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In my post “Get That Perfect Color” I told you about the free program, EyeDropper, that gives you the HTML, HEX & RGB value of a color on the screen. At the time it was a great little program but since I upgraded to Windows 7 it freezes the screen and crashes. After finally getting tired [...]

I have ecovers made for most of my products and they cost anywhere from $5 – $125 each depending on the designer I use. The $5 comes from fiverr and I’ve had mixed results there. But if you are creative or can’t afford to pay someone, you can always create your own. The following sites allow [...]

I sell a lot of master rights products and for the most part, the included sales letters/mini-sites are pretty good. Some are better than others but most of them are laid out in a professional manner and represent the product well. However, I have gotten some that are aweful.  Either they have poor sales copy, a poor layout, cheap [...]

Last week, June 19, 2012, a judge set a Landmark Precedent in NAD vs. Netflix by ruling the ADA laws apply to websites. Possibly making most sites violating federal law. Some people say this is great. A victory for equality While Others are screaming THIS will be the end of the ‘net. Personally, I think it’s [...]

When I first started using Kunaki to produce and ship my DVDs & CDs on-demand I had trouble finding templates that would be easy to to work with and blank to use for the inserts and covers. (Their software is very lacking for design.) Well, after spending more time than I should have I gave up [...]

There are 100s of places to get graphics for blogs, products, etc. but here are the ones I mainly use. (Listed in no specific order.) Free Photos Bank Pixel Perfect Free Stock Photos Image*After Microsoft Office Images morgueFile Open Clip Art Library Open Photo Stock.XCHNG Clker iStockphoto Wylio Photl 123RF Spiderpic (Compares pay sites) Garrie

Don’t Let Your Link Get Lost In The Sea Of Bookmarks Someone visits your site and they actually bookmark it but only for it to get lost in their sea of bookmarks. Never to return. It doesn’t have to be like this though. You just need to make your icon stand out from the othes [...]

If you do any graphics or webdesign work, you know that it can be a pain to get the exact color of something. Well, not any more thanks to a great little program called EyeDropper. EyeDropper will tell you the hex and RGB value of any color you can see on the screen. You can [...]

If you are having problems creating, editing and publishing your sites you may want to get a free copy of Dreamweaver CS4. Dreamweaver CS4 is a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) HTML editor. What that basically means is that you can create a webpage without having to know any HTML code. You [...]

It’s a new year which means we should be updating the copyright at the bottom of our pages. No, you don’t have to but doing so will make your site look more up-to-date which will help increase sale. However, doing this every year can be a pain but with a tiny little script, it can [...]