Alex

Augmented: Having been made greater in size or value, to make better.

Augmented Reality: a live view of a physical location where elements are “made better” by computer-generated sensory additions that can include graphics, sound, video and more.

Augmented reality apps enhance the viewer’s perception of his or her surroundings.

Say What??

Just think Pokémon Go.

Thanks to the arrival of smartphones and tablets plus cheaper and cheaper data plans, content is more available than we could have ever imagined, even just ten years ago.… Read the rest

Another year passes, and another Black Friday and Cyber Monday is once again upon us. As usual there will be a ton of great deals for internet marketing, tech, SEO, domains, hosting and other related things, so we’ve pulled together a list of some of the best deals for you this year.

If you have any deals that you are running, or know of some that you think others would be interested in, please get in touch so we can get them added to this page.… Read the rest

May 4 Update: After speaking with Jay over at Shareaholic, the problem with the affiliate numbers being changed was fixed. From what Jay has told me, the guys at Viglink found that the issue was due to Booking.com changing some of the affiliate parameters within their network. Jay was super helpful with this and we had a great communication going as the problem was being looked at.

The Shareaholic WordPress plugin (sorry, but I refuse to actually link to their page) is one that has been used by hundreds of thousands of websites for many years now, and is one of the most popular plugins for social media sharing.… Read the rest

If you are looking for a quick and easy way to knock up some videos, then you are in luck. AppSumo is currently offering a FREE Pro account of Lumen5.

I actually signed up for their basic free account about 6 months ago and was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to use. The also have a system that will automatically create video clips for you based on RSS feeds that you enter. These were pretty good as well – something you don’t often say for an automatic creation of a video.… Read the rest

Update: 5th April 2018 – AppSumo have brought back this deal, so grab it while you can !

Do you guys use photos on your websites ?? If so, where are you getting the photos from ??

Previously I was using photographs that were provided on free image sites such as Pixabay, Freepik, Pexels and several others. The problem with this, is that I couldn’t always find a photo I wanted to use.… Read the rest

If you are on the hunt for a new domain for a project or client, then head on over to NameCheap.com where you can find a great range of domains available from just $0.88.

NameCheap always have a selection of heavily reduced domains that you can pick up for less than $1 for 12 months registration ( plus free whois protection ).  You can pick up extensions including .online, .tech, .host, .website and many others for next to nothing.… Read the rest

With 2017’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday just around the corner, I thought it was time to start preparing a list of all the great offers that I could find which include SEO, Internet Marketing, Web hosting, domain names, software and much more.

As always, if and of you know of any other Black Friday / Cyber Monday deals that you’d like to share, please get in contact and I’ll add them to this page.… Read the rest

There’s no question that local SEO is more important today than it ever has been. Over 55% of all searches done on mobile devices are local, meaning that they include city names as well as other local information in the keywords used.

What does that mean for the local business owner? It means they need to be highly focused on maximizing their local SEO. It’s the only way to make sure that local customers don’t miss you when they search for businesses such as yours.… Read the rest

If you are an Amazon Associate, then you’ll be aware of a range of different plugins for WordPress that can help you build up your affiliate websites. There are a few that I’ve been using for a while such as EasyAzon which I think is one of the best plugins for WordPress if you are an Amazon affiliate.

However, Amazon have now released their very own WordPress plugin – the “Amazon Associates Link Builder”.… Read the rest

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are upon us once more, so I thought I’d prepare this blog post showcasing some of the best offers that around for everything releated to SEO, web design, hosting, domains, internet marketing and everything else in this niche. If you know of any other great deals that you’d like to share, please get in touch and I’ll add them to this page right away.… Read the rest