Hi friends overthere,
Here are some tips on how to create a creative web design
Custom-made web designs are required for a website if you want it to get popular. You may decide to create one yourself, because you have art talent, or you are a designer.
You're working on a design, and a couple hours later it's done. Feeling proud, you show some people for review. They don't like it, it hurts their eyes. Has this every happened to you? It's very easy to create a bad web design. Ever been on those old geocities sites? Red text on blue backgrounds, flashing GIF's, etc, these are all enemies of good design. Here are some things you should avoid while making a custom design.
Never put content text in bold, italic, bright, or flashy fonts. It makes it difficult to read, and as well, it's hard to read. It's fine to use them for headers, but absolutely never for main content.
Keep font sizes consistent. Don't use 18 point font for your logo, then 20 point for your body text. It makes no sense, confuses your visitors, and is simply put, ugly.
Don't use animated gif's, or clashing colors. Animated GIFs are mostly gone now, for the better. They're gone for a reason, don't use them. Also, clashing colors, red text on blue backgrounds, it KILLS your eyes. Never use opposite colors for background and text, you may think complimentary colors look nice, they don't.
No cross-browser compatibility, or support for different screen sizes. Always check your design in multiple browsers and resolutions. Just because it works on your screen, doesn't mean it's completely destroyed in another screen, or browser.
Those are the most common design problems. If you can avoid them, you can easily create a beautiful custom web design.
But what if I want to create a good design? There are a few things you should do.
"Good design is obvious. Great design is transparent." - Joe Sparano. This means when people see your design, they should notice what you're trying to tell them, not the design itself. Don't make your visitors think to find out what you want to tell them. That is what good creative design is.
Make sure your website has valid XHTML and CSS. If you want to have a reputable web site, you must make sure it's valid. It can affect your SEO, and also cause errors in browsers if it is not.
Don't be afraid of white space, it's useful. White space isn't your enemy, you should have some of it. Take for example Apple. They use a lot of white space in comparison to Microsoft's old website.
Check out other people's designs for inspiration, but DON'T rip off their work. You can look up web design galleries, or designer portfolios, such as http://lokocreative.com/.
Following all of this, it should be easy to create the custom web site design of your dreams. Remember to be creative, innovative, and imaginative with everything, and good luck!
Monday, August 22, 2011
Common Marriage Problems
Newlyweds tend to begin their new lives together looking toward a bright future. However, there are many problems that newlyweds will end up facing. It's vital that you prepare yourselves to deal with these problems. Keep reading to learn about some of the most common problems that you may have to endure.
Financial issues are very common with newlyweds. Money can pose problems for any relationship. These financial problems are harder to deal with in the beginning.
One of the main decisions is whether to have a joint or separate bank account. You two will also need to reach a decision as to who will pay the bills every month. It is very important that the two of you sit down and make out a budget. Having a budget is a good way to avoid wasting money.
Most married couples spent a lot of time apart from each other before the marriage. However, once you get married and move in together, things will change dramatically. If the guy is used to watching sports all day, then the wife probably won't like it. It's important that you find things to do together while ensuring that you still have your alone time.
It's common for newlyweds to have unrealistic expectations about the marriage. This has caused problems in many marriages. You both need to sit down and discuss the expectations of the marriage. Men usually don't know what to expect, while women tend to expect too much.
It's important that you define the roles in the marriage. It's important to figure out who will be responsible for various tasks around the home.
Many newlyweds have problems dealing with their in-laws. It's common for there to be family conflicts in the beginning. Typically, women will have a hard time getting along with their new mother-in-law. If you want the marriage to work, then you'll need to try to get along with your in-laws as best as possible.
Nowadays, there are many more blended families. This offers its own set of problems. You'll have to deal with the other biological parent as well as form a new relationship with the child too.
Most people are excited to get married for the first time. You just need to be on the lookout for the many problems that you'll come across. Whenever they do occur, hopefully you two will be able to handle them.Doc No.sdlkh-sdAE
Common Marriage Problems for Newlyweds
Newlyweds tend to begin their new lives together looking toward a bright future. Most don't realize that they will face a plethora of problems, sometimes sooner rather than later. It's vital that you prepare yourselves to deal with these problems. Here is a look at some of the most common marriage problems that newlyweds face.
Financial issues are very common with newlyweds. Lack of money can really be a source of stress for relationships. However, when two people are beginning a new life together, things get even more difficult.
You'll need to decide whether to have joint or separate bank accounts. You two will also need to reach a decision as to who will pay the bills every month. Married couples really need to make a budget to live by. Having a budget is a good way to avoid wasting money.
Before you got married, you two probably spent a lot of time away from each other. Things change dramatically once you move in together. Habits such as sitting down and watching TV all day can become a problem. You two need to spend time together and alone in order to stay happy.
Many newlyweds go into their marriage with unrealistic expectations. This has caused problems in many marriages. Before you get married, it's vital that you sit down and discuss what your expectations of marriage are. Men usually don't know what to expect, while women tend to expect too much.
You both will need to define your roles in the marriage. It's important to figure out who will be responsible for various tasks around the home.
Dealing with family can also be an issue. In the beginning, it's common for there to be family conflicts. Mostly everyone is aware of the reputation of mother-in-laws. If you want the marriage to work, then you'll need to try to get along with your in-laws as best as possible.
Bringing children from a previous relationship is very common nowadays too. This offers its own set of problems. It's best to try to get along with the biological parent while trying to establish a relationship with your step-child.
Most people are excited to get married for the first time. Just be aware that there are many problems that newlyweds will face. Whenever they do occur, hopefully you two will be able to handle them.
Financial issues are very common with newlyweds. Money can pose problems for any relationship. These financial problems are harder to deal with in the beginning.
One of the main decisions is whether to have a joint or separate bank account. You two will also need to reach a decision as to who will pay the bills every month. It is very important that the two of you sit down and make out a budget. Having a budget is a good way to avoid wasting money.
Most married couples spent a lot of time apart from each other before the marriage. However, once you get married and move in together, things will change dramatically. If the guy is used to watching sports all day, then the wife probably won't like it. It's important that you find things to do together while ensuring that you still have your alone time.
It's common for newlyweds to have unrealistic expectations about the marriage. This has caused problems in many marriages. You both need to sit down and discuss the expectations of the marriage. Men usually don't know what to expect, while women tend to expect too much.
It's important that you define the roles in the marriage. It's important to figure out who will be responsible for various tasks around the home.
Many newlyweds have problems dealing with their in-laws. It's common for there to be family conflicts in the beginning. Typically, women will have a hard time getting along with their new mother-in-law. If you want the marriage to work, then you'll need to try to get along with your in-laws as best as possible.
Nowadays, there are many more blended families. This offers its own set of problems. You'll have to deal with the other biological parent as well as form a new relationship with the child too.
Most people are excited to get married for the first time. You just need to be on the lookout for the many problems that you'll come across. Whenever they do occur, hopefully you two will be able to handle them.Doc No.sdlkh-sdAE
Common Marriage Problems for Newlyweds
Newlyweds tend to begin their new lives together looking toward a bright future. Most don't realize that they will face a plethora of problems, sometimes sooner rather than later. It's vital that you prepare yourselves to deal with these problems. Here is a look at some of the most common marriage problems that newlyweds face.
Financial issues are very common with newlyweds. Lack of money can really be a source of stress for relationships. However, when two people are beginning a new life together, things get even more difficult.
You'll need to decide whether to have joint or separate bank accounts. You two will also need to reach a decision as to who will pay the bills every month. Married couples really need to make a budget to live by. Having a budget is a good way to avoid wasting money.
Before you got married, you two probably spent a lot of time away from each other. Things change dramatically once you move in together. Habits such as sitting down and watching TV all day can become a problem. You two need to spend time together and alone in order to stay happy.
Many newlyweds go into their marriage with unrealistic expectations. This has caused problems in many marriages. Before you get married, it's vital that you sit down and discuss what your expectations of marriage are. Men usually don't know what to expect, while women tend to expect too much.
You both will need to define your roles in the marriage. It's important to figure out who will be responsible for various tasks around the home.
Dealing with family can also be an issue. In the beginning, it's common for there to be family conflicts. Mostly everyone is aware of the reputation of mother-in-laws. If you want the marriage to work, then you'll need to try to get along with your in-laws as best as possible.
Bringing children from a previous relationship is very common nowadays too. This offers its own set of problems. It's best to try to get along with the biological parent while trying to establish a relationship with your step-child.
Most people are excited to get married for the first time. Just be aware that there are many problems that newlyweds will face. Whenever they do occur, hopefully you two will be able to handle them.
Friday, August 19, 2011
7 Traffic Techniques for Network Marketers
Hi friends out there, here are some tips on Network Marketers.
Network marketing is a numbers game. The more people you introduce to your opportunity, the more money you'll make. To start generating a steady stream of traffic to your site, try these 7 creative techniques:
1. Write and Distribute Articles, Reports and Ebooks. Internet users are all interested in one thing“ information". Use this to promote your business by creating high quality content and allowing others to reprint it for you. One great way to do this is to distribute a brandable ebook or special report. This is one that a website or list owner can change to include a reference to their website. This doesn't mean that it looks like they are the publisher, it's just a way for them to include information on where the ebook was downloaded from and (if applicable) to include their affiliate link for your products and services.
2. Participate in Newsgroups, Forums, and Mailing Lists. There are hundreds of forums online and you can find one for almost any topic imaginable. Most allow you to include a signature line that will be attached to every message. This is a chance for you to advertise your site. Visiting these forums to post thoughtful questions and offer your expertise will mean your signature is viewed by others and will bring you free, targeted traffic. Of course how much traffic you get depends on how often you post and whether your signature makes people want to visit your site. A good approach is to use an ad you've had success with elsewhere as your signature.
3. Join Networking Sites to Build your Personal Network. Networking sites are designed to make it easy for people to meet others in their industry and to advertise their products and service. Similar to offline networking events where lots of people come together for the sole purpose of meeting people, online networking sites work the same way.
4. Use Classified Sites and Traffic Exchanges. Classified ad sites and traffic exchanges have gotten a bad reputation, but they really do work if you know how to use them. If you're promoting a product or service that advertisers can benefit from then they're a great place to get traffic. Although not very many consumers visit this type of advertising sites, lots of website owners do in order to make sure their ad appears on the site. While there they can't help but notice other ads and if one catches their attention you're likely to get a visitor.
5. Run a Contest. People love the prospect of winning something and that's why a contest can be a great traffic generator. The key is to choose a prize that will attract people from your target audience. If you make the grand prize a new laptop you'll get entries from everyone who would like to win a new laptop (which is basically every computer user in the world!). Get more targeted traffic by choosing something that your target audience is interested in but wouldn't mean much to other people. To start promoting your contest do a search in Google for a Contest Directories and you'll find lots of places to list your contest for free.
6. Include a Powerful Signature on all Outgoing Email. Every time you send a piece of mail you have the potential to get a visitor to your site. Simply create a signature that is automatically added to every outgoing message. Use the signature to briefly explain what you do, give your USP or slogan and add a hyperlink to your site. Once it's set up you don't have to think about it again!
7. Try Newsletter Classified Ads. There are lots of newsletter publishers who give classified ads to new subscribers. Although these don't typically bring a huge response, they can generate some traffic if you offer something with a high perceived value but low price tag. They're also a great way to test new ads to see which ones get the best response. Once you've found a winner use it in a PPC campaign, make it your new email signature, run it as a top sponsor newsletter ad or use it as your forum signature.
Network marketing is a numbers game. The more people you introduce to your opportunity, the more money you'll make. To start generating a steady stream of traffic to your site, try these 7 creative techniques:
1. Write and Distribute Articles, Reports and Ebooks. Internet users are all interested in one thing“ information". Use this to promote your business by creating high quality content and allowing others to reprint it for you. One great way to do this is to distribute a brandable ebook or special report. This is one that a website or list owner can change to include a reference to their website. This doesn't mean that it looks like they are the publisher, it's just a way for them to include information on where the ebook was downloaded from and (if applicable) to include their affiliate link for your products and services.
2. Participate in Newsgroups, Forums, and Mailing Lists. There are hundreds of forums online and you can find one for almost any topic imaginable. Most allow you to include a signature line that will be attached to every message. This is a chance for you to advertise your site. Visiting these forums to post thoughtful questions and offer your expertise will mean your signature is viewed by others and will bring you free, targeted traffic. Of course how much traffic you get depends on how often you post and whether your signature makes people want to visit your site. A good approach is to use an ad you've had success with elsewhere as your signature.
3. Join Networking Sites to Build your Personal Network. Networking sites are designed to make it easy for people to meet others in their industry and to advertise their products and service. Similar to offline networking events where lots of people come together for the sole purpose of meeting people, online networking sites work the same way.
4. Use Classified Sites and Traffic Exchanges. Classified ad sites and traffic exchanges have gotten a bad reputation, but they really do work if you know how to use them. If you're promoting a product or service that advertisers can benefit from then they're a great place to get traffic. Although not very many consumers visit this type of advertising sites, lots of website owners do in order to make sure their ad appears on the site. While there they can't help but notice other ads and if one catches their attention you're likely to get a visitor.
5. Run a Contest. People love the prospect of winning something and that's why a contest can be a great traffic generator. The key is to choose a prize that will attract people from your target audience. If you make the grand prize a new laptop you'll get entries from everyone who would like to win a new laptop (which is basically every computer user in the world!). Get more targeted traffic by choosing something that your target audience is interested in but wouldn't mean much to other people. To start promoting your contest do a search in Google for a Contest Directories and you'll find lots of places to list your contest for free.
6. Include a Powerful Signature on all Outgoing Email. Every time you send a piece of mail you have the potential to get a visitor to your site. Simply create a signature that is automatically added to every outgoing message. Use the signature to briefly explain what you do, give your USP or slogan and add a hyperlink to your site. Once it's set up you don't have to think about it again!
7. Try Newsletter Classified Ads. There are lots of newsletter publishers who give classified ads to new subscribers. Although these don't typically bring a huge response, they can generate some traffic if you offer something with a high perceived value but low price tag. They're also a great way to test new ads to see which ones get the best response. Once you've found a winner use it in a PPC campaign, make it your new email signature, run it as a top sponsor newsletter ad or use it as your forum signature.
Promote Your Business With Self Publishing
One great and unique way to get your company s story out there is by publishing your own book. Here are a few things to keep in mind as you get started on this project.
Gather Your Material:
When you are looking to create your own company book, you are going to want to make sure that it contains only the highest quality photos, and nothing but well written copy.
To that end, your creative team (even if that is just you alone) needs to sit down and create a strategy for the book. Start by thinking of who your target audience is going to be. Is the purpose of the book to attract new clients? Is the purpose to gain some local press? Is it simply a gift for your employees and current clients? All of the above? Deciding these matters from the very beginning will help guide the project throughout the process, and help to keep you focused.
In the beginning stages, gather as much information as your company has out there, in whatever form, including brochures, booklets, annual reports, and web copy. Whatever printed material you and your company already have, get it all together in one place and let that be your starting point. When you are looking over this material, ask yourself what story your company is telling, and how the items in front of you tell it. What great and interesting parts do they leave out? Does your company, for instance, have a compelling story about its beginning stages? Did you overcome diversity to get where you are?
The main idea is to create a story arc, and to write it down in outline form in this stage.
Writing and Artwork:
Keep in mind that not all great books start at the beginning. You can, for instance, start your book at a particular turning point in your company s history and work outward and inward from there.
If you are not comfortable with the work of writing your company s book, hire someone to do it for you. The first place you might want to look is at the copywriter who helped you with your promotional material. Chances are he or she will be up to the task, or will know someone who is. This is a pert of the job that is central and vital to the quality of the entire project, so find someone whose work you trust, and be prepared to pay them what they are worth.
The same goes for your photographer and any graphic artists you may need to hire. The only thing worse than not having a book is having one that looks poorly conceived.
Printing and Binding:
Just as with the talent that helped you with your promotional book, you will not want to skimp on the printing. If you are going to use color photographs, you will need to get your pages printed with a high quality digital four color process printer.
When it comes to binding your book, you have several options. You can send them to an online company, but you may also want to consider having your own binding machine on the premises so you can make any changes you need to at any time, and have your books ready to go in mere minutes. The machines that do hardcover binding are known as thermal binding machines, and start at under $100. These machines are incredibly simple to use, and are great for binding presentations, proposals and reports as well
Gather Your Material:
When you are looking to create your own company book, you are going to want to make sure that it contains only the highest quality photos, and nothing but well written copy.
To that end, your creative team (even if that is just you alone) needs to sit down and create a strategy for the book. Start by thinking of who your target audience is going to be. Is the purpose of the book to attract new clients? Is the purpose to gain some local press? Is it simply a gift for your employees and current clients? All of the above? Deciding these matters from the very beginning will help guide the project throughout the process, and help to keep you focused.
In the beginning stages, gather as much information as your company has out there, in whatever form, including brochures, booklets, annual reports, and web copy. Whatever printed material you and your company already have, get it all together in one place and let that be your starting point. When you are looking over this material, ask yourself what story your company is telling, and how the items in front of you tell it. What great and interesting parts do they leave out? Does your company, for instance, have a compelling story about its beginning stages? Did you overcome diversity to get where you are?
The main idea is to create a story arc, and to write it down in outline form in this stage.
Writing and Artwork:
Keep in mind that not all great books start at the beginning. You can, for instance, start your book at a particular turning point in your company s history and work outward and inward from there.
If you are not comfortable with the work of writing your company s book, hire someone to do it for you. The first place you might want to look is at the copywriter who helped you with your promotional material. Chances are he or she will be up to the task, or will know someone who is. This is a pert of the job that is central and vital to the quality of the entire project, so find someone whose work you trust, and be prepared to pay them what they are worth.
The same goes for your photographer and any graphic artists you may need to hire. The only thing worse than not having a book is having one that looks poorly conceived.
Printing and Binding:
Just as with the talent that helped you with your promotional book, you will not want to skimp on the printing. If you are going to use color photographs, you will need to get your pages printed with a high quality digital four color process printer.
When it comes to binding your book, you have several options. You can send them to an online company, but you may also want to consider having your own binding machine on the premises so you can make any changes you need to at any time, and have your books ready to go in mere minutes. The machines that do hardcover binding are known as thermal binding machines, and start at under $100. These machines are incredibly simple to use, and are great for binding presentations, proposals and reports as well
Competence of Black Pupils Is Found to Be Far Lower Than Expected
An achievement gap separating black from white college students has extensive been acknowledged — a community divide extremely troublesome to policy makers and the goal of one blast of school reform after another.
But a new report focusing on black males suggests that the picture is even bleaker than generally known.
Only 12 percent of black fourth-grade boys are competent in reading, in comparison with 38 pct of white boys, and only 12 pct of black eighth-grade boys are skilled in math, compared with 44 percent of white boys.
Poverty alone does not appear to justify the differences: poor white boys perform just as fine as African-American boys who do not live in poverty, measured by whether they be eligible for sponsored school lunches.
The data was distilled from well respected national math and reading tests, known as the National Assessment for Educational Progress, which are given to students in fourth and eighth grades, most lately in 2009.
While the outlines of the problem and many specifics have been before reported, the group hopes that including so much of what it calls “jaw-dropping data” in one place will flash a new feeling of national urgency.
The report demonstrates that black boys on average fall behind from their earliest years. Black moms have a higher infant mortality rate and black children are two times as likely as whites to live in a home where no parent has a work. In high school, African-American boys drop out at nearly two times the rate of white boys, and their SAT critical reasoning scores are on average 104 points lower.
The study of results on the national exams found that math scores in 2009 for african american boys were not much different than those for black girls in Grades 4 and 8, but black boys lagged behind Hispanics of both sexes, and they fell behind white boys by at least 30 points, a gap sometimes interpreted as three academic grades.
The search for explanations has lately looked at causes besides poverty, and this report can further spur those efforts.
There is accumulating indication that there are racial differences in what children experience before the first day of kindergarten.
Those include “conversations concerning early childhood parenting practices.
The report urges convening a White House discussion, encouraging Congress to appropriate more money for educational institutions and establishing networks of black mentors.
What it does not discuss are plan responses identified with a strong school reform movement that emphasizes closing failing schools, offering charter schools as alternate options and raising the quality of teachers.
The report did not go down this road as there is not a lot of research to point to that many of those strategies generate better results.
One big urban school district that has made progress is Baltimore’s, where the dropout rate for African-American boys declined to 4.9 pct during the last academic year, down from 11.9 percent four years earlier. Graduation rates for black boys were also up: fifty seven pct in 2009-10, in comparison with 51 pct 3 years earlier. Author Resource:- Learn more about black boys skills Learn more about black boys education report Read about black chilldren achievments Find out why blacks learn worse
But a new report focusing on black males suggests that the picture is even bleaker than generally known.
Only 12 percent of black fourth-grade boys are competent in reading, in comparison with 38 pct of white boys, and only 12 pct of black eighth-grade boys are skilled in math, compared with 44 percent of white boys.
Poverty alone does not appear to justify the differences: poor white boys perform just as fine as African-American boys who do not live in poverty, measured by whether they be eligible for sponsored school lunches.
The data was distilled from well respected national math and reading tests, known as the National Assessment for Educational Progress, which are given to students in fourth and eighth grades, most lately in 2009.
While the outlines of the problem and many specifics have been before reported, the group hopes that including so much of what it calls “jaw-dropping data” in one place will flash a new feeling of national urgency.
The report demonstrates that black boys on average fall behind from their earliest years. Black moms have a higher infant mortality rate and black children are two times as likely as whites to live in a home where no parent has a work. In high school, African-American boys drop out at nearly two times the rate of white boys, and their SAT critical reasoning scores are on average 104 points lower.
The study of results on the national exams found that math scores in 2009 for african american boys were not much different than those for black girls in Grades 4 and 8, but black boys lagged behind Hispanics of both sexes, and they fell behind white boys by at least 30 points, a gap sometimes interpreted as three academic grades.
The search for explanations has lately looked at causes besides poverty, and this report can further spur those efforts.
There is accumulating indication that there are racial differences in what children experience before the first day of kindergarten.
Those include “conversations concerning early childhood parenting practices.
The report urges convening a White House discussion, encouraging Congress to appropriate more money for educational institutions and establishing networks of black mentors.
What it does not discuss are plan responses identified with a strong school reform movement that emphasizes closing failing schools, offering charter schools as alternate options and raising the quality of teachers.
The report did not go down this road as there is not a lot of research to point to that many of those strategies generate better results.
One big urban school district that has made progress is Baltimore’s, where the dropout rate for African-American boys declined to 4.9 pct during the last academic year, down from 11.9 percent four years earlier. Graduation rates for black boys were also up: fifty seven pct in 2009-10, in comparison with 51 pct 3 years earlier. Author Resource:- Learn more about black boys skills Learn more about black boys education report Read about black chilldren achievments Find out why blacks learn worse
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