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at November 29, 2017 0
Do you want to design a free logo for your website?
There are many online tools available that allow you to design a professional logo within a few minutes.
Especially for people who want to start a website, who do not have a big budget to hire a graphic designer, this can be a godsend.
But what are good online tools to design a free logo for your own website? I mention a number of which you make very professional logos.

Free logo design for your website

One of the best starting points is DesignEvo, where you get the following:
  • More than 1 million icons available to choose from;
  • Fully customizable to your needs and unlimited download for your websites;
  • More than 100 fonts and shapes to choose from.
You can create a logo for your own website, for your profile of your social media channels and much more.
Other logo makers ...
At WPjournalist we have written another article about DesignMantic, also an online tool for creating a logo.
A similar logo to create a free logo is Free Logo Design, which has already been used by more than one million people.
Within a few minutes, you can design your own free logo for your website. It is very simple:
  1. Choose the name for your logo;
  2. Choose a template from thousands of free logos in your editor;
  3. Customize your logo with a different color, font, shape, etc;
  4. Download your free logo.
ATTENTION: besides the free version there is also a paid version, where you can order a high-resolution logo. This is useful if you want to use the logo in print as well. But for a website, the free version is just fine.

If you want to work with a Dutch-language logo maker, you can contact LogoMaker. It is true that it is a foreign company that is behind this, but they also have a Dutch website.

Graphic river logo

In addition to the many online tools, you can also order a logo via a Graphic river, where new logos are created every day by designers.
These logos are slightly more 'unique' than the online logo makers. These logos can be adjusted, but slightly less flexible than the above-mentioned online tools.
You choose a logo with a specific icon or image. You can still adjust this in terms of size, font or the colors of your house style.
Take a look around at Graphic River and choose from the many hundreds of logos.

Custom logo design

If you want more customization and decide for yourself how your logo looks, you have to fall back on a designer.
I have a good address for you, Fiverr.
Fiverr is a marketplace for freelancers, where you can go to make a logo for a reasonable price.
If you do not have a budget for a Dutch designer, you can go right here. Do not expect high quality, but if you are not too demanding you can have a good logo made here.
You can already order a logo from 5 euros, but usually, the saying is cheap = expensive. I also heard stories that the assignments were being rattled a bit. But there are also very good designers who obviously have a higher price tag.
In any case, you do not have to search for a good designer and you have dozens of designers on one page that you can choose from, each with its own style.

Conclusion

You notice, designing a free logo for your website does not have to be difficult. And is therefore easy to arrange without investing.
If you have a limited budget, you can easily design your own logo with one of the many online tools.
If you do not have the time or do not see yourself making a logo, you can always decide to hire a professional designer for your logo.
You will be there for years and your logo is the most important of your house style. So you should not go on ice overnight.
Good luck with your new logo!
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at November 15, 2017 0
Nowadays, almost a majority of all social interactions take place via the internet. Just consider yourself: how much time do you spend face-to-face with others and how much time do you spend talking to (those same) others via WhatsApp or another social medium? You will still be amazed at how much of your social life happens online instead of in real life.
Because so many contacts and other aspects of life (calendar keeping, apps that tell you how much you still have to move, watching TV, etc.) play online, it is also not surprising that even more and more work will be done online. One of the ways to make money online - from your lazy chair! - is via Twitter. But how does this work exactly?

Just to be sure: what is Twitter?

Twitter is a social networking service that was created in San Francisco in 2006. It allows its users to post short messages, 'tweets', of up to 140 characters. In addition, they can also 'follow' other users, that is, they can read each other's tweets and react to each other. Nowadays, these users also consist of large organizations and important people; everyone uses it.
The use has since been facilitated by the fact that it has been made available for mobile use. Wherever you are, you can always check Twitter quickly and post a tweet. So Twitter is an ideal platform to reach many people, and that is certainly necessary if you want to make money on Twitter.

Ways to make money with Twitter

You may be a bit skeptical about how you can actually earn money from the international social network service. Below you will find a number of ways that you will probably convince you to try.

But first: make your Twitter profile and tweets attractive!

Before you even start looking for a suitable way to make money with Twitter, it is advisable to first pimp your profile. Often, earning money with Twitter and the attractiveness of your profile and tweets are inextricably linked. The explanation is simple: are your tweets funny or interesting, do you have more followers (and more chance of income).
But how do you make your Twitter profile attractive? Below are a number of tips:
  1. Use your real name!
  2. Use a real photo.
  3. Put either one word in your biography, or make sure you mention a number of characteristics of yourself, which are clearly understandable. What do you want people to know about you? What does it seem interesting to you to know about you? So also find out what your perfect target group is (young people, 50 people, high school students etc.)!
  4. Add a URL (link), if necessary to a page where you can find a more extensive profile of yourself, such as LinkedIn.
  5. Make a background your own. In other words, let people associate a certain pattern, image or color with you and let your profile stand out.
  6. Place regular tweets (every day).
  7. Talk to your followers (personally) and maintain contact with your followers (interaction). Use the word 'you' more often than 'me'. This will make your followers feel more personally addressed. Your profile will, therefore, look more inviting.
  8. Do not follow twitterers like crazy. This will stand out ('follower spam'), causing people to doubt your intentions.
  9. Do it slightly differently (read: better) than others in your position.
Example of someone with an attractive profile.

Way # 1 'Crowdsource'

Crowdsourcing means that you will ask for ideas and contributions from a large group or community. Literally translated it means: public source. So you search for sources of ideas from the public. It has been used for years as a marketing technique, especially where social media is concerned.
Crowdsourcing at Twitter means that you effectively collect contributions from your followers (new and old) to finance your business or idea.
The technique can give you a lot of money, or at least a capital, but only if you do really well. Know where you start, so read in advance. Make sure you are aware of the tips and tricks, but also of the possible risks associated with your project. Only when you really have enough knowledge of the subject, it is wise to start.

Way # 2 Sale products

It actually seems like the most obvious way to make money through Twitter, but what entrepreneurs often forget is that people will not buy if they can not immediately switch to action. Entrepreneurs, for example, send an advertising message but do not give away (telephone number, link) that really stimulates their potential customers to take action.
When it comes to Twitter, you will have to take something else. Go back to the 'past'. In other words, use promotions and discounts to encourage your potential buyers to buy.
For some companies, this means that they offer 'daily deals', as well as other basic marketing techniques that fit with Twitter. But beware: do not push too much! When you continuously place advertisements for your products, your followers will get enough of it at a given moment, and they are more inclined to unfollow you. And this means less turnover.

Way # 3 SponsoredTweets

It may come as a complete surprise, but you can really ask companies for money for one of your tweets. All you have to do is go to the SponsoredTweets site and find sponsors that you want to pay to tweet about their products. The best: you have your say in the amount of the amount you earn per tweet.
You are paid 'per click', so each time someone clicks on the advertisement that you tweet. You can choose these ads from a list of available ads, which is regularly updated. Note: you must have at least 50 followers, 100 tweets and an account that is at least 60 days old if you want to register for this service!
However, make sure that you look out when placing your other tweets. If you appear to be staging a lot of anti-social language or opinions in your tweets, then sponsors will not hesitate to send you out. The same applies to a regular job.

Way # 4 MyLikes

MyLikes is a bit like SponsoredTweets, in the sense that it also wants to pay Twitter users for tweeting ads. It is only slightly different in its operation than SponsoredTweets.
MyLikes is a large advertising platform that can be used on Twitter (and logs, YouTube etc.). You are free in your choice of advertisements from the thousands of advertisers, and you can schedule a time yourself in which the ads are tweeted from your account. You can earn around € 0.37 per click, and you are paid weekly.

Way # 5 Ad.ly

Maybe the name is familiar to you. The advertisement appears regularly when you click on a certain entertainment site, with the message: 'you can click further in five seconds'. Ad.ly, a similar advertisement service as MyLikes, hopes that people will become more interested in the offered product or service.
This service also offers you the chance to be paid for posting tweets. But it is not about being paid per click. Instead, create a profile of your interests so that advertisers can choose your account to draw attention to their campaign. You then consent to send a specific number of tweets on specific dates and receive a substantial amount for that.

Way # 6 Hold a Twitter contest

Something that you can make everyone happy with is a prize. This gives people a confirmation of their positive self-image. As a twitterer, you can use this. For example, try to make a deal with a local company that would like some publicity. Suggest to have a contest via Twitter and that you get paid a percentage of the turnover.
There are a lot of fun and creative ways to make a competition attractive to your followers. Examples are: whether they want to be jurors themselves (let them feel personally involved), let them crowdsource for ideas (see way # 1!) Or ask them to 'retweet' a tweet.
Example of a Twitter contest.

Way # 7 Use YouTube

Are you a bit handy for making videos? Then you can consider making Twitter related tutorials (step-by-step explanations) that people need on Twitter. Through the program AdSense, you can receive money for your YouTube content so you can receive a lot of money with just your knowledge of Twitter.

Another (indirect) way to make money with Twitter via YouTube: if you make interesting videos and establish yourself as an entertainer or vlogger, you can use Twitter to further distribute your videos. By using AdSense you can earn money from these videos, which means that you indirectly earn money on Twitter.
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at November 13, 2017 0
Social media plays an incredibly important part of our lives, both private and business, which is clear. But how big it is now is not always to contain. I like to keep you updated - this time an article about social media in 2017, with the facts in a row. And of course, a small introduction per social media channel on its Weblish😉

Facebook

Aka endless cat movies, DIY tutorials, find out your old high school crush, a pore of the distant pursuit (no thanks - keep it with you) and pictures that are tagged you are always 20x flatter than your own profile picture.
  • 1.18 billion daily users (in Russia and China much less, they probably do not like cat movies ;-))
  • Over 90% of monthly active users use a mobile device to visit Facebook
  • Facebook users spend an average of 50 minutes per day
  • There are 60 million Facebook (business) pages
  • Last October, 9,8 million Dutch people visited Facebook

Twitter

As well as following your favorite celebrity, read all his / her brainfarts, find the interaction with your followers, see all your amazing ideas and snarly tweets that make you secretly hoping to go viral in 160 characters
  • 315 million monthly active users
  • 82% of this is mobile active
  • The total number of registered Twitter accounts is 1.9 billion, so only 17% is active
  • Every month 2.2 million Dutch visitors
  • Popularity goes back

LinkedIn

Along with referrals, people you add while you've never seen them (under the "expand network"), people who confuse LinkedIn with Lexa.com, where the most beautiful gift you can give someone is a caption is 
  • Monthly 4.2 million Dutch visitors, of the> 6 million registered Dutch accounts
  • Worldwide 467 million members
  • There are 4 million business pages in total
  • In the world, there are 106 million LinkedIn users per month - 60% of mobile
  • Acquired last year by Microsoft for a whopping $ 26.2 billion

Instagram

Aka #hashtags #on #zoveel #mogelijk #plekken, be creative with pictures where an unflattering selfie as refurbished by semanto small filter, you give followers a behind the scenes hotbed of numerous "wiki" selling overpriced slimming tea for a tight six-pack
  • Worldwide 600 million monthly active users
  • 300 million daily users
  • State 42 (of the 57) countries at # 2 most used social media (after Mr. Zuckerberg)
  • Daily 95 million photos and videos posted
  • On average you get 44 likes for a photo or video
  • Every day we handed out 4.2 trillion likes

Pinterest

Aka your dream wedding for years to date (visual), even though you do not have wedding plans at all, get inspired by the millions of perfectly styled photos, DIY projects that go wrong, even if you've done everything really well (just look )
  • 150 million daily active users
  • Grows like a timelier: 50% more active users compared to last year
  • 2 million Dutch users, of whom 334,000 are active daily
  • Users spend an average of 98 minutes per month on Pinterest
  • Worldwide more than 1 million business pages
  • The best times to post on Pinterest are included in this research

Snapchat

Aka all the filters you can think of (showing 9/10 times publicly strangely open mouth in your camera, pulling crazy pelvis and wondering if you may have a stroke), everything happens real-time, as a business being closely involved with your target audience and becoming an almost personal relationship with them 
  • Snapchat has 150 million daily active users - of which 541,000 Dutch (mostly young people)
  • Every day more than 750 million snaps are sent
  • On average, "snappers" use the app 25 to 30 minutes a day
  • Every month 10 billion videos are watched on Snapchat
  • A quarter of all brands present on Snapchat have less than 50 followers
  • 58% of the brands present on Snapchat have less than 500 follower
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at November 07, 2017 0

Have you also seen those websites offering you to register with your Facebook account? Do you want to register with Facebook on your website? In this article, we will show you how to register with a click and log in to a website using Facebook.

Why add Facebook connect to your site?

Some people do not like to fill in registration forms and wait for confirmation email. Adding the Facebook Connect option to your website makes it easy for users to register with a site by using their Facebook account.
The users who want to use the usual registration capability can still do this.
Now let's see how to sign in with Facebook on your WordPress website.
The first thing to do is install and activate the Nextend Facebook Connect plug-in.
When activating, go to the settings, then select Nextend FB Connect to activate the plug-in.
You will need to activate this plugin with a Facebook app. If you have already used another plugin to comment on Facebook, a bar for adding or following buttons, you may have already created a Facebook app for your site. You can then use the ID and the secret keys of the same app in the settings. If you do not have a Facebook app, you can always create one for free. Just go to the Facebook Developers site and click on create a new app link under my apps menu.
Then a popup will pop up asking you to select your app platform. You must click on a website to proceed.
Afterwards, you must enter the name of your app, the name field, and a category for your app. You can use the name of your website as the app name and the name field and click the create-app ID button to continue.
Facebook will now create your app. On the next screen, scroll down a bit to enter the URL of your site and then click the "next" button.
That's all, you've successfully created your Facebook app. You can visit your app's dashboard by clicking the My Apps menu at the top, and navigate to the app that you've just created.
Please keep a copy of your App ID and the secret keys of the App on the dashboard and keep it in a secret location.
Return to the Nextend Facebook Connect settings page on your WordPress site and paste the App ID and the secret keys of the app. Once you've done that, you can view other options on the screen and click the Save Changes button to save your plug-in settings.
This is all. We hope this article helped you to sign in with Facebook on your WordPress website.
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at November 04, 2017 0
This question is well known to you for.
I often hear from peers and owners of small businesses. Nowadays, as a business, you can no longer have an online presence, because people are searching and buying online more.
Sales of products via the internet increased sharply in the second quarter of 2016. Consumers bought 25% more on products online than a year earlier.
Most website owners have no idea actually how to get more visitors.
I'll tell you in ten steps how to easily attract more visitors to your website.
Step 1, use the best content management system.  The first thing you need to do to attract more visitors is the use of good content management system (CMS), such as WordPress.
It is the most popular cms in the world, and there is also a whole industry behind which the system is further developed. In recent years, WordPress has become increasingly user-friendly and user-friendly, so it's not easy for technical people to get started.
There are many manuals and videos to master the system.
Furthermore, the search engine is friendly and you can update WordPress yourself to keep it up to date and safe. So the first step is to use WordPress.
Step 2, determine who your audience is. Who is the website for? What visitors do you want to pull? Who are they? What sites are they going to now?
You should not strive for as many visitors as possible, you must strive for the right visitors who need the topics and content of your website.
They become more interested in what you have more to offer. That can be a product, a service, an eBook, or anything else that you want to offer. And in the end, they will contact you sooner. So defining your target is the second step.
Step 3 is that you create a list or a spreadsheet of the most important questions that live in your audience. If you have a business in grass machinery, you often ask customers about the garden, maintenance, etc. Someone who teaches yoga puts another list of questions that customers are sitting with. How do I relax, what is stress, etc?
This list of key questions is a preparation for the next step. But first, analyze your target audience carefully using the most important topics and keywords.
Step 4 is creating quality content for your audience. In the previous step, you have investigated what your customers are living and then you can get topics from which you can write blog posts.
Instead of writing short articles that you can often read on the web, it's better to write high-quality qualitative content that's not yet available.
It is not always easy to write these articles, you should think carefully about the article's insertion. But if you are skilled in your own field, you know more than the average consumer and you can add a lot of added value to your article.
So write at least one blog a week, where the questions of your visitors are answered. If you find out who your audience is, what are their concerns and needs, you can easily get them to your website.
As the 5th you must ensure that that content of your website is SEO friendly. In other words, you must be easy to find in Google or other search engines.
With WordPress, you can use plugins to optimize your website for SEO. One of the best plugins is Yoast SEO, which helps you to optimize your website, as well as each article for search engines.
As a result, visitors will find your website and articles they are looking for faster.
Number 6, discuss with your audience to search them on other websites. One of the biggest mistakes that website owners make is that they think everything is happening on their site.
But that's not the case. The surfing behavior of people is whimsical and they sip from one website to another.
You can go to other websites where you can comment on others, you can be active in forums or in groups on LinkedIn and Facebook.
Answer people's questions and they will click back to your own website. Often, in the response form, there is the possibility to enter your email address next to your name. It is then clickable on the response you gave.
Same for influencers, people who have an important role in your field. Read their posts and respond to their posts. You will appreciate them if, for example, you respond positively to their blog post.
And then you have the chance that such an influencer once shares your article on its social media, which often has a much larger reach.
7. Build your social presence. If you published an article on your own website, it is equally important to pay attention to spreading it.
Do not just wait until they come to you, but spread the words.
Make it known on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, depending on which social media you use. Participate in discussions on your social media and share valuable content on these social channels.
Nowadays, you can also share exclusive content from these channels, for example, through Instant Articles of Facebook. Also via LinkedIn, you can publish and share your own articles.
Then the last tip I can give you to get more visitors to your website.
8. Measure what happens on your website. Google Analytics is a great tool to see how many visitors you get and where they come from.
This is something that few website owners do, but it is important.
You can find all sorts of things, how often an article is clicked (so you notice if there is a need for a particular topic) until the clickthrough rate from your social media channels (so how often does Facebook click on your website).
Well, it's simple tips to apply, but important. If you follow the tips above, I can assure you that you get 2, 3 or maybe 5 times as many visitors.
You do not have to pay anything, the only investment is time and energy.
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