How To Choose The Right Telecommunication Options For Your Business

Choose TelephoneRunning a business is not an easy task. Choosing the right telecommunication service for your business is very important, especially if your business deals with a lot of customers through the telephone system. Making a lot of long-distance phone calls could cost your business a lot of money. To cut costs and increase efficiency, you could choose a telecommunication service that is both cheap and efficient.

You should choose a telecommunication service that could offer your business the best value for the cheapest price. Instead of using a traditional phone system that is both costly, high-maintenance and inefficient, you could try a hosted phone service that offers you multiple features for a cheap price per month.

The Benefits of a Hosted Phone System

Instead of using an on-premise phone system that costs you a hefty amount of money each month, you could opt for a hosted phone service that will cost you only half. A hosted PBX phone service will replace your traditional analog phone system with a hosted system that could be managed completely online. Your calls will be transferred on the Internet using Voice over IP (VoIP) technology and you could make and take calls using an IP phone plugged into your broadband connection. By using this type of service, you could save as much as 50% on your monthly phone bills.

You could manage your phone service completely online through an easy interface. VoIP phone services also offer many other added features that are hard to come by when you use a traditional phone service, such as personalized voicemail, 3-way calling, music-on-hold, auto-responder, auto attendant and corporate directory. That is the reason why many Fortune 500 companies are now using VoIP technology to manage their client calls.

If your business needs to make a lot of long-distance calls to your customers, you will love PBX telecommunication service, since with it, long distance and international calls will become much more affordable. Since all the calls will be handled over the Internet, the cost could be reduced to a minimal level.

Another benefit of using a hosted PBX phone system is the high mobility level it could offer. Regardless where you are, you can always make and take calls provided you have an Internet connection with you. This way, you have the option to choose the phone number that best benefits your business no matter where you are.

If you are looking for a perfect telecommunication option for your business, contact macquarie telecom australia today and we will help you set up a cost-efficient and streamlined phone system that will take your business to the next level.

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SEMRush Gives You X-Ray Vision!

There probably isn’t a guy out there who didn’t at one point or another as a kid wish someone would come up with X-Ray vision to sneak a peek at the cute girl he had a crush on. X-Ray vision (and flying) is probably one of Superman’s most enviable powers.

Well, fellow bloggers and people trying to make money blogging, today is your LUCKY day!

Thanks to SEMRush, you can literally pull back the curtain and spy on your competition. Take a peek under hood at what they’re ranking for, which brings you one step closer to outdoing them!

For those who missed it, check out my last post on SEMRush and how this valuable tool can help you form a laser focused plan for your blog: How To Use SEMRush To Refine Your Blog Targeting Plan.

Today I want to show you how you can very easily look at your competition, and what to do with this info. But before we get started, you might be asking yourself, “Why would I care about spying on another site in my niche?” Plain and simple, the best way to boost your site’s traffic is by taking over the top spots for search terms in the organic results. Beat out your competition and you will get significantly more traffic than their sites.

What’s more, looking at what your competitors are ranking well for can give you some great ideas about other things to focus on. Sometimes we just need a little thinking outside the box to take things to the next level.

Here’s how you can spy on your competition:

  1. Log into your SEMRush account.
  2. Enter the domain you want to spy on in the top Search bar.
  3. Click Search.
  4. On the left hand column, under Organic Research, click Positions.

That’s it. You’ll see results similar to this:

SEMRush Organic Results

There are some other options under the Organic Research section. Play around with them to see other interesting info, but the Positions section will give you PLENTY to fill your time as you work on building up your site. One you may want to look at, though, is the Competitors link. That will show you the main competitors to the site you performed the original search on.

So what do you do with this info? Lots of things. Here are some initial questions to ask yourself:

  • What keywords is the site ranking for that fit into my keyword profile? (In other words, is there low hanging fruit you should be going after?)
  • What topic ideas can I gather from what my competition is doing?
  • How is my competitor ranking well for the keywords? (Take a look at their site and see if you can deconstruct it.  The provided URL in the results screen will give you a good start.)
  • What are they ranking well for that might make a good topic for a niche site?

Those are just some off the top of my head. There’s so much that can be done with this data, that you likely will never run out of things to try. If nothing else, having an understanding of what your competition is doing will make you a better blogging and ultimate help you make money blogging more quickly than others who choose to not take the time to do some research.

Check out SEMRush here: SEMRush.com.

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A Book You Need To Read This Weekend

The 4 Hour WorkweekI like to think of myself as an avid reader, but truth be told, I’m really more of a book collector and starter. I don’t know how many books I’ve bought, but never cracked open. And I have just as many that I’ve only read the first couple chapters of. One of those is The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People. I swear I’ve started that book AT LEAST half a dozen times. Yet only made it through the first two habits (Be Proactive and Begin With The End In Mind).

So it may be surprising to find that I have come across a book I’ve actually read nearly 4 times from cover to cover. It’s The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss. Great great book, and one you need to pick up and read this weekend.

Why should you read it? Simple. It will change your perspective on working, retirement, and life in general. I’m not a big self-help guru follower, but this one absolutely changed my paradigm of how I approach my businesses and what I’m working towards/for.

A couple of important things that I found shifted in my mindset:

  1. Time and location freedom are what I’m striving towards. The cool thing is Internet related businesses lend themselves perfectly to this.
  2. Retirement is not something to work 40 or 50 years for, then enjoy. It’s something you should be enjoying NOW! I’ve become a subscriber to the mini retirement mindset.

The other interesting thing that has changed is my view of money and what I’m really after. I thought for a long time I needed enough money to not have to earn any more money to be able to retire and enjoy life. Now I’m realizing what I’m really after is to be able to live and experience things that only the “rich” can. And that those things are really not out of reach.

I won’t give any more away. Grab a copy and see what you think. The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich

Would love to hear your comments!

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Take Control Of Your Rankings With SEO PowerSuite

I swear…it seems like every other email I get these days has something to do with Google this… Panda that… and how to avoid a drop in rankings, leading to a certain death of your web site. Quite frankly, I’m getting sick of them and have started unsubscribing to lists that push all that website doomsday crap.

Sure I had sites affected by recent Google updates. Some keywords and phrases I was ranking for have all of a sudden disappeared, but others have gotten even stronger. What’s interesting is in the last couple of weeks, I’ve noticed some terms that fell off the radar have started to pick back up and are climbing the ranking ladder. I’ve not changed my fundamental ranking strategy, only gotten a bit more selective about what sites I seek links from.

One of my favorite tools for dealing with rankings is one that, interestingly enough, recently ordered this paid review. It’s SEO PowerSuite. I feel mighty fortunate to get paid to write a review about software I use regularly and happen to really love.

SEO PowerSuite is actually 4 pieces of software compiled into a suite that covers all of your SEO bases. Here is a breakdown of each of the tools:

Rank Tracker

Rank Tracker - SEO PowerSuite

Rank Tracker is probably the tool I use the most out of SEO PowerSuite. It helps me track rankings for my sites and client’s sites, and keep on top of what keywords and phrases I’m working to rank for. It also includes a keyword research component.

WebSite Auditor

WebSite Auditor - SEO PowerSuite

WebSite Auditor will evaluate your site and look at the structure and SEO optimization of your site’s content. I’m usually not a big fan of site audits like this, but I do find it handy when first starting to work with a site to see what issues might need to be addressed. I’ve also found running this every couple of months to see how your goals for the site are being addressed from the content and structure perspective is handy.

SEO SpyGlass

SEO SpyGlass - SEO PowerSuite

The SEO SpyGlass module goes out and analyzes your competition’s web sites to determine what makes up their backlink profile. You can in turn use this to create a link building plan to outrank those pesky competitors. This is especially handy when you’re hitting a brick wall trying to figure out how to even go about getting started with link building.

LinkAssistant

LinkAssistant - SEO PowerSuite

The final module is the LinkAssistant. This is the module I’ve used the least, but probably need to be more diligent about using. The LinkAssistant will help you manage your link building tasks, create link directories, and even help you manage communincations with other sites that you want to have link to you.

As you can see, SEO PowerSuite is pretty much the complete package. I’ve been using the software for just over a year now and was impressed enough to even renew my subscription. I could go into more detail about each, but personally, I think you’re better off downloading the free version of the software and tinkering around with it than you are reading about my in depth thoughts on it. Grab the download from Link-Assistant.com here:  SEO PowerSuite.

What I will give you, however, is my bullet points of likes and dislikes about the software.

What I Like about SEO PowerSuite:

  • Comprehensive set of tools for handling pretty much all of your SEO tasks including tracking
  • Great reporting features making it easy to create reports for clients you’re doing SEO work for
  • Regularly updated for search engine changes and program updates
  • Easy to use with minimal work
  • Works on a Mac…LOVE this since I’m primarily a Mac user
What I Don’t Love about SEO PowerSuite:
  • Program interfaces are a bit clunky and dated feeling, especially when compared to a Market Samurai or other industry leading products
  • Requires paying for a subscription to get latest updates…Although I can understand why they charge, I still don’t like paying :)
  • Would be nice to be able to do some quick lookups on keywords without having to add them to a list…Haven’t been able to figure out how to do this yet
For the most part, the stuff I don’t like is minor. The benefits far outweigh the complaints and I’d highly recommend SEO PowerSuite to anyone doing SEO for their own sites or blogs, or doing SEO work for clients. Download the Free Edition here and give it a try: SEO PowerSuite Free Edition.
This is a paid review, however, I’m a user and firm believer in SEO PowerSuite. My review reflects my honest opinion of the software and it’s effectiveness.
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Blueverse and Digiarty Software Give You Something To Be Thankful For

Thanks again to Digiarty Software for sponsoring yet another giveaway of their software to Blueverse.com readers! Grab your copy today!

WinX DVD Ripper Platinum, developed by Digiarty Software, Inc., is a windows-based DVD ripping and backup program. Recently, this DVD ripper was upgraded with the fire-new UI and excellent new functions. Now WinX DVD Ripper Platinum New Version is released and given away as Thanksgiving gift to everyone before Nov 27.

Giveaway page: http://www.winxdvd.com/giveaway/

Launched the new version, the new UI emerges with better USER Guide (Getting Started) and preview window. It is more succinct and friendlier than the older version. The output formats are concealed.

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Some New Features of WinX DVD Ripper Platinum

  1. 1.     Added over 350 profiles that are able to rip DVD to all popular tablets and mobile phone, like, HTC, Samsung, Kindle Fire, Nexus 7, Microsoft Devices, etc.
  2. 2.     Merge several video files into one.
  3. 3.     Clip one video to several segments for further edition.
  4. 4.     Crop video size to satisfy personal demands.
  5. 5.     Rebuilt the core to provide faster speed with more stable process.
  6. 6.     Show the DVD Cover if the producer of DVD has embedded DVD cover.
  7. 7.     Show Recently Used Profile for you.

 The Tutorials of WinX DVD Ripper Platinum

From the following steps, we will notice other changes of this software.

Step 1: Load DVD movies.

WinX DVD Ripper Platinum still supports DVD Disc, ISO image and DVD folders. We can load DVD disc by clicking “DVD Disc”; load DVD ISO image by clicking “ISO Image”; load DVD folder files by clicking “Folder”. The window for output profile appears after loading DVD movies.

step 1

Step 2: Choose output formats according to your need.

From the screenshots below, we will see that there are 5 profiles, 16 output categories. Every profile consists of related output categories, or related output formats.

For example, rip DVD to iPhone 5. Do as the following:  Click Apple Device ->to iPhone Video -> iPhone 5 (MPEG4).

step 2

Step 3: Click “Run” to rip DVD.

The following interface shows up after select output formats. We can adjust audio and video parameters by clicking “Edit”; merge several video files, crop video size and clip segments by clicking “Merge”.

step 3

WinX DVD Ripper Platinum is by far the most omnipotent DVD converting software in the market. If you are interested in it, please visit http://www.winxdvd.com/giveaway/

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Halloween Trick or Treat?

free dvd ripper video conversion softwareThis one is a TREAT!

Looking for a way to get your videos onto your Windows 8 Media Player, iPad, iPhone, Android, Galaxy, etc? Look no further than this Halloween Special courtesy of Digiarty Software. They announced that from today through November 4th, they are giving away these 2 popular software apps for the very low price of…..FREE!

You need to grab both of these ASAP.

Here are the 2 apps:

1.  WinX HD Video Converter

Details: Shrink & convert all kinds of videos with the best quality & file size to suit your Windows (8) Media Player, iPad (3/Mini), iPhone (5), Android, Galaxy (S3) and the upcoming Surface Tablet. Support 210 video audio codecs. Work as YouTube downloader and MKV, AVCHD, AVI, MP4 converter, etc.

2.  iPad Ripper

Details: Back up Blu-ray & DVD movie to your iPad! It’s built with preconfigured profiles for all iPad models and is specially optimized for the new iPad 3 and iPad Mini.

Both of these are great apps that will definitely come in handy. Download them today from Digiarty’s site: Digiarty 2012 Halloween Giveaway & Promo.

Thanks Digiarty!

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A Closer Look at DVD to iPad iPhone Ripper from Digiarty

One of the best uses of the iPad is for mobile entertainment. Thanks to Digiarty, you can take copies of your favorite DVDs with you, regardless of whether your main system is a PC or Mac.

Why use this program

No doubt thousands of analogy rippers are out there but very few works as steadily as this one when dealing with strongly copy protected discs. Plus it is known that Apple always restricts its devices to Bluray and DVD video formats except for MP4/H.264. For anyone who is still puzzled by how to transferring Bluray/DVD to iPad, iPhone even Apple TV, why not try WinX Bluray DVD iPad Ripper? It delivers excellent performance to break through both copy protections and Apple video formats restrictions for legal and personal use.

Tutorial on making digital copies to iPad, iPhone, iTouch and Apple TV

The item for tutorial is a piece of DVD the Legend of The Guardians. Launchprogram and insert DVD to DVD-ROM, it automatically loads the whole contentand recognizes the real title for ripping process.

Slide the bar under the preview window to take pictures as JPEG/BMP based on your individual need.

Click “to iPad”. This mode will rip inserted DVD to iPad. The “Profile Setting” includes classified iPad generation. Normally there is a default folder to save ripped file and personally I suggest you “Browse” to set another one so that you will found it at once.

Hit “Start” to rip DVD to iPad.

Steps are easy even for beginners to rip DVD to iPad. Check out more features of WinX Bluray DVD iPad Ripper and its Mac version on Official Site. Enjoy it!

This guest post was provided by the fine folks over at Digiarty Software.

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Using Air Playit to Stream Movie to iPad

You may have heard of Air Video, a video streaming & player app, but I doubt whether you gave a shot on Air Playit. It is an easy-to-use video and audio streaming app, and through WiFi or 3G/4G network you could stream almost all videos to iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Android OS mobile devices. Personally speaking, Air Playit is an unmatchable video streaming app because of its handiness, powerful capability, free of charge.

A connected device (iPhone/iPad/iTouch) can easily play back any movie or video on your PC or Mac via the network. More amazingly, it is not only supports those formats that the Apple devices do not natively, such as MKV, AVI, WMV, M2TS, AVCHD, etc. but also converts them on fly. That is to say, all movie and video can now be watched directly on your iPhone/iPad/iTouch with no need of third-party conversion software.

To illustrate how it works, I used it myself and tested its ability. For both PC and Mac user, the first thing is always download and install the software. So I installed the Air Playit server onto my Mac and Air Playit client onto my iPad. Actually, the software download and installment were pretty smooth. Then I got my cartoon (Rango) easily added on cloud. Almost forget that it can also access your iTunes Playlist.

After the successful installments of Air Playit server and client, you will be ready to use the app. The local server should show up immediately, for it supports automated server discovery on local network by Bonjour Service. But if it doesn’t, you could also add remote server by manually specifying IP address. Anyway, my iPad and Mac were connected automatically, and I could see a list of folders which had been set up on Mac before.

 

The program will show the some basic info of the movie or video played back on mobile devices when tapping one in the folder. The arrows on the right hand side will expand the movie or video to full screen, the camera icon will take a quick snapshot, and using the settings menu, you can increase the video and audio quality.

Moreover, you can also use its built-in offline task manager to convert movies to iPhone/iPad/iTouch format effortless. While watching a movie, you can easily skip to a new scene with minimal load time, or pause and come back to the exact spot where you left off. I watched an entire movie with little stuttering and few pauses. But using the server on my Mac was a little bit CPU-intensive, and I’m not sure that I would have been able to run other programs without causing problems.

Thanks to built-in HTTP server, Air Playit also lets you access videos stored on your PC or Mac via any web browser. Due to time limits, I did not test that out.

Overall, it is a very good solution if you have movies and videos in formats that don’t work with the iPhone/iPad/iTouch. With this app, you can stream directly from your PC or Mac pleasantly, regardless of unacceptable video formats.

Epilog

Although there weren’t enough instructions or guidance when using Air Playit, it was fairly easy to figure out how it works and there’s no reason not to check out a free handy app.

Read more details, please go to http://tucknoloji.com/.

Guest post submitted by the good folks at Digiarty Software (airplayit.com).

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WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe Giveaway

winx hd video converter deluxeI’ve been doing a fair amount of work lately with clients setting up training sites. The training is typically a combination of video and printed material dripped out to members on a weekly or bi-weekly schedule. One of my responsibilities with these projects is helping clients get their content ready for the systems we have set up for them.

Video is probably one of the biggest pain in the butt pieces to deal with. There are a thousand different ways clients want to deliver video to you. We want the end product, in most cases, to be a Flash video file (.flv). Enter video conversion software.

I’ll tell you from experience that finding the right tools that do the job for you can make the difference between getting to enjoy your weekend or spending the entire time trying different conversion methods. This is where products like WinX HD Video Converter really come in handy.

WinX has a suite of software applications that let you do everything from rip DVDs to your hard drive (very handy for long flights or trips) to video conversion for both the PC and Mac. Pretty much anything you want to do with video conversion or platform shifting, they have you covered.

The fine folks over at Digiarty Software were kind enough to offer the readers of Blueverse a chance to get their hands on a copy of WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe. You can read more about the software here: WinX DVD Converter Deluxe.

To get your hands on one of the codes, all you need to do is leave a comment on this post. I’ll select 10 lucky people on Wednesday, April 18th from those who have left comments.

Thanks Digiatry Software!

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