by enticing them out of their comfort zone. They also provide training to affiliate marketers new to the game using a variety of methods.They now have several PDF guides available and they?re currently working on additional materials to build an extensive library. Their ultimate goal is to maintain a full library of training materials encompassing video, audio and text that will be maintained in-house. Some people learn best using video while others are text-based learners and Wolf Storm aims to cater to them all for the optimum success for all. Tests will be added in the future for those who avail themselves of the training courses. One-on-one assistance and group sessions will be available.Affiliates learn to use the latest tactics and techniques, using proprietary training methods, to best utilize the increasing number of traffic sources available. Members have access to state-of-the-art training, along with forums and networking opportunities. Each affiliate is assigned an account manager to act as a mentor and guide them in building, scaling and optimizing their marketing campaigns.Wolf Storm works on a cost per action basis, with advertisers only paying for qualified leads. The specifics are agreed upon before offers are placed into the network. Wolf Storm provides a variety of promotional options, which will arrive through a number of experts within Wolf Storm, all of whom are experts in different aspects of online marketing. Promotional methods will include search engine marketing and optimization, social and media marketing, contextual marketing, media buying and other means as they become available. Advertisers are free to select the forms that they wish to accept.Wolf Storm helps new affiliates with the information they need to become successful, while introducing new methods to established marketers. By providing in depth training, they hope to increase the dividends of all concerned.For more information, visit the website at http://www.wolfstormmedia.com
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Affiliate Summit West offers unique opportunities

by | Oct 18, 2010 | Off Topic

The Affiliate Summit West will be held Jan. 9-11, 2011 at Wynn Las Vegas. The annual event is the premier affiliate marketing conference in the U.S. and offers an exhibit hall, multiple educational sessions and information on the latest trends from affiliate marketing experts.It?s an?unequaled?opportunity to learn from some of the best in the business and take advantage of their years of experience. Many of the master affiliates began as children, marketing home made products or offering services throughout their neighbourhoods. The one thing they all had in common was a never-give-up attitude.At the Affiliate Summit, you?ll learn valuable lessons in the psychology of affiliate marketing. Before a product or service can be marketed successfully, you must first get the customer?s interest. However, perhaps even more important, is creating the environment that will provoke an emotional response that will persuade them to purchase.Even after years of research, there?s still no way to predict exactly how an audience will respond to a given set of information. Elements such as color, wording, fonts and font size, as well as how the information is presented, can elicit a favourable or negative response that affects purchasing decisions.Recognising hot new trends is always a challenge, but it?s a skill that can be learned. Experts at the Affiliate Conference can teach you how. Choosing a product to promote can be a frustrating?endeavor. There?s no guarantee that the product will be a hit, and you want to stand out from the crowd instead of promoting the same products as everyone else. Speakers at the conference will help you learn what to look for in new products and?recognize?their earning potential.You?ll also learn how to better target your market to create more sales. There are a number of ways to attract the specific buyers that you want to visit your site, but not all methods work for all products. You may even be targeting the wrong markets. At the conference, you?ll learn how to determine accurately the market you should be targeting and the means of accomplishing it that results in sales.Blogs are convenient and profitable ways to promote products, but no matter what format you choose to market your product, compelling content is required. You must engage the customer?s attention, and to do that you can use photos, videos, contests, articles and a variety of other methods. Online customers want items and information they can use, but they also want to be entertained while they hear your pitch.Scams are becoming more prevalent as the affiliate market flourishes, encouraging unscrupulous individuals to offer fraudulent affiliate programs. There are elements common to untrustworthy affiliate programs and the conference will help you learn what to look for so you can identify and avoid them.For more information about the conference, visit the website at http://affilliatesummit.com.

Blog Action Day 2010: Water

by | Oct 15, 2010 | Off Topic

I have supported Blog Action Day for the last 3 years. Allowing my readers to be more aware and how big of a voice bloggers have online.Blog Action Day is an annual event that unites the world's bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day. Our aim is to raise awareness and trigger a global discussion around an important issue that impacts us all. Blog Action Day 2010: Water from Blog Action Day on Vimeo. Right now, almost a billion people on the planet don?t have access to clean, safe drinking water. That?s one in eight of us.Unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation cause 80% of diseases and kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war. Children are especially vulnerable, as their bodies aren't strong enough to fight diarrhea, dysentery and other illnesses. The UN predicts that one tenth of the global disease burden can be prevented simply by improving water supply and sanitation.But, water moves beyond just a human rights issue. It?s an environmental issue, an animal welfare issue, a sustainability issue. Water is a global issue, deserving a global conversation.
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