Speed or distance – what do you want?
I found this very interesting quote in someone’s signature whom I met on a business networking website: "If you want to go fast, travel alone; but if you want to go far, travel together." – African Proverb How true – specially for software programming teams, which are so vulnerable due to individualistic goals. As if […]
Do you send handwritten seasonal greetings to your clients?
Do you send handwritten seasonal greetings to your clients? It may sound to be very simple, regular stuff. But it is surprising that still a large percentage of small businesses fail to use such an opportunity to strengthen their relationship with their clients on a personal level. And when I casually asked some of the culprits […]
Is he really a business baazigar?
Guys, Recently some of my employees got unsolicited call from a gentleman called Manish Gupta, who wants to woo them away from my company to his startup. Of course like every normal human being, my colleagues also need a reason to go and work for a relatively unknown and small company. So they need convincing. And […]
Use EasyBM today to boost your productivity
I came across this rocking website called EasyBM (www.easybm.com), a FREE online service, which can help you in boosting your online productivity to new levels. I generally do not get excited about something so quickly. My exposure to new ideas and business plans make me immune to general ideas. But I got excited by the […]
Use META DESCRIPTION as your advertisement copy!
<META DESCRIPTION> tag lost its shine after the emergence of off-page factors (like link popularity) for rankings in SERPS. In fact it lost its purpose to a great extent when Google started using contextual content from within the page as the description of the URL in its SERPS. However in an interesting turn of events, <META DESCRIPTION> is back in […]
Top SEO Blogs!
In a fast changing world of SEO, the best way to keep your knowledge up-to date are the authoritative blogs on the subject. I stumbled upon a nice post by Daniel from DailyBlogtips.com, who has done a thorough research and listed Top 25 SEO Blogs. He has considered various factors including Google Pagerank of the blog, Alexa Rank, Number […]
The REAL Programmer automates his job
Just a random thought: Programmers are supposed to use their programming skills to automate business process for their clients. Therefore, a good programmer should be one, who takes an initiative of automating his own work and never repeats the line of code he has written once 🙂 Charity begins at home! Unfortunately I have hardly seen many […]
How to generate exhaustive keyword combinations?
When creating an exhaustive keyword list for your AdWords / PPC campaigns, you might face a tedious job of creating all possible combinations by joining two words / phrases to cover the keyword that your prospect might key in. This can be a very frustrating experience. Recently, I sumbled upon this website: http://www.imscripts.com/keywords It can generate […]
Managing vs. Leading – What an organization needs?
I regularly hear about terms like Manager, Managing, Management, Management Team, etc. The dictionary term for manage is "cope: come to terms or deal successfully with" and "pull off: be successful; achieve a goal" In my opinion, the word ‘manage‘ makes me think about: Control, Status Quo, Monitoring Come to terms Somewhere it reflects a sense […]
Sky-high bids on Adwords! Do they work?
The bids on AdWords are soaring to new heights everyday. Some advertisers are even shelling out up to $10 per click. So, naturally the question arises – Is this complete madness or is there any logic behind such aggressive advertising? To me, it does make some sense to bid aggressively if you have the right […]
