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Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:24:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://www.starzlet.com/Blog http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/wp-content/mbp-favicon/starzlet_favicon.ico http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/2008/05/02/free-banner-maker-sites/ http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/2008/05/02/free-banner-maker-sites/#comments Fri, 02 May 2008 15:39:42 +0000 starzlet http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/?p=578 Here’s a list of free websites to make banners: http://www.creatingonline.com/image_editing/animated_banner_maker.htm http://www.webweaver.nu/tools/simple-banner/ http://www.coder.com/creations/banner/banner-form.pl.cgi http://www.bannerfans.com/banner_maker.php http://www.mybannermaker.com/ http://www.puresilvabannermaker.com/banner_maker.asp http://www.bannercreator.nu/banner-maker.html http://www.angelfire.com/biz/WLAW/banner.html http://www.banner-generator.net/en/bannergen.php?pid=1&genaction=2 http://www.animationonline.com/ Here’s a list of free photo editors: http://www.blibs.com/editor/ https://www.photoshop.com/express/landing.html http://www.onlineimageeditor.info/ http://www.splashup.com/ http://www.photofunia.com/ http://fotoflexer.com/ http://lunapic.com/editor/ ]]> http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/2008/05/02/free-banner-maker-sites/feed/ 0 http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/2008/03/01/basic-html/ http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/2008/03/01/basic-html/#comments Sat, 01 Mar 2008 10:26:05 +0000 starzlet http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/?p=335 There are many html editors out there but buying the most expensive one is not always necessary. This is the first one I started with, it is called NoteTab. You can download here. Below is some basic HTML commands: < > = open comand </ > = close comand Example below: <p> =open paragraph </p> = close paragraph <b> Test Bold [...]]]> http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/2008/03/01/basic-html/feed/ 0 http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/2008/01/15/good-design-practices-2/ http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/2008/01/15/good-design-practices-2/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:51:47 +0000 starzlet http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/?p=355 Your website is where your business resides — it’s like the headquarter of an offline company. Hence, it is important to practise good design principles to make sure your site reaches out to the maximum number of visitors and sells to as many people as possible. Make sure you have clear directions on the navigation [...]]]> http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/2008/01/15/good-design-practices-2/feed/ 0 http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/2008/01/14/how-to-have-websites-built-for-you-the-cheap-way-2/ http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/2008/01/14/how-to-have-websites-built-for-you-the-cheap-way-2/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:51:46 +0000 starzlet http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/?p=354 Normally, if you want to have professional designers custom build your site, you must be prepared to dish out at least a few hundred dollars. All this can change if you know where to find the best deals, the best designs for the lowest price. Here’s a rough guide: First, you must understand that it is [...]]]> http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/2008/01/14/how-to-have-websites-built-for-you-the-cheap-way-2/feed/ 0 http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/2008/01/13/building-your-mailing-list-with-downloads-2/ http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/2008/01/13/building-your-mailing-list-with-downloads-2/#comments Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:46:37 +0000 starzlet http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/?p=353 A mailing list is the lifeblood of your online business. The old adage “the money is in the list” cannot be true enough — if you had a targeted list of prospects to contact each time you have a new product, you will be able to save a lot of effort by marketing it to [...]]]> http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/2008/01/13/building-your-mailing-list-with-downloads-2/feed/ 0 http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/2008/01/12/5-ways-to-keep-visitors-coming-back-2/ http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/2008/01/12/5-ways-to-keep-visitors-coming-back-2/#comments Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:46:36 +0000 starzlet http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/?p=352 A lot of successful websites depend on returning visitors to account for a major part of their traffic. Returning visitors are easier to convert into paying customers because the more often they return to a site, the more trust they have in that site. The credibility issue just melts away. Hence, keep your visitors coming [...]]]> http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/2008/01/12/5-ways-to-keep-visitors-coming-back-2/feed/ 0 http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/2008/01/11/ways-to-improve-sales-through-your-website-2/ http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/2008/01/11/ways-to-improve-sales-through-your-website-2/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:46:34 +0000 starzlet http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/?p=351 Anyone who has been marketing online knows that the lifeblood of a business is the traffic of a site. More visitors equal more sales. However, here are some ways that you can tweak your sites with to improve sales without the need to get more visitors. The first method is to weave in your personal [...]]]> http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/2008/01/11/ways-to-improve-sales-through-your-website-2/feed/ 0 http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/2008/01/10/make-it-easy-to-buy-from-your-site-2/ http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/2008/01/10/make-it-easy-to-buy-from-your-site-2/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:46:32 +0000 starzlet http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/?p=350 Convincing your prospects to purchase from you is a hard job, but have you ever thought that you’re making the process twice as difficult for both parties if your prospects are convinced but don’t know how to buy from you? No matter how good you are at convincing your prospects, they won’t buy if they [...]]]> http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/2008/01/10/make-it-easy-to-buy-from-your-site-2/feed/ 0 http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/2008/01/09/generating-revenue-with-good-planning-2/ http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/2008/01/09/generating-revenue-with-good-planning-2/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:27:59 +0000 starzlet http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/?p=349 For anything to work well, care must be taken to make firm, workable plans to execute it and the same goes for website designs. With a well thought out website design, you will be able to create a site that generates multiple streams of revenue for you. In fact, may websites turn into online wasteland [...]]]> http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/2008/01/09/generating-revenue-with-good-planning-2/feed/ 0 http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/2008/01/08/reducing-load-time-through-image-optimization-2/ http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/2008/01/08/reducing-load-time-through-image-optimization-2/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:27:50 +0000 starzlet http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/?p=348 Even though more and more Internet users switch to broadband every year, a large portion of the web’s population is still running on good old dialup connections. It is therefore unwise to count them out of the equation when you’re designing your website, and a very major consideration we have to make for dialup users [...]]]> http://www.starzlet.com/Blog/2008/01/08/reducing-load-time-through-image-optimization-2/feed/ 0