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How to Achieve Your Goals through Commitment

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How to Achieve Your Goals through Commitment

If you want to make any real progress in whatever it is that you do, you already know setting SMART goals is your first step. However, too many people fall short on actually achieving those goals because (they think) they lack time, fail to stay motivated, can’t visualize the benefits they would have once a goal is reached, etc.

So today’s post is aimed at helping you achieve your goals through commitment. Be sure to read until the end to find out a great resource to guide you through the whole committing process to your freelance success.

Filed Under: Freelance Tips, General Marketing Tips

Poor User Experience – 4 Ways Your Website Design May Be the Reason

By Sarah Parker 10 Comments

Poor User Experience and Website Design

The incredible cheesiness (or should it be cheesy incredibleness?) of flamboyant websites does manage to hook us to them. The unrestrained use of colors, the prettily scattered widgets and animations, and the glossy landing page are the result of the go-for-broke ambition of a web designer.
Does such a website look fab? Darn straight. Does ‘fab’ guarantee great user experience? The answer lies somewhere between “oh yes” and “not quite”.

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5 Lessons Learned from My First Indiegogo Campaign

By Diana Marinova 18 Comments

Lessons Learned from My First Indeigogo Campaign - Outsource

If you remember, I ran my first Indiegogo campaign back in February and March and it’s finally time to share some of the lessons learned as a result of that crowd funding experience. Read till the end – there is a news item, too 😉

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!

I am sure you have all heard this saying – I had heard it, too. I am a strong believer in it, actually! And yet, I did fix something that wasn’t broken and it cost me not-sure-how-much forgone profits…

Filed Under: General Marketing Tips, What's New

Want More Website Visitors Statistics? Get Quantcast verified!

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Quantcast - website visitors statistics

By now I am sure you’ll agree you need to know your website audience well in order to run a successful website and/or blog, right? Today I’ll introduce you to a free tool that would help you get more website visitors statistics – Quantcast.

Before you ask, let me tell you something about Alexa ranking.

I know many of you are used to checking in with Alexa in terms of your website performance. But truth be told, it is not that reliable for several reasons. Read on.

Filed Under: Blog Marketing and Management, General Marketing Tips

Sending Email to Multiple People – BCC Email or Email Marketing Tool?

By Diana Marinova 8 Comments

Sending email to multiple people - BCC email or email marketing tool

Sending email to multiple people is necessary sometimes. However, using bcc email address field is not always the right approach. Read on to learn when using an email marketing tool is better than sending a bcc email.

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