http://nextcovery.com the next big thing! Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:54:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am in the process of re-branding my blog from webspear.com to nextcovery.com In the coming days, I will be reviewing all of my blog contents to change any references from "webspear" to "nextcovery". If your find any broken links please report them to me via user comments. Things have been very slow ... http://nextcovery.com/uncategorized/re-branding-my-blog/ Recently, Suzie Cheel the author of the blog Abundance Highway had a fund raising event on the online social network Twitter. A fund raising event on Twitter is called a Tweetathon. The idea was to raise 4000 dollars so that Suzie can travel to Vancouver to attend a certification program ... http://nextcovery.com/blogging/my-thoughts-on-online-fund-raising/ An introduction to On-Page Search Engine Optimization (SEO) On-page SEO refers to any technique that you perform on your web page (on-page) to make the web page rank well in search engines. In this post I explore the various parts of a web page where you can stick your keyword. ... http://nextcovery.com/seo/10-spots-to-stick-your-keyword/ Image Source: Glockenblume's Photostream Do your website users feel belonged? Note: I use the terms “users”, “readers” and “customers” interchangeably. In this article all of them refer to the same people. “What a waste of money”. This is what I thought when I found out that all the new business cards that were ... http://nextcovery.com/fundamentals/a-sense-of-belonging/ Four easy to use color tools to pick a color theme for your website Choosing a color theme for your website or blog can be a challenging task especially when you are not familiar with graphical design concepts. Fortunately there are easy to use tools that can aide you in selecting ... http://nextcovery.com/tools/choosing-a-color-theme-for-your-website/ Image Source : AtomicShed's Photostream My website statistics indicates that majority of my readers are from the USA, Canada and Australia. At the same time I get a fair number of comments and feedback from readers all over the world. I can see a lot of diversity in my readers. ... http://nextcovery.com/content/writing-for-a-global-audience/ Image Source : South_Roger's Photostream I have been using Twitter for a couple of weeks. Here are some of my thoughts about Twitter. Each thought is written as a Tweet. If you do not know what Twitter is, please checkout the this video that provides a good introduction to Twitter. After ... http://nextcovery.com/social-networking/thinking-in-tweets/ Image source : Pharder1's Photostream Why do people continue to watch a movie at the theater even if they find the movie to be very boring? Why do people still continue to follow a course at the local college, even though it does not meet their expectations? There are 2 ... http://nextcovery.com/content/creating-content-that-connects-with-your-audience/ Image Source: Fort Photo's Photostream A message of hope for those who are late in the game Many people running a relatively new website or blog are not satisfied because they are not getting the expected outcome from their websites. Many new websites fail because they are trying to mimic the leading ... http://nextcovery.com/fundamentals/your-new-website-is-not-bad-as-you-think/ Click here to read Part 2 of this article Part 3 – Habits 41 to 60 41. Eliminate bottlenecks If you closely examine your blogging activities you will identify areas that slow down your productivity. For example, your bottleneck might be slower typing speed or lack of technical knowledge. ... http://nextcovery.com/blogging/101-habits-of-highly-effective-bloggers-part-3/