What is the most commonly used browser?
Here are the most commonly used browser platforms: Internet Explorer FireFox Chrome Safari Opera Here are some details about some of the more popular web browsers in the U.S.: Internet Explorer Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is one of the most popular Internet browsers today. It comes preinstalled on most Windows operating systems. Firefox Mozilla’s Firefox is one of the most popular cross platform Internet browsers today. It is... [Read More...]
Increase e-newsletter signups with your email signature
We recently posted about using your email signature to save time and promote your business offerings. This post will provide instructions on locating the Site Visitor Sign-up link from your Constant Contact account, and applying it to your email signature. Adding a Constant Contact sign-up link to your email signature 1. When you’re logged into your Constant Contact account, click on the Contacts tab at the top of the screen then click on... [Read More...]
How to add a signature to your email in Outlook
Adding your contact information as a signature to your emails is very useful in a business environment, but also for personal emails as well. An email signature is a block of text created by you that’s automatically added to the bottom of emails you send. You can designate whether it’s included on every single email, or if it’s excluded from emails where you’re replying to a previous message. There are a lot of benefits... [Read More...]
7 tricks for remembering passwords (and what to do if you can’t)
If you read our post about creating a secure password, you know that a strong password needs to contain numbers, letters, symbols and capitals. Combined with the account numbers and user IDs you use every day, the list of important login information we must remember can be very overwhelming! We found these helpful tricks to help you remember your passwords (courtesy of WalletPop Blog) Seven helpful tricks to help you remember passwords: Create... [Read More...]
Privacy changes at Facebook: How to opt out of the “Instant Personalization Pilot Program”
In April, Facebook introduced the Open Graph API, which is a personalization tool that shares user data in exchange for personalization on the sites they visit, including CNN, Pandora and Microsoft. Facebook also updated their privacy policy at the same time, with changes that affect both the information Facebook will share, and who they’ll share it with. Here’s a summary of the privacy policy changes (Source: EFF) When you connect... [Read More...]
How to spot an email scam
You just got a get a great offer by email! Or maybe it was an account notification….or was it a kind stranger offering to help market your website or give you a free credit report? There are a lot of emails going around that are trying to trick you into giving up personal information, buying services you don’t need, or worse, using your credit card or other payment you would provide for fraudulent purposes. Samples of email scams would... [Read More...]
How to crop a digital photo: Step By Step Tutorial
Sooner or later, you will probably run into a situation where you will need to crop a photo. If you don’t have a application on your computer to do this (or you have one, but don’t know how to use it), I highly recommend Picnik. Picnik is a free, easy-to-use online tool where you can upload your photos, edit them, and save them back to your computer to use however you need. This post will walk you through the process of cropping a photo,... [Read More...]
How to make a SECURE password
First things first: what not to do To start with, we’ll tell you what NOT to do when creating a password. It’s not the shortest list, but afterward we’ll explain how to create a secure, memorable password. When creating a password, stay away from…. Words found in a dictionary of any language Personal details (birth date, pet’s name, family names) Words spelled backwards (nooccaR) Numbers in a sequence (4567) Keyboard... [Read More...]
Printing CMYK vs. Spot Color
Let’s say you are planning on having some printing done, and your designer or printer asks… how many colors is it? Will you be printing 4 color process or spot color? Here is a brief explanation of the differences and how each method is best used. The image samples used in this post show the basic difference between a 2-color spot color, versus a 4-color (or “full color”) process logo. Although they look somewhat similar, they... [Read More...]
When (and when not) to double space
When you’re writing content for the web, do you typically double space after each sentence? For many people, it’s an ingrained habit to punch the space bar twice after a period. That’s how we’ve done it since the typewriter was invented, right? Use of the double space after a period is a typing convention left over from the days of the typewriter; however, its original purpose no longer applies on the web. Typewriters used... [Read More...]
