Facebook was started as a purely social networking website but now has evolved into a serious social cum business networking platform. With more than 800 million users worldwide there are few other platforms which can match Facebook’s reach. If you are a freelancer this is the ideal place for you to promote yourself, find freelancing assignment and connect with people from your industry. Whether you are a freelancer writer, web designer or a legal expert you can cash in on the immense popularity of Facebook.

You need to however keep in mind that you are a part of a huge crowd and have to present yourself remarkably. For this, one of the major thing is an attractive, informative and engaging profile and an advanced marketing strategy to promote yourself. In this article, we shall discuss some tips and tricks which you should make use of to gain maximum advantage out of Facebook.

It’s all in a profile

Facebook Timeline is the new profile look of Facebook. It helps you tell your life story through photos, friendships and personal milestones like graduating or traveling to new places. On the top you get a wide space to put a picture of yours that represents you the best. In timeline you can share and highlight your most memorable photos and life events from beginning to now. You get seven days before your timeline is viewed by others, so that you can make your timeline appear the way you want it to be. Also you can control your stuff on time the way you used to before this.

In my today’s article I have compiled 10 tips that will help you use Facebook Timeline in a better way and also how its new design is more helpful for its users.

Tips on Facebook Timeline Design and Usability

If you are a blogger, you probably know the importance of speeding up your WordPress blog. If not, then you must understand it right now. Speed is a very important factor of your blog, that you should properly deal with. It can increase your blog’s user experience and engagement. Speed is also a very important metric in SEO. Google and Bing loves faster search engines, so should you.

SEO has undergone a sea change. It is no more governed by links or on keyword stuffing and all that. Rather new concepts have come to the form. Now it is time to make your website load in seconds, adding micorformat site wide, adding great content in website and above everything else, you need to make sure that your website is good enough to curve a niche for itself without being pushed by external support in the form of links, adding keyword rich content etc. But all boil down to one thing – you need to make sure that your website is opening without a glitch. If the website is not facing frequent outraged and if this happens, it will run the risk of being outranked and outsmart by other websites of similar niche. So, time has come to be serious about your web hosting service.

Color can be an important visual communications device that can intimately affect the psychology of the observer on a subconscious level. It can help determine a consumer’s relationship with a given product or company and play an important role in branding.

Color can evoke a wide variety of emotion and even memories. An individual’s interpretation of color will depend on factors like their age, nationality, profession, interests, and personal preference.

It therefore can’t be stated strongly enough that to use color effectively, you must completely understand your target audience.

For example, when faced with a new product, consumers place color and visual appearance (93%) above other factors such as texture (6%) and sound and smell (1%). It’s also interesting to note that 85% of shoppers cite color among the main reasons for why they buy a product.

And other studies have shown that color increases brand recognition by as much as 80%. That’s an amazing statistic when you consider that branding relates directly to customer confidence.

You’d be wise to consider the ramifications of color when designing a logo. Here’s a basic guide to the psychology of color…

Brochure is the best effective promotional tool that can explain your business. It could be a perfect way for marketing or advertising and making a good first impression. There are many brochure printing companies that offer several common and unique features to their customers. I have collected many of the best brochures samples being used by some companies. Enjoy!

You can also check some premium Brochures here.

23 Cool Brochure Printing Examples

Graphic Farmers Market Brochure

Business on the web nowadays revolves around certain broad niches – freelancing, blogging, selling goods or services, managing online stock. Every biz that is centered around a website needs an effective interface for collecting leads and managing visitors’ contact information. Online forms and surveys are part of the essential survival kit on the WWW. How can you use online forms to effectively manage self-branding and sales?

A business card can be a very important way to bring a unique and very memorable look to a company or brand. A unique Business card can work wonders for your business firm. In this roundup we have collected 32 unique business card designs. Looking for your comment and share!

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• 40 Attractive Business Card Designs
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Package design becomes important and essential practice for successful marketing business. In this post we are featuring some creative Package Designs to inspire you. Enjoy!

While most social networks stick to connecting friends to friends and businesses to individuals,LinkedIn took it a step further in March, 2011. LinkedIn Today was launched just this past year and quickly grew in popularity. However, the buzz seemed to die as networks like Google+ and the “mobile takeover” grabbed the attention of bloggers. LinkedIn Today still has a large number of loyal followers, but those who missed the boat back in March are likely still lost at sea.