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Wordpress Contact Forms Plugin with Gravity Forms

Justin Parks — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:00:29 +0000

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Excerpt: Gravityforms was a recently released plugin for wordpress that is under the premium license. It might be different from other plugins because it has a cost involved but it is WORTH EVERY PENNY. Its so damn good I’m recommending it as an essential purchase and am affiliated with the developers. (Just to be clear). The forms on your site are one of the most important aspects, and lets be honest this is a no brainer. So don’t be tight. There are a few other forms available (if you are to cheap to buy this) and the best is probably CForms II Wordpress Plugin though…

User generated media is killing our culture and economy – Andrew Keen on Its only a theory

Justin Parks — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:56:18 +0000

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Excerpt: “Its only a Theory” is one of those shows that I enjoy when I catch it on the BBC because the format is smart and witty at the same time. Hosted by Andy Hamilton, Reginald D. Hunter (sort that website out Reg) and joined by a third guest panellist, the broadcaster Dermot Murnaghan on this episode, individuals are invited on to present their theories about any particular subject matter then convince the panel with information, opinion, fact, argument or science to win the panellists “approval” of the theory or if they fail watch as it gets shredded. What caught my attention…

Commented on “CloudMixer – Media Professionals in a Mind Cloud”

Justin Parks — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:56:33 +0000

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Excerpt: Its a fine balance to achieve Angie and I think far to many people ignore two specific points you mention: – Optimizing Content For Your Target Audience – Optimizing Content For The Company So many people are obsessed with search engines and SEO that they neglect…no… ignore, what the content they are creating actually means to the audience and the perception it gives of the company. This is not really their fault either. So information hungry are the search engines that they have inadvertently encouraged this wild growth in “article marketing”, churning out useless, and most of the time, dangerous unresearched information because people are…

Car insurance in Spain – Linea Directa taking the piss?

Justin Parks — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:46:38 +0000

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Excerpt: I sometimes think I’m a bit to damn nice. I have had my car insurance with Linea Directa, Direct Line Insurance in the UK, here in Spain now for 3 or 4 years and its time to renew the policy. Obviously times are tight so I wanted the best deal possible with no frills and additional expenses but covering the essentials for breakdown recovery and fire and theft and to make me legal to drive. The best deal Linea Directa could give me was around 450 Euros and based on the ZERO claims I had made in the last year (and only…

Tina Dupuy Takes on the Tampa Tribune for fair payment

Justin Parks — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:58:30 +0000

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Excerpt: Now there’s one impressive way to make sure you get paid fair and square. Tina Dupuy sent one of her articles to the Tampa Tribune and heard nothing back, until she got a Google Alert leading her to the very piece she had sent to the newspaper who decided that they would go ahead and publish it… without her permission or consent. She wasn’t asking for fortunes, just recognition and the 75 dollars that is the standard fee for this type of submission. Did she just sit back and say, oh well, better luck next time? Nope. Tina Dupuy decides that this just…

Sharon Wright from MagnaMole on Dragons Den – The Ideal Entrepeneur

Justin Parks — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:54:56 +0000

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Excerpt: Sharon Wright from Scunthorpe in England created her company 2 years ago, Magnamole and came on to Dragons Den UK last night looking for 50 thousand pounds investment for 15% of her company. She presented her original product and idea to the dragons giving an excellent pitch and delivery and backed it up with all correct and concise information and figures. I have never been so impressed by anyone on the show before as this woman. A true professional and entrepreneur who had the guts to go with her idea and make it happen while working day and night and raising…

Eat spam Twitter bot!

Justin Parks — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:02:42 +0000

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Excerpt: As you may, or may not be aware, twitter updated the email notifications a while back to display more information about new followers you have received on your account. Im hoping that they will expand upon this a little more to make the process of following people back a little simpler and also to help weed out and spot twitter spam accounts and twitter bots, the true bane of using twitter effectively. (I cannot and will not go into a rant on this post detailing how much I hate this and how adverse its effects are, that’s for another day, one which…

Twitter Newbie – A step by step guide to getting started on twitter

Justin Parks — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:42:38 +0000

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Excerpt: Your a twitter newbie, you’ve heard about it so you have decided to do the twitter thing and find out what its all about. Here is my version of the twitter newbie startup guide in 14 parts to help you take the first steps, understand what its all about and get the ball rolling. 1) Get a Twitter account Getting an account is simple. Visit www.twitter.com and click the green “Get Started- Join!” button. On the next page you will be asked for “Full Name” and “User Name”. The difference between them is this. Full Name is the name of the owner of…

A new concept in website and video combined – BooneOakley

Justin Parks — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:47:05 +0000

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Excerpt: It took me a minute to understand what was going on with what seemed like a normal Youtube video. Until I realised that you can use the navigation on the left side inside the video and it turns into a whole presentation – video- website effectively turning it into a youtube based website design. Yes I know, it sounds weird. But give it a minute and it will become clear. Essentially this single Youtube clip has embedded their whole website inside mine but each click of the navigation takes you to a new interactive video hosted completely on Youtube. Thats smart. Really…

Using Google Search to find interesting Twitter Users

Justin Parks — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:43:13 +0000

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Excerpt: I recently wrote an article about using Google search results to find out who has made one of your tweets a favourite by a particular search string and things have developed from there. Alexandre Gamela, writes on a Portuguese blog called Twitter Portugal and on an article today he has posted about using another search query in Google to produce results and could prove to be more effective in finding interesting people on twitter that you can connect with. Alexandres personal blog is in English and worth checking out. Twitter Location search in Google Open Google and in the search bar paste this…