Category: Essays
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Why Nginx?
Nginx is a lightweight, high performance web server designed to deliver large amounts of static content quickly with efficient use of system resources. Nginx’s strong point is its ability to efficiently serve static content, like plain HTML and media files. Some consider it a less than ideal server for dynamic content. – Linode.com If you’re using Apache, you’re missing out. Nginx is a small, lesser known Russian Web Server that is taking the world by…
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How to Win – Part 2
Winning is a polymathic endeavor in that, to win you need to excel at multiple areas. You need to be the better speaker, the better coder and/or the better salesman. Question is, how can you excel at multiple things simultaneously? I’ll try to illustrate my approach to this problem of personal development with some key examples. Web Development Wins When building Alsuper.com.do we had to create the best possible online catalog and provide low cost…
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How to Win
Focus on the prize. Focus on the goal. Never on your opponents. Then go to work, hard and fast and smart. Winning is an art in itself, to become a winner you need a different mindset. It all starts with your preparation. Drop the nukes, then fight the ashes Step 1. You must prepare heavily to win. That might include waking up at 4:00 am every day for a couple of years to understand the…
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Domain Name Portfolios
A domain name portfolio is one of the most important assets for an eCommerce operation. Having multiple domains in different languages and TLDs gives you access to a a bigger potential market. Here are some strategies you can put in place to set up a great domain portfolio. 1. Buy several exact match domains. For example you can buy “whatisanllc.com” to educate customers about the benefits of LLCs. If you own a legal firm or…
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10 Fresh Strategies to Increase Your Traffic
A critical mass of users is built by producing adequate tools and content. High traffic requires at first a solid infrastructure with adequate support and then a clear design which offers an ideal UI/UX for visitors. When visitors find the content they need in your platform, at a consistent basis, and they can consume such content in an enjoyable fashion, they come back for more. After coming back a few times, they start referring you.…
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Make Your Site Load in Less Than a Second
Speed is more than a number. It’s a statement. Making your site fast tells your readers that you care about their time. It tells search engines that your infrastructure is working well and it makes everything easier and smoother. You can do a lot of things to make your sites faster. Here are some general tips that are easy to implement can be implemented in a day or two: Deploy a CDN Cloudflare is free…
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True Key Might Literally Change the Face of the Internet
Intel Security has just opened True Key testing for select customers and, my initial impressions of the product are pretty favorable. Considering the bundling power that Intel has, its brand equity and industry clout, True Key might be the way we all log in to web sites and apps in the next few years. Your passwords and wallet data are encrypted and decrypted locally, on your device. This encrypted data is stored on True Key …
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How to Keep Customers Coming Back for More
In the quest for customer retention is imperative to maintain constant communications with constituents. Clear and timely communication is key for establishing a long-term relationship with customers. But this is only the tip of the iceberg; because customers require much more attention to remain loyal, and to remain contributing, to your business. There are several general tips that can help you keep customers coming back for more, they fall in three areas: operational effectiveness, marketing…
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The Hyperlocal Graveyard
Secret has thrown the towel and recently announced they will close their doors and return the remaining money to its investors. It’s a major loss for the hyperlocal ecosystem and a major win for Yik Yak. However hyperlocal remains a painful graveyard filled with broken dreams and shattered hearts of dozens of remarkable entrepreneurs. Let’s go over some stories: Sonar They folded operations a couple of years ago after a tidal wave of interest and…