How The iPhone 5 & MacBook Scam Works:

There are two versions of this scam. One version has you like the photo and share the photo. The idea is to get the most exposure for their scam. The scammers are hoping that you will end up liking their Facebook page allowing them to then fill your wall with additional scams.

The other version that is very popular is having your Like and Share the photo as well as visit a website to choose which one you would like to receive. This website takes you to what looks to be a Facebook authorization page that asks you to fill out a survey to enter for your chance to win. These “surveys” are simply advertisements that the scammers get paid for you filling out. There is no entry and no prize to be won. See the screen shots below:

Here are some examples of the Facebook MacBook Giveaway Scam:

Be sure to post in the comments examples of the scam that you come across to help others avoid different versions of this Facebook scam!

Examples of some of the things said:

We are giving away 100 Macbook Laptops. All that you need to do is complete the easy steps below to participate! (Worldwide)

Step 1. Like this photo.
Step 2. Share this photo.
Step 3. Comment color black/white

Like us on FB: http://www.facebook.com/MacBookGiveaway

The lucky winners will be selected in 24 hours. Only people that have completed all steps can participate. Winner will be announced at our Facebook fan page or in private message so make sure you like us on Facebook. Good luck.

We are giving away 6 Macbook Laptops. All that you need to do is complete the easy steps below to participate! (Worldwide)

Step 1. Like this photo.
Step 2. Share this photo.
Step 3. Claim your Macbook HERE: http://appleproductinc.com/

Now we have a special giveaway for you. This time we will give 1x Macbook Pro 13 Retina Gold Edition. Would you like to win one ? Is LIMITED EDITION !!!. In order to participate in our contest, please follow the steps below :

Step 1) Like us on FaceBook
http://www.facebook.com/MacbookGiveawayFree

Step 2)Share this photo
Step 3) Like this photo
Step 4) Tell us if you like it

The winners will be announced in 24 hours . Stay tuned on our Facebook Page . Good luck .We have announced the previous contest winners in the contest post. Now join this contest

Would you like to win 1x Macbook Air for free ? Take place now in our partners contest and claim your MacBook Air. Are you ready ? In order to participate in this contest , complete the steps bellow :

Step 1) Like us on FaceBook
http://www.facebook.com/MacbookGiveawayFree

Step 2)Share this photo
Step 3) Like this photo

The winners will be announced in 12 hours . Stay tuned on our Facebook Page . Good luck .We have announced the previous contest winners in the contest post. Now join this contest

We just got a brand new Iphone 5 64 GB , would you like to win it ? We give you 2x Iphone 5 64 GB. This is your chance to claim the best Iphone in the world . In order to participate in our contest, please follow the steps below :

Step 1) Like us on FaceBook
http://on.fb.me/YtPhKl (our sponsor official page)

Step 2)Share this photo on your wall
Step 3) Like this photo

The winners will be announced in 24 hours . Stay tuned on our Facebook Page . Good luck

Some of the Facebook Pages running the scam:

DO NOT LIKE THESE PAGES!!!

• http://www.facebook.com/MacBookGiveaway
  
• http://www.facebook.com/MacbookGiveawayFree
• http://www.facebook.com/pages/We-Love-Macbook/292825134173894

Facebook Free MacBook Pro Giveaway Scam
708 Media - Website Design and Marketing

Image Windows 8 Without Norton Ghost 15

I looked high and low trying to find a Norton Ghost Windows 8 solution with no luck! I thought to myself if Norton can’t do it, nobody can. Boy was I wrong. I came across True Image 2013 by Acronis which is a competitor of Norton Ghost.Using Acronis, you can create a full image backup of your Windows 8 system to a new drive.

Using Acronis True Image 2013, I was able to copy my co-workers full 250gb SSD drive to a 500gb SSD drive in only 3 hours over a simple USB cable. Once the system backup image of Windows 8 was completed, I was able to remove the old hard drive and replace it with the new one with not boot issues.

How To Create Your Windows 8 Image with Acronis

1. Run Acronis True Image 2013
2. Goto Tools and Utilities and click Clone Disk
3. Once the wizard opens, select Automatic mode
4. Select your old hard drive as the source disk and click Next
5. Select the new hard drive as your destination disk and click Next
6. Click OK to allow Acronis to erase all data from the new hard drive.
7. Check the Summary and once satisfied, click Proceed to start the cloning of Windows 8
8. You will need to reboot to continue the cloning process.
9. Wait till the cloning process completes, DO NOT turn off the computer or do anything while this process takes place.

You have now created a cloned system image of Windows 8! Now all that is left to do is to switch out the hard drives.

Did this work for you?

Post in the comments your experience with this process and if it worked for you as an alternative Norton Ghost Windows 8 solution. I would love to hear from you!

How to Create A Ghost Windows 8 Image
708 Media - Website Design and Marketing

1. Open your mobile app store (App Store, Google Play, Windows Marketplace, etc.)
2. Search for QR code readers. Check out our list of QR code readers for mobile phones to find the right one for you.
3. Simply download the QR code reader to your phone, open it and you are ready to go.
   Note: You will need to open your downloaded QR code reader each time you want to decode a QR code. Otherwise, you will end up just taking a picture of the QR code.

What are QR Codes and Why Must I Download QR Code Software?

QR codes are those little squares with black and white boxes in them. You often find QR codes in advertising, however, they are starting to make their way into other markets. When you decode a QR code, data is revealed to you. This data is normally a website address, however, it can also be a QR code vCard, mobile video or a secret message.

Most phones do not come with the software to decode QR codes out of the box. For this reason, you must download QR code readers to decode the contents of the any QR code you may come across.

Need Help Downloading QR Code Software?

If you have any questions or concerns on downloading a QR code reader for your mobile phone, post in the comments below and we will get back with you and try to help you out.

How To Download a QR Code Reader To Your Mobile Device
708 Media - Website Design and Marketing

Evaluate your targeted audience:

This is a very crucial point and you need to be very sure about your targeted audience. In general terms it is known as customization that is to gather such people or advertise in front of such people that are interested in your product and that are capable of buying the product. If you will not set any targeted audience, you might work hard but it will be difficult for you to get the proper conversion rate.

Considering your competitor’s activities is important:

It is not possible to survive these days without looking at your competitor; you have to keep your eyes always opened if you want to see a proper result. If you will not analyze your competitor, he might analyze you and will take the benefit! That is why keep an eye on the activities of your competitor and the offers he is providing on social media.

Determine your objectives clearly:

It is also important to determine your objectives first. What are you expecting from a social media website? If you are expecting a profit increase then you will have to apply different strategy but if you are just intending to promote your website then you will need to apply other strategies.

Involvement of new technology:

Technology is upgrading on almost daily basis and there are new things emerging right after one another. It is very important that how you react on each new advancement. If you are updated then your business will get an update as well. Applying such things that are relevant and new will cause people to trust you more as you will be updating your website with the new change and so will be the up gradation present in your services.

Always encourage feedback:

Feedback is the most important thing that a social media site has. It is the backbone i.e. the customer can communicate to the business and ask anything. So never delay to answer or acknowledge the feedback. If you will do so, more or less you will lose the client. Yu should be prompt in replying and always encourage your participants to give feedback about your product. Whether it is a review video or a simple post, you should always encourage people to provide you with feedback.

These are some critical points that should be kept in mind before initiating a good social media networking web promotion campaign. You can bring your business to new heights.

Nadine Myrick is a University Lecturer and content writer for Test4prep.com. She loves to write on IT Certifications technical topics like 70-243 Exam. She is writing from last three years.

Critical Points of Social Media Marketing
708 Media - Website Design and Marketing

I am one of those that was impatient and could not wait any longer. I spent forever looking around trying to find a way to manually update my Sprint Galaxy S3 to Jellybean with the official OTA update from Sprint. I did not want to have to root and load a custom rom, and wanted something quick and easy to do.

Manually Force OTA Jellybean Update on Sprint Galaxy S3

1. First, check to see if the update is available to you. Goto Settings -> System Update -> Update Samsung Software and hit “Check Now” . If no update is available, continue to the next step.

2. Goto Settings -> Application Manager -> (scroll over to all) Google Services Framework then hit “Clear data”

3. Now, go back to check and see if an update is available to you. When you enter this screen, it show that you last checked for an update back in 1967. Goto Settings -> System Update -> Update Samsung Software and hit “Check Now” . If no update is available, you will need to repeat step 2.

4. Repeat the above steps until and update is available to you. It can take you 1-2 times or even 20+ times before you luck out and have the update available. For me, it took 3 times, however, I have seen some take up to 19 times.

Let us know in the comments how many tries it took for you to get the Jellybean OTA update for your Sprint Galaxy S3.

Why Is Sprint Forcing Users To Wait For The OTA Update?

This update is roughly 200mb in size. Even when you are downloading it on a WiFi connection, you are putting a load on Sprint’s web servers. To reduce this, they slowly roll the update out to all users.

How To Manually Update Sprint Galaxy S3 to Jellybean Without Rooting
708 Media - Website Design and Marketing

SEO can certainly take you a long way but it can’t buy you loyalty. And if there’s one thing that makes a blog profitable in the long term, it’s loyal readers. Unfortunately however, they can take quite a bit of time to find.

If you’ve recently started a new blog and you’re lucky to get a few hundred visitors a month, the idea of attracting a large following can seem like quite a long way off. Here are eight simple tips for finding a following and fast.

Be Different

Being different is always something that you should aim for but if you’re blogging in a relatively competitive niche, it’s even more important. Take a look at your primary competitors, what are they writing about?

The answer is what you shouldn’t be writing about. Always assume that your readers have read your competitors blogs. Don’t regurgitate the same information. And when you must cover the same topics, strive to do a better job.

Be Punctual

Punctuality is another important trait if you want to attract a loyal following.

• Post when you say you’re going to post. Reward loyalty with a regular posting schedule that you stick to.
• Post when something happens in your niche, not the following week.

Make it Personal

You don’t have to cover your blog in photos of yourself but a single, tasteful photo on your homepage is always a good idea. A lot of bloggers are needlessly faceless and it’s a shame because faces tend to be far more memorable than names.

The odd video post is also an excellent idea. Video posts are not only an easy way to connect with your readers, the fact that they are so rare also makes them an excellent tool for standing out.

Be Opinionated

Facts are good but opinions are great. And controversial opinions, well, they’re excellent. Every one of your competitors is offering the facts regarding your niche, but your opinions can only be found on your blog.

If your opinions are interesting, you will find a following. Do use controversy with care however. Controversial opinions can make a blog but they can just as easily break one.

Know Your Audience

When you try to write for everybody, you are essentially writing for nobody. You should define your target audience and write exclusively for them. Are you writing for experts on your niche or those who are new to it? What do your readers like? And more importantly, what don’t they like?

Be Valuable

One of the easiest ways to attract repeat readers is to offer real value.

• Make complicated topics easy to understand with detailed tutorials.
• Instead of writing top tens, write top fifties. Constantly update your lists until they are exhaustive.
• The occasional free gift certainly doesn’t hurt.

When you publish these types of posts, you are not just attracting loyalty, you are attracting natural backlinks. Don’t underestimate the effects of link bait content.

Always Request Comments

Every time you spark a conversation on your blog, you are growing it’s readership. Blogging isn’t supposed to be one way. It’s supposed to be a discussion.

• Every one of your posts should end with a question. The easiest way to get more comments is to simply ask for them.
• Respond to quality comments with quality responses.
• Install Commentluv and make your backlinks dofollow.

Don’t Let it Go to Your Head

Finally, if you do manage to establish a loyal readership, don’t let it go to your head. Regardless of whether you have a few hundred or a few thousand repeat readers, don’t become arrogant.

Continue to write posts in the same modest fashion that won you a following in the first place. There’s nothing quite like arrogance for sending a popular blogger careening towards blogosphere anonymity.

John Smith is a London based online marketer currently working for a search engine optimisation agency named www.seo.org.uk

Eight Tips For Building A Loyal Blog Following
708 Media - Website Design and Marketing

QR codes were slated to be one of the more popular marketing tactics and was touted to be an up and coming tactic for businesses, but not many people caught on and QR codes are not as popular as initially predicted. The reason is because marketers are making certain mistakes when it comes to implementing QR codes as a marketing tactic.

Consumers just don’t get it.

Most consumers today are unaware of what QR codes or how to use them. This lack of knowledge is what makes QR codes unsuccessful for some businesses. If your audience is not tech savvy or does not have access to a smartphone, you’re not going to see much success from a QR code campaign. Instead, these campaigns are generally better for companies whose audience is more tech savvy and has an understanding of what QR codes are and how to use them to access information.

Companies just don’t get it.

Some companies created QR codes without truly knowing how to use them. QR codes are meant to be a way to add more information or value to a marketing campaign. For example, if your company has a sign in a popular area, it’s hard for you to put a large amount of information on the sign because your audience will not take the time to read it. With a QR code, you can put the basic information on the sign and then use the QR code to lead your audience to more detailed info.

Some companies have made the mistake of creating a code but not linking it to anything, and some have created the code and linked it to something unrelated to the initial ad.

There’s no call to action.

Just because you have a QR code on an ad, business card or other location does not mean that you’re going to get people to use it. You need to make sure that there is a call to action near the QR code that tells people not only to scan it, but also what they’ll get out of it. A customer will be more likely to scan a QR code that says “scan here for more information” or “scan here to receive a discount” than one that doesn’t say anything at all.

It’s in the wrong spot.

Some companies make the mistake of placing their QR codes in an unscannable location. For example, placing a QR code on a billboard is not a good idea. You should also refrain from placing QR codes on signage that is not reachable. Make sure that your QR code is placed somewhere that it’s not only easy to scan, but somewhere that your audience will see it. If your target audience lives in rural areas, placing a QR code on an ad in Times Square will do nothing for your business.

QR codes have the ability to be a great marketing tactic, but consumer and company unawareness coupled with bad locations and no call to action hinder the success of some companies attempts at using the mobile marketing tactic. As long as you have a basic understanding of how to use them and don’t make any of these mistakes, you could have great success.

This article about QR campaigns was prepared for you by Jessica Brown in tandem with SEOMap – a group specializing in keyword strategy.

4 Reasons Your QR Code Campaign Is Unsuccessful
708 Media - Website Design and Marketing

Did you know that there are do-it-yourself mobile website builder and generators available to use? Even better, did you know that there are FREE mobile website builders and generators out there? Below, I will feature a few of them as well as some of the features that make them stand out from the rest.

QRMobilize Free Mobile Website Builder

QRMobilize is one of my favorite generators for creating mobile websites. It is simple to use and completely free. Recently, they updated their system brining new HTML5 features to their product. Their simple to use mobile site generator runs you through a step by step process allowing you to create your mobile website in just a few minutes.

Features:

• Always Free account available
• Upload your own image or logo
• Minor theming capabilities
• Allows multiple sites under one account
• Creates custom QR code
• Allows multiple social media including Pinterest

Google Sites

Google sites is a simple site builder that offers a few templates and colors to choose from. Pick your type of business, pick your color choice, login to Google and create your site. If you are familiar with Google products, this mobile site creator will be easy to use.

Features:

• Multiple layouts to choose from
• Multiple colors to use
• Ability to add maps
• Familier Google user interface

Onbile Mobile Site Builder

Onbile is a mobile site builder with many templates to choose from. Onbile offers an always free plan, however, you will have to deal with advertisements and limited bandwidth on your page. To remove the ads, you will need to cough up a whopping $11 per month. One feature that makes Onbile stand out is the many templates you can choose from, and many color options.

Features:

• Many premium mobile templates to choose from
• Easy step-by-step mobile website generator
• Ability to add maps
• Very basic stats

More to Come

There are many free mobile website builders out there, however, they are often hard to find. Many are free to try but then start to charge you after a set amount of time. If you know of any that are completely free to use, please post them in the comments below and I will look them over and add them to this article.

Also, please feel free to show off your latest mobile site that you have created. We would love to see them.

Easy to Use Free Mobile Website Builders and Generators
708 Media - Website Design and Marketing

This means you need to come up with a way to deliver this excellent content every week. It’s not enough to just write whatever is in your head at that moment in time. It might be good, but it could be much better. It could be the difference between success and failure. Here are some great strategies to make sure you deliver each time.

What will you write about?

You will come up with amazing ideas at different times throughout the day. If you don’t write it down straight away you will forget it. You might tell yourself you won’t, but the fact is you will probably forget it as soon as you start thinking about something else. You always need to carry a notebook around with you so you’re prepared.

As soon as you come up with a topic, write it down. Take inspiration from everyone you talk to. Every movie you watch or every book you read will have your mind going crazy and coming up with special gems you need to tell your readers about. Take a new page for each new idea.

Building out your idea

Once you have an idea you will need to decide what to include in the article. Since you already have a page with the idea you can then add anything you like to the page that you’re going to include in the article. This could be certain quotes, arguments, or anything else that will make the article amazing.

You don’t want to start writing your article when you only have a few things to include. This is not a race. Just keep everything in your notebook for weeks, or even months until you are sure you are putting out something that’s going to change your industry. Something that will automatically set you apart from the rest of the crowd.

Putting it on the computer

This is a similar kind of idea. Once you have enough things in your notebook and you think you are ready to write the article, take everything you have written down and carefully write the first draft. Now it’s important to leave it. It doesn’t matter how long. The important thing is that when you come to look at it your eyes will be fresh.

Your brain will have had enough time to work behind the scenes and come up with new and exciting things to include. Eventually you will have a special file on the computer that will be filled with amazing articles that are ready to be touched up and shown to the world. It sounds a lot better than writing whatever is on your mind, right? Doing this you will succeed.

Hi, I am Vadim, I work for an seo company. I like sharing my knowledge that I have about SEO marketing, content writing, etc. to make your blogging experience easier.

How To Destroy The Competition With World Class Articles
708 Media - Website Design and Marketing

1. Visually Pleasing: With Pinterest, shoppers are more allured by the pictures of products than anything else. On Pinterest’s home page, users see countless “pins,” or pictures, of items. These items range from products for the home, jewelry, apparel, meal ideas, vacation spots, do-it-yourself ideas, books, music, fitness- you name it. Users can then collect all of the items (or pins or pictures, whichever you prefer to call them) onto their own personal virtual pin board. Think of it as an online wish list of all of the items you love in one place. The thing about Pinterest is that only pictures and videos are allowed to be posted, so retailers make sure that their pictures are super tantalizing to look at. With Facebook, pretty much anything goes, anyone can post whatever they want, and sometimes there are less than appealing photos (and posts) cluttering pages.
2. Simplicity:  So you click on a picture that you like on Pinterest. Let’s say it’s a picture of a cute summery pair of Toms Shoes. Voila! You’re automatically transported to the Toms website where you can purchase the exact pair you clicked on. Saw a do-it-yourself tutorial on how to make your own Maxi dress? Click on the picture and the steps will appear before you. Or maybe you’re just looking for a really good summer read. Browse through the book section and see what others have to say. Pinterest really caters to the customers as far as ease of finding items that users are looking for. With Facebook, a business may offer a page showing their specials or asking you to “Like” their products, but you can’t always purchase directly from their Facebook page as there isn’t a hosted shopping cart. Andrew Kardon, president of online shopping site JoeShopping.com has said, “Facebook, it seems, does a great job of collecting fans, but not doing much with them. Facebook users like to share items and comment. They like to either praise or criticize a store, using their Facebook page as a customer service of sorts.”
3. Organized Search: Rather than typing in each individual business page on Facebook, Pinterest has categories organized at the top of their page. Like we said in #1, the categories are almost endless. Choose from Architecture, Art, Cars & Motorcycles, Design, DIY & Crafts, Education, Film, Music, and Books, Fitness, Food & Drink, Gardening, Geek, Hair & Beauty, History, Holidays. Home Décor, Humor, Kids, My Life, Women’s Apparel, Men’s Apparel, Outdoors, People, Pets, Photography, Print & Posters, Products, Science & Nature, Sports, Technology, Travel & Places, Wedding & Events, and Other. Once you click a category, you’re taken to a page showing all of the items within that specific category. Organizational freaks everywhere are rejoicing- and for good reason. Pinterest is here to stay!

Kristy Kravitsky reads, writes, shops and explores from her home state of Pennsylvania.

Why Online Shoppers Prefer Pinterest Over Facebook
708 Media - Website Design and Marketing