Lake Norman Transportation Commission on the Web

If you live in the Lake Norman area – Huntersville, Cornelius, Davidson, or Mooresville, NC you are very aware of how this beautiful part of the world is growing. Before the economic meltdown in late 2008 the lake towns were absolutely burgeoning with new residents and although growth has slowed for now, the issues that come with growth are still evident: traffic congestion and alternative mass transit.

The Lake Norman Transportation Commission [LNTC,] headed by Carroll Gray, was recently formed to “advocate and persuade local, State and Federal officials to give high priority to needed road, interstate and commuter rail improvements which facilitate the quality of life in the Lake Norman area and provide the vital infrastructure for continued economic growth.” (more…)

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Ten Tips To Make Your Web Page Text Stand Out

Studies have shown what you already know to be true – reading a web page’s text is very different to reading a printed page. Many people dislike reading web pages so much that they print them out to read in greater detail later, however, most visitors to your web site will simply skim through your content and make very quick judgment as to whether or not it is worth printing and reading later.

If you are one of the many small business owners turned newbie web authors, you need to know a few simple guidelines for publishing reader-friendly, effective web page text that will have your visitors staying around for more. (more…)

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Flip Your Web Pages Easily – Cheap Virtual Curb Appeal That Works

Most website owners are quite content to add some text every now and then to their site and then just rinse and repeat every so often – for years. Don’t do it! Just like we often forget how our home looks to the outside world until it comes time to sell it, we can forget how other people view our virtual homes on the web – our websites.

One of the easiest traps a website owner can fall into is complacency. That is, complacency about how their website looks from a visitor’s point of view. Well if you have fallen victim of that trap then don’t worry. You can easily use a couple of the following tips to rejuvenate your website and get more visitors as a benefit. So let’s flip some web pages!  (more…)

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Boomers Getting Sweet on Tweets

In March of this year there was a 131% traffic growth spurt for the micro-blogging site Twitter with tweets nearly doubling from the previous month and almost reaching the ten million mark. That’s a whole lot of tweeting going on!

But why did Twitter suddenly become even more popular earlier this year – with its popularity continuing to grow?

The elders of our nation are now getting on the Twitter bandwagon, that’s why.

Not only has Twitter been all over the media of late, [cast your mind back to the day Michael Jackson went to moonwalking heaven] but it has been embraced by the media as a channel of communication. (more…)

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Internet Viral Marketing

Despite having a cool looking website with all the flashy bells and whistles, if people don’t know about it – it just doesn’t matter how great it is. Being online might just be a waste of your time, money and resources unless you can market your site effectively – and that’s where Internet Viral Marketing comes in.

While there are a plethora of methods and schemes used by so many websites today, especially e-commerce sites, there are still some tricks that can help you with an extra boost in the popularity ratings and one of the easiest to use is Internet Viral Marketing (IVM).

The word viral brings to mind the ‘virus’, a dreaded word known and experienced by almost all computer owners, those two words are not related at all in this respect. You do not actually use a computer virus to spread your business. (more…)

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