Online Shopping in Cameroon with Kaymu

   Online shops in Cameroon are on the rise with new players are coming into the market, the old ones putting more efforts and developing strategies so as to offer the best experience to both new and returning customers. 

Today, we are going to discover another online shop in Cameroon  

kaymu.cm is a site which help buyers to reach sellers and sellers to get the best out of their shopping.

Commonly refered to as the online market place; kaymu  online shops deals with a vriety of products ranging from  smart phones,computers, fashion,home appliances among others.  Products sold on kaymuare carefully verified by a team of experts to enhance customer satisfaction and safety.

Kaymu.cm  online market offer sellers the opportunity to reach more customers since products on kaymu are sold all over the country.  Online those living in Cameroon can shop on kaymu.cm. If you are out of cameroon and wants to shop on kaymu, consider typing kaymu.com and clik on your country ‘s flag. You can  even make your shoppin better  by making use of their special offers during festive periods. You can as well make use of Wednesday shopping on MTN Cameroon’ online shop on kaymu.

shopping on this site is very esay. All you have to do is :

==search for a product,

===click on buy, s

==loign if you hav an account  or register if it is your first time.   

==choose your  payment method and pass your order.

    You can do your shopping both on mobile phone and on PC. You can take your market every where with you by dowloading any of  kaymu’s apps. Apps are vailable for android, Iphone and black berry users.

Kaymu offers sellers free online shops where they can update their products with a clear description so that buyers can  easily pay for them  . It is a safe place for  those who like shopping online. when you shop on  kaymu, you can choose where you product should be delivered. You can decide to pay before delivery or pay on delivery.   Online payments are made using MTN mobile money for the moment on this site.

There is no need to doubt  when doing you shopping in Cameroon. You are in a safe place which is being enjoyed  in more than  14 countries in Africa and  in about 20+ countries world wide .  

Shopping on kaymu protect you from being expose to scam products.  As I said earlier, Kaymu verify its sellers and the products which the sellers are offeing. Buyers can return a product if they are not satisfied with it.Countries like Nigeria,Kenya and Ivory cost , pakistan among others which are doing are doing great with  kaymu  online shops. Tha kaymu network is also expanding into Europe.

To round this write up off, kaymu.cm is a site worth visiting. Kaymu offers the  opportunity for Cameroonians to make money online . It gives online shopppers the courage to shop with no fear. If you are thinking of buying a product on kaymu; then make use of the bonus below.

Bonus :   For the valentines day, you will get free shipping for payments made via MTN mobile money on  kaymu.

 Have you ever shop on kaymu? How was your experince?

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3 Reasons Why Outsourcing is Great for Your eCommerce Business

Outsourcing is when a business delegates their in-house tasks to third-party service providers. Some outsourcing contracts run for a particular time frame. Other contracts are for long term arrangements.

According to survey, companies opt to outsource for these common reasons:

·         -Control operational costs

·         -Use external expertise unavailable in-house

·        - Maximize efficiency at core business tasks

Think outsourcing is great, but you are still sitting on the fence? Let’s get down to details on how impactful the reasons above are.

Outsourcing Controls Operational Costs

Finding ways to cut down on expenses is a winning scenario for businesses of all scales.

Take control of your expenses by outsourcing tasks like marketing, data entry, and customer support. Because you will not be employing in-house staff to do these, you will also be able to save on the following:

·         Personnel benefits

·         Infrastructure (for instance, building rents and  maintenance)

·         Equipment purchases  and upgrades.

Savings you earned from these expenses will give you funds to invest on other areas in your business. 

Lets say, you are an artisan who sells handcrafted jewelry on Amazon. Instead of paying rent to accommodate staff, you can invest money to build your personal workshop. 

Outsourcing Allows Access to Expertise Unavailable In-house

Lets take the same scenario in the previous section. For instance, the time for you to take your business beyond Amazon has come.

You have decided to build an eCommerce site. Outsourcing this project to a company that offers eCommerce website development is your smartest move. 

Sure, you can go the DIY route to build your site. Thing is, there is so much to a well-functioning website than meets the eye. It entails expertise in web design, programming  and the nitty gritty back end IT stuff. 

While you can take the time to learn the ropes  and  get the hang of it, it is always better to trust the process to the experts. In return, you can focus on your expertise. This takes us to the next section.

 Outsourcing Maximizes Efficiency on Core Business Tasks

Your expertise is the driving force of your business. This is the list of the tasks that your brand is great at. These tasks are your core business tasks. 

Taking the artisan example, your core business tasks have to do with the creation of design concepts and innovation.

Data entry, customer service and marketing keep your business afloat, for sure. However, innovating jewelry design, sourcing new materials  and putting all these together are the main things that further your business.

Having someone to do everything else helps you maximize and get the most of your core tasks. 

Indeed, outsourcing is a smart eCommerce business owner’s move. It saves you money, secures work quality, and above all allows you to focus tasks you love doing most. 
In the end, opting to outsource is choosing to take your brand further. 

About the Author

Catherine is president and; executive director of 20four7va, a global eCommerce virtual assistance service provider. She is into strategic planning, product development, brand management, and digital marketing.
http://20four7va.com/| twitter.com/20Four7VA

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5 Best Sites to Buy and Sell Online in Cameroon

Selling online in Cameroon has never been this easy. The era has gone where sellers struggle to post products on classified sites in USA, Europe and other countries. The time has gone where accounts are rejected on E-bay and Amazon as the struggle to market their products. Today, online businesses are on a rise in Cameroon with many online shops, online markets, and classified sites among others being created. 

Buy or selling online in Cameroon has been made easy, thanks to the innovative thoughts of Cameroonians and other investors. It is the era where you can buy any product you want online. It is the era where every business, organization and even individual wants to get an online presence. As this hustle is on, small businesses and offline marketers should be thinking on how to get into the race. 

Today, I will be sharing with you some of top websites where you can sell your products in Cameroon. If your website is not included, never mind, either we are not aware of it or we did not consider it in our list. Feel free to share it and what it offers on the comment section.

 

                                                                                              Vendito                                                                                                     

Vendito.cm is a classified ad site in Cameroon.  You can buy or sell anything in Cameroon on vendito.cm.  Vendito is found in  other countries in Africa and Middle East.  The classified site offer it services similar to Olx found in Nigeria , India, South Africa and other countries. This is the number one place to sell in Cameroon. So what did we give vendito.cm the number one  position ? Let us get the reasons for our classification.

1 .  Vendito verify the products sellers are posting. This ensures buyers to get quality products on the website

2. Vendito got a very good online /Social media presence. As a facebook user in Cameroon, you must have seen products being displayed for sale on vendito. As such, sellers have the opportunity to get their products exposed to a large audience .  We can say, the site will do a facebook promotion for your product if it is of quality for free.

3. Products are well classified into different categories which real which makes interaction with the website easy. Buyers can easily search for the product they want and get it without wasting time.

4. As a seller on vendito, you have the chances of getting your product on some of the top online shops in Cameroon. Because of the quality of the services offered by vendito coupled with verification of the seller, some  online shops in Cameroon use vendito to get in contact with product owners and propose great deals with them.

5. You can sell almost everything on vendito. You can buy or sell the following using vendito: Phones, tablets,  Computer, TVs, video games ,vehicles, houses, plots, shoes, dresses, and more.

These products are classified under the following categories:

i. Fashion and Beauty,

ii. Electronics,

iii. Mobile phones and Tbalets,

iv. Real Estate,

v.  Jobs and Services,

vi.  Home and Garden,

           vii. Vehicles,

           viii. Hobby and sport

6. You can sell online  anywhere in Cameroon. You can search a product by Region, Town and even quarter. For example, you can go to

The Littoral region, select Douala as the town and may be Makepe as the quarter where you want to buy or sell a product. This helps the sellers to sell their product in their neighborhood with little stress.

As I mentioned above the categories will help to make your online experience rock on vendito.

You Might be interested  in reading this :  

MOBILE MONEY SERVICES IN CAMEROON

 Also check out:  How to Pay Online In Cameroon-Credit card, Pay Pal and others

KAYMU                                                                            

The second is Kaymu.  This is an online market where buyers and sellers meet to carry out a secure online transaction.  The site deserve the number one position, however   vendito took the position because you can get more products and services on  vendito . This my best site when it comes to buying and selling online in Cameroon.

You can find create different shops on kaymu  , if you have products of different categories or simple create a single shop with your products.

The kaymu   team is always there to assist you in setting up your shop if you have quality products

Again your products need to be verified before it is made available on kaymu.cm Sop buyers don’t be scared

Here are some item you can sell on kaymu: dresses, shoes, phones, tvs,   tablets, hours equipment, health and beauty products, drinks among others. Just think of what you can see when you go to Marche Central, Marche Mboppi and Marche Sanaga ( Top markets in Douala), you can  sell all these products on kaymu . Get in touch with them or create your shop and wait for approval.

You can Read more about Kaymu :    OnlineShopping in Cameroon with Kaymu

AFRIBABA                                                                        

 Another place to buy and sell your service online in Cameroon is Afriba.cm  

This is one of the top classified sites in Cameroon.  The site is found in many African countries including; Ivory coast, Senegal, Gabon, Nigeria, South Africa, Morocco  and more. 

They have been into the business for a while but have experienced a drop in Alexa ranking for the past three months during which this article was being written. One of its main competitor now is vendito.cm which is everywhere on the Camer online community for now.  It is an ideal place to buy and sell online in Cameroon.

     All the services offered on vendito.cm are also offered on  afribab.cm.

Here are some aspects we can point out on Afriaba.cm

1. In addition to the free ad services, you can promote your product through premium ad listing.  It is not very easy to get your product on the top page of such a site given the huge traffic .Products are listed every day which makes push your ad to the bottom.  So to make sure you are on the number one page. You can opt in for premium ad listing to make your ads rock and thus generate conversions.

2. Afriba has ads from all regions and many towns in Cameroon .  Ads are available to users from 108+ towns in Cameroon including , Yabassi,  Yomama. Yagoua,   Ndop,  Mamfe and other small town you can think of in Cameroon with an internet connection. Thus with your ad on Afribaba, you will be able to cover a target many areas in Cameroon compared to other ad sites.

3. Partnership with other companies make the site trust worth to get  the best products. If for example you cannot get a product or service on Afriaba, you can check out their partner website. Some top partners include Assurance voyage Schengen,  Chocomeet,  Camerpages and  clicemploi

4. Verification is not very strict on this site. The site accept almost everything to be posted including adult content, and porn. This makes the site not very suitable for children between 15 and 17   years.   

You just need to upload and wait for your ad to go live. Thus buy and selling here is easier.

Sellers can benefit from special products and ads on Afriaba shop.

The website has many links which give your access to various services and products on the page. For example you can check out the last 100+ ads and more.

    Top businesses like Vista   Language age center, Universal Travel and consult, GMS consulting among others have featured their services on this site. So you can trust Afribaba in selling online in Cameroon.

   JUMIA                                                                         

Jumia  is Cameroon’s top online store for electronics fashion and  more.

Jumia offers sellers with quality products to sell good on their online store.  It is not easy to get your product listed on jumia.cm. But you can make great sales when you get your product live.  To make a deal to sell on jumia, you can write to   service-client@jumia.cm. 

For buyers, it is the place to buy the best product with a wonderful customer support.  Jumia is found in many African countries and UK. It is the only shop in Cameroon that you can buy with a Coupon code for now. As a client of jumia you will get access to thousands of products ranging from   Phones, Cameras, computers and laptops, Televisons, baby dresses among others. 

Products from top Cameroon tech companies like MTN, SNS mobility, Huawei can be bought on jumia. Buyers can get all the latest gadgets from Samsung, Techno , Nokia on jumia. 

Try jumia and let them make your online shopping experience rock.

If you cannot get a product listed on  Jumia,  You can  consider selling on Jumia without having a product  using   J- Force an affiliate program on jumia where you  can do shopping for others using a special code called your J-Force code. For every purchase you make with this code, you get a discount. It is a good Method of Making money online and be a boss.

Here are some Articles you can read about Jumia

Jumia Cameroon Taking online Retailing to another Level

Here are some reason to shop on Jumia

Ten Reasons to do your shopping on Jumia  (Jumia Cameroon Available)

FACEBOOK                                                                       

    Permit me add Facebook to this list. Facebook is the most used social media in Cameroon. We can use this site to buy and sell.  Social media  marketing is doing very great in countries like Kenya , Nigeria, Egypt , Tunisia and others. Many Cameroonians are always on this site looking for love and chatting. You can make use these people to drive conversions and sales to your products and services. Selling on facebook can be done through promotions on: Facebook Groups,Facebook pages, Facebook ads and using Facebook friend list(on your profile)

   Selling on Facebook is easy,all you have to do is to keep posting your product or service . People interested in your product will get in contact with you and you can make a deal. If you want to sell online as a means of living, then I will recoomend that you create a website before getting started.

A group like Buy and Sell anything in Cameroon and others have shown that selling on Facebook is possible.

You can thus buy or sell your product  in Cameroon on Facebook  with little or  no worries. Always make sure you verify the product and seller too.

                                                                  Do you have any site to add? ok                                                             

   These are the   top sites we could come up with when it comes to buying and selling online in Cameroon.  There are several sites like kerewa, ngondopages, Free Yengo, Camerpages, and others that you can use to sell online.  If you own a site which you think people can use it to sell online in Cameroon leave it in the comment so that we can check it out or offer a sponsored post about it on our blog (we accept sponsored post from 25000+ FCFA depending on your site) .You can also suggest we do a review on your online store or market.

Drop us an email here for any deal using the email:

ransom@ransbiz.com

While waiting for your reaction to this post, it is good to know that  before buying on a classified ad sites,try to answer the following questions:

I.                  Can you verify who is selling the product?

II.                Is the product real?,

III.           can you meet the buyer

IV.           How will payment be made?

If you have any doubt then consider doing online shopping on sites like jumia, C-Discount, Kaymu that link you to the seller and takes care of the risk. 

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Jumat, 22 April 2016

Free Online Courses In Cameroon With Skademy

Cameroonians had been challenged with online learning despite the numerous online learning plat forms that exist online.  The main reason I got from some of my subscribers is the high cost of certification that exists on some of the popular online plat forms.  Today, I will be introducing a Made in Cameroon online learning plat form which offers courses on computer technology and entrepreneurship, Skademy.   

What is Skademy All About  ?

 
Skademy is an online learning website which offers educators and experts the opportunity to post their courses online. The courses are verified by a team of experts to ensure they are of standard.

Skademy is thus a site where students workers and technology enthusiast to learn and code. This plat form is also a means through which companies can follow up the learning of their workers.  It will help those  who wish to take vocational courses at  a very little or no cost.

 It is not all about Cameroon. The plat form is an international learning plat form.  Skademy accept learners and online course designers from all over the world.

What makes Skademy unique?

Skademy is unique in that they enable learners to explore other plat forms like codecademy,  w3schools among other plat forms which offer online courses. This thus expose to a wide variety of resources   . This method also enables the learner to interact with other site thus making learning interesting and exciting.  You can discover more by taking a course on Skademy.

    Skademy also give the learners the opportunity to communicate with course designers through email, text .Learners can even talk on phone or meet the course instructor in some cases.  You can also study on your own, or with the help of a tutor.

Who can Learn

         Every person can learn on this online plat form. If there is an aspect in computer, Designing, and entrepreneurship you want to discover or improve your knowledge on, then skademy is a place for you to do it.  You don’t need to be a computer wizard to learn on skademy. You just need to have internet connection.

How To Learn on Skademy

 This is an online learning site. This means the basic requirement is internet connection. Learners can learn both on computer and tablets. With a stable internet connection, the learner will need to do the following to get started.

   ==Visit skademy.com

   ==Sign up (If you are new on the site)

    ==Go through the various courses. If you have a specific course you want to learn, and then make use the custom search on the website by typing what you want to learn.  You can also leave and email to the team and for sure, you will get a positive respond.

       ==Select the course and click on Enroll

       ==Go through course objectives and curriculum and Start learning.

        ==complete your course and get certified at the end.

The cost of learning

For the moment, Most of the courses on   skademy online plat form are free.  So there is no need to worry about money matters. Get a free online course on skademy and keep moving.

 All you need is to sign up a take a course.  

What About Certification ?

After completing a course on skademy, you can decide to keep a document in the form of a certificate which can permit you to get opportunities.

 Explore the skademy world, take online courses and share with others. We are aware of the slow internet penetration, the mentality among others that is a challenge to every online entrepreneur in Cameroon. Taking a course in online marketing or computer science is a necessity given the increasing trend in technological advancement.   

       

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Selasa, 19 April 2016

Mobile Money Cameroon How To use MTN mobile Money Services

MTN Cameroon being the leader in telecom service in Cameroon had brought about many innovations in Cameroon. One of its major achievement is the introduction of MTN Banking services commonly known as mobile money. This mobile banking service has been of advantage to individuals, schools, businesses and other institutions.

In this post I will provide   answer some questions that will help you to use the services.

 Do you want to do a Payment?  How to Pay with MTN Mobile Money Money  is another great  check out.

   Before we begin you have to ensure you have a mobile money account registered with MTN Cameroon. If you don’t have, then read out the post:

                       How to Register For MTN mobile Money services

Basically, using MTN mobile money is all about dialing the USSD code *126# and following the steps depending on your needs or the type of transaction you want to carry out. To carry out  a mobile money operation, simply reply with the number that corresponds with ‘’what you want to do’’. For example if buy airtime is option 2, you will reply with ‘’2’’ (Please don’t use the quotes’’ just type 2).Here are some questions which will help you to use the service effectively.

1.     How can I contact MTN mobile money customer care?

-Dial 8787

-Choose your language

-Reply with 3 (at the moment),   For mobile money services.

-Enter the pass word 1111 if asked for.

Other pass words that work at times include: 7777 or 0000.

                                        2. What is mtn mobile money code?

The code *126# or *126*1# gives you access to all MTN mobile money options

There are other codes that you can use. You can read

3.     Which tariff plans can I subscribe to with MTN mobile money airtime?

The airtime you get from MTN mobile money is like any other airtime. You can use it with any tariff plan.

4.     How can I get my password if forgotten?

Get to customer service( see respond above if you have forgotten). Request for  a pin reset.

The agent will send the pin to your phone. When you recive the pin, write it oout on a piece of paper

-Dial *126*1#

-select ‘’ Manage Account’’  (reply with  ‘’5’’)

-Select ‘’PIN Reset’’  ( by replying with option ‘’5’’)

-Enter the code that was sent to you

-Enter a new pin (It should be of 5 digit) which you can easily remember.

You will always need this to do your transactions.

5.     HOW Can I withdraw money without a phone?

You cannot withdraw money without a phone. Every transaction is carried out with a mobile phone. You will need your phone to confirm the withdrawal.

                                      6. How can I change my pin?

-Dial *126*1#

-Reply with the number corresponding to manage account ( ‘’5’’ at the moment am writing this post).

-Select ‘’Change Account Pin’’

-Enter the old pin to confirm your account  and proceed to create a new pin.

                                       7. How can I put money into my account?

MTN Cameroon has more than 1000+ authorized partners where you can carry out your mobile money operations.  If you can find a sign post with the words

                                                         ‘’Mobile Money Available’’

 Then you can gladly do your transaction with no stress. The most popular places where you can carry out include:

a)     Filling stations like  Tradex ,  MRS, Oilibya  filling stations. MTN lately announced another partnership with Total.

b)    Financial institutions like: Express Exchange, Credit Du Sahel, CCC,Sofina, Garanti Mutuel, Afriland first Bank  among   other

c)     Any MTN service center in your town.

In order to carry out a successful recharge, you will need to give your phone number and the amount in Cash to the mobile money agent.

As a precaution, always ensure your phone is on, for you to confirm the transaction.

The Confirmation Message   always come with sender ID ‘’MobileMoney’’ or ‘’111111112’’

                                            8. How can I send Money or Make a payment?

In order to send money, you must have the phone number of the person or institution. Making mobile money payments require the following steps:

-Dial *126*1#

-Reply with the option Send Money (1)

-on This menu you have two main options (Mobile money user and Others)

  If the person you want to make payments to has   a mobile money account, Reply with option

‘’1’’.

Reply with Option ‘’2’’ to someone who is not having a mobile money account.

The number must not be an MTN number. You can send money to an Orange, Nexttel, or Camtel subscriber with no problem.

With option 2, you will have to send a token number to the payee.

For others ways to pay : Read How to make MTN Mobile Money payments

                      9.  How can I withdraw Money from my Account?

Withdrawals are done through an agent.

Here is what to do:

-Visit any agent or partner and give your mobile money number (Your phone number is your account Number). 

-Wait for him to initiate the transaction. He will ask you to authorize the transaction, once he is done on his path.

-To authorize the transaction,

 = Dial *126*1#

=Reply with option    ‘’4’’ (Pending Approval)

=Enter Pin to see the pending approval

= Authorize the transaction

=Confirm the transaction by reply with ‘’1’’ (Yes)

If you don’t want to you can decline with ‘’No’’ (2)

10.  How can I check my Balance?

     It is very important to know how much is left in your account.

One way to do this is by keeping the message you got from your last transaction.

If you are not convinced, then go the Mobile Money code way:

-Dial *126*1#

-reply with option ‘’5’’ and then ‘’1’’ to check your balance.

 Here are some of the questions we have been receiving from readers.  Will you like to use MTN mobile money?

Feel free to ask a question on how to use MTN mobile money services.

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Minggu, 13 Maret 2016

Easy Way to Make Money online

If you say that you don’t need money, then this article is not for you. Everyone loves to have money. Especially as we live on this modern century, you can make money by Working Online For Google and other affiliate sites. There are many ways to earn money online. This short article will inform you some of the ways you can make online money fast and free. If someone tell you that you pay for them to learn the tips, then you should not do that. It is probably scam. You don’t pay nothing but you have to put your hard work into it to make money online.

Work Online For Google

There are different ways to earn money online. Some businesses pay you just to read emails. You can earn a little like USD 5 to 10 cents per email you read. If someone promises to offer you a large money to read emails, then it is probably a scam. Some businesses also offer you to make money by filling out surveys. Some surveys pay you cash directly while some offer you earn some points and you can exchange these points for cash.
Affiliates are the referral programs that most of companies offer to promote their business. Every category you will see at Amazon.com site. Affiliate sites offer you either by per click or per sale. You can earn from a few USD cents to $1.00 per click and / or up to 50% per sale. If you refer someone who buys a product that costs $500, then your commission is up to $250.
Home based business is the hottest topic that stay-home moms can do. In fact, both women and men can do this type of work in their free time. The modern Internet has given people the chance to work from home to make money online. You can work at home for doing anything you want. If you know to create a website, then you can promote any product on it to earn money. If you don’t have any web design or development skills, then you can create free blogs at bloggers or wordpress.
There are big affiliate sites, including cj.com, clickbank.com, you can sign up with to promote your favorite products. If you don’t want any specific product and just want to promote anything that relates to your niche, then you should choose Google AdSense. This is a program that will automatically match products based on your content. For me, I like to Work Online For Google AdSense because it works for me.

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How To Get Traffic To Your Website or Blog

Over 8 years of running commercial websites to work online for Google and other affiliate programs, I like to show you free ways of how to get traffic to your website or blog. Many webmasters think having a website with beautiful design is all they need to attract surfers. However, their concepts are only 10% right. The other 90% of getting website traffic takes hard work and diligence and time. The answer is simple. You must tell people about your website or blog. You must advertise the site to surfers so they know about it.

How To Get Traffic To Your Website

You might already know about how to design your website or blog to get fresh content, title and mega tags with keyword-rich contents. For example, for my website, my title is “How To Make Money Online”, meta tags I put “make money working for Google, earn money with Google, making money with Google AdSense, etc.”
Some people spend tons of dollars to advertise on Google AdWords or Yahoo Searches, I want to show you free tips for getting traffic without costing you a cent.

1. Submit your website or blog to search engines. Don’t submit too many times a month because you may get banned from it. Some of popular search engines you may submit to are: Google, Yahoo, MSN, AOL, Alexa, and so on. You can search on Google to get more search engines. Working online for Google and other affiliates require your patience, diligence, and time.
2. Submit your website or blog to link directories. These web directories you can find either online or at forums like DigitalPoint forum. Make short titles before you submit. For example, I make a title for my site to submit to link directories as “How To Make Money Online”.
3. Submit your website or blog to social networking sites such as Digg, Twitter, Facebook, Mixx, etc. Don’t submit many links on one of your site to these social networking sites a day, you may get banned.
4. Write articles and submit them to article directories. You will get at least 2 or 3 links at the author’s area.
   Update your blog or website with new content/pages at least weekly. Search engines like fresh content.

These are free ways to get traffic on my websites and blogs, other webmasters may have some other ways. That is how I did every day, week, month, year to get traffic on my sites. Remember, you can’t get traffic overnight. It takes time, diligence, and hard work when you work online from home.
Good luck!

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Sabtu, 12 Maret 2016

On digital piracy Part One

(Photo credit to Schwadron)

In the past, pirates were known as the squashbuckling, one-legged, eyepatch-wearing Captain Jack Sparrow-type of sailors who would brave the seas in search of precious treasures (or booty, as it was known). They were the outlaws of the sea, the mavericks who were both celebrated and deplored by many in their time.

However now, the digital age has brought along its own (rather less exciting) type of pirate.
The treasure for todays pirates is no longer a chest of fine precious jewels, but instead perhaps an entire series of Game of Thrones, Ed Sheerans latest album or the Football Manager video game- all of which are accessible easily via torrents, files that direct your computer to download larger ones, be it an MP3 album, a film, or anything.

Whereas to purchase Football Manager 14 from a shop, Id have to locate the item and travel to my nearest game stores (leaving the house, oh!) to lump out 35 of my pounds, via torrenting I can get this for free, completely. All without leaving my house, right on my computer, not a pound lost from my pocket.

Thats largely where the appeal of digital piracy lies- you can get something of value that you desire for free. And in the day of almost all media (even books) now being on digital platforms, you can get quite a lot.

To many, this practice raises serious moral issues, and perhaps rightly so. Is there really a difference between torrenting Fast and Furious 6 and simply walking into my nearest HMV, grabbing a copy of it from the shelves and walking out without paying? On the surface, there is little difference- in both cases you have obtained something of value that was not given willingly to you for free by the creator(s).

However, many people fail to take into account such a link, the reason why digital piracy is far more widespread than shoplifting- and its unsurprising why many of us do not see digital piracy, perhaps irrationally, as a direct equivalent to shop theft.

The internet has hugely affected our behaviour- most notably due to the fact that it provides a proxy between communicators, it provides an environment in which relationships are usually more detached, separated by a screen.
This separation is clear in how confidence is gained by many internet users who, in the real world, have very little- cyberbullies, trollsters and whatnot are largely of this type.

The lack of interpersonal communication during the process of torrenting makes it a much more appealing prospect than outright shop theft; when on the internet alone, you feel there is no one watching you (something in fact untrue), so theres no one that provides a reaction to your torrenting, theres no one to catch or stop you. This is an environment that is far more conducive to theft.

This nature is shown in the statistics- as of 2011, 42% of software running in the world was pirated, 95% of music downloaded online was pirated, and two-thirds of all torrents were illegal. Three years on, illegal downloads have continued to grow in popularity. Its clear- the world is full of digital piracy.

At the end of the day, digital piracy is the same as theft from a store. We have all been guilty of it, but perhaps we need to change our attitudes towards it; we wouldnt steal directly from a shop, so why should we steal online?

But actually, on the other hand, does digital piracy actually matter? Does your downloading of a piece of media really have any negative impact on the multi-millionaire producers of the things we download?

Well be exploring that in the next article. Stick around.


SOURCE(S):

Online Piracy in Numbers – Facts and Statistics [Infographic] www.go-gulf.com/blog/online-piracy/ (2011)

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