This is an article containing the monthly article digest of the month “May 2016” at RS Web Solutions (@rswebsols). You can easily find all our published articles of May 2016 in a ascending order by date. This is a monthly archive page to help our readers to give an easy-to-find list of monthly articles. Along with the article title, you can also able to read a short excerpt of each article. If you find an interesting article that catches your attention, you can, of course, click on the “continue reading” link to read the entire article. Happy reading!
1) Tech Support Scams Still Work and Evolve
Published on: May 2, 2016 | Listed under: Technology
When advising on the ways to treat suspicious cold calls from individuals impersonating technical support, law enforcement agencies and computer security experts used to recommend users to simply hang up. This tactic, however, doesn’t quite fit into the framework of a recent trend that scammers exercise to rip off gullible people. As opposed to the previously dominating intimidation methodology, some of the newer frauds focus on making potential victims think the perpetrators are there to help. Impostor tech support agents ...
2) 10 Great Marketing Ideas for Businesses with a Limited Budget
Published on: May 3, 2016 | Listed under: SEO & Marketing
Let’s face it. Investing heavily on the advertisement for traffic, or investing anything on marketing at all is often tough for early stage businesses. But just because you don’t have money to spend doesn’t necessarily mean that you will do nothing about it. Simon Cuthbertson from City Print Design has some excellent business marketing ideas small businesses can execute without breaking the banks. 1. Create instructional videos It can really be expensive if you’ll ask for professional help, but you ...
3) 5 Killer Tips to Boost ECommerce App UX
Published on: May 3, 2016 | Listed under: Apps & Software, eCommerce
In this fast paced wave of technology, E-commerce is growing rapidly. Considering the momentum of E-commerce evolution, it is expected to break the imagination of success for those who are in this business. E-commerce has made things really easy for the consumers to indulge in a unique shopping experience. But let’s face it; shopping on mobile devices can get really tricky as the entire shopping experience is narrowed down. Instead of fighting against this limitation, the best way is to ...
4) Top 10 Messenger Apps for Android
Published on: May 4, 2016 | Listed under: Apps & Software, Apps, Games & Software
This article is about the messenger apps for android. So we will basically know about the most popular 10 Android messenger apps which are running successfully in the market. This review can help us to choose the right apps for our smart device. Let’s begin the journey of research. 1. WhatsApp Messenger: WhatsApp Messenger is basically an app which can be run in different types of devices. And as a result of this cross-platform facility, we can simply enjoy exchanging ...
5) Future Trends in the Online Travel Marketing Sector
Published on: May 4, 2016 | Listed under: SEO & Marketing
As is the case with many other sectors, the advance of technology has transformed the travel industry during the last decade. This applies just as much to how travel opportunities are marketed as to operational issues, including making reservations, checking flight times and sourcing local knowledge about destinations. There are important new developments ahead, and travel companies need to engage in some smart marketing if they are to retain and grow their customer base. Making connections Some travelers are still ...
6) Top Online Collaboration Tools for Web Designers & Developers
Published on: May 5, 2016 | Listed under: Apps & Software
A large and growing percentage of design and development teams collaborate remotely. But whether it’s from across town or across the world, online collaboration can make it easier to get collective feedback, to get designs approved, and to streamline work for all parties. And while there are dozens of online collaboration tools available for teams and organizations of all sorts, all are not created equal. Online collaboration tools run the gamut. From free browser plugins to paid commercial-grade applications, they ...
7) Smart Window – New Metallic Glass
Published on: May 7, 2016 | Listed under: Technology
Now is the time for the windows to get smart. Admittedly, I am not talking about any version of Microsoft’s Windows operating system. It is the new definition of living room windows that let you control the visibility, light wave and heat wave absorption with the help of a knob or a button. You can make your window clear to opaque or vice versa just by throwing a switch. Have you ever thought of the weird thing that the window ...
8) 8 Point Checklist for Video Marketing
Published on: May 9, 2016 | Listed under: SEO & Marketing
Videos are fast becoming the preferred form of marketing content, according to research published by the Aberdeen Group. Unlike many other forms of marketing, which have nebulous returns, videos often demonstrate significantly and high ROI for most of the companies which use it. And best of all, a video can be used for many of the same tasks as more traditional text content, from lead generation to building brand awareness. With that in mind, we’ve taken pains to gather some ...
9) The Comprehensive Benefits of Unlimited Data SIMs
Published on: May 9, 2016 | Listed under: Technology
Now more than ever we are in the information age. We rely on having the internet at our fingertips and today’s internet device of choice is the smartphone. Mobile phones have evolved well beyond their initial function of calling and texting into fully fledged internet devices. What’s more interesting is the fact that people are now learning the benefits of using a 3g unlimited data plan. In the mobile data market, there are different SIM services that users can choose ...
10) What Makes Social Media Marketing so Important for Businesses Today?
Published on: May 10, 2016 | Listed under: SEO & Marketing
Social media has to be one of the most commonly used terms on the internet today. It is used not only by people who are using it for passing time on a daily basis but by businesses and entrepreneurs the same. It has become such a famous term because with the passage of social media has become the most populated and lucrative place for businesses. Social networking platforms have created a marketplace for all businesses where they can find their ...
11) Top 5 Robotic Gadgets for Your Home & Garden
Published on: May 10, 2016 | Listed under: Product Reviews
Along with our fast lifestyle, the world of technology is also moving very fast. New products and gadgets are flooding the technology market every day. Tech companies are bringing attractive and utility-based products on a daily basis which can attract the eye of many customers. This is the time of time-saving machines. A robot, that can work independently, intelligently as well as do our every-day work efficiently will surely catch our attention. Here I am introducing 5 useful and utility-based robotic gadgets which ...
12) Top 6 Joomla Classified Ad Extensions
Published on: May 10, 2016 | Listed under: Joomla
Joomla is one of the most popular Content Management Systems that has managed to build a long list of users and admirers. Joomla offers a great platform to build quality websites, web portals, and corporate applications that are aesthetically appealing and feature-rich. Thanks to easy to use architecture, Joomla can be used by a non-technical user to build a variety of web related solutions. From customizing the appearance of your website to adding functionality to your site, Joomla gives you ...
13) Education System for Future Corporate Workers and Side Effects of Cloud Computing in it
Published on: May 11, 2016 | Listed under: Miscellaneous
Surprisingly today at every hiring section the engineering and IT industries are suffering a high scarcity of skilled employees. Demand for their commodities with respect to the number of well-experienced workers is not going with the same flow. Starting from the big multinational companies to the start-ups everyone is facing the same problem all this time. Hiring employees has become one of the challenges to the organizations. This is actually not a problem caused due to the inadequacy of valuables ...
14) 7 Tools & Platforms to Help You Recruit Your Employee Online
Published on: May 12, 2016 | Listed under: Miscellaneous
Every business must hire new staff at some time during their operations. Hiring a recruitment agency can be expensive, especially for the startups. Thanks to a number of recruitment platforms, and other supporting tools, a small business can now select the best candidates effectively and efficiently. Here are the top 7 tools to help you recruit your employee online: 1. LinkedIn Talent Solutions LinkedIn works more like a social networking website. LinkedIn Talent service provides access to the largest talent networks ...
15) Things you Need to Immediately Stop Doing on the Social Media Accounts
Published on: May 13, 2016 | Listed under: SEO & Marketing
Social media accounts became one of the most important assets of any company nowadays. They are monitored and fed on a daily basis so to keep the target audience engaged and our brand awareness on a top level. And, in order to get it done, the norm is to try and test any possible strategy that might keep our metrics increasing. The only problem with this approach is that you might be doing things that aren’t helping you to achieve ...
16) Things to Consider While Choosing your Office Headsets
Published on: May 14, 2016 | Listed under: Product Reviews
The study shows over 70% of today’s office workers are still not using a headset when they’re on the phone. Not only is not productive. It causes shoulder and neck pains for the employee. So which headset should you purchase for your office employee? There are several factors to consider when purchasing a telephone headset: 1) Brand: Plantronics and Jabra (formerly GN Netcom) are the two biggest headset companies in the North American. Between these two brands, they occupy 90% ...
17) Content Curation: 5 Tools and 5 Tricks
Published on: May 16, 2016 | Listed under: Miscellaneous
You’ve probably heard of and started using content curation on a regular basis. Most people attribute content curation to sharing other people’s content on social media for a few Likes and traffic. What most of them don’t realize is that content curation, like most marketing moves, requires experience and insight to become successful. Tools have become a must for content marketers, especially for curation. They help save a ton of time and money. They can also gather more information than ...
18) Top 5 Tips to Write an Exceptional SEO Friendly Article for your Blog
Published on: May 17, 2016 | Listed under: SEO & Marketing
Writing an exceptional SEO friendly article is a creditable job. Here I am giving you some tips on how you can achieve the compliments of writing a great search engine optimized article in a professional way. These tips will also help you to understand how you can prevent yourself to make your content over-optimized. One thing always needs to be kept in mind that your writing should be very simple and very much understandable to the mass of people you ...
19) Great Way to Promote ECommerce Business through Online Forums
Published on: May 18, 2016 | Listed under: eCommerce
Nowadays, forums have become very popular in promoting businesses. Internet forums are virtual coffee shops, buzzing with like-minded people. Business owners and marketers are using them to reach out to their target audiences & create relationships that will significantly assist them in promoting their business. Forums provide a unique opportunity to get real customer insights and business ideas. But most startups and businesses fail to make the best out of these forums. What exactly is a web forum or an ...
20) 5 Tips to Minimize Instances of Shopping Cart Abandonment In E-Commerce
Published on: May 19, 2016 | Listed under: eCommerce
High shopping cart abandonment rate has always remained a big concern for online merchants. According to some industry statistics, approximately 80-90% of online shoppers abandon their carts for reasons best known to them, but this severely affects high spirits of online merchants. After all, they are making every attempt starting from embracing responsive designs to offering generous discounts to their target customers. In this post, we are going to discuss the top five tips to minimize instances of shopping cart ...
21) Increase Employee Retention with Data-Driven Employee Assessment
Published on: May 20, 2016 | Listed under: Miscellaneous
As an organization, how well are you retaining your current employees? In today’s business environment, top talent is becoming more valuable to organizations and as such, they have more options when it comes to their career growth. Organizations know that too, as 32% of employers say they expect employees to job-hop. If employees are not motivated, engaged or happy in their current position, they’ll be out the door before you know it. That’s why it’s crucial for employers to create ...
22) Selecting a WordPress Theme: 8 Critical Features
Published on: May 20, 2016 | Listed under: WordPress
One of the futile and most disadvantageous steps that you can take as a website or blog manager is making the mistake of implementing a theme that was initially created by an inexperienced designer. We don’t mean to scare you but let us go through some real facts here. Following are a few headaches that you’ll be a victim of if you get stuck with a theme that is not developed well:To ensure you don’t end up with a living ...
23) WorldSIM Nigma Smartwatch – Feature & Specification Review
Published on: May 20, 2016 | Listed under: Product Reviews
This article will be a full product review of WorldSIM Nigma Smartwatch. WorldSIM recently introduced this smart watch with many exciting features, especially for the frequent travelers. Below I will try my best to find out more about this smartwatch and its most promising features. 1) Design & Display: At the very beginning when I started writing this article I could not stop myself from writing about its looking. Because this is the first thing I believe we all look ...
24) Top 10 WordPress Hosting Providers – Reliable and Fast
Published on: May 21, 2016 | Listed under: Hosting Server, WordPress
Here in this article, I will list and discuss on 10 most reliable and fast WordPress hosting providers. Nowadays website has become an important key factor for any businesses. Whatever you are running a small business or a big company, your business should have a website. When you decide for making a website, something always started to play in our minds. And among the huge thinking list, the one thing which really makes us worried is how to complete the ...
25) Impress Your Visitors with These 5 Awesome WordPress Plugins
Published on: May 22, 2016 | Listed under: WordPress
With such an immense number of enhancement possibilities, WordPress is the most widely-used content management system among thousands of developers, big brand companies, designers, bloggers and website owners. No matter what your blog or website is all about, you can find a myriad of tools and plugins that would address your specific needs and make your experience with it more smooth and time-saving. It’s true. There is no shortage of plugins in the WordPress directory, providing any feature and functionality ...
26) New Yi 2 4K Action Camera Review – The Upgraded Version of Yi
Published on: May 23, 2016 | Listed under: Video Camera
Today I am reviewing the upgraded version of Yi action camera, the new Yi II 4K. Yi has enhanced many aspects of original Yi in the new Yi II, not only in the technical aspects but also in terms of looking. The price of Yi II is also quite increased from its predecessor. So here I will try to highlight all the specs of new Yi II comparing with the previous Yi and will see if the jump in the ...
27) Power your Mobile Website with WordPress
Published on: May 23, 2016 | Listed under: WordPress
These days, websites definitely need to be responsive and mobile-friendly, no matter what they may be about or what they contain. With the sheer number of mobile users out there these days, ignoring them would be hamstringing your website quite a bit, especially if a big chunk of your target audience happens are frequent mobile users. WordPress is known to be a very robust content management system (CMS) that has a balance between functionality and ease-of-use. Perhaps it’s no surprise then ...
28) How to Transfer Data from One PC to Another
Published on: May 24, 2016 | Listed under: Technology
After the thrill of purchasing a new PC, the challenge of making it yours sets in. You must now find a way to transfer all of your old files from your old computer to your new computer. However, this is a task whose solution isn’t immediately apparent to everyone. Of course, there are well-known ways of moving data such as through network transfers, creating data disks and the use of removable storage such as flash drives. However, transferring tons of data ...
29) Does Your Web D and D Get an A for Lead Generation? (Infographic)
Published on: May 28, 2016 | Listed under: SEO & Marketing
Web design and development have an extraordinary role in an effective online lead generation. Many companies go astray by failing to appreciate the interconnectivity, taking (or not taking) design and development decisions without taking into account the impact on their lead pipeline. The Lead Generation Ecosystem infographic was created by Straight North, an SEO agency in Chicago to help online marketers, designers and developers see the whole picture. Two aspects of the infographic designers and developers should take special note ...
30) 10 Great Tips for Mobile App Localization
Published on: May 28, 2016 | Listed under: Apps & Software
If you are a mobile app developer or a group of mobile app developers working for a leading mobile app development company, here’s all you need to know about mobile app localization. 1. Characterize What You’re Trying to Do App developers prompt that before you start, and particularly before you spend any cash, ask yourself for what good reason would you say you are limiting? More than likely you’re doing it to extend your client base and profit. In any ...
31) The Secrets of Developing a High Quality Mobile App
Published on: May 30, 2016 | Listed under: Apps & Software
The app stores are overcrowded with apps that are covering all genres and categories. If we only take the two leading mobile platforms- Play store and Apple’s App Store into consideration; the stats show 1.5 million apps on Apple Store and 1.7 million on Play store. This approximate calculation of available apps means the mobile app market is swarming already. As for apps; the advanced capabilities of software and hardware is making the mobile apps like never before. Leveraging on ...
32) 12 Landing Page Design Mistakes You May Be Making
Published on: May 30, 2016 | Listed under: Design
A home page is a landing page. It is the page that a visitor may “land” on after conducting an organic search on Google. And, if you have a single product or service and only one or two conversions you want from visitors, your home page may be the only landing page you need. But if you are trying to attract traffic from several sources and you are doing it by special offers and such, your homepage cannot and should ...
33) Shopify Review – All You Need To Know
Published on: May 31, 2016 | Listed under: Service Reviews, eCommerce
Shopify is an online platform where you can fulfill your dream of making and running a successful eCommerce store. They have established themselves in the year 2006 and from there till today they have already made more than 250000 active eCommerce stores. So I think you have already made an opinion how fast they have become so much successful and at the same time so much popular. All these successes have been possible due to their hard works and at ...
34) SEO Tips: A Guide to Future Proof Your Website
Published on: May 31, 2016 | Listed under: SEO & Marketing
Marketing is one of the aspects of businesses that have gone digital and the situation is completely irreversible. This means that companies have to go out of their ways to ensure that they remain relevant and appeal to their customers on the digital platform. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is one of the ways through which businesses have been able to take their place on the popular search engines. They make it possible for potential and regular often result from the ...
35) 25 ECommerce Conversion Hacks to Make the Best of your ECommerce Venture (Infographic)
Published on: May 31, 2016 | Listed under: eCommerce
They don’t refer to the internet as ‘virtual world’ without a reason; in fact, it has evolved to be a whole world in its own might, one which continues to grow indefinitely ever since the first ever web page went live in 1991. Tim Berners-Lee, the mastermind of this project, could never have imagined his brainchild to turn into something as dynamic, as alive and as thriving as it is now. As of now, the total number of web pages ...
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