Social Networks Activity: It’s all about consistency

top ranked social networksSocial Media is a trend. This is not necessarily bad. When trends come up, people rush to follow them. They see what others are doing and copy them. Again, this is not necessarily bad unless you do it in the wrong way.

We ‘ve seen Fortune500 companies implementing wrong strategies in Social Networks. We ‘ve seen local companies succeeding and growing because of Social Media.

Here come’s the question. What is the magic key to succeed in Social Media ?

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Now Accepting Credit Card Payments via JCCSmart

Netshop accepting credit card payments via JCCWe are happy to announce that as of today, 19th of October 2011, NetShop Internet Services is accepting VISA and MASTERCARD payments.

In the context of improving our customer service quality levels and increasing client satisfaction, we are now offering the option of Credit Card payments via JCC, the leading credit card processor in Cyprus. Clients can proceed to credit card payments by visiting the JCCSmart portal or just by adding their credit card details in the Netshop Client Portal.

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How Not To Ignore your Existing Customers

How Not To Ignore your Current CustomerEstablishing an online presence for your business is easy. Establishing an online multi-channel presence is also easy. The challenge, however, is to manage to provide a high level of online service for your clients. Online customers do not expect just to be satisfied; they want to receive a “beyond-expectations” support. Every business that goes online has to cope with aggressive competition not just from local businesses but from competitors worldwide. Therefore, by providing superior after-sales service and support you will have both happy customers and a competitive advantage over your competitors.

Here are a few things you should always do to avoid alienating your customers:

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How To Install Apache with MySQL and PHP on Linux CentOS

Linux CentOSOne of the first tasks a server administrator will have to perform to setup a web server is to install apache with mysql and php support (LAMP – Linux Apache Mysql Php).

In this tutorial we will use the hostname server1.example.com with the IP address 192.168.0.1. These settings might differ for you, so you replace them where appropriate.

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cPanel Security Alert

Dear Blog readers and cPanel users,

A security alert has been risen for cPanel version 11.25.  cPanel versions below and excluding 11.25, are vulnerable to CSRF which leads to uploading a PHP script of the attackers liking.

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How to create tabs using HTML and CSS

Tabs can be really useful especially for content-crowded web sites. You can save plenty of space just by placing your block of content in tabs and displaying one block at a time in the same place.

The content that you break-up in tabs, though, should be somehow relevant. For example, you can separate in tabs content about Weather Forecasting; tabs could be cities in your country, or forecast days.

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Email Marketing – Postcards from Cyprus

Are you in the business of selling dreams?

Cyprus Email MarketingIf like the majority of people living in Cyprus, you work in the services, hospitality or tourism sector that’s exactly what you do. You sell dreams to tourists and visitors, the reality of which is an all-too-short week or two in the sunshine.

You probably don’t need to be reminded of how important these dreams are to the local economy (79.6% of Cyprus’ GDP). You also don’t need to be reminded, especially in this economy, how competitive the dream business is.

So how do you capitalize on these short-lived dreams and maximize revenues from your fair-weather customers.

You’ll want to keep your guest’s memories fresh and longing for more. There is no better way to do this than by sending them a regular postcard (email) from Cyprus.

NetShop ISP has partnered with iContact, a leading international email marketing company, to help you keep in contact with your guests and make sure Cyprus is never far from their mind.

Email Marketing tips to keep your guests coming back

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“Go E-Commerce” – New Sponsorship Plan by the Cyprus Ministry of Commerce

cyprus e-commerce sponsorshipThe Cyprus Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism has announced the second phase of the sponsorship plan for the development of dynamic and e-commerce web sites.

On the 4th of March 2011, the Cyprus Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism has announced that the invitation of the second sponsorship plan (“GO E-commerce”) will be released in the very near future. NetShop Internet Services Ltd is proud to be amongst the accredited companies that can handle businesses applying for this program either for a Dynamic Web Site Development (Sponsorship Plan 1) or the development of an e-Commerce Web Site (Sponsorship Plan 2).

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Things to consider in Collocation Hosting

Colocation hosting is yet another web/server hosting type. The Collocation hosting is ideal for those businesses or individuals who want to have total control of their websites and applications but do not have in-house hosting facilities. Choosing the data center to host your server is like finding a nanny to take care of your child; therefore, there are several points and factors you need to consider thoroughly before making the final decision.

I am providing you below the 4 most important points that should influence your server’s collocation hosting decision.

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Launching VMWare Cloud Web Hosting

It was about time to launch the VMWare Cloud Web Hosting, a fully managed service with 100% uptime guarantee and of course greater security and scalability than other hosting types.

What is Cloud Hosting?

Cloud hosting is a term used to describe the practice of combining the resources of multiple web servers to create a single network in which server resources are allocated and distributed to sites as they are needed. In essence, this gives every web site on the network access to a seemingly unlimited amount of server resources at any given point in time, as they are not limited by the restrictions of a single web server.

Do I Really Need to switch to Cloud Hosting?

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