Earlier in the week I had to do a rather niche task with a local leasing company I work with. They have switched over to eLEAD CRM and as such wanted to convert all of their online lease quote request forms to submit to their new eLEAD CRM. This way requests from existing customers will […]
Author Archives: Michael Boguslavskiy
Google Domains Launches Public Beta
Google domains first launched back in August of 2014 and I was lucky enough to get access to the private beta of Google Domains which not only let me enjoy it for myself – but I was lucky enough to have plenty of invites that I shared among all of you. As of Tuesday of […]
Score 20% Off On All Reseller Plans from WHUK
WHUK is looking to start off the new year with some new deals and as such they’ve launched a brand new coupon code good for 20% off on all their reseller plans. Simply use coupon code [coupon code=”WHUK RESELLER2015” /] during your checkout process to get a flat 20% off. This coupon code will stay valid throughout […]
Facebook Reports Video Content On The Rise
Facebook recently made a post reflecting on some of the statistics of videos posted and played on Facebook. There’s some great information here for all marketers so I wanted to quickly summarize their post and bring attention to a few key things. Firstly – there are significantly more videos being created and shared now than […]
New Performance Study Ranks Top WordPress Hosting Providers
LoadStorm® and ReviewSignal have teamed up to test the scalability of 16 WordPress hosting providers. Load tests were executed in LoadStorm PRO to simulate heavy traffic hitting identical WordPress …
Your Favorite Screen Resolution Isn’t As Popular As You Thought
Let’s face it – most webmasters, techies, geeks, and gamers aren’t using a resolution of 1366 x 768 unless they absolutely have to – and yet after digging into the StatCounter charts from 2014 …
Yahoo Search Use Catching Up to Bing
Back at the start of December 2014 I had written about the increasing use of Yahoo search – primarily thanks to Firefox. As usual this was all based on the latest StatCounter statistics and the final numbers for December 2014 have now been published, with Yahoo claiming 10.4 percent of the US search share, up from […]
Stop Getting Distracted and Finish Your Writing with FORCEdraft
A few days ago Felix Belzile released an awesome new text editor to the world called FORCEdraft – a free simple text editor designed to block out outside distractions and literally force …
FTC Closes Investigation Into Yelp’s Business Practices
Working hand in hand with a plethora of small businesses on a daily basis I have heard both sides of the Yelp experience. There are business owners who swear by it, and business owners who swear AT it. Fact is there’s always been some questions regarding the way Yelp treats non-advertisers and how they handle […]
Attention Advertisers: New Bing Policy Disallows Phone Numbers in Plain Text
In a recent blog post Albert Wang, a global policy manager with Bing Ads, announced that as of now plain text phone numbers will no longer be supported as plain text entries within Bing advertisements…
Yahoo Directory Redirects to Yahoo Small Business Directory
Back in the fall of 2014 I had written to let you know about Yahoo’s decision to shut down the classic Yahoo directory. Well December 31st was the last day for the Yahoo Directory as we know it – and today the old URL now redirects to the Yahoo Small Business Directory. Some of the […]
Starting Off 2015 With $1.49 .COM Domain Names from GoDaddy
Happy New Year everyone and welcome to 2015. GoDaddy wants to make sure everyone is on their way to a prosperous new year and with that in mind they’ve launched a brand new sale on .com domain names going for just $1.49! Take note that there will also be an additional ICANN fee of $0.18 per […]
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays from Rapid Purple
With Christmas Eve upon us, things may be a little bit quiet here for a day or two. In the meantime I just want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and the happiest of holidays!
Getting Started With WordPress: Understanding WordPress Menus
WordPress Menus can seem a bit confusing at first, and after having a friend recently get totally lost trying to figure out the menus for his website – I got the idea to put together this quick tutorial. First off let’s define some terms I will be utilizing throughout this tutorial. Menus are collections of links. Menu Locations are […]
20% Off & 2 Free Months of Hosting from Lunarpages
For this holiday season Lunarpages has launched their Holiday 2014 special giving everyone who buys a year or more of hosting a 20% discount & 2 additional free months! This offer is good for either the Basic or Business hosting plans. Simply use coupon code [coupon code=”LunarPages Holiday2014″ /] during your checkout process.
New Call to Action Buttons on Facebook Pages
Facebook has, quietly, started rolling out a new Call-to-Action feature for Facebook Pages last week. The new feature allows for business owners to place a call-to-action button onto their page which links to any destination, on or off Facebook. Facebook gives you the following options for your buttons: Book Now Contact Us Use App Play Game […]
Save $10/yr/user of Google Apps for Work
Google Apps for Work is a phenomenal way to organize your entire business, ensure the stability of your emails, and maintain quick and constant communication with your partners and staff. With that in mind I figured that kick-starting the new year with a custom email address for your business, 30GB of online storage space to […]
Scam Warning: Microsoft Isn’t Really Calling You To Fix Your Computer
Have you received a phone call recently from a partially legible call center representative who proceeded to tell you how your Microsoft Windows computer has been sending critical error notifications …
I Want A Website: Using A Website Builder
So you’ve made the decision to use a website builder for your website and now your sitting there wondering “now what”. Well now that you’ve made the decision to use a Website Builder, you need to pick one. Picking the right one for you is going to come down to what exactly you want to […]
I Want A Website: Building My Own Website
So you decided to bypass the website builder route and build your website yourself. This is definitely the harder way to go about building your website however you will learn alot more and hopefully have some fun along the way. First thing is first. Your going to need to get yourself a domain name and […]