Text editors are obviously not very exciting in the world of computers, however there are times when they’re absolutely necessary to get things done. For example, if you have ever dabbled in programming, used HTML, custom-made your own Cascading Style Sheet or the like, an advanced and fast text editor is required otherwise it takes twice as long to get...

Launchy is one of those apps that I was immediately hooked on the moment I started using it. It’s one of those apps that just makes perfect sense. For those that are all about speed, speed and more speed when it comes to productivity, you can’t get much better than Launchy; it is an application launcher that does its thing 100% by keystrokes. Launchy...

Talking about using social media for business purposes practically walks on the third rail of the Internet. A lot of people who are using social media sites like Twitter or Facebook are particularly sensitive when it appears they are being marketed to. In my opinion, the fact that Twitter users get nervous when they see a “internet marketer” use...

When you hear people say that internet video is really big right now, they’re right. Now that so many people have broadband Internet access, the common use of internet video has reached mainstream and more and more people are starting to do it. And rightly so. You ever watched television for hours on end? Even if it isn’t particularly exciting, your...

Buying advertising online is certainly a pretty guaranteed way to build up not only traffic on the Internet, but also your brand. And many times, building brand awareness is every bit as valuable as building raw traffic numbers to your website. If you’re going to explore the area of advertising, though, you need to be aware of some basic terms. This is...

It is the goal of anyone seeking to make money on the Internet to find a good market. Some markets are better than others. Some markets have people who are more willing to buy things than others. Some markets have more demand than others. The goal is to find a market which has enough demand and enough of a space for you to make a niche of your own and make an...

7-Zip is a file archiving application. Remember WinZIP or PKZIP? Think of 7-Zip like that. This app is not pretty but it sure is easy. In fact, it’s so easy that it sometimes confuses people. When you install it, all you have to do to create a ZIP or 7z file is just right-click a file, a selection of files or a folder, choose 7-Zip from the context menu...

Any method of making money online requires traffic. You need to have traffic. The more traffic that you have to your website, the larger will be your ability to make money online. So, the question is: how do you get traffic? And that is the age-old question. Several of the past days in this series have touched on various ways to do it. People are devising new,...

Inevitably you’re going to come across some web sites that still (for whatever reason) insist on delivering video content in QuickTime and not Flash. And of course at that point you have to download QuickTime via QuickTime.com. Mac users never have a problem with QuickTime because it works superb with MacOS. However as many people are aware, Apple doesn’t...

If you are running a business on the Internet (even if your business is offline but you have an online presence) and you do not have a mailing list, you are throwing money away. Clear enough for you? When a person arrives on your website, it is probably because that person was/is interested in what you’re doing. They’re looking for an answer....