Archive for June, 2011

16 Mistakes Shopping Online

Doing business through online media now increasingly an option, because the capital and operational costs are relatively small. You are also not bound by time and place, so they can do other work without having to wait the products you sell.

To facilitate customers in accessing the website, you should note the following:

1. Designing a redundant site. Legitimate uses animation, music, graphics, the site, but not too much. Based on the research, people were more interested in the site is simple. Decoration that is too busy to slow down the function of the site. Remember, Internet users are busy people, who want to get information quickly.

2. Filling the site with links or text that has nothing to do with the business. This will make the lazy visitors visiting your site. The text also do not overdo it. Just enough, according to the purpose of business or goods offered.

3. Creating a site that does not look professional or carelessly. In the online world you have less than 20 seconds to leave a first impression in the minds of visitors. Take advantage of the narrow time with the best.

4. Make prospective customers confused. If too many buttons on the site, the visitor gets confused. Moreover, if the buttons were strewn everywhere. Use any hints or simple base that was already proven to effectively guide visitors.

5. Putting your contact info in a place hard to find.

6. Rarely update the information. It’s the biggest mistake of doing business online. The business world growing all the time and you should be able to compensate. Update information periodically, at least once a week, ranging from photos, price, until other information about the goods offered.

7. Using a splash page. Splash page is the start page contains a logo that must be clicked in order to enter the site. This page is quite confusing for many Internet users.

8. Require visitors to download certain features. Do not install this feature so that visitors can only access the information. Many people consider this a waste of time.

9. Does not provide clear information if the prospective customer must fill out certain forms before making a purchase.

10. Send spam. Spam is a form of e-mail sent to many people without being asked. It’s annoying. People feel their privacy violated.

11. Changing the site address. Mutually address of the site will make you look inconsistent, let alone without notice. Customers so it should be looking for you anymore, or they think you’re out of business.

12. Ignoring the competition. It is fine if you focus your efforts to market, but do not let you miss from other competitors. You should note the efforts of competitors and develop your own strategy.

13. Merchandise mix that has nothing to do. You sell cookies and maternity clothes. Two things that have nothing to do. Customers will be confused, you actually want to sell what the heck? If you want to sell more than one type of goods, make a different site.

14. Creating a business category, name, or keywords that are too general. When this happens, you can lose to other entrepreneurs.

15. Use your creativity to bring something different, but do not also create categories that are too specific. For example selling “roasted venison dumplings spicy sweet flavor.” That instance name is not good.

16. Business locations in the house, does not mean your efforts do not need to get permission. Enroll and do not forget to pay taxes because of this obligation Indonesian citizen.


Beautiful Swimming in the Garden

It turned out that the pool can support the security of home. Create a pond along the inside fence. Its existence – at least – difficult for uninvited guests, go to the home page.

Feels good to enjoy the tropical garden surrounded by the beauty of the fish pond. Green plants are so refreshing. The rush of flowing water soothing. Swimming trench is also making homes more secure. The atmosphere of the park you can find in the house Subaga Widiatmaka in Kemang Pratama, Bekasi. Garden with a touch of natural ponds in their home.

Besides the beauty of the design of parks, which draw there is the placement of the pool. Pond created along the inside fence. The placement of the pool was hidden memorable. From outside the fence, invisible if there is a swimming fish.

Impression of a natural look of natural stone material usage on the walls and floor of the pool, also fence. Various tropical plants, including lotus and drums, it seems fitting to support the existence of firm lines of the pool. To complement the pool shaped “L” is made of parks and pedestrian 80cm wide. A four seater table set deliberately placed in one corner, as a center of activity in the park.

Subaga also proud to have a garden. He said, although made pond along the fence, the park still spacious and safe. Children still have space to play and run. In fact, the draft pool like that, it turns out to support the security of home. A pool of water behind the fence effectively to prevent uninvited guests to jump the fence and go to the home page


Third World’s Largest Indonesian Smokers

Indonesia is still ranked third for the number of smokers in the world, which is about 65 million people. This figure will continue to increase if the government does not regulate the behavior of smoking and the tobacco industry and cigarette advertising ban does not apply.

This is expressed by the Chairman of the National Commission on Tobacco Control, Laksmiati Hanafiah, when met Kompas.com, Saturday (10/02/2010) on the sidelines of Peace Action Healthy, Smart and Achievement without smoking that was held at Citywalk Sudirman, Jakarta.

According to the woman who was familiarly called Mia, the age of the smokers in Indonesia, more in the range of 15 to 19 years. “Among 70 percent of the number of smokers it is the middle to bottom of society,” he said.

As a result, continued Mia, the parents of the lack of attention to nutrition among their children. “The money is supposed to buy food, was spent for buying cigarettes,” he said.

Secretary General of the National Commission on Tobacco Control, Suhardi, said that, among smokers of low-educated people and finances to lower middle sentence was less attention to the dangers of smoking warnings.

“Better in cigarette packs, there is a memorial with the picture. For example, images of disease caused by smoking, such as stroke and cancer,” said Suhardi.

He said the neighbors have tried to apply the warning smoke through the picture.

“Malaysia, Singapore and other countries have been practicing them. Evidently, the number of smokers in some countries that experienced a decline 15-20 percent,” he said.


Restaurant-style Ginger Wedang Palalada

Material:
500 grams of fresh ginger
500 grams of lemon grass
300 grams brown sugar
2,500 cc mineral water

Method:
1. Clean the ginger, brush if necessary. Fuel on the fire about 5 minutes, until blackened. This is necessary to enhance the flavor of ginger pedasa. Crushed (keprak), ginger and lemongrass.

2. Cook water with sugar in it to dissolve over low heat. Then enter the ginger and lemongrass and stir. When he started sweet and all dissolved, turn off the heat.

3. Pour the mixture into the cups while filtered.

Suggested serving, add peanuts that have been roasted and kolang kaling or piece of bread, according to taste.

Recipe presented by Chef Diane Anggraini of Restaurants Palalada Love Indonesia during an exhibition at the Alun Alun Indonesia, Grand Indonesia Shopping Town, Saturday, December 11, 2010.


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