Yes, I just received . . . A spoof email about LinkedIn Spoof or spam emails are often related to finances in some way, including your bank or paypal accounts. But this one was about a Social Media account that I hold with LinkedIn. As a B2B version of Facebook, LinkedIn is a great way… Read More »
Archives for January 2012
Do your customers thank you for your advertising?
Do your customers thank you for your advertising? Now that’s a new concept! Or is it? It happens quite often for us, at Hotpink Websites. How is that, I hear you asking? Well, the very simple secret is . . .
Why SOPA Is Dangerous
Why SOPA Is Dangerous And why have so many websites gone BLACK on 18th January like we did? It’s all laid out in great detail in this article . . . http://mashable.com/2012/01/17/sopa-dangerous-opinion/ . . . so I am not going to try and cut through all the legalese here. This article does it very well.… Read More »
What are QR Codes
So, what are QR Codes? And what is all the fuss about with QR Codes? A QR Code (short for “Quick Response”) is simply a two-dimensional matrix barcodes that can store website URL’s, plain text, phone numbers, email addresses and pretty much any other alphanumeric data. When scanned by a mobile phone camera, they link… Read More »
1800 numbers on your website can be a killer!
1800 numbers on your website can be a killer! Years ago we were sold on the idea of giving our customers a Freecall number to make it easier for them to contact us. So why is this no longer such a good idea? And what should you do about it? Firstly, think about how many… Read More »
Know what you are getting into before you start!
Building a shopping cart software website can be an expensive business if you don’t first know what you are getting into before you start! To give you some idea, here is an example . . . This person, (let’s call him Gary), came to Hotpink Websites for help with his existing shopping cart software website… Read More »
How To Clear Your PC Cache
It seems that I get asked about this over and over again . . . so I decided to create a page in our Resources section about it. Here is the link . . . https://www.hotpinkwebsites.com.au/how-to-clear-your-web-browser-cache Why would you need this? Mainly, if you have made changes to your website, and are not immediately seeing… Read More »
Take Note of PayPal Security Advice
It’s been a while since I first published our 21 Day email course in Internet Marketing Strategies. So I have been going through and updating a lot of the content, including this interesting tid-bit about Paypal.
Never Open Attachments . . .
The new year has arrived, and the incredible email scams are coming thick and fast. Here’s another one to be wary of. Again, it takes the form of an invoice. As usual, it assumes that you owe the money and that you will pay it, just like any legitimate invoice that you might receive. It… Read More »
Injuries that happen at your desk
If you’re going to be successful online, like me, you will probably be spending a lot of time on the computer. The same applies if you just spend a lot of time having fun on the computer, e.g. on Facebook. And even if you don’t have a website, it’s possible that your work may involve… Read More »
