Archive for 2011
5 Tactics for Converting Visitors to Customers
Congratulations. Your site traffic is up. You have worked hard to get this traffic using an array of paid search, social media, directory listings and online marketing programs. You’ve optimized your site for search engines by applying all the industry best practices and white hat optimization techniques. But you’re not seeing the pay off… what’s…
Read MoreComparing 5 Popular Shopping Carts
Wondering which eCommerce application is right for you? Take a look at this handy matrix comparing 5 of the most popular shopping carts. We have included ASPdotNETStoreFront (ASPDNSF), BVCommerce, nopCommerce, osCommerce, and Zen Cart. While this feature list is by no means comprehensive, it does provide a good sense of how these apps measure up. …
Read MoreTake a load off…our treat, no tricks!
Let Applied Innovations provide you with a FREE CUSTOMIZED website performance evaluation. We’ll take a look at your hosting plan’s specifications, your traffic and memory usage, and run a variety of performance monitors. From this, we’ll identify problems you may not even be aware of, and make suggestions for improvements to optimize the performance of…
Read MoreVisit to DotNetNuke HQ
Earlier this month I had the opportunity to visit San Mateo, California and meet with our friends at DotNetNuke’s corporate headquarters. While out there I interviewed Joe Brinkman and Will Strohl on a variety of subjects including: Joe’s take on the history of DotNetNuke and the decision to form DotNetNuke Corp. DotNetNuke 6 and what…
Read MoreBenefits of Cloud Hosting on Hyper-V
As both a technologist and business owner of a company deeply involved in the cloud, I have a fantastic understanding of what the cloud means from both a business and technology aspect and often I take that understanding for granted. Recently, I’ve come to realize is that today everyone wants the cloud! They don’t know…
Read MoreIntroducing Office365: Collaboration for Everyone
Work from anywhere and on almost any device! As a longtime Microsoft Partner, Applied Innovations is excited to be offering a FREE TRIAL of Microsoft Office 365! Just call us at 866-706-8691 and we’ll send you a link to the free trial today. Office 365 provides Microsoft Office collaboration and productivity tools delivered through the…
Read More11 Ways to Get More Traffic to Your Website
Your website took time to design, develop and implement. But the next challenge is getting quality traffic to your site. It’s the challenge every online entity struggles with. You shouldn’t have to pay for every set of eyeballs, either. You need people who are actively seeking what you have to offer. There are a number…
Read MoreAre Your Assets Covered?
It’s a simple premise: Spend a few minutes today setting up backups of your data and servers, and potentially save yourself a huge nightmare in the future. Backups have two basic purposes. 1) To recover data that is lost due to corruption or inadvertent deletion. 2) To recover data as it existed at an earlier…
Read MoreAn Interview with The Computer Tailors: Spotlight on nopCommerce
Longtime Applied Innovations customer The Computer Tailors is based in Boca Raton, Florida. Owner Louis Datz sat down with us to talk about a site he recently launched using nopCommerce and why he hosts his clients’ sites with Appliedi. AI: How many sites does The Computer Tailors host with Applied Innovations? LD: I host…
Read MoreWordPress 3.2 Makes it Even Easier to Blog
For years people have been making WordPress the most popular blogging application in the world. And in one bloggershumble opinion this is rightfully so. But don’t take my word for it. The latest release, 3.2 (code name Gershwin), has already eclipsed 3 million downloads. And it was only released on July 4th. The newest update…
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