Archive for January, 2012

Is Your Blog Attracting Too Much Spam?

Saturday, January 28th, 2012

First off, congratulations!  Your blog is being found on the internet! Spam in blogs (also called simply blog spam or comment spam) is a form of spamming. (Note that blog spam has another, more common meaning, namely the post of a blogger who creates no-value-added posts to submit them to other sites.) It is done [...]

Promoting Your Facebook Page

Friday, January 27th, 2012

We started our Facebook page just a short time ago.  Today, we’re rapidly approaching 1,000 fans.  One of the most common questions I’ve gotten lately is “how did you do it?” We tried paid ads, we tried a few contests and had very little success with them.  I’m not saying that they were complete failures.  [...]

Facebook Tips of the Day – Basic Tips to Fundraising

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

I started playing the trumpet at the young age of 8 in my grade school band.  I moved on to marching with drum and bugle corps shortly after that and still play today…  many years later.  I’m also pretty good at helping non-profits find donors.  One of my pet projects lately has been helping a [...]

Call to Action!

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

Call to action buttons are graphics or animations on your web page that direct your visitors to a specific activity. “Buy Now,” “Start Your Free Trial,” “Get an Instant Quote,” “Sign Up for Our Free Newsletter,” “Watch the Video” and “Take the Tour” are all examples of commonly used call to action buttons. In order [...]

New Phishing Scam Warning!

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

Phishing Scam Warning We just got an e-mail that appears to come from Mystery Shopper talking about a tremendous opportunity in the United States!  Of course, it’s only an opportunity to give up personal information. First off, the message was delivered to one of our webmaster@ accounts.  The e-mail address that appears to be sending [...]

        
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