-
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 …
-
Ideation and Design Thinking
A good idea can make or break a business. But good ideas aren’t only castles in the sky, they’re actionable insights. The very best ones are actionable insights that you can defend like nobody else in the marketplace. The Ideation Process Idea generation is the process of generating, communicating and developing new ideas. Contrary to popular beliefs its a very hard process. For example coming up with the idea for the iPod took Steve Jobs…
-
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…
-
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…
-
The Translator is Live!
At the very top of the sidebar you can find the interactive Google Translator so you can read jordhy.com’s content in your native language. Your feedback is highly appreciated!…
-
50 Things You Should Know About Hispanic Consumers
Most web developers read jordhy.com to increase sales coming from Hispanic consumers. Hence, almost daily I get asked “how are Hispanic consumers different?” So, doubt no more, here are your answers. The top 50 things that set apart Hispanic consumers: 1. We want to see a phone number in your site. About 10% of us will save that number in our smartphones. This number tells us you are less likely to be a scammer and…
-
Optimize your Pages to Gain Readers
Web page optimization is as hard as marathons. Thankfully, in today’s world of dynamic systems you only have to optimize a handful of templates and keep some guidelines in check. There are two main evangelical movements to make the web faster. Slow (backed by Yahoo) and PageSpeed (a son of Google). According to Yslow you need to keep the following in check: Making fewer HTTP requests Using a CDN Far-Future Expirations Last-Modified Header Removal ETag…
-
International Search Engine Marketing
Core Issues International SEM is more complex than ever before. We must now take into account a myriad of factors to get your pages ranking across the globe. Here are the main factors you should take into account: 1. Google is not the only game in town. Yandex and Baidu are huge in their respective markets. Bing’s market share is bigger in Latin America, so make sure sure to prepare a diverse ranking strategy. 2.…