3 pieces of advice for creating your website

Thursday 9/2/10 time 2:57 AM - Helena @Moogo

There are thousands of websites created every day, some of them better, some of them worse. If you want to keep your website friendly to your visitors and also reach your business goals, we have some good tips for you to keep in mind.

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Why You Should Use Testimonials On Your Website.

Wednesday 8/25/10 time 9:25 AM - Sjoerd @ Moogo

Although we all like to do it sometimes, blowing your own horn is not really a recommended thing to do when promoting your business. However, to quote the American comedian Will Rogers, "Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far."

So how can you make that happen on your website?

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Facebook For Companies: Using Facebook For Business

Friday 8/13/10 - Heikki @Moogo

While most of us treat Facebook as a way to keep in touch, and communicate with our buddies, we shouldn't forget that Facebook can be used as an effective business tool as well. It's a great platform for marketing your products, landing gigs and connecting with your customers. Of course it never hurts to play a little Farmville and Mafia Wars on the side, too. Apologies, I digress. Click 'find out more' to know how you can make more out of your Facebook.

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5 Tips on How To Make Great Photo Albums

Thursday 8/12/10 time 4:48 AM - Helena and Tiina @Moogo

The post's co-author Tiina works with Moogo as marketing assistant. Find her and everyone else working with Moogo on our contact page.

Have you ever looked through someone's photo albums and thought that it was boring? Or perhaps they're not really boring, but you certainly wouldn't mind having some more spark to them? Here are five tips on how to create attractive and well functioning photo albums.

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Why You Should Use Video On Your Website

Monday 8/9/10 time 8:55 AM - Sjoerd @ Moogo

Let's start this blogpost with a question:

If a picture says more than a thousands worths, then how many words does a video say?

No need to start guessing, this was a rethorical question! But I'm hoping you caught my point. A video can be a very engaging and convincing sales tool. It doesn't matter what you sell, a video can almost always be more convincing than a textual description with or without pictures.

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How To: Handle Social Media Misfits

Friday 7/30/10 - Heikki @Moogo

Social networks are great. Plain and simple. They make it possible for you to connect with like-minded people and grant you a platform to express thought. Professionals, high-school kids and even your grandma are getting getting savvy to ways of web 2.0. While most of us play together on this ever-expanding viral sandbox, there are always some who feel like it's their duty to start causing trouble. These ruckus-bringing baddies are oft-referred to as trolls. We know that nobody likes trolls, but what exactly is a troll and what makes them tick?

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How far can a business go without a website?

Wednesday 7/28/10 time 9:20 AM - Helena @Moogo

There are many companies that don't have a website. And it's just something that is not easy for me to understand - not because I work with Moogo, but because as a young person I look for information on the web. So if a company is not there then I simply can't find it. Further more, I keep wondering how these companies survive and how far they can really get without having a website.

Every year I get yellow pages sent to my home by post. I really haven't asked anyone to send it to me, but it still comes. Every year I have done the same thing - I get amazed of how many companies have spent their advertising money on it and then just throw the book away. Firstly, if I want to find any service, I would most definitely not use information on a paper for that. Secondly, these contact informations don't tell me anything about these companies. I was to know more than their phone number - if they have what I want, if their product is good, if anyone recommends the company etc. Even if I was just looking for a phone number, I'd rather pull out my mobile phone to check their site.

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Usability, your secret to more customers.

Monday 7/26/10 time 9:10 AM - Lisa Duddington

This weeks post is by Lisa Duddington who owns keepitusable, a web design and usability service provider. We have worked with Lisa before and totally recommend her services. Lisa is also an established blogger and you can read more of her thoughts on www.usabilitygal.com.

 

What is usability?

Usability is all about making things easy to use. Think about your everyday life... if something is easy to use doesnʼt it make you want to use it more? Donʼt you recommend it  to others? Itʼs exactly the same with websites. This is why as much as 95% of potential sales can be lost by a site that has poor usability.

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Moogo Member Closed Til Further Notice

Friday 7/23/10 time 8:29 AM - Sjoerd @Moogo

Not everything we do here works out perfectly. Unfortunately participation in the Moogo Member program was not high enough to create any substantial results for our software development team.

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Moogo for Webdesigners

Thursday 7/15/10 time 5:45 AM - sjoerd@moogo.com

 

Even though Moogo was designed to fit the needs of even the most unskilled internet user, we have seen that there are also some professional webdesigners using our platform to design a website for their clients.

If you are one of them, then I have some good news! In order to make things a little easier (and of course also more attractive) for you, we have now launched a promotion especially for webdesigners:

The Webdesigner Account!

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Moogo Partner affiliate program: what, how and most importantly - how much?

Friday 7/9/10 time 5:46 AM - Helena @Moogo

This week Sjoerd talks about affiliate program Moogo Partner. If you have never heard of what affiliate program is or perhaps you are already experienced affiliate - check out the video and find out how you can earn 50% commission with Moogo Partner!

>> Check out Moogo Partner!

>> Subscribe  to Moogo YouTube channel!

Guest post: SEO - How to determine the best search terms?

Wednesday 7/7/10 time 8:38 AM - Roy Huiskes

Every SEO project starts with only one question: Which search term brings the best connection between me, my product and my readers? Sure, you can try to start ranking for words like ‘mortgage’ or ‘loan’ but that will only bring you disillusion in so many ways you never want to work on SEO or your website ever again. Think small. By starting to think small, you actually look at the bigger picture. Now, that’s a contradiction to start a blog post with!

(This is a guest post by Roy Huiskes, an SEO consultant)

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Moogo has conquered LinkedIn!

Friday 7/2/10 time 5:39 AM - Helena @Moogo

In the world of endless amount of online social networking platforms, you just have to find the right one for you. As you might know already, Moogo is present on Twitter and Facebook, but to meet the needs of our small business customers, we have decided to open Moogo LinkedIn group as well.

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New feature: Photo album icon & Subscribing to blog comments

Monday 6/28/10 time 8:56 AM - Sjoerd @Moogo

Two small, but cool features have been added this week:

1. Use of a photo as the photo album icon
2. Subscribing to blog comments.

 

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How To Make Your Website Mobile Friendly

Thursday 6/24/10 time 3:40 AM - Helena @Moogo

Have you ever checked out how your website looks like with a mobile phone? Perhaps you should because increasingly many people use their phones for browsing on the web. Find out more:

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Want to have the Custom Mobile feature for your Moogo website? Send a message to our Helpdesk and they will enable it for you!

What do you think about the topic? Do you have any questions or comments that you would like us to answer in our videos? Let us know in the comments!

Important: Two Changes in The Payment Process!

Wednesday 6/23/10 time 8:55 AM - Sjoerd @Moogo

We have introduced two new things to our payment process, as requested by quite many of our users:

 

1. Monthly payments
2. Automatic billing

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Meetings Done Moogo Style - Definitely Not Your Average Bear

Friday 6/18/10 - Heikki @Moogo.com

Last week I did a post about SlideShare. In a nutshell, SlideShare is a solid tool for you to share your presentations and documents online with like-minded individuals, and share your content on various social media platforms. If you want to get a the full picture, please glace at my previous post.

When I wrote that previous post, I had not myself yet started using to the fullest, but now that I had the time, I decided to give it ago and put our weekly Tuesday presentation on there. So if you're interested in taking a peek into the world of Moogo, then you should definitely click on the link below.

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And the winner of $100 Amazon gift card is...

Thursday 6/17/10 time 10:51 AM - Helena @Moogo

We gave out $100 Amazon gift card to one of our Facebook fan page visitors who expressed an opinion on how a professional website should look like. Check out the video to find out who's the lucky winner!

Moogo helps restaurants to extend their hospitality on the web

Wednesday 6/16/10 time 8:41 AM - Helena @Moogo

Last week we wrote that there are many construction companies that have created a website with Moogo to create their online presence. This time we bring you another group of businesses that have found Moogo - restaurants, pubs and cafes.

Many people dream to have their own cafe or restaurant where they can receive important guests and gain wide popularity in their community. While there is a pretty long list of regulations and laws that a restaurant owner needs to keep in mind, significant investment needed for getting the right equipment and hiring staff, there is also marketing part that needs to be taken care of. And when a fresh cafe owner doesn't have an extra penny to spend, online website builders like Moogo become handy.

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RSS Feed explained: How to stay easily updated on your favorite websites.

Tuesday 6/15/10 time 9:42 AM - Sjoerd @Moogo

There are probably some sites and/or blogs that you often visit. You check them on a regular basis, be it daily, weekly, montly.

Hhow do you know when it is the right time to visit your site? How do you know when they have updated something or posted a new blog or news item?

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