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First I created the Widget controller: def ilove @content = render_to_string(:partial => widget/ilove_widget) render :layout => falseend 2. I also wrote some css related to my widget: widget-ilove { margin-left: auto !important; MORE
Location-based mobile advertising network Chalkboard has announced an exclusive strategic partnership with device maker HTC in Malaysia, and launched a Chalkboard widget for HTC users in that country. You can find more information on the Chalkboard widget here. MORE
Most themes allow you to add widgets to the sidebars or footers. Widgets range from visible site statistics to newsletter sign-up forms. Tag clouds, category lists and customized menus can be added as widgets to help visitors navigate your site and find the content they are looking for. MORE
Here are some steps and tips for improving your website’s Alexa Rating: The first step you must install the Alexa tool or widget for your website. After downloading the Alexa widget, you must install the Alexa toolbar for your browser too. MORE
They don’t buy a widget because they like having a widget; they do it because they need it and it fulfills a particular purpose in their personal or professional life. by Lewis Robinson. MORE
Hypothetical Case Study: Acme Widgets, LLC. Let’s say you are marketing widgets for ACME Widgets, an eCommerce company that sells $200 widgets. Since ACME Widgets wants a better conversion rate, it decides to start by investing in a little A/B testing. MORE
I like to think of that as the difference between selling widgets versus selling wisdom. The difference between widgets and wisdom In one sentence, selling widgets is basically selling things, and selling wisdom, is selling actionable… This story continues at The Next Web. MORE
Widgets. Research-driven with a healthy dose of humor and pop culture, WIDGETS is a. Are you a voracious reader? I have to admit that I’m not. I’m what you call a voracious book starter. MORE
The other way to keep your website up to date is to make sure you are using the latest version of WordPress or another hosting platform, and that all the widgets are the latest type. MORE
If you support the Startup Visa and have a blog or a website, put the Startup Visa Twitter Widget up on your site. And – on March 2nd at 12 noon Pacific / 3 pm Eastern – we are going to do a Tweet Hall for the Startup Visa. All you need to do is tweet @2gov supporting #startupvisa exactly at Noon Pacific on Tuesday March 2nd. We’ll collect your Tweets and deliver them during our visit to the White House on March 4th. MORE
Your competitor was selling a $500 widget, and the average purchaser bought 1.5 widgets. Your competitor's profit margin on each widget is 30%. Here's a summary of your competitors KPIs: 1% Response Rate 35% Conversion Rate $500 price per widget 1.5 MORE
If a company sells widgets, then many tasks not directly related to widget sales get outsourced to a third party. Every small business that has some success inevitably deals with various growing pains. MORE
We are the leader in widgets. Our widgets are the best. You should buy our widgets because blah, blah, blah. Welcome to our site. We use innovative technology. Yes, this is terrible copy for your site. But look at all the businesses out there that use this kind of language. And while you may not [.]. Business Copywriting Increase Sales Marketing SEO SEO Copywriting Web Copywriting Writing Tips PR search engine optimization Small Business Public Relations MORE
The Ghanian startup built a widget to replace contact forms and provide businesses with the kind of customer insights most consumers fail to fill out on websites. Dropifi is looking to streamline customer feedback. MORE
Below is a interactive widget showing the progress from MSNBC. My friend Seth has a great post today about voting and its importance to him. I agree with his sentiment and think you should get out and vote today. Below are some logos from some sites on November 4th 2008. Marketing Marketing.fm MORE
35 percent conversion rate (conversion rate means the responding customer then purchases) $500 price per widget (widget being the item sold by your competitor) 1.5 widgets per buyer (average buyer purchases 1.5 MORE
48 Do they have widgets and plugins? Install Widgets and Plugins. To make your website more functional, add some awesome widgets. One big one would be a widget that allows your visitors to complete an online form. For a list of more great widget ideas, check out this list. MORE
I just spent a day working with Bob, the Chief Innovation Officer of a very smart large company I’ll call Acme Widgets. Talking to Bob I realized that at Acme Widgets (and in most large companies) the word “failure” was being used to describe two very different events: failure in execution of a known product in known market. Bob summarized Acme’s impediments to innovation. “At At our company we have a culture that fears failure. MORE
Amazon quietly released video widgets this week… * Earn money when viewers follow links to Amazon and purchase products. Easily add product pop ups to your existing videos. Have price and product information pop up anywhere in your video. MORE
Use your company homepage to drive traffic to marchforinnovation.com with their widget atmarchforinnovation.com/get_ widget. With the immigration debate in Washington heating up, Americans across the country recognize that we need smart and practical solutions to help reform our country’s broken immigration system. MORE
You think about what it’ll cost to manufacture your widgets, how many widgets you can sell, and how much you can sell them for. If you buy a widget for $100 and sell it for $150, you should end up with $50 profit, and you have $150 in the bank. Sell a widget . MORE
NuHabitat, a residential real estate application (and Capital Factory Incubator company) designed with ease of use in mind, has just released its personalized Agent Contact Widget. The new website offers a suite of enhanced solutions for real estate agents and brokerages, with features like client access to timely and accurate sales data that have made property search sites like Redfin popular with consumers. Consumer Capital Factory HuBabitat MORE
Measure macro goals (conversions) and micro goals (clicks, scrolls, interactions with widgets, etc). Do you need to be a big company and need large volumes of traffic to be data driven? Even a single visitor is a piece of data that you can act on. MORE
Wibiya , the customizable web toolbar for publishers added a monetization widget through affiliate links provided by Kehalim , a contextual affiliate platform based in Israel. As a result, the widget offers decent coverage with more than 25, 000 merchants. MORE
Widgets and badges. A widget is a mini-app that displays or updates data either locally or on the web – to share something of value and interest. MORE
Indeed, Young Upstarts is proud to be part of StartupRoar (you can find the StartupRoar widget on our sidebar). MORE
Tomorrow, I’m trying out Pubble ‘s product – a Q&A widget that leverages the standard social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) but lives where ever you want it to live. I’ll be answering questions live tomorrow (4/24) at 1:00pm MT. Tweet with #askbfeld to ask me a question. Check it out below. The post Pubble Q&A – #askbfeld appeared first on Feld Thoughts. Neat Companies social engagement TechStars MORE
Darkmode.js – Incorporate a dark-mode widget onto your website. My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week. I don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you to check them out if they sound interesting. MORE
54 You can have the best widget in the world or you can have a mediocre knockoff widget with fewer features. The notion that “content is king” isn’t a new one. It also isn’t any less true than it was Bill Gates coined the phrase back in 1996. MORE
Sean Kim is the creator of The Growth List, helping you create a business around your lifestyle. This post originally appeared on AccelBlog. Many of you have probably heard of Google Analytics already. MORE
Callbell – Chat with customers and prospects across social platforms with this widget. Weekend Favs May 11 written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week. MORE
The right tool brings together resources that you would have to search for, using various widgets across the web. Collaboration, automation, SEO widgets, and more. Every startup has a mission. A vision with which they set out to conduct business, and complete their objectives. MORE
However, just because you can produce 200 widgets per minute doesn’t mean you should always produce 200 widgets per minute. by Justin A. MORE
In my recent article about being bullish on widgets I was asked a lot about supporting data. Read Write Web has a great article about watching widget stats for US politics. I will try to dig up further info on widget trends and stats and other areas that can be benchmarked from installs, users, and daily usage. The article was primarily my own thoughts, but nonetheless people always want more stats. MORE
Widgets and badges. A widget is a mini-app that displays or updates data either locally or on the web – to share something of value and interest. These days every new entrepreneur understands that an innovative product or service is necessary, but not sufficient, to start a business. MORE
My conclusion is that we are entering into a new phase of the war for the killer app which will be known as the Widget Wars. What is a widget? Yahoo has one definition of a widget (specific to their product of course). WordPress.com has another widget definition. Should we use the Internet.com definition of widget ? The Opera Browser has widgets. Google also has widget advertising called Gadget Ads. Apple of course has widgets. MORE
If you sell widgets, and a user is searching for widgets, your ad will appear on the first page of search results for widgets. MORE
However, it can be tricky to convince people to sign in to your newsletter without using a simple subscription widget such as described by leaderinternet.com. A subscription widget does the hard work for you, by collecting emails without complex integration forms. MORE
The third option he covers is pre-selling future income by offering someone $x of every widget you sell forever (it may be a sliding scale that decreases after x units are sold). MORE
It’s easy to get distracted and invest in a shiny widget or exciting new software when what you really need is an answer to a problem. There are so many new apps or pieces of software designed to make your business life easier – and more new technologies come out every year. MORE
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YoungUpstarts
JUNE 28, 2011
Location-based mobile advertising network Chalkboard has announced an exclusive strategic partnership with device maker HTC in Malaysia, and launched a Chalkboard widget for HTC users in that country. You can find more information on the Chalkboard widget here.
The Next Web
AUGUST 29, 2016
I like to think of that as the difference between selling widgets versus selling wisdom. The difference between widgets and wisdom In one sentence, selling widgets is basically selling things, and selling wisdom, is selling actionable… This story continues at The Next Web.
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Feld Thoughts
FEBRUARY 25, 2010
If you support the Startup Visa and have a blog or a website, put the Startup Visa Twitter Widget up on your site. And – on March 2nd at 12 noon Pacific / 3 pm Eastern – we are going to do a Tweet Hall for the Startup Visa. All you need to do is tweet @2gov supporting #startupvisa exactly at Noon Pacific on Tuesday March 2nd. We’ll collect your Tweets and deliver them during our visit to the White House on March 4th.
Eric Friedman
MARCH 2, 2008
Amazon quietly released video widgets this week… * Earn money when viewers follow links to Amazon and purchase products. Easily add product pop ups to your existing videos. Have price and product information pop up anywhere in your video.
Eric Friedman
APRIL 2, 2008
My conclusion is that we are entering into a new phase of the war for the killer app which will be known as the Widget Wars. What is a widget? Yahoo has one definition of a widget (specific to their product of course). WordPress.com has another widget definition. Should we use the Internet.com definition of widget ? The Opera Browser has widgets. Google also has widget advertising called Gadget Ads. Apple of course has widgets.
Eric Friedman
JUNE 2, 2008
In my recent article about being bullish on widgets I was asked a lot about supporting data. Read Write Web has a great article about watching widget stats for US politics. I will try to dig up further info on widget trends and stats and other areas that can be benchmarked from installs, users, and daily usage. The article was primarily my own thoughts, but nonetheless people always want more stats.
The Next Web
JANUARY 10, 2015
Sean Kim is the creator of The Growth List, helping you create a business around your lifestyle. This post originally appeared on AccelBlog. Many of you have probably heard of Google Analytics already.
Up and Running
JANUARY 20, 2015
Widgets. Research-driven with a healthy dose of humor and pop culture, WIDGETS is a. Are you a voracious reader? I have to admit that I’m not. I’m what you call a voracious book starter.
Rembrandt Communications
JANUARY 9, 2011
We are the leader in widgets. Our widgets are the best. You should buy our widgets because blah, blah, blah. Welcome to our site. We use innovative technology. Yes, this is terrible copy for your site. But look at all the businesses out there that use this kind of language. And while you may not [.]. Business Copywriting Increase Sales Marketing SEO SEO Copywriting Web Copywriting Writing Tips PR search engine optimization Small Business Public Relations
Software By Rob
NOVEMBER 16, 2009
The third option he covers is pre-selling future income by offering someone $x of every widget you sell forever (it may be a sliding scale that decreases after x units are sold).
Feld Thoughts
APRIL 23, 2014
Tomorrow, I’m trying out Pubble ‘s product – a Q&A widget that leverages the standard social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) but lives where ever you want it to live. I’ll be answering questions live tomorrow (4/24) at 1:00pm MT. Tweet with #askbfeld to ask me a question. Check it out below. The post Pubble Q&A – #askbfeld appeared first on Feld Thoughts. Neat Companies social engagement TechStars
Growthink Blog
MARCH 22, 2013
35 percent conversion rate (conversion rate means the responding customer then purchases) $500 price per widget (widget being the item sold by your competitor) 1.5 widgets per buyer (average buyer purchases 1.5
Duct Tape Marketing
MAY 11, 2019
Callbell – Chat with customers and prospects across social platforms with this widget. Weekend Favs May 11 written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week.
YoungUpstarts
JULY 22, 2011
Indeed, Young Upstarts is proud to be part of StartupRoar (you can find the StartupRoar widget on our sidebar).
The Next Web
AUGUST 23, 2014
The Ghanian startup built a widget to replace contact forms and provide businesses with the kind of customer insights most consumers fail to fill out on websites. Dropifi is looking to streamline customer feedback.
The Next Web
MARCH 4, 2015
It’s easy to get distracted and invest in a shiny widget or exciting new software when what you really need is an answer to a problem. There are so many new apps or pieces of software designed to make your business life easier – and more new technologies come out every year.
Duct Tape Marketing
JUNE 22, 2019
Darkmode.js – Incorporate a dark-mode widget onto your website. My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week. I don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you to check them out if they sound interesting.
YoungUpstarts
JULY 30, 2017
Most themes allow you to add widgets to the sidebars or footers. Widgets range from visible site statistics to newsletter sign-up forms. Tag clouds, category lists and customized menus can be added as widgets to help visitors navigate your site and find the content they are looking for.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 23, 2013
If you sell widgets, and a user is searching for widgets, your ad will appear on the first page of search results for widgets.
YoungUpstarts
AUGUST 12, 2019
However, just because you can produce 200 widgets per minute doesn’t mean you should always produce 200 widgets per minute. by Justin A.
YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 4, 2017
However, it can be tricky to convince people to sign in to your newsletter without using a simple subscription widget such as described by leaderinternet.com. A subscription widget does the hard work for you, by collecting emails without complex integration forms.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 3, 2014
If a company sells widgets, then many tasks not directly related to widget sales get outsourced to a third party. Every small business that has some success inevitably deals with various growing pains.
ConversionXL
MARCH 21, 2017
Measure macro goals (conversions) and micro goals (clicks, scrolls, interactions with widgets, etc). Do you need to be a big company and need large volumes of traffic to be data driven? Even a single visitor is a piece of data that you can act on.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 30, 2015
Widgets and badges. A widget is a mini-app that displays or updates data either locally or on the web – to share something of value and interest.
Eric Friedman
NOVEMBER 4, 2008
Below is a interactive widget showing the progress from MSNBC. My friend Seth has a great post today about voting and its importance to him. I agree with his sentiment and think you should get out and vote today. Below are some logos from some sites on November 4th 2008. Marketing Marketing.fm
YoungUpstarts
MAY 31, 2017
Here are some steps and tips for improving your website’s Alexa Rating: The first step you must install the Alexa tool or widget for your website. After downloading the Alexa widget, you must install the Alexa toolbar for your browser too.
Women Entrepreneurs Can
MAY 11, 2020
Do they have widgets and plugins? Install Widgets and Plugins. To make your website more functional, add some awesome widgets. One big one would be a widget that allows your visitors to complete an online form. For a list of more great widget ideas, check out this list.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 6, 2017
They don’t buy a widget because they like having a widget; they do it because they need it and it fulfills a particular purpose in their personal or professional life. by Lewis Robinson.
The Startup Magazine
MAY 16, 2019
The right tool brings together resources that you would have to search for, using various widgets across the web. Collaboration, automation, SEO widgets, and more. Every startup has a mission. A vision with which they set out to conduct business, and complete their objectives.
Feld Thoughts
APRIL 12, 2013
Use your company homepage to drive traffic to marchforinnovation.com with their widget atmarchforinnovation.com/get_ widget. With the immigration debate in Washington heating up, Americans across the country recognize that we need smart and practical solutions to help reform our country’s broken immigration system.
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 8, 2013
Widgets and badges. A widget is a mini-app that displays or updates data either locally or on the web – to share something of value and interest. These days every new entrepreneur understands that an innovative product or service is necessary, but not sufficient, to start a business.
Up and Running
AUGUST 1, 2014
You think about what it’ll cost to manufacture your widgets, how many widgets you can sell, and how much you can sell them for. If you buy a widget for $100 and sell it for $150, you should end up with $50 profit, and you have $150 in the bank. Sell a widget .
ConversionXL
JULY 28, 2016
Hypothetical Case Study: Acme Widgets, LLC. Let’s say you are marketing widgets for ACME Widgets, an eCommerce company that sells $200 widgets. Since ACME Widgets wants a better conversion rate, it decides to start by investing in a little A/B testing.
Growthink Blog
MARCH 13, 2012
Your competitor was selling a $500 widget, and the average purchaser bought 1.5 widgets. Your competitor's profit margin on each widget is 30%. Here's a summary of your competitors KPIs: 1% Response Rate 35% Conversion Rate $500 price per widget 1.5
Austin Startup
OCTOBER 9, 2014
NuHabitat, a residential real estate application (and Capital Factory Incubator company) designed with ease of use in mind, has just released its personalized Agent Contact Widget. The new website offers a suite of enhanced solutions for real estate agents and brokerages, with features like client access to timely and accurate sales data that have made property search sites like Redfin popular with consumers. Consumer Capital Factory HuBabitat
Steve Blank
MARCH 11, 2015
I just spent a day working with Bob, the Chief Innovation Officer of a very smart large company I’ll call Acme Widgets. Talking to Bob I realized that at Acme Widgets (and in most large companies) the word “failure” was being used to describe two very different events: failure in execution of a known product in known market. Bob summarized Acme’s impediments to innovation. “At At our company we have a culture that fears failure.
VC Cafe
JUNE 7, 2010
Wibiya , the customizable web toolbar for publishers added a monetization widget through affiliate links provided by Kehalim , a contextual affiliate platform based in Israel. As a result, the widget offers decent coverage with more than 25, 000 merchants.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 2, 2019
The other way to keep your website up to date is to make sure you are using the latest version of WordPress or another hosting platform, and that all the widgets are the latest type.
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 6, 2017
You can have the best widget in the world or you can have a mediocre knockoff widget with fewer features. The notion that “content is king” isn’t a new one. It also isn’t any less true than it was Bill Gates coined the phrase back in 1996.
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