Kumar Gauraw

7 Important Elements Of A Powerful About Page

If you check into your Google Analytics, chances are that your About page (if you have one) is among the top 5 most visited pages on your website.

Especially, for your first time visitors, it is the most important page. Any new visitor who lands on one of your pages through organic search or any social media channels, it is the About page that they visit next if they like your content.

I have talked about it in the past and I want to talk about it one more time. This time, I want to talk about it in detail because as I was doing analysis of my conversion rate yesterday, I found something very interesting.

Updated On October 27, 2014 In Marketing About Page, Brand Image, Building Trust, Business Branding, Business Website Setup, Credibility, Personal Branding, Top Blogs

How To Lock Down Your WordPress Admin And Save Your Server Resources

Kumar Gauraw

Did you know that hackers may be trying to consume your server bandwidth and CPU resources at this very moment if you have a WordPress powered website?

lock down WordPress Admin - Protect your website and server resources

Do you have any mechanism to know that someone is trying to get into your website? Do you have any protection mechanism enabled?

You Might Have Heard Of BruteForce Attacks

A large botnet of more than 90,000 compromised servers has been attempting to break into WordPress websites (randomly) by continually trying to get into the WordPress admin dashboard using the default “admin” username and guessing passwords.

Updated On October 27, 2014 In Blogging Brute Force Attacks, Managing WordPress, Protect Your WordPress, WordPress Admin, WordPress Plugins, WordPress Security

5 Principles Of Successful Brand Building

Kumar Gauraw

When you think branding, do you think of a logo, an advertisement on TV, radio or on the internet? You are not alone if you do that because branding is yet another misinterpreted and misunderstood word.

Branding is usually identified with the practice of putting a symbol on a thing to indicate ownership. Companies have used their logos on the products they sell and campaigned to imprint their logs in people’s minds.

Do You Need A Logo For Personal Branding?

Recently, a gentleman sent me a review of my blog design and proposed that he could give me a better design and a better navigation for about $500.

Updated On October 27, 2014 In Marketing Brand Identity, Brand Image, Brand Reputation, Brand Strategy, Business Branding

Things To Do Before You Launch A Brand New Website

Kumar Gauraw

Starting your own website doesn’t seem to be rocket science and, it’s not. But, having a plan in place to launch, knowing exactly what to do before and after the launch is very important for your success.

I have often wondered, and I have seen many of my friends beating around the bushes to find success after starting a new website. Sometimes, I have ended up making the same mistakes a second and a third time. If you have launched a website or are planning to, you know what I’m talking about.

With MisterAcronym.com website design and development in full swing, I am again thinking to revisit my launch plan of this website with my partner, Bill Butler. MisterAcronym.com is a creative project with the intention to entertain and educate, while helping our readers expand their vocabulary in English language in a very creative manner.

Updated On October 27, 2014 In Business Aggressive Marketing, Business Launch, Online Activities, Online Marketing, Planning, Social Media Marketing, Social Media Promotion, Website Launch, Website Setup

How To Get Up Early And Get An Enormous Edge Over Rest Of The World

Kumar Gauraw

What time do you get up on Saturdays and Sundays? Why your weekends? Well, that is because I wanted you to know what time you get up on your own when you have a choice to sleep more.
Benefits of getting up early are many - top-5 reasons listed along with video by Robin Sharma
Those who know me know that I am an early riser (if not super early.) I go to bed after midnight and I am up around 6 AM (working to notch it up to 5 AM,) every single day. Not because I hate sleeping, but because I believe I can do better than that.

An Early Childhood Practice

Early in my childhood, I saw my dad getting up at 4 AM every day without exception. In fact, he was the alarm clock for my family. He would work for the government from 9 to 5, take care of our farm (yes, we did have cattle and we did not buy milk,) at night and in early morning, and then he would sit down with us to make sure we did our homework before he left for his duty.

Updated On October 27, 2014 In Leadership Early Risers, Exercise, Get Up, Healthy Living, World, World Class

How To Build Credibility For Your Brand Identity Through Your Blog

Kumar Gauraw

Do you use your blog as a tool for building your credibility, authority and influence?

If you haven’t thought in that direction so far, you need to start clearing your blogging misconceptions quickly and start thinking of your blog as a tool to do so.

A lot of bloggers come to blogging to make quick bucks and very soon, they fade away once they begin to realize that there is no shortcut to success. Making legitimate money has never been and will never be so easy.

Updated On October 27, 2014 In Blogging Blogging Guide, Brand Identity, Brand Image, Business Branding, Credibility

Google Is Shutting Down Orkut And What It Means To You

Kumar Gauraw

Launched in January 2004, Google’s first social media venture, Orkut is shutting down on September 30, 2014. I received an email from the Orkut team notifying me of this development a couple of days ago.

If you know anything about Orkut, you may remember that it was launched even before Facebook. It was very popular in India and Brazil, although it never took off in the US.

Updated On October 27, 2014 In Social Media Download for Free, Google+, Pictures, Social Media Platform, Social Networking

How Do You Work With An Unaccountable Leader?

Kumar Gauraw

Have you come across people who come to you for answers but actually seem to have all the answers already?

Dealing With UnAccountable People Can Be A Frustrating Experience For Serious Entrepreneurs

The situation becomes even especially more challenging when they have not paid for your time in trying to help them get their answers. I have had several such encounters with people who wanted me to guide them; coaching them so they could succeed in their careers. But, as it turned out, they really were not looking for anything but to waste my time.
Continue Reading…

Updated On October 27, 2014 In Leadership Accountable Person, Leader, Leadership Lessons, Leadership Principles, Responsible, Unaccountable Person

Yes, You Need To Brag About Yourself And Your Amazing Skills

Kumar Gauraw

Do you believe that you don’t need to talk about yourself if you are good at what you do? Or, shall we call it as a ‘myth’?

Over the years I have met people who absolutely believe that the only people who promote themselves and talk about their skills and craft are those who are not good at it. Have you met people like that? Do you believe in that theory?

Updated On October 27, 2014 In Miscellaneous Business Growth, Business Success, Career Success, Self-Promotion, Skill Promotion, Social Media Promotion

Is Google+ Worth The Investment Of Your Time And Energy?

Kumar Gauraw

When it comes to using social media as an entrepreneur, should you invest your time in growing your presence on Google+?

There are different purposes behind using different social networking websites. But, does Google+ deserve an investment of your time?

Updated On October 27, 2014 In Social Media Google Authorship, Google Plus, Google+, Social Media Marketing, Social Media Platform, Social Networking

You Might Have Heard Of BruteForce Attacks

Do You Need A Logo For Personal Branding?

An Early Childhood Practice

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