5 Trends of Internet Of Things (IoT) To Watch In 2017 [Infographic]

The Internet of Things is the next level of automation and the emergence of newer technologies will definitely improve many aspects of our lives be it at work or home. This year would see IoT grow into a multi-trillion dollar industry only if the security and privacy concerns are looked through.

Consumer products such as wearables and connected electronics certainly garner a large part of the market, but IDC estimates more than 80 percent of IoT spend through 2020 will be on B2B applications and use cases. The Internet of Things will be one of the primary drivers of the digital transformation that enterprises will undergo in the coming years, creating a self-learning environment that will drive digital disruption in physical world. There is already an extensive local Internet within each vehicle, with more than 50 microcomputers containing 100 million lines of code networked with each other and dozens of sensors and actuators. Together, these systems of connected car technology help to control the engine and brakes, and monitor the tire pressure and exhaust gas composition, among many other things. IoT will be a critical piece of this transformation as it allows new business models to emerge and enables changes in work processes, productivity improvements, cost containment and enhanced customer experiences. Let's find out in the following infographic regarding trends of IoT.

IoT is a transformational force that can help companies improve performance through IoT analytics and IoT Security to deliver better results. Businesses in the utilities, oil & gas, insurance, manufacturing, transportation, infrastructure and retail sectors can reap the benefits of IoT by making more informed decisions, aided by the torrent of interactional and transactional data at their disposal.

How To Disappear Online Over Internet [Infographic]

Internet has been serving us in various ways like finding any person, career, job, cooking, news, reviews, medical helps, understanding kid's requirement, education, sports, location of a hotel or hospital and every small requirements in our daily life.

But sometimes due to privacy and security purposes you have to disappear from net. In case you have made your mind about your privacy, your security, and your reputation, then its better to make yourself invisible online that will be worth the time and trouble as well. The below infogrphic will help you understand how can you make yourself disappear.

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Worldwide Mobile App Trends In 2017 [Infographic]

Mobile apps are always been there and gradually increased its users by offering outstanding services on a smartphone; like online shopping, security authentication service, email apps, online banking services and many more. 50% of small businesses are looking to develop mobile apps in 2017. Let’s walk you through what that means. The mobile app environment is changing. Every day, consumers are getting smarter and smarter, challenging businesses and app developers to quickly adapt to the changing digital landscape.

As we move into 2017, securing our personal information will become more secure by default. The increase of web applications being built with https secure end-to-end encryption, makes it more difficult for hackers to snoop on the transmission of personal information. Let's walk through the below infographic to know the trend of mobile apps.

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iOS 11 Features For iPhone, iPad, iPod [Infographic]

Recently, Apple has announced iOS 11 at its Worldwide Developers Conference 2017 keynote on 5 June that comes with a comprehensive range of features and some major improvements over its previous version. App developers can download a preview of iOS 11 through its official website.

If you and your family members own multiple Apple devices, and use them to share media such as photos and videos, it makes no sense for each member to have their own iCloud storage plan. Thankfully, iOS 11 makes it possible to have shared iCloud storage plans. Up to six members of a family can share a common iCloud storage plan between them. This can be done without having to incur any extra costs on a monthly basis. Along with this feature, a lot of other features are there. Please check the infographic for more detailed information.

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How To Make A Perfect LinkedIn Profile [Infographic]

Facebook or Google+ is used to connect people whom we know personally or may be due to some official or professional contacts. But LinkedIn is a place where you try to get connected with the people who are in professional network only. LinkedIn is having more than 100 million members who have an average income of more than $100,000, it is the social network to use to build your professional contacts.

Below are some tips to know the business opportunities using LinkedIn.

1. Once or twice a week you should log in to LinkedIn to connect with current and former people you know. The simple reason behind this is for people to have you in mind when any opportunity comes and your skill set is matched with same, they can contact you.
2. Join LinkedIn Groups according to your need for professional growth. The reason is to increase visibility where LinkedIn Groups are also a great way to grow your network. Don't sit idle after joining any group as joining a LinkedIn Group is just the beginning. After that you should have to participate in the Group on a regular basis. If you regularly participate in discussion boards of LinkedIn then you can be a point of contact for better opportunity.
3. Always make yourself available to participate in LinkedIn Answers by answering several questions every week and whenever possible.
4. Last but not the least, keep updating your profile once you get any certification/degree or any other curricular activities so that people can know about your current profile and who knows if something comes up for you in surprisingly.

Always keep in mind that your have to build your network with new & old connections and strengthen the relationships with connected people. Once you maintain the relationship, people will provide you with leads and business opportunities according to your requirements and skill sets.

Please find the following Infographic to see how to make a perfect profile and how do you use LinkedIn.

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Hidden Games You Can Play On Google Search [Infographic]

Google Search and Google games are not similar concepts and even sounds totally different. It is difficult to imagine the Google homepage as an online game platform. But the games that we are aware of, can be played on Google search engine.

The guide below tells you how to find such hidden gems as Atari Breakout and Pac-Man (for the old-school gamers), a fiendishly difficult Flappy Droid game hidden in your Android phone, a simple but addictive platform game you can play in chrome when offline and some great games hidden in Google Maps and Google Earth.

Source: Euroffice.

The Complete Social Media Cheat Sheet 2017 [Infographic]

Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus and Pinterest all have the opportunity for you to attract people to your brand and content, by adding compelling visuals and images. There are some really creative ways you can express yourself (even though the platforms change often), so if you have access to a camera or photographer or really awesome graphic designer & artist, I recommend having at least one stunning visual that expresses your brand, on every page.

Needless to say, the social media landscape is constantly changing, and it can be difficult to stay on top of all the changes happening at lightning fast speed. Luckily, there are resources, tools, blogs, and infographics like the one below that help marketers cut through the noise and stay up to date on these trends.

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Most Popular WordPress Plugins For Your Blog [Infographic]

WordPress is definitely the most preferred blogging platform for bloggers. With WordPress, you are having the full control to modify and tune the performance of the website  accordingly to your requirement. So it requires few essential plugins which help your blog to sustain over net and increases feasibility on search engines. Here I have listed 25 Best WordPress Plugins of 2014. The plugins mentioned below will make your WordPress website fast and secure.

When it comes to functionality and performance, it’s hard to beat a WordPress website. But all that power doesn’t just happen. It’s the result of the plugins you select to solve problems and add features. There are thousands of plugins in WordPress database. Out of those many, this infographic recommends 30 of WordPress’s most popular plugins.

Source: WPtemplate

Virtual Reality (VR) & Augmented Reality (AR) - The Growth [Infographic]

It is expected that the VR market could reach $7 billion in sales by 2018. The demand is increasing day by day and it means opportunities for startups and investors. Where the VR industry continuing to expand, it is also bringing up new career opportunities and fulfill the demand. Potential positions for job-seekers may include UX/UI Designers, Unity Developers, 3-D Modelers, Animators, Project Managers, and Videographers. 

People who are interested in pursuing a career in the industry, it is important to stay up-to-date on the latest VR trend and they have to follow social media conversations, attend webinars and conferences, and participate in online communities. In an industry that expects to sell 500 million VR headsets in less than 10 years, the Virtual Reality industry appears to have a very promising future ahead of it. Let's find out how the future would be in the below full infographic.

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How To Make Life Easier With Google Doc Hacks and Add-ons [Infographic]

Google Docs is a great tool to use if you collaborate frequently, feel safer knowing your work is stored in the cloud, or don't want to pay for a word processing program. After all, it's free and has all the basic capabilities that you need. Even better, you can insert add-ons to further Google Docs' many capabilities.

Though the program is intuitive to use, you may not realize the extend of its capabilities. Did you know that you can browse the web from your Google Docs page and insert footnotes at the click of a button? Do you know how to insert bookmarks and navigate using keyboard shortcuts? To learn these skills and more, check out this infographic on Google Doc Hacks.

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How To Rank On Top With Google's Verified Customer Reviews

Google has been there for the people who look for reviews and their trusted stores feature contains a lot of helpful insights and information about a wide variety of popular businesses. It is quite obvious nowadays that people open up Google and search for a product before buying or see the reviews for hotels before booking.

Along with the traditional review service offered, Google recently decided to do away with trusted stores in favor of a new type of review: verified customer reviews. Now it’s up to businesses to learn the difference between the two as well as how to optimize this new feature in their favor.

This post will explain more about what verified reviews are as well as suggesta some ways businesses can use them to list on top of the competition over Google.

Image Credit: thesearchmarketingshop.com

What is a verified customer review?

A verified customer review is a review a customer can write after making a purchase from a company’s website. It is different from a typical Google review. Here the mandate is; a customer should definitely make an online purchase, so the business being reviewed is required to have an online store.

Steps to sign up for verified customer reviews

Below are the steps mentioned in the Google Blog and explained exactly how you can enable customer reviews.

• Sign in to your Merchant Center account (or sign up if you do not have an account).
• Select “Merchant Center programs” from the dropdown in the upper right-hand corner.
• Click “Get Started” in the Google Customer Reviews card and accept the Program Agreement.
• Add the survey opt-in code to your website.
• Optional: Add the badge code to your site wherever you want. This will make the badge appear on your site, allowing you to display your seller rating and show customers that you’re integrated with Google Customer Reviews.

How you can collect as many positive reviews as possible.

Now this is the main motto of every business and how do you accomplish this. Here are few tips to rank on top.

1. Offer an incentive program to verified customer

It’s often the customers who have bad experiences who are most likely to leave a review; most people can’t be bothered to take the time to write about a positive experience. So, it is possible to turn a negative impressions in customer's mind into positive reviews simply by offering incentive per review. 

2. Follow up the link with a personal email

Google is already making it incredibly easy to leave a review by automatically emailing a link to customers, but there’s no reason why you can’t take it a step further and follow up their email with your own. Just because Google is asking them to leave a review doesn’t mean they’re going to do it. So, take the call by yourself and follow up with customer for a review.

3. Respond to both positive and negative reviews

It’s not enough to just ask people to leave a review; you also need to respond after they’ve done so. If they leave a positive review, reach out and thank them for taking the time to do so. And also reply to the negative comments understanding the customer's concerns and addressing them.

So now, opt for verified customer reviews. Do you have any other ideas on how you can use them to list on top? Leave your comment below.

22 Ways To Create Attractive Content [Infographic]

There are several ways to create attractive contents over web. Your website has only seconds to capture interest. Think about articles you’ve read, speeches you’ve heard, books you’ve begun. The initial exposure helps people determine whether they want to spend more time reading, listening or viewing. There is simply too much competition for time to expect that people will invest too much of theirs in trying to overcome a tepid introduction. This post demonstrates how to repurpose existing content in a different media format, get more bang from your archives, and reach new and different audiences in the process.

You have to be edgy, but not poke someone in the eye. You have to be willing to challenge and amuse, while not bragging or boasting. Your site, and particularly your homepage, should be provocative enough to be memorable and cause others to tell colleagues, “You ought to visit this site." The following infographic from CopyBlogger shows 22 Ways to Create Compelling Content When You Don’t Have a Clue.

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24 Juicy Tips for E-commerce Content Marketing [Infographic]

Content marketing helps you build your brand, build trust, keep people informed and turn browsers into buyers. Not to mention it gives you something to post that isn’t “buy me now” on social media! Opening up your ecommerce site, slapping on your products with a keyword stuffed description, hoping people somehow find you and then just click buy is a bit of a pipe dream. Whatever platform you use, from Amazon or your own website you need to market your products.

ReferralCandy has presented it again with this great infographic of inbound marketing advice for e-commerce content marketing. This is a format they’ve put together and it’s a very cool checklist and a format that easily allows marketers to scan and pick up some great strategies as well as advice from some of the best industry professionals out there.

Source : ReferralCandy

25 Outstanding Content Marketing Tools For Your Brand [Infographic]

Content marketing needs a lot of tracking on the areas such as number of website visitors, engagement with post, resonance of topic area, effectiveness of headline, best day/ times to post to reach objectives, demographics/ psychographics of readers or viewers, website metrics for posts such as time on site, bounce rate funnel optimization from post or where visitors went after reading. 

Social Media Strategy Summit has collected 25 Content Marketing Tools for curation, creation, promotion & distribution, as well as analytics & tracking, including brands that use those tools, what’s great about the tools and who the tools would work best for. Here is a nice inforgraphic which explains 25 outstanding content marketing tools for your brand.

Source : SocialMediaStrategiesSummit

If Your Blog Were A Beer [Infographic]

It’s no secret the beer and blog markets are over-saturated these days, with every content and craft curator out there clamoring to generate enough hype to capture at least 30 seconds of their audiences’ (or customers’) dwindling attentions. But bear with us when we say this might actually be a good thing, since out of all the hundreds of millions of blogs and over 20,000 different kinds of beer out there, you can actually afford to be a little picky.

Labels may vary, but the taste is pretty much the same. Often found in red plastic cups. Some people live Miller Lite. They're brand loyal, just like some of your readers. But taste your last few posts. Do they read like a lot of other blogs? could they have been written by anyone? If your blog tastes like water, that's not a good thing. Your blog should sound like you. It should have a personality and style of its own.

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SEO and PPC Practices In Online Market [Infographic]

SEO organic listings and sponsored/paid PPC listings both can place your site on the first page of Search engine result. Choosing PPC or SEO largely depends on your online marketing goals, the time slot in which you want to achieve them and also your budget. In other words, it can be said that if you need instant but not constant traffic, then go for PPC and If you need affordable and reliable traffic for long time, then go for SEO.

What’s SEO?

To put it simply, the process of acquiring top position in search engine result page in an organic manner is Search Engine Optimization. The best way to start SEO is to get your website created and content for the website added. Once you are done, you can start with your website optimization.

What’s PPC?

PPC ads are sold in an auction. Why? It is a paid form of internet advertising where advertisers pay for each click that directs the user to a dedicated website. You pay what you bid for a click on the ad. In other words, it can be said that popular Search engines like Google, Bing and Yahoo allow business groups and individuals to buy listings in their organic search results by the way of specific targeted keywords.

Here is a self explanatory infographic recently published by infoshot, which we found to be useful as it explains the practices of SEO and PPC in online market.

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Recipe For A Perfect Blog Post - Google Effects [Infographic]

While throwing together the perfect blog post can feel intimidating, it’s as simple as memorizing a straightforward ingredient list, assembling it all with love, and giving it the time, space, and attention it needs to develop into something extraordinary.

Google has been dropping algorithm changes like hot potatoes, and it’s left many companies engaged in inbound marketing wondering just how they should move forward with their marketing strategies.

Congratulations! You’ve just assembled your perfect blog post! That wasn’t as hard as you thought, was it? Keep in mind that blog posts are very flexible, so you can repeat this recipe, trying out various lengths, topics, methods, and writing styles. Let's take another infographic and see how to make a perfect blog post with a different recipe.

Source : kunocreative & ExpressWriters

How To Get Maximum Speed With WordPress [Infographic]

With more than 72 million WordPress sites on the Web (and counting!), it’s safe to say that this content management system (CMS) is one of the world’s most popular site design platforms. And because it’s so ubiquitous and user-friendly,

WordPress attracts not only accolades, but expectations, from its users. The software itself is so intuitive and responsive that many of its adherents want the sites they create using it to share those traits; however, like any other application, WordPress has its limits as well as its perks.

Lets have a look the below infographic to know how to get maximum speed with WordPress.

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Why Blogging Is Good For Your Business

There is no doubt that "Blogging" is one of the most powerful internet marketing tools for business to keep their services running in the market. Various types of organizations from startups to Fortune 500 ones are enhancing their digital presence and trying to get leads over other companies via blogging. 

Here are some reasons why blogging is good for your business.

1. Product or Services - Branding :

Blogging allows you full control of the look, feel, messaging, and function of the social interaction emphasizing proper branding of your product or services. Using others images promotes their business but if you want your business to be promoted then get ready with your own offerings.

2. Online Presence : 

Blogging shows visitors and search engines that your website is active and relevant, which increases your online credibility and increasing popularity of online presence.

Each and every blogger knows that in order to be “legitimate” in business today, you need to be active online. Different social media websites allows this important function by sharing contents over net, but a regularly updated blog also lets search engines know that your site is active as well, which increases your search rankings and online availability.

3. Getting Backlinks :

Visitors from other websites or some website owners and businesses can link back to the static pages and products listed on your website in case those are valuable contents you provide on your blog. It increases your blog traffic, and the back links provide another boost in online link building activities

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4. Emphasizing On Subject :

Blogging gives you a chance to speak more thoroughly on a topic, and it emphasizes on the topics on the subject you are promoting for your business. This opportunity for greater depth often results in greater value for visitors, which ends up getting huge number of readership subscribers.

5. Building Followers & Readerships :

Blogging brings people from other websites and social media networks to your website, increasing your ability to build your follower list and/or sell products & services offered on your website.

Once you have visitors to your site then you might have the chance to show them around a little bit more on product & services offered. They may take a peek into some of the other spaces your site provides or they can just accept your invitation to join your email list. Moreover it increases the opportunity for them to purchase one of your products and share it with their friends.

Benefits explained above are clearly justifiable on how and why to make blogging a part of your content marketing campaign, whatever the nature of your business may be. Hope the above steps help you promoting your business online. If you have any other suggestion, do not forget to share with us in comment section.

What People Share On Social Networks [Infographic]

Social media has contributed a lot to the web by sharing contents, pictures, videos and other important stuffs. What people are sharing and how they are sharing, it is changing. You can't compare the way users used to share 2 years back would be in the same way. 

Lets find out What People Like to Share on Social Networks:

• 43% Pictures
• 26% Opinions
• 26% Status Update of what and how they are doing
• 26% Links to articles
• 25% Personal recommendations of things they like
• 22% News items
• 21% Links to other websites
• 21% Links to other people’s posts
• 19% Status update of what they are feeling
• 17% Video clips
• 9% Plans for future activities, trips and updates

Go-Gulf has gathered the latest data and presented in the below social media infographic.

Source : GO-Gulf.ae