Agents of Value

2012 will probably give the internet world new things yet again. This year, if Google+ is mentioned, people might say, that’s so 2011! Because some genius might invent another social networking medium that will aim to be the next Google+, or better yet, one that will bring down Facebook. Let’s also consider web designs. What should you expect for web designs in 2012? Business.com writer, Amanda DiSilvestro, wrote her predictions for web design for 2012. Some of her predictions include more 3D effects, mobile browsing of websites, CSS3 and HTML5 to replace flash and typography. Her predictions echo the same trends that other websites like Cprenterprisesonline.com and Seoptimise.com also wrote about. Let me go over some of the web design trends for 2012, what they are and how a particular site will look like using those designs. Our web designer, Ian, created some design samples for Agents of Value using some of the design trends for 2012. 1. Oversized Headers, Logos and Footers. The headers or logos in this design trend can take up the [...]

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It doesn’t take much to go viral on YouTube nowadays. Whether you’re filming yourself on your bed, crying for everyone to leave Britney Spears alone, or documenting one of your little boys biting the finger of his brother, or this: Yup, it doesn’t take much to be famous during these times of “video is king” era. This is why online businesses have also joined the bandwagon. Plain linking has evolved to video marketing and now, video infographics. By definition, a video infographic is a visual representation of a fact or data. In simple terms, it is content marketing that is unique and can create a big impact on the viewers. By big impact, it could mean people enjoying your videos, laughing or even crying because of them. By bigger impact, it means the same people sharing your videos to friends, to Facebook, Twitter and any other social networking medium that they participate in. Video Marketing Facts: Survey on Impact on People shows that: • Voice – has 10% Impact • Visuals – has 20% Impact [...]

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“The last social network to arrive…may be eliminated!” The race is on! Or is it? “Facebook Killer”, “Replacement for Facebook” are just some of the things that Internet users are saying about Google+. Google+ gained 10M users just 2 weeks after it was launched last July 4, 2011. The numbers are expected to grow, since people are just getting a feel of what is in Google+ that makes it different (or similar?) to Facebook. Considering the features Google+ has now, it can be said that Google is becoming the “social media site” it aimed to be when Google Buzz first came out. That one did not fare well though. But Google users are hoping that Google had learned from its past mistake and has probably managed to get it right with Google+. People have their own opinions (pros and cons, of course) about this newest Google creation. True, it does not have Facebook’s 7 features but it is still too early to tell what may or may not happen. As of the time this article [...]

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