Monday, September 13, 2010

Crowd sourcing logo design

I sent through the process of helping a client with a logo design and some of our communication could be generally applied to anyone using a service like 99designs.com to produce a logo or identity for their website. It can be difficult to achieve the quality that you want with some of the crowd sourcing sites, but there are absolutely some things you can do to improve your chances.

Learn how to crowd source your next logo or creative project

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optincrusher customization webcast

I held a live webcast the other day where I installed optincrusher on several websites. If you're not familiar with optincrusher, it's the most effective way of getting visitors to your site to optin to your email list. If you want to build an email list in WordPress fast, this is the plugin for you. It gets attention without interrupting and provides high engagement for visitors that have interest in your offer.

The optincrusher customization webcast shows you how to use the included graphic files to create a completed customized and brand centered version of the footer that will engage your visitors while staying true to your identity.

It's currently running on no less than 13,645 web pages (possibly many more), and building email lists in WordPress for some very happy bloggers.

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Authorize.net for WordPress

Just a few months back I released my Authorize.net + WordPress plugin. While it's geared toward membership websites, people have purchased it as a standalone billing mechanism. It installs in minutes and provides blog owners with a reliable way to add a one page checkout that processes credit cards directly on their website. Here are some highlights.

  • Get more sales in fewer steps
  • Find the perfect offer with
    • Single (one-time) payments
    • Recurring payments (ongoing and fixed length)
    • Trail periods and amounts
    • Any combinations of single, recurring and trail payments
  • Increase trust and confidence by running SSL on your site, just like banks do (extra charges apply, but I’ll show you how to do this for as little as $15)
  • Get paid automatically
  • Freedom from PayPal, ClickBank and other processors rigid requirements
  • Effortless installation and configuration
  • Seamless integration with MemberWing
  • Customizable checkout and thank you pages
  • Stand alone use for other business needs independent of MemberWing
The plugin provides a great deal of flexibility allowing both single and recurring payments. The notification callback feature allows integration with membership websites and other API style uses. If you need to use Authorize.net on WordPress, it doesn't get much easier than this.

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