This is something that is also easy, but impressive if you’re running low on graphic ideas. Create a text layer and mask it with a gradient. Once this is done you can adjust the gradient until you have just the look you are going for. Blending options such as a drop shadow and possibly an outer glow can give you a rather superhero effect that is sharp and takes almost bo time to do.
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Provocative enough title for ya? There’s a free traffic tip for you right there. Write compelling titles that draw in a reader’s attention. Try to be controversial, but that’s not what this post is about. In this post I will lay out some must have plugins for Wordpress.
These pluigins will help your site not only run smoother, but also ensure stellar organic rankings.
This is going to be a short post, but there are a few tips that came to mind while giving a blog tutorial today. These are easy tips that should help make your posts more relevant. As I’m using Wordpress as my blogging platform some of these tips are specific to that CMS, but many will apply to any blogging platform.
Updating your Facebook fan page is a great way of promoting new blog posts. If you post often or have multiple blog authors this can get to be a cumbersome and repetitive task. In the past, I used Twitterfeed to update my social networks. Due to a api error this has proven to be a dodgy process at best. So in the interest of automating status updates once again I have found rss graffiti to be a great fit. So let’s get started.
I was transferring music to my Droid this morning when I realized I had quite the collection of wallpapers saved on my phone and I thought, “Who else might like my wallpapers”? So in the interest of good web marketing I’m giving out some free downloads to you the visitor of my website. No sign ups, no hassles, easy. All I ask is please tell a friend, Gimme a Digg, Post to Your Facebook Profile, Tweet this, or share with your other favorite social networks.
I was recently given the task of creating a new YouTube video for one of our companies. Since I don’t do a whole lot of video editing I forgot just where everything is located in Premiere. Listed below are 6 quick tips for using Adobe Premiere Elements for editing video. I hope they help.
Happy Monday everybody. I thought I’d start the week off by posting my last 20, “social-media”, links. In the list below there are a lot of good tips and resources such as.
The beauty of the smart phone is that with new apps coming out all the time you don’t have to feel like you can’t have the new features everyone else does. When new apps come out you can simply download them and off you go. The following is a list of Droid apps I use all the time. Are these truly must have apps for droid? Download them for yourself and see if you can do with out them. Having these applications will drastically enhance your Android experience, but don’t take my word for it.
A guide to writing effective blog posts using my favorite subject zombies.
The following article is an example of how to write a blog post that kills. Using the walking dead as my subject I will outline some effective blogging tips that are sure to alert hordes of traffic of your virtual whereabouts. For a zombie-free version of these tips please check out this article right here –> How To Create An Effective Blog Post.
I was recently working on a project that needed some IE6 cross browser compatibility work when I once again was reminded of the horrors of designing for this horribly archaic browser. Before I get started with why Internet Explorer 6 should be wiped from the face of this earth let me first make a plea to all internet users.
PLEASE… I BEG YOU UNINSTALL IE6 OR AT THE VERY LEAST UPGRADE TO IE8! Why not switch to a new browser? I prefer Firefox, but there are a lot of other options that are as always free. Give these browsers a shot. Firefox, Opera, Safari or Google Chrome.
Being a social media specialist I manage a huge number social networks for a large number of companies. It can be a lot to keep track of after a while with all the options out there. Shortly after I lost count of all the profiles I was maintaining it became painfully obvious that I needed a program for keeping track of the social identities. With all the options out there it can be confusing to know which program to use so I put together this review to help point out the pros and cons of each.
Want to get here quickly with your Droid? Use your Barcode Scanner app and scan the QR code below!
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