Blogging for Musicians

Blogging is a phenomenon that many musicians have embraced since the internet began to boom. So much so that musical award ceremonies have started running "best blog" categories. So what's the fuss about? Why have so many musicians taken to it, and is it something you should be embracing?

Personally, I think blogs are a fantastic opportunity for us music types, and not just because I'm writing a blog post now! A blog is a way to communicate with friends, fans and contacts in the industry, including a blog on your website, or even replacing your website with a blog is a way of turning a static, brochure style site into a living, breathing online representation of yourself, and your work.

How to approach your blog.

Successful blogs, musical or otherwise, always manage to strike a chord with their readership. Base your posts on what type of band/artist you are, if you're a band who deals with political and sociological issues, write about current events, give your opinion, stir things up a little. If you're an electronica artist, post about your studio, your gear and your techniques. Of course, talking about other musicians can help you too, and linking to their sites or blogs - build a few alliances and you'll be well away. Talking about relevant subjects that don't revolve about how good your latest track is or when it will be released or how people can buy it can not only keep your fans interested in what you're saying, but can even drive traffic from google, or, if you get people talking, provide some word-of-mouth marketing.

Post regularly but not too often, a couple of posts a week is enough to keep people satisfied without overloading them.

Communicate! Blogs, like everything else you do online, should be another way of communicating with people. Industry professionals, fans, even friends. Make sure you encourage people to participate, and respond to all the comments and emails you get, people will think a lot of you.

Be constructive with your blogs, and you'll reap the rewards.

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03.24 | 0 komentar

Twitter Tips for Musicians

Twitter can be phenomenal tool for promoting music if used correctly. But it's a confusing place, what with all those retweets and tags and trends flying all over the place. How do you get the most out of your twitter from a musical point of view?

Follow relevant people - Finding people on Twitter who are relevant to what you want to achieve can help you build relationships. If you're an electronica act, follow electronica artists and labels, you never know when a conversation can spark up.

Utilise your relationships - Talk to people you've already built relationships with elsewhere, friends, contacts, bloggers, people you already know will be ready and willing to engage on Twitter.

Be real - Don't pretend to be something you're not on Twitter, talk about your interests and other aspects of your life, it may press someone's buttons!

Avoid overkill - You probably don't need to be told, but if you tweet every three minutes, and tell people every time you put the kettle on, your followers are going to stop paying attention, they might even stop following you. Base how often you tweet roughly on somebody who you enjoy reading on Twitter.

"Join the Conversation" - Tagline it may be, but it's particularly appropriate for Twitter, the rules you'd apply to a social situation are just as relevant on Twitter. Contribute, start conversations, ask opinions, give your opinions. Also make sure you listen to others, and be a part of what they talk about. This will gain you followers, but more importantly it will ensure that you stick in peoples' minds, they'll be much more likely to pay attention when you tweet.

Don't worry too much - Twitter should just be another tool in your arsenal, fretting over how many followers you have won't make them magically appear, just drop in now and then, join in, and get on with more interesting aspects of your career in music (you can tweet about these later).

I'm sure you'll be tweeting like pros in no time.

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09.48 | 0 komentar

Auto Transponder - Get your new car remote today!

All keys and keyless entry remotes need to be cut (keys only) and programmed before use. At auto transponder you can find any make, any model and any style. At auto-transponder you have a wide variety of transponder keys (also known as chip keys, electronic chip keys, key blanks or computer chip keys). Auto transponder also offers a huge selection of keyless entry remotes (key fobs, clickers or car remotes). Programming procedures for both keys and remotes are provided with purchase. Get your car remote replacement spare keys here and save yourself from dealership prices. Your first choice for the best Automotive keys is got to be Autotransponder. Autotransponder is known for its superior customer service and lightning fast shipping. fully interactive and secure on-line shopping experience. Some of the other things Autotransponder is known for are:  SSL secure web site ordering, low prices all year round, next business day shipping, order confirmation and shipment notification with tracking information, don’t worry about items not being in stock because all items are always in stock and ready to be shipped out, all items new with full warranty, highly rated customer service. All items come with a 1 year warranty and a 90 day return policy. If you have further question, please look at the FAQ page. 

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21.16 | 0 komentar

Make money by doing what you like!

Here’s a chance for you to make enough money to buy that house you always wanted to buy. Here is a system that shows you how to take a single domain name, and a single hosting account, and spin that platform into a niche auto-blogging empire. ALL ONCOMPLETE AUTOPILOT!

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Here are a couple of testimonials written by people who have benefited from this e-book.

"After reading I would have to say this e-book has laid out in detail exactly how to set up an automated blogging system very well. This could be the ultimate blueprint for an automatic blog."

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"This is an amazing eBook which outlines what you need to do in simple steps and can be done by anyone if they put the time in to do it, Initial setup time may take anywhere from a few hours to a few days but once completed you are on the way to success."

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17.33 | 0 komentar

USB watch

Doubling up watches as many other gadgets is the way to go these days. Here you have a LED time piece integrated with a USB flash drive for data storage. You don’t have to carry an extra flash drive in your pocket, thanks to Tokyoflash who have jammed USB drives into one end of the wristband watch. All you have to do is take the watch off and connect to the USB key on the end of the strap to the USB port on your computer to upload or download your data.

The USB watch has three small circles, two of which represents the usual i.e. the hours and minutes, but the third does not indicate the seconds but, indicates how much storage space remains on the drive. Unfortunately, it’s still just a design, so you won’t be able to pick this one up just yet.

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14.47 | 0 komentar

Know Your Niche

One of the most important lessons you'll learn in your quest to get your music heard is to find out exactly who enjoys it. It sounds a bit too obvious to be writing an article about eh?

Well I'm sure you've all got an idea of what kind of music you make, you know your influences, and you probably have some idea of the kind of people whose iPods you're looking to creep onto. However I'd also wager that you haven't researched this as much as you could've. Us musicians can get quite a warped view of our own music. I make electronica, and once made a track I thought sounded like it had a Massive Attack feel to it, only to be told it sounded like The Knife, something I hadn't considered. There's nothing wrong with this, but a second opinion on who your music sounds like can really help you work out who you're aiming it at.

Being compared to specific artists isn't particularly helpful though, what are you going to do, spam their fansites? What really will help you is to get involved with communities. It's one thing knowing that there's a good alternative scene in your city, hell, you could even find the email addresses of those involved and try to get in touch with them, but they're probably not going to listen. The best way to get involved is to actually get out there and meet people, go to gigs or clubs which are relevant to your music, talk to people, meet people who will either be able to help you musically, or even just recommend your E.P to their friends, or buy it themselves. Not just any old people, relevant people, your niche.

The same applies online, post on relevant forums, talk to people from relevant bands, try to start conversations on Twitter or Facebook. No, DON'T spam, nobody will pay attention as I'm sure you know by now. Contribute, give something to your Niche, and you'll get something back. Build real relationships with these people, and soon you'll have plenty of contacts who are interested, and willing to do you favours.

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10.20 | 0 komentar

Realtruck.com - pickup, car, SUV accessories

A couple of days back I was just looking to enhance and upgrade my pickup truck to get ready for my 3-day cross-country drive. I tumbled upon this website while I was looking for toyota truck accessories. It features all kinds of pickup truck accessories whether you need a truck bed cover, car cover or just about anything for your car or truck. You really need to check out this website for yourself, it covers a wide range of the entire top vehicle accessory branding including pace-edwards, westin, AVS, lund, husky liners, weathertech, truxedo, bakflip, access, magnaflow, putco, dee zee and more.


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08.18 | 0 komentar

Say goodbye to sweaty palms

Usually, while you are surfing the web for quite some period of time while at work or just surfing the web to while away the time or if you are a hardcore gamer, you will eventually get sweaty palms. Here is a new optical scroll mouse that comes with a built in fan using which you can avoid sweaty palms. Here is an innovative two-inch fan embedded right in the palm of the mouse to help cool you down. Check out the features:

• Optical sensor: 800dpi
• Built in cooling fan
• Cooling fan switchable
• Ergonomic Design
• USB interface
• Support Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
• Cable Length: 1.2m
• Dimension: 12 x 66 x 40 mm
• Net Weight: 109g

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07.47 | 0 komentar

Design and build all you need for FREE

Are you interested in coming up with your own design and building things out of an aluminium frame? Well, here is frameXpert at your rescue. Thats right, FrameXpert is a FREE software program which is used for designing all kinds of things out of aluminium frames in an easy-to-use 3D environment and NO, you don’t need any prior knowledge of CAD or any other design software for that matter. Well, all you need to do is go to Aluminum frame designer and download the free software and come up with your design. Once that is ready, pre-cut materials to build your design can be ordered instantly, with overnight shipping. So what are you waiting for, download your software today, for FREE. Here is a screen-shot of how simple the software looks:

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11.44 | 0 komentar

Is it the E-ink newspaper or the iPaper?

No more shouting at your pet dog cause he chewed up you newspaper. No more getting hit by the newspaper boy who directly aimed the roll of newspaper at your face :). No more piling up newspapers in the garage cause here is the E-ink concept which might just have the newspapers fade away!

Now, a couple of weeks back I had mentioned about a SEIKO’s e-ink display watch where the e-ink technology was explained. Using the similar concept here is a newspaper that uses E-ink with a semi-transparent surface which creates a display on a surface that looks just like a newspaper, but won’t leave any black ink residue on your hands.

Here is the THEME of this gadget: 

A device that truly considers the daily scenarios of our audience as they engage with news content.

Check out the demo video:

http://people.artcenter.edu/~edarden/page/demo.html

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15.36 | 0 komentar

Interview: Reverb Nation's Jed Carlson

The guys at Reverb Nation are huge players in online music promotion, they provide a music marketing platform, uniting artists, managers, labels and venues. Their Chief Operating Officer Jed Carlson took time out to answer our questions.

Q. How many people use Reverb Nation currently?
A. 650,000+ Artists, Labels, Managers and Venues

Q. Is there a specific genre or style of music that has latched on to Reverb Nation more than the others?
A. No, we serve all genres. We get a huge variety of genres here.

Q. How do you think you differ from all the other Music sites?
A. We provide a 'one stop shop' for Artists and those that orbit them to run the business part of their small music business.

Q. Do you think Myspace Music is falling behind in the race to be number one Music Social Networking site?
A. Yes. I think that MySpace has decided to become more of a content company than a social net. They say as much in their own statements these days.

Q. How does your 'Fair Share' feature work, and how can artists make the most of it? What sort of financial benefits can they expect?
A. We take 50% of the net ad revenue each month and pass it along to the pool of Artists who are using our site on a monthly basis. Nobody is getting rich from this, but we don't feel like we should benefit more than the Artists for the traffic they drive to the site.

Q. How does your 'Street Team' feature work, and how can artists make the most of it?
A. Artists can create missions for their fans to get them to share the content around the web and we keep track of how well any individual fan is doing at accomplishing that goal. Artists who use it to promote specific things like new CD releases, upcoming shows, etc are using it best and getting the most out of it.

Q. Any new features in the pipeline you can tell us about?
A. We don't really discuss new features until they become available. This is for competitive reasons, mostly, but also because we need to test them before they go out to the masses.



Well there we go. Here at Method Promotion we've already expressed how impressed we are with Reverb Nation, and the services and resources they offer. We've kept this interview short and sweet, because the way you'll learn more about how Reverb Nation works is to get yourself signed up. We suggest that you do.

Big thanks to Mr. Carlson!

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03.13 | 0 komentar

SteriShoe

Here’s a fact for you - Sweat from feet causes shoes to become breeding grounds for the fungus and bacteria that cause toenail fungus, athlete's foot, and odour. Each foot sweats up to 8 oz. per day!! Yep, thats right, if you get to thinking too much about that, it is a bit gross.

Maybe it is time to wonder how much bacteria gets built up inside of a pair of shoes you never wash.  Considering that we wear socks before clamping on those pair of awesome shoes that you bought from Nike. Despite that, the fact mentioned above still holds. So, here is something that you might want to think of buying: The SteriShoe ultraviolet shoe sanitizer. This is a clinically proven way to clean the inside of shoes and remove shoe odor without using harsh chemicals. The device, which is inserted into the shoe just like a supporting shoe tree, operates for 45 minutes and then shuts off automatically. Thought to be useful for people with nail fungus, athlete's foot, and foot complications of diabetes, the device might also help prevent embarrassing moments for people with stinky feet.

The compression sensor requires that the SteriShoe® ultraviolet shoe sanitizer be in a shoe and slightly compressed. If the SteriShoe® shoe sanitizer is treating a shoe and it is removed from the shoe, the compression sensor will be triggered and the power to the lamp will be stopped.

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11.49 | 0 komentar

Music Consumption Habits

When you boil it down, all Music Promotion really consists of is trying to make somebody give your tunes a chance. Obviously you have this beautiful blog to help you with your promotion methods, but amidst all the techniques we talk about, there's something we haven't really covered yet - listening habits.

The inspiration for this blog post came when I decided to listen to a band for the first time. I first heard of the band in question just before christmas, I was working in a record store at the time, and saw their C.D. - that was the extent of my interest, and I thought nothing of them, until a few months down the line, I heard one of their songs on the radio, I was doing something else at the time (eating or preparing food probably) and didn't pay a lot of attention (maybe there was pesto in the fridge, and it made me all the more excited about my sandwich) but I managed to catch the name of the band, draw a link, and somewhere in my subconscious keep this information stored. Next thing that happened? I heard that Johnny Marr had gone and seen this particular band on tour. Now, this part of the sequence was a recommendation, and though my theory as to the acceptance of new music is in its fledgling stages, I've worked out that this section is key. I can draw a direct link through my music collection based on recommendation, when I was 14, I started listening to Radiohead, I heard Thom Yorke talk about David Byrne and started listening to Talking Heads, I also heard him talking about Aphex Twin, through Aphex Twin I heard about Warp Records, Boards of Canada followed, Clark and Autechre took me to a music festival where I heard Modeselektor...and well, you get the picture. Shall I complete the sequence? I heard the band in question again yesterday, on a sporting montage sequence of all things, but this time, I had heard enough hype about the band, and in a roundabout way been recommended the band, so I payed attention. The song was really good, and somewhere in my head they've been added to a list of good music, and funnily enough that list is tied directly to my iTunes, and more unfortunately, my bank account.

The point I'm trying to make here is that for me, music has to prove itself before I even listen to it, and I'm sure it's the same for others. It's not intentional, nor is it a way to pigeonhole myself, and make sure I'm only getting one type of music on my iPod, but when you consider the shear volume of music available to us, I think it's only fair that something has to stand out. I'm sure there are exceptions, and people who are very active in their search for new music may listen to things and develop an opinion the first time they've heard of it, but what percentage of fans are going to come looking for you? Not many is the answer.

So how can we work around this theory of having to prove yourself? Or even use it to our advantage? Well you need to start with quality of course, nobody is going to recommend something they don't like. But if your tunes are up to scratch, perseverance is key. Having targeted an audience, you need to find them in more ways than one, 'cos one wont be enough. I think people need to hear about you three times to give you a chance. So, if you can get yourself in three blogs somebody may read, or somebody they know becomes a fan on facebook and you get in two blogs they read, or you get on a radio station they listen to and two blogs...Well you get it, people will very rarely hear about something once and think it's worthy of their attention, make sure they hear about you a few times. This doesn't have to be tough either, you don't exactly have to get on television - just persevere on Facebook (but don't be a pest), if it takes three invitations to three separate gigs of yours for them to press the play button, then so be it, don't spam, don't ask people to listen every three seconds, just persevere and be patient.

Make sense?

Good.

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03.41 | 0 komentar

Launching Blog : Sang Merak

SangMerak - Adalah sebuah nama dari blog saya yang saya jadikan sebagai catatan pribadi, cerita tentang kehidupan Saya , pengalaman, kisah dan kejadian-kejadian dalam hidupku tertulis blog itu

SangMerak - Journal Blog dari "Anasku" yang akan saya jadikan media Saya sharing-sharing.. "Bukan tentang blogger" tetapi tentang pernak-pernik kehidupan Saya.. so.. buat Anda para blogger silahkan mengunjungi blog saya tersebut dan kita dapat saling berbagi disitu... bebas untuk tukar-tukar pengalaman dan hal lainya...


Kunjungi ya kawan-kawan > > http://sangmerak.blogspot.com

terima kasih
"Anas Luqman"

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03.00 | 0 komentar

Laptops and Laptop accessories

As the competition for using the best laptop increases every minute, as a customer, you might want a place where you are able to make the right comparisons between the makers of the laptops that fall in your range. Apart from that, I’m sure you will be looking for accessories for your laptop such as notebook cases, laptop arms etc.

Laptop stand provides an impressive array of accessories with an aim of improving the ergonomic design to help you get the right posture and not add additional stress and strain to the parts of the body since the stands come with joints by which you can move the stand to any point and have the laptop right in front of you based on the height, width and rotational axes. These wedges are popular because they are simple in design, and can be easily stored away when not in use.

Apart from providing an accessory that avoids the cause of muscular and joint problems, the aesthetically appealing portable laptop stands solve the problem by ensuring that the laptop is ideally located and as such ensures the correct movements when working on the laptop. 

There are many other commonly purchased laptop accessories as well. Among the most common are USB flash drives. These drives are small enough to be used as a key ring in many cases, but can often hold well over a gigabyte of data. These are fast becoming the easiest way to transfer documents from one computer to another without having to use email or a Bluetooth connection.

Laptop stand is a one-stop website where you can get all sorts of products such as laptops & laptop accessories, cases, iPods, cameras, office furniture etc. It avoids the hassle of looking into different websites for you to buy different basic products that will be required.

My personal favourite is the iPod MPS & Players simply because as a big music fan, I need the best products to listen to my songs and one of the best things is that there is a car accessories page that will display all the accessories you need for your car ranging from a Mobile Cassette Adapter to an iPod transmitter and charger for a very cheap price.

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08.21 | 0 komentar

Bring TIM!

Don’t you agree that when people understand the cost, any discussion involving the same people becomes brief, topical, and productive to be more efficient and effective? There definitely has to be something that can display the total cost of everyone’s time with each second that passes by! Well, here is the “The Time Management Clock”, it prominently displays the total cost of everyone's time that ticks by. Great for business owners, managers, consultants or anyone who attends painfully long meetings. 

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Microsoft's KIN1 and KIN2 phones

Are you on facebook all the time? Do you love listening to music and take pictures and upload them on facebook to share it with your friends?

Well, seems like Microsoft is out with its two phones which are completely targeted towards someone like you, who is very social and someone who would want a gadget that helps keep in touch with your friends wherever you are, all the time!

Windows Phone 7 is the mobile operating system which is used in both the phones – KIN1 and KIN2.

“If you are focused on social connection, self expression and a digital life, how do you bring that to a phone?” says Robbie Bach, president for entertainment and devices division at Microsoft. “As we were working on Windows Phone 7, we decided we had an opportunity to go after this social group of people?”

What’s common between KIN 1 and 2?

Well, both these phones come with a made to touch screen that helps you use your fingers to pan, scan and zoom. They are powered by zune’s media player.

What’s the difference between KIN 1 and 2?

1. KIN 1: A compact keyboard for one-handed texting. KIN 2: An ample keyboard for two-handed texting.
2. KIN 1: a 5MP camera. KIN 2: a 8MP camera.
3. KIN1: Mono speakers. KIN2: Stereo speakers.
4. KIN1: 4GB. KIN2: 8GB.

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15.22 | 0 komentar

The HP Slate

We have to see how HP plans on making Windows 7 on a full slate device with netbook class internals perform smoothly as it shows in the demo videos. Considering the fact that the iPad is out in the market now and they are setting a pretty high expectation as to how the new generation of tables must work, the HP slate should definitely meet up to the expectations:

Here are the specs for the $549 version (base configuration)

• 8.9-inch 1024 x 600 capacitive multitouch display
• five-hour battery
• 1.6GHz Atom Z530 processor with UMA graphics and an accelerator for 1080p video playback
• 32GB of flash storage
• 1GB of non-upgradeable RAM:

Here are the specs for the $599 version:

• 64GB of storage
• five-hour battery
• SDHC slot
• Two cameras
• USB port
• SIM card slot for the optional 3G modem
• Dock connector for power, audio, and HDMI out

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12.25 | 0 komentar

Bandcamp - Online Music Store of the Future

So, one of our musical ventures "Method Label" has just relaunched. Previously it was called something different, and used Paypal to accept people's money. We're a "pay what you like" label - which made any sort of online shop very difficult to set up. Not many support this method of payment. And neither did Bandcamp, until this month...

Yes, as if by magic, I was trawling the internet looking for an outlet for Method Label's tunes when I heard the news that Bandcamp had just started letting their stores charge what they like to download (if they choose), and not just this, they've started supporting shops for Labels as well. Perfectomundo!

"Well good for you" you might be thinking, "but why bother us with your tales of Ecommerce?". Well I wanted to make sure nobody else ended up settling for mere paypal buttons as I used to, or the STUPID shop that your web provider think is a good idea to include in your package which you CANT EVEN DECIDE ON A DESIGN YOURSELF!

Ok, deep breath, I'm back...

Bandcamp provides an accessible, thorough and FREE service, which I'll wager would rival any paid service you could find. You get your own .bandcamp domain, or you can host your store on your own website. The store is customisable, flexible, and detailed, and allows you to both track and promote your sales with some brilliant features, such as embedding your tunes on blogs and sites, and statistics on plays, downloads and purchases. What's more, the guys that run it are helpful, and have a sense of humour about the way they run their site, which is always refreshing to see.

Am I biased? No, I'm not getting anything out of mentioning this, no freebies from Bandcamp, nothing. I had such a frustrating time trying to find somewhere to sell our music - if I can save one person that effort from writing this article, it really will be worth it. Also, a music resource that's run so well deserves a mention here and there. Check them out!

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10.20 | 0 komentar

Imagine not over-doing your toast ever again! Thats right, no more shoving your toast in the deep dark slots of your toaster. How about a concept design would be able to make every piece of toast perfect?

This transparent toaster allows you to see the toast while it's toasting, so no more burnt toast. The design company behind this masterpiece says that currently the glass doesn't get hot enough to toast bread, but maybe in the future.

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20.53 | 0 komentar

Mobile Advertising

Advertisements directly to your customers mobile:

• It's hip. It's hot. And it's your most direct link to your customers.
• Mobile is available virtually everywhere.
• 84% of Americans have cell phones.
• It's an extension of the Internet and all its marketing applications.

Effective tool for connecting with Customers:

• People take their mobile phones everywhere they go.
• Mobile is a highly desirable CRM tool for Customer Care and PR.
• Mobile can help enhance any Web and email-based marketing

Affordable and Easily Available to Every Small Business.

• Mobile advertising is no longer just for big brands with big budgets.
• Having a mobile presence is now very affordable.
• Mobile is great for local, national and even global marketing campaigns

To know more about mobile advertising, Click Here!

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14.16 | 0 komentar

iPhone US 4.0

The much awaited iPhone OS 4.0 is on its way. There are quite a few new features added to the new OS. Here are some of the major new features:

• Multitasking - The biggest request from iPhone users is the ability to multitask, and Apple delivered. Part of the new operating system includes a quick way to switch between applications without losing your spot in any of the open apps. Services include background audio, so apps like Pandora can play music in the background.

• Better Background Support – for example, you're using an iPhone for turn-by-turn directions and need to check an email while still on the road. Now you'll be able to without killing the nav app.

• Folders – Another wonderful feature which allows you to organize your iPhone apps in folders.

• Email Improvements - It will gain a unified inbox and it will also support threaded email conversations.

• Game Center - As part of iPhone OS 4.0, the iPhone will support a more social gaming experience.

• iAd - Apple debuted its new mobile advertising platform. No one really like the way ads work on the iPhone. When you're playing a game, there's nothing worse than accidentally clicking on an in-game add that closes the game, opens the browser, and sticks you on a web-based ad.

Apart from these major features, there are plenty of minor features which you might want to look out for.

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13.35 | 0 komentar

Say bye-bye to getting ripped

If you've ever wanted to know the secrets to getting ripped to shreds, but have been let down by supplements, personal trainers or any rubbishy gimmick, then this will be one website you'll want to definitely read very, very carefully...

Click Here!

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21.31 | 0 komentar

Nokia N-810

The customers are at an advantage when it comes to competition between great manufacturers. Here is Nokia’s tablet phone, N810. The first thing that came in my mind when I saw this model was that the screen size is just too small for it to be a tablet.

However, the Nokia 810 has some advantage over the apple’s touch or the ipad. The N810 has a 9 screen resolution of 800x480 and the 810 displays websites as they are, whereas you will need to zoom in and out. It also comes with a smooth slide with an integrated QWERTY keyboard. In a nut shell, the Nokia 810 is a neat product but I still wouldn’t call it the “tablet”.

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10.11 | 0 komentar

N-Viro International Corporation

There are some amazing benefits with the products that N-Viro create particularly in the alternative energy, waste to energy, renewable energy, opportunity fuels, clean coal etc. N-Viro International Corporation basically develop and license its technology to municipalities and private companies. Their patented processes use lime and/or mineral-rich, combustion byproducts to treat, pasteurize, immobilize and convert wastewater sludge and other bio-organic wastes into biomineral agricultural and soil-enrichment products with real market value. Click http://www.nviro.com for more information.

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12.44 | 0 komentar

SEIKO’s e-ink display watch

Seiko, the Japanese watch company, is making watches with e-ink displays. So what exactly is the e-ink technology?

Well, this technology that comes with an active matrix display — the same type of screen technology behind your typical LCD panel. Using active matrix, all of the legibility and low-power consumption benefits of e-ink are combined with a much richer range of imagery and data display. The “Future Now” watch renders 80,000 pixels in four shades of gray, providing 300 dpi resolutions for intensely sharp and clear images even within the restricted dimensions of a wristwatch screen. The unique electronic paper display module in this Seiko watch is the result of a joint development effort, bringing together E Ink's 'electronic ink' technology and Seiko Epson's advanced display manufacturing and electronic circuitry techniques. When combined, these technologies offer a wide range of display design possibilities - including flexibility!

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09.32 | 0 komentar

Floating Box Cocok Untuk Adsense

Oh betapa kangenya Saya untuk mengupdate blog Saya yang agak gak keurus ini, dikarenakan minimnya ide-ide untuk menulis sebuah artikel untuk memperbarui posting di blog ini. Eh kok malah curhat ya, he. . he . . *Back To Topic* Membuat Floating Box yang biasanya dipasang di blogger yang biasanya diisi content Ads ini. Coba lihat deh Shoot layar yang aku ambil dari blog Saya yang Saya buat dengan niat iseng-iseng ini.



Coba kita lihat box yang berwarna kuning diatas, itulah element box floating yang akan tetap di pojok kanan atas jika scroll di geser-geser kebawah atau keatas.

Saya menemukan script ini bermula dari browsing-browsing untuk tips yang cocok untuk memasang adsense di blog dan akhirnya Saya menemukan script ini di Dynamicdrive dan saya akan mengulas ulang di blog Saya ini agar Anda dapat menggunakanya dengan mudah. Monggo..

Pertama yang Anda lakukan adalah Log In ke blogger lalu masuk menu "Layout" Kemudian Masuk bagian "Edit HTML"

Pasang code ini dibawah code <head> atau sebelum code </head>

<script src='http://sites.google.com/site/anasprod/adse.js' type='text/javascript'/>

Dan pasang Code CSS dibawah ini diatas code ]]></b:skin>

#topbar{
position:absolute;
border: 1px solid black;
padding: 2px;
background-color: lightyellow;
width: 620px;
visibility: hidden;
z-index: 100;
}

(Edit code CSS diatas untuk menentukan style dari box)

Kemudian di Save dulu ukkay kawan.

Dan masuk pada bagian "Layout -> Page Elements"

Pilih tempat Gadget yang kamu ingini (terserah karena box ini akan melayang) dan klik "Add a gadget" Masukkan code dibawah ini

<div id="topbar">

MASUKKAN CODE SCRIPT ADS / LAINYA DISINI

<a href="" onclick="closebar(); return false"><img src="http://sites.google.com/site/anasprod/close.gif" border="0" /></a>

</div>

Ingat ganti code yang berwarna merah diatas dengan code gadget yang kamu ingini.

Kalau sudah. . . SAVE deh...

Selesai..

Yapzz semoga bermanfaat nie tutorial dari pengalaman Saya.

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Giving it Away? Get it right!

The value of music is something that's been debated a huge amount in recent times, and if the music industry is to get out of this rut, that's no bad thing. Sure, the internet has allowed people to steal music in huge quantities, and in this post I have promised myself not to rant about the positives and negatives of that, so I wont. Another thing the industry has given us is the ability to give our music away for free, as a way of building hype, building reputation, and building a fan-base. Great.

And it is great. Before the internet we couldn't have dreamt of finishing a track, and being able to distribute it to fans all over the globe simultaneously, at the click of a few buttons, and letting people have your music for free is an effective way of persuading people your tunes could just be worth the listen. Easy? Well it sure sounds it, but trust me, there's an art to giving your tracks away. I've devised some ground rules.

1. Collect email addresses. I cannot stress this enough, I've said it before, and I will say it again. Every opportunity you have to take the email address of somebody that might be interested in your music now, or in the future, take it. Plus, in the instance of a track giveaway via your site, it makes it feel legitimate. Check my previous articles for info on why a Mailing List is so damn important.

2. Keep it bitesize! If I see somebody giving away a whole album for free via their myspace, or a link on sendspace, I feel like it's something they've made in their room over the course of a week, on a terrible computer, with terrible speakers, and terrible software. I think it's gonna be terrible, if you hadn't already gathered. This could just be prejudice by me, granted. For somebody who runs a record label I should probably be more forgiving of this kinda thing. But I'm really not, and I'm sure that the connotations of a free album from an artist you've never heard of are the same for most people. Give away a track, maybe two, in the run up to an album or an E.P release, and it will make fans feel like they're getting something exclusive, and build some hype for when the release does come. Sorted.

3. Try and include some artwork. An image for peoples iPods wont go amiss, and it'll make sure they remember who you are. Again, it can make it feel more official and professional too. It's the little things, guys...

4. Get it featured! Your giveaway doesn't have to be exclusive to your own websites and social networking. Get Blogs to feature it too. They're often keen to have the content, and find some new music, and indeed draw people to their site. Using a company to spread the word for you, such as Method Promotion can get your music to hundreds of blogs at once, and even if only 20% were to feature it, you can still reach thousands of readers.

That's it folks. If you have any more tips and ideas, stick them in the comments, hell I may even come back and edit the post if they're good enough.

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